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in the Midland cireuit; boutrided, on the Eaſt, by ln 1760, 1 in 29 was taken for railing —
Lincolaſhire and Rutland; on the South, by the Avon Whether this county may be ily reckop
and Welland, which divide it from Northam ſhire; healthy, or the ny, may partly be collected fi
don thejWeſt, b che great Roman way, called Wat- the following obſervations : Twenty pariſhes, cut
lng - whic parts it from Wa ry bon on the from the moſt Northern corner of Framland, contain, '
_ by che” en of Derby and Nottingham *. by cnumeration, 5731 fouls z che worality of.
A. It hath the proportion of an heart, whole, from an average of 20 years, is, about 1 in 4
e top, and narrower towards the bottom; the reſt is at Botre: * 363 ee ea
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circumference of the county is about 150 PR bor A inhabited by the Coritarg. es >
miley, welding a about 560,000; acres, or 695 ſquare "The Re Romans, at a very-carly. period, red 10 thi DF TY
miles. In from Normanton, the fartheſt county ſome of their principal Netzes ; and tie __.
N 2 in the Vale of Belvoir, to Catthorp, was ranked among their & r
e utmoſt Southern point, N it is dounded by Under the Saxon He archys. | 2 IH
gt oy is about 50 miles in breadth, ar . part of the kingdom FT. RN
—— A — near Rockingham, The town of Leiceſter® Fe | 5 e — "8
near 40 miles. and in 7¹6 a 8 , of 3ts catls *. | +. |
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which is nearly in the centre of the county, is 38's 5 Ng
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and the Obſery
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coubty, for its is. remar + Conqueror divided hs All of 7 DR
and SM: eſteemed 4 d ecclefiaſtical ju- the kingdom) among Mis aHV²)TZee and 12 ; 23 „
riſdiction. It contains one ; 6 Joris, to his Kissen Nobert earl df Mribent, wg „
| 8 as many hundreds; and Neat avg , wards earl of Leiceſter; he be 15 „ —oloneya 2 _
15 ot or 3 iyong and the gen 28 8 _ * — 5 ID. —
— ehapels (33 in ruins 79 vi nge, Lupus, ear er, hew, 22 „ OY
manors, &c, Wan mas reftories, 85 vi- ner z to William Peverell, is e for, anf of . bes 4 _
. — —— — la, which were Nottingham, 61 't0.. Judith» eoanels ot Hug EI ITED
— peculiars, perpetgal curacies, &c. ; but ſe- and Northampton, his nictcy o8 420-267] Se IN,
veral ¶ the chapels are nowflown ; and ſome of the to Henry de woes > 395 6 Robert levleſpenter, . _ -
five
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HISTORY | AND. ANTIQUITIES oF LEICESTER FITTY
fenfible places, ſtrong arid wagtilicchr caſtles, which
- might at once ſecure themſelves, and keep the con-
quered Engliſh in awe. The ſeveral townſhips*in
which ſuch caſtles are known to have been erected
ſhall be here inſerted, together with the names of
their founders ; reſerviny the oy, * each N to
its proper hundred. 11 *
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off
Leiceſter, x
| 1 founded by . ots of Leiceſter.
Whitwick, '
—-= j! : Hugo de Gr: W abit
3 by Euſtace baron of Halton.
N dy Roger Jord. Mo bray.
Ravenſton, dy Goesffid Hanſglin,
Sauvey, © by the lord Paſfett, of
Thorpe, < by Ernald de Bois.
Moſt of theſe caſtles, during the unquiet re. gas
of king Henry II, king John, and king Henry
being held by the belſious barons, aud rendered te-
ceptacles of thieves nd eebooters, were, by com-
mand of the latter Kin-, utterly demoliſhed ; ; and
though for, _r iden Vere aſterut d rebuilt, yet at
this 447 there is not one remaining ire, and even
the rums- of mot of them are entirely defaced.
eing. fully ſtcured melt temporal eſtates, the
ew Owners took care of their Ipititual conceraments;
d, with that view, induced als by the pleaſ nineſs
aud. convenience of fituation allighed part of their
Mons for the founding and endowing of many
jens Houſes," as ahbe s, collegiate churches,
| ſes, nuoveries, boſpitals,. preceptories, chaptries,
ilds ; them in pure aud perpetual alms
4 br bn 10H Church, 1 the hea th of their
85 according to the devorion of thoſe times; and
bolt of keſe feligious'bouſes continued in a proſperous
and flo . till the introduction of Proteſt-
antiſm in che rei VIIF*, Their names,
E ck thoſe of 1 Jen. the times of their foun-
ations, are
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liam arcarius, 1162,
Robert Boſſu, carl of
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Griggþald, A
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VER PRiontss, te;
- „ Belvoir, by. Robert de Todenei, about 1 aſa; -
Bradley, by Robert de Bundy, temp. John.
A Rredon, by Robert de Ferraris, 1144.
Charley, by Robert Blanehmaines, carl of Lie
755 . Hugo de Grentemaiſnell, about 8905
-Kirkb Aale, by Alice Relef, 13 11
25 by Richard and Maud Ballets, al abo d 130.
Weiceſter Eremites, before 13044.
+ \——===——<Black Friers, Dominicans, | 49 In.
- -Grey Friers, Franciſcans, by Simon Montfort.
St. Katharine's, for Auſtin Friers. Mg
M4 e by gar! Rohr n 187558
| 25 Noxkzaxs. as |
5 „ Brathilies/s y Roeſſa Hr 1240. «
, Lavgley, by William Pantolph,: temp. Hen. 1 57
Cotto Cnvncnes in, 'Leiceorgr,”
St. Mary de Caſtro, founded: before the Conquelt ;
; by R. ge Bellomont earl, of Leiceſter, 1197.
St. Mary,
afrerwards d duke, of Lancaſter, &c. 1353.
\COEEEGLATE CHAPELS: |
mb) Beer, by Roger Beler, 1319.
Noſeley, ” "oh Martivale,
ceſleg, a
4.3 Zovidg . by fic Ralph Balſett i to. N47 J
for hive chap! uns, one ol ihem io be Warden n. 132
e FxRR CATI.
pf Iker Bobworth, 8 to have A
* | om 2 before by & age” n
3 Wymoodham, 'by acm Haätuelin, 1290
8 8 :
The Proteſtant: [FM was ſo firmly fixed in 3
3 , Mr. 2
Welden. —.— -
bers ſer down, as far as they can at preſent 7
de traced from antient records; $ and a more particular A
the Great, in the Newark. by Henry wh |
ſer ON 9 Les l.
jth MIT 75
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afterwards biſhop of Loudon, who Ben Wi |
Sir T. Care z from "36 6 act Biſhop Aplmer.
1 [
| Hdsp rr At,
Burton T.azars, by Roger de Moibb: ay, about 1 140.
Caſtle Donington, by John baron 6: Hlalton, 1 176.
Leicefter :
The Infirmary, by public mbar, 1766.
St. John the Baptiſt, before
St. Leonard, by William the perſon of Ro+
bert earl of Blanchmaines, out #195.
Newark, by Henry earl o, Le ceſter, 1329;
avgmented by his fon Henry duke of Lan-
caſter in 1355. J.
Simons' hoſpital, a
St. Urfula, by W Wh ſten the your er, 147
Lutterworth, by Rocks 5 Verd: an l holas be
ſon, about 1200.
Stoktzſton, John de Boyvile, N 46 5-6. » \ ; 1
— +.» P&ROERTORIES. + =
Dalby. on the Woulds, for Knights Tempbrs, giren
in exchange for the manor of hrur nt co. Notting-
„ ham, by fr Jolm Walleis, knight, tulp. Edward III.
Herher, for Knights Hoſpitallers, given them by.
Ralph de Grelley, temp. Henry II.
ere for r Knights Templars, given by
, \ Cuaxraars, or Gil ps. i
ä on Soar, John. Farr ha, n, 1328. 171
Blaby, Wm. de Fx 3 redcr of Wolſt anton 1354.
Bottesford, two; one by the Ros family mother
by John Codingion and John, Bauland, 13 n
Bowden, Magna, by John Keling, d 1 142.
Caſtle Donington, by. Henry Staunton. | 1
Friſby, by 5 Dane, s
a * Gaddetby, b Robert de Overton, l _ 38
Gilmorton, 5 Icbella uife of F es ul ue Fen
bee 1410. 1
Huncore, by Robert Burdeti, Ab
Kick by Beler, by Roger Beler, 1315.
Laund, by by the canons there * in honour o .
ene ward III. **
Leiceſter: Free .
In the of St. Macy: one 1.44 Gund
«by John de Top- i 23 d alother by Simon
de Ip, archbiſhop. \. anigcbury, 1352. "
* John's ; by Peers Ce”. gt and his w. 1
* Margarer's; a gild, in hon our K Jeluy Cung,
the Bleſſed Virgin, ard Saints Margaret a
Katharine, by Hichato Beby, Ralph de Sh
8 Robert Porter, He ry Edmond; and oth ers,
1354-5 4. enlarged by Jo: de Knaptofr, Ri-
de Thringeſton,” ).. wlas delle, wiv
m_ de Burgh, and Nh. 1 Leffian 1392
"x Martin's; Corpus Chi di, id, by Ralph de
Ferrers, John ward of e "eſter, receiver,
Gilbert le Aver, bn Porter, clerk, Galfridus
de Kent, Roger de Kaitecote, John Marty, and
Feten iu 134 [697593 increaſed, by William
| n Ive the youbger, 1393.
| 85 George's gild was allo in St, Martin's bur.
t. Mary de Caſtro. Trinity 18
5 . in the Newark; Joa of Gaunt's, Elvert' »
2 9 Bead, 520 Winde chunt es.
Peter's.
ough, gild of Jeſus and St. George, by
Hog 8 i Wintou, before 5
Lubbelthorpe, b Roger la Zouch, 1 za.
1 by Eamand M Murial..,
. "rw Mowbray, by Roger Orger, 1309.
Miſterton, by Thomas Sampſon, rector, 1337.
Norton, by Roger de Barbourgh, rector, 1306.
Qseniborough, by Robert Birde, vicar, 1331.
- Quorndon, by John de Faroham, John n, and
Sapcot
te, b Ralph Bafſer, 1 360. 4
Stathern, by Richard de Boſco Borard, 1291.
dee Ma goa, by. Robert Herrick. de n,
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9 Parva, 8 de g, 1373
Swinford, by Nich
Fyſton, dy W. Seng 3 of Wreſell, ( 21d.
Wigſton Magna, . de Wykinſton, 1 IM
W 2 by Wünam Hamelin, 1290
of Leiceſtepibice, in the time of Edward the Sixth,
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HISTORY and ANTIOUMEIES or eerie agen, 4
Lx81CESTERSHIRE is well furniſhed with marker-
towns and fairs, to which are brought all kind of
commodities, ſuch as the country affords, in great
plenty and abundance; few counties being ber
provided with the comfortable neceſſarſes of Ife.
The names of the towns where the original mar-
kets and fairs are ſtill continued in uſe are theſe:
Towns. Market-day. Fairs.
$ Palm Sunday Even.
| St. Philip and St. Jacob.
Leiceſter, ] Saturday, 5 St. John Baptiſt. |
| St. Michael.
E 1 8 Dec. Concept. of V. Mary.
Tueſday in Eaſter Week.
Tueſday in Whitſun Week.
St. Bartholomew.
a St. Simon and Jude,
Billeſdon, | Friday, 5. George.
St. James.
Boſworth, Wedneſday, St. Peter.
Harborough, Tueſday, St. Diony ſius.
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Aſhby de
la Zonch. Saturday,
Monday after Twelfth day“.
| Eaſter Monday.
C ; 8
Hinckley, ] Monday, Wite Vlooder *
26 Aug. Aſſumpt. Mariæ.
' Firſt Monday in November3,
Kegworth,| Tueſday, + — rig
Loughbo- Lammas-day.
— \Thurkday,{ All Saints.
Lutter-
}Thurſday, Aſcenſion-day.
Tueſday after Twelfth-day.
Tueſday in Whitſun Week.
* St. Lawrence.
Mountſorrel, Monday, St. Peter.
worth,
Melton, Tueſday,
Beſides theſe, there have been alſo markets and
fairs granted by various charters to the ſeveral towu-
ſhips of Arnſby, Bagworth, Belton, Belvoir, Bredon,
Caſtle-Donington, Croxton-Kyriel, Gaddeſby, Glen-
Magna, Godeby-Maureward, e Faloyhpens
Kibworth-Beauchamp, Kirkby-Belers, Louſeby, Lub-
benham, Narborough, Oddeſton, Rodeley, Scal ford,
Seile Magna, _Stapleford, Waltham, Whitwick,
Wymeſwould, and Wymondham. In ſome of theſe
places the markets are diſcontinued, though the fairs
remain; in others both markets and fairs are fallen
into diſuſe. Theſe will all be particularized under
their reſpective townſhips.
ce [eiceſterſhire being an inland county, at a conſi-
derable diſtance from the ſea, and free from the moſles,
marſhes, and bogs of Lincolnſhire, the air is gene-
rally pure and healthful, For though perhaps it may
not be thought ſo good an air as Nortbamptonſhire,
becauſe Northamptonſhire hath ſo many noblemens'
ſeats (whoſe builders may be ſuppoſed to have choſen
the beſt ſituations for their country retirements), yet
that may rather be imputed to its nearneſs to London,
or a more general fertility, than to the air, which
is for the moſt part belt when the country is more
hilly and gravelly, and conſequently more barren.
But, were they in other things equal, the diſtance
from the ſea (which certainly renders the air more
wholeſome than any thing!) rather gives the advantage
to Leiceſterſhire, which lies almoſt in the middle of
England, and that in near the wideſt place; and cer-
tain it is, that in this our county many. ſweet and
pleaſant ſeats and 2 are found, healthful by
Nature, and much beautified by Art and Induſtry.”
ec The North- eaſt fide of Leiceſterſhire for the moſt
part all along ſtandeth high upon the Woulds,
which, in the Saxon tongue, ſignifies an hill,
mount, or elevated place. The South part alſo
is high, though not ſo eminent in view as the other:
which will cafily be granted, if one but conſiders,
that near unto the confines thereof in Northampton-
ſhire, withig little more than the diſtance of a mile,
are the heads of the two rivers, Welland and Avon,
which divide the ſhires; the one going down b
Stamford in Lincolnſhire, and ſo into the North-ea
ſea; the other running into Severn near Tewkeſbury,
and fo falleth into the South-weſt ſea z which direct
contrary courſe of theſe two rivers is cauſed by the
elevation of the ground whence they ariſe 5,”
In tle * Polyolbion,” Michael Drayton, himſelf
a native of Leiceſterſhire ?, thus beautifully deſcribes
its ſmall but charming ſtreams ;
Hence wandering as the Muſe delightfully beholds
The beauties of the Jarge and goodly full-flock'd Oulds,
She on the left hand leaves old Leiceſter,and flies,
Until the fertile earth glut her inſatiate eyes,
From rich to richer {till that riſeth her before,
Until ſhe come to ceaſe upon the head of Soar,
Where Foſs * and Watlirig * cut each other in their courſe
At Sharnford?, where at firſt her ſoft and gentle ſource,
To her but ſhallow banks beginneth to repair,
Of all this beauteous ifle the delicateſt air; |
Whence ſoftly ſallying out, as loath the place to leave,
She Sence, a pretty rill, does courteouſly receive:
For Swift, a little brook, which certainly ſhe thought
Down to the banks of Trent would ſafely her have brought 8
| Becauſe their native ſprings ſo nearly were allied,
Her ſiſter Soar forſook ; and wholly her applied
To Avon, as with her continually to keep,
And wait on her along to the Sabrinian deep.
Thus with her handmaid Sence the Soar doth eaſily ſlide
By Leiceſter, where yet her ruins ſhew her pride,
Demoliſh'd many years, that of the great foundation
Of her long- buried walls men hardly ſee the ſtation;
Yet of ſome pieces found ſo ſure the cement locks
The ſtones, that they remain like perdurable rocks.
Where whilſt the lovely Soar, with many a dear embrace,
Is ſolacing herſelf with this delightful place,
1 he Foreſt, which the name of that brave town doth bear,
With many a goodly wreath crowns her diſhevel'd hair,
And in her gallant green her luſty livery ſhows
Herſelf to this fair flood, which, mildly as ſhe flows,
Reciprocally likes her length and breadth to ſee,
As alſo how ſhe keeps her fertile purlieus free:
The herds of fallow deer the on the lands doth feed,
As having in herſelf to furniſh every need.
But now, ſince gentle Soar ſuch leiſure ſeems to take,
The Mufe in her behalf this ſtrong defence doth make,
Againſt the neighbour floods, for that which tax her ſo,
And her a Channel call, becauſe the is ſo flow.
The cauſe is that ſhe lies upon ſo low a flat,
Where Nature moſt of all befriended her in that,
The longer to enjoy the good ſhe doth poſſeſs »
For had thoſe (with ſuch ſpeed that forward ſeem to preſs)
So many dainty meads and paſtures theirs to be,
Then they would with themſelves to be as ſlow as ſhe ;
Who well may be compar'd to ſome young tender maid,
Ent'ring ſome prince's court which is for pomp array'd,
Who, led from room to room, amazed is to ſee
The furnitures and ſtates, which all embroideries be,
The rich and ſumptuous beds with teſter-covering plumes,
And various as the ſutes, ſo various the perfumes,
Large galleries, where piece with piece doth ſeem to ſtrive,
Of pictures done to lite, landſcape, and perſpeQtive,
Thence goodly gardens fees, where antique ſtatues ſtand
In ſtone and copper, cut by many a ſkilful hand,
Where every thing to gaze her more and more entices,
Thinking at once ſhe ſees a thouſand paradiſes;
Goes ſoftly on, as though, before ſhe ſaw the laſt,
She long'd to ſee again what ſhe had ſlightly paſs'd.
So the enticing foil the Soar along doth lead,
As wond'ring in herſelf at many a ſpacious mead;
: Repeated on the two ſucceeding Mondays; and known by the name of 'The New Markets.
Called Club Monday.
3 A very confiderable cheeſe fair,
4 This remark, which is Mr, Burton's, may be true ; but there are thoſe who think differently.
$ Burton, from MS Chetwynde, Ms Peck.
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4 HISTORY and ANTIQUIPASS of LEICESTERSHIRE.
When Charnwood from the rocks ſalutes her iſhed ſight,
(Of many a Wood- god woo'd) her darling and delight ; _
Whoſe beauty whilſt the Soar is pauſing to behold
Clear Wreakin coming in from Waltham on the Ould,
Brings Eye, a pretty brook, to bear her filver train,
Which on by Melton make, and tripping o'er the plain,
Here finding her ſurpriz'd with proud Mountſorrel's fight,
By quickning of her courſe, more eas'ly doth invite
Her to the goodly Trent, where as ſhe goes along
By Loughborough, ſhe thus of that fair Foreſt ſung :
O Charnwood, be thou call'd the choiceſt of thy kind,
The like in any place what flood hath hapt to find ?
No tract in all this ifle, the proudeſt let her be,
Can ſhew a Sylvan Nymph for beauty like to thee :
The Satyrs and the Fawns, by Dian ſet to keep
Rough hills and foreſt holts, were ſadly ſeen to weep,
When thy high palmed harts, the ſport of bows and hounds,
By gripple borderers hands were baniſhed thy grounds,
The Dryades that were wont about thy lawns to rove,
To trip from wood to wood, and ſcud from grove to grove,
On Sharpley * that were ſeen, and Cadman's* aged rocks,
Againſt the rifing ſun to braid their filver locks ;
And with the harmleſs elves, on heathy Bardon's* height,
By Cynthia's colder beams to play them night by night ;
Exil'd their ſweet abode to poor bare commons fled,
They with the oaks that liv'd, now with the oaks are dead.
Who will deſcribe to life a foreſt, let him take
Thy ſurface to himſelf; nor ſhall he need to make
Another form at all, where oft in thee are found
Fine ſharp, but eaſy hills, which reverently are crown'd
With aged antique rocks, to which the goats and ſheep
(To him that ſtands remote) do ſoftly ſeem to creep,
To gnaw the little ſhrubs, on their ſteep ſides that grow;
Upon whoſe other part, on ſome deſcending brow, [ drop,
Huge ſtones are hanging out, as though they down would
Where under-growing oaks on their old ſhoulders prop
The others? hoary heads, which till ſeem to decline,
And in a dimble near (ev'n as a place divine
For contemplation fit) an ivy-ceiled bower,
As Nature had therein ordain'd ſome ſylvan power;
As men may very oft at great aſſemblies ſee,
Where many of moſt choice and wond'red beauties be;
For ſtature one doth ſeem the beſt away to bear;
Another for her ſhape to ſtand beyond compare ;
Another for the fine compoſure of a face ;
Another ſhort of theſe, yet for a modeſt grace
Before them all prefer'd ; amongſt the reſt yet ono
Adjudg'd by all to be ſo perfect paragon,
That all thoſe parts in her together fimply dwell,
For which the others do fo ſeverally excell.
'My Charnwood like the laſt hath in herſelfalone
What excellent can be in any foreſt ſhewn.”
On whom when thus the Soar bad theſe high praiſes ſpent,
She eas ly ſlid away into her ſovereign Trent.”
In addition to the conveniencies which Leiceſter-
ſhire derives from its ſeveral beautiful rivulets, it now
may boaſt of ſeveral uſeful navigable canals ?,: thoſe
ſources of general convenience, which, by reducing
the expence and the difficulty of carriage, are in effect
the ſources of opulence.
In 1341, a tax was laid by parliament of 30, ooo
ſacks ( accorum of wool to be raiſed throughout the
kingdom, to be apportioned and rated proportionably
to the goodneſs and value of wool in each reſpective
county. The portion to be raiſed in Leiceſterſhire
on this occaſion was 335 ſacks, 4 ſtone (peur, and
9 pounds i.
* Two mighty rocks in the foreſt,
A hill an the foreſt,
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In 1343; in order to increaſe the quantity of good
coin ia the kingdom, it wes enacted by parliament
that the price of wool ſhould be raiſed throughout
the kingdom. A ſpecific ſum was fixed for each
county, below which it was declared illegal to ſell,
but the owner might get as much more for it as he
could ; and the penalty fell on the buyers, and not on
the ſellers. The wool of Leiceſterſhire was even at
that time, though not ſuperior to that of all the other
counties, of a higher value than moſt of them. That
of Shropſhire and part of Lincolnſhire was reckoned at
14 marks; Oxfordſhire and Staffordſhire 13 marks;
Leiceſterſhire and Glouceſterſhire 12 marks; and all
the other counties leſs; Surrey being only at 6, and
Cornwall ſo low as 45.
„The foil of Leiceſterſhire is of a very different
nature, according to the ſeyeral quarters. The South-
eaſt fide of the ſhire is exceedingly rich ground,
yielding great increaſe of corn in abundance of all
kinds, and affords many good and large ſheep-paſturesg
breeding ſheep to that height and goodneſs, that (as
I have been credibly informed) neither Leominſter
nor Cotſwould can exceed them, if one reſpect either
5 1 of the body, fineneſs of the wool, or good-
neſs of the breed. The horſes bred, or rather fed
here, are the largeſt in England, being generally of
the black ſort for the coach and dray, of which great
numbers are continually ſent up to London. This
part of the county is in general open and unincloſed,
though in ſome places intermixed with delightful and
luxuriant paſtures, yielding great delight and profit
every way; and therein may compare with any ſhire
adjacent. The only deficiency it labours under is the
want of wood and other fuel; for which the inhabi-
tants are conſtrained either to travel far to fetch its, or
elſe to make uſe of thoſe ſmall helps which they have,
as ſtraw, cow-dung, and ſuch like. In this part there
are very fine meadows bordering on the Avon; and
the inhabitants make a fort of cheeſe, which is but
little inferior to that of Warwickſhire, 2 North-
welt fide is almoſt oppoſite to this; for the ground
is hard and barren, not anſwering the deſires of the
huſbandman 1 great expence and labour; hav-
ing in ſome places, near unto that vaſt and decayed
foreſt of Charnwood”, ftore of limeſtone, wherewith
they huſband their grounds*; yet have they here
gogd ſtore of wood, and very rich mines of pit-coal
at Cole-orton, and other places near adjoining.
Some parts, however, of this fide are of a very good
and fertile ſoil, as thoſe which lie upon the tracks and
vallies of the rivers Trent and Soar, and at the con-
fluence of theſe two rivers. The South-eaſt and
South-weſt parts are much alike, both good ſoil, and
apt to bear corn and graſs, and having ſomewhar .
better ſtore of fuel; yer of the two the South-weſt
is the better furniſhed 5,”
& In the North-eaſt ſide is that rich Vale of Belvoir
or Bever, which extendeth itſelf into Nottinghamſhire
and ſome part of Lincolnſhire, and which, for goodneſs
and deepneſs of ſoil, is accounted inferior to none
near adjoining ; yet, by reaſon of the low ſituation,
it is ſometimes endamaged with rain, moiſture, and
humid weather, which, by this old prognoſtic rhyme
there current, hath been obſerved ** ;
« If Bever have a cap *,
« You Churls of the Vale look to that.”
Thus varied in ſome copies of Burton :
If Bever tower have a cap, '#.
„ Churls of the Vale, look you to that.“
And thus in others : |
„When Belvoir wears a hood,
« Be ſure it will be flood.”
On this head ſee a ſeparate article among the Preliminary Diſſertations, p.clix. * Rot, Parl, vol. II. p. 131. Ib. p. 138.
® This inconvenience is now in a great meaſure removed by the navigable canals, |
7 The foreſt of Charnwood, and the grounds within the ring thereof, part of Mountſorrel, a place called Buddon, and part
of Rodeley pain.
* Limeſtone for this purpoſe has as yet been found only at Bredan, Belton, and Oſgathorpe; for the purpoſes of building,
it is in abundance at Barrow and Walton,
5 Burton, and MS. Chetwynd.
1
Ibid,
Clouds and miſts hanging over tis ine the caſtle,
On
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HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE 5
On the fertility of this charming ſpot, Drayton
expatiates with rapture 3 1
« Of Bever's batful earth, men ſeem as though to feign,
Reporting in what ſtore ſhe multiplies her grain !”
And, having perſonified the Genius of the Vale, ke
introduces this animated deſcription ;
Not Eveſham that proud Nymph, although ſhe ſtill pre-
Herſelf the firſt of vales, and though abroad ſheſend [tend
Her awful dread command, that all ſhould tribute pay
To her as our great Queen ; nor White-horſe, though her
Of filver ſeem to be, new melted ; nor the vale [clay
Of Aylſbury, whoſe graſs ſeems given out by tale,
For it ſo filken is; nor any of our kind,
is a dealer in Stilton · cheeſe. The price, at preſent,
is ten pence a pound from the maker, and a ſhilling to
the retailer, who takes it at the maker's weight.
Having given this brief account of the proſits and
commodities of the county, we ſhall next mention the
pleaſure and divertiſements it affords ; among which
may be chiefly reckoned hunting and hawking, the
uſual recreations of the country gentlemen, for all
which it is plentifully provided; its woods, coppices,
and covers being ſtocked with foxes and pheaſants,
and its plains and open fields repleniſhed with hares
and partridges. -And though the nobler quarries of
red and fallow deer are not now ſo common or nu-
merous as they have been in former ages, Charnwood
foreſt having been long ſince, and the chace of Lei-
Or what or where they be, or howſocer inclin'd, ceſter of later years, depopulated and deſtroyed ; and
Me Bever will out- brave, that in my ſtate do ſcorn moſt of its ancient parks, by the frugality of their
By any of them all (once) to be overborne, | on Lee, G other uſeg; yet thoſe af
With theirs do but compare the country where I lye, Alhby, Donington, Gerendon, Bradgate, &c. which
: are ſtil] remaining, are amply ſtored with both ſorts
My Hill and Oulds will fay, they arethe iſland's eye, which are as K. diſtributed by their noble
Conſider next my ſite, and ſay it doth excell; ;
proprietors 5,” |
Then come unto my ſoil, and you ſhall ſee it ſwell The“ Midland Counties,” with the“ Rural Oeco-
With every graſs and grain that Britain forth can bring : nomy” of which Mr Marſhall has lately favoured the
I challenge any vale to ſhew me but that thing publick, include the principal parts of the counties
I cannot ſhew to her (that truly is mine own). of Leiceſter, Rutlard, and Warwick, with the
Beſides, I dare thus boaſt, that I as far am known 3 Jo oi r the Eaſtern
; in affordſhire, and t athern
As any of them all, The South their names doth ſound ; . Derby 8 Nottinghamſhi 8. 8 8
Ten Iorth _ mY nen ſcarcely found e eiceſter being ſituated near its centre. This fer-
A room for any elle it is ſo fill d with mine, tile tract of country, which Mr. Marſhall diſtin-
W hich but a little wants of making me divine. guiſhes by © the Midland Diſtrict,“ meaſures, in
Nor barren am of brooks, for that I {till retain
ſome directions, not leſs than 50 miles acroſs, in
Two neat and dainty rills, the little Snyte and Deane, none he believes leſs than forty ; conſequently, con-
That from the lovely Oulds, their beauteous parent, ſprung tains at leaſt I5CO ſquare miles of ſurface ; with no
From the Leiceftrian fields, come on with me along, other drawback from its fertility than the Charn-
Till both within one bank they on my North are meint, wood hills, wich do not contain 5o miles of infertile
| : a ſoil. Leiceſterſhire, however, contains two other plots
And where I end, they fall, at Newark, into Trent. of ſurface, leſs fertile than the reſt of the diſtrict:
«© There are no manufactures in Leiceſterſhire, ex- One, on the Northern margin, diſtinguiſhed by the
cept that of ſtockings, which hath of late been much name of the Woulds ; a ſwell of confiderable height,
encouraged, ſo that the ſhepherd and huſbandman en- covered with a ſingularly cold, dark-coloured, clayey,
groſs almoſt all to themſelves; for, as the latter ſupplies ſail : The other in the South-weſtern quarter, like-
other counties with corn and pulſe, the former ſends wiſe high land, with a cold retentive ſubſoil, but with
wool into many parts of England. The whole county a lighter and more ſandy ſoil. But, the rocky points
produces wheat, barley, peaſe, and oats ; but its molt of the Foreſt hills apart, the county contains no bar-
natural and plentiful crops are beans, eſpecially that ren ſurface; it has not perhaps an acre worth leſs
part of Sparkenhoe hundred, which lies about the than five ſhillings, and but few acres worth, on leaſe,
village thence called Barton in the beans, where they leſs than ten ſhillings an acre. The entire county is
are ſo luxuriant, that towards harveſt-time they look not, at the preſent rental value of lands, worth much
like a foreſt '.” leſs, on a par, than from fifteen to twenty ſhillings an
Since the beginning of the preſent century, the acre: an eſtimate which, ir is believed, no other
making of cheeſe has become an article of impor- county will bear, Rutlandſhire, perhaps, excepted.
tance in Leiceſterſhire ; and a very conſiderable quan- The part of this extenſive tract, which has engaged a
tity, manufactured in. various parts of the county, is more particular ſhare of Mr. Marſhall's attention, is
annually fold at Leiceſter cheeſe-fair. There is one bounded by the Trent on the North, the Tame on
excellent ſpecies in particular which finds its way the Weſt, the Soar on the Eaſt, and the Anker and
more principally to the metropolis under the name of ® its banks on the South: a diſtrict which, for the
Stilton-cheeſe. Mrs. Paulet *, of Wymondham, in fertility of its ſoil, and a ſpiritedneſs of management,
the Melton quarter of Leiceſterſhire, the firſt eſpecially in the breeding of cattle, cannot certainly
manufacturer of this cheeſe ?, is ſtill living, [17903] be equalled in theſe kingdoms. The Arable Manage-
and for a confiderable time was the only perſon ment of the Midland Diſtrict is confined within ſtill
who made it. At length, however, the place of narrower limits. The diſtrict at large is a graſs-land
produce was diſcovered, and the art of producing country. Breeding, grazing, and the dairy, prevail in
it learnt, by other dairy-women in the neighbour- different parts of ir. But, in the richeſt fineſt plot it
hood. [Little] Dalby firſt took the lead; but it is contains, the four branchesof huſbandry are united, and
now made in almoſt every village in that quarter carried on by men of property and abilities. This
of Leiceſterſhire, as well as in the neighbouring diſtrict is ſituated between the Charnwood hills and
villages of Rutlandſhire. Many tons are made the Weſtern banks of the Trent, the Tame, and the
every year: Dalby is faid to pay its rent with Anker; including the four points of the counties of
this produce only. Thus, from a ſingle circumſtance, Leiceſter, Warwick, Stafford, and Derby, being
the produce of an extent of country is ch 3 ſeated every way near the centre of the kingdom.
and, in this caſe, very proſitably. The ſale is no The outline is irregular. The extent may be eſti-
longer confined to Stilton ; every inn-keeper, within mated at about 150 ſquare miles; or about 100,000
fifteen or twenty miles of the diſtri of manufactures, acres. The climature is below the latitude it lies
Ms. Chetwynd. |
* Mrs. Paulet being a relation, or an acquaintance, of the well-known Cooper Thornhill, who formerly kept the bell ac
Stilton (in Huntingdonſhire on the great North-road from London to Edinburgh), furniſhed his houſe with cream-cheeſe ;
which, being of a ſingularly fine quality, was coveted by his cuſtomers ; and, through the aſſiſtance of Mrs, P. his cuſtomers
were gratified, at the expence of half a crown a pound, with cream-cheeſe of a ſuperior quality; but of what county was
not publicly known hence it obtained, of courſe, the name of Stilzon cheeſe.
* Theſe are the words of Mr, Marſhall ; but under the deſcription of Little Dalbgſ/Ouſton, and Quenoby, it will be found
MS. Chetwyad,
that there are others who have a prior right to this honourable diſtinction.
* Mazihall's Rural Occonomy of the Midland Counties, 1790, vol. I. p. 355. *
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6 HISTORY AND
| thoſe of Eaſt Nortolk, which is firuated in a fimilar a want, and experieuce many inconveniences, which
latitude; and many days earlier than thoſe of Glon- a diſtribution of coppices would remove. It is irue,
ceſſterſhire, which enjoys a more ſoutherly fituation. that many of theſe woodleſs parts are too valuable,
* What is very obſervable, the ſeaſons on the Tamworth as graſs or arable land, to be converted, on a large
* fide of the diſtrict ate a full week forwarder than ſcale, into coppice grounds. Nevertheleſs, there are,
* ; they are on the Foreſt ſide, only 10 or 12 miles dif- in moſt townſhips, cold patches of ſoil, leſs productive
tant; but this, perhaps, may be accounted for b
the coldneſs of the baſe of the Foreſt hills. The ſur-
face of this charming plot of country is various.
general elevation is much greater than that of moſt
middle-ſoiled diltrias. Some of its ſwells might, with
regard to elevation, be deemed upland; yet, in ferti-
lity, it is throughout equal to moſt vale diſtricts. The
ſoil, in Prone. is a rich middle loam; interſperſed
however with a ſew leſs fertile patches. Towards
the foot of the Charn hills, much of it is of
a more ſandy m but of a ſingularly free and
fertile quality. Taking the diſtrict of the ſtation
throughout, it ranks in utility with the firſt diſtrifts
of the iſland. The ſwells, though blgh, are 8
tertile to the ſummit; and the dips between, thoug
wide and flat, are ſound, and eaſily freed from ſur-
face water. The entire diſtrict, except a few narrow
bottoms and the immediate margins of the rivers,
is equally productive of corn and graſs. The ſubſoil
prevalent in this diſtrict is a red clay (provincially
© marl”), reſembling the red foils of Herefordlhire
and Nottinghamſhire. In ſome places a concrete
ſand, increaſing in hardneſs with the depth to a ſoft
gritſtone, occurs in different parts; and a ſandy loam,
or brick earth, mixed with veins of ſand and gravel,
is a pretty common ſubſoil. The roads, through the
nature of the ſoil and ſub{trata, are neceſſarily bad.
Thirty years ago much of this diſtrit was in an open
ſtate ; and ſome townſhips {till remain open: there
are others which appear to have been long in a ſtate
of incloſurez and in which, no doubt, the preſent
ſyſtem of management originated.
© The produce of this diſtrict is chiefly corn and
graſs; little, very little, wood-land within it. It is,
however, ſurrounded with well-wooded tracts; though
there has, within memory, been an undoubted de-
creaſe. Charnwood Foreſt has not, figuratively
ſpeaking, a ſtick left in it“; though, within the pre-
ſent century, much of the antient foreſt remained,
Many ſmaller plots of woodland, and townſhips of
well-wooded hedges, have been cleared away within
the laſt fifty years. Few diſtricts are ſo. thin of
hedge-row timber as this. The old incloſed townſhips
have a tolerable ſhare ; but the new incloſures, which,
with the open fields that yet remain, conſtitute a
principal part of the Midland Diſtrict, are as naked,
to the diſtant eye, as the Downs of Surrey, or the
Woulds of Yorkſhire. Leiceſterſhire, more particu-
larly, ſtands in this predicament. There is not,
ſpeaking generally, a young oak in the county. If
this error ſhould not be reftified, there may not, in
half a century, be a tree left in a townſhip. There
is little danger, however, of the diſlrict ſuffering
through a want of timber. Warwickſhire, Stafford-
ſhire, Derbyſhire, are ſtill fully wooded ; Leiceſter-
ſhire, with the private woods ſcattered round the ſkirts
of the foreſt, and on the borders of Rutlandſhire, has
yet a ſufficiency left to ſupply its internal conſump»
tion. But with reſpe& to coppice wood, many parts
of corn and graſs, and angles in the outline of every
eſtate, which might be profitably planted with cop-
pice wood,
* In the light of ornament, the Midland Diſtrict,
viewed generally, and in its preſent ſtate, is much
inferior to the Northern and Weſtern. quarters of
the iſland. The views are frequently pleafing,
through the variety of ſurface apd richneſs of foil ;
but are ſeldom pictureſque, unleſs when the Charn-
wood hills enter within them. The diſtrict, in a
general point of view, diſcovers a tameneſs, a kind
of ſtill-life, which, however, cloathed as it is in the
verdure and richneſs of herbage, renders this diſtri
deſirable as a place of reſidence, though at preſent
it is not ſtriking to the mere traveller. Neverthe-
leſs, were the billowy fwells of Northamptonſhire and
South Leiceſterſhire as well wooded as thoſe of
Herefordſhire and Kent, they would, in beauty, be
inferior to neither of thoſe counties.
% The Charnwood Hills are too ſtriking a feature
of this diſtrict to be paſſed without eſpecial notice.
Like the Malvern Hills, their ſtyle is ſingular; but
the ſtyle of one is very different from that of the
other. The Malvern Hills, ſeen from a diſtance,
bear a moſt ſtriking reſemblance to the Atlantic
Iſlands; towering up high and ragged; and, on a
near view, appear as one large mountain fragment.
The Charnwood Hills, on the con:rary, ſeen ob-
ſcurely, appear as an extenſive range of mountains,
much larger, and of courſe much more diſtant, than
they really are. When approached, the mountain
ſtyle is ſtill preſerved ; the prominencies are diſtinct,
ſharp, and moſt of them pointed with ragged rock.
One of theſe prominencies, Bardon Hill, riſes above
the reſt ; and, though far from an elevated fituation,
comparatively with the more Northern mountains,
commands, in much probability, a greater extent of
ſurface than any other point of view in the iſland.
It is entirely inſulated, ſtanding every way at a conſi-
derable diſtance from lands equally high. The ho-
rizon appears to riſe almoſt equally on every fide : it
is quite an ocean view, from a ſhip out of ſight of
land; at leaſt more ſo than any other land- view I
have ſeen. The Midland diſtri is almoſt every acre
of it ſeen lying at its feet. Lincoln cathedral, at the
diſtance of near ſixty miles, makes a prominent object
from it. With a good glaſs, the Dunſtable hills, at
little leſs than eighty miles, may, it is ſaid, be diſ-
tinctly ſeen '. The Malvern Hills, Mayhill, and the
Sugar-Loaf in South Wales, are diſtinctly in view.
Enville, the Wrekin, and other mountains of Shrop-
ſhire and North Wales, are equally diſtinguiſhable.
And the Derbyſhire hills, to the higheſt —_ appear
at hand. An outline deſcribed from the extremities
of the views would include near ove fourth of Eng-
land and Wales. It may be deemed without riſque,
I apprebend, one of the moſt extraordinary points of
view in Nature $,”
More incloſures have taken place in this diſtrit within theſe fifty years than in the like quantity of ground, and in the
ſame ſpace of time, in any other part of the kingdom, Not leſs than 140 lordſhips have been incloſed within that period in
Leiceſterſhire ; which now contains, in proportion to its fize, a much greater quantity of grazing ground than any other county,
® On this head, ſee under Beaumanor, the ſeat of William Herrick, eſq,
The plantations at Belvoir already noticed in
and of colonel Hewet at Great Stretton (whi
this general aſſertion of Mr. Marſhall,
+ See Gilpin's Cumberland and W eland, p. 251,
* Haſelbeech-houſe, Northamptonſhire, {aid to be viſible from Dunſtable-hills by the naked eye. G. A.
* Marſhall, vol. I, p. g==33.
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FRAMLAND HUNDRED.
FRAMLAND
SHIRE contained four wapentakes, or hundreds;
AMLAND, GUTHLAXTON, GARTRE, and GoscoTEt 3
and thus it continued till 20 Edward III. when one
of the hundreds was ſubdivided into GuTHL axTON
and SPARKENHOE ; as another of them was ſomewhar
later into EasT and Wrsr Goscorz; ſo that at pre -
ſent the county conſiſts of fix hundreds, |
FrAMLAND, WEsr Goscort,
GARTRE, GUuTHLAXTON, and
EasT Goscor, SPARKENHOE, :
FRAMLAND (i. e. firm, ſtiff land *) occurring
firſt in order of alphabet, the various notices that
have been collected of it in general as a Hundred
A: the time of the general ſurvey, LxIcESsTER-
K
| ſhall firſt be ſet down; and the ſeveral pariſhes it
contains will follow in regular arrangement.
On an inquiſition taken in 1318, 12 Edward II. it
was found that it would be no damage to the king,
or to any other, if the hundred of Framline, with the
appurtenances, were granted to Roger Beler; and it
was accordingly granted to him at a m—_ of the
parliament at York *, Nov. 12, 1283, for the fee - farm
rent of 100 ſhillings.
On the 26th of May following the grant was re-
peated ; with the ſpecification of ſome annual rents,
under the names of Palfrey fikver of Beauver, Wakyng
filver, Shirefs-toth *, and Frank-pledge © ; the whole
making together the fee-farm rent of 12/7. 18s. 34d.
Feb. 20, 1325-6, it appeared that Roger Beler de-
ceaſed, and Alice his wife, held the hundred of
Framland, alias Frameſdene, and the rents in the ſaid
hundred, which are called palfrey-filver, ſchyre-
ſcot 7, and franc-pledge, of ...... de Wake, by
the payment of 12/. 10s. 8d. per annum ; and the
grant was confirmed to Alice, the widow of Roger,
during the minority of her heir.
In 1346 the hundred of Framland, on the
HUNDRE D:
aid then granted for knighting Edward of Woodſtock,
the king's eldeſt ſon, was affeſſed 317. os. 4d. in the
whole; and then contained fifteen knigdte fees, one
half, and three parts of a knight's fee 9.
At an inquifition'® taken 20 Jan. 1352-3, at Rade -
myld, co. Leiceſter, upon the death of William
de Roos of Hamelak, it appeared that there was a
certain cuſtom or due there, called Palfrey-filver, which
ought to be yearly levied of the towns of Bottele/-
ford, Normanton, Herdeby, Claxton, Mufton, Howes,
Barkeby, Queneby, and other bamlets in the county of
Leiceſter, amounting to the ſum of . per annum;
to be paid annually to Roger Beler (holding the
hundred of Framland to the king's uſe) within the
farm of the ſaid Roger for the hundred aforefaid **.
In 1380, Roger Beler, deceaſed, held the hun-
dred of Framlond, by the gift of king Edward 11.
to hold to the ſame Roger and his heirs in fee-farm
of the king and his heirs; paying therefore to the
king 12“. 18s. 549. for a ſberiff- aid **,
Nov. 12, 1382, king Richard II. pranted liberty to
hn Seyntcler, knight, and Mary his wife (who had
fore been the wife of Roger Beler, knight), to ali-
enate this hundred and its appurtenances to Robert
de Swillvngton, knight, whoſe wife Margaret was a
daughter of Roger Beler. |
In 1391 it appeared that Mary (wife, firſt of Roget
Beler, then of John Seintclere u, deceafed) long be-
fore her death, or the death of John Seintclere, by
licence of the king, enfeoffed Robert Swillington and
Margaret his wife (daughter and heir of Roger Beler)
in the hundred of Framland (which the ſaid Mary
then held in dower, of the inheritance of the ſaid
Margaret); and that it was held of the king in ca-
ker by the ſervice of 12. 18s. 544. But who was
er next heir the jurors knew not .
In 1418 Margaret Aylesford (wite of Robert Swil-
1 Such land is ſtill called Fe# land in theſe parts. See Littleton, voc. Frum ; Minſhieu, voc. Crowlatd; and Frimmy/t, Mor-
don's Northamptonſhire, p. gf.
* In Wakefield tower in the Tower of London are the Inquifitions Ad gu Damnum from 1 Edw. II. to the end of
Henty V. Mr, Topham's Report, p. 101.—“ 44 quod Datinum is a writ that lieth to the Eſcheator, to enquire what hurt
it be to the king or other perſon to grant a fair or market, or a mortmain for any lands intended to he given in fee fimple
to any houſe of religion, or other body politic. For in that caſe, the land fo given is ſaid to fall into a dead hand; that is,
Into ſuch an eſtate and condition, that the chief lords do loſe all hope of heriots, ſervice of - courts, and eſcheats upon any
traiterous or felonious offence committed by the tenant, For a body politic dieth not; neither can perform perſonal ſervice,
or commit treaſon or felony, as a ſingle perſon may ; and therefore it is reaſonable, that before any ſuch grant be made, it
ſhould be known what prejudice it is like to work to the granter.” Cowel de Breve ad quod damnum.
3 In preſenti parliamento noſtro Ebor. convocato, de aſſenſu prelatorum de regno noſtro ibĩdem exiſtentium.“
* « Noſtrum hundredum de Frameland cum pertinentiis in com. Leyceſtr'.
Et conceſſimus, pro nobis & heredibus
noſtris, firmas annuas infra hundredum predictum, que vocantur Palfry-filver de Beauver, Wakyng-filver, Shirefs-toth, , &
Franck-plegeage ; habend', pereipiend', & tenend', una cum hundredo predicto, & omnibus aliis ad dictum hundredum per-
tinentibus.“
5 A tenure by the ſervice of providing entertainment for the ſheriff at his county-courts. Rot. Plac. in Itin. apud Ceſt.
14 Hen. VII.
In Derbyſhire the king's bailifts anciently took 6d, of every bovate of land, in the name of Sheriff-rooth, Ryley
Flac, Parl. 653. And it is ſaid to be a common tax levied for the ſheriff's diet. In a charter of Hugh Lupus earl of Cheſter ©
to his barons, made about 1218, we find this clauſe : Et ſi Vicecomes meus, aut aliquis ſerviens in curi mea, aliquem ho-
winum ſuorum inculpaverit, per Thiertnic ſe defendere poterit propter Sherife-tooth, quod reddunt niſi feta eum ſequatur."*
Thiertnift, or Thirduicht, in Hoveden, p. 606, is © trium noctium hoſpes,” Here it ſeems to fignify three nights? charges for the
Sheriff*'s-tooth, See Sir P. Leyceſter, p. 164.
A pledge or ſurety for the behaviour of freemen; it being the antient cuſtom of this kingdom, borrowed from the Len-
bard, that, for the preſervation of the public peace, every freeborn man at the age of fourteen (religious perſons, clerks, &.
excepted) ſhould give ſecurity for his truth towards the king and his ſubjects, or be committed to priſon ; whereupon a certain
number of neighbours uſually became bound one for another, to ſee each man of their pledge forth-coming at all times, or to
anſwer the tranſgreſſion done by any gone away: And whenever any one offended, it was forthwith enquired in what pledge he
was, and then thoſe of that pledge either produced the offender within one and thirty days, or ſatisſied far his offence. This
was called frank-pledge ; and this cuſtom was ſo kept, that the ſheriffs at every counq- court did from time to time take the oaths
of young perſons as they grew to fourteen years of age, and fee that they were ſettled in one decensam or other; whereby
this branch of the ſheriff's authority was called viſas fraxci plegii, or view vf franl- pledge.
7 This ſeems to be ſynonymous to fheriff5-toth above.
* Eſch, 19 Edw. II. N' g8. Leic.
9. Rot. Aux. 20 Edw. III.
1? 6 There was formerly an eſcheator choſen annually in the Exchequer for each county; whoſe office it was to colle&
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all eſcheats (ur extraordinary and dropping dues) for the king's uſe. And in the rolls that belonged to this charge we haye
all the forfeitures, heriots, wards, lapſes of advowſon, revenues of vacant dignities and livings. The inquiſitions taken by theſe
officers, upon the death of any gentleman of eſtate, afford perhaps the trueſt draughts of the ſeveral counties in England.”
Bp. Nicolſon, Engl. Hiſt, Libr. p. 208.—* In Wakefield tower, in the Tower of London, are kept theſe /ngzifitiones poſt
mortem, from 1 Hen. III. to 3 Ric. III.“ Mr, Topham's Report, p. 1090.—** Diem clauſit extremum is a writ that lieth for
the heir of him that holdeth land of the crown, either by knight's ſervice or-ia ſocage, and dieth, be he under or at full
age ; directed to the eſcheagor of the county, for Inquiry to be made by him of what eſtate the party deceaſed was ſeiſed, and
who is next heir unto him, and of what value the land is.“ Cowel de Breve de diem clauſit extremum,—* Extente arc the
ſurveys and valuations of eſtates, made upon inquiſition, or the oaths of a jury, impannelled by the ſheriff, by virtue of the
king's precept.” Bp. Kennet's Gloſſary,
Eich. N 53, Leie. 12 Eſch. 4 Ric. II. No 14. Leic.
n Saint Leger, alio exewp. Esch. 15 Ric, II. Pars I. Ne g. & ex Libro de Lovel.
Vol. I, . D 2 | . a lington
8 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
linzron deceaſed) was ſeiſed of the hundred of Fram-
land; which was held of the king in fee-farm, on
prom of an” anndal rent of 12“. 18s. 5714. at the
xchequer 2 n
In 1420 Robert Swillington, knight, deceaſed, was
ſciſed ot the hundred of Framland, which was held
of the king in fee-farm *. 'The' ſame Robert Swil-
Langton was alſo ſeiſed of a mefſuage and two ſhops
in the town of Leiceſter, and of a certain rent of
4. called palfrey-ſilver; alſo of another yearly rent
of 71.” 25. loid, called ſheriff's toth; and a third
yearly payment of 2. 9. 6d. arifing out of the hun-
dred of Framland, co. Leiceſter ;*all-which were held
of the king, by the payment of 12. 1886. 51d.; and
Margaret (wife of John Gray, daughter of Roger de
Swillington) was his ſiſter and next heir. |
In 1445 a parliamentary commiſſion was iſſued, to
determine what abatements ſhould be made to ſuch
of the townſhips throughout the kingdom, as either
on account of having become waſte, or otherwiſe de-
pauperated, had occafion for relief. On this occafion
the county of Leiceſter, which had been raxed 6000/.
as the proportion of a fifteenth and tenth, and of
the half of a fifteenth and tenth, had an allowance
of 5741. 135. 7d, which may be ſeen under one ge-
neral view among our preliminary articles, and the
particular deduction from each pariſh in its proper
place. The hundred of Framland was Txondrate
of 291. 18s. 9d.z and Anthony Malory was ordered
to pay 54l. 18s. 2d. |
In 1471, Henry VI. in the 49th year of his reign,
or rather in the firſt year of his re- aſſumption of the
regal power, in honour and recompence for the
great ſervices of George duke of Clarence, his
coufin, appointed him the profirs of many lands,
manors, &c. in ditterent parts of the kingdom ;
K, infer alia, crnitm ſolidos per annum de firma
* wapentachii de Goſcote, quos Nicholaus Segrave
*« folvere debet, pro vite ſue termino, & duodecim
+ libras, decem & octo ſolidos, quinque denarios, &
« unum obolum per annum, de feodi firma hundredi
« de Framland, eum pertin', in co. Leic', quos Ro-
„ gerus Bellere ſolvere deber, pro termino vite ſue;
«« Teſte rege apud Weſtmon. 23 die Martii *,”
On the death of the duke of Clarence in 1478,
the hundred of. Framland, with its appurtenances,
was given by king Edward IV. to Sir William Haſ-
tings, lord Haſtings. |
In 1483 it appeared that William lord "Haſtings,
deceaſed, was: ſeiſed of the hundred of Framland
and that it was held of the king as of his honour of
Peverel 5. . ;
In the accompts of Richard Scudamore, gentleman,
receiver-general to Henry Haſtings, earl of Hunting-
don, 1569, the hundred of Framland is entered at
41. 135. 44.* | |
Sept.22, 1597, Henry Haſtings earl of Huntingdon,
deceaſed, was ſeiſed of the hundred of Framland ? ;
and fince that time the hundred court of Framland,
to which moſt of the towns of this hundred owe ſuir
and ſervice, eſpecially all thoſe which belong to the
duke of Rutland, has been poſſeſſed ſucceſſively by
the carls of Huntingdon, till the death of the late
earl in 1789, when it became the property of his
nephew, Francis lord Raudon; who ſtill receives
the various ancient rents. under the names of Pa/fry-
Aver, Sherifs-toth, and Frank-pleage *,
The Townſhips of FRAMLAND
HUNDRED are,
Abkettleby, a vicarage; incliding Eaftwell, a reftory. Plungar, a vicarage.
Holzwell, which has a chapel; Eaton, a vicarage. Redmile, a rectory.
and the ancient hamlet of Holt, Edmondthorpe, a rectory. Saltby, a vicaragez including the
Barkſton, a vicarage. Garthorpe, a vicarage. manor of Bert/anby, commonly
Belvoir caſtle and priory. Godeby-Marwood, a rectory. called Beſcaby.
Bottesford, a rectory; including Harby, a rectory. Saxby, a rector.
the hamlets of Eafthorpe and Hareſton, a rectory. E a vicarage; including
Normanton. 2.4 Hoſe, a vicarage. oldſmith's Grange.
Braunſlon, a rectory. Kirkby-Belers, a curacy. Somerby, a vicarage.
Broughton (Nether), a rectory. Finipton, a rectory. Sproxton, a Vicarage.
Buckminſter, a vicarage; includ-
ing the hamlet of Sewftern.
Cawatell, a chapelry belonging
to Rodeley 9, with the hamler
of Wikebam.
Claxton, Long, a vicarage.
Cold Overton, a rectory.
Cofton, a rectory.
Croxton- Kyriel, a vicarage.
Croxton abbey.
Dalby, Little, a vicarage.
* Eſch, 6 Hen. V. Ne 26. Leic. See more in Kirkby-Belers and Wigſton Magna.
? Eſch. 8 Hen. V. N 91. Leic.
+ Rymer, Fœd. tom. XI. p. 703:
Harl. MSS. 3881.
| Melton- Mowbray,
7 Eſch. 39 Eliz.
9 Deſcribed under Weſt Goſcote Hundred.
Leefthorp, a hamlet belonging
to Pickwell *,
Markfield, South, a chapelry
longing to Tilton **', _.
a vicarage;
including Burton-Lazars, Free-
by, Syſonby, and Welby, in
each of which there is a cha-
pel; and Eye-Kettleby, where
the chapel is in ruins.
Myfion, a rectory.
Stapleford, a vicarage.
Stathern, a rectory.
Stoneſby, a vicarage.
Thorpe-Ernald, a vicarage; in-
cluding Brentingby chapel.
Waltham on the Woulds, a rec-
tory.
Withcote, a rectory.
Wiverby, a rectory.
Wymondbam, a rectory.
3 Eiſch. 8 Hen. V. Ne 51. Leic. & ex Lib. de Lovel.
$ Eſch. 1 Ric. III. N 32. Leic.
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ABKETTLEBY, with HOLWELL and HOLT.
ABKETTLEBY, commonly called Kettleby, ſitu-
ted three miles to the North of Melton Mowbray, on
the turnpike road to Nottingham, ſtands on the fide of
the Woulds, near to the Vale of Belvoir, It is
bounded by Welby on the South, Wartnaby on the
Weſt, Nether Broughton on the North, and Holwell
on the Eaſt; and contains, exclufive of Holwell,
nearly 1000 acres. In the eccleſiaſtical diviſion of
Leiceſterſhire, it is within the deanry of Framland,
and (as is the whole county) in the dioceſe of Lincoln.
This village occurs in ancient records under the
various orthography of Chetelbern, Ketelberne, Chetelbi,
Ketelby, Kettilby, Ab-Rettleby, Abbe-Retilby, Ape-Ket-
tleby, Ap-Ketilby. Of theſe varieties Chetelbern and
Cbetelbi appear to have been the earlieſt and propereſt,
as Chetelbern * was the name of its owner when the fa-
mous ſurvey called Domeſday-Book was taken by or-
der of William the Conqueror; and by, it is well
known, in the Saxon tongue, is the ſame as an- habi-
tation or dwelling in modern Engliſh. It ſoon after ac-
quired the name of Abbats Keitltby, as belonging in part
to the priory of Laund in this county, and to diſtin-
guiſh it from the neighbouring town of Eye-RKettleby.
In the time of Edward the Confeſſor (A. D. 97 5—
978), there were ten ploughs in Holwell and Ket-
tleby, then conſidered as one lordſhip, and valued at
eight ſhillings a year; which, in 1086, when the
Conqueror's ſurvey was completed, was improved
to ſixty ſhillings ; Robert de Buci being at that time
the owner of the lordſhip ; under whom Gerard held
five ploughlands in Holwell, and fix in Kettleby.
'Two ploughs were kept in the part retained in the
lord's demeſne; five others were occupied by ſeven
villans, four bordars, a prieſt, and fix ſocmen. The
meadow land was then three furlongs in length, and
half a furlong in breadth =.
About the year 1100 Richard Baſſet, chief juſtice
of England, held this town of the Albanys ; which
Richard Baſſet, with Maud Ridell his wife, founded
the priory of Laund, and gave (inter alia) the church
of this town to it; but the lands deſcended to Ralph
lord Baſſet of Weldon and Sapcote.
Under the Baſſets, the next antient owners of this
town were the Tatteſhalls; and under them, Cuili,
Driby, Orreby, Beler, and Stwillington. Other antient
owners here were Bertram de Crioll; Peter de Savoi;
Barnard ; Scroop of Maſham ; Conſtable ; and Berkley, a
family of antient date in this county (as may be ſeen un-
der Wymondham); and, under the Berkleys, Thwayts.
By a charter, dated April 26, 1242, king Henry
III. granted to Bertram de Crioll, for his homage and
ſervice, the manor of Croxton, with its appuirtenatices;
in part of exchange for the manor of Ketelberne, which
he firſt gave to the ſaid Bertram, but afterwards to
Peter of Savoy : for the prefent exchange whereof he
now gave to the above Bertram 16/. lands in Lechton
fo that he ſhould have in all 401. lands in Croxton and.
echton) paying only to the king either a pair of gilt
ſpurs yearly of the value of fix pence, or otherwiſe fix
pence in money, on the feaſt of St. Michael : provided
however, that, if the King or his heirs ſhould, in time of
peace, be minded to reſtore the faid manor of Croxton
to the right heir, then the king, or his heirs, ſhould
firſt allow the ſaid Bertram a reaſonable exchange.
In 1264, Ralph lord Baſſet of Weldon, taking part with
the rebellious barons, was killed at the battleof Eveſham;
whereupon the lordſhips of Kettleby and Holwell, then
worth 20l. a year after all outgoings, were forfeited to
the king 5, and by hin: granted to Robert, ſon of Robert
lord Tatteſball; who died ſeiſed of them in 1283 5.
Among the knights fees of Ralph Baſſet of Wel-
don, recorded in the Teſta de Nevill, 19 and 24 Hen:
III. Robert de Tateſhall held half a fee in Holewell
and Ketelby. Theſe lands were deſcribed as ſeven
carucates, rated to the ſheriff's aid at 44. d.; and
charged pro ſectd (tor ſuit) 25; 3 and francpledge 25.
In the Itinerary taken by order of king Henry III.
in 1280, Abkettleby, Helwell, and Skaldford, were
conſidered as collectively forming and anſwering for
one vill; reſpondebant pro und villatd. |
Sept. 22, 1285, king Edward I. granted to Robert
Tatteſhall, and his heirs, liberty of free-warren“
in all the demeſne lands of Holwell and Kettleby, by
an inſtrument which ſhall be given at large in the
Appendix *,- as a ſpecimen of that ſpecies of grant.
In 1303 Robert de Tateſhale died ſeiſed of certain
tenements in Holewel and Ketelby, held in capite of
ſir Richard Baſſet of Weldon, by knight's ſervice, viz.
30. 195. 24. rent of the freeholders; and 180. 8s. rent
of the cuſtomary tenants. And Richard de Holewel
and Roger le Clerk, of Ketilby, then held a moiety
of one knight's fee, with the appurtenances, in Hole-
wel, Kenlby, and Herdeby, of Robert de Tateſhale
aforeſaid, deceaſed 9, |
In 1305 Robert de Tatteſhall (fon and heir of
Robert de Tateſhale) died ſeiſed of certain lands and
renements in Holewel and Ketilby, held of fir Richard
Baſſet of Weldon, by the ſervice of half a knight's
fee: and Thomas de Cailey, Joan wife of Robert
de Dryby, and Iſabella wife of John de Orreby,
were his coufins and next heirs .
This manor fell chiefly to the allotment of Juan de
The name of Chettle is even yet to be found among the freeholders of this pariſh. See p. N. 5
* & Girardus tenet de Roberto 5 carucatas terre in Holwelle, & in Chetelbi 6 carucatas terre, Tempore Regis Edwardi
erant ibi 10 caruce.
Domeſday, p. xix.
3 Regiſt, Prior. de Launde.
* 5 Inquif, 5o Hen. III. |
In dominico ſunt 2 caruct ; & 7 villani, cum 4 bordariis, cum preſbytero, & 6 ſoemannis, habent ;
carucas. Pratum ibi 3 quarentenas longitudinis, & dimidium quarentene latitudinis. Valuit 8 ſolidos z modo 60 ſolidog.””
* See the Appendix de this volume, N* I. P. 1,
Eſe. 34 Edw. I. n. 57.
7 The privilege of free warren was this, that within ſuch liberty no perſon ſhould hunt. or deſtroy the game of hare, coney,
partridge, or pheaſant ; nor fiſh without the leave of him to whom the ſaid privilege was granted, on forfeiture of ten
pounds. Kennet, Paroch, Antig . p. 247» * Ne I. p. 1. * Eſc, 31 Edw, I. N* 40. Leie.
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10 HISTORY AN ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Dryby *, who had iſſu fir 7obn de Dryby, whoſe
daughter and coheir Alice (firſt married to fir John
Tuſket, knight, and afterward to Ralph lord Baſſet
of Sapcote; then to (ir Anketil Mallory; and laſtly,
to fir John Bernacle, knight *), died ſeiſed of it in
1412, leaving her grandchild, Elizabeth Malory,
daughter of fir Thomas Malory, knight (fon. of the
. TaidFAnketil and Alice), her heir; bur on the parti-
rio of Tatteſhall's lands, I/abell de Orreby had alſo
ſevEral lands here; upon which her ſon reſided here,
and bore for his arms, Or, two chevrons and a canton
Gules 3; in allüſion to the coat armour of Albany
oye Belvoir (his chief lord), who bare, Or, two
chevrons and a bend Gules k. .
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On All Saints-day, 1303, John Neale granted to
Hugh Bernard, of Abkettleby, and Ellen his wife,
and their heirs, four acres of land, &c. in Abkettleby
field, by a deed, to which Henry Atte Croſſe of that
town was a witneſss. |
In 1307 it was found, that it would be no damage
to the king, or any other perſon, if Hugh Bernard,
of Ketilby, had licence to exchange and incloſe a
certain lane in Abbeketelby, within his manſe theres,
The ſame year a full partition was made of the
lands of Kobert de Tatelhale, junior, deceaſed, lying
in Hollewell and Ketelby, among his coheirs above-
mentioned.
In 1323 Joan de Driby held the manor of Ketilby,
of Ralph lord Baſſet of Weldon, by knight's ſervice *.
long before her death, gave her manor of Ketilbys
(which ſhe held ot Ralph ord Baſſet of Weldon, by
knight's ſervice), to Jobn de Driby, her ton and heir“.
In 1331 a ſuit took plice between the prior of
Belvoir, and Eleanor and Matilda, filters of Alan of
Abkettleby, relative to ſome property at Stathern in
this county. 3
In 1346 John Drybie and John Orreby (on the
aid then granted for knighting Edward of Wood»
ſtock, the king's eldeſt ſon), were aſſeſſed at 20s. for
half a knight's fee in Abkettleby, Holwell, and
Hardby, parcel of the fee of Baſſet . :
In 1368 Alice Beler, deceaſed, (relict of Roger
Beler) was ſeiſed of two ſhillings rent, with the ap-
ns ns in Holwell, which ſhe held of Alice
riby by the ſervice of one roſe-flower '*, |
In 1371 Abkettleby and Holwell are entered
among the towns which paid an annual rent to the
preceptory of Dalby on the Woulds. ax
In 1378 Sir Ralph Baſſet of Sapcote, deceaſed, was
ſeiſed of certain lands in Abketilby, as a member of
Bredon in the ſame county
In 1392 Henry le Scrope, knight, deceaſed, was
ſeiſed of an annual rent of 1007. in Hollewell and
Ape-Kettleby, which was held of the king by
knight's ſervice '*, :
In 1405 Stephen le Scrop of Maſham, knight,
deceaſed, was ſeiſed of the like annual rent of 1007.
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In 1329 it appeared that Joan de Driby deceaſed, capite, by knight's ſervice's. |
* Eſc, 17 Edw. II. N' 188. Leic. * Eſc, 14 Hen. IV. N' 15. Leic. 3 Plate II. fig. 1.
* Plate I. fig, 2 — This manner of bearing arms was very antient ; for in the infancy of hereditary armory, about the begin-
ning of the reign of king Henry III, at which time (as thoſe learned and judicious Antiquaries, Mr. Camden, Clarencieux, and
Pierre Pithou, do note) arms in Chriſtendom became hereditary and deſcendible, which before were but ex placito, as by divers
inſtances might be ſhewed; though Paulus Jovius, ** Ragionamento di Impreſ.“ fol. 5, affirms, that in the reign of Frederick
Barbaroſſa the Emperor (who began his empire 1153, and died 1189, 1 Ric. I.) the bearing of arms then firſt began, and that thoſe
marks and pictures which before that time were uſed in ſhields, banners, and ſtandards, were but Deviſes and /mpreſes, and not
hereditary, About that time I have obſerved, that thoſe who were either menial attendants, or elſe feodaries to any noble per-
ſonage, or who held any lands of them by any certain ſervice, or were otherwiſe devoted unto them, did uſually aſſume to them-
ſelves for their arms the device of the coat of their lord, either changing the colours, retaining the charge, or by adding
ſomething to the charge. Sir Edward Coke, in his Comment on Littleton's Tenures, fol. 27, ſays, ** that though the arms
are here hereditary, they ſhall deſcend only to males, as females are not able to bear arms :“ but to this is replied, that
though women do not bear arms, like Amazons, in a military ſenſe, yet they may bear arms as the diſtinguiſhing mark or
device of their family, which, being uſually drawn upon eſcutcheons, are called arms. Mr. Erdeſwick, of Sandon, co. Stafford,
in a judicious treatiſe on the true uſe of armory, publiſhed under the name of his ſervant, W. Wirley, anno 1592, will not
allow theſe diſtinctions (on the female fide) to be called arms, but only marks and devices, which may, as ſuch, ſtand
good in any proportion, though not in ſhields or eſcutcheons. But there is another reaſon, viz. that unleſs arms deſcend ro
an heir female, her iſſue cannot bear her arms; for ſuch things wherein the anceſtor had no inheritance cannot, according
to the maxim of law, deſcend to the heir; and ſurely the iſſue of a woman has a right to the maternal coat by deſcent in
uartering, and may challenge the ſame as well as her lands, as common and daily experience teſtifies, Some indeed have
tirely left off even the paternal coat, and bore that of the mother only, as, |
Fitz Warren, carl of Arundel D'Aubigny's .
Willoughby bore are ſom
Sutton Some rie's
With infinite other examples of this kind. Thus, Charxels, of Muſton, near Belvoir (who held his lands of Albany) bore
Gules, two chevrons and a border Or; the colours of Albany counterchanged, Plate II. fig. 3; Crioie, or Keriel, of Croxton,
bore Argent, two chevrons and a canton Gules, fig. 43 Paynel, of Boothby, co. Lincoln, bore Gules, two chevrons and a
border Argent, fig. 5; and Roband, two chevrons and a canton Gules, charged with a lion paſſant Argent, fig. 6. One more
derivative I will add from Albany; of Stauston, a gentleman in Nottinghamſhire, who beareth Argent, two chevrons and a
border Sable, (fig. 7.), and held his lands of the taid Albany, by the tenure of Caſtle-gard, by keeping and defending a
tower in the caſtle of Belvoir againſt any aſſault or invaſion ; which tower to this day is called Staunton Torwver, and the tenure
is yet acknowledged and avowed; and, being knight's ſervice, cannot be aliened from the caſtle ; and ſo it is held 1 Afi.
Tenures, B. 11 and 19, E. 2. F. Aſſiſe 399. That if a tenant hold of the Lord by Caſtle-gard, or ſuit torhis mill, if the Lord
do grant over theſe ſervices, and the tenant attorn, that the grantee ſhall not have the Caſtle-gard, nor ſuit to the mill,
for that they be ſervices inſeparable. And fir William Here, chief juſtice of the Common Pleas, doth there hold, that if the
Lord do grant the mill and the ſuit, yet the heir of the grantor ſhall have the ſuit to the mill, if he erect a new mill, for
that the tenure is of the manor of the grantor, and not of the mill. (Co. Rep. lib. iv. Lutterell's Caſe, 88. b. 89. a.) This
"tenure of Knight's ſervice is defined to be the ſervice of lands or tenements for bearing of arms in defence of the realm, or
of the Lord; and it draweth wardſhip, marriage, and relief, The French call this tenure Service de Chewaler, for that it
was to be performed by a horſeman, as anciently Equites Romani; thoſe at the general charge of the ſtate; theſe at their
proper coſts, by reaſon of their tenure ; we in our own tongue call it Knight's ſervice, of the Saxon word Kmghe fignifying
a Serwitor. The Normans, after the Conqueſt, were the firſt inſtitutors of this tenure ; for, before their coming, I never
read of any ſuch tenure: which they ordained for this purpole ; for that having gained their lands by the ſword, thinking
that not a ſufficient title to ſecure themſelves withal, for better ſafeguard and defence of themſelves and their eſtates, they did
grant lands over to their aſſured friends, to be held by them and their heirs, for performance of their ſervice, to defend
the Lord and his heirs from any war or invaſion, In antient time the law allowed many privileges to knight's ſervice : one
was, that the tenant might have a writ de eſſendo quieto de Tallagio, as is evident in the Clauſe Rolls, 19 Hen. III. m. 22.
viz. Si Thomas filius Ranulphi terram ſuam teneat per fſervicium militare, ſicut domino regi monſtravit, tune nullum ab
eodem Thoma capiant tallagium, nec pro eo dando ipſum diſtringant, vel homines ſuos qui per conſimile ſervicium teneant.”
This agrees with the charter of Henry I. (Lib. Rub. in Scacc. p. 41.) which he made on the day of his coronation, for the
reſtitution of the antient laws; i. e. Militibus qui per loricas terras ſuas defendunt & deſerviunt terras dominicarum
carucatarum ſuzrum ab omnibus geldis, & ab omni opere quibus, &c, concedo, &c,” And the reaſon is there given, “ ſicut
tam magno gravamine alleviati ſint, ita ſi equis & armis ſe bend inſtruant, ut apti & parati ſint ad ſervicium meum & de-
- fenfionem regni mei.“ Thus was it in old ages. Another kind of this knight's ſervice is Eſcuage, called in Latin Scutagium,
or Serviciam ſcuti, the ſervice of the ſhield, It is defined in the book of old tenures to be a certain ſum of money, and
therefore perhaps rather from Ecu, a crown piece, than from Scutagium ; which is to be levied by the Lord of his tenant
according to the quantity of bis tenure as Eſcuage, being aſſeſſed by Parliament, to go through the land, how much every
tenant ſhall give to the Lord. A third, and the chiefeſt kind of this Knight's ſervice, is Grand Sergeanerie, of which 1 ſhall
peak hereafter [under Xibworth] more at large.” Bur rox, correfted by MS. Chetwynd.
J 5. Heralds Viſitation, by Lennard and Vincent, 1619. Eſc. 35 Edw. I. N* 88, Leic. 7 Eſc, 1 Edw. II. Ne g. Leie.
| % 17 Edw. II. ad quod Dampn. Ne 188, Leic. 9 Eſc, 3 Edw. III. N? 64. Leic. 29 Rot. Aux. 20 EKdw. III.
1 Eic. 42 Edw. III. N* 0. Leic. | | 7: Eſc. 2 Ric. II. N* 8. Leic. f
33 Eſc. 16 Ric, II., Pars 1. N' 28, & ex libro de Lovel. 14 Eſc. 7 Hen, IV. N* 52. Leic,
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In 1412 Alice Baſſet, deceaſed (reli of Ralph
» Paſſer, knight) was ſeiſed of certain lands in Ab-
Ketilby, parcel of the manor of Bredon *,
In 1415 a ſimilar return occurs. |
In 1420 Robert Swillington, deceaſed, was ſeiſed
of one croft in Abbe-Ketilby, which he held of the
heir of John de Tateſhall3,
In 1454 John le Scrop of Maſham, knight, de-
cealed, was ſeiſed of five meſſuages, ſixty acres of
land, and forty actes of paſture, in Holwell ; alſo
of four meſſuages, eighty acres: of land, and fixty
acres of paſture; in Ap-Ketilby ; and the ſaid mei-
ſuages and land were held of the king, by the ſervice
of a twentieth part of one knight's fee 4.
In 1475 Thomas le Scrop of Maſham, knight;
deceaſed, was ſeiſed of 100s. per annum rent in
Holwell and Abbe-Ketilby 5.
1499 Ralph Conſtable, deceaſed; was ſeiſed of cer
tain lands and tenements in Kettleby and Holwell .
April 28, 1522, Henry Thwaytes, knight, de-
teaſed, was ſeiſed of certain lands, tenements, and of
the rents of 25. 94. and two pounds of pepper, in
ABKETTLEBY.
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* which were all held of Maurice Berkley;
night 7. |
n 1445 Abkettleby was aſſeſſed towards a fifteenth
and tenth 1/. 115. 4d. ; from which 35. 4d. was abated.
The nett expence of the poor in 1776 was 18/.
6s. 74. Medium of three
651. 45. 6d. "4 N
In 1564 this pariſh contained 34 families (Ket-
tleby 20; Holwell 14). 2 |
At preſent (1791) there are 55 families in the pa-
riſh (Kettleby 36; Holwell ig.) _ |
Ia 1630 Robert Blankley was the only freeholder
reſident in Abkettleby. At the general election of
1722, the numbet that polled was 12; in 1778, the
ſame number. 4
The regiſtet of Abkettleby, which includes Holwell,
begins in 1580. The average of baptiſms, for the firſt
20 years, is nearly 7; and of burials 4; from 1770 to
1789, the baptiſms neatly 8; the burials 44. i
Frantis lord Rawdon is the preſent lord of the
manor; and Mrs. Banibrigg owns the hall-houſe;
which is inhabited by Mr. Croſs, a farmer.
years, 1783—178s, was
In the Heralds Viſitation, by Lennard and Vincent, 1619, the family of Neale is thus noticed:
Nigell of Abkettleby, one of the barons of the earl of Cheſter; whoſe arms were, Gules, a pale lozengy, Or“.
Richaſa ſon of Nigel).
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John IN n of Richard, 31 Edw. I.
Richard Neale of Abkettleby 2 & 22 Edw. III.
William Neale , 42 Edw. III.
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John Neale , 13 Ric. II. & 4 Hen. IV.
Johanna wife of Richard Prate.
William Neale **, 3 Hen. IV.
William Neale of Abkettleby, huſbandman ., 22 Hen. VI.
Wilnam Neale . 3 Edw. IV.
Richard Neale, 26 & 24 Henry VII; | :
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Tho mas Neale, 14 Hen. VIII.
Richard Neale of Abkettleby 5 Fdw. VI.==Elizabeth; daughter of John Brabaſon, of Eaſtwell, co. Leic:
Thomas Neale, ad ſon, married John Neale, of
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Richard Neale; - 98 for; aten
Mary, daughter of Edward Abkettleby ; illiam Savage, of Elizabeth, dau. of William Rouſe,
Moore, of Abkettleby. died 1606 . | Abkettleby. of Hoſe, co. Leic.
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Elizabeth, 2d daughter, mar- William Neale, of=Elizabeth, daughter of Alex- Jane, married to Richard
ried Hugh Fowler, de com, Abkettleby. ander Smyth, of Sutton upon Stevens, of Claxton, co.
Glouc. | | Noa ik Trent, co. Nottingham. © Leic.
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2nd
dau. Nott.
Anne, marricd Ellen, married Ro- John Neale, iſt ſon, æt. 21,
419
of Bingham, co. London, merchant
taylor, by NewInn.
Theodocia; 1ſt dau.
marr. Will. Stokes,
of Abkettleby, co.
Leic.
anno 1619, mar. Iſabel, dau.
of John Sprigg of Thorn
ton, co. Nottingham.
The CHURCH,
dedicated to St. James, conſiſts of a South porch; a
nave, two ailes, and a chancel anſwering the nave,
Which are all leaded, but not well lighted, _
A South-weſt view of this church, taken by Mr.
Schnebbelie in May 1791, is given in Plate I.
Atthe Welt end of the nave ſtands the ſteeple, a
ſtone ſpire, without windows or ornament ; in the
tower whereof are three middling bells, thus inſcribed :
I. God fave his church, 1653.”
2. * &. ö u.
* Iheſus be our ſpeede. 1662.“ 2
he arches in and about the church are elliptical,
pointed, circular, &c. but without order. The pillars
* Eſc. 14 Hen. IV. Ne rg, Lei.
* Eſc. 34 Hen. VI. Ne 14. Leic.
® Eſc. 16 Hen, VII.
* , Hen, V. No 60. Leie.
7 Efe, 14 Hen, VIII. ex libro de Lovel.
on the North fide are greatly out of the perpendicu-
lar, and, when viewed with the eye of a workman,
appear not in the ſafeſt ſiruation. The timber which
ſupports the roof is ordinary, and the floor very bad.
Lhe ſtairs to the rood- loft are ſtil} viſible.
be font is extremely ancient; ſquare, and ſupported
by a ſlender round ſhaft in the centre; and four co-
lumns of a different form at the corners. A ſhetch
of it, by Mr. Schnebbelie, is given in Plate I.
In = upper window of the South aile, Burton
obſerved theſe arms in 1608. |
1. Cheque Or and Gules;z a chief Erm.
Tatteſhall. (fig. 9.)
1 fe. $ Hen. V. Ne 51. Leie.
5 Eſc. 15 Edw, IV. N' 42. Leic.
7 See plate II. fig. 8.
9 This John, by a deed, dated All Saints Day, 31 Edw. I. gave to Hugh Bernard, of Abkettleby, and Elen his wife, and
their heirs, four acres of land, &c. in Abkettleby field. See p. 10. |
John, the ſon of Henry Atte Croſſe, of Abkettleby; gives to this Richard Neale three acres and a half of land in Ab-
kettleby, by a deed, dated on the Saturday after Michaelmas-day, 2 Edw, III.
| ** William Neale, of Abkettleby; grants to John Neale; of Melten Mowbray, and Robert Kirketon, of Thorneton ſuper
Wale; chaplain, all his lands, tenements, &c. cum edificiis, pratis, & paſturis, by deed, dated on the Sunday after St. Luke's-
day, 42 Edw. III.
A grant of William de Lattou, chaplait, to this Johm Neale, occurs 16 Ric. II.
F '# Wilbam Belters, chaplain, and. Thomas Michelſon, of Gnipton, were truſtees, in the marriage ſettlement of this Wil.
liam Neale, for a capital meſſuage and three bovates of land, 5 Hen, IV. |
A releaſe of Thomas Spicer, of Heſell, co. York, to this William Neale, occurs 2 June, 22 Hen. VI.
To this Willam
3 Edw. IV.
Var. I.
Neale, Joha Dribie quits claim to all right
| E
of lands, &c. on the feaſt of St. Thomas the Martyr,
1% See his epitaph, p. 14.
2. Barry
Las?
2. Barry of fix, Arg. & Az. a label of five points,
Gules. Grey of Wilton. (fig. 10.)
To which Mr. Peck, who viſited this church in
1730, adds, 41 |
N Or; a mullet Arg. (fig. 11.)
None of theſe were remaining, May 13, 1791.
In 1220, the prior of Laund was patron of the
church of Abkettleby. The then rector was Alan,
inſtituted by Hugh biſhop of Lincoln; paying to the
faid prior from oſd time a penſion of 20s. And this pa-
riſh had a chapel at Holwell, which had uſed to be
ſerved three days in the week by the mother church *.
John de Abkettleby was preſented to the rectory
of. St. Gregory's, Northamptonſhire, Dec. 26, 1346
n a taxation of Leiceſter benefices, made about
1360, Abkettleby and Holwell are rated in the pope's
books at 30 marks; and paid 2s. for Peter- pence;
and a penſibn of 20s. to the poor of Laund.
On the 2oth of May, 1397, the prior and convent
of Laund obtained from king Richard II, for forty
pounds, a patent for appropriating to their own uſe
the profits of the church of Abkettleby, of which
they held the advowſon in full right under the king
in capite; on condition of finding a canon of their
houſe to perform divine ſervice daily, in a chantry
which the king had then lately founded at Laund, for
the ſouls of the king, of Iſabel the queen confort, of
Anne queen of England deceaſed, and for the ſouls
of the king's father, mother, grandfather, and of all
the faithful deceaſed; and allo on condition of. pro-
viding one of their own body to ſupply the cure of
the pariſh of Abkettleby.
This permiſſion was ſucceeded, in 1403, by the en-
dowment of the vicarage ; when the rectorial- hall or
houſe, with the adjoining chambers, and other houſes
ereted thereon, were appropriated for the vicar's
reſidence; and the extent of ground belonging to it
particularly deſcribed, as extending in length from
the king's highway on the South to the end of the
hall, and in breadth from the North part to the
Weſt end of the granary, and thence in a trait line
to the end of the ſaid granary, including alſo in the
breadth a meſſuage of John Thorpe. The vicar
Was beſides to have a virgate of land in the common
field of Abkettleby, and another in that of Holwell,
with the glebe belonging to the church; a meadow
called Legoſe in Holwell would; eleven roods of
meadow, called The Well Dole, in the ſame would;
the tithe of the meadow called Le Sikes, in Holwell;
the tithes of wool, lambs, milk, and milkage, and all
ſmall tithes, mortuaries, and altarage, and the tithes
of Kettleby mill. The ſum of two marks were alſo
to be paid him by the prior and convent. And the
vicar, on his part, was to provide a chaplain for Hol-
well, and to pay the accuſtomed ſynodals. All the
other profits of the rectory were ſettled on the prior
and convent; who were bound to ſupport all other
charges and outgoings of what nature ſoever, and
expreſsly to give four ſhillings annually to be divided
among the poor of the pariſh. All this appears
by an atteſted evidence from the regiſter of biſhop
Beaufort, preſerved at length in the Appendix 3,
It may not be unwelcome in this place to ſay
ſomething of the nature of an appropriation, whic
was, the granting a parochial church, or the great
tithes and better profits, to the perpetual uſe of ſome
religious houſe, and was therefore called perpetuum
beneficium. The imaginary devotion of lay-patrons
gave the illegitimate birth to appropriations, who
innocently reſigned their rights of advowſon to reli-
gious houſes; and thoſe foundations, by their inte-
reſt and money, ſoon procured (from the pope and
the biſhops) the annexing of all tithes -and profits to
themſelves. When the church became vacant, the
religious took the opportunity, and often prevailed
with the patron, to give them immediate poſſeſſion;
12 HISTORY any ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRF.
and many other artifices did they make uſe of to ac -
quire appropriations to their own convents. One
great miſchief, among others, was, that in the ordi -
nation of a vicarage; the altarage or voluntary obla-
tiovs were often divided between the vicar and reli-
gious ; and therefore, when the pariſhioners found
that a great ſhare of their bounty to their pariſh
Prieſt was to go away from him, they became leſs
liberal in their offerings. In many inſtances they
oppreſſed the vicars by throwing procurations upon
them, and compelling them to keep a capellan of caſe;
which themſelves had covenanted to maintain upon
their appropriation ; and one great pretenfion for
their gaining appropriations was, that they might be
the berter able to maintain the poor. An inquiſitive
reader will find ample accounts of the proceedings of
religious houſes in theſe affairs in Dr. Kennet's Paro-
chial Antiquities *,”
An eccleſiaſtical ſurvey, which was taken throughs
out the kingdom, in conſequence of king Henry the
Eighth's injunctions, dated Jan. 30, 1535-6, was pre-
ceded by directions to the ſeveral biſhops, to cauſe
the royal ſupremacy to be acknowledged. by the
clergy of each dioceſe. In conſequence ot which, the
vicar of Abkettleby received an inſtrument under
the ſeal of John Longland, then biſhop: of Lincoln,
(and the like notice was addreſſed to every abbot, prior,
archdeacon, rector, vicar, and all other the clergy of
this county) requiring him to aſſert and publiſh to the
people this doctrine of the king's ſupremacy in theſe
words of admonition : © Ye ſhall underſtand that
the unlawful juriſdiction, power, and authority, of
long time uſurped. by the biſhop of Rome in this
realm, who then was called Pope, is now by God's
law juſtly, lawfully, and upon good grounds, reaſons,
and cauſes, by authority of parliament, and by and
with the whole conſent and agreemeknt of all the
biſhops, prelates, and both the univerſities of Oxford
and Cambridge, and alſo the whole clergy of this
realm, extinct and ceaſed for ever, and of no ſtrength,
value, and effect, in this realm of England; in which
realm the ſaid whole clergy, biſhops, prelates, and
other of the conyocations of both provinces, with
alſo the univerſities of Oxford and Cambridge, have,
according to God's law, and upon good and lawful rea-
ſon and ground, knowledged the King's highneſs to
be ſupreme head in earth, immediately under God, of
the Church of England ; which that knowledge con-
feſſed being now by parljament eſtabliſhed, and by
God's laws juſtifiable to be juſtly executed, ſo ought
every true Chriſtian ſubject of this realm not orfly to
acknowledge and obediently to recogniſe the king's
highneſs to be ſupreme head in earth of the Church
of England, but alſo to ſpeak, publiſh, and teach
their children and ſervants the ſame; and to ſhew
unto them, how the faid biſhop of Rome hath here-
tofore uſurped not only upon God, but alſo upon
princes of this realm and their progenitors ; where-
fore, and to the intent ye ſhould the better believe
me, and take and receive the truth as ye ought to
do, I declare this unto you, that the fame is certified
unto me from the mouth of my ordinary the biſhop
of Lincoln, under his feal, which I have ready to
ſhew you.” |
The biſhop ſent alſo directions to all ſchoolmaſters
to inſtruct their ſcholars accordingly ; and required.
the clergy to expunge out of the public offices all
ſuch mention of the name and authority of the pope
as might any way derogate from the rights of the |
king. Dated at Wooburne, Jan. 19, 1534-5, of his
conſecration the 15th 5,
The annual value of the vicarage of Abkettleby
was returned in this ſurvey at 81. ©, |
In a ſurvey. of the churches within the county of
Leiceſter made by the parliamentary viſitors in or
about 1650, Abkettleby was returned as an impro-
* 6 The ſtate of the churches I ſhall hereafter ſet down in every town, in the ſame terms as I find recorded in a very an-
cient manuſcript in parchment, remaining in the hands of the noble and worthy preſerver of all antiquities, fir Robert Cot-
ton, of Connington, in the county of Huntingdon, knight and baronet ; the tranſcript whereof was ſent to me by the judi-
civus and worthily admired John Selden, of the Inner Temple, eſq; which tract was made 1220, 5 Hen, III.
then biſhop of Lincoln; the title whereof is, Matrieulus domini Huganis Epiſcopi Lincoln, de omnibus ecclefiis in Archi-
diaconatu Leiceſt. 1220. BURTON. — The whole Matriculus in a regular ſeries is prefixed to this volume, p. lv.-lxii.
Bridges, vol. I. p. 449. 3 N I. p. 1
+ Sir Thomas Cave, Ns.
5 Harl. M88. 7048. fol. 502. from the MS. of John Lougland, biſhop of Lincoln 15211 547.
From the roll in the Firſt Fruits Office.
5 Prlation;
Hugh Walleis
1 E
" a
Re -
—
*
1
FRAMLAND r o 6 ens ;
priation z the rectory worth gol. ; the vicarage zol.
And the then incumbent is deſcribed as “ No
Preacher.”
In 1961 an act of parliament was paſſed for divid>
ing aud inclofing the open and common fields in Ab-
kettleby, and all the lands and grounds within the
ſame fields, which were computed to contain about
goo acres. In this act, the right honourable Richard
lord viſcount Howe in the kingdom of Ireland is
deſcribed as impropriator of, and entitled to, the
great tithes of every ſort and kind arifing, renewing,
increaſing, or happening, within the ſaid open and
common fields; and rhe Rev. George Coulton, clerk,
as patron, vicar, and incumbent of the vicarage and
church of Abkettleby, and as ſuch entitled to certain
glebe lands, and to all the tithe, wool, and lamb,
and all other the vicarial or ſmall tithes ariſing, re-
newing, increaſing, or happening, within the ſaid
fields, and alſo within the town or pariſh of Abket-
tleby aforeſaid, and the precinQs and liberties there-
of, in manner following ; that is to ſay, as to ſome of
them in kind, and as to the others to a yearly modus,
compoſition, or money-payment, yearly moduſes,
compoſitions, or money-payments, in lieu thereof;
and the ſaid vicar, with Mather Dexter, Philip
Strelly, Mary Bambrigg ſpinſter, Ruth Stokes ſpinſter,
John Ghettle, and others, were then the owners and
proprietors of all the lands and grounds within the
ſame fields. . The portion allotted by this a& to the
impropriator and vicar contained one ſeventh part of
PATRONS,
1318.
——
Prior and convent of Laund.
we i.
The King nd Queen,
Thomas Neale.
William Neale.
Samuel Moore, gent.
Samuel Bracebridge,
Johannes de Dalby, 1325.
1 Roger Baſſett, 1340. |
Henry Folville, 1349; he exchanged it with
| John Crombwell, rector of Lameley, in the dioceſe of York, 1357+
William de Swepiſton, 1378. h
11
the lands and grounds, in lieu of, and as a full recom-
pence and ſatisfaction for, all impropriate and vica-
rial tithes in kind, and every yearly modus, compo-
ſition, or money - payment; except a certain piece of
ground in the lordſhip of Abketileby aforeſaid, called
Abkeitleby Woulds, containing about 40 acres '; and all
fees for burying in the * and church-yard of
Abkettleby aforeſaid, and ſurplice-fees due and of
right payable to the vicar of the ſaid vicarage for
the time being z and alſo except a money- payment of
three ſhillings and four pence per annum, payable to
the vicar of Abkettleby, in lieu and compenſation of
the tithes of a certain windmill, ſtanding in the lord-
ſhip of Abkettleby, which were directed to be paid
and continued as had been uſed and accuſtomed.
The ſeventh part ſo directed to be allotted was again
divided into fifty-three parts; of which the impro-
priator had thirty-three, and the vicar twenty; and
vicar had alſo a further allowance of land of equal
value with his glebe in the common field. The im-
propriator's ſhare was made ſubject to the repara-
tion of the chancel; and the vicar's to ſach ſort of
taxes as the glebe had before been accuſtomed to pay.
The preſent value in the king's books is 1 51.{10s. 5d.
Yearly tenths il. 11s. id.
n for the rectory 38. 6d.
Epiſcopal Procurations{ for the vicarage 1s. gd.
Synodals and archidiaconal procurations 10s. 1d,
Mrs. Bambrigg poſſeſſes the impropriation.
RECTORS
Alan was rector in 1220. |
Remigius de Poklinton“, April 24, 1236.
| Simon de Arden, 1237.
| Leonard de Dunewic, April 28, 1242. |
Robert de Ayleſton, 1311; he exchanged it with
| William de Raundes, rector of Bokland, in the dioceſe of Sarum,
*
VIC ARS.
John Pavener, the firſt vicar, April 9, 140 .
John North, 1405. 1 |
William Powcher, 1408. ;
William Malott, 1412 ; he reſigned it the ſame year to
Thomas Bevyll, 1412. | .
John Paunton, 1416.
John Hertford, 1420,
| John Gybbe; 1421.
John Walker, 1430. —
Thomas Bale, 1433; he was ſucceeded in the ſame year by
(Robert Chaumberlayne, 1433.
Robert Watſons, preſented in 1557; admitted and inſtituted May 1t.
Thomas Neale, 1610; died July 30, 1614+.
William Neale, 1642. 6 £0
William Clarke, 1660. |
Thomas Bracebridge *, clerk, Oct. 10, 1672.
Thomas Wande, B. A. Oct 12, 1698.
John Perkins, clerk. | — monly, Aug. 6, 1714; died Sept. 1, 1728.
11125 | | illiam Brown Alſop, Feb. 13, 1728. |
William Brown, eſq. « I Newby 7, Aug. 10, 1738 3 died April 18, 1736.
John Cave Brown, eſq. John Greatorex *, M. A. 16 Sept. 1756.
Priſcilla Greatorex, widow.
George Coulton, March a 5,19 58 z the preſent vicar and patron, 1791,
t See the conjecture, in p. 16, on the probable ſituation of Hol r. |
* He had the living of Medburne in commendam.
* Rymer, Feed; vol. XV. p. 442. 1 gee bis e itaph, Pp. 14.
5 He married the daughter of John Ludford, eſq; of Witherley in this county, See the deaths of three of their children,
P. 15. : |
Of Clare Hall, Cambridge, B. A. 1694.
7 Mr. Greatorex (who purchaſed the advowſon in 1756 for 10001.) was of Sts John's. college, Cambridge; B. A. 1739;
M. A. 1756. He died in December 1757.
© See his epitaph, p. 14.
14 HISTORY AN ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
MONUMENTAL
f In the chancel.
On a mural tablet over the altar:
re Here lies the body of Ckriſtopher, the fon of
Matthew Dexter, by Mary his wife. He departed
this lite in the 2d year of his age, March 2, 1725-6.
On a tablet near adjvining :
Near this place lieth entombed the body of Mat-
thew Dexter, ſon of Chriſtopher Dexter. He de-
parted this life Dec. 6, 1728, aged 29 years.”
Againſt the North wall, on an ordinary free-ſtone
monument, |
Az. a fleur de lis Arg. a creſcent for difference.
Creſt, an oftrich with 4 horſe-ſfioe in its beak, being
the coat of Digby : impaling Arg. on a faltire Az.
five water-bougets of the field, Sacheberell; fig. 12.
Under all, this inſcription |}
ON . M. EVERARD « DIGBE* , OF « HOLLWELL *,
«@ yen. His PURE . SOUL . FROM , BOLIWELL . DID, HAST,
or. LIGHT . AND . LIFE. THE, ETERNAL, SPRINGE , TO. TAST;
WITHIN . THIS . STONIE , CASKET , WAS , ENCLOs'D
THE , DUST . OF . EVERARD , DIGBIE « HERE, DEPOS'D,
WHOSE.NAME,STILL.FRESH,LIKE.PRETIOUS.OINTMENT. FINDS
A SWEETER , CABINET . IN. GOOD , MENS, MINDES,
WHOSE , GOODNES . HERE . IN. VAINE , THE. READERS, ERK E,
„Is, WRITT, IN; TEARES.ON , MANY. A,NEIGHB'RING.CHEEK,
AND «» SUCH ., SADD, DROPS . bo. MORE , ADORNE , AN. HERSE,
THEN PAINTED, COATS OR « BRASSE, OR .FLATT RING. VERSE,
ME. MARIED , WITH . ELLEN. SACHEVERELL, DAUGHTER.
OF. RALPHE,SACHEVERELL , OF, BARTON,ESQUIER.AND.BY.
HER , HAD . $.50NS, AND.7 . DAUGHTERS, AND,DYED, THE. 2.
or. NOY£R, , ANNO, bon. 16298,”
On a looſe piece of braſs:
tc H JACET THOMAS NEALE, VICARIUS ET VERUS
PATRONUS ECCLESIE PAROCHIAL1S DE ABKETTLEBY,
QUI OBIIT TRICESIMO DIE JULI, A. v. 2614.
MORS EST ULTIMA LINEA RERUM.,
On flat ſtones on the floor:
&« Here lieth the body of Henry Newby,
vicar of this pariſh,
who departed this life April 18, 1756, aged 46.”
| Here lieth the body of Ann, =
the wife of Henry Newby, vicar of this pariſh,
who died July 25, 1745, aged 39.”
&« Here lieth the body of Anne, the daughter of
Henry Newby; vicar of this pariſh, by Anne his wife.
She died Nov. 4, 1748, in the jth year of her age.
This lovely ſmiling youth reſign'd her breath,
And fell a ſmiling ſacrifice to Death.
Upon her ay os thoſe ſmiles remain,
To bid us grieve no more; our grief is vain.
Soon did the wings of Innocence convey
Her ſprightly ſoul to an an immortal day:
And though ſhe left her little playmates here,
She's gone to (tay with little Angels there.“
Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and Anne Newby,
died March 5, 1753, aged 16.
In the nave
Againſt one of the North pillars, is a neat monu-
ment with the following inſcription :
Near
this place lies the body of
John Hurſt, ſen. gent. who by will deviſed
the ſum of 10s. to be paid yearly out of the
Stone - pit cloſe ſituate in Holywell, to
buy pious books; which are to be given,
in the preſence of the vicat and chapel-warden of
Holywell, to auy poor children
whom the owner of the ſaid cloſe ſhall think proper,
He died Nov. 20, 1691, aged 74.
Alſo John Hurſt, jun. gent.
who died June 18; 1699,
Aged 83.
Likewiſe John Hurſt, gent.
ſon of pou Hurft, jun. gent.
who gave by will the fam of 208. a year for ever,
INSCRIPTIONS,
to be paid out of the aforeſaid Stone-pit cloſe;
for putting out to apprentice children that ſhall b&
born at Holwell, in ſuch manner as
the proprietor of the ſaid cloſe ſhall think convenient;
He died May 19, 1731, aged 49.
And alſo William Hurſt, gent. ſon of the above
John Hurſt, jun. gent. whob died Sept. 22, 1762;
in the 68th year of his age.
And alſo near this place lies the body of
Mrs. Ann Hurſt, daughter of the above named
John Hurſt, jun. gent.
who died May 2, 1775,
| aged 83.“
On ah old flat ſtones
Hic jacet Johannes Holwell, |
qui obiit primo die Januarii, anno Domini 1628.
On the ſame ſtone :
Here lieth the body of Iſaac Newby,
| vicar of this pariſh, _ |
who departed this life Sept. 1, 1728, aged 56,”
On a braſs plate, fixed into an old ſtone :
Arms: Argent, a chevroti between three croſſes
—_ Gules; creſt, a talbot couchant, plate II.
g. 13. |
« Here lyeth the body of Bridget Cheſeldyne, wyfe
of Edward Cheſeldytie, of Braunſton, in the county of
Rutland, eſq; who died the 17 day of Dec. 1653.”
On the ſame ſtone : 2
Here lieth the body of Suſanna, reli of Wil.
liam Godfrey, of Edmundthorpe, and daughter of
John Hurſt, of Holwell, gent. by Mary his wife,
who departed this life the 2eth of January, 1750,
aged 66,”
On a flat ſtone $
„Here was buried, Sept. 15, 1641, John Hurſt,
of Holwell, gent. aged 57. :
. And Nov. the 20, 1691, was buried John Hurſt,
his ſon, aged 74+ He married Wibro, daughter to
Edward Cheſeldyne, of Braunſton, in Rutland, Eſq.
By her he had ſeven ſons and four daughters. He
gave 108. a year for ever, to buy books for poor
people.
And Feb. 23, 1675, Grace, daughter to Thomas
Williamſon, his ſon's wife.“
On another ſtone :
William Horſt, died Sept. 8, 1653, aged 67."
Others of this family are buried in the nave z but
the inſcriptions on their grave-ſtones are only a repe-
tition of the monument againſt the North pillar.
On a large flat ſtone :
Here lieth the body Here lieth the body of
Robert Blankley, who Anne; the wife of Robert
departed this life Sept. Blankley, who departed
11, 1719, in the 84th this life Feb. 28, 1712, in
year of his age. the 84th year of her age.
On the ſame ſtones |
Here lieth interred Alſo here lieth interred
the remains of William the remains of Anne, wife
Pick; who departed this of William Pick, who de-
life March 31, 1785, in parted this life Nov. 22,
the 82d year of his age. 1767, in her 62d year.“
On a braſs plate, in the floor of the South aile +
4% HERE LYES THE BODY OF JORN NEALE,
WHICH GAYE THE COOLES UNTO THE POORE ;
AS BY HIS WILL APPEAKETH PEFAINE 7
THE LORD OF ALL BE PRAISED THEREFORE,
HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE B MARCH, A. 1606,"
On a looſe brafs plate in the ſame aile :
4% HERE LYES THE BODIE OF MY JOYE,
ELIZABETH THAT WAS HER NAME 3
HER FATHER ALEXANDER SMYTH 3
FROM SUTTON UPON TKENT QHE CAME,
Of the Digby tamily ſee an account under Truro, 3M See p. 13.
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.] JK EET EE Y wy; tn
SHE WAS THE WIFE OF WM NEALE;
EYGAT CHILDEREN SHE LEFT, I SAYS
AND SHE DEPARTED THIS SAME LIFE
IN DECEMBER THE FOURTH DAYE.,. '
THEADOLIA?', ELIZABEATH, AND AN'E,
ELLING, FRAUNCES, JUDETH, AND JOHN;
AND ALEXANDER THE YOUNGER 1 Ws;
AND THUS 1 HOPE HER SOUL IN 8118.
PRAYING GOD AMEN, A. p. 1604.“
In the North aile.
On flat ſtones :
© In memory of Mary Dexter, the wife of Mat-
thew Dexter, of Holwell, who died after a painful
fickneſs (a decline) May 16, 1783, aged 60.
Here reſts a woman, good without pretence
Bleſt with plain reaſon, and with ſober ſenſe ;
No conqueſt, ſhe, but o'er herſelf, defir'd ;
No arts eſſay d, but not to be admir'd.
Paſſion and Pride were to her ſoul unknown,
Convinc'd that Virtue only is our own;
So unaffected, ſo compos'd a mind,
So firm, yet ſoft 3 ſo ſtrong, yet fo refin'd :
Heaven (as its pureſt gold) by tortures * try'd ;
The Saint ſuſtain'd it, but the Woman died.”
„Anne Simpſon, widow of William Simpſon, of
Holwell, who departed this life April 22, 1725, in
her 27th year.”
On a ſtone againſt the outſide of the chancel :
% Jane Bracebridge, daughter of Thomas! and Jane
Bracebridge, was buried Nov. 24, 1684.
John Bracebridge, ſon of Thomas Bracebridge,
was buried Sept. 6, 1688.
James Bracebridge, Nov. . ; . . 1694.”
The inhabitants have a tradition, that near the Eaſt
end of the church ſtood formerly an abbey z but Mr.
Peck was of opinion it was only a grange belonging to
the prior of Laund. Nothing remained of the building,
wharever it was, in 1730; but the ground of the
chancel is {till full of lime and thin bricks; and on
the outſide are many appearances of the ſite of an old
houſe, and traces of a moat which ſurrounded it.
Mr. Throſby, who has examined the ſpot with much
*
1 5
attention (and found there a piece of ſtone, part of the
old building, with adherences of grit, and full of the
fine foſlils with which this part of the country abounds),
is inclined to give credit to the tradition of an abbey,
which he ſuppoſes to have been placed there at a pe-
riod preceding the Conqueſt, and to have been long
fince demoliſhed. The conjecture is ingenious, and
derives ſome little probability from the name of the
pariſh ; but the difficulty will probably be obviated,
by ſuppoſing the fragments to have been part of
the rectorial-hall, ſo fully and minutely deſcribed in
the appropriation, p, 12. Or it poſſibly may be only
the remains of a chantry; as we find in the roll of
26 Henry VIII. among the articles of expenditure at
Laund abbey, an annual charge of 6s. 8d. for a
chantry at Kettleby.
John Hackett, of Abkettleby, eſq; in the commiſſion
of the peace for the county of Leiceſter, was owner
of the impropriation in 1681. Of this family, ſome
account will be given under South Croxton.
The preſent vicarage-houſe was built about the
end of the laſt century, and is pleaſantly ſituated on
an eminence at a ſmall diſtance Eaſt from the church.
CHARITABLE BENEFACTIONS.
Memorandum, the 3d of Auguſt, 1778, the yearly
income of lands and donations belonging to the poor:
(viz.) (2. Abkettleby, and
£.1 5 by Mrs. Stokes,
105. for the repair of Hol-
1 5 by Mrs, Dexter, | well-mouth, due the 1ſt
of May.
1 10 by the Miniſter of Nether-Broughton to
Abkettleby. |
1 2 The rent of the poor's cloſe : two thirds to -
Abkettleby, and one third to Holwell.
o 10 from Barrowby, Lincolnſhire: half to Ab-
kettleby, and half to Holwell.
o 6 by Upper Broughton officers, to Abkettleby.
Which ſums are to be diftributed by diſcretion of the
miniſter and pariſh officers. |
See the Return made to Parliament in 1786, p. 1.
KO TL
otherwiſe Holywell, a chapel of eaſe to Abkettleby, is
fituated about a mile to the Eaſt of it.
The name of this village is eaſily accounted for.
'The termination denotes at leaſt the conveniency of
good water, if not of ſome ſpring of more eſpecial
note; and there is actually in the place a famous
chalybeate ſpring, or ſpa, called Hokuvell Mouth,
which is conſidered as ſerviceable in many diſtempers;
whence it obtained the name of Holy-well.
This ſpring, which gives riſe to the river Smyte,
ſeems to have been formerly of more repute than ar
preſent ; but we know not whether it has ever been
analyſed. The Well dole in Holwell Would ſeems. to
have relation to it; and ten ſhillings a year are to this
day allotted for keeping it in proper order. Nearly
adjoining is a ruſtic ſtone table and ſod- bank, where
the invalid may repoſe, and if curious be regaled with
a proſpect of conſiderable extent, and agreeable variety.
The Orchis morio, or Meadow orchis, a beautiful
flowering plant which delights in wet ſoils, was
SoucGing here in great luxuriance in the middle of
May 1791.
The! ,es of Lincoln had formerly ſome peculiar
property in Holwell; as it appears from Domeſday
that Chetelbern held of Remigius de Feſcamp, the then
biſhop, a carucate of land here, on which one plough
was employed. This land, which in the Confeflor's
time had been worth four ſhillings, and which Ulfiet
had formerly held with fac and ſoc, was in the ſurvey
valued at ſix ſhillings ; and occupied by three villans
and ten bordars. There were then allo ten acres of
meadow *, 221 1
From Chetelbern the carucate above- mentioned
appears to have deſcended to Richard Baſſet, who, in
or about the year 1100, by the conſent of Iſabel his
wife, gave that quantity of land, together with the
chapel of Holwell, to the prior and convent of
Laund.
The Baſſets continued owners of the lordſhip till
the reign of Henry III; when it being forfeited to
the crown, in 1264, by the rebellion of Ralph lord
Baſſet of Weldon, the king gave the lordſhip to Ro-
bert, fon of Robert lord Tatteſhall; and upon
the partition of the lands belonging to that family
(as mentioned in Abkettleby), a part of it fell to
Jobn de Orreby, who was ſeiſed of lands here in 1307.
The other early owners of this lordſhip may be
ſeen under Abkettleby. |
* The poetical part of this epitaph is borrowed from that of Mr. Pope on Mrs, Corbet, who died of a cancer in her breaſt ;
to which cruel diſorder the expreſſion of © torture” is applicable; though quite abſurd when applied to a lingering decline,
during which the ſpirits, &c. are often good. ,
Then vicar of Abkettleby. See p. 13, Another daughter of Mr. Bracebridge (a deſcendant from the Bracebridges of
Kingſbury, in Warwickſhire) was the wife of his ſacceſſor Mr. Waude, whom ſhe ſurvived. Mr. Bracebridge had two other
ſons beſides the John and James mentioned above; of whom the eldeſt, Samuel, became the heir to his uncle, James Ludford,
eſq; of Anſley Hall, whoſe name he aſſumed, - and was the grandfather of the preſent John Ludford, eſq. Sce Mr. Bartlett's
WI" of Manceter, p. 132.
bordariis.
Vor. I. i
| 3 See Mr, Digby's epitaph, p. 14. |
% Chetelbera tenet de epiſcopo 1 carucatam terre in Holewelle. Terra ett 1 caruce.
Ibi 10 acras prati, Valuit 5 ſolidos.; modo © ſolidos. 1 tenuit cum ſaca & ſfoca,”” Domeſday, p. v.
Hane kabent ibi 3 villani cum 6
It
16 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
It was incloſed about the middle of the laſt cen-
tury, by. an + rp in the court of Chancery, as
was then the uſual mode; which (in this and perhaps in
ſome other caſes) renders it difficult to ſay whether the
incumbent had fo fair a compenſation then, as he would
have now if he knew how to act. The allotments
were not always ſo openly and fairly made as they
are by the preſent mode of obtaining a regular act
of parliament. RY
Francis lord Rawdon is the preſent lord of the
manor, .
Mr. Leadbetter pofleſſes the impropriation.
In 1564 Holwell contained 14 families. The pre-
ſent village contains about 19.
The frecholders of Holwell in 1630 were William
Hurſt, gent. John Hurſt, gent. Charles Moulde,
John Coley. | :
In the general eleQion of 1722, ſeven polled; in
1778, fix.
n 1445 Holwell was aſſeſſed towards a fifteenth
and tenth, 21. 2s. ; from which 8s. was abated.
In 1776 the nett expence of the poor was g/. 125,
34. Medium expence of three years, 1783—1 785,
was 121. 125. 5d.
H O
The ancient hamlet of Holt, which Ecton mentions
as a chapelry. within the pariſh of Abkertleby *, has
been ſought for with frujtleſs enquiry. No mention
being made -of it in the Matriculus of 1220, the
chapel was probably even then in ruins ; and by the
incloſure of Holwell, it is likely, the very traces of
thoſe ruins have periſhed. |
It has been ſuggeſted, that at ſome diſtance both
from Abkettleby and Holwell is an incloſure, where
this hamlet and chapel are ſuppoted to have ſtood,
though there is now no appearance of either. Bat
Mr. Throſby, who has been particularly requeſted
to examine this point, has furniſhed * what throws
new light on it, by obſerving that there is a
The CHAPEL,
dedicated to St. Leonard, is a plain building, con-
fiſting only of a nave, covered with lead ; at the
Weſt end whereof in a ſmall arch hangs one little
bell, See a North Eaſt view of it, taken by Mr.
Schnebbelie in May 1791, in Plate I.
Here are no monuments or inſcriptions; as the in-
habitants are buried at Abkettleby.
Mr. Burton mentions theſe arms :
1 1. Gules, three lions paſſant guardant, Or. England.
6. 14. | | |
2. Azure, ſemè of fleurs de liz, Or. France. fig. 15.
. 3. reg Or and Azure. Warren Earl of Surrey.
g. 16. |
4. Gules, a lion rampant queue furche, Argent.
Mountfort Earl of Leiceſter *,
The ſecond of theſe is now remaining (1791) in the
Eaſt window over the altar; the others have long
been gone. |
The wake is kept on the Sunday next after the
feaſt of All Saints.
Of the charitable benefactions, ſee the Return
made to Parliament in 1786, p 1.
E
cloſe in the lordſhip of Abkettleby, the property of
Edward Cheſelden, eſq; of Somerby, containing about
forty acres of land, called Holding, which, though
now it is principally a fox-coyer, has appearances
of the fite of buildings.
It is certain that Holx, in its original ſignification,
denotes a woody ſituation ; and the village, before its
final decay, might be reduced to a fingle farm, or
tenure, which Holding very properly expreſſes. It
ſhould alſo be obſerved, that the * forty acres,”
which, under the act for incloſing Abkettleby field,
are excluded from the exemption for tithes 4, afford
reaſonable cauſe to ſuppoſe that this may be the ſite
of the ancient hamlet,
*
* See Plate X. in the Hiſtory of the Town of Leiceſter, fig. 28.
* Sir William Dugdale, after a diligent inveſtigation of the origin of pariſhes, obſerves, that they were firſt ordained in
England by Honorius, the fifth archbiſhop of Canterbury, about the year 636; ** ut ſingulis miniſtris ſingulos greges quos
curarent poſſet attribuere ;* that he might aſſign to every prieſt the particular fiock on which he ſhould have charge. And
Mr. Selden ſays, ** In the primitive times of the Engliſh Saxon church (viz. about 684), the biſhop and the whole clergy of
the dioceſe were, as one body, living upon their endowments (beſtowed on the biſhoprick) and their treaſure that came from
the ſundry places of devotion ; whither ſome one or other of them, at the biſhop's appointment, was ſent to preach the word
aud miniſter the ſacraments, every clerk having his dividend for his maintenance ;” and Cuthbert, the eleventh archbiſhop
of Canterbury, about 752, obtained of the pope, that the bodies of the dead ſhould be buried in church-yards, within the
cities; whereas before, the cuſtom was to carry them out of the walls to be interred, Dugd. Warw, vol. I. p. 14; citing
Selden, Godwyn, &c. | .
3 Leiceſterſhice Excurſions, p. 383. | : |
* The firſt mention we meet with of tithes is in the Saxon Chronicle, ſub ann. 854; Eodem ipſo anno tributis immunem
præſtitit Athelwulfus rex [ Oecident. Sax. | decimam partem terre ſuz per totum regnum, Deo in laudem, & ipſi in æternam
falutem,” But the firſt expreſs mention of limitation of profits (other than of the endowing) to be given to this or that
church, is in the laws of king Edgar, made about the year 90 (as Mr. Selden faith), where a threefold diviſion is of charches,
« The firſt is called Senior Ecclefia, which name anciently was given to cathedrals; the ſecond, a church that hath a place
for burial ; the third, a church that hath no place for burial; where it is ordained, that every man, having not erected a church
of his own, ſhall pay his tithes to the ancienteſt church or monaſtery where he hears God's ſervice.” And in the ſynod at
London, held by Anſelm archbiſhop of Canterbury in 1102, it was ordained, ** ut decime non nifi ecclefiis dentur;“ whereby
it is plain that tithes were given, before that time, at liberty, Nay, fuch had been the uſe to pay tithes where they pleaſed,
that Pope Innocent III. in 1199, writes to the archbiſhop of Canterbury, ut eccleſiis parochialibus juſtæ decime perſolvan-
tur.“ (Innocentii Tertii Decret. Epiſt. vi. lib. II. p. 452. edit. Coloniz, an. 1575.) The epiſtle being well worth obſerving, the
place is quoted where it may be ſeen at large. And Mr. Selden ſays, It is moſt certain, that before about the year 1200
after Chriſt, it was moſt commonly practiſed by the laity, to make arbitrary conſecrations of the tithes of their poſſeſſions to what
monaſtery or church they would ; ſometimes giving half, ſometimes a third part, and at their pleaſure, all in perpetual right,
or otherwiſe, according to the nature of thoſe conſecrations in other countries.” And it is certain that, for many years later,
the people practiſed ſuch arbitrary diſpoſition of their tithes ; for in the Council at Lyons, 1275, it was ordained, ** Quad null:
hominum deinceps liceat decimas ſuas ad libitum, ut antea, ubi vellet affignare, ſed matrici eceleſiæ omnes decimas perſolve-
rent,” It ſhould ſeem alſo, that anciently men paid their tithes to that place where they had a mind to be buried, which was
the cauſe that they often waved the payment to their proper pariſh church; for Mr. Selden obſerves, that in an old council of
Tribur in 895, it was decreed, ** Ubi quis decimas perſolvebat vivus, ibi ſepeliatur & mortuus.“ But archbiſhop Iſlip, in 2302,
appointed that the ſtipend of a prieſt ſhould be but 6s, 8d. a year, quod plures furari coegit,” ſays the hiſtorian Walſingham.
þ . Dugd. Warw. vol. * P» I4, 15»
BARKSTON,
1 8 W
FRAMLAND HUNDRED. ]
* A confiderable time after the foregoing particulars of ApxETTLEBY and Hol wil. were committed
ABKETTLEBY.
/
*
to the preſs, the following article, drawn up by fir TnouAs Cavs, was found among his papers; and.
though part of it will neceſſarily be repetition, I give it at length, that the reader, may fee how much cauſs
there is to regret that the worthy Baronet had not in like manner proceeded with more of the pariſhes,
ABKETTLEBY, in the Hundred of FRAMLAND.
*
THE ſyllable Az,” being prefixed to the proper
name of a place, generally ſignifies that ſuch place
was the ſite of ſome abbey or monaſtery, or at leaſt
that it appertained unto, or was a part of, the poſ-
ſeſſions of ſome religious houſe *. We ſhall find, in
my account of this place, that-though no ſuch foun-
dation ever exiſted upon this ſpot, yet that neverthe-
leſs the priory of Laund, in this county, had a pro-
perty here, which was cauſe ſufficient to diſtinguiſh it
by the ſyllable 4 (for Abbot) from another town
of the name of Kettleby, in the hundred of Framland.
This village ſtands in an open field (near the Vale
of Belvoir, on the fide of the Woulds) of a tolerable,
moderate ſoil ; having the pariſh of Welby on the
South ; Broughton on the North ; Holwell and Scal-
ford on the Eaſt; Wartnaby and Ragdale on the Weſt.
In ſome antienr deeds this place has been called
Alb-Kettleby ; and the learned and induſtrious Mr. F.
Peck (rector of Godeby-Maureward) thinks the ori-
ginal name was A/teti/li-by, wherein the ſyllable by is
equivalent to ton, and that Aſcetillus was the firſt Nor-
man owner of it. The firſt ſyllable As being in time
omitted for brevity ſake, it came to be pronounced
Ab-Kettleby, i. e. Abbots Rettleby, as belonging in part
to the abbey of Laund, founded by Richard Baſſet,
Eudo, lived in the time of the Conqueror, who gave him Tatteſhall, co. Lincoln.
who had lands here, and probably gabe this church,
with the chapel of Holwell, to the black-canons of
this houſe *.
The firſt mention of this place which has occurred
to me, in the reign of king Henry I. Richard Baſſet,
juſtice of England, held this town of the 4lbinis ;
and, together with Maxd his wife, founded the priory
of Laund in this county, in the reign of king Henry
III; and, inter alia, gave this church as a benefaction
to it?; but his poſſeſſions in land here deſcended to
Ralph lord Baſſet, of Weldon, in Northamptonſhire ;
who, taking part with the rebellious barons, was ſlain
at the battle of Eveſham, 49 Henry III. 1264; on
which occaſion the king ſiezed upon his lands here?;
and ſoon after which the forfeitures of a hoſtile ſub-
ject were the reward of a zealous adherent, by grant-
ing them to Robert, ſon of Robert lord Tatteſball; to
whom king Edward I. in the 13th year of his reign,
I285, gave an additional grant of free-warren in tee
in all nis demeſne lands in Holwell and Kettleby, in
the county of Leiceſter ; which grant bore date on
the 28th day of September in that year, atteſted by
no meaner evidence than the following eminent per-
ſons: * Venerabili_patre Roberto, Bath' & Wellen
epiſcopo, & cancellario; Edmundo tratre regis ; &c.“
(PEDIOREE of TATTESHALL?,
From the Chetwynd MS.)
—— —
*
A
F
Hugo, lord of Tatreſhall, lived in 1138.
1
| Robert, lived in==Iſabella, niece. to Gilbert de Clare,
1165. | _ earl of Lincoln.
Et mr * 4 I
* - . . wife of William Walker. . - Roger
of Denton. |
-
Walter.= - ee .
=
Robert. Roger.
Philip, lived in=Elizabeth.
j
Sir Robert de Tatteſhall,==Ifolda, daughter and heir of
died 1215, 1 Pantulf.
Walter Robert, died 1248.
Robert, ſ. P+ : |
7
+ + + + « » daughter and coheir of William de=Robert de Tatteſhall, of-
Bokenham, died 1297.
Albini, earl of Arundel, firſt wife.
——
N daughter and coheir of William earl of Arundel and Suſſex, and
ſiſter of Hugh D'Aubigny; 28 Hen. III.
=Joan, ad daughter and coheir of Ralph
Fitz-Ranulph, 2d wife.
Robert* de Tatteſhall, died 1 303. Eva, daughter of Robert de Tiptoft, alias Tibetoft.
7
Emma, wife of fir= . . .
Joan, wife of fir John
Oſbert Culye. |
de Driby.
=
' Ifabella, wife of fir
Robert de Tatteſhall, dicd
John de Orreby.
1305, 1. p.
Thomas Culye, baron of Bokenham, married Margaret,
ſiſter to Robert 8 earl of Suffolk.
Sir John de Driby, 1 334 + ++ 0
Sir John de Driby. 22
Alice, daughter and coheir, died 1412.==
SAnketill Mallory, of Kirkby Malory, co. Leiceſter, 3d huſband. 5
Margery, wife of ſir Robert
Miton.
Robert de Tatteſball died ſeiſed of this place 26
Edw. I. 1297 *; from whom it deſcended to his ſon
and heir, Robert de Tatteſhall.
Upon an inquiſition taken on the death of the laſt-
mentioned Robert, the rent of the freeholders here
was found to be £3. 175. ad.; and of the cuſtomary
tenants £18. 85.; beſides the half of a knight's fee,
with the appurtenances, in Holwell, Kettleby, and
Herdeby, co. Leiceſter, which was held of the ſaid
Robert by Richard de Holkwell and Robert le Clerk of
Kettleby. It alſo farther appeared, that Robert de
Tatteſhall was ſeiſed of certain tenements in Holwell
= —
Beatrix, wife of fir John Bagot. Sir Thomas Malory. Margaret, daughter and heir
1 of tir 1 homas Grendon.
Elizabeth Malory. |
and Kettleby, which he held in capite of fr Richard
Baſſet, of Weldon, in Northamptonſhire “o.
Robert de Tatteſhall had three ſiſters and coheireſſes,
as may be ſeen in the preceding genealogy ; Emma,
wife of fir Oſbert Cailly, or Culye; Joan, wife of ſir
John Driby, knight; and Jabella, wife of fir John de
Orreby, knight, | |
His fon Robert dying without iſſue, the 34th year
of Edward I, 130g, the male line became extinct.
Thomas Culye, aged 23 years, Joan de Driby, aged 40
years, and Iſabella, wife of Jobn de Orreby, aged 27
years, were found to be his next heirs **,
* Biſhop Gibſon's Regulz generales ad inveſtigandas origines nominum locorum, Sax. Chron. ad finem.
* Peck's Collectanea MSS. de com. Leic, penes T. Cave.
* E Regiſtro prioratds de Launda,
Ms. Chetwynd.
| 5 Inq. 30 Henry III. ö
7 See Mon. Ang]. vol. I. p. $06. ex MS. in Bibl. Cotton, Tiberius C. 169.
6 Robert himſelf was under age when he married Eva; and ſhe was but 13 years old when ſhe married
Portion fix hundred marks of filver. Dugdale, Bar. vol. I. p. 440. b. Clauſ. Rot, 8 Edw. I. m. 1.
3* Efch, 31 Edw. I. N' 30. Leic, e Collect. Peck.
3 MS. Domini Chetwynd,
o See the deed at length, Appendix, p. 1.
„and had to her
* Eſch, 34 Edw. I. n. 57.
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The greater part of this manor fell to the allot-
ment of Joan de Driby*; who had iſſue fir John de
Driby; knight; whoſe daughter and coheir, Alite,
firſt became wife of fir Joby Tuſtet, knightz after
whoſe death ſhe married Ralph lord Baſſet, of whom
this manor was held by knights ſervice *. ITN
Fobn Driby and John Orreby, in the 2oth yeat of
king Edward III. 1346, were aſſeſſed at 205. for half
a knight's fee in Abkettleby, Holwell, and Hardby
co. Leiceſter, parcel of the fee of Baſſet, on the aid
then granted for knighting Edward of Woodſtock,
the king's eldeſt ſon *. |
42 Edward III. Alice, widow of fir Roger Beler,
died ſeiſed of 25. rent in the ſame places, with the
appurtenances, held of Alice Driby by the ſervice of
one roſe- flower +. ;
Ralph Baſſet, of Sapcote, co. Leiceſter, in the 2d
year of Richard II. 1378, was found by inquiſition to
die ſeiſed of lands here as of the manor of Bredon,
in this county 5. |
Alice, having ſurvived her ſecond huſband, Ralph
lord Baſſet, ſhe again entered matrimonial bands with
fir Anketil Mallory, knt. with whom alfo it was her
fate to be left in widowhood the third time; to remedy
the diſtreſſes of which ſtate, ſhe, fourthly and laſtly,
married fir John Barnack, knight, of Tatteſhall caſtle;
and dying ſeiſed of her manor and lands here, 14
Henry IV. 1412, left her grand-child Elizabeth Ma-
lory, daughter of fir Thomas Malory, knight (ſon of
Anketill and Alice Malory) her heir“; but, on the
partition of Tatteſhall's lands, Iſabella de Orreby had
ſeveral parcels here, upon which her ſon reſided, and
his deſcendants for a conſiderable time; which parti-
tion among the coheirs aforenamed was fully made in
the firſt year of Edward II. 1307 ?.
The coat armour of the family of Orreby was, Or,
two chevrons in a canton Gules, in alluſion to the
coat of Albini lord of Belvoir, who was chief lord,
and bore Or, two chevrons and a border, Gules.
With regard to this manner of bearing arms ſimilar
to the coat of another family, my author and original
obſerves *, that in the infancy of hereditary armo-
Ties, i. e. about the beginning of the reign of king
Henry III, arms, which till that time had been uſed
only as marks, badges, or perſonal diſtinctions, ac-
cording to the fancy and humour of every one, then
became hereditary, and paſſed in deſcent through the
line of a family or houſe.
[Here fir Thomas Cave introduces (from Burton
and the Chetwynd MS.) what has been already given
in the note, p. 10; and then proceeds thus : ]
Having made ſo long a digreſſion upon the ſubject
of antient armory, I ſhall re-afſume the chronological
thread of my hiſtory, though no. farther evidences
concerning the families of Driby or Orreby, or the
continuance of their poſſeſſions in Abkettleby, have
either occurred or been communicated to me.
By the following antient deed, a family of Barnard
had ſome intereſt in this place formerly:
_ » « Sciant, &c. quod ego Johannes, filius Ricardi,
filii Nigelli de Alb Kettleby, dedi, &c. Hugoni de
Barnard, & Elene filie ejus, & heredibus de corpore
ſuo procreatis, quatuor acras terre, cum pertinent', in
camp' de Alb-Kettelby, quarum una roda jacet, &c.
&c. Hiis teſtibus; Willielmo de Loudham, Johanne
Clerico, Henrico de Cruce, Henrico R... . . Willi-
elmo de Lenton, & aliis. Dat' 32 Edw. I. 1303 9.”
Though I have not the authority of any record to
validate my opinion, yet I ſuppoſe this Barnard had a
larger property here than appears from any evidence
I have ſeen ; fince, in the 35th year of king Edward I.
1307, he could afford to ſue out a writ of Ad Quod
Dampnum, to exchange and encloſe a certain lane
{venellam) in Abkettleby, being within his manſe
(i. e. his manor-houſe and demeſnes) there.?“
In the Eſcheat Rolls of the year 1302, the family
* Eſch, 17 Edw. II. n. 288. MS, Chetwynd,
® MS, Peck, Rot. Aux. 20 Edw. III.
5 MS. Peck, Eſch. 2 Ric. II. N*8, Leic.
7 MS, Peck, Eich, 1 Edw. II. N' 5. Leic.
of Scrope is reported to have a conſiderable intereſt in
this place, though I have not met with any account of
their being wht nun bere till this date. The houſe
of Scrupe {Scrope, or Scroop) was of conſiderable note
in the reign of king Henry II; for, When that king de-
manded an aid to marry his daughter, in the th year
of his reign, Richard Scrupe was certified o hold
three knight's fees in Glouceſtef, de veteri feſſamento z
and therefore fir William Dugdale ranks him among
the bar6ns who were charged to that aid, 12 Henty II.
From this ſtock is deſcended ſir Henry le Scrope,
knt. who died ſeiſed of 1005. rent here and in Hol-
well, which he held of the king in capite by knight's
ſervice **; and as the Scropes, as well as the Tibtofts,
had poſſeſhons in many other places in the county
as well as in this, and there having been intermar-
riages reciprocally between the Scropes, Tibtofts,
and Tatrſhalls, it is far from mere conſecture to ſup-
poſe that the Scropes came poſſeſſed of lands here in
right of ſome or other ſuch alliances.
Upon inquiſition taken 7 Henry IV. 1405, Stephen
le Scrope was found to die ſeiſed of 1005. rent in Ab-
kettleby and Holwell, by deſcent, I preſume, from
his father Henry before - mentioned, and which he alſo
held of the king by the ſame ſervice **.
Though it does not appear by the genealogy of this
family, given by fir William Dugdale , that this Ste-
phen was the ſon of fir Henry Scrope, who died ul-
timo Julii, 15 Richard II, yet I am inclined to think
him ſo; becayſe the ſame learned Antiquary ſays, that
he, Stephen, died the 25th of January, 7 Henry IV,
as he proves by the Eſcheat Roll of that year-; from
which authority alſo I ſhewghim to have died ſeiſed of
his lands here, and from the ſelf-ſame record and
number by which fir William Dugdale proves his
death. This fir Stephen was a man of great military
accompliſhments, having ſerved in many expeditions
both by land and fea; and was ſummoned to parlia-
ment 1 Richard II. though he had not livery of his
lands till the 16th year of that reign; haviog ſerved
in ſeveral poſts of high rank, both civil and military,
eſpecially as deputy to Thomas Plantagenet, the
king's fon, when he was lieutenant of Ireland. He
departed this life the day and year above-mentioned.
In the 34th year of Henry VI. 1454, fir John le
Scrope of Maſham; co. York, knt. was found to have
died ſeiſed of five meſſuages, 80 acres of land, and
40 acres of paſture, in Holwell; and of four meſ-
ſuages, 80 acres of land, and 60 acres of paſture, in
Kettleby; all held of the king by ſervice of the
twentieth part of a knight's fee.
This fir John Scrope was ſummoned to parliament
in the fourth year of Henry VI; and in the niath
year of the ſame king was ambaſſador to Scotland, in
order to treat for fzrisfaQtion for ſome injuries re-
ceived; and, being in great favour at court, was
made treaſurer of the king's exchequer. He died in
the 2gth year of Henry VI. 1451; and was buried in
great funeral pomp in the chapel of St. Stephen,
commonly called Scrope's chapel, in the cathedral
church of York *, : |
By inquiſition, taken 15 Edward IV. 1476, fir
Thomas le Scrope was found to die ſeiſed of 1005.
rent per annum in Holwell and Abkettleby .
This Thomas was fon and heir of fir John, and was
ſummoned to parliament from the 38th of Henry VI.
1460, to the 12th of Edward IV. 1473; and, dying
in the 15th year of that king, 1476, was ſucceeded
by his ſon Thomas, then 15 years of age; leaving
three other ſons and as many daughters '*.
How long the Scropes remained proprietors of lands
or rents in theſe places I know not, not having met
with any farther account of them in that particular.
The family of Berkeley had an intereſt here in the
14th year of king Heury VIII. 1522; for, by the
Eſcheat Rolls of that year, Henry 7 hwaites was found
Ad quod dampn. 17 Edw. II. Ne 188. Leic.
* MS, Peck, Eſch. 42 Edw. III. N' 10. Leic.
5 * MS. Chetwynd, Eſch. 14 Hen. VI. n. 15,
| Burton, Leiceſterſhire, p. 8.
9 From a note in a Viſitation Book of Leonard and Vincent, officers of arms, 1619, penes J. Smith, M. D. 1568.
*2 MS. Peck; Eſch. 35 Edw. I. N' 88. Leic.
2: MS Peck} Eſch. 7 Hen. IV. Ne 52. Leic,
* MS. Peck; Eſch, 34 Hen, VI. N” 14. Leic.
*7 MS. Peck; Elch. 15 Edw. IV. Ne 41. Leic.
7
* MS. Peck; Eſch, 2 Ric. II. N” 28. & in libro de Lovel.
23 Dugdale, Bar. vol, I. p. 657.
as Dugdale, Bar. vol. I. p. 660.
'4 N' 52. Leic,
* Dugdale, Bar, vol. I. p. 66:, a
4
FRAMLAND HUNPRED,]
to die ſeiſed of certain lands here, and of the yearly
rent of 25s. 9d. and two pounds of pepper; all which
he held of fir Maurice Berkeley, knt. |
[ The MS. of ſir Thomas Cave breaks off abruptly;
but ſuch additions as have occurred ſince the account
of the pariſh was printed are here given. ] |
P. 12. In the ſabſidy of 1416 (when the whole
county was rated at {757. 125. 114d.) Abkettleby
paid 285.3; and Holwell 345. .
P. 13. In the liſt of incumbents, read thus:
Alan de Coſtein was preſented in 1209 .
Remigius de Poklinton, 1236 *.
Simon de Ardern (not Arden
Hugo de Ardern*, 1237. |
Leonard de Dunewic *, in 1242.
John de Leveton, 1288 7. |
John de Merton occurs about 1390. 3
Of Robert Watſon, preſented in 1557, ſee p. 298.
John Marlor, M. A. was vicar in 1705; in which
year he married Miſs Anne Perkins. He died in 1714.
[In Kiſlingbury church, Northampton, is this epitaph :
* In memory of Mrs. Ann Marlor, reli& of the
Reverend Mr. John Marlor, vicar of Abkettleby, in
the county of Leiceſter, and ſiſter to the Reverend Mr.
John Perkins, rector of this pariſh ; who departed this
life November the 16th, 1723, in her 44th year.”
in 1237.
A fee- farm rent of {10. was paid from the rectory
of Abkettleby, 1705, by Thomas Hilliard, gent. as
part of the jointure of the dowager queen Katharine.
By George Coulton, jun. M. A. the preſent vicar,
the patronage has been ſold to the Rev. A. Bingham,
vicar of Calverton, co. Nottingham.
P. 15. The poor of Abkeitleby having an annual
penſion of 30. which had originally been a penſion
Payable to the prior of Lenton, out of the parſonage
of Nether Broughton ; the following will of the per-
ſon by whom it was bequeathed may not improperly
be here introduced 8: |
In the name of God, Amen. The ſecond day of
November, anno Domini 1606, in the fourth year of
the reign of our ſoveraigne Lord James, by the grace
of God, of England,” France, and Ireland, king, de-
fender of the faith, and of Scotland the fortyth : I.
Jobn Neale, of Abkettleby, in the county of Leiceſter,
yeoman, being in perfect memory, and in reaſonable
| Nate of health of body, the Lord be praiſed ; there-
fore do conſtitute and make this my laſt will and teſ-
tament, in manner and form following : Imprimis, [
commend and betake my ſoul to the Almighty's bleſſed
tuition, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghoſt, three per-
ſons and one God, truſting only to be ſaved by the
infinite merits and mercies of Jeſus Chriſt, my Re-
deemer and Mediator between God and man; and
my body I commit to the earth, duſt to duſt, from
whence it came, to be buried in my pariſh-church of
Abkettleby, in a place there called Our Lady's Chapel.
And I give towards the reparation of my ſaid pariſh
church ten ſhillings. |
* Whereas | lately bought and purchaſed a penſion,
or yearly rent, of thirty Killiogs, per year to me and
my heirs for ever, iſſuing and going out of the par-
ſonage of Nether Broughton, in the ſaid county of
Leiceſterz my will is, that my ſon William Neale and
his heirs ſhall receive and take the ſaid penfion or
yearly rent of thirty ſhillings, iſſuing as aforeſaid, to
the only uſes, intents, and purpoſes herein hereafter
mentioned; that is to ſay, that the ſaid William
Neale, his heirs and afligns for ever, ſhall and will
yearly, betwixt the feaſt-day of the bleſſed” Virgin
Mary, being the tweaty-fifth day of March, and St.
Michael the \Archangel, for ever, after my death,
*'Eſch. 14 Hen. VIII. 2; April; ex libro de Lovel.
ABKETTLEBY.
provide to buy three ſufficient wain or cart loads of
coals for fuel, every of ſuch loads to be ſuch as are
brought to be ſold at Melton by the carriers, and not
exceeding the price of ten ſhillings; and the ſame ſo
bought and provided as aforeſaid ſhall and will yearly,
at the time aforeſaid, for ever, diſtribute, divide, and
beſtow the ſaid coals among the pooreſt ſort of inha -
bitants that are, and ſhall be, inhabiting and dwelling
within the town of Abkettleby aforeſaid, by and ar
their directions. And, if at any time hereafter it ſhall
' ſo happen that ſome of my kin and blood being de-
cayed and wanting ſubſiſtence of his worke, whereby
he, ſhe, or they, be worthily reputed and taken to
| Nand in need of ſuch relief, then my full will and
mind is, that he, ſhe, or they, of my kin and blood,
ſo decayed, ſhall have one whole load of the three
loads of coals abovementioned ; and the other two to
be diſtributed as aforeſaid. But, if it ſhall fo happen
that my ſaid ſon William Neale, or any other heir or
aſhgn to whom the ſaid penfion or yearly rent of
thirty ſhillings ſhall by courſe of law deſcend or any
otherwiſe come, ſhall be ſo evil-minded as to detract
or hinder the performance of this part of my laſt will,
which God forbid ! then my full will and mind is, as
much as I may by law, to give full power and au-
thority unto the vicar, churchwardens, and overſeers
of the poor, of the town of Abkettleby aforeſaid, for
the time being, or to any two of them, whereof the
vicar to be one, that, upon the not-performance of
this part of my will, by the detracting or withholding
the ſaid three loads of coals from the poor inhabitants
of Abkettleby aforeſaid by the ſpace of one whole
year, to enter into the poſſeſſion, and to receive and
take the ſaid penſion or yearly rent of thirty ſhillings
afore-named (untill ſuch time as there ariſe a godly-
minded man of my name that will fulfill my will), and
to provide and diſtribute the three loads of coals in
ſuch manner as my heirs and aſſigns ought to have
done, according to my true intent and meaning.
19*
A
Item, I give unto every one of my grand - children
twenty ſhillings. |
« Item, I give unto the poor inhabitants of Ab-
kettleby fix ſhillings, to be given on my burial-day ;
and to the poor of Holwell two ſhillings and ſix-
pence, and to the poor of Wartnaby two ſhillings and
ſix-pence, to be given on my burial-day, xp.
Item, whereas William Brooke of Elmeden, in
the county of Warwick, yeoman, is indebted to me
the ſum of five and twenty pounds, as by his bond
plainly appeareth, I give of the ſaid money mentioned
in the ſaid bond, if it may be recovered, unto Eliza»
beth Brooke and Agnes Brooke, daughters of my late
daughter Elizabeth Neale, deceaſed, to either of them
ten pounds, when they ſhall accompliſh the age of
one and twenty, or marriage, whether comes firſt ;
and I give unto the ſaid William Brooke ten ſhillings
of the ſaid money. Item, I give unto Hugh Flower,
of Belladowne, twenty ſhillings, and twenty ſhillings
more to buy a feather-bed-rick.
Item, I give unto my two daughters Jane and
Hellen unto each of them twenty ſhillings.
Item, I give unto Richard Stevens, of Claxton,
my ſon in law, my beſt cloak.
All the reſt of my goods, moveable and unmove-
able unbequeathed, I give unto Wiliiam Neale my
ſon, whom | make my ſole executor of this my laſt
will and teſtament z and I revoke all former wills and
teſtaments. And fo I reſt in the mercies of God,
abiding his good pleaſure. In witneſs | have hereunto
ſet my hand and ſeal the day and year above-written.”
The late Thomas Eyre, eſq. of Eaſtwell, poſſeſſed
about 20 acres of land at Abkettleby ?.
* Reg. Welles, Pont. 1.
Remigius de Pokliaton, ſubdiaconus, ad eccleſiam de Abkettleby, ad preſentationem prioris & convent' de Landa, 8 id*
Aprili,
Reg. Graſſeteſte, Pont. 2. os
Hu
* Ibid. Pont. z.
go de Ar dern, clericus, ad ecclefiam de Abbekettleby, ad preſentationem prioris & conv? de Landa, Teſtibus ; magiſtris
R. de Caden, & R. de Raveningham, Rog' Blundo, Joh' de Crakel, canonicis Lincolnie; dominis Joh* de Dyham, & Ric' de
Poklinton, capellanis ; magiſtris Simone Conſtabulario & Johanne Groſſeteſte; Remigio de Poklinton, Benedicto de Burgo, Ste-
phano de Caſtell, Joh' de Eſton, clericis, Dat. id Junii, Pont. 3.
* Magiſter Leonard de Dunewic, ſubdiaconus, ad ecclefiam de Abbekytelby, ad preſentationem prioris-& conventus de Landa. _
Teſtibus; magiſtris Rob' de Caden, Rog' de Kanipeden, Joh* de Dyham, Joh* de Crakel, canonicis Lincoln“; magiſtro Gerardo
de Weſcham, Ric“ de Poklinton, capellanis ; Benedicto de Burgo, Petro de Stanford, Rogera de Fretewell, clericis, 2 kal. Maii,
7 Reg. Sutton, Pont. 6. 6 |
the Rev. Thomas Hoe; from whom a curious letter will be given in the next page.
HOLWELL,
Pant. 8,
For a copy of this will Lam indebted to
dee hereafter, p. 167, note g. |
CEN | D 4
Jo
*20 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES of LEICESTERSHIRE.
is a ſmall. town, of antient incloſure, and the land but
indifferent. Wyrley, who viſited it in 1591, ſays,
, © There is a little village, named Holwell, near to
Kettlebie on the hill; juxta quam Suyt fluvius ebvllir,
& manaus per Broughton, Clauſton, & Har bie, Leiceſ-
rerſcire-valedicit,, & Nottinghamiæ gratulatur.
C Holwell nullum ſcutum gentilitium or nat.“
4 Holwell Mouth, the ſource of a conſiderable
brook in the Vale of Belvoir, called the ite, is a
ſpring whence-ifſves an immenſe quantity of water in
the winter ſeaſon, but it is by no means regular in its
quantity at all times.
known it almoſt exhauſted, The Fountain Head is
conſtantly kept in decent repair, from an annuity'of
505. left by will ſome time ago by ſome of the Dex-
ters of Helwell. There is a-large and commodious
harbour adjvining the ſpring, with ſeats all round it
within, and a ſtone table in the middle. To this ſpring
the -plebeian beaux and belles frequently reſort in
ſummer evenings, to ſpend their mirthful hours over
their tea, lemonade, &c. This water, as may be ſup-
ſed, is very ſoft, yet very ſweet and agreeable.
& The Tide-zvinds* that ſkirt the bottom of the hills
from Belvoir, through the Vale, by Long Clawſton,
towards Holwell Mouth, are really a phænomenon.“
| "Theſe are the words of my ingenious young friend
the Rev, Thomas Hoe, of Dalby on the Woulds ; who
communicated ſome curious particulars relative to a
famous ſpring at Scalford, deſcribed in p. 315; and
has fince tavoured me with the following additions :
« There is another valuable ſpring in the pariſh of
Scalſord, about 4000 yards to the North-weſt of the
village, called Nell Dale Spring, of great utility to
the pariſhioners previous to the incloſure, for the
purpoſe of watering their cattle, by a large dam made
a little below it. It is ſuppoſed, on a moderate com-
putation, to iſſue forth, in 24 hours (diebus communi-
bus) three times the quantity of water which the
ſpring iv the town does. This dam was kept in high
prefervation previous to the inclofure, having then
three mouths, or ſpouts, for the better convenience of
watering the cattle; but has ſince been much neglected.
© One hint more about Scalford church. You ob-
ſerve, p. 316; that © through the pillar in the wall be-
tween the nave and the chancel, is a remarkable hole,
or rather paſſage, about five feet from the ground,
probably leading to the original ſtair-caſe of the rood-
loft.“ I have long ſince been told by the Rev. Ro-
bert Barker, vicar of Youlgreave in Derbyſhire, and
rector of Hickling in Nottinghamſhire, who tormerly
travelled as private tutor with the famous, but now
unfortunate, PonNiaTowski of Poland, that thoſe
openings were made in Popiſh times, in order that the
families who belonged to the chapelries in ſuch
churches might he enabled to ſee and adore the ele-
vation of the hoſt in the time of celebrating maſs ;
and might thereby be the more ready to join in the
ſervice in that caſe provided.“ Will not the ſame ac-
count, therefore, agree with this opening. in the pillar
at Sculford church? [ have written to Mr. Barker
for a more particular account of the apertures; and
iacloſed is his anſwer, which will juſtify the former
conjecture : I have not the leaſt doubt of the de-
fign of leaving the two apertures, you mention, in the
pitlar betwixt the church and chancel at Youlgreave;
but you have forgotten the ſituation of the pillar.
You know that the prieſt in Popiſh countries always
ſtands at the North end of the altar at the time of
bis celebrating maſs. Now the lord's pew, or choir, in
Youlgreave church, adjoins to the South pillar in the
church, which, if one of the apertures had not been
left in it, would have entirely obſtructed the lord's
view of the prieſt at the elevation of the hoſt, and
_ conſequently of the hoſt itſelf, which, you know, they
. adore at the time of its elevation; this hole, there-
fore, was left in order to remove this inconvenience.
The other ſmaller aperture appears plainly to have
been left to enable the lord to fee and worſhip either
a crucifix, a Holy Virgin, or the image of ſome ſaint
placed in the ſole of a window in the chancel oppo-
lite to it, the place where it ſtood being ſtill very vi-
MS. in the College of Arms.
In very dry ſeaſons I have
to this moat-cloſe.
® Sce theſe deſcribed, p. 134. |
FP
ſible. Neither of the apertures are large enongh for -
da man, nor the ſmaller one for a child, to creep
through; bur, had not this been the caſe, it plainly
appears from inſpection, that there never could have
been either a ſtair-caſe ot a gallery there, I wiſh
you would be ſo obliging as to examine the apertures '
you mention in ſome churches in your neighbonrbood,
and obſerve whether the apertures are hot all made
through the South pillar betwixt the church and
chancel, or to be plainly made for one of the purpoſes
| have mentioned. Apreeably to this hint, I have
ſince examined ſeveral of thefe apertures in the
churches in this neighbourhood ; and find that they
are ſometimes in the North ſide, ſometimes in the
South, and ſortiertimes in both pillars. But in none
that I have ſeen is the aperture large enough for either
a man of child to walk ot even creep through it.
„Dr. Stukeley's plate brought the ſite of Mar-
gidunum immediately to my recollection. Every thing
you have ſaid on that head is (as far as I have ex-
amined and enquired) literally true, except that it is
on the edge of Upper Broughton, otherwiſe Broughton
Sulney, in Nottinghamſhire. Indeed Upper Broughton
adjoins to Nether Broughton z and Croſs Hill is ad-
joining both Dalby and Upper Broughton lordſhips ; fo
that it may not improperly be introduced into this
part of the work. Croſs Hill is in Willoughby lordſhip;
where I have been enquiring about the Tumulus—
Black Held he Thieves—and The Wells, &c.; the
anſwers to all which exactly correſpond with the ac-
count you give, p. 120. The pariſhioners told me,
however, that although the ridiculous idea of the place
being haunted by fpirns {till prevails with the gene-
rality, yet in the fpring of 1794, in the night time,
ſome perſons had been digging over a part of it, but
with what ſucceſs was not known. The ſurface was
left rough, and near it ſome pieces of candle, and
much ta}low (droppings of candle) round the ſpot.
In the pariſh of Nether Brovghton, the ſoil is
univerſally a ſtrong clay, and generally of a whitiſh
colour. There is a ſmall hill on the edge of this pa-
Tiſh, near the boundaries of Nottinghamlhire, divided
in this part by the Dalby brook, which is fed from
a famous ſpring in the wood. In a ſmall cloſe about
200 yards South of the church, is a tumulus, or barrow,
moated round; on the ſite of which, tradition ſays,
there was formerly a large hall ; and about 200 yards
to the Eaſt ward are two cloſes, known by the name
of The Hall Cloſes, appendages (previous to incloſure)
To the Weſtward are certain ele-
vations of the ground, ſuppoſed to have been gardens
and pleafure-grounds belonging to the Moat Hall. In
the courſe of rhe laſt ſummer ſeveral foundations and
groundals were dug out of what they call The Gardens ;
but nothing particular was diſcovered, nor could I gain
intelligence tw hom this hall, when in being, belonged,
* The Regilters afford little that is remarkable.
„ Thomas Burſtall, of Nether Broughton, was ſworn
in regiſtrar, by Juſtice Hartopp, Jan. 1 7 1653.
« Mr. Thomas Ludlam, miniiter of God's word,
was buried May 21, 1661,
„Thomas Bleay was curate of Nether Bronghton
upwards of 30 ycars at and about the period noticed
inp.120; as appears from his ſignatures in the Regiſter.
„John Voakes was curate in 1716; Chamberlain
Atton in 1717; John Cheſelden in 1721; Charles
Pearce in 1730.
« Mr. Greenaway had the care of Dalby and Nether
Broughton from Oct. 1739, to Sept. 1740, when he
was inſtituted to the rectory of Nether Broughton.
His profile in Eceleſiaſtes? was done by a gentleman
(a friend of Dr. Middleton)*of Cambridge, from me-
mory, as he had never ſeen Mr. Greenaway but once
previous to his taking it. The portrait you give of
him was taken con amore, by his Rev. brother and
friend Mr, Peters, io 1791.
Elizabeth, Henry, and John, ſons and daughter
of Henry and Frances Mann, were buried in one grave,
July 19, 1772.
66 There are now (1795) in Nether Broughton
82 families, and 298 inhabitants.
ges p. rat,
BARK-
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Barion, is ſituated on an eminence in the Vale
of Belyoir, upon the edge of Nottinghamſhire, by
which it is bounded on the Weſt; by Redmile on the
Eaſt; by Bottesford on the North; and Plungar on
It is three miles to the Sduth - weſt of
Belvoir caſtle *, twelve from Melton Mowbray, and
fourteen from, Nottingham. |
In the eccleſiaſtical diviſion of the county, Barkſton
is within the deanry of Framland.
In the time of Edward the Confeſſor there were
fifteen ploughs in this lordſhip; which was then va-
lued at four pounds. At the Conqueror's ſurvey it
was found to be worth five pounds; and Robert de
Todeni then poſſeſſed fifteen ploughlands. Three
ploughs were in demeſne, with ſeven bondmen ; and
fourteen villans, with two bordars and a prieſt, toge-
ther with four other villans and — * ſocmen,
had eleven ploughs *.
From Robert de Todeni the manor of Bark ſton
deſcended to the family of de Albini, lords of Belvoir;
and from them to the lords Roos of Hamlake.
Under the lord Roos were divers eminent perſons
who held lands here, as Chauveni, Belbouſe, Tipteft,
Charnels, Waterville, Huntingdon, Bernack, Hotot, and
Scraop. And here was a famous houſe, called
Belhouſe, belonging to the ſecond of theſe, which came
afterwards back to lord Roos, the chief lord.
About the year 1223, Geoffrey de Chauveni gave to
the prior and convent of Belvoir, by the content of
his wife Cecilia and their ſon John, a bovate of land
in Barkſton, adjoining to the land Roberti Francigenæ,
which had been given to him by his lord, William of
Albini 3. He gave thein alſo before his death three
acres of land in Scotgate, and willed his body to be
buried in their priory church 4. Theſe grants were af-
terwards confirmed and enlarged by Jobn de Chau-
veni, the ſon, who alſo, in conſideration of nineteen
ſhillings paid to him by the prior and convent out of
the ſubſtance of their church, renounced to them all
claim ro*the perſon and chattels of his homager, Ro-
bert the ſon of Gladwin of Barkeſton, and nephew to
Auſtin the monk*. Two perſons of this family occur
as witneſſes to a deed in 1288.
In 1230, as appears by the Teſta de Nevill, the
heir of Odinell de Albiniaco held three parts of a fee
in Barkſton and Plungar, yader the lord Roos, heir to
; Nciently called Barkeſton, Barkin/ton, Barſton, or
rected ta be re
the lordſhip of Belvoir. As theſe neighbouring
townſhips are joined together in this and many other
early records, both civil and eccleſiaſtical, and Plungar
is wholly unnoticed in Domeſday-book ; they were
evidently conſidered as a fingle lordſhip by the com-
pilers of that famous ſurvey, |
In the Itinerary of 1280, Barkſton, Plungar, and
Muſton, are collectively ranged as one villata 6.
OR. 1, 1288, Thomas Bouche gave to the prior and
convent of Belvoir three ſelions of land at Barkſton,
which were his by the gift of John de Mazon, and an
annual rent of one farthing [quaterantem}, from an-
other ſelion there held by Walter Rudde ; and Alice
his widow, in July 1292, quitted claim to the prior
and convent of all right of dower in a free tenement
which her huſband had given them 7.
In 1292 Roger, then rector of Redmild, purchaſed
from the lady Iſabel de Ros an exemption from cer-
tain ſervices, by an aſſignment to her of thirty ſhil-
lings annual rent belonging to him in Barkſton and
Redmild * ; and was in conſequence admitted into the
fraternity at Belyoir priory, and his anniverſary di-
gularly obſerved 9. . |
In 1304 Richard de Belbus, father of Thomas de
Belhus, deceaſed, gave the manor of Barkeſton to the
ſaid Thomas and Maud his wife, in franc marriage, to
him and the heirs of his body by the ſaid Maud e.
In 1314 Pain de Tipetoft **, deceaſed, was ſeiſed of
the manor of Barkeſton, which he held of Sir Wil-
liam de Roos in capite, by the ſervice of warding his
caſtle of Belvoir, and by the ſervice of a twentieth
part of one Knight's fee. John de Tipetoft, his ſon
and heir, was then aged one year.
In 1343 William de Roos of Hamlak, deceaſed, was
ſeiſed of one Knight's fee in Barkeſton and Plun-
garth, which Richard and John de Belhous held to-
ether. Alſo of a moiety of one other knight's fee
in Barkeſton and Plungarth aforeſaid, which Hugh
Charnels and Julian his wife held. Alſo of a for-
tieth part of one other knight's fee in Barkeſton and
Bottlesford, which the heirs of Roger de Watervill
held, Alſo\of a moiety of one other knight's fee in
Bottlesford, Rademill, Barkeſton, Plungarth, and
Muſton, which William de Hotot of Botilesford
held. Alſo a quarter of one knight's fee in Bottles-
ford and Barkeſton aforeſaid, which the heirs of
William Huntingdon held“.
2 Belvoir caſtle is a magnificent object when ſeen from moſt of the circumjacent villages, Mr, Throſby, in his © Select
Views,” has given a repreſentation of it as it appears from Barkfon. | |
idem R. [Robertus de Todeni] tenet. 15 carucatas terre in Barcheſtone, Tempore Regis Edwardi erant ibi 15 caruce,
In dominico ſunt 3 carucz & ſervi; & 14 villani, cum 12 bordariis & preſbytero, & aliis 4 villanis & 25 ſochmannis, habent
11 carucas. Valuit 4 libras ; modo 100 folidos,” Domeſday, p. xvi. ApS. f
3 See the charter, in the Appendix to Belvoir, p. 5.
7 See their deeds in the Appendix to Belvoir, pp. 14, 15+
W Eſc. 8 Edw. Il, N? 48. Leic.
3 .
*
4 Ibid. , Ibid. 6 See P-. xlvi.
* i. e. The Lord's houſe. See Selden, Titles of Honour, p. 673.
9 See the agreement to this purpoſe, among the Belvoir deeds, Appendix, p. 14+
** This Pain de Tipetoft was flain in the battle of Strivelin, Dugd. Baron, vol. II. p 39.
3® Eic, 33 Edw. I. Ne 136. Leic.
3 Eſc. 17 Edw, III. N* 60. Leic,
_ entertaining the ſheriff and his horſes *, &c.
2
18 HISTORY ANDY ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
In 1346 William de Roos (on the aid then granted
for knighting Edward of Woodſtock, the king's eld-
eſt ſon) was aſſeſſed 30s. for three parts of one
Knight's fee in Bottesford, Normanton, Redmile,
Barkſton, Plungar, and Herdby, parcel of the fee of
Roos. At the fame time Richard de Belhouſe (on the
ſame occaſion) was aſſeſſed 208. for half a knight's
fee ih Barkſton and Plungar, parcel of the fee of
Roos. At the ſame time John Barnake and Hugh de
Charnels were aſſeſſed 20s. for half a knight's fee in
Barkſton and Plungar; parcel of the fee of Roos“.
In 1352 William de Roos of Hamelak, deceaſed,
was ſeiſed of a certain ſpiney, called Beaver Warren,
whoſe ſoil and paſture belonged to the towns of Sta-
thern, Plungarth, and Barkſton, and were of no yearly
value; becauſe the thorns, it they were cut away,
could not grow again, by reaſon of the cattle of the
aforeſaid villages there depafturing *. By the-fame
inquiſition it was found, among other things, that
four pounds a year were paid by him annually to the
fermer of Framland hundred, as palfry filver, © que
levari debet de villis de Bottesford, Normanton, Red-
myld, Barkſton, Hertby, Stathern *.” Probably this
palfry filver was paid to be freed from the — wx"? -
e
ſame ſum of 41. ſtil] continues to be paid to 1ord
Rawdon, who holds in fee-farm from the King the
hundred of Framland, as part of the ancient eſtates
of the earldom of Huntingdon 5.
In 1358 fir William Barnake, of Barſton, knight,
demiſed to the prior and conyent of Belvoir his croft,
called Stacicroft. |
In 1363 Margery de Roos, deceaſed, (relict of
William de Roos of Hamelake) was ſeiſed of a
moiety of one Knight's fee, with the appurtenances,
in Barkeſton and Plungarth, which John, fon of Wil-
liam de Bernak, held. Alſo of a moiety of one
knight's fee in Barkeſton and Plungarth, which Hugh
de Charnells and Julian his wife held. Alſo of a
fortieth part of one Knight's fee in Bottlesford and
Barkeſton, which the heir of Reginald de mens
held. Alfo of a Knight's fee, with the appurtenances,
in Barkeſton and Plungarth, which Richard and John
de Belhous held together. Alio of a moiety of one
knight's fee, with the appurtenances, in Bottlesford,
Redmile, Barkeſton, Plungarth, and Muſton, which
William de Hotot held. Alſo of a thirty-fourth
part of one knight's fee, with the appurtenances, in
Bottesford and Barkeſton, which the heir of .......
de Huntingdon held®. |
In 1372 Robert de Tibetot, knight, deceaſed, was
ſeiſed of one carucate of land in Barkeſton, which he
held of the lord de Roos “.
In 1394 Jabn of Barkfton had a grant from John
of Gunwardby of a houſe and garden lying in the
village of Belvoir, lying betwixt the tenement of
Thomas de Belvoir and Thomas de Milnere, one part
, abutting upon the welleſty of the ſaid village.
In 1397 Margaret de Tibetot (relit of Robert de
Tibetor *, knight) was ſeiſed of one meſſuage and one
carucate of land, with the appurtenances, in Bar-
keſton, in fee - tail, (viz. to the aforeſaid Robert and
Margaret, and the heirs of their bodies begotten),
which ſhe held of the lord Roos by knight's ſervice.
Ard Margaret, Milicent, and Elizabeth, daughters
of the ſaid Robert and Margaret, were the heirs of the
ſaid Margaret 9.
In 1383 Thomas de Roos, of Hamelak, knight, de-
ceaſed, was ſeiſed of a moiety of the manor of Bar-
| keſton, which he held of the king in capite, by
knight's ſervice, as parcel of the honour of Beauyer “.
T Rot, Aux. 20 Edw. III.
&c,
* Eſc, 26 Edw, III. N' 53. Leic.
* + Eodem anno {1258} proviſum fuit per conſilium regis quod omni anno fit novus vicecomes per electionem, qui jurabit,
Nec hoſpitabitur cum aliquo in balliva ſui niſi ſemel aut bis ad plus in anno, & devote rogatus, cum equis quinque ad
In 1413 Roger le Scrop, knight, deceaſed, was
ſeiſed (jointly with Margaret bis wife) of one meſ-
ſuage and one carucate of land in Barkſton, which
were held of William lord Roos. Richard le Scrop,
his ſon and next heir, was then aged 10 years.
In 1415 Beatrix de why of Th:mas late
lord of Roos) was ſeiſed of a moiety of the manors _—
of Barſton and Plungarth, with the appurtenances,
which were held of the king, in capite, by knight's
ſervice, as parcel of the honour of Beauver. And
John (fon of William late lord of Roos, fon of the
aforeſaid Thomas and Beatrix), was her next heir“.
Nicholas de Barſton was preſented to the reftoly of
Northburg, co. Northamptonſhire, Dec. 30, 14398 '*.
In 1421 John de Roos, of Hamelak, deceaſed, was
ſeiſed of the manor of Barkeſton, called Belhouſe
Place 4; alſo of two carucates of land, with the a
purtenances, worth four marks a year, and fix 1 5
yearly rent of the rent of aſſiſe in Barkeſton. There was
alſo a hall and a, granary, from which no rent aroſe,
and a dovecote worth 25. 4d. a yeat beyond repriſes.
And, Thomas de Roos was his brother and next heir“.
In November, 1422, Margery de Roos, relict
of John de Roos of Hamelak, knight, had, inter
alta, the manor of Barkeſton, called Belhouſe Place,
with two parts of the manor” of Redmild, afligned to
her in part of her dower 6. |
In 1461 William lord Haſtings obtained a grant,
inter alia, of the manor of Barkeſton 7.
Aug. 9, 1467, king Edward IV. granted divers
lands at Barkſton (late parcel of the poſſeſſions of
William lord Beaumont) to William lord Haſtings,
to hold of the king and his heirs by homage only, in
lieu of all ſervice'*.
The manor of Barkſton was reſtored by king Hen-
ry VII. in 1482, to Edmund lord Roos.
In 1506 Sir Robert Broughton died ſeiſed of a
manor here, and of lands in Plungar, Knipton, and
Bottesford, belonging to the ſaid manor, held under
Edmund lord Roos, leaving John Broughton his ſon
and heir of the age of 15 years 9. |
Edmund lord Roos dying in 1508 without iſſue, his
ſiſters became his heirs; and the manor of Barkſton
paſſed for ſome years into the family of Digby.
In 1557, it was re-purchaſed from - Digby, eſq;
by Thomas earl of Rutland; and from that time has
been regularly veſted in the Rutland family,
The commiſſioners for viſiting Wigſton's hoſpital
reported, in 1656, that Henry Dixon held 5 oxgangs,
and a half at Barkſton, for three lives, at (. 4. a year,
the land being worth C. 3. an oxgang. His fine was
4.30. The hoſpital paid at the ſame time to the
lord of Belvoir a chief rent of a pound of pepper for
* the great houſe” at Barkſton. f
A leaſe, dated Sept. 10, 1664, was made to Ste-
phea Dixon, ſenior, of Roppeſley, clerk, of one
meſſuage or tenement, with its appurtenances, in
Barkſton; and of ſeveral parcels of land, meadow,
and paſture, &c. containing by eſtimation 5 oxgangs
and a half, or thereabouts, and lying in Barkſton,
Bottesford, and Redmyld, all in the tenure of Thomas
Towers; another meſſuage, &c. in Barkſton, in the
tenure of Thomas Smith ; and one other tenement, in
the tenure of John Green; (all trees of oak, aſh, and
elm, and other timber trees, with liberty to fall, cur
down, and carry away the ſame, excepted ;) to hold
to the ſaid Stephen Dixon and his heirs, during the
lives of himſelt, his wife Katharine, and Stephen their
ſon, then aged about 16, for the yearly rent of C. 5.
It was a+the ſame time computed to be worth, to be
let, £-17. 10s. a year. |
3 Inq. 26 Edw, III.
plus.” Annal. Dunſtable, ed, Hearne, vol. I. p. 336.— And in Fleta, lib. cap. xx. art. 116, p 29. De capitulis corone &
| itineris ;” amongſt other inquiſitions, one is, De vicecomitibus venientibus hoſpitandi in ballivis ſuis, cum pluribus quam
quinque vel ſex equis, vel qui per frequentes adventus ultra modum quoſcunque oneraverint.“
5 See above, p. 8.
* Grandſon of Pain before mentioned.
„ Eich, 5 Hen. IV. N* 25, Leie.
10 Clauf,, 9 Hen, V. m. 4. Leic,
Ms. Chetw, Eſch, Rot, 21 Hen. VII. n. 37.
Eſch. 37 Edw. III. N 62. Leic.
9 Eſch, 3 Ric II. N' 67. Leie.
* FEſch. 3 Hen V. No, 44. Leic.
14 i, e. The Lord's houſe. Sce Selden's Titles of Honour, p. 623.
7 Pat, 1 Edw. IV. p. 4. m. 25.
7 Eſch, 46 Edw. III. Ne 55. Leic.
1 Eſch. 7 Ric. II. Ne 68. Leic.
Bridges, vol. II. p. 530.
1 Eſch. 9 Hen. V. Ne 58. Leic.
2 Pat, 7 Edw. IV. pars I,
One
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FrarLand Huxpäxb.]
One houſe in the pariſh is faid to have belonged
to the ancient family of — 2 2 FN
In r564 this village contained 3 families; in 178g;
*
44 families and 199 inhabitants.
In 1630 the freeholders in Barkſton were, William
Towers, Richard Hickſ6n, and Matthew Dixon. At
the general election of 1722 the number that polled
was 18; in 1778, only 9. In 1789 there were 1g
frecholders, beſides earl Howe, who has ſome little
roperty there, and the vicar: bur the duke of Rut-
land has three fourths of the land.
In 1791 an act paſſed for dividing and incloſing the
open common fields, &c. within the pariſhes of Bark -
ſton and Plungar; in which Jum Henry duke of
Rutland is deſcribed as lord of the manors, and pa-
tron and impropriator of the refories ; and John
Stoup Wagſtaffe, clerk; as vicar of both pariſhes, and
as ſuch entitled to the ſmall tithes; and the duke of
Rutland, Richard carl Howe, the chaplains and poor
of Wigſton's Hoſpital, 'Thomas Caunt (both as their
lefſee and in his own right), John Caunt; Richard
Guy, John Leadbetter, and others, as entitled to lands,
right of common, &c. in the open fields, which con-
tained in the whole about 1050 acres. In lieu of all
tithes great and ſmall, moduſes, and other payments
in lieu of tithes, to the impropriator and vicar are
allotted one ſeventh of the lands to be incloſed; and
—
B AR RK S TON.
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dne ninth of the gardens, orchards, homeſteads, and
old incloſed lands, to be divided in proportion to
their intereſts ; ſo that the portion of the vicar within
Barkſton be at leaſt 534. a year, and within Plun-
gar at leaſt g7/. The act contains a ſpecial ſaving of
the duke's rights as owner of Be/voir Chaſe, and lord
of the manors of Barkſton' and Plungar; with all
rents; ſervices, courts, perquiſites and profits of court,
fairs, tolls, right of free-warren and free chaſe, and all
other royalties and privileges appendant to the warren.
A navigable canal is now (1791) in contemplation,
from Grantham to the Trent; which, if it ſhould
take place, is intended to paſs through Muſton,
Botresford, Redmile, Bark/ton, Plungar, Stathern,
Harby, Hoſe, Long Claxton, and Nether Broughton:
In 1445 Barkſton was aſſeſſed towards a fifteenth
ahd tenth 11. 16s.; from which 15. 6d. was abated.
The nett expence of the poor in 1976 was 311. 125
2d. Medium of three years, 1783=1985, 690. 185.
The earlieſt regiſter begins in 1569 (baptiſms for
ſome years omitted), 20 years, from 1580 to 1600,
give baptiſms 122 ; yearly 6. Burials 50 yearly 21.
The ſecond begins in 1683, but has no kind of re-
gularity till 1690; from which time the baptiſms are
about 6 yearly; burials 4 yearly ; and for 20 years,
ending with 17893 are; baptiſms 142; yearly 7;
burials 8; yearly 44 |
dedicated to SS. Peter and Paul, is a finall building.
It conſiſts of a nave, a North aile, and a chancel
continued from the nave. On the outſide they are
all leaded. See a view of it, taken by Mr. Pridden
in September 1791, in plate III.
At the Weſt end a ſmall taper ſtone ſpire is placed
on a tower, in Which are four middling bells, inſcribed;
1. Johannes Clarke, miniſter, 1636.”
2. I to the church the living call,
And tv the grave do ſommon all.”
2. ©* God fave his church, 1710.“
4. My roaring ſound doth notice give,
That men cannot here always lyve.
In the Eaſt window of the North aile :
Orate pro anima 25
qui hanc feneſtram fieri fecit: |
On the back of the pulpit is the date gf.
The font is circular, without any ornament, ſtand-
ing on an octagonal baſe, with a kneeling ſtone. See
Plate IV. figs 1. | .
At the ends df the open ſeats are ſeveral beautiful
carvings, particularly the two figures repreſented by
Mr. Schnebbelie in plate III; fig. 1, St. John, with
a book in his hind, and on the book a lamb (alluding
to his ſpeech, Ecce agnus Dei, &c.); fig. 2; St. James
the Great (or of Compoſtella, where his relics were
preſerved), with a pilgrim's ſtaff in his left hand, a
uch at his ſide, and an eſcalop ſhell on the front of
his hat. ' Theſe figures, which ate evidently executed
from the deſign of ſome great maſter, ſtand It two
rich niches; on the canopy of which are two ſmaller
figures looking over an embattled building. On the
FAS
left ſide of St. John is an antelope, ſupported by a
finial riſing from part of a church at the baſe; and
at the right fide of St. James a lion couchant, ſup-
ported as the other; ſee plate IV. fig. 2, 3.
the other ſeats, on ſhields, are an A, an E, and three
water-bougets, the arms, of Roos as repreſented in
plate IV. fig. 4, 5, 6. Thete can be no doubt but
theſe were brought, at the diſſolution of religious
houſes, either from the priory of Belvoir, or from
Croxton abbey, 'as there are ſeveral other detached
parts of ſimilar ornaments in vetious churches in this
1 MS. Belvoir. EQon ſays, ** to St. John the Baptiſt.”
3 % Eccleſia de Barkeſton valet decem & octo marc'. Vicarius perpetuus
neighbourhot i, particularly at Plungar and at Redmile.
The wake is now kept on the Sunday next after
the feaſt of 88. Peter and Paul.
The church of Bark ſton was given, in or before
the year 1155, by William de Albini Brito, to
the prior and convent of Belvoir; who, in 1220,
had the great tithes approptiated to. their own uſe;
The then vicar was R.. . ., inftirmed by the then
biſhop of Lincoln, Hugh Wells ; in one of whoſe
rolls the vicarage is deſcribed as conſiſting of the
whole altarage, together with three loads of wheat
(/ſamme frumenti) payable at the feaſt of St. Michael
by the prior and convent of Belvoir; and the vicarage
was then ſtated to be worth four marks 3,
In 1277 archbiſhop Kilwardby, in a letter, dated
% apud Newnham juxta Bedfordiam 4,“ after a me-
tropolitan viſitation of his dioceſe, recogniſes the full
right of the prior and Convent of Belvoir to the ap-
propriation of the churches of Bark/ton *, Claxton,
Horninghold, Howes, Plungar, &.
John de Pontiſera biſhop of Wincheſter, and Oli-
ver Sutton biſhop of Lincoln, in 1292, were autho-
rized to tax and rate the temporalities of all the
clergy; both regular and ſecular, for the levying of a
tenth, which the pope had granted to Edward I. in
aid of the Holy Land 6.
Among the poſſeſhons of the priory of Belvoir, we
find enumerated the church of Barkſton ; which being
taxed in the pope's book at eleven marks, the tenths were
141: 8d. The priory had alſo a portion in that church
taxed at 18s. 4d. of which the tenths were 15. 4d.
In a certificate of biſhop Henry Burweſh, 1325,
preſerved in the Belvoir regiſter, the former endow-
ment is repeated; with a remark, that there was no
regular place of reſidence for the vicar; but that he
was entitled to the whole altarage, except mortuaries :
and that the rectory was worth 18 marks.
In 1358 the prior and convent 2 the rectory
(then let for 3/. a yeat) and held allo the vicarage by
one of their own members. |
In a taxation of Leiceſterſhire benefices made about
1366, Barkſton is rated at 11 marks; and paid 23.
for Peter- pence.
The annual value of the vicarage was returned in
1534˙5 at fix pounds o.
* Matriculus, 5 Hen. III. p lxii,
habet nomine viearie ſue totum altatagium; in-
ſuper a priore & conventu de Belvero per annum tres ſummas frumenti pacabilis ad feſtum S'ci Martini. Vicaria valet qua -
tuor marcas.” From the original Roll of Biſhop Wells.
| * Newnham pri
| n Priory
5 Sec this letter in the Appendix to Belvoir,p. 13. * Somner, Antiq. Cant.p.27. 7 Harl. S8. 4936. ex MS. Gale, fol.! 67. b.
* «+ Vicaria de Barkeſton ordinata tempore Hugonis epiſe Lincoln. Eccleſia valet decem & octo mare“. Vicarius nomine
vicarie ſue habebit totum altaragium preter principale legatum; percipiens de priore tres ſummas frumenti pacabilis ad feſtum
Sancti Michaelis ; & ſolvet ſynodalia tantum, Vicaria valet v mare“. Manſum non eſt af | |
9 From the roll in the Firſt Fruits Office, :
Vor. L
G
gaatum *
At
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gis“ to be 19. |
20 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
At the diſſolution of religious houſes, the patron-
age and impropriation of Barkſton were added to the year's day, from Barkſton and Plungar, 16s..8d. Of
poſſeſſions of George Manners, then lord Roos; and
P Fg ty deſcended uo 508 this 6s. 8d. is paid by Barkſton; and 105. by Plungar.
rom- him they have regularly deſcen to John 14 tor the rectory 27. 9d.
Henry, duke of Rutland, their 2 owner. Epiſcopal procurations, for the eG rl
In 1620 a compolition was made with the vicar of Synodals, 37. 64.
Barkſto for tithes, which is preſerved among the From the regiſters of the ſee of Lincoln, the pariſh
family evidences at Belvoir . regiſter, and the records of the Firſt Fruits Office in
In the ſurvey of 1650 Barkſton was returned as an the Temple *, the following liſt of vicars has been
impropriation; the rectory worth 50/.; the vicarage 20/. made out. From theſe authentic ſources a tolerably
The then incumbent is deſcribed as © No Preacher.” regular ſeries of incumbents will in general be ob-
The preſent value in the king's books is * 55. 5d. tained from the beginning of the thirteenth century;
The clear yearly value is ſtated in the“ Liber Re- and it may be proper to obſerve, that the inſtitutions
to benefices by biſhops is not of a much earlier date.
VICARS. | "PATRONS.
R. . . occurs vicar in 1220,
Richard the deacon, afterwards chaplain, 1225,
uw Braunſton, 1226. X
oger de Friſeby, capellanus, 1246,
Simon de Denton, capellanus, upon the death of Roger,
Richard de Southwym, preſbyter, on the death of Denton, |
Simon: de Harlaxton, .....
William Acum de Wakefield, on Harlaxton's refignation,
April 31, 1353,
William de Overby, on Acum's refignation, July 14, 1368,
John Brampton, .....
Robert Green, on Brampton's reſignation, May 19, 1413,
Walter Agas, on Green's reſignation, May 30, 1413, ©
Robert Addyſon |
Thomas Waryn, on Addyſon's reſignation, Mar. 13, 1440, )
John Appulton?, April 6, 1446, |
Richard Hayton, inſtituted to Barkſton, with Plungarth | ie *
anuexed, on Appulton's refignation, Feb. 18, 1452,
Francis Goldimyth, on Hayton's reſignation, Oct. 4, 1453,
William Wytham, ©. ... + -
Guido Dygyll, on Wytham's reſignation,
Nicholas Hutchinſon, 1 534,
William Stephenfon, buried June 22, 1569 4,
John Cheſlall, Feb. 26, 1574,
Philip Blague, inducted April 28, 1604,
John Clarke, July 1621—1645,
Stephen Dixon, 1646.
John Summerfield, 1666 7,
George Cartwright®, May 1682. — John, eighth earl of Rutland.
Derham Huddleſtone?, 1689. |
Penſion payable to the biſhop of Linccln, at Neu-
|
Prior and convent of Belvoir.
SES SS +44 2
Queen Elizabeth.
| Roger fifth earl of Rutland, baron Roos, &C«
© Francis ſixth earl of Rutland.
F.dward Bacon“, M. A. 1695. }
Richard 'Treſham , 1708, | — John, firſt duke of Rutland.
Kichard Burges, 1717, — John, ſecond duke of Rutland, pleno jure.
Everard Breton **, March 29, 1721 |
Kichard Stoup „March 14.175 wy — John, third duke of Rutland.
Mary lſabella dutcheſs of Rutland, Henry duke
of Beaufort, William earl of Mansfield, and
the right honourable William Pitt, in truſt,
during the minority of - Joha-Heary, fifth
duke of Rutland, |
John Stoup Wagſtaff =, July 7, 1788, 9
* Dr, Vernon, MS.
> Mr. Selden informs us, in the national ſynod held at Weſtmitiſter, in 1124, by John de Crema, the pope's legate, it was
conſtituted, ** quod nullus abbas, nullus prior, nullus omnino monachus vel clerieus, eccleſiam, five decimam, fſcu quælibet
beueficia ecclefiaſtica de dono laici, - fine proprii epiſcopi authoritate & aſſenſu, ſuſcipiat ; quod fi præſumptum fuer, irrita
erit donatio hyjuſmodi ;” and ſome allowance was given to the canons by the king; yet it is moſt certain that the practice
was for divers years otherwiſe ; and that churches with tithes were moſt commonly given by lay patrons without the biſhop's
aſſent or inſtitution ; and that as well by filling them with incumbents, as appropriating them to monaſteries, chapters, or
otherwiſe.” Hiſt, of Tithes, p. 145.
3 Among the Rutland evidences, is a deed made in 1449 between the prior of Belvoir and this vicar,
* He was buried at Barkſton June 12, 1 569. Pariſh Regiſter.
He figns the regiſter from 1573 till 1604, ** Exam. per Philippum Blague, vic.“ which ſhews that the former part of the
regiſter was a tranſcript from an older one. He afterwards continued to ſign them regularly till his death; and was himſelf,
as we learn from the ſame regiſter, buried at Barkſton, June 30, 1621, —The earlieſt public injunctions for keeping parochial
regiſters were made in 1538 by the direction of lord Cromwell, then vicar general {who probably took the hint from what he
had ſeen when in Italy, where a ſimilar order had been made a few years earlier), Theſe injunctions were in 1547 confirmed
by Edward VI. with a penalty on the miniſters for neglect. By a canon of 1603, regiſters are directed to be made up from
« the law's firſt taking place; and more particularly ſo from the firſt year of queen Elizabeth. See Mr Juſtice Barrington's
% Propoſed Forms of Regiſters for Baptiſms and Burials, 1781,” 4to. The regiſters of Barkſton were evidently tranſcribed,
to 1604, in compliance with the order laſt mentioned. On this head ſee more under Bottesford.
o In his time the preſent pulpit was erected; and his name, as a benefactor, occurs on one of the bells. See p. 19. .
7 John Summerfield, vicar, was buried April 2, 1682. Pariſh Regiſter, He occurs rector of Woolſthorp about 1691.
The following memorandum of Mr, Huddleſtone appears in the regiſter : ** 1689. Ellen, the daughter of Bryan and Ellen
Dun, was baptized April 23,—Lord pardon me, if I am guilty of any error in regiſtering Ellen Dun's name!“ This is at
leaſt a mark of the conſcientious exactneſs with which he thought ſuch entries ſhould be made on account of their conſe-
quences. The caſe was this. He had regiſtered Ellen Dun in the year 1689 ; and finding it wrong, had crofled it out, and
put it in 1690. —He obtained the rectory of Braunſton in 1691. One of this name was rector of Woolſthorp in 1733.
He died June 3, 1708; and was buried at Bottesford, where he was curate; and where ſee his epitaph.
*: Mr, Treſham ſucceeded alſo to the curacy of Bottesford, 1: He was alſo vicar of Plungar, and reſided at Orſton.
n Mr, Stoup, who was alſo vicar of. Plungar and rector of Woolſthorp, held the benefice till Jan. 5, 1788 ; on which day
he died ſuddenly in this pariſh, whither he came from Knipton (of which place he was rector about a year) to baptize an
pitaph); and was ſucceeded by his nephew, the Rev. John Stoup Wag-
% Vicar alſo of Plungar, - |
infant. He was buried at Knipton (where ſee his e
ſtaff, the preſent vicar, 39
FRAMLAND HUN DRZ D.]
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
ce Tn this church [in 1622] were no monuments or
coats of arms.“ Nor is a ſingle monument or in-
ſcription of any kind at this time [October 1791 ] to
be found in the chancel,
In the nave is a large flat ſtone for a vicar, appa-
rently of the fifteenth century; and another in the
North aile of ſomewhat later date, on which appears
only |
. « . vicarius, qui. . . afio dn MCC CGG.
On a flat ſtone in the nave :
Here lyeth the body of Ann Hickſon,
the wife of Thomas Hickſon,
who departed this life March 1, 1768,
aged 58 years.”
In the church-yard, near the middle of the South
part, is a ſtone figure of a prieſt in relief under a
canopy ; fee plate IV. fig. 7. A-maniple hangs over
his left arm; at his feet Tomething like a lion.
Near this ſtone is another, fig. 8. once inlaid with
braſs, fix feet fix inches long, and three feet four
inches wide; having on it only a head, with a crofier
on the right ſide, and on the left fide a maniple.
Theſe ſtones, it is probable, once covered two vi-
cars of this church. ;
On the South ſide of the church-yard is the
baſe of an old croſs; and at the meeting of the
roads from Plungar to Bottesford, on two ſteps, ſtands
an entire croſs; the ſhaft ſlender, with an embartled
cap; on the baſe four blank ſhields. See plate IV.
This church-yard has fewer grave-ſtones of any
kind than the neighbouring pariſhes ; an indication
7 Burton, p. 32.
FEARES OH :-- Ty
!
perhaps of the poverty of its inhabitants, Indeed
both their freeholds and the farms which they hire
are too inconfiderable to afford even theſe ſmall gra-
tifications of wo Fog 8 Thoſe which are
found are all of the upright kind, and in |
neral in a periſhable ſlate. oo f i
The names of the- perſotis who appear to have
_ attained to the greateſt age are,
Aaron Mawley, who died Dec. 20, 1758, aged 75.
Benjamin Muſton died Aug. 4, 1775, aged 72.
Thomas Stokes died Jan. 4, 1776, aged 78.
Alice his wife died Dec. 14, 1778, aged 77.
| ® © CnantTanLy BEXEFACTIONS.
On the wall of the North alle:
© Memorandum, There is due for ever 47. a year,
to be paid to the poor of this pariſh out of a houſe
and premiſes in Red - Croſs-· Street, Leiceſter, from the
lands of John Bug. Alſo 15. a year out of Arthur
Burche's houſe *.”
« William Cheſter, late of Knipton, in the county
of Leiceſter, deceaſed, interred [at Kuipton] May 17,
1703, did, by his laſt will and teltament, give to
the poor of Barkſton 30. to be dealt out on the
roth day of December yearly for ever, out of all
his lands in Barkſton that he died ſeiſed of; except
only two Bibles of 7s. price, given to two poor
children, and deducted out of the ſaid 3/. and deli-
vered at the ſame time yearly for ever +.”
See the Return made to Parliament in 1786, p. 1.
\
2 Of this monument Mr. Throſby ſays, ** a figure of a Lap has found the way into the church- yard, where ſhe lies pelted
by the village boys and tempeſtuous weather, She was ſheltered once near the altar in the chancel,” Excurſions, p. 159.
3 This memorandum was copied by Mr. Peck in 1730; but it is now yaniſhed,
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Wrh the SUCCESSION and INTERMARRIAGES of the Faul ſince the Gonquelſt;
« Tae caſtle of BeLLEvoirs ſtandith yn the utter
part that way of Leirceſterſhir , on the very knape of
a highe hille, ſtepe up eche way, partely by nature,
partely by working of mennes handes, as it may
evidently be perceyvid *,” Camden deſcribes it as in
Lincolnſhice; where he ſays, © In the Weſt part of
Keſteven, on the edge of this county and Leicefter-
ſhire, ſtands Belvoir caſtle, ſo called (whatever was
its antient name) from the fine proſpect on a ſteep
hill, which ſeems the work of art.“ “It ſtands up-
on the top of a very lofty hill, containing from the
foot to the top about 200 ſteps; yielding every way
a moſt delicious and pleaſing proſpect, being accounted
one of the beſt proſpects in the land: I have often
viewed this caſtle from the place where I dwell at Falde
near Tutbury, in the county of Stafford, with the help
of a perſpective glaſs, the Ale of 32 miles“.
It is viſible almolt in the clouds, on the top of a vaſt
hill, for many miles around. From the rooms may he
ſeen Lincoln minſter at 30 miles diſtance perfectly
clear *, Newark appears in the centre of the valley ;
Nottingham is eafily diſcerned ; and Southwell min-
ſter is alſo viſible from this caſtle, But the grand
proſpect of all, is that which the duke of Rutland
ſees from hence, . viz. two and twenty manors of his
own paternal inheritance; viz. Belvoir, Croxton,
Beſcaby, Saliby, Sproxton, Waltham, Eaton, Braun-
ſton, K nipton, Harby, Howes, Plungar, Barkſton,
Redmild, Bottesford, Normanton, Eaſthorpe, and
Muſton, in the county of Leiceſter; Wolſthorp and
Eagle in the county of Lincoln; and Granby and
Sutton, iti the county of Nottingham. The duke has
alſo in this neighbourhoo4 the patronage of almoſt
as many churches, and à landed property of more
than 20, ocol. a year. g
This caſtle has been called by the different names
of Belvar, Beauvoir, Belvidere *, Bever, Bellovero,
Belloviſo, &c.; and the etymology is eaſy, for few
places have ſo extenſive a command of the country 7;
It is ſituated upon the confines of Lincolnſhire, at the
termination of a branch of the Leiceſterſhire wolds,
extending into the Vale of Belvoir to the North ;
and not only takes in the Vale, but reaches over a
rich and amazingly extenfive country; which, from
the elevation of the caſtle, appears i the ſeveral
Views a dead flat*, It was founded by RoßgRT DE
Topen1, called afterwards Robert de Belvedeir, a noble
Norman, and ſtandard-bearer to William the Con-
queror; and was at firſt, probably, a part of the
adjoining townſhip of Wolſthorpe, which is parti -
cularly noticed in Domeſday as containing Iwo ma-
nors, and having in one of them“ a church and a
preſbyter?;” till, becoming by the refidence of its
owner the head pf the lordſhip, the whole was dil-
tingujſhed by the title of manerium de Belvoir,
cum membris de Wollefthorpe **.”
The expreſs purpoſe of the foundation was to bridle
the Saxons ; but whether it was a place of any note
rior to the Conqueſt is uncertain **. The ſilence of
omeſday makes it probable it was not.
Leland, Itin, vol. I. p. 114. In vol. VI. p. 29. he ſays, Bever caſtle of ſurety ſtandith in * in the Vale of Belver.“
In his Collectanea, vol. I. p. 95, he calls it“ Caſtrum Belvery alias dictum Pulchrum viſu, in comit. Lincoln.“
2 The hill on which the caſtle ſtands, or a great part of it, is ſuppoſed to be artificial ; and, from the ſoil, ſituation, etymology,
ſaid under Nether Broughton, Roman coins having been formerly found at Belvoir, Dr. Stukelef conceived it to have been
originally a camp. Others, of Adrian, Veſpaſian, &c. were found in 1786 in a field near Belvoir, See Gent. Mag, LVII. 83.
1 In Occidentali parte Keſtevenæ, in hujus et Leiceſtrenſi collimitio caſtrum Belvoir ſeu Beawvorr, fic dictum a bello proſpectu
and other circymſtances, it has been ſometimes ſuppoſed to be the Margidunam of the Romans 7 on this head ſee what is
(quodcunque olim fuerit nomen) colli ſatis acclivi, & hominum opere, ut videtur, aggeſte, imponitur.“ Camden, ed, 1607, p. 403+
Burton, p. 43+ 5 See Young's Northern Tour, vol. I. p. 93.
* Theſe two are corrupt pronunciations of the original name. |
7 For the entertainment of the curious, a liſt ſhall be given at the end of the deſcription of Belvoir, drawn up by Mr. Peck,
in 1727, of the numerous places, in Leiceſterſhire, Lincolnſhire, and Nottinghamſhire, which may be ſeen from this caſtle.
* Plate VI. which forms the head-picce to this page, was taken by Mr, Schnebbelie in July, 1789. Plates VII. VIII. are
North-welt and South- weſt views by Badeſlade and Toms, taken in 1731, and now, with ſome little alterations, worked-off
from the original plates. Two views from the Eaſt and the South were publiſhed by S. and N. Buck in 1730; and another
from the Eaſt is given by Mr, Throſby, in his third number of “ Select Views.” Mr. Schnebbelie's, being taken a very
little to the North of the Eaſt, repreſents the country in a ſtill different aſpect; and ſhews the fituation of the offices belong ·
ing to the caſtle, and alſo of Belvoir inn, which is built on, or very near, the ſite of the priory. |
9 Domeſday, Lincolnſhire, p. 353, a. % Inq. 26 Edw. III.
11 „ Wither ther were any caſtelle ther afore the Conqueſt or no, I am not ſure ; but ſurely I think rather no than ye. Tote -
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neius was the firſt enhabiter there after the Conqueſt. Then it came to Albeneius. And from Albeney to Ros. Of this
deſcent, and of the foundation of the priory in the village at the caſtelle foot, I have written a quere ſeparately.” Leland,
vol. I. p. 114. The ſubſtance of this“ quere” will be here incorporated. F
42 Drogo de Bevrere occurs among the and. oben in Leiceſterſhire, as holding property iu Ovreton and Howes.
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The following ſeal, delineated. by Mr. Peck from
an original charter of William de Albini IV. was by
bim ſuppoſed ro exhibit the earlieſt appearance of
the caſtle; but very little ſtreſs can be laid on the
reſemblance-of fortified or religious buildings as re-
preſented in ſo early a-period on ſeals or coins. Thoſe
of the former, engraved by the Society of Antiquaries
from drawings in the Daurchy of Lancaſter voflice,
taken in the reigns of Henry VIII. and Elizabeth,
nuſt-paſs for the moſt faithful of the kind; aud
thoſe on the ſeals of Norwich and Canterbury, con-
yentual churches, are more to be depended on.
tc This feal,” Mr. Peck ſays, © repreſents a boat
embattled; alluding perhaps to the height and
ſtrength of the hill whereon Belvoir caſtle ſtands,
which elevates itſelf above the reſt of the earth, juſt
as an high boat above the ſurface of the waves.
Carried above the earth, as it were, in that boat, ap-
pears a firong and lofty caſtle; at the top of the
caſtle a flag diſplayed ; and two mens heads, facing
one another; at a diſtance between rhe battlements *.”
It is really wonderful how Mr. Peck could miſtake for
a boat the outer wall of an ancient caſtle, of which one
would have ſuppoſed he muſt have ſeen many inſtances.
It has been a matter of tome controverſy in what
county this caſtle is properly to be deſcribed. The
priory and conventual church, of both which Robert
de Todenei may be. conſidered as the founder, were
undoubredly in Leiceſterſhire ; but the village, with
the parochial church, though cloſely adjoining to the
prioty of Belvoir, was ſo nearly within the verge of
Lipcolnſhire as to form a part of both counties.
Mr. Burton expreſsly ſays, that “ the caſtle alſo is
certainly of Lincolnſhire ;”? and he is followed by the
authors of the“ Magna Britannia,” who deſcribe the
caſtle as “ ſtanding on the very edge of the county
of Lincoln, inſomuch that the priory adjoining is
diſputable whether it is in Lincolnſhire or in this
county; and the vale beneath is but part in this
county, the two other parts in Lincolnſhire and
Nottinghamſhire * : but the caſtle is certainly in the
county of Lincoln.” Mr. Wright *, however, in his
Antiquities of Rutland 4, allows the locality of this
place to the county of Leiceſter ; and the aſſeſſments
both for the land and window tax are at preſent re-
gularly levied in that county, and brought in to the
commiſſioners who act for the hundred of Framland.
It is certain, therefore, that the caſtle is at preſent in
every reſpe& conſidered as being within this county,
With all the lands of the extra-parochial part of
Belvoir thereto belonging (including the fite of the
priory) ; conſiſting in the whole of about 600 acres
of wood, meadow, and pleaſure-ground, upon which
are now no buildings but the caſtle wich its offices 5,
and the inn . It would be a difficult matter, not-
withſtanding, to trace out with accuracy the preciſe
boundary of the two counties in this neighbourhood.
. Annals of Stanford, Book VIII. p. 27.
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Paſſing over for the preſent the more particular
hiſtory of the priory, we ſhall. purſue the ſucceſſion
of the lords of Belvoir; of whom, Robert, the
founder of the caltle, died in 1088, 1 William Ll.
and was buried in the chapter-houſe of the priory ;
where his remains continued undiſturbed till Dec. 6,
1726, when a ſtone coffin was dug up by ſome la-
bourers upon the fite of the old chapel, with an in-
ſcription, in letters of lead, on the top ſtone, thus
deiineared at the time by Dr. Stukeley: © His
bones,” fays the Doctor,“ lie in the ſame trough
underneath ;. and there are other ſuch ſtones on each
fide, but they are not yet uncovered ?.“
By a general ſurvey taken at the death of Robert
de TLodenei, it appears that he was in poſſeſſion of
fourſcore lordſhips; many of which, by uninter-
rupted ſucceſſion, continue till to be the property of
the duke of Rutland. The lordſhips in Leiceſter-
ſhire, as enumerated in Domeſday, were, Horning-
hold, Medborne, Blaſton, Harby, Barkſton (including
Plungar), Bottesford, Redmile, Knipton, Lavghton,
Lubbenham, Barkby Thorpe, Hungarton, Croxton,
Quenby, Long Clawſon *, Howes, Stathern, and Hol-
well. In Lincolnſhire his domains were ſtill more
numerous. In Northamptonſhire he had nine lordſhips;
one of which, Sete, acquired the additional name of
Albany, when it came into the poſſeſſion of his ſon.
By his wife Adelais, he had iſſue four ſons 9, Wil-
liam, Berenger, Geoffry , and Robert; and a daughter
Agnes, who was married to Hubert de Rye, a great
man in Lincolnſhire.
In the chancel of Bottesford church is preſerved
the annexed ſmall figure of an armed knight, which
by uninterrupted tradition has been conſidered to be
the portraiture of Robert de Todenei; but as it is
not likely he had two monuments, and the coffin- lid
above plainly belongs to him, we may with more pro-
bability refer this little ſtatue to his ſon and ſucceſſor
William de Albini, who, like his father, was a cele-
brated warrior. Burton mentions an old monument
of a knight in mail, of the houſe of Albini; having
an eſcocheon Or, two chevrons and a border Gules,
Aibini of Belvoir ** ; and in another a ſmall ſpread
eagle, Albini** ancient,
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The Vale of Bever, baren of wood, is very large and very plentifol of good corne and grafſe; and lyith in 3 ſhires,
Leyceſter, Lincoln, and much in Nottinghamſhire.” Leland, It. vol, I. p. 100.
P. 3. b.
1 ©. This method of proof. Mr. Burton was unacquainted with, as theie impoſitions were not known in his days; but poſterity
has long been ſenſible of them, and with deſerved gratitude, no doubt, remembers the happy occaſion which gave them birth ;
which, at the ſame time that it confirmed their liberty, laid their eſtates under a bondage, from which there ſeems to be no
expectation of relief.” Sir T. CAVE, MS.
The ſituation of the flables and offices, at the bottom of the hill, is ſhewn in plate VIII.
7 Itin, Cur, vol. I. p. 49. Noticed alſo by Dr. Vernon; and confirmed by people ſtill living.
e added to the enumeration, in p. 24, of the duke of Rutland's Leiceſter- |
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24 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
William, who ſucceeded to the honours of the fa-
mily, took the name of ALBini, as was ſuppoſed,
from his marriage into a family of that name in Bie-
tagne. Berenger, the next brother, kept the name of
Todenei, and occurs in the Doms{day for Leiceſter-
ſhire as lord of one of the two manors into which
Adelingetone was then divided ; and in Nottingham-
ſhire as the lord of Stoches and Sireſtun . Robert,
the younger brother, alſo aſſumed the family name, as
appears from his donation to the priory of 30 ſticks
of cels out of his mills at Aburne*. William de
Albini had alſo the name of Brito, from his bein
born in Britain; from both which names, Albini
a2d Brito, Mr. Burton * thinks, the Toteneys were
an old Englith*, and not a Norman, family. But
Dugdale fays, this William de Albini was called
Brito to diſtinguiſh him from another William de Al-
bini, of another family, ealled Pincernas, from his being
the king's chief butler at his coronation. He confirmed
in the chapter-houſe of St. Alban's all that his father
and mother had given before to the priory of Bel-
voir.z and further added a portion of all his eſtate
after his deceaſe. He was then admitted, by requeſt,
into their fraternity, as his father and mother had
been; and obtained for them from king Henry J.
a grant of an annual fair at Belvoir, on the anni-
verſary of St, John the Baptiſt, to continue for
eight days s. This William de Albini Brito behaved
himſelf with great valour at the battle of Tener-
chebray in Normandy with Henry I. againſt Robert
Curthoſe his brother; for which ſervice he hath
this memorial from an eminent hiitorian: * In
this encounter chiefly deſerveth honour the moſt va-
liant William de Albini the Breton, who, with his
ſword, broke through his army, and put an end to
the fight 7.” He was learned in the laws; and a juſ-
tice itigefant, with Richard Baſſet, in king Stephen's
time; but, adhering to Maud the empreſs (ſole
daughter to king Henry I.) king Stephen, in order
to gain Ranulf de Gernons, earl of Cheſter, to his
party, granted him, inter alia, the caſtle of Belvoir,
with the whole barony thereto belonging, and all
the land of this William de Albini lord of Belvoir,
of whomſoever he held it. King Henry II. (when
only duke of Normandy) for the like reaſon, granted
to the ſaid earl Ranulf, among other favours, that ſo
ſoon as he, the duke, ſhould be in power, he ſhould
have a trial for Belvoir. So that our William de
Albiui ſtood in danger of loſing his poſſeſſions eithef
way: aud the caſtle of Belvoir ſeems for a time to
have been actually under the paramount juriſdittion
of the earl of Cheſter; in the famous agreement
berween that earl and Robert Je Bofſu earl of Lei-
ceiter, it being exprelsly ſtipulated that neither of the
earls ſhould fortify any new caſtle at Belvoir, or be-
tween Beltoir and Hocham [Oakhaw], or between
Hocham apd. Rockingham, nor any nearer, except
by the conſent of both parties“.
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P. 291 b. and 3 53. b. He was a liberal benefactor to the abbey of St. Mary at York.
William de Albini married Maud de St. Liz,
daughter of Simon de St. Liz, the firſt earl of North-
ampron and Huntingdon of that name, and widow of
Robert ſon to Richard de Tonebrigg, anceſtor to the
whole family of Fitzwalter. He died in the beginning
of the reign of Henry II. about 1155; and was
buried on the North ſide of the chapter-houſe at
Belvoir, near to his father, Robert de Todenei, the
founder, leaving iſſue two ſons, William and Ralph 9,
William de Albini II. (alias Meſchines, and Brito)
ſucceeded to the ample poſſeſſions of his father; and
in 1156 was certified to hold in Wilberdeſton and
Stokes, co. Northampton, eight hides and one vir-
3 for which he accounted to the exchequer 40
illings . He endowed the priory, of Belvoir with
certain lands, &c.; and in 1165, on the aid granted to
Henry II. for marrying his eldeſt daughter Maud to
the emperor, certified the. king that he then held of
him thirty-two knights' fees under the old feoffment,
whereby he was enfeoffed in the time of king
Henry I; and fix and an half, i. e. under the new
feoffment, whereby he was enfeoffed fince the begin-
ning of king Henry IT's reign **. Of theſe fees Ralph
his brother held of him fifteen ; Robert Poher, five
and an half; Simon de Roppeſley, three ; Simon de
Boſco Rahara, i. e. Borhard, three ; Ralph Cheinduit,
one; William de Vans, one; Ralph de Hotot, half
one; Ralph de Brandon, one; Aelard de S. Clere,
two; Robert de Chaworth, one; Iwan de Albini, -
one; Geoffry de Chaveni, one; Robert le Briton,
one; Ralph le Briton, one; Elias de Albini, one;
and Hugh de St Vedaſt, one half, The original return
is here inſerted from the Liber Niger Scaccarii 3:
« Carta Willielmi de Albenni “.
Her eſt baronia Willelmi de Albenni Britonis,
quam pater ſuus tenuit, & ipſe poſt eum. Et iſti
ſunt milites ſui feofati de veteri fefamento.
Radulfus de Albenni, frater ſuus, tenet xv milites.
Robertus Poher, v milites & dim'.
Simon de Roppeſlai 111 milites.
Simon de Boſco Rahara 111 milites.
Radulfus ** Chamdeduit 1 militem.
Willelmus de Vaus 1 militem.
Radulfus de Hotot dim' milit.
Radulfus *7 de Bramton 1 milit.
Aelardus de Saincler 11 milites.
Robertus de Chaureis 1 militem, unde michi
difforciat ſervitium. Et de novo fefamento, quod ipſe
fecit de ſuo dominio, Iwanus de Albenni 1 militem.
Galfridus de Chavenni 1 militem.
Robertus Brito 1 militem.
Radulphus Brito 1 militem. .
Elias de Albenni 1 militem.
Hugo de Santto Vedaſto, dimidium milit', unde
dominus rex fecit placitum ſuum, & unde jpſe michi
non facit ſervitium aliquod.“
This William de Albini the ſecond had two wives,
Adeliza and Cecilia; and departing this life in 1168,
2 See Appendix, p. 3.
3 « My reaſon is, for that I have ſeen ancient records about the time of king Henry the Firſt, or perbaps older, proving
the Albanies then here to be reſident, who were true naturaliſts of this land, aud no Normans or ſtrangers ; for I have found
them twice or thrice written with this addition, Will'mus de Albaniaco de Brito,” Burton, p. 43.
„In the yere of owr Lorde 734, Alfredus tercius Merc. rex, in the . . .
- . yere of his reigne, cam to the ſtrong caſlell
of Albanac near Grantham, and there deſyryd to have for wyfe one of the 3 dowghtars of Guliam de Albanac, wherapon
Gul. defired him to tary all night at his caſtle; and in the morninge Gul. brought his eldiſt dowghtar, namyd Adeline, ſtarke
naked in the one hand, and a ſwerde draune in the othar. His wyffe led the 2, caullyd Etheldred. Guliam, fone to William,
led in one hand the 3 dowghter, caullid Maude, and a ſwerde in the othar. Guliam the father then ſaid to the kynge Alfrid:
„Sir, heire be my 3 dowghters, cheſe to wyfe whiche ye liſte ; but rather then ye ſhuld have any of them to your concubine,
I wold fle her, with my owne hands,” The kynge anſwerid, that he ment to take one of them to wyfe ; and choſe Etheldrede z
and of her he had Alurede, that wan firſt all the Saxons the monarchy of England.” Leland, vol. VIII. p. 0. b. citing for
his authority 3* an old. book that the erle of Rutland hath ;” and adding, Leylande thinkithe all this to be a lye. From, this
ſtory a _ publiſhed in 1282 by Mr. Boydell; engraved, by J. B. Michell, from an original painting by Mr. Wel,
which is nouf at Helv r caſtle. Wat
5 Of whole bowngy go the cathedral church of Rocheſter, ſee Regiſtrum Roffenſe, pp. 168. 342.
0 « Henrikus e lie, Roberto epiſcopo Lincoln', & omnibus baronibus ſuis Francis & Anglis totius Anglie, ſalutem.
Not um fit bus re one Anglie tam modernis quam ſucceſſ* meis, quod concedo Sancte Marie, & Sancto Albano Proto-
marty ri Aug octo dies nd natale Sancti Joh' Bapt”, habere feriam plenam per octo dies; & volo & precipio ut Rie' abbas &
ſueceſſꝰ cam teneant in pace & honorifice; & omnes venientes & redeuntes de ef firmam pacem meam habeant. Dat“ apud
Sanct' Albau', 3 Sept'.” From the original at Belvoir,
7 Matth. Varis n 1105. 5s See this agreement at length in the Hiſtory of the Borough of Leiceſter, p. 2).
For the deſcendants of Ralph, ſee the pedigree in p. 27.
Rot. Pip, 2 Ren, II. 5 1 Seenthe Teſta de Nevill, p. liv. for the fees at Belvoir at a period ſomewhat later,
This Ralph had one hide and fix oxgangs of land in Siwelle, co. Northampton
*3 Edit. Hearne, vol. I. p. 208. 2d edition. % Or Albini, Dugdale's Baronage, vol, I. p. 113.
15 Or de Boſco-Rahard, id eſt, Borhard, ſays Dugdale, loc. eit. 1 Or Cheinduit. *7 Or de Brandon,
** Raphe de Chaworth, Dugdale, from the Red Book.
14
FrRAMLAND HuNDRED.]
t4 Henry II. was buried in the old church in the
riory of Belvoir, before the rood, near both his wives;
er iſſue three ſons ', William, then in ward to
the king, Roger *, and Robert3; and Alice, married
to Aſceline de Walterville, who, in her widowhood,
ſtyled herſelf Domina de Maxtd, i. e. lady of the
manor of Maxey, in the county of Northampton,
In the Pipe-roll, 14 Hen. II. William Baſſet, then
ſheriff of Warwickſhire and Leiceſterſhire, accounted
for 26/. 165. 11 d. of the iſſues of the honour of Bel-
vier; and amoneſt the charges one was, for provid-
ing for the children of William de Albineio, 39 weeks
and one month, 1 5. and 214.4,
He was ſucceeded by his ſon,
William de Albini III. who went with king Richard I.
at the head of his army into Normandy 1195
and the next year, 7 Richard I, had the ſherivalty
of the counties of Warwick and Leiceſter for the
laſt half of that year. So alſo of Rutland, 8, 9, 10
Richard 1; and again of Warwick and Leiceſter for
the laſt half of the ninth year. 10 Richard I. he
was likewiſe ſheriff of Bucks and Bedford; in
which year he gave to the king 600 marks, to
have Agatha Truſbut with her inheritance, whom
he afterwards took to wife. One Agatha, dowghtar
and heire to the lorde Treſbur, had two huſbands :
William de Albeneio was the one. She was buried
in the priory of Newſtede by Stamford. The lord
Troſbot gave in his arms three bolts *.” The ſaid
William was alſo ſheriff of Bucks and Bedford in the
firſt year of king John. In 1201 he had licence to
incloſe a park in Eſtokes, called The Lund, uh all
liberties belonging to it; with liberty, for himſelf and
his heirs, to hunt the fox and hare there, though
within the precin& of Rockingham foreſt *. In 1203
king John, by a charter, dated at Alengon in Nor-
mandy, gave to him the manor of Oſkyngton [ Orſton ],
in Nottinghamſhire, and 100 ſhillings of ſocage land
in Wilberiton and Stoke. In 1211, a peace being
concluded between king John and the French king,
William de Albini was one of the former's fureties,
who ſwore he would obſerve the articles 7. 16 John,
1215, he was joined in commiſſion with the arch-
biſhop of Canterbury, William earl Warren, and
others 8, for the ſafe conducting of all thoſe perſons
who came to London, in the term of Epiphany, to
make their addreſſes to the king; and thence to the
king's court at Northampton; and ſo home. He was
alſo one of thoſe twenty-five barons who ſwore to the
obſervation of Magna Charta and Charta de Foreſtu,
ſealed by the king, at Runnemede, in the 17th year of
his reign ; and obliged themſelves by oath, that they
would compel the king, in caſe he ſhould recede.
Matters being thus agreed between the king and his
barons, all men rejoiced, and hoped there had been
now an end of all their diſputes; but it fell out
quite otherwiſe : for the barons, miſtruſting the
king, kept the Tower of London in their hands;
whereupon, and being told by ſome Flemiſh ſoldiers
about him, that he had now nothing left him but the
name of a king, the barons having aſſumed all power
into their hands, the king grew very melancholy,
and ſent privately to the pope to abſolve him from
the oath he had taken at Runnemede, and for more
foreign ſoldiers to come to his aſſiſtance. And in-
deed many of the Northern barons were very pro-
voking ; ſome of them plundering the country, ſome
fortify ing their caſtles, ſome building new ones, and
others ſeizing and abuſing the king's officers who
went into thoſe parts about the buſineſs of his ex-
chequer. And now ſome of them, thinking the dan-
ger over, appointed to meet at a tournament, or trial
of feats at arms, at Stanford, in Lincolnſhire; a place
particularly convenient to William de Albini, his
caſtle of Belvoir being within fixtcen miles of that
place; and his manor of Utfington, where he had a
Robert Fitzwalter, commonly called Mare/challus Dei
. Segar adds a fourth, Simon; ſee p. 27.
* Thoroton, p. 114.
7 Holinſhed, p. 572, b.
9 Tyrrel, p. 780. 783.
2
fair manſion, within two miles of it. On this occaſion
. $4 'Þ 23
& Eccleſiæ in this war, wrote to William de Albini,
what great convenience. it would be for them all to
keep at London, and what diſgrace and damage it
would be to them if it ſhuuld be loſt. Whereupon
they adjourned the juſts, which were to have been
held at Stanford on the Monday after the feaſt of
SS. Peter and Paul, to the Monday after the octaves
of that feaſt, then to be holden upon the heath be-
tween Staines and Hounſlow z and required them to
come ſo well provided with horſe and arms to the
tilting, as they might receive honour ; and appointed
that he who behaved himſelf beſt ſhould have a bear,
which a certain lady ſhould ſend thither, for the prize.
T his bear is ſuppoſed to have been the king.
Meanwhile the king's meſſengers returned, and
brought with them the pope's letters of excommuni-
cation; but they had no effect. Inſtead of that, the
barons ſent ſeveral times for William de Albini, who
at laſt, upon a chiding letter (having firſt ſecured this
his caſtle of Belvoir) came to London, where he
was received with great joy by them; and their firſt
conſultation with him was, how to fortify the city.
About Bartholomew-tide the barons met the king's
commiſhoners at Staines; where not agreeing, the
biſhops publiſhed the pope's ſentence of excommu-
nication againſt them. Yet this had little effect; for
they returned to London with great pomp ; and pre-
ſently diſperſed themſelves into ſeveral parts of the
kingdom : the government of Eſſex being committed
to Geoffry de Mandeville; that of Lincolnſhire to
William de Albini, &c. So that every one was to
act as a juſticiary over the province or county aſ-
ſigned to him. But though the government of Lin-
colnſhire was thus committed to William de Albini,
who now begins to make a greater figure than ever,
yet he went not thither ; but to Rocheſter caſtle,
whereof he was allo made governor by the barons ;
who ſwore to him, that, whenever that caſtle ſnoul
chance to be beſieged, they would do their utmoſt t
relieve it. By this means he vas led into a buſineſs,
which, in the end, had very like to have coſt him
his life: for when he entered that caſtle, he found
there neither arms, ammunition, nor viſtuals; and he
ſaw alſo, that they who accompanied} him had no
mind to ſtay there. He told them hbw diſhonour-
able it would be to leave it; and then got in what
proviſion he could from the town; but had no time
to look out into the country for more, in regard that,
within three days, the king came upon them with
his army, and laid cloſe ſiege to the caſtle. They
within defended themſelves with all imaginable va-
lour, in hopes of relief; and the reſt of the barons,
in purſuance of their oath, marched as far as Dart-
ford to their aid; but finding themſelves too weak,
retreated. No ſiege in thoſe days was carried on
with greater obſtinacy ** ; for, aſter that all the out-
works of the caſtle had been thrown down, they kept
the maſter tower till half thereof was alſo demoliſhed ;
and defended the other half, till through famine they
were conſtrained to yield, having nothing left but
horſe-fleſh and water to ſuſtain them. Ir is obſerved,
that the king, with fome of his chief commanders,
one day going about the caltle of Rocheſter: ro view
the ſtrength thereof, was diſcerned by an excellent
bowman, who thereupon aſked this William de Al-
bini, whether he fthould kill him with his arrow,
which he had then ready notched 2 who anſwered,
« No.” As alſo that the bowman replied, © He
would not ſpare us, if he had the like advantage :”
to whom William replied, © God's will be done;
who will diſpoſe, and not he.” At laſt this hardy
William, and thoſe other nobles with him, account-
ing it moſt diſhonourable to periſh by famine, when
they could not be vanquiſhed by force (all their food
being ſpent), came out, and ſubmitted themſelves to
the King, upon the feaſt of St. Andrew. Upon their
ſurrender, the king, vext at the vaſt charge he had
been at in the fiege, the length of it, and the loſs of
*
He joined with his father in a liberal benefaction to the abbey de Zxaquio in Normandy. See Appendix, N' II. p. 40.
A conſiderable benefaRor to the monaſtery of Beaulieu in Bedfordſhire, See, Appendix, N. III. p 40.
5 Leland, Itin, vol. VII. p. 20. See plate II. fig. 18.
* Pugdale, Baronage, vol, I. p. 114.
1? Holinſhed, p. 593.
o Cart, Antiq. 2 Jahn, n. 23,
1 Matt, Paris, in anno 1215.
ſo
26 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEIGESTERSHIRE,
ſo many men, was ſo highly enraged, that, he com-
manded all the noblemen ſhould be hanged without
mercy. From this he was with difficulty diſſuaded
by Savarie de Marloleone (a noble Poictevin, then
one of the commanders in his army), who boldly rold
the king the conſequences thereof, and the retaliation
on his party by the barons ; which mig ht occaſion
a total deſertion from him. The king, reflecting on
the danger, forbore the execution of his ſentence; and
committed William de Albini, William de Lamaſter,
Thomas de Muleton, Oſbert Giffard, and divers
other noble perions, to the cuſtody of Peter de Mau-
fey, who ſent ſome of them to Corf, and ſome to
Nottingham caſtle, there to be kept under ſtrict im-
priſonment. During the reſtraint of William de
Aibini at Corf, the king being then at Nottingham,
the morrow after Chriſtmas-day he marched to Lan-
gar, aud there reſting that night, ſent thence a ſo-
lemn ſummons to Belvoir caſtle the next morning,
requiring the ſpeedy delivery thereof, and withal
fionifying to thoſe who held it, that if they ſhould
inſiſt on any conditions, the lord thereof ſhould
never eat more. Whereupon Nicholas de Albini,
one of his ſons (then a clerk in orders), taking with
him Hugh Charnels, knight, to preſerve his father
from that miſerable death, carried the keys of this
caſtle to the King, and delivered them into his hands,
upon condition that his father ſhould be mercifully
dealt with, and they, with their hoifſes and arms, re-.
main in peace: which being promiſed, and the caſtle
ſurrendered, the king marched forthwith thither, and
committed it to the cuſtody of Geoffry de Butvitte
and Oliver his brother, two Poictevins, taking an
oath of fidelity of all others he left therein. Ir is
farther obſervable of this William, that whilſt he
was priſoner at Corf, the king ſeized on his manor-of
Uffington, co. Liucoln, and gave it Wilkens chr!
Warren, for the better defence of* *hi$« caſt{c "of
Stanford; alſo that he was one of thoſe barons, *
whom pope Innocent III. then excommunicated by *
name, whoſe ſentence bears date at the Lateran, 17
kal. June that ſame year, 1215. The ſtout heart of
William de Albini being at length hymbled, he gave
a fine of 6cco marks for his liberty; which money
was raiſed by Agatha Truſbut, his wife, out of his
own lands; the king commanding that they ſhould
be delivered into her hands for that purpoſe, with
power to ſell and mortgage what f:ould be needful ;
ſending likewiſe his ſpecial precept to his tenants to
give him effectual aid towards the railing of that 2
ſum. At length this potent baron, thinking it his
ſafeſt way to be quiet, ſubmitted himſelf peaceably
both ro king John, and afterwards to his fon Henry
III. But this latter, thinking him not yet well to be
truſted, he was conſtrained to yield up his wife
Agatha for an hoſtage ; and after, in her ſtead, his
fon Nicholas the prieſt. He found, however, ſo
much favour with that king, that he gave him a chief
command in his army in the battle of Lincoln 1217,
1 Henry III. fought with Lewis the dauphin, where
Lewis and the barons, his abettors, were overthrown
and afterwards he had the caſtle of Muleton, co. Lin-
coln, and all the fands and fees of Thomas de Mule-
ton, one of thoſe barons, which the king had ſeized;
committed to his cuſtody as an eſcheat. In the reign
of Henry III. he was certified to hold in barony of
the crown the lordſhip of Stoke i, the capital ſeat of
which (meaning Belvoir caſtle, to which Stoke was
appendant) was in Leiceſterſhire*. This William,
for the health of his ſoul, and the ſoul of Agatha
his wife, and the ſoul of Margery his former wife,
gave to the monks of Belyoir the manſe that
had been his chapel,. with one ſheaf of every kind
of grain arifing out of a!l the lands belonging to his
lordſhips of Belvoir, Woolſthorpe, Botelsford, Oſ-
Kington, and Stokes, For the ſame pious purpoſe, he
founded, and plentifully endowed, the hoſpital of our
Lady, called Nævum-locum f Newſtede *], at Waſle-
bridge, between Stamford and Uffington. He de-
parted this life, full of days, at Uffington, the 6th of
May, 1236, 20 Henry III. and was buried in his
hoſpital at Newſtede, and his heart under the wall
oppolite to the high altar at Belyoir, with this in-
ſcription, remaved afrerwards to the church of Bot-
tesford, where it now no longer remains:
Hic jacet cor Ofii Willielmi Albiniaci, |
cwus corpus lepelitur apud novum locum juxta Stanfordiam,””
Agatha, his ſecond wife, was alſo buried at New-
ſtede. By Margery his firſt wife, daughter of Odi-
nel de Unfranville, a great baron in Northumberland
(who brought with her a confiderable property into
the family), he had iſſue William; fir Odinel, taken
pfiſoner with him at Rocheſter, and carried to Corf,
who was buried at Belvoir; Robert; and Nicholas,
who was preſented to the rectory of Bottesford 2.
William, eldeſt fon and heir, called in his father's
life-time Wilhaftfde Belvoir, William de Albini junior,
and William Alvini IV, in 1133 attended king
Henry III. with, bd army in Herefordſhire, againſt
the earl of Pembroke, who was the chiet of thoſe who
oppoſed the king for taking Poitevins and other
ſtrangers into his council. In 1236, paying an hun-
dred pounds for his relief, he had livery of his inhe-
ritance; about which time Alice de Walterville, lady
Maxey, his aunt, gave the nuns of St. Michael by
Stanford a virgate of land at Aſhley; and this
William confirmed the ſame unto them“. In 1242,
having ſummons, among others, to attend the king
into Galcoigne, he gave twenty marks to be excuſed.
To William de ' Albini the younger, Oliver
Deyncourt confirmed the fee of two knights, which
Geoffrey de Staunton (fon of fir Mauger Staunton *)
held; end which Raiph Deyncourt his grandfather
had given to William de Albini III; himſelf adding
half a knight's fee in Gunwortheby, for which the ſaid
William de Albini was but to do the ſervice of one
knight, as the reſt of the faid Oliver's own men did.
* From the Albinis the manor of Stoke paſſed, together with that of Wilberſton, to the ſame lords as Belvoir did, till the
time of Henry the ſecond earl of Rutland; by whom they were alicnated to the Griffins, Bridges, vol. II. p. 339.
Nom. Feod, Mil. pen. Rememb. Reg, Scaccar.
3 6 Albeniacus, lord of Bever caſtel. was lord of Uffington, by Willand ryver, half a mile benethe Stanforde, on the farther
ide of the rype yn Lincolnſhire ; and there remainid greate tokens of a maner place embatelid of his; the which by the yer!
of Rutheland now lyving, and having it by Roſſe heir generale, hath well bene repair d. And at ſuch tyme as Albeneys lay
communely at Uffington, one of them buildid Newſteede, a priory of chanons ; and there was buried, as I hard, the 2, the 3,
and the 4, of the Albeneys. This Newſtede is withyn leſſe then a mile beneth Stanford, but not hard apon the ryver. And
bycauſe that a greate voice rennith that ſumtyme readinges of liberalle ſciences were at Staunforde, the nanies Peterborough
Haulle, Semplingham, and Vauldier, yet remayn there, as places for thoſe houſes of men of religion that ſent their ſcholars
thither to ſtudy : except a man wille ſay that theſe houſes otherwiſe cumming to them kept their names.“ Leland, vol. VI. p. 29,
4 See the liſt of rectors under that pariſh, 5 See theſc deeds, from Peck's Annals of Stanford, in the Appendix, p. 10, 11.
In a rhyming pedigree of the Stauntons, by Robert Cade, printed in Thoroton, p. 139, from the original then preſerved
by Harvy Staunton, eſquire, this Sir Mauger is mentioned as © a knight of martial proweſs” before the Conqueſt :
© AtwhichſametimethisMauger knight, His lodgeioge large in that turrite Whiche laſt ſyr Mauger took to wife
Thrughe feats of arms and ſheeld,
In marcyall prowes ſo valeant was,
That then he wanne the feelde.
In Belveor caſtle was his houlde,
That Stauntones tour is highte,
And hieſt to all mens fighte.
At all times for his eaſe,
He may command both night and day, As valcant as his father was
And no man to diſpleaſe.
And therefore Stauntons mannor nowe Whiche lady Beautrix, daughter was
Whiche in Staunton doth ſtande,
The ſtrongeſt forte in all that front, Of Belveor caſtle is nowe helde
By tenure of the lande.
Beautrix, both ſage and wiſe,
In cvery enterpriſe,
To bim that then was lord
Of Belveor caſtle (in the Vale)
As tombeyg and armes accorde ;
Unto which forte with force and flagge, This Staunton knight gott ſure to wife Which two fir knights croſs-legyed lieth
| In male and armour fine:
Theire ſuperſcriptions worne away,
Their deaths are withour time.”
N be
The Stauntons ſtoeke muſt ſticke,
For to defende againſt the foe,
Which at the ſame We kicke,
Ove Emme of worthy fame,
Alſo a ſon that knighted was,
Which Mauger had to name;
\
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
« The Stauntons,” ſays Thoroton, © were ever
eſteemed to hold of the lords of Belvoir by caſtie-
guard"; where Staunton Tower is yet to be found,
ſufficiently guarded by the ſtrength of its own liquor,
with which the bottom of it is uſually repleniſhed *.”
An ancient cuſtom is ſtill obſerved at Belvoir, that
when any of the royal family viſit that caſtle, the
keys of the cellar, called Staunton Tower, are given
io the owner of Staunton-hall; a ceremony which
was once obſerved with the late Mr. Charlton.
For the good of his ſoul, the ſouls of his father
2nd mother, his two wives, Albreda and Ifabel, and
all his predeceſſors and ſucceſſors, William de Albini
IV. confirmed” what his father had granted to the
hoſpital at Newſtede. He died about the year 1247 ;
and was buried before the high altar in the priory of
Belvoir, and his heart at Croxton. His monument,
B EL VOI R.
27
which was removed to Bottesford, is ſuppoſed to have
been one of the alabaſter figures deſcribed by Burton
as much defaced, and is now totally loſt. In him
ended the iſſue male. By his wife Albreda Biſet he
had a daughter named Iſabel, whom he left a. minor,
and in ward to king Henry III.
This opulent heireſs of the houſe of Albini married
Robert de Roſs, or Roos, baron of Hamlake, the repre-
ſentative of a family of great conſequence; which took
their name from the lordſhip of Roſs in Holderneſs.
Robert was the fifth in regular deſcent from Peter
de Ros, who, by marriage with Adeline, daughter of
fir Walter Eſpec, became the inheritor of two princely
fortunes. On this account it may not be conſidered as
too great a digreſſion, if the deſcent of the lords Ros
and their ſeveral alliances are here diſtinctly traced,
from Segar's MS. Baronagium Genealogicum.”
TODENI 3, ALBIN I“, ESPEC:, and ROSS*. (From Segar's MS. pp. 4. 424. 927.)
Robert de Todeni, lord of Belvoir, ob. 1088.==Adelais, daughter of * + + +» » died before her huſband,
3 Geoffry. 2. Berenger deT. ſ. p ·
1. Will de Albini==Maud, dau.
5. Will. de T.;
Agnes Hubert de Rya.
4. Robert. Brito, ob. 1155. | to Simon : Eudo.
| St. Liz. Rob. de T. Henry de Rya.
= 1 — ů— 46
Oliver Fitz lwan. Geoffry 1.Will.deA.==Adeliſa, = Cecilia, Roger, Ralph de A.=Sibilla de Simon de A.
Geoftry ?.. de Meſchines, | 1ſt wife, ad wife. Robert, 24d ſon, ob. | Valoines*. |
Chauveni. oh. 1168. | LRT - . 1190. \ . + . dau. and
_ —_— . | — 1— \ heir, mar.
Roger. Margery, dau. to==1,Will.de A. III. Agatha, dau. 1. Philip de A. 2. Ralph=lIfabel. Hugh de
Robert. Odinel de Un- ob. 1236. and coheir to died in the Ho- de A. Stalroce.
franville, iſt wife. Id. Truſbut. ly Land.
2. Sir Odinel. Iſabel, = Will. de A.==Albreda, dau. to Henry Elias ® de A. = Hawiſe o Owen . Philip *.
3. Robert. 2d wife. IV. ob. lord Biſeth, iſt wife. 2d ſon. ob. ſ. ps
4. Nicholas, rector 1247. — 1 —
of Bottes ford.
N. N.
Walter Eſpec, baron of Helmſſey N. N.
3
William, rector of Garton.
15 Hawiſe, maried to
W. de Buſcie.
2. Albreda, mar. to
Sir Walter Eſpec, Adeline, dau. to Hugh Beau-
baron of Helmſley.
champ, baron of Bedford.
Nic. de Trailly. Walter, ob. vita patris, ſ. p.
Peter de Roſs, of Roſs in Holderneſs, ob. 3 Hen. u. FAdelne, ſiſter and cohieir to Sir Walter Eſpec.
Everard de Roſs. Robert baron Roſs of Hamlake and Werke,==Sibilla de Valoines ; remarried to Ralph de Albini.
Joan, wife of Robert Dacre, Everard baron Roſs of Hamlake and Werke (a minor=Roſe, dau. and coheir to
of Dacre Caſtle, at his father's death) ob. ante 32 Hen. II. | William baron Truſbut.
William, married Maud, fiſter Robert baron Roſs of Hamlake and Werke, Iſabel, daughter to William the Lion,
to Gerard de Camville. ob. 11 Hen. III. l king of Scotland.
William baron Roſs of Hamlake, ob. 42 Hen. III Lucy, dau, of Reginald Fitz-Piers. Robert 15.
|
|
Alexander, 8 Ric. I.
Sir Peter, rector of Bottesford.
Ifabel, wife of Walter
de Falconberg.
Robert lord Roſs of Hamlake,—Iſabel, dau. and heir to William IV.
ob. 17 May, 1285. lord Albini of Belvoir.
Emmeline, wife of I. William de Roſs of Ham Maud, dau. and coheir 2: Sir Robert.
William de Thani. lake, ſon and heir. | to John de Vaux “. 3. Nicholas.
n 1
Ann, wife of Pagan Thomas, Margaret. II. William baron Roſs of = Margery, eldeſt dau. and John lord
lord Tiptoft. zd ſon. Matilda. coheir to Giles lord - Rols, 1. p.
leſmere.
Hamlake, &c. ob. 16
Feb. 1342.
IV; Thomas baron Roſs of—Beatrice, dau. to
III. William lord Roſs of= Margaret, dau. of
Hamlake, ob. ſ. p. Ralph lord Ne-
ville.
—_— r
John, zd ſon.
Hamlake, heir to his | Ralph earl of Several daughters.
brother, ob. 7 Ric. Il. | Stafford.
£ OY 1 ths
v. John lord Roſs of=Margaret, dau. of VI. William baron Roſs of=Mary, dau. to fir
Hamlake, ob. ſ. p. Henry de Percy. Hamlake, &c. ob. 1414. John Arundel, knt.
Thomas, 3d ſon.
Two daughters.
— — —
=
VII, John lord Roſs of= Margery, dau, of VIII, Sir Thomas baron Roſs of—Eleanor, dau- to Ri- Three more ſons.
Hamlake. fir Philip Went- HFlamlake, &c. brother and | chard Beauchamp Three daughters.
Noe worth '5, knight, heir to John, ob. 9 H. VI. | carl of Warwick,
Richard, Edmund, IX. Tho, lord Roſs of Hamlake, Philippa, fiſter and coheir to John Two daughters.
ad ſon. ſ. p. &c, ob. 1 Edw. IV. | lord Tiptoft earl of Worceſter.
John, Edmund Ros, ob. Eleanor, eldeſt ſiſter Sit Robert Manners, Ifabel, mar. 1. fir Tho. Everingham 3
{.p> | 130&.27H.VIL and coheir. X of Ethall, knight. 2. fir Tho. Lovell, K. G.
ſ. p. \ „see the pedigree of MANNERS. 3. fir Tho. Grey of Werke,
An impoſition laid upon ſuch as dwell within a certain compaſs of any caſtle, towards the maintenance of ſuch as watch and ward it,
* Hiſtory of Nottinghamſhire, p. 156. 3 Arms: Or, two chevrons and a border les. Plate II. fig, .
Arms: Gules, an eagle diſplayed, with a bordure, Argent; ib. fig. 17. Arms: Gules, three cartwheels, Or; ib. fig. 19.
Arms: Gules, three water- bougers, Argent; ib. hg. 20. % | a
1 See Mon. Ang. vol. I. p. 248; where he and his brothers are called nephews to William de Albioi Brito,
Widow of Robert lord :
oſs ; ſee above. :
9 He was heir to his uncle Hhilip; and ſummoned to parliament from 23 to 33 Edw. I. Of his benefaftions to Newhus abbey in Lincoln»
| ſhire, ſee Appendix, No 111. P to pariiament from 23 to 33 Edw. $ ewhus abbey in
41.
io Her arms, Gules, four Waenges conjoined in feſs, Argent, ſurmounted by a bend Azure; Plate II. fig. 21.
p. 390.
u He is called brother to Elias; Mon. Ang. vol. II.
1 See in the Rolls of Parliament, vol. I, p. 10, a petition of his, in 1278, to be reſtored to the poſſeſſion of lands in Ireland, which had been
given him for public ſervices during the reigu of King Henry III.
u Anceſtor to the Roſſes of Werke, 44 See p. 28, 13 Or Spenſer. Sce p. 36.
Vor. I.
24
CREON
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28 HISTORY and AN TIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
CREON-* and VA U X*. (From Segar's MS. pp. 320. 1121.)
I. Wido or Guy de Creon 3.
— —
Godfrey, younger ſon, II. Alan de Creon *, or Crone, Muriel“, daughter Emma, fiſter to Alan
abbot of Crowland. | of „6 de Croun .
III. Maurice de Creon, lord of Creon ?, iſt fon and heir. + + « + Widow to Albert de Greſle “.
— ———
16 . wite of Guy IV. Guy baron Creon*.-+lſabel, daughter to Peter de Creon.
de la Val. |
— — — — N. N.
Sve | * 7 L : ——
Hubert, anceſtor Ranulph. Robert de Vaux, younger-Agnes, daughter to Ralph Gilbert, and Ro-
to lord Vaux of brother, baron of Dalſton | Fitzwalter, by Matilda de bert the Fat.
Gilleſland, in Cumberland“. Langetot.
ROS © 1 *
William de Vaux **, eldeſt fon and heir. N. N. Oliver we” Henry. Ralph.
| ſ — * 9
: Robert de V.“ eldeſt fon and heir.==N. N. 2. Adam- 3. William, prior of Penteney.
Petronel de Creon „Oliver V.“ 2d brother i. Robert, ſ. p- 4. John. 6. Roger.
daughter and heir, | and heir to Robert. 3. William. 5. Philip. 7. Hugh.
Robert lord V. William lord V. 2d ſon, Eleanor“, dau. of Wil- John 17 Jord V. heir Sibel, dau, Roger, 4h
on.
1ſt ſon, ob. ſ. p. ob. ante 37 Hen. III. liam lord Ferrars to William, ob. [of
l. p- carl of Derby. 26 Edw. I. |
—
ll * .
Petronell, eldeſt dau. and coheir, married
ned
Matilda, 2d dau, and colnieir, William lord Rofs of Hamlake.
fir William de Nertord, knight,
a
(See p. 27.) |
» Arms : Lozengy, Or & Gules. Plate II. fig. 22. x 2 Arms: Checky Arg. & Gules ; ib. fig. 23.
3 He accompanied William duke of Normandy; and at the general ſurvey held 61 lordſhips, moſt ol
them in the county of Lincolp, the ſeat
of his barony being at Freſton, or Burton- Croun, in that county. .
4 He founded the priory of Freſtan, temp. Steph. * ex conſilio et conſenſu filii ſui Mauritii & Will, filii Rogeri nepotis mei.“ He was
called Alan Opendore, becauſe he kept fo great an houſe. Leland, Jtin. vol. I. p. 126. See Appendix, Ne V. p. 46.
s Mon. Ang. vol. I. p. 444 6 Ibid.
7 Living 2 Hen. II; called baron of Burton, Rot. Pip. 5 Hen. II. ; governor of Anjou and Maine, 20 Hen. II.; ob. ante 34 Hen. II.
s According to Segar, p. 504, Albert de Grefle died 32 Hen. IV. hawng had two wives ; the laſt of whom was . , . . daughter of Thomas
Baſſet, of Heddington ; but if ſhe was after his death married to Creon,jit. covld only have been for a very ſhort time, The Mon, Ang. calls
her Clarice. 9 He went into the Holy Land with Richard I.
10 Founder of Penteney priory, See Appendix, No V. p. 45. .
11 Succeeded to his brother's lands in Norfolk. Julius, ut ſupr. 12 Mon. Ang. vol. I. p. 629.
13 Dugd. Bar. vol. I. p. 338; and Fuller's Worthies in Cumberland.
14 Benefactor to Penteney ; a rebel baron againſt king John; and in 29 Hen. III. accounted for 32 knights' fees.
15 She firſt married Henry de Mora; 2dly, Oliver Vaux; zdly, William de Longchamp; and died 46 Hen. III. *
16 She was coheirto Anſelm Marſhall carl of Pembroke, her mother's brother.
17 Loyal to king Henry III. in whoſe reign he was ſheriff of Norfolk and Suffolk, and governor of Norwich; was lord of Reſham in Norfolk,
aud governor of Aquitaine for king Edward I. |
Sir Walter Eſpec, knight, baron of Helmeſley Peter de Ros was himſelf a benefactor to the abbey |
—
(of whom the abbot of Rievalx has preſerved ſome
flight memorials '*), was in the battle of the
Standard againſt the Scots, and in the ſame reign
was one of the juſtices itinerant. Having loſt an
only ſon, Walter, by a fall from a fleet horſe, he
determined to devote a portion of his property to
religious purpoſes; to which end he founded three
- monaſteries'9; Kirkham*®?, 1122, Rievalx*", 1131, in
Yorkſhire ; and Wardon **, 1136, in Bedfordſhire ;
To Kirkham he appropriated ſeven churches, with
right of patronage, and poſſeſſions to the value of
1:00 marks, His beneſactions to Rievalx were till
more magnificent; and, among other articles, he gave
them the manor of Helmeſley, with wood and pan-
nage for their hogs out of his foreſt of Hamelake. -
His gifts to Wardon were alſo conſiderable. Not-
withſtanding theſe bountiful deeds, he left, at his
death, in 1153, an ample portion to his three
filters and coheirs; 1. Hawiſia, wife of William
Buſcie; 2. Albreda, married to Nicholas de Trailly ;
and 3. Adelina, wife to Peter de Ros, on whom he
particularly beſtowed the patronage of his monaſteries
of Kirkham and Rievalx ; in which laſt place he paſſed
the ten laſt years of his life in the habit of a monk,
and was there buricd.
of St. Mary at York; to which he gave the church
of Gilling in Ridale. He alſo confirmed to the priory
of Kirkham the gift, which had been made by his
father, of the advowſon of Cold Overton, for the ſup-
porting of hoſpitality *3 ; and was buried in the priory
church of Rievalx. By Adelina his wife, he had
Robert de Ros; who in 1157 gave to king Henry
II. 1000 marks for livery of the lands latè vt. Walter
Eſpec of his mother's inheritance. In 1159 he was
indebted to the king in 533. and half a mark; but
the demand thereof was reſpited till the king's return
to England, by a writ de ultra mare . He married Si-
billa de Valoines (who, ſurviving her huſband, was
afterwards the wife of Ralph de Albini); and had
by her Everard, an only ſon. During his life, he be-
ſtowed on the knights templars his manor of Ribſtane,
where a preceptory was founded for ſuch members
of that fraternity as were ſtationed in the North ; and
is ſuppoſed to have been himſelf admitted a member
in that order. There ſtill remains a figure of a knight
templar, which, by the ſhield, appears evidently to
be a Ros, on a pedeſtal on a piece of ground without
the city of York, called Hebmoor, and ſaid to have
been given to the city by one Heb (a corruption
perhaps for Robert), with this modern inſcription :
13 « Adfuit & Walterns Eſpec, vir ſenex, & plenus dierum, acer ingenio, in eonſiliis prudens, in pace modeſtus, in bello providus,
amicitiam ſociis, fidem ſemper regibus ſervans. Erat ei ſtatura ingens, membra omnia tantæ magnitudinis, ut modum excede-
rent; & tantz proceritati congruerent ; capilli nigri ; barba prolixa ; frons patens & libera ; oculi grandes & perſpicaces ;
facies ampliſſima, tractitia tamen; vox tube ſunilis, facundiam quæ ei facilis erat quadàm ſoni majeſtate componens. Erat præ-
terea nobilis carne, ſed Chriſtiana pierate nobilior ; nempe aum liheris careret, hæredibus, licet ei ſtrenui nepotes non deeſſent,
de optimis tamen quubuſque poſſeſſionibus ſuis Chriſtum fecit hzredem : nam in loco amœniſſimo, Kirkham nomine, monaſterium
regularium condidit clericorum, multis illud donariis ornans, & ditans poſſeſſionibus.“ Lelandi Colletanga, vol. II. p. 312; ©
libello Alredi Rievallenſfis abbatis, de bello Standardico, inter X Scriptores, edito col. 337.
'9 The particulars of theſe ſeveral foundations, with the ſucceſſion of the lords Ros, may be ſeen in the Appendix, N* IV.
The beautiful gate of this priory remains, with ſtatues and the following coats: 3 chevronels ; z lions paſſant guardant
in pale; three water-bougets twice ; cheque; three cartwheels ; barry of ten, three chaplets; a bend; two water-bougets in
chief ; a croſs patonce. Buck publiſhed a North view 1721. Sir H. C. Englefield, bart, has a beautiful drawing of its remains
more conſiderable, Part of the ruins of the church were blown down March 14, 1782. Gough's Camden, vol. III. p. 69.
The abbot and convent of Wardon obtained from Henry III. an annuity of C. 20. for damages ſuſtained in their woods at
Puttenho in Bedford, See Rot. Parl. vol. I. pp. 54. 170. 372-—There are conſiderable remains of this abbey fitted up as
a farm houſe. Sce Buck's good N. E. view of it, 1730. It belonged, 1777, to Mrs, Auſtin, of Staffordſhire; and the farm of
120 acres was let for C. 120. |
** The church of Kievalx is almoſt perfect, except the tower and roof. The maſonry within, of a clear brown ſtone, is as
per ſect us if lately built, and highly ornamented, Large fragments of the apartments belonging to the abbey adjoin to theſe
ruins, Account annexed to the beautiful Eaſt view of it in the Monaſtic Remains, N*IV, A poor Weſt view of it by Buck, 1721.
Ou the brink of a hill, which almoſt perpendicularly overlooks this abbey, is one of the fineſt terraces in England, with a tem-
ple at each end of the walk,
2 Burton, Monaſticon Eboracenſe, p. 364.
*4 Madox, Hiſtory of the Exchequer, p. 58.
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« This ſtatue long Hob's name has bore,
Who- was a knight in days of yore,
And gave this common to the poor.”
„This figure,” to uſe the words of Dr. Drake,
« was probably dragged out of the ruins of ſome of
out demoliſhed monaſteries; and, from a ſupine, had
the honour to be placed in an erect poſture, with the
above-mentioned memorable infcription under it!.“
An engraving of it may be ſeen, plate X. fig. 1.
As no place of interment is ſpecified cither for Robert
de Ros, or bis fon Everard, we may ſuppoſe it was at
their preceptory of Ribſtane, which is nearer York to
the Eaſt than either Kirkham or Rievalx to the Weſt,
which were in general the burial-plices of the family,
Everard de Ros paid to the king, in 1176, a
fine of 5264, for his lands; and 100/. more, in 1180,
to have poſſeſhon of thoſe which the earl of Albe-
marle then heid, PR Royſia, daughter of
Willtam Truſbut, of artre, in Holderneſs, and
(atter the death of her brothers, Richard, Geoffrey,
and Robert de Truſbut) coheir, with her ſiſters Hilaria
and Agatha, to her father's eſtate ; and alſo to that of
her mother, Albreda de Harcurt, daughter of Royſia,
one of the daughters and coheirs of Pain Peverell,
ſtandard-bearer to Robert Curthoſe, the Conqueror's
eldeſt ſon, in the Holy Land. Hilaria and Agatha hav-
ing no iſſue, her poſterity the lords Ros became,alſo
barons of Truſbut. Everard gave the church of Ar-
tingwie to the canons of Bridlington in Yorkſhire; the
grange of Stratton to the monks of Newminſter in
Northumberland; and to the priory of Rieval«, a
piece of new improved land at Helmeſley, with his
wood on the Weſt fide of the town *. He died before
11863 leaving by his »idow, then 34 years old, two
ſons; taecideit of whom, Robert, wasthenonly thirteen.
Robert ae Ris, called Furſan, the eldeſt ſon and
ſucceflor to Everard, gave king Richard I, in 1191,
1009 marks for livery of his 4ands; but in 1197,
being tuen in Normandy, he fell fo much into the
king's diſplcature, for what cauſe is no where men-
tioned, that he was committed to cloſe confinement ;
nor did he regain his liberry but by the payment of
1200 marks. Under kiug juan, in 1199, lie regained
the whole barony of his grear grand-father, Walter
Eipec; and was ſoon after employed as one of the
commithoners to conduct William king of Scotland
into this kingdom. He was the founder of Hamlake
caſtle in Yorkſhire, and of Werke caſtle in North»
umberland in 1203, the fhacrills of Yorkſhire, Lin-
coinſhire, Northumberland, Cumberland, and Weſt—
moreland, were directed by the King to ſeize all the
lands of the lord Ros: but they were not long withheld
from him; and in 1208 the iheriits of Yorkſhire ard
Rutland made livery to him of the lands of Robert
de Meinill. The fame year he obtained a grant
of a market for his manor of Altevas in Gunberg
land; and in 1211 an immunity for all his demeine
lands to be exempt from any ſervice to the hundred
or county Courts. In 1213 he took upon him the
habit of religion; when his caſtle of Werke, with
all his barony, were commuted to the euſtody of Phi-
lip de Ulcote z bur were again reſtored to him on his
leaving the cloyſter. In 1215 he was ſheriff of Cum-
berland, and governor of Carliſle ; ' and was engaged
after that in all the troubles during the ſhort remain-
der of the reign of king John, againſt whom he
held out the caſtle of Carliſle; and was one of the
barons who met in arms at Stamford, marched to
Brackley, laid ſiege to Northampton, and divided
among themſelves the part of the kingdoin obtained
by their rebellion. Northumberland, as we learn trom
Leland 3, became the ſhare of Robert de Ros; whoſe
lands were once more ſelzed on this occalion ; but he
1 Antiquitics of York, p. 398.
SEL VOTKR
* Lib. Rieval. p. 46.
£9
ſoon recovered them, probably on the acceſſion of
king Henry III, with whom he appears to have been
a favourite, and obtained from him many favours,
particularly the poſſeſſion of the manors of Seureby,
Karletone, and Up Richlebyg which had formerly
been given him by king John, till he ſhould recover
bis own lands in Normandy, In 1224 he obtained a
dilcharge from payment of two knights fees; and in
1226 a market for his manor of Bowelton in North-
umberland. He married Iſabel, daughter of William
the Lion king of Scotland, by whom he had two
ſons, William 4 and Robert; unto the firſt of whom
he gave his caſtle of Helmeſley, which he had then
juſt builts, and the patronage of the monaſteries of
Kirkham, Ricvaulx, and Wardon ; and to Roberr
the caſtle of Werke, with a barony in Scotland, to
be held of the ſaid William his brother by military
ſervice.» He founded, before 1225, the collegiate
church or hoſpital of Bolton * in Northumberland; and
was an eſpecial benefactor to the Knights Templars“,
on whom he*beſtowed the townſhip of Braunceby;
that of Waleford, with its mills, and the advowſon;
all his lands in Cattall; divers tenements in Conyng-
ſtreet, York; the manor of St. John's Mount; and
confirmed to them his grandfather's gift of the manor
and advowton of Ribitane *. Ar length, aſluming the
habit of that order, he died in 1227, and was buried
at London, in the Temple church; where the moſt
elegant of al! the old ſepulchral figures repreſents a
comely young knight, in mail, and a flowing mantle
with a kind of cow). His hair is neatly curlcd at the
ſides, and his crown appears ſhaven, His hands are ele-
yated in a praying poſture; and on his left arm is a
ſhort pointed ſhield charged with three water-bougets.
He has at his left fide a long ſword ; and the armour
of his legs, which are croſſed, has a ridge or ſeam up
the front continued over the knee, and forming a
kind of garter below the knee; at his feet a lion“.
(See Plate X. fig. 2.) The arms beſpeak this
knight to be of one of the family of Ros; and.
Weevex has confirmed this application by the follow-
ing fragment of an inſcription enſculped upon one of
theſe croſs-legged monuments, as — found it, among
the collections of a perſon ſtudious in antiquities,
in Sir Robert Cotton's library: |
« Vic requictcit . . . . Ke + . Ep.... quondam
v;ſitator generals ordmis nulicie Templ.
m Anglia 2 Francia 2 in Italia.“
William de Ros, the eldeſt fon and heir of Robert,
being at his father's death of full age, on performing
his homage, and giving ſecurity tor the payment of an
hundred pounds ror his relief, had livery of his fa-
ther's lands. In 1246, having incurred the king's diſ-
pleaſure, he was fined cs. that the King would remit
married Lucia, daughter to Reginald Fitzpiers, by
whom he had three ſons, Robert, Alexander, and
Peter; and at his death was buried in the church of
Kirkham priory, before the high altar.
Between this William de Ros and Hugh prior of
Kirkham, a contelt aroſe about the chace in the woods
and manors of Hamlake ; -which was not determined
till 1261; when it was agreed that the poor ſhould
have a toft in Pickley, with a free paſſage through
the woods and manors of the lord of Hamlake, in all
places except the park; and the canons to have
yearly three deer in lieu of the tithe of hunting, and
five pounds a year in lieu of tithe of apples (de mald
maneriorum), from the lord of Hamlake's manors,
which had been given them by their founder; for
which conceſſion, the prior and canons quit-claim to the
lord Rols all free chace in the laid woods and moors .
Collect. vol. I. p. 295.
+ 5 Hen. III. 1220, William de Ros was charged with ſcutage for his knights fees in Kent; but was acquitted thereof, be-
cauic his ſuperior lord the archbuthop of Canterbury had paid to the king all the icutage that he owed,
the Exchequer, p 405.
See a good view of this caſtle in Mr. Groſe's Antiquities of England, the keep or chief tower reſembling that of Richmond
caſlle in the ſame county, It was a garriton for the king in the late civil wars; and was ſurrendered to lord Fairfax, Nov, 20,
1044, upon articles, having 200 men, much ammunition, money, plate, and other plunder,
Appendix, N V. p. 49
7 Sir William Dugdale aſeribes theſe bene factions to Robert Ros, the grand-father of Furſan ; but biſhop Tanner has very
properly remarked that the witnelles to the grant (which may be ſeen in the Appendix, Ne V. p. 47.) are a demonſtration
that it ſhould be.ufcribed to the grandſon,
3 Dugd, Bar. vol. I. p. 545. Mon, vol. II. pp. 548. 551. 557.
* Copied from the Sepulchral Monuments of Gieat Britain, vol. I; p. 41, 42, Plate V. fig. 3.
„ Madox, Hiltory of the Exchequer, p. 329.
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Robert de Ros, the eldeſt ſon of William, married
lady Ifabel, the rich heireſs of William de Albini IV;
and obtained, July 3, 1257 a grant of free warren *
in the lordſhip of Belvoir, the bounds of- which will
appear by the following authentic inſtruments :
Henry, by the grace of God, king of England,
lord of Ireland, duke of Normandy and Aquitain,
and earl of Anjou, to our ſheriff of Lincoln, greet-
ing: We command you, that, by oath of honeſt and
legal men of your county, by whom the truth of
tke matter may the better be known, you diligently
enquire, by what metes and bounds William de Al-
biniaco, father of Iſabel, the wife of Robert de Roos,
(whoſe heir ſhe is), and their predeceſſors, have had
warren at their manor of Belyere, and the' appurte-
nances to the ſame manor. And by what metes and
diviſions we had warren, while the aforeſaid Iſabel
was under age, and in our wardſhip. And that with-
out delay you ſend to us the inquiſition thereon
diſtinctly and openly made, under your ſeal and the
ſeals of thoſe by whom it ſhall be made, and this
writ. Witneſs ourſelf at Clarendon, the 3d day of
July, in the 36th year of our reign.”
he return was in theſe words :
* An inquiſition made by precept of our lord the
king, by what metes and diviſions William de Albi-
niaco, father of Iſabel; the wife of Robert de Roos,
(whoſe heir ſhe is), and their predeceſſors have had
warren at their manor of Beauver, and the appurte-
nances to the ſame manor; and by what metes and
diviſions our lord the king hath had that warren,
whilſt the aforeſaid Iſabel was under age, and in
wardſhip of our lord the king, by the oath of theſe
underwritten of the county of Lincoln; to wit,
Henry de Galevill, Bartholomew de Gaſſingthorp,
Hugh de Boby, Nicholas de Lunderthorp, Gilbert de
Denton, Simon de la Bonevill, Robert Baſſet, Robert
de Steynwick, Walter de Denton, William Fitz Alan,
Alvered Creſpin, Alan Fitz Ralph, Adam de Gaunt,
Alan de Cauz, and Thomas de Fanecu ho ſay,
upon their oath, That the aforeſaid Willa de Al-
biniaco, father of the aforeſaid Iſabel, and their pre-
deceſſors, have had warren at their manor of Beau-
ver, and the appurtenances to the ſame manor, by
theſe metes and diviſions; to wit, From the water of
Dyvene, where the water-mill was wont to be which
is called Holdmylne, between the field of Gnypton,
co. Leiceſter, and Wuleſthorpe, co. Lincoln; and ſo
by the green-way between the field of Gnypton and
Wuleſthorp, unto the gate of the ſheep-walk [er-
cheria :] of the lord of Beauyer ; and ſo unto the
furze of the lord of Beauver; and ſo unto the top
. Blackberry-hill Southwards; and ſo deſcending
unto Leiceſter-road ; and ſo by the ſame Leiceſter-
road unto the way which leads from Eyton as far as
* Stakethirne ; and ſo through the middle of the town
of Stakethirne as far as the church; and from the
church as far as the way which leads to the gate of
Robert Maynard; and ſo to the ſheep-walk of. the
prior of Haverholm Northward ; and ſo by the
aforeſaid way deſcending as far as the brook [ jiketta]
of Redlonde ; and ſo as far as Barkeſton-brook Eaſt-
ward ; and fo, deſcending by the ſame brook, as far
as the bridge of Mannebrigg ; and fo, from Manne-
brigg, by the way of Bridge-gate ; and ſo, from
Bridge-gate, as far as Redmylthorp; and ſo, from
Redmylthorp, as far as the top of Slethenge North-
ward; and ſo as far as the top of Caldewellſike
Weſtward ; and fo to the ſheep-walk of the prior of
Beauver ; and fo, going round the priory of Beauver,
unto the way which leads to Beauver, as far as the
bridge of Wuleſthorp; and ſo, by the water of
Dyvene, as far as the aforeſaid old mill, which is
called Holdmylne, where they began the firſt mete
and diviſion of the foreſaid warren, They ſay alſo,
Pat. 36 Hen, III. Ne 57.
30 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
on their oath, that our lord the king hath had warren
at the manor of Beauver, and the appurtenances to
the ſaid manor, by the ſaid metes and. diviſions
aboveſaid, whilſt the aboveſaid Iſabel was under age,
and in wardſhip to our lord the king.”
The like precept was ſent to the ſheriffs of Not-
tingham and Leiceſterſhire ; from each of whom, re-
ſpectively, a ſimilar return was made ?. |
In 1258 Robert de Ros, being then lord of Belvoir,
marched into Scotland, to deliver Alexander III.
king of Scotland, out of the hands of his rebellious
ſubjects; and went allo to Cheſter, to reſiſt the hoſtile
incurſions of Llewellin prince of Wales. |
On the Wedneſday after the feaſt of Pentecoſt of
the fame year, a controverſy, which had ariſen be-
tween the lord Robert de Ros and his lady Ifabel,
with the prior and convent of Belvoir, relative to the
right of preſentation to the church of Redmild, was
amicably adjuſted by an inſtrument, in which the
lord Ros and his lady relinquiſhed all title to the pa-
tronage, for the ſum of thirty-five marks; and Ni-
cholas then rector of Bottesford, Roger Bozun, and
Simon de Aſlacton, entered into ſurety, on the part
of the ſaid lord and lady, for their due performance
of the-covenants 4,
In 1261 the lord Ros obtained permiſſion from
Henry III. to hold a market at Belvoir on Tueſday
weekly ; and an annual fair on the feaſt of St. John
the Bapriſt, to begin on the eve of that feſtival, and
to continue for three days. After this, he took the
part of the barons againſt the king; and was one f
the chief of them who, after the battle of Lewes in
1264, where king Henry III. and the prince were
made priſoners, had the guard of them at the caſtle
of Hereford; and in 1265 was ſummoned to the
parliament which was called by the barons in the
king's name. For theſe offences his lands were put in
extent; but, being admitted to a compoſition, he in
1267“ raiſed a new embattled wall at Belvoir.
In 1283, fir Peter de Ros, brother to the lord of
Belvoir, was preſented by him to the rectory of Bot-
tesford7 ; which he held till 1299, when he was
promoted to the precentorſhip of York.
By his lady Iſabel the lord Robert had four ſons,
William, Robert,, Nicholas, and John. He died in
1285; and was buried atKirkham under a marble tomb
on the South fide of the choir, his bowels before the
high altar at Belvoir, and his heart at Croxton abbey.
At the ſuppreſſion of religious houſes, part of the
freeſtone monument which lay over his heart ar
Croxton was removed to Bottesford, and faſtened to
the North wall of the chancel there ; where it ſtill re-
mains, being three feet long, and eighteen inches broad ;
and is here exactly repreſented, from an impreſſion
rubbed off with black lead in September 2791.
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The ſhield on the left ſide contains the arms of
Ros, three water bougets, impaling Arg. two chev-
ronels Az. Albini of Beluoir; that on the right is Ros,
quartering Badleſmere ; the ſmaller one, Ros, quar-
tering g... . Ihe dark part of the arms is cut
in, the light part raiſed. The letters are cut in, not
raiſed; and had anciently been filled with cement,
of which ſome very lately remained,
Bereberia is either a ſheep-houſe, or a ſheep-walk, or field where or in which common ſheep are kept. Siketta, from
ficeus, quaſi ficcata, ſcil. aqua, a brook which runs in winter and not in ſummer, which is the caſe of moſt of the rivulets in the
vale of Belvoir.
3 See the ſheriff of Leiceſterſhire's return in the Appendix, p. 12.
Appendix, p. 13.
, Sciatis me conceſſiſſe & hac carta confirmaſſe Rob' de Ros de Belvero, & Iſabelle uxori ejus, ut habeant ſingulis ſepti-
manis per diem Martis mercatum apud manerium ſuum de Belvero, & unam feriam ibidem ſingulis annis, duraturam per tres
dies, videlicet, in vigilia, in die, & in craſtino Johannis Baptiſtæ.“ Anno 45 Hen. III. Rot. 12, |
Q Who was the“ John Rooſe,” whoſe donation to the Friars de Sacco,” at Cambridge, was confirmed in 1267 by
Vat. 52 Hen, III. m. 12? | | |
See the liſt of reQors under that pariſh,
5
In
FRAMLAND HUN DRE D.]
In 1285, it appeared that Robert lord Ros of
Bever died ſeiſed of the manor and caſtle of Bever,
which he had held of the king in capite.
In 1287, the lady Iſabel de Ros paid to the king
22741. 115. ofd. as the compoſition agreed on by
her huſband . |
In 1289, Iſabel de Ros, lady of Bever, granted
to Alan her cook a toft and one oxgang of land,
with two holmes, Milnholm and Hermſbrigholm, in
Wolſthorp, rent 10s. a year; * falvo viſu, franci-
plegii honoris manerii noſtri de Bever, ad quem bis
r annum venire teneatur *.” :
In 1292, in conſideration of an ancient rent affigned
to her by Robert, then rector of Redmile, ariſing
from a tenement: in Barkſton and Redmile, ſhe re-
leaſed the prior and convent of Belvoir from certain
burthenſome ſervices, which they had been ac-
cuſtomed to bear at her manor court of Talington ?.
Among the ample poſſeſſions ———_ by the lady
Iſabel as heireſs of the lords of Albini, was the
manor of Stoke in Northamptonſhire, one of the
nine lordſhips in that county beſtowed by the Con-
queror on Robert de Todenei, and which acquired
the additional name of Albini from his deſcendants.
In 1294 ſhe gave the patronage of this church,
where Nicholas de Ros, her third ſon, was then
rector, to the hoſpital at Newſtede# : but it does not
appear that this donation took effect; as ſhe herſelf
preſented another perſon to the rectory in 1296, and
the ſucceeding lords have ever ſince continued to en-
Joy the patronage. 2
In 1299, ſhe had a further grant of free · warren in
the lordſhips of Bottesford and Redmile in the county
of Leiceſter, of Wolſthorp in the county of Lincoln,
and of Orſton in the county of Nottingham; and on
the 17th of November that year, king Edward I.
confirmed to her, by the name of Iſabel de Ros, lady
of Belver, the gift ſhe had made of the manor of
Orſton, held of the king in capite, to her third ſon,
Nicholas de Ros, who appears to have relinquiſhed
the rectory of Stoke Albini for the ſake of re-
tirement 5.
She died in 1301, and was buried at Newſtede ;
but in the chancel of Orſton church there ſtill remains
a red free-ſtone figure, fix feet ia length, and two
feet wide, with the arms of Ros on the top of one
fide, and thoſe of Albini on the other, which has
been with ſome probability ſuppoſed to be the repre-
ſentation of this lady. See Plate X. fig. 3.
Sir Robert Ros, the ſecond ſon, had been ap-
pointed in 1285, by the name of Robert of Belvoir,
to be treaſurer of king Edward's exchequer, then
held at Caernarvon; and in 1296, having loſt the
rolls and remembrances whereby he ought to have
rendered an accompt to that king's uſe, the king, by
privy ſeal, commanded the barons of the exchequer
to take of him ſame reaſonable-fine for the ſame ac-
compt, and then to acquit him. He was knighted
in 1306; and became the founder of the Ros family
in Hertfordlhire ?. ä |
William de Ros, the eldeſt fon of Robert, had
been in 1292 an unſucceſsful competitor for the
crown of Scotland, in reſpect of his deſcent from Iſabel
his great-grand-mother, daughter to William the
Lion king of Scotland; and in 1293 we find a diſ-
pute between him and Robert de Sproxton, concern-
BELVOIR. "ME
4
ing che property of the manor of Sproxton, of which
an account will be given under the hiſtory of that
pariſh. He ſucceeded to the family honours, on the
death of his mother, in 1301.
In 1304, he was allowed to incloſe 106 atres in the
pariſh of Redmile, under the name of Bever Park,
which was appropriated ſolely to the preſervation of
game.
In 1305, John Salveyn and Margaret his wife, with
Iſabella her fiſter, petitioned the king in parliament,
that the manor of Werke, which had belonged to
their father Robert de Ros of Werke before the
beginning of the war, but had been given by the
king to William de Ros of Hamlake, might be reſtored
to them as coheireſſes to their father. And the plea
berween them and fir William de Ros having been
fully heard, it was determined, that their father, hav-
ing been engaged in rebellion long before the laſt
war, and never having returned to his allegiance, had
forfeited all claim, for himſelf or his poſterity, to the
manor which his daughters ſolicited *,
to the King, or to any other perſon, if William de
Ros had liberty to incloſe 100 acres of ſpiney in his
. manor of Belver (the utmoſt value of which did not
exceed two ſhillings) with a wall and a ditch, and to
make a park of it .
He took to wife Matilda, one of the two daughters
and coheireſſes of John de Vaulx, a lineal deſcendant
of Robert de Vaux, who came over with the Con-
queror, and the founder of a priory of black canons
ar Penteney in Norfolk, the patronage of which,
together with that of Blakeney in the ſame county,
and of Freſtan in Lincolnſhire, were brought by this
marriage into the family of Rog .
By this lady he had three ſons, William his ſuc-
ceſſor, John (of whom hereafter), and Thomas; and
three daughters, Anne, married to Pagan lord Tip-
toft, Margaret, and Matilda.
He was a benefactor to the priory at Belvoir, in
1308, by appropriating to them the church of Woolſ-
thorp**; to the priory at Ouſton, by donations at
Hungarton and Thorpe Sachvile **; and alfo to the
houſe of the White Friers at Blakeney in Norfolk;
where ſome' of the copyhold tenants having, in 1296,
ſet apart thirteen acres of ground to build a church
and habitation for the friers, the grant was confirmed
by the king and by fir William de Ros, then owner of
the manor, on condition of the friers acknowledging
the ſaid fir William and Maud his wife as their prin-
cipal founders '3. He died in 1317, and was buried
under a marble tomb in the monaſtery of Kirkham.
His widow was buried at Penteney priory.
William de Ros II. finiſhed in 1321 the religious
foundation which his father had begun at Blakeney.
He was made lord Roſs of Werke; rock the title
of baron Roſs of Hamlake, Werke, Pelvoir, and Truſ-
but; and had ſummons to parliament from 11 Ed-
ward II. to 16 Edward III. He was alſo appointed
lord high admiral; and was one of the *commil-
fioners, with the archbiſhop of York and others, to
treat of peace betwixt the king and Robert de Bruce,
who they aſſumed the title of king of Scotland. In
1339 he was in the army of king Edward III. in
France; and in 1340 a commiſſion was ifſued to
William de Ros, among others, to cauſe certain
In 1 306, it was found that it would be no damage
Rot. Pip. 15 Edw. I. Linc, * From the original at Belvoir, which has a fair ſeal ; Ros and Albini.
3 Appendix, p. 13. * Eſch, 22 Edw. I. N 99. & Rot, Fin. 29 Edw. I. m. .
5 In the Nomina Villarum, 9 Edw. II. Nicholas de Ros was certified to be lord of Orſton in 1316; but being a prieſt, and
conſequently dying unmarried, it ſoon after reverted to his nephew, William de Ros I. ſo called from his being the ſecond
of that name after their union with the houſe of Albini,
o Madox, Hiſtory of the Exchequer, pp. 550. 692. |
7 Sir Robert de Ros, a ſon of his, was rector of Great Haddam, Herts, in 1300; in which year a compoſition was made
between him and the prior and convent of Ely, which is preſerved in Newcourt, vol, I. p. 829. He had the prebend of St.
Pancras in the cathedral of St. Paul; and was alſo archdeacon of London; which he vacated ſome time before his death,
but continued one of the ſtationaries of that church, as he occurs a canon there in 1310. Newcourt, p. 60, from Dr,
Hutton's Collections. See alſo Chauncey's Hertfordſhire, p. 60, in the pedigree of Chauncey.
* Rot. Parl. vol. I. p. 114. |
9 Eſc, 34 Edw. I. 1306. N® 145, See alſo Eſc. 35 Edw. I. Ne 134. in the Tower; and the Appendix to Belvoir, p. 16.
10 See deeds relative to the foundations of Freſtan, Penteney, and Blakeney, in the Appendix, Ne V. pp. 46—48.
1: The ſeal affixed to this deed (printed in the Appendix, p. 16) is loſt; but another copy of it, from an original inſtrument
remaining in the Chapter-houſe at Weſtminſter, dated 20 Edw. I. ſealed by himſelf and the other competitors for the crown of
Scotland, under the title of © Submiſſio Competitor? regni Scociz juris eor?. Ed, I. tanquam ſuperiori D'no regni Scociæ,
is engraved in Plate V. fig. 22, : ' | | ;
* Appendix, N* V. p. 48. :
Vor. I. |
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knights and valets (chevalers & walets) to array
themſelves in arms, and repair to Newcaſtlez and
he was engaged that year in the Scotch wars. He
married Margery de Badleſmere; by whom he had
William, Thomas, John, Margaret, and Matilda;
and dying in 1342, was buried at Kirkham under a
monument near the great altar. By an inquifition
taken in 1343, it appears that William de Ros of
Hamelak died ſeiſed of the underwritten fees, as
parcel of the appurtenances of his manor and
caltle of Beauver *, one fee in Auberne, whereof
part lies in Herdeby, co. Leiceſter ; which fee Robert
de Wolſthorp held; alſo of a quarter of one Knight's
fee in Talington, co. Leiceſter, which the prior of
Wiſhmed [rectiùs Newſted, juxta Stanford | holds;
alſo of a moiety of one knight's fee in Wyvell and
Hungetton *, which James Ros, knight, holds; alſo of
a fortieth 25 of one knight's fee in Caffewyke ¶ juxta
Uffington] co. Lincoln, which John le Clerk holds;
alſo of a quarter of one knight's fee in Ropeſley, Mere,
and Humby, co. Lincoln, (part whereof lies in Claxton,
co. Leiceſter), which Simon de Ropeſley held; alſo of
one knight's fee in Carleton juxta Burton, which the
abbot of Barling holds; alſo of a thirty-third part of
one knight's fee in Wolleſthorp [ juxta Beaver, co. Lin-
coln], which Robert de Wolſthorp holds; alſo of
x fixth part of one knight's fee in Wolſthorp,
which John de Charnels holds; alſo of a knight's
fee, the half of one knight's fee, and the fifth part
of one knight's fee, in Coringham, which the wife of
John Skerer held; alſo of two knights” fees in Loth-
borowe and Foderby, which fir John de Brewes,
knight, holds; alſo of one knight's fee in Boſeling-
thorp, which Richard de Boſelingthorp holds; alſo
of one knight's fee in Bynbroke, which William de
Gaunt held ; alſo of a moiety of one knight's fee in
Fotherby, which Edmund de Brickton holds; alſo
of a moiety of one knight's fee in Repinghale and
Aſlackby, which the prior of Sempringham and
Geoffry Froſt hold; alſo of a moiety of one knights
fee in Croxeby, which William de Croxeby and
Thomas de Sibiry hold; alſo of a twentieth part of
one knight's fee in Lothborow, and which the prior
of Ormeſby holds.
The lady Margery, widow of William de Ros II,
ſurvived her huſband ſeveral years, and was preſent
at the jubilee at Rome in 1350, being almoſt the only
rg who went out of England on that account ; the
ing -having in general terms expreſsly forbidden it,
as of ill conlequence to the realm, on account of the
conſiderable ſums of money that had been uſually on
ſuch occaſions tranſported out of the kingdom.
To John, the brother of the laſt mentioned William
lord Ros, we may aſcribe a monument, which Mr.
idges mentions as remaining in an arch under the
lower North window of the e at Stoke Albini,
of a man completely armed, lying on his back,
with his hands cloſed in the attitude of prayer [and
at his feet a dog]; for which the collections of Mr.
Belchier have preſerved this inſcription:
Hic jacet Johannes Koſs le bon compagnon.
In the centre of the arch are three water-bougets,
the-arms of Ros, which occur alſo on the window
above, and under the battlements of the tower;
which ſhews that the church was benefited after it
became the property of the Roſſes.
Deſirous of adding the portraiture of this military
lord to thoſe of his noble relations, the publiſher of
this narrative viſited the church, in February 1792,
with an ingenious draughtſman, to delineate the mo-
nument ; but, to his great aſtoniſhment, was told that
the effigies of the Bon cCoMPAGNon had been about
two years ago removed from the arch of the church
which himielf had founded—and removed, not by
the caprice of an ignorant churchwarden, the falſe
taſte of ſome conceited architect, or of a whimſical
owner of the manor, but by the expreſs direction of
71 Efe. 19 Edw. III. 1343. Ne 60. Leic.
32 HISTORY AN ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
a reſpectable reſident clergyman, becauſe the figure
looked black and unbandſome. The figure of the warrior,
with the flab which formerly contained the inſcriptions,
were firſt turned upſide down, in order to make a ſeat ;
but this appearing ſtill worle than the figure, the whole
was broken, and the fragments buried under an adjoin-
ing brick pavement. On the arch, however, which
could not be fo eaſily removed (fee plate X. fig. 4.),
and under the battlements of the church, the founder's
arms ſtill remain, a monument of his munificence ;
while the chaſin which the loſs of his effigies hath
occaſioned perpetuates the opprobrium of its removal 4,
Of this John, a particular account may be ſeen in
Dugdale's Baronage 5, where he is called“ a perſon
eminent in his time ;” and a youthful adventure of his,
not noticed by the hiſtosians, is related in the Rolls of
Parliament, During the ſitting of the parliament at
Lincoln, in the cathedral church there, on the Sunday
ante Carniprivium*, the king and his nobles being
preſent, he had an affray with Hugh le Deſpenſer,
junior; one of whoſe knights, Ingelram Berenger, had
en arreſted at the inſtigation of John de Ros, The
quarrel, which began by high words, proceeded to
violent blows, and even to the drawing of ſwords in
the church; for which they were both committed to
the cuſtody of the king's marſhal till they ſhould
give ſecurity for keeping 'the peace. This proceſs
ſtood open till 1319, when the king, in a parlia-
ment held at York, directed it to be canceled.
The record thus ſtates the particulars of this affray :
1. * Hugo le Deſpenſer junior allocutus fuit p
Gilbertum de Toutheby, & Galffm de Scrop', qui
ſequntur p Rege coram Dno Rege, de eo quod ipſe,
die Dominica proximd ante Carniprivium in preſentia
Dni Regis, & in Parliamento preſenti, in Johem de
Ros, militem, in ecclefia cathedrali ecctie beate Mar”
Linc? inſultum fecit, & ipm verberavit, videlicet pug-
no pcutiens uſq; ad ſanguinis effuſionem, et alia enor-
mia ei intulit, in contemptum Dũb Regis decem mil-
lium librar', & leſionem pacis ſue, ac terrorem populi
in deo Parliamento exiſtentis: Et fi idem Hugo hoc
velit dedicere, parati ſunt verificare ꝓ Dño Rege, &c.
Et predictus Hugo primo dicit, quod ipe in contemp-
tum Dni Regis, aut lefionem pacis ſue, vel terrorem
populi ſui in difto Parliamento, quicquam non attemp-
tavit; et hoc paratus eſt verificare, &c. Poſtea idem
Hugo recognovit coram Rege, quod ipſe in eccleſis
predictà, dictà die Dominica, dictum Johem allocutus
fuerat, de eo quod idem Joties Ingelramum Bereng'
unum militem ejuſdem Hugonis pcuravit areſtari ;
petens ab eo, quod cum ipſo Ingelramo ſuꝑ hujuſ-
modi areſtacoe mitius ageret. Er pdcus Jolies ex
verbis predẽi Hugonis dedignatus, imponens eidem̃
Hugoni enormia convitia, verbis contumelioſis ipſum
improperabat, et appoſita manu ad cultellum ſuum
minabatur eidem Hugoni, & ſtrepitum fecit verſus
dum Hugonem ac ſi voluiſſet eum cultello ſuo per-
cuſſiſſe; et idem Hugo, ne predTus Jolies eum per-
cuteret, extendit manum ſuam inter ipſum & prefa-
tum Johem, per quod ſic ip̃m Johem tetigit in facie
ſua: nec credidit ſe aliquid in contemptum Regis,
&c. aut terrorem populi feciſſe; et de hoc ponit fe
in gfam Dhi Regis. Et quia premiſſa commiſia vi-
dentur in lefionem pacis, &c. Ideo committitur Ma-
reſcallo quouſq; &c. Poſtea Robtus de Umtravill
comes de Anegous, Rogerus de Mortuo Mari de
Chirk, Theobaldus de Verdon, Radus Baſſet, Wiltus
de Ferrariis, & Robtus de Haſtang', manuceperunt ha-
bere corpus prefati Hugonis coram Dño Rege ad
mandatum Regis, ad faciendum in premiſſis quod Do-
minus Rex de Conſilio ſuo in hac pte duxerit ordi-
nandum, et predictus Hugo deliberatus fuit p manu-
captionem ſupradcam. Poſtea Dñus fir Rex ad Par-
liamentum ſuum, in octabis Sei Hillarii, anno Regni
ſui x1119 apud Eborum convocatum, gra ſua ſpali
pdonavit pdco Hugoni le Deſpenſer tranſgreſſionem
predictam, et p̃cepit quod Proceſſus ſupraſcriptus
cancellaretur, & ideo cancellatur.“
Of Wyvell and Hungerton, ſee Appendix, p. 2, 3. They were two ſmall churches united into one rectory; but both
3 Barnes's Hiſtory of Edward III. p. 450.
5 Dugd. Bar. vol. I. p. 54%
6 |
churches are now deſiroyed, and the hamlets annexed to Denton and Stroxton pariſhes. A houſe, called Hungerton- hall, has
lately been built by George de Ligne Gregory, «ſq; of Lenton, high ſheriff of Nottinghamſhire in 1791.
+ See Gent, Mag. LXII. p. 115,
s Before Lent. |
2. Johannes
*
FaAMLAN D HUxpRED.]
2. © Johannes de Ros allocutus fuit p Gilbertum
de Toutheby, & Galffm de Scrop, qui ſequntur pro
Rege, coram Dio Rege, de eo quod ipſe, diQa die
Dominica, in preſentia Dhi Regis & in Parliamento
reſenti, in predictum Hugonem in ecctia cathedrali
be Mar” Linc” primò verbis contumeliolis aggreſſus
fuit, et poſtea in ipſum ibm inſultum fecit, & extraxit
gladium ſuum, et voluit eum inde DEP 4s & alia
enormia ei intulit, in contemptum Dñi Regis decem
millium librarum, & leſionem pacis ſue, ac terrorem
populi in deo Parliamento exiſtentis: Et fi idem
Johes hoc velit dedicere, parati ſunt verificare pro
Dño Rege, &c. Et predictus Jokes primo dicit, quod
| ipſe in contemptum Dñi Regis, &c. ut ſupra, Poſtea
idem Johannes recognovit, coram Dio Rege, quod
cum ipſe, dia die Dominica in ecclii predicta ſte-
tiſſet, acceſſit ad eum prefatus Hugo, & in ipm Jotiem
inſultum fecit pugno ſuo, in facie ſua eum pcutiens
uſq; ad ſanguinis effufionem, per quod idem Johes
dubitans periculum ſibi imminere in | hac parte, ex-
traxit gladium ſuum ſe defendendo, nec credidit ſe
per hoc aliquid in contemptum Regis, &c. et de hoc
ponit ſe in_gfam Dit Regis. Et quia premiſſa com-
miſſa videntur in leſionem pacis, &c. 1deo commit-
titur Mareſcallo quouſq; &c. Poſtea Adomarus de
Valentia comes Pembr', Johes de Warenna comes
Surr', Edmis comes de ArondelP, Gilbertus Pecche,
Thomas Latymer, & Rogerus de Felton manucepe-
runt hre corpus prefati Johis coram Dno Rege ad
mandatum Regis, ad faciendum in premiſſis, &c. ut
ſupra. Et predictus Johes delibatus fuit per manu-
captionem predictam .“
Sir John de Ros was of the party of queen Eliza-
beth and the others, whom Edward II, at the inſti-
gation of the Spenſers, had baniſhed, He landed
with her and the prince 20 Edward II; and, bein
in great favour with the young king, Edward III,
was, on the depoſal of his father, conſtituted ſteward
of his houſehold in the firſt year of his reign, 1g27,
and one of the twelve guardians by whom it was
reſolved the king in his minority ſhould be governed? ;
and was the ſame year employed, together with his
brother Thomas, in defence of the frontiers, againſt
Scotland. The next year he was governor of Somer-
ron caſtle, in Lincolnſhire ; and in 1333 was with his
brother Thomas at the battle of Berwick.
In 1336, his brother William being then lord
high admiral, John de Ros was conſtituted ad-
miral of the ſea from the Thames Northward, in
which capacity we find againſt him the following
complaint: * A fire Seighr le Roy & a ſon conſeail
monſtre Johan de Codyngton, un apprentiz de la
court noltre Seigneur le Roy & attourne, qe p la
ou le diſt Johan n'ad terres ne tenementz, ne unqes
ne fuiſt arme pur pees ne pur guerre, Monſieur
Johan de Roos, Admiral noſtre diſt Seignour le Roy,
per pcurement luy ad comande ꝑ ces lres, q'il ſoit
bien & nettement arme & apparaille come un home
d'armes a Orewell, yceo Meſcredy le xv1t jour de
Marz, & ceo ſur peyne de la hard, & il ne veigne,
de aſſigner q'il eſt rebel, & de lui faire attacher &
mander a la proſcheine gaole, qe ſereit en deſheri-
teſon de ces cliens pur ces q'il eſt attourne, & en
anientiſement de lui. De quey il pric remedie.“
The anſwer to this complaint is thus expreſſed :
Pur ce q'il eſt teſtmoigne devant le Counſeil q/il eſt
attourne, ſoit mande a Monſieur Johan de Ros, ou a
ſon Lieutenant, q'ils ſurſeeſent de la demande q'ils
font devers lui, & de la deſtreſce q ils ſout a lui, ꝑ
cele cauſe *,”
In 1337, John de Ros was in Gaſcoigne, and had
2 grant of free warren on his lands in Nottingham
and Oxford-ſhires; and in the next year an allowance
was made on his petition to be reimburſed the ex-
pence of arraying men while he was admiral and em-
ployed beyond fea, He had ſummons to parliament
from 1 to 11 Edward III, but died before the end of
1338 without iſſue; and his brother William be-
* Rot, Parl. vol. I. p. 352.
Walfingham, 12 Edward III.
* See Gent, Mag, vol, LXI. p. 1075.
GB ELVOI R.
* Lel. Coll. vol. I. p. 684. Knighton, p. 2536. |
8 Parkyns, vol. V. pp. 931. 950. .
| 9 Eſe. 26 Edw. III. N 53. Leic.
4 :
came heir to his eſtates in the counties of Notiirg-
ham, Norfolk, and York, ſaving to Margaret his wi-
dow a reaſonable dowers Who ſhe was does not ap-
pear. His brother obtained 200 marks for his bu-
rial . No mention of lim occurs in the pariſhes of
Kelling and Salthouſe, in Norfolk, where he held the
manors ; but Blomefield fays*, that William gave
Watton for life to John, his younger brother, who
died ſeiſed of it about 1338, and, having no iflue,
his brother was repoſſeſſed of it.
We have, it is preſumed, authority enough for
concluding this John to be the gox comeacNon, lis
chearful or convivial turn might recommend him to
prince Edward, or a diſtinguiſhed ſpirit of gallantry
to his mother. In ſhort, be might be what we now
call a ſhrewd clever fellow ; and it appears, from the
ſcanty circumſtances in which he died, that he was no
great economiſt, Perhaps he ſpent more on the
tower of Stoke Albini church than he could afford,
at leaſt if the tradition be true that he was founder
of the church, and the Ros to whom the arms on the
South ſide of rhe tower are to be appropriated; or,
as he ſeems to have been a favourite with his bro-
ther, the lord of the manor, he may have honoured
his memory with a cenotaph in this church, or by
allowing him to reſide on his manſion here : for his
father and anceſtors lived at Kirkham, in Yorkſhire.
This John will have been great-great-grandſon of
Robert Furſgn, whoſe monument in the Temple
church 7 ſhews him to have been a handſome man,
and perhaps alfþ a good companion *,
William de Ros III. was in 1346 in that great
expedition for raifing the fiege of Aiguilon, which
the duke of Normandy had formed with 100,000 men;
and was knighted near La Hogue in France, being
then 19 years old. The ſame year he was one of
thoſe lords who led the ſecond divifion in the famous
battle of Creſſy; and was afterwards diſpatched into
Scotland, where he commanded the fourth diviſion of
the Engliſh army, which gave battle to the Scots at
Beawre-park, near Nevill's-croſs (by ſome called the
battle of Newcaſtle-upon-Tyne) ; where David de
Bruce, king of Scots, with many of the nobles, were
taken priſoners, on the 19th of October in the ſame
ear. In 1348 he was with Edward the Black
rince at the ſiege of Calais, when it was taken by
the Engliſh. He was ſummoned to parliament 24 and
25 Edward III; and accompanied Henry duke of
Lancaſter in Pruſſia, to fight againſt the Infidels, 13 52;
but died that year, on his journey to the Holy Land,
without iſſue, in the 26th year of his age, leaving
Thomas, his brother, heir to his great inheritance,
then bur 14 years of age.
He married Margaret, daughter of Ralph Ne-
ville; but had no iſſue by her. At an inquiſition
made before John de Windſore ?, the king's eſcheator
for the county of Leiceſter, at Rademyld, Jaa. 20,
1352-3, it appears that William de Ros, of Hamelak,
deccaſed, was ſeiſed in demeſne, as of his fee, on
the day that he died, of the caſtle and manor of
Belvoir, with the members of Wolithorpe to the ſame
manor belonging, co. Lincoln, which were held of
the king in capite by knight's ſervice ;+ that there
were in the ſaid manor three carucates of land, which,
being freſh (friſce) and uncultivated on account of
the peſtilence and want of tenants, were worth no
more than 3. a year; and the rents from tenants of
all deſcriptions, including the office of caſtle-guard,
were worth 26/1. 18s. ; the whole annual value was
conſequently 291. 18s.; from which a fee-farm rent
of 10 marks to the ſheriff of Lincoln being de-
ducted, the clear rental was 23/. 4s. 8d. The
aſturage of the park was worth 3s. 4d. a year.
He was ſeiſed alſo of certain lands, tenements, and
rents, with the appurtenances, in the vale of Belvoir,
co. Leiceſter, which he held of the king in capite,
as parcel of the barony of Belvoir caſtle; viz. at
Rademyld, of one capital meſſuage, which is of no
Kot. Parl. vol. II. p. 96.
$6, 3 See above, p. 29.
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34 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES os LEICESTERSHIRE.
yearly yalue beyond repriſes; of a certain dovecote
there worth 124. per annum; of five bovates of arable
land there, whereof two parts, for ſowing, are worth
245. 8d. per annum; and a third part, reſidue there-
of, is worth nothing, becauſe it lies every year waſte
and in common ; of eight_acres of meadow there,
which are worth 85. per annum, and lie in common
after the hay is carried off; and of a certain park
there, whoſe paſturage is worth 3s. 44. a year,
befides the feeding of the deer and other wild beaſts ;
and that there were no underwood there; and of a
certain ſpiney there, called Beauvoir warren, whoſe
ſoil and paſture belongs to the towns of Stathern,
Plungarth, and Barkſton, and are of no yearly value,
becauſe, if the thorns were cut away, they cannot
grow again, by reaſon of the cattle” of the aforeſaid
villages there depaſturing; and of a certain wind-
mill there, worth 10s, per annum. The foil and paſ-
turage of the warren of Belvoir was then the pro-
perty of the towns of Stathern, Plungar, and Barkſ-
ton ; but was of no annual value, on account of its be-
ing entirely appropriated to the ſheltering of game.
From the rabbits no profit at that time aroſe, as they
had been almoſt totally deflroyed, for the inthroni-
zation - feaſt of the archbiſhop of York *, and by the
inclination of the then lord. And of g/. 6s. 8d.
aſſiſe rent of the free and cuſtomary tenants there,
payable at the terms of St. Michael, Chriſtmas,
Eaſter, and St. John the Baptiſt, by equal portions.
Pleas and perquifites of courts there are none, be-
cauſe the courts and views are, by cuſtom there,
always held at the town of Beauver ?, co. Leiceſter
of a certain cuſtom called palfrey- ſilver, which ought
to be yearly levied of the towns of Botlesford,
Normanton, Herdeby, Claxton, Muſton, Howes,
Barkeby, Queneby, and other hamlets, co. Lei-
ceſter, and amounts to the ſum of 4/. a year,
and ought to be paid annually to Roger Beler, hold-
ing the hundred of Framland, in the county aforeſaid,
to the king's uſe, within the farm of the ſaid Roger
for the hundred aforefaid ; and there are no other
rofits, &c. And the aforeſaid William died before
the feaſt af St. Michael, 1352; but on what day
the inquiſition knows not.
Margaret, his widow, who was afterwards married
to fir Heory de Percy, held in dower, of the inheri-
tance of William de Ros of Hamlake, her firſt huſband,
Linton ſuper Owſe, co. Ebor. ; Wragby, co. Lincoln;
Orſton and Worſop, co. Nott. She died in 1372,
when it was found that Thomas, brother to William
de Ros, her late huſband, was her heir 4.
Thomas de Ros of Hamlake, brother and next heir
to William, was found in 1352 to have been of the
age of fifteen years at the feaſt of the Nativity of our
Lord then laſt paſt. Being in Gaſcoigne on the king's
ſervice in 1358, he had letters of protection; in 1359
he had livery of bis lands; and the ſame year obtained
licence to marry Beatrice, the widow of Maurice Fitz-
Maurice earl of Deſmond, and daughter to Ralph
earl of Stafford; by whom he had iſſue John, Wil-
liam, Thomas, Robert, Elizabeth, and Margaret. In
1364 he accompanied the king of Cyprus in the
wars in the Holy Lands; and was in the French wars
in 1369 , 13707, and 1371. He was ſummoned to
parliament from 35 Edward III. to 7 Richard II. in-
cluſive. He died at Uffington, June 8, 1383, and
was buried at Rievalx abbey. By the inquiſition
taken after his death, it. appears that he was ſeiſed
of one park, called Beauver park, co. Leiceſter ; alſo
of a certain croft, called Leycroft; and John de Ros,
knight, his ſon and heir, was aged eighteen years
and upwards ?.
Lady Beatrice, his widow, became the wife of ſir
Richard Burley, knight of the Garter, and one of the
privy counſellors to the duke of Lancafter, of whoſe
army he was field marſhal in Galicia, where he died
in 1386 of a ſickneſs which carried off many others **.
Sir Richard's body was brought over to England,
and buried on the North fide of St. Paul's cathedral,
under a ſumptuous monument, with a canopy con-
ſiſting
Before the incloſures of modern date, the eſtates appendant to the caſile uſed to be let out in ſmall parcels at a very eaſy
rate, becauſe the chaſe extended over moſt of them. The deer might be kept off, but might not be hurt. In the ſituation
in which the lands are deſcribed by the above inquiſition, this was of little detriment; but after the introduction of turnips
into culture, it made a conſiderable difference. A fingle deer would run over a whole field, and give a little bite to each
turnip; and if rain and froſt followed, the whole were ruined, Yet fo moderate were the rents, and ſo regular the ſucceſſion
of a farm from father to ſon, that, could they in any caſe have obtained two or three lots, it would have been an eſtate to
the occupier. -
2 « Pro inthronizatione archiepiſcopi Ebor', & per inclinationem Domini.” This was at the inthronization of William de
la Zouch, Dec. 9, 1342; more than a century earlier than the ſumptuous entertainment of George Nevil 1466, at which no
leſs than four thouſand conies were conſumed. Leland's Collectanea, ad ed, vol. VI. p. 2. Great havock, even to the deſtruc-
tion of a whole warren, would ſcarcely be ſufficient to ſupply ſuch feaſts as Zouch's, Nevil's, Morton's, Warham's, &c. |
This ſeems to fix the locality of the village of Belvoir in 1353. Eſch. 46 Edw. III. Cotton MSS. Claud. C. x. p. 79.
5 Barnes, p. 636; but ſee his remark in p. 669. o Ib. p. 769. ? Ib. pp. 795. 804.
Ib. p. 815. 9 Eſc. 7 Ric. II. N* 68, Leic. 10 Proiſſart.
That this monument was erected to the memory of fir Richard Burley, and not to that of fir Simon Burley, both knights
of the Garter, as has been generally thought, (and particularly by Anſtis, who conjectured, Hiſtory of the Garter, p. 119,
that this monument was erected by the earl of Derby, afterwards Henry IV. who uſed his intereſt to ſave his friend's life),
is evident from the four ſhields of arms placed on the front of it. The two outermoſt were the arms of Burley impaling Stafford
within garters in the form of a horſeſhoe, On one of the middle ones was the arms of Stafford impaled between Ros on the
dexter fide, and Burley on the finiſter, being the wife between her two huſbands, The other middle ſhield had the arms of
Burley ſingle. Sir Simon Burley, who was beheaded May 5, 1388, was probably buried in the ſame cathedral ; but the in-
ſcription, being not put up for more than a century after his death (as is evident from the two laſt lines of it), has totally
miſrepreſented the marriages it pretends to record, There was likewiſe the fragment of an inſcription for a knight of the
Garter, over which were two ſhields ; that on the left having the arms of Burley; the other thoſe of Ros and Stafford impaled.
In the reign of Richard II. three perſons of the family of Burley were knights of the Garter, and contemporaries ; viz, fir
Simon, fir Richard, and fir John, ſuppoſed to be brothers; a circumſtance which has not occurred in any other family, In
1369, fir Simon Burley, being engaged under the Black prince in the wars of France, after feats of great gallantry, was
taken priſoner, and almoſt all his men either taken or flain ; and was in the following year releaſed in exchange for Iſabella
de Valois, mother of the duke of Bourbon. Barnes, pp. 745. 795. Of this fir Simon, the following particulars are
collected by Holinſhed from Froiſſart and divers private pamphlets : ** He was the ſon of fir John Burlie, and brought
up in his youth under his kinſman doctor Walter Burlie, who was one of the chief that had charge in the bringing up
of the Blacke prince, eldeſt ſon to king Edward the Third, By this occaſion he grew into ſuch favour with the prince,
that afterwards the ſaid prince committed unto him the governance of his ſonne Richard of Burdeaux, who, as he was
of a gentle and courteous nature, began then to conceive ſo great love and liking towards him, that when he came to
the crowne and was king, he advanced him highlſe to great honours and promotions, inſomuch that at one time and
other he was made knight of the Garter, conſtable of Dover, lord warden of the cinque ports, lord chamberleine, earle of
Huntington, and alſo one of the privie councell to the king. Neither was there any thing done concerning the affaires ap-
perteining unto the ſtate without his counſell, appointment, and direction, wherein he ſo much favoured and leaned to the
partie of the duke of Ireland, that he was fore envied, and greatlie hated of diverſe of the reſt of the nobilitie, ſpeciallie of
the king's uncle the duke of Gloceſter, who upon malice that he bare to the man, not ſo much for his owne demeanour, as
for his alies, and peradventure for defire of his roomes, more than of his life, cauſed him to be accuſed of diverſe offenſes
againſt the crowne, realme, and church; namelie, for that he had (as they ſurmized againſt him) ſpoiled and waſted the
king's treaſure, and withholden the paie of the ſouldiers and men of warre ; whereupon he was arreſted, called to account,
and, having no clerke allowed him to make up the ſaine, was found in arrerages 259,000 franks, And although for one part
thereof he demanded allowance of monie, which he had defraied and laid out in Almaine and in Boheme about the king's
marriage, and for the reſidue defired daies of paiment, yet he could obteine neither. Further he was accuſed that the duke of
Iceland and he had gathered great ſummes of monie, conveied the ſame to Dover, and from thenee ſent it in the night by ſea
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ſting of two ſmaller and two larger niches radiated,
having on their pediments ſhields between three
trefoils ; on the altar ten arches, and below as many
blank ſhields in quatrefoil. The figure was in plated
armour, the hands joined, at the feet a lion regardant,
at the head'a rich canopy and cuſhion*. An en-
gtaving of the whole, copied from Dugdale, is here
given in Plate XII. |
The lady Beatrice ſurvived her ſecond huſband
many years; for we find that in 1409 ſhe obtained
a licence from king Henry IV. for herſelf (as the
widow of fir Thomas de Ros of Hamlake, knight)
jointly with William Gaſcoigne, Richard Wilton, and
Richard Gaſcoigne, to found a chantry of one prieſt
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de Burley, knight (an additional proof that ſhe mar-
ried fir Richard, and not fir Simon Burley), as alſo
of the father and mother of the ſaid Richard, and
likewiſe of Richard de Penbruge, and of the ſaid fir
Thomas de Ros, his parents, and all the faithful de-
ceaſed; and finally for the good eſtate of herſelf during
life, and her ſoul afterwards; and to grant. 12 marks
a year rent, iſſuing out of certain meſſuages and ſhops
in London, for the maintenance of the ſaid prieſt .“
That ſhe was alſo living in 1412, is evident from
the will of her eldeſt ſon William lord Ros, p. 37;
of whom, and of John the ſecond ſon, we ſhall treat
hereafter ſucceſſively.
Thomas, the third ſon, was knighted, and ſettled
at Owerſby, in Lincolnſhire, as appears by the fol-
lowing epitaph in that church on one of his ſons:
« Hic jacet . . Koog,.
armig. filius Thome Kos, militis,
Diis iſtius ville, 2 patronus ec-
cleſie, qui obiit 9® die Mau, anno
Ofii 1452; cujus ale ppicietur Deus. Amen.“
The arms of Ros, 3 water-bougets, are on his tomb,
and in the windows of the church; where they are
alſo joined with, Gules, a feſs vaire between three
water · bougets, Ros of Gedney 3. *
At Gedney* church, co. Lincoln, on a marble tomb
on the chancel floor, whence great part of the braſs
has been removed:
Iti git. . . Koos,
. rhivaler, un des ſeigneurs de
Gedney, qui mouruft xi jour de
| December :
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Aiiother tomb wick the ſame arms, the inſcription
wholly loſt,
In ͤ a window of Tidde . Mary's, in that county, |
© Monſir Richard de Kos done celle keneſtre,
Deu lun done repos en la joy celeftre.”
And in one of the windows are, or were, theſe arms:
Gules, 3 water-bougets Erm. Ros of Gedney 5.
Arg. 3 bars Gules, a bend engrailed Sable“: Ros!
The ſame, impaling a feſs Gules. 1
The ſame, impaling Gules, 3 water-bougets'Erm *.
In the Eaſt window of Scotton church, in the
fame county, are the arms of dame Euſtace de Ros
Az. three water-bougets, Or 9. |
The ſame coat appears in another window, with-
out any inſcription, with a label of three points.
And in a South window of Repeſley church, Gules,
three water-bougets, Arg. Ros; impaling, Gules, a feſs
between fix croffts botony, Or, Beauchamp
Fohn Ros of Hamlake, ſon and heir of Thomas,
was knighted (before dinner) at the coronation of
Richard II. to be one of the knights to the earls
created on the ſame day for the enſuing juſts during
the time of dinner. Being as eminent for his piety as
for his military ſervices, he went on pilgrimage to Je-
ruſalem; and departing this life at Paphos, in the iſle
of Cyprus, in 1394, was buried at Rievalx abbey, 17
Richard II. He married Mary Percy, ſiſter of the earl
of Northumberland, - widow of . . . . Orreby**; and
was found, by an inquiſition taken that year, to have
been poſſeſſed in demeſne of the fee of Beauver park,
in the pariſh of Redmild, the paſture of which was
of no other value than for the maintenance of game
and the payment of the keepers; he had alſo a croft
called Leycroft, and a certain paſture called Black-
berg, in the ſame pariſh of Redmile; the whole
worth 425. a year, and held of the king as of the
honour of Beauver by knight's ſervice '4. .
Mary, his widow, died Aug. 25, 1395, ſeiſed of a
third part of Belver park; a third part of Belver
warren; a third part of Blakebergh paſture ; and a
third part of Leycroft paſture: but who was her heir,
the jurors knew not ''. mr ko aaa) W211
John was ſucceeded by his next brother, |
Sir William de Ros, knight, then aged 24, who, in
1394, was employed by the king (with Walter biſhop
of Durham, Henry earl of Northumberland, and
de Ros, atatis xL annorum & amplius,”
Arms: Gules, 3 water -bougets, Erm. Ros of Geaney*. others) in negotiating a treaty of peace with Scotland.
into Germanie. Laſtlie, the archbiſhop, forſooth, and the monks of Canterburie, charged him that he ſought the means to
remove the ſhrine of the archbiſhop Thomas, otherwiſe called Thomas Becket, from Canterburie unto Dover, under a colour
of feare, leaſt the Frenchmen being aſſembled in Flanders to invade England, ſhould land in Kent and take Canterburie, and
ſpoile it, where indeed (as they ſurmized againſt him) he meant to ſend it over the ſeas unto the king of Boheme.” Hereupon
he was firſt committed to the Tower, and, before the king or his other friends could procure his deliverance, he was, without
law or juſtice, before any of the refidue (as ſome hold) brought forth and beheaded on the Tower - hill, by commandement of
the duke of Gloceſter, and other of his faction, quite contrarie to the king's will or knowledge, inſomuch that, when he
underſtood it, he ſpake many fore words againſt the duke, affirming, that he was a, wicked man, and worthy to be kept
| ſhorter, ſith, under a colour of doing juſtice, he went about to deftroie every good and honeſt man, It ſhould appear by
Froiſſart, that he was firſt of all, in the beginning of theſe ſtirs berwixt the king and the lords, committed to the Tower,
and, notwithſtanding all the ſhift that either-the king, or the duke of Ireland, or anie other of his friends, could make for him,
by the duke of Gloceſter's commandement he was cruellie beheaded, ſo greatlie to the offenſe of the king, and thoſe that were
his truſtie councellors, that thereupon the king cauſed the duke of Ireland the ſooner to aſſemble an armie againſt the faid duke
and his accomplices, therby to reſtraine their preſumptuous proceedings, But whether he was thus at the firſt or laſt executed,
to pleaſe the king the better, now at this parlement, amongſt others that were condemned in the ſame, his lands were given to the
king, a great part whereof he afterwards diſpoſed to diverſe men as he thought expedient. But yet, in the parlement holden in
the one and twentith yeare of this king's reigne, the act of atteindor of the ſaid fir Simon was repealed ; and at another par-
lement holden in the ſecond yeare of king Henrie the Fourth, all his lands which then remained ungranted and unſold, were
reſtored to fir John Burlie, knight, ſonne and heire of ſir Roger Burlie, brother to the ſaid Simon.“ Holinſhed, vol. I. p. 464 3
who adds, Among other flanderous tales, that were ſpread abroad of him, one was, that he conſeated to the delivering of
Dover caſlle, by the king's appointment, to the French for monie. But as this was-a thing not likely to be true, ſo (no
doubt) manie things that the perſons aforeſaid, as were executed were charged with, at the leaſt by common. report among
the people, were nothing true at all, although happilie the ſubſtance. of theſe things for which they died might be true in
ſome reſpe&,”—For ſir Simon's condemnation and execution, ſee Stow's Annals, pp. 302, 303; Rot. Parl. vol. III. pp. 241.
243: for the reyerſal, Rot. Parl. vol. III. p. 464. And for ſome further particulars of the Burley family, ſee Gent. Mag. vol.
LVII. PP» 220, 490. 1
* Sepulchral Monuments of Great Britain, vol. I. p. 150. The inſcription on the monument in old St. Paul's is given alike
by Weever, p. 367, and Dugdale, p. 42, and Stow, London, p. 360; except that the latter ſtrangely adds, obiit anno ſalutis
1398, contradicting him 10 years. Wet | KY
_- Dugdale's Hiſtory of St. Paul's, p. 42; and Baron. vol. I. p. 550; ex ipſo autographo apud Belvoir. | on
h, Plate II. fig. 24. x * Gervaſe Holles's Lincolnſhire Collections, Harl. MSS. 6829. p. 237.
© Fig. 25, Marl. MSS, 6829, p. 240, See ig. 26. * Fig 27, IJ
Fig. 28, I Figs 29» Fig. 30, See-Lincolnſhire Church Notes, MS. in the College of Arms,
* Fig. 31.: Harl. MSS. 6829. p. 281. | Cotton MSS, Claud. B. x. p. 79- | 8
13 Biſhop Percy, in his account of the Percy family, in Collins, vol. II. p. 320, ſays, © John lord Ros of Hamlake married
Mary, daughter of Henry lord Percy by his ſecond wife Joan, daughter and ſole heir of John Orbey, of Lincoluſlilre, who-was
alſo a baron temp. Edward III.“ Segar agrees in Percy and Orreby; but has it as above in Ros of Hamlake, 1n an eſcheat,
5 Ric, II. Harl. 188. 708. p. 420. this lady is mentioned under the name of ** Maria de Percy, uxor Johannis filii Thome
*4 Inq 17 Ric, II. 15 Eſc, 18 Ric, II. N' 34. Leic,
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36 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
In 1402, the lord Grey of Ruthin being then a pri-
ſoner in Wales, he was one of thoſe who undertook
to raiſe 10,000 marks for his ranſom *; on the
29th of September in that year was appointed high-
treaſurer *; and next day one of the triers of peti-
tions in parliament ?. In 1403-4, by the expreſs re-
commendation of the houſe of commons, he was ap-
pointed one of the king's © grant & continuel
conſeil;”” which was repeated in 1406*; in which
year he was nominated one of the auditors of the
accompts of Thomas fire de Furnyvale and Monſ. John
Pelham, treaſurers at war “. In 1407, having re-
ſigned the office of lord treaſurer, he obtained a grant
of an annuity of 100 marks from the exchequer ? ;
and was in that ſame year appointed, with other
ers, to hold a conference with a committee of the
houſe of commons for the common good and profit
of the realm*. In 1411, being then one of the
king's council, and his refidence near the court being
thought neceffary, he had the town of Chingford
in Eſſex (which had deſcended to him from his
grandfather's marriage with Margaret Badleſmere)
aſſigned to him, for lodging of his ſervants and
horſe9; and was alſo honoured with the order of
the Garter . On the 4th of November, in the ſame
year, he exhibited his complaint againſt fir Robert
Tirwhitt, one of the juſtices of the king's bench ;
for withholding from him, and his tenants of his
manor of Melton-Roos, in Lincolnſhire, certain com-
mon of paſture and turbary in Wrawby, in that
county, and with laying wait for him with a large body
of armed men; where fir Robert Tirwhitt, con-
feſſing his fault in the preſence of the king, and
craving pardon far the ſame, offered to ſtand to the
order of two lords of the kindred of William lord
Ros, and ſuch as he ſhould chuſe: and the king
aſſenting, he made choice of the archbiſhop of Can-
terbury, and Richard lord Grey, then lord chamber-
lain of the king's houſehold ; who, having heard the
proofs of what was alledged, made this award:
This is the ordenancethat Thomas archebisſnop
of Canterbury, and Richard lord the Grey, chamber-
leyn of our liege lord the kyng, haven made betwen
William lord the Ros on that oon partie, and Robert
Tirwhit juſtice of the kinges bench on that other
partie. Firſt, where the forſaid lord the Roos, at
the laſt parlement of oure ſaid liege lord holden at
Weſtm', compleyneth hym by a bille, ſurmettyng on
the ſame Robert, that he, the Saterday _ after
the feſt of Seint Michael laſt paſſed, atte Wraweby,
in the ſhire of Lincoln, dyd aſſemble greet noum-
bre of men armed and arrayed ageyn the pees, to
lygge in awayte for the ſame lord Roos, and there
hym to harme and diſhonure, agayn the fourme of a
Loveday taken bytwen the ſame parties by William
Gaſcoigne chief juſtice of the forfaid benche, on
whom, and to his ordenance, the forfaid lord the
Roos and Robert hadden ſubmytted hem, touchyng
certein comune of paſture, and turf-gravyng, the
whiche the ſaid lord the Roos claymes for hymſelf
and his tenantz of Melton Roos in the town of
Wraweby—prout in ſupplicatione—as it is ſuppoſed
by the ſame bille, and ro the whiche Loveday ſhulde
have comen the ſame parties, ich on with certain
nombre, accordyng to his degree, and as it was by
fore ordey ned by the foreſayd William Gaſcoigne.
To whom at the ſame Loveday the ſayd Robert wold
nouht graunte that he had ſubmytted hym in that
mater; but he aide, tha it was his entencion, that
the ſaid William Gaſcoigne ſhoolde treete bitwen the
forſayd lord the Roos and hym. And in the ſame
parlement, herd and underſtonden the forſayde bille,
the forſaid Robert hath faid to oure foreſaid liege
lord the kyng, That he knoweth wel that in the
matier on hym ſurmetted by the ſayd bille, he ne
hath noght born hym as he ſholde hav doon. Wherof
he beſought the kyng of grace, and that he wold
Rot. Parl. 4 Hen. IV. m. 13.
4 Ib. p. 530. 5 Ib. p. 572.
Rot. Parl. vol. III. p. 610.
Rot. Fin. 4 Hen. IV.
Ib. p- 577.
9 Pat, 13 Hen. IV. p. 1. m. 3.
voucheſauf to pray the lord the Roos, that he wold
cheſs two lordes of hys'kyn, and ther the ſayd Ro-
dert wolde ſubmitte hym to thaire ordinance in the
ſorſayd mattere, and alle the circumſtance therof.
And ther, atte deſire of oure forſaid liege lord, the
faid lord the Roos cheſe the forſaid archebisſhop and
chamberleyn, the whiche, by force of the ſubmiſſion
that the ſaid Robert in hem hath maad, haven or-
deyned in the manere and fourme that ſueth. That
is for to ſay, that touchyng the forſayd matere of
commune of paſture, and turf-gravyng, the for ſaid
lord Roos and Robert ſehall fullych ſtonde to the
ordinance and arbitrement of the forſaide William
Gaſcoigne, the whiche, atte coſt of both parties,
ſhall come to the forſaid place of comune atte ſuch
reſonable tyme as it likyth the forſaid lord the Roos
to aſſigne. Item, at ſuch a tyme reſonable as it ſhall
like the ſame lord the Roos to aſſigne, the fame Ro-
bert Tirwhit ſchal do couche two tonnes of wyn of
Gaſcoigne at Melton Roos; and at ſuche a day re-
ſonable after as it ſhal like to the ſaid lord the Roos,
the ſaid ſchal do brynge to the ſame place two fatte
oxen, and twelf fatte ſhepe, to be diſpended on a
dyner to hem that there {chal be. Atte the whiche
daye, the ſayd Robert ſchal do come all the knyghtes
and eſquiers and yomen that had ledynge of men on
his partie atte forſaid Loveday ; and in preſence. of
the forſaid lord the Roos, and alle other that ther
ſchal been, the forſaid Robert ſchal reherce the
wordes that he ſaide to oure forſaide liege lorde in
the parlement biforefaide; and in eſpecial he ſchal
ſeye to the forſeyd lord the Roos, My lord the
Roos, I knowe wele, that ye been of ſuch birth,
eſtate, and myghte, that if yow had lyked ye myght
have comyn to the forſaid Loveday in fuch array,
that I ſchoold have been of myght to have mad no
party; but zet it liked you to come in aiſy wyſe,
havyng conſideration to youre degree. And of all
that by ſiniſtr information, I havyng doute of harme
of my body, in myn entent for ſalvation of myſelf
dyd affemble thiſe perſones that here been, and other
mov, nought for to doo harme ne offence to yowe,
my lord the Roos; and that J will here excuſe me as
yhe will devyſe. Zet, for as myche I am a juſtice,
that more than an other comun man ſcholde have had
me more diſcretly and peesfully, I knowe wele that I
gave failled and offende yow, my lord the Roos,
wherof I beſeke yow of grace and mercy, and offre
yow vc. mark to ben pated at youre will. Item, it
is ordeyned, that this offre maad, the forſayd lord
the Roos ſchal ſey, That, at reverence of the kyng,
that in this cas hath ſchewed hym good and right wys
lordſchupp, he will nothyng take of the forſayd Ro-
bert, but the forſayd wyn, oxen, and ſhepe, for the
dy ner of them that been there preſent. And fur-
thermore, the forſaid lord the Roos, in preſence of
them that ther ben openly ſchal forgeyyn the forſaid
Robert, and all other that in the array abovenſayd
weren aſſembled at the Loveday, taken with the fame
ſayd Robert, all her offence and rreſpace. Except
oonly 111 perſons, that is to fay, Richard Haunſard,
knyght, William Kelk, Roger Berneſton, and Roger
Kelk the ſone of the forfayd William; the whiche
1111 perſons we ordeyneth, that the ſame Robert ſchal
brynge at the aſſignement of the forſayd lord the
Roos to hys owen caſtell, the caſtell of Bever, in
his preſence ; with that, that they alſo knoweleche
here offence, and ſubmitte hem to the fame lord the
Roos, praying hym of grace and mercy. And thenne
thys fubmyſhon maad, the ſame loord the Roos
ſchal fo doon to hem, that they ſchall tellen hem
wel payed with favour and grace.“ 3
This fir William Ros married Margaret, the
dayghter of fir John Arundel; and had iſſue John,
Thomas, Robert, William, and Richard; Beatrice,
Alice, Margaret, and Elizabeth. By his will, dated
Feb. 22, 1412, he bequeathed his body, if he
3 Rot. Parl. vol. III. . 496.
7 Pat, 1 Hen. V. m. 2. per Inſpex
In ſome of the catalogues of the knights, he is called Gilbert ; a miſtake eaſy to ariſe from the ſimilarity of the con-
trations Gel. and Gilb. 57
+22: Somme authors call her the daughter of John Fitz- alan earl of Arundel,
2
©! Rot. Parl. vol. III. p. 650, |
: mould
FAM A NB Hud pR kB.)
ſhould die in or near London, to be buried in
the cathedral of Canterbury; if within the dioceſe
of Lincoln, to the priory of Belvoir; if in the
dioceſe of York, to the priory of Rievalx ; and
gave £400. for the finding 10 honeſt chaplains, to
ray for his ſoul, and the ſouls of his father, mother,
rethren, and fiſters, as alſo for the ſouls of all his
friends and benefaQors, but eſpecially for the ſoul of
his brother Thomas, for eight years, within his cha-
at Belvoir caſtle; to the end that one of them
Wovld celebrate a maſs with note; and for that time
to be accounted as dean amongſt them, and all the
other nine be ſubje& and obedient to him. To his
mother Beatrice he gave a gilt cup with a cover, and
a White knop on it. He died at Belvoir caſtle Sept.
I, 1414, and was buried in the midit of the choir of
that priory; whence his monument was afterwards
removed to Bortesford, where it ſtill remains, againſt
the North wall at the Eaſt end of the chance), as
exhibited in plate X. fig. 5.
By the inquifition taken after his death, it appears
that he was poſſeſſed inter alia of the advowſon of
the church of Bottesford, a chantry in the ſaid
church, the reverſion of a park called Bever park, in
the pariſh of Redmile, and one cloſe in Redmild
called Blackberg *.
The lady Margaret had her dowry aſſigned in Fe-
B E l VOI A.
Va
37
bruaty 1414-15; and lived till July 3, 1449. By
her laft will, ſhe gave a cup, filver and gilt, for the
uſe of the high altar in the priory at Belvoir ; with
ſeveral ſpecific legacies to the prior and monks of that
houſe, atid to the chaplain of the pariſh church, and
40. to purchaſe lead for the dormitory and refeQory;
enjoining them ro find two monks daily to pray for
her ſoul, during the term of five years after her death,
in the two chapels of St. Nicholas and Sr. Sithe;
ſhe gave alſo ten marks towards the ornamenting of
St. Mary's chapel in the priory, where ſhe direfts a
collect to be daily uſed for five years“. She was bu-
ried in the priory of Belvoir ; whence her monument
was removed, with that of her huſband, to Bottes-
ford; and is deſcribed by Mr. Simmonds, who vi-
ſited this church in 1645, as an altar-tomb ſtand-
ing on the North fide of the chancel, on which lies
the ſtatue of a woman; upon the fide this coat, old,
and emboſſed in the form repreſented in the plare be-
low (viz. three water-bougets, Ros), to ſhew that
women anciently did bear arms ?,” |
The tomb no longer remains; but the freeſtone
figure of the lady in a wimple and veil, head-drefs
on a double cuſhion, and at her feet a dog, as re-
preſented in the plate annexed, was carefully re-
moved, on a late repair of the chancel, to the bot-
tom of the South aile, where it is ſtill preſerved. -
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Jobn Ros, the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeded in 1414 (being
chen 17 years old) to the title and poſſeſſions * of
his father. In 1421, being with the duke of Cla-
rence, brother to the king, and venturing too far
upon the dauphin's army at Bauge s, about 18 miles
from Anjou, he was, with his brother William, un-
fortunately ſlain, together with the dukes of Clarence
and Exeter, and many more of the Engliſh cavalry,
about four miles diſtant from the caſtle of Beaufort
in France *. The king's letters patent, on this occa-
caſtles, lordſhips, manors, lands and tenements, in
the ſeveral counties of Leiceſter, Lincoln, and York,
which belonged to the lerd Ros, deceaſed . He was
brought over to England, and buried at the priory
of Belvoir near to his father. His monument, which
was alſo removed to Bottesford, is ſtill preſerved there,
in the North fide of the chancel, as repreſented in
plate X. fig. 6. He married Margaret, the daughter
and heir of Philip Deſpenſer *, a grand-daughter of
Roger Mortimer earl of March; whoſe dowry conſiſted
of the caſtle of Helmefley, with its lordſhips, and the
manors of Haugh and Lynton, co. York ; Chitham
and Werbryington, in Kent; the ſite of the mangr of
Braundeſton, and the third part of the manor of
Stoke Albini, in Northamptonſhire; the manor of
Preſton-Beauſet, Bucks; the manor of Barkſton,
called Belhouſe-place, with two parts of the manor
of Redmile, in Leiceſterſhire ; 63/. 14s. 4d. annual
* Inq. 2 Hen. V. | i
Ros as of his caſtle of Belvoir. Bridges, vol. I. p. 237.
the French ſervice, See Rapiu,
® Ing. May 14, 9 Hen. V.
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was remarried to fir Roger Wentworth, knight, by
whom ſhe had one ſon; and died April 20, 1479.
By her will, dated Aug. 30, 1477, ſhe bequeathed
her body to be buried in the chapel of St. Margaret
and St. Bernard at Cambridge ; and gave to Henry
Wentworth, her heir, 62 diſhes of filver, with other
things; directing that the body of her father ſhould
be tranſlated to the church of Newſom, in Lincoln-
ſhirez and ordering another marble to be placed over
the body of her mother in the church of the Fryers
Minors at Ipſwich 9. |
John lord Ros having died without iſſue ; Thomas,
his next brother, ſucceeded; and followed him
alſo in military honours. le was knighted in the
wars of France; and had ſummons to parliament 7
Hen. VI. He married Eleanor, the daughter of Ri-
chard de Beauchamp, carl of Warwick; and: by her
had ifſue three ſons; Thomas, his ſucceſſor, born
Sept. 9, 1427; Richard, born March 8, 1428-9;
and Edmund, who was an ideot. This Thomas lord
Ros, in a charter, dated April 23, 1430, enumerating
the benefactions of the priory of Belvoir, confirms
the feveral grants of his anceſtors '*. He died Aug.
18, 1431; leaving his ſon and ſucceſſor, who was
born Sept. 9, 1427, not quite fout years old.
On the behalf of this young lord Thomas, and by
reaſon of his minority, ſir Robert Ros, knight, his
Harl. MSS. Ne 944.
Appendix, p. 19. a |
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38 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE. 2&4
great uncle, was deputed by the king, in 1443, to
perform the office of chamberlain to archbiſhop
Stafford on the day of his inſtallation at Canterbury*;
an office which of right belonged to the lord Ros
from his tenure of the manor of Hethfield, in the
hundred of Charing, in Kent, This manor was held
in fee of the crown by grant of king Edward IL. to
Bartholomew de Badleſmere, who appears to have
held it by grand ſergeantry of the archbiſhop of Can-
terbury; and, 8 Edward II. claimed, and was al-
lowed, to perform the office of great chamberlain to
archbiſhop Reynolds, and ſerve up water to him at
his iathronization ; his fee for which was the furni-
ture of the room, and the baſon and towel z but there
are ſome doubts about his claim to this ſervice in the
record in Batteley :. The manor was forfeited to the
crown by. this Bartholomew, who was attainted and
hanged ; but it was reſtored. by Edward III. to his
ſon Giles; who dying without iſſue 12 Edward III.
his eſtate devolved to his four ſiſters; and this ma-
nor, with that of Chingford in Eſſex (as has been
already ſtated) fell to the ſhare of Margaret, wife of
William lord Ros of Hamlake, whoſe deſcendants
held it till the reign of Edward IV. And although
the king had ſo great advantage from the wardſhip
of lord Thomas, his tenant in capite; yet he, in 1445,
commanded that, though he was then but 18 years
old, he ſhould have livery of all his lands as com-
pletely as if he had been of full age*. He was
ſtyled baron Ros of Hamlake, Truſbut, and Belvoir ;
and ſummoned to parliament from 27 to 38 Henry VI.
He married Philippa, the eldeſt daughter of John de
Tiptoft, aunt to Edward Earl of Worceſter, and coheir
of one third part of his lands; by whom he had iſſue
Edmund, born 1446; Eleanor, born 1449; Iſabel,
1451; Joan, 1454; and Margaret, 1459.
Adhering firmly to the crown during the whole
courſe of that troubleſome reign, the king, taking
into conſideration his many good ſervices even from
his youth, gave him leave in 1453 to tranſport
20,000 wool-fells,.called*moriing and /borling, without
paying any cuſtom for the fame 5.
In an act of reſumption, which paſſed in 1450, a
proviſo is inſerred, that it“ ſhall not extend to fir
Richard Ros, nor Henry Ros, nor fir Robert Ros,
knight, father to Henry, keeper of the foreſt of
Rockingham, between the brigges of Stanford and
the gates of Oxonford ; nor to Anne, late wife of fir
Robert de Ros, of a grant made to the ſaid Robert
and Anne of Gol. yearly, for term of their lives, out
of the cuſtoms of wool and wool-fell in the port of
London; and that Henry Manners, eſq; be not in-
cluded in the ſaid act.“ And in 1455 another pro-
viſo occurs, that a reſumption ** ſhall not extend to
our well-beloved ſquier Henry Ros, ſon and heir of
Robert Ros, now- dede, and ſomeryme oon of our
kerversz the which Robert daily in his lif continued
in our ſervice, of the kepyng of our caſtell of Rok-
yngham ; nor of the ſtiwardſhip and kepyng of our
foreſt of Rokyngham; nor of the kepyng of our
park of Brigſtoke, and, of the foryn woodes there,
called Brigſtokebailly; nor of the overſight of verte
and veniſon ', &c.“
In 1456 the lord Thomas Ros had liberty to go
on a pilgrimage beyond ſea?; and in 1460 the king
ſettled on him, as part of a recompence for the
great expences and loſſes ſuſtained in his ſervice, an
7 pat. 21 Hen. VI. p. 2. m. 43. * ö
Which ſee ; and Haſted's Kent, vol. III. p. 252, and note.
berlain was claimed by Bartholomew lord Badleſmere in right of his manor of Hatefield, held of the archbiſhop by that ſer-
vice, Appendix to Batteley, N* XX. a. p. 20.
3 Clauf. 24 Hen. VI. m. 17. |
Anno Domini 1459, nata fuit Margareta, filia Thome domini de Ros, apud Blakeney, 1 die Jul, Leland, Itin. vol. VIII.
p. 70. The three firſt children were born at Stuclee ; the other two at Blakeney,
Rot. Parl. vol. V. pp. 192. 193. 198. 310.
9 See this act of attainder in the Rolls of Parliament, vol. I. 477—480.
3 Rot, Franc. 34 Hen. VI. m. 27.
* Pat, 38 Hen, VI. m. 27.
1 Dugd. Bar, vol. I. p. 553; from Mon. vol. I. p. 728.
2 Rot. Parl. vol. V. p. 580. 13 Ibid. p. 609.
7 Leland, ibid,
*. Dugd. Bar. vol. I. 58 5. b. Eſc, 1 Ric. III. Ne 32, Leic.
to peruſe the ground, and to lye in the caſtel, was
ſodenly repellid by Mr. Harington, a man of poure
14 Newcourt, vol. II. p. 147.
x6 % The lord Haſtinges caryed much of this leade to Aſcheby-de-la-Zouche, wher he much buildid. The lord Haſtinges
likewiſe ſpoiled Stoke de Albanye, a goodly maner place of the Roſes, . . . . miles from Stanford, as I remembre, yn North-
amptonſhire, and caryid part of it alſo to Aſſcheby-de-la-Zouche,” Leland, Itin. vol. I. p. 114, 115. 8
| Rot. Parl. vol. VI. p. 25»
annuity of J. 40. ariſing out of certam manors that
had been forfeited by the earl of Saliſbury *; and
in that year, being with the king at York when the
melancholy news came of the overthrow at Towton-
field, he accompanied his ſovereign ro Berwick. For
his firm fidelity to the Lancaſtrian intereſt, he was,
with all his adherents, attainted in parliament the 4th
of November, 14619, Rapin ſays, he was be-
headed; and Dugdale, that he died at Newcaſtle 1
the ſame year. His widow was remarried to Edward
Grimſton.
By an inquiſition taken in 1463, it appeared that
Thomas late lord Ros, at the time of his attainder
for high treaſon, was ſeiſed of two hundred acres of
waſte ground in Beavour, co. Leiceſter, called Bea-
your parke .
The poſſeſſions of this noble family were parceled
out by king Edward IV. among his numerous par-
tiſans. The manor of Harſan, in Vorkſhire, was
given to fir Robert Conſtable, of Flamburgh ; the
manor and advowſon of Braunſton, in Northampton-
ſhire, to William Hungerford, eſquire **; and the
manor and advowſon of Chingford, in Eſſex, to
Henry Bouchier earl of Eſſex '*, who died ſeiſed of
it in 1483. The honour, caſtle, and lordſhip of Bel-
voir, with the park and all its members, viz. Woolſ⸗
thorp, Barkſton, Plungar, Redmile, Harby, Bottes-
ford, Normanton, and Eaſthorpe, with the advowſons
of their ſeveral churches, and the rent called caſtle-
guard throughout England, at that time an appur-
tenance to this caſtle, were granted, Aug. 9, 1467,
to William lord Haſtings, to hold of the king and
his heirs by homage only.
„The lord Ros toke king Henry the VI parte
agayn king Edwarde; whereapon the lord Roſes
landes ſtode as confiſcate, king Edwarde prevailing ;
and Bellevoir caſtle was given in keeping to the lord
Haſtings; the which cumming thither upon a tyme
thereabout, and friende to the lord Roſe ; wherapon
the lord Haſtings cam thither another tyme with a
ſtrong poure, and apon a raging wylle ſpoilid the
caſtelie, defacing the rofes, and taking the leades of
them **, wherwith they were al coverid. Then felle
alle the caſtelle to ruine; and the tymbre of the
rofes onkeverid rotted away; and the foile betwene
the waulles at the laſt grue ful of elders; and no
habitation was there tyl that of late dayes the eyrle
of Rutland hath made it fairer than ever it was 7.”
In 1472-3, on the petition of fir Henry Ros,
knight, an act of attainder, which had been paſſed
againſt him in 1461, was repealed **,
In an r 1473, 13 Edward IV. is
a proviſo, © that it ſhall not be prejudicial to Phi-
lippe, late the wife to Thomas lord Ros, or to
Edward Grimſton her huſband, of any grant made
to her under the great ſeal, of any manors, lands,
tenements, or other things, which were lately the
lord Ros's, her former huſband .“
June 13, 1483, the Baſtard (for ſo the record calls
him) William lord Haſtings died ſeiſed, among many
other ample poſſeſſions, of the caſtle and lordſhip of
Belvoir ; and of the manors of Sheepſhed, Botteafard,
Aſhby-de-la-Zouch, 9 Thornton, Kirby, Lub-
beſthorp, Fleckney, Wiſtow, Newton Harcourt, Bran-
deſton, Aſhby Parva, and the hundred of Framland .
At the inſtallation of archbiſhop Warham, the office of cham-
7 Ib. 34 Hen. VI. m. 27.
14 Eſc. 3 Edw. IV. Ne 30. Leic.
Pat. Edw. IV. Pars 1.
wad Rot. Parl. vol. VI. P- 77 ·
FRAMLAN D Hv NDRED.]
Under the lord Haſtings, the caſtle ſeems to have
been ſome little time held by the family of Pomery *.
Edmund lord Ros, in conſequence of his father's
attainder and his. own fidelity to the houſe of Lan-
caſter, was obliged in his tender years to go beyond
the ſeas; but by the favour of king Henry VII, who
united the two contending houſes of York and
Lancaſter, he recovered the caſtle and eſtate, after
being in the poſſeſſion of the family of Haſtings for
more than 20 years. To the parliament which was
| held at Weſtminſter in November 1483, was preſented
the following petition : ** To the right wiſe and diſ-
creet comys in this pſent parlement aſſembled ; in full
humble wiſe prayeth your grete wiſdomes, Edmond
Roos, ſon and heir of blode of Thomas late lord
Roos. That where by acte of parliament made in
the parliament of Edward the 1111 late kyng of
England, holden atte Weſtmynſter the 1111 daye of
Novemb', the firſt yere of his reigne, hit was or-
deyned and eſtabliſhe, that the ſeid Thomas late lord
Roos, by the name of Thomas lord Roos, for the
faithfull allegeaunce and true ſervice, the whiche he
owed and dyd to the moſt bleſſed and moſt Xpen
prynce kyng Herry the vim, ſhuld be unabled for
ever from thensforth to have, hold, inheryte, or en-
joye, any name of dygnyrie, eſtate or preemynence,
within England, Ireland, Wales or Caleys, or in the
marches therof ; and that his heyres ſhuld be unabled
to clayme or have by him, eny ſuche name, eſtate or
preemynence ; and that the ſame Thomas ſhuld ſtand
and be convycted and atteynted of high treaſon, and
ſhuld forfaite to the ſaid Edward, and to hys heyres,
all the caſtelles, mannors, lordſhipps, lands, tenne-
ments, rents, ſervices, fees, advowſons, hereditaments,
and poft Bons, with theire appurtenaunces, which
he, or any other ꝑſone or ꝑſones, feoffees to hys uſe
or behoofe, hadde the 1111 day of Marche, the
ſaid firſte yere, or into the which the ſame Thomas,
or eny other ꝑſone or ꝑſones, feoffees to hys uſe, had
the ſame daie lawtull cauſe of entrie, within England,
Ireland, Wales or Caleys, or in the marches therof,
out of the libertie of the biſhopryke of Durham;
as in the ſame ate more pleynly hit is conteigned.
That hit may pleaſe your wigdomes, in conſideracbn
of the premiſſes, and that the ſaid Edmond is not in
this realme, to attende upon the kyngs grace, oure
moſt dred ſoveraine lorde, as hys hert wold, but is
beyonde the ſee, and hath little ſucour or helpe to
labour for him, and that in the ſaid lordſhipps and
mannors hath been and yette daiely is doon grete
waſte and deſtruccion; to pray the ſaid ſoveraine
lord, that by the adviſe and affent of the lordes
ſpuell and temporell, and comens, in this pſent par-
liament aſſembled, and by the auctorite of the ſame,
hit be ordeyned, enacted, and. eſtabliſhed, that the
ſaid ate, and all actes of atteyndre and fortaiture,
made or had in the tyme of the ſaid Edward late
kyng, ayenſt the ſaid Thomas late Jord Roos or hys
heyres, or to the hurt or loſſe of hym or of hys
heyres, or of any feoffee or feoſfees to hys uſe, be
. ayenſt the ſame Thomas and his heyres, and all
ꝑſones, feoffees to the uſe of him or of his heires,
atte the tyme of the makyng of the ſame or any
tyme ſith, utterly voide, adnulled, and of noe force
ne effecte. And that the ſaid Edmond and his
heyres be reſtored, enabled, and have all ſuche
name, dignite, eſtate, and prehemynence, and enherit,
have, holde, occupye and enjoye, all caſtelles, lord-
ſhipps, mannors, lands, tennements, rents, reverſions,
ſervices, advowſons, and other poſſeſſions and heredi-
taments, as well forfaited by the ſaid actes or any of
theyme, as all other, whatſoever they be, in ſuch
manner and Fourme, and in as large and availlable
wyſe, as the fame Edmond ſhuld or myght have had
or doon, yf the ſaid ate or actes of atteyndre, or
any of theyme, had never been hadde ne made. And
that the ſame acte ne actes, ne any of they me, ne any
lres patentes made by reaſon or occaſion of the ſame,
be not in anie wyſe hurtfull ne prejudiciall to the
1 Pomery of.. . told me that Pomereis were ons lordes of Bever caſtel that the lord Roſe has now,” Leland,
Itin. vol. VI. p. 59. |
* Rot, Parl. vol. VI. p. 310.
Yor. I.
B E L VOI R.
3 Ibid. p. 311. ©. "AM
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39
ſaid Edmond, ne to hys heyres, ne to any feoffee to
his uſe, touchynge the premiſſes or any ꝑcell therof,
but the ayenſt theym and every of theym utterly
voide. And that the ſaid Edmond and hys heires,
and all feoffees to his uſe, may have ſuch avauntage
in euery thyng, and be in as good caſe, as if the
ſame acte or actes, ne anie of theyme, had never ben
made. And that noe manner of perſone, the which,
before the vii") daie of Novembre laſte paſte, and
after the ſeid 1111 day of Marche, hath taken any
iſſues or proffitts of the foreſaid caſtelles, lordſhipps,
mannors, lands, tennemts, and other premiſſes, or of
any pcell therof, or therwyth intermedled, to the uſe
or by the comaundement of the ſaid Edward late
kyng, or of Richard late in dede and not of right
kyng of England the 111%, or by the meane of any
res patents made by th'order of theym to eny plone,
be in eny wiſe ſued, vexed or troubled, for eny ſuche
takyng of- proffitts or intermedlyng done before the
ſaid vii day of Novembre, by the ſaid Edmond, ne
by any of the heires or executours of hym or of
the ſeid Thomas, ne by any other to the uſe of any
of theyme, but be therof ayenſt theyme and every of
theyme utterly quyte aud diſcharged ; ſavyng to every
of the kyngs leige people, other then ſuch as clayme
or may clayme the premiiles or any part therof, by
mean of the foreſaid acte or actes or any of theym,
or by meane of or occaſion of any res patentes made
by reaſon of the ſame, ſuch right, tytle and intereſſe,
as they or eny of theyme have in the ſ:me, or any
parcell therof .“
This petition being read before the king and par-
liament, it was referred to the conſideration of the
houſe of commons, with an addition to the following
purport: And that by the ſame auctorite hit be
ordeyned, that the Ryng our ſoveraine lord have,
ꝑceyve, and enjoye, all iſſues and proffitts of all
ſuche lordſhipps, lands, and tennements, and other
hereditaments, to the ſaid Edmond by this acte re-
ſtored, fro* the ſaid vir day of Octobre laſt paſt,
durying his pleaſure ; this ate of reſtitucon in any
wiſe nowithſtondyng *.” All which being ſolemnly.
conſidered in full parliament, the prayer of the peti-
tion was complied with, ſubject only to a proviſo,
That this ate of reſtitucbn in no wyſe be preju-
diciall or hurtfull to Philipp lady Roos, modre to the
{aid Edmond, of or for any graunte or grauntes made
to the ſaid Philipp by any Ifes patentes by King Ed-
ward the 1111**; but that the ſame graunte and
grauntes to the ſaid Philipp be gode and effeQuell
after the fourme and effecte of the ſame, any acte of
parliament to the contrary made or to be made not-
withſtandyng *.”
In 1492, on the petition of ſir Thomas Lovell, who
had married Iſabel, one of the ſiſters of Edmond lord
Ros, another act of parliament was paſſed, which, after
reciting that of 1483, declares that The kyng our
ſovereign lord that nowe is, forſomoche that the ſaid
Edmond is not of ſufficient difſcrecion to guyde hym-
ſelf and his lyvelode, nor able to ſerve bis highneſs
after his duetie, and for diverſe other great confi-
derations and cauſes refonable, willeth, and by th”
auctorite of this preſent parlement enacteth, ordey n-
eth, and eſtablisſheth, that Thomas Lovell, knyght,
have the guydyng and governaunce of the ſaid Ed-
mond, from the feſt of Seynt John Baptiſt, in the
ſecond yere of the reigne of our ſovereign lord, as
well of the ſaid Edmond, as of all the ſaid caſtelles,
lordſhippes, landes, renites, rentes, ſervices, fees, ad-
vowſons, hereditamentes and pofleſhons, with theyr
appurtenaunces, to the ſaid Edmond as is afore re-
herſed reſtored, and of all othre caſtelles, manors,
lordſhippes, landes, tentes, rentes, revercions, ſer-
vices, fees, advowſons, hereditamentes and poſſeſſions,
in lawe or in conſcience deſcended to the ſaid Ed-
mond. And that the ſaid Thomas Lovell, ymmedi-
ately after the deceſſe of the ſaid Edmond, ſhall
mowe entre into ail the ſaid caſtelles, manors, lord-
ſhippes, landes, teiites, rentes, revercions, ſervices,
advowſons,
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advowſons, hereditamentes and poſſeſſions, with their
appurtenaunces, and the ſame have, holde and enjoye,
with all iſſues and profites of the ſame, to his own
- uſe, during the lyfe of the faid Thomas Lovell, whe-
ther any inquificions be therof or of any pcell therof
had, taken and retourned, or not had, taken ne re-
tourned, without travers, peticion, or other ſute in
any wiſe to be had or taken ; yelding yerely thecfore
out of the ſame, to our ſaid ſovereigne lord and to
his heyres, from the ſaid felt of Seynt John the Bap-
tiſte, during the lyfe of the ſaid Thomas, ſeven hun-
dred marcs, at the feſtes of Chriſtmas and Nativite
of Seynt John Baptiſte, by even porcions, without
any accompte, exaccion, demaunde, or any other
thing to be had or yelden to the kyng or his hey res,
of, by, or ayenſt the ſame Thomas Lovell and his
heyres, executours, or adminiſtratours, by reaſon or
cauſe of any of the premiffes, other then the ſaid
vii hundred marcs only: the ate of reſtitucion, or
the ſaid ae, that the kyng our ſovereign lord that
nowe is ſhuld have, perceyve and enjoye, all th'iſſues
and profites of all ſuch caſtelles, manors, lordſhippes,
landes, tefires, rentes, ſeryices, fees, advowſons, here-
ditamentes and poſſeſſions, with their appurtenaunces,
to the ſame Edmond by the ſame acte of reſtitucion
reſtored, during his pleaſure, or any other acte in the
ſaid parliament holden at Weſtm', the ſaid vii day
of Novembre, or any tyme afore, notwithſtanding.
And be it ordeyned by the fame auttorite, that if the
ſaid Thomas Lovell dye, lyving our ſaid ſovereign
lord; that then, after the deceſie of the ſaid Thomas
Lovell, our ſaid ſovereign lord ſhall have, pceive, and
enjoye, to his own uſe, all th'ifſues and profites of
all the faid caſtelles, manors, lordſhippes, landes,
tenementes, and other hereditamentes, with theyr
appurtenaunces, during his pleaſure, in like maner
and fourme as it was ordeyned upon the acte of
reſtitucion aforſaid. Savyng to every other pſone,
ſuche right, tytle and intereſſe, of, in, or to the pre-
miſſes, and every parte therof, as they or any of
theym nowe ſhuld or ought to bave had, if this acte
had not ben had ne made. Provided alwey, that
Middleſex, which he poſſeſſed by inheritance
twixt the ſaid Mary and Elizabeth, by the diſcrecion
of the ſaid duches and her executours. Provided al-
wey, that if the forſaid Mary and Elizabeth dye un-
maryed, before the ſaid pc marcs be in fourme afor-
ſaid-fully paied and content; that then from thens-
forth, the payment of the ſaid annuall rent in fourme
aforſaid graunted unto the faid duches, and this
plent graünte therof, to be voyde *.” A proviſo is
alſo inſerted, that this act ſhall ** not be prejudiciall to
Thomas Burgh, knyght, for any ſtewardſhippes, offices,
fees, wages or annuities, by dame Philip Roos, or by
any feoffee or feoffees to her uſe, to him graunted
for terme of his lyfe, within the ſhyre of Lincoln .“
Sir Thomas Lovel and the lady Iſabel his wife were
after this admitted into the fraternity of the priory at
Belvoir *. 5 | i
Edmond lord Ros reſided after this period at the
manor houſe of. Elfinges, at Enfield, in the county of
om
his mother; and, as appears by the petition juſt re-
cited, “ not being of ſufficient diſcretion to guide
himſelf,” was probably kept there under ſome degree
of conſtraint. He died OR. 13, 1508, and was bu-
ried in the church of that pariſh, on the North fide of
the altar; where his monument is an arch erected
over the tomb of lady Joyce Tiptoft +, his maternal
grandmother; and x Mobb) with the arms of Ros,
quartering Badleſmere ; alſo, on the right hand, quar-
terly 1. Ros, 2. Helland, 3. Tiptoft, 4. Badleſmere ;
and, on the left, Lovell, quartering Muſwell, impaling
the above four quarters. Of this . conjoined monu-
ment, by the favour of Mr. Gough, a repreſentation
delineated by Mr. Schnebbelie, and engraved by Mr.
Baſire for the ſecond volume of the © Sepulchral Mo-
numents of Great Britain,” is here given in plate XIV,
In the Eaſt window of Enfield veſtry are two ſhields
of the Manners” quarterings; that to the Northward s
has over it 1530, and at the fides, T. H.; the whole
within the garter inſcribed, Yony ſoit qui mal p [pence] ;
within the miele are four grand quarters, viz.
1. and 4. Or, 2 bars Az.; a chief quarterly 1 and
4th Az. two fleurs de lis in feſs Or, ad and 3d
Gules, a lion of England, for Manners, the
| honorary augmentation given him in alluſion
to his deſcent from the blood royal of king
Edward IV. whoſe niece his father married“.
2. ny of 6 coats, whereof the two firſt are
oſt; but were,
Rar.
this preſent acte ſhall extend only to all ſuche caſ-
telles, manors, landes, tenrtes, rentes, revercions, and
other hereditamentes, which were reſtored or com-
priſed, or that the ſaid acte of reſtitucion in any wiſe
myght extend to, at the tyme of makyng of the
ſame, and not to any other caſtelles, manors, landes,
teñtes, rentes, revercions, nor to other hereditamentes,
herafter to deſcend, revert, and remayn, or to come
in any wiſe. And furthermore, it is enacted, or-
deyned and eſtablisſned by the ſaid auctorite, that
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Richard Roos, ſquier, ſhall from hensforth peafibly
have, poflede, pceive and enjoye, to him and his
aſſignees, for terme of his lyfe, a yerely rent of
XL li, goyng oute of the manors of Holt and Cley,
Hakforth, Withwell, Houghton, Walton, and Wode-
houſe, within the countie of Norff', the manor of
Brenbradfeld, in the countie of Suff, the whiche
manors beth of the inheritaunce of Edmond lord
Roos, to be payed yerely to the ſame Richard and
his aſſignees, terme of his lyfe of the ſame Richard,
at the feſtis of the Nativitie of Seynt John the Bap-
tiſte, and the Nativitie of our Lord God, by even
rcions. And alſo be it enacted by the auctorite
aboveſaid, that Elizabeth duches of Norff* and her
aſſignees, from hensforth ſhall peaſibly have, poſſede,
-- pceive and enjoye, to theym and their aſſignees, an
annuall rent of xLti, goyng oute of all the ſaid ma-
nors, with their appurtenaunces, to be payed yerely
to the ſaid duches and her aſſignees, and executours
to the duches, at the feſtis of the Nativite of Seynt
John the Baptiſte, and the Nativite of our Lord God,
by even porcions, unto the tyme that the ſame duches
or her "hn or th'executours of the ſame duches,
be fully paied, and have received of the ſame annuall
rent DC marcs, for and to th'uſe of the marriage of
Mary and Elizabeth, doughters to the. forſaid Richard
Roos, and of the longeſt lyvers of theym; and in
the ſame pc marcs, to be rated and apporcioned be-
* Rot, Parl. vol. VI. p. 452.
Ibid. p. 434.
der, Arg. Albini Brito,
5. Or, 2 chevrons within a border, Gules,
Albini of Belvoir.
6. Arg. 'a feſs between two bars
melles, Gules, Badleſmere.
3. Quarterly of fqur coats, whereof the two firſt
gone, but were, | |
1. Gules, 3 lions paſſant guardant in pale,
Or, within a border Arg.
Holland earl of Kent.
2. Arg. a ſaltire engrailed, Gules, 5
| Tiptoft earl of Worceſter.
3. Checky Arg. and Gules. Vauxof Gilleſland.
4. Or, a lion rampant, Gules.
Charlton lord Powis.
Theſe are the arms of Thomas lord Ros, created
earl of Rutland, and made a knight of the Garter.
In the other ſhield ? (which is environed with a cir-
cular ornament of oak- leaves, &c.) are the above-
mentioned quarterings, perfect, except the arms of
Badleſmere ; impaling Arg. fix fleurs de lis Az. a chief
indented Or, Paſton; the arms of the ſaid earl, im-
paling thoſe of his ſecond wife Eleanor, daughter of
ſir William Paſton, knight. | |
There is a ſingularity in the mode of quarteri
the arms jn theſe atchievements, which is enn:
noticing, Inſtead of marſhaling the coats introduced
by the heireſs of Tiptoft with thoſe of Ros, as is
3 Appendix, p. 21.
+ Sce a portrait of this lady, from the braſs effigies on her tomb, in the Sepulchral Monuments, vol, II. Pl. XLIX,
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uſual, the family of Ros bringing them into that of
Manners, they are kept ia di We, Qs the
coats of Ros in the ſecond, thoſe of 7 iptoft in the
third. This was probably done in reſpect of the
high rank and dignity of the Tiptoft family, and as
an extraordinary mark of reſpect, becauſe it introduced
a quarter compoſed of the royal inſignia.
In one of the clereſtory windows of the North aile
is an imperfect ſhield of arms, France and England
uarterly, impaling 1. and 4. quarterly Caſtile and
Cans. 2. and 3. Arragon impaled with Sicily, and
entre en point Granada, the whole encircled with a
Garter, inſcribed Hony ſoit qui mal y penſe, and en-
ſigned with an Imperial crown; theſe were the arms
of king Henry VIII. and his firſt queen Catherine-of
Arragon, from whom he was divorced 1 532 before
which the arms muſt have been put up. It is worthy
of remark, that ing Aenry VIII. bore his arms im-
paled with thoſe of his queen within the Garter,' he
being ſovereign of the order; whereas the earl of Rut-
land, being only a Knight ſubjeZ, did nor impale his
wife's arms in a like manner. |
In repairing the church, 1789, was found in the
Eaſt battlements of the veſtry a ſtone with a date
«A, Domini 1531 ;” which fixes the erection of the
arch over lady Tiptoft's tomb, if not a rebuilding or
repair of the whole veſtry, to Thomas earl of Rut-
land; and at this time probably the lady Joyce's
vault was opened and plundered *.
The lord Edmond leaving no iſſue, his ſiſters were
his heirs; and Elſinges became the property of his
brother-in-law ſir Thomas Lovell ; who, at his death
in 1524, bequeathed it to his couſin, Thomas lord
Ros, created earl of Rutland in 1 526.
Eleanor, the eldeſt fiſter and coheir of Edmond lord
Ros, married fir Robert de MANNERs, of Ethale, in
the county of Northumberland, where this noble family
were of great reputation in the twelfth century“, as it
appears that in 1129 Henry de Maners paid eighty
marks for livery of his father's lands in that county 4.
This Robert was (as his father and grandfather had
been) ſheriff of Northumberland in 1445 and 1465,
in which laſt year he was knighted; and in 1466 was
made deputy to Richard duke of Glouceſter, then ad-
miral of England, Ireland, and Aquitain. By his mar-
riage he acquired the property of Belvoir caſtle, with
that of Hamlake in Yorkſhire, and the lordſhip of
Orſton in Nottinghamthire ; and had iſſue George, Ed-
ward, Elizabeth, Dorothy, and Cecilia. The exact time
of his death is not known ; but it was about 1485.
John de Manners, eſq; uncle of this fir Robert, died
in June, 1492; and was buried in the body of the
collegiate church of St. Mary at Warwick ; and, on
the verge of a ſtone inlaid with braſs, was formerly
a figure (now gone) in armour ſtanding on a lion
cumbent, as repreſented in plate X. fig. 7; where
the epitaph, as preſerved by Dugdale, is tranſcribed.
George Manners, the eldeſt ſon of Robert above-
mentioned, ſucceeded his father in honours and eſtate ;
and in 1487, in right of his mother, aſſumed the title
of lord Ros. He married Anne, ſole daughter and
heir of Sir Thomas St. Leger, knight, by Anne his
wife, daughter to Richard duke of York, eldeſt ſiſter
to king Edward IV. and widow of Henry Holland
duke of Exeter; and by her he had ifſue ſix ſons,
Thomas, Oliver, Anthony, Richard *, John, and
*+ +++ +3 and (ix daughters, Elizabeth, Katharine,
Eleanor, Cecilia, Margaret, and Anne.
In 1497 he was in that expedition into Scotland,
when Aiton, between Berwick and Dunbar, was
taken; and, for his conduct and bravery, knighted
Ai See plate II. fig. 33.
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by the ear}. of Surrey, general of che army.” In
1498, king Henry VII. having called together the three
ſtates of the kingdom for their aſſent to the peace
which had been made with France, at Eſtaple neat
Boulogne, Nov, 3, 1492, this fir George Manners,
with Thomas Lumley, eſq; were the two ſpecially
deputed by the lords and commons of the dioceſe of
Durham, to meet the king on that arduous affair;
and they gave their aſſent thereto.
In May 1 513, 5 Henry VIII, on at expedition made
by the king himſelf into France, he was, in confidera-
tion of his loyalty, care, and induſtty v, commiſſioned
with Thomas marquis of Dorſet, Thomas earl of
Arundel, and others, to review the forces that were
going under the command of the ſaid marquis of
Dorſet; before the end of which year, being with
king Henry VIII. firſt at the ſiege of Theronene *
in the month of Auguſt, and afterwards” at that of
Tournay in September and October, he there fell
fick; and died on the 27th of October. £3
By his laſt will, dated Oct. 26, 1513, in which he
is ſtyled © Sir George Maners, knight, lord Ros,” he
bequeaths ** his ſou] unto Almighty God, our bleſſed
Lady St. Mary the Virgin, and to all the Company
of Heaven;” and * his body to be buried in the
church next unto the place where he ſhould happen
to die, or elſewhere, - at the diſcretion of his execu-
tors:” who were, Anne his wife; his uncle, fir Tho-
mas Lovell, knight ; and his brethren, William Fair-
fax, Thomas Fairfax, Gilbert Stoughton, and Raulf
Elwyk. To each of his daughters, unmarried, he
gives 300 marks, to be paid at the time of their
marriage, or within four years after, if the huſband
be not 21 years of age, or at ſuch time as the huſ-
band came of age. To each of his executors he
gives 6“. 134. 4d.; and to eight ſervants 3. 6s. 8d.
each. To the abbies of Rievalx and Kirkham, and
to the priory of Wartre, he gave reſpectively 50
marks in ready money, to the intent that each of
thoſe religious houſes ſhould find an honeſt prieſt
to ſing maſs daily for his foul, for ſeven years after
his death; and once in every year perform an obit,
in the church of our Lady in each of the ſaid places,
for his ſoul and the ſouls of his friends. He re-
uires his feoffees to ſuffer his executors to receive
the profits of his lordſhips, manors, lands, and tene-
ments, called Helmeſley, Storthwaite, Haugh, Cow-
houſe in Grane, Harom, Ravinſthorp, Boltby, and
Turneham Halle, in the county of York, except the
wood in Storthwaite, which is appointed part of his
wife's joĩnture. Alſo, that the feoffees in his lands, & c.
which fir Robert Manners his father held, and took
the profits (except the manor of Barington, in the
county of Northumberland) make a grant of 20/4.
iſſuing thereout yearly, to each of his younger ſons
for lite, with a clauſe of diſtreſs. And that his ſon
Thomas Manners, and Elizabeth his wife, daughter
of ſir Robert Lovell, knight, and the heirs of their
bodies, take the profits of the manors, lands and te-
nements, called Pokley, Bindlowe, Howſom, Oſ-
woldkyrk, and Ampletord, in the county of Vork;
and that they ſtand ſeiſed of the ſame, to the uſe of
the ſaid Thomas Manners and Elizabeth his wife, and
the heirs of their bodies 9.”
The lord Ros was buried, with his lady, in a chan- -
try chapel (founded by his father-in-law fir Thomas
St. Leger), in the North aile of the royal chapel
of St. George in Windſor caſtle **, where an ele-
gant, monument, as repreſented in plate XV. perpe -
tuates his memory. His figure repreſents him in
ſtrait hair; his cuiraſs high about his neck; a collar
*-* Sepulchral Monuments of Great Britain, vol. II. p. 139.
Their arms were, Or, two bars Az. and a chief Gules. See plate II. fig. 34,
. Rot. Pip, 25 Hen, II. Northumb. :
Rymer, Fad. tom; XII. p. 710, 1 -
| ©* Weever's Funeral Monuments, p. 428.
See P+ 45» |
? Ibid, tom, XIII. p. 364.
9 Fettyplace, Qu. 24. in the Prerogative Office,
„ Georgius exiſtens in bello cum Henrico contra Francos accepit gravem infirmitatem, & objit anno Domini 1513 ; ſe-
pultus eſt Londini, in eceleſi monialium de Haliwell.” Leland, Itin. vol. I. p. 109
To the ſame purpoſe, ſir William Dug-
dale, in our Appendix, p. 46; who adds, that he died “ in redeundo.” And in the Baronage, vol, II. p. 296, citing Weever
for his authority, ſays, he was buried near the high altar of the priory of Haliwell, ia the ſuburbs of London.” Haliwell was
rebuilt by ſir Thomas Lovell, with which family that of Manners was connected by marriage; on which account lord Ros might
Probably be there buried, and, after the death-of his lady, be removed to Windſor, where both their figures are upon the tomb.
© The ſeal of Haliwell priory is engraved in plate XV. with a monumental memorial from a braſs on the North wall of the
Rutland chapel, in memory of fir Thomas St. Leger and his lady, the father and mother of lady Ros.
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of 88. with a roſe pendant; plated armour; on the
elbow pieces a flower; under his head a helmet creſted:
by a peacock in pride, and having a long mautle;
on the firſt, third, and fourth finger” of his right hand”
a ring, on the third and little finger of his left haud
one each, and two on the fare finger 3 ſwerd dad dag-
ger by his ſde; in the ſheath of his dagger à kKwife
and fork ; his ſhoes rannd-at the toes; under his feet
a unicorn couchant, cowared, with a long curled heard,
but the horn is now broken off; bis foot on one of
the gauutlets, the other lying by it. His lady, who
has the marks of age in her features, is dreſſed in the
flat pointed double folded coeffeure laced; the veil
falling behind; three necklaces of long ſquares ; from
the lowermoſt hangs a eroſs ſtudded; and from it a
ſmall heart; which the holds between the thumb of
each hand; ſhe has flender arms and fingers; of the
left band; the little, third, and firſt finger, have each
a ring, as have alſo the firſt and third of the right;
her ſleeves are plaited and ruffled; ſhe has a double
cordon,*a mantle, and a ſhort apron faſtened by
an embroidered girdle with a hook; her robe is drawn”
back at her feet on each fide by a dog having a collar
with ſmall bells on it; her ſhoes have ſquare toes;
angels with heads caſt back ſupport the cuſhion un-
der her head. .
At the head and feet of the tomb three angels
hold ſhields with the following arns: 2
| 1. Four grand quarters; viz. .
Firſt quarter, Or, two bars Az. and a chief Gules,
Manners, ancient. — Second quarter, quarterly of 4
coats, 1. Gules, three water - bougets Argent, Ros. 2.
Azure, a Catharine wheel Or, Belvoir. 3. Gules,
three Catharine wheels Argent, Eſpec. 4. Argent, two
bars Gules, Mauduit— Third quarter, quarterly of 4,
1. England within a border Arg. Holland earl of Kent.
2. and 3. Arg. a ſaltire engrailed Gules, Tiptoft carl
of Worceſter.—4. Or, a lion rampant Gules, Charleton
lord Powis, Fourth quarter as the firſt. -
II. Manners ; quartetings as above; impaling, two
coats in pale, that in chief, barry of 6, Or & Azure,
an ineſcutcheon Ermine, on a chief of the firſt three
pallets of the ſecond, between two eſquires baſt, dex-
ter and ſiniſter of the ſecond, Mortimer. The coat
in baſe Azure, fretty, Argent, a chief Or, St. Leger.
III. Mortimer impaling St. Leger. =
On the North fide of the tomb ſtand fix women in
niches; an angel between them holding the ſame
arms as in the middle ſhield at each end. The firſt
woman, in a cloſe cap and veil, lays her right hand on
her breaſt, and her left holds up her gown, which is
encircled with a flowing faſh, and ſhews the folds of
her petticoat; the ſecond, in the flat pointed head
dreſs as lady Roſs, with ſleeves and ruffles like hers,
and a laſh, the hair appearing at the forehead, has
- her arms folded. on her breaſt, praying. The third,
in a head dreſs ſomewhat different, turns her face to
the Eaſt, and has long ſleeves over cloſe ones. She
alſo has a ſaſh. The Fourth in a mantle and ſaſh to
her gown ; her hands elevated and ſpread open. The
hands of the fifth are joined. Theſe two laſt have a
pointed head dreſs, ſhewing the hair on the forehead.
The fixth has a kind of cloth pinned on the front of
her head; her right hand on her breaſt; her left
holds up her gown as the firſt does, and ſhe has alſo
a ſaſh. On the South fide are fix figures of men in
armour ; between whom an angel holds a ſhield of
the ſame arms as on the North fide. The firſt, croſs-
legged, in cropped hair, holds his cap in his right
hand on his breaſt ; and. his left on his ſword : he has
alſo a dagger. The ſecond, in cropped hair, parted
at the forehcad ; high cape to his armour ; ſword and
dagger; hands. joined. The third has his armour
high round his neck; bis right hand on his breaſt,
his left diſplayed. The fourth, fifth (whoſe hair is
perm the forehead), and the ſixth, have the ſame
ind of armour ; the fourth ſpreads open his hands;
the fifth joins them; the ſixth rechnes his head,
Has his hands as the third. The third and fixth have
their helmet Between their feet; thoſe of the ſecond,
fourth, and Hfth Cbo has u plume), are placed on
the ontfide of the ſeft foot. 5 :
This monument Was once gllt, as deſcribed in the
Windſor Guide; but, from the late repairs of the
chapel, it appears as if whiced. over; the gilding
being all clean rubbed off, and all the beautiful
blazonty of dhe lady's robes is done awaß.
The inſcription, on the ledge of the table runs thus:
here lyethe burped georgemaners, knyght,lptd ruos, whodeceſed |
the ryvii daye of - oftobre, In the yere.of dur lord god mbfriii,
and ladye Anne His wpfe, dowghter of
anne ducheſſe-of exetur, Suſter -unto
wn Edward the fourthe, and of thomas lentiynger, Knyght,
the wyche anne deceſſed- the yrii day of 'apryll; In the pere of
dur lord god mvexxvi. an whoſe ſoullggod have mercꝝ. amen.
George was ſucceeded by his eldeſt ſon Thomas, who,
in 1523, 14 Henry VIII. being then lord Ros, was
warden of the Eaſt-Marches towards Scotland; and
in the 16th of that reign had ſpecial. livery of all
the manors, caſtles, and lauds ', deſcended to him from
the lady Eleanor his grand · mother, ſiſter and coheir to
Edmund lord Ros, as allo from ' Habel, the other
| ſiſter and coheit to the faid Edmund ©, The year fol-
lowing, on April 23, at a chapter of the Garter *
held at Greenwich, being then lord Ros, he was
elected a knight of that moſt noble order; but the
king, after breaking up of that chapter, being cer-
tified that the ſaid lord Ros had never been knighted, -
whereas the ſtatutes of the moſt noble order —
that whoever is a companion in it ſhould (at leaſt) be
a knight batchelor, he immediately called them back
to the chapter, declaring the election of lord Ros to
be void, for the caufe aforeſaid, and ordered the
badges of the moſt noble order to be taken from him.
And they being on that declaration taken from him,
his majeſty did (as the regiſter ſets forth) wich his
drawn ſword create him a knight; and, proceeding
immediately with the companions to a new election,
the lord Ros was preſently again unanimouſly elected
a companion of the order, and declared ſo by the
king; who commanding it, all the badges were re-
ſtored to him, by the dukes of Norfolk and Suffolk,
and he was placed in the ſtall appointed him, by the
lords Fitzwalter and Bergavenny. The ſame year the
king, at his royal palace of Bridewell, creating divers
nobles, this Thomas lord Ros was then, in conſi-
deration of his high deſcent by his mother, advanced
to the dignity of EARL or RUTLAND, by letters pa-
tent, bearing date June 18, a title which had — 1 1
to Edmund, younger brother to king Edward IV.
and which had never before been conferred upon
any but of the blood royal; and he had thereupon,
as has been already mentioned ©, an augmentation to
his ancient arms, by reaſon of his deſcent from the
ſiſter of that monarch, which has been conftantly
borne as part of the arms of Aſanners ever ſince :
and ſeven days after his creation, viz. June 25, he
was: ivſtalled one of the knights companions of the
moſt noble order of the Garter 5, March 14, 1526-7,
he and others conveyed from London to Greenwich the
lord Gabriel de Salamanca ear] of Ottenburg, John
Burgrave of Silverberge, and John Fiſher, a famous
derk, afterwards biſhop of Vienne, as ambaſſadors
from Don Ferdinand, the emperor's brother.
Thomas earl of Rutland was in the number of thofe
Who, in the 22d of Henry VIII. being peers then
ſitting in parliament, ſubſcribed a declaration chen
ſear to pope Clement VII. whereby he had intima-
tion, that, unleſs he complied with king Henry in
1 Theſe arms, which an a late repair have been ſomewhat miſrepreſeuted by the painter employed to reſtore them, ate here
blazoned as they onght to have been coloured.
A very indifferent print of the monument is in Pote's Hiſtory and Antiquities of Windſor, p. 390. fo
Buy an ancient court-roll, bearing date the abth of September, 1834, it appears that divers perſons of Claxton, Stathern, '
Plungar cum Bark ton, Hareby, Knypton, Redmyle, Muſton, Bottesford, Normanton, Eftborpe, and Freythby, co. Leiceſter,
Wolſthorpe, Rapſley, Beby, and Porey chbye, co. Lincoln, held lands of the honour of Belvoir, Rot. pergam. penes nobiliſſ.
ducem de Rutland u 0 #18" ”
+ Pat, 16 Hen. VIII. p- 1. 5 Avſtis,Regiſter of. the Garter, vol. I. p. 369
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lis arms remain in the 16th ſtall of St. George's chapel at Windſor, inſcribed, © Thom's lord Rooſe erle of Rottelund.“
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the buſineſs of his divorce from queen Catharine,
the loſs of his ſapremacy in England would be much
endangered. pon an inſurrection in Lincolnſhire
in 1536, 28 Henry VIII. under Dr. Makerell ', abbot
of Berlinges, occaſioned by the diffolution of the
leſſer monaſteries, and certain injunctions in matters
of religion, he received command, together with the
earls of Shrewſbury and Huntingdon, to require them
by proclamation, upon peril of their lives, to return
to their due obedience. The city of York paid the
ear} at that time a fee-farm rent of 401. On a fimilat
rebellion in Yorkſhire (called The Pilgrimage of
grace), he offered his ſervice; and was ſucceſsful in
its ſuppreſſion 2. In 14538 he obtained the ſite of the
abbey of Rievalx in exchange for other lands; in
1540 was conſtituted chief juſtice in eyre of all the
king's foreſts beyond Trent*; in 1539 he was ap-
inted by the king lord chamberlain to queen Anne
of Cleves4, and ſent from Greenwich to attend her
before her marriage; and in 1541 * obtained a grant
of the manors of Muſton, Waltham, and Croxton 6,
with part of the poſſeſſions of the late diſſolved
priory of Oſulveſton, all in the county of Leiceſter
as alſo of the manors of Upwell, Outwell, Elme,
and Emnithe, in the counties of Norfolk and Suf-
folk, part of the poſſeſſions of the monaſtery of
Nuneaton, co. Warwick; and alſo of the manor of
Braunſton, co. Northampton, part of the poſſeſſions
of the abbey of Lilleſhull, co. Salop. To theſe were
ſoon after added the manors of Bylleſdale and
Helmeſley, part of the poſſeſſions of the monaſtery of
Kirkham 7, co. York; with divers lands in Brandeſ-
dale, in the county of York, ſometime belonging to
the abbey of Rievalx. In 1342, being conſtituted
warden of the Marches, he accompanied the duke of
Norfolk, then general of an army conſiſting of 20,000
men, in his invaſion of Scotland ; where, in eight
days, they burnt twenty towns and villages®; and,
being much in the king's favour, he, on his return,
obtained in that year (jointly with Robert Tyrwhit)
a grant of the priory of Belyoir, and alſo of Egle“
in Lincolnſhire, which had been a commandery of
the Knights Templars, who had it of the grant of
king Stephen; and from whom it had paſſed to the
Hoſpitalars. Our earl obtained at the ſame time a
large ſhare of the lands and lordſhips of divers other
diſſolved monaſteries in the counties of Leiceſter,
Norfolk, Suffolk, Northumberland, and York.
After the diſſolution of the religious houſes, many
antient monuments ot the Albinis and Roſſes were, by
command of this truly reſpectable nobleman, removed
from the priory of Belvoir to Bottesford **, where
ſome of them yet remain, Others alſo were carried
thither, by the ſame order, from Croxton abbey.
To his exertions alſo is in great meaſure to be at-
tributed the rebuilding of Belvoir caſtle, after it had
been laid in ruins by lord Haſtings; though the com-
pletion of it was reſerved for his ſon, the ſecond earl.
About this period it is thus deſcribed by Leland ** :
It is a ſtraunge ſighte to ſe be how many ſteppes of
Ane the way goith up from the village to the caſtel.
n the caſtel be 2 faire gates; and the dungeon is a
faire rounde tour now turnid to pleaſure, as a place
to walk yn, and to ſe al the countery aboute, and
raylid about the round [wall], and a garden [platte]
in the midle. There is alioe a welle of a grete
depth in the caſtelle, and the ſpring therof is very
1 ood wo
y In his laſt will, dated Aug. 16, 1 543, this earl thus
begins the enumeration of his ample poſſcſſons ** :
* Where I have the manors of Belvoire and Wolleſ-
5 E l. v O I A. ry
trop, with the appurtenances, and certain lands, tene-
ments, and hereditaments, in Belvoire, Wolleſtrop,
Denton, Aubone, Haddington; Itigwardby, Coringham,
Greyningham, Ulceby, Croxby, Bynbroke, Lud-
burghe, Foderby, Ropſley, Hungarton, Wyvell, Af-
lackby, Cadby Magna, and Aflacton, in the county
of Lincoln; and in Eaſton, Midleton, Medborne,
Bletteſden, Barkby, South Croxton, Plungarthe,
Barkſton, Claxton, Knyptoni, Muſton, Botlesforde,
Statherne, Hardby, Howes, Lubbenham, and Red-
milde, in the county of Leiceſter ; and in Dalton and
in Naborne, in the county of Tork; and in Carleton,
Dyngley, Brampton, Braddon, Sewell, Horpoole,
Stoke Aubeney, Wilberſton, Ruſltiton, Dayſborowe,
and Cottiogham, in the county of Northampton; and
in Colleſden, Ocley, and Richtone, in the county of
Bedford; and in Clipſton, in the county of Bucking-
ham,” &c. Among other articles, are afterwards par-
ticularly mentioned, the manors of Wragby, Melton
Ros, Haddington, Uffington, Talington, Deeping, and
Stroxton, with their ſeveral appurtenances, in the
county of Lincoln; Redmile, Batſton, and Plungarth,
with their appurtenances, of the clear yearly value of
25l. 155. 84. ; Bottesford, Normanton, and Eaſthorp,
4.50. 18s. 4d.; Frethby, with its appurtenances, in
Frerhby, Stapleford, and Stonyſby, 16/. 19s. 44d. ;
the ſite of Croxton, with the grange of Beſcaby, and
all other the manors, tenements, &. parſonages, tithes,
penfions, and portions of tithes, of and in Croxton;
Beſcaby, Croxton Kyriall, Knipton, Harſton, Waltham
upon the Wolde, Frethby, Nether Broughton, Howes,
Clawſtone, Statherne, Phangarthe, Harby, Barſton,
Eyton, Braunſton, Wymondham, Sproxton, Humberſ-
ton, Twyford, Leyceſtre, South Croxton, Kyrkby -
Belowes, Melton Mowberey, Stapleford, Saltby, and
Stoneſby, in the county of Leiceſter, belonging to
the lately diffolved priory of Croxton; the fite of the
late monaſtery of Garondon in Leiceſterſhire, with
the demeſne lands, tenements, &c. of Garondon and
Sheepſhed, and the foreſt of Charnwood, the grange
of Dixley and the parſonage of Dixley, and the
— * Halywell Haughe, with lands, &c. in Haly-
well Haughe, Thorpfelde, Dixley, Thorpe Hawker,
Shepſhed, Hathern, Belgrave, Groby, Ratby, Swyn-
fen, and Eaſtwell, in Leiceſterſhire ; the ſite of the
priory of Belyoir, with lands, tenements, &c. in Bel-
voir, Woolſthorp, Bottesford, Muſton, Knipton, and
Redmilde, late part of the poſſeſſions of Belvoir, of
the clear yearly value of 231. 13s.; lands, tenements,
&c. in Saltby, parcel of the monaſtery of Drax,
amounting, with lands, &c. belonging to Rievalx,
Kirkham, Lilleſhull, Newſted, and Oweſton, to 1077.
175. 11d, Many other articles are alſo ſpecified;
amounting in the whole to the clear yearly value of
18621, 15. 8d. over and above the ſum of 5521. 15.
53d. payable to the king for lands purchaſed or ex-
changed ; and over and above all rents, reſolutions, and
deduCtions of bailiffs and ſtewards rents. To the lady
Eleanor counteſs of Rutland he confirms, for her life,
ſeveral manors, conſiſting of Belvoir, Woolſthorp, aud
many others, to the yearly value of 410. 15s. 43d. ;
with the addition of Croxton and others, of the yearly
value of 28o/. gs. 11$.; all which have been already
aſbgned to the ſaid lady Eleanor my wife, for her
jointure and dower, of myn intention, and for other
conſiderations and ſure promiſes made by the ſaid
counteſs to me the ſaid carl, to be loving, benevolent,
and favourable to my children.” To Oliver Man-
ners, one of his younger ſons, he gives his manor of
Howſome, with the appurtenances. To John Manners,
another of his younger ſons, his manor of Thornton in
Matthew Mackerell, D. D. He was a ſuffragan biſhop ; and was hanged at Tyburn, March 29, 1537.
Herbert, Hiſtory of Henry VIII. Lond. 1640, pp. 306. 411. 413»
3 Pat. 32 Hen. VIII. p. 3.
$ Hall; P · 238.
Pat. 32 Hen, VIII. p. 2.
o % The erle of Ruthelund hath, in exchange for other landes of the kinge's, Croxton abbay, 2 miles of.” Leland, Itin.
vol, I p. 110.
7 The priory of Kirkham. was granted, 32 Hen. VIII. to fir Henry Knevet, kat, and Anne his wife; but 3 Edw. VI. the
. earl of Rutland held it de rege in capite per ſervicium militare ; to whom, in the 5th of Elizabeth, the queen gave licence to ali ·
cuate this manor, with thoſe of Bylleſdale, Stoperlow, and Rievalx, to Edward Jackman and Richard Lambert.
* Pat, 34 Hen, VIII. p. 1.
9 Herbert, ut ſupra, p. 483.
10 44 The earl of Ruthelund hath a commandery that longed to S. John's towards Newark, called the Egle, where is a very
praty manor place. But I gueſs that it ſtandeth low and foule.”” Leland, Itin. vol. I. p. 110.— Egle, or Aquile Ballivatus,
in the hundred of Boothby, co. Lincoln, was valued at the diſſolution at 1244, 25. per aun. according to Dugdale and Speed;
at 144, 15, 10d. according to a MS Valor,
Itin. vol, I. p. 110.
Vol. I.
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Craven, with the appurtenances, in Thornton in Cra-
ven, Eareſby, and Kelbroke, in the county of York.
To Roger Manners, another of his younger ſons, the
manor ot Linton upon Ouſe, with the appurtenances
in Linton and Yolton, in Yorkſhire : And to Thomas
Manners, another of his younger ſons, his manor of
Turnham-hall, and Clif, in the pariſh of Hemyng-
burg, with the appurtenances, To his three daughters,
Elizabeth, Frances, and Carharine, 60l. a year each,
tor their exhibition and finding till ſuck. time as they
ſhall be married, and toward their marriage 1000l.
each. He ſettles on his eldeſt fon Henry lord Ros
and Margaret his wife the manor of Melton-Roſs, in
Lincolnſhire, and all his lands in Melton-Roſs, Beckby,
Kernyng*ton, Barnaby, Ulceby, Wrawby, Glamford-
Bruggs, Elſham, and Wotton; the manor of Orſton,
and the ſoke, and all the lands, &c. in Orſton,
Streton, Kneton, Scarrington, Carcolſton, T hurverton,
Staunton, and Dalington, in the county of Notting-
ham, as her jointure. And conſtitutes his executors,
Eleanor, counteſs of Rutland, his wife; fir Richard
Mariners, knight, his brother ; fir John Chaworth,
knight, his brother in law ; Auguſtine Porter, Henry
Digby, and Robert Thurſton, eſquires; and to each
of them gives yo!.
He died Sept. 20, 1543; and was buried in the
mid-way going up to the altar at Bottesford *.
His widow, Eleanor, who died in 1551, was buried
in St, Leonard, Shoreditch ; where the following in-
{crption preſerves'the remembrance of feveral perſons
of this noble family:
* This monument is erected in memory,
that within this church do lie buried the bodies
of the right honourable and noble ladies,
Lady Katharine Stafford, |
daughter to Edward duke of Buckingham,
and wife to Ralph earl of Weſtmerland,
who dyed 1553.
Lady Eleanor, daughter to fir William Paſton, knight,
and wife to the right honourable lord Thomas
earl of Rutland, buried 1551.
Lady Margaret Nevel,
daughter to Ralph earl of Weſtmoreland,
and wife to Henry earl of Rutland, who died 1 560.
And the lady Katharine Nevel,
wife to fir John Conſtable, of Holderneſs, knight, and
daughter to Henry earl of Weſtmoreland and lady
Anne Manners, daughter to Thomas earl of Rutland,
which Katharine died the 27th day of March, 1591.
And that here do lie alſo the bodies of two right
werthy, gentlemen, honourably deſcended ; namely, of
fir Thomas Manners, knight, and Oliver Manners?, eſq;
brathren, being tlie fourth and fifth ſons
of the aforeſaid Thomas earl of Rutland.
The firſt died about his age of fifty, in June 4 591,
after many valiant ſervices performed by him
for his prince and country, both in Ireland
and in Scotland, where he was knighted ; and
witneſſed by ſundry great wounds he therein received.
The ſecond died in his younger years, 1563,
about his age of twenty, yet net before
good proof made of his valour and forwardneſs,
in the ſervice of Newhaven againſt the French ;
where he took the ſickneſs,
whereof he died ſhortly after in Shoreditch.
Founded by the lady Adeline Nevel, at the direction
of the ſaid lady Katharine Conſtable, deceaſed,
her filter, in February 1591.“
By his firſt wife, Elizabeth, daughter of fir Robert
Lovell“, earl Thomas had no iſſue ; but by his ſe-
cond, Eleanor, daughter of fir. William Paſton, of
Paſton *, in the county of Norfolk, knight, he had
five (ons and fix daughters. |
Of Henry, the eldeſt ſoa and ſucceſſor to the title,
we ſhall ſpeak preſently, |
2. John, the next ſon, from whom the preſent duke
is lineally deſcended, and of whom alſo hereafter, p.46,
was leated at Wy verton, in the county of Nottingham.
See his monument at Bottesford,
* Pynunyng, Qu. 28. in the Prerogative Office.
5 Bridges, vol. I. p. 270. o Plate II. fig. 35.
44 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
The other children were,
3. Roger Manners, of Ufington, co. Lincoln
who obtained, in 1576, a grant of ſo much of the
lands in Pateſhull, formerly belonging to the monaſtery
of St. James, near Northampton, as had not before
been given to Robert Dighton and Robert Tyrwhit 5,
He gave four ſcholarſhips to Gorpus Chriſti college
in Cambridge; was a great benefactor to the chapel,
and gave, by his will, to the poor of Stamford, 20/.
for ever, to be put out to intereſt, and the profits to
be beſtowed in coals among the poor. He was bu-
ried in the church of Uffington; where, againſt the
South wall of the chancel, on a monument of marble
and freeſtone, with the portraits of two perſons
kneeling on cuſhions againit each other, are theſe
inſcriptions : D
* At the top:
IN ROGERUM MANNERS, ARMIGERUM, ET VIRUM
NOBILEM, QUI OBIIT XI DECEMB, MDCVII-.
At the bottom :
te HERE LYES ROGER MANNERS, HERELYESOLYVER MANNERS,
ESQUIRE TO THE BODYE TO
QUEENE MARYE AND QUEENE
ELIZABETHE, AND THERD
SONNE TO THOMAS LATE ERLE
OF RYTLAND : ANNO DOMINI +
1587.
LATE ERLE; AND SERVED <
OUR QUEENE ELIZABETHE IN
HER WARRS AT NEWHAVEN ;
AND THER FELL sIckE, AND
DIED OF THE SAME SICKNES;
ANNO DOMINI 1563,” >
Over their heads, on a black late, theſe lines:
© SEE HERE THE PATTERN OF TRUE NOBLE BLOOD,
THY HONOR BY THY VERTUES WAS MADE GOOD.
GODLY THY LIFE, THY DEALINGS WYSE AND JUST,
THY KVN AND FRENDS OFT UNTO THEE DID TRUSTE ;
WHOSE VERTUES IN THE EYES OF VER TUOUS SHYNE,
AND THOU MAYST BOAST THAT BOOTHE WERE TRULY THYNE,
THY PURSE WAS OPEN ALWAIESs TO THE POORE,
FOUNDE THEE STILL KINDE,-AND TASTED OF THY STOREs
THY HOUSE IN PLENTIE EVER WAS MAYNTAIN'D,
THY SERYANTS, SCHOLLERS, AND SOME POOR HAVE GAYN'D«
THESE BE THY WORKES OF VER TUE LEFT BEHINDE,
Bk 1EFLY 10 WISH HERE, THAT MEN OF VIRTUOUS MYNDE,
THE STRANGER AND THE PRISONER HAD RELIEF,
THAT LYVESWITH THEM, THOUGH THEY LIVE NOW WITH GRIEF,
WHICH AYL WILL LAST, THOUGH THOW LYE UNDER STONE,
MAY (PASSING BY) THY LOSSE LAMENT AND MONE,”
On one ſide, at the top, are theſe arms:
Manners, with the augmentation ®,
Arg. 6 fleurs de lis; 3, 2, 1, Az. a chief in-
dented, Or. Paſton 1.
On the other ſide :
Manners, ancient, without the augmentation in
chief; impaling Az. fretty, Arg. on a chief, Or, a
creſcent Gules ; St. Leger s.
On the middle is an atchievement of 16 coats 9 :
I. Manners.
2. Gules, 3 water bougets, 2, 1, Arg.
- Gules, 3 Catherine wheels, 2, 1, Arg. Eppec.
Az. a Catherine wheel, Or, Belvoir.
Gules, a feſs between 6 croſs-croſlets, Or.
Beauchamp.
Cheque Or. and Az. a chevron, Ermine.
f Newburgh earl of Warwick.
. Gules, a chevron between 10 croſſes-patèe, Arg.
Berkley.
8. Or, a feſs between 2 chevrons, Sable. Liſle.
9. Gules, a lion paſſant guardant, Arg.crowned, Or.
| | - Gerrard. _
10. Gules, 3 lions paſſant guardant, in pale, Or, with
a bordure, Arg. | Holland earl of Rent.
11. Arg. a ſaltire engrailed, Gules. Tiptoft.
12. Or, a lion rampant, Gules, armed and langued,
| Charlton lord Powys.
' Rove
Arg. a feſs between 2 bars gemelles, Gules,
Badleſmere,
Vaux of Gillefland.
Gules, an eagle diſplayed, with a bordure, Arg.
| | Albini ancient.
Or, two chevrons with a bordure, Gules ;
_ Truſbut, after Albini of Belvoir,
Checque, Arg. and Gules,
* Oliver was buried at Uſſington, See the epitaph in the next column,
*- Brooke's Catalogue of Nobility. |
Fig. 36. Fig. 37. P Fig. 38.
Of
THE $5 SONNE TO THE $AID ,-
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
Of Thomas, the 4th ſon, ſome particulars appear in
the epitaph tranſcribed in p. 43. He married Theo-
doſia, daughter of fir Thomas Newton, knight ; and
left iſſue Charles, his ſon and heir, and two daughters;
1. Anne, wife of William Vavaſour, of Haflewood,
co. Vork; father, by her, of fir Thomas Vavaſour,
the firſt baronet of that family, and of the young
lady to whom the following inſcription on a monu-
ment near her grandfather's tomb is inſcribed }
Oleum effuſum nomen tuum,
THEoDOSIA | Ideo adoleſcentulæ dilexerunt te, Cant. 1.
VavasoUR I Fallax e/t gratia, & vana pulchritudo : mu-
| lier timens Deum ipſa laudabitur. Prov. xi.
Hac tuleris quicunque gradum, ſta, perlege, plora,
Hic decor, hic pietas, nobilitaſque jacet. y
Virgo, annis animiſque Dei (Theodoſia) donum,
Qua meritis certat fama, decore pudor,
Sed famam meritis ſuperavit, rhoribus annos,
Ingenio ſexum, Religione genus. |
Quam neque nobilitas tumidam, nec forma procacem,
Fecerat, una humilis, clara, pudica, decens,
Flos æ vi, florem dixi ? dixi ergo dolorem ;
Ut matura brevi eſt, heu ! ita rapta brevi eſt;
Rapta, ſed æthereis roſa tranſplantanda viretis,
Leta ubi perpetui tempora veris aget.
Inter & æternas Agni comes Agna choreas,
Ignotum caſto ſuccinet ore melos.
Candida Virginei tumulo date lilia cœtus,
Virginis O partus, virginis eſto memor.
Ereptam Domino ſociat lux ultima fælix.
O felix virgo quod cupit uſque tenet,
Anno Domini 1616, Marui 17.”
Eleanor, the ſecond daughter of ſir Thomas Man-
ners, was married to Thomas Pontrell ; but died
without ue,
5. Oliver, the fifth ſon of earl Thomas, died young
in 1563; and was buried at Uffington, with his bro-
ther Thomas, as already mentioned in the epitaph at
Uflington, p 44z and not at Shoreditch, as ſtated
in the preceding inſcription.
The fix daughters were, 1. Gertrude, married to
George Talbot earl of Shrewſbury ; 2. Anne, to fir
Henry Nevil, earl of Weſtmoreland ; - 3. Frances, to
Henry Nevil, lord Abergavenny ; 4. Catharine *, to
ſir Henry Capel, of Raynes, in Eſſex, knight, an-
ceſtor by her (who died March 9, 1572) to the
preſent earl of Eſſex; 5. Elizabeth, to fir John Sa-
vage, of Rock-Savage, knight, from whom the late
EY
earls Rivers deſcended ; 6. l{abel, who died young.
Henry, the eldeſt ſon, ſucceeding his father in 1 543,
became the s£conD earl of Rutland. In 1547,
1 Edward VI. he, with 2000 men, took and Tacked
A Haddington in Scotland ; for which ſervice he was
next year made conſtable of the caſtle of Nottingham,
chief juſtice in eyre of Sherwood foreſt, and warden
of the Eaſt and Middle marches towards Scotland.
In 1555 he completed the noble deſign, which had
been far advanced by his father, of rebuilding the
family manfion at Belvoir, and making a nobler
ſtructure than it had ever been before. That part
of the more ancient building, which was left by both
BELVOIR: «
chief command of the whole fleet.
45
unaltered, is included in the following conciſe deſcrip-
tion by an ingenious writer, who viſited it in 1722:
* Ades in culmine montis ſitæ; ſcilicet,
culreic x
EE e any, edo ee D Ser-
aditu difficilis circa montem; cujus latera omnia
horti 50 acrarum circumeunt, nifi verſus_ Aqui-
lonem, quo aſcenditur ad oftjum ædium, ubi etiam
antiqua janua arcuato lapide. Verſus Occidentem 8
feneſtræ, et 3 in ſacello; et ulterior pars vetuſta.
Verſus Aquilonem 10 feneſtræ. Facies Auſtralis et
Turris de Staunton; in qua archiva familiz reponun—
tur, extructa ante annos circa 400. Pars reſtat ker-
nellata, Cavadium eſt intùs (vocat. The Old Court);
circa id fornices vetuſtæ, et muri inſignibus gentilitiis
ornati, unum cum hoc inſcripto,
PGURA A PERU
UENAHUE. h. M.
| 1555» |
Angeli id ſuſtinent, è lapide barbatè omnia facta 3:
Verſus Auſtrum alter mons Blackberry Hill, fers con-
tingit montem de Belyoir ; et ultra vides parcum de
Croxton ſuper aliam montem ſitum.“
Another plan of his father's was alſo completed
by earl Henry; the collecting together from the
ruined monaſteries the memorials ot their anceſtors.
One of theſe, a monumental ſtone from Croxton ab-
bey, as we learn by the writer whoſe deſcription we,
have juſt quoted, remained in the library at Belvoir
in 1722, and is ſuppoſed to be till there, with this
inſcription :
„. . + + + (veth the harte of Syr richard
maners knight, ſon to {yr george
maners Lorde roos, and brother to
Sur Thomas maners lord Roos late
P Erle of Kutland, whiche tur richard
departed out of this woride the kvi dan of
+ + + + Uary in the nere of our lord god
CCC; His bodye is burned at
the hye alter in chryſt chyrche
at London; of whole ſoule god
have mercy, Amen.“
This fir Richard Manners obtained, in 1 547, a grant
of ſeveral manots and lands, in the countics of Lei-
celter, Salop, Stafford, and Worceſter * He was
twice married; and had an only fon, named John.
In 1556 Henry ear] of Rutland was appointed by
Philip and Mary captain general of all the forces then
deſigned to be tranſported into France, and had the
April 24, 1559,
1 Elizabeth, he was elected knight of the Garter,
and inſtalled June 45; and was in the ſame year ap-
pointed lord lieutenant of the counties of Notting-
ham and Rutland, and preſident of the council of the
North part of the realm. He married to his firſt wife
Margaret, daughter to Ralph Neville earl of Weſt-
moreland ; and had by her two. ſons, Edward and
John; and a daughter, Elizabeth, who married fir
William Courtney *, of Pouderham, in the county of
Devon. He afterwards married Bridget, daughter of
wo
1 In Abbeſs Roding church, Eſſex, againſt the Eaſt wall of the chancel, is an ancient marble monumeut; with the cftigies
of a man and his wife, their nine children, and this inſcription :
„Loe, Honoure's Embleme, Virtue's Darling, Learninges Favorite,
Noble by Birth, by Life a Sainte, by Death a bliſsfulle Weighte,
His Name importeth Gode's Rewarde, then for his laſt Farewell,
Let this ſuffice, he liv'd and dy'd a true Gamaliel.
© Here lietl Sir Gamaliel Capel, Knight, ſonne of Mr. Henry Capel, Eſq; and the Ladye Katharine, daughter of the Earl
of Rutland: he married Jane, one of the daughters and heires of Mr. Weſtan Browne, Eiq; by whom he bad fix ſonnes, viz.
Gamaliel, knt. Thomas, Antony, Henry, Theodoſius, and Francis; and three daughters, Mary, Anne, and Mildred,
A. D. 1627, zt. ſuæ 50.”
* Brooke's Catalogue of Nobility, p. 190.
Ob.
Hiſtory of Eſſex, vol. III. p. 343;
3 The arms on the right ſide are, three water-bougets, Res; on the left, a feſs between 2 bars gemelles, Gules, Badle/mere,
See plate II. fig. 39.
The library, being appropriated to the uſe of a muniment room, and not acceſlible to viſitors; we cannot at preſent
aſcertain whether this monument be ſtill exiſting,
5 This was the priory church of the Holy Trinity near Aldgate, called St. Katharine Chriſt's Church, or Cree Church. On
their return from the funeral of this fir Richard Manners, the mourners were entertained at dinner at the houſe of his nephew
the earl of Rutland, in or ncar to Whittington College.
Strype, Book III. p. 5.
From the original, in the Lord Treaſurer's Remembrancer's Office, 3. Paſch, O. i Edw, VI. Rot. 143,
7 His plate of arms, till remaining in the 16th ſtall of St. Veorge's chapel at Windior, is thus inſcribed : “ Dy tres noble
& puiſſant ſeigneur Henry conte de Rutland, baron de Rocs, Hamlake, Truſbote, & de Beauvoyre, cli'r du tres noble ordre
de a jarritrere, fuſt enſtalle 3 jayr de June, 1359.“
The following epitaph on one of their grandJaughters, in Richmond church, Surrey, is preſerved by Aubrey, vol. ul,
p. 62: Here lieth Margaret Chudleigh, daughter to fir William Courtney, of Powderam, knight, by Elizabeth his wife,
d2ughter to Henry earl of Rutland, firſt wife to ſir Warwick Hele, knight, and after to fir John Chudleigh, of the ſame order,
who, in pledge of his affection, dedicated this to her memory, She died at Richmond, the 19th day of July, npexxvul,”
John
46 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
John lord Huſſey, of Sleaford, in the county of Lin-
coln, and widow of fir Charles Moryſon, knight;
but by her had no iſſue. By his laſt will, dated
July 3, 1560, he bequeathed “ his body to be buried
in the church of Bottesford, if he ſhould die within
the realmz and appointed that a tomb ſuitable to
his eſtate ſhould be made there. He bequeathed to
his daughter Elizabeth a thouſand pounds for her
portion, and zol. a year for her maintenance till mar-
riage, or attaining the age of 21 years. To John,
his ſecond ſon, he gave his manor and re@ory of
Helmeſley, ſometime belonging to the monaſtery of
Kirkham, as alſo his manor of Roos in Holderneſs,
and a fee-farm of gol. a year ifſuing out of the city
of York, during his life. To Edward lord Roos,
his ſon and heir, all his armour, munition, and
weapons; and ordered all his goods, chattels, jewels,
plate, and houſhold-ſtuff, which conld be left unſold,
to be divided betwixt his wife and the ſaid Edward
his ſon, when he ſhould arrive to the age of twenty-
one years; and, by a ſchedule annexed, increaſed the
portion of his daughter Elizabeth 500 marks, if ſhe
ſhould marry with the conſent of his wife, and
George earl vf Shrewſbury, his brother-in-law, and
of his brother John Manners, or any two of them,
whereof his wife to be one. He alſo gave 200). to
be diſtributed among bis houſhold ſervants, as his wife
ſhould judge convenient.“ He died Sept. 17, 1563.
His firſt wife, Margaret, was buried in Shoreditch
church; whither, Strype tells us, her corpſe was
carried, O&. 21, 1559, from the houſe which had
been the nunnery of Haliwell e, with thirty clerks
and prieſts ſinging ; about threeſcore poor men afd
women in black gowns ; mourners, to the number of
an hundred ; two heralds of arms, Garter and York ;
then came the corpſe; afore a great bannet of arms ;
and about her four goodly banner rolls of divers
arms. Mr. Bacon preached. After was diſperſed a
great dole of money, e. 2d. apiece for each.
And ſo all departed to the place to dinner. About
the vallance was written, Sic tranſit gloria mundi.
The counteſs Bridget was afterwards married to
Francis Ruſſel earl of Bedford (her third huſband),
whom ſhe ſurvived many years. She died in 1601,
and was buried at Watford, Herts; where, in
the middle of the South chapel, is a monument with
her effigies in her robes and coronet, a gentleman
kneeling on each fide, at her feet a rein- deer, and a
cherry-tree below, and this inſcription :
„The monument of the Lady Bzrpcrr,
Counteſs dowager of BEeprorD.
She was daughter to Jonx Lord Hvussxrx :
and ſhe was thrice married;
firſt, to fir Rien ARD Morvson, knut.
then to HENRY ManNexs, carl of RuTLaAnD;
thirdly, to Frxaxcis Russsr, carl of BERDrox :
and ſhe had iſſue only by her firſt huſband,
one ſon, fir CAI ES Moryson, knt.
and two daughters, one named JANA SIBILLA,
married to EDWARD lord RussELL, eldeſt fon
to her laſt huſband the earl of Bzeprorp,
afterwards married to Ax TH lord Grey of WILTON,
father to Twomas lord Grey
the other daughter, named ELizaBeTH,
was firſt married to WILLIAM Nokr&rs, eſq;
ſon and heir apparent to HxxxY lord Nogrys,
and father to Frxaxcts the now lord NogRrs;
at whoſe charge this monument was erected,
being her Plc executor and nephew;
who married the lady BRIDET Vere,
daughter to Epward earl of Oxrorp.
Afterwards EL1zaseTH, the ſecond daughter,
was married to HENRY CLINTON earl of LIxcOoLx.
This noble counteſs of BeDros, living 75 years
Aain, with liberality eſpecial]
in moſt honourable reputation, died moſt quietly,
anſwerable to her life, in perfect ſenſe and memory,
the 12th of January, 1600, in the 40th year
of our moſt gracious ſovereign Queen ELIZABETH.“
Earl Henry was ſucceeded, 1563, by his eldeſt ſon,
Edward, ni RD earl of Rutland; who in 1569 was
ſent into the North againit the earls of Northum-
berland and Weſtmoreland, then in rebellion; and
was made lieutenant to Thomas earl of Suffex, then
lieutenant-general of her majeſty's forces, as alſo
colonel of foot, at 20 years of age, and in ward
to her majeſty. bo
In 1582 he was made lord lieutenant of the county
of Lincoln; and in 1585 was inſtalled knight of the
Garter *. In 1586 a commiſſion was directed from
the queen, Teading to the ratification of a firm league
of amity between her majeſty and James the Sixth
king of Scotland. This league was articulated,
and commiſſioners thereto appointed; the right ho-
nourable Edward earle of Rutland (a complet noble
man, anſwerable to the etymon of his name, and verie
well deſerving the poet's report,
3 nomen virtutibus æquat,
Nec finit ingenium nobilitate premi),
the lord William Evers, and alſo Thomas Randolph,
eſquier; who, with their traine of attendants, came to
Berwike the 19th of June, where (the ambaſſadors of
Scotland + being in like fort preſent) they accom-
pliſhed the matter whereto they were commiſſionated;
the articles of the ſaid league in all and everie part
ſufficientlie confirmed, on the fift of Julie. All
which being diſpatched, the earl of Rutland with
his traine returned.“ \
Camden relates, that the queen defigned to make
him lord chancellor on the death of chancellor
Bromley; but that he died fix days after him,
* being a profound lawyer, and a man accompliſhed
with all polite learning ©.”
That the character here given of him is juſt, ſeems
confirmed by the preamble to his laſt will, dated Nor.
20, 1583, and evidently diftated by himſelf : For-
aſmuch as it is decreed by the eternal judgement of
Almighty God, that all creatures muſt and ſhall dye
and as nothing is more certain than death, ſo there
is nothing more incertain than the time and place,
which God hath only reſerved to his own prudence,
to the end we ſhould by his grace and mercy direct
the courſe of our life in ſuch ſort as we might always
be found ready and well prepared to die whenſoever it
ſhall be his pleaſure to call us out of this life :
Therefore I Edward earl of Rutland, calling to my
remembrance that it is not the leaſt duty of a Chriſtian
man, knowing this uncertainty of life, to take order
whilſt he is in beſt health for the good diſpoſition of
his lands and hereditaments, and likewiſe of his goods
and chattels as it ſhall pleaſe God to make him owner
of, as well for the diſcharge of his own conſcience, as
for the preventing of ſuch troubles, unkindneſs, and
controverſies, as do moſt commonly grow when no
ſuch order is taken; do, this day and year above-
written,” &c, After ſolemnly recommending his ſoul
to God, he bequeaths his body to be buried in the
pariſh church of Bottesford, with his anceſtors ; and
directs 100/. at leaſt to be laid out on his tomb; „the
funeral to be in ſuch a decent order as to the eſtate
and calling it hath pleaſed God to call me to apper-
| to the poor.” And
conſidering that the barony of Ros, for want of heirs
male of his body, was to deſcend to his heir general;
for that one-of his anceſtors, whoſe heir he was, did
marry the heir of the lord Ros; and thereby enjoyed
that title and dignity, as deſcended on the part of the
mother; as alſo continued the ſame until their crea-
tion to this earldom of Rutland. Suppoſing there-
© Dugdale, Bat. vol, II. p. 297; cites this will 4 ex autographo apud Belvoir,” It does not appear in the Calendars at the
Prerogative Office.
> Of the family's connexion with this houſe, ſee before, p. 41, x | : |
3 His plate of arms, ſtill remaining in the 23d ſtall in St. George's chapel at Windſar, is thus inſcribed : “ Du tres noble
& puiſſant ſeigneur, Edovatde
noble ordre de la jaritiere, ann. Do. 158g,”
4 Theſe were, Francis earl Bothwell, Robert
5 Ibid, vol. III. p. 1553-
Manhers comte de Rutland, baron Roos, Hamelake, Truſbut, & Belvoyre, chevalier du tres
lord Boyd, and fir James Hume of Colden Knowes, Holinſhed, vol. U. p. 457»
* Hiſtory of Queen Elizabeth, Book iii, p. 127.
fore
\
FRANLAND HUNDRED.] _
fore the ſtyle and dignity of the ſaid barony not to be
utterly extinguiſhed, but to remain ſuſpended, becauſe
the earldom of Rutland was entailed to the heir male
of Thomas, his grandfather; and that the ſaid ba-
rony was deſcendable to the heirs general ; he ſettled
his eſtate ſo, as that both honours might properly be
ſupported. To his wife, the lady Iſabel, he gave
& 600 good wethers, 500 good ewes, all his jewels,
all the garments and apparel made for the ſaid lady
Iſabel, all his coach-horles, litter horſes, with coach
and litter, and the furniture thereof, and twelve
yomans geldings, to be taken at her diſcretion.” He
gave her alſo one balf of his plate, braſs, pewter,
bedding, ſheets, napery, hangings, and other imple-
ments of furniture, and of all his corn and grain ;
the other half to the next heir of his grandfather
Thomas earl of Rutland. He made his brother John
Manners, eſq; full and ſole executor ; and conſtituted
his three uncles, John Manners, George Manners, and
fir Thomas Manners, knight, with George Chaworth,
eſq; ſuperviſors of his will. And by a codicil, dated
April 14, 1587, being * ſick of body, but yet of
good and perfect remembrance,” he recogniſed and
confirmed his former will ; and died the ſame day at
his houſe near Puddle Wharf, in London. The will
was proved Dec. 1, 1587 ".
By Iſabel, daughter to fir Thomas Holcroft, of
Vale-Royal, in the county of Cheſter, knight, he
left iſſue one daughter and ſole heireſs, named
Elizabeth ; who, in right of her father, became ba-
roneſs Ros, and, at the age of &4hirteen, married
William Cecil, eſq; eldeſt ton of fir Thomas Cecil,
knight, eldeſt ſon to lord Burleigh, afterwards earl
of Exeter. This lady died at the houſe of her
grandfather fir Thomas Holcroft, in Tower-ſtreet,
London, April 12, 1591; and was buried in the
chapel of St. Nicholas in Weſtminſter abbey*;
where a monument was erected for her on the Welt
fide of the chapel, of which Mr. Dart has given a
light ſketch; and which he deſcribes as ſituated
* on the Weſt fide of the chapel, ſeemingly very
ancient by the white ſpongy ſtone whereof it is
made, on which is the image of a lady veiled, and
leaning on her left arms. The monument,” he adds,
« hath no inſcription ; but, as appears by the arms
and the heralds regiſter, was erected to the lady Eli-
zabeth, commonly called the lady Ros.” This lady
left an only ſon, William, not quite a year old, who, at
his mother's funeral, was proclaimed, after the ſervice
in the church, by the title of lord Ros, of Hamlake,
Truſbur, and Belvoir ;”” and afterwards, in the reign
of king James, claimed thoſe baronies, in right of
his mother, againſt Francis earl of Rutland; when
the king determined that he ſhould be lord Ros of
Holderneſs, and have the ancient ſeat of the lords
Ros in parliament ; but that the title of lord Ros of
Hamlake, Truſbut, and Belvoir, ſhould ſtill remain
to the earl of Rutland *. The lord Ros of Holderneſs
was ſent embaſſador to the emperor Matthias, in
Spain, whence he returned the next year; and in
1618, having travelled into Italy, he died, without
iſſue, at Naples, not without ſuſpicion of being poi-
ſoned. Oa his death, the title of lord Ros reverted
indiſputably to the Rutland family.
Of the lady Iſabel', widow of earl Edward, we
have the following original letter to the lord keeper
Puckering, on an intereſting matter of buſinels :
* May it pleaſe your lordſhip; havinge under-
ſtandinge that you are ſhortly to graunt forth a com-
miſſion of ſewers for the redreſſing of ſuch harmes
and loſſes as we that are dwellers upon Trent ſuſtaine
Spencer, qu. 79. in the Prerogative Office,
BELVOUR
*
47
by wiers thereon builded; myſelfe, being her majeſties
tenant of milles and fiſhinges in Trent, receavinge
more loſſe thereby then any one perſon in Notting -
hamſhirez hearinge that ſome in that countie intend
to make meanes to your lordſhip that the earle of
Shrewſbure might not be nominated a commiſſioner
therin; having had ſome experience what ſcope the
gentlemen in that countie will take, if ther be not
joined unto them ſome, whome they ſhall reverence
(as they have good cauſe to do his lordſhip), as well
for the publicke good of: thoſe ſhires wherin my
chefeſt livinge lyeth, as for my owne particuler: I
am an humble ſutor to your lordſhip, that it will
pleaſe you to lett the earle of Shrewſbure be a com-
miſſioner; and for that your lordſhip ſuffers the inha-
bitants about Trent to alledge whom they thinke fitt
or unſiit to be commiſſioners in the ſhires of Lin-
colne, Nottingham, and Derby; I have preſumed, as
one intereſted in the cauſe, to ſend your lordſhip a
note by this bearet my ſervant Fanner, whom I
have appoynted to declare to your lordſhip the reaſons
that induceth me to recommend ſome more then
other; and as it ꝓleaſeth your lordſhip of your ho-
nourable favour to grant, to make Mr. William Ce-
cillꝰ a commiſſioner, ſo I beſeech you let him be one,
that he may learne howe to do good in country cauſes,
wherof he hath yet very little ſkill. My ſolicitor
writt to me your lordſhip's pleaſure, was to have a
note of the landes deſcended to my daughter Ros in
poſſeſſion, which I ſent your lordſhip, wherein | have
truly ſeit doune the utmoſt valewe, unleſſe I omitted
ſome od ſhillinges, for the poundes I knowe I ſett
downe truly, only I omitted the landes in Northum-
berland, wheron my lorde entred the March before
his death, but he nor his daughther never receved
one peny for the ſame, I pray your lordſhip geve
me leave to have a coppy of the valewe of her
lands which the adverſe parte hath delivered you;
and, with my humble thanks for your lordſhip's many
honourable favours, I commit you to God.
Your lordſhip's to command, Isaper RuTLAND,
This 18th of November, 1592, at Stepney.
To the right honourable my very good lord
fir John Puckeringe, lorde keeper of the
great ſeal of England, dd.“
Jobn, a colonel of foot in the Iriſh wars, became
the FouRTH earl of Rutland in 1587; and in the
ſame year was conſtituted conſtable of the caſtle of
Nottingham, and lord- lieutenant of that county *.
He married Elizabeth, daughter of Francis Charlton,
of Apley, in the county of Salop, eſq; and had by
her five ſons and four daughters. By his laſt will,
made Feb. 23, 1587-8, when“ ſick of body, but of
good and perfect remembrance,” he ordered his body
to be buried in the church of Bottesford ; and“ the
order and charges of his funeral, diſpoſing to the
poor, and ordering of his tomb, he lefives to the diſ-
cretion of his executors and the ſupervifors of his
will.” The executors were, his wife the counteſs of
Rutland; Roger lord Ros his ſon; his uncle John
Manners, eſq; and Roger Manners, one of the eſquires
for the queen's majeity's body; bis loving father-in-
law fir Francis Rodes, one of her majeſty's juſtices of
the court of common pleas; his loving couſin fir
George Chaworth, knight; and the ſupervifors (ro
each of whom he gives a piece of plate worth 20/.)
were the lord high treaſurer Burleigh, and the earl
of Leiceſter lord ſteward of her majeſty's houſhold.
To his younger ſons, Francis, George, and Oliver, he
gave certain ſpecific manors and lands in Yorkſhire ;
and to his daughters 1000/. each 9,
”
* Eliz. domina Roos, domina de Hamelak, Truſbut, & Belvoir, ob. 12 Apr. 33 Eliz. Will'us Cecil, ſen. ſuperſtes eſt apud
Newark, com. Nott Will'us Cecil, jun. dominus Roos, de Hamlack, Truſbut, & Belvoir, eſt filius & heres matris ; & fuit
tempore mortis matris ſuæ ætat. undecim ment. & 14 dies.
Inq. poſt mort. 37 Eliz. Ne 35, Harl. MSS. 756.
3 The whole monument (together with biſhop Sprat's) hath fince been diſplaced, to make room for that of Elizabeth
dutcheſs of Northumberland, who died Dec. 5, 1776.
But the figure of the lady Ros, with the armorial bearings (given in
plate X. fig. 8. from one of the lateſt drawings of Mr. Schnebbelie), have been preſerved by being placed over an adjoining
tomb,
A ſimilar diſpute occurred afterwards, in 1656, between the then earl of Rutland and the duke of Buckingham. See p. 49.
Ex copia pen, com. Rutland. Thoroton, p. 116.
5 See a fac ſimile of her ſignature, plate XII. p. 35.
7 Mr, Cecill was grandſon to the lord treaturer Burleigh, and ſon-in-law to the writer of the letter. See p.
* See his monument at Bottesford.
Vol. I.
9 Rutland, qu. 1, in the Prerogative Office,
O
He
48 HISTORY an» ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
* He died the 24th of February, the'day after the
execution of his will“; which was proved May 1,
1588, | |
"By Elizabeth his wife (who was buried at Bottes-
ford, March 24, 1594) he had five ſons; Edward,
who died young; Roger, Francis, and fir George,
ſucceſſively earls of Rutland; and fir Oliver. His
daughters were Bridget, married to Robert Tyr-
whit, of Ketelby, co. Lincoln, eſq; ſon and heir to fir
Robert Tyrwhit, knight; Frances, to William lord
Willoughby of Parham; Elizabeth, to Emanuel
Scroop, earl of Sunderland, but died without iſſue;
and Mary, who died unmarried in April 1588.
In the chancel of Beakeby church, co. Lincoln *,
on a large tomb of white alabaſter, is inſcribed;
Hic zacet Kobertug Tirwhit,
de Keteſby, miles, qui objit
13* die Novembr', anno dfii
1581. Ac etiam Elizabetha
uror ejus, que obiit
Me
And in the ſame chancel is a very fair monument of
white marble; on the flat whereof above is one
kneeling in complete armour on a wrought cuſhion
before a deſk ; on the other fide his wife, in a gown
of ſcarlet, the ſleeves turned up, Ermine. The ſecond
quadrature is raiſed up archwiſe ; the frontiſpiece of
which is adorned, and ſupported with two fair columns
of carnation marble, the tops whereof are curiouſly
diverſified with billetty work fretted with gold. Theſe
uphold the whole ſurface of the work; above which
is, firſt, an half canopy embelliſhed with roſes on the
concave; above which is another quadrature adorned
at either end with two pyramids of blue marble.
This partition is of very curious workmanſhip, with
a coſtly aurifigium round about it; within which are
cornucopiæ, and powdered alſo with other ſeveral
fruits: above (as a finial) is an eſcutcheon encircled
with a chaplet; upon which is depicted the arms of
Tyrwhit, empaled with Manners earl of Rutland,
with all the quarterings appertaining to either family.
Upon the table of inſcription (being of touch) in
golden letters is written: |
Here lyeth the Right Honourable the lady Br16er,
daughter of Jonx carl of RUTLAND, lorde Rossx,
baron HeLMESLEY, TrusSBoOT, and BELVOIRE,
wife of RopexT TTRWHIr, of Kettleby, eſq;
ſometime of the privy chamber to Queen Elizabeth,
and in ſpecial grace and favour.
Of nature milde, of ſpirit noble,
of ſpeech affable, of countenance amiable,
nothing proud of her place and fortunes,
and uſing her grace
rather to benefit others than herſelfe,
who, having been long viſited with ſickneſſe,
the 10th day of July, 1604,
finiſhed this mortal life,
leaving behinde her four children,
W1LL1am, RogzRr, RuTLAND, and Briogt,
In memory of whom, as alſo of himſelfe,
whenſoever it ſhall pleaſe God to call him
from this vale of miſery,
her deare huſband, Mr. RogkRT Trxwutr,
at his coſt erected this monument.”
Below, this comely epitaph :
„ Heus hoſpes ? qui negligenter præteris
Sortis memor fortafſe non ſatis tuæ),
ta; donec, hic quz dormiat, cognoveris,
Br161TTA claris clarior parentibus,
Virtute, caſtitate, moribus probis,
Boniſque, que vere beant clariſſimam
Formam cui ſuæ parem dederat Venus.
Terra ſub iſta neſcio quid pulveris
Haber vetuſti, et obſoleti, et putridi.
Heu! fato ſevis ſzviori tigribus !
Non fic decebat, obſecro ves, ut prius
Quam fi videret vivere, et luſtrum ſatis
Quintum peregiſſet, nigrantem regiam
Proſerpinæ ſubiret intractabilis,
Illa, illa longis digna ſzclis vivere,
Et nunc maritus, heu ! miſellus in toro
Vacuo gemens, lugenſque, et incuſans Deos
Fruſta ſuam defiderat turturem 3,” |
Edward, the eldeſt ſon, dying an infant ;
Royer, the next brother, ſucceeded their father at his
death, which was on the 24th of February, 1587-8
and became the rirrn earl. He was bred at the
univerſity of Cambridge, where he took the degree
of M. A. In 1595 he viſited France, Italy, and
Switzerland, &c.“ was colonel of foot in the Iriſh
wars in 1598; in which year, July 10, he was in-
corporated M. A. in the univerſity of Oxford; and is
ſtyled by Wood “ an eminent traveller, and a good
ſoldier *.” He was appointed conſtable of Notting-
2 SI
ham caſtle, and chief juſtice in eyre of Sherwood
foreſt, in 1600“; and in 1603 was honoured with a
viſit from king James, in his progreſs from Edin-
burgh to London; when, among other entertainments
prepared for the royal gueſt, was an exhihjtion of Ben
Jonſon's Maſque of The Meramorphoſed Gypſies.”
A contemporary writer tells us, On the 22d of
April his Majeſty departed from Newark toward Be-
ver caſtle, hunting all the way as he rode, ſaving that
in the way he made four knights. By the right noble
earl of Rutland his highneſs was not only royally and
moſt plenteouſly received, but with ſuch exceeding
joy of the good earl and his honourable lady, that
ho took therein exceeding pleaſure. And he ap-
roved his contentment in the morning ; for, before
went to break his faſt, he made 46 knights“; and
having refreſhed himſelf at breakfaſt, rook kind leave
of the earl of Rutland, his counteſs, and the reſt,
and fet forward towards Burleigh.”
In the ſame year this earl was made lord lieutenant
of Lincolnſhire; and was ſent embaſſador from king
James 1. into Denmark, to the chriſtening of the king's
Inq. cap. ap. Nottingham, 14 Aug. 30 Elizabeth, after the death of John earl of Rutland, who died poſſeſſed of the caſtle
and manor of Belvoir, &c. and priory of Belvoir, and manors of Wolleſthorp, Bottesford, Frethebye, Redmayle, Barſton, and
Plungar, an Hof the advowſons of the churches of Bottesford, Redmayle, Harby, Waltham, South Croxton, &c, held of the
queen in cafite by the ſervice of one fourth part of a knight's fee; beſides many other lands and manors, Harl. MSS,
410. p. 40. a. Nott. N 176.
*
Sir Robert Manners, knight, —=
+
„
5 Manner,
Thomas,
earl of Rutland ==
FT
Henry, carl of Rutland,
* n
Sir Thomas Manners, knight. = Theodoſia,
day ; buried at Bottesford, co. Leic,
2 Kok „
Roger, earl of Rutland, ſon and heir,
— —— , — — — ——
2. John, earl of Rutland, fon and heir male; his Elizabeth. 1. Edward, earl of Rutland, = Iſabel. John, za ſon,
will dated 23 Feb. 1587-8; died the next ob. ſ. p. 3 his will dated
14 April, 1587.
8 rancis. George. — Oliver. — Frances. Elizabeth,
Bridget. Mary.
t. 31 years, 3 months, and 13 days.
* See a deſcription of this tomb, in Topographer, vol. I. p. 113.
3 From Gervaſe Holles's Lincoloſhir: Collections in Harl. MSS. 6829. p. 152.
See his monument at Bottesford.
Faſti Oxon, vol. I. p. 1856.
* On the 5th of June, 1600, our earl was a principal attendant at the marriage of the lord Herbert and Mrs. Ann Ruſſell;
which was celebrated in great ſtate at Black Friars, the queen being preſent. |
Among theſewere fir George and fir Oliver Manners, two brothers of the earl of Rutland; to which title fix George
afterwards ſucceeded in 2632. See p. 33. Sir Oliver * buried at Bottesford Aug. 23, 1613.
3
A 8 **
eldeſt
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.] BELVOIR. | "$1 Mþ»
4 eldeſt ſon, and to inveſt his Daniſh majeſty with the 17, 1632 ; and was buried at Bottesford,
enſigns of the Garter. He was made knight of the Bath By his firſt lady he had only one child, named
at king James's coronation, 1603; and in the ſame Catharine*, who married George Villiers, the firſt”
year ſteward of the manor and ſoke of Grantham, He duke of Buckingham of that name; and after his
married Elizabeth, only daughter and heir to the famous aſſaſſination by Felton, Randolph earl [afterwards
fir Philip Sidney. On June 26, 1612, he proceeded marquis] of Antrim in Ireland. By her firſt marri-
on that expedition from which none return again *; age ſhe had George, ſecond duke of Buckingham ;
and was buried at Bottesford; and his counteſs ſur= who took the title of lord Ros of Hamlake9; bur,
vived bim little more than two months. Dying dying without iſſue in 1687, that title again reverted
without iſſue; to the Rutland family.
Francis, his brother, became his heir, and was the By the ſecond marriage earl Francis had two ſons,
$1xTH earl. In 1598, when but 18 years of age, he Henry and Francis; who both died in their infancy,
began his travels into France 3, Lorrain, and divers from the effects, as was ſuppoſed at the time, of
parts of Italy; where he was honourably received by “ wicked practice and ſorcery.” Joan Flower and
the princes themſclves, and nobly entertained in their her two daughters, Margaret and Philippa, ſervants
courts; and, in his return' through Germany, had at Belvoir caſtle, were diſmiſſed for neglect of buſi-
the like honour done him by Ferdinand archduke of neſs, and various miſdemeanors. This excited their
Auſtria, the emperor Matthias, and all the other revenge againſt the family ; they therefore made uſe
German princes. On the 4th of January, 1603-4, he of all the enchantments, ſpells, and charms, that were
was made knight of the Bath at the creation of at that tinie ſuppoſed” to anſwer their malicious pur-
Charles duke of York, ſecond fon to king James I4; poſes. Henry, the eldeſt of the ſons, died ſoon after
Beville, of Cornwall, and one of the daughters and cion of witchcraft aroſe till five years afterwards ;
coheirs of fir Henry Knyvett, of Charlton, co. Wilts, when the woman and her two daughters, who are
knight. In 1608 he married, ſecondly, Cicely, ſaid to have entered into a formal contract with the
daughter to fir John Tufton, of Hothfield, in the devil, and to have become “ devils incarnate them-
county of Kent, knight and baronet, filter to Ni- ſelves,” were accuſed of“ murdering Henry lord Ros
cholas carl of Thanet, and widow of fir Henry Hun- by witchcraft, and torturing the lord Francis ** his
gerford, knight. brother, and the lady Catharine his ſiſter.“ Being
In 1612, on his acceſſion to the earldom, he was apprehended five years after the ſuppoſed fact, after
made lord lieutenant of Lincolnſhire; ſoon after, various examinations before Francis lord Willoughby
juſtice in eyre of all the king's foreſts and chaces of Ereſby, fir George Manners, fir William Pelham,
North of Trent 5, and lord lieutenant of the counties fir Henry Haſtings, knight, and Samuel Fleming,
of Rutland, Northampton, and Nottingham; in 1616 D. D. rector of Bottesford, and other his majeſty*'s
knight of the Garter; and in the ſame year was one of Juſtices of the peace for the ſaid parts of the county,
the lords who attended the king to Scotland. In they were committed to Lincoln gaol. Joan Flower
1618 a writ of enquiry was iſſued, for this noble earl died at Ancaſter in her way thither, by wiſhing the
to ſhew cauſe why his caſtle of Belvoir, &c. ſhould bread and butter ſhe ear might choak her if ſhe was
not be ſeized into the king's hauds *, on account of guilty *. The two daughters were tried before fir
ſome alienation. In 1623 he was made admiral of Henry Hobberr, chief juſtice of the Common Pleas,
the fleet for convoying Charles prince of Wales and fir Edward Bromley, one of the barons of the
(afterwards Charles 1 out of Spain; in 1625 was Exchequer ; confeſſed their guilt, and were executed
one of the ſupporters to king Charles, as chief at Lincoln, March 11, 1618-19,
and in 1604 married Frances, widow of fir William their diſmiſhon e; notwithſtanding which, no ſuſpi-
mourner at the funeral of his father king James I;
and in 1629, in honour of the inſtallation of the earl
of Northampton, we find him attending at Windſor
with five of his principal domeſtics . He died Dec.
Cicely, counteſs of Rutland, the widow of earl
Francis, died in 1653; and was buried, Sept. 11, in
St. Nicholas's chapel, in Weſtminſter abbey, without
any monument either for herſelf or her ſon Francis .
*® Wood's Faſti Oxon, vol. I. ſub ann. 1598.
Harl. S8. Ne 760. p. 371. Suſſex, Inquif, cap. ap. Eſtgreenſted, 30 Oct. 10 Jac, I. after the death of Elizabeth, eoun ·
teſs of Rutland. Henry Sidney, knight of the Garter ==
ile lord Sidney of Penſhurſt, couſin and heir to Elizabeth, counteſs
1 d of Rutland, aged 48 years and upwards.
Elizabeth, counteſs of Rutland, ob. 1 Sep. 10 Jac. I. at London. :
3 See his monument at Bottesford. * Dugdale, by miſtake, ſays it was at the coronation of king James.
s' See his monument at Bottesford.
4 N.
Sir Philip Sidney, knight. Robert, viſcouot L
＋ .
debet. From the original in the Lord Treaſurer's Remembrancer's Office, Trin. Ree. 15 James I. Rot, 219,
? Theſe were, Mr, Wakeley, Mr. Hamerton, Mr, Roe, Mr. Longfield, and Monſieur Nandeletto.
* To this daughter he gave the ſite of Rievalx abbey, which deſcended to her ſon George Villiers, the ſecond duke of
Buckingham; who ſold it to fir George Duncombe, knight, whoſe deſcendants ſtill poſſeſs it. See Burton's Monaſticon Ebo-
racenſe, p. 364. The lady Catharine had alſo from her father the caſile of Helmeſley, and moſt of the other ancient poſſeſſions
of the family in Yorkſhire ; with the manor of Orſton, in Nottinghamſhire, which ſhortly afterwards was fold to Robert
carl of Kingſton, Thoroton, p. 116.
9 In 1666, on a difference between the duke of Buckingham and the earl of Rutland, after a long and ſerious debate in the
houſe of peers, their lordſhips agreed to make this repreſentation following to the king : “ That, upon the difference between
the duke of Bucks and the earl of Rutland concerning the barony of Roſſe, the lords being in conſiderazion thereof in purſu-
ance of his Majeſty's reference, and a deciſion of his late Majeſty king James being produced concerning the ſame title, in the
caſe of the lord Cecill; and the duke of Buckingham, out of expreſſion of kindneſs to the houſe of Rutland, from whenze he
is deſcended, propoſing that it might be offered to his majeſty's wiſdom, whether this controverſy may not be alſo compoſed in
like manner; the lords thought fit to offer this propoſal to his majeſty.” Journals of the Houle of Lords, vol. XII. p. 98.
10 Henry lord Ros was buried at Bottesford, Sept. 26, 1613.
* Francis, the ſecond ſon, who, on the death of his brother, was called lord Ros, ſurvived till March 7, 1619. He was
buried in Weſtminſter abbey. | -
22 However we may deplore the ignorance of the times, theſe unhappy women could not be aid to be innocent; as, from the
depoſitions of others, and their own examinations and confeſſions, there could be no doubt of their intentional guilt. In ſhort,
they believed themſelves witches. Many of the evidences in the different examinations concerning the witchcraft were of
ottesford, and are in the regiſter of that time, ſome of their deſcendants being yet living. Their caſe was printed 1618, 4to;
and in 1621, a Guarto pamphlet, intituled, © Strange and wonderful Witcherafts: diſcovering the damnable Practices of ſeven
Witches againſt the Lives of certain noble Perſonages, and others of this kingdom; with an approved Trial how to find
out either Witch or any Apprentice to Witchcraft,” See alſo Turner's Hiſtory of Remarkable Providences, &c. The calami-
ties in the earl's family are ſaid to have occaſioned the famous act of parliament in that reign, againſt ſorcery, and other
diabolical practices, which was lately repealed, Howel tells us, in his Letters, vol. I. p. 58, ** that king James, a great while,
This is contradictory to the tenor of the“ Dæmonologia, which was publiſhed long before. | |
*3 The only and indeed beſt authority for burying either this lady or her ſon in St, Nicholas's chapel, Weſtminſter, is the
though not, like her, honoured with a monument from John the eighth earl, who was of a different branch of the family.
| George,
1
* « Line“, Leic', Ebor'. De Franc'o comite Rutland, occ'on' ad oſtend' quare caſtrum de Belvoire in man? reg” ſeiſ non
was loth to believe there were witches; but that which happened to my lord Francis of Rutland's children convinced him.“ .
regiſter of the church; and it is probable they might be depoſited with or near Elizabeth lady Ros (of whom ſee p 60);
o”
1
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co HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or: LEICESTERSHIRE.
George, the next brother, who had been knighted
in Ireland, in 1599, by Robert earl of Effex, lord
lieutenant, for his valiant bebaviour againſt the rebels,
became in 1632 the 8EvENTH earl; and was honoured
with a viſit at Belvoir from king Charles in July
1634. He married Frances, ſecond daughter of
fir Edward Carey, of AJdenbam *, in the county of
Hertford, knight, ſiſter to Henry viſcount Falkland of
the mon of Scotland, lord deputy of Ireland, and-
relit of Ralphe Baſhe, of Stanſtead, in the county
of Herts, eſq; |
Earl George dying at his houſe in the Savoy,
March 29, 1541, without iſſue; we now return to
Jobn Manners, eſq; ſecond ſon of Thomas the firſt
earl of Rutlaud of this family; which John marrying
Dorothy, daughter and coheir of fir George Vernon, ot
Nether Haddon, in the county of Derby, knight 3,
(who, for his magnificence and hoſpitality, was com-
monly called king of the Peak), became poſſeſſed
of thirty lordſhips; one of which was the manor of
Ayleſton, in the county of Leiceſter, where ſome fur-
ther account of the Vernons will be found.
John Manners was knighted at Workſop, in Not-
tinghamſhire, April 20, 1603, when he waited on
James I. on his arrival from Scotland; and dying at
Haddon, June 4, 1611, was buried at Bakewell,
near his lady, who died before him, June 25, 1584.
They had iſſue three ſons and a daughter; fir George
Manners, born in 1573; John, born in 1576, and died
in 1590; and fir Roger Manners, third ſon, of
Whitwell, co. Derby, who was knighted at Theo-
balds, June 2, 1615, and, dying unmarried at Haddon
in 1659, was buried at Whitwell. The daughter was
Grace, married to fir Francis Forteſcue, of Salden,
co. Bucks, knight of the Bath,
In a chapel in the North tranſept of Bakewell
church is a monument in memory of ſir John Man-
ners and his lady, with three ſons repreſented in ar-
mour, and a daughter in a ruff, below their parents,
kneeling at a deſk. The inſcription : |
* Here lyeth S'r Joh” Ma'ners of Had»
don, knight, ſecond ſonne to Tho'
Erle of Kutland, who dyed the 4
of June, 1611, and dorothie
his wife, one of the daughters
and heirs to S'r George Wernon
- of Yaddon, knyght, who deceaſled
the 24 day of June, in the
_ 26 peere of the raigne of
Quene Elizabeth, 4
1 58 4 \
On a ſmall mural tablet in the ſame chapel :
« Here lyeth buried John Ma'ners,
gentleman, third lone of S'r John
Ma'ners, knight, who dyed the xvith
day of July, in the peere of our Lord
god 1 590, being of the age of 14 peers 4.” |
Sir George Manners, the eldeſt ſon, was knighted
April 23, 1603, by James I. He was married
April 2, 1594, to Grace, eldeſt daughter of fir Henry
Pierpoint, of Holme Pierpoint, co. Nottingham, knight
of the Garter, and fiſter to Robert earl of Kingſton ;
by whom he had iſſue John, his ſon and heir; Henry,
born May 14, 1606, died at Haddon 1618; Roger,
born December 30, 1609, died at London 1627, and
buried in the chapel of Lincoln's Inn; Elizabeth,
married April 14, 1616, to Robert Sutton, of Aver-
ham, co. Nottingham, afterwards lord Lexington
Eleanor, married October 3, 1622, to Lewis Watſon,
lord Rockingham, and died Oct. 7, 1679; Frances,
to Nicholas Saunderſon, viſcount AT in Ireland;
Dorothy, born March 19, 1608, and married to fir
Thomas Lake, of Stanmore, co. Middleſex, knight;
and Mary, born Jan. 1, 1612, wedded to fir Sackville
Crow, of Llanhern, co. Caermarthen, bart. -
Sir George Manners died at Ayleſton, April 23,
1623, and was buried near his father at Bakewell ;
where, againſt the North wall of the chapel above-
mentioned, is a heavy monument, with this inſcription :
© j1UsTOR” Id CHRISTO RESURRECTIONEM Hic EXPECTAT
GEORGIUS MANNERS DE HADDON, MILES,
QUI DUXIT UXOREM
GRACIAM FILIAM SECUNDAM HENRICI PIERPONT EQ!AUR?
QUE POSTQUAM ILLI QUATUOR FILIOS
QUINQUE FILIAS PEPERISSET
ET CUM ILLO IN SACRO CONJUGIO 30 ANNOS VIXERIT
HIC ILLUM CUM PATRIBUS SEPELIRI FECIT
DEINDE IN PERPETUAM FIDEL CONJUGALIS MEMORTAM
MONUMENTUM HOC SUIS SUMPTIBUS POSUIT
SUI CORPORIS FIGURAM ILLIUS FIGUR A JUNXIT
QUIA CINERES ET OSSA SOCIANDA VOVIT :
OBIIT ILLE APR, 24 AN” DOM. 1623, Ax ATATIS 64.
OBIIT ILLA AN? DOM, AN” ETATIS of
Jobn Manners, eſq; who ſucceeded to the family
eſtates on the death of his father in 1623, was born
at Ayleſton June 10, 1604 ; and married, in 1628,
Frances, daughter to Edward lord Montague, of
Boughton *, in the county of Northampton ; and by
her had four ſons and ſeven daughters; of whom
hereafrer,
He was ſheriff of the county of Derby in 9g and
11 Charles I; one of the knights for that county
15 Charles 1; and on the death of George earl of
Rutland in 1641, ſucceeding him in that honour,
became the E1GHTH earl,
This noble lord, in the convulſive ſtruggles of the
laſt century, though unreſervedly attached to the
Parliamentarians, had the good conduct to diſengage
himſelf in a great degree from the extravagance of
the times, We find his name; however, among the
twenty-two peers who remained at Weſtminſter, in
January, 1642-3, when the king ſummoned both
houſes to attend him peremptorily at Oxford; and,
in conſequence of his taking ſo decided a part, the
caſtle of Belvoir and its neighbourhood were involved,
for a conſiderable time, in all the calamities of war;
of- which the various important events, as far as they
relate to this particular place, ſhall here be indiſeri-
minately related in the words of the partizans on
either ſide of the queſtion.
Among the earlieſt adherents to the royal cauſe
may be reckoned fir Gervaſe Lucas, who raiſed a
regiment of horſe in 1642 ; Baptiſt Noel viſcount
Campden *, who alſo raiſed, and maintained at his
1 On the 25th of July, 1634, Edward Hartopp, of Buckminſter, was knighted at Belvoir caſtle.
2 See his monument at Bottesford.
3 Harl. MSS. N' 760. p. 430. Pembroke, Ne 48. Inq. cap. ap. Haverford Weſt, 15 Jan. 11 Elizabeth, afte
Sir George Vernon, knight, Ob. ult. Aug. 7 Elizabeth,
: *
r the death of
Domina Margareta Stanley, wife of ſir Thomas Stanley, 7
knight, æt. 21 years.
4 See the Sepulchral Monuments of Great Britain, vol. II. p. 262.
Dorothy, wife of [John] Manners, 2d daughter
and coheir, æt. 18 years,
5 See his monument at Bottesford.
o His Houſe at Brook, co. Rutland, was plundered by the lord Grey of Groby, in February, 1642-3 ; and his whole eſtate
ſequeſtered, ** About the 2oth of February, certain intelligence came by credible letters out of Leiceſterſhire, that the *
lord Grey, ſon to the victorious and valiant earl of Stamford, marched out of Leiceſterſhire into Rutlandſhire, to viſit the
lord Cambden, and Mr. Noel his ſon, two notable malignants ; whereof the ſaid lord Cambden underſtanding, he fled away,
and haſtily left kis houſe ; but Noel his ſon ſtaid by it, and the matter was diſputed by armes for very neer two hours, (Noel
ſcorning a treaty} but at length, with the lofſe of one man and two hurt, the lord Grey centred his houſe, took him and all
the ſouldiers in it priſoners, and found therein good ſtore of ammunition, which he alſo ſeized on, and carried away,” Vicars,
p. 271. But in December, 1647, the lord Cambden, ſubmitting to the parliament, obtained a pardon, on paying a fine of
, o-. for his delinquency. His offence is thus ſtared in the Journals of the Houſe of Commons, vol. V. p. 384: That
he was in arms againſt the Parliament :] hc rendered in November, 1645: his eſtate, for his life, in poſſeſlion, per annum,
x1,560/.; in reverhon, for life, 2,927/,; for life, upon contingency, if he ſhall ſurvive his fiſter, 7371. ; for three lives, per
annum, 1407. ; for one life, per annum, 497/. ; in reverſion, after twenty-eight years, 1,020/, ; out of which iflues, per an-
num, 6021. 6s, 8d.; which leaves the fine, at a third, 10, ooo. But if his lordſhip ſettle the profits of Langham, which are
100ʃ. per annum, for three lives, for the increaſe of maintenance for a preaching miniſter there; and gol. per annum for in-
creaſe of maintenance to a preaching miniſter in the church of Hampſtead for ever; then the fine remains 9,000/,” |
own
FRAMLAND Hunpaed!)] |
own expence, a troop of horſe and a company of
fo; and Mr. Maſon *, the rector of Aſhwell, who
appeared perſonally in arms as commander of an
independent company. By theſe gallant aſſociates
(whoſe ſtandard on this occaſion was blue and gold,
with the motto, UT REX SIT REX*) the caſtle of Belvoir
was very early taken poſſeſſion of, as appears by the
following intelligence from Oxford, dated Jan. 31,
1642-3: © The ficſt advertiſement of this day, was,
that the high ſheriffe of the county of Lincolne had
taken Belvoyr caſtle for his majeſtie, an houſe be-
longing now and long ſince to the earles of Rutland;
and which, by reaſon of the ſituation on an hill of
difficult accefle, and being built upon the confines of
Lincolne and Leiceſterſhires, with a very fair proſpect
alſo into that of Nottingham, is thought to, bee
of ſpeciall conſequence and importance for his ma-
jeſties ſervice, as having a ſtrong power and influence
on all thoſe three counties.“
The Malignants of Nottingham have taken Bever
caſtle, being the earl of Rutland's +,”
The carl of Rutland was, after this, in the liſt of
thoſe nominated and recommended by the houſe of
commons to the king, Feb. 12, 1642-3, as fit to be
entruſted with the militia of the kingdom, wherein
they deſired the concurrence of the peers.
In May, 1643, fir Lewes Watſon, who had been
taken priſoner at Stoke Albany by colonel Haſtings,
was ſent into confinement at Belvoir caſtle'.
In July, the earl of Rutland was nominated, with
the lord Grey of Warke, to go on an embaſly to the
Scots, to deſire their brethren of that kingdom io
ſend in aid and aſſiſtance for the preſervation and
maintenance of the religion and liberties of the king-
dom * ;” but, as lord Clarendon relates, tlie earl of
Rutland thought it ſo deſperate a cure, that, pretend-
ing an indiſpoſition of health, he procured a releaſe ;
and the lord Grey of Warke ſo peremptorily refuſed
to intermeddle in it, that he was committed to the
Tower ?.“
% About 1000 cavaliers from Newark and Bever
caſtle hovered and roved, in July, about Stamford and
Wothrop-houſe, a great and ſtrong ſeat in thoſe
parts; but were bravely moleſted and chaſed thence
by that brave and moſt worthily renowned com-
mander, colonel Cromwell, and at laſt forced to take
ſanctuary in a very ſtrong and ſtately ſtone-builr
houle, not far from Stamford alſo, called Burleigh-
houſe, ſituated in a large park, and ſurrounded with
a ſtrong ſtone wall; but God ſeaſonably ſending
colonel Hubbard and colonel Palſgrave to his aſſiſt-
ance, both with men and ordnance, the brave colonel,
with his auxiliary ſtrength, immediately advanced to
the ſaid Burleigh-houſe, ſate down before it, and,
having commodiouſly planted his ordnance, ſhot at
it two or three houres (beginning about three of the
clock that morning); but could doe no good that
way, the houſe being ſo ſtrongly built. Then the
noble colonel ſounded a parley to the enemie, and
offered them quarter, to have their lives and libertie
to depart without their weapons; but the enemy
utterly refuſed the motion, reſolutely anſwering, that
they would neither take nor give quarter. Here-
upon the valiant colonel gave preſent order to ſtorm
and aſſault it with his muſketteers; whereupon the
fight grew very hot, and was bravely performed on
both les for a while, and with much difficultie and
danger on ours, the enemy being very adlive and
'confident; and thus the affault continued divers
hours, till at laſt the Cavaliers courage began to fail,
ours preſſing on them very fiercely and furiouſly, ſo
that they Binded a parley from within the houſe ;
whereupon the as virtuous and valourous colonel
commanding preſently that not one of his ſouldiers
B EL VOI A.
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ſhould dare to ſhoot or kill any man during the par-
ley on pain of death, notwithſtanding their former
cruell and bloudy anſwer to his foreſaid proffer of
quarter to them; in brief, they ſoon concluded upon
quarter for their lives; and ſo they took them all,
being 2 colonels, 6 or 7 captaines, 3 or 400 foot,
about 150 or 200 horſe, with all their armes and
ammunition, together with the pillage of the whole
bouſe. Admirable was the providence of God in
this victory, in that, in all this fight, which continued
about nine or ten houres, not above fix or ſeven of
our men were ſlain (though many were hurt) in that
ſo hot and fierce an encounter or aſſault. Onely
about two miles beyond Stamford toward Grantham;
ſome 400 club-men coming to the ayd of the Cava-
liers, and having killed ſome of our colonel's ſcouts;
he ſent three or tour troops of horſe to meet and en-
counter them, who at the firſt onſet had almoſt lain
one of the captaines of one of our ſaid troopes, ſo
furiouſly they fell upon ours at the firſt ; whereupon
ours, being inſtantly much enraged, fell very fiercely
upon them, and had quickly ſlain about 30 of them,
and forced the reſt to flie into a great wood hard by
them for their lives.“ |
The lord Campden's troop of horſe; three or four
companies of foot and dragoons, with their colours and
all their ammunition, were loſt by this ſad event 9,
On the 16th of October the earl of Rutland took
the ſolemn league and covenaht.
An enterprize was undertaken, Nov. 27, which an
expreſs from Belvoir caſtle thys details : ** That the
governor thereof, colonel Gervaſe Lucas (who richly
deſerves to be governour of that place which he gained
for his majeſtic), underſtanding that the Committee
of Leiceſter was gone to Melton Mowbray in that
county, to aſſeſſe the countrey, and gather up thg
rents of all ſuch as are not as perfect rebels as them-
ſelves, ſent intelligence to fic Richard Byron, gover-
nour of Newarke, deſiring him to aſſiſt him with
ſome horſe and dragoones, and he made no doubr
but to give him a very faire account of the ſervice ;
which fir Richard very chearfully aflented to (know-
ing colonel Lucas both vigilant and faithful), and
therefore furniſhed him with as many horſe and dra-
goones as. made him a body of 300 in all. With
theſe he marched away on Sunday laſt in the evening,
November 27, and was gotten to Melton Mowbray
next morning by breake of day ; whither he no fooner
came, but preſently he entred the town2, and ſur-
prized the rebels, who were more in number then
himſelfe; not a man eſcaping, but one who was
coronet to fir Edward Hartopp, nor any killed, ſave
one lieutenant, who was ſtubborne, and refuſed to
ſubmit himſelfe to the conqueror. The buſineſſe was
done as handſomely as any one ſer vice ſince the be-
ginning of the rebellion : for, ficſt, they tooke all
the commanders, viz. 4 captaines of horſe, 4 lieute-
nants, 3 coronets, and 4 captaines of dragoones, their
lieutenants and coronets, beſides one captaine of foot,
with all officers and under-officers-belonging to horſe
and foot, and above 300 common ſouldiers; all their
colours, all their ammunition and baggage, almoſt
400 very good armes, and above 300 horſe. But
above all, they tooke priſoners the right worſhipful
committee, conſiſting of Mr. Staveley, Maſter Haſle-
rig, and captaine Hacker, the laſt of which three had
made a vow to piſtol bis owne brother, becauſe he was
loyal, and refuſed to turne rebel ; but was himſelfe
now at his brother's mercy, who had the fortune here
All which they brought ſafe
to Belvoyr caſtle, to the great eaſe and benefit of the
countrey, which had much been oppreſſed by theſe new
maſters, that might have taken warning of this valiant
colonel, when he beat up their quarters at Clauſton
T Thomas Maſon, M. A. rector of Aſhwell, co. Rutland, who, in a Parliamentary newſpaper, Oct. 14, 1645, is ſtyled
Captain Maſon, the commander in chief of the Fen robbers.” It appears from Walker, that he was afterwards impriſoned,
ptundered, and otherwiſe bai barouſiy uſed, Two of thoſe impriſonments were at Nottingham, for reading the Common Prayer
in private families.
Plate II. fig. 40.
* Ibid. P-. 262.
Claregdon, vol. II. p. 300.
Vor, I.
And, as a farther puniſhment, he had no fifths paid him. Walker, Sufferings of the Clergy, p. 316.
3 Mercurius Aulicus, p. 58,
Journals of the Houſe of Commons, vol, III. p. 155.
1 Vicars, p. 7.
perfect Diurnal, Feb. 1642-3.
9 Ibid, p. 132.
the
82 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
the weeke before their farewell to Melton Mowbray.
This ſeaſonable diffolving the committee of Leiceſter
makes other committees more active and vigilant *.”
The Journals of Parliament take notice of letters
from the lord Grey of Groby and colonel Wayte, Dec.
24, 1643, concerning the giving of a rout and over-
throw, by colonel Wayte's ae, to the whole body
of the Belvoir forces;” which is thus related by
Vicars: About the 24th came certain intelligence,
by letters from Leiceſter to London, that about 140
of the Newark and Belvoir - cormorants went into
Rutlandſhire to plunder and pillage the country,
where they took many kine, ſheep, and horſes, from
the country people ; which being timely made known
to colonel Wayte, who moſt valiantly kept and com-
manded Burleigh-houſe, upon the edge of / that
county, with a competent garriſon, for the parlia-
ment, he iſſued out of the ſaid houle with but about
6D valiant chBice men, and marched toward them to
Strozby-Heath, whereabout he overtook them, and
' ſent a trumpet to ſound them a challenge; but they,
having more mind to be gone with their prey than to
ſtay and fight, went on therewith. Whereupon this
valiant colonel, with his reſolute comrades, fell cou-
rageouſly on them; and fo neceſſitated them either to
fight or die; and ar the firſt encounter (which was
very hot for the time), Allen, his captain lieutenant,
fo bravely charged them, that he mortally wounded
captain Plunket (the vileſt villain among all the cor-
morants of Belvoir caſtle or Newark either, and one
mentioned in the king's proclamation in the begin-
ning of this parliament for a notorious Iriſh rebel,
but now, it ſeemed, come over to fight for the Pro-
teſtant religion, and who was here made their chief
commander in this robbing deſign), who immediately
died of the ſaid wound. Colonel Lucas alſo was
ſorely cut over the face with a ſword ; and had not
his horſe been better than himſelf, he had been at
that time taken priſoner. And upon a ſecond charge,
colonel Wayte ſo bravely beſtirred himſelf with his
valiant aſſociates, that though he had his horſe ſhot
under him, and his lieutenant ſhot in the thigh; yet
they carried it on ſo reſolutely, that his enemies be-
took themſelves to their heels and ran away; in the
purſuit of whom, even to Belvoir caſtle, they flew
divers of them, took about 60 of their horſe, 46
Priſoners, many arms, recovered the greateſt part of
the prey from them, wounded many of thoſe that
fled ; and all this without the loſs of any one man of
theirs, and but three wounded. About the 26th
day following, 36 of thoſe priſoners were brought
into the town of Leiceſter, that they might be ſafe-
lier there kept than at Burleigh-houſe. After this
victory thus by God's mercy obtained, the noble co-
lonel ſo ordered the buſineſs with his ſoldiers, that
all the ſtolen cattle recovered from the robbing ene-
mies were reſtored to their proper owners again *.”
A letter, dated Jan. 9, 1643-4, takes notice of
another defeat given unto the forces of Belvoir.”
In March following, © the earls of Rutland and Bo-
lingbrooke of the peers, Mr. St. John (whom they ſtill
intitled the king's ſolicitor general, though his majeſty
had revoked his patent), ſerjeant Wild (who, being
a ſerjeant at law, had with moſt confidence averred
their legal power to make a ſeal), Mr. Brown, and
Mr. Prideaux, two private practiſers of the law, were
nominated © to have the keeping, ordering, and diſ-
poſing of it, and all ſuch _ the like power and au-
thority as any lord chancellor, gr lord keeper, or
commiſſioner of the great ſeal, for the time being,
had had, uſed, or ought to have.“ But the earl of
Rutland was ſo modeſt, as to think himſelf not ſuſ-
ficiently qualified for ſuch a truſt ; and therefore ex-
caſed himſelf. in point of conſcience ; whereupon
they nominated, in his room, the earl of Kent, a man
of far meaner parts, who readily accepted ache place .“
* Bever-Worton houſe is mentioned by Vicars, March
6, 1643-4; and about the 18th of that month * came
credible information to London, that a party of colonel
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Wayte's horſe, from Burley-houſe in Rutlandſhige,
went out ſuddenly toward Beyer caſtle, intellig
having been given them of a troop of horſe quartered
a mile off from the caſtle. Whereupon, with the beſt
preparation they could make of faddle-horſes and
others for dragoons (the moſt part of their garriſon
troopers being then out 1n the ſervice at Newark
ſiege with fir John Meldrum), they fell on them in
their quarters, took divers of them prifonefs, and
then went nearer the caſtle, took thence 20 fat oxen,
and at leaſt 200 fat ſheep, and brought them all away
ſafely with them to Burley-houſe +.”
In a letter from colonel Gervaſe Lucas, governour
of Belvoyr caſtle, it is certified that a London mer-
chant, a captaine in colonel Watts his regiment,
comming downe with his troop in Lincolnſhire, tooke
up his quarters at Stamford; whereof colonel Lucas
having intelligence, ſent a party thither on Saturday
laſt, which did their worke fo handſomely, that they
took almoſt all the captaine's troop, all his officers
but the heutenant, with all their armes, beſides two
trunks, the one full of very fine cloathes, and the
other full of new piſtols; all which are carried with
this merchant adventurer into Belvoyr caſtle. The
captaine had two trumpeters, one to ride in the front
of his troope, the other in the reare, but now were tyed
together, and followed the captaine to Belvoyr caſtle 5,”
Aug. 5, 1644, the parliament conſented that captain
Barker, a royaliſt, then a priſoner, ſhould be delivered
up in exchange for captain Hercules Hunckes, a pri-
ſoner in Belvoir caſtle ; and on the petition of Mrs.
Frances Hunckes, Aug. 29, an order was made, Sept.
30, for paying her part of her huſband's arrears 5.
In October, two troops of the king's horſe were
made priſoners by colonel Fleetwood near Bel-
voir caſtle 7. Vicars ſays, © We were moſt certainly
informed, by ſeveral letters out of Lincolnſhire, that
his majeſty had ſent directions to all the commanders
of his garriſons at Newark, Belvoir caſtle, and others
thereabout, with ſpecial command ſpeedily to join into
a conſiderable body, and to march for the relief of
Crowland, and then to fall into the aſſociated coun-
ties, which accordingly aud inſtantly they put in
practiqe; and for which purpoſe they met together
in ng body, and came into the Vale of Bever,
from whence they intended to march ſpeedily toward
Crowland : but loyal, active, and valiant fir John
Gell's and fir Thomas Fairfax's forces, being timely
informed thereof, appointed alſo ſpeedily to meer
together, and to fall upon the enemy in the ſaid Vale
of Bever; which accordingly they performed with
fingular good ſpeed and good ſucceſs, and bravely
ſurprized the greateſt part of them; took major
Pudſey and two colonels, about 800 horſe, and 400
riſoners; and by this means moſt happily fruſtrated
th the certain relieving of Crow land, and eſpe-
cially prevented that moſt deſperate and dangerous
deſign (as it might unqueſtionably have proved) of
breaking in, like a furious overflowing flood, into
the aſſociated counties.”
On an excurſion to Oakham, in January 1644-5,
12 troopers belonging to Burley-houſe, and two ſe-
queſtrators, were brought prifoners to Belvoir caſtle.
The officers in command at Belvoir at this period
are thus enumerated by Mr. Simmonds, one of the
quarter-maſters to the king:
& Col. Gervaſe Lucas, governor of Belvoir caſtle,
gentleman of the horle to the earl of Rutland, ſome
time his horſe ·keeper. |
Lieut. Col. Bale, ſecond ſon to fir John Bale, of
Carlton, Leiceſterſhire. |
Major Pluckney. | |
Capt. Archer, fold gloves over againſt the Croſs
in Cheapſide.
Capt. Gregory, an attorney in the Common Pleas,
Capt. Yates, gent. flain at Melton Mowbray.
Capt. Deane, came from the parliament.
Capt. Overton, was a parſon. WET!
Capt. Hardy, a major at Belvoir caſtle *,”
Ibid, p. 407. —** The earl of Rutland, firſt choſen, upon ſome ſcruples of conſcience objected by him, was acquitted of
© that ſervice, Vicars, p. 88.
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* Vicars, p. 171,
0 Journals of the Hauſe of Commons, vol. III. pp. 579. 610. 646,
5 Mercurius Aulicus, p. 801.
7 Whitlock, p. 102. Harl. MSS, N* 944.
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January 30, 1644-5, © There are reports of
many private jars among the king's commanders.
There is great difference amongſt them; that at Be-
ver the governor is turned out; and Byron, governor
of Newark, alſo is turned out, and one Willis put in
his ſtead.”
On the 25th of February, a conſiderable number of
Royaliſts, who were wounded in an engagement near
Melton Mowbray, were ſheltered in Belvoir caſtle.
« A party of horſe from Beaver caſtle came ſuddenly
and ſecretly to aſſault ſome of our Leiceſterſhire forces,
who were making a garriſon at fir Eraſmus de la
Fountain's houſe near Melton, with a full intent and
hope io have ſurprized them, but were happily
fruſtrated of their expectation z for the parliament's
forces having notice of the enemy's approach, they
valiantly repulſed them, took and flew about 8
of them; and during the time of the ſkirmiſh, ſome
of our nimble ſoldiers, running haſtily to ſupply the
want of powder, unawares fer one or two barrels
of powder on fire, which ſuddenly blew up one
part of fir Eraſmus's houſe, and did very. little
other hurt. But ſee the wiſe and good providence
of God, who turned this little loſs into a far
greater gain and benefit; for, by this means, -at the
leaſt 300 pounds worth of plate and many good
arms were diſcovered, which had before been hid in
the ground; and thus made good prize, to be em-
ployed for the parliament's ſervice and benefit, And
about the ſame time we were alſo certainly informed,
by letters out of Leiceſterſhire, that a party from
Aſhby-de-la-Zonch came to Cole-Orton, intendinggo
have ſurprized our men there, and to have piundere
the town; but they miſled of their aim, and, in the
attempt, loſt 70 or 80 of their horſe '.”
This event is ſomewhat diſferently related in a letter
from fir Marmaduke: Langdale to prince Rupert; in
which, after mentioning a defeat of fome of the Par-
liamentarian forces near Northampton, he adds,
« On Monday, Feb. 24,. we continued our march to
Harborough without any oppoſition or ſight of enemy ;
but here we were certainly advertized of a conjunc-
tion made that night of all the horſe of Leiceſter,
Derby, Nottingham, Grantham, Stamford, Burleigh,
Kirby, and Rockingham, aſſociated under the con-
duct of colonel Roſſiter (and then in preſent motion),
drawn out, but upon what deſign ſeverally reported
until the next day, being Tueſday the 25th, marching
from Harborough towards Melton Mowbray, we were
at full aſſured; for, approaching neare the towne,
we diſcovered ſome horſe and dragooners in it; and
upon another paſſe of the ſame water, in a faire meade
about halfe a mile from the towne, their main
ſtrength (as we judged them) being near 2000 in all,
were drawn up to oppoſe us (as fir Marmaduke Lang-
dale did conceive) at the paſſage, being a place of
very great adyantage, for which purpoſe he was in-
* Vicars, p. 103.
3 Dr. Thomas Moreton.
John the fourth earl of Rutland,
B EL VOII. £4
ſtantly putting himſelfe into a poſtufe to endeayotit
to force the paſſe, but their eagerneſs to fight ſaved
us that labour; for by that time that we were well in
order drawn up, and had gained the brow of the hill
on the South fide of Melton, the enemy was advanced
through the rowne to meet us, and in a gallant fury
. us a bold charge upon the very ground choſen
y ourſelyes to fight upon. The encounter continued
hot and ſharp a good while, with ſeveral yarious aps
pearances of ſucceſſe on both ſides; but at length
they were wholly routed, many of their commanders
ſlaige, many hurt, and all the body ſcattered unto
their — — The fatigue of our long march,
and the night intervening, prevented our very farre
purſuit of them in a ſtrange country; but we ſlew
upon the place neere 100, and took almoſt ſo many
priſoners, and foure colours of horſe. The loſſe we
ſuſtained was ſmall; only fir John Girlington and
captain Gaſcoign, two gallant gentlemen, both flaine
in the firſt charge, and ſome few wounded. One cap»
tain Hacker held a garriſon for the rebels at fir Eraſ-
mus de la Fountain's houſe in Kirby, within a mile
of the place we fought upon; who, being with his
horſe and dragooners totally routed in this battaile,
went back in deſpaire to his garriſon and burnt it, and
then fled with ſuch as would follow him, being but
two in all, in the night to Leiceſter ; a common par-
liament practice, to ſet a houſe on fire, and then to
runne away by the light of it. The purſuit of the
enemy being done, and the pillage of the field ga-
thered by our men, wherein was good ore both of
horſe-mens armes and muſkets; fir Marmaduke Lang-
dale rallying all his troops again in order, continued
his march that night beyond Belvoir caſtle ; and the
next day, being Wedneſday the 26th, we advanced
four miles beyond Newark “.“
- On the 19th of March, the Belvoir horſe and foot,
joining the Newark forces in a gallant attack on
Grantham, were repulſed with conſiderable loſs.
A circumſtance in the perſonal hiſtory- of the earl
of Rutland's family ſhall here be mentioned. On the
2th of April, 1645, The houſe of commons being
acquainted that the biſhop of Durham * had lately
ſprinkled the child of the earl of Rutland, ſigning her
with the ſign of the croſs, notwithſtanding that he
was by ſome godly ladies then preſent deſired to for-
bear it, being ſo much contrary to the Directory; he
was ſent for forthwith; as alſo for refuſing (though
commanded by both houſes) to deliver the ſeals of
the county palatine of Durham, and other contemp:s ;
and for theſe offences was committed to the cuſtody
of the ſerjeant at arms4.” A committee at the fame
time was appointed, to collect the ſubſtance of what
the biſhop anſwered touching the chriſtening of the
earl of Rutland's child by the Book of Comfnon
Prayer, to the end that a conference might be had
with the lords; and what was fit to be done with the
* Mercurivs Aulic us, p. 1402.
This venerable prelate, who was then more than 80 years of age, had been domeſtic chaplain to
The revenues of his ſee were wholly taken from him by parliament May 10, 1646 ; when
an annuity was voted him of 8ool, ; a ſum much ſuperior to any thing allowed his ſuffering brethren,
Whilſt he was able to
ſubſiſt without it, he gave no attention to the order; but when his ncceſſities grew preſſing, and he was urged to look after it, he
found the vote totally ineffectual, as it was not ſtated whence or by whom the allowance was to be paid; and before he could
procure an amendment of the order, to make the penſion payable out of the revenues of his own biſhopric, all the lands and
revenues of it were ſold or divided, By the importunity of ſome of the biſhop's friends, an order was obtained that he ſhould
have 1000. in part, from the treaſury at Goldimiths-hall: with this ſum he paid his debts, and purchaſed an annuity of 2001,
a year, on which he ſubſiſted: this annuity was at firſt granted by lady Savile in the minority of her ſon fir George, and by
him confirmed when he came of age, When the ſale of biſhops landꝭ was reſolved upon by both houſes of parliament, old fir
Harry Vane came immediately to the biſhop of Durham's houſe, 'and adviſed him to petition in time for his livelihood to be
granted ſome other way than by the 8ool, a year formerly voted, Being turned out of Durham houſe by the ſoldiers when
they came to garriſon it, about the end of the year 1648, the earl and counteſs of Rutland invited him to their houſe in the
Strand, where he became a part of their care and fawily for ſome ſhort time. But, being loth to live at the charge of others
while he was able to ſubſiſt of himſelf, and thinking the country air might better ſuit with his declining years than that of
the city, he went to live with captain Thomas Saunders, at Flamitead, in Hertfordſhire, and afterwards with Thomas Ro-
theram, eſq; of Luton, in Bedfordſhire. At laſt, going to London with about ſixty pounds, which it ſeems was then his all,
he was overtaken on the road by ſir Chriſtopher Velverton, who, being known to the biſhop, though the biſhop was unknown
to him, fell into diſcourſe with him, and aſked him who he was? The biſhop replicd, “ I am that, old man the biſhop of
Durham, notwithſtanding all your votes;” (for fir Chriſtopher had too much complied with the times.) Whereupon fir
Chriſtopher aſked whither he was going? © To London,” replied the good old biſhop, “ to live a little while, and then to
die.“ On this ſir Chriſtopher entered into further diſcourſe with him, and took him home to his houſe at Eaſton Manduit, in
Northamptonſhire, where he became tutor to his ſon, afterwards the very learned fir Henry Yelverton, On the death of fir
Chriſtopher, his ſon fir Henry, who had the affeQion of a moſt tender child for the good bithop, continued to ſupport him till
his death, which happened Sept. 22, 1659, in the ggth, year of his age, the 44th ſince his being conſecrated a biſhop, aud the
28th of his tranſlation to the ſee of Durham, See Hutchinſon's Hiſtory of Durham, vol. I. p. 50d.
* Preſent Occurrences, 1645, 15th Week,
biſhop
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84 HISTORY ANDY ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
biſhop herein; as likewiſe with all ſuch. other per-
ſons as ſhould ſhew any contempt to the Ordinance
and Directory for Worſhip; or ſhould not obey or
obſerve the ſame, according to the inj unction thereof.“
The reſult of the conference is not reported.
When the town of Leiceſter was taken by prince
Rupert, May 31, a part of the ſpoil was carried to
Belvoir. caſtle; which had juſt before been newly
garriſoned with 109 men *.
July 12, the earl of Rutland was appointed a com-
miſſioner, with Philip lord Wharton and others, “ to
be ſent to the kingdom of Scotland, to treat and con-
clude divers matters concerning the ſafety and peace
of both kingdoms *.” "
« In the beginning of Auguſt, a party of horſe
from Newark, being joined by the forces at Belvoir,
to the number of zoo in all, under the command of fir
Robert Dalliſon, were employed in raiſing contribu-
tions near Stamford; but were repulſed by captain
Allen, who, with 95 dragoons from Burleigh-houſe,
routed them, killed 5, took ſeveral officers, and 50
priſoners, 80 horſe, and reſcued the countrymen and
plunder which they had taken.“
«© About the beginning of this month, we received
letters of certain intelligence from Burleigh-houſe,
in thoſe parts, that a party of Newarkers being
joyned with Belvoyr forces, to the number of about
300 in all, were gathering taxes or contribution mo-
ney about Stamford, and the parts thereabout ;
whereof valiant captain Allen having notice, he,
with captain Collins, drew forth all the horſe belong-
ing to the garriſon, being in number not above 130
or 140 at moſt, whereof ſome were dragoons which
came after, who found the enemy near Carlebie, re-
treating homeward with their priſoners and plunder,
among Whom they had taken an alderman of Stam-
ford, fir Robert Dalliſon being their commander in
chiefe, and they above two for one of ours, where a
hot encounter was begun between them; for our
men, notwithſtanding, ſet upon them with admirable
reſolution, and were (as it muſt be confeſſed) at firſt
gallantly received; but, I ſay, after a ſharp and ſhort
diſpute, it pleaſed God to do much for ours, and to
make courageous captain Allen a ſpecial! inſtrument
of a brave victory, his brave ſouldiers taking more
than ordinary courage at his valiant and undaunted
behaviour among them, inſomuch that they utterly
routed the enemy, leaving dead and deſperately
wounded twelve or fourteen on the _ and took
priſouers captain King and captain Smith, took 51
priſoners beſides, and 80 horſe, whereof fir Robert
Dalliſon's was one, but himſelf had eſcaped ; beſides,
they took major Coney, captain Styles, lieutenant
Nickolſon, lieutenant Thorp, lieutenant Nicholas
Mahum, cornet Metcalf, "Thomas Martin, Adrian
Scroop, and ſome other reformadoes, and reſcued
and brought ſafely home again above twenty honeſt
countrymen, whom they were carrying away pri-
ſoners; and thus, I ſay, they all returned trium-
Phantly home againe, with not a man of their own
killed or mortally wounded ; a rare mercy and pre-
ſervation indeed 5.”
The king ſlept at Belvoir caſtle on the night of
Auguſt 5; and on the 21ſt marched into Lincolnſhire,
where his army is ſaid to have committed many out-
rages. The next night he lay again at Belvoir caſtle“.
c Friday the 22d, to Belvoir caſtle, where one Lu-
cas ?, ſometime horſe-keeper to the carl of Rotel. is
governor. This caſtle is part in Lincoln, part in
Rotel. part in Nottinghamſhire *,”
On the 23d the king, with his troops, proceeded
to Stamford. As they paſſed along, ſome forces from
Burleigh and Leiceſter fell upon their rear, took 80
horſe, four colours, divers arms, and about 20 pri-
ſoners, of the lord St. Paul's regiment ?.
On Sunday the 24th, the king reached Hunting»
Journals of the Houſe of Commons, vol. IV. p. 104.
don, and reſted there the 2 5th; on one of which days;
during his ſtay at an inn, he wtote the following
couplet on a pane of glaſs, which was afterwards
taken out by fir Lionel Walden, and put into a win-
dow of his own houſe ** : |
„ Evils in time ſhould be redreſs'd,
The ſhorteſt follies are the belt !”
Early in October the following letters were inter-
cepted by colonel Roſſiter: .
I, ** To fir Gervaſe Lucas, the governor of Belyoir
caſtle, Theſe preſent :
% Dear Sir, I am commarided by the lord Gerhard,
to ſend you this order from the king; and withall to
let you know, he (Gerhard) intends to be with you
himſelf to-morrow (he faith) in the morning. You
have a great many troubleſome gheſts; and amongſt
them a moſt faithful ſervant, called Ronexr HATTON.
2. To fir Gervaſe Lucas, governor of Belvoir,
© Charles R. Truſty and well-beloved, we greet
you well. Whereas we have for the preſent thought
fit to diſpoſe our horſe in this (Newark) and all other
garriſons in theſe parts, whereby they may be ready
for any ſervice ; Our pleaſure and command to you
therefore is, that you immediately provide in that
your garriſon (Belvoir) fit accommodation for general
Gerhard's horſe, being about 300, beſides your own;
and that you aſſiſt them in levying and bringing in
proviſions for the ſupply both of horſe and men,
out of the ſeveral townſhips allotted for their provi-
ſions, during their ſtay with you. Herein we expect
you ſhall employ your beſt care and diligence. And
ſo we bid you farewell. From our court at Newark,
OR. 6, 1645.” |
On the 15th of October, colonel Roſſiter wrote
thus to the high-ſheriff of Northamptonſhire:
* At Walton, within two miles of Belvoyr, I met
with prince Rupert and prince Maurice, with three
or four hundred horſe; and within a ſhort time after
engagement, their forlorn hope ran away. We pur-
ſued them unto the walls of Belvoyr caſtle. We took
in the purſuit one major, three captains, ſixty gentle-
men, and ſeveral other priſoners, many lain, about
one hundred and fifty horſe taxen; and the two
princes, the lord Mullineux, and the lord Hawley,
and eight other great perſons, eſcaped narrowly with
the reſt, The king continues about Newark; he
hath ſent fir Marmaduke Langdale into-the North.
Your faithful ſervant, E. Rossir ER.“
The Republican prints in London, in the mean
time, contained the following vague reports: A
ſcout from Northampton brought news that prince
Rupert and prince Maurice were both at Banbury,
and that they were nobly entertained by the earl of
Northampton; and that from thence they were going
to Newark to the king, to bid him farewell; and
therefore deſired that his lordſhip would ſend a con-
voy with them to Belvoir, or ſome other place, from
whence they might go to ſecure the king. Tueſday
morning we received intelligence of prince Rupert
and prince Maurice at Banbury, upon their march
rowards Newark. Some reported them to be 1200,
others 600; upon which, all our forces within the
garriſon at Grantham, being goo, and 400 more
© which lay at Stamford, were drawn to Melton by
colonel Roffiter, to interpoſe between the king
and the princes, and to Join with colonel Manwaring
at Leiceſter, and ſince gone to Derby to join with
colonel Poyntz. Yeſterday morning, upon intelli-
gence from Burley, that the report of prince Rupert's
coming was falſe, and the king being returned back
to Newark, our horſe were ordered to return back
ro Grantham; no ſooner were we marching, but
(from Leiceſter) we received intelligence that the
princes were upon their march towards Belvoir.
Upon which we purſued them with all ſpeed. They
Of 1520 troops on the king's part in this county, 100 were allotted to Belvoir, Harl. MSS, g1r,
3 Journals of the Houſe of Commons, vol. IV, p. 206.
4 Whitlock, P · 160.
5 Vicars, p. 251, * Whitlock, p. 163.
7 Whitlock, p. 121, ſays that colonel Lucas was removed in Jan, 1644-5, and fir Guy Palmes appointed inſtead, of him z but
Lucas was governor at the time of the ſurrender.
Harl. MSS. N' 944.
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9 Whitlock, p. 153.
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faced as though they would have charged; but, upon
our adyance rowards them, they ran for Belvoir : we
purfaed them cloſe to the caſtle walls, took one ma-
jor, three captains, fixty prifonets, prince Maurice's
trumpeter, trumpet and banner, thirty gentlemen and
reformadoes, and aboat one hundred and forty horſe ;
we wonnded and killed divers, ſome of quality. The
two princes hardly eſcaped with about one hundred
more. Some of the officers we have taken told us,
that the princes ſent the lord of Northampton's regi-
ment back to Banbury, and marched with this ſmall
party, only to fpeak to the king, and take their leave
of him. The king is now in Newark ; part of his
horſe quarters berween there and Welbeck. Colo-
net Poyntz is come to Derby, and colonel Manwaring
is gone to him.“
Oftober 25, the earl of Rutland repreſented to the
houfe of peers, © that he hath had his whole eſtate,
in Lyncolne, Leyceſter, 1 and Vorkeſhire,
poſſefled by the enemy, from the beginning of theſe
unhappy wars, his houfes ſpoiled, and not received
any of his rents, whereby he is put to great ſtreights
for maintenance of his family ; beſide, was let in
much debt by the late earl of Rutland, which fince is
ſo augmented, that the preſſure is heavy upon him.
Now to it is, that the lord viſcount Campden hath
been a principal inſtrument in the ruin of the peti-
tioner's caſtle, lands, and woods, about Belvoyre, ever
fince the firſt taking thereof, being a chief commander
there, and to the damage of rhe petitioner above
L. zo, ooo. Wherefore he humbly prayeth their
lordſhips to take his condition into ſpeedy conſidera-
tion, and be pleaſed to recommend it to the houſe of
commons, for their concurrence in the'granr of the
lord viſtount Campden's fine for delinquency, or fuch
conſiderable part thereof as in your wiſdoms ſhall
ſeem good, towards a preſent ſubſiſtence ; and that
the petitioner may obtain further ſupport for the
future, as may enable him in his quality to ſerve the
parliament.” The lords, taking into conſideration the
faithful ſervice-of the earl of Rutland, and his dili-
gent attendance upon the parliament, recommended
his petition to the houſe of commons; deſiring, that
ſome ſpeedy relief and ſupport may be granted, ac-
cording to the petition of the ſaid earl, whoſe ſuffer-
ings have been very great*.” And it was agreed by
both houſes, ©« That C. 1 500. a year be allowed and
paid to the earl of Rutland, for his preſent ſubſiſtence,
out of the lord viſcount Campden's eſtate, until
£-5000. be levied out of the ſaid eſtate to the uſe of
the ſaid earl of Rutland; and it was referred to the
committee of lords and commons for ſequeſtrations,
to take care that the order be duly executed.“
© The king was at Newark, where a diſſention
concerning this very misfortune | the defeat of
the lord Digby at Carliſle Sands], as if it had nor
been calamitous enough irfelf ;- while the king and
the lord Bellafis, then governour of that rown,
fided with the reputation of the lord Digby, againſt
the imputazioa with which the two princes Rupert
and Maurice, the lord Gerrard, fir Richard Willis,
formerly governour of the fame, charged him as diſ-
loyal and treacherous. For upon this difference,
which was grown to a quarrel, the lord Gerrard,
and fir Richard Willis, with ſome hundreds more,
withdrew themſelves in a difcontent, and laid down
their commiſſions ; and the two princes, as they were
coming to take their leave of the king in the ſame
mood, were treating with general Poyntz for paſſes
and terms according to their reſpective qualities.
This was firſt agitated at Worton-houſe, ſome four-
teen miles from Newark, and was accordingly enter-
tained by the parliament, who gave colonel Roſſiter
order-to give ſuch paſſes and conditions ; the ſevereſt
whereof was, T hat all perfons going beyond ſeas by
warrant of either houſes, and after returning, call
have neither pardon nor quarter given them by the
parliamenr 4,” |
The two princes, with about 200 horſe, having ob-
rained paſſes from the king, quitted Newark, and went
on City Scout, OR, 21, 1645,
* Heath's Chronicle, p. 90.
Vor. I. .
B E EVO IA.
2 Journals of the Houſe of Lords, vol. VII. p. 659.
5 City Scout, Nov. 4, 1645,
330
firſt to Wyvetton, a village in the neighbourbood,
where they ſtayed ſome days, and afterward to Belvoir
caſtle ; 'whetice they ſent one of their number to
the parliament, * to deſire leave and paſſes to go be-
yond the ſeas.” _
Colonel Roffiter, from Melton Mowbray, Ock.
29, writes, We have prince Rupert and prince
aurice at a bay. We were hot long fince near Bel-
voir caſtle, where we had gallant ſport; indeed, I
could have wiſhed you had feen it. Both the princes,
with the lord Gerhard, lord Hawley, fir Richard
Willis the governor of Newark, with 400 gentlemen
of quality, the meaneſt a captain, have laid down
their commiſſions, and diſengaged themſelves of the
king s ſervice 5.”
The princes, as they paſſed, were ſet upon in their
rear by captain Allen with his troop of horſe, who
then rook ſome of them priſoners; but himſelf in
rfon being too far engaged, was unfortunately ſhot,
and ſince died of the wound, a great loſs unto us, he
having been a moſt faithful, re, and courageous
commander. Having ſecured themſelves in Belvoir
caſtle, they were followed by the king 5,”
« Beſides the exceeding trouble and vexation that
this action of his nephews, towards whom he had
always exprefſed ſuch tenderneſs and indulgence,
gave the King, it had well nigh broke the deſign
he had for his preſent eſcape ; which was not poſſi-
ble to be executed in that time: and Poyntz and
Roſſiter drew every day nearer, believirig they had
ſo encompaſſed him round, that it was not poſſible
for him to get our of their hands. They had now
beſieged Sheiford houſe, a garriſon belonging to
Newark, and kept ſtrong guards between that and
Belvoir, and ſtronger towards Lichfield ; which was
the way they moſt ſuſpected his majeſty would incline
to take ; ſo that the truth is, nothing but Providence
could conduct him out of that labyrinth; but the
king gave himſelf over. He had fixed now his reſo-
lution for Oxford, and ſent a truſty meſſenger thither
with directions that the horſe of that garriſon ſhould
be ready, upon a day he appointed, between Banbury
and Daventry. Then, upon Monday, the 3d of No-
vember, early in the morning, he ſent a gentleman to
Belvoir caſtle, to be informed of the true ſtate of the
rebels quarters, and to advertize fir Gervaſe Lucas,
the governour of that garriſon, of his majeſty's deſign
to march rhirher that night, with order that his troops
and guides ſhould be ready at ſuch an hour; but
with an expreſs charge, that he ſhould not acquaint
the princes, or any of their company, with it.” That
entleman being returned with very particular in-
ormation, the e as ken © to march that
very night, but not publiſhed till an hour after the
ſhutting the ports.“ Thea order was given, that
all ſhould be ready in the market-place at ten of the
clock; and by that time the horſe were all there,
and were in number between 4 and 5eo, of the
ards and of other looſe regiments; they were all
there put in order; and every' man was placed in
ſome troop ; which done, about eleven of the clock,
they began to march ; the king himfelf in the head
of his own troop, marched in the middle of the
whole body. By three of the clock in the morning
they were at Belvoir, without the leaſt interruption
or alarm given. There fir Gervaſe Lucas and his
troop, with good guides, were ready; and attended
his majeſty till the break of day; by which time he
was paſt thoſe quarters he moſt apprehended ; but he
was {till to march between their garriſons ; and there-
fore made no delay, but marched all that day; paſſing
near Burley upon the Hill, a garriſon of the enemy,
from whence ſome horſe waited upon the rear, and
took and killed ſome men, who either negligently
ſtayed behind, or whoſe horſes were tired. Towards
the evening the king was ſo very weary, that he was
even compelled to reſt and ſleep for the ſpace of four
hours in a village within eight miles of Northampton.
At ten of the clock that night they begun to march
again; and were, before day, the next morning paſt
3 Ibid. p. 662,
o Vicars, p. 293.
Daventry:
56 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Daventry ; and before noon came to Banbury ; where
the Oxford horſe were ready, and waited upon his
majeſty, and conducted him ſafe to Oxford that day;
jo he finiſhed the moſt tedious and grievous march
that ever king was exerciſed in, having been almoſt
in perpetual motion from the loſs of the battle of
Naſeby to this hour, with ſuch a variety of diſmal
accidents as muſt have broken the ſpirits of any man
who had not been truly magnanimous .“
* The king ſtayed at Newark about ten days, it
being reputed the ſafeſt garriſon he had, for that
there was no conſiderable enemy near it; and the
ſouldiers within were numerous and reſolute, and
the place known. to be tenable and well provided,
and beſides, lay moſt advantagious for the king to
draw together any force, having loſt and drayned
moſt of his garriſons in other counties: but upon
this feud and untowardneſs of his affairs, he, in the.
beginning of November, departed from hence, with
a convoy of 600 horſe, to Oxford; ſo free and ſafe
was the paſſage in that part of England from any
armies, while the Weſtermoſt counties were full of
them, and labouring to be delivered “.“
« After ſleeping one night only at Belvoir, he was
conducted by his reverend adherent, captain Maſon,
with a convoy of 600 horſe, to Banbury in his way
to Oxford 3.”
But, though the king eſcaped any encounter, his
convoy, returning home, were ſet upon by ge-
neral Poyntz, and routed, the 6th day of November,
and ſo ſhifted away to their garriſon; while the
victor ſets down before Belvoyr caſtle, where fir Ger-
vaſe Lucas was governour for the king, ſummoned it,
and aſſaulted it, but both to the like purpoſe, till
after a fiege of four months the houſe and caſtle was
delivered up to him upon honourable conditions 4.”
On this event the Parliamentarians thus tauntingly
exult: The laſt week we thought his majeſty would
have taken longer entertainment at Newark: but it
ſeems the attendance frighted away the Court; for
indeed it hath been ſo hurried about, that it wants
proviſions. It is true, it would have willingly conti-
nued a little longer in the North; but the grand
purvoir (Digby) was routed, and ſent packing to beg
biſcuit at Skipton caſti-z and at his return made
ſuch a complaint to his majeſty, that forthwith he
went out of Newark to Belvoir ; which being a place
of leſs receipt than where he was, taking the oppor-
tunity of having thoſe that marched away with him
to be cloathed with the darkneſs of the night, they
came away towards Oxford. Belike prince Maurice
will not be guilty of his brother's fault s; it is better
leaving a garriſon in time, than hold it out and loſe
all'.“ |
% Major-general Poyntz and colonel Roſſiter com-
ing but with twenty horſe to view the ſtrength of
Belvoir caſtle ; the enemy, having notice of it, iſſued
forth, being about ſixty, and ten horſe in number ;
and falling upon our men, who were ſo much over-
powered in number, they killed two, and wounded
two more, and ſo much endangered major-general
Poyntz, that they tore his coat from him, and ſeized
on his horſe; but God ſo protected him, that he
eſcaped unhurt; and he is now fate in Belvoir town,
waiting an opportunity 7.“ | |
That opportunity occurred early; for, on the 2oth
of November, the gutworks and ſtables, which had
been fortified, were taken by ſtorm; and at this pe-
riod, by the conſent of the earl of Rutland, the
whole village of Belvoir was demoliſhed *,
The neighbouring church of Wolſtrop was about
the ſame time burnt down, by the careleſſneſs, it is
ſuppoſed, of ſome ſoldiers who were lodged there
during the ſiege of the caſtle.
The following letters were publiſhed by authoricy
in London:
" Clarendon, vol, II. p. 722.
s Alluding to prince Rupert's ſurrender of Briſtol.
7 Kingdom's Weekly Poſt, Nov, 18, 1645,
” Heath's Chronicle, p. 90.
Major-general Poyntz's letter to the Honourable
William Lenthall, of the Honourable Houſe of
Commons; or, a True Relation of the Storming
and Taking of all the Works and Stables of
Belvoir Caſtle : Together with a Letter from
Adjutant-general Sandys concerning the ſame
Fight, wherein the Enemy had no Quarter
granted them. Printed by Edward Hufbands.
Ordered, by the Commons aſſembled in parliament,
that theſe letters be forthwith printed and publiſhed.
| H. ELlsyNGe, Cler. Parl. D. Com.
I. * To the honourable William Lenthall, eſq;
Speaker of the Houſe of Commons.
«© SIR, Bottesford, Nov. 21, 1645.
The laſt night I drew up thoſe forces with me
before Belvoyre caſtle; and, ſending in a ſummons,
the governor returned me this anſwer : |
« Sir, I am no lefle diſtruſtful of Providence
then you are : and return you anſwer, that I
was not placed here by the king to ſurrender
to rebells and for the effuſion of blood you
mention, the crime will be your own, not
mine; therefore I will not give one inch of
ground I am able to maintain with my ſword,
againſt all your attempts made againſt this
place, and your ſervant, Gzrvast Lucas.”
Whereupon, my men being in readineſs, we ſtormed
their works in four ſeveral places; and, after an
hour's diſpute, entered and poſſeſſed ourſelves of
all their works and ſtables, ſo that in a ſhort time L
hope to return you a good account of that place. I
cannot as yet hear any thing of the foot ordered to
me out of the Eaſtern garriſons, ſo that my going
againſt Newark is much retarded thereby; and out
of York there is neither horſe nor foot as yet ap-
pears. I ſhall, according to the truſt repoſed in me,
uſe my beſt endeavours for the publique; and ever
remain, fir, |
Your faithfull and humble ſervant,
SEDNHAM PoyNT2.”
2. Sin, Bottesford, Nov.
* I am extremely tired with the laſt night's ſtorm-
ing; and being aſſured that you will have a more
particular relation from others: but I ſhall ſay thus
much, the works were the ſtrongeſt I have ſeen in
England, and gallantly defended; and our men at
firſt diſcouraged ſo much, that the general, myſelf,
and ſome other officers, were fain to keep the men at
the works with our ſwords. We had one major and
two captains wounded ; and two enſigns killed; the
number of ſoldiers loſt I yet know not. They had
no more quarter than their bold anſwer to our ſum-
mons deſerved. We have poſſeſſed ourſelves of the
ſpring that ſupplies them with water, and doubr
not but ſuddenly to. reduce it. I am in haſte; and
reſt; your ſervant, RiCHAaRD Sanpys.“
On the 12th of December, the earls of Rutland
and Lincoln, the lotd Willoughby of Parham, lord
Mountague, with fir Arthur Heſelrege, and ſeven
other members of the houſe of Commons, were au-
thorized to go to the Scottiſh army, then in England,
© to adviſe, debate, and conclude, with our brethren
of Scotland, or ſuch as ſhall be authorized by them
thereunto, and by joint advice with them, to put in
execution all ſuch matters and things, concerning the
well ordering, directing, and diſpoſal of the forces
brought in and employed by them for our aſſiſtance,
as ſhall be found requiſite and needful, from time to
time, for the proſecution of this cauſe, and the ends
expreſſed in the Covenant: with full authority to
order, diſpoſe, and direct, the ſaid army, according
to the articles of the ſaid treaty; and to order and
direct all the Engliſh forces that are or ſhall be em-
. for the reducing of Newark, or that are, or
ereafter ſhall be, employed to join with, or be aſ-
ſiſting to, the Scots army *.” And on the 23d of
3 Vicars, p. 293. * Heath's Chronicle, p. go,
* Mercurius Veridicus, Oct. 25, 1645.
*
s Whitlock, p. 111, This ſeems, however, a little extraordinary; the contrary being commonly the caſe, as ſerving to
cover the beſiegeis, and conceal their approaches. 85
9 Journals of the Houſe of Commons, vol. IV. p. 374.
December,
FrRAMLAND HunDEED:] B E L V 0 1 R CASTLE.
December, the earl of Rutland, with the other com-
miſſioners, appointed to reſide in the Scots“ army be-
fore Newark, ſet off on their journey for that purpoſe *,
A few days after, we are told © At Belvoyre they
want neceſſaries, water ſuppoſed the chiefeſt, where-
with the wet weather may ſupply them *.”
Jan. 15, 1645-6, by order of parliament, ** the
mortar- piece, ſhells, and equipage thereto belonging,
then at Reading, were ſent to Belvoir, to be made
uſe of for the reducing of that caſtle? ;”” for which
5ol. was ordered to be paid . This additional re-
inforcement, however, did not reach its deftination ;
for, on the 19th of January, we find that colonel
Haſtings, with the Aſhby horſe, ſurprized a convoy
of the parliament, going to Belvoir, with the ſaid
mortar-piece and granades 5, The caſtle was not-
withſtanding attacked with ſo effectual a ſtrength, as
to render all further reſiſtance madneſs ; and the pre-
liminary ſteps to a ſurrender will appear by the fol-
lowing genuine correſpondence of the commanders,
&« For the governor of Belvoir caſtle. Theſe,
« Str, Grantham, 29 Jan. 1645-6.
e Wee are ſent downe and authorized by the two
howſes of parliament, to uſe our beſt endeavours for
finiſhing this bloody, inteſtine warre, wherewith this
kingdome hath been now for ſome time afflicted,
And, in purſuance of that duty, wee doe hereby, in
their names, demand of you, that you ſurrender up
into our hands the caſtle of Belvoire for their/ uſe.
Wee doe further let you knowe the pious care of
parliament to prevent (as farr as poſſibly may bee)
the effuſion of Chriſtian blood, and the deſtruction of
the towns and caſtles and howſes in this kingdome;
and accordingly are willing to entertayne a treaty
with you. Whereunto we ſhall only adde, that, if
you refuſe or neglect the mercye of the parliament at
this tyme while it may be had, and flatter yourſelfe
with vayne hopes that you may obtaine as good and
honourable conditions hereafter as at preſent ; wee
doe moſt unfainedly aſſure you, you will utterly de-
ceive yourſelfe. Beſides, wee thinke goode jo adver-
tize you, that it is not the part of a ſouldier, nor of
at wiſe man, to endeavour the holding of a place not
tenable; when there are not the leaſt hopes of being
relieved. Which act in you will by all men be inter-
preted, rather an affected obſtinacy, than a ſouldierly
reſolution. Confider likewiſe ſeriouſly with yourſelfe,
thar the expoſing ſo many Chriſtians, as are now un-
der your command, to manifeſt deſtruction, will un-
doubtedly be required of you. Wee will expect
your anſwer by 8 of the clock to-morrow morning.
- RuTLAND.
W. PizrREeolInT, Epw. AYSCOGHE.
W. ARMYNE, Tuo. HaTcuer.”
&« For the Right Honourable the Committee of Lords
and Commons at Grantham.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
& ] ſhall moſt cheerfully meet you in a pious care
for the preventing the effugon of Chriſtian blood,
and will aſſigne gentlemen to treat with ſuch as you
appoynte; deſireing to knowe the perſons, tyme, and
place of meeting; and reſt your humble ſervant, -
Belvoire caſtle, | Gervast Lucas.
3oth of Jan. 8 a clock in the morne.“
This important event was immediately communi-
cated to the parliament in the following terms:
“ For the Hon. William Lenthall, ſpeaker of the
Houſe of Commons at Weſtminſter.
© SIR, Grantham, 31 Jan. late at night.
«© Wee thought fitt to ſummon Belvoire caſtle, in
our names, for ſundry reaſons conducing to your ſer-
vice. A copy is herein incloſed, and the governor's
anſwer, together with the articles of ſurrender agreed
on by thoſe appointed to treat. The bearer hereof,
, Whitlock, p. 191. —
6 Journals of the Houſe of Commons, vol. IV. p. 408.
Harl. MSS. 944. p. 141. 7 P. 361.
57
4 heb . |
captain Henry Markham, can fully relate all parti-
culars; who hath had his ſhare in the hard duty:
And truly, fir, wee muſt needs ſay, that colonel Grey
and the ſoldiers under his command, as likewiſe the
ſeveral troopes of horſe, have all of them performed
their duty with much cheerfulneſs. And, for their
encouragement, and the better furthering of your
ſervice, wee have promiſed them one week's pay,
which was about 6ool. and hope you will enable us
to perform itt, Wee find ſo much difficulty in pro-
curing the mortar-piece from Reading (and nowe the
weather is broken, the wayes ſo impaſſable) that your
ſervice may ſuffer much before that come unto us.
Wherefore wee have ſent for the caſting of two at
Nottingham. And, if you pleaſe to order the 3 5ol.
to us, and add ſomewhat more to it, we ſhall be able
to pay for them, and provide ſhells and other neceſ-
ſaries. And we hope to have no need of a maſter of
fire-works to be ſent, haveing with us one very ex-
pert; and others, who have done very great ſervice
againſt Belvoire. Wee ſhall now apply our whole
endeavours for the reducing of Newarke. Your
humble ſervants, W. P1ERREPoINT, EDw. AySCO3HE«s
W. ArmyNE. Taro. HArchER.“
On the 3d of February, in purſuance of the capi-
tulation, Belvoir caſtle, with its appurtenances, was
regularly ſurrendered to the commander of the par-
liamentarian forces; who immediately appointed
captain Markham governor of the caſtle; and re-
warded the victorious ſoldiers with an extra week's
pay, amounting to bool.
*« The ſame day intelligence came to Aſhby, that
Belvoir caſtle was ſurrendered; and that the governor,
for his own ſecurity, had articled with the enemy,
and ſent four hoſtages to Lichfield ; whither he and
his men were afterwards convoyed $5.
Vicars ſays, © The ſtrong and almoſt impregnable
garriſon, called Belyoir caſtle, being one of the
ſtrongeſt and faireſt buildings in the kingdome, and
therefore called Belvoir, a French word, fignifying a
fair proſpect, which had 66 ſteps or aſcents unto it,
and therefore might well overlook the country, which
(for the moſt part being vallies about it) ſeemed to
yeild obeyſance to this caſtle, is now reduced to the
obedience of the parliament, fir Gervaſe Lucas, the
governour thereof, with all the commanders, officers,
and ſouldiers therein, having permiſſion to march
away to Lichfield, upon more honourable terms in-
deed than they deſerved 7.”
On the 4th, the news arrived in London of the
ſurrender of Belvoir caſtle; and that fir Gervaſe
Lucas, the governor, had left there one piece of
ordnance, with ſtore of arms, and proviſions *.
To captain Markham, who brought the letters, the
houſe of commons voted a gift of 100 marks, for
that and other ſervices performed by him for the
parliament ®; and by an order of both houſes he was
appointed governor of Belvoir caſtle '*,
The ſpirits of the party were highly animated by
this important acquiſition ; which was thus detailed:
The ſtrong hold of Belvoir, which deriveth deno-
mination from the ſituation of the place, which over-
looketh all the country, there being threeſcore and
ſix degrees or great ſteps of ſtone to the aſcent of it,
was enforced to ſtoop to the obedience of parliament,
by reaſon of the impetuous violence and many ſhot
which were made againſt it out of the great mortar-
piece (the enemy do call them mortal pieces, and in-
deed ſo they have proved to many of them, not only
here, but art Baſing, Wincheſter, and divers other
places). The conditions of the ſurrender were theſe :
* 1, It is concluded and agreed upon, that the
_ caſtle of Belvoir, with all :'.c arms, ordnance, and
ammunition, and goods therein, ſhall be delivered
into the hands of ſuch as the committee of lords and
Mercurius Academicus, January 8, 1645-6.
4 Ibid. p. 411, 5 Whitlock, p. 192.
© Whitlock, p. 194.
The lord protector was pleaſed to promiſe Mr. Markham, when he was wounded at Naſeby fight, that he would ſhew
him favour ; yet Cromwell's being there himſelf, to whom the victory was ſo much owing, was quite accidental ; the army de-
firing that he might be allowed to ſtay with them at two ſeveral times, elſe he would have been diſqualified to fit in the houſe
by the ſelf-denying ordinance, which he avoided the firſt time by keeping away. Rapin, Clarendon,
Journals 7 the Heuſe of Commons, vol, IV. pp. 427. 430.
commons
56 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Daventry z and before noon came to Banbury ; where
the Oxford horſe were ready, and waited upon his
majeſty, and conducted him ſafe to Oxford that day;
ſo he finiſhed the moſt tedious and grievous march
that ever king was exerciſed in, having been almoſt
in perpetual motion from the loſs of the battle of
Naſeby to this hour, with ſuch a variety of diſmal
accidents as muſt have broken the ſpirits of any man
who had not been truly magnanimous .“
* The king ſtayed at Newark about ten days, it
being reputed the ſafeſt garriſon he had, for that
there was no conſiderable enemy near it; and the
ſouldiers within were numerous and reſolute, and
the place known to be tenable and well provided,
and beſides, lay moſt advantagious for the king to
draw together any force, having loſt and' drayned
moſt of his garriſons in other counties: but upon
this feud and untowardneſs of his affairs, he, in the
beginning of November, departed from hence, with
a convoy of 600 horſe, to Oxford; ſo free and ſafe
was the paſſage in that part of England from any
armies, while the Weſtermoſt counties were full of
them, and labouring to be delivered,”
<« After ſleeping one night only at Belvoir, he was
conducted by his reverend adherent, captain Maſon,
with a convoy of 600 ho
to Oxford 3.”
© But, though the king eſcaped any encounter, his
convoy, returning home, were ſet upon by ge-
neral Poyntz, and routed, the 6th day of November,
and ſo ſhifted away to their garriſon; while the
victor ſers down before Belvoyr caſtle, where fir Ger-
vaſe Lucas was governour for the king, ſummoned it,
and aſſaulted it, but both to the like purpoſe, till
after a fiege of four months the houſe and caſtle was
delivered up to him upon honourable conditions 4.”
On this event the Parliamentarians thus tauntingly
exult: The laſt week we thought his majeſty would
e, to Banbury in his way
have taken longer entertainment at Newark: but it
ſeems the attendance frighted away the Court; for
indeed it hath been ſo hurried about, that it wants
proviſions. It is true, it would have willingly conti-
nued a little longer in the North; but the grand
purvoir (Digby) was routed, and ſent packing to beg
biſcuit at Skipton caſti-z and at his return made
ſuch a complaint to his majeſty, that forthwith he
weat out of Newark to Belvoir ; which being a place
of leſs receipt than where he was, taking the oppor-
tunity of having thoſe that marched away with him
to be cloathed with the darkneſs of the night, they
came away towards Oxford. Belike prince Maurice
will not be guilty of his brother's fault; it is better
leaving a garriſon in time, than hold it out and loſe
all'.“
% Major- general Poyntz and colonel Roſſiter com-
ing but with twenty horſe to view the ſtrength of
Belvoir caſtle; the enemy, having notice of it, iſſued
forth, being about ſixty, and ten horſe in number ;
and falling upon our men, who were ſo much over-
powered in number, they killed two, and wounded
two more, and ſo much endangered major-general
Poyntz, that they tore his coat from him, and ſeized
on his horſe; but God ſo protected him, that he
eſcaped unhurt; and he is now fate in Belvoir town,
waiting an opportunity 7.”
That opportunity occurred early; for, on the 2oth
of November, the gutworks and ſtables, which had
been fortified, were taken by ſtorm; and at this pe-
riod, by the conſent of the earl of Rutland, the
whole village of Belyoir was demoliſhed *. |
The neighbouring church of Wolſtrop was about
the ſame time burnt down, by the careleſſneſs, it is
ſuppoſed, of ſome ſoldiers who were lodged there
during the ſiege of the caſtle.
The following letters were publiſhed by authority
in London : 1
" Clarendon, vol. II. p. 722.
s Alluding to prince Rupert's ſurrender of Briſtol.
7 Kingdom's Weekly Poſt, Nov. 18, 1645,
* Heath's Chronicle, p. 90.
Major-general Poyntz's letter to the Honourable
William Lenthall, of the Honourable Houſe of
Commons; or, a True Relation of the Storming
and Taking of all che Works and Stables ot
Belvoir Caſtle: Together with a Letter from
Adjutant-general Sandys concerning the ſame
Fight, wherein the Enemy had no Quarter
granted them. Printed by Edward Hufbands.
Ordered, by the Commons aſſembled in parliament,
that theſe letters be forthwith printed and publiſhed.
N H. ELsWNOE, Cler. Parl. D. Com.
I. * To the honourable William Lenthall, eſq;
Speaker of the Honfe of Commons.
4% SIR, Bottesford, Nov. 21, 1645.
The laſt night I drew up thole forces with me
before Belvoyre caſtle; and, ſending in a ſummons,
the governor returned me this anſwer : |
« Sir, I am no lefle diſtruſtful of Providence
then you are: and return you anſwer, that 1
was not placed here by the king to ſurrender
to rebells; and for the effuſion of blood you
mention, the crime will be your own, not
mine; therefore I will not give one inch of
ground I am able to maintain with my ſword,
againſt all your attempts made againſt this
place, and your ſervant, Gzrvasz Lucas.”
Whereupon, my men being in readineſs, we ſtormed
their works in four ſeveral places; and, after an
hour's diſpute, entered and poſſeſſed ourſelves of
all their works and ſtables, ſo that in a ſhort time I
hope to return you a good account of that place. I
cannot as yet hear any thing of the foot ordered to
me out of the Eaſtern garriſons, ſo that my going
againſt Newark is much retarded thereby; and out
of York there is neither horſe nor foot as yet ap-
pears. I ſhall, according to the truſt repoſed in me,
uſe my beſt endeavours for the publique ; and eyer
remain, fir,
Your faithfull and humble ſervant,
SEDNHAM PoyNTz.”
2. Six, Bottesford, NU.
10 I am extremely tired with the laſt night's ſtorm-
ing; and being aſſured that you will have a more
particular relation from others: but I ſhall fay thus
much, the works were the ſtrongeſt I have ſeen in
England, and gallantly defended; and our men at
firſt diſcouraged ſo much, that the general, myſelf,
and ſome other officers, were fain to keep the men at
the works with our ſwords. We had one major and
two captains wounded ; and two enſigus killed; the
number of ſoldiers loſt I yet know not. They had
no more quarter than their bold anſwer to our ſum-
mons deſerved. We have poſſeſſed ourſelves of the
ſpring that ſupplies them with water, and doubr
not but ſuddenly to reduce it. I am in haſte; and
reſt, your ſervant, RICHARD SANDYS,”
On the 12th of December, the earls of Rutland
and Lincoln, the lotd Willoughby of Parham, lord
Mountague, with fir Arthur Heſelrege, and ſeven
other members of the houſe of Commons, were au-
thorized to go to the Scottiſh army, then in England,
e to adviſe, debate, and conclude, with our brethren
of Scotland, or ſuch as ſhail be authorized by them
thereunto, and by joint advice with them, to put in
execution all ſuch matters and things, concerning the
well ordering, directing, and diſpoſal of the forces
brought in and employed by them for our aſſiſtance,
as ſhall be found requiſite and needful, from time to
time, for the proſecution of this cauſe, and the ends
expreſſed in the Covenant: with full authority to
brder, diſpoſe, and direct, the ſaid army, according
to the articles of the ſaid treaty; and to order and
direct all the Engliſh forces that are or ſhall be em-
prone for the reducing of Newark, or that are, or
ereafter ſhall be, employed to join with, or be aſ-
liſting to, the Scots army ?.” And on the 23d of
3 Vicars, p. 293. 4 Heath's Chronicle, p. 90.
* Mercurius Veridicus, Oct. 25, 1645,
* Whitlock, p. 111, This ſeems, however, a little extraordinary; the contrary being commonly the caſe, as ſerving to
cover the befiegers, and conceal their approaches,
9 Journals of the Houſe of Commons, vol. IV. p- 374.
W
December,
December, the earl of Rutland, with the other com-
miſſioners, appointed to reſide in the Scots“ army be-
fore Newark, ſet off on their journey for that purpoſe*.
A few days after, we are told © At Belvoyre they
want neceſſaries, water ſuppoſed the chiefeſt, where-
with the wet weather may ſupply them *.”
Jan. 15, 1645-6, by order of parliament, ** the
mortar- piece, ſhells, and equiPage thereto belonging,
then at Reading, were ſent to Belvoir, to be made
uſe of for the reducing of that caſtle? ;”* for which
2 5ol, was ordered to be paid . This additional re-
inforcement, however, did not reach its deſtination ;
for, on the 19th of January, we find that colonel
Haſtings, with the Aſhby horſe, ſurprized a convoy
of the parliament, going to Belvoir, with the ſaid
mortar-piece and granades 5, The caſtle was not-
withſtanding attacked with ſo effectual a ſtrength, as
to render all further refiſtance madneſs ; and the pre-
liminary ſteps to a ſurrender will appear by the fol-
lowing genuine correſpondence of the commanders,
&« For the governor of Belvoir caſtle. Theſe.
« Si, Grantham, 29 Jan. 1645-6.
&« Wee are ſent downe and authorized by the two
howſes of parliament, to uſe our beſt endeavours for
finiſhing this bloody, inteſtine warre, wherewith this
kingdome hath been now for ſome time afflicted.
And, in purſuance of that duty, wee doe hereby, in
their names, demand of you, that you ſurrender up
into our hands the caſtle of Belvoire for their uſe.
Wee doe further let you knowe the pious care of
parliament to prevent (as farr as poſſibly may bee)
the effuſion of Chriſtian blood, and the deſtruction of
the towns and caſtles and howſes in this kingdome;
and accordingly are willing to entertayne a treat
with you. Whereunto we ſhall only adde, that, if
you refuſe or negle& the mercye of the parliament at
this tyme while it may be had, and flatter yourſelfe
with vayne hopes that you may obtaine as good and
honourable conditions hereafter as at preſent ; wee
doe moſt unfainedly aſſure you, you will utterly de-
ceive yourfelfe. Beſides, wee thinke goode to adver-
tize you, that it is not the part of a ſouldier, nor of
at wiſe man, to endeavour the holding of a place not
tenable; when there are not the leaſt hopes of being
relieved. Which act in you will by all men be inter-
preted, rather an affected obſtinacy, than a ſouldierly
reſolution. Conſider likewiſe ſeriouſly with yourſelfe,
that the expoſing ſo many Chriſtians, as are now un-
der your command, to manifeſt deſtruction, will un-
doubtedly be required of you. Wee will expect
your anſwer by 8 of the clock to-morrow morning.
RuTLAND.
W. PizrrEeoInT, Epw. AYSCOGHE,
W. ARMYNE, Tuo. HATCHER.“
&« For the Right Honourable the Committee of Lords
and Commons at Grantham.
My Lords and Gentlemen,
& T ſhall moſt cheerfully meet you in a pious care
for the preventing the effyhon of Chriſtian blood,
and will aſſigne gentlemen to treat with ſuch as you
appoynte; defireing to knowe the perſons, tyme, and
—— of meeting; and reſt your humble ſervant,
Belvoire caſt le, GRERVASE Lucas.
3oth of Jan. 8 a clock in the morne.“ |
This important event was immediately communi-
cated to the parliament in the following terms :
“For the Hon. William Lenthall, ſpeaker of the
Houſe of Commons at Weſtminſter.
© StR, Grantham, 31 Jan. late at night.
Wee thought fitt to ſummon Belvoire caſtle, in
our names, for ſundry reaſons conducing to your ſer-
vice. A copy is herein incloſed, and the governor's
anſwer, together with the articles of ſurrender agreed
on by thoſe appointed to treat. The bearer hereof,
* Whitlock, p. 191. "
Journals of the Houſe of Commons, vol. IV. p. 408.
o Harl. MSS. 944. p- 141. 7 P. 361.
/
FramLanD HunpieD.] B E L FO CASTLE
Mercurius Academicus, January 8, 1645-6.
57
captain Henry Markham, can fully relate all parti-
culars; who hath had his ſhare in the hard duty:
And truly, fir, wee muſt needs ſay, that colonel Grey
and the ſoldiers under his command, as likewiſe the
ſeveral troopes of horſe, have all of them performed
their duty with much cheerfulneſs. And, for their
encouragement, and the better furthering of your
ſervice, wee have promiſed them one week's pay,
which was about 6o0ol. and hope you will enable us
to perform itt, Wee find ſo much difficulty in pro-
curing the mortar-piece from Reading (and nowe the
weather is broken, the wayes ſo impaſſable) that your
ſervice may ſuffer much before that come unto us.
Wherefore wee have ſent for the caſting of two at
Nottingham. And, if you pleaſe to order the 35ol.
to us, and add ſomewhat more to it, we ſhall be able
to pay for them, and provide ſhe!ls and other neceſ-
ſaries. And we hope to have no need of a maſter of
fire-works to be ſent, baveing with us one very ex-
pertz and others, who have done very great ſervice
againſt Belvoire, Wee ſhall now apply our whole
endeavours for the reducing of Newarke. Your
humble ſervants, W.P1ERREPOINT, EDw. AySCOGHEs
W. ArmyNs. Taro. HArchER.“
On the 3d of February, in purſuance of the capi-
tulation, Belvoir caſtle, with its appurtenances, was
regularly ſurrendered to the commander of the par-
liamentarian forces; who immediately appointed
captain Markham governor of the caſtle; and re-
warded the victorious ſoldiers with an extra week's
pay, amounting to 6ool.
The ſame day intelligence came to Aſhby, that
Belvoir caſtle was ſurrendered; and that the governor,
for his own ſecurity, had articled with the enemy,
and ſent four hoſtages to Lichfield ; whither he and
his men were afterwards convoyed 5.
Vicars ſays, The ſtrong and almoſt impregnable
garriſon, called Belyoir caſtle, being one of the
ſtrongeſt and faireſt buildings in the kingdome, and
therefore called Belvoir, a French word, ſignify ing a
fair proſpect, which had 66 ſteps or aſcents unto it,
and therefore might well overlook the country, which
(for the moſt part being vallies about it) ſeemed to
yeild obeyſance to this caſtle, is now reduced to the
obedience of the parliament, fir Gervaſe Lucas, the
governour thereof, with all the commanders, officers,
and ſouldiers therein, having permiſſion to march
away to Lichfield, upon more honourable terms in-
deed than they deſerved 7.”
On the 4th, the news arrived in London of the
ſurrender of Belvoir caſtle; and that fir Gervaſe
Lucas, the governor, had left there one piece of
ordnance, with ſtore of arms, and proviſions *.
/ To captain Markham, who brought the letters, the
houſe of commons voted a gift of 100 marks, for
that and other ſervices performed by him for the
parliament; and by an order of both houſes he was
appointed governor of Belvoir caſtle '*.
The ſpirits of the party were highly animated by
this important acquiſition ; which was thus detailed :
The ſtrong hold of Belvoir, which deriveth deno-
mination from the ſituation of the place, which over-
looketh all the country, there being threeſcore and
ſix degrees or great ſteps of ſtone to the aſcent of it,
was enforced to ſtoop to the obedience of parliament,
by reaſon of the impetuous violence and many ſhot
which were made againſt it out of the great mortar-
piece (the enemy do call them mortal pieces, and in-
deed ſo they have proved to many of them, not only
here, but at Baſing, Wincheſter, and divers other
places). The conditions of the ſurrender were theſe :
* 1. It is concluded and agreed upon, that the
_ caſtle of Belvoir, with all :'.c arms, ordnance, and
ammunition, and goods therein, ſhall be delivered
into the hands of ſuch as the committee of lords and
5 Whitlock, p. 192.
* Whitlock, p. 194.
4 Ibid. p. 411.
The lord protector was pleaſed to promiſe Mr. Markham, when he was wounded at Naſeby fight, that he would ſhew
him favour ; yet Cromwell's being there himſelf, to whom the victory was ſo much owing, was quite accidental; the army de-
firing that he might be allowed to ſtay with them at two ſeveral times, elſe he would have been diſqualified to fit in the houſe
by the ſelf-deuying ordinance, which he avoided the firſt time by
Journals 7 the Heuſe of Commons, vol, IV. pp. 427. 430.
keeping away, Rapin, Clarendon,
commons
*
8 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
commons ſhall appoint to receive them, ſor the uſe of
the parliament, upon Tueſday, being the third of Fe-
bruary, by two o'clock in the afternoon, without any
manner of embezzling the ſaid ammunition or goods.
2. That fir Gervaſe Lucas, the governor, and all the
officers, gentlemen, and ſoldiers, in the ſaid caſtle,
ſhall ,have liberty to march away to Lichfield, with
their Horſe and arms, with colours flying, and drums
beating, matches lighted, muſquets laden with bul-
lets; and to have a ſufficient convoy, and fix days
time for their ſafe paſſage thither ; and that hoſtages
ſhall be given by the ſaid Gervaſe Lucas for the re-
turn of the ſaid convoy. 3. That the governor, fir
Gervaſe Lucas, fir John Pate, baronet, and all other
officers, gentlemen, and ſoldiers, who are yet within
the ſaid caftle, ſhall have ſix days liberty for the car-
rying away of all ſuch s as are now within the
ſaid caſtle, which properly, and clearly appear to be
their own, and to have carts and carriages provided
for them for the carrying away of the ſame.
4. That all priſoners whatſoever within the caſtle
of Belvoir ſhall forthwith, upon the ſigning of theſe
articles, be ſet at liberty, and are hereby declared to
be at liberty. 5. That the governor of Belvoir caſtle
ſhall ſend forth of the caſtle, on Tueſday morning by
nine o'clock, Francis Leak, eſq; major Bywater,
captain Colby, and captain Goodman, to be hoſtages
for the performances of theſe articles on his part ;
and that Mr. Preſcot, captain Raddock, captain Buck-
ley, and lient. Hurd, ſhall be ſent to Lichfield, to
remain there unrill the articles ſhall be performed in
the behalf of the committee of lords and commons
at Grantham.” The ſtore of proviſion which they had
in the caſtle, which would have laſted a ſiege of three
months longer; and our great mortar-piece having
already played off almoſt all her gravadoes againſt the
caſtle; were the reaſons why this ſurrender, was made
on more honourable conditions than could be other-
wiſe expected. This ſtrong. caſtle of the enemy be-
ing now in the poffeſſion of the parliament, the mor-
tar · piece is to be removed to Newark, and more gra-
nadoes are to be provided. We underſtand alſo that
there are two more mortar-pieces caſt by a bell-
founder in Nottingham, which will be of great uſe,
not only for the taking of the town, but the farts of
Newark. In the meane time mattocks, ſpades, and
pickaxes, are provided, and whatſoever is neceſſary
for a ſcalado; and it is verily believed that ſome at-
tempt will ſuddenly be made upon the town *.”
The new poſſeſſors of Belvoir were ſpeedily aug-
mented by a train of the diſſatisfied leaders among
the Royaliſts, and by many inferior officers, who, at-
taching themſelves to their fortunes, receded from
Newark, and took ſhelter in this caſtle; and the par-
liament continued to hold ſtrong garriſons at Notting -
__ham, Grantham, Shelford, and Southwell.
I»
Nov. 28, 1646, it was voted by both houſes, that
the earl of Rutland ſhould be chief juſtice in eyre of
all his majeſty's foreſts and chaces beyond Trent.
March 1, 1646-7, the parliament directed Belvoir
to be diſgarriſoned, and the new works to be lighted ;
and 1 fol. was paid to the troops, Oct. 4, in part of
their arrears *,
Nov. 14, 1647, when the treaty in the Iſle of
Wight was ſet on foot, for an accommodation berween
the king and the parliament, for the ſettlement of the
nation, the earl of Rutland was by the houſe of lords
appointed one of the commiſſioners for that end. But
the army reſolving to change the whole frame of the
government, this treaty had no effect.
May 30, 1648, the garriſon at Belvoir was ordered
* 2 City's Weekly Poſt, Feb. 10, 1645-6,
4 Ibid. p. 199. 5 Ibid, p. 205.
7 His reſidence here was diſturbed in 1649 by the riots of ſome of the miners in the neighbourhood, who, ay we learn by
a petition of the earl of Rutland to the houſe of commons, March 28, 1649, had entered into his lands, broken up his
Journals of the Houſe of Commons, vol. V. p. 101.
3. Till the death of Edward the third earl of Rutland, in 1597, the town reſidence of this noble family appears to have been
« near Puddle Wharf,” within the city of London, Norden, in 1592, mentions the earl of Rutland's houſe near Ivy-bridge,
in the Strand ;”” and it appears by the epitaph of earl George that he died, in 1640, at his houſe in the Savoy.”
memoirs of biſhop Morton, in Mr. Hutchinſon's ** Hiſtory of Durham,” it is ſtated that John earl of Rutland reſided, in 1648,
at Exeter-houlſe in the Strand ;” a miſtake probably for the houſe in the Savoy, .
*
to be wholly removed. On the 6th of June, general
Roſſiter was defired ** ro take ſpecial care for the ſafety
of the caſtle;ꝰ and on the 8th, the lords deſired the
commons would “ ſend an order to the general,
whereby he be defired to take off the garriſon ; and
that my lord of Rutland may have the diſpoſition of
his own. caſtle, the ſame being his inheritance ;”
whereupon the commons directed three of their mem-
bers to attend the earl, to acquaint him with the
urgent neceſſity of keeping the garriſon in Belvoir
calle for the preſent, for the ſafety of the kingdom.“
The earl of Rutland, as far as can be now traced,
appears to have paſſed a conſiderable part of his time,
during the whole of the civil commotions, at his town-
houſe near Ivy-bridge, in the Strand“.
The murder of the king ſoon. after following
(wherein, to the honour of the peers, none of them
were concerned); and the diſtractions which followed
that melancholy event becoming at length ſufficient
to furniſh their own antidote ; there was no further
occaſion for Belvoir to be uſed as a garriſon; and
accordingly, on the firſt of May, 1649, the council of
ſtate reported * their reſolution for demoliſhing the
caſtle, which the earl of Rutland was content with + ;”
and on the 8th of the ſame month, the council of
ſtate were directed to demoliſh the caſtle, and to
give fatisfaftion to the earl of Rutland tor the ſame.”
e ſum of . 2000.“ was at firſt propoſed as a
compenſation; to which the words © not exceeding
the ſum of /. 1 500.” being ſubſticuted by a majority
of voices5z. on the 11th of June, the houſe ap-
proved of £.1500; and ordered. © that the arrears
of the fee-farm rent of Belvoir and Croxton, payable
by the faid earl to the ſtate, ſhould be allowed in
part of the ſaid ſum; and the remainder to be ſatis-
fied out of the growing rent.” And it was referred
to the committee of the revenue, to make allowance
and defalcation to the ſaid earl accordingly; and
to the council of ſtate, “to inform themſelves
whether the ſaid caſtle be demoliſhed, and to take
care the ſame be effectually done according to the
agreement *,”
From the MSS. at Belvoir, Mr. Peck tranſcribed
the following repreſentation, drawn up by governor
Markham about 1658: When Mr. Markham was
made governor of Belyoir, he had a promiſe from the
committee of lords and commons (who were then in
Lincolnſhire for regulating the forces before Newarke)
to receive an allowance for the keeping of a table,
he being at an. extraordinary charge in entertaining
both officers and others, who continually attended the
fiege againſt Newarke ; but, as yet, he never had
any recompence for it. It is therefore humbly deſired,
that (for his ſatisfaction herein) he may enjoy Rick-
enhore aud Gocerſtown (the lands of one Blankley,
an indicted rebel), containing 240 acres (now let in
leaſe to him for C. 50. per annum), either the inhe-
ritance of it, or a Jong leaſe, paying no rent for it.
There is £.900., due to Mr. Markham for his go-
vernment of Belvoir caſtle three years; for which he
petitioned the late parliament; but, through their
multitude of buſmeſſe, nothing was done in it. The
higheſt that ever this farme was let for, in times of
peace, was but C. 120. per annum. If your Honour
ſees it convenient, that you pleaſe to mention that
the lord protector was pleaſed to promiſe Mr. Mark-
ham (when he was wounded at Naſeby- fight) that he
would ſhew him favour,”
After the demolition of Belyoir, the earl of Rut-
land reſided principally at his truly baronjal manſion
of Nether Haddon / in Derbyſhire: till the reſtoration
In the
0 Ibid, P. 228.
paſture grounds near his manſion, houſe, and made great riots, waſtes, and deſtruction.“ It appearing that theſe forcible
entries were in conſequence of ſome diſputed rights; the miners were directed to forbear diſturbing the carl's poſſeſſions, till
the queſtion ſhould be legally determined in a court of juſtice, On the goth of May, it was referred to the two chief juſtices
and the chief baron, to prepare an act for ſettling the buſineſs between the miners of Derbyſhire and the earl of Rutland ;
and on the 25th of June the petitions of both parties were referred to the judgement of the Northern circuit,”
of
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.:]
of Monarchy and Epiſcopacy; when he was duly
noticed by the royal favour.
Auguſt 4, 1663, we find his ſignature, with that of
Clarendon and Monk, in a letter ſent from the court
at Whitehall ro the commiſhoners of the ſubſidies for
Leiceſterſhire" ; Feb. 14, 1666, he was appointed
lord lieutenant of that. county; and, during the re-
mainder of his life, approved himſelf a firm friend to
the Eſtabliſhment in Church and State; devoting,
himſelf principally io the duties of a country gen-
tleman, in which capacity he paſſed moſt of his time
alternately at Haddon and Belvoir; where he had the
honour of being the reſtorer of the preſent manſion
houſe. Dr. Fuller in a work publiſhed very ſoon
after the reſtoration of king Charles the Second,
ſpeaking of the prognoſtic of rain obſeryable from an
old local proverb, ſays, Alas! though the cap may
be there ſtill, the head (or the crown thereot) I am
ſure is not there | | mean Beaver caſtle itſelf ], being
lately demoliſhed in our civil wars; though I hear
ſome part of it is re-building. I wiſh the workmen
good ſucceſs 3 though I ſuſpect the ſecond edition (to
uſe a ſcholar's metaphor) of the caſtle will not be fo
| Full and fair as the former *,”
In the year 1668, it was completely finiſhed, and
adorned with gardens, plantations, ſtatues, &c.; bur,
if we may give credit to a Pindaric Ode,” written
in 1679, the principal merit of the building is to be
aſcribed to Frances counteſs of Rutland, the lady of
earl John; whoſe own inclination, it is ſaid, would
have preferred Croxton, where his grandſon after-
wards built; but the wiſhes of his counteſs pre-
vailed 3. This poetical rhapſody, after due allowance
for exaggeration, which was the faſhion of that age
in whatever was termed “ Pindaric,” conveys ſome
deſcriptive information ; and ſhall therefore be given
at large in the Appendix !.
Departing this life at Haddon, Sept. 29, 1679, in
the 75th year of his age 5, earl John was buried at
Bottesford, near his lady; who died May 19, 1671 5.
On this occafion the church of Bottesford was or-
namented by a ſtandard with the croſs of England,
and two penons with the arms and creſt repreſented in
* See a fac ſimile of his fignature in plate XII.
B E L VOI E.
59
plate II. fig. 41.; viz. 1. Or, two bars Az. a chief
quarterly Az. & Gules; in each piece of the firſt two
fleurs de lis in feſs Or; and in each of the ſecond a
lion of England; Manners; 2. Gules, three water-
*
bougets, Arg. Rot,; 3. Or, two ehevronels within a
border Or, Albini Brito; 4. Arg. a fret Sable, Vernon
of Haddon; impaling, 1. & 4. Arg. three lozenges
conjoined iu feſs Gules, within a border Sable, Mon-
tague; 2. & 3. Or, an eagle diſplayed Vert, beaked
and membered Gules, Monthermer. Creſt, on a cha-
peau, a peacock in his pride proper, and on a ſmall
penon the fingle coat of Manners, as in fig. 35:
Near the above was a ſimilar ſtandard and two penons
for Frances the deceaſed counteſs; on one of them
the ſame arms as in fig. 41; on the other, Manners
impaling Montague ſingle, fig. 42.
George and Edward, the earl's two eldeſt ſons,
and Roger the fourth ſon, all died infants.
Of the daughters, Frances, married to John earl of
Exeter, died Dec. 2, 1669, and was buried in the
church of Stamford Baron; where, in the Exeter
vault, her leaden coffin remains, with this inſcription :
„The lady Frances Manwers,
daughter to Joan earle of RUTLAND,
late wife to Joux earle of ExETER,
departed the 2d day of December, 1669 7.”
Grace* was married to Patricius viſcount Chaworth?,
and ſecondly to fir William Langhorn, of Charlton, in
Kent, bart.; Dorothy, to Anthony lord Aſhley, ſon
and heir to the earl of Shafteſbury; Elizabeth, to
James lord Anneſly; Margaret, to James earl of Saliſ-
bury ; Anne, to fir Scrope Howe, knight, afterwards
lord viſcount Howe; and Mary died ſingle in 1669.
Jobn, the third and only ſurviving fon, who be-
came on his father's death the nixTH earl of Rut-
land, was born at Boughton in Northamptonſhire,
May 29, 1638. In 1658 he married the lady Anne
eldeſt daughter and coheir of Henry Pierpont marquis
of Dorcheſter'*, by whom he had a daughter, the
lady Frances, who died an infant Feb. 7, 1659, and
was buried in the church of St. Martin near Stamford.
Under the title of John lord Ros, he was elected one
of
2 Worthies, 1662, p. 126.
3 % Avus ducis cogitabat ædes condere ibi, Belverianis tune tempore quaſi deſtructis; aſt uxor & Montacutorum familia
advetuit,” ſays the writer whoſe deſcription of the caſtle in 1722 has been already noticed.
See the Appendix, N* VI. p. 50.
5 See his monument at Bottesford.
By a paſſage in Thoroton, p. 14, it appears that ** fir William Dugdale had prepared a particular” Hiſtory of the Lords of
Relvoir, which was almoſt ready for the preſs at the death of the moſt noble Frances counteſs of Rutland ;
ut, for want of
ſuch a mother and nurſe, is like enough to be abortive, and make no further appearance.“
7 On a ſmall leaden coffin near the above is this inſcription to another Jady of this family :
<« Reliquiz nobilis d'nz Fxancisca MANNERs, hie reconduntur in ſpem reſurrectionis. Obiit Feb. 7, 1659.“
In Charlton church, Kent, at the Eaſt end, is a ſtately monument of white marble (to the memory of this lady) ſupported
by four Corinthian pillars, on each fide an angel, thus inſcribed: “ To the pious memory of the right honourable the
lady Grace, viſcounteſs of Ardmagh, ſecond daughter of the right honourable John earl of Rutland ; and in ſecond marriage
wife of ſir William Langhorn, bart. who exchanged this life for a better the 15th of February, 1788, in the both year of her
age, Her mortal remaines are here depoſited, in hopes of a bleſſed reſurrection; whoſe admirable endowments, conſpicuous vir-
tues, nobleneſs of mind, conjugal affection, ſincere and exemplary piety, were illuſtrious inſtances that the wiſe King required
no impraQticable accompliſhments in his perfect matron. In the ſame affiance, the body of fir William Langhorn, but who
deceaſed the 26th of February, 1714, in the 85th year of his age, is here diſpoſed to its reſt by that of his beloved conſort,”
9 See the monument at Bottesford.
19 This noble lord, born at Mansfield in Nottinghamſhire in 1606, was educated in Emanuel College, Cambridge, where he
was famed for being a hard ſtudent, Adhering firmly to king Charles I; he was with him at Oxford after the battle of Edge
Hill, and, as we learn by Anthony Wood, had a degree conferred on him, or at leaſt was incorporated, though neglected
to be regiſtered by the common ſcribe of the univerſity, He was then eſteemed a learned man, as being well read in the
Fathers, Schoolmen, Caſuiſts, the Civil and Canon Law ; having about that time been admitted a bencher of Gray's Inn,”
He ſucceeded, july 30, 1643, to the title of earl of Kingſton, on his father's loſing his life in the ſervice of the king; and
was raiſed to the title of marquis of Dorcheſter, March 25, 1645. In 1649,” Wood adds, he applied his ſtudy to Medi-
eine and Anatomy; and in 1658 was admitted fellow of the College of Phyſicians at London, and became their pride and
glory.” He publiſhed, 1.“ Two Speeches ſpoken in the Houſe of Lords; one, Concerning the Right of Biſhops to fit in Par-
liament; the other, Concerning the Lawfulneſs and Conveniency of their intermeddling in Temporal Affairs, 1641."
2. Speech to the Trained Bands of Nottinghamſhire, at Newark, July 13, 1642.” 3. Letter to John lord Roos,” Feb.
13, 1659, and printed Feb, 25, on occaſion of the differences which had ariſen between the lord Roos and the lady Anne his
wife. As ſoon as the ſaid letter was received by the lord Roos, Wood adds, ** he wrote another in anſwer to it, in a
buffooning ſtyle, aſſiſted therein by Sam. Butler, afterwards known by the name of Hudibras.” The marquis replied in,
4. The Reaſons why the Marquis of Dorcheſter printed his Letter,” &c, He is ſuppoſed to have been the author of ſome
other productions; and dying Dec 8, 1680, was buried at Holme Pierpoint in Nottinghamſhire, After the above traits of
the marquis's character have been peruſed, the alluſions in the following letter will be more readily underſtood :
The Lord Roos his Aniwer to the Marqueſſe of Dercheſter's Letter, written the 25th of Feb. 165g,
„Six, Sure you were among your gallypots and gliſterpipes, when you gave your choller ſo violent a purge, to the fouling
of ſo much innocent paper, and your own reputation (if you had any, which the wiſe very much doubt). You had better
bin drunk and ſet in ſtocks for it, when you ſent the poſt with a whole pacquet of chartells to me; in which you have diſ -
covered ſo much vapouring nonſence and rayling, that it is wholfomer for your credit to haveyt thought the effe& of drink,
than your own naturall talent in perfect minde and memory: for if you underſtand any thing in your own trade, you could
not but know that the hectick of your own brain is more deſperate than the tertian fits of mine, which are eaſily cured with
a ou fleep ; but yours is paſt the remedy of a morter and braying, But I wonder with what confidence you can accuſe me
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50 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
of the knights of the county of Leiceſter, in the par-
liament which met May 8, 1661. After which, tra-
velling beyond the ſeas, he had cauſe at his return
to live in ſeparation from his lady; and in 1666
obtained a ſentence of divorce in the ſpiritual court;
but as this amounted only to a ſeparation from bed
and board, he obtained an act of parliament *
Feb. 8, 1666-7, * for the illegiti mation of the children
of the lady Anne Roos;” and by another act, paſſed
April 11, 1670, © for John Manners, called lord
Roos, to marry again,” the children of his former
wife were diſabled from inheriting any lands 'or ho-
nours from the ſaid John, or from John earl of
Rutland his father; and the children by any future
marriage were to inherit“.
In the latter end of 1671 ?, the lord Roos married
the lady Diana Bruce, daughter to Robert earl of
Ayleſbury, and widow of fir Seymour Shirley, of
Staunton Harold, in the county of Leiceſter, baronet;
by whom he had one fon, Robert, born July 15,
the ſame month, died in child-bed.
Jan. 8, = , he took to his third wife Katharine (,
daughter to Baptiſt Noel viſcount Campden ; and by
her had two ſons and two daughters, Of the daughters,
lady Katharine, born May 19, 1675, was married
to John lord Gower z and Dorothy, born Sept. 13,
1681, to Baptiſt Noel earl of Gainſborough ; and
of the ſons, the younger, Thomas Baptiſt, born Feb.
12, 1678, died unmarried, June 29, 1705; and was
buried at Bottesford July 2. |
The lord Roos was conſtituted, July 7, 1677, lord
lieutenant, of the county of Leiceſter, and continued
a repreſentative for that county (though in 1678-9 he
met with an unexpected oppoſition 5) rill called up ro
the houſe of peers, by writ of ſummons to parliamenr,
April 30, 1679, by the title of baron Manners * of
Haddon, co. Derby. On the deceaſe of his father,
in September enſuing, he became earl of Rutland“;
and in 1682 was zealouſly attentive to the buſineſs of
the county, and accepted the office of ſteward of the
queen's manor at Graatham, as appears by ſome ori-
1672; who, dying the fame day, was buried at Bor-
tesford, as was alſo his mother, who, on the 24th of ginal letters of his to Mr. Staveley *.
8 | This
with the diſcovery of private paſſages between us, when you are ſo open yourſelf, that every man ſees through you; or how
could I diſcloſe perfectly any thing in your epiſtles to my father and mother, which was not before very well known to your
tutors and ſchoolmaſters, whoſe inſtructions you uſed in compiling thoſe voluminous wozks ? Let any man judge, whether
I am ſo likely to divulge ſecrets as you, who cannot forbear printing and publiſhing. Your labours are now cry'd in the
ſtreets of London, with ballads on the Rump, and Hewſon's Lamentations ; and the lord of Dorcheſter's name makes u
greater noyſe in a cloſe alley then Kitching fuffe, or Work for a Tinker ; and all this by your own induſtry, who are not aſhamed
at the ſame inſtant to pretend to ſecrecy, with no leſſe abſurdity than you commit, when, accuſing me for uſing foul language,
you doe outdoe Billinſgate yourſelf, But now you begin to vapour, and to tell us you have fought before; ſo I have heard
you have, with your wife and poet; but if you came off with no more honour thau when you were»beaten by my lord Gran-
difon, you had better have kept that to yourſelf, if it were poſſible for you to conceale any thing ; but I cannot but laugh
at the untoward courſe you take to render yourſelf formidable, by bragging of your fights, when you are terrible onely in
your medicines. If you had told us how many you had killed that way, and how many you have cut in pieces, beſides calves
and dogs, a right valiant man that has any wit would tremble to come near you; and if by your threatning to ramme your
ſword down my throat, you doe not mean your pills, which are a more dangerous weapon, the worſt is paſt, and I am fafe
enough; for as to your feats of armes, there is no half quarter of a man that is ſo wretched but would venture to give you
battayl: but you are moſt unſufferable in your unconſcionable ingrofling of all trades, It is not enough that you are already
as many things as any of your own receipts ; that you are a doctor of the civill law, and a barriſter at the common, a
bencher of Gray's Inne, a profeſiour of phiſick, and a fellow of the colledge; a mathematician, Caldean, a ſchoolman,
and a piece of a Grammarian (as your laſt work can ſhew were it conſtrued), a philoſopher, poet, tranſlator, antiſo-
cordiſt, ſolliciter, broker, and uſurer ; beſides a marquis, earl, viſcount, and baron; but you muſt, like Dr. Suttle, pro-
feſſe quarrelling too, and publiſh yourſelf an Hector; of which calling there are ſo many already that they can hardly live
one by another. Sir, truly there is no conſcience in it, conſidering you have not onely a more ſure and ſafe way of killing
men already than they have, but a plentiful eſtate beſide; ſo many trades, and yet have ſo little conſcience to eat the bread
out of their mouths, they have great reaſon to lay it to heart; and I hope ſome of them will demand reparation of you, and
make you give them compounding dinners too, as well as you have done to the reſt of your fraternities, And now be your own
judge, whether any one man can be bound in honour to fight with ſuch an Hydra as you are; a monſter of many heads,
like the multitude, or the devil that called himſelf Legion. Such an encounter would be no duell, but war; which I never
heard that any one man ever made alone ; and I muſt levy forces ere I can meet you ; for if every one of your capacitics had
but a ſecond, you would amount to a brigade, as your letter does to a declaration; in which I cannot omit, that in one
reſpect you have dealt very ingenuouſly, and that is, in publiſhing to the world, that all your heroicall reſolutions are built
upon your own opinion of my want of courage : this argues you well ſtudied in the dimenſions of quarrelling ; among which,
one of the chiefeſt ſhews how to take meaſure of another man's valour, by comparing it with your own, to make your ap-
proaches accordingly ; but as the leait miſtake betrayes you to an infallible beating, ſo you had far'd, and perhaps had had
the honour, which you ſeem to deſire, of falling by my ſword, if I had not thought you a thing fitter for any man's con-
tegzgpt than anger. Roos.” * Journals of both Houſes of Parliament for the year 1667.
Ibid. 1670. Biſhop Burnet relates, in his Hiſtery of his Own Times, that the duke of York and all his party appre-
hended the conſequence of this parliamentary divorce, and oppoſed it with great heat; but that the king was as earneſt in
ſetting it on, as the duke was in oppoſing it, whereby the bill paſſed ; though the zeal the two brothers expreſſed on this
occaſion made all people conclude that they had a particular concern in the matter,
3 « My lord Roos is upon marriage.“ Sir John Onebye to Mr, Staveley, Nov. 26, 1671.
4 Of whom there is a fine print by Mr. John Smith (whom the earl of Orford ſtyles “ the beſt mezzotinter that has ap-
peared”) from a painting by fir Godfrey Kneller. And to this lady a volume of Miſcellany Poems“ was dedicated in 1691
by Thomas Heyrick, M. A. who tells the Counteſs, I could not think it leſs than a natural duty, that my humble Muſe ſhould
offer the beſt of her increaſe to that family, to whoſe bounty and encouragement ſhe owes all ſhe is; fince even the grateful
Indians never eat or drink till they have firſt poured out a part as an offering to that bright luminary, from whoſe influence they
believe all they receive doth proceed.” To the ſame lady, to the noble earl her huſband, and to the lord Roos their ſon, ſeparate
poems are inſcribed ; and to the young lord Roos, Mr. Heyrick's principal poem,“ The Submarine Voyage,” is alſo dedicated,”
5 Ina printed letter, dated Feb, 22, 1678-9, the lords Roos and Sherard thus addreſſed the gentlemen of the county:
« Sir, you, with divers other gentlemen at the meeting, was pleaſed to think us fitting perſons to ſerve this county as knights
of the ſhire ; which choice of yours was then thought would be acceptable to the reſt of the inhabitants of the county. Since
which time we hear, and cre ſatisfied, that ſeverall perſons are making their intereſt againſt us, on the behalfe of ſir John Har-
topp, a perſon that liveth out of the county, and no friend to the Church of England: we doe therefore requeſt you to take
all juch care to make good your intereſt on our parts with your neighbours as you ſhall think convenient. We have taken care
for your accommodation at the White Lyon and Crane ia Leiceſter ; and for your neighbours divers other inns are there provided;
the names of which your neighbours, when come to Leiceſter, may have an account from Mr. Carter, Mr, Gee, and Mr. Palmer
at the Crane; and your kindnels in this will be thankfully taken by your aſſured friends to ſerve you, Roos, SHERARD,”
o The writ was directed Johanni Mannours, de Haddon, chevalier;“ and his lordſhip was introduced into the houſe of
peers, May 2, 1679. (Journals, vol. XIII. p. 549.).—Sir John Hartopp ſucceeded him as repreſentative for Leiceſterſhire.
7 His ſignature, both as lord Roos and earl of Rutland, is given in plate XII.
s « Belvoir, June 7, 1682. I defire you will (with my ſervice) communicate this letter to the Bench, and let them know I
am informed that the Newark Gatehouſe, which is now uſed for the Magazine, was purchafed with the country's money for
that end, and not for a county goale, as ſome of the gentlemen of the country have informed the judges and the bench, of
purpoſe to give me diſturbance in that which I think is as uſefull for the king's ſervice as that which they would put it to; fo
1 defize they would ſend for Mr. Pochin, who (I am tolde) has the original writings, and is the onely ſurviving truſtee, that
there may be ſome courſe taken in it againſt the next afſizes, that I may give the judges and the grand jury an account that it is
imployed for the uſe it was bought for, and that they were miſinformed. I received yours of the 22d of May, and am obliged
to you for the account you gave me of the buſineſs concerning the Magazine. I have choſe this way, that they might not know
who gave me an account of it; and as for this, and all the reſt of your kindneſſes, they ſhall ever be remembered by him who
is your aſſured friend, RUTLAND,” * « Belvoir,
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
This noble peer, as he was maſter of a great fortune,
kept up the old Engliſh hoſpitality at his caſtle of
Belvoir, affecting a rural life, and for many years
before his death never came to London. And when he
married his eldeſt fon to a daughter of the lord Ruſſell,
there was an article in the ſertlement, that ſhe ſhould
forfeit ſome part of her jointure, if ever ſhe lived in
town without his conſent ; yet, on experience of her
admirable temper and exemplary behaviour, as well
as the excellent judgement of his ſon, he afterwards
permitted them to live where they thought convenient.
But, though his lordſhip declined appearing at court,
the Queen, in conſideration of his great merits, and
the ſervices of his anceſtors to the nation, was pleaſed,
on March 29, 1703, to advance him to the titles of
marquis of Granby in the county of Nottingham, and
puk k or RUTLAND, entailing the ſame on him and
his heirs male for ever.
The duke died at Belvoir caſtle, in his 73d year,
Jan. 10, 1710-11, and was buried at Bortesford ; and
in Mr. Felton's* ſermon at his funeral we find this
character: He was of high deſcent, of antient
nobility in a long courſe of great alliances with
the beſt families in the kingdom; and, from the firſt
earl of Rutland, related to the royal blood in the
perſon of a daughrer of the houſe of York, ſiſter to
kmg Edward the Fourth; and, as far as the memory
of his anceſtors is yet preſerved, he was not only de-
ſrended from great, but good progenitors; a rare fe-
licity remarkable in his line, which from father to
fon has yielded a fucceſhon of virtuous men, and en-
tailed a bleſſing on the family, which is till tranſ-
mitted to poſterity ; for the virtues of the father are
ſtill living in the ſon, and will ſurvive in the children
of his ſon ; of ſo great force is the example of virtue
m the parents, through the grace of God, to form the
manners and fix the virtue of their children. He was
himſelf a perſon of eminent and unblemiſhed virtue,
of a kind and noble nature, benevolent to all, and
magnificent, as became him, but without vanity or
oſtentation. He felt the infirmities of age, but with-
out the moroſeneſs that attends them; his good-na-
ture preſerved him from it; he was eaſy himſelf,
and loved to have others ſo; and his greateft pleaſure
was to ſee all pleaſed about him. was a wile
and underſtanding man; he did nothing in haſte or
hurry; he conſidered well before he reſolved, and ſo
juſtly, that he ſeldom changed his reſolution; he
was conſtant and ſteady in his temper, which made a
valuable and faithful friend ; he had a great ſenſe
of the religion of his word and honour, which made
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him not forward to promiſe, but certain to perform.
In his public ſtation he appeared but ſeldom, and
lived for many years in a noble retirement; his love
of quietneſs firſt drew him from the crowd and buſtle
of the world; afterwards his years fitted him for
eaſe and reſt, and made that neceſſary at laſt, which
was his choice at firſt : but his private life was a
bleſſing to the publick ; and his caſtle, like ſome happy
ſtar, diffuſed its kind influences on all the countr
around, him. To our gracious queen he was a moſt
loyal ſubject; he honoured her while he lived, and
prayed for her with his dying breath. He was a
true lover of his country, of our church and conſti-
tution ; and, as far as ever I had the honour of
hearing him expreſs himſelf on theſe points, the pre-
rogative of the erown and liberty of the ſubject
were dear to him; he eſteemed the crown the honour
and ſafeguard of the nobility, and the liberties of his
country the glory of our land; and therefore he
joined heartily in the Revolution. He honoured the
late king as our deliverer ; and thought it the happieſt
circumſtance of that great event, that, in the perſons
of the late queen and him, the monarchy was pre-
ſerved, while our liberties were ſecured; and that the
bleſſings of this reign, that the queen fits peaceably
on the throne of her anceſtors, are owing to the
eſtabliſhment of the former. He lived and died in
communion with the church of England ; and as he
was a noble patron to the clergy, in the free and ho-
nourable donation of his preferments, ſo he always
treated them with a regard, that looked more like
a condeſcenſion in him, than a debt to them, eſpeci-
ally if we confider the uſage and humour of the pre-
ſent age. To all men he was courteous and affable ;
and as he was never wanting in the greateſt civilities
to the gentry,around him, they ever paid him the
greateft honour and reſpet. He had the true ſecret
to preſerve a due regard to himſelf, while, by the
gravity, the kindneſs, and eaſineſs of his deportment,
he was beloved and reverenced by all that approached
him. To his children and his childrens' children he
was a kind and indulgent father: he ſtudied not only
their happineſs and welfare, but their cafe and con-
tentment ; and his ſon, who now ſucceeds him, may
truly ſay he has loſt a father; a father who delighted
in nothing more than his ſatisfaction; and if parents
would learn, from his example, to treat their children
with more affection, no heirs could be tempted to
look with impious eyes into their fathers' years. To
his ſervants he was a juſt and righteous, a good and
noble lord : he underſtood fidelity and diligence, and
« Belvoir, Jan. 8, 1682-3, The qucen haveing been pleaſed to make me her ſteward for the mannor of Grantham, and I
haveing been 10 ill ever ſiuce that I could not take the oaths and ſacrament as [ ought to do, deſire you will pleaſe to let the Bench
know, with my ſervice, that I deſire the ſeſſions may be adjourned till the 6th or 8th of March next; and that they may be held
at 'Knipten ; and that they will pleaſe to appoint my lord Sherard, fir Henry Hudſon, Mr. Lifter, or Mr. Hacket, or any two of
them, to give me the oaths ; and in ſo doing, you and they will very much oblige, fir, your moſt humble ſervant, RuTLanD.”
«< Relvoir, Faly 18, 1683. I received your letter o Mr. Gee, with a copie of an indenture concerning the magazine at
Leiceſter, and have ſince very well conſidered it; and therefore do defire you will pleaſe to infert theſe perſons following for
truſtees ; viz. the lord Beaumont, lord Ferars, lord Sherard, Charles Cockaine, John de la Fontaine, Richard Liſter, Thomas
Boothby, Thomas Babington, Richard Roberts, eſqrs. I am very ſenſible of your extraordinary kindneſs and care in this
buſineſs, and ſhall ever be ready to acknowledge it, that am your real friend, RuTLany,” _
By a letter from Lady Ruſſell to king William, it ſeems the beſtowing of this honour had been intended by that monarch ;
as ſhe tells the king, I rather chooſe to trouble your majeſty with a letter, than be wanting in my duty, in the moſt ſubmiſſive
manner imaginable, to acknowledge the honour and favour I am told your majeſty deſigns for lord Rutland and his family, in
which I am fo much intereſted. It is an act of great goodneſs, fir, in you; and the generous manner you have been pleaſed to
promiſe it in, makes the honour, if poſſible, greater. As you will lay an eternal obligation on that family, be pleaſed to allow
me to anſwer for all thoſe I am related to; they will look on themſelves equally honoured with lord Rutland, by your favour
to his family, and I am ſure will expreſs their acknowledgements to your majeſty in the moſt dutiful manner.”
Henry Felton, eldeſt ſon of John Felton, and grandſon to Timothy Felton, eſq: of Felton, in Northumberland, was born
Feb. 3, 1679, in the pariſh of St. Martin in the Fields; educated firſt at Cheyneys in Buckinghamſhire, afterwards ſueceſſively
at Weſtminſter, the Charter-houſe, and Edmund- hall in Oxford; and, whilſt a member of that hall, took the degree of M. A.
June -5, 17023 and was ordained Dec. 6, that year. In 1406 he had the care of the Engliſh church at Amſterdam; and ſoon
after his return into England took the degree of B. D. July 11, 109 z was made domeſtic chaplain to the duke of Rutland
at Belvoir caſtle; was chaplain to three ſucceſſive dukes ; and to the third of them, whilſt lord Roos, addreſſed his excellent
«*« Diſſertation on reading the Claſſics, and forming a juſt Style.“ He publiſhed in 1711 the Diſcourſe which furniſhes the
above extract, under the title of The Hope of Chriſtians an Argument of Comfort for their Death; a Sermon preached at
the Funeral of his Grace John Duke of Rutland, who was interred at Bottesford Feb. 23, 1910-11, by Henry Felton, B. D. of
Queen's College, Oxford.” In a dedication to his Grace's ſon and ſucceſſor in his honours and eſtate, Mr, Felton expreſſes
his acknowledgements for the favours he had received from the illuſtrious family of the duke, by whom he was in 1711 pre-
ſented to the reRory of Whitwell in Derbyſhire, He took the degree of D. D. July 4, 1912; in April 1722 was admitted
principal of Edmund hall; and on Eaſter Monday, 1725, preached before the Univerſity a Sermon, which he printed, under
the title of The ſame Numerical Body and its Re- union to the ſame Soul,” inſcribed to Dr. Chandler, Bp. of Lichfield and
Coventry. By the king, as duke of Lancaſter, Dr, Felton was preſented in 1736 to the valuable rectory of Barwick, otherwiſe
Berewicke in Elmet, in Yorkſhire, through the intereſt of his noble pupil, who had become chaucellor of the dutchy of Lan-
caſter in 1927, He publiſhed Eight Sermons at Lady Moyer's Lecture, 1738; and ſeven other ſingle ſermons ; and dying at
Berewicke, March 1, 1739-49, was buried in the chancel of that church; where, agreeably to his own deſire, there is no in-
ſcription over his grave, A poſthumous volume of his © Sermons on the Creation, Fall, and Redemption of Man,” was
publiſhed by his ſon, William Felton, M. A. in 1748. |
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62 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LECESTERSHIRE.
would reward them; he loved his ſervants, and loved
them the .more the older they grew in his ſervice.
He was never loud and boiſterous ; his language was
never indecent; he underſtood himſelf too well to
demean himſelf ſo before them; he was patient of
their neglects, and eaſily pleaſed with their perform-
ance; and, I may add, that thoſe who were long with
him, and in nearer attendance on him, he treated with
tne humanity of a friend, not with the imperiouſneſs
of a maſter. His juſtice to all men with whom he
was concerned cannot be too much imitated and com-
mended ; the hire of the labourer was never in his
hand; and in the courſe of his payments he was juſt
and punctual in weight and time. He had a large and
noble revenue, and he managed it as nobly; hoſpi-
tality and charity called for large ſupplies, and they
were never wanting; both were conſtant and unin-
terrupted'; his table was always furniſhed like the
table of a true Engliſh nobleman, and carried more
reſemblance of ancient hoſpitality, than modern de-
corations; for he loved the old Engliſh ways and
cuſtoms, and all was hearty and ſubſtantial at his
board. And as plenty lived within, his charity flowed
in large ſtreams without, and refreſhed not only the
poor at his gates, but the poor about him to a wide
circumference : the ſprings that fed theſe ſtreams
were conſtant, and never failed ; they always ran in a
full current, never grew ſhallow in any part, but
oftentimes overflowed in many. He enlarged this
hoſpital,” firſt founded by his anceſtors, and endowed
it for the maintenance of more poor brethren ; and
having been ſo conſpicuous in his charity while he
lived, and leaving ſuch a ſon behind him, there was
the leſs occaſion tor charities when he died ; rhough
theſe are not wanting, to make the end of his life
agrecable to the whole courſe of it before. And
though his expences in the ſupport of his ſtate and
dignity, but more eſpecially in his charity and hoſ-
pitality, were very great; yet God ſo bleſſed him,
that his means increaſed as his family were en-
larged, and many fair additions were made to the
original eſtate, which was much burthened when he
firſt entered on it. But then we may conſider, that
as God blefſed him, he was alſo careful and frugal,
nobly and ſplendidly frugal, in his management, He
had no vices and no follies to maintain; and his ex-
ample may teach our nobility, as many as want to
learn this leſſon, how very nobly they may live, how
much in being juſt and charitable they may excel,
and at the ſame time improve their fortune, inſtead
of debafing their honour and ruining their eſtates.
God was merciful to him, and bleſſed him in all his
ways. He was the only ſon of his family for a long
time; but he lived to ſee from his laſt happy mar-
riage a numerous and hopeful offspring: his children
that ſurvive he married into great and noble families ;
his ſon to a moſt excellent lady, whom he highly re-
ſpeed ; his daughters to two noble lords of great
honour and virtue; one is not; the other and his
virtuous conſort live perfect patterns of true piety
and conjugal affection. And from thele marriages
he ſaw a molt promiſing iſſue; and at his death, as
in his life, he praiſed and glorified God for theſe
and all other his mercies to him. His laſt ſickneſs
be took patiently, and reſigned himſelf to God: he
blefled his children, and departed this life in peace.
He died full of years and honour, and of good
works; and doubtleſs his works follow him.”
Her grace Katharine, dutcheſs of Rutland, third
wife of John firſt duke of Rutland, died Jan. 24,
1732, aged 75 years *; and was allo buried at Bot-
testord, Feb. 1. 7 |
John, who ſucceeded his father as the 8EconD duke
in 1710-1, was born Sept. 18, 1676; and on the
17th of Auguſt, 1693, he married Katharine, the ſe-
cond daughter ro William lord Ruſſell (who had been
beheaded in 1683). On this ſubject ſome intereſt-
ing particulars arc preſerved in the“ Letters of Lady
Rachel Ruflell;” who, writing coufidentially to Dr.
Fitzwilliam, Sept. 19, 1692, ſays, 1 have had a
ſtrong inclination to have diſcourſed a buſineſs of
weight with you, no lefs than the marriage of my
* Bottesford Regiſter,
9
Rachel, her other daughter, was married to William, the ſecond duke of Devonſhire,
daughter; if lady Gainſborough thought of it, you
had a bint of it earlier than almoſt any body from
me. I do own, when it was firſt propoſed, I was as
it were ſurprized ; but when I came ſeriouſly to con-
ſider, and diſcourſe with her friends, and alſo with
ſuch others as 1 could they get to talk with, and
found reaſon to conclude that a reverſe of parliamenr.
was all the ſcruple I need to have, I was content to
hear more of it, and not refuſe the beſt match in
England for an imaginary religious ſcruple. For, as
on the one hand, 1 am joytul to ſee my daughters *
beſtowed on the two beſt fortunes in England, ſo, on
the other, if he had a kingdom with his, I would not
agree to put her knowingly in circumſtances, that I
ſhould doubt God's bleſſing would not go with. But
if a divorce is juſt, as agreeing with the word of
God, I take a marriage after it certainly to be ſo.
And for the eſtate, we enjoy them by man's law, and
that man can alter, and ſo may alter again; which is
a riſk I am willing to run, if there would be enough
left. The young people have juſt ſeen one another;
he is a pretty youth, and, as I am told, virtuouſly
bred, and is free from all ill. His tutor was with
him; he is a Non-ſwearer, a divine, a man of parts,
they ſay, and a good liver. . You ſee, though I may
not think the better of. him, I do not think the worſe.
This is the buſineſs ſticks cloſeſt to my thoughts, and
ſo Jam apt to enlarge to ſuch friends as you.” This
match was of conſequence enough to attract the notice
of the queen, who tells lady Ruſſell, OR. 18, You
are ſo taken up, I hear, with your daughter's marriage,
that | will not make my letter any longer; but aſſure
you, nobody can more ſincerely wiſh you all imagin-
able ſatisfaction in what you are about, and all things
elſe, than I do.” And the alliance appears to have
been highly agreeable to both the noble families. The
counteſs of Rutland ſays, April 19, 1693, 1 hope
your ladyſhip will do me the juſtice to believe, that
the account your laſt gave of Mr. Eure's being now
on the diſpatching part, and the hopes you give me
to wait upon you ſome time in June at Woborne,
gave me great ſatisfaction; and that you will add to
that the eſteem which is due to yourſelf and dear
Mrs. Ruſſell from me; and then you cannot but be
aſſured that nothing can give me more content, than
ſeeing your daughter mine alſo ; for both before and
after that deſired happineſs, there can be no command
you can lay upon me, which will not be obeyed with
pleaſure, and taken as the greateſt favour can be be-
ſtowed upon, Madam, your ladyſhip's moſt obedient,
faithful humble ſervant, K. RuTLAanD.”
Sir James Forbes thus pleaſantly addreſſes lady
Ruſſell: “ I could not miſs this opportunity of giving
2 ladyſhip ſome account of lord Roſs and lady
ols's journey, and their reception at Belvoir, which
looked more like the progreſs of a king and queen
through their country, than that of a bride and bride-
groom's going home to their father's houſe. At their
firſt entry into Leiceſterſhire, they were received by
the high ſheriff at the head of all the gentlemen of
the country, who all paid their reſpects, and compli-
inented the lady bride at Harborough. She was at-
tended next day to this place by the ſame gentlemen,
and by thouſands of other people, who came from all
places of the country to ſee her, and to wiſh them
both joy, even with huzzas and acclamations. As
they drew near to Belvoir, our train increaſed, with
ſome coaches, and with freſh troops of aldermen and
corporations, beſides a great many clergymen, who
preſented the bride and bridegroom (for ſo they are
ſtill called) with verſes upon their happy marriage.
I cannor better repreſent their firſt arrival at Belvoir,
than by the Woborne ſong that lord Bedford liked ſo
well; for at the gate were four-and-twenty fidlers all
in a row; four-and-twenty trumpeters, with their tan
tara ra ra's; four-and-twenty ladies aud as many par-
ſons; and in great order they went in proceſſion to
the. great apartment, where the uſual ceremony of
ſaluting and wiſhing of joy paſt, but ſtill not withour
ſomething repreſented in the ſong; as very much
tittle-tattle and fiddle-fiddle. After this the time paſt
away till ſupper in viſiting all the apartments of the
houſe,
FRAMLAND HunDatd.]
houſe, and in ſeeing the 233 for the ſack-
poſſet, which was the moſt extraordinary thing I did
ever ſee, and much greater than it was repreſented to
be. Aſter ſupper, which was exceeding magnificent,
the whole company went in proceſſion to the great
hall; the bride and bridegroom firſt, and all the reſt
in order, two and. two; there it was the ſcene opened,
and the great ciſtern appeared, and the healths began ;
firſt in ſpoons, ſome time after in filver cups; and
though the bealths were many, and great variety of
names given to them, it was obſerved after one hour's
hot ſervice the poſſet did not fink above one inch,
which made my lady Rutland call in all the family,
and then upon their knees the bride and bridegroom's
healths, with proſperity and happineſs, were drunk in
tankards brim-full of ſack-poſfer. This laſted till 12
o'clock, &c. Madam, your moſt humble and faithfull
ſervant, J. Fornss.”
Of Katharine, his firſt lady (who died in childbed '
OR. 31, 1711, and was buried at Bottesford Nov. 10),
Mr. Burſcough * gives this character: © She lived
always under an awful ſenſe of her dependance on
Almighty God, which ſhe teſtified by conſtant devo-
tion to him both public and private. In her attendance
at the public offices of our church, I can ſpeak from
my own obfervation, that it has been always ſerious and
decent; not out of form; bur, as far as could be
judged, out of a true and inward ſenſe of her duty.
Nor ought this, I think, to be omitted, though in truth
but a ſlender commendation, fince it is fo juſt and com-
mon a complaint, that ſo many attend the offices of the
church for mere form's ſake ; nor can they keep their
form ſo long as not to betray themſelves, but in theſe
ſacred places of worſhip diſcover a behaviour only
proper for a theatre. Nor was the behayiour of this
great perſon free only, on the one fide, from lightneſs
and indifference, but, on the other, from vanity and
oſtentation. She was bleſſed with a good judgement,
and knew how to keep the mean between profaneneſs
and enthuſiaſm ; her behaviour, therefore, was de-
vout, but unaffected; exemplary, but without art or
defign : for it was to God alone ſhe deſired to recom-
mend herſelf, and not to the world. As to her pri-
vate devotions, the circumſtances of thoſe are only
known to the Great Being ſhe addreſſed them to; for
the regularity of them, it was well known; and for
the ſubſtance of them, it in ſome meaſure appears
from ſeveral papers written with her own hand, and
left behind as monuments of her piety. Theſe are
full evidences of her private worſhip ; though, had
we none of them to appeal to, I could appeal to one
greater than all, I mean to the general integrity of
her life and converſation ; for never did any one keep
up ſo unblameable to the conſtant practice of public
duties, without as conſtant an intercourſe with God
in private. Such was her carriage towards her Cre-
ator 3 and then, as to her general behaviour to the
world, to her ſuperiors, though few indeed were in
that rank, her deportment was with deference and
reſpect; to her equals, free and inoffenſive; and to
her inferiors, many of you are witneſſes how con-
deſcending and obliging it was, how free from any
thing of that pride and haughtineſs which ſo often
attends greatneſs, and fo ill becomes it. To her rela-
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tions, in whatever degree they ſtood, ſhe was loving
and affectionate; to her who firſt ſhould be men-
tioned, from whom, under God, ſhe received het
life, ſhe was ever dutiful and obſervant; always
mindful of that often-negle&ed duty, filial piety;
which in all ſtages of life children owe their parents,
and which ſhe was perſuaded they conld never out-
grow. She knew that the debt which all children
owe their parents could never be repaid; and ſhe
knew that her own was much increaſed by the bleſ-
ſing of a moſt careful education, and by the great
advantage of the domeſtic example ſhe h:d from her
infancy enjoyed; ſo that ſhe was perſvaded that ſhe
owed not only her life to her parent, but, what was
much dearer, her proficiency in virtue; of all which
ſhe was highly ſenſible, and endeavoured to demon-
ſtrate her ſenſe of it in every inſtance of filjal reve-
rence and obedience. To this filial reverence, ſhe
took care to join the twin duty of conjugal affection;
nor was it_eaſy to determine in which relation ſhe
appeared beſt, whether as wife or danghrer : of the
laſt I have already ſpoken ; and of the firſt I need
ſay no more, than that, after bleſſing her lord with a
numerous and hopeful iffue, ſhe gave this beſt evi-
dence of her love, both to him and them, in the ten-
dereſt care and concern for their common offspring;
to this ſhe gave conſtant attendance in her health;
and on her laſt bed of ſickneſs, and in her laſt dying
words, having them all before her, ſhe breathed out
her ſoul in thoſe pious inſtructions, and recommended
them to the care of Heaven, with that energy of af-
fection, and that ſedate and compoſed ſeriouſneſs of
mind, as ſhewed it not to be any ſudden or unuſual
tranſport, but the fixed and habitual thoughts of her
ſoul. In this bleſſed remper of mind, and in the
midſt gf theſe holy pangs, as I may call them, for the
eternal welfare of her children, did this excellent
lady expire: ſo that, in the Apoſtle's phraſe, the
ſeemed in her laſt hours travailing again with them
and ſickened, indeed, in the natural birth of one, but
died in Jabour with the ſpiritual birth of all.”
By this excellent lady the duke of Rutland had
five ſons, John, William, Edward, Thomas, and
Wriotheſley; and four daughters, Katharine, Beatrice,
Frances, and Elizabeth.
In 1712, on a report of the duke's being again
about to marry, lady Ruſſell (who was then in her
76th year) thus writes to the earl of Galway: © I
have been for ſome weeks often reſolved, and as ſoon
unreſolved, if I would or would not engage upon a
ſubject I cannot ſpeak to without ſome emotion; but
I cannot ſulfer your being a ſtranger to any that very
near toncerns me: yet, before I could diſpoſe myſelf
to do it, concluded the article not a ſecret to you,
ſuch care having by one fide been taken, as to let be
a viſiting-day affair, Whether or not the duke of Rut-
land had not fixed a ſecond choice ? perhaps, as pro-
per to call it the firſt; for when marriages are fo
very-early, it is accepting rather than choofing, on
either ſide. But lord R. to the end of my good
child's life, has ſo well approved of the choice, in all
and every reſpect, and, now that ſhe is no more, has,
with very deliberate confideration, as ſoon as he com-
poſed his mind to think, firſt taken care to enquire,
In Lady Ruſſell's Letters, is an anecdote illuſtrative of her Chriſtian fortitude. Aſter ſeeing the dutcheſs of Rutland in
her coffin, ſhe went to her other daughter, the dutcheſs of Devonſhire, from whom it was neceſſary to conceal her grief, ſhe
being at that time in childbed likewiſe ; therefore ſhe aſſumed a chearful air, and with aſtoniſhing reſolution, agreeable to
truth, anſwered her anxious daughter's enquiries with theſe words: * have ſeen your ſiſter out of bed to-day.”
William Burſcough, fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, M. A. 1689; B. and D. D. 1715 ; biſhop of Limerick in Ireland
From Letſome it appears that this prelate publiſhed ſeven ſingle Sermons.
The firſt, preached Nov. 10, 1711, at the
Funeral of Katharine ducheſs of Rutland, It is dedicated to the duke; and, which is ſomewhat particular, there is alſo pre-
fixed a letter addreſſed to lady Rachel Ruſſell, mother of the deceaſed, in which is the following paragraph: “The late
afllifting ſtroke with which it has pleaſed God to try you is ſuch, as, had it come ſingle, would have required a great deal of
patience to bear it; but, as it is a-ſtroke repeated with the irreparable loſs of an only ſon, nothing but the comforts of God's
word can poſſibly ſupport you. In this your ladyſhip has been always converſant ; and I doubt not of the great relief you have
found in it, So thai I hope, and am well perſuaded, that your preſent affliftion will have no other effect upon your mind than
to diſcover the greatneſs of it, while it gives you an opportunity of ſhewing yourſelf an uncommon example of Chriſtian for-
titude.” Mr, Burſcough, in the title-page to the next ſermon, preached Jan, 1714-15, at the conſecration of the biſhop of
Glouceſter (Dr. Richard Willis), is mentioned as chaplain to the duke of Rutland; when he publiſhed his ſermon preached
before the king, May 29, 1716; a ſermon preached Nov. 5, the ſame year at Weſtminſter abbey, and dedicated to viſcount
Townſend, ſecretary of ſtate ; and a ſermon preached May 29, 1716, before the Houſe of Commons, he is ſtyled chaplain to the
Prince, as well as fellow of Wadham college. But in the title-page of his ſermon preached before the Houſe of Commons,
Nov. 5, 1722, he is only noticed as chaplain in ordinary to his Majeſty, When he ceaſed to be fellow of Wadham, and whe-
ther he had any preferment before his promotion to the biſhoprick of Limerick, does not appear. He died April 3, 1755,
ut the advanced age of 80. She died Sept, 29, 1723, in her 87th year
Vol. I. 8
and
64 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
and be truly informed, what powers he had, to do
for his children; and then, by the ſtricteſt rules of
juſtice and impartial Kindneſs, ſettled every younger
child's portion, by adding to what they had betore :
As it is to me the moſt ſolid inſtance of his reſpect
and love he can now give to her memory, and being,
I believe it, done With an honeſt ſincerity, and true
value of her, and all her virtues ; I conceive it would
be wrong in me to take offence at ſome circumſtances
the cenſorious part of the town will be ſure to do,
and refine upon for the ſake of talk. I miſs the
hearing, by ſecing few, and not anſwering queſtions,
The firſt notice I had of his intention was by Mr.
Charlton, and I really believe that was as ſoon as he
had given himſelf his own conſent. He told me he
found him under great unquietneſs, when he ac-
quainted him with his thoughts, who ſaid, he was
under all the anxieties a man could feel how to break
it to me; though it was then but a thought of his
own, yet ſo much he would not conceal trom me.
Mr. Charlton undertook to tell me, and I did as ſoon
reſolve to let it paſs as eaſy between him and me as I
could, by bidding Mr. Charlton let him know, I
would begin to him. I did ſo; which put us both
in ſome diſorder, but I believe he took as I meant it,
kindly. A decency in time was all expected. Ihe
perſon is ſiſter to the preſent lord Sherard , the other
filter had been a widow to a lord Irwin, and tome
years ago married a brother of the dutcheſs of Rut-
land, a Mr. Noel *, who has been a companion to his
nephew ever ſince our ſorrowful time.”
The duke's ſecond marriage took place Jan. 1,
1712-13. In 1714 he was made lord lieutenant of the
county of Leiceſter, and inſtalled knight of the Garter
Nov. 19, 1714*. He died Feb. 22, 1720-21, of the
ſmall-pox, and was buried at Bottesford, March g ;
as was Lucinda his reli&, Nov. 7, 1751, aged 66.
By this lady the duke had fix ſons, Sherard,
George, Robert, Henry «nd Charles (twins), and
James: Sherard died January 1 2, 1741-2, aged 28
years; George, died Dec. 16. 1721, aged 7, and
was buried in Henry the Seventh's chapel, in Welt-
minſter abbey; Henry, November 5, 1745, aged
26; Charles, Dec. 7, 1761, aged 43; and James,
Nov. 1, 1790, aged 71; all four unmarried ; Robert,
who was reprelentative in parliament for King ſton
upon Hull trom 1747 till his death, and was governor
of Hull, a colonel in the army, &c. was feated at
Bloxham, near Sleaford, Lincoluſhire. He married,
and has left iſſue two ſous, Robert aud John-James, and
two daughters; Caroline, who was married to fir Henry
Harpur, baronet; and Lucy, to William duke of
Montroſe 3.
Of the duke of Rutland's daughters by the firſt wife,
Catharine married Henry Pelham, eſq; and dicd 1782;
Rachel died unmarried March 5, 1720-21; Frances
married the hon. Richard Arundell 4, and died Nov.
29,1769; and Elizabeth, John viſcount Galway of the
kingdom of Ireland, and died March 22, 1730, in her
21ſt year. Of the ſons, John, the eldeſt, ſucceeded to
the title; lord William Manners5s, the ſecond, who was
elected to parliament for the county of Leiceſter, 1714,
1722, died by a fall from his horle, April 23, 1772;
Edward, Thomas, and Wriotheſley, all died young.
John Noel, brother to the dutcheſs of Rutland, married Elizabeth, eldeſt ſiſter to Bennet earl of Harborough, and widow
of Edward Ingram, viſcount Irwin in Scotland.
* The plate, with this duke's arms. remains in the 19th fall of St. George's chapel at Windſor, thus inſcribed : “ Du
tres haut puiſſant & tres noble prince, Jean duc de Rutland, marquis de Granby, comte de Rutland, baron Roos de Hamlake,
Truſbut, & de Belvoir, baron Manners de Haddon, feigneur lieutenant de la province de Leiceſter, & garde du rolles dans la meme
province, & chevalicr du tres noble ordre de la jartiere, inſtalls au chateau dn Windeſor le g jour de Decembre, lan 1714.“
3 66 The moſt noble Lucy dutcheſs of Montroſe, died June 18, 1588, aged 71 years,” Coffin-plate.—'This lady was firſt
interred under Trinity Chapel, in South Audley Street ; but removed the next morning, and carried down to her huſband's
family burial-plage in Scotland.“
+ % The Honourable Miſs Carolice Arundell, daughter of the Honourable Richard and Frances Arundell, ſiſter to his
Grace the Duke of Rutland, died Jan, 27, 1746, in the 5th year of her age.”
5 Of whom, ſee under the parith of Buckminiter,
o See an Elegy on the death of this lady in the Appendix, N' VIII.
7 Lord William Manners, one of the ſons, dicd March 11, 1730, aged 6 years and months; and was buried at Buttesford,
Of theſe, Carolina, the eldeſt, was buried at Bottesford, Feb. 1, 1729; Frances, the youngeſt, died Feb. 3, 1739, aged 7
John, the eldeſt fon, born October 21, 1696;
ſucceeded his father, and was the THIRD date. He
married in 1717 Bridget, only daughter and heir
to Robert Sutton lord Lexington; on which occa-
ſion an act of parliament was obtained ** for ſettling
the eſtates of the moſt noble John duke of Rutland,
and John Manrers, eſq; commonly called marquis of
Granby, ſon and heir apparent of the ſaid duke, on
the marriage of the ſaid marquis of Granby with the
honourable Bridget Sutton, only child of the right
honourable Robert lord Lexington; and alſo for
veſting the eſtates of the ſaid Robert lord Lexington
and Bridget Sutton therein mentioned, in truſtees, to
be ſold, tor raiſing money for the marriage portion
of the ſaid Bridget Sutton.” By this marriage four
manors were added to the family, Averham, Kelham,
Roliſton, and Syerſton, ail in the county of Notting-
ham; and two additional ſeats; Averham, built by
lord Lexington; and Kelham, erected by the dutcheſs
herſelf, after a model of her father's. By this lady,
who died at the age of 35, June 16, 17:4, the duke
had ſeven ſons? and fix daughters“, who all died
young, except John, Robert, and G-orge.
The duke was elected knight of the Garter OR.
10, 1722 ?, and inſtalled Nov. 13; in 1727 he was
appointed chancellor of the duchy of Lancaſter, one
of his majeſty's privy council, and lord lieutenant and
cuſtos-rotulorum of the county of Leiceſter; and on
the 11th of October enſuing, at his majeſty's coro-
nation, carried the ſceptre with the croſs. He was ap-
pointed captain of the band of gentlemen penſioners,
1734; and was alſo a lord of his majeſty's bed-
chamber, and a governor of the Charter- houſe.
This duke, who was much attached to the pleaſures
of retirement, was the laſt of the Rutland family who
made Haddon an occaſional refidence. To him alſo
may be aſcribed the building of the preſent hunting
ſeat in Croxton park about the year 1730; and alſo
ſome improvements at Belvoir about the year 17 50,
particularly the addition of the picture room, with
cellars underneath z fince which time there appear to
have been no other alterations than what have been
occaſioned by neceſſary repairs.
He died May 29, 2779; and was buried at Bottes-
ford; where the following in(cription on his coffin-
plate ſuppiics the want of a monument: ”
„The molt high, puiſſant, and moſt noble prince,
John. Manners, duke of Rutland, marquis of
Granby, carl of Rutland, baron Roos of Hamlake,
Truſbut, & Belvoir, baron Manners of Haddon,
one of his Majeſty's moſt honourable privy council,
lord lieutenant and cuſtos rotulorum of the county of
Leiceſter,
governor of the Charter-Houſe, and knight of the
moſt noble order of the Garter,
born October 21, 1 696,
and died May 29, 1779.”
Lord Lexington's eſtate being ſettled upon the
younger branch, an act of parliament was obtained
in 1735, to enable the two younger ſons of John
duke of Rutland, by Bridget late dutcheſs of Rut-
land, and their reſpective children, to take and uſe the
{ſurname of Sutton ; in conſequence of which, Ro-
Bottesford Regiſter.
years, and was buried at Bottesford ; as was Leonora, June 17, 1740. ; x
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haut puiſſant & tres noble prince, Jean duc de Rutland, marquis de Granby, comte de Rutlane, baron Roos de Haml: kr,
Truſbut, & de Belvoir, baron Manners de Haddon, ſeigneur heutenant Ge la province de Leiceſter, & garde des rolles dans
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bert, born Feb. 21, 1721-2, took that name, and
fixed at Kelham, near Newark; in 1747 was elected
member for Nottinghamſhire ; was one of rhe lords of
the bed-chamber to the late prince of Wales (in which
quality he aſſiſted at his funeral proceſſion, April 3,
1751); and, April 20, 1754, was appointed maſter of
his majeſty's harriers and fox hounds, which he ſoon
afterwards reſigned. He continued repreſentative for
Nottinghamſhire till his death, Nov. 19, 1762, when he
was colonel of the regiment of royal foreſters. Dying
unmarried, he was ſucceeded by his next brother,
George, born March 8, 1722-3, baptized April 10
following, his majeſty king George I. and the prince
of Wales (afterwards George II.) being his godfathers.
He was member for Grantham in ſeveral parliaments;
and, after the death of his brother Robert, took the
name of Sutton. He died Jan. 9, 1783, being then re-
preſcntative in parliament for Newark, and colonel of
the Nottinghamſhire militia. He firſt married, in De-
cember 1749, Diana, daughter of Thomas Chaplin,
of Blankley, co. Lincoln, eſq; and by her, who
died April 3, 1767, had ſeven ſons; 1. George Man-
ners-Sutton, born Aug. 1, 1751, member in one par-
liament for Newark, and in the laſt and preſent for
Grantham ; 2. John Manners-Sutton, born July 12,
1752, a lieutenant colonel in the army; choſen mem-
ber for Newark in the room of his father; and mar-
ried, in April 1778, to Miſs Anne Manners; 3. Ro-
bert Manners-Sutton, born Jan. 5, 1754, a captain
in the royal navy; 4. Charles Manners-Sutton, D. D.
dean of Peterborough 1791, and biſhop of Norwich
1792, was born Feb. 14, 1755 ; married, May 1778,
Miſs Thoroton ; 5. Thomas Manners-Sutton, a'coun-
ſellor, recorder of Newark, and deputy recorder of
Grantham ; 6. William, died an infant; 7. Francis,
died at Tobago, a captain in the army: and five
daughters; 1. Diana, married 1778, to Francis Die-
kins, of Northamptonſhire, eſq; 2. Louiſa-Bridget,
married to Edward Lockwood Perceval, eſq; 3. Char-
lotte, married 1789 to Thomas Lockwood, eſq; 4.
Mary; 5. Harriot.
Lord George Sutton, 2dly, married, Feb. 5, 1768,
Miſs Mary Pearte.
John, the duke's eldeſt ſon, commonly called marguis
of Granby *, was born January 2, 1720-21. He was
educated at Eaton, and at Trinity college, Cambridge;
and travelled with Dr. Ewer, afterwards rector of Bot-
tesford, and bithop of Landaff. Entering early into
the army, he railed a regiment for his majeſty's ſervice
in the rebellion 1745. He was afterwards colonel of
the royal regiment of horſe guards; colonel of the
Oxford Blues (which he reſigned in 1769); lieutenant-
general, and commander in chief of his majeſty's forces
in Germany under prince Ferdinand of Brunſwick, to
whom he was an excellent coadjutor; maſter- general
of the ordnance; repreſentative in parliament ſor the
county of Cambridge; and one of his majeſty's privy
council, He married, Sept. 3, 1750, lady Frances,
eldeſt daughter and coheir of Charles Seymour, duke
of Somerſet, by his ſecond dutchels, the right honour-
able Charlotte Finch. He died Oct. 18, 1770, in his
father's life-time ; aud by his lady (who died Jan. 25,
1760-01), had iſſue John, Charles, Robert, Frances,
Charlotte, and Catharine. John lord Roos died in 1 760,
inthegth year of his age; Catharine in 1756; and Char-
lotte in 1757 Robert, born Feb. 6, 17 58, was a lieu-
tenant of tne Victory in admiral Keppel's engagement,
July 27, 1778, and ſoon aſter had the rank ot a duke's
{on given him by his Majeſty. Sir George Rodney
made him a poſt-captain Jan. 17, 1780, the day after
the defeat of the Spanith fleet. He went to the Weſt
Indies in December followiag, with fir Samuel Hood,
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as captain of the Reſolution of 74 guns, under fir
Chaloner Ogle, commodore, in which ſhip he diſtin-
guithed himſelf in the action with the French off the
Cheſapeak, Sept. 5, 1781, and alſo in that off St;
Kitt's, when he was one of the ſeconds to commodore
Affleck, Jan. 23, 1782. In the memorable engagement
off Dominica, April 12, that year, he was wounded
in both legs, one of which was amputated below the
knee; and had an arm alſo broken, He ſurvived
ſome days; and, from the goodneſs of his conſtitution,
great hopes were entertained of his recovery; but, to
the great loſs of his country and the ſcrvice, be was
carried off by a locked-jaw on the 23d following.
By his expreſs defire, his remains, the day after his
death, were committed to the deep, in lat. 31* 30“,
an hundred leagues from the iſland of Bermudas.
Falling in the bed of honour, he became one of
the three heroes to whom their grateful country, by
its repreſentatives,. decreed a monument to be
placed among its National Worthies in Weſtminſter
abbey :; for which an ingenious writer at the time“
propoſed the following well- adapted lines:
This laſt juſt tribute grateful Britain pays,
That diſtant times may learn her Heroes? praiſe.
Fir'd with like zeal, fleets yet unform'd ſhail gain
Another BLAIR *, a MAanNExs, and a Bayne 5;
And future Chiefs ſhall unrepining bleed, f
When Senates thus reward and celebrate the deed.“
The monument has been ſome time completed by
Nollekens ; though not yet open for public inſpection,
the infcription not being finally ſettled. Bur, as it
will probably be finiſhed long before this hiſtory can
be publiſhed, we may venture to promiſe a repreſen-
tation of it in plate XVII.
Another monument has in the mean time been
raiſed, which will reach poſterity among the fineſt
productions of the preſent age; in which, after hu—
manely endeavouring to reconcile the poor to their va-
rious ſituations in life, by an elegant proof that,
amidſt the bleſlings of the great, ali ranks are equally
* the victims of diſtiets,” the poet pathetically adds,
„Oh! if in life one noble Chict appears,
Great in his name, while blooming in his years ;
Born to enjoy whate'er delights mankind,
And yet to all you feel or tear reſign'd;
Who gave up pleaſures you could never ſhare,
For pain which you are ſeldom doom'd to bear;
If ſuch there be, then let your murmurs ceaſe,
Think, think of him, and take your lot in peace.
And iuchtherewas:—oh! grief, that checks our pride,
Weeping we fay there was, for MANNERS died;
Belov'd of Heaven! theſe humble lines forgive,
Thar ſing of thee, and thus alpire to live.
As the tall oak, whoſe vi-orous branches form
An ample ſhade, and brave the wildeſt ſtorm,
High o'er the ſubject wood is ſeen to grow,
The guard and glory of the trees below;
Till on its head the fiery bolt deſcends,
And o'er the plain the ſhatrer'd trunk extends;
Yet then it lies, all wondrous as before,
And till the glory, though the guard no more.
So Trov, when every virtue, every grace,
Role in thy ſoul, or ſhone within thy face ;
When, though the ſon of GRANBVY, thou wert known
Leſs by thy Father's glory than thy own;
When Honour lov'd, and gave thee every charm,
Fire to thy eye, and vigour to thy arm ;
Then from our lotty hopes and longing eyes
Fate and thy virtues call'd thee to the ſkies;
Yet (till we wonder at thy tow'ring fame,
And, loſing thee, fill dwell upon thy name.
Two portraits of the marquis have been publiſhed from paintings by fir Joſhua Reynolds; one by Houſton ; the other,
with his horſe, by James Watſon.
* This event is alſo commemorated in a painting by Stothard, preſerved at Belvoir caſtle; engraved by J. K. Sherwin
and publiſhed, in Auguſt, 1786, by Mr. Macklin, And at the Royal Academy, 1790, was a model, by J. Nollekens, of © Lord
Robert Manners expiring in the arnis of Victory, intended by the late duke of Rutland for a monument to be placed in the
chapel at Belvoir caſtle.“
3 Gent, Mag. vol. LII. p. 337.
* Captain Blair behaved with great bravery in the Dolphin frigate in the engagement with the Dutch on the Dogger Bank,
Auguſt 5, 1781, for which he was promoted to the Anſon, a new ſhip of 64 guns; in which he was among the lain in the
ſevere engagement of the 12th of April,
Captain Bayne, of the Alfred, was a good mathematician, and particularly well verſed in naval tacties. He was leaning
on the ſhoulder of one of his lieutenants, and defiring him to obſerve the effe&t of a new carronade of his own invention,
when a 24 pounder divided his body in the middle, and carried part of it to the other fide of the deck,
Oh!
66 HISTORY ANY ANTIOQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Oh! ever honour'd, ever valued ! ſay
What verſe can praiſe thee, or what work repay ?
Yet Verſe (in all we can) thy worth repays,
Nor truſts the tardy zeal of future days ;—
Honours for thee thy Country ſhall prepare,
Thee in their bearts the Good, the Brave, ſhall bear;
To deeds like thine ſhall nobleſt Chiets aſpire,
The Muſe ſhall mourn thee, and the world admire.
In future times, when ſmit with glocy's charms,
The untry'd youth firſt quits a father's arms;
« Oh he like him,” the weeping fire ſhall fay,
« Like ManxErs walk, who walk'd in honour's way;
In danger foremoſt, yet in death ſedate, |
Ohl be like him in all things, but his fate!“
If for that fate ſuch public tears be ſhed,
That Victory ſeems to die now Trov art dead:
How ſhall a Friend his nearer hope reſign,
That Friend a Brother, and whoſe ſoul was thine ?
By what bold lines ſhall we his grief expreſs,
Or by what ſoothing numbers make it leſs ?
"Tis not, I know, the chiming of a ſong,
Nor all the powers that ro the Muſe belong,
Words aptly cull'd, and meanings well expreſt,
Can calm the ſorrows of a wounded breaſt :
But RuTLanwDd's virtues ſhall his griefs reſtrain,
And join to heal the boſom where they reign.
Yet hard the taſk to heal the bleeding heart,
To bid the ſtill· recurring thoughts depart ;
Huſh the loud grief, and ſtem the rifing ſigh,
And curb rebellious paſſion with reply ;
Calmly to dwell on all that pleas'd before,
And yet to know that all can pleaſe no more—
Oh! glorious labour of the ſoul, to ſave
Her captive powers, and bravely mourn the brave!
To ſuch, theſe thoughts will laſting comfort give :—
Life is not valued by the time we hve;
Tis not an even courſe of threeſcore years,
A life of narrow views and palrry fears ;
Grey hairs and wrinkles, and the cares they bring,
Thar rake from death the terror or the ſting :
But 'tis the ſpirit that is mounting bigh
Above the world; a native of the ſky ;
The noble ſpirit, that, in dangers brave,
Calmly looks on, or looks beyond the grave.
Such Maxx ERS was, fo he reſign'd his breath!
If in a glorious, then a timely, death.
Ceaſe then that grief, and let thoſe tears ſubſide :
If Paſſion rule us, be that paſſion Pride;
If Reaſon, Reaſon bids vs ſtrive to raiſe
Our finking hearts, and be like him we praiſe;
Or, if Affection {till the ſoul ſubdue,
Bring all his virtues, all his worth in view,
And let Affection find its comfort too; ſ
For how can grief ſo deeply wound the heart,
Where admiration claims ſo large a part?
Grief is a foe, expel him then, my ſoul :
Let nobler thoughts the nearer woes controul
Oh! make the age to come thy better care,
See other RUuTLANDSs, other GrANnsBrs, there;
An1, as thy thoughts through ſtreaming ages glide,
See other Heroes die as MANN ERS died;
Victims victorious, who with him ſhall ſtand
In Fame's fair book the guardians of the land;
And from their fate thy race ſhall nobler grow,
As trees {hoot upward that are prun'd below:
Or, as old Thames, borne down with decent pride,
Sees his young ſtreams go murmuring by his ſide
Though ſome, by art cut off, no longer run,
And ſome are loſt beneath the ſummer's ſun ;
Yet the ſtrong ſtream moves on, and, as it moves,
Its power increafes, and its uſe improves
While plenty round its ſpacious waves beſtow,
Still it flows on, and ſhall for ever flow.“
Lady Frances Manners, the eldeſt daughter of the
marquis of Granby, born March 24, 1753, was
married, July 9, 1772, to George earl of Tyrconnel,
by whom ſhe had a ſon, ſtill- born, April 21, 1773.
Being divorced by act of parliament in 1777, ſhe re-
married, Oct. 28, 1777, to the honourable Philip
Leſlie, ſecond fon of Alexander lord Newark, by
whom ſhe has iſſue one fon.
* Charles lord Roos, on the deceaſe of his father,
was marquis of Granby, afterwards member for the
univerſity of Cambridge; and on the death of his
grand father, which was on the 2gth of May, 1779,
became the FourTa duke. He raiſed a regiment of
foot for the ſervice of his country when at war with
America and France; was ſteward of the houſhold ;
recorder of Grantham, Cambridge, and Scarborough;
vice-preſident of the Middleſex, London, and Lock
hoſpitals, and Welſh charities ; lord lieutenant and
cuſtos rotulorum of the county of Leiceſter ; colonel
of the Leiceſterſhire militia ; knight of the garter
and one of his majeſty's moſt honourable privy coun-
cil. In Feb. 1784, he was appointed lord lieutenant
of Ireland; and, by virtue of his office, was grand-
maſter of the moſt illuſtrious order of Saint Patrick.
He died LORD LIEUTENANT at Dublin, Oftober 24,
1787, in the 34th year of his age; and was buried at
Botresford, with his anceſtors, the 2 5th of November
following. He married December 26, 1775, the
lady Mary-[fabella Somerſet *, born Auguſt 1, 1756,
daughter to Charles-Noel, fourth duke of Beaufort ;
and by her had iſſue four ſons and two daughters;
John-Henry ; Charles-Somerſer, born OR. 24, 1780;
Robert- William, born Dec. 14, 1781; William-Ro-
bert Albanac, born June 1, 1783; Elizabeth-Iſabella,
born Sept. 28, 1776; Katharine Mary, born April
29, 1779: |
John Henry, marquis of Granby, was born Jan. 4,
1778 ; ſucceeded in the 1oth year of his age to the
title and eſtate; and is the F1FTa duke of Rutland.
Number of Generations, Succeſſion, &c. ſince the
Conqueſt *.
Generations. When deceaſed, By whom ſucceeded,
Robert de Todenei, 1088, his ſon,
1. Wu de Albini, Brito, 1155, his ſon,
2. Wa de Albini, Meſchines, 1168, his ſon,
3. William de Albini III. 1236, his ſon,
4. William de Albini IV. 1247, whoſe daughter married
5. Robert de Ros, I285, his ſon,
6. William de Ros, 1317, his ſon,
7. William de Ros II. 1342, his ſon,
8. William de Ros III. 1352, his brother,
Thomas de Ros, 1383, his ſon,
9. John de Ros, 1394, his brother,
Sir William de Ros, 1414, his ſon,
10. John lord Ros, 1421, his brother,
Thomas lord Ros, 1431, his ſon,
11. Thomas lord Ros, 1461, his ſon,
Edmund lord Ros, 1508, whoſe ſiſter married
12. Sir Robert Manners, knt. — his ſon,
13. Geo. Manners, lord Ros, 1513, his ſon,
14. Thomas Manners, earl his f.
of Rutland, } 1543, is ion,
Henry ſecond earl, I 563, his ſon,
Edward third earl, 1587, his brother,
John fourth earl, 1588, his ſon,
Roger fifth earl, 1612, his brother,
Francis ſixth earl, 1632, his brother,
George ſeventh earl *,
1641, his ſecond couſin,
17. John eighth earl,
(Haddon family), 1679, we ben.
18. nn and 1711, his ſon,
19. John ſecond duke, 1721, his ſon,
20. John third duke, 1779, his grandſon,
22. Charles fourth duke, 1787, his ſon,
Jonn Henry fifth duke.
A portrait of this lady, from a painting by ſir Joſhua Reynolds, was engraved by Valentine Green in 1780.
It appears from the above table, that in a period of 700 years are 22 generations, which, upon an average, give 32 years
from father to ſon. I have ſeen calculations at 25. W. M.
See Dr, Bura's Cumberland, Le Fleming,
3 Here the older branch runs out in the ſeventh earl, ſo that the Haddon family are the regular deſcent; and were, before
they ſucceeded to the title and eſtate, the fifteenth and ſixteenth generations
See a Funeral Poem on John firſt duke of Rutland in Appendix, N VIII.
John, marquis of Granby, fon of John third duke, died before his father, and was the twenty-firſt generation,
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The preſent State of BeLvoiR CASTLE, 1792.
The general accuracy of the writer who viſited
Relvoir in 1722 (ſee p. 45) is confirmed by the MSS.
of Mr. Peck, who, after having reſided ſeveral years
in the neighbourhood, drew up the liſt of proſpects
from Belyoir caſtle given in p. 74; in which, how-
ever, imagination appears to have introduced many
more than the moſt accurate eye could take in. But
the worthy Antiquary, with a partiality inſpired by
the ſubject, has endeavoured to illuſtrate it by a ſort
of memorial verſification, which, whatever may be
thought. of the poetry, ſhall be preſerved in the
Appendix *, for the very curious local and hiſtorical
deſcription it conveys.
The Eaſt front of the preſent houſe at Belvoir is
84 yards long, with balconies over ruſtic arches at
each end; and no alterations appear to have taken
place in the building, fince the addition of the pic-
ture- room about 1750.
The 45th and the ſeven fallowing ſtanzas of the
% Pindaric Poem” of 1679 deſcribe the interior part
of the caſtle; and it appears from the poet's account,
that there were then rooms appropriated to cabinets of
natural and artificial curioſities; the productions of
the old and new world; gems, minerals, and metallic
ores: the rarities alſo of the Perſian and Turkiſh
looms. What are particularly alluded to in the 48th
ſtanza, the Pindaric obſcurity of the deſcriber rather
hides than explains ; probably little works of art and
curioſities, like thoſe we meet with in every miſcella-
neous collection. |
The quantity of old china found at preſent in
Belvoir caſtle does not lead us to imagine that a room
would be entirely appropriated to it, as ſtated in
ſtanza 49. The former collection has been divided
therefore, or perhaps totally diſperſed : it has, how-
ever, been more than replaced in value by the ſets
of plate, which, in richneſs and elegance of work-
manſhip, are 3 unrivaled in this kingdom.
The tapeſtry now in the caſtle is the ſame as de-
ſcribed in ſtanza 57. How far it merits the deſcrip-
tion, may be left to the judgement of the obſeryer.
Froin the hunting ſeat at Cheveley have been
lately brought to Belvoir ſome beautiful marble buſts
of the following illuſtrious perſons ;
Oliver Cromwell.
King William III.
King George II.
Algernon, Joke of Somerſet,
William earl of Mansfield, uno zqQuvs vikryri.“
Admiral Keppel. |
William Pirr, the firſt earl of Chatham.
John marquis of Granby.
Lord Robert Manners (his ſon).
The preſent chapel has neat Gothic windows, and
bears the appearance of antiquity ; is floored with
marble, wainſcoted with cedar; and the cielin
O1R.
In the hall windows, quarterly,
1. Arg. a maunch Sable, Haſtings earl of Huntingdon.
2. Per pale, Or and Sable, a ſaltire ingrailed coun-
terchanged. Pole. |
3. Quarterly, France antient, and England, with a
label of 3 points, Arg. Plantagenet duke of Clarence.
4+ Gules, a faltire Arg. with a label of 3 points
gobone Arg. and Az. Nevile earl of Saliſbury.
5. and 6. Gone. |
7. Gules, a feſs between 6 croſslets Or.
| Beauchamp earl of
8. Cheque Or and Az. a chevron Erm.
Newburgh earl of Warwick,
Warwick,
9+ Broken.
10. Or, 3 chevronels Gules. Clare.
11. Sable, 2 bars Arg. in chief, 3 plates.
12. Az. 3 garbs, and a chief Or.
13. Gone, |
14. Arg. a griffin rampant Gules. Botreaux.
15. Gules, 3 pallets dancette Or. &. Lo.
16. Or, 2 bars Gules, in chief 3 torteaux. Wale.
In a bow window of the paſſage gallery, where the
Hung erfer d,
2 Der el.
buſts are, Manners, with quarterings, impaling Paſton;
hg. 43 ·
Arg. a bend ipgrailed Gules, charged with 3 annu-
lets Or. 5
The following arms are alſo carved on various
parts of the building.
Round the inner court, moving to the right.
Over the bow window, Ros and Badleſmere ; fig. 35.
Albini quartering Ros within a garter, |
Ros and Badleſmere quartered.
Manners, within a garter.
Over the gate on the North ſide of this court:
Manners, with quarterings, impaling Arg. 6 fleurs de
lis, a chief indented Or, under a coronet ; ſupporters,
two unicorns ; fig. 43.
A chevron, impaling Ros.
Quarterly, 1. and 4. Or, a lion rampant, Gules,
armed and langued, Charlton lord Powis ; 2. and 3y
Arg. a fret Sable. Vernon of Haddon ; fig. 44.
Cheque, |
Arg. a feſs between two bars gemelles Gules.
| Badleſmere,
An eagle diſplayed. Albin: ancient.
p Two chevronels and a border Gules, Alzini Brito ;
» 3s
* Catharine wheel. Belvair; fig. 45.
Three cart-wheels Or. Eſpec; fig. 19,
Three water-bougets. Ros. |
An angel holding a ſhield, on which are twa
cheyronels, and a border Gules. Albini Brito.
On the outſide of the caſtle, at the Eaſt end, is
another angel holding the arms of Albini Brito.
adorned with emblematical paintings of the Reſur-
rection and Laſt Judgement, continued on the North
and Eaſt walls. The painter's name is not recorded,
nor perhaps does the execution require it.
At the top of the chapel door are carved three
water-bougets, Ros, with an angel on each fide.
On one fide of the arch of the door, three water-
N Ros, quartering Badleſmere ; plate II. fig. 35.
n the other fide, a peacock in his pride, the creſt
of Manners. | |
Over the South face of the South gate of the firſt
court, under an earl's coronet, Manners, with quarter»
ings, impaling Arg, fix fleurs de lis, and a chief in-
dented Or, ſupported by two unicoras ; Thomas, firſt
on of Rutland, and his ſecond lady, Eleaner Paſlon;
ig. 43. |
Over the South dgor of the ſecond court, under a
magnificent creſt of a peacock in his pride, the arms
of Ros and Badleſmere, impaling Vernon and Montague.
And on a ſmall ſhield a hend gobont.
See Appendix, Ne VII. p. 61.
*
On the principal North front, beginning at the
Eaſt end: |
1. Albini Brits,
2, Cheque. |
3. Quarterly, 1. and 4. Charlton lord Powjs 5 2,
and 3. Vernon of Haddon ; fig. 44. | |
4+ Ros, impaling a chevron,
5. Ros impaling Badleſmere.
6. A bend gobane,
7. Albini Brita.
8, Belvoir .
9. Eppec.
10. Ras,
11. Badleſinere.
12. Over the entrance, Mauners with augmentay
tion, quartering Ros, Eſpec, Belvoir, Albini ancient,
Albini Brito, Badleſmere, and Holland egrl of Kent ;
creſt, and ſupporters. 2
13. Three lozenges in ſeſs. Montagye ; fig: 48.
14. Albini ancient, ; |
Is the poet right in his idea, that china, after it is completely manufactured, acquires hardneſs and tranſparengy by being
depoſited for ages under ground? We are well informed indeed, that the component parts of china, the Aaoliz and Petunſe,
prepared and kept previous ta their compoſition and burning:
and thknce ariſes in a great meaſure the value of old china, as the earths of which it is formed are now ſeldom ſuffered to ro:
13. Ferngy
Main the ſequiſite term before they are manufactured.
$
are 10 in proportion to the years in which they have bee
70 HISTORY ANV ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
15. J of Haddon; fig. 49.
16. On à feſs engrailed, three griffins heads with. a
canton; fig. 50.
17. Vernon f Haddon.
18. Three ſtags heads caboſt; fig. 51.
All the offices, except the kitchen, are built at
the bottom of the hill; and beyond them is a canat
about 200 yards long.
In 1722, we are told by the writer already fre-
2 quoted, there were many contrivances here
r ripening grapes by arched and horizontal walls *,
and ſubterranean fixes. They ripen here in forward
years in june; and ſucceed beſt with a due propor-
tion of heat, furniſhed from walls under the arches.
Una ex infinitis quercubus,” he ſays, © quz ante
bella inteſtina montem operuerunt, ſola ſapereſt, an-
nofa, venerapda.“ This old oak yet ſtands. It is
fituated at the South-eaſt part of the hill at the bot-
tom of the 55 ſteps called the Jeruſalem Stairs, higher
on the hill than any other tree of 'the kind. Ir is
about three feet in diameter, and conſiſts of two large
arms. proceeding from a hollow trunk; themſelves
alſo decayed within z but the bark js ſound, and the
branches were, at the time this paragraph was written
(Jan. 20, 1791), in a forwarder ſtate of budding,
and their extremities darker and more fucculent, than
the younger oaks at the bottom of the hill,
At the South part of the caſtle oppoſite Blackberry-
hill, the old court (cavedium) is yet in the ſtate de-
ſcribed by the ſame writer *; the inſignia are round it,
and that one he mentions with the inſcription ; but the
whole is ſomewhat dilapidated, and probably in a few
years will take a very different appearance by a
thorough renovation.
The antient gardens, ſuſpended as it were in ter-
races, as repreſented in Buck's view 1730, aad in
Badeſlade's 1731 (ſee plate VII.) afford at this time
nearly the ſame ſtriking and fingular appearance.
They are in a ſtyle well ſuited to the magnificence
and extent of the caſtle ; and confiſt principally of
majeſtic rows of the taller kinds of trees on the
declivity of the hills, with ſpacious walks between
them : below are the deeply fhaded plantations of
yew and fir, and theſe bounded by more promiſcuous
clumps and younger wood, which connect the gar-
dens with the neighbouring grounds : ſhrubs and
flowers would not welt harmonize with ſcenes of this
fort, and are only found ſcattered in a few places,
as it were by the hand of Nature.
The ſteps which connect the terraces remain; and
below the firſt ſlope is a wall with a paling at a few
yards diſtance from it. To the wall are fixed nectarine,
peach, and apricot, with ſome other fruit-trees ; and
near the pales are roſes and other ſhrubs. On the
next terrace are ſtatues in granulated ftone of thoſe
mythological or allegorical perſonages who have been
ſuppoſed to preſide over gardens, fields, and vineyards,
Juno, with her peacock and a bunch of grapes in
her left hand. |
A woman ſmelling at flowers; in her left hand a
covered cup; at her feet a greyhound. On the pe-
deſtal of this ſtatue the arms of Manners, with Vaire
and the fret.
Another female figure, with a baſket of flowers,
and a monkey on her pedeſtal ; K. R. under a coronet.
Pomona, with flowers and a flower pot.
Ceres, with ears of corn and a ſheaf.
Bacchus, with grapes ; and at his fide a trunk cf
a tree, with a lion's ſkin. N
Winter, in beard, trowſers, hood, and plaid man-
tle, cringing over a fire - pan.
Of this laſt ſtatue (which is ſaid to have conſider-
able merit), and of ſeveral of the others, there are
bronze models in the paſſage gallery; which proba-
bly were ſent from Rome or Florence for the ſtatuary
to work by. v4
The Water-works alluded to in the Pindaric Poem
ng it might almeſt be added the water itſelf) are
cen no more. The“ afpiring fiſh,” are alſo loſt x
the pond remains at the bottom of the gardens, ſtored
indeed, but neither with the inhabitants, nor the
te liquid cryſtal” which the author mentions. This
want of an element ſo uſeful and ornamental has
been regretted by all travellers who have viſited the
caſtle, Various reſervoirs are now under conſidera-
tion for an intended canal from Grantham, which is
to wind through the Vale; and while it affords a
ſupply for the purpoſes of navigation, will add thar
requiſite which atone has been wanting to the mag-
nificence of the profpe& round Belvoir caſtle, where
a thorough alteration in this and many other reſpects
will probably ſoon take place; not that thoſe altera-
tions ill depend upon the ſucceſs of the navigation,
the failure of which (if it ſhould fail), though it may
in ſome degree alter the mode, will not retard the
progreſs of improvement round the caſtle,
Plantations are now making on all the neighbour-
ing bills; and the whole country is improving ſo faſt
in beauty and profit, under the auſpices of his grace
of Beaufort, that, in a few years, it will not only be
the moſt princely feat in the county, but the whole
eſtate around it in the beſt condition. Stathern
point, now planting, is ſeen from almoſt the whole of
Leiceſterſhire, Nottinghamſhire, and great part of
Lincolnſhire. | |
The fitnation of Betvoir Inn, to the North of the
caſtle, below the hill, is pointed out in Plate VI.
This inn was kept by William de Perceval in
March, 1681.
In Peck's Deſiderata Curioſa *, is A brief Diſ-
courſe on the ancient Diviſions of the Night and the
Day, as alſo of the ancient Hours of Prayers, and the
Names of each, intermixed with ſome other Matters
of Antiquity, as the ſame was read at Belvoir Inn,
before a Saciety of Gentlemen and Clergy there, on
the 12th of March, 1730. Written by the Pub-
liſher.” From this circumſtance it appears that a
kind of Philoſophical Society was then held at this
inn; a branch perhaps of the Spalding, Peterbo-
rough, Doncaſter, and Stamford Societies “.
About the year 1750 a Mr. Turner kept the inn ;
after which it was diſcontinued till about 1786, when
it was again opened, in a ſtyle of comfortable accom-
modation, by Mr. Shipman, who is tenant under the
duke of Rutland of the ſite of the antient priory, to-
gether with a principal part of the original townſhip.
At the general election for Leiceſterſhire in 1722,
three perſons polled in right of their freeholds at
Belvoir ; John marquis of Granby, Thomas Lau-
rence, and Bennet Sherard, clerk. In 1778, the
voters were two, William Drake and John Millar.
In the large dovecot at the Weſt end of the
ſite of the priory, are inſerted from its ruins an angel
holding a | Gig another holding a ſhield, charged
with Ros, quartering Eſpec 3 wheels. Over the two.
doors are heads at the ſpringing of the arches.
At the bottom of the —.—5 field, at the Weſt end
of the abbey ſite, are irregular elevations of ground,
which the people here ſuppoſe outworks, thrown up
by the beſiegers of the caſtle in the laſt century; and
another to the South-welt is called a battery.
At the battom of the ſecond cloſe a bank runs by
the ſide of the Leiceſter-road through a ſecond road,
and faintly returns. The Leiceſter road runs up by
the ſide of the caſtle,
A dole of ſixty-ſix three-penny loaves is diſtributed
at Belvoir caſtle every Thurſday morning to the poor
of the nine neighbouring pariſhes ; viz. Wolthorpe, 5 ;
Knipton, 9; Plungar, 31 Barkſton, 6; Redmile, 6 ;
Bottesford, 18; Muſten, 6; Braunſton, 5; Croxton, 8,
: The horizontal, or inclined, or ſloping walls, were a eontrivance of Duilli Fatio ; but the practice did not anſwer the de ·
monſtration in theory, It is the ſame thing as carrying a vine over the tiles of a penthouſe : the ſun will act more power-
fully on it ; but this advantage is more than counterbalanced by the flope detaining wet; which probably has occaſioned their
diſuſe in theſe gardens, G. A.
2 See p. 45. '
3 Book VI. N' XXI.
co
ges Bibl. Top, Brit. Ne XX, p. i. and Gent. Mag. vol. LVI. p. 560.
1H
r // V % v . ⅛Næi.i. 5 3
in the poſſeſſon of the RrLA VB Family are weil
worth the notice of ſtrangers traveling in theſe parts.
On the deceaſe of the late Duke Charles, they
were entruſted to the care of the Rev. William
Peters, rector of Knipton in this county; by whoſe
kindneſs, and the expreſs per miſſion of the Dutcheſs,
I have been favoured with the following account of
this truly valuable repoſitory of Art,
« Belvoir Caſtle contains one of the beſt collections
of Paintings in this kingdom, whether conſideted in
the variety of Schools which are brought together in
one view, or in the judicious choice of the works
of each Maſter, Of the Italian School, N1coLo
Povss iN, in his celebrated work of the Seven Sacra-
ments, ſtands moſt conſpicuous; Gul po, CARLO
DoLct, and SALvaToR Rosa, have each a per-
formance, which may vie with any other work. ex-
tant of theſe celebrated Maſters; and, if CLAUDE
pz LorRAIN be admitted as an Iralian—and in
truth, as a Painter, no other country than ltaly can
with equal right claim him as her own; for, though
born in Lorrain, his ſchool was on the banks of the
his ſhepherds were the inhabitants of Tivoli; and
the clear and warm air of the Campagna breathes in
every tint, and floats upon the canvas—let us then
without heſitation claſs him with the natives of his
beloved country, and he will bring a powerful aid
to their aſſiſtance; for of his pencil there are no leſs
than five. RuBENs, the Prince of Flemiſh painters,
appears no where with more brilliancy than in Belvoir
Caſtle ; it is enriched with ſix of his hand; of Mo-
RILLO, the boaſt of Spain, there are three large
compoſitions ; and TENIERS, that Child of Nature,
furniſhes the Caſtle with eight of his beſt finiſhed
and moſt pleaſing performances. REYNOUDSs/ the
firſt, and as yet chief, of the Engliſh Schoo „holds a
diſtinguiſhed rank among his brethren of the pen-
cil; and by the claſſic arrangement of his figures,
the grouping of his angels, the beauty of his colour-
ing, and the diſtribution of his light and ſhade, in
his picture of the Nativity, takes the palm of victory
from one of the beſt pictures Rubens ever painted,
which hangs oppoſite to it, in ſeeming competition
with this unrivaled work of our Britiſh Artiſt.
John, the third duke of Rutland, and Charles,
the late much-lamented owner of theſe works, were
both of them Patrons of the Arts in the fulleſt ex-
tent of that word ; for they were not contented only
to look at and admire the dawning of Genius in the
infant mind, bat ſought out excellence wherever it
could be found, cheriſhed it in its bud, protected
it in its progreſs, and ſupported it with their for-
tunes when ripened into that ſtare of perfection which
it could only attain to by the liberal and ſteady pa-
tronage of the good and great. John, the third
duke, delighted much in the management of the
pencil, and employed many of his leiſure hours in
that moſt pleaſing amuſement *, and to the foſtering
hand of the late duke the Arts are indebted for their
flouriſhing ſtate in this country. By an early and
warm attachment to men whoſe works have formed
that ſtyle of painting which has created an Engliſh
School, he did equal honour to himſelf, to his
country, and to the age wherein he lived. All the
modern pictures, of which there are a very confide-
rable number, were of his collecting. The following
catalogue of them was taken March 17, 1788; and
reviſed in June, 1792.
Anti- room at the head of the ſtairs.
Martyrdom of a Saint, Spagnioletto.
Deſcent from the Croſs, Luca Penni.
Soldiets with gypſey fortune-tellers, M. Angelo Caravagis.
Sir Joſhua Reynolds, b __
Head in black, from an Dyck,
Yellow bed-room,
| anti- room to the Dutcheſs's drawing-room.
Frances, eighth counteſs of Rutland, Sir Peter Lely.
—
Vol. I.
B E L VOI R. . *
THE FITC PEDRES
Tyber ; the ruins of antient Rome were his buildings;
Old man's head, with a jug and glaſs,
7
Whole length of Bennet, the firſt earl of Harborough;
when a boy, Unknown.
Seven Sactaments, — |
The Sacrament of Baptiſm, of te Nicolo Pouſſin.
ſame ſize with the others. c
The Dutcheſs's drawing-robom.
John lord Granby, in crayons,
| Roſalba.
Sea-piece, — Van de Velde.
Adam and Eve expelled from paradiſe, Vanderwerf,
Peaſants ploughing, — Bercbem.
Dutch proverbs, — |
Boors at cards, — Teniers,
Old womam with her dram bottle; |
A large caſe of miniatures in water and enamel, con-
taining the 49 following portraits, &c.
John, the firſt duke of Rutland, *
Head of a lady, from — Sir Peter Lely.
Henry, ſon of Charles I: Peter Oliver.
Alady, A. D. 1572.
Holy Family, enamel.
Head of a lady, black ſleeves, red under veſt, em-
broidered.
Catharine, firſt wife of John ſecond duke of Rutland.
Charles, prince of Wales, ætatis ſux 14.
Two heads, of ladies.
Venus dreſſing, enamel.
Adoration of the ſhepherds, in oil, upon ſtone.
John, marquis of Granby, enamel, Liotard.
Venus, an enamel, from the celebrated picture by
Titian in the Orleans collection.
Head of a lady, ſaid to be lady Grace Manners, mother
of John the eighth earl of Rutland.
A lady's head, 1653. _ J. H.
John, eighth earl of Rutland, 1656, Cooper.
A Nun with a bleeding heart, in oil.
George the third, from — Reynolds.
A man's head, 1652, — 1. H.
A man's head.
Murder of the Innocents, large enamel.
Wiſeman, ſergeant ſurgeon to Charles II, 1660. Cooper.
A man's head, 1656,
L. H.
John, lord Granby, from — Reynolds.
Colonel Lee, enamel. — Zinc.
Henry, earl of Northumberland, 1585.
Robert Dudley, earl of Leiceſter.
Mary Iſabella, dutcheſs of Rutland, 1782. Gſway.
Frances, marchioneſs of Granby.
Lord Robert Manners, captain of the Reſolution,
from Dance, Cofway.
A lady and child of the Seymour family. I
Rachael, wife of William lord Ruſſel.
John, the third duke of Rutland,
Bridget, third dutcheſs of Rutland.
William, lord Ruſſel.
Laura Tarfi, a Grecian lady,
Charles, duke of Somerſet, enamel.
Charlotte, dutcheſs of Somerſet, enamel.
Catharine, counteſs of Rutland, enamel.
Lord Thomas Manners, enamel.
Lord William Manners, enamel.
Charlottę, counteſs of Aylesford.
Frances, marchioneſs of Granby.
A General, in oil. |
Lord Burleigh, ſmall whole length.
Dutcheſs of Somerſer, enamel.
John, duke of Marlborough.
Prince Eugene.
Queen Anne, enamel.
Oil paintings continued.
Lintk.
Liotard.
Petitot.
Mie 74.
Moon light,
Vanderneer.
| Teniers,
Man, woman, and boy, Le Nan.
Young lady reading, attended by her page and maid-
ſervant, | Mieris.
Cranes, — — Temiers.
A wolf dog triumphing over a wolf he has juſt Killed.
| Mrenix.
Dogs with fowls, — C. I.
Sheep's head.
Had this article been contributed by any other perſon but Mr. Peters, 1 may ſafely add, that the late Sir Joſhua Rey-
nolds, however diſtinguiſhedly pre-eminent, would not have been the only Engliſh painter thus honourably noticed. J. N.
Another friend obſerves, that the duke was a good gentleman painter, and glad to buy a good ſmall picture at an auction
and would carry it home himſelf, ſaying, A man did not deſerve a good picture that would not carry it home himſelf.” G. A.
; | V |
| Landſcape,
72 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES of LEICESTERSHIRE.
Landſcape, — Wynants.
Landſcape, — Bot h.
Church and buildings, — Vander byde.
Man, ſmall half length, with bottle and glaſs, Tenters,
Peaſants after ſupper, ſleeping, O/tade.
Dogs with fowls, marked C. I.
Landicape with cattle, =_ Berchem.
Cattle with ſea and ſhipping at a diſtance, Cyp.
Landſcape with horſemen,- Woverman.
Landſcape, — Ruiſdaal.
Landſcape, Vanderbyde.
Landſcape, — Rui ſdaal.
Count Bonneval, in crayons, Liotard.
Sea - piece, = Ruiſaaal.
Farmer's family, grace before meat, Jan Steen,
Landſcape, — Paul Potter.
Large ſea- piece, Dutch admiral's flag. Vander velde.
Boy and girl looking at birds in a cage, Gerrard Dow.
Buildings and landſcape, — Vandertyde.
Death of Lord Robert Manners. Stotbard.
Windmill and water, — Vanderneer.
Candle-light, — Schalten.
Landſcape and cattle, — Tynaker.
Sea-piece, — Ruiſdaal.
Large landſcape, cattle by * |
Landſcape ſmall, 5 | Wynants.
Dining parlour.
Fourteen whole length portraits; of
George Villiers, ſecond duke of Buckingham.
Frances, counteſs of Rutland.
Queen Mary II.
Katharine, firſt ducheſs of Rutland.
King William III.
King Charles I.
King Charles II.
King George J.
Bapriſt Noel, viſcount Campden, 1682.
William, earl of Pembroke, with his white ſtaff ; his
gloves in his right hand. |
Earl of Southampton. A caſtle with two round
towers at a diſtance in the back ground.
Diana, © eldeſt daughter of Robert earl of Aleſbure,
wite of John lord Roos 1672, and now ninth erle
of Rutland 1679.“
Counteſs of Southampton, in point lace ruff, and ruf-
fles, putting her right hand on a ſpaniel on a table.
Frances, counteſs of Exeter, eldeſt daughter of John
8th earl of Rutland.
A head over each door,
Yellow bed-room to the left of the firſt anti-room.
Lord Angleſey, half length, Sir Peter Lely.
Lord Sandwich, a head,
Muſic room.
Wole length of a boy, Frank Hals.
Dutcheſs's bed-chamber.
Landſcape, — Pouiſſin.
Angels appearirg to the ſhepherds, Jacomo Baſſano.
Viewof Newmarketrace-ground, with the duke ot Rut-
land's ſtud, and portraits of ſeveral perſons. Tillemans.
Holy Family.
Adoration of the ſhepherds,
Holy Family, ſmall.
Hero and Leander,
Friars.
Landſcape,
Barbaroſſa,
Fruit.
Merry-making.
Cloſet to the Dutcheſs's bed- chamber.
Spoils of war. TVo pictures, one over each door.
An old woman giving advice to a young one, Schalten.
Baroccio.
Sacbtleven.
Van Dyck 6
Fryar, . — Zuchero.
Lady and her maid, _ Netſker.
Dutch boat in a gale of wind, FP andevelde.
An ox-ſtall, . — Teniers.
\ Landſcape, octagon.
Temptation of St. Anthony, _ Teniers,
Landſcape, — Vanderbyde.
A calm.
Landſcape, — Artois.
Feeding the multitude, — Ferg.
Boy with an aſs and dog, Du Chardin. -
Ceſar Borgia. | | |
Merry-making. _ Ferg.
Ruins.
Landſcape, — Poufſin.
Soldiers at dice, — Valentini.
Landſcape with boats, &c. — Breugbel.
Sea-port, — Paul Brill,
Madonna and child aſleep, Sebaſtian Bourdon.
Old man's head, — Zuchero.
Figure on a croſs, painted on ſlate. |
Cattle, _— Romain.
Inſide of a church.
A 88 and pupil.
St. Mark's place, Venice, Payl Veroneſe.
Late Duke's dreſſing room
General Sporcken.
John, ſecond duke of Rutland, with a view in the back
ground of a bridge and of a company of trained bands
commanded by him. Cloflerman.
Prince Ferdinand of Brunſwick,
The Hereditary prince of Brunſwick, | half lengths.
Count la Lippe Buckbourg *,
Marechal duc de Broglio.
Head of an earl of Rutland, Cornelius Janſen.
John, the third Duke's dreſſing · room.
Duke of Leeds, whole length. |
Drawing-room to the great-dining room.
Landſcape,
—
Ditto, 8 Horixonti.
A room in the palace at Prague with the Queen of
Bohemia's dogs.
Madonna and child. — Baroccio.
Landſcape, — Sachtleven.
Head of duke Charles, when lord Roos, in chalks,
Hamilton.
Small head of Jane Shore in crayons.
Great dining- room.
Sunſet, — Claude de Lorrain.
Holy Family, — Schidone.
Adoration of the ſhepherds, Polemburgh.
Madonna and child, _ Carlo Dolci.
Walker the painter and engraver, with a paper in bis
hand, — Ey himſelf.
Nativity, — Sir Foſoua Reynolds.
Man's head, _ Denner.
Hercules and Antæus, — Rubens,
Benvenuto Cellini, the Florentine chaſer and en-
graver in metals.
Woman, half length, — Frank Hals.
Gamblers, _ Valentini.
Maid ol Orleans, — Rubens.
Adoration of the ſhepherds.
Henry VIII. a whole length, and the moſt perfect
picture known of the maſter, Hans Holbein.
Charles, duke of Rutlaud, Dance.
A country girl, Peters.
Sleeping Bacchus.
Shepherd and ſhepherdeſs, _ Rubens.
Sea monſter, — Salvator Roſa.
Adoration of the Magi, — Morillo.
Deſcent from the croſs, — Rembrant.
Madonna and child, _ Van Dyck.
4 4 Philippo Laura.
ight into Egypt, —
Landſcape, large tree in the center, } ch,.
Schoolmaſter and ſcholars, Paſquilini.
Lord Chaworth, — Van Dyck.
Landſcape, Rubens.
Madonna and child, and St. John Baptiſt, Annibal Caracci.
Head of a young man, ſmall, Cornelius
Ditto of a young woman, in round frames, J Janſen.
Landſcape, with two figures in a boat, Claude.
Schoolmiſtreſs, with ſcholars, Pa ſguilini.
Madonna and child and Nun, — Morillo,
Sunſet, ſmall, — — Claude.
Ponte mola near Rome, — Burgognione.
Viſion of St. Francis, — Carlo Cignioni.
Madonna and child, and St. John.
Holy Family, _ — Morillo.
Head of a young man, — Rembrant,
A female martyr receiving the crown of victory from
the infant Jeſus. The three female ſaints in this
picture were Rubens's three wives. Rubens.
Man and his wife, whole lengths, Frank Hals.
Head of St. Peter weeping, — Guido.
Gamblers quarreling, — Valentini.
* Before him lies a © Plan del Belaterundt der ſtat & citadel otmuſter command & direction 1750 ;' and at a diſtance is
_ repreſented the battering of a town,
Long
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
Long gallery.
View of London bridge, the Thames frozen, Marlow.
Lord Granby, lady Elizabeth, and lady Catharine
Manners, | | Reynolds.
View of Dublin from the ſea, Wicklow hills in the
back ground, ;
Landſcape, man on horſeback, woman, ſheep, &c. Berchem.
Madame de la Valiere, from the celebrated picture by
Le Brun at Paris, Peters.
A fight. — Vandermeulen.
Landſcape, — _ Zucarelli.
Lord Robert Manners, the head copied from a por-
trait by Dance, _ Reynolds.
An Italian ſea port, oblong oval, Marlow.
Landſcape, cottagers with a man ey] |
ing home wood, | ; |
Landſcape with cattle, Gainſborough.
Landſcape with cart-horſes,
View of Dublin from the grounds above Chapel Izod.
John marquis of Granby, three quarters, Reynolds,
Chriſt diſputing with the Doctors, Weſt.
King John delivering Magna Charta to the Barons, Mor-
View near Dublin, [ timer.
Earl Mansfield, half length, Reyno las.
Two views in Italy, — Marlow.
Infant Jupiter —
Old mar reading, — | Reynolds
St. John, — — Peters.
A converſation piece, with a pilgrim
Ditto, with ſoldiers, a woman, fiſh, &c. Mortimer.
Marquis of Lothian, from
Head of a boy, Reynolds.
Venus breaking the bow of Cupid, Angelica Kauffman.
View near Dublin,
Samuel preſented to Eli, — Weſt.
Pope Innocent X, — Velaſquez.
Lord Charles, lord Robert, and lord Wil-
liam Manners,
Samuel, > Reynolds.
John marquis of Granby, with his huſſar
and harſe, q
One other, with a ſervant and horſe, Hamilton.
Sir Iſaac Newton, Kneller.
Twelve whole lengths of the eight earls and five dukes
of Rutland in regular ſucceſſion *. The firſt, 1525,
with a tall beard, and in robes of the garter; the ſe-
cond, with whiſkers and ſmaller beard, ſame habit;
the third, with a fuil beard, in ſame dreſs; the fourth,
with whiſkers, but no beard, and in robes of parlia-
ment; the fifth has a white beard, and the {ame robes.
On the ſtair-caſe leading to the Picture- room is an
altar-piece by Morillo, and ſome family portraits
conſiderably damaged; amongſt which are,
An earl and counteſs of Rutland, with two children.
George Villiers, duke of Buckingham.
Montague Bertie, carl of Lindſay.
Lady Elizabeth Campden.
Sir Richard Bertie.
Lord Montague of Boughton, &c. &c.
In the Picture-room.
Mr. John Noel, ſmall half length, Mrs. Beal.
Holy Family, ſmall, _ Rubens,
Noah going out of the ark, Philippo Laura.
Dutcheſs of Beaufort, whole length,
Mary Iſabella dutcheſs of Rutland, ditto,
Man's head, hands folded, praying.
Woman with a lamp. |
Man's head.
Old Parr. |
| Reynolds.
Martin Luther, A. D. 1543, Ktatis ſuze LIX. with
the motto, In the Lorde is min truſt.”
Landſcape, figures playing cards, Domenichino.
Holy Family and St. Catharine, Paolo Veroneſe.
The Gods, — Rubens,
St. Francis, praying, — Carlo Dolci.
Landſcape, with cattle at a fountain. Romain.
Holy Family.
Children naked, at play, Roltenba mer.
Infide of a church, — Denecf.
Lady Elizabeth Manners and lord Granby, Reynolds.
A man, half length, Sir Fatah.
Duke of Somerlet, half length, |
The Borromean iſlands.
Trieſte, archbiſhop of Ghent, by Sir Pe-
ter Lely, from
Lord Arundel and his ſon, by Dobſon, from
= Dyck.
BELVOIR,
Madonna, Bambino, and St. John Baptiſt, Andrea del Sarto.
See the Pindarie Poem in the Appendix, p. 58.
73
John, ſecond duke of Kutland, half length, Sir P. Lelys
Mr. James Noel, ſmall half length, Mrs. Beal.
Madonna and child aſleep, ſaay.
Lady Exeter, half engl Sir Peter Lely.
Lady Camden, ſmall half length, Mrs. Beal:
Hermit, mall whole length, bighly finiſhed.
Sea fight, Rodney and De Graſfle,
Ditro, with a fire-ſhip, Serres.
N. B. The above were actions in which 1o:d Robert
Manners, whoſe fame will ever live in the annals
of Britain, particularly ſignalized himſelt.
A large picture with fiſh, &c.
Katharine, firſt wife of John ſecond duke of Rutland,
Sir Godfrey Kneller,
Mrs. Bridget Noel, ſmall half length, Mrs. Beal.
Lady Katherine Manners, with a ruff, Zucchero.
Counteſs of Ranelagh, a head. Dutcheſs of Bucks,
Landſcape, ſmall oblong oval.
Table with fruit, &c.
The firſt duke of Rutland, half length, Sir Peter Lely.
Flight into Egypt, Luca Fordan.
The firſt dutcheſs of Rutland, half length, Sir Peter Lehy.
Tobit and the Angel, Domenic bino.
Hagar and Iſhmael, Guercino.
Lord Thomas Manners, brother to the ſecond duke
of Rutland. |
Francis earl of Rutland.
A woman, half length, Titian.
Cleoparra diſſolving the pearl, Carlo Maratti.
Frances lady Granby, wite of John marquis of Granby,
Reynolds.
Lord George Cavendiſh, Pompeo Battoni.
Samſon and Dalilah,
Lady Exeter. 5
Duke of Monmouth, Sir Godfrey Nneller.
Lord Charles and lord Robert Manners.
Madonna and Bambino leaning on a globe, Parmagiano.
Carpet, vaſe, fruit, &c.
Still life,
Danae, from
Man's head.
Charles I. on horſeback, from Van Dyck, Old Stone.
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Roeftraten.
Corregio.
Diana ſtealing the bow from Cupid, Franciſco Albano.
Martyrdom ot a faint, — Rabiari.
Head of a friar, — Bronzino.
General Oglethorpe, — Reynolds.
Henry VII. Empſon and Dudley.
Honourable Charles Bertie.
Landſcape, ſmall, — Elſheimer.
Baptiſt viſcount Camden, ſmall half length, Mrs. Beal.
Lord Robert Sutton, in a ſhooting dreſs, Hudſon,
Landſcape, large, — Horizontt.
William of Albanac and his three daughters, Weſt.
The ſecond earl of Chatham, whole length, Reynolds.
Rodrigue de Silva Mendoza Guxman, 1659, whole
length, | Dan Myters.
Charles I. and his family.
Madonna on a half moon with angels, Carlo Maratsi.
Kitty Fiſher, — Reynolds.
Head of a goldſmith, — Zucchero.
Inſide of a church, — Denecf.
A proceſſion, chiaro oſcuro, Van Dyck.
In the marble hall.
John, the firſt duke of Rutland and his lady, when earl
and countels, with John lord Roos, lord Thomas, lady
Dorothy, and lady Katharine. On it this inſcription,
© John lord Roos ſon to John the gth earl of Rutland,
and lord Thomas, and Catharine counteſs of Rut-
land, and lady Dorothy Manners, and lady Catha-
rine Manners.” ; |
The two firſt of theſe figures, in Roman dreſſes, were
much admired by lord Mountſtuart, now earl-ot Bute,
Charles II. halt length.
Eleven half length family portraits; viz.
Lady Carnarvon,
Lady viſcounteſs Campden.
Mrs. Bridget Noel.
Earl of Northampton.
Another of Lady Campden.
Counteſs of Exeter.
Dutcheſs of Rutland.
Lady Chaworth.
Lady Berkley.
Earl of Montague.
Earl of Exeter.
| Cloiſter bed- room. |
William, firſt earl of Chatham, half length, Hoare,
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1 | Barkſton, 2 miles. E Eaſthorp, 2 miles. Normanton, 3 miles. £
| Beckingthorp, inBottesford pariſh, 3. Eaſtwell, 3. Plungar, 3. |
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1 Braunſton, 2. Harby, 4. Saltby, 3,
5 Bredon on the Hill, 21. Harſton, 1. Sproxtun, 4.
Burrow on the Hill, Howes, 5. Stathern, 3. -
| Croxton Kynel, 2. Knipton, 1. Waltham, 4.
Croxton Park, 2. Muſton, 2. |
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li Allington, 4 miles, Eagle, 16. Londonthorp, 6.
Ancaſter, 9. Fenton, g. Marſton Hall, 6.
1 Barkſton, 7. Foſton, 4. Naneby, 13.
1 Barrowby, 3. Friſton, 7. Normanton, 6.
Baſſingham, 12. Fulbeck, g. Norton Diſney, 11.
Becking ham, 10. Gelſton, 7. N. Scarle, 14.
Belton Park, 6.
Long Bennington, 5.
Burton, Lord Monſon's, 22.
Bracebridge, 20.
Brandon, 8.
Brent Broughton, 10.
Carlton Scroop, Mr. Ellis, 7.
Cathorp, 8.
Claypool.
Coleby, 16.
Coleſterworth, 7.
Denton, 2.
Doddington, 5.
In
Alverton, 5 miles,
Allacton, 5.
Averham, 10.
Balderton, 8.
Barnaby in the Willows; g.
Barneſton, 5.
Beeſton, North, 15.
* Bingham, 6.
Grantham, 4.
Gunwarthby North, 4.
Gunwarthby South.
Harlaxton, 3.
Harroby, 5.
Chapel Highcomb, 17.
Church Highcomb, 16,
Hough, 7.
Hougham, 6.
Hunnington, 6.
Long Ledenham, 10.
Lefingham North.
Lincoln“, 21.
Elſton, 7 miles.
Elton, 3. 5
Eperſton, 10.
Farrington, 9g.
Flawborough, 4.
Fiſkerton, 9.
Flintham, 7.
Gamſton, 10.
Sedgbrook Hall, 2.
Spital Gate, in Grantham Pariſh, 4.
Sy ſon, 6. |
Stapleford, 12.
Streglethorp, 7.
Stubton, 8.
Thorp in the Mount, 16.
Waddington, 18.
Welborn, 17.
Wellinghore, 12.
Weſtborough, 12.
Wolſthorp, 1.
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE.
Nottingham, 12 miles.
Orſton, 4.
Owthorp, 7.
Plumbtree, 10.
Ratcliff upon Trent, 8.
Roulſton, 10.
Screiton, or Screveton, 7.
Scarrington, 6.
Bleaſby, 9. Gedling, 10. Saxendale, 7.
Blodworth, 15. Gonalſton, 10. Shelford, 8.
Bothumſal. Granby, 3. Shelton, 5.
Bridgeford, Eaſt, 7.
Broughton Over, alias Sulney, 8.
Bulwel, 1 5,
Bunny.
Burton Joyce cum Bulcote, g.
Bramcote, 16.
Carlton, by Nottingham, 10.
Carlton, in Liadrick, 14.
Carcolſton, 7.
Gunthorp, 8.
Hawkſworth, 6.
Hawton, 8.
Hickling, 7.
Hockerton, 12.
Holm Pierpoint, .
Horringham, 8.
Kelham, 11.
Kilvington, or Chelvington, 4.
Sibthorp, 6.
Sireſton, 6.
Snenton, 12.
Southwell, 11.
Stanton, 4.
Stoke, 8.
Stoke, by Bingham, g.
Sutton on the Hill, 3.
Thoroton, 5.
Calverton, 12. Kneton, or Kneveton, 4. Thurgarton, g.
Clifton, North, 18. Kynolton, 7. Titheby, cum Cropwel, 6.
Clifton, Sir Gervaſe's. Lambley Lodge, 10. Tollerton.
Clipeſton. Langar, 5. Tuxford, 20.
Codgrave, 8. Lenton, 13. Upton, 10.
Coddington, 10. Lowdham, 9. Watnal, 17.
Cotham, 6. Mansfield, 18. Whatton, 4.
Coulſton Baſſet, 5. Muſkham, 11. Wilford, 12.
Cropwel Biſhop's, 6.
Crumwell, 12.
Edwinſtow, alias Edenſtow.
Newark, 9.
Newton, 2 Bingham, 7.
Normanton, by Greſthorp, 14.
Winthorp, 10.
Wollaton, 14.
Woodborough, 10.
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luſtration of many of theſe places in Appendix, N” VII. p. 61—66. |
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The village of Belvoir was ſo cloſely connected
with the priory, and with the neighbouring rownſhip
of Woolſthorp in Lincolnſhire, that it is now not
very eaſy to ſtate any ſeparate hiſtory of either. By
what name it was diſtinguiſhed in the time of the
Saxons we have not been able to diſcover; but on its
being allotted by the Conqueror to Robert de To-
denei (or Tothenei, as he is called by Matthew Paris),
he gave it a Norman appellation, as better ſuiting its
ſituation *.
The priory, founded about the year 1076, by
Robert de Todenei, for black monks, and annexed as
a cell to the famous mitred abbey of St. Alban's ,
was in the village at the caſtle foot *;” and Burton
ſays, that Belvoir © ſtands upon the utmoſt part of
the ſhire, almoſt upon the very mere; ſo that to ſay
whether it be of Lincolne or Leiceſter, I cannot di-
realy affirme. The roll * of 5 Henry III. doth ſhew
that it is in the county of Leiceſter 5.”
This priory was amply endowed by the munificent
founder; who appointed it for the burial-place of
himſelf and wife in caſe they died in England; and
ſuch it afterwards proved to be for his deſcendants till
the diſſolution of the monaſteries. The exact ſpot on
which it ſtood may be ſeen in plate VI. p. aa; and the
habit of the monks is here exhibited in plate XVIII.
« Of Robert Todenei,” Dugdale 7 found“ no
other memorial than the Coucher-book of Belyoir
recordeth : which is, that, bearing a venerable eſteem
PRIORY and
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VILLAGE.
to our ſometime much- celebrated Engliſh protomortyr
St. Alban, he founded near to this his caſtle a priory
for monks* ; and annexed it as a eell to that great
abbey in Hertfordſhire, formerly erected by the devout
king Offa in honour of that moſt holy man: the
particular circumſiances touching which pious work
are thus related; viz. that Robert de Belvedeir, having
begun the church of Our Lady near to that caſtle ;
and being through ſecular employments ſo hindered,
that he could not attend the finiſhing of it according
to his mind; by the advice of the venerable Lanfrank,
then archbiſhop of Canterbury ?, he diſpoſed of it
unto the church of St. Alban, up condition that
Paul e, the then abbor, ſhould perfect it, and place
therein four monks of that convent, to pray for the
ſouls of earl Robert“ and king William, as alſo for
his own ſoul, and the ſoul of Adela his wife, their
children, and parents; whereupon he and his wife
were admitted into the fraternity of that great abbey,
as abſolutely as any of the. convent ; with promiſe
that, after their reſpective deceaſes, in caſe they ſhould
die in England, their bodies ſhould, by leave of the
abbot, be buried, either at St. Alban's, or in the
church of Our Lady at Belyoir ; their bounty being
ſo great to thoſe places, that, whereſoever either of
them ſhould die, the church of St. Alban, and this of
Our Lady at Belvoir, were to have part of their
eſtates, to be diſpoſed of as the abbot and monks of
St. Alban's ſhould appoint. As to the particulars
— ——
— —
* See what has been already ſaid on the different names of Belvoir, p. 22.
* See Appendix, p. 2.
3 Leland, Itin. vol. I. p. 110.
* See the Matricula, printed among our preliminary articles, p. lxii.
The caſtle was in Lincolnſhite. See p. $7, note 18.
Burton, p. 43.
The vow of this order, which had been introduced by Auſtin the monk, and was that which Benedict himſelf had eſtabliſhed
at Caſſino, was this: * to live in the obſervance of the. moſt rigid chaſtity, to have no poſſeſſions of their own, and to pay obedi-
ence to their ſuperior or abbot. And their dreſs was a long black tunic or cloſe gown, reaching to their heels, looſe and un-
girded ; beneath they wore a white cloſe waiſtcoat of woollen, and a hair ſhirt ; for a covering of the head, which was ſhaved
on the greateſt part of the crown, ſo as to exhibit an outer circle of hair, there was a cowl hanging back on the ſhoulders ; and
their feet and legs covered with a boot. And in their diet they were compelled to abſtain from all fleſh, except when they
began to grow ſick.” Newcome's Hiſtory of St. Alban's, p. 30.
7 Bar, vol. I. p. 112.
Many of the Norman chiefs founded and endowed cells and priories near their caſtles; ſo nearly connected did they think
the church and religion to be with the inſtruction, rule, and proſperity, of their tenants. The chapels, indeed, were often
within the caſtle, though room was ſo ſcarce there, See the Northumberland Houſhold Book, Pref. p. vii. viii.
He was archbiſhop from 1070 to 1088.
0 Robert de Tothenei was acquainted with Paul, who was abbot 10) — 1093; and it was natural to have recourſe to him
for the further eſtabliſhment and completion of his pious deſign, and to place the cell under the government of a perpetual rector.
There was a Roger de Toney, or Tothenei, in the reign of king Stephen, who founded a ſmall priory of Benedictines at
Flamſted, Herts,
Vol. I.
See Tanner, in loc,
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76 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES of LEICESTERSHIRE,
wherewith at preſent he endowed the church of Our
Lady at Belvoir, they were theſe, viz. the town of
Horninghold, with its appurtenances, in as ample
manner as he had it of the king; likewiſe, adjacent
to this his caſtle at Belyoir, four carucates of land,
with the meadows thereto belonging, and twenty
acres of land near the church, whereon to erect
out-houſes and other buildings for the convenience
of the monks; all which to be as free from any
exaction as he himſelf had the ſame from the king.
Moreover he then gave unto them the tithes of all
his vineyards', and the ſite of a mill upon the next
river; as alſo the tithes of ten towns, for all ſorts of
tithable grain, excepting a third part of each pariſh
prieſt ; the towns whereof he ſo gave theſe tithes be-
ing theſe, viz. Hortune, Frantune, Sapertune, Riſen-
dune, Stokes, and Wilberſtone, and one man in each,
with a garden, and one oxgang of land; in Segen-
tune the whole tithes, and eight acres of land (four
lying on one ſide of the road, and four on the other)
with one garden; in Medbourn the tithe only; in
Wivelle, the tithes and one oxgang of land, with one
man and his garden ; and the tithes of Uleſtanethorp.
All which lands he gave free and exempt from any
cuſtom whatfoever ; with command, that in each rown
the church ſhould have the meadows near unto it, and
paſturage, in as ample manner as he himſelf ever had.
And after the death of Adela his wife, he alſo granted
to the church at Belvoir, with the conſent of his ſons
William and Geoffrey, one carucate of land in Saper-
tune, for the health of her ſou], with as large privi-
leges as he had given to any of the reſt.”
William de Albini Brito (fo called to denote him
to be Britiſh-born, and not a Norman) confirmed, in
the chapter-houſe at St. Alban's, all that his father
and mother had given to the church of Our Lady at
Belvoir ; deſiring that he might be admitted into
their fraternity, as his father and mother had been.
And this being granted, he preſented that his con-
firmation upon the altar of Our Lady there; freely
offering up himſelf as a brother and monk to the
church of St. Alban; and giving thereto, as alſo to
this church of Our Lady, a portion of all his temporal
eſtate after his deceaſe ; appointing that, if his death
ſhould happen to be in England, his body ſhould be
buried either at St. Alban's, or in the church of Our
Lady at Belvoir, by permiſhon of the abbot of St.
Alban's; in regard he was of that fraternity, as his
father had been. And after this he gave to that
church of Our Lady the land which Waleran his pur-
veyor held in Hungreton ; -and the tithe of all rhe
rents of all his lands, in what fort ſoever, payable to
himſelf or his heirs, for the time to come *.”
Robert de Todenei, a younger ſon, gave to this cell
of Belvoir ** thirty ſticks of eels, to be paid yearly on
St. Matthias day, out of his mills at Aburne *.”
And Agnes de Rye, a daughter of the founder,
ratified the grants which her father had made to the
monks, of one oxgang of land in Aſlakeby, and two
parts of the tithes of the demeſnes there, in corn,
calves, lambs, wool, cheeſe, pigs, bees, and apples,
and of whatſoever elſe was titheable, that lordſhip
being of her marriage portion. This was confirmed
by a mandate from Henry de Ria, her ſon, importing
a grant or confirmation of certain land, &c.
In the year 1100, the village of Belvoir obtained
the privilege of an annual fair: “ H. rex Anglie,
Rob? epo Lincoln', & omnibus baronibus ſuis Francis
& Anglis totius Anglie ſalutem. Notum fit omnibus
regionis Anglie, tam modernis quam ſucceſſoribus
meis, quod concedo Sancte Marie, & Santo Albano
Protomartyri Anglie, octo dies ad Natale Sci Johis
Baptiſte, habere feriam plenam per octo dies. Et vo-
lo & precipio ut Ricardus abbas & ſucceſſores eam
teneant in pace, & honorifice, & omnes venientes &
redeuntes de eadem pacem meam habeant. Dat' apud
: This is a remarkable article in this cold heavy country; and an early notice of the culture of the vine in this kingdom.
* Dugd, Bar. vol. I. p. 113; and fee Appendix, p. 3.
Pr. Vernon, ex autographo penes ducem Rutlandiz, Appendix, p. 3. *! Mag. Rot 5 Steph. Madox, Hiſt. Exch, p. 216.
9 Ibid. P. 40.
* See two ſeparate deeds in the Appendix, p. 3.
Workſop, near which place it was ſituate.
Rot, 15, Hen. II. Rot. p. 6.
1% Pr. Vernon, MS, from deeds at Belvoir,
caſtle, Dr. Vernon recounts theſe three inſtruments :
Long Croft, in exchange for two acres of meadow ly-
'* Appendix, N X. |
14 See Appendix, p. 4; Philippus de Kym reddit compotum de 264, 4. 3d, numero, de veteti firma.de Lincolneſcirl; Mag.
Appendix, p. 4.
Sanct' Alban', 3 Sept'.— Simon de Senliz, about
the ſame period, gave to this priory four bovates of
land at Waltham“.
Among the duke of Rutland's evidences at the
1. A very antient deed, as old as Henry the Firit's
time, where Robert Poher gives to the church and
monks of St. Mary's at Belvoir a houſe and toft in
Belvoir, to pray for the ſouls of William de Albini
the elder, and William his ſon. 4
2. Another very antient deed of Robert Poher,
granting to the monks of Belvoir a piece of land lying
betwixt the caſtle ditch and the king's highway,
called Weſt gate.
3. A grant, in 1132, 33 Henry I. from William
de Ros, lord of Hamlake, to the priory of Belyoir,
of a croft at Belvoir, lying betwixt Pekok Croft and
ing in Bever warren, in a place called Redmildhaugh,
for the right of common below the rhickets or copſes
on Belyer warren, which right of common belonged to
their free tenement in Redmile. Teſte Johanne de
Ros, milite. A fair green ſeal, with the arms of Reg.
In 1140, Adeliza, wife of Roger Bigot, paid a fine
of 198/. for her father's land at Belverer 7.
The ſecond William de Albini, diſtinguiſhed by the
name of Meſchines, and ſometimes called alſo Brito,
gave, about the year 1155, to the priory of Belvoir,
the church of Redmile, with its appurtenances, and
alſo the manſe which had before that time been his own
chapel, with the houſes and lands belonging to it 8.
The ſame William, by a deed tranſcribed in our Ap-
pendix 9, commanded his vaſſals of Sabridgeworth in
Herts, and the officers of his houſhold there, whe-
ther French or Engliſh, to pay a proper teſpect to the
monks who were to perform divine ſervice in his
church of Sabridgeworth, that none of them might
ſuſtain any injury; and, if any matter of difficulty
ſhould ariſe, that it ſhould be ſtayed till the cauſe
could be regularly brought before himſelf. Theſe
monks were moſt likely the chaplains of his own houſ-
hold, whom he brought with him from Belvoir priory.
About this time a diſpute between the monks of
Belvoir and thoſe of Redford, relative to tithes at
Bradley, Solcefort, Melve, and Seleham, was referred,
by order of pope Adrian, to the deciſion of Theobald
archbiſhop of Canterbury, and Richard biſhop of
London“.
Simon de Ropefley gave, about 1160, three tofts
and fix bovates of land at Claxton ; which was con-
firmed by William de Albini Meſchines, or Brito **.
John de Folvile, of Claxton, gave a toft, with its
appurtenances, at the Weſt end of that village 3,
Philip de Kyme's grant, in 1177, of ſeven ſcore
kyrves of turf, to be dug up yearly in the pariſh of
Kyme, was ſealed with a round ſeal of green wax, re-
preſenting a knight mounted, in ſteel coif and ſurcoat 4,
This grant was confirmed by W. de Kyme in 13395.
William Sharp, in 1210, granted to' Ralph Pykerel,
of Belvoir, a meſſuage in the village of Belvoir,
lying betwixt the meſſuage of Roger. .. on one
part, and a meſſuage of the prior on the other; and
about the ſame time William Horn of Belvoir granted
to Thomas Bouche a toft in Belvoir, lying betwixt
the caſtle gate and a croft of William Berker *'*, |
John the ſon of Walter Deincurt gave a carucate
of land at Granby, which was confirmed by his ſon
Oliver in 1223, for the maintenance of one monk .
Geoffrey de Chaveni gave a bovate of land and
one toft in Barkſton; John de Chaveni confirmed his
father's grant of three acres of Jand there; and re-
nounced to the priory, for the conſideration of 19
ſhillings, all claim to the fealty of Gladwin of
Barkſton, his heirs, or chattels **.
Iwenus de Albini and Geoffrey de Chaveni gave
the church of Plungar, with its appurtenances “.
Appendix, p. 3. * Ibid, pp. 3. 22.
This priory is more commonly ca led
N *3 Ibid. p. 4.
1 Appendix, p. 17.
1 Ibid. p. 5. 9 Ibid. p. 6.
Ralph
FrRAaMLAND HUNDRED.]
Ralph de Hotot gave a borate of land, with one
toft, in Plungar'; and Roger de Hotot gave two
ſelions of lan at Bottesford . |
Richard ſon of Matthew of Belvoir gave four
ſelions of land in Bottesford, for the expreſs purpoſe
of repairing the ſacriſtary of the church of Our Lady
at Belvoir *.
Henry ſon of Peter of Bottesford gave 12d. of
annual rent; which he afterwards covenanted by a
ſeparate bond to fulfil *,
William de Stodham gave 20 ſelions of land in
Bottesford field; two of them near the road called
Sandgate ; two near the land of John Sturmin; three
near that of Robert de Huntendoun ; one called
Lufi-aker, another Lufi-half-aker ; one abutting on
Caldewellfic ; and 10 lying together againſt the land
of the lord William de Albini called Hardezwic 5.
Hugh Wade gave two acres (being four ſelions) in
that part of Bottesford field called Mufton Dale 6.
William the ſon of Ranulph de Lutipati gave
two ſelions in Muſton field 7.
John the ſon of John de Sartino gave one ſelion
in Muſton field, for the reparation of the ſacellaria *.
Ralph de Rayner, and his brothers Walter and
William, gave four bovates of land, and John de
Chaveni one toft, in Stathern .
Roger, the ſon of William, who was the ſon of
Roger of Offington, gave a meſſuage in Colgate, near
Stamford, on his aſſuming the habit of a monk .
In 1226, Robert parſon of Offington, Stephen
parſon of Depying, John Brampſton vicar of Barkſ-
ton, and Walter Agaz vicar of Plungar, were ſe-
verally admitted into the fraternity at Belvoir “.
A diſpute between the prior of Belvoir and the
abbot of Croxton, relative to ſome tithes ariſing in
the village of Howes in right of the advowſon, was
amicably adjuſted at St. Alban's in 1228 *.
The third William de Albini, about the year 1230,
for the health of his ſoul, and the foul of Agatha his
then wife, and the foul of Margery his former wife,
gave to the monks of Belvoir one ſheaf of every kind
of grain ariſing out of all the lands belonging to his
lordſhips of Belvoir, Wolſthrop, Botelsford, Uffing-
ton, and Stokes. He gave them alſo the church of
Redmile by a new grant; and all the trees growing
within certain limits of Belvoir warren, particularly
deſcribed in his deed of gift“.
In 1258, Robert lord Ros and Iſabel his wife re-
nounced to the prior and convent of Belvoir all their
claim of right of preſentation to the church of Red-
mile, for the conſideration of 35 marks s. The lady
Iſabel gave and conficmed to them two parts of all the
tithes in her demeſne at Bottesford and Normanton.
BaldvinusDapiter and Hugo Flandrenſis alſo gave them
a portion of tithes in Bottesford 6.
And very ſoon after this, the lord Robert de Ros
confirmed ro Robert Bafſet, of Wolſthorp, all the
eight oxgangs of land he held in Wolſthorp and elſe-
where of the fee of Edward le Dyne de Eyton, by
the ſervice of giving to the lord of Belvoir a roſe on
the nativity of St. John the Baptiſt 7.
In 1264-5, Ralph de Watlington the prior entered
into terms with the convent, for the celebration of
his anniverſary '*. He was living in 1269.
In 1277, archbiſhop Kilwardby, having inſpeded
the proper documents, declared the right of the priory
to the ſeveral advowſons of Claxton, Howes, Plungar,
Barkſton, T alintone, Auburne, and Horninghold 9.
In 1282, William Horn, of Muſton, gave to the
priory a perpetual yearly rent of one halfpenny,
ariſing out of an acre of land at Muſton .
May 23, 1284, a ſervarium was allotted to the
priory of Belvoir, for the uſe of their infirmary, ſitu-
ated without their garden to the South, contiguous '
to the crott called Palefridi, and abutting towards the
* Ibid. p. 6,
6 Ihid, P. 7»
19 Ibid. p. 8.
* Appendix, p. 6.
5 Ibid. p. 7.
9 Ibid. pp. 7, 8.
J Ibid. p. 8. 3 Appendix, p. 9. Ibid. p. 8.
Dr. Vernon, MS. Appendix, p. 13.
** Vol. II. p. 234, bid. p. 14. Ibid, p. 14.
BELVOIR PRIOR Y.
7 Ibid. p. 7.
it See Appendix, p. 2 "i theſe. and other admiſſions to the year 1435 inclufive,
15 Ibid. p. 13.
'9 Ibid, p. 13.
+ *$ Tbid, p. 15.
77
Eaſt on the highway. A ſelion of land to the Eaſt
of the garden, and abutting on 'the high road 10
Wolleſthorp, was alſo granted the ſame day .
Simon de Belvedere, knight, occurs in 1284, in an
enumeration of names in Rymer's Fœdera *.
In 1286, Thomas de Winebye gave to the priory
a yearly rent of ſix pence at Bottesford.
The anniverſary of Roger abbot of St. Alban's,
an eſpecial benefactor to Belvoir, was ordered to be
celebrated in 12888. |
In the ſame year Thomas Bonche gave 13 ſelions
of land in Barkſton ; and Roger prior of Belvoir re-
covered, by a ſuit at Weſtminſter, ſome lands belong-
ing to his convent at Aſlacton in Nottinghamſhire *+,
In 1288-9, half an acre and a rood of land were
ſettled for the providing of a wax-taper for high maſs
before the altar of the Bleſſed Virgin *5.
In the taxation of 1291, we find, . Prter portio-
nem 70 marc*, portio prioris de Belyoir in decimis
ſem' marc**s,”
In 1292, Robert rector of Redmile was received
into the fraternity at Belvoir, in recompence of the
ſervices he had done the priory, by redeeming for
them a heavy ſervice at Talinton *7; as was the lady
Fuſtace de Fanecourt, lady of Wywell, for her con-
firmation of certain donations within that lordſhip *.
In the ſame year, Alice Bouche confirmed her huſ-
band's gift of a tenement at Barkſton *9,
An agreement was entered into, 1302, between
John Langley, prior of Belvoir, and Robert rector of
Stathern, concerning the tithes of Stathern 3?.
In 1308 the chvrch of Wolſthrop was appropriated
to the priory of Belvoir by William lord Ros.
In 1315, John Vaus granted a ley, or two, lying in
Breches to John de Woolſthorp; in the ſame year
Thomas ſon of Nicholas Ros of Wolleſthorp granted
a ſmall quantity of land lying in Cox's field to Robert
Wolleſthorp; and in 1318 Robert Baſſet of Wolle(-
thorp granted another ſmall piece of land to Robert
de Wolleſthorp **.
In 1330, the anniverſary of John de Kendale was
agreed to be celebrated . He was prior here from
1228 to 1232. |
In 1332, Roger la Warre, by letter of attorney,
gave John de Wolleſthorp ſeiſin of one meſſuage,
two cottages, &c. in Wolleſthorp *+.
The particulars of a ſuit in 1332, between the
prior of Belvoir and the ſiſter of Alan of Abkettleby,
may be ſeen in the Appendix. This prior muſt
have been William de Heron, who ſucceeded Kendale.
In 1342, William de Wolleſthorp granted to Wil-
liam de Hewyk, rector of Wolleſthorp, all his lands
lying in Wolleſthorp, Harſton, and Koipton **.
Agreements were made by the priory, in 1367, tor
exchange of their tithes at Saperton and Great Ri-
ſendun, in the county of Glouceſter 37.
The church of Norton by Twycroſs was appro-
priated to the priory of Belvoir in 1291 ”*; and in
that year John de Denton leafed to William Pickard
all the lands he had from Thomas De la More, abbot
of St. Alban's, in Woolſthorp, except one tenement
called Collynge Place, and one oxgang of land, reut
40s. of ſilver “.
The anniverſary of William de Kelm, rector of
Harby, was agreed to be celebrated “.
Sir William de Roſs, who died in 1414, by his
will, bequeathed 4ool, for the finding ten honeſt
chaplains, to pray for his ſoul, and the fouls of his
father, mother, brethren, and fiſters, his friends and
good-doers, but eſpecially for the ſoul of his brother
Thomas, for eight years, within his chapel in Belvoir
caſtle, to the end that one of them ſhould every day
celebrate a maſs with note, and for that time be ac-
counted as dean amongſt them, and all the other nine
be ſubje& and obedient to him.
3 Ibid. P · 6.
0
* Ibid. pp. 6, 7.
® Ibid, p. 7.
7 2% Dr. Vernon, from the Belvoir Regiſter.
% Thid, p. 14. * Ibid. p. 21.
26 Taxat. 1291. in the Cotton Library.
*7 Ibid. p. 15; and ſee, iv the Lincoln Regiſtry, in Smith's Memoranda, fol. 233, Compoſitio inter priorem de Belvere
& vicarium de Tallington, de decimis.”
3* Dr. Vernon, MS,
3? Appendix, p. 18,
6
*® Ibid. p. 15.
33 Appendix, p. 17.
3* Ibic, p. 19.
34 Dr. Vernon, MS.
39 Dr. Vernon, MS,
29 Ibid. P · 15. 30 Ibid. P. 15. Ibid. P · 16.
3s Appendix, p. 17. 3* Dr, Vernon, MS.
Appendix, p. 19.
Thomas
758 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Thomas lord Ros, in a charter, dated April 23,
1430, enumerating the benefactions to this priory,
confirms the ſeveral grants of all his noble anceſtors“.
The lady Margaret Roſs, in her laſt will, 1439,
remembered the chaplain of the pariſh church by
a legacy of 3s. 44.; and, among other legacies,
gave 40l. “pro plumbo emendo ad cooperationem
dormitorii & refeRorii,” on condition of two monks
being found to ſay maſs daily, for her ſoul, for five
years, in the chapels of Sc. Nicholas and St. Sythe *.
July 31, 1449, the prior and convent of Belyoir
were directed by a decree of the archbiſhop of Can-
terbury, to add eight marks a year to the portion paid
by them to the vicar of Plungar *.
In 1502, John Talbot granted to his ſon John one
meſſuage and toft, croft,and one oxgang in Wolleſthorp.
In 1518, we find a letter of attorney from William
Carrington and Agnes his wife, daughter of James
Baſſet, to give their ſoa Chriſtopher poſſeſſion of a
meſſuage and five oxgangs of land in Wolleſthorp 4,
In the return made by the eccleſiaſtical commiſſi-
oners, 1634-5, Belvoir is ſet down as © a chapel” in
the county of Lincoln. |
Sept. 23, 1535, at a court holden at Belvoir, an
accurate liſt was taken of all the fines and reliefs due
and payable to Thomas carl of Rutland“.
At the diſſolution of religious houſes, 1 538, this
ford and Stathern; a penfion from the church of
Uffington in Lincolnſhire; an annual rent of 6d from
the abbot of Croxton, on Palm Sunday, for a ſelion of
land at Denton, co. Lincoln; an annual rent from
Belvoir, Bottesford, Wolſthorpe, and many other places.
Some lands belonging to the priory, which ſeem to
have been concealed at the general diſſolution of reli-
gious houſes, were ſurrendered June 19, 1611.
** Com? Leiceſtr'. Parcel! terr' & poſſeſſion” nuper
priorat' de Belver, in com' Lincoln”, at annexar
nuper Mon' Sci Albani in com' Hertf”.
Bolte ford. Redd' diverſ' terr' & teñt' in Bottesford,
in tenura diverſ? perſon', per ann”, fol' ad feſt' An-
nunc” & Sci Michis equaliter, 4/. 113.“
The prior had alſo a penſion of 265. 8d. from the
church of Stoke Albini; and Belvoir lands to this day,
in that pariſh, conſiſting of ſix yard lands in the
common fields, beſides ſome incloſures, lately the
lord Rockingham's, pay only a thirtieth part, called
the Belvoir tithe *.
The religious houſes under the patronage of the
firſt ear] of Rutland are thus enumerated by Leland *.
« Patronatus abbatium & prioratuum Thomæ
comitis de Rutheland.
Kirkham “ prior.
Rievalx "+ abbat.
Wartre prior. canon. ord. S. Aug.
priory was granted to the earl of Rutland, and was
then valued at 104/. 192. 104. or by another account *
1291. 175. 6d. Leland 1350.
A declaration made by Richard Bevyr, one of the
laſt monks, Nov. 20, 1538, touching the right of this
priory to the vicarage of Claxton is printed in the
Appendix; where may alſo be ſeen an agreement
for finding a monk or prieſt to officiate for 5 years in
the chapel of St. Sythe, and another for 6 years in
the pariſh church of Belvoir *, when 6s. 8d. was to
be annually diſtributed to the poor of the village ;
the oath of the prior and ſub-prior ; a daily prayer;
ſeveral cuſtoms directed to be obſerved ; ſome ac-
count of William of Belvoir, an eminent prior; a
Beauvoir prior. monach.
Freſtan “ prior, monach.
Newſted prior. monach.
Irford 19 prior. monial.
Domus Carmelitarum in Boſton .
Domus fratrum heremit. in Novo Caſtro **.
Eccel. Coll. de Bolton in Alendale in Northumbr.
Wardon ** abbat. |
Penteney prior. ord. S. Aug.
Domus Carmel. in Blakeney s.
Suteley .
Domus Carmel. in Cantebr' 27.
Domus fratrum prædict. in Linne 5.“
In 1553 there remained in charge, paid out of the
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letter of the prior and convent to fir Thomas Lovel
and his lady, on their admiſſion into the fraternity;
a liſt of books given to the priory by Richard of
Luton ; the names of the ſeveral founders and be-
nefaQors, with their reſpective anniverſaries; and a
copious necrology or obituary of all their members ?.
To the priory of Belvoir, the churches of Barkſton,
Claxton, Horninghold, Howes, Norton by Galby,
Plungar, and Redmile, were wholly appropriated.
They had beſides a portion of the tithes of Bottes-
late priory of Belvoir, the ſum of 5/. in annuities .
Belvoir priory was the burying place of Robert de
Todenei,. and of the Albinis his ſucceſſors, and of the
hearts only of ſome, the bodies lying at Newſted ab-
bey near Stamford, or at Croxton abbey. The family
of Roſs alſo buried there, and ſometimes only the heart,
their bodies lying at Kickham in Yorkſhire, with
which they were connected e. Several other bene-
factors, priors, &c. were buried in this church;
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Appendix, p. 19. Ibid.—St. Sythe, more properly St. Oſythe, was born at Quarendon, in Bucks, the daughter
of Frewald, a Mercian prince, and niece to Editha, to whom belonged the town and manor of Ayleſbury, where ſhe was
brought up with her pious aunt. She was married young to St. Ethelbert II, king of the Eaſt Angles, but the ſame day ob-
tained his conſent to live always a virgin. That king, confirming her in her religious purpoſe, beſtowed on her the manor of
Chicke, near Colcheſter, whereon ſhe built a monaſtery, and governed it many years with great ſanity, when ſhe was crowned
with martyrdom in the inroads of Hingnar and Hubba, the barbarous Daniſh leaders, being beheaded for her conſtancy ia
faith and virtue about 870. For fear of the Daniſh pirates, her body, after ſome time, was removed to Ayleſbury, and remained
there 46 years; when it was brought back to Chicke, which place was for ſome time called St, Oſythe's, as Camden takes
notice. A great abbey of Regular canons was erected here under her invocation, which continued till the diſſolution famous
for relics. See Tanner, Not. Mon.; William Malmſbury 2 de pontif. Her Life by Vere, canon of St. Oſythe; Leland, Itin.
vol. VIII. p. 41; and by Eric Pontoppidan, in Geſta Danorum extra Daniam, Hafn, 2740, vol, II. Sect. 1. CG 12. p. 40— 42. ;
Alford, Annals, vol. I.; Butler's Lives of Saints, Oct. 7, which is her anniverſary.
3 See the decree at large under the pariſh of Plungar. * Dr. Vernon, MS, $ Tbid,
* Monaſt, de Bello vero. Summa inde 1291. 175. 64, Summa clara 981. 195. 5d. Stevens.
7 Appendix, p. 22. Appendix, p. 18. 9 Ibid. p. 20—39. 1 See p. 89.
1 Bridges, vol. II. p. 340. ** Itin. vol, I. p. 109. '3 See Appendix, p. 42, '* Thid, p. 43.
15 Wartrey in Yorkſhire, founded by Geoffrey Truſbut in 1132. 1% Sec Appendix, p. 2. & ſeqq. 17 Ibid. p. 46.
14 1bid. p. 9.— The following Letter from John biſhop of Lincoln to the Lord Cromwell, about admitting ſir John Blakytt,
a canon of Newſted, choſen by the earl of Rutland the founder, the houſe being without a prior upon a reſignation,” is tran-
ſcribed from the Cotton MSS. Cleop. E. IV. 28, — © Myn humble duety remembered unto your good maſterſhippe, with my
bounden thankes for your grette goodnes always and att all tymes ſhewed unto me: ytt may pleaſe you to underſtand that the
pore houſe of Newſted beſyde Stamford hathe bene voyde ſince the 29th day of October, by the reſignation of the late prior
ther; and foraſmoche as ther ar now but two chanons, whiche hathe nominate therunto ſir John Blakytt, chanon, whiche
ſemyth to be a right honeſt ſobre man, and hathe compounded for the firſte fruites ; and for that your maſterſhippe comanded
me not to medle with any religious houſes ; I will nott intermedle in theſe premiſſes, nor eny other lyke, without knowledge of
your pleaſure, In conſideration whereof, I beſeche I may knowe the ſame by this berer, wheddre itt may ſtand with your ſaid
pleaſure to lycence and to admytte the ſaid nomination ; and to gyve mandate to tharcehedekon for his inſtallation, for the caſe of
the ſaid poore houſe. And thus the Blefſed Trynyte have you in his tuition. Wrytten att Wooburn, the 1oth day of January,”
29 Or Urford, co. Lincoln; a ſmall priory for Premonſtratenfian nuns, founded by William de Albini II.
2* Founded by . . . + . . Orreby about 1300. |
21 The Auſtin Friars at Newcaitle, founded by a lord Ros. Leland, Itin. vol. VI. p. 62; vol. VIII. p. gr.
#2 Sec Appendix, p. 49- 23 Ibid. p. 46, *+ Ibid. p. 48. *5 Ibid, p. 49-
* Suppoled to be Sulby in Northamptonſhire, The rectory and advowſon of Wiſtow, co, Leiceſter, formerly belonging to
this monaſtery, was granted, inter alia, to ſir Thomas Treſham, knight, and George Treſham, 5 Edw. VI.
27 This foundation has been already mentioned in p. 30. Founded by Robert Gedney before 1293.
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FAANMEAND HUNDR EDI BELVOIR PRIORY:
whence; at the ſuppreſſion of the abbeys, „many
antient monuments of the Albinies and Roſſes were,
by the command of Thomas earl of Rutland, removed
to Bottesford. T Mr. Peck adds, * All the bodies of
the Ros's, buried at the priories of Newſtead, Kirk-
ham, Croxton, and Belvoir, as I bave been informed,
were by the then lord Ros removed to Bottesford.“
« And pity it was,” ſays Fuller,“ that his commend-
able care was not imitated in other places.“
Many of the antient leaden coffins are ſtill care-
fully preſerved in two old vaults at Bottesford. Some
of theſe, modeled as in plate XIX. fig. 1, 2, 3,
had an inſcription upon a braſs plate, ſoldered to the
breaſt, though unluckily, at the time when the models
were taken, that circumſtance was not particularly
attended to; and the vaults are now irrevocably cloſed,
The body of one was obſerved to be perfectly round,
tapering from the ſhoulders to the feet. Another
was quite ſquare, or nearly fo, tapering in the ſame
manner. A third (the middlemoſt) evidently ſhewed
the belly, the knees, the calves of the legs, and parti-
cularly the feet ſtanding up, as when a man lies on
his back with his legs bound together. The whole
body as if wrapt in rollers all together (with hands
and feet unſeparated) will give a good idea of it.
The lead over the body ſeemed to fir very tightly;
and over the head, face, and neck, it fitted alſo very
well, though the noſe and cheeks might not be quite
ſo protuberant as theſe figures may lead one to ſup-
pole ; but it was partly fitted to the face, and the de-
ficiency ſupplied in ſome meaſure by engravings for
the eyes, mouth, ears, &c.
Behind the inn ſtables, which are built upon a part
of the antient burying ground of the priory, in a
cloſe called the Dovecot cloſe, of about 12 acres,
held by Mr. Shipman, maſter of the inn, the ſite of
the priory may till be traced, with ſtrong marks of
the foundations of many buildings. No walls re-
main; but the fragments in various places bear evi-
dent indications of their deſtruction by fire; and in
the fite human bones have been frequently found.
In digging among the ruins, * May 1791, were
diſcovered ſome cornices and capitals of pillars, with
ſeveral paving tiles, ſtones, coats of arms, &c. as re-
preſented in plate XIX. fig. 4—20; and fig. 1—4.
The place where founders of religious houſes were
moſt generally depoſited was the chapter-houſe. In
that ſituation, at Belvoir priory, the coffin of Robert
de Todenei was dug up in 1726 *, and feen by Dr.
Stukeley®*; and twice again, 1792; the laſt time June 6,
when, in the preſence of Mr. Gough, . Mr. Peters,
Mr. Mounſey, Mr. Pridden, Mr. Charles Turner, and
myſelf, rhe coffin was again opened, and found io con-
tain four ſkulls, and various leg, thigh, arm, and collar
bones, ribs, vertebræ, an os iſchion, and others; many
of which had been toſt in on the firſt opening in April
this year. The founder's ſkull, in its receſs or niche,
was diſtinguiſhable from the reſt by the perfect ſtate
in which it remained, wanting only the under- jaw and
the teeth of the upper, and it was thick and ſound,
The larger tibiæ were likewiſe his. At his right hand
lies a ſtone coffin, of the fame form, dimenſions, and
ſubſtance with his, but without inſcription; and
when we opened it, no bones were in it; and the
labourers told us none had ever been ſeen in it.
This, however, is hardly probable.
The coffin of the founder is of brown ſtone, 6 feet
and a half by 2 feet and a half, tapering to 16 inches,
and 8 inches thick. The ridge down the middle does
Not reach to the end by a foot. The letters are
nearly as given by Dr. Stukeley, but cloſe on the
Northern limb or edge, perfectly fair, and traces of
lead running into them remain in a few of the firſt;
the ends of the coffin and its lid are ſlightly rounded ?,
At the right hand lies a coffin of the ſame materials,
ridged like the other, and in all reſpects fimilar
William Albini I. or Brito. Both theſe coffins in
* fames Gibbon, an old
Todenei's coffin, - ©
R opeſtey, alle
de feodo Truſbut, Bp. Sandecſon's Lincolnſhire Collections.
Vol. I. a 7
except that it has no inſcription 3 this is that of
79
the formet ſearches had been filled with ditt, and
much water had riſen into them; The North ſide of
Robert's was broken. It was ſaid pieces of rotten
wood were taken out of the other; but theſe could
hardly have belonged to any coffin.
Four of the Albinis are enumerated as buried here;
and the two old tombs mentioned by Burton in Bot-
tesford chancel may have belonged to ſome of them.
The bowels of Robert Ros, and the body of bis
wife Iſabel, were alſo depofited here, and the bowels
of Maud wife of James Ros and William de Albini.
At the head of Todenei and Brito, and ii. the fame
line, did he a white free-ſtone, 7 feet long by 3 broad,
with an inſcription, in ſome parts worn out; partly
from its original fituation near the door of the chap-
ter-houſe, and partly from having been ſome years
ſince cruſhed by carts paſling over it with ſtones re-
moved from the foundations to mend the roads. The
ſame cauſe had preſſed it confiderably off the ſtone
coffin below, which it ence covered, but which we
cauſed to be opened, and, in the dirt which had fallen
in, found an entire ſkull and two tibiæ; the other
bones were loſt in the earth that filled it up.
The inſcription on this ſtone implies” the juxta-
poſition of Symon Ropeſley + and Oliver Deincourt, and
may ſuggeſt a reading ſomewhat like the following :
— nobilis] | |
Stir Ipis ly . . . En hit ſublat* Koſ'pefley] Deincourt . .. ero
F In dextris
Fpe quos { niic tumulat lapis iſte.]
[A.. . . in fine dierum.]
aſſigning this to Ropeſley, and bis place at the right
hand of Deincourt. :
From the fite of the Lady-chapel, ſomewhat out of
the line of the preceding to the Eaſt, many very large
flat ſtones have been taken out, particularly two with
the crofles repreſented in plate XIX. fig. 23, 243
all which have been ſince cut up for the paving of
Woolſthorp chapel.
The ſtone aſſigned to William de Heron anſwers to
Dugdale's deſcription (on the authority of a regiſter
in the poſſeſſion of Thomas lord Brudenell), that he
lay in the middle of the Lady chapel, near the ſteps,
as they in the chapter-houſe; Brito to the South of
Todenei. Near the prior lay his brother, ſucceſſor,
and nameſake, William de Stenington. The term
egregius, given to William de Heron, fixes him for
the William, who, after diſcharging for the priory
a debt of 73 3/4. 6s. 8d. built the chapels of St. Mary
and St. Nicholas, planted 1c oo trees round the priory,
gave them 100 marks, with many. other tokens of his
benevolence ; and, after preſiding 33 years, viz. from
1330 to 1361, and turning over a balance of eleven
pounds to his ſucceſſor, lived two years after his re-
ſignation in one of the chambers of the infirmary,
which he had himſelf built. It is natural to conclude
that he would be depoſited in the chapel of his own
building; and the chapel in which he is ſaid to lie is
called St. Mary's. This prior is deſervedly ranked
among benefactors ; and the only prior mentioned as
buried either in the priory church, or in eicher of its
chapels, is diſtinguiſhed as lying by him.
Prior William Halle, who ſucceeded in 1452,
though not mentioned by Dugdales in the liſt of
interments from the Belvoir regiſter, was alſo buried
near his brethren, as is evident from a flat white
ſtone, which was found entire on the ſpot, with the
following inſcription, on a ſcroll, well cut, and fairly
preſerved (tee hg. 25):
Willm' Halle, quida prior iſtius ecel'ie.
The ſkeleton alſo, and the ſkull with the teeth, very
per fect, were viſible not a foot under the ſtone; the
bones mixed with duſt, but no appearance of a coffin,
It appears from the above cited regiſter, that in
the chapter-houſe to the North were depoſited,
1. Robert de Todenei the founder; and near him,
2. William de Albini I. or Brito; before the door of
man, 90 years old, now ſuperannuated, in Bottesford hoſpital, remembered this opening of
From whoſe drawing, then taken, it is repreſented, p. 23- And two views of it ate
plate XIX. fig. N 3. from a more accurate examination in 1792.
Cc
given in
3 See plate XIX. fig. 2.
alſo Reppele, Roppel, and Reg/leigh, near Grantham, was of the fee of Albini of Belyoir, one of the two
manors in the town, which from Albini lord of Beavoir by Ros deſcended to the earl'of Rutland, Simon de Roppel held one
fee in Ropeſley and Humby de tit, Will. de Albini de vet. Rob. de Ropeſley one fee of the ſame.
Simon de Ropeſley one fee
3 Mon. vol. I. p. 328. ; , |
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8 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES of LEICESTERSHIRE.
the chapter-houſe, 3. Symon de Ropeſley; and near
him, 4. Oliver Deincourt on the South. - |
In the old church before the croſs, lay, 5. William
de Albini II. or Meſchines; and near him, 6. his
wife Adeliza on the South; and, 7. his ſecond wife
Cecily under the wall of the old church. Under the
wall facing the high altar to the North, 8. the heart
of William Albini III. whoſe body was buried at
Newſtede by Stamford; before the high altar, 9.
William IV. whoſe heart was at Croxton ; to. the
bowels of Robert de Ros, who died 14 kal. June, 1285,
and was buried at Kirkham, lay before the high altar
at Belvoir, near the body of William de Albini IV.
on the South; 11. in the Weſt part near the chap-
ter-houſe, Odinell de Albini; and near him, 12.
Maud Umframvill his mother; and near him to the
North, 13. Albreda Biſeth his wife; between her and
the wall of the chapter houſe, 14. Richard de Staun-
ton, rector of the ſaid church; 15. the bowels of
Maud de Vaux, William's wife, lay in the wall of St.
Mary's chapel; 16. Maud, wife of James Ros, lay in
he wall between this chapel and the preſbytery,
ſumptuouſly carved; -17. Roger de Gravele, rector
of Woollthorp, under a South wall of the ſaid cha ·
pel ; 18. Thomas Wante in the cloiſter whch ſepa-
rates the chapels of Sr. Catharine and St. Mary. In
the middle of St. Mary chapel towards the ſteps lies,
19. William de Belvoir, that worthyprior *; and near
bim on the North, 20. William his brother and ſuc-
ceſſor, and, 21. Lambert, ſub- prior. At the door of
St. Oſythe's chapel lies, 2 2. Roger, brother of the ſaid
prior; and lower down, 23. his nephew. 24. Gilbert
Suttere ? lay at the end of the high altar of the pariſh
church to the South; and, 25. his wife Margaret +
under the South window of the ſaid pariſh church 5.
26. The burial-place of William Halle is not men-
tioned in the regiſter; nor, 27, 28, 29, the memo-
rials of three priors unknown.
From the foregoing liſt I am convinced that the
riory church of Belvoir was the parochial alſo.
ichard de Staunton, refor ejuſdem eccigſiæ, lay near
the chapter-houſe wall. The word ejuſdem can refer
to no other church than that in whoſe chapter-houſe
-he lay. Gilbert Suttere and Margery his wife lay at
the South point of the high altar of the pariſh church.
If theſe two churches were not the ſame, the pariſh
church was at leaſt a part of the priory church, and
this I incline-to think was the caſe. The repeated
mention of the old church would imply that the paro-
chiat church was made to ſerve the priory ; and was
indeed the eccleſia Santas Marie juxta caftelium,
which Robert de Todenei had originally founded.
From theſe hints, compared with an actual and at-
tentive view of the ground in its preſent ſtate, a la-
borious tracing of the foundations (which are almoſt
every where covered), removing the earth, and the
information obtained on the ſpot, we have endeavoured
to form the annexed plan, fig. 30.
The original fite of the church is readily deter-
mined by the poſition of its eight pillars, which have
all, except one to the Soutli-weſt, been dug up; and
the tower was doubtleſs at the Weſt end, whence
e maſſes of ruin have been removed.
a cowlhed alſo to the Eaſt of the pillars human
bones and ſkulls have been found; and foundations
are faid to run further Eaſtward into the paddock,
perhaps of the chancel, &c.
The chapter · houſe is fixed to the North of the body
of the old church by the coffins ſtill remaining of the
founder and his fon, who were buried in the middle of
it; and by thoſe of Ropeſley and Deincourt, whoſe
monumental ſtones point out the ſituation of the door.
The chapel of St. Mary is diſcoverable by the in-
ſcription on William Hall, the prior; and by the
Waste, or Wayte, admitted into the brotherhood. Appendix, p. 24+ |
* Willielmus de Beuver Prior egregius. Perhaps we ſhould refer prior to de Bewver, and not take the laſt words for a proper name.
| + Her maiden name was Prat, Appendix, p. 24+
5 It ſhould ſeem that Margaret lady Ros was buried at Belyoir 1439. See her will, Appendix, p. 19.
If this be Gilbert Foliot biſhop of Hereford 1148, who was tranſlated to London in 1163, and died in 1186; William
biſhop of Ely, made the ſame prior's contemporary in another MS note of Kennet's, will be William Longchamp, who filled
that ſee from 1174 to 1189 ; conſequently Simon will be the firſt or ſecond« prior, and have ſat under Henry II. Willis, Mit.
3 A relation probably of Simon Sothery.
Ab. vol. II. p. 7. makes him prior of Wallingford, 5 John.
8. Alb. p. 1052, or p. 121, of 2d Edit.
10 Obituary of St. Alban's monaſtery in Additions to M. Paris's MS, Watts's Preface. Cotton Claud. D. vi.
„ Watts's Pref. to M. Paris, to the middle of 1234, or to the end of 1235, for the MSS. differ,
4 ih Bib. Brit. P · 375 ;
A 4
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under ſtand to mean the Weſt end; and it had a cloiſter
Priors of Belvoir, from the additions to Browne Wil-
1236 ; and that he was precentor of
9 Vit. Ab p. 1053, or p. 119, of ad Edit. And ſee Appendix, Ne 31.
13" Notz ad Eadmer, p. 169.
monumental ſtones of. at leaſt two of his brethren.
The priors were buried ear the fleps of it, which 1
in common with St. Catharine's chapel; which ma
therefore without heſitation be fixed on the North
fide of the church. A ſimilar circumſtance is obſerv-
able at St. Mary's at Leiceſter, where a chapel of Our
_ is diſtinct from the one at the Eaſt end.
e 8 was ſeparated from St. Mary's cha-
pel by a wall, the common boundary of both.
As the chapel of St. Nicholas was built by prior
William Heron at the ſame period with that of St.
Mary, it is likely that, however they might differ in
ſize, the two chapels would in ſome degree be made
to correſpond with each other; and it is placed,
therefore, on the oppoſite corner to the South. This
prior was the builder alſo of the infirmary, where he
reſided _ the two laſt years of his life, and em-
Pye himſelf in ornamenting with plantations the
pot which ſeparated his reſidence from the priory :
arbores extra prioratum plantari ſatagebat; and it is
elſewhere ſaid, arbores circa prioratum plantavit mille.
The exiſtence of the chapel of St. Oſythe is clear,
from the wills of John de Belvoir and of the lady
Margaret Roſs, who bequeathed ſpecific ſums for eſpe-
cial ſervices to be performed in it ; and from the re-
mains of foundations at the Eaſt end of the South
aile of the nave it probably ſtood there.
The arms and creſt, fig. 31, are over the carri
entrance into the great court of the caſtle,
lis's liſt at the end of Tanner's Notitia Monaſtica ;
and from biſhop Kennet's MS additions to Dugdale's
Monaſticon, in the poſſeſſion of Mr. Gough, from
certain Original charters of the priory of Walling-
ford, formerly belonging to Anthony Wood, now
in the Aſhmolean Muſeum, |
The priors marked * are from Willis.
Thoſe marked + are not in either of the liſts.
1. Nicolas reſigned 1195: | |
2. Simon was prior of Belvoir in the time of
Herbert prior of St. Neot's, Gilbert Foljot *, and
Walter Fitz-Robert; died Feb. 4, 1204, 5 John,
3-* Ralph the Simple.
4.“ Roger de Wendover was depoſed by William
abbor of St. Alban's ; who, at his viſitation of the cell
of Belvoir, heard ſecret complaints againſt the prior of
that houſe, Roger de Wendover; that he had waſted
the effects of the church in careleſs prodigality, follow-
ing herein the example ob his predeceſſor, Malter
Ralph the Simple 7, who was univerſally blamed for
his manifeſt dilapidation. The abbot reproved the
prior, who promiſed to amend. The abbot diſſem-
bled his intentions at the time, revolving the matter
in his mind 5; but not long after depoſed the prior,
and appointed in his ſtead, Martin de Bordeſham 9
the cellarer. Roger died about three or four years
after his depoſition, 1237 ; and the abbot about two
years before him, 1235 **, In the copy of his Hiſt
in the Cottonian library, he is ſtyled Rogerus Wend-
ovre, de Wendovre, prior de Bealvoir. His death is
recorded in the Obituary in the Additions to Matthew
Paris's Hiſtory ; whence it appears, that after his de-
poſition, he continued his Hiſtory to his death.
Bp Tanner“ ſays, Wendover died! 137 and, p. 757.
Alban's.
Mr. Selden ** ſays, the firſt part of M. Paris's
Hiſtory, from the beginning of the Conqueror's reign
to 19 Henry II, is copied from Wendover, but in-
correctly. The copy of his Hiſtory, Cotton. Otho,
B. v. was burnt 1731; but biſhop Tanner mentions
one in the poſſeſſion of fir Chriſtopher Heydon kunt.
of Norfolk, now among biſhop Laud's MSS. at Ox-
7 Magiftri Radulphi 8implicis. M. Paris, vit. Abbat.
ford,
ug
fotd, Laud, L. 44+ At the end of a Cotton MS.
Claud. E. iv. ſpeaking of monks of St. Alban's emi
nent for learning or ſanctity, Roger de Wendover is
chronographi quicqutid babent.” 0
yy W 53 Bodmerſham, or Bordeſham.
6. Geoffrey , 1251, 35 Hen. III. 5
. Ralph de Watlington“, 1264, 1269, 54 Hen. III.
6.» William of Huntingdon, 12779.
9.*Minion de Barton was ſucceeded in 1284 by
10.*Roger de Henred *, who, as prior of Belvoir,
agreed to celebrate the anniverſary of Roger abbor
ears; and made ſome purchaſes in 128g 7.
gerus ponendus per vadium & falvos plegios per
July that year 9. He died May 6, the year unknown.
11. Thomas , 1288. a
12. Gregory , 1289, 17 Edw. I. |
13-+John Langley occurs in 1292, 1298-9 , and
1302. He died Feb. 18, |
14. Germanus '?, temp. Edw. II. |
15. Stephen de Witteham , 1316, 9 Edw. II.
10. John Kendale 1328—1332 53. |
17. William de Heron s, 1340, 13 Edw. IH. moſt
probably the prior egregius , and ſecond of the name
of Willkam. He occurs in Rymer, 1349; died Aug.
17, 1361; and was buried in the old church,
18. William de Stenington o, who ſucceeded in
1361, was alſo buried in the old church in 1367.
10. Richard occurs in 1367 and 1381.
20. Simon Sutherey, who was afterwards prior of
St. Alban's, where he had been a monk, flouriſhed,
according to Tauner , in 1382. * Simon Sotherey,
profeſſor theologie, prior hujus loci, et poſtea prior
Sancti Albani. obiit 287 die menſis Novembris *'.”
21. William de Byuham -, 1390, 13 Rich. II.
22. John Stoke **, 1397—1427. |
23.+Jobn Wyteby occurs in 1430 and 1441.
24. Henry Halſtede, 1445 *4, 23 Hen. VL
25.+William Hall occurs in 1452. He died Apr. 6,
and was probably buried in the old chancel.
26. Jobn de Banburgh, 1459 35. |
27. William Hend wick, 8. T. B. 1474, 13 Edw.IV.
28. William Riſborow, 1475, 14 Edw. IV.
29 Anthony Zouch, 1485, 2 Rich. III.
30 John Thornton, 8. T. D. 1498—1 503
1 . Robert Aſhby, or Eſeby, occurs ult. Jul. 1498;
ind April 12, 1499. He died April 5, 1513.
32. v Clare, 1516 .
33. Ralph Eyton, 1520 and 1530. He died Dec. 10.
34. Thomas, 20 April, 1531.
35. — Randyll ”, |
36. — Hamtyl *
WP WATT The a %. Cas 7... Sa " SER —_ I
Prior of Wallingford, 12 50. Willis.
5 Appendix, Ne 49. * Ibid. N* 51,
2264-5, to celebrate his anniverſary, See Appendix, N* 45.
See Appendix, p. $5.
2* vol. V. p. 662.
FrRAMLAND Hondats.) 7 BE L VOlhR PRIORY.
mentioned as one to whom ** pene debent totins regni
of St. Alban's, 1288* ; he recovered lands the ſame -
cc Idem ;
breve regis, 23 Apr. 1292. He occurs again in
13 Reg. Prioratus de Daventre, in Bibl. Cotton, f. 2.
** Wittezham, Willis, who makes him prior of Wallingford 1315.
1% Prior of Wallingford, 1338 and 1357 Willis, 1380. St. Alban's Reg. He and all his ſucce
and Wyteby, are given as priors of Wallingford by Willis, with the variation of a year or two, —
Willis gives this epithet to William Belvoir, who reſigned about 1413, and was ſucceeded by John 1415—1423,
Roger, a monk of Belvoir, is mentioned in the ſame deed,
Prior of Wallingford from 1359-1367. Willis. Biſhop Kennet has him here 13
91
The namen of the five following ptiofs are added
from the Belvoir Necrology , though the exact years
in which they preſided cannot” be diſcovered. -
1. Andreas, prior hujus eccleſie; obiit vieeſimo 06+
tavo die menſis Aprilis
2. Johannes Biwell, prior hujus etclefie, oblit tri-
ceſimo die menfis Auguſti. |
3. Dominus Johannes Hatfeild, prior de Belvero;
obiit viceſimo quarto die menſis Novembris.
4. Magiſter Johannes Reves, profeſſor theologie;
quondam prior hujus eccleſie, obiit 13 die Decembris:
3. Johannes Gyldforde, quondam prior hujus
eccletie, oblit decimo nono die menſis Decembris,
In 1 547, Ifabella Sharp fold to John Moris a rtioiety
of a houſe with'a croft adjoining; and rhree lands in
Belvoir, together with one acre in Redmile field.
And in 1573, Roger Sharp gave bond to Edward
earl of Rutland; to perform his covenants of ſale of 2
tenement, &c. with ſome land in Belyoir.
The tumults of the laſt century ſo effectually de-
moliſhed the village as well as the priory of Belvoir,
as to leave in it ſcarcely the remnant of a building.
| Belvoir town was burnt, by permiſſion of the earl
of Rutland, Nov. 5, 1644 *. |
In 1656, John Quelch held one cottage houſe
in Belvoir, burnt, and not rebuilt ;. with a cloſe of
two acres and a half of arable, and three acres and a
rood of leys, with common on the lane for one horſe
and 2 beaſts, for three lives, paying 8s: 6d. a year *.
The mafter and brethren of Wigſton's hoſpital at
Leiceſter received from John earl of Rutland 187. in
1661 for capon- money; and an annual rent of 11. gs.
81d. They paid him at the ſame time 44d. as a chief
rent for Neathouſe meadow z; and gs. 4d. as a chief
rent for other Jands near Belvoir z amongſt which,
for the great houſe at Barkſton, they paid a pound of
pepper, 25. 2d4.; and to the bailiff of Belvoir, for
caſtle-ward, 15.
Sept. 29, 1679, a leaſe was granted by Mr. Clarke,
then maſter, and the brethren of Wigſton's Hoſpital,
to John Manners, lord Ros, baron of Haddon, for the
lives of John Mannets, ſon and heir apparent of the
ſaid lord Ros, of Thomas Baptiſt Manners' his ſecond
jon, and of Thomas Sills, ſon of Richard Sills, of
Bottesford, of one toft, &c. in Belvoir, and one cloſe
thereunto adjoining, containing fix roods, which had
before been paſture ground, but was then uſed as a2
garden, abutied as in the leaſe is expreſſed, and leveral””-
parcels of arable land and leys, containing, three acres
and three roods, or thereaboucs, in.the open fields of
Wolleſthorp, formerly in the tenure of John Quelch,
alias welch, or his aſſigns; and another piece of
ground, containing about an acre, in Belvoir, on the
* Warrington ; and prior of Wallingford. Willis. See p. 77.
7 See one of his ſtatutes, and his preſent of a book, 1277. Appendix, p. 76. SEW. |
* Perhaps a native of Henred in Berkſhire, about eight miles from Wailingford. In Willis's liſt he is called Hanſede.
7 Ibid. Ne 56.
4 Prior of Wallingford, 1288. Willis, II. p. 7. He occurs prior of Belvoit in an agreement between him and the convent,
* MS. Kennet, Appendix, N* 53.
ö 1 Prior of Wallingford 1288. Willis.
Prior of Wallingford, Willis.
See Appendix, N 61.
flors, except Henrede, Kendale,
Bibliotheca Britannica, p. 682 z where ſee an account of his writings. He is celebrated as a good poet and aſtronomer,
and was a Benediftine monk as Bale (vi. $3.) but an Auguſtine hermit at Oxford, in Pitts (p. 538.) and 8. T. P. He aſſiſted
at the election of John Moot, abbot of St. Alban's, 1396; immediately after which he was called home, and elected prior of
the ſame houſe, which office he beld at the election of William Heyworth, 1401. MS, Corp. Chriſti Coll. Cantab. ad finem
Suppl, Hiſt, Aurez, He and Richard are omitted both in Willis and Kennet. | ** Belvoir Necrology. |
Probably ſo named from Binham in Norfolk, a cell to St. Albau's, Leland expreſſed a doubt to what monaſtery he be-
longed ; but from a Cotton MS. Claud. E. IV. f. 367, printed in Tanner, Bibl. Brit, p. 101, he is mentioned to have been a
monk of St. Alban's and 8. T. P. If fo, it is moſt likely that he was the William de Byzbam mentioned in the above liſt, And
it a s from Leland, that William Binham was a zealous opponent of Wicliffe, but his inferior in learning, and in the
ſubtilty and quickneſs of diſputation, and in the force of his language. He was prior of Wallingford 1389 (Willis) z and
prevented by bodily infirmity from afliſting at the election of the abbot of St. Alban's who ſucceeded Thomas de la More,
OR, 2, 1396, MS. C. C. C. C. ſub B. 3. 133. Simon Sotherey alſo engaged warmly in the controverſy againſt Wicliffe, and parti -
cularly objected to the confeſſion made by that Reformer of his opinion of the Sacrament of the Euchariſt, "
. 33 Q, afterwards prior of Wallingford, and abbot of St. Alban's, where he died 1451. Sepulch. Mon. vol. II. p. 108.
Prior of Wallingford, 1444. Willis. 23 Ditto, 1458. Ibid. |
** Hardwick, 8. F. P. Willis. Prior of Wallingford, 1472. See Appendix, p. 23,
5 See Appendix, p. 81, 82. Sir Thomas Lovel, knight, and his wife Iſabel, to whom he there granted the fraternity of
mis houſe, died 1824 z ſhe was daughter of Thomas lord Roos, and n of Jane lady Tiptoſt. |
or of Wallingford, 1497150 FF Ditto, 1515, 7 Hen. VIII. Appendix, p. 25> bid. p. as, &ſeqq.
3 From Knipton regiſter, From report of commiſſioners in 1656, | W
129
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sa HISTORY and ANT I[QU1TIBS of EBICESTERNSHIRYE.
North fide of the caſtle, at an aunual rent of 11. 9s.
8 d.; from which 9s. 84d. was to be deducted for
chief rents, which the duke of Rutland claimed to be
due from the hoſpital, The eſtimared value of the
whole premiſſes then demiſed was 31. a year.
Theſe lands of Wigſton's hoſpital were in 1734
exchanged, by An Act for confirming the incloſure,
divifion, and exchange of ſeveral lands and grounds,
lying in the common fields of Wolleſthorpe, near Bel-
voir Caſtle, in the county of Lincoln;” which ſtates,
« that there were ſeveral common fields within that
manor and patiſnh, wherein divers freeho'ders, &c. were
entitled to right of common ; that John duke of Rut-
land, was ſeiſed of the greateſt part of the lands in the
common fields, and entitled to the tithes of corn, &c.
from twelve oxgangs of demeſne lands; that Derham
Huddleſton, rector, was ſeiſed of all the vicarial tithes,
&c. and of about 21 acres of glebe land; that the
chaplains and poor of Wigſton's hoſpital, Roger
Goodſton, John Clerk, and Elizabeth Hickling, were
alſo entitled to divers lands; and that the land owners,
being deſirous do improve their reſpective properties,
had lately agreed that three fields, called The Clay: elde,
ſhould be incloſed, all right of common extinguiſhed, _
a recompence ſecured to the rector and his ſucceſſors, di
and all common right ſettled and exchanged; and
| ſtating, that the fields had already been fo divided, to
the manifeſt advantage of all perſons, yet rhe ſame
could not be rendered effectual without the authority
of parliament. The exchange was therefore confirmed;
and ſeveral'parcels of ground, the eſtate and property
of the duke of Rutland, namely, all that parcel of
meadow ground in Wolleſthorpe, containing about
one acre, being part of a cloſe called Pine le, abut-
ting Eaſtward on the Parſonage homeſtead, Welt on
the river Devon; and all that cloſe or parcel of mea-
dow ground lately incloſed out of the Clay-field in
Wolleſthorpe, containing about 20 acres and one rood;
and all that one ſelion of arable ground lying in The
Town Leys Furlong in the common field, called The
Sand field in Wolleſthorpe, and containing about one
rood and 17 perches; ſhould be veſted in the rector and
his ſucceſſors for ever; that the glebe land belonging to
the rectory ſhould be veſted in the duke, in exchange
for the lands limited in uſe to the rector and his ſucceſ-
ors; and that an annual rent- charge of Bol. ſhould
iſſue out of all the meſſuages, lands, &c. by this act
veſted in the duke, and be to the uſe of the rector
and his ſucceſſors, and be paid in the parſonage-houſe
at Wolleſthorpe, free from all defalcations; the ſaid
ſeveral parcels of land, and annuity of 80. to be in
full compenſation for all the glebe lands, rectorial
grounds, and tenements, within the ſaid Clay-fields,
and for all the reQorial tithes within the ſaid manor
and pariſh, and for all right of common that might be
claimed by the rector in the ſaid Clay-fields; with a
reſervation of the ſurplice fees. The act further pro-
vides, that all the toft lying in Belvoir, in the counties
of Lincoln and Leiceſter, or one of them, and an
adjoining cloſe, about an acre and a half, hereto-
fore palture ground, and now partly converted into
a garden, and partly incloſed with pales, and a
parcel of. ground, containing about an acre, towards
the North ſide of Belvoir caſtle, and beneath a place
formerly the outward wall of the caſtle; and ſeveral
parcels of arable land and ley-ground, diſperſed in
the Clay-fields in Wolleſthorpe, containing about
three acres, three roods, and four perches, the free»
hold of Wigſton's hoſpital, late in the tenure of the
duke of Rutland and widow Twelch, ſhall be confirmed
to the duke: And that a meſſuage and barn, with or-
chard and homeſtead, containing about 2 acres, 3 roods,
and 15 perches, ſituate in Wolleſthorpe, and ten ſelions,
or arable lands, lying together in the furlong called
Upper Town Leys Furlong, containing three acres,
one rood, and 29 perches, ſhall be confirmed to the
chaplains and pore of the ſaid hoſpital, charged with
the payment of a yearly chief rent of gs. 84. to the
lord of the honour of Belvoir, being rent formerly
payable out of the lands of the ſaid chaplains and
poor, hereby veſted in the duke, which lands are to be
exempted from the ſaid rent for ever: And that two
Carte, MS, from the Hoſpital Leaſes,
and 23 perches, be veſted in the faid chaplains and
confirmed to the duke: And that pne felion in the
occupier may depaſture on the Lammas co
-oxgang of land he holds; and every owner of an
the lands veſted in the rector and his ſucceſſors), but
ſelions in the Upper Town Leys fiiftong, containing
two roods and 23 perches, ſhall be confirmed unto the
rector and his ſucceſfors for ever: And that all the
little cloſe in Wolleſthorpe, containing about two roods
their ſucceſſors for ever: And that two ſelions in the
Clay-fields, containing about 2 roods and 29 perches,
being a freehold of John Clark, ſhall he confirmed to
the duke : And that three ſhort leys and a half, in the
upper part of the Cliff Furlong in the Fand: field of
Wolleſthorpe, hall be confirmed to john Clark: And
that four ſelions, diſperſed in the Clay- fields, contain-
ing about one acre, two rocds, and 25 perches, the
freehold and property of Elizabeth Hiekling, and
agteed to be given to the duke in exchange 2 the
lands and ground herein next after mentioned, ſhall be
Cliff Furlong, containing together about two robds and
12 perches, and 6 ſhort-leys at the top of the Cliff Fur.
long, containing one acre and 13 perches, ſhall be con-
firmed to Elizabeth Hickling : And all right of common
in the Clay-fields for ever to be extinguiſhed; bur not
to prejudice the right of common on any of the fields
not hereby agreed to be incloſed. And, for preventing
ſputes, it was alſo. provided, that every farmer and
mon ſuch
horſes, kine, and oxen, not exceeding three for each
ancient cotrage to depaſture two ſuch cattle : And
that the three hills lying on the Eaſt fide of the
town of Wolleſthorpe aforeſaid, as well the ſummit
or upper part thereof, as the precipice or fide
thereof, ſhall at all times hereafter. be managed in
this courſe ; one of the three hills ſhall! be ploughed
for corn and grain for four years ſucceſſively, and
then to be laid down for paſturage; and another of
the ſaid hills to be then taken to tillage for the
ſaid number of years; and afterwards the other
third hill; and the two hills not in tillage ſhall
yearly be depaſtured by the farmers, cottagers, and
occupiers of lands and grounds in Wolleſthorpe, as a
common paſture for ſheep, and as an augmentation ro
the paſturage and common right which ſuch farmers,
cottagers, and occupiers ſhall reſpectively enjoy in
the tallow fields of Wolleſthorpe ; and every farmer
and occupier of lands and grounds may depaſture
upon the fallow fields in Wolleſthorpe, and the ſaid
two hills to be uſed as common of paſture, fixteen
ſheep for every oxgang of land ſuch perſon ſhall
hold in Wolleſthorpe, and no more; and every
owner and proprietor of any ancient cottage, entitled
to right of common, may depaſture upon the ſame
hills and fallow fields ten ſheep, and no more : And
all the common paſture called Blow wo Paſture,
and all the common paſture called The New Paſture
(except ſuch part as is known by the name of
Stainwith Lands, and containing about 47 acres, 2
roods, and 10 perches) to be depaſtured by the
cattle of the ſeveral perſons entitled. to right of com-
mon in the ſame, in the proportions following; every
horſe to be depaſtured on the ſame ſhall be eſteemed
to the full ſtint of two acres thereof, and every ox
or cow to {tint one ucre and a half: And at the
lands called Stainwith Lands, containing about 47
acres, 2 roots, and 10 perches, to be depaſtured by
the cattle of the ſeveral pericns entitled to right of
common in the ſame, in this proportion z every horſe
to be eſteemed to be the full ſtint of two acres and
an half thereof, and every ox or cow to ſtock or
ſtint two acres. It was provided alſo, that nothing in
this act ſhould prejudice the duke's intereſt to tithe
of corn, grain, and hay, in Wolleſthorpe (other than
the ſeveral lands to continue ſubje& to the payment
of tithes to the duke, and his aſſigns: And without
prejudice to the duke's right to the ſeigniory and re ·
galities; the lord of the manor being at all times fully
to enjoy all rents, ſervices, &c. mines, goods and chat-
tels of felons; &c, deodands, waifs, eſtrays, forfeitures,
and other royalties, &c. except his manerial rights
upon the Clay-fields, and other than in reſpect of rhe
variation of the uſage of common of paſture, |
Wollborge,
Ne
Nev MRA.
Wolft hor pe, or Wolſtrop, one of the antient manors
. to the lords of Belvoir, is ſituated in the
county o Lincoln, about a mile to the Eaſt of Bel-
voir caſtle ; and conſiſts of near 2000 acres of old and
new incloſures, all (except three freeholds) the pro-
perty of the duke of Rutland. Though the hiſtory
of this village is not, ſtrictiy ſpeaking, within our
province; its connexion with the caſtle, and its noble
owners, ſeems to demand ſome ſhort account of it.
In biſhop Sanderſon's Lincolnſhire Collections we
have the following particulars of this place and its
antient poſſeſſors:
Miftorp, Wuleftorp, Wilthorp, Wilthorp, Wolleſtorp,
Wolle/thor p.
It ſtandeth upon the river Devon, or Divene.
Nicholas, fon of William You, of Wolleſthorp.
Joan, his ſiſter.
Reginald de Voo, and Sibill his wife,
Gerard de Fancurt.
Richard de Vauz.
John, ſon of William de Vou, nephew of fir Ge-
oflry de Cheſhire, held lands in Wulleſtorp.
Nicholas Wou.
John de Vaus, 9 Edw. II.
Herbert Grele, lord of Herdeby, held lande.
Lands once belonging io Albert de Grele occur
10 Edw. III.
19 Edw. II. Robert Baſſet, of Wolleſthorp, held lands.
Robert Baſſet, of Wolleſthorp, ſon of Robert Baſſet,
held lands of the fee of Robert le Dyne of Ey ton.
9. 19 Edw. II. William Baſſet, of Wolleſthorp.
Robert Baſſet, of the fee of Albini, and aa ſcutag*
XLS. 6 Edw, III. pays 1118. 1d. ob,
— 1118s. 1111d. to William de Belver,
* whole barony he holds.
William Baſſet, ſeu. and William Baſſet, jun.
Agues, wife of Robert Baſſet, of Wolleſthorp, had
ands in dower of the inheritance of William Baſſet,
which Andrew de Lane, with the conſent of the ſaid
Agnes his wife, leaſed for 20 years after the deceaſe
of Apnes to the ſaid William.
Robert Baſſet, of Wolleſthorp, knight, ſon of Re-
ginatd Baſſet.
11 Hen. VIII. James Baſſet, late of Wolleſtorp,
by gift of Thomas Baſſet, ſon of Robert Baſſet, late
of Wolleſthorp, one meſſuage, 5 bovates, &c. in
Wolleſthorp,
Agnes, daughter and heir, wife of William Che-
rington, of Peterborough.
Thomas de Stavenby, or Steindy, held land.
William Gretbead.
Vat
Richard Grethead:
John de Hun _
William de Hungate of Woliefthorp.
Nicholas Roos, of Wolleſthorp, 9. 19 Edw. II.
William Roos, of Wolleſthorp, 17. 27 Edw. I.
Iſabel de Roos had warren in Wolleſthorp, and
held lands 2 Hen. V. |
William de Roos, and Beatrix his wife, held lands
in Wolleſthorp, as a member of the manor of Belver.
Robert de Roos, lord of Belver, held lands which
were of the fee of Robert le Dyne, of Eyton.
John, ſon of John Roos, 5, 10 Edw. II.
William de Charnell demiſed to lord Robert de Roos.
Thomas, ſon of Nicholas de Roos, of Wolleſthorp,
demiſed land 2 Edw. II.
William de Roos, of Hamlak, held lands in Wol-
leſthorp, as a member of the manor.of Belver, by
inquiſition. | |
Robert, ſon of Robert Clarke, of Wolleſthorp.
William, ſon of Thomas Clarke, of n
19 Edw. II.
Robert le Clerke, 9 Edw. II.
Gerard de knnecurt owed lands.
Thomas de Fanecurt's will.
' Gerard de Fanccurt, 1223.
Helias de Favecurt demiſed to Reginald de Vere and
heirs, by Sibilla his wife, pne carvcate in Wolleſthorp,
which Gerard de Fanecurt demiſed to him in fee-farm,
paying 328. per annum.
Simon de Bonaviila holds lands of the fee of Wil-
' liam de Aldini; and for ſcutage pays 98. 54d.
Charnels held of the ſame fee; and pays in **
William de Charnels held land.
John de Charnels held land.
William de Charnels, ſon of John.
John Charnels and William his ſon.
Nicholas Charnels, of Wolleſthorp, gave lands 10.
12 Edw. II.
Adelina de Charnels, of Wolleſthorp, lands.
Conſtantine de Mortimer releaſed to Edmund de
Swinford, and his wife Beatrix, in the town of Swin-
ſord, 14 Edw. III. Qu.
Henry le Kene, of Wolleſthorp, demiſed Nw 6
Edw, II. He was dead 10 Edw. II.
Alan le Kene, 9 Edw. Il.
Emma, wife of William de Kene.
Thomas de Woiftborp and Joan held one fee of the
fee of the earl of Cheſter.
Richard, ſon of Alexander de Wolſthorp. ©
Robert, ſon of John de Wolſthorp, 16 Edw. III.
17 Edw. II.
2 Robert
84 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Robert chev. and Alice his wife, 10 Edw. III.
John de Wolſthorp, ſon and heir of Robert de
Wolſthorp, 1364, 43 Edw. I.
ohn.
r e nals *
Robert. Joan. John 1312.
John. Roger:=Cecilſa, ſiſter of Tho-
mas and Matilda, entail with remainder, 10 Edw. III.
Alan, ſon of Robert.
Robert, ſon of Emma.
Philip, ſon of Emma.
Alexander, ſon of Eadward de Wulſtorp, gave lands
to Robert Baſſet. | |
Thomas le Waite held lands, 10 Edw#ll..
ohn de Wickham, ſen. and Cecil his wife, gave lands.
John de Wickham, jun. : 3 9
Thomas, ſon of Hugh de Gotebam. |
Hugh de Goteham and Alice his wife held lands.
John Stoile, of Sedgbrook held lands. *
Hubert Stoile. pr
Nicholas Richman de Wolleſthorp, 9 Edw. II.
William Cherzngton, of Peterborough, 18 Hen. VIII.
married Agnes, daughter and heir of James Baſſet, of
Wolſthorp, deceaſed, and had Chriſtopher, ſon and heir
apparent, who married Agnes Talbon, or de St. Alban.
*
John, ſon of Thomas de Stonithwait, lands in
Wolſthorp. _ |
Adam'de Stonithwait. 3
Richard, ſon of Adam de Stonithwait. |
William ch. de St. Affen, Agnes his wife, gave land.
Bartholomew, lord of Stonithwait, gave a tenement,
Oſbert de Sire held lands.
Robert de Sire held lands.
Reginald Bond held lands.
William Fitz Comyang.
In all 23 different names of landholders.
Thomas Grilee.
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Albert. Margaret.
Nicholas de Vou of Wolſtorp releaſed to ſir Her-
bert Grilee in chief a meſſuage and all the land
formerly of his fee in Wolſthorp. |
Herbert, ſon of Thomas de Grilee, gave to Albini,
his ſon and heir, all his lands in Hertheby and Wolt-
thorpe, with remainders.
Thus far biſhop Sanderſon's MS. |
The abbey of Croxton had alſo ſeveral parcels of
land in Wolſthorp, as appears by their regiſter *.
The old parochial church of Wolſthorp, which
was dedicated to Sf. James, and is part of the deanry
of Grantham, was appropriated to the priory of Bel-
voir in 1308 ©. | |
In 1645, this antient church, being on an eminence,
about half a mile South from the town, which com-
manded the caſtle ?, was occupied by the batteries of
the befiegers till it became itſelf the ſcene of ruin
ſo well repreſented by Mr. Peters in plate XX. It is
ſaid, by tradition, to have been burut down by a party
of the Parliamentary ſoldiers who lodged there, and
at their departure ſet fire to the ſtraw on which they
lay. And this tradition is the more probable, as
pieces of melted lead have frequently been found in
the rubbiſh ; of which I was myſelf a witneſs, in June,
1792, when a grave was digging in the chancel for
an infant of the preſent very excellent rector.
From this demolition till the year 1791, the place of
worihip.was a chapel in the centre of the town, a
more convenient fituation, probably built after the
deſtruction of the church, though it had a more antjent
appearance; having on the root two very ſmall bells
betwixt the nave and the chancel, which formed the
whole of the building; till, having been for ſome
time in a ruinous ſtate, it was laſt year taken down,
and a new one is now rebuilding on the ſame ſpot,
with materials from the ruins of Belvoir priory, which
were hewing out for à ſteeple when I was there in
June 1792: but the old churchyard is {till the only
burying-place for the dead. Marriages were ſo-
* See the particulars in Appendix, Ne XI,
3. Mr, Peck has given a poctical deſcription of the fizge of
bravely defended themſelves in Staunton Tower, were betrayed by treachery. See the Appendix, p. 68.
This word begins with a capital E, but the name is not eaſily aſcertained, $
ceremony has been performed in the chapel.
lemnized in the ruins, ſheltered from the weather
only by the branches of an alder-tree, The laſt
wedding was in the year 1960 ; fince which time the -
On the South fide of the churchyard, on the upper
half of an old flab, remains, - "va
oo 0+ ++» +» + +» « + + » Willie '% 1
Etor + ilt?? ecclie rector. BEA
And, among many other grave-ſtones, is one for Mary,
the widow of Joſhua Woodlands, who died Jan. 13,
1703» W900 he [PR Sr R :
Richard ale died May 24, 1789, aged 74.
Mrx. s end 0 Oe ok,
of Kelmarſh, died March 21, 1789, aged 68.
On the North wall of the chancel of the old chapel
was a neat _infcription on ſtatuary marble to the me-
mory of Adam Woollands, ſervant to captain Evelyn
Sutton, who died Nov. 2, 1782, on board the Myrtle
tranſport, in her paſſage to England, in lat. 2“ 20
North, long. 90* Eaſt, in the 28th year of his age.
And on the North-eaſt corner was an inſcription to
the memory of Mrs. Alice Shepherd, reli& of Richard
Shepherd, gent. of Wilbarſton, in Northamptonſhire,
who died Feb. 13, 1718, aged 78. - Theſe are pre-
ſerved, to be replaced in the new building. E
The regiſter, which is for ſome years very imper-
fect, begins in 1661, the earlier regiſter having been
.. deſtroyed with the church. In 20 years, beginning
with the year 1688, are 159 baptiſms, 113 burials,
and 23 marriages; and in 20 years, ending in 1782,
are births 180, burials 138, and marriages 33. By a
memorandum taken about 5o years ago, the number
of families was 71, and inhabitants 333. The num-
ber of families at preſent is 64, and inhabitants 284.
The living is a rectory, in the patronage of the
duke of Rutland, and worth about 130“. a year.
Roger de Gravele, rector of Wolſthorpe, was bu-
ried in Belvoir church 5; and
Ralph Gouphyll, rector, occurs in their Necrology.
William Hewyk alſo occurs rector in 1369.
Other rectors, as far as appear by the regiſters, are,
Thomas Neale, who died in 1689.
George Cartwright, in 1691.
Cyprian Banbury, about 1700.
Derham Huddleſtone, about 1733.
William Atkinſon occurs in 1738.
Richard Eaſon inducted in 1744
Richard Stoup in 1789. |
William Peters, LL. B. in 1788, the preſent rector.
Mr. Edward Guy, in the year 1727, left ten ſhil-
lings yearly, to be paid out of a cloſe in the pariſh
of Barrowby, to ten of the pooreſt widows of Woolſ-
thorpe; bur, in caſe ſo many widows cannot be
found, to ten of the pooreſt people.
Near the town is a ſpring of a brackiſh taſte,
walled round by John duke of Rutland, bur not much
frequented. | |
The 1 manors of Granby and Sutton,
which, though on the borders of Leiceſterſhire, ate
both within the county of Nottingham, are here
briefly noticed, as being the property of the duke of
Rutland, who 1s patron of the living, impropriator,
and principal proprietor.
la Granby are 17 freeholders; and in Sutton,
which is a hamlet of the ſame pariſh, are g.
There are about 2100 acres in the two lordſhips;
in which there is very little old inclofure.
| The church of Granby, which is dedicated to A!/
Saints, is not a beautiful ſtructure, yet has an ancient
appearance. Ir is in a great meaſure built with a thin
blue limeſtone, got near the town, and has ſuffered
much N It has a nave, North aile, and porèh;
on the Weſt end a heavy embattled tower (with tur-
rets at the corners), in which hang five bells: on the
firſt, ** God fave his church, 1635.“ add.
zd. . .. . On the th, Of Granby's6 praiſe I
ſound always: Deo gloria in excelſis, 1961.” And on
the 5th, * All men that hear my mournful ſound, re-
pent before you be in ground, 1629.“
p See p. 79.
Belvoir; in which he ſuggeſts that the Royaliſts, after having
See p. 79.
s Alluding, no doubt, to the ſuccets of the late great warrior, who received bis title from this place; as another branch of
the family does from the hamlet of Sutton, See Mr. Peck's verſes on Glanby, Appendix, p. 63,
2
The
3 GRAN B V, SU 1 TO Ny o RS TON, &.
| The chancel is large; the Eaſt window is delicate
and light, but perhaps remarkable only for being built
.. entirely of brick of the common ſize and ſhape of free-
ſtone, wrought; or rather originally caſt, into much
_ "variety of Gothic architecture; a circumſtance which
1 believe to be curious and uncommon *. In the chan-
cel ate inſeriptions for © Mr. John Froſt, who died
March 19; 1739; aged 58 for ©* Abigail-Anna ?,
Wife of John Froſt, daughter of Thomas Secker, of
Sibthorpe, gent. who died October 16, 1749, aged 6o;”
and for the * Rev. John Britton, who died Nov. 11,
' 1770, aged 85.3 and Sarah his wife, 1739, aged 48.”
Ot the ancient: regiſter, which begins in 1567, a
great part is very imperfect. In the firſt 20 years, or
thereabouts, there appear to be 162 baptiſms, 115
in 1789, there are 250 baptiſms, 154 burials, and 50
marriages: The number of families is 80 (60 in
Granby and 20 in Sutton), which, according to the
average of 44 to a family, make 360 inhabitants,
The vicarage is ſmall, nor exceeding 40l. a year.
John Alread, vicar, was buried November 1, 1644;
and in the regiſters no more appear nll Henry Hough,
the preſent vicar, in 1768. |
of Rutland, towards the maintenance of a ſchool.
And on the South wall of the nave of the church
is an inſeription upon a blue ſlate, To the memory
of Thomas Harriſon, who gave 1000. to the poor of
Granby only; the intereſt to be laid out in bread, and
diſtributed among ſuch poor families as have not col-
lection of the pariſh, by the churchwardens and over-
ſeers of the poor, half-yearly, or as the ſaid intereſt
ſhall become due. Obiit Oct. 31, 1776, æt. 31.“
Great quantity of gypſum, or plaſter- ſtone, is dug
up in this pariſh, principally uſed in the neighbour.
hood for the flooring of houſes, particularly in garrets,
where ſo heavy a flooring ſeems improper. It has
lately been very ſtrongly recommended as a manure *.
The pariſh of Orfton, which is alſo in Nottingham-
ſhire, joins Bortesford, and contains (excluſive of the
hamlets of Scarrington and Thoroton) about 1800
acres, a ſmall portion of which is old incloſure. The
property and manerial rights were in the family of
Manners; and were alienated by the marriage of the lady
Elizabeth, only ſurviving child of Francis earl of Rut-
land, who married George Villiers duke of Buckingham.
The eſtate was lately ſold by the duke of Portland
to the rev. Mr. Bingham, of Calverton. The manor
burials, and 38 marriages; and in 20 years; ending
There is a benefaction of 44. yearly, by the duke
The upright ſtanchions are ſo in Icklingham, Suffolk. G. A.
7 See Mr. Weſton's pampblet on the ſubject, 1791; and what is ſaid of it, Gent. Mag LXI. p. 153. ;
* The thought in theſe lines might appear on the tomb of an Heathen Epicurean ; but not of a Chriſtian, We might as
well begin with D. M. But this is a natural conſequence of borrowing old forms. G. A.
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houſe, with the rights, are now the property of Mr.
Fier paint, as ſucceſſor to the late duke of Kingſton.
Mr. Cbappel, who has a good houſe bere, is lefſce
under the church of Lincola tor the great tithes and
glebe. |
The church is an antient, but not a neat building.
A heavy tower on the Weſt end fell down by neglect
of repairs; and a ſmall one, diſproportionate to the
whole, rebuilt in its place in 1766, gives it an auk-
ward appearance,
On the North fide of the chancel lies the figure of
the lady in free-ſtone, already deſcribed in p- 31;
and againſt the Eaſt wall is this inſcription : |
„ Sub. hc tabula dextrorſum
jacent reliquiz
Margerie uxoris chariſſimæ
Thome Speight,
que carnis exuvias depoſuit
viceſimo quarto die
menſis Martii, anno Dai
MD CXCII, |
| Inveni portum ; ſpes & fortuna valete;
Nil mihi vobiſcum eſt, ludite nunc alias +.”
In the North aile are many large flat ſtones, with
inſcriptions to the memory of the Kerchival family;
molt of them illegible : on one, Conſtantia Ker-
chivall, one of the daughters of John Kerchivall
and Ellenor his wife; ob. die 5 Octobris, 1681.”
loſcriptions on the wall. Here lieth the body of
Eleanor, wife of John Kerchivall, daughter of Wil-
liam Hartopp, of Little Dalby, in the county of
Leiceſter, eſq; who departed thisJife May 25, 1695.”
Near it: Here lieth the body of John Kerchi-
vall, gent. who departed this life Sept. 23, 1721, in
the 75th year of his age.”
In the North aile is a neat octagon font, on the
compartments of which are cherubs, roſes, &c.: on one,
Given by Mrs. Conſtantia Kerchivall, Feb. 7, 1662.”
The ancient regiſter begins in 1590: average bap-
tiſms for 10 years give near 10; burials about 6;
an average for the laſt 20, are 13 baptiſms, 8 burials ;
60 families in the place.
The vicarage, worth near C. 100. a year, is in ne
gift of the dean and chapter of Lincoln; the pre-
ſent vicar, Mr. Clement.
A range of plaſter-ſtone runs through the place ;
the ſtrata very irregular, but ſometimes 6 feet thick.
On the North-eaſt fide of the town is the ſpa, a
ſpring of chalybeate water of ſome repute.
* Siſter of Abp. Secker.
**
On a viſitation of the county of Leiceſter, by Thomas May Cheſter Herald, and Gregory King Rouge-
dragon, 168 1, the following pedigree of PowELL of Belvoir was entered in their official books, p. 61.
Arms (plate II. fig. 52): Quarterly of four: x. Gules, a lion rampant regardant, Or. K.
3· Azure, a lion party per ſes, Argent and Or, a border, Argent. 4. Argent three boars heads coupled Sable.—Creſt, a demi hon rampant regardant, Or.
* Madock, ſon of Meredith, -=Ddygbgay, daughter of Kadogan ap Howell Vychan.
2. Per bend ſiniſter Ermine and Erminees, a lion rampant, Or
Roger, ſon of Madock, of Kydwgan,==Angharet, daughter of Howell ap David ap Jenkyn.
Rees ap Roger, of Kydwgan,5Owen, daughter of Owen ap Morgan.
Howell ap Rees ap Roger,—-Myddeveis, daughter of David Glay.
Rees Powell, of Bwylth, co. Brecknock, Eſq; Katharine, daughter of Robert ap Jevan.
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Katharin mar. Ma aret, wife 1. William Powell, of- Frances, daughter 2. Robert Powell, of Sibill,
W537 9 ag of * « « Lucas, Stanfield, co. Lin- | of Francis Cow- London, gent. died died Ky
et Hereford, an officer in the coln, died about | per, of Kingſthorpe May 18, 1681, un- unmarried.
| Cuſtom- houſe, 1652, and buried | juxta Stanfield, married, Aged
London. there, aged 70. | co, Lincoln. about 80.
U ife Al ob bes I. Francis Powell, 2. William, Ma
Dorothy, wife Anne, was 3. Robert Powell, now of==. . . daughter 1. Francis Powell, 2 g
of Henry Good - living at Belvoir caſtle, co. Leic. | of ..... Hill, wentovertol[re- 1 a t ie 5
cheap, of Harſ= Boſton, co. being gentleman of the land; married, age ot 5 mee
keld, co. Glouc, Linc. 1681, horſe to the carl of Rut- and died there peaks. N
' unmarried. land, æt. 44, 1681. about 1663.
William, an only child, 1681. 3 Wy | 72
*,* The upper part of this pedigree was taken from a fair deſcent drawn on velom, and the.matches painted, now remaining
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in the hands of Mr. Robert Powell, drawn about 70 years ago, viz. before the marriage of Mr. D of the
ſaid Robert, and deduced from Eliſtan Glodrith a Britiſh Prince, ten generations above Madock ap Meredit re
which pedigree was produced at the viſitation at Belvoir caſtle, N x er
daughter and heir of Gronor ap Tudor Trevor, mother of Eliſtan Grodrith, the great prin ( |
fon ot Inor. The laſt coat is for Gwladys, daughter and heir of Rbya ap Kynan lord of Inglefield, wife of Eliſtan Glodrith,
Voted ;
1681. —The ſecond coat here inferted is for Gwen,
Wales, and wife of Ryhelyu,
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In antient deeds Botesford, Bottelesford, Boclesford, to remove whitherſoever he pleaſed without alienat-
Bokillisforde, &c.) and in modern pronunciation Botſ- ing his land. Under Robert de Todenei, Odard,
worth, is ſituated on the river Devon, in the vale of Robert, and Giflebert, held each one ploughland;
Belvoir, and adjoins to the two counties of Notting- Baldric and Clarebald two each; Heldwin one and a
ham and Lincoln. It has Belvoir caſtle to the South; half; and four other foreigners (whence the name of
Allington in Lincolnſhire, to the Eaſt; Staunton in Norman-ion) held three aud a half; being twelve
Nottinghamſhire, North; and Elton in Nottingham- ploughlands in the whole. The land was equal to
ſhire, Weſt. The turnpike-road from Grantham to the labour of twelve ploughs, nine of which and
Nottingham leads through it. From the former it is four bondmen were retained in the lord's demeſne ;
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0 7 miles; from the latter 18; and from Melton Mow- and ſeven ſocmen, with two villans and - thirteen
Ws; bray, the neareſt market- town in the county of Lei- bordars, had two ploughs amongſt them; whilſt four
1 ceſter, 14 miles. others had no land at all in tillage. The occupier
In the eccleſiaſtical diviſion of the county, Bottes- of the twelfth plough is not deſcribed. When theſe
ford, with its two hamlets of Ea/thorp and Normanton, tenants entered into poſſeſſion, the yearly value was fix
is within the deanry of Framland. pounds; which they had improved to ſixteen pounds.
This lordſhip {with 14 others in Leiceſterſhire) was Ot Robert de Todenei and his family, ſucceſhvely
given by the Conqueror to Robert de Tadenei, a noble lords of Bottesford, an ample account has been al-
Norman, who accompanied him into England as his ready given under the article of Belvoir. William
ſtandard-bearer; by whom it was held at the time of de Albini, uſually ſtyled William de Albini Brito, ſuc-
the general ſurvey in Domeſday-book, where this towu- ceeded ; and had iſſue William de Albini the ſecond,
| ſhip is deſcribed as conſiſting either of two manors, or whoſe poſterity enjoyed this manor till, by an heir
as one manor divided into two diſtin portions. general, it came by marriage to the noble family
The firſt of theſe contained nine ploughlands; of Ross; in which family, and in that of Manners,
and, in the time of king Edward the Confeſſor, was it has continued (except a few years in the flruggle of
valued at twelve pounds a year, and contained twenty- the houſes of York and Lancaſter) to the preſent day.
five ploughs. It was worth fifreen pounds at the Under the baronial poſſeſſors are found ſeveral
time of the ſurvey ; when five ploughs and fix bond- other conſiderable owners of property in Boitesford.
men were retained in the lord's demeſne ; fifteen In 1122, occurs a leaſe or grant for a term of
ploughs were occupied by twelve villans, fixty ſocmen, years, of a ſmall piece of arable land, from John de
and five bordars; the prieſt had an entire plough ; Stodham to Alan de Bekeby *.
and there were four mills of forty ſhillings value“. William de Albini III. about 1232, gave to the
To the lordſhip of Bottesford were alſo attached four priory of Belvoir one ſheaf [ gdrbam}] out of every
ploughlands in Redmile*, with three ploughlands acre of his land at Botresford ; and five ſhillings of
and two oxgangs in Knipton “. rent in that town to his hoſpital at Newſtead 7.
The other manor, or portion of a manor (which In 1235, a leaſe, or grant for a term of years, oc-
conſiſted of. Eaſtthorp and Normanton), had been ia curs, from John de Stodham to Henry de Bokeby,
the poſſeſſion of Leuric, a free tenant, who had power vicar of Bottesford, of a {mall parcel of arable land“.
x «« Robertus tenuit ꝙ carucatas terrz in Botesford, Tempore regis Edwardi erant ibi 25 caruce, In dominico ſunt 3
carucæ et 6 ſervi; et 12 villani, et 60 ſocmanni, cum 5 bordariis, habent 15 carucas, Ibi preſbyter cum 1 caruc. Ibi 4 mo-
lini de 40 ſolidis. Valuit 12 libras, modo 15 libras,” Domelday, p. 233. b. 2, | |
* « Idem Robertus tenuit 3 carucatas terrz in Redmelde. Hz pertinent ad Botes ford.“ Ibid. '
3 « Fidem manerio Botesford pertineut 3 carucate terræ et 2 bovate in Gaiptone,” Ibid, x
4 « Ogardus tenet de Roberto 1 carucatam terre in Botbesford, et Buldricus 2 carucatas terre, et Clarebaldus 2 carucatas
terræ, & Robertus 1 carucatam terre, Heldwigus 1 carucatam terrz et dimidiam, et alii 4 irancigenz 3 carucatas terre et di-
midiam ; inter tat', 12 carucatas terre, Terra eſt 12 carucarum. In dominico ſunt g carucæ, et 4 ſervi, et 7 ſocmanni, cum
2 villanis & bordariis, habentes 2 carucas inter omnes. Aliqui nil habent; Ibi 2 molini et dimidium, de 5 ſolidis, 6 denariis.
Tatum valuit 6-libras quando receperunt; modo 16 libras. Leuric tenuit, et quo yoluit ire potuit.“ Ibid. p. 234. a. 1.
5 MS, Chetwynd, - * See Cotton MSS. Nero D. X. 7. Appendix, p. 7. * Dr. Vernon, MS,
3 f 0 Among
FAA AND HuND RED. BOT TES FOR FB.
Amoyg the fees of Belvoir in the Teſta de Nevill,
1239, we find at Bottesford a fourth part of a knight's
fee held by William de Wymby, and a ſixth part of
a fee by William Fitz-warren; half a fee (connected
with Redmile and Plungar) by William de Hotoft,
the 32d part of a fee by Ralph de Karleton, the
40th part of a fee by Roger Wade, the eighth part
of a fee by Richard de Maxindal, and the fourth and
a goth part of a fee in Bottesford and Barkſton by
William of Huntingdon *.
In 1252-3, a controverſy concerning the tithes of
Botresford was amicably adjuſted *.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Bottesford and Normanton
are returned as one villata 3.
In an inquiſition raken in 1282, Walter de Boteles-
ford, deceaſed, is deſcribed as having held the manor
of Botelesford of John le Mareſchal 4,
In 1285, Robert lord Ros of Bever, deceaſed,
held the manor of Botelesford of the king in capite 5.
At the ſuppreſſion of abbies, part of the monument
which lay over the heart of this Robert lord Ros,
at Croxton abbey, was brought thence to this place,
and faſtened to the North wall of the chancel, wher
it ſtill remains. |
In 1291, a grant occurs to Peter de Bello Campo
of a ley of land in Twelve-Acre Furlong. |
Nov. 16, 1298, king Edward I. granted to Iſabel
de Ros liberty of free-warren in all her demeſne lands
at Botelesford and Redmild, both in co. Leiceſter.
„ Hiis teſtibus, venerabilibus patribus, A. Dunelm”
& W. Covent' & Licht” Epis; Johanne de Warenna,
com? Surr'; Humfredo de Bohun, com* Hereford” &
Eſſexie; Guidone de Bellocampo, com' Warw'; Jo-
hanne de Wake; Will' de Ros de Helmeſle; Wil-
lielmo de Latimer ſeniore; Roberto de Clifford; &
aliis. Dat' per man' noſtrꝰ apud Ebor', xvi die Noy*?.”
In 1301, it appeared that Iſabel de Ros, deceaſed,
held the manor of Botelesford of the king in capite
by barony, as a member of the barony of Bever;
and that William de Ros, her ſon and heir, was aged
40 and more 8. She had in her hite-time given to the
priory of Belvoir two parts of all the tithes in her
demeſnes of Bortesford and Normanton ; to which a
further addition had been made by Baldvinus Dapiter
and Hugo Flandrenſis ?.
About 1320, Thomas Hottot granted to William
Phylungley, rector of Bottesford, a crott in Becking-
tborpe, lying near Plaſhedon-lane. Beckingthorpe is
a part of Bottesford.
Another grant occurs to William Phylungley, rec-
tor of Bottesford, of ſome arable land, lying in Twelve
Acres, betwixt the prior of Belvoir's land and Redmile
gate; and a grant of Ralph Bacon to Thomas Phy-
lungley of land in the ſame furlong.
In 1324, a grant of Thomas Waryn to J. Graham
of a land in Wawerhou furlong.
In 1330, a chantry was founded at Bottesford by
the lord William de Ros II. o |
In 1331, Ralph Jordan granted to William de
Bever the reverſion of a houſe and garden; and Peter
Saxendale granted to Walter Payne, of Bottesford, the
reverſion of ſome arable land.
In 1343, it appeared that William de Ros, of Ham-
lake, deceaſed, held the manor of Botlesford by
knight's ſervice ; alſo the fortieth part of one Knight's
fee in Botlesford and Barkſton, co. Leiceſter, which
the heirs of Roger de Watervill hold; alſo the half
of one knight's fee in Botlesford, Rademil, Barkeſ-
ton, Plungarth, and Muſton, co. Leiceſter, which
William de Hotoft of Botelesford holds; alſo a quar-
ter of one knight's fee jn Botelesford and Barkeſton
atoreſaid, which the heirs of William Huntingdon
bold; alſo half a quarter of one knight's fee in Bo-
telesford aforeſaid, which William de Latholme holds;
* Tefta de Nevill, p. liv.
1374. See p. 87.
5 Eſch, 13 Edw. I. Ne 24.
9 See above, p. 77
See p. lvi.
o See the inſcription, p. 30.
alſo the fixteenth part of one knight's fee in Boteles-
ford, which Richard ſon of Warine holds ; alſo the
. forty«third part of one knight's fee in Botelesford;
which Richard de Wotton holds; alſo the forty=third
part of one knight's fee in Botelesford, which Fulco
de Hotoft holds; alſo the thirty-third part of one
knight's fee in Botlesford, which Robert de Stoke
holds; alſo the thirty-third part of one knight's fee
in Botlesford, which Roger Wade holds; alſo the
ad vowſon of the church of Botlesford, and the ad-
vowſon of the chantry of the church of the Bleſſed
Mary in Botelesford. “ Item dicunt juratores quod eſt
ibidem unum capitale mefſuagiumy cujus habergium*?
& fructus quando accidet valet per ann' dim* marcam;
& vivaria ibidem nihil valet, pro defectu munditionis,
& quia non inftaurantur ** & ibi eſt quoddam colum-
bare, quod valet per ann' 4s.; ſunt ibidem 208 acr*
terre arabilis, per majus 100 in dominico, unde poſ-
ſint ſeminari per ann' 160 acr'; & quando coluntur
& ſeminantur quelibet acra valet per ann' 6d. Reſi-
duum terre arabilis jacet ad warectam , & tune non
valet quia in communi : & dicunt, quod 55; acre terre
ſunt ſeminate cum ſemine hyemali, & 20 acr* cum
piſis, ante mortem dicti Willielmi ; & ſunt ibi 60 act
prati quando quelibet acra valet per ann' 12d.
ſumma 60s. & non plus, quia ficcum & male creſcens;
& ſunt ibi diverſe parcelle paſture ſeparab* che-
viſeis **, valent 10 marc'; ſunt ibi duo molendina
aquatica, & unum molendinum ventriticum, que va-
lent per ann' 1 5s. ultra repriſas, quia magne repriſe *
molarum, maeremi, & volarum e; & ibi duo furni
communes, que valent per ann' 405. & fic dimittantur
ad quatuor terminos ſubſcriptos ultra reprifas eorun-
dem, quia exigunt magnas repriſas; & piſcaria de
Deven valet per ann' 124. ; & eſt ibi redd' liberorum,
bondorum, & cotterettorum L£.26. per ann', unde ad
feſt* Natalis Domini J. 7. Paſch' C. 7. Johan? Baptiſte
£-6. & Sancti Michaelis £.6.; & ſunt ibi 37 nativi,
quorum quilibet falcdbit pratum domini per un' diem
& habebit cibum, & valet opus ultra 3d. ſumma gs. ;
& quilibet nativorum prediftorum levabit fenum “,
per unum diem, & habebit potum; valet opus ultra
obol' ſumma 18d.; & quilibet nativorum carriabit
unam careccatam feni, & valet opus 1d. ſumma 25.
11d.; & de predictis 30 nativis quilibet meret per
duos dies in autumno, & habebit cibum, & valet opus
ultra 2d. ſum* 6s ; & 33 nativi, quilibet eorum car-
riabit duas carectas bladi in autumno, & habebunt
panem, cerviſiam, & caſeum; & omnia predicta cari-
agia valent ultra 45. Item, perquiſite curie ibidem
valent per annum 205. & non plus; que omnia pre-
ſentamenta, ſecte liberorum, & placita pertinent ad
curiam de Beauver, que eſt in com' Lincoln' '*. Item,
ſunt ibidem quidam tenentes in Normanton, qui red-
dunt per ann' J. 8. 17s. & 71d. Summa totalis ex-
tentꝰ de Bottlesford cum Normanton /. 50. 11s. 644.
Et dicunt, quod Willielmus filius ejuſdem Willielmi
de Roos de Hamelak eſt heres, & fuit ia feſtum
Sancti Dunſtani etatis 15 ann? '?,”
In 1346, William de Ros, being then within age,
and in wardſhip of Ralph de Nevil, by a grant of the
king's (on the aid then given for knighting Edward
of Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt ſon), was aſſeſſed 305.
for three parts of one Knight's fee in Bortesford,
Normanton, Redmile, Barkſton, Plungar, and Herdby,
of the fee of Ros ».
In the ſame year, William Wymbisſhe, Nicholas
Wymbisſhe, William Batham, John Wymbisſhe, and
William ſon of Richard Wymbisſhe (on the ſame
occaſion), were aſſeſſed 5s. for a fourth part of one
knight's fee in Bottesford aforeſaid, parcel of the fee
of Ros *. |
In the ſame year, Robert Saxendale (on the ſame
occalion) was aſſeſſed 25, for a ſixteenth part of one
* See Appendix, p. 11. This controverſy was afterwards revived, and again ſettled in |
4 Eſch, 11 Edw. I. N 27.
7 Cart. 27 Edw. I. Ne 3. Ech. 29 Edw. I. Ne 34. Leic.
1? This is in the catalogue of the duke of Rutland's evidences.
u Altergium, the right of lodging and boarding in the houſe of a vaſſal, or the equivalent paid for ſuch right, Du Cange,
v. Alberga, © For want of paſture and of being properly ſtocked.
„ Fallow, Du Cange in v. and Kennet's Paroch. Antiq. p. 495+
"5 Becauſe the expences or deductions are great.
falle, velorum, Neither ve/um, in this ſenſe, nor vola, are in the Gloſſaries, G. A.
* Belvoir caſtle was at this time reckoned in Lincolnſhire
Eſch. 17 Edw. III. Ne 60, Leic,
Vol, I. | |
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14 Hades, head lands. Not in the Gloſſaries.
17 Make hay.
but the priory was in Leiceſterſhire, See p. 75.
*- Rot, Aux. 20 Edw, III.
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_— fee in Bottesford aforeſaid, parcel of the fee
of Ros".
In the ſame year, John Borton (on the ſame occa-
ſion) was aſſeſſed 10s. for a quarter of one Knight's
fee in Bottesford, Redmile, Muſton, and Plungar
aforeſaid, parcel of the fce of Ros *.
In 1350, we find a grant of lands at Bottesford
from William Rowland to William Bekeby; and in
the ſame year William Bekeby granted to William
Rowland and William Warner, of Bottesford, chap-
lains, his capital manſion near the rectory houſe, with
the lands thereunto belonging, lying in Normanton
and Bottesford 3.
By the inquiſition taken in 1352 on the death of
William lord Ros, it appears that a rent of 40. under
the name of palfry ſilver, was paid out of Bottesford,
Normanton, Redmile, Barkſton, Harby, and Stathern“.
On the 1oth of January, 1 3 59-60, a regular licence
was granted, by Thomas lord Ros, to John Codyng-
ton, rector of Bottesford, and John Bauland, chaplain,
to ſettle one meſſuage, two tofts, and four bovates of
land, with their appurtenances, in Bottesford, on a
prieſt, who ſhould daily perform divine ſervice, at the
altar of St. Peter, in the pariſh church, for their wel-
fare, and that of Walter Payne, fo long as they ſhould
live; and for their ſouls after death, and the ſouls of
all the faithful, in ſuch mode as the ſaid Walter ſhould
ordain. On an inquifition taken on this occaſion, it
was found to be of no prejudice to any one, if the
rector and chaplain ſhould grant the ſaid meſſuage,
two tofts, four bovates, and 14 acres of meadow, tor
the purpoſe of endowing a chantry ; and that the
premiſſes were held by knight's ſervice, and an annual
rent of two ſhillings, with ſuit of court, under Thomas
lord Ros, who held them of the king in capite; and
that the grantees ſtil! poſſeſſed divers other tenements,
to the amount of 40 ſhillings, which remained ſubject
to the rent of two ſhillings to the lord Ros.
In 1363, it appeared that Margery (who was the
wife of William de Ros, of Hamlake) deceaſed, held
the mannor of Bottesford, with the appurtenances,
as alſo the advowſon of the church there; alſo the
fortieth part of one Knight's fee in Bottesford and
Barkſton, which the heir of Reginald de Waterville
holds; alſo the moiety of one Knight's fee, with the
appurtenances, in Bottesford, Redmyld, Barkeſton,
Plongarth, and Muſton, co. Leiceſter, which William
de Hotoft holds; alſo the thirty-fourth part of one
knight's fee, with the appurtenances, in Bottesford
and Barkeſton, which the heir of.... de Hunt-
ingdon holds; alſo half a quarter of one knight's fee
in Bottesford, which Robert de Saxendale holds ;
alſo the forty-third part of one knight's fee in Bot-
tesford, which William de Tatholme holds; alſo the
ſixtieth part of one knight's fee in Bottesford, which
Richard Fitz-Warine holds; alſo the forty-third part
of one knight's fee in Bottesford, which Richard de
Wotton holds; alſo the forty-thicd part of one
knight's fee in Bottesford, which Fulc de Hotoft
holds; alſo the thirtieth part of one knight's fee in
Bottesford, which Roger Wade holds 5,
The regular ordination of St. Peter's chantry was com-
pleted Dec. 5, 1368 ©; when the right of nominating a
chaplain was aſſigned to Walter Payne and his heirs.
In 1371, Emma Payne releaſed to William Burgh
x Rot. Aux. 20 Edw. III. 3 Ibid,
her dowry iſſuing out of lands in Bottesford, Nor-
manton, Muſton, and Redmile.
On the z6th of June, 1373, Henry de Codyngton “,
then rector of Bottesford, obtained licence from king
Edward III. to ſettle a meſſuage, with two oxgangs of
land, and ten acres of meadow, on the chantry prieſt of
St. Mary and St. John the Evangeliſt, on conſideration
of 100 ſhillings paid by John de Bauland *, the then
chaplain.
In 1374, a diſpute, which had been agitated in
1253, was again adjuſted, by an arbitration made
by the prior of Croxton in Redmile church, betwixt
Henry de Codyngton, rector of Bottesford, and the
prior of Belvoir, concerning the reccipt of a cer-
tain portion of tithes, great and ſmall, ariſing “ de
feodo dominico dominii & de feodo de Stodham-fee
vulgariter nominato.” The particular ſhares which
each had in the ſeveral wongs and parcels of land of
theſe fees are ſpecified, The lands lay diſperſed; ſome
parcels nearRedmile, Muſton, Normanton, and Belvoir.
In ſome places the prior had two thirds, in others
half, of the tithes of theſe lands; the rector the reſt,
viz. ** De cultura que vocatur Toftes ?; de tribus
culturis ſubter Normanton, de dominico dominii de
Botesford ; & de culturi juxta pontem buttant' contra
le Cliff & de Milnecroft verſus Muſton buttant' ſuper
Houſe; & cultura vocatia Redwonge jacent' verſus
Redmild. Prior & conventus percipient duas partes
decimarum, & rector tertiam partem ; & de Calven-
hillwong verſus Muſton & de Sandwong prior perci-
piet duas partes, & rector unam partem ** ; de Mar-
wong jacenr' in campis de Normanton dimidiam par-
tem. Item, pro duabus partibus decimarum foeni
quatuor culturarum prati, viz. Colddayle, Longdale,
Thackdale, Overthacdale, de dominico dominii de
Botesford, &c. Item, pro medietate decimarum gar-
barum de toto feodo de Stodham, in campis de Bo-
tesford, ad ſacriſtam de Belvoir contingente, & de
cultura quam dominus de Boresford tenet de feodo de
Stodham, buttante ſuper Saltbeck *.“
In 1383, Thomas de Ros, of Hamlake, knight, de-
ceaſed, held the manor of Bottesford, with the ap-
purtenances, co. Leiceſter, together with the advow-
ſon of the church there, of the king in capite, by
knight's ſervice, as parcel of the honour of Beauver
caſtle . ;
In 1393, John de Ros, of Hamlake, knight, de-
ceaſed, was ſeiſed of the manor of Bottesford, with
its appurtenances, co. Leiceſter ; which manor was held
of the king in capite, as of the honour of Belvoir,
by knight's ſervice “.
In 1394, Mary, who was the wife of John de Ros,
of Hamlake, brother and heir of John de Ros, Je-
ceaſed, was ſeiſed of a third part of the manor of
Bottesford, co, Leiceſter, with a water-mill there,
held of the king in capite by knight's ſervice; alfo
of one parcel of one other knight's fee in Bottesford
aforeſaid, which Thomas Phelip holds “.
Oct. 2, 1395, William lord Ros granted a letter of
attorney to William ae Overton, to deliver ſeifin to
William de Rempton, John Quynton, William Furby,
and William de Berford, of his manors of Bottesford,
co. Leiceſter, and Uflington, co. Lincoln, his ad-
vowſon of the church of Bottesford aforeſaid, and
of his lands and tenements at Normanton, co. Lei-
3 Dr. Vernon, MS.
4 Inq. 26 Edw. III. This William lord Ros was in 1351 the founder of a chantry at Sibthorp, in Nottinghamſhire ; ſee
Appendix, N- X. * Eſch. 37 Edw. III. N* 62. Leic. gSce the ſeveral inſtruments, on this occaſion, Appendix, Ne X.
Henry de Codyngton had the rectory of Layer Parva in Eſſex, to which he was preſented May 18, 1356, by king Edw. III;
who gave him alſo the prebends of Holyngton, Bodyham, and Ewehire, in the royal chapel of Haſtings, which he exchanged
with Thomas de Wykeham, in 1372, for the prebends of Oxton and Crophill in Southwell. In 1361 be was preſented to the
rectory of Bottesford ; and in 1373 obtained the king's licence for completing the chantry which his brother John had founded
there. March 8, 1374, he was promoted to the dignity of a maſter in chancery. See Newcourt's Repertory, vol. II. p. 370.
He reſigned Bottesford ſome time before 1381; and afterwards obtained from king Richard II. a further licence for founding
a chantry at the altar of St. Peter, in the pariſh church of Codyngton in Nottinghamſhire, for one prieſt, to pray for him while
he lived, and for his ſoul after his deceaſe, and for the foul of John de Codyngton, late rector of Addeſham, in Kent, and of
their fathers, mothers, brothers, ſiſters, and bene factors; to which he gave five mefluages, three tofts, 144 acres of land, 27%
ot meadow, with the appurtenances, in Codyngton and Holme by Muſkam. The infirument is dated 1 Jan. 4 Hen. IV.
1492 3» Thoroton, p. 186. He died Sept, 4, 1404. See his efligies and epitaph, plate XXIII. p. 98.
Ile is elſewhere called Woodland.
% 'The rector hired theſe tithes at the time.
9 This lies betwixt Redmile and Belvoir,
''* Belvoir Regilter- The duke of Rutland (as repreſentative of the prior of Belvoir) poſſe fling at preſent all the great tithes
of corn of the hamlet of Normanton ; it is probable that, not many years ago, according to the tradition of the tamil
exchange of tithes was made to avoid contufion, Dr. Vernon, MS.
73 Eſch. 17 Ric. II. N 49. Leic,
1 Elch. 7 Ric. II. N* 63, Leic,
2
y, this
Eſch. 18 Ric, II. Ne 34. Leic.
ceſler.
FRAMLAND HUN DRED.]
ceſter : . © Noverint univerſi per preſentes nos Wil-
lielmum de Roos de Hamlake, chivaler, ordinũſſe &
loco noſtro poſuiſſe & conſtituiſſe dilectum nobis in
Chriſto Willielmum de Overton attornatum noſtrum,
ad deliberandam plenariam & pacificam ſeiſinam Wil-
lielmo de Rempſton, &c. de maneriis noſtris de Bote-
lesford & Uffington, cum omnibus ſuis pertinentiis,
una cum advocatione ecclefie Botelesford ; ac etiam
de omnibus terris & tenementis noſtris in Normanton,
in comitatibus Leyc* & Linc', ſecundum formam,
vim, & effectum cujuſdam carte eiſdem Will' de
Rempſton, &c. per nos inde edite & confecte; ratum
& gratius habiturum quicquid idem attornatus noſter,
nomine noſtro, fecerit de premiſſis ſigillo noſtro ſig-
natis. Dat' apud caſtrum noſtrum de Belvero, ii die
menſis Oct', anno regni regis Ricardi II. poſt Con-
queſtum Anglie xix“.“
In 1414, William de Ros, of Hamlake, knight,
was ſeiſed of the manor of Bottesford, co. Leiceſter,
together with the advowſon of the church there, held
of the king in capite, as of the honour of Belvoir ;
alſo of one carucate of land, and 1005. rent there,
held of the king in capite, as of the honour aforeſaid,
by knight's ſervice ; alſo of one croft cloſe, called Le
Croft Cloſe, in the pariſh of Bottesford, held as afore-
ſaid ; and John Ros was his ſon and heir“.
In 1421, John Ros of Hamlake, knight, was ſeiſed
of the manor of Bottesford, with the advowſon of the
church there +. |
In 1440, it appeared that Margaret, who was the
wife of William de Ros, of Hamlake, deceaſed, held
no lands of the king; but that William Rempron,
John Quynton, and others, gave the manor of Bottes-
ford, together with the advowſon of the church there,
and the patronage of a certain chantry of St. Mary
in the ſame church, to William de Ros of Hamlake,
and Margaret his wife; and that they were held of
William Babington, knight, and William Hoton (fe-
offees of William de Ros, knight), as of the caſtle of
Belvoirz and Thomas de Ros (ſon of Thomas, ſon
of the ſaid Margaret), her next heir, was aged 14
years and upwards +.
In the ſubſidy of 1445, Bottesford was aſſeſſed
81. 5s.; from which 1/. was abated; and at Norman-
ton from 11. 145. was abated 25.
In 1446, Hugo Wymbiſh, of By leſton, granted to
Thomas Vincent, of Bottesford, an oxgang of land ly-
ing in Wymbilh wong, abutting upon the river Devon.
In 1463, it appeared that Thomas lord Ros, attainted
of high treaſon, was ſeiſed of the manor of Bottesford,
with the advowſon of the church there, and of the ham-
lets of Normanton and Eaſthorp, in the ſame pariſh *.
Aug. 9, 1467, king Edward IV. granted the manor
of Botesford, alias Botlesford, with the hamlets of
Normanton and Eaſthorp, and the advowſon of the
church of Bottesford, to William Haſtings, to hold
of the king and his heirs by homage only, in lieu of
all ſervice “.
In 1471, Robert Chauncy, of Bottesford, was cited
by judge Feale, for the apprehending of two felons.
In 1483, it appeared that William lord Haſtings,
deceaſed, was ſeiſed of the manor of Botesford, and
of 20 meſſuages, 10 tofts, 300 acres of land, 40
acres of meadow, 200 acres of wood, and 10ol. 35.
rent, with the appurtenances, in Shepeſhed, Botesford,
Normanton, Eſthorp, Quarndon, Barkeſton, Plun-
earth, Redmild, and Hardby, co. Leiceſter ; and of
the advowſon of the church of Botesford ; and that
the manor, meſſuages, &c. and advowſon aforeſaid,
were held of the king s.
On the death of lord Haſtings, the manor of Bot-
tesford, with its appurtenances, was reſtored by king
SOUTTESTFOUOURY
85
Henry VII. to Edmund lord Roos; and has from
that time to the preſent continued in the family.
Certain lands and tenements in Bottesford, then
lately belonging to the diſſolved priory of Belvoir, of
the yearly value of 41. 115. (which had been concealed
at the general ſuppreſſion of religious huuſes) were
ſurrendered to king James I. ſune 19, 1611 9.
The maſter and brethren of Wigſton's Hoſpital
have ſome property here, as will be teen in the hiſ-
tory of that charitable foundation.
In 1543, as appears by the will of Thomas the
firſt earl of Rutland, the annual value of Bottesford,
Normanton, and Eaſthorp, was 45. 18s. 44.
In 1564, Bottesford contained 70 families; the
hamlet of Eaſthorpe 35, and Normanton 16.
In 1630 this parith contained but three free-
holders, William Vincent, William Colecrafte, and
Thomas Vincent. In the general election of 1722,
48 polled; and 66 in 1778.
An average of 20 years near 1563, when the an
tient regiſter begins, yield yearly 64 marriages,
237 baptiſms, and 17 burials; and a portion of 20
years, ending with 1778, yield yearly 6 marriages, 24
baptiſms, and 214 burials. The number of families
(hamlers included) is 188, and inhabitants 772; fo
that the mortality is about one in 36. The popu-
lation appears greateſt about the Revolution, the
average baptiſms being 30, and burials 284, No
Diſſenters but of the Baptiſt perſuaſion, who built
here a meeting-houſe in 178g.
Forty years ago were in the pariſh 15 public
houſes, now but 3; and ſuch is the regularity of the
place, that near 800 inhabitants, with a turnpike-
road, would not ſupport theſe 3, but with the aſſiſt-
ance of heir reſpective occupations.
The number of teams kept in the pariſh is about
30 Coals, brought out of Nottinghamſhire and
erby (hire, are the only fuel; and never lower than
9d. the hundred weight. The land-tax, at 4s. in the
pound, is £.153. 45. 8d. Poors rate, about 20d.
Conſtable levy, 3d. Church, 3d. or 4d. Highways,
6d. in the pound.
Ar the incloſure in the year 1770, were in the
open fields of Bottesford (the hamlets of Eaſthorp
and Normanton included) 203 oxgangs of land and
three quarters, containing in the whole 4467 acres,
one rood, 35 perchesz of which were allotred to the
duke of Rutland 221 E acres and 19 perches; and the
reſt the property of the rector, charities, about 70
freeholders, Wigſton's hoſpital, Leiceſter, on leaſes
for three lives, &c. The whole parich may conſiſt of
about 4900 acres, as there were probably more than
400 acres of old incloſure belonging to the duke,
and the other proprietors much in the ſame propor-
tion. In this act John duke of Rutland is defcribed
as lord of the manor ot Bottesford, with its members,
and patron of the rectory of Bottesford, and entitled
to the tithes of all corn arifing within the open fields
of Normanton; the Rey. Francis Bacon, clerk, as
rector of Muſton, entitled to the tithe of hay ariſing
from 3o acres of land within the open meadows of
Normanton ; the Rev. Richard Stevens, clerk, as
rector of Botresford, entitled to certain glebe lands
and common right in the ſaid open fields, and to all
other the great and ſmall tithes aijfing but of all
or any part of the ſaid open fields, and alfo to the
great and ſmall tithes of all the gardens, orchards,
homeſteads, and old incloſures, in Bottesford, Eal-
thorpe, and Normanton; the chaplains and poor
of Wigſton's hoſpital, and their leſſees, entitled to
92 oxgangs, and common right, within the open fields
in Bottesford and Eaſthorpe; the poor of Dork-
Peck, MS, ex ipſa originali carta pergamena apud Belvoir, Sept. 18, 1732.
* See the ſeal, plate V. fig. 22.
5 Eſch. 19 Hen. VI.
* Efch, 1 Ric, III. Ne 32. Leic.
3 Eſch. 2 Hen. V. N 40. Leic.
* Eſch. 3 Edw, IV. Ns zo. Leic,
» Rawl. MSS. 1342. p. 112. b.; and ſee before, p. 78.
Eſch. 9 Hen. V. N' 58. Leic.
7 Pat. 7 Edw. IV. pars 1.
i Sce above, p. 43.
it To what has been ſaid on the ſubject of regiſters under Barkfion, p. 20, we may add, that lord Cromwell's order was
little obſerved, as being a novelty, and he ſuſpected by the Popiſh clergy of intending ſome innovation, My friend Mr, Aſhby
obſerves, „that he never ſaw, or heard for certain (but doth not take on him to ſay that there are none ſuch), of any regiſter
that actually began in original entrics from time to time from the firſt inſlitu/ions, though many pretend to do fo {as Acam in
Leiceſterſhire, Munden in Herts, Solybull in Warwickſhire, Cherry Hinton in Cambridgeſhire, &c, &c. which accounts tor the
longevity of the ſigning rectors; ſee fir H. Channcey in Munden) ; but they are all tranſcripts for many pages, and often to
the particular years already mentioned (viz, 1547 or 1603), in one hand, a {cribe's, and therefore moſt likely to be collected
from looſe entries.” Edmund Higginbotham, curate of Bottesford, is the firſt perſon whoſe name is ſigned to this regiſter ;
and it is plain from his own memorandum, that he tranſcribed “ the early entries from an old paper book belonging to the
church,” The regiſter is ſigned by him from its commencement in 156z to 1607, He diedrrettor of Waltham in 1609-10,
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ing, in Surrey, are entitled to 9 OXEangs of land,
and common right, in Bottesford, Eaſthorpe, and
Normanton z and the feoffees of The Men's Hoſ-
pital, in Bottesford, are entitled to 24 oxgangs of
land, and common right in Eaſthorpe and Normanton ;
and the feoffees of The Women's Hoſpital in Bottesford
entitled to 6 oxgangs of land, and common right
in Bottesford and Eaſthorpe: the truſtees of the
poor of Bottesford, in right of the ſaid poor, and in
right of the rector of Bottesford and his ſucceſſors,
entitled to 2 oxgangs of land, and common right
within the open fields of Normanton ; and the rector
and churchwardens of Bottesford for the time being,
in right of the ſchool in Boitesford, entitled to 2 ox-
gangs of land, and common right iv Normanton ;
and John duke of Rutland, John marquis of Granby,
and ſeveral others, in various different proportions,
were then the owners and proprietors of all the refi-
due of the ſaid open and common fields, meadows,
common paſtures, and other commonable lands and
grounds: The commiſſioners are directed, in the firſt
place, to provide for the highways ; then to give the
rector of Bottesford an equivalent for his glebe, and
the rector of Muſton a compenſation for his tithe of
hay, in the 30 acres of Normanton ; and to the rector
of Bottesford ſach portion as ſhall be equal in value
to one ſeventh of the reſidue oft the open fields in
Bottesford and Eaſthorpe ; and the duke of Rutland,
as impropriator, to have ſuch portion as ſhall be
equal to one ſeventh of the reſidue of the open fields
at Normanton ; which laſt parcel to be divided into
two equal ſhares between the duke and the rector;
the rector of Buttesford to have further ſuch portion
as ſhall be equal to one tenth part of all the gardens,
orchards, homeſteads, and old incloſed lands, in Bot-
tesford and its hamlets ; the ſeveral allotments to the
rector to be made in three or more places, one or
more of each to be in the ſeveral townſhips of Bot-
tesford, Eaſthorpe, and Normanton, in proportion to
the tithes ariſing out of each of them reſpectively;
all which, together with the allotments to the rector
of Muſton, and that to the duke of Rutland in right
of his tithes of corn at Normanton, to be in heu of
zall tithes and payments in lieu of tithes, except only
mortuaries, Eaſter ofterings, and ſurplice fees.
The average rent of the whole lordſhip may be
147. an acre annually. On the ſtrong clay land,
good crops of wheat, barley, beans, and peaſe, are
produced; on ſand land (inconſiderable here) turnips,
&c.; but, ſince the incloſure, much of the land has
been converted to the purpoſes of grazing.
On the duke of Rutland's eftate, ALL are tenants
at will, who, notwithſtanding, hand down the poſſeſ-
ſion to their poſterity : the widow ſucceeds the huſ-
band, and not the ſon, till her death ur marriage.
At the North extremity of the pariſh, the three
counties of Leiceſter, Lincoln, and Nottingham, meet
at a place called The Three Shire Buſhes (a thoru buſh
in each county), near which is an upright ſtone with
the figure ; at which place, during the perambu-
lations of pariſhes, after prayers by the clergyman,
were various ſports for children ; but within theſe
twenty years diſcontinued, as the incloſures have ren-
dered perambulations leſs neceſſary.
Two chantries exiſted formerly at Bottesford (ſee
p. 94); and there ſtill remains, not a great way from
the centre of the town, or the croſs, an old thatched
houſe (ſee Plate XXII. fig. 1.), which may probably
have been originally one of the chantries. A larger
window on the other fide of the houſe, much of the
ſhape of this which appears, was pulled down not
many years ago. In the end are yet the remains of a
very ſtrong door way. The corner ſtones, which are
large, aud of a durable kind, have formed one fide
of it, yet much pitted by the weather, and have all
the appearance of old age ; and fixed in one of them
go HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
is an old iran latch ſtill viſible. The date is engraved
fig. 1. 5. upon a beam in the inſide, probably when
converted to a dwelling. The letters may have been
Calcroft, of whom the anceſtors of Mr. Ravell, the
preſent proprietor, purchaſed it. In an adjoining cloſe
are yet remaining moats of a conſiderable extent.
In the entrance into the town from Grantham are
ſix neat cottages for the poor; and in the centre of it
is the baſe of a croſs, repreſented in plate XXII. fig. 2.
with the four coats of arms there alſo exhibited ; viz.
1. Three cart-wheels, Eſpec; 2. Three water-bougets,
Ros; 3. Ros impaling Badleſmere, barry of ſix; 4.
a lion rampant, Charlton lord Potis. X
The parſonage-houfe, a venerable old building, yet
inconvenient, has been built at different times. In the
hall were long arched windows, and a curious wooden
roof, ſupported by two oftagon oak pillars. In it was
a large ſtair-caſe and gallery, railed by Dr. Thomas
White ', who was 4 here from 1679 to 1685.
Mr. Peck ſays, Mr. Ligonier, who left behind him
a much- reſpected name among the poor, repaired and
beautified the parſonage houſe in 1702, and in parti-
cular new-floored the hall, and built the fine ſtair- caſe
there. The ſaid hall, before the ſtair-caſe (which is
three yards wide) was taken out of it, was 16 yards
long, and 11 broad; and is now one of the beauti-
fulleſt rooms 1 ever ſaw in any parſonage houſe *.”
Adjoining to the hall was. a building, part ſtone
and part wood, apparently ſtill more antient, but con-
taining nothing remarkable, except a very high oftagon
free-(tone chimney, of good workmanſhip. The
foundation ſtone of the chimney, upon the roof of the
houſe, was ſolid, having a true circular hole (about
16 inches diameter) cut in the middle for the ſmoke
to aſcend ; which ſtone conld not weigh leſs than
half a ton. Somewhere in the walls of this old
building was the fragment engraved in plate XXII.
fig. * The inſcription ſeems to be [ROB : De:
HXARST{[ AN]. And the ſtone, as far as could be
collected trom the workmen, had been in uſe before,
and walled in apparently without deſign.
That part only of the parſonage-houſe now remains
which was built in 1702 ; all the reſt was pulled down,
and ſubſtantially rebuilt, at a conſiderable expence, by
Mr. Thoroton, in 1789.
CHARITIES.
The trewe copy of the legacie, as bequeathed
by Mr. Hutton, ꝑſonne of Bottisford, as apereth by
his laſt will and teſtament, dated the. . . 1558.
Item, 1 bequethe to the churche of Bottisford foure
ſkore ſneepe; the which my will is, that they ſhall be
ordered in this fort: that is to ſay, yerely letten to
foure honeſt poore men within the pariſh of Bortis-
ford, by the ꝑſon or his curatt, and the churchwar-
dens, and they to pay yerely for the ſame twentye
ſhillings, and they to put in ſufficient ſuretie for the
money, and alſoe for the upholdinge of the ſtocke,
and to pay the ſaid xxs. to the churchwardens eight
days before my anniverſarye, &c. ; the which xxs. I
will to be ordered after this fort and facion ; that is to
ſay, tyve ſhillinge to rhe upholdinge of the churche.
Item, x11. to the curatt. Item, to the three clarkes
every of them vid, Item, to the bellman, 114.
Item, to the bells, x114. Item, to either of the
churchwardens for the tyme being, x11d. Item, the
reſidewe 1Xs. ivd, to be diſtrybuted by the ſaid
churchwardens, and by the advice of the curatt for
the tyme beinge, to fyftie and fix of the oldeſt and
molt needy pſons within the priſh of Bottisford,
gyvinge to eche one of them yerely, at the day of
myne anniverſarye, 1id, a yere. And I deſyre cer-
tayne for charetie the moſt worſhipfull of the priſh
of Bottesford to ſee the ſame obſerved, pformed, ful-
filled and kept, accordinge to the trewe meaning of
this my gyfte.“ |
Thomas White, D. D. of St. John's college, Cambridge, ſome time chaplain to the princeſs Anne of Denmark, and vicar
of Newark, and in 1683 archdeacon of Nottiagham, refigned Bottesford when, at the recommendation of lord Jeffreys, he was
nominated to the biſhopric of Peterborough, where he was elected Sept. 3, 1685, He was one of the biſhops ſent to the Tower
by king James II.; reſigned his biſhopric at the Revolution; and died May 30, 1698. By bis will, dated 1690, he left a legacy
to the poor of Bottesford, which ſee, p. 91. Being a fingle man, Willis ſays, „he lived privately in aud about London, aud
diſtributed. a good deal of charity, eſpecially on the town of Newark, on which corporation he beſtowed his library of books;
as he did an hundred or two of pounds on the poor of Peterborough.” He was buried, without any memorial, in St. Gregory's
church, which ſtood on the lite of the preſent clock-tower of St. Paul's cathedral, London.
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William Ukington, by his laſt will and teſtament,
gave 4 ſheep, value 24s. to be given to the pooreſt
ple, according to the dole of parſon Hutton.
Francis Browne, of Northmanton, gave 4 ſheep,
value 26s. to be diftributed as above.
William Harrike gave 2 ſheep, value gs. to be
diſtributed as above. ; '
In or about the year 1570, it appearing that cer-
tain lands and houſes were given to the pariſh of
Bottesford for pious uſes; and it being thought that
the town, being no corporation, could not poſleſs the
ſame; therefore, the right honourable Edward earl
of Rutland did take them into his hands *, and ordain
that the rent being 41s. 1d. ſhould be paid unto the
pariſh for ever on Plow-Monday *,
In 1613 the right honourable Francis earl of Rut-
land gave, at the burials of his ſon Henry lord Roos,
and of his brother fir Oliver Manners, towards a ſtock
for the poor of Botresford, al. :
John Underwood, ſervant to Mr. Dr. Fleming,
ave towards the ſame 51. 18s,
Chriſtopher Harriſon gave towards the fame 203.
Michacl Orſon, by his laſt will, gave towards the
ſame 205.
Hugh Frekenham gave towards the ſame 1 25.
William Calcraft gave towards the ſame 205.
John Fenton gave towards the ſame 1 5/.
Samuel Fleming *, who died rector of Bottesford in
1620, gave zl. 10s. towards a ftock for the poor of
this pariſh. He alſo founded an hoſpital in the mid
dle of the rown, not far from rhe Croſs, called The
Women's Hoſpital, for four poor widows, not paupers ;
to take place after the death of his ſiſter Heſter Da-
venport, on whom he ſettled the lands thereunto now
belonging for the term of her life ; ro which Mrs.
Mary Griffin, by will, in 1765, added £.50.; and
there have been fince ſome other ſmall benefactions.
Likewiſe in going to, or returning from, the viſitation
at Leiceſter being once in danger to be drowned
in croſſing the river, he vowed that for the future no
man ſhould there run the ſame riſque which he did;
and to make good his vow, built and erected a ſtone
bridge, and left lands in Friſby to maintain it. It is
{ti}! called Fleming's bridge. 1
Nov. 10, 1620, Mrs. Heſter Davenport, of Bottes-
ford, widow, enfeoffed John Knowells, of Bottis-
ford, clerk, and certain others, in two cottages in
Botisford, parcel of the diſſolved chantry of St. Mary
in Botisford ; one oxgang of land, and a parcel of
meadow, parcel of the late diſſolved chantry of St.
Perer in Botisford ; two oxgangs of land, meadow
and paſture, in Bottesford (now eſteemed three ox-
gangs), commonly called Bufſ#m's | Bozun's 4] lands;
118. ob. and one pound of pepper rent, ariſing out
of certain lands in Plungar, Barſton, Redmild, Botis-
ford, and Normanton, co. Leiceſter, in as full and
ample manner as Samuel Fleming, D. D. late rector
of Botisford, and her brother, ever held them, for
the ſole benefit and behoof of four poor, impotent,
and aged widows of the pariſh of Botisford, inhabit-
ing in and upon the two aforeſaid cottages in Botis-
ford; and upon the demiſe of any of them, other
widows to be choſen by the truſtees and their ſucceſ.
ſors; no widow ever to be abſent from the town of
Botisford above the ſpace of 20 miles during the term
of ſix months in the year. And all diſputes ariſing
among the truſtees to be determined by the right
honourable the earl of Rutland for the time being *.
The annual income is C. 42. 6s. 8d. chiefly arifing
from 75 acres, 3 roods, aud 28 perches of land al-
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
Peck, MS, e codice M5, pergamenico penes rectorem de Bottesford, 1730.
ESFOR Þ. 91
lotted at the incloſure, Their allowance is each half
a guinea a month, and coals. The building has been
much neglected, and is not in good repair,
The truſtees are William Welby® of Denton, Wil-
liam Earl Welby of Allington, and George Deligne
Gregory of Hungarton, eſquires; Rev. Mr. Geary,
Grantham; Rev. Mr. Hough, Redmile, and Rev. Mr.
Thoroton, Bottesford.
Not far from the church, on the North-weft, is an
hoſpital, called the Bede-houſe, or Men's Hoſpital,
founded about 1 590 by the lady Elizabeth Charlton,
wife of John fourth earl of Rutland, for old ſervants
and decayed tenants of the family. Conſiderable aug-
mentations were made by her three ſons, Roger,
Francis, and George, ſucceſlive earls of Rutland, and
by all the ſucceeding earls and dukes. The yearly
revenue is . 230. 17s. which ariſes from lands in
Muſton, Kettleby, Long Claxton, and Bottesford. The
allotment at Bottesford incloſure was 58 acres, 2
roods, and 20 perches. See in plate XXII. fig. 4. a
view of this hoſpital; over the door of which was
noticed by Mr, Peck, in 1730, but now deſtroyed,
The holy mother Faith this houſe for poors' re-
lief did build,
Whole honourable ſons the ſame with maintenance
fulfill'd.“
By ſome regulations, dated Jan. 25, 1723, it ap-
pears that the hoſpital then conſiſted of ten men, who
were allowed,
1. Each man 10s. 8d. per month. |
2. At Eaſter, Whitſuntide, Bottesford feaſt, and
Chriſtmas, 64. each for pye-money.
3. In December 104. each, in lieu of capon- money.
4+ In Feb. and Aug. 64. each to buy them ſalt.
5. In Sept. 10d. each, to buy them candles.
6. In April 305. each, to buy a ſuit of cloaths.
7. In May 20 hundred weight of hard coals, for firing,
8. Alſo 1s. 6d. each monthly to the fire-maker, to
make each of the poor men's fires.
9. Alſo at Eaſter every other year, a good new
cloth gown.
10. And 6s. 84, yearly each, to pay his laundreſs.
11. The houſe to find them beds, bedding, houſe-
hold goods, and neceſſary utenſils.
12. Alſo to provide them phyſick and attendance
in caſe of ficknels.
13. The rectors of Bottesford and Harby, for the
time being, to be acting truſtees; or in caſe they neg-
left to act, then the other truſtees [ who, in 1730,
were lord William Manners, Robert Sherard of Car-
colſton, Job Staunton Charlton of Staunton, Thomas
Stow of Newark, eſqrs. and Benet Sherard, of Lan-
gar, clerk ], or any three of them, to appoint others;
{ who, in 1790, were John Manners ? of Grantham,
Thomas Thoroton of Screveton, and William Earl
Welby of Allington, efqrs.]
14. The duke of Rutland, and his ſucceſſors male
only, to nominate the poor; or in caſe of failure of ſuch
iflue, then the lord of Bottesford for the time being.
15. If the poor abuſe the charity by lewdnels,
immorality, or profaneneſs, or other miſbehaviour,
then to be diſplaced at the duke's pleaſure.
16. The rectors of Harby and Bottesford to ac-
compt once every two years at Bottesford feaſt, with
the other truſtees.
17. In caſe of death, the lands to be conveyed
over to new truſtees, nominated by the duke, or by
his heirs male; or, in caſe of ſuch iflue failing, by
the lord of Bottesford for the time being.
Monday after Twelfth-day.
> Mr. Samuel Fleming, a woſt ſubtle diſputant, was ſometime fellow of King's college, Cambridge, where he was admitted
in 1565 ; and in 1581, being then B. D. was inſtituted rector of Cottenham, co. Cambridge,
He was afterwards chaplain to
Edward earl of Rutland, whom he accompanied in 1586, at the treaty of Berwick (whereof he wrote an account); and, by
means of the ſaid earl, was about that time made prebendary of Southwell.
He wrote a Hiſtory of the Reign of Queen Mary,
in elegant Latin, never printed; „ Hiſtoriolam quandam de regimine Maris nuper Anglorum principis, eamque elegantem,
Latino idiomate (nunquam tamen excuſam) contexuit,“ F. Thynne on Holinſhed, vol. II. p. 1590. He wrote alſo a Latin
poem prefixed to E. Grant's ** Spicilegium Grace Lingue, 1575,” 4to; and was the elder brother of Abraham Fleming, the
writer, of whom ſee hereafter, p. 98.
It appears by a pedigree of Bozun that ſome lands in Bottesford belonged to that family; which, upon the diviſion be-
twixt the daughters and coheirs of Sir Richard Bozun, came to Richard Peynell, of Boothby, Lincolnſhire, P. Le Neve, MS.
See more of the Bozuns under Claxton.
Peck. MS, ex autographo penes rectorem de Bottesford, 1734.
For Mr. Peck's characteriitic deſcription of this benevolent family, ſee Appendix, p. 63.
? He died Sept. 23, 1792, whilſt this (heet was printing. = P+ 100.
Vor. I,
92 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
A new ward, at a conſiderable expence, was added
to the building in 1786, when ſixteen ſeparate apart-
meats, with every conveniency, were finiſhed in a
very neat ſtyle,
The preſent number who enjoy the charity are
fourreen ; but it is expected that more will yet be
added, Theſe antient rules, fo far as relate to their
pay, are not ſtrictly regarded; but, what is of more
moment, their ſalary is advanced, and at this time
rather exceeds C. io. a year, beſides coals, gowns,
waihing, and other a-lvantages. I heir uniform is a
blue gozun, lined and turned up with white; and on
the lett ſhoulder is aſſi xed an elegant filver badge, on
which appears a ducal coroner, and a peacock in
pride within a Garter, of very neat work manthip.
Theſe were preſents from the late duke in 1781.
1683-4, Mr. John Tweedy, the earl of Rutland's
ſteward, gave 40s. to the poor of Bottesſord.
Tae right reverend Thomas White, biſhop of Pe-
terborough, by will, in 1690, bequeathed to the poor
of Bottesford the ſum of ( 240; the intereſt of which
(now ariſing from 36 acres, 1 rood, and 38 perches
of land allotted at the incloſure) to be given yearly,
on the 14th of December, to 20 poor families, upon
the condition deſcribed by an extract from the will:
„ I g'v: and bequeath to the poor of the pariſh
where | (hall die and be buried, the ſum of ten
pounds, to be paid to the rector or incumbent of
the ſaid pariſh within one month after my burial, and
to be diſtributed to 20 poor families, or perſons, by
equal portions: in choice of which families or per-
ſons, my will is, that the incumbent ſhall beſtow the
charity only to ſuch families where the huſband and
wife ſtanding in need, and every particular perſon,
widower, widow, or virg n, of 40 years old, ſhall fiiſt
repeat the Lord's Prayer, the Apoſtle's Creed, and
the Ten Commandments, diſtinctly and exactly before
him, and the churchwardens or overſeers of the poor.
And if any perſon, viz. the huſband or wife in a fa-
mily, which are to be reckoned for one, or any ſingle
perſon, offering themſelves to trial herein, ſhall miſs
or change one word in the reperition, my will is, that
the incumbent ſhall paſs them, and ſeek other per-
ſons, poor and aged, till he find ſuch as can make the
aforeſaid repetition diſtinctly and exactly: and I give
my ſaid legacy to 20 of them. Item, | give and be-
queath to the poor of Adlington, in Kent, where I was
born, the ſum of . 240. Item, I give and bequeath
to the poor of Newark, in Nottinghamſhire, C. 240.
Item, I give and bequeath to the poor of the pariſh
of Bottesford, in Leiceſterſhire, £.240. Item, I give
and bequeath to the poor of the pariſh of Peter-
borough, in Northamptonſhire, £.240. Item, I give
and bequeath to the poor of the pariſh of Caſtor, in
Northamptonſhire, C. 240. Which ſaid ſum of £.240.
given by me to the poor of each of the five pariſhes
aforeſaid, my will is, all be laid our, within one year
after my deceaſe, either in land or upon ſome ſufficient
ſecurity till land can be purchaſed, by my executor,
with the advice and conſent of the overſeers, of this
my laſt will and teſtament; L. 10. of which I do allot
to the poor of each pariſh yearly for ever, and the
ſurpluſage, whatever it is, to the rector, vicar, or
incumbent, of the ſaid paritheg reſpectively, as a re-
ward for his pains and fidelity in the diſtribution of
the ſaid C. 10. to the poor of the ſaid pariſh ; which
diftribution 1 do appoint ſhall be made once every
year in the preſence of the churchwardens or over-
ſeers of the poor of the reſpective pariſhes, by the
rector, vicar, or incumbent, in the church-porch of
the ſeveral pariſhes reſpectively, on the 14th of De-
cember, in the ſame manner, and with the ſame re-
ſtrictions and limitations which 1 have before ordered
the £.10. ſhall be diſtributed, which I have given to
the poor of the pariſh where | ſhall die and be bu-
ried; viz. it mall be diſtributed to 20 poor families,
or perſons, by equal ſhares, reckoning huſband and
wife for one perſon, who ſhall, before the receipt
thereof, exactly and diſtinctly repeat the Lord's
Prayer, the Apoſtle's Creed, and the Ten Command-
ments *, without miſſing or changing one word therein.
And if any man and his wife appear for a ſhare in
the ſaid charity, it ſhall not be a ſufficient qualifi-
cation for them that one of them make the exact
repetition aforeſaid ; but they ſhall both make it, or
have no ſhare at all in it. And I do moreover make
it my requeſt to the pariſhioners of theſe five pariſhes
aforeſaid, that whatever perſon ſhall be relieved by
this my charity above-mentioned, may be continued
ſtill in the poor-roll, and receive the ſame allowance
from the pariſh which they did before; becauſe 1
give the ſaid ſums purely and ſolely for the uſe and
comfort of the poor, and not to leſſen the charge or
abate the burden of the richer and abler inhabitants ;
and I deſire withall, that it may be obſerved, that [
deſign this gift not only as a corporal, but a ſpiritual
alms, to do good to the ſouls as well as to the bodies
of the poor; having with ſorrow of heart taken no-
tice of the inconceivable ignorance which prevails
among the poorer ſort of people; that they are at
leaſt very many of them Chriſtians only in name, but
know not why they are ſo; nor what it is they are
to believe or practice, ur pray for, to anſwer the
demands of the Chriſtian profeſſion. To encourage
them to learn the fundamentals of the Chriſtian reli-
gion, I have bequeathed this charity, which I defire
the reſpective rectors, vicars, or incumbents, to diſ-
tribute with a good conſcience according to theſe
directions, that the ends which I purpoſe by theſe re-
ſtrictions may be obtained. I do moreover require,
that no perſon ſhall receive this charity twice, till all
the poor of the reſpective pariſhes have received it
once, who can and ſhall make the repetition afore-
ſaid, that thereby the advantage may ſpread as far
pothble within theſe bounds. My further will is,
that this part of my will and teſtament be tranſcribed
by every one of, the five parithes above mentioned,
and locked up in the pariſh-cheſt ; and that yearly,
on the laſt Sunday in November, after morning-ſer-
vice, the rector, vicar, or incumbent, do read this
Part of it to the poor and the inhabitants of the re-
ſpective pariſhes in the church-porch.”
In the North-eaſt corner of the church-yard is the
ſchool, built by John duke of Rutland in 1732 *, inſtead
of the old one North of the chancel, which he made
the future burial-place of the family. On the Welt
end of the preſent building are the arms and quarter-
i:gs of Manners in a garter; creſt, a peacock ; ſup-
porters, two boys, each holding a ſhield, the dexter
charged with a plain croſs, the ſiniſter with a fret for
Vernon of Haddon*. This ſchool was founded by
Abel Ligonier, rector of Bottesford, by will bearing
date Nov. 1711; and Anthony Ravell, eſq; of St.
Chriſtopher's, by will, in 1726, added £.100, for which
31 acres, 3 roods, 29 perches, were allotted upon the
incloſure, let for C. 16. 5s. yearly ; beſides a gratuity
of £.5. annually from the duke of Rutland. Twenty-
eight children are upon the foundation, and the free-
holders of the pariſh are the truſtees,
Thomas Bean, baker, by will, in 1734, gave twenty
ſhillings yearly out of a certain oxgang or parcel of
land in Bottesford, to ten of the pooreſt families, to
be diſtributed, on the 26th day of December, by the
owner of the land, rector, and churchwardens.
Other benefactors to this pariſh, incertis temporibus :
Ralph Shepherd gave 20s. for ever; the rent
whereof, being 20d. to be paid yearly.
Item, paid unto the pariſh for one houſe 6d. per ann.
William Rookeſby, by his laſt will and teſtament,
gave 20d. per annum towards the repair of a cauſeway
before the parſonage-gates, out of a houſe in Grantham.
Mark Sanſome gave 40s.
Philip Scoffin gave 100. that 10 of the pooreſt '
people in Eaſthorpe may have yearly 10d.
There is alſo a pariſh ſtock of . 62. (collected to-
gether from the remains of charitics in ſome meaſure
loſt), which was at the incloſure morigaged upon the
ſchool land at 5 per cent. the intereſt of which is
now given to the poor on St. Thomas's day, by the
rector and churchwardens. |
Allotted to the rector in lieu of tithes at the in-
cloſure 601 acres: to Wigſton's hoſpital, Leicelter,
The deſign was good; but were a number of poor old people ever able to comply with the terms? Grown perſons would
de under terror, G. A,
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in leaſes for three lives, 123 acres, 2 roods, and 35
poles ; and to the poor of Dorking, in Surrey, 1 30
acres. 2 roods, and 25 poles.
A Sunday-ſchool was here eſtabliſhed in 1787;
and more than 60 of both ſexes regularly attend.
Ihe executors of the duke of Rutland give four
guineas yearly ; and it is beſides liberally ſupported
by the inhabirants. |
Here is alſo a friendly ſociety, or ſick-club, of
more than 40 years ſtanding: the number of mem-
bers about 8o. - Theſe are valuable inſtitutions in-
deed; and only want the protection and ſupport of
government to enforce ſome general regulations of
the kind. By the encouragement and affiſtance of a
few honorary members, the poor are hereby enticed
to maintain themſelves in times of ſickneſs and diſ-
treſs; when the contribution-money (the ſmall pit-
tance of 84. a month) would for the moſt part be
idly ſpent, to the prejudice of their families, and to
the publick, a nuiſance.
In the regiſter are the following remarkable me-
moranda :
The gth day of June, A. D. 1574, by the vertue
of a commiſſion directed from the queen's majeſtie,
we were commanded to appear at Leic', Robert Gib-
ſon, clarke, William Fowler, gard', Henry Challands,
Henry Vincent, and John Sumner, jun.; and there we
ſhowed our regiſter-book, and wanted 23 yeres; and
for the ſame did compond with one William Evanſe,
clarke, and brother in lawe unto Mr. George Fletcher,
the head commiſſioner, and gave in money 3s. the day
and yere above wrytten.”
1566, Aug. 18, buried Mr. John Harford, miniſter
of Bottesford.
1586-7, Mr. Thomas Davenport and Heſter Flem-
ing married Feb. 18. This Mr. Davenport was mi-
niſter of . . . +. + in Leiceſterſhire.
©« Their . « + + + + + remeaige in the pſonage of
Bottisford, the iv of Auguſt, heyreloomes as followeth:
Imprimis, one great braſs pott*, to be ſett- in a
furneſſe.
Item, one frame for a table of vi feet.
Item, one bruinge lead.
Item, one great ſaltinge troughe.
| RoBERT JACKSONE.
© This was ſeit downe in this regiſter-booke, and
trewe coppyed out of an old paper booke belonging
to the churche, and wrytten the laſt day of Novem-
ber, 1602, et anno regni duæ nz Elizabeth reginæ,
&c. quadrageſimo quinto. Coppyed owt by me,
EDpuuxp HicGixBOTHAM, Curatt.“
© In the church- yard is a ſtone repreſenting a
woman praying, but without any inicription (fee
Plate XXII. fig. 8.) They ſay it was laid down for a
young lady, called“ The Fair Maid of Normanton ;”
concerning whom is a whimſical tradition, that playing
at ball one Shrove-Tueſday, ſome of her companions
{mote the ball with ſo much force, that it fractured her
{cull (if fo, ſhe muſt have had a very thin one); and
thereupon (creſcit miraculum ) out came a great num-
ber of ear-wigs, and ſhe died on the ſpot. Travellers,
who come to fee the church, enquire much after the
Fair Maid of Normanton *,” This is Mr. Peck's ac-
count, and it is literally the ſtory told at this day.
What foundation there may be for any part of it is
uncertain *; but in the regiſter it appears,
* 1597, Jan, Item, the x111r day there was a
young maid buried that was found dead in Nor-
manton field.” And further, “ Auguſt, 1615. Jo-
hannem Brearcliffe, Johis filium, mors arripuit 1mma-
tura cal, Augulti, qui die ſequenti juxta virgine North-
matonienſe ſepultus:
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Ti &nox&Au}y TW ywv Ts Oe Ge N wi.”
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Other memoranda. “ February, 1609-10, Ka-
tharine Hawett was buried the 26th day.
And here the plague began; ſhe dying, poiſoned many:
The infection was ſo great wher't came, that ſcarce left any;
Hzc peſlis primo mortifera miſit ad umbras ;
Innumeros ſecum cujus contagio a traxit,”
It appears to have raged more than a year, when
no leſs than 107 died of it in the pariſh ; being about
one ſeventh part of its inhabitants. In the church-
yard is a raiſed ring about 35 feet in diameter, ſaid
to have been the burying-place of thoſe who died of
the. plague 4.”
on MA that Robert Feaſe, or Jeaſſe, a young
man of Suſterne, on the 3d day of September, A. D.
1610, aſcending to the top of the ſteeple in Bottes-
ford by the crotchets, did fetch down the weather-
cock to have the foote amended ; and being mended,
did carry it up againe the ſame day, and had for his
labour 3s. 6d.”
«* 1611, Johannes & Elizabetha Gibſon gemelli
(pueri Simonis Gibſon, trigeſimũ ſextu ann agentis
duobus additis diebus) in lucem editi & baptizati un-
decimo die Decemb'.”
March 18, 1612-13. Terre motus, hora 7“ ante-
meridiana.
Nov. 21, 1629, were buried William Laborne and
Elizabeth Seoffin his maid. They were both poiſoned
by Henry Laborne, brother of the faid William.
* Feb. 1644. Samuel Parker, a commander under
Sir Marmaduke Langdon [Langdale], beinge ſlaine
at the feight at Melton Mowbray, was buried heare
in our church the 26% daie,”
George Potts, a lieutenant under the ſame com-
mander, being ſlaine in the ſaide feight, and was bu-
ried in the church yard of Bottisford the ſame daie.“
« Hugh Reaſt and Elizabethe Charitie were mar-
ried at Melton Mobery, before Mr. Hartop, juſtis for
that countie, the 24th day of Februarie, in the year
1656.”
This, in 1656-7, appears the /aft marricd from Bot-
tesford by the juſtice of the peace. |
OR. 1, 1719, was buried John Gibſon. {The ſame
night, juſt before he was buried, his apparition ap-
peared to his quondam maſter, Thomas Sumner,
farmer of Bottesford, now living. For an account
whereof ſee a MS. relation penes me, figned by the
ſaid Thomas Sumner's own hand, April 8, 1730, in
preſence of Francis Stephenſon, curate of Bottesford,
and other ſober witneſſes.] March 29, 1730, was
buried William Gibſon, brother of John above-men-
tioned, The ſaid William deſired he might not be
interred till he had been dead three days, that he
might not be buried alive as his brother was 5.
The wake, which was kept on the Sunday next
after the feaſt of the Aſſumption, is now for conve-
niency altered to the ſecond Sunday after New Mi-
chaelmas.
An old cierk of this pariſh, who died in the winter
of 1728, and had been pariſh clerk here upwards of 60
years, uſed to tell a pleaſant ſtory as he had it from
his father, clerk here before him, that in the long-
winded days of Oliver Cromwell, they were wont to
have ſometimes three or four gifted men preach here
one after another, with only a pſalm between each
ſermon ; and that while the pſalm was ſinging, ſe-
veral people, who were not ſo fond of pſalms as of
ſermons, often went out to warm themſelves by a
good fire; but that there was one old woman who
would never ſtir till all was done, and at laſt died in
the church for want of refreſhment : the old clerk
uſed to ſay, ©* ſhe was preached to death.“
In 1741 were 45 deaths, 20 of which were by the
ſmall-pox.
* Of this pot, which ſtill continues in the parſonage-houſe, and holds 13 gallons, ſee a repreſentation in plate XXII, fig. 7.
* See Caſaubon on Uſe and Cuſtom, p. 68.
3 This figure may repreſent ſome lady from Normanton long before 1597, or may have been one of the Roſſes removed
out of the church ; to whom vulgar tradition, which aot unfrequently happens, has annexed a fabulous hiſtory, confounding
ber with an obſcure perſon found dead in Normanton field.
This plague continued at Cheſterfield in Derbyſhire, only from March to May; at Belper, in the ſame county, from May
to September, 1609; but appears to have been confined to theſe two places in that county, and perhaps to Bottesford in this.
See Dr, Pegge, Archzol, vol. VI. p. 80—82.
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94 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
The CHURCH |
Ss Bottesford, dedicated to St. Mary, and one of the
moſt beautiful ornaments of the Vale of Belvoir, is
repreſented in plate XXI. from a drawing taken by
Mr. Schyebbelie in July 1789, |
This county,“ favs Fuller,“ affordeth no cathe-
dralsz and as for the pariſh churcbes therein, they
— may take the eye, not ravith the admiration, of the
beholder. Bottesford is one of the primeſt, very fair
and large, with a high ſpire ſteeple.”
In the Matricula of 1220* Bottesford was re-
turned as a rectory; having within it a vicarage *
which had been inftirwed by biſhop Hugh
Wells *. The rector had the right of preſenting the
vicar, who was entitled to receive omnes proventus
altaragii. The chapel of Normanton belonged alſo
to the rectory; and divine ſervice was to be there
performed three days in the week by the rector or his
vicar. The monks of Belvoir at the ſame time were
entitled to receive two thirds of the tithes of all the
demeſne lands of the lords of Albini in Bottesford,
and a confiderable portion from Stodham fee. Theſe
| ſeveral proportions are elucidated by the agreement
made between the prior of Belvoir and the rector of
Botresford in 1252-3 *, and again in 1374.
In a taxation ot Leiceſterſhire benzfhices, made
about 1344, Bottesford is rated at 70 marks; and
paid 75. 624. for procurations, and gs. for Peter- pence.
Iwo chantries have been already noticed in p. 90.
The firſt of theſe, dedicated to St. Mary and Sr.
John, was founded in 1320 by William de Ros II, for
one prieſt, to ſing maſs and other divine ſervice within
the pariſh of Bottestord, aud to pray for the ſoul of
the founder and his family. Ar the general ſurvey,
31 Henry VIII. the value of it was thus returned“:
Valet in firm”, terr', &c. cvilis. vd.
Repriſ' inde, &c. xs. lid.
Reman' clare per ann' TT
The other chantry, which was dedicated to St.
Peter, was returned as having been founded by John
Codyngton 7 and John Bauland, priefts, in 1359-60,
for one prieſt, to ſing mals and other divine ſervice
within the pariſh church of Bottesford, and to pray
for the ſouls of the founders. |
Valet in firm', terr', &c. vi fi. viiid, From the ground to the top of the battlements on
Repriſ' inde in reddit', reſolut', &c. xx; id. the tower is 87 feet; and thence to the top of the
Et reman' clarè per ann', c5. viid, ſtone-work of the ſpire 123 feet; whole height 210
The clear annual value of the rectory was returned
in1534-5at46/.; the procurations and ſynodals 1 5s. 1d.
A penſion of 14. 125. 4d. was then alſo payable to the
prior of Belvoir; to Robert, a chantry prieſt, 4/. 13s.
4d.; and to Richard Brane, another chantry prieſt,
41. 125. 4d.
© Rectoria de Botesf.rd. Proficuz provenientes
ibidem, ubi Will' Conſtable eſt rector, tam in decimis
majoribus quam minoribus, una cum exitu manſionis,
eccleſiæ cum proficuis omnibus, per ann' 521. Solut'
archidiac' 1 5s.
* Redd* & firm' pertinent” cantariæ ibidem, ubi
Rob” Perſona eſt capellanus, cum omnibus aliis profi-
cuis, com' annis 1088. 5d. Solut' in denariis com”
Rutland' capital' dom' 11d.
© Redd' & firme pertinent? cantariz Beatz Mariæ
Virgmis ibidem, ubi Ric' Brame clericus eſt capella-
nus, una cum exitu manſionis, cum profic', com'
annis 1048. in red* ſolut' com' Rutland pro terris
ibidem gs *,”
The patronage of the rectory of Bottesford has
See p. lxii.
2 The vicarage here (if there really was one, which, from the obſervation in note “, p. 96, becomes ſomewhat doubtſul) does
paſſed ſucceſſively through the families of Albini,
Ros, and Manners, to the preſent duke of Rutland.
In 1573, the right of preſentation, which had de-
volved by forfeiture to the queen, was reſtored to
Edward earl of Rutland ?. IP 4
In 1576 a reverfionary leaſe of that part of the
tithes ot Bottesford which had belonged to the priory
of Belvoir, and which on the diflolution came to the
crown, was granted by queen Elizabeth, for 21 years,
to Robert Markham, eſq **.
In the ſurvey of 1650, the rectory of Bottesford
was returned to be worth 2col. and the rector re-
ported as a pluralitan.
The profits of the rectory are now increaſed to
more than J. 600. a year.
The preſent valuation in the king's books is C. 51.
55. ; yearly tenths C. 5. 25, Gd. |
The writer who has been mentioned under Belvoir,
as having viſited that place in 1722, ſpeaks thus of
Bottesford church:
«© dificĩum eſt utrinque alatum, turri et pyramide
ornatum, et ala tranſreria breviuſcula ; omnia lapide
quadrato nitide et pulchre extructa, et pinnata.“
The church, which is very fair and large, conſiſts
of a nave, with eleven clereſtory windows on each fide,
a ſpacious chancel, two ailes, South porch, North and
South tranſept, in which laſt is a rich South window,
ſided by two unequal niches ; under the Eaſternmoſt
of which are the arms of Ros. The chancel has plain
ſquare clereſtory windows of three days above, and a
pointed one on the North ſide below. A cornice of
quatrefoils to the nave and South tranſept. At the
Weſt end of the nave is the ſteeple, a beautiful and
lofty crocketed ſtcne ſpire, on an embattled tower
adorned with four pinnacles at the corners. The whole
building is embattled. In the ſpandrils of the Weſt
door are two eſcutcheons cut in ſtone; the one con-
taining a croſs, with a ſpear and a ſpade under it in
ſaltire, alſo three nails, a wreath of thorns, a pair of
pincers, and a hammer, being the inſtruments of our
Saviour's Paſhon ; in the other, three water-bougets,
the coat of Roos. This laſt is alſo carved on the out-
ermoſt door of the church.
feet, or 70 yards: the breadth at the foundation 26
feet 9 inches. Height of the nave 38 feet; the
chancel 27 feet broad by 60 long. The length of
the whole building is 169 feet 6 inches; breadth
of ic with the ailes 63 feer 3 inches; and at the
tranſepts 75 feet. |
In the tower is a noble peal of fix good bells, the
tenor upwards of 27 hundred weight, on which are
theſe inſcriptions :
1. * Ex dono hons dhi Johannis Roos, fili comitis
Rutlandiæ, 1675.” Broken, but ce-caſt with the ſame
inſcription in 1791.
2. © Peace and good neighbourbood, A. D. 1913.”
3. * COELOAUM CYKASTE, PLALEAT CJ
KEX SONUS JE, 1615.“
4+ © In multis annis reſonat campana Johannis.“
5. © Miſh de cœlis habeo nomen Gabrielis, 1612,”
6. Laus Domini noſtra mobilirate viget.“
Upon the defeat of the rebels in 1715, the bells
ringing here for the vidory, the clapper of the 5th
bell flew out, and ſplit the great bell; whereupon it
not ſeem to have been ut long duration. Biſhop Groſthead, conſecrated biſhop of Lincoln 1234, had a great abhorrence of the
corruption of appropriations ; which he looked upon as robbing God of his honour, the prieſt of his maintenance, and the
people of their ſouls, and laboured to reſtore all tithes to the parochial clergy, He conſolidated the vicarage with the rectory
in many churches ; at Whitwick, particularly, in this county; at Staines, Northamptonſhire ; Lillinſton, Oxfordſhire ; Yaxly,
Huntingdonſhire; at Haſele, Wotton Drayton, Reaucham, and other places. See Kennet on Impropriations, p. 35.
3 See the Ordinatio Vicariæ of Bottestord, from Bp. Welles's Regiſter, in p. 96, Appendix, p. 11, s Sec p. 87.
* Augmentation Office, It was. improved in 1373 by Henry de Codyngton ; ſce p. 88, 7 Ibid,
" Firſt Fruits Office, Valor Hen. VIII.
From the Originalia in the King's Kemembrancer's Office, Term. Rec, 15 Eliz, Rot, 37. | |
The particular for this leaſe is in the Augmentation Office, and the deſcription is as f lows : “ Certain tithes in Bot-
tesford, called a portion there in the fields of Bottesford, and a manſion there in the tenure of , , , . Spencer, and tithes of
grain and hay in the town of Plonger, alias Plongarth, demiſed to Chriſtopher Plough' by conventnal leaſe of the priory of
Belvoir, dated Feb. 8, 1530; for 51 years, paying per ann, for the portion of tithes and other premiſſes in Bottesford, C. 1. 6s.
84.3; and for the tithes in Plongar £.5. 65, 84, The leaſe to Mr. Markham in 1576 was for 21 years, to take place on the
expiration of the above, at the ſame rent,
It was uſual with our anceſtors to dedicate their bells toſume ſaint or other, as it were chriſtening them by, and after, the
Saint's game» Somner's Antiq. Cai t, p. 32. |
4 was
30 years; and ia ſome perhaps yet.
* Dugd. Bar. I, 496. ex Rot, pents Theſ. & Camer. Scacc.
3 Tzacke, in his Antiquities of Exeter, places his death on May 1, 1203, through
FRAMLAND HuxDRED) BOTT ESF OR b.
was re-caſt with the above inſcription: before the
inſcription was, ** Hzc fir ſanctorum campana in
laude bonorum.” Not long ago-a ſomewhat ſimilar
accident happened; the 6th Cell was cracked by the
breaking of its own clapper, and re-calt by G. Hed-
derley in 1791, with this inſcription :
« The fleeting hours tell; I ſummans all to pray;
I tell the dead man's knell, and hail the feſtal day.”
By an old cuſtom, the owner of Staunton hall in
Nottinghamſhire [now Mrs. Charlton} is annually
obliged to find a new rope for the great bell, which
is done at Chriſtmas ; when the clerk, or ſexton, and
ringers, carry the old rope to Staunton, and bring
back a new one. An anceſtor of the family was a
great ringer, and entailed this cuſtom as a legacy on
his deſcendants.
In the tower are yet the remains of chimes, which
played every third hour, but they have never been
good ones.
It is ſaid the preſent chancel was anciently the nave
of the pariſh church; which is extremely probable
ſrom appearances of antient alterations. In this chan-
cel, on digging to make a new vault for the duke of
Rutland's family (the old vault being full), the work-
men found a bag of modern Dutch counters. Mr.
Francis Stephenſon, curate in 1730, had ſeveral of
them, but gave them to his ſiſter for card-· counters *,
The South aile is now down; the North aile was
the ſchool, now the vault of the Rutland family.
The North part of the nave of the preſent church is
aſcribed to one of the Roſes; the South ro Henry
Marſhall, biſhop of Exeter, who died 1206.
In feneſtrellis altis reliquiz vitri depicti. Le-
gendum eſt nomen Jackson ;” Henrici etiam Mar-
ſhalli, qui fuit epus Exon. 1191-12063. Inſignia, et
par va icon, ejus videpda ſunt inter * et 2 fornicem
auſtralem navis. Is fertur condidiſſe eam eccleſiæ
partem, et Roſſius alteram verſus aquilonem, cujus in-
ſignia aſpicienda ſunt ex oppoſito. Figuræ etiam in
teneſtris fractæ, inutilæ.“
A ſhield againſt the ſecond North pillar of the nave
ſtill bears the arms of Roos, under a helmet ſur-
mounted by a peacock in pride, plate XXII. fig. 9;
and the oppoſite one a biſhop kneeling and holding,
Sable, two keys and a ſword in ſaltire Arg. on a chief
Az. three mitres Or, impaling, per chevron Azure
and Arg. a hawk with wings expand: d in chief, with
the letter M in baſe; fig. 10.
On the ſtone which ſupports the croſs beam in the
South ailc, an angel holds Orate, under a treble
canopy ; and oppoſite to him another, the arms of
the ſee of Exeter.
lions, griffins, and ſheep, and buſts of a king and a
prieſt in deicending attitudes.
The font is octagonal, ſtanding on four pillars,
formed like heavy baluſt rades, on the pattern ot thoſe
which ſupport the tomb of the firſt earl of Rutland,
who probably repaired it. It is raiſed on two ſteps, or
bars, with projecting ſteps on the Welt ſide:; and the
compartments have a vine, an angel among oak leaves
and acorns, a roſe, an angel among apples, tulips, an
angel among apples as before, a role, an angel among
apples with leaves; on the foot of the ſhaft at the
angles are groteſque heads like antient maſks.
n a pillar of the North aile, near the pulpit, are
two plain niches and a piſcina.
The date“ 1631” is carved on tle pulpit,
Burton ſays, ** In a fair window in the church, in
glaſs, are curiouſly made the picture of king Edward
the Third, the duke of Lancaſter, and the lord of Ros.”
And Simmonds 5, who viſited this church in 1645,
Other pillars of the nave have
G5
mentions, © in a low window beneath the North door
of the church, three pictures, not very large; one of
Roos ; two of the blood-royal, one Crouchback ;” all
ſince gone, He notices allo, in the great North win-
dow of the North croſs,
Gules, three lions paſſant guardant [in
In pf pale] Or, * RY £
Az. ſemee of fleurs de liz, Or.
Mr. Peck, who viſited this church in June 1730,
tells us, there were then in “ the windows the re-
mains of three ſorts of painted glaſs. The firſt, in
the lower windows of the North and South ailes,
coarſe, The ſecond, in the higher windows of the
nave, finer. The third, in the chancel windows,
very fine; but all miſerably broken and defaced ;”
and gives this account of what was then left; all
which, we muſt add, is haſtening very faſt to ruin.
* In the ſecond window from the bottom of the
North aile is the figure of Chriſt tied to a pillar, and
ſcourged by two lictors; alſo Chriſt rifing out of the
ſepulchre *.
In the ſecond clereſtory window on the North fide
of the nave, going down from the chancel to the
ſteeple, is the Trinity, thus :
1. Deus Pater, more pontificali coronatus.“
2. Under him Filius.
3. The Bleſſed Virgin; over her a dove. Under
her the Reſurrection.
In the third window on the North fide of the
nave, going down from the chancel, |
Orate pro animabus Thome Staunton et Eliz. uroris ejus.
Argent, two chevrons, a border engrailed, Sable,
Staunton,
1. St. Matthias.“ Under him, ä
Orate pro aiabus Koberti Maton, capellann .
pro aiabus Roberti . . . one ct Elifabet” uroris ejus
uae ann ec 3. Sc'a Maria.
Under all, five perſons * praying; being, no doubt,
ſo many of the Stauntons,*
In the fourth window on the North ſide of the
nave, going down from the chancel, at the bottom,
1. A Saint with a ſaw.“
2. A tonſured Saint.*
3. Another Saint.
Underneath, four perſons praying.
In the fifth window on the North fide of the nave,
going down from the chancel, three perſons praying.
In the 6th window on the North fide of the nave,
going down from the chancel, |
I. A man and four children praying; and over them,
2. S. Johannes Evang. 2. *
5 beate Marie.“
nder her, Sca Maria. And, Orate ꝓ aiabs Thome
GG. „. re
Underneath, Orate pro aibus Johnis W.
Sc'a Maria. Orate pro aiab's Thome . . . . rton dein.
1. A King“ praying to :
2. The Virgin Mary crowned, and a dove de-
ſcending ; and under her,
ca Maria. Orate pro a' a Thommee . de
g. Remains of a kneeling figure . . . . et M'gte.
Underneath, ten perſons praying, and
Of pour + +» + + have mercy on.. Roger
In the ſame window Mr, Peck mentions this coat :
1. * Manners ; 2. Roos ; 3. Eſpec ; 4. Belvoir.
In the eighth window on the North fide of the
nave, going down from the chancel,
Orate pro aiabus Jakſon capellani, eee...
Jaklon et Alicie uxoris, parentum ejuſdem . . , .
. *
Probably Nuremberg counters; they ſerved long to caſt accompts with; in St, John's college, Cambridge, to within theſe
G. A.
to Dec, 12, 1206,
he fixes the conſecration of his ſucceſſor
It is very remarkable, that moſt fonts, (ſee Archæologia, vol. X.) are ſo contrived, that the officiating miniſter cannot
ſtand at them to do his office,
Church Notes, in Harl. M3S, N 944-
Is not this a fault in the original conſtruction? G. A.
Burton has theſe two coats, and that of Staznton ſtill remaining in the third window on the North ſide of the nave, They
were noticed alſo by Mr. Peck in 1730.
One till remains iu the upper compartment.
Vor. 5
7 Thoſe marked thus “ are all gone, 1792.
* One of theſe remains 1792.
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96 HISTORY AN ANTIQUITIES 6r LEICESTERSHIRE.
In the nitith window on the North ſide of the nave, 1. A biſhop; with a croſier crofſed, and x book;
going down from the chancel, Under him five ſmall figures kneeling at a deſk; two
1. The angel Gabriel, with a label, males and three females.
Ave Maris gratia plena. 2. +++ ++ + 3. A ſaint, or pope, with a ſtaff,
2. The Bleſſed Virgin.“ 4. Argent, a beehive, Sable, plate XXII. fig. 11.
3. The Blefſed Virgin, and her ſon Jeſus Chriſt Under all, Orate pro aiabus . . . Mareſchail capeſſanj
as grown to man's eſtate. 4% SSSR 284 ©0384
In the eleventh window on the North fide of the ls an upper compartment, an angel holding a ſhield.
nave, going down from the chancel, On three ſtone eſcutcheons by rhe windows on the
1. S. Thome Apoſtoli.“ 22. 3. + + South fide of the nave:
Underneath, one perſon praying. 1. Argent, a ſaltire Sable.
In the ſecond South window from the chancel a 2. . . 2 pallets, a chief Ermine,
figure, to which-three men and two women kneel. 3. A chevron, between 3 Ermine ſpots. |
In the fourth window on the South fide of the nave, On the North fide, checkey, Or and Azure, Varren.
co ing up from the ſteeple, four perſons at a deſk In the Eaſt window * of the chancel, over the high
kneelii'g*, altar, hath been formerly the picture of the Crucifixion
In the fifth window on the South ſide of the nave, admirably well done, with two large figures, the one
coming up from the ſteeple, three ſaints, and of the 1 Virgin on W the other of the
i FM beloved Dilciple, on the left: the area, a ficld of
Orate pro aiabus Koberti . . , . .® ſkulls, ſhanks, and other bones. s
In the ſixth window on the South fide of the nave, In the ſame window, in 1730, was this eſcutcheon,
going up from the ſteeple, five. perſons praying, aud circled with a Garter, which ſeems to have been the
; WT coat of Roger Manners fifth earl of Rutland, reverſed
96 _— — . by the glazier; and entirely removed in che late re-
a | pair of the chancel.
In the ſevemth window on the South (ide of the 1. Grand quarter quarterly:
nave, coming up from the ſteeple, | 1. Azure, a catharine wheel. Eſþec.
1. S. Catherna. 2. 3. S. Tohes evang. 2. — ans ae; th
Underneath, fire perſons praying, and £ — 1 4 —. g. Ros.
Orate pro ai abus o mree 5. Or, 2 chevronels, Gules. Albini of Belvoir.
In the eighth window on the South fide of the 6. Gules, an eagle diſplayed, and border en-
nave, coming up from the ſteeple, | grailed Arg. Albin.
bs ed od $5500 ah; 2. and 3. Grand quarters: Or, two barrulers Az.
Underneath, one perſon kneeling before a deſk. a chief quarterly of the ſecond and Gules, in the firſt
and fourth quarters two fleurs de lis of the firſt; and
In the ninth window on the South fide of the nave, jn the ſecond and third a lion of England. Manners.
coming up from the ſteeple, a biſhop, with his cro- 4. Grand quartet. Defaced.
fier, kneeling ; with a label over him“. Another imperfect ſhield had, Sable, three eroſſes Arg.
In the tenth window on the South fide of the nave, In the ſame window was Arg. 6 fleurs de lis, AZ.
eoming up from the ſteeple, a chief indented Or, Paſton, fig. 12.
RECTORS. | PATRONS.
Ralph was rector in 1220 *,
Nicholas de Albini, died rector April 26, 1222 3,
Ralph de Albiniaco *, March 2, 1223, who, by conſent of the patron, (William de Albini III.
in 1224 appointed Henry de Bokeby, chaplain, to be his vicar *,
Nicholas de Belvoir *, 1233, |
Peter de Ros, ſubdeacon 7, 1273, Robert lord Ros.
7 The painted glaſs in this window is all gone, * Matricula, p. Ixii. 3 Belvoir Necrology.
% Radulfus de Albiniaco, acolytus, preſentatus per dominum Willielmum de Alban” ad eceleſiam de Botesford, fa&ta prius
inquiſitione per Rad” archidiaconum Leiceſtrie per quam &c. admiſſus eſt; & in ea canonict perſonaliter inſtiturus, ita quod
ſcholas frequentet ; ſalva vicaria per dominum epiſcopum in eadem ecclefia ordinatũ; & injunctum eſt archidiacono prefato quod
&c.“ Reg. Hug. Wells, ann. 15.—My good friend Mr. Fardell, to whom I am under infinite obligations, informs me, “that he
has frequently met with inſtances of the inſtitution of minors, or perſons in the inferior orders, to livings ; and in ſuch caſe the
biſhop uſually enjoined the incumbent to frequent the ſchools, af 5 himſelf in point of learning for the reception of higher
orders and the due execution of the miniſterial office. Such, he apprehends, was the caſe with Radulfus de Albiniaco, who
appears to have been in one of the lower orders of the church. Lyndewood deſcribes the degrees of orders to be ſeven ;
viz. Hoſtiariatus, Leforiatus, Exorciflatus, Acolythatus, Subdiaconatut, Diaconatus, and Preſbyteratus, The five former were not
allowed to perform divine ſervice, and were in fact only officers in the church to attend upon and affiſt the deacons and pricſts
in the adminiſtration of divine ſervice; and the office of Acolythus is deſctibed to be that of delivering the water- veſſels or can -
dleſticks to the prieſt, As therefore he could not adininiſter in divine offices himſelf, it became abſolutely neceſſary that he
ſhould have a vicar, who was in the higher orders, and qualified to officiate. It is well known that the term Yicar means no
more than ſubſtitute, or curate, or one that ſupplies the place of another; but as Robert de Albiaiaco could not ſubſtitute a
vicar without the conſent of the patron and biſhop, it appears, by the above entry, that be had obrained ſuch conſent ; and in
the ſame year in which he was inſtituted to the rectory and enjoined to frequent the ſchools, he preſeuted Henry de Bokeby to
the vicarage, who was admitted thereto, i, e. allowed to officiate as vicar, or curate, for waich the biſhop affigned him the offer-
ings, and obventions, of the altar, as well of the mother church as of the chapels, and the lands belonging to the latter; but
from this entry it by no means follows that a vicarage was then founded and endowed ; indeed the contrary is evident ; for in
the year 1233, only ninc years afterwards, Nicholas de Belvoir was inſtituted to it as a Refory, and no vicar occurs afterwards,”
—»* I much doubt,” adds Mr. Fardell, „the reality of a circumſtance aſſerted by biſhop Kennet, on Impropriations, p. 35,
that pariſh prieſts frequently obtained a vicarage to be endowed, and got the reQory appropriated to themſelves and their ſuc-
ceſſors as a ſinecure for ever.” As I have never met with a ſingle inſtance of it in this extenſive dioceſe of Lincoln, I rather
think the miſtake might ariſe from the practice above ſtated, when minors were admitted to benefices; and tuat the fact is
related more accurately by the anonymous author of a Defence of Plaralities, p. 113, a ſmall 12 printed in 1692, by Robe t
Clavel, London.“ Mr. Aſhby, however, obſerves, “that there certainly are many ſinecure rectories, as Fulham, Middleſex ,
Littlebury, Cambridgeſhire; and many others, ſtill ſubſiſting.” And aſks, * Are all theſe temporary appoiutments for the nonce ?“
Henricus de Bokeby, capellanus, preſgnt” per Rad? de Albin? rectorem eceleſie de Botelesford, de conſenſu Will' de Albin“
patroni ejuſdem, ad perpet” vic? ecclefie predict', auctoritate domini epiſcopi ordinarii; fact prius inquifitione per Rad? archi-
diaconum Leic' per quam, &c. admiſſus eſt; & in ea cum ouere & pena vie? vicar* perpet' inſtitut'. Conſiſtit autem ipſa
vicaria in omnibus obventionibus altaris tam matricis eceleſie quam capellar', & in terris ad cap'lar* pertiuentibus. Et mandat'
eſt d'to archid' ut, &c.” Reg. Wells, aun. 15. „ Ibid. ann, 25. | f
7 He was admitted ** die Sabbati quatuor temporum ante feitum B. Michaelis, 1273.” Reg. Graveſend, ann, 15.—Bcing
evllated (0 the precentorſhip of York, July y; 1289, he reſigned Bottesford, and died in 1312,
4 | William
%
Fraantiny Honpird) BOTTESFOR Db; & 97
gros PATRONS.
William de Filungele *,- Aug. 17, 1289, Iſabel lady Ros. *
Gilbert de Sandal *, 1322, |
Gilbert de Wygeton , 1323, William lord Roe.
Adam de Stayngrave *, 1332,
John de Codyngton*, 1349, William lord Rog.
Henry de Codyngton 6, 1361,
r 7 occurs: rector in 1381, Thomas lord Ros.
f hn Corb . 1404, |
ono Eiyfs, 1410, William lord Ros.
ohn Freeman , 1420,
1 Cotes, 14. Margaret lady Ros.
Alexander Prowett , 1422, Thomas lord Ros.
Ralph Makerell “, LL. D. 1470, King Edward IV.
Thomas Burley, 147 | f
William Chauntre , 147 5; | William lord Haſtings.
Henry Bolen , 1478, |
Robert Morice , 1481,
Simon Stalworth *?, 1492, Edmund lord Ros.
Thomas Pert **, 1511, Sir Thomas Lovell.
William Conſtable was rector in 1534-5
. + + . Hutton, died 1558, : Thomas, firſt earl of Rutland.
I. 85 3 4 7 — 5 Henry, ſecond earl of Rutland.
Robert Gibſon ** occurs 1575,
Samuel Fleminge, B. D. 1 581 *4, Edward, third earl of Rutland.
John Muſſon, 1620—1623 *5, Francis, fixth carl of Rutland.
John Knowles, miniſter , buried Oct. 3, 1647. | |
Richard Landham *?, 1652, 1
Solomon Robinſon **, miniſter, buried Dec. 24, 1656,
Nicholas Eſtwick *, 1655, | John, ſerench carl of Rutland.
Thomas Robinſon *, B. D. died 1657,
Anthony Marſhall *, Feb. x, 1661,
John Robinſon *, rector, buried Jan. 5, 1661-2, J
Anthony Marſhall , D. D. Dec. 3, 1662, King Charles II. by lapſe.
Chriſtopher Sanderſon, miniſter, buried Aug. 25, 1669 *,
Thomas White *, July 5, 1679, John, eighth earl of Rutland.
John Smith 35, Nov. 5, 1685, King James II.
Abel Ligonier *, Feb. 26, 1697, John, ninth earl of Rutland.
Lewis Griffin , Dec. 24, 1711, John, ſecond duke of Rutland,
Bernard Wilfon 99, M. A. July 1735, John, thicd duke of —
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7 « Magiſter Will' de Filungele, clericus in minoribus ordinibus, preſentatus per dominam Iſabellam de Ros, dominam de
Belvero, ad eceleſiam de Botelesford, vacantem per hoc quod magiſter Petrus de Ros, ultimus rector ejuſdem, precentoriam in
ecclefi2 Ebor* admiſit, facta prius inquiſitione per officialem R. archidiac* Leyc*'. Commiſſa fuit eidem magiſtro Willielmo cuſtodia
dicte ecclefie, 16 kal' Aug?, Pont” 10, uſque ad proximas ordines ſubſequentes ; quibus 8 kal' Octobris eodem anno in majori
eccleſià Lincolnie celebratis, idem Will” in ſubdiacon' ordinatus, in dictam ecclefiam admiſſus eſt,” Reg. Sutton, ann. 10.
Reg. Burgweſh. 3 Ibid,
* Ibid, Sir Gilbert de Wyggeton, in 1332, exchanged the rectory of Bottesford with fir Adam de Stayngrave, rector of
Wyggeton, in Cumberland. Burn's Hiftary of Weſtmoreland and Cumberland, vol. II. p. 194.
5 Reg. Beke. He was afterwards rector of Addeſham in Kent. See p. 88.
Reg. Gynewell. See an account of him, p. 88; and his effigies, plate XXIII. 7 Belvoir MSS.
Reg. Repyngdon. 9 Ibid. 0 Reg. Fleming. See his effigies and epitaph, plate XXII. fig. 13.
17 Reg. Lumley. | 12 Reg. Chadworth. |
's Ibid. Matthew Makerell, who have been mentioned in p. 43, as abbot of Barling, was probably of the ſame family, He
was ſuffragan biſhop of Chalcedon under Longland biſhop of Lincoln, and was to exerciſe juriſdiction within the archdeacon-
ries of Lincoln and Stow. See Archæol. vol. VII; and Bibl. Top. Brit. XXVIII. p. 33. ;
His promotion is readily accounted fer by the family connexion noticed in p. 34+ '5 Reg. Rotheram, 1% Ibid.
* Reg. Ruſſel, Reg. Smith. Valor eccleſiarum, p. Ixxxi. Reg. Whyte,
His name is preſerved as a benefactor, p. 91 yet the only one whoſe Chriſtian name is loſt. * Reg. Watſon:
*3 Pariſh Regiſter, From 1591, the laſt date obtained from the Lincoln regiſtry, till 1661, when we have alſo the aſſiſtance
of the Firſt Fruits Office, a chaſm occurs in our liſt of refors, to be ſupplied only by the pariſh regiſters, which are but fallible
guides, as they frequently give no incumbents for a century together. John Harford, miniſter, who died Aug. 18, 1586, was
probably Dr. Fleming's curate, The firſt perſon that ſigns the regiſter is Edmund Higginbotham, who was curate from 1603
to 1607 (but ſigns as far back as 1563) ;. and died rector of Waltham in 1609-10, John Brearcliffe curate till 1617; and John
Knowles till 1620; John Muſſon, rector or curate uncertain, to 1623; and John Knowles again to 1645. And Miniſter,
Clericus, &c, may be either reQor, vicar, or curate, Thomas Robinſon, John Smith, Dr. Ewer, &c. &c, with the two great
benefactors to Bottesford, Dr, Fleming and Dr. White, biſhop of Peterborough, never occur,
** Reg. Cowper. Mr, Fleming was the ſame year preſented to Cottenham in Cambridge z and died in 1620, See p 91.
*5 Parifh Regiſter. 10 Ibid. 27 Viſitation by Lennard and Vincent in New College, Oxford, p. 196.
* Pariſh Regiſter. * See Fuller's Worthies, Leiceſterſhire, p. 259. 39 See his epitaph, p. 97.
" Firſt Fruits Office, 3* Pariſh Regiſter. |
33 Firk Fruits Office. Q. if the ſame perſon as the former Marſhall, and of the biſhop of Exeter's family ?—Anthony
Marſhall was created D. D. at Cambridge in 1661 by royal mandate. 34 Pariſh Regiſter.
35 Firſt Fruits Office. See p. 90. 3* Patiſh Reg. See his epitaph, p. 99. 37 Ibid. He was uncle to lord
n and had the vicarage of Crokton Kyriel 1692, and of Redmile 1694. See his epitaph, p. 99.
Ibid, He was curate of Bottes ford 1691; afterwards rector of Knipton; whence he was preſented to Whitwell, co.
Derby, and in 1711 to Bottesford. See his epitaph, p. 99
39 He was of Trinity college, Cambridge; B. A. 1712; admitted prebendary of Lowth Nov. 28, 1720; D. D. 17373
prebendary of Scambleſbey, May 3, 172y (being at that time vicar of Newark); maſter of the hoſpital there, and alderman,
Biſhop Reynolds was his patron at Lincoln. He had a prebend of Worceſter from the crown ; and was prebendary alſo of
Carborough at Lichfield, where had a houſe given him by biſhop Chandler. Worceſter he had from the Crown. He
was preſented to Bottesford in July 1735; but never took poſſeſſion of it, He tranſlated ſome parts of Fleury; and pub.
liſhed in 17e9 the firſt volume, in fulio, of Monſ. de Thou's Hiſtory of his own Time; in which work it is imagined he
roceeded no further. Soon afterwards he received a great acceffion to his fortune by the will of fir George Markham, a
bequeſt which, being eenſured by that gentleman's relations, obliged him to print a defence of himſelf againſt their aſperfians
(in 4to, 7 pages). He was involved in a ſuit at law, in conſequence of the non-performance of a marriage contract; and had
the ill-fortune to be frequently in diſputes with his town's-people. Among other things, we find in print the following
pieces by himſelf, or in anſwer to him, via. An Account of the Douations to the Pariſh of Newark upon Trent, by a
Parifhioner
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Richard Steevens“, March 2, 1752,
George Turner ?, M. A. June 25, 1771; refigned, in 1782, to
98 HISTORY AN ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
John, third duke of Rutland.
John Thoroton 4, M. A. Nov. 15; 1782 the preſent rector 1792, . Charles, fourth duke of Rutland,
. MON UM ENT S. 7
Burton ſays, “ At the ſuppreſſion of the abbeys,
many ancient monuments of Albanies and Rofles
were removed from the priory of Bever, by the com-
mand of Thomas earl of Rutland;” and on the
North wall of the chancel. ſtill remains an old free-
ſtone monument for Robert lord Ros, who died in
1285, brought from the abbey church of Croxton, as
engraved in p. 50. 1
In the chancel, on the North fide of the commu-
nion-table, lies on an embattled tomb the alabaſter
figure of a bearded knight (ſee plate X. fig. 5.);
with a collar of 88. and from them a triangle pendent ;
his ſhoes are piked, and he has a lion couchant at his
feet. Round his helmet is a corolla and border of
oak leaves, and on the frontlet, thc nazarés (plate
XXII. fig. 17): the joints of the armour of his arms
and legs are laced as the helmet.
Under his head remain the feet of the peacock,
the creſt of Albini, or Rs, fince adopted by the fa-
mily of Manners. |
At the ſide of the tomb fix angels in flowing robes
and caps hold ſhields now blank, and one at the end
of the tomb. Three of theſe on the ſide within the
laſt twenty years bore as follows :
Gules, a lion rampant Or. Albini.
Gules, a chevron Or.
Cheque Or and Azure, Warren.
Three more fixed in the wall (of which one, blank,
{till remains) had, quarterly, 1. and 4. . 2. and
3+ frette and cheque, quartering the lion rampant.
At and almoſt over this monument is now fixed in
the wall a little figure 22 inches high, and 8 wide,
of ſpeckled marble, of a knight in complete mail and
mantle, his hands joined, his word on, and his ſhield
on his left arm, his legs broken off below the knees,
4 cuſhion under his head. Tradition gives this to
Robert de Todenci, the founder of Belvoir caſtle;
Which is, however, doubtful. It is engraved, p. 23;
and is poſſibly the ſame which is thus deſcribed in
one of the Harleian MSS. 6
from. .. and here buried with this new writing:
Dic jacet cor dfii Willielmi Albiniaci,
tujus corpus ſepelitur apud Novum Locum juxta Stanfordiam,””
On the floor at the right hand of this knight lay a
freeſtone figure of a lady, in a wimple and double
head - dreſs on a cuſhion, and at her feet a dog. This
figure lay formerly at the bottom of the South aile;
and in a late repair of the chancel was removed thi-
ther again. See an engraving of it, p. 37.
On the South fide ot the communion-table is an-
other alabaſter figure of a knight in armour, with a
collar of SS; a corolla of laurel berries, and gorget
of mail; under his heal a pointed helmet, on the
frontlet of which is inſcribed ihc nazare (ſee plate
XXII. fig. 18.); the creſt a peacock with a long
tail. His hands are broken off; the ſeams of his ar-
Pariſhioner. Lond. 1948,” 4to; on the prefaee to which were publiſhed, “ Remarks by a M
mour embroidered ; the garter on his left knee, and
hilt of his ſword remains, charged with ths, and at
his feet lies a long-tailed dog. Five angels in flowing
hair hold blank ſhields, not fo' long as the oppoſite
ones in front, and there is one in the wall. The fi-
gure (ſee plate X. fig. 6.) has generally been ſuppoſed
to repreſent Gilbert de Ros; but it is evidently for a
knight of the Garter; and none of the Roſs family
was of that noble order, except William lord Ros, in
the reign of king Henry IV. |
Near this tomb is the piſcina in the South wall.
Burton mentions an old monument of a knight in
mail, of the houſe of Albany. In an eſcutcheon,
two chevrons and a border ( Albini of Belvoir) ; and
in another a ſmall ſpread eagle ( Albini ancient); and
adds, „there lie three ancient monuments of the
Roſſes, one of marble, and two of alabaſter, much de-
faced, ſome part of the peacock, the creſt, remaining.”
On a fine ſlab of blue marble, near the North
wall of the chancel, is a beautiful braſs figure (ſee
plate XXIII.) 8 feet long, and 4 feet wide, of an
eccleſiaſtic, veſted in a rich cope, whoſe hands are
elevated to a lozenge adorned with the Deity and
crucifix, and on whoſe robe are repreſented Saints
Peter, Paul, John Baptiſt and Evangeliſt, Catharine,
George, James of Compöſtella, Margaret, and a
biſhop. Round the ledge this inſcription :
« Henricus] de Codpngtoun,
quondam refor iſtius eccleſie, : prebendarius alt'ius prebendar
de Orxtoun ' et Crophill in
eccleſia collegiata beate Marie de Suthwell,
qui obiit oftavo die Septembris, anno [ M*]CCCC quarto.
cujus anime ppicietur Deus. amen.“
On each fide of his head a croſs engrailed between
twelve croſs croſslets fitche.
At the entrance of the chancel, on another ſlab of
blue marble, lies a headleſs braſs figure (plate XXII.
fig. 13.) of another rector, with the letters J. F. in
| . rounds on the facing of his robe, and on his breaſt itiu,
Au oulde monument in a mantle and male removed
« Joh'n Freman g'tus jacet hac foſſa tumulatus;
Keitor Huj' fundi, qui ſprev* gaudia mundi.
Eſto ſibi, X'pe, juder pius et nuſerere ;
Mat'nis precibus ip'm ſine fine tuere 5
Ang'licis q; choris inſtet de' omnibus Horis,
Non int' re pbos maneat qui pavit egenos.“
On the floor on the South ſide of the chancel lies a
ſlab, 7 feet long and 3 feet wide, with a braſsleſs im-
preſſion of a figure, ſeven ſcrolls, and two ſhields, pro-
bably one of the Rofſes. There has been an inſerip-
tion on braſs round the inner ledge ; but it is gone.
There are alſo in the chancel ſeveral large ſlabs for
antient rectors, the inſcriptions all effaced.
On a gilded braſs plate, juſt below the ſteps aſ-
cending to the communion-table :
% Epitaphium Abrahami Fleming ?,
Rectoris Sci Pancratii, a fe confectum; qui ws
oblit
r of P m—t.“ 1751. 4to.
Printed [by one of the churchwardens] ** not for the abuſe, but the real uſe, and laſting ſervice of the pariſhioners, 1751,” 4to,
This was followed by“ An impartial Relation of ſome late Pariſh Tranſactions at N
k, 1751,” 8vo. ** A Diſcourſe ad-
dreſſed to the Inhabitants of Newark, againſt the Miſapplieation of Public Charities, and enforced from the following Text,
Eeclus, vi. 1. By the Rev. Bernard Wilſon, D. D. vicar of Newark and prebend of Worceſter, To which is added a more
full and true Account of the very conſiderable and numerous Benefactions left to the Town of Newark than has hitherto been
publiſhed Lond. 1768, 4to. He died April 30, 1772, See his epitaph, p. 99.
* Firſt Fruits Office —He wis educated at Eton; whence he was elected a fellow of King's college, Cambridge; B. A.
there 1728; M. A. 1732. He was tutor to the great marquis of Granby, and travelled with him, He reſigned this rectory
in 17523; became D. D. 1759; biſhop of Landaff 1561 ; and of Bangor 1768, He died October 28, 1774. a 5
® Firſt Fruits Office, See his epitaph, p. 99.
3 Ibid. He had a diſpenſation, in June 1771, to hold this rectory with that of Knipton in this county (where ſee a fur-
ther account of him), which he held 36 years; reſigned Bottesford in 1782; and died in 1786.
* Firſt Fruits Office.
5 Newſted, a priory of Auſtin canons near Stamford and Uffington, founded by William de Albini the third, ia the reign of
Henry. III. Here were buried the ſecond, third and fourth of the Albinies, Leland, Itin, vol, VI. p. 201. |
© Oxton gives title to two ancient prebendaries in the church of Southwell, both poſſeſſed of lands in Oxton, Calverton,
and Cropwell, and preſenting alternately to the three vicarages, Raſtall, Hiſtory of Southwell, p. 109.
7 He was preſented to the reQtory of St, Pancras, Soper Lane, Oct. 19, 1593» Newcourt, vol. I. p. $19, He came to
Bettesford (where he died) on a viſit to his brother Samuel, who was many years rector there ; and is probably the ſame menti-
ened by Francis Thynne in Holinſhed, vol. II. p. 1590, among Engliſh writers, as having reviſed, improved, and enlarged, the
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FRAMLAND HUNDRED. ] BOTT ES F GN war” * bg
obiit Bottefordi 18 die Septembris, an“
em And another ' in the church at Newark:
Dai 1607, ætatis vero ſuæ circiter 56,
Sacred to the memory of Bernard Wilſon, D. D.
Corpori, ſpiritu ſoluto, | upwards, of forty years vicar of this Place.
Quid aptius opaca foſſa ? A man of ſenſe, polirencfs, and learning,
Numinis ſupremi ſtatuto ; without pride, reſer e, or pedantry. |
Nerruli roduntur & oſſa. Poſſeſſed of an afſluent fortune,
Fabrica terrena putreſcit, his hand was ever open to relieve the neceſſiious.
Anima divina vireſcit, His extenſive charities when living,
Tu vita, uniens, O Deus, | and ample benefactions at his deceale 4,
Eterna tu mihi meus.” have raiſed him a living monument
: I a in the hearts of the poor. |
Upon a ſtone in the chancel floor, Mr. Peck, io 1730, He departed this life on the zoth of April, 1772,
copied two inſcriptions, which are now loſt ; but the | aged 83 yeats.
dates of both had before been noticed by Mr. Carte : Robert Wilſon Cracroft, eſq; his nephew,
1. * Hic jacet Thomas Robinſon, S. T. B. my with gratitude and affeCtion,
Lincolniæ præb. hujus eccleſiz rector, 16571.“ inſcribed this to his memory.
4. On the ſame ſwne with the above On a ſtone table, fixed to the South fide of the
: 2. Sub hoc lapide ſepultum ee . arch of the ſtone tranſept going into the chancel
| Joannis Smith Ariana al iſtri; E Arms: per faltire Arg. and Sable, in chief 3 tre-
Viri integerrimæ —— 8 9 foiles, 2. and. 1 ; in bale 3 more trefoiles, 1. and 2.
"x 1 hujuſque eccleſize parochialis Vert. Creſt, a boar's head and neck ciated, with a
5 de Bottisford rectoris digniſſimi. trefoile in his mouth. See plate XXII. fig. 14.
1 * 5 * In hoc vicino pulvere (ſpe lætæ reſurtectionis
Obiit zo* die Odobris , ætatis ſuæ. : A.D. 1697. depofitum eſt corpus Gulielmi Treſham .
On a flat ſtone in the chancel ſtill remains: Qui obiit 127 die Oct. ætatis ſuæ og, anno Dom. 1696.
& ABEL LIGONIER 3, HUJUS ECCLESIX RECTOR, Vixi, ut tu vivis : Morieris, ut ſum mortuus :
OBIIT XI1IT” KAL. DEC. Abi, Lector; de futuro pie ſis ſolicitus.
L . .
ANNO CHRISTI MDCCXI, ATATIS SU Z LXII. Frances his daughter buried Feb. 10, 1721, aged 34.
On a braſs let into the ſame ſtone with his prede- Frances his wite buried Nov. 29, 1725, aged 73.”
ceſſor Freeman:
© HIC SITUS EST FUTURUM SPERANS
REVERENDUS LU DOVICUS GRIFFIN, A. u.
Hu jus ECCLESLA
RECTOR GRATUS ET HONESTUS PER AN. XX111 ;
On ſeveral flat ſtones in the nave : |
1. Hic jacent reliquiæ Edwardi Bacon, M. A.
hujus eceleſie curati *. Obiit 3“ die Junii,
ætatis ſuæ 39, anno Saluiis 1708.“
PRO COMITATU LEICESTRENSI 2. © Here lieth the body of Mr. James Simpſon, -
pAcis CUSTOS REVERE DIGNUS PER AN. XVI late butler to his grace John duke of Rutland,
QU1I OBIIT XVI DIE MAIL, ANNO DOMINI MDCCXXXV, Who departed this lite Dec. 30, 1753, aged 53 years,”
ATATIS SUZ LXIX.” 3. Ruth Simpſon, wife of Mr. James Simpſon,
Another rector's memory is thus preſerved on a died + + + +» aged 65,” |
fat e 5 the nave of 8 ET : This ſtone is ſo defaced as to be nearly illegible,]
In hoc vicino pulvere jacet Jonz Stevens corpus, 4. Here lieth the body of
Revere di Richardi Stevens, M. A. uxoris ; Mrs. Bridget Dickinſon, filter to Mary late wife of
Quz obiit 18* Novembris, ann. Dom. 1751, ætatis 34. the Rev. Mr. Griffin, now rector of this church,
Extremam tetigi metam, chariſſime ſponſe; who died January 4, 1727, aged 48 years.“
Jam me vita ſimul linquit amorque tui. 4. On a ſmall braſs at the top of the ſame ſtone :
Ne nimium doleas, curam, me propter, habeto « Here lieth the body of Mrs. Mary Griffin,
Prolis, me propter, fit tibi cura tui. who departed this life Dec. 12, 1765, aged 73 years,”
In eodem tumulo, ſpe beatorum reſurrectionis, 5. At the foot of the pulpit :
exuvie mortales Reverendi Richardi Stevens « Here lieth interred the body of William Hawſon,
requieicunt, qui mortem obiit 13? die Marti, gent. in memory whereof is erected a monument
anno tat, 53, Salutis 1771.” on the South wall of his death and character.
ſecond edition of . Holinſhed's Chronicle, 1585,” and added indexes to it; beſides writing a variety of tracts and poems, enu-
merated by biſhop Tanner, Bibl. Brit. p. 287 ; and by Mr. Herbert, in his new edition of Ames's Typographical Antiqui-ies,
« Virgil's Bucolicks,“ 1575, 1589, 4to ; and ** Georgics,” 1579, 4qto; © A Regiſtre of Hyſtories written in Greeke by Ælianus,
1576,” 4to; a tranſlation of Caius de C-nibus,” 1576, 4to ; Sclect Epiſtles of Cicero, &c. 1476,” 4to; A ſtrauge and
terrible Wonder wrought very late in the Pariſh Church of Bongay, a Town no great diſtance trom the City of Norwich,
namely, the 4th of Auguſt, in the year of our Lord 1577, on a great Tempeſt of violent Raine, Lightning, and Taunder; the
like whereof hath beene ſeldome ſeene. With the Appearance of an horrible ſhaped Thing, ſenſibly perceived of the peop.e hen
and there aſſembled. Drawn into a plain method, according to the written copie, by Abraham F leming. Imprinted at London,
by Francis Godby, dwelling at the Weit End ot St. Paul's,“ 16*, 1577; A recommendatory Poem in Engliſh to * Kendal's Flowers
of Epigraumes, 1577,” 16mo; The Condyt of Comfort, 1579 * « A Panegyric on Baldneſs, tranilated from the Greek of
Syneſius; and at the end the Fable of Hermes, 1579 ;” Fred. Nawſe (Biſhop of Vienne) his general Doctrine of Earth-
quakes tranſlated, 1880; „A bright burning Beacon, forewarning all wite Virgins to trim their Lamps againſt the coming of
the Bridegroome ; containing a generall Doctrine of ſundrie Signs and Wonders, ſpecially Earthquakes, born particular and ge-
nerall : A Diſcourſe of the End of this World: A Commemoration of our late Earthquake, the 6rh of April, about 6 9'Clock
in the Morning ; and a Prayer for the appealing of God's Wrath and Indignation, Newly tranſlated and collated by Abraham
Fleming, Imprinted at London, by Henrie Dentum, dwelling in Pater-noſter-Row, at the Sign ot tue Swan, 1580, imall 165.
In a dedication to ſir William Cordell, he refers to a former work, ** on the appearing of a Blazing Star in the South Weſt,
Nov. 10, 1577.” „A Memorial of the charitable Almeſdeedes of William Lambe,” 8vo; ** A Manuelk of Chiiitian Praiers,
made by divers devout and godlie men, as Calvin, Luther, Melangton, &c. augmented and amended, 158.“ mo; „ Hemin-
gius' Commentary on the Epheſians, 1581,” 4to ; A Monomachie of Motives in the Mind of Man, or a Battell between Vertues
and Vices of two contrarie Qualities, new engliſhed, 1582,” 24mo; Latin Verſes prefixed to © Verborum Latinorum cum
Grecis Angliciique eonjunftorum Commentarii, 1583,” fol.; ** The Diamond of Devotion cut and ſquared into fix Pointes,
1536,” 24mo; „ Jerom of Ferrara, his Meditations on the 5ſt and 534 Pfalms. tranſlated and augmented, 1588,” 16mo z
Index omnium diftionum quatum interpretationem domcitico idiomate tradit Nomenclator H. Junii, 1595;“ ** Veries on
M. Frobiſher's Expedition ;'* and others.
It does not appear. from the dean and chapter's regiſtry, that a Thomas Robinſon was prebendary of Lincoln about the
year 1657 ; there being a chaſm in their regiſtry for about 20 years during the preceding uſurpation. In 1615 Thomas Ro-
binſon, M. A. was inſtalled into the prebend of St. Martin's in Lincoln.
„Mr. John Smith, rector of Bottesford, buried Nov. 1, 1697.” Pariſh Regiſter, lle was uncle to lord Ligonier,
* The benefit of which was unfortunately loſt to the poor by the mortmain act, KS '
Richard Treſham, vicar of Barkſton, was curate of Bottesford in 1711. Mr. Bacon occurs curate in 1698.
Vol. I. D d | Mrs.
100 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES of LEICESTERSHIRE.
Mrs. Mary Anne Hawſon, his widow,
departed this life on the 10th of September, 1761,
in the 66th year of her age.”
On a pillar againſt the South wall, near the pulpit:
&« In memory of William Hawſon, gentleman
to the moſt noble John firſt duke of Rutland,
John ſecond duke of Rutland, ſucceſſively,
a faithful and approved ſervant
7 till the time of their deceaſe;
| afterwards to his grace John third duke of Rutland
ſecretary and houſe ſteward till his own.
Having acquitted himſelf of the great truſt
repoſed in him with fidelity and diligence
to the ſatisfaction of his noble maſters,
and with a general good character,
he died greatly lamented Augult 28, 1740,
in the 36th year of his faithful ſervices,
and of his age 59.”
In the North aile, a mural tablet :
tc In memory of Anthony Ravel, eſq.
He was born at Bottesford,
and he lived the latter of his
time 32 years in the Leeward
Iſlands; and at his death he
gave one hundred pounds
to the ſchool at Bottesford,
to be laid out in land for ever.
He died July 3, 1727, at the Iſland of
St. Chriſtopher's in America, in the 52d
year of his age.”
In the floor of the South tranſept are ſeveral old
inſcriptions cut in ſtone, but partly covered by the
' ſeats, and part worn out by people's feet.
On one, however, is ſtill viſible :
WWW ren
M*CCCCXJA? ; et Margareta uror ejus, que obut
« + + dit «+ + + + + anno Dfii MCCCC TLZ.
On a ſecond :
© +» anno Di MACCCCLXXXAN', 2 Agnes ux' ejus
On a ſmall blue ſtone, let into a large white ſtone,
of ſome one who died in 1489, is an inſcription for a
child of the name of Towne, who died in 1780.
The writer who vifited Belvoir in 1722 records,
« In ala rranſverſa humi,
Joh' es Baudwy capellanus . T3 CA. cujus , FS 0
And adds, 3
« Epitaphia Mannerorum et tumbarum deſcriptiones
quzrenda ſunt in cod. Hattoniano uſque ad ann. 1650,”
The following noble perſons of the family of
Manners appear by the regiſter to have been buried
at Bottesford; but it may be neceſſary to obſerve,
that the priory of Belvoir was the burial-place of
the poſſeſſors of the caſtle till the diffolution, when
many monuments of the A/binis and Roſſes were removed
thence to Botresford church by Thomas earl of Rut-
land*; who appears to have been the firit buried there:
Thomas Manners, firſt earl of Rutland, buried at
Botresford in 1543.
Henry ſecond earl, in 1563.
Edward third carl, May 20, 1 587.
John fourth earl, April 2, 1588.
Lady Mary Manners, daughter of John the fourth
carl, April 18, 1588.
The honourable lady Elizabeth counteſs of Rut-
land, March 24, 1594-
« The right honourable Roger Manners, earle of
Rutland, departed this life at Cambridge, the 26th
day of June, 1612, whoſe body was buried at Bot-
resford the zoth day of this month | July], and bis
funeral ſolemnized the 22d day *.”
Sir Oliver Manners buried Aug. 23, 1613.
Henry lord Ros buried Sept. 26, 1615. |
Francis ſixth earl of Rutland, Feb. 20, 1632.
George ſeventh earl, April 26, 1641.
The honourable Henry Manners, OR, 31, 1661,
Lady Mary, daughter of John 8th earl, April 5, 1669-
Lady Frances counteſs of. Rutland, June 16, 1671.
See above, p. 986, the quotation from Burton,
Lady Diana Roos, wife of John lord Roos, daughter
of the earl of Aileſbury, July 24, 1674. |
John eighth earl, Od. 24, 1679. :
June 30, 1705, died unmarried the lord Thomas Bap-
tiſt Manners, ſecond ſon of the moſt noble John duke
cf Rutland, and the lady Catharine his third wife,
daughter of Baptiſt viſcount Camden, at Belvoir caſtle,
and was buried here the 2d day of July following.
Honourable Roger Manners, ſon of John marquis
of Granby, Dec. 1, 1709. |
John firſt duke, Feb. 23, 1710.
OR. 30, 1711, died the lady Catharine, wife of
the moſt noble John the ſecond duke of Rutland, ar
Southampton-houſe, in London, and was interred
here Nov. 10, then next enſuing.
Feb. 22, 1720-21, died the moſt noble John the
ſecond duke of Rutland, at Southampron-houle, Lon-
don, in the 45th year of his age, and was buried
here March g then next enſuing 5 |
June 11, 1723, died the lord Thomas Manners, third
ſon of the moſt noble John the ſecond duke of Rutland,
by his virtuous conſort the lady Catharine Ruſflel, and
was interred here the 22d of the ſame month.
The ſaid 22d day of June, 1722, the body of the
lady Rachel Manners, ſecond daughter of the ſaid duke
by the aforeſaid lady Catharine, at firſt depoſited
March 10, 1720, in the vault of St. James's — |
Weſtminſter, was laid in the new vault here.
Jan. 24, 1729-30, the lady Carolina, eldeſt daughter
of che moſt noble John third duke of Rutland, by his
accompliſhed conſort the lady Bridget Sutton, died in
London, and was interred here Feb. 1, then next enſuing.
Lord William Manners, youngeſt ſon of John
third duke, March 18, 1730.
Catharine, dutcheſs dowager of John firſt duke,
Feb. 1, 1732.
Lady Frances Manners, youngeſt daughter of John
third duke, Feb. 14, 1739.
Lady Leonora Manners, daughter of John third
duke, June 17, 1740.
Lord Sherard Manners, firſt ſon of John ſecond
duke, by his ſecond dutcheſs, Jan. 23, 1741. |
Lord Henry Manners, fifth ſon of John ſecond
duke, by his ſecond dutcheſs, Nov. 13, 1745.
The moſt noble Lucy, dutcheſs of Rutland, ſecond
wife of the ſecond duke, Nov. 7, 1751.
Lady Catharine Manners, daughter of John mar-
quis of Granby, March 22, 1756.
The honourable Frances, wite of John marquis of
Granby, Feb. 5, 1760.
Lady Charlotte Caroline, daughter of John mar-
quis of Granby, Feb. 5, 1760,
John lord Roos, eldeſt fon of John marquis of
Granby, June 10, 1760,
Lord Charles Manners, ſon of John ſecond duke
of Rutland, Dec. 15, 1761.
The moſt noble John marquis of Granby, eldeſt
ſon of John third duke of Rutland, Oct. 29, 1770.
Lord William Manners, ſecond ſon of John ſecond
duke of Rutland, June 10, 1772. |
The moſt noble John third duke of Rutland, June
12, 1779, in his 83d year,
The moſt noble Charles fourth duke (lord lieute-
nant of Ireland), Nov. 25, 1787, in his 34th year.
John Manners, eſq; eldeſt ſon of the right honour
able lord William Manners, ſecond ſon of John ſe-
cond duke of Rutland ; born Sept. 27, 1730; died
Sept. 23, 1792, aged 622. On the be Sel. were
the arms and creſt of Manners, impaling t, and 4.
Argt a fret Sable; 2. and 3. Az. an Imperial crown,
Or, between 3 mullets Arg. within a treflure flory and
counterflory Or, Tollemache. See plate XXIX.
The following monuments of this noble family
are a very handſome ornament to the choir of Bot-
tesford church, which they completely fill “:
In the mid-way, going up to the high altar, ſtands
a beautiful alabaſter monument, with the figures of the
firſt earl of Rutland and his counteſs. The carl is
habited in the robes of the garter: under his head 2
* This entry is remarkable, He was buried on the 20th, and the funeral rites performed two days after,
Sec under Buckminker,
* See, the Piadarie Poem in the Appendix, p. 53.
helmet
FRAMLAND HuxpRTEp.]
helmet having the mail within, and on it the peacock
with his tail turned up, chapeau and Ermine mantle ;
coronet ; fine George and roſe from his collar; ring
on the firſt and third fingers of the left hand, and on
the firſt and little of the right ; garter round his knee.
On his ſurcoat painted quarterly Manners, Tiptoft,
and Badleſmere; an unicorn at his feet.
The inſcription round the altat- table is as follows:
« Here lneth the body of Thomas Manners, erle of
Rutland, lord of Hamelake, Truſbut, and Belvyer, and knyght of
the moſt honorable order of the Garter, who deceaſed
the xrth dane of September, at iiii of the clock at aftornoone,
anno Din DCCCECTL AAA; and the body
of the lady Elianor, countiſſe His wyf, daughter of ſir Will'm
Paſton, of Norfolke, knyght, who deceaſſed
the... day ok.. anno Dfii MCCCCC
« + + + whoſe ſoules Jliu pardon. Ame.”
The lady is repreſented in robes and ruffled gown,
her coronet over a cloſe plaited and jeweled cap, which
ſhews her hair, a chain necklace of four rows, and
a heart appendant, her ſleeves purfled like lawn and
ruffled ; on the fore finger of her right hand a ring,
on the third of the ſame hand two, one on the fore
and little finger of the left hand. On her mantle is
painted Or, a chevron between three talbots* heads
Gules ; Gules, a chevron between three bears' heads
Azure, and quarterly, Gules and Azure, on a chief
Gules three hearts. At her feet a griffin.
On the North ſide of the tomb ſtand fix daughters
with their hands elevated, two of them in profile;
on the South tide five ſons armed with ſurcoats and
mail, and one daughter; at the Welt end a ſen in
armour with a collar 23 at the Eaſt end two
daughters. Some of theſe children are in the atti-
tude of elevating their hands, and ſpreading them
back, whilc thoſe of others are joined.
In the middle of the choir alfo, in a line with the
preceding monument, is another of alabaſter, with
the figure of a knight in plated armour, with a collar
and George hanging down almoſt to his waiſtband,
garter round his knee, coronet, rings on right and left
third and fore finger, dagger at right ſide, {word in his
left hand, a book in his right, his flowered helmet
with the creſt under his head, an unicorn at his feet.
By him lies his lady in robes, with purfled and puckered
fleeves, long ones hanging down; her head reclined
on a ſcroll, the hair at the back of her head reticu-
lared with jewgle, a coronet and ruff, her hands joined
with a book, a lion at her feet. On a ſquare table
ſtanding on the tomb, quarterly, 1. a ſaltire, Nevile;
2. Gules, fretty; 3. Gules, three lions paſſant guardant;
4. fretty in a canton a ſhip. On the other ſide, Manners
quartering Roos, three catharine-wheels, Eſpec; one
catharine wheel Todenei ; an eagle diſplayed, Albin
two chevronels, Badleſmere, Holland, Tipteft, Vaux, and
Powis. Their eldeſt ſon Edward in armour, their ſecond
fon John, rector of Helmeſley, in a gown, with long
pendant ſleeves, and their daughter Elizabeth, all kneel
on the tomb, the eldeſt ſon and daughter at the head
of their parents to deſks on pillars, the other ſon at
their feet without a deſk. The inſcription on the
ledge of this tomb is in raiſed letters as follows:
* Veare lieth Benry Maners, earle of Kutland, and Margarett
his wief, daughter to Kadulphe, earle of Weſtmerland, whiche
earle of Kutland died beig lord prefidet of her Majestie's
counſayle in the Northe, the ſevententhe daye of September,
1503,”
Qu f fgures is a canopy of heavy.wrought pillars.
On a noble monument againſt the wall of the South
fide of the chancel, are the figures of Edward third
earl of Rutland, in robes, ruff, and armour, bare
headed, garter on left knee, Jong cordon, a bull at
his feet; and of his lady in ermine robes, high
toupee, ruff, ſleeves embroidered thus XX, wriſt-
bands puckered cloſe, nothing at her feet, but one
davghter kneeling, in a ruff, her ſleeves like her mo-
ther's, and drelt hair.
*
Fue regiſter of Bottes ford ſays ** the 16th,"
BOTTESFOR FD.
tot
Arms: Manners With quarterings, and impaling,
quarterly, 1. and 4. Arg. a crois and border en-
grailed, Sable, Hokroft ; 2. Arg. a ſquirrel ſejant,
and cracking a nut, Gules; 3. Arg. an eagle Sable
ſttanding on a child in ſwadling cloaths, Gules. Plate
XXII. fig. 15. Theſe three coats alſo in lozenges
under Cccronets.
The following inſcription is on two tablets :
*© THE RIGHT HONORABLE AND NOBLE LORD EDWARDE ERLE
OF RUTLANDE, LORD ROSSE OF HAMELAC, TRUSBOTE, AND
BELVOYRE, LIETH HERE BURIED,
IN THE YEARE 150g HE WAS SENT INTO THE NORTH PARTS
IN THE TYME OF THOSE CIVILL TROUBLES * ;
THERE MADE LIEUTENANTE TO THOMAS ERLE OF SUSSEX
(THEN LORD GENERALL OF HER MA" ARMIE),
AND ALSO COLONELL OF THE FOOTEMEN, AND ONE OF THE ©
COUNSELL IN THAT SERVICE, HE BEING THEN BUT 20 YEARS
OF AGE, AND WARDE TO HER MA'***,
HE TRAVAILED INTO FRAUNCE 1570,
HE WAS MADE LIVETENANT OF THE COUNTY OF LINCOLNE 1582,
HE WAS MADE KNIGHT OF THE GARTER 1584,
ON THE SH DAY OF JULY, 1586, As CHEIF COMISSIONER FOR
HER MAJESTIE HE CONCLUDED WITH THE SCOTTISHE
KING's COMMISSIONERS AT BARWICKE UPON TWEEDE
A LEAGUE OF AMITYE BETWEENE THE TWO REALMES,
ON THE 14TH OF APEIL FOLLOWING, BEING GOOD FRIDAY 1587,
HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE NEAR PUDDLE WHARFE IN LONDON,
FRO WHENCE HIS CORPS WAS HITHER BROUGHT,
AND BURIED THE IGTH * DAY OF MAY NEXT FOLLOWINGE,
HE LEFT YSSUE BY HIS HONOURABLE WIEF
ISABEL HOLCROFT, DAUGHTER TO SIR THOMAS HOLCROFT,
KNIGHT, ONE DAUGHTER, NAMED ELIZABETH, THEN OF THE
AGE OE ELEVEN YEARES, AND ALMOST FOUR MONYTHES,
WHICH DAUGHTER WAS MARRIED IN JANUARY 1588
TO WILLIA CICELL, ESQUIER, ELDEST SONNE
TO SIR THOMAS CICELL, KNIGHT,
ELDEST SONNE TO THE LORD BURGHLEY,
THEN AND NOW LORD HIGH TREASOROR OF ENGLANDE 3
EV WHOM SHE LEFT YSSUE ONE SONE, NAMED WILLIAM,
AND DIED AT LONDON IN APRIL 1591,”
On a menument againſt the wall of the North ſide
of the chancel lies the figure of John fourth earl of
Rutland in armovr, in his hair, with a coronet and ruff,
a mat under his head, a bull at his feet. By him his
lady in an ermine mantle, ruff, dreſt hair, falling
ruffles, leopard's head at her feet. Between them at the
head kneels a lady in ruff, and dreſt hair, and pinked
ſleeves, a ſon and daughter at their feet; two more
kneel in front, and three ſons in armour in hair and ruffs.
At the foot of the tomb Manners with quarterings
ſingle, and impaling Or, a lion rampant Gules, Charl-
ton, quartering Gules ten bezants, Zouch; plate XXII.
fig. 16. The inſcription on two tablets ot this monu-
ment runs thus :
„% THE KIGHT HONORABLE AND NOBLE LORD JOHN ERLE
OF RUTLANDE, LORD ROSSE OF HAMELAC, TRUSBOTE,
AND BELVOYRE, LIETH HERE BURIED, HE SUCCEEDED
HIS BROTHER EDWARD IN THE ERLEDOME
AND BARONNIES, AND THEREIN LIVED UNTIL
SATTERDAY THE 24 DAY OF FEBRUARY THEN NEXTRE
FOLLOWINGE, IN THE SAME YEARE, 1587, ON WHICK
DAY HE DECEASED AT NOTTINGHAM, FRN WHENCE
HIS CORPS WAS HITHER BROUGHT AND BURIED
ON THE 2D DAY OF APRIL * FOLLOWING, 1588,
HE WAS MADE LIEUTENANTE OF
NOTTINGHAM 1587. HE HAD YSSUE BY HIS
MOST HONORABLE AND VERTUOUS LADY ELI ITI
ZABETH CHARLETON, DAUGHTER OF FRAUNCES
CHARLETON, ESQ. FIVE SONNES, 10 WITTE,
EDWARD, WHO DIED AT THE AGE OF . ,
ROGER, NOW ERLE OF RUTLAND, LORD ROSSE OB
HAMELAC, TRUSBOTE, AND BELVOYRE, FRAUNCES,
GEORGE, AND OLIVER; AND 4 DAUGHTERS, BRIDGET,
ELIZABETH, MARY (DEADE IN HER INFANCY), AND
' FRAUNCES BORNE AFTER HER FATHER'S DEATH,”
On two pillars, ſupporting the canopy of the above :
THESE TWO TOM= BY THAT MOST
BES FOR EDWARD HONORABLE
AND JOHN ERLES AND VERTUOUS
OF RUTLAND, COUNTES ELI«=
WERE FOUNDED ZABETH, WIFE
AND ERECTED TO ERLEK JOHN,
IN OCTOBER
1591,
The blanks for the day of the month and year were originally leſt fo, ; My
The earls of Weſtmoreland-and Northumberland were then in rebellion. The gallant actions of this young peer are hs
pily alluded to in a Funeral Poem on John the firſt Duke of Rutland, preſerved in the Appendix, Ne VIII. p. 67,
pa. *
\
* He was buried March 1, 1587-8. - Pariſh Regiſter.
"
1
rea HISTORY 'anv ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
On the North fide alſo ſtands a noble monument for
Roger fifth earl of Rutland; with this inſcription :
„ THE RIGHT HO'BLE AND NOBLE Lo' ROGER EARLE OF
RUTLAND, Lo“ ROOS OF HAMLACK, TRUSBUTT, AND BELVOIR,
LIETH HERE BURIED, IN THE YEARE OF LORD GOD 1595, HE
BEGAN HIS FIRST TRAVAILES INTO DIVERS PARTS BEYOND:
THE SEAS, AS FRANCE, ITALIE, SWISELAND, AND THE LOW
CUNTRIES, WHERE HE CONTINUED THREE YEARES ;
AFTER H&E WENT VOLUNTARIE THE ILAND VOYAGE,
HE WAS COLLONEL OF THE FOOT IN THE IRISH WARRES
IN ANNO 1598. HE WAS MADE LORD LIEUTENANT OP
LINCOLNSHIRE IN ANNO 1603, BEING THE FIRST YEAR OF
THE RAIGNE OF KING JAMES, IN WHICH SAID YEARE
HE WENT AMBASSADOR FROM HIS MAJ'TIE INTO DENMARK
TO THE CHRISTENING OF THE KING'S FIRST SONNE,
AND WITH THE ORDER OF THE GARTER TO THE KING THERE,
HE MARRIED ELIZABETH, SOLE DAUGHTER TO
SIR PHILIP SYDNEY. HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE
AT CAMBRIDGE THE 20TH DAY OF JUNE, 1612,
FROM WHENCE HIS CORPS WAS CONVEYED TO BELVOIR CASTLE,
AND HERE INTERRED THE 22TH or JULIE FOLLOWING,
HE DIED WITHOUT YSSUE,
AND LEFT TO SUCCEED HIM IN
HIS EARLDOM AND HONOURS
HIS nod“ RLE BROTHER FRANCIS,
NOW EARLE OF RUTLAND,
LORD ROOS OF HAMLACK, TRUSBUTT, AND BELVOIR,”
He is in ermine robes, and coronet and armour lying
on a cuſhion ; at his feet the peacock. She in ermine
robes, ruff, horſeſhoe cap and hair,. her head on a
cuſhion, ruffles, her hands up; a hedgehog at her feet.
Arms. Manners impaling Sidney. Sidney, quarter-
ing, 1. Or, a lion rampant double tailed Vert, Dudley;
2. barry of, 6 Arg. and Az. in chief three torteaux
3. Or, three chevrons Az. a chief Or; 4. Or, on a
bend Gules, . . ..; 5. per pale Gules and Or, an eſcar-
buncle; 6. Azure, achevron Or, between three mullets;
7. Gules, three lions rampant Or. Manners quartering
Ros, Eſpec, Holland, Tau, Tiptoft, Powis, and another
lion rampaut, Gadleſmere, &c. Two unicorus ſupporters.
Againſt the wall of the South fide of the chancel
is a noble monument for Francis the ſixth earl, with
this inſcription :
„ THE RIGHT HON*'BLE AND
NOBLE LORD FRANCIS EARLE
OF RUTLAND, LORD ROOS OF HAMLAK,
TRESBUT, AND BELVOIR, OF THE MOST NOBLE
ORDER OF THE GARTER, KNIGHT, LYETH HERE
INTERRED, AT 18 YEARES OF AGE HE
WENT TO TRAVAILE IN THE YEAR 1598,
IN FRANCE, LORAYNE, AND DIVERS STATES OF ITALY.
HE WAS HONORABLY RECEIVED BY THE PRINCES THEM=
SELVES, AND NOBLY ENTERTAINED IN THEIR COURTS.
IN HIS RETURNE THROUGH GERMANY HE HAD LIKE
HONOUR DONE HIM BY TERDINAND ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA
AT HIS COURT IN GRATZ; BY THE EMPEROR MATHIAS, AND
HIS COURT IN VIENNA} BY COUNT SWARTZEMBOURG,
LIEUTENANT OF IAVARIN IN HUNGARY ; BY COUNT
ROSSEMBOURG AT PRAGUE IN BOHEME ; BY THE MARQUIS
OF BRANDENBOURG, THE DUKES OF SAXONY, AND OTHER
GERMAINE PRINCES IN THE COURT AT EERLIN, IN 1604 RE
WAS MADE KNIGHT OF THE BATH, AND MARRIED THE LADY
FRANCIS BEVILL, ONE OF THE DAUGHTERS AND COHEIRS OF
THE HON*BLE KNIGHT SIR HENRY KNYVETT, BY WHOM HE HAD
ISSUE ONE ONLY DAUGUTER, THE MOST VIRTUOUS AND
THRICE NOBLE PRINCESSE KATHERINE, NOW DUTCHESS OF
BUCKING*, IN 1608 HE MARRIED THE LADY CECILIA
HUNGERF RD, DAUGHTER TO THE HON'BLE KNIGHT
SIR JOHN TUFTON, BY WHOM HE HAD TWO SONNES,
BOTH WHICH DYED IN THEIR INFANCY BY WICKED
PRACTICE AND SORCERYE*, IN 1612 HE WAS MADE LORD
LIEUTENANT OF LINCOLNSH*RE, AND AFTER JUSTICE IN EYRE
OF. ALL THE KING'S FORRESTS AND CHASES IN THE NORTH OF
TRENT, IN 1616 HE WAS MADE KNIGHT OF THE MOST
NOBLE ORDER OF THE GARTER, IN THE YEAR 1610 HE
WAS ONE OF THE LORDS WHO ATTENDED KING JAMES BY
HIS MA*T's SPECLALL APPOINTM'T, IN HIS JOURNEY INTO
SCOTLAND, IN 1623 HE WAS BY THE SAME KING JAMES
MADE ADMIRALL OF A NAVYE OF HIS MA*'T'S GREAT
SHIPPES AND PYNACES, TO RETURNE
PRINCE CHARLES, NOW OUR DREAD SOVERAIGNE LORD KING
or ENGL'D, OUT OF SPAYNE, WHICH HE HAPPILY PERFORMEDS,”
He is habited in the robes of the garter and coro-
' See note“, p. 100,
net, garter round his knee, a picked beard and
whiſkers, ſword, ſattin trunk hoſe and ſtockings, roſes
in his ſhoes; the peacock in pride at his feet. At
each corner of the upper cuſhion his head reſts on is
the ſame bird. One of his two wives (a young wo-
man) is in a robe of ermine, with a counteſs's coroner,
ruff cloſe round her neck, jacket and coat, paned
purfled fleeves, and ſmall raffles; a lion at her feet.
The other in a black robe and ruff, high roupee, on
her head a band of jewels, a lingle row of rich beads
round her neck, open ruff, neck and breaſt bare, low
ſtomacher richly ornamented with Jace, topped petti-
coat, rich ruffles, from her left ſhoulder four rows of
pearls encircling the arm, one row round her wailt ;
a demy dragon at her feet.
1. Manners; and Tufton, Sable an eagle diſplayed
within a bordure Arg.
2. Manners with quarterings; creſt, and ſupporters,
two unicorns ſtanJing.
3+ Manners ; and Tufton, as before.
4. Manners; and Knivet, Arg. a bend Sable within
a bordure of the ſecond engrailed.
5. The ſame.
Two boys kneel at his feet holding ſculls, and one
a roſe. At his head a daughter, in a coroner, ruff,
robe, paned fleeves and ſmall ruffles.
At the foot, on a flat ſtone:
& Francis earl of Rutland was buried Feb. 20, 1632.”
Againſt the ſame wall, a beautiful monument,
chiefly of white marble, for George ſeventh earl of
Rutland, with his effigies, large as life, in a Roman
habit, and over his head the arms of Manners with
the augmentatien :
« Here lyeth the body of GgORGE Maners,
7th earle of Rutland of that name,
Lord Roos of Hamlake, Truſbut, and Belvoir,
which George ſucceeded
his brother Francis in that earledome,
and married Frances the daughter
of fir Edward Carey, of Aldenham,
in com. Hertford, knight, ſiſter to Henry
viſcount Falkland.
He departed this life at his houſe in
the Savoy in the ſuburbs of London,
xxix Martii, anno 1641 (17 Car. I.), without iſſue,
and was buried“ in this place with his anceſtors.”
Oppoſite to this, on the North fide of the chancel,
is a beautiful monument, chiefly of white marble, in
memory of John 8th earl of Rutland and his lady,
with their effigies, as large as life. He is in a Roman
habit; ſhe with her right hand on her breaſt, bear-
ing her robes with her left, and her hair ſtrung with
j:wels; a large urn betwixt them, and a ſkull at the
baſe of it; over their heads two boys in ſtatuary mar-
ble ſupporting a coronet over the arms of Manners,
impaling Montagu, Argent, three fufils in feſs Gules, a
border Sable, turrounded with flowers.
This monument is thus inſcribed :;
Here lieth the body of Joux Maners, Sth earle of
Rutland of that name, Lorde Roos of Hamlake,
Truſbut, and Belvoir, which John was ſonne
and heir of ſir George Mauers, knight, ſon of
John Maners, eſq;
ſecond ſonn to Thomas the firit carl of Rutland of
that family; |
He tooke to wife Frances, daughter to Edward lord
Mountague of Boughton ; which lady Frances his
wife deceaſed the 19 Maii, anno Dom. 1671,
| and alſo lyerh buried here.
By her he had iſſue four ſonns, George, Edward,
John, and Rover, three of which,
George, Edward, and Roger, dyed young, John
lord Roos, ſurviving bis father,
ſuccecded him in his honours. |
He had likewile by her ſeven daughters, viz.
* See ſome account of this remarkable event. under Belvoir, p. 49; and more fully in the Appendix, Ne IX. p. 6c,
3 Earl Francis erected this monument for bimſelf in his lite-time, which is the reaſon why his death is not fet down thereon 3
which happened Dec. 17, 1632, at Biſhop Stortford, Herts ; whence he was ſoon after brought and interred here. Peck, MS. ex
informatione viri reverenJi Ludovici Griſſin, rectoris de Bottesford.
3 April the 26th ſollowing. Pariſh Regiſter,
2
4
Franccs,
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
Frances, married to John earle of Exeter ;
Grace, to Patricius viſcqunt Chaworth ;
Dorothy, to Anthony earl of Shaftſbury ;
Elizabeth, to James lord Anneſley;
Margaret, to James carl of Saliſbury ;
Anne, to fir Scroope How, knight;
and Mary, who dyed young.
The faid earle departing this life at Haddon, in
com. Derb. Sept. xxix. in 75th year of his age,
anno Domini 1679,
was buried here with his anceſtors the 24th October
following.” ;
Theſe monuments are now kept neat and in fine
reſervation. As no attention had been paid to them
in the memory of man, they had ſuffered ſeverely by
time, but more by ill uſage. The iron rails that
guarded them were broken down; and, by an caſy
calculation from what remained, more than three hun-
dred weight had been carried off, In conſequence of
this, rrampling upon the monuments at pleaſure to
read the inſcriptions, which were ſo obliterated as to
be illegible without it, was the practice of every cu-
rious traveller. A great part of the ornamental and
delicate work was by accident and, roo often, by
wantonnels deſtroyed. Part was found buried in the
rubbiſh : but the greater part entirely loſt, An in-
dulgence alſo of a bad cuſtom, which all the children
in the pariſh claimed as a privilege, of playing in the
church on Shrove-Tueſday (always a day. of riot),
contributed not a little to this devaſtation.
In 1783, the rev. William Mounſey, then curate of
Bottesford, not ſuppoſing himſelf equal to any thing
more, undertook to clean them from moſs, dirt, &c.
and fix up ſuch ſmall. articles as could be found.
Led on from ſmaller things to greater, he renewed
in the antient manner all the carving that had been
deſtroyed, made new things appear old, ſurmounted
every difficulty, and completed the repair. To pre-
ſerve them as much as poſſible for the future, he
guarded with iron a greater number of monuments
than had been defended before, which he was en-
abled to do without expence from the exceſſive maſſy
BOTTESFOR H. 163
weight. of the old iron. In this work he employed a
conſiderable part of his leiſure time for more than
three years; and by this laudable exertion has me-
rited equally of the noble ſurvivors, and of the lovers
of our national antiquities,
The entrance into the vault (the duke's preſent
burial-place) is a curious Gothic door entirely of
cedar, brought hither in 178g, at the expence of the
dutcheſs, in compliance with the wiſhes of the late
duke, who had ordered it in his life-time,
No monumental infcription is yet placed in memory
of either of the four dukes of Rutland, or the great
marquis of Granby, who are all buried at Bottesford
with their anceſtors. |
The moſt remarkable ones in the church yard are!
* HERE LIETH THE BODY OF EDWARD PEARCE,
CITIZEN AND PAINTER-STAINER OF LONDON,
WHO EXPIRED IN THE RIGHT HONOURABLE
THE EARL OF RUTLAND'S EMPLOYMENT AT BELVOIR CASTLE,
THE 17TH DAY OF AUGUST, IN THE YEAR 1658,”
Sub hoclapide ſepultum eſt corpus Johannis Clarke;
obiit Jan. 20, A. D. 1725, #tatis ſuæ 60.”
Francis White died April 18, 1726, aged 86.
Mark Sanſam died Sept. 1, 1782, aged 86.
Anne his wife died July 22, 1772, aged 80.
William Twinbury died March 11,17 59, aged 65.
yn his wife died May 16, 1770, aged 80,
fone Foreſt died June 20, 1731, aged 61.
Frances Foreſt died April 30, 1746, aged 89.
John Foreſt her ſon died OR. 7. 1789, aged 83.
Robert Dadiley died April 9, 1788, aged 75.
Richard Winter died Feb. g, 1777, aged 78.
5 Watts died March 28, 1788, aged 82.
Jane his wife died Aug. 31, 1786, aged 81.
William Alliſter died March 23, 1779, aged 70.
Anne his wife died Jan. 7, 1776, aged 77.
William Piggins died Dec. 8, 1779, aged 76.
Anne his wife died Aug. 28, 1778, aged 76.
John Bend died March 15, 1773, aged 81.
Anne Greaves died Dec. 13, 1739, aged 81.
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a hamlet to the Faſt of Bottesſord, (which furniſhes
the original etymology of the name), though in fact ir
is ſituated much to the Southward.
This lordſhip, like that of Belvoir and Bottesford,
was antiently the inheritance of the Alvinis, .
Sept. 5, 1204, king John granted to Hugh de
Herſey lands of the value of 1 fl. in the manor of
Eaſthorpe, co. Leiceſter, ſometime the poſſeſſion of
Fulc de Paynell, but eſcheated to the crown.
© Rex vicecomiti Leic', &c. Precipimus tibi, quod
ſine dilatione aſſignes Hugoni de Herley, 1 5/. terre
in manerio de Eaſt-Thorp, que fuit Fulconis de Pay-
nel, facta in proxima extenſione ſolvenda; quod eſ-
caete noſtre ad plus ſolent extendi. Et, 1 ibi ei non
poſſint aſſignari, illas ei alibi in eſcaetis noſtris in
balliva tuã aſſignes; ita quod bladum illius terre nobis
remaneat. Teſte G. filio Petri comitis Eſſex, apud
Wodeſtock, 5* die Septembris“.“
William de Albiniaco IV. lord of Belvoir, made
over William Fitz-Hugh (who was before one of his
vaſſals) to Alan de Bek and Elyas fon of Henry
vicar of Bottesford, and their heirs. There is no
date to the inſtrument ; but William de Albiniaco IV.
died before 32 Henry III. 1248; fo that, as this re-
leaſe is very old, the reader will not be diſpleaſed to
ſee the form of ſuch a transfer of tenantry, and 1
ſhall therefore exemplify it:
« Omnibus Chriſti fidelibus hoc ſeriptum viſuris,
Willielmus de Albiniaco quartus in Domino ſalutem.
Noveritis me dediſſe & conceſſiſſe, & hac preſenti
carta mea quietum clamàſſe Willielmum filium Hu-
gonis prepoſiti de Eſt-Thorp in Botlisford, cum tota
ſequelà ſua, & omnibus catallis ſuis, Alano de Bek,
Elye filio Henrici vicarii * de Botlisforca, & heredibus
ſuis ; ita quod ego & heredes mei nunquam de cetero
in predicto Willielmo, vel ſequelà ſua, vel catallis ſuis,
jus aliquod vel clamium habere poterimus. Item, re-
laxo & omnino quietum clamo prefatum Wiihelmum
& ejus ſequelam, & de me & de heredibus meis, de
yativia ſua, In cujus rei teltimonium, huic ſcripto
ſigillum meum appoſui. Hiis teſtibus; dominis Ra-
dulfo de Trehanton, Rogero filio ejus; Rogero Bo-
zon ; Bartholomeo de S. Hillario ; Galfrido de Bre-
tevill ; Stephano de Stoke; Willielmo de Medburn ;
militibos; Fulcone de Hotot ; Radulpho mareſcallo;
& aliis .“ |
In 1324, certain lands in Eaſthorpe, amongſt other
poſſeſſions, forfeited by the Knights Templars on the
ſuppreſſion of their order in 1313, were ſettled by
authority of parliament on the knights Hoſpitallers of
St. Jobn of Jeruſalem. Theſe lands are noticed in the
rental of the preceptory of Dalby on the Noulds .
The abbey of Croxton had 15 ſclions of arable
land in Eaſthorpe, the gift of Hugh, a knight, which
they demiſed ro Bartholomew, the ſon of William of
Eaſthorpe, for a pound of cumin annually, in lieu of
all other ſervices and payments.
Richard Walegot alſo gave them two ſclions of
land at Baruby, near Grantham, in puram eleemoſynam ;
and three other ſelions there, in exchange for one
acre in Eaſthorpe field,
In the regiſter of Croxton abbey we find this entry :
cc Habemus in Eaftinthorp, de dono Hugonis mi-
litis, 1 5 ſeliones terre arabilis, in puram & perpetuam
eleemoſinam. Has 15 ſeliones tenent de nobis Bar-
1 Clauſ. 6 Joh. m. 18.
tholomeus filius domini Willielmi de Eaſtintborp &
heredes ſui, libere,-quiete, & ſolute ; reddendo nobis
annuatim unam libram cumini, pro omni ſervicio &
ſeculari exaCtione ad quemcumque pertinente. Item
habemus, de dono ejuſdem Hugonis, 6 aeras prati in
puram eleemoſinam. Item habemus, de dono ejuſ-
dem Hugonis, homagium & totum ſervicium Waller
Marſhall, vel Piket, & Emme ſponſe ſue, & heredum
ſuorum, & annuum redcitum 45. in puram eleemoſinam,
recipiendum de una bovata terre quam idem Waherus
tenuit, & quicquid juris vel clamei habuit in pre-
dicta bovyati terre, fine aliquo retenemento. Item
habemus, de dono ejuſdem, homagium & totum ſer-
vicium Roberti filii Rogeri de eadem villa, & annuum
redditum 385. in puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam,
recipiendum de una bovatâ terre quam Walterus
Gumbes tenuit, & totum jus & clameum quod ha-
buit in predictà bovata terre, Item habemus, de deno
ejuſdem, homagium Roberti filii Rogeri de eadem
villa, & annuum redditum 45. in puram eleemoſinam,
recipiendum de una bovatã terre quam idem Robertus
& heredes ſui tenent, & quicquid ſibi vel heredibus
ſuis de predictis ſerviciis & terris accidere poterit.
Habemus, de Thoma filio ſuo, homagium & totum
ſervicium Reginaldi filii Edelyn & heredum ſuorum,
& annuum redditum 55. in puram eleemoſinam, reci-
piendum de uni bovatà terre quam idem Rogerus te-
nuit. Item habemus, de dono predicti Hugonis, 12
ſeliones in terrtorio de Denton, in puram eleemo-
ſinam. Habemus, de dono Thome ſilii ſui, unam
placeam prati, in puram eleemoſinam, in predicto
territorio de Denton. Item habemus, de dono Jo-
hannis de Charnels, unam acram terre & dimid' in
territorio de Denton, de feodo ejuſdem Hugonis, in
puram eleemoſinam, quam idem Hugo nobis con-
tirmavit. Habemus, de J. filio Gilberti Moine de
Denton, totum pratum ſuum quod habuit in Cumbys,
in territorio de Eaſtinthorp, & 2 ſeliones terre ara-
bilis, in puram eleemoſinam. Item habemus, de dono
Amrici de Eaſtinthorp, unam acram terre in eadem
villa in puram eleemoſinam. Willielmus, filius Hu-
gonis de Eaſtinthorp, confirmavit nobis 2 ſeliones, &
totum pratum predictum, & annuum redditum 1d,
remiſit nobis. Habemus, de Alanf filia Simonis,
carucatam continentem unam culturam terre, & 76
ſeliones, & dimidiam acram & dimidiam rodam prati.
Simon filius Alani, Gilbertus filius Gilberti Moine, &
uxor Johanna filia Gilberti, remiſerunt nobis totum
jus & clameum, &c. per tres cartas 5.“
In 1462, on the attainder of William viſcount.
Beaumont, mention is made of Eaſthorpe and Nor-
manton, as hamlets in the pariſh of Bottesford 6.
Aug. 9, 1467, king Edward IV. granted the hamlet
of Eaſthorpe, in the pariſh of Bottesford, to William
lord Haſtings, to hold of the king and his heirs by
homage in lieu of all ſervice 7.
In 1486, in the inquiſition on the death of William
lord Haſtings *, the hamlets of Eaſthorpe and Nor-
manton again occur9; and in that year they reverted
to the family of Ros, whence they have regularly
deicended to John Henry the preſent duke of Rutland.
In a wall in the antient part of Eaſthorpe hall-
houſe are three water-bougets, the arms of Roos.
The hamler at preſent (1792) contains 39 families
and 178 inhabitants.
> This mention of the vicar's ſon is rather remarkable, See p. 96. note *, It has been ingeniouſly ſuggeſted, that Yicer
here might not be the name of an ecclefiaſtic, but the man s ſurname,
3 Peck, MSS, ex ipſa originali carta pergamenica apud Belvoir, 25 Aug. 1732.
For a fuller account of both theſe orders of kn:ghthood, ſee under the article of Temple Rodeley+
* See Burton, pp. 86, 207.
See the ſeal, plate V. fig. 23. |
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5 See the remainder of this article, which relate to Denton, &c, in the Appendix, N XI,
Carte, MS, 1 Pat, 7 Edw. IV. Pars 1.
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NORMANTON,
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antiently Northmanton, and Normans-1own, where ſe-
veral of the Francigene who accompanied Robert de
Todenei into England were ſettled, is alſo a hamlet to
Bottesford, and ſituated about a mile to the North of it.
In 1205-6, William de Colewill, who was an Eng-
liſh baron, agreed to pay the king a fine of 20 marcs
and one palfrey, to have ſeiſin of Normanton, co.
Leiceſter, then of his fee, though late parcel of the
lands of William de Meynilidurant, and at that time
in the king's hands, for that the ſame William left
the king's ſervice in Normandy :
« Willielmus de Colevill dat 20 marcas & unum
palfridum pro habenda ſeiſina de Normanton, de feodo
ſuo; que fuit-Willielmi de Meynilldurant, & que eſt
in manu domini regis, eo quod idem Willielmus re-
ceſſit de ſervicio domini regis in Normannia. Et
mandatum eft vicecomiti, quod, accepti ab eo ſecu-
ritate quod illas 20 marcas & unum palfridum reddet
ad ſuum ſeaccarium, tunc ei plenariam ſeiſinam de
predictà terra habere faciat *.”
By an inquiſition preſerved in the Teſta de Nevill
it appears that in the villata of Normanton, about the
year 1240, the ſecond William de Colevill enfeoffed
Peter Humor of land belonging to the Normans in
Normanton to the amount of a fourth part of a
knight's fee; and from Peter it devolved (deſcendit )
to William Menidurant, and one moiety of it came
to Robert de Eftre and his brother Jordan. Robert and
Jordan fold their portion to the Knights Templars, who
then held it. It appears alſo that when the lands of
the Normans in general became forfeited to the crown,
the elder William de Colvill had the addreſs ſo to
make his peace with the king, that he had a re- grant
of all his property; and from him the Knights
Templars had a re- confirmation of their tenure *. -
That the Knights Templars poſſeſſed ſome lands here,
appears alſo by a deed, dated at Temple Dyneſley,
in Hertfordſhire, 43 Henry III, 1258 ; when. Amadeus
de Moreſtello, maſter of the Knights, Templars in
England, by the advice and content of a chapter of his
brethren, gave certain lands at Normanton to. Henry
de Colvil, -knight *, whole daughter and heir Beatrix
was married to Hugh de Charnels, knight; which
grant Inbertus de Peran, a ſueceeding. maſter of the
Templars, by conſent of his brethren, confirmed to
the ſaid fir Hugh de Charnels and Beatrix his wite,
by another deed, dated alſo at Dyneſley “.
In 1312, it appears that Robert de Stepelton held
half a knight's fee in Normanten of Jobn de Haſtings,
ſenior, deceaſed ; and John de Haſtings, junior, the
ſon and heir of the aforeſaid John, was then aged 26 5.
in 1315, Margaret, the mother of Edmund de
Colevill, deceaſed, held in dower (nomine dots), fix
| bovates of land, with the appurtenances, in Norman-
ton, of the heir of the ſaid Edmund, in dower 6.
In 1324, the poſſeſhons of the Knights Templars at
Normanton paſſed, with thoſe of Eaithorpe, into the
_ poſſeſſion of the Knights Hoſpitallers of St. Jobn of
Jeruſulam.
A great part of this village belonged to the lord
Ros; for in 1343, William lord Ros of Hamlake
died poſſeſſed of a quarter of one knight's fee, with
the appurtenances, in Normanton, which BRebert and
William de Belvoir held“. |
In 1346, William lord Ros, being then the king's
ward (on the aid then given for kuighting Edward of
Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt ſon) was aſſeſſed 304.
for three parts of one Knight's fee in Bottesford, Nor-
manton, Redmile, Barkſton, Plungar, and Herdby,
Rot. Fin, 7 John, m. 5.
Burton, p. 207-
7 Eſch. 17 Edw. III. N* 60 Leic.
9 Eſch, 20 Edw. III. Ne 53. Leic,
1 Esch. 7 Ric. II. N* 68 Leic.
5 Elch. 9 Hen, V. N $58. Leic.
* Teſta de Nevill, p. xlviii.
5 Eſch. 6 Edw. II. Ne 50. Leic,
* Rot. aux. 20 Edw. III.
10 Eſch. 44 Edw. III. No 41. Leic.
'3 Eſch, 17 Ric. II. N' 49. Leic.
1 Pat, 7 Edw. IV. pare 1.
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parcel of the fee of Ros.
In the ſame year, Robert Colevill (on the fame
occaſion) was aſſeſſed 30s. for three parts of one
knight's fee in Muſton and Normanton, parcel of the.
fee of Ros *, *
In 1352-3, William de Ros of Hamlake died poſ-
ſeſſed of the moiety of one knight's fee in Normanton,
which the prior of the hoſpital of St. John of Jeru-
ſalem in England held of the king in capite 9.
In 1363, Margery wife of William de Ros of Ham-
lake died poſſeſſed of one knight's fee in Norman-
ton, which Robert de Coleville and William de Bea-
ver then held e. |
In 1370, Adam de Lymberg, Geoffry de Brunne,
and others, had the king's licence to give the manors
of Muſton and Normanton to any religious houſe, or
to any fecular dean, provoſt, chapter, or ſociety, the
ſtatute of mortmain notwithſtanding **,
In 1383, Thomas de Ros of Hamlake, knighr, died
ſeiſed of one carucate of land, with the appurtenances,
in Normanton, and 4os. rent there, payable at Faſter
and Michaelmas; which land and rent were held of
the prior of the hoſpital of St. John of Jeruſalem
in England **,
In 1393, John de Ros of Hamlake died ſeiſed of
a carucate of land, with the appurtenances, and of
405. rent, all in Normanton, held of the king in ca-
pite, as of the houſe of Belver, by knight's ſervice '3,
In 1394, Mary wife of John de Ros of Hamlake,
brother and heir of John de Ros, died ſeiſed of
33s. 3d. yearly rent, in Normanton, held of the king
by knight's ſervice *. |
In 1421, John de Ros of Hamlake, knight, died
ſeiſed ot one carucate of land, and 1005. rent, with
the appurtenances, in Normanton *5,
Avg. 9, 1467, king Edward IV. granted the ham-
let of Normanton, together with the manor of Bot-
tesford, of which it was tnen accounted a member,
to William lord Haſtings, to hold of the king by
' homage only in lieu of all ſervice **,
In 1486, on the attainder of William lord Haſtings,
Normanton reverted to the Ros family; and from
them it cams, with other great poſſeſſions, by mar-
rizge to the family of Mauners, and has lineally de-
ſcended to John #lenry the preſent duke of Rutland.
Of the chapel of Normanton, we find, that in the
reign of King Henry III. it belonged to the vicar
of Bottesfofd, who was deputed by the rector to per-
form divine ſervice there three days in a week *.
The chapel is now down, and ſcarcely a trace to be
found, though walls were ſtanding within the memory
of man, but removed for the ule of barns, roads, &c.
The duke of Rutland is at preſent impropriator.
From the act for incloſing the open fields of Bot-
tesford, &c. in 1770, it appears that the duke of Rut-
land was then entitled to the tithes of all corn ariſing
within the open fields of Normanton ; that the rector
of Muſton was entitled to the tithe of hay arifing
from 3o acres of land in open meadows there; and
the rector of Bortesford to all other the great and
{mall tithes of the open fields, and to all the tithes
both great and ſmall ariſing from gardens, orchards,
homeſteads, and old incloſures, &c. For all theſe
ſeveral rights, and for thoſe of all others who had
any legal claim of commonage in any of the faid
open fields, a ſufficient compenſation was directed to
be made 15»
The hamlet of Normanton at preſent contains 21
families and 95 inbabirants.
3 See this deed in the Appendix, p. 12,
* Eſch, 9 Edw. II. N* 49. Leic.
I See more of this under Muſton.
1+ Eſch. 18 Ric, II. Ne 34. Leic.
+1 See the Matricula, p. Ixil. See above, p. 88,
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Antiently called Branteſtone, Braundeſion, Brantiſtan,
Brande/ton, Branſton, and Braunſton juxta Belvoir, is
ſituated on the hills about three miles to the South
of Belvoir caſtle; and is bounded on the South by
Croxton Park, on the Eaſt by Croxton Kyriel, on
the North by Knipton, and on the Weſt by Eaton.
Its diſtance from Melton Mowbray, the neareſt mar-
ket-town, is about eight miles. In the eccleſiaſtical
diviſion of the county it is in the deanry of Framland.
In the reign of Edward the Confeſſor this manor
was held by Levenot, being then of the annual
value of twenty ſhillings; but was inereaſed to fifty
ſhillings at the time of the general ſurvey, when it
was returned as a part of the poſſeſſions of the Biſhop
of Lincoln, under whom Ralph was then tenant of
ſeven ploughlands and a half. Two ploughs and
four bondmen were employed in the lord's demeſne ;
and ten villans, with one bordar and fix ſocmen, had
four ploughs among them. There were two mills of
eight ſhillings value; and ſixteen acres of meadow *'.
In the time of king John, Zuſtace de Morteyne, who
married the daughter and heireſs of Richard Silvayne,
was lord of this manor. His arms: Or, three lions
rampant queue furchee. |
In the Teſta de Nevill, Braunſton is deſcribed, in
the year 1240, as conſiſting of two fees: the Biſhop's
fee, containing 7 carucates and a half; and Wande-
vill's fee, four carucates. |
In the ſame record, under the article Auxilia Vice-
com de Framland, we find,
De Brandeſton, 43. 10d.
De Brandeſton Wandevill, 23. 64.
For francpledge Braunſton at that period was rated
at 6s, |
In the Itinerary of 1280, Braunſton, Goadby, Eaſt-
well, and Eaton, are collectively conſidered as one vill.
An early regiſter of Croxton abbey, near the cloſe
of the thirteenth century, deſcribes this lordſhip thus:
© [n Braunſton ſunt 12 caruc' terre; viz. in feodo
domini Willielmi de Morteyne 7 caruc' & dim'; &
faciunt feodum unius militis, unde dominus epiſcopus
Lincoln” eſt capitalis dominus. Dominus Galtridus de
Wandevill tenuit in eadem villa in dominico 4 car” &
dim” terre de comite de Albamari; & in Eyton tenet
idem Galfridus, de prefate comite, dim” acram terre,
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terra de Braunſton & de Eyton, difto comiti de Alba-
mari. Item abbas de Croxton tenet in Braunſton t
virgat' terre, cum pertinentiis, de dono Willielmi de
Morteyn. Quando ſcutagium currit ad 3 marc', que-
libet bovata terre de feodo Willielmi de Morteyne
dat 8d. & quelibet bovara de feodo Wandevil 12d.
„% Habemus in Brantiſton, de dono Willielmi de
Wandevile, unam manſionem cum crofto, & 2 bovatas
& 2 acras terre, cum pertinentiis, in perpetuam elee-
moſinam, faciendo forinſeca. Hane donationem con-
firmavit nobis Willielmus comes de Albamari in
puram & perpetuam elcemoſinam, ut pateat in confir-
matione ejuſdem. Item habemus, de dono Ricardi
Silrani, paſturam ad duodecim ax" oves, in puram
& perpetuam eleemoſinam, warentizatam, &c, Item
habemus, de dono ejuſdem Ricardi, unam bovatam
terre, cum corpore ſuo, in Dunneſby, cum tofto &
crofto, in liberam & perpetuam eleemoſinam; illam
ſcilicet quam Thomas Largus tener, cum eodem Thoma
& tota ſequela ſua, bene & in pace, libere, quietè
ab omni ſervicio, falvo forinſeco ſervicio. Item ha-
bemus, de dono Euſtachii filii Euſtachii de Morteyne,
unam virgatam terre in Brantiſton, cum tofto & crofto,
& aliis pertinentibus & aiſiamentis ſuis, infra villam
& extra; quam Emma vidua, filia Bungrey, tenet,
cum eadem Emma, & tota ſequela ſua, & catullis ſuis,
in liberam & perpetuam eleemoſinam, ſalve forinſeco,
in excambium pro una bovatra terre, cum pertin', in
Duneſby, cum predicto Thoma Largo, & tot ſequela
ſui, & catallis ſuis. Preterea, predictus Euſtachius
conceſſit & confirmavit nobis donationem, quam pre-
dictus Ricardus, avunculus ſuus, fecit nobis, ſcilicet,
paſturam ad duodecim xx oves in territoriis & paſturis
de Braniiſton, in puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam, cum
libero introitu & exitu. Item habemus cartam Willi-
elmi de Morteyne de attachiamento molendini noſtri
de Eyton ſuper terram ſuam. Item habemus, de dono
Rogeri de Morteyne, 2 ſeliones terre in campo occi-
demali de Brantiiton, prope grangiam noſtram, quas
licet nobis includere & commodum noftrum inde
facere, in perpetuo excambio pro aliis duobus ſelio-
nibus ſibi conceſſis. Habemus & cirografum con-
fectum inter nos & dominum Robertum capellanum,
de excambio dicte terre ad ipſum. Item habemus
% Radulfus tenet de epiſcopo in Branteſtone 7 carucatas terræ & dimid'. In dominico ſunt 2 carucz & 4 ſervi; & 10 vil-
lani, cum 1 bordario & 6 ſocmannis, habent 4 carucas. Ibi 2 molini de 8 ſolidis, & 16 acræ prati. Valuit 20 ſolidos, modo 50
ſolidos. Leuenot tenuit.“ Domeſday, p. 231. a. 1,
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unam culturam terre ſuper Eſſe crofto, in perpetuum
teſcambium, de domino Rogero de Morteyne, pro uni
ſelione ſuper le Longland. Item habemus, de Jo-
hanne de Brunneſle, unam placeam terre, cujus unum
taput buttat ſuper murum rectoris, & aliud caput
ſuper terram Matildis Hildebrand, in liberam, puram,
& perpetuam eleemoſinam. Habemus & de Hugone
Andrew duas ſcliones; que abuttant ſuper N arth-Belk
& ſuper tertam Matildis Hildebrand, in perpetuum
eſcambium pro duabus ſelionibus ſuper Hyclif.
Item, idem Hugo dedit nobis eaſdem ſeliones in pu-
ram & perpetuam eleemoſinam. Item, idem Hugo
dedit Waltero Orger de Melton unam ſel ionem, cujus
caput abuttat ſuper terram noſtram & ſuper North-
Bek. Item habemus licentiam de toti villa inclu-
dere illam terram ex utraque partem grangie. “
In 1283, Filliam de Morteyne died poſſeſſed of the
manor of Brannteſton, held under the biſhopof Lincoln,
by the ſervice of one knight's fee; and Roger, ſon of
Roger de Morteyne, his next heir, was then of age *,
o Roger de Morteyne, knight, king Edward I;
granted liberty of free-warren in all the demeſne
7 at Braunſton, by a deed, dated at Lincoln,
eb. 12, 1283-4, in the preſence of Robert biſhop
of Bath and Wells, the king's chancellor; John de
Veſey, Roger Extraneus, and ſeveral other witneſſes“.
This lordſhip came ſoon after to the Crophulls ;
Ralph de Cropbull having a new charter of free-warren
for his demeſne lands here granted him by king Ed-
ward III. dated at Nottingham, May 6, 1327, in the
reſence of John biſhop of Ely, the king's chancel-
be; Roger biſhop of Lichfield and Coventry; John
de Ros, ſteward of the king's houſhold ; and divers
other witneſſes *.
An inquifition, 1343, which mentions the poſſef-
fions of Croxton abbey in Braunſton, is ſigned
« Ricus Wolveſey, ꝓ abbate de Croxton.“
In 1383, Fohn de Crophull, knight, died ſeiſed of
the manor of Braundeſton *, held under the biſhop
of Lincoln 5.
Agnes, daughter and heit of Thomas de Crophull,
and couſin and heir to fir John de Crophull, knight,
in 1384, brought the manor and advowſon of
Broughton, held under the biſhop of Lincoln, by
marriage to Walter Deverensx.
In 1396, Robert (fon of German Hauberk) who was
an outlaw, was ſeiſed of four ſhillings rent in Braunſ-
ton, ariſing out of one virgate of land which Robert
Goodknave then held 5.
In 140g, we find the following very curious inſtance
of two perſons of this townſhip being manumirted,
who had been in a ſtate of villanage to the abbey of
Croxton :
« Sciant preſentes & futuri, quod nos Willielmus
abbas de Croxton, & ejuſdem loci conventus, manu-
miſimus, liberum fecimus, & ab omni jugo ſervitutis
naturalis, ſeu villenagii, imperpetuum liberavimus,
Thomam filium Johannis Randolfe de Braundeſton
ſenioris, alias dicti Johannis Dawſon de Waltham, &
Willielmum fratrem ejuſdem Thome, nati vos noſtros,
cum totà ſequeli ſui, procreata ſeu procreanda; ita
ues nec nos predicti abbas & conventus, vel ſucceſ-
ores noſtri, aliquod jus, vel clameum, in prediCtis
Thoma, Willielmo, & ſequelà ſua, procreata ſeu pro-
creandA, de cetero exigere poterimus, ratione viltenagii
ſeu native, ſed ab omni accione juris ſimus excluſi
imperpetuum. In cujus rei teftimonium, huic pre-
ſenti carte noſtre ſigillum noſtrum commune eſt ap-
penſum. Datum in domo noſtra capitulari apud
Croxton, die dominica, in feſto tranſlationis S. Thome
Martiris, anno regni regis Henrici Quarti poſt Con-
queſtum Anglie decimo .
Agnes, the wife of Malter Devereux, died ſeiſed of
the manor of Braunſton in 1435*, leaving Walter
*. Eſch, 12 Edw. I. Ne 26,
3 Cart, 1 Edw, III. Ne 56.
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Devereux, ber grandchild, her heir; who, being af.
terward married to Anne, ſole daughter and heir of
William lord Ferrars of Chartley, was in 1461 ad-
vanced to that title; and obtained from king Edward
IV, in recompence of his many ſervices, à grant of
ſeveral tnanbrs, lordſhips, &c. In 14750 be had a
further grant for life of the county of Caernar von;
was made chief / juſtice of Snowdon Hills in North
Wales; and was the ſatme year inſtalled knight of the
Garter ; but, adhering to the caufe of Richard 117;
was ſlain, with his maſter, Avg: 22, 1485, in the battle
of Boſworth<field. _ 2
How long the manor of Braunſton continued in the
family of Devereux does not appear; bur it paſſed
from them (in what manner. is nncertain9) to the
Hartopps ; and on the Eaſt fide of the church-yard is
a ſmall ſpot of ground, where appear the foundations
of buildings; ſaid by tradition to have been the man-
. ioti' of that antient family.
In a ſubſidy of 1445, Braunſton was charged 11.
I05.; and abated 3s.
May 13, 1472, king Edward IV. granted certain
lands and paſtures at Braunſton, Herdwik, and Stad-
herne, to Thomas Twiſday and Robert Trunke, pages
of his chamber, for life. |
Rex omnibus, &c. Sciatis quod, &c. conceſſimus,
dee. Thome Twiſday & Roberto Trunke, pagettis
camere noſtre, quaſdam terras & paſturas, cum perti-
nentiis, in Braunſton, Herdwik, & Stadherne, in
com. Leic', habendas & tenendas, &c. ptefatis Thome
& Roberto durante vita ipſorum & eorum alterius
diutius viventis, de nobis & heredibus noſtris, per ſer-
vitia, &c, per que progenitoribus & predeceſſoribus
noſtris, &c. ſeparatim tenebantur imperpetuum; abſ-
que aliquo compoto, ſeu aliquo alio nobis, &c. inde
reddendo, &c. eo quod expreſſa mentio, & c. aliqud
ſtatuto, &c. non obſtante. cujus, & c. Teſte rege,
apud Weſtm', 13 die Maii. Per breve de privato
ſigillo, & de dat', &c. b. 5
In 1 538, ſo much of the lands in Braunſton as had
been the property of Croxton-abbey, with all the ap-
purtenances, on the diſſolution of that religious houſe,
were given in fee, by king Henry VIII, to Thomas
earl of Rutland. ; 8
In 1 565, Thomas Hartopp ** was cited to appear in her
majeſty's court of "Exchequer, to ſhew cauſe why the
manor of Braunſton ſhould not be ſeized by the
queen, having been alienated without licence“. This
alienation, it is ſuppoſed, was a ſale "+ of the manor
of Braunſton to Edward the third earl of Rutland ; as
the noble family of Manners have from that period
been uninterruptedly in poſſeſſion of this lordſhip.
In 1766, an act was paſſed, for dividing and in-
cloſing certain open arable fields and common paſtures
in the pariſh of Braunſton, otherwiſe Branſton, con-
taining together by eſtimation 1 500 acres, or there-
abouts; in which Jobn duke of Rutland is deſcribed
as lord of the manor and patron of the reQory of
Braunſton, and owner and proprietor of all the lands
and grounds lying within the ſaid pariſh ; and the
Rev. Henry Martin, as rector of Braunſton, entitled
to all the great and ſmall tithes yearly arifing and
renewing within the ſaid pariſh, ws to certain glebe
lands within the ſaid fields and paſtures. An allot-
ment was apportioned to the rector, equal to the
value of his glebe, with one ſeventh of all the other
lands within the pariſh (except ſuch old incloſures as
were exempt from tithes), in lieu of all tithes and
payments, except ſurplice fees, Eaſter offerings, and
mortuaries 3 the remainder to the duke of Rutland,
lord of the manor, and (except the allotment to the
rector, who is the only other freeholder) poſſeſſor of
the entire pariſh; which contains in all about 1900
acres; the produce chiefly oats and turnips,
Cart. 12 Edw. I. Ne 52, MS. Chetwynd.
4 'Eſch. 7 Ric, II. Ne 23. Leic.
$ See more under the article of Naneby,
® Eſch, 20 Ric. II. Ne 86. Leic. 7 Peck, MS. ex calce cod, MS. de Domeſday olim Conv. de Croxton pertin, fol. 57. 3.
* Eſch, 14 Hen. VI. Ne 32, .
9 Walter Devereux was {lain in the battle of Boſworth fighting for king Richard 3 and, according to lord Bacon's Life of
King Henry VII. was attainted in the firſt of that reigu ; Braunſton might then probably he forfeited to the crown, and after -
wards granted to the Hartopps. I have not been able to find any match between the Hartopps and Devereux.
Pat. 12 Edw. IV. pars f. m. 13.
The grant remains in the Augmentation office,
*
This ſerves to confirm the tradition, mentioned above, of an old manſion in this pariſk having been formerly a ſeat of the
Hartopp family; of whom an account will be found under the townſhips of Buckminſter, Little Dalby, Freathby, and Welby.
'3 Paſch, Rec, 7 Eliz. Rot, 84.
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108 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
In 1564 Braunſton contained 26 families.
The number of families ar preſent in the pariſh
are 47; inhabitants 206; all of the Church of
England. | | | :
No freeholder occurs in the liſt of 1630.
At the general election in 1722, nine freeholders
Hed, who were reſident in Braunſton; but of whom
Mr. North, the rector, was the only one whoſe free-
hold was in the parifh; and in 1778 eleven polled ;
namely, Mr. Martin, the rector, whoſe reſidence was
at Newark; and ten others, who refided at Braunſton,
but were poſſeſſed of freeholds in the adjacent villages.
The nett expence of the poor in 1776 was 121.
155. 10d. | 5 3
Medium of three years, 17831785, 361. 175. 7d.
The return to the parliamentary enquiry of 1786
was in theſe words: | | |
dedicated to St. Gutblac, conſiſts of à nave; a North
and South aile, and a chancel, all leaded. See a
South - eaſt view of it, by Mr. Pridden, plate XXIV.
The arches. betwixt the South aile and nave are
ſemi-circular ; and thoſe betwixt the-Norch aile and
nave are pointed,
At the Weſt end of the nave is the ſteeple, an or-
dinary ſtone ſpirez wherein hang three middling
bells, thus inſeribed:
1. * God fave the Church, 1623.“
2. God fave the King, 1662.“ |
3. Omnia fiant ad gloriam Dei; gloria Deo ſoli.“
In the chancel is a piſcina and a locker; and in the
South aile is another piſcina. |
The old font is circular, and conſiſts of ſixteen
compartments, richly ornamented at'the rop with in-
terſecting arches; and ſtands on an octagon baſe,
RECTORS.
of Framland in 12205,
There have been no charitable donations given,
by deed or will, for the benefit of poor perſons in the
pom of Braunſton, Leiceſterſhire, to the belt of our
nowledge, information, and belief.
TrHomas Shaw, Curate.
Sept. 28, 1786.
Ion Burr, Churchwarden.“
The earlieſt date in the regiſter is 1591; but in
the beginning the entries are not very regularly made.
In the firſt 20 years are 83 baptiſms, 51 burials,
and 25 weddings. In the laſt 20 years, ending in
1788, are 142 baptiſms, 93 burials, and 23 marriages.
It is more properly carried on from 16593 and
after that period we find the following proportions:
The firſt five years bapiized 21 1
"burials 131 5
The five years ſbaprized go( =
ending in 1790, | burials 23) &.
baptiſms g.
burials 12.
The CHURCH,
raiſed by two ſtone ſteps. A repreſenration of it,
drawn and engraved a by Mr, Schnebbelie, is given
in plate XXIV,
a this church Me. Burton puts down theſe two
coats, both of which are now gone.
1. Sable, a lion rampant, Arg.
2. Sable, 3 keys Argent.
The wake is kept on the Sunday before Michaelmas.
In 1344 the rectory was taxed at 11 marks, paid
75. 644. procurations, and 25s. for Peter-pence.
In 1534 5, it was returned worth 131.
In 1650, it was worth 50/.; and the rector was
reported to be a pluralitan.
The nett value in 1717 was 721. 17. 41d.
It is rated in the king's books at 1 5“. 105. 6d. ; and,
in conſequence of the incloſure, is now worth about
1601; a year. | |
PATRONS.
daughter and heireſs of Richard
Hugh, the rector of Braunſton, preſided over the rural deanry 255 de Morteyne, who married the
Hugh de Morley, 12265,
Nicholas de Hope“,
John Picot, 1240 8,
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John Perkyn, died July 6, 1360 **,
*
Of the following rectors, thoſe marked * are taken from the pariſh regi
entries in-the Firſt Fruits Office,
John Mandefeild, 1 534,
*Daniel Gibſon,
* ——- Colliſon,
*Daniel-Harding **,
William Gery **, 1649,
John Beardmore , June 17, 1668,
Jonathan Jorden *+, April 2, 1691,
Derham Huddleſtone **, September 10, 1691,
William North“, Aug. 1, 1704-
Gilbert Charlton , April 12, 1731,
Benjamin Holwell '*, April 25, 1739,
Henry Martin , the preſent rector, Oct. 22, 1755,
MONUMENTAL.
| In the chancel is a flat ſtone, which eſcaped Mr.
Burton or his informers, whereon are cut-in the out-
lines of'a man in prieſt's garments ; and round about
the verge is this inſcription :
- 4 Vic jacet dfis joh' es Perkpn,
tam reſtor iſti' ecctie, qui obiit
vi? die menſis julii, anno Dñi m. cct . ix.
cujus 9'i'e propitietur d's. Amen.“
« Here lieth the body of
the Rev. Mr. John Brown, M. A.
late vicar of Croxton Kyriel,
who departed this life
Sikayne. |
Ralph, fon of Nicholas, knight, and
grandſon to Euſtace de Morteyne.
Nicholas de Crophull. |
ſter ; the others are from regular-
Thomas, firſt earl of Rutland.
The earl of Rutland.
John, eighth earl of Rutland.
John, ninth earl of Rutland.
John, third duke of Rutland.
INSCRIPTIONS.
the 24th day of February,
in the year of our Lord 1771,
and in the 73d year of his age.”
In the body of the church are no inſcriptions; and
in the church-yard the moſt remarkable are, |
William Sills died Sept. 16, 1721, aged 73.
Elizabeth his wife died Dec. 13, 1731, aged 86.
William Neal died Dec. 5, 1748, aged 57.
Rebecca his wife died March 23, 1779, aged 73.
Gervas Cove (ſervant to the duke of Rutland 26
years) died OR. 2, 1732, aged 52. |
Edward Wilford, late of Stathern, died Sept. 15,
1780, aged 58,
In the general ſtatement of theſe returns, p. 3, it has been ſaid by miſtake that there was no return from Braunſton,
* Had this regiſter been perfect at the beginning, it might have illuſtrated the Hartopp pedigree, by
For the progreſs of this work we have many of Mr. Schnebbelie's drawings in reſerve ; but, alas! this is the AN of
his engravings.
Dr. Vernon, MS. * Reg. Wells, © Ibid.
7 Thid,
Reg. Groſſeteſte. 9 Reg. Beck. % Epitaph. ;
** % Thomas Harding and Martha Brewer, of Bramſon, in the county of Leiceſter, married Nov. 28, 1591.“ Marriage
Regiſter of St. Bride's, London,
33 Firſt Fruits Office. . #4 Thid
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He was killed March 31, 1667, by the falling down of a houſe,
"0p Ibid: Mr. Huddleſtone was alſo vicar of Barkſton, 168g -- 1698.
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In antient records called Brofton, Brofone, Brottone,
Brouchton, Broughton in Val, and more recently Brough-
ton Inferior, and Nether Broughton, to diſtinguiſh it
from another Broughton in a neighbouring county,
lies about ſeven or eight miles Welt of Belvoir caſtle,
and is conſidered as the extreme extent of that part
of the Vale of Belvoir which is in Leiceſterſhire to
the Weſt. It is contiguous to the Wolds, and bounded
by Upper Broughton ', in Nottinghamſhire, to the
Weſt; Wartnaby, in Leiceſterſhire, to the South;
Long Clawſon, in Leiceſterſhire, to the Eaſt; and
Hickling, in Nottinghamſhire, to the North. It is fix
miles from Melton Mowbray, on the high road from
that town to Nottingham.
In the time of king Edward the Confeſſor, earl
Morcar held this manor, being of the annual value of
3/.; which at the general ſurvey was increaſed to 80.
and in the tenure of Hugh the fon of Baldwin, who
farmed this manor and that of Croxton under the king.
There were then 12 ploughlands in Broughton. One
plough was in the demeſne; and 24 ſocmen, with 9
villans and 4 bordars, had 12 ploughs. There were
alſo 100 acres of meadow *.
We learn, from another authentic record, the re-
giſter of Croxton abbey, that the Conqueror beſtowed
a complete knight's fee in Broughton, containing
12 ploughlands, on Albert Buſſell, by the ſervice of
paying annually 103. as caſtle-guard, and performing
ſuit of court, from three weeks to three weeks, to the
honour of Lancaſter. By this Albert ſix virgates of
land in Broughton were granted to the priory of
the Holy Trinity at Lenton in Nottinghamſhire, on an
annual rent of 308. payable by them or their tenants at
the feaſt of St. John the Baptiſt, The ſame Albert alſo
enfeoffed the prior of St. John of Jeruſalem in three
bovates of land at Broughton, ſituated ſuper Elneclive.
Broughton did not remain long in the-family of
Buſſell; for, after ſome deſcents, it paſſed by a
daughter to Ralph de la More; who enfeoffed Ralph
$akirtoft in four carucates, being one third part of all
his property in Broughton, infra villam & extra, ſub-
ject to the like fealty and ſervices ; and, at his deceaſe,
the other two thirds, being eight carucates, deſcended
to his daughter, who is called in the deed by the-
ſeveral. names of Honora, Anodour, and Anour; and
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king, he beſtowed her perſon and property in marri -
age to Henry le Faukener, one of his own knights, on
the accuſtomary tenure.
Henry and his wife gave to their ſon Ralph the
advowſon of the church of Broughton, which was
afterwards beſtowed on the priory of Lenton; with
a chapel belonging to it here, and 15 acres of land
for the ſervice of the faid chapel, together with 12
bovates of land.
Ralph, ſucceeding to the inheritance on the death
of his father and mother, held the ſame during his
life; and was ſucceeded by his ſon and heir,
Peter de la More; who is mentioned in the Teſta
de Nevill, about 1230, as holding a knight's fee
under the honour of Leiceſter. |
The ſame Peter enfeoffed Walter the Cook (Mal-
terum cocum) of Dalby, in three virgates of land at
Broughton, and four. tofts, on a rent of 545.; and
afterwards demiſed to the abbot and convent of Croxton
the entire lordſhip, . on performing the accuſtomed
annual ſervices.
By an inquiſition taken on this occaſion, it appears,
that the land which Peter de la More, deceaſed, had
held of the king in capite at Brocton, and which
Peter had let to the abbot of Croxton to farm,
was worth 101. 6s. 4d. and one pound of pepper a
year; viz. 6 virgates in demeſne, 155.; the capital
manſion 6s.; 10 virgates held by Peter in villanage
175.3 I bovate, with a manſe belonging to it, 8s. z
and a certain paſture called La Bruce, 25. ; all which
the ſaid Peter held*. And that he had 12 4. rent
there, which Herbert Freeman paid, for one bovate
held of him in fee; and that Richard Freeman paid
him alſo a pound of pepper for another bovate held
of him. The aforeſaid Jands were held by Peter of
the king by the ſervice of half a knight's fee 4..
From this time the abbot became poſſeſſed of eight
carucates in Broughton in villanage ; and of thirteen
virgates, for which he received a rent of 16s. a vir-
ate, and a further. payment from Richard the ſon of
enry of 2d. for caſtle- guard.
Such is the title-deed by which the abbot and con-
vent of Croxton poſſeſſed this lordſhip about the year
1240. Yet in the ſame regiſter a ſomewhat different
The fituation of Upper Broughton is ſhewn in one of the corners of plate XXV.
| ©. Rex tenet Broctone. Ibi ſunt 12 carucate terre. In dominico eſt una caruca, & 24 ſochmanni, cum 9 villanis & 2 bor-
dariis, habent 12 carucas, Ibi 100 acre prati. Valuit libras ; modo 8 libras, Hwc duo maneria [Crobtoxe & Broctone] tenuit
comes Morcar ;, modo tenet Hugo filius Baldwini ad firmam de rege.“ Domeſday, p. 230. a, 2. . |
T Eſch, Hen. III. No 76, Leic.
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110 HISTORY and ANTIQUtTIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
account is given of the marriage by which it came
into the poſſeſhon of Peter de la More; namely, that
the townſhip of Broughton was given by king
Henry I. by the ſervice of one knight's fee, to Oſbert
Buſſell; who gave it, by the like tenure, to Adam the
ſon of Elias; and by Adam it was given to Anege de
la More his grand-daughter, who married Henry le
Faukener, by whom ſhe had Ralph de la More; who
marrying Margery Paynere, daughter of Roger Pay-
nere, and ſiſter of the lord Paulinus Haig, 1 iſſue
by ber Peter de la More, and Lucia the wife of William
Paſſelewe. And here this account again connects itſelf
with the former one; by ſtating that Peter gave the
townſhip of Broughton to Croxton abbey, on the ſervice
of one Knight's fee, and an annual rent of 10s. for
caſtle-guard, on the Nativity of St. John the Baptiſt.
This donation of Peter de la More was before
1241 ; for in that year the abbot of Croxton exhibited
his complaint againſt the prior of Lenton, for his not
paying to the abbot of Croxton the rent of 12. for
twelve bovates of land belonging to Lenton, and
lying at Brotton.
To confirm the title of the abbot and convent to
their property in Broughton, we find them afterwards
petitioning the king; who, by a writ, dated at Weſt-
minſter, Feb. 6, 1256, and by a ſecond from St.
Alban's, March 8, direQt the ſheriff of Leiceſter to
convene the proper officers of the pleas of the crown
and the bailiff of the honour of Lancaſter; and then
to diſcover, by the oaths of a jury, the true value of
the premiſſes, and by what tenures they were held.
And on this inquiſition it was returned, that the lands
and tenements which Peter De la More had given to the
abbot and convent owed no ſuit to the county court,
nor to that of any hundred ; but to the court of the
honour of Lancaſter it was of the annual value of
half a mark; and the view of frankpledge from the
abbot's tenants and ſervants was worth 25.; and that no
other ſervices or outgoings were then due to the king,
except the 10s. payable ad wardam caſtri Lancaſtrie.
The king thereupon confirmed the gift; which
included“ dominicum, homag', wardas, relevia, &
eſchaet';”” and it is particularly obſerved in the deed,
that the prior of Lenton was anſwerable to the abbot
of Croxton for the payment of the caſtle-guard of
Lancaſter, and had fifteen pence a year to pay for
12 bovates of land, which then had been in arrear
for two years. |
The regiſter thus proceeds :
& In villa de Brocton ſunt xii carucate terre in
univerſo, & ſumma bovatar' vi bovat'; quarum,
xii bovat' terre ſunt de dominico.
Eccleſia ejuſdem ville habet ĩiii bovat'.
Prior de Lenton habet xii, ut ſuperius dictum eſt.
Ric? filius Henrici habet viii bovat' terre.
Alfredus filius Gerbodi habet iii bovat' terre.
Nicholaus filius Hug' habet unam bovat' terre.
Robe rtus de Wiluby habet vi bovat'.
Magilter [ preceptorii] de Daleby unam bovatꝰ' terre.
Ric' Freman habet unam bovat'.
Michael habet unam bov'.
Robertus Freman i boy”.
Villani habent xxi boy? terre.
Galfrid' Futeyſt habet unam bovat'.
Abbas habet xx bovat' terre ex antiquo, & tres
bovat' de novo.“
This laſt account is moſt probable, as in the Conqueror's time Lancaſter, &c. was the barony of that great earl Roger
xvd. debitum abbati & conventui de Croxton, &
The buſineſs was completely ſettled in Octobet
1261, when the proper enrollment was thus recorded
in the court of exchequer:
* Memorand', quod die Lune proximo poſt ſeſtum
Sei Michaelis, anno regni regis Henrici filii regis
Johannis xlv, abbas Galfridus de Croxton, per attor-
natum ſuum, concanonicum ſuum Rog' de Sextenby;
fecit inrotulari apud STEm Londini, confirmationem dM
regis H. de carta dũi Petri De la More, de tenemento
de Brocton, de dicto comit*, de feodo Lancaſtt'. Et
ſciendum eſt quod Adam de Mohaut, tunc vic' Lanc',
tune fuit preſens coram baronibus Sci apud Lon-
don', & Ruit in precepto quod dimitteret dictos abbatem
& conventum fire plenam & pacificam ſeifinam
de dicto feoffamento & ejus confirmarione ; preſente
dno Johanne de Caus, ebbate Sci Petri de Burgo, tc
theſaurario dni reg”, a quo dictum precept' exivit, una
cum dictis baronibus, ſcilicer, magiſtro Thom' de Wi-
mundam tunc cancellar* de STTio, & do Edwardo de
Weſtm', una cum- ceteris baronibus & clericis Scttii
tune preſentibus. Et ſciendum eſt quod predicti ba-
rones conceſſerunt predicto abbati & ſuccefforibus ſuis
pacare ſervitium pertinent” ad dictum tenementum
propria manu apud Seem Londonie.“
After this, however, we ſind the abbot and convent
entangled in ſeveral fucceffive ſuits of law concern-
ing their property at Broughton ; which will be beſt
explained by tranſcribing the ſeveral proceedings :
% Sciendum quod villa de Brocton reſpondet pro
quatuor franciplegiis, quorum tres ſunt de feodo ab-
batis de Croxton, & unus de feodo prioris de Lenton,
qui faciunt ſectam predicte curie bis in anno, vid', ad
magnam curiam poſt feſtum STi Michaelis, &
magnam curiam poſt Paſch'. 2
« [dem vero prior de Lenton tenet in villa de Broc
ton, in comitatu Leic', in valle de Beuver, xii bovatas
terre & vii tofr', que reddunt xv den' ad wardam
Lanc* ad Nativitatem Sci Johannis Bapt', & omnia
forinſec? ſervitia tanto tenemento pertinentia in eãdem
villa. Item reſpondet pro tauto tenemento predict
villatà ad omnia provenientia dicte ville pertinentia.
Et ſciendum quod Rog' de Normanton, prior de Len-
ton, fecit omnia ſervitia prenominata abbati Galfrido
de Croxton. Et prior Damaſcenus de Lenton, prede-
ceſſor dicti Rog”, fecit eadem ſervicia predicto Galfr*
abbati tempore ſuo. Que quidem ſer vitia forinſꝰ
dictus Rogerus prior ſubtraxit poſt feſtum STi Micha-
elis anno Dñi M. cc. xl. primo, & annuum ſervitium
ſepius ſolutum, pro duodecim bovat' terre.
Et ſciendum quod omnes liberi tenentes de Brocton
ſol vunt predicto abbati, pro unaquique bovata terre,
unum den' & q̃. Similiter & ceteri. Et predictus
abbas pro omnibus reſpondebit vicecomitt Lancaſtr',
vid* de decem ſol'. Er predictus abbas ſolvet apud
abathiam de Lavendon*, quinque marc” Johanne uxori
Petri De la More, nomine dotis ; & poſt mortem dicte
Johanne predictus abbas ſolvet Wilto Paſſeleue & Lucie
uxori ſue, ſorori predicti Petri, predictum redditum v
marc* in perpetuum. Unde predicta Johanna uxor
Petri de Mora, per attornatum ſuum, verſus abbatem
de Croxton, iſto modo petiit tertiam partem unius meſ-
ſuagit, quindecim virgatas terre, decem acrar' boſci,
cum pertinent”, in Brocton, in comitatn Leic', ut dotem
ſuam, de tenemento Petri De la More ſui mariti.
Et abbas per attornatum ſuum venit, & vocat ad
Pictavenſis, fourth ſon of Roger de Montgomery, the powerful earl ot Arundel and Shrewſbury, and forfeited in the time of
Henry I. It is probable that this was only a compoſition, fince Roger de Pictavenſis gave to Roger de Buſſel ſeveral towns in
Lancaſhire, At the time of the ſurvey of Lancaſter the king had in his hands the moſt part, if not the whole, of the lands
of Roger Pictavenſis. Buſſel had large poſſeſſions in Lancaſhire. Warine de Buſſel, who might be the ſon of this Albert, to
whom it is ſaid that William I. gave Broucton, founded either in the Conqueror's or William Rufus's time a religious houſe
at Pentwortham in Leland hundred, in the county of Lancaſter, making it a cell to Eveſham. 'Hugh de Buſſel confirms to
this cell the gifts and donations made by Warren his grandfather, and Richard his uncle, and Albert Buſſel his father; to
which deed Warine ſon and heir of Hugh is a witneſs. Dugdale's Baronage ſays, Buſſy was baron of Pentwortham, and it is
probable that this Brocton was part of his barony, and held of the honour of Lancaſter ; upon that account the honour was of
large extent, conſiſting both of ſervices and rents, which laſt could only be brought to accompt in the Exchequer, the ſervices
being perſonal and occaſional, and to be performed only in the field of war; but if theſe ſervices were not actually done, but
compounded for, the fine called eſcuage - money was generally paid to the fermor of the honour, 22 Hen. II. Ralph, fon of
Bernard, accompts in the Exchequer for 200/, the firme of the honour of Lancaſter, In Broughton there was a reſerve of one
knight's ſervice and ten ſhillings money, with the profits of court, When the ſervice of one knight was rated at 30. eſcuage,
| this village paid 4os. which was anſwered by the inferior lord, but by him was laid upon all the lands ir juſt proportion, as was
5 b the 105, annual rent for caſile-guard, viz, 14. per bovate. Dr. Vernon, M$, * In com' Bucks.
2 warentiſandum
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.)]
warentiſandum Wiltm Paſſeleue & Luciam uxorem
ejus, ſorotem & heredem predicti Petri de Mort ; qui
modo veniunt per ſuffion', quod oſtendatur per quod
debeant ei warentizate. bt pred ctus abbas per attor-
natum ſuum profert quandary cartam, ſub nomine pre-
dicti Petti, de feoffamento pred ictor' meſſuag', terre, &
boſci, que teſtatur quod idem Petrus feoffavit ipſum
abbatem de eiſdem meſſuag', terr', & boſc', tenendum
in perpetuum. Et quod predictus Petrus & heredes
{vi warantizare tenentur.
% Predicti vero Wills & Lucia bene cognoſcunt
quod ipſa Lucia eſt heres ipſius Petri, & quod ipſi te-
nentur warantizare prediftam terram predifto abbati;
ſed dicunt quod nichil habent de hereditate predicti
Petri niſi tantum quinque mare', quas predictus abbas
eis reddere debet per annum pro predict' meſſuag',
terra, & boſco; & dicunt quod bene concedunt quod
ipſa Johanna heat inde dotem ſuam; & gdo plus
habuerint de predicta hereditate que fuir predicti
Petri, bene concedunt quod ipſa heat inde dotem
ſuam q̃ntum ei defuerit, &c. Et quod predicta tertia
pars predict“ meſſ', terre, & boſci, extenduntur ad
quatuor libras, decem fol', & decem denar'.”
« Confideratum eſt quod predicta Johanna recuperet
ſeiſinam ſuam verſus predictum Wittm & Luciam de
ptedictis quinque marc' per annum, & quod ipſa
Johanna heat de terra predicti abbatis id quod ei
defuerit de predictis quatuor libr', x ſolid', & x den'
redd”, ad quos predicta tertia pars extenditur, tenen-
dum quouſque predictus Wills & Lucia plus heant de
hereditate predicti Petri. Item heat ſeiſinam ſuam, &c.
Henricus, Dei gratia, &c.vicec' Bede fordie ſalutem.
Scias quod cum Johanna q fuit uxor Petri De la
Mora in caria noſtrà coram juſtic' noſtris apud Weſtmꝰ
peteret verſus abbatem de Croxton tertiam partem
unius meſſuag', quindecim virgatarꝰ terre, decem acrar”
boſci, cum pertinentiis, in Brocton, ut dotem ſuam, q
extendebantur ad quatuor libr', x ſol', x den': Idem
abbas venit in curia noſtra, & vocavit inde warantizare
Wiltm Paſſeleue & Luciam uxorem <jus, ſororem
predicti Petri; qui venerunt in eadem curia noſtrà, &
ei warant', & dixerunt quod nichil habuerunt de
heredit' predicti Petri niſi tantum v marc', quas idem
abbas debet reddere eis per annum pro predictis
terris & boſco; & conceſſꝰ quod ipſa hiret predict
v marc? tota vità ſui noie dotis; & q̃ndo plus acciderit
de bereditate que fuit predicti Petri, conceſſerunt quod
& Luciam de predictis v marc', & quod haberet de
terra abbatis id quod defuerit. Et quia teſtatum eſt
plura tenementa modo deſcenderunt predicto Willo
& Lucie de hereditate que fuit predi Petri, unde
poſſunt pradicto abbati warenrtizare ; tibi precipimus
quod, f ita eſt, tunc eidem Johanne de predicta he-
reditate predicti Petri in manus predictor” Willi et
Lucie exiſtente, ad valentiam viginti quatuor ſolidor'
& 11 den' terr', cum pertinentiis, in loco competenti,
fine dilatione habere & aſſignari; & eidem abbati
predicto viginti quatuor ſolid', duo den' terr', cum
pertinentiis, ſine dilatione returnari facias.“
Another diſpute aroſe, in 1262, between the abbot
of Croxton and the prior of Lenton; which was fi-
nally determined by the prior of Lenton's giving up
for ever to the abbot of Croxton one of his 12 bo-
vates in Broughton, and one of his 7 tofts, and 1005.
beſides. . The abbot of Croxton held ſome of theſe 8
virgates in demeſne ; 13 virgates were held by his
villans; and each virgate paid 16s. to the abbot.
The religious of Croxton, Lenton, and Dalby Precep-
tory, had all this village ſo entirely, that, except the
rectox's glebe, and Cook's three virgates, the whole
town belonged to them, which paid 54s. a year rent.
Henricus, Dei gratia, & vic Lancaſtr' ſalutem.
Precipe priori de Lenton, quod juſtè & ſine dilatione
reddat abbati de Croxton xii bovatas terre & ſeptem
tofta, cum pertinentiis, in Brocton juxta Warkeneby,
que clamat eſſe jus ſuum & eccleſie ſue de Croxton,
& teneri de nobis in capite, & unde queritur quod pre
x Sic.
Vol. I.
B ROUGH ON.
111
dictus prior ei injuſte deforcicavit. Et niſi ſecerit, &
prediftus abbas fecerit te ſecurum de clam” ſuo prof”,
tune ſum' per bonos jurat' preditum priorem, quod
ſit coram juſtic* noſtris itinerantibus apud Warwick
in craſtino Sei Johannis Bapt', oſtenſ' quatre non fece-
rit ; & heas ibm ſum". & hoc bre. T. meipſo apud
Weſtm', viii die Junii, anno regni noſtti xlvi.
Abbas de Croxton petit verſus priorem de Lenton
ii bovat' terre & ſeptem tofta, cum pertinent', in
Brocton, ut jus eccleſie ſue de Croxton per pr” inca* ;
& unde dicit quod eum predictus prior tenuiflet de
ipſo predictam terram per ſervitium reddendi eivxy
den' per annum pro cadem terrà; & idem abbas eftec
in ſeyſina in dominico ſuo ut de feodo, & jure eccle-
fe ſue de Croxton, de predicto ſervicio xv den' per
manum dicti prioris tempore domini. regis nunc cap?
expler ad valentiam, &c. predictus prior in curift
regis coram juſtic' itiner' apud Leyc* deadnotabat
tenere predictam terram de ipſo abbate. Petit ipſe
modo predictam terram in dominico, &c. & quod tale
fit jus ſuum offert, & c. Et prior venit, & defendit jus
predicti abbatis & eccleſie ſue de Croxton, & ſeyſinam
ſuam de predicto ſervitio xv den', & totum &c. It
hoc offert defendere per corpus cujuſdam liberi ho-
minis ſui, Huberti flii Walteri Buntig', qui preſens
eſt, & hoc offert defendere per corpus ſuum; ſed curia
conſider'. Et predictus abbas dicit quod prediftus
prior injuſte defendit jus ipſius abbatis & eccleſie ſue
predicte, & ſeyſinam ſuam de predicto ſervitio ſuo xv
den' per annum de predictis terra & toftis tempore
dnt regis nunc cap' inde explet' ad valentiam, &c.
Et quod predictus prior in predictà curia regis apud
Leyc' deadnotavit tenere de ipſo abbate predicta te-
nementa. Petit ipſe modo eadem tenementa in domi-
nico; & quod tale fit jus ſuum & eccleſie ſue predidte
oftert diſrationari verſus eum per corpus cujuſdam
liberi hominis ſui Thome de Fillers, qui preſens eſt,
& hoc offert diſrationari per corpus ſuum; ſed curia
conſider”. Et ideo confideratum eſt quod predictus
Hubertus det vadimonium defendendi; & quod pre-
dictus Thomas det vadimonium diſrationandi. Plegii
Huberti, Nichol' de Wermundeſworth, & Johannes de
Bradeſmere. Plegii Thome, Galf?? de Skeſtington,
Gilbertus de Cleipol. Datus eſt dies die Jovis proximo
poſt feſtum Sci Trinitat' hic, & tunc venire armati.
* Hee eſt finalis concordia faQta in curia dni regis
apud Linc”, die Sce Petronille virginis?, anno regni regis
fil' regis Johannis xl ſeptimo, coram Martino de Litle-
biry, Waltero de Berſtede, Ricardo de Hemington, &
Galfrido de Leukenore, juſticiariis irinerantib', &
poſtea recordata in curia ejuſdem dhi regis apud
Weſtm' a die Sci Johannis Bapriſt' in xv dies, anno
regni ejuſdem dni reg* quinquageſimo ſeedo, coram
prefato Martino de Littlebiri, magiſtro Rog? de Sey.
ton, & Johanne de Cobham, juſtic', & aliis &hi reg?
fidelib* tunc ibi preſentib'. Int? Galfridum abbatem
de Croxton petent' & Rog' priorem de Lenton tenent',
de ſeptem toftis & xii bovat' terre cum pertinentiis
in Brodion, unde duellum vadiatum armatum & per—
cuſſum fuit inter eos in pretati curia apud Linc', {ci}
quod predidtus abbas recognovit predictum tene-
mentum cum pertinentiis eſſe jus ipſius prioris & ec-
clene ſue de Lenton, & illud (exceptis uno tofto &
und bovata terre cum pertinent” que Henric' filius
Cecilie aliquando tenuit) remiſit & quiet' clamavit, de
ſe & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, et eccleſià ſuà de Croxton, pre-
dicto priori & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, & eccleſie ſue pre-
dice, in perpetuum. Et pro hac recognitione, remi!-
ſhone, & quiet' clam', fine, & concordia, idem prior
conceſſit & reddidit in eadem curia predicto abbati, &
eccleſie ſue predicte, predifta tottum & terram cum
pertinentiis, que predict“ Henricus filius Cecilie ali-
quando tenuit, ſicut predictum eſt; habend' & tenend?
eidem abbati & ſueceſſoribus ſuis, & eccleſie ſue pre-
dicte, de capit' d nis feodi illius, per ſervitia que ad illa
toftum & terram pertinent in perpetuum. Et pre-
terea idem prior dedit predicto abbati centum ſolidos
5 3,
ſterling'.
Henricus, Dei gratia, &c. Scias quod convenir
in curia noſtrà, coram juſtitiariis noſtris itinetamibus
apud Linc', inter abbatem de Croxton pet”, & priorem
May 31,
8 8g de
ſue de capital“ Unis feodi illius in perpetuum.
deo tibi precipimus quod cidem abbati de uno tofto
de Lenton ten', de ſeptem toftis & xii bov' terre
cum pertinentiis in Brocton, unde duellum vadiatum
armatum & percuſſum fuit inter eos in eadem curia z
ſcil', quod predictus abbas recognovit predict terr Et
cum pertinentiis eſſe jus ipſius prioris & eccleſie fue
de Lenton in perpetuum. Et pro hacer jtione,
remiſſione, & quiet' clam', idem prior conceſſit pre-
dito abbati unum toftum & unam bovat' terre de
predictis vii toftis & xii bovat' terre, habend' &
tenend* eidem abbati & ſucceſſoribus ſuis & _—
& una bovat' terre de predictis vii toft' & xii bovat'
terre, in loco competenti, fine dilatione, plenar' ſey-
ſinam facias ; & ubi, & per quas metas & parti-
eulas, ſeyſinam ſuam ea inde kre feTis ſcire fac' juſti-
tiariis noſtris itinerantibus apud Linc', in craſtino
Nativit' beate Marie, evident* & diſtincte per literas
tuas ſigill'. Precipimus etiam tibi quod venire fac'
ictum priorem coram prefatis juſticiariis noſtris
apud Linc', ad prefatum terminum, ad capiendum inde
eirografum ſuum, prout inter eos in prefat* curia
noſtra convent'; & Heas ibi hoc bre. T. Walt. de
Berkſtede, apud Linc', vii die Junii, anno regni regis
quatergeſimo ſeptimo.
* Omnibus Xpi fidelib? preſens ſcript' viſ' vel audit',
Henr' Mareſcall ſalutem in Domino. Noverit uni-
yerſitas Fra me conceſſiſſe, obligaſſe, & fide media
preſenti ſEpto confirmaſſe dio Galt” nc abbati de
Croxton, quod nunquam aliqd bellum cont' predictum
abbatem vel ſucceflores ſuos quoſcunque manucapiam
pro dho Rogero priore de Lenton, vel ſucceffor* ſuis
quibuſcunque, de-terra in villa de Brocton, ſuper qua
motum eſt placitum inter partes ſuperius nominat'.
Et ad majorem hujns rei fecur* robur & firmitarem
preſenti ſcripto figillum meum apoſui. Hiis teſt'. Dat',”
The king being chief lord of Brocton, and all the
tenants ſubject to his courts and juriſdiction of his
honour of Lancaſter, it was conſidered in many re-
ſpects as parcel of his antient demeſne, and was as
ſuch to be taliaged and aſſeſſed by the king's prero-
gative, and the talliage and aid paid to his ule, in vir-
tue of that prerogative, as often as his neceſſities re-
quired. No tax could be laid upon the lands of
others without the aid of parliament. This was a
right ſo inherent in the crown, that the royal de-
meſnes, though after given even in frankalmoigne, if
no expreſs words to the contrary, were till talliable
to the king as his antienc demeſne. In late times this
was done by commiſſioners expreſsly appointed by
the king. The manner in which this aſſeſſment or
talliage was laid and collected from this town was an-
tiently ſometimes doue by the king's ſheriff, ſometimes
by the judges itinerant, and ſometimes by the barons
of the Exchequer, who, upon enquiring into the cir-
cumſtances of the inhabitants of the town and village,
and the values of their eſtates or abilities, fixed the
ſum the place was to be talliaged at in the whole;
and proportioning the collecting of it from particulars
was to be done by perſons appointed from amongſt
themſelves. A remarkable inſtance we have in this
village in the year 1264. The ſecond day before the
feaſt of Margaret the virgin, the vi//a:a of Broughton
appeared before Roger deSixteneby, a monk of Crox-
ton, to fix upon four men of the ſame village, who
ſhould be at London the day after St. Peter ad Vin-
cula, purſuant to the precept of the king and his ba-
rons. The tax was laid at 40. and the inhabitants
undertook to pay it the Sunday after the feaſt of St.
James. Each of the men was to be allowed 10s. to
- defray the expences of his journey to London. To-
wards raiſing this ſum, every virgate of land was
taxed at 10d. every bovate gd. from the cottagers
who had cattle one halfpenny was to paid for each
cow, ox, or horſe; 4 bidentes paid one penny; the
men who had no land were each taxed at one penny
pro capite ſuo defendendo . TA
* Memorand”, quod in craſtino Ste Margar' virg',
anno Dñi M. cc. Lx. q̃rto, comparuit villata de Brocton
coram fre Rog* de Sixteneby, ad providend' iii
Croxt. Reg.
112 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES er LEICESTERSHIRE.
homines predicte ville, qui ſint apud London” die
Dominica proxima ſequent” poſt feſtum STi Petri ad
vincula, per preceprum dñi regis & baronum ſuorum.
taxatur quel' virgat' terre cjuſdem ville ad x
den', & quel' bovar' terre ad v den'; de cotiariis vero
animal” hntib' taxatur quil' bos vel vacca vel equus ad
i ob”, & iiii bidentes ad i d. Quil' vero homo terram
ſia quatuor.“
When any aid, ſcutage, or other tax, was granted by
parliament, though in the firſt inſtance it was to be
paid by the perſon who held the town by knight's ſer-
vice, it was laid by the lord upon his tenants; and they
were obliged to reimburſe that ſum to him, which was
in proportion to the quantity of land held by them.
In ſome places the lord would grant his lands free
from this ſcutage, and take the payment upon himſelf,
and every other ſervice ; and in others would fix it
at a certain ſum, let the ſcutage be more or leſs.
This method of talliaging the king's renants being
very expenſive, 4os. talliage coſting 40s. in the lay-
ing it befidesz made them frequently agree upon a
fixed ſum inſtead of a talliage upon particulars, and,
if poſſible, to purchaſe an exemption from it.
In Brocton are lands which Peter de la More gave
to Ralph Sakertoft, and which paid only one penny
nomine ſcutagii, the reſt defrayed by himſelf and other
tenants; and in Howes the abbot paid ſcutage, and
excuſed his tenants from any contributions to him en
that account : but theſe muſt be by a particular grant
of the landlord, otherwiſe the reimburſing him was a
right he had over his tenants, who were generally
made ſubject to the ſame ſervices as he held the lands
from the firſt donor,
Brocton contained 12 carucates, each of which was
held by the ſame ſervice, viz. ſcutage and caſtle-
guard ; and towards railing this 10s, each bovate paid
144. which, at 96 bovates, amounts to that ſum.
When this townſhip came into the hands of the abbot
of Croxton, the abbot anſwered to the ſheriff of Lan-
caſter for the above ſum, and the reſt contributed their
quota to the abbot, viz, the prior of Lenton, 1 5d. &c.
In 1268 the abbot and convent of Croxton were
again involved. in a law-ſuit on account of their pro-
perty in Broughton, as appears by theſe records :
Placitum apud Weſtm', coram Martino de Litle-
biry & ſociis ſuis, juſliciariis de Banco, a die Paſch'
in tres ſept', anno regni regis Henrici fi regis ].
quinquag' tertio.
„ Rogerus le Taylur de Northamptonà & Agnes
"uxor ejus petunt verſus abbatem de Croxton unum
meſſ', duas bov' terre, cum pertinentiis, in Brocton,
in quas idem abbas non habet ingreſſum niſi per Hen-
ricum Derein, patrem predicte Agnet' (cujus heres
ipſa eſt) qui illa ei dimiſit ad terminum; qui preteriir,
&c. Et unde dicit quod dimiſit ei ad terminum lex
annor”, &c. Et abbas per attornatum ſuum venit &
defendit jus ipſius Agnetis, quando, &c. & bene cog-
noſcit quod habet ingreſſum per predictum Hear” pa-
trem predicte Agnetis; ſed dicit quod predictus Henr'
inde ipſam feoffavit, & cartam ſuam de feoffamento ei
inde fecit, quam profert, & que hoc teſtatur, &c.;
Et predicti Rog? & Agnes dicunt quod predict Henr'
nunquam predictum abbatem de predi&t' tenemento
feoffavit, nec cartam de feoffamento ei inde fecit; &
quod ita fit, ponunt ſe ſuper patriam. Et predidus
abbas ſimiliter. Ideo preceptum eſt vicec' quod! venire
faciat hic in octab' STi Johannis Bapt' Simon? de Den-
ton, Hug' clericum, 1 homam filium David', & Henr'
filium Hug', teſtes nominatos in predictà cart, & preter
illos xii, &c. per quos, &c. Et qui nec, &c. ad re-
* Dalby, Knights Hoſpitallers, co, Leic,
cognitiogem
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
cognitionem in forma predictà, niſi Rogerus de Seyton
predictus ad partes illas venit, &c. Quia tam, &c.
*« Coram R. de Seyton, apud pontem de Rok ingham,
die Mercurii proximo ante feſtum Ste Margar' virg',
anno regni regis Henrici quinquag' tertio. Jurat'
inquiſ' ; abbas de Croxton & —— le Taylur de
Northt' & Agnes uxor ejus ſe poſuerunt coram juſti-
tiariis apud Weſtm' a die Paſche in unum menſꝰ, anno
liii® ; & poſtea terminata coram R. de Seyton apud
pontem de Rokingham, de conſenſu partium, & per bt̃e
di regis, de uno meſſuag', duabus bovat' terre, cum
pertinentiis, in Brocton; que meſſ' & terram idem
Rog & Agnes in prefata curia noſtra apud Weſtm'
petierunt verſus predictum abbatem per bfe de in-
greſſu, ſcil' in que idem abbas non habet ingreſſum
niſi per Henric' Derein, patrem predicte Agnet'
(cujus heres ipſa eſt) qui illa ei dimifit ad terminum qui
preteriir. Venerunt jurat* coram prefato Rogero apud
pontem de Rokingham die predicto, ſi predict Henr”,
pater predicte Agnetis, dimiſit predicto abbati pre-
dicta meſſ' & terram ad terminum qui preteriit; ſed
predicti Rog* & Agnes dixerunt, vel ſi idem Henr'
feoffavit predictum abbatem de predicto tenemento, &
cartam ſuam de feoffamento ei inde fecit ſicut predictus
abbas dicit. Et juratores de conſenſu partium electi,
una cum teſtibus in predictà cari nominatis, dicunt
ſuper ſacramentum ſuum quod prediftus Henricus
non dimiſit predicto abbati ad aliquem rerminum
annorum, immo pure & ſimpliciter ipſum inde feoffa-
vit, & cartam ſuam de feoffamento ei inde fecit.
Ideo conſideratum eſt quod predictus abbas inde ſine
die; & predicti Rog' & Agnes nichil capiant per jur*
iſtam; fed comittantur gaole pro tranſgreſſione, &c.“
This decree ſeems to have terminated their diffi-
culties; and henceforth we find the abbey of Crox-
ton and priory of Lenton in peaceable poſſeſſion of
their reſpective portions ; which are thus defined:
In villa de Brocton ſunt duodecim carucate terre.
De feodo dai Radulfi de Sacirtoft iiii carucate terre;
de quibus abbas de Croxton habet xiii bovatas & tres
partes quartedecime bovate & dimidie quintedecime
bovate; & ii bovatas, quas Galfridus filius Thome &
Galfridus filius Ricardi tenent liberè de abbate. Et
ſciendum eſt quod queliber bovata de predict bovata
reddit annuatim pro warda caſtri id. q; & quando
ſcutagium vadit, quocunque modo fuerit, licet fir
majoris donationis vel minoris, quelibet bovara de
predictis bovatis nunquam reddit niſi tantum id. & qu.
nomine {cutagii. Item Henricus filius Ricardi tenet
unam bovatam de eodem feodo, unde reddit abbati
de Croxton annuatim xii d; ad natale Dñi vid. & ad
feſtum STi Johannis Baptiſte vid. Et ſciendum
quod quinque ſorores habuerunt illas inii predictas
carucatas terre de jure hereditario, ſcilicet, Beatrix,
Mabilia, Matildis, Alicia, Derenna; & quelibet
iſtarum ſororum habuit quinque bovatas pro parte ſua
plene, & una bovata diviſa fuit inter eos omnes de
predictà terra ; unde dictus abbas habet tres partes,
{cilicet, partem Matildis, Alicie, & Derenne. Et Hen-
ricus filius Ricardi habet duas partes predicte bovate,
ſeilicet, partem Beatrici & Mabilie. Item idem Hen-
ricus filius Ricardi tenet quinque bovatas terre de
eodem feodo; & Willus de Aleby unam bovatam, &
Gerbodus iii bovatas, & magiſter de Dauby duas
bovatas & unam culturam ; & Eccleſia duas hovatas.
Et de feodo Petri De la More viii carucatas terre;
de quibus prior de Lenton habet unam carucatam terre
& dimidiam; & abbas de Croxton habet unam caru-
catam, pro duobus ſolidis reddend' ad feſtum Sci Mar-
tint pro omni ſervitio. Et dominus Petrus De la More
& villani ſui habent quinque carucatas terre & i virg',
& Walterus filius Henrici Falcanare unam virgatam.
Et ſciendum eſt quod omnes xii carucate ſunt ad
unum ſervitium, ſcilicet, warde & ſcutagii.
„ Preterea abbas de Croxton tenet de ſeodo de Sa-
kertoft quatuor bovatas terre in predictà villa de
Brocton de dono Beatricis filie Radulfi de Sakirtoft
primogenite. Item habet de dono Gerbodi unam
Virgatam terre & quintam partem unius borate terre,
BROUGHTON.
113
ſcilicet, de parte Matilde ſororis tertie. Item habet
quinque bovatas terre & quintam partem unius bovate
de parte Alicie ſororis quarte, & mariti Henrici de
hoſpitio familiaris noſtri. Item abbas habet tres bo-
vatas terre & quintam partem unius bovate de parte
Derenne quinte ſororis. Dñus Radulſus de Sakirtoft
dedit abbati et conventui de Croxton unam bovatam
tetre cum corpore ſuo, qui fuit pater quinque filiar”
prenominatar', & primus donator in feodo prenomi-
nato de Sakertoft. Item dictus abbas habet unam
bovatam terre in eodem feodo, quam Galfridus filius
Thome Ledebler tenuit. Item habet dimidiam bo-
vate terre in eodem feodo de dono Rog' filii Derenne,
quinre ſororis prenominate.
Item abbas de Croxton habet unam carucatam terre
& unam virgatam in puram & perpetuam elymoſinam de
feodo Petri De la More; unde predictus Petrus & he-
redes ſui debent adquietare diim abbatem de omnibus
ſervitiis ad predictam carucatam terre pertinentibus.
Item Ricardus Freman tenet liberè unam bovatam terre
de Petro De la More. Item Robertus Freman tenet
aliam de eodem. Et ſciendum quod predictus Petrus
& heredes ſui adquietabunt abbatem de Croxton de
und carucata terre prenominate de omnibus ſervitiis
& demandis pro duobus ſolidis ad feſtum Sci Martini
reddend”; & predictus Petrus & heredes ſui adquieta-
bunt priorem de Lenton de duabus bovatis terre per-
tinent' ad eccleſiam de Brocton. ,
Et ſciendum quod tota villa de Brocton reſponder
pro x ſolidis annualibus, ſcilicet, Petrus De la More
& tenentes ſui ſolvunt annuatim dimidiam marcam, &
teodum Raduifi Sakirtoft xld.; & eſt ſciendum quod
quando ſcutagium currit ad xl ſolidos, villa de Brocton
reſpꝰ pro xl iolidis. Mem' etiam quod predictus Pe
trus De la More tenuit prenominatam villam de Broc-
ton de dno rege in capite, faciendo ſervitium unius
militis. Summa bovatar', xxvii bovat* & quinta pars
unius bovat'.
Item prior de Lenton habet in villa de Brocton
donationem eccleſie, & duas bovatas terte liberas, per-
tinent' ad dictam ecclefiam; & habet dictus prior
duodecim bovatas, que reddunt annuatim ſeptem ſoli-
dos & forinſecum ſerviium. Et ſciendum quod tota
terra dicti prioris in Brocton eſt de dono Alberti
Buſſel “, & donatio eccleſie.“ |
In the Itinerary of 1280, Broughton, Claxton, and
Howes, were collectively conſidered as one vill.
In 1292, the abbot of Croxton held one knight's
fee in Brocton of Edmund earl of Lancaſter, the
king's brother, deceaſed *. |
In 1303-4, king Edward I, by the following inſtru-
ment, granted to the abbey of Croxton liberty of
free-warren for their lands at Broughton and ar
Waltham :
Rex archiepiſcopis, &c. ſalutem. Sciatis nos con-
ceſſiſſe, & hac cartà noſtrà confirmiſſe, dilecto nobis in
Chriſto abbati de Croxton, quod ipſe & ſucceſſores
ſui imperpetuum habeant liberam warennam in om-
nibus dominicis terris ſuis de Waltham & Broghton,
in comitatu Leicelirie, dumtamen terre ille non lint
intra metas foreſte noſtre : Ita quod nullus intret terras
illas ad fugandum in eis, vel ad aliquid capiendum quod
ad warrennam pertineat, fine iicentia & voluntate ip-
ſius abbatis & ſucceſſorum ſuorum, ſuper forisfactu-
ram ñram decem librarum. Quare volumus, &c.
Dumtamen, &c. Ita, &c. Hiis teſtibus; Thoma
comite Lancaſtr'; Rado de Monte Hermer', comite
Glouc' & Hertf'; Humff de Bohun, comite Heref“
& Eſſex; Guidone de Bello-campo, comite Warr? ; -
Johe de Britannia juniore; Hugone le Deſpenſer ;
Roberto filio Rogeri; Johe de Segrave ; Robto de
la Warde, ſeneſchallo hoſpitii noſtti; & aliis. Datum
per manum noſtrum apud Dunfarmelyn, xvi* die Ja-
nuarii, Per breve de privato figillo 7.
In 1346, the abbot of Croxton (on the aid then
granted for knighting Edward of Woudſtock, the
king's eldeſt ſon), was aſſeſſed 10s. for a quarter of a
knight's fee in Broughton, parcel of the honour of
Leiceſter. In the ſame year the prior of Lenton (on
t Croxt. Reg. p. 3» The Monaſticon, vol. I. p. 648, ſays, Richard Buſſel gave to Lenton the church of Brocton, as in king
John's confirmation charter, Q. if not mere likely to know the name of their donor?
* Eſch. 20 Edw. I. N' 51. Leic.
2
Cart. 33 Edw. I. N* 72,
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114 HISTORY ANY ANTICOITIES orf LEICESTERSHIRE:
the fame occaſion), was aſſeſſed 57. for half a quarter
of one Knight's fee in Broughton aforefaid, parcel of
the honour of Leiceſter. And in the fame year, the
prior of the hoſpital of St. John of Jeruſalem"in
England, on the ſame occaſion, was aſſeſſed 25. 6d.
for a ſixteenth part of one knight's fee in Broughton
aforeſaid, parcel of the honour of Leiceſter *.
In the ſubfidy of 1445, Broughton in Val was rated
at 1“. T4s. d.; and no abatement made. |
Ia 14623, John de Haſtings was ſeiſed of lands here,
held of the honour of Leiceſter “. ;
At the diffolation of religious houfes, the abbot of
- Croxton's eſtate ar Broughton, cam membris, was
returned by the commiſhoners at 34/. 125. 2d. per
ann. and amongſt the outgoings the caſtle- guard rent
of 10s. to Lancaſter, &. is mentioned 3.
In 1438, the manor of Broughton was granted by
King Henry VIII. to Thomas earl of Rutland in fee,
being then of the yearly value of 281. 4s. 64.4
The manors of Broughton and Stoneſbie were held
under queen Elizabeth in capite by the ſervice of
one twentiech part of a knight's fee, and a rent of
225. 104d. 5 |
Sir Andrew Noel, knight, of Dalby on the Woulds,
died Oct. 19, 1607, ſeiſed of the manor of Brough-
Pedigree of JEFFREYS (from
Greffrys ap Hugh de Acton, of Denbigh, Catherine, daughter to Richard ap Howell, of Burton, co Denbigh,
deſcended from Tudor Trevor. it deſcended from Mailer ap Elider, an eminent man in Wales.
John (fornamed Jeffreys, from his father Margaret, daughter to William Lloyd, of Halghton, co. Flint; remarried
ſeffreys) of Acton, eſq. juſtice of 922. to ſir Thomas Ireland, of Bewſay, knight; afterwards to ſir Edward
in the Principality; ob. 10 May, 1622.
John Jeffreys de Acton, eſq. born 1008. Margaret, daughter to ſir Thomas Ireland, of Bewſey, co. Lanc. knt.
; [ |
Trevor, of Brincenalt, in Wales, knight.
ton, alias'Nether Broughton, which was held of the
king in capite by the ſervice of one knight's fee 7,
His ſon and heir, fir Edward Noel, was created a
baronet, June 29, 1611; and ſoon after fold the ma-
nor of Broughton to Francis earl of Rutiand*;, who
gave it in marriage with his only ſurviving child Ka-
tharine to George Villiers the firſt duke of Buckinghan
on whoſe afſaſhnation, in 1628, it deſcended, with the
manor of Dalby: on the Woulds, to George the ſecond
duke; from whom, about the year 1670, both manors
were purchaſed by Chri/topher duke of Albemarle; who
fold them again in 1687 (being then of the annual
value of 17601.) to George lord Feffreys, baron of Vu,
lord high chancellor of England, for the ſum of
34,0001, The agreement for the purchaſe had been
made early in the year 1686 ; but, on a diſpute aritins
between the parties, was not perfected till Midſum.
mer 'Term 1687, when a fine was regularly levied ;
and, Dec. 8, 1688, a regular mortgage of both theſe
manors was made by the lord chancellor, who ſoon
after died, a priſoner in the Tower?, April 18, 1689.
The hiſtory of this remarkable perſonage ſhall here
he given at ſome length, and the rather, As we have
ſome circumſtances to relate of him which have not
hitherto been noticed. e
Segar's Baronagium Genealogicum).
Jobn Teffreys, de Acton, com. Denbigh, Edward
mar. Dorothy, dau. of fir Griffith Wil- Jeffreys,
liams, of Pentryn, co. Catn. knt. and bart. 2d ſon.
Thomas Jeffreys, of Alicant, in Spain, 4. Charles.
3d ſon, married Laura, daughter to 5. William.
» + » + Paulin, of Alicant.
[
1 '
Margaret, wife of Sarah, daughter to George Jeffreys, eſq. of Bul- Ann, daug. to fir Tho. James Jeffreys,
Robert Betton, of Thomas Neeſham, | ſtrode; afterwards knighted ; Bludworth, knt. widow 7th ſon, S. J. P.
Shrewſbary. M. A. ob. 1677 ; | created bart. 168 1; baron Jef- | to fir John Jones, ob. prebendary of
iſt wife. freys, 1685; ob. 1689. 1703; 2d wife,
*
eſq. ſon and heir to fir Thomas ſeſtreys, ob. May 9,
Stringer, knt. both living 1710. 1702; iſt fon.
Sarah, 2d dau. innupt. 1705.
1homas, 2d fon, ob, March 7,
1676, innupt.
George, ob. infans.
Robert, ob. intans.
Margaret, ux. William Stringer, John Jeffreys ay, | Php dau. and ſole heir to 1. T omas, ob. infans.
Mr. George Jeffreys was educated firſt in the
country, and afterwards at Weſtminſter- ſchool, where
he became a-good proficient in the learned languages;
and, without becoming a member of either univerſity,
removed to the Inner Temple, where he was ad-
mitted May 19, 1663, and applied himſelf aſſiduouſſy
to the ſtudy of the municipal law. His father's
family was large, and his temper near; the young
man's allowance was ſcarcely ſufficient to ſupport
him decently ** : but his own ingenuity ſupplied all
Rot. aux, 20 Edw. III. 1346. MS. Chetwynd. 3 Ex Offic. Prim. 4 The grant is in the Augmentation Office.
5 See the introductory articles, p. cx. - Of the Noels an account will be given under Old Dalby. 7 Eſch, 5 Jac, I.
Ms. Chetwynd names the carl of Rutland as lord of the manor of Broughton in 1642; but the marquis of Buckingham
poſſeſſed it in 1622; and it appears by evidence given in the Houſe of Commons (Journals, vol. X. p. 116.) that it was fold by
that nobleman in 1670 to the duke of Albemarle.
1% He had gol a year from a grandmother, to which his father added 10/, a year, towards the expence of cloaths,
They were married at Allhallows, Barking. This lady died Feb. 14, 1677, and was buried on the 18th in the vault of
Philip Herbert, earlof Pembroke 2. George, ob. inſans.
and Montgomery ; marr. after- 3. Chriſtiana.
wards to Thomas lord viſcount 4. Anne, ob. infans.
Windſor, died 13 Nov. 1733. 5. Elizabeth, ob. infans.
Henrietta Louiſa, ſole child (poſthuma) married, July 14, Charles Dive, of Lin-
1720, to Thomas earl of Pomfret; died Sept. 17, 1761. coln's-Inn, eſq.
Canterbury 1685.
* 772A
1
6. Mary, 4th daugh. ux.
deficiencies, till he came to the bar. To this privilege,
it has been ſuggeſted, he had at firſt no title; but that
in 1666, being at Kingſton-aſſizes, where, on account
of the plague then raging, few counſellors attended,
neceſſity gave him permiſſion to put on a gown, and to
plead. May 23, 1667, he maried Sarah, the daughter
of Thomas Neeſham *', M. A. Nov. 22, 1668, he
was regularly called to the bar; and having ſome rela-
tions who had great intereſt in the city of London *,
and being a jolly companion, he became popular,
Journals, vol. X. p. 116.
Aldermanbury church. One of his daughters was alſo buried there in April 1703, £4: 4 |
john Jeffreys, eſq; was elected ſheriff of London, and alderman of Bread-ſtreet, in June 1661 ; but was diſcharged from
both on paying a fine of Sool. and 20/, towards the maintenance, of the miniſters of the ſeveral priſons, —In 1674 Robert
Jeffreys, eſq; was elected ſheriff; knighted that year at Guildball ; elected alderman of Cordwainers ward June 22, 1656;
lord-mayor 1686. He died in 1703 ; and was buried at St. Dionis Back Church, to which pariſh he had been a liberal bene-
factor; and where, on the North fide of the chancel, is a very ſpacious and beautiful white and veined poliſhed marble monu-
ment, adorned with the ſword and mace in ſaltire, and the cap of maintenance done in baſſo relievo at the lower end of the
monument; alſo with cherubim, urns, feſtoons, Death's heads, and, between two Cupids weeping, his arms, and the follow-
ing inſcription appearing within a curious mantling, carved round and gilt with gold, in imitation of fringe : ** In the chancel
1s interred the body of fir Robert Geffery, knight and alderman, ſometime ſince lord-mayor of this city of London, preſident
of the hoſpitals of Bridewell and Bethlehem; a moſt excellent magiſtrate, and of exemplary charity, virtue, and goodneſs ;
he departed this life the 26th of February, 1703, in the giſt year of his age. And alſo the body of dame Pereilla his wife,
daughter of Luke Cropley, eſq; who deceaſed the 26th of October, 1676, in the 43d year of her age.” And over the monu-
ment are his enſigns of honour, as helmet, ſword, gauntlets, and banners, with theſe arms (which are blazoned by jewels, he
being fo antient and eminent a magiſtrate', Pearl 6 billets, 3, 2, and 1, Diamond, on a chief of the ſecond a lion paſſant Topaz,
5 | 185 | and
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and obtained great buſineſs. On the 17th of March,
1670-71, he was elected by the court of common
council to the office of common ſerjeant, in the room
of fir Richard Browne, baronet. He had the honour
of being knighted at Whitehall, Sept. 14, 1677; and
on the 22d of October, 1678, being expreſsly recom-
mended by letters from the king, was elected by the
court of aldermen to be recorder of London. On
the 5th of February, 1679-80, we find him making
an excellent ſpeech, at Guildhall, on the trial of Ben-
jamin Harris, for printing a ſeditious book ; and on
the 26th, on the removal of the Que Warrants, he
complimented the king and the duke of York in the
name of the corporation. His influence in the city, and
his readineſs to promote any meaſures without reſerve,
recommending him at court; he was introduced as
ſolicitor-general to-the duke of York, in whoſe intereſt
he was very aQtive, particularly in the diſputes which
neceſſitated the duke to quit the kingdom. On the
zoth of April, 1680, the king, * being ſenfible of
his loyalty and good ſervices,” beſtowed on him the
office of chief juſtice of Cheſter, and one of his ma-
jeſty's council at Ludlow, with permiſſion to retain
his office of recorder. John Jeffreys, eſq; his eldeſt
brother“, was in the ſame year high-ſheriff of Den-
bighſhire; and James Jeffreys, another of his brothers
(who was afterwards a prebendary of Canterbury +),
preached the Aſſize Sermon.
Sir George Jeffreys was called to the degree of
ſerjeant at law Feb. 17, and appointed king's ſerjeant
May 12, 1680.
Sept. 16, on an indictment againſt Francis Smith,
bookſeller, for publiſking ſome remarks on the ex-
penditure of the lord-mayor and ſheriffs, fir George
Jeffreys betrayed an unwarrantable warmth of temper
on the grand jury's refuſing to find the bill +,
On the 17th of October, a formal petition againſt
him was preſented to the houſe of commons, from
divers Citizens of London, for having offended againſt
the rights of the ſubjects, by traducing and obſtruct-
ing petitioning for the ſitting of parliament ; on which
we find the following proceedings in the Journals :
* Mr. Trenchard reports from the committee, to
whom the petition of divers citizens of London,
againſt fir George Jeffreys, recorder of the ſaid city,
was referred, That the committee had taken the ſame
into conſideration ; and had heard the evidence of
the ſaid petitioners, and of the ſaid fir George Jeffreys;
and had agreed upon a vote to be reported to the
houſe, as followeth : Reſolved, That this committee
is of opinion, that, by the evidence. given to this
committee, it doth appear, that fir George Jeffreys,
recorder of the city of London, by traducing and
obſtructing petitioning for the fitting of this par-
liament, hath betrayed the rights of the ſubject. The
ſaid vote being read to the houſe; and ſeveral of the
members having given evidence in their places touch-
the ſame matter; Reſolved, That this houſe doth
agree with the committee, that fir George Jeffreys, by
traducing and obſtructing petitioning for the ſitting of
parliament 5, hath betrayed the right of the ſubject.
% Ordered, That an humble addreſs be made to
his majeſty, to remove ſir George Jeffreys out of all
public offices: And that the members of this houſe,
that ſerve for the city of London, do communicate
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115
the vote of this houſe relating to ſir George Jeffreys,
together with their reſolutions thereupon, to the
court of aldermen for the ſaid city.”
The king's anſwer was received Nov. 20, * That
he would conſider of it,” and the requiſition to the
city produced the following proceedings of the court
of aldermen, Nov. 23, 1680:
« This day the members that ſerve for this city in
parliament came to the court, and brought down the
Votes and Refolves of the Honourable Houſe of
Commons, in reference to fir George Jeffreys, knr.
recorder of the city. It was the advice and defire
of this court to the ſaid fir George Jeffreys, that
he will forthwith ſurrender to this court his ſaid
place of recorder. Ordered, That fir Henry Tulſe
and fir James Smyth, knights and aldermen, with the
rown-clerk, do ſpeedily acquaint Mr. Recorder here-
with; and deſire him to be preſent at the next court.
Ordered, That the town-clerk deliver a copy of the
court's proceedings in reference to fir George Jeffreys
to fir Robert Clayton, knt. and alderman, one of the
city members, to be by him communicated to the
Houſe of Commons, if the ſame thould be required.
On the 24d of December, fir George Jeffreys, knt.
ſerjeant at law, recorder of the city, here preſent,
did freely ſurrender up unto the court his ſaid place
of recorder, and all his right and intereſt therein ; of
which ſurrender the court did accept and allow. |
George Treby, of the Middle Temple, London,
eſq. was elected the ſame day, and ſworn in Dec. 3.
At the ſame time, it having been noticed that the ſum
of C. 200. remained unpaid, which had been voted to
fir George Jeffreys on the 22d of October, for his
good ſervices performed to the city, it was ordered
that Mr. Chamberlain do pay the lame. And a com-
mittee was alſo appointed to take into conſideration
the great ſums of money diſburſed by the late re-
corder, in fitting up his dwelling-houſe in Alderman-
bury, which he held of the city.“
Notwithſtanding theſe proceedings, he retained a
conſiderable degree of influence both at court and in
the city. He continued an active member of the
court of lieutenancy; and on May 19, 1681, was
particularly noticed by the King, on carrying the
Southwark petition to Hampton- Court; where he,
with fir Thomas Bludworth and ſome others, were
entertained at dinner ; thuugh the lord-mayor, alder-
men, and commoners, were dilmitled with a reprimand.
On the 16th of October that year we find an occa-
ſional chairman of the Middleſex juſtices appointed
at Hicks's Hall 5, on account of the indiſpoſition of fir
George Jefireys; on whom the king beſtowed the
dignity of a baronet, Nov. 17, 1681.
In November, 1682, he carried through a cauſe
of great conſequence to the revenue, the right to
the Penny poſt-office t.
July 13, 1683, at the trial of lord Ruſſell, fir George
Jeflreys was one of the counſel employed againſt
him; and ſoon after, Sept. 29, was appointed chief
juſtice of the king's-bench. He was ſworn of the
privy council Oct. 4*; and paſſed ſentence on Alger-
non Sidney, Nov. 21; as he did April 30, 1684, on
George Cawdron, ſteward to the earl of Clare, for
« ſpeaking ſcandalous and ſeditious words againſt his
majeſty and the government 9; on Thomas Roſewell,
7 In the city records (whence, by the favour of William Rix, eſq; the preſent worthy town-clerk, I have extracted theſe
dates) it is mentioned that “ he was freely and unanimouſly elected by ſcrutiny.” The vacancy was occaſioned by the re-
ſignation of ſir William Dolben, promoted to be a judge (and to whom the court voted a compliment of 200 guineas). There
were three other candidates; William Richardſon, eſq; one of the judges of the ſheriff's court;
Inn, eſq; and Roger Belwood, of the Middle Temple, eiq.
Turner, of Gray's
> Sir Thomas Jeffreys, of Alicant, in Spain (another brother to fir George), was knighted at Windſor caſtle, July 11, 1650,
3 He was inſtalled Nov, 8, 1682; and died Sept. 4, 1689, at the age of 40.
* «« An Account of the injurious Proceedings of fir George Jeffreys, Kut. late Recor
See his epitaph in Somner, Appendix, p. 9.
ter of London, againſt Francis Smith,
Bookſeller, with his arbitrary Charge towards the Graud Jury at Guildhall, Sept. 16, 1680, upon an Indictment then exhibited
againſt the ſaid Francis Smith, for publiſhing a pretended Libel, intituled, An Act of Common Council for retrenching the
Expences of the Lord-Mayor and Sheriffs of the City of London, &c,” a 6
5 Sir George Jeffreys had been very forward in promoting what were called abhorrences of petitioning, which occaſioned
the vote of the houſe of commons againſt him, Jeffreys, on this occaſion, was frightened, and never wholly regained the
king's favour ; who, on this inſtance of his puſillanimity, ſaid, ** he was not parliament proof,” ?
As chairman of the ſeſſion at Hicks's Hall, fir George Jeffreys objected to a Difſeute''s being upon the grand jury; and
directed the ſheriff to make a new pannel. Bulſtrode, Memoirs, p. 231. : A
1 This was a cauſe, at the king's bench bar, againſt Mr, Dockwray, the undertaker of the Penny Poſt-office, by which it
was determined to be under the government of the poſtmaſler - general eſtabliſhed by a& of parliament. Gazette, Nov, 27, 1682.
* Gazette, Oct. 8, 1083.
Vor. I,
) Ibid, May 1, 1684,
H h
M, A.
— 3 PEE ON
M. A. a Diſſenting miniſter *, Nov. 18, for high trea-
ſon, in endeavouring to ſtir up bis majeſty's jubjects
to rebellion, by inciting them thereunto in a fermon
at a conventicle at Redriffe, with ſeditious and
traiterous words againſt his majeſty's royal perſon
and government* ; on Mr. Elias Beſt, for high trea-
ſon, Nov. 20; on Mr. Buller, of Northamptonſhire,
Nov. 28, for preſenting and reading to the knights
of that ſhire a ſeditious paper, being an addreſs to
them from ſome factious perſons ; on Gilbert Staun-
ton, carrier and coachman of Kettering, Feb. 13,
1684-5, who was fined £.380. for having collected
and conveyed great quantities of letters contrary to
the ſtatute in that caſe provided againſt carriers,
higlers, and drivers of pack-horſes and ſtage coaches *.
On the acceſſion of James II, he attended the
coronation, April 23, 1685, in his capacity of chief
juſtice of the king's bench; on the 7th of May pre-
fided at the trial of Titus Oates*; and, being created
baron Jeffreys of Wem, in the county of Salop ),
May 15, 1685, he paſſed ſentence, June 29, on
Thomas Dangerfield, for a libel; and on Richard
Baxter, for “ ſeditious annotations on the New Teſta-
ment *;” and became one of the principal adviſers
and promoters of all rhe oppreſſive and arbitrary mea-
ſures of that unhappy reign. Mr. Granger ſays, * Law
never wore ſo terrible an aſpect, as when the pert, the
inſolent, and cruel Jeffreys fat upon the bench; who
was, without exception, the worſt judge that ever this
or perhaps any other nation was curſed with“. In the
Weſtern aſſizes, after the defeat of Monmouth, juries
were overborne, judgement was given with precipi—
tation; even the common legal forms were neglected,
and the laws themſelves openly trampled upon, by
a murderer in the robes of a lord chief juſtice '*. He
returned triumphantly to London, and was received
Some memoirs of Mr, Roſewell may be ſeen in the Nonconformiſt's Memorial, vol. Il. p. 515, where the exceptionable
116 HISTORY any ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
with open arms by the king“, who ſoon after [Sept.
28, 1685 * placed him at che head of the higheſt
tribunal in the kingdom“.
Mr. Hume, on this head, expreſſes himſelf very
forcibly: “ The cruel Jeffreys ſhewed the people,
that the rigours of the law might equal, it not exceed,
the ravages of military tyranny. This man, who
wantoned in cruelty, had already given a ſpecimen
of his character in many trials where he had preſided ;
and he now ſet out with a ſavage joy as to a full
harveſt of death and deſtruction. He began at Dor-
cheſter; and, thirty rebels being arraigned, he exhorted
them, but in vain, to fave him, by their free confeſ-
ſion, the trouble of trying them; and when twenty—
nine were found guilty, he ordered them, as an addi-
tional. puniſhment of their diſobedience, to be led to
immediate execution. Moſt of the other priſoners,
terrified with this example, pleaded guilty; and no
leſs than two hundred and ninety-two received ſen-
tence at Dorcheſter. Ot theſe, eighty were executed.
Exeter was the next ſtage of his cruelty : two hun-
dred and forty-three were there tried, of whom a
great number were condemned and executed. He
alſo opened his commiſſion at Taunton and Wells;
and every where carried terror and aſtoniſhment along
with him. The juries were ſo ſtruck with his me-
naces, that they gave their verdict wich precipitation,
and many innocent perſons were involved with the
guilty, And on the whole, belides thoſe butchered
by the military commanders, two hundred and fifty-
one are computed to have fallen by the hand of
juſtice, The whole country was ſtrewed with the
heads and limbs of traitors. Every village almoſt be-
held the dead earcaſe of a wretched inhabitant. And
all the rigours of juſtice, unabated by any appearance
ot clemency, were fully diſplayed to the people by
adjoining houſes towards the Park were his reſidence.
words in the Sermon are noticed, being principally a reflection on the numbers who flocked to the king to be touched for the
evil. When Mr. Roſewell was firſt apprehended, he was carried before the lord chief juſtice Jeffreys, by virtue of his warrant,
who, after aſking him ſome other queſtions, demanded of him where he preached Sept. 14? Mr. Roſewell, obſerving ſeveral
perſons about him, modeſtly anſwered in Latin,“ That he hoped his lordſhip would not inſiſt upon his anſwering that
queſtion, as he might thereby accuſe himſelf.” Jeffreys flew into a violent paſſion, and ſaid, he ſuppoſed he could not ſpeak
another ſentence in Latin if it were to ſave his neck, Mr. Roſewell, thinking it more civil to anſwer in another language,
ſpoke in Greek. The judge ſeemed thunder- ſtruck at this; but preſently, in a violent zage, ordered the meſſenger to take
him away. After detaining him till paſt eleven o'clock at night in a public-houle, the lord chief juſlice's order came for com-
mitting him to the Gate-houſe for high treaſon,
2 Gazette, Nev. 20, 1684. 3 Ibid. Nov. 24, 1684.
4 Ibid. Dec. 1, 1684. 3 Ibid, March 5, 1684-5. o Thid. May 11, 1685.
7 Ibid. May 18.— The preamble to the patent is highly complimentary; and, when we recolle& that the preambles to
patents were dictated by the perſons themſelves who were to have the titles, this may be conſidered as a remarkable inſtance of
lord Jeffreys's own vanity : ** Quum nihil magis regiam fit, quam eos, qui ſe vel in togi vel in armis claros et inſignes reddi-
derunt, tum premiis augere tum honoribus illuſtrare; quumque prediletus et perquam fidelis conſiliarius uoſter Georgius
Jeffreys, eques auratus et baronettus, per omnes juriſprudentiæ gradus, ea induſtria ac felicitate proceſſerit, ut nos, cum dux
Eboracenſis eſſemus, eum pro ſollicitatore noſtro generali elegerimus, ejuſque fidem et fortitudinem in omnibus que vel perſonam
vel res noſtras ſpectàrunt ſemper exploratam habuerimus, illo præſertim tempore cum prava quorundam male olorum inſtigatione
nos a præchariſſimo fratre noſtro domino Carolo ſecundo, nuper Magnz Britanniz, Scotiæ, &c. &c. ipſo licet invitiſſimo, avulſi
fuimus, et a ſuavifſima ipſius preſentia, primum in Flandriam, poſtea in Scotiam, tantum non relegati; quz omnia perpendens
frater noſter amantiſſimus, et ſingularia ejuſdem Georgii Jeffreys merita aliquo modo agnoſcere cupiens, eum ad ſumma juris
dicundi tribunalia evexit, unde primo capitalis Ceſtriæ juſticiarius evaſit, deinde capitalis juſticiarius Regii Banci apud Weſt-
monaſterium, ubi etiamnum ſedet, juſtitiam et tutelam ſubditis noſtris ad normam legis intrepide et fideliter adminiſtraus:
Quarum ejus virtutum intuitu, id quod ſupra memoratus frater noſter dum adhue viveret in animo habuit, nos jam ſponte nolira,
et pro e qua dictum Georgium Jeffreys benevolentia proſequimur, eum inter pares hujus regni cooptandum eſſe cenſuimus.
Sciatis igitur,” &c. &c. From the original in the poſſeſſion of James Bindley, eſq, F. A. 8.
Gazette, July 2, 1685,
However bloody an inſtrument he was of arbitrary power, yet that he was no friend to Popery will appear from the fol-
lawing anecdote, communicated by the Rev. Mr. Goſtling, of Canterbury: One day, while he was chancellor, he invited
my father home with him from the king's chapel, and inquired whether there were not a building at Canterbury, called the
Sermon-houſe, and what uſe was made of it, My father ſaid it was the old Chapter-bouſe, where the dean, or his repreſen.
tatives, might convene the choir once a fortnight, and hear the chanter's account how wel! the duty had been attended in that
time. This,“ ſaid he, will not do; and explaining himleif Ly ſaying, that the Preſbyterians had then a petition before
the king and council, aſking it, as @ thing of no w/e. for their meeting-houſe. On this my father told him, that if it were made
a chapel for the early prayers, and the choir reſerved purely for cathedral ſervice, this would be a great convenience, and the
Sermon-houſe would be in daily uſe. * This will do;* ſaid the chancellor. Pray let the dean and chapter kuow as foon as
poſſible, that I adviſe them to put it to this uſe without delay;* adding, * if the Preſbyterians do not get a grant of it,
others, perhaps, will, whom you may like ſtill worſe,” His advice was taken, and it has been the morning-prayer chapel ever
ſince.” Grancers.—Mr, Hume alſo admits, that though the lord Jefireys bad ſacrificed houour and juſtice and humanity to
the Court; yet that, by refuſing to give up alſo his religion, he ſoon declined in fayour and intereſt,
% I have feen an old woman, who kept a little alehouſe in the Weſt, kindle into rage, and melt into pity, upon relating the
cruelties of Jeffreys, and the cataſtrophe of Monmouth. I concluded that ſhe caught both theſe paſſivas from her mother,
who, ſhe told me, ** was an eye-witneſs of the ſhocking barbarities of thoſe lamentable times.” It is remarkable, that the
late counteſs of Pomfret met with very rude inſults from the populace on the Weſtern road, only becauſe ſhe was grand-daughter
of the inhuman Jeffreys.“ GRANGER. King James called the Weſtern circuit Feffreys's campaign.
12 ½indſor, Sept. 28. His majeſty, taking into his royal conſideration the many eminent and faithful ſervices which the
right honourable George lord Jeffreys of Wem, lord chief juſtice of England, had rendered the crown, as well in the reign
of the late king, of ever bleſſed memory, as fince his majeſty's acceſſion to the throne, was pleaſed this day to commit to
him the cuſtody of the great ſeal of England, with the title of lord chancellor.” London Gazette, Oct. 1, 168 Go
143 Dr. Shepherd's chapel, in Duke-ſtreet, Weſtminſter, was the court where lord chancellor Jeffreys held the ſeals, the
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the inhuman Jeffreys. Of all the executions r
this diſmal period, the moſt remarkable were thoſe o
Mrs. Gaunt *' and lady Lifle*,”
There is, however, one ſtory of him in the Weſtern
expedition, which tends to his credit ; as it ſhews
that, when not under ſtate-influence, he had a ſenſe
of the natural and civil rights of men, and an in-
clination to protect them. The mayor, aldermen, and
juſtices of Briſtol, had been uſed to tranſport con-
victed criminals to the American plantations, and ſell
them by way of trade; and, finding the commodity
turn to a good account, they contrived a method to
make it more plentiful. Their legal convicts were
bur few, and the exportation was inconfiderable.
When, therefore, any petty rogues and pilferers were
brought before them in a judicial capacity, they were
ſure to be terribly threatened with hanging; and
they had ſome very diligent officers attending, who
would- adviſe the ignorant intimidated creatures to
pray for tranſportation, as the only way to fave them;
and, in general, by ſome means or other, the advice
was followed. Then, without any more form, cach
alderman in courſe took one, and ſold for his own
benefit; and ſometimes warm diſputes aroſe among
them about the next turu. This trade had been car-
ried on. unnoticed many years, when it came to the
knowledge of the lord chief juſtice : who finding,
upon enquiry, that the mayor was equally involved in
the guilt of this outrageous. practice with the reſt of
BROUGHTON.
weakneſs was, that he could not reprehend without
ſcolding, and that in very offenſive language 2. He
took a pleaſure in mortifying- fraudulent attorneys;
His voice and viſage made him a terror to real of-
fenders, and nothing ever made men tremble like his
vocal inflictions. A ſcrivener of Wapping having a
cauſe before him, one of the opponent's counſel ſaid
te that he was a ſtrange fellow, and ſometimes went
to church, ſometimes to convenricles ; and none could
tell what to make of him, and it was thought that
he was a Trimmer.” At that the chancellor fired.
«© A Trimmer!” ſaid he, I have heard much of
that monſter, but never ſaw one; come forth, Mr.
Trimmer, and let me fee your ſhape.” And he treated
the poor fellow ſo roughly, that, when he came-out
of the hall, he declared, he would not undergo the
terrors of that man's face again to ſave his life; and
he ſhould certainly retain the frightful impreſſions of
it as long as he lived.“
In the parliament which met Nov. 5, 1685, biſhop
Compton having propoſed to take the king's ſpeecn
into conſideration on a future day ; the lord Jeffreys
as chancellor, oppoſed the motion ; and ſeemed in-
clined to uſe in that houſe the ſame arrogance, to
which on the bench he had ſo long been accuſtomed :
bat he was ſoon taught ro know his place; and he
proved, by his behaviour, that inſolence, when
checked, naturally finks into meanneſs and cowardice,
117
better. He talked fluently, and with ſpirit; but his
his brethren, made him deſcend from the bench The biſhop of London's motion prevailed +.
where he was fitting, and ſtand at the bar in his Being conſtituted lord high ſteward of England,
ſcarlet and furs, and plead as a common criminal. Jan. 14, 1685-6, on the trial of Henry lord Dela-
He then took ſecurity of them to anſwer informations: mere, for high treaſon; he conducted himſelf with
but the amneſty after the Revolution ſtopped the pro- great moderation and decency, probably more out of
ceedings, and ſecured their iniquitous gains. The reſpect to the augult auditory (the king and queen
honourable author of lord Guilford's life, who in- being preſent) than the cauſe. He was, as lord chan-
forms us of the particular above, tells us likewiſe, cellor, at the head of the commiſſion tor eccleſiaſtical
that, when he was in temper, and matters indifferent affairs, 1687 5; and adviled the King, in June, 1688,
came before him, no one became a ſeat of juſtice to try the ſeven biſhops upon an information of high
7 * An Anabaptiſt, noted for her beneficence, which ſhe extended to perſons of all profeſſions and perſuaſions, One of the
rebels, knowing her humane character, had recourſe to her in his diſtreſs, and was concealed by her, Hearing of the pro-
clamation, which offered an indemnity and rewards to ſuch as diicovered criminals, he batcly betrayed his henefactreſs, and
bore evidence againſt her. He received a pardon for his treachery ; ſhe was burned alive for her charity.” Hume.
% Widow of one of the regicides, who had enjoyed great favour and authority under Cromwell, and who having fled, after
the Reſtoration, to Lauzanne in Swifferland, was there aflaſinated by three Iriſh ruffians, who hoped to make their fortune by
this infamous piece of ſervice, His widow was now profecuted for harbouring two rebels the diy after the battle of Sedge-
moor and Jeffreys puſhed on the trial wich the molt unrelenting violence, In vain did the aged pritoner plead, that theſe
criminals had been put into no ptoclamation, had been convicte0 hy no verdift ; nor could any man be denominated a traitor,
till the ſentence of ſome legal court was paſſed upon him: that it appeared not by any proof, that ſhe was ſo much as ac-
quainted with the guilt of th perſons, or had heard of their joining the rebellion of Monmoutn : that, though ſhe might be
obnoxious on account of her family, it was well known, that her heart was ever loyal, and that no perion in England had ſhed
more tears for that fatal event, in which her huſband had unfortunately borne too great a ſhare; and that the ſame principles,
which ſhe herſelf had ever embraced, ſhe had carefully inſtilled into her fon, and had at that very time ſent him to fight
againſt thoſe rebels, whom ſhe. was now accuſed of harbouring. Though theſe arguments did not move Jeffreys, they had in-
fluence on the jury. Twice they ſeemed inclined to bring in a favourable verdict; they were as often ſent back wich menaces
and reproaches; and at laſt were conſtrained to give ſentence againſt the priſoner. Notwithſtanding all applications for par-
don, the cruel ſentence was executed. The king ſaid, that he had given Jeffreys a promile not to pardon her; an excule,
which could only ſerve to aggravate the blame againſt himſelf.” Hume.
3 « His behaviour, both in private and public, was very inconſiſtent with the character of a lord chancellor, Sir John Rereſby
informs us, p. 130, that he once dined with him, when the lord-mayor of London and ſeveral other gentlemen were his gueits;
and having drunk freely at dinner, he gave a looſe to that inclination to frulic which was natural to him, He called for Mountfort
his domeſtic, who was an excellent mimic ; and he, in a ſham-caule, tl of, as the modern phraſe is, ail the great lawyers of
the age, in the moſt ridiculous manner. The ſame author adds, that he had like to have died of a fit of the ſtone, which he
brought upon himſelf by a furious debauch of wine at Mr. Alderman Duncombe's : where he, the lord treaſurer, and others,
drank themſelves to ſuch a pitch of frenzy, “ that among friends it was whiſpered that they had firipped into their ſhirts ; and
that, had not an accident prevented them, they had got up on a ſigu-poſt to drink the king's health.“ Gzxaxnger, * Hunt.
In this year the portrait of lord chancellor Jeffreys, a whole length, was painted by fir Godfrey Kneller, at the expence
of the Society of the Inner Temple, and hung in their hall, which had been repaired and improved in 1680; the price
of the picture being fifty pounds.—In the ſucceeding reign, this chancellor became moſt deſervedly unpopular; and in
1693, Feb. 9, the portrait of ſuch a man being conſidered as of no credit to the Society, it was ordered by the Bench,
That Mr, Treaſurer do declare to the lord Jeffreys, that, at his lordſhip's deſire, the Houie do make a preſent to his lord-
ſhip of his father's picture, now in Mr. Holloway's chambers, who is deſired to deliver the ſame to his lordſhip or his order.”
From this it appears, that, before 1693, lord Jeffreys's picture had been removed from the Inner Temple ball to Mr, Holloway's
chambers, whence it was delivered to the chancellor's fon, the Society not being willing to ſliew farther indignity to it. It was
ſent by lord Jeffreys to the family-houſe at Acton, in Nenbighſlire, where the honourable Daines Barrington (to whoſe
very kind attention I owe this note) has frequently ſeen it, The houſe and eſtate being lately iold to fir Fotter Cunliffe, the
Chancellor's picture was given to Mr. Yorke, of Erthig, who likewiſe lives near Wrexham, The picture continues in tolerable
preſervation, Mr. Pennant (Tour in Wales, vol. I. p. 296 ) deſcribes it as being in the houſe at Acton, “ a fine full length, in
the robes of his office; and with it a good portrait of his father John, in black, fitting, in the Sad year of his age.” Mr.
Gough was informed there was in the hall at Acton a whole length of the chancellor's brother ; and that an original portrait of
the former, removed from Guildhall in his diſgrace and fold, is, or was a few years ago, at Mr. Harnage's, at Belſardine,
near Creſſing, in Shropſhire ; one of whoſe anceſtors married his youngeſt daughter. Another picture of him is ſaid to have
periſhed in the fire which deſtroyed the manor-houſe of Durance, about fifty years ago, at the Chriſtmas audit, by putting too
much wood on the hall-fire, There were at Stoke Pogis in Buckinghamſhire, in the poſſeſſion of lady Juliana Penn, his de-
ſcendant, two portraits of lord chancellor Jeffreys; one a whole length in his robes, holding the great ſeal ; in the other he is
In black with a band, and ſitting at a table, on which is a letter directed to him. The preſent earl of Winchelſea has alſo a
Portrait of him; and another is in the poſſeffion of Dr. Jeffreys, canon reſideutiary of St, Paul's, In theſe portraits he does
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118 HISTORY Au ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
miſdemeanour in the king's bench: but they being
cleared, and the tide beginning to turn, upon the
apprehenſion of the prince of Orange's arrival with
an army in England, the chancellor was ordered, by
rae king, to carry the charter of the city back again
to Guildhall, in very great formality,
About this period, or rather earlier, he was created
earl of Flint, by a patent which never paſſed the ſeal.
In December, 1688, on the prince of Orange's
being landed, and advanced towards London, the king
took the great ſeal from the lord chancellor, and,
accompanied by the duke of Berwick and others,
early in the morning of Tueſday the 11th, withdrew
rivately from Whitehall, by water, in order to go to
. The great {cal was thrown into the Thames;
and was found by a fiſherman, May 3, 1689, between
Lambeth and Vauxhall, where the queen croſſed over
when ſhe went away.
The chancellor, now without protection, having
rendered himſelf obnoxious to moſt people, got down
to Wapping in the garb of a ſailor, and put himſelf
on board a collier deſigned for Hamburgh, but pre-
tended to be bound for Newcaſtle, as admiral Her-
bert had ordered {pies at all the ports. Some perſons,
who had received their information from the mate,
went to a juſtice for a warrant to apprehend him;
and, being refuſed, applied to the lords of the council,
who granted them a warrant, and they ſearched the
ſhip ; but he, on Tueſday night, not thinking bimſelf
ſafe in-the collier, lay in another ſhip hard by; fo
that they who came that day to ſearch for him miſled
of him on-board ; but on the Wedneſday morning
they found him at a little ale-houſe, the fign of the
Red-Cow, in Anchor and Hope Alley, near King
Edward's Stairs. The diſcovery is ſaid to have been
made by the ſcrivener * who has been already men-
tioned, who, coming into the houſe accidentally in
ſearch of a client, his eye caught a face which made
him ſtart ; when the chancellor, ſeeing himſelf ob-
ſerved, feigned a cough, and turned to the wall*, But
Mr. Trimmer giving notice that he was there, the
mob ſeized him, and carried him to the lord mayor;
whence, by order of the lords of the council, then fit-
ting at Whitehall, he was committed to the Tower,
Oa the 1 5th, he was examined by a depuration from
the privy council, and ordered to be continued a
priſoner. From circumſtances it ſeems as though
lord Jeffreys did not at firſt take the alarm on the ap-
prehenſion of the prince of Orange's expected arrival;
for, being aſked whether he could gueſs what the
Mr. Granger mentions a ſcarce mezzotinto print of the chancellor, by E. Cooper, from a painting by fir Godfrey Kneller,
in which he is called, George, earl of Flint, viſcount Weikham, baron of Wem,“ &c.
holding up his hands, ſometimes on one ſide of the
heads of his manifeſto would be? he jocoſely anſ-
wered, Mine will be one.” Finding his prediction
likely to be verified, he attempted to make his eſcape;
but, on being diſcovered, he for ſome time ran the
riſk of being torn to pieces by the mob. * ln this
miſerable. plight,” ſays Ralph, in theſe mercileſs
hands, with theſe diſtracted thoughts, and with the
horror and deſpair in his own ghaſtly face, that was
the natural reſult of all, he was goaded on to the
lord-mayor ; who, ſeeing ſo great a man, whom he
had never looked up to without trembling, brought
before him as the worſt and moſt abhorred of all ma-
lefactors, fell into fits, and was carried off to bed;
whence he never roſe more. This obliged the lords
to interpoſe, who ſoon had notice of what had hap-
pened, and who ſent their warrant to commit him to
the Tower; which was at this time rather a delive-
rance than a puniſhment : for now the rage of the
people was grown more ungovernable than ever ;
ſuch horrible menaces did they roar out againſt him,
that it was thought expedient to ſurround him with
no leſs than two regiments of the trained bands. Nor
did he yet believe himſelf ſafe: he ſaw the ſame
threatening faces on all ſides of him ; he ſaw them
hold up whips and halters; he ſaw them preſſing in
upon them almoſt at the peril of their own lives; and,
coach, and ſometimes on the other, he cried out in
agonies, For the Lord's ſake keep them off! For the
Lord's ſake keep them off ! I ſaw him and heard him
(ſays Mr. Oldmixon), and I truly ſay without pity ;
though I never ſaw any other malefactor without com-
paſhon and concern,” He died, in the Tower, April
18, 1689; and was buried privately in the chapel there
three days after. It was ſaid at the time, that bis
death was haſtened by exceſſive drinking; but it
more probably was owing to exceſſive grief, aggravated
by fits of the ſtone, with which he was much afflicted,
The lord Jeffreys was a man of quick and ſprightly
parts, of a very ready wit, but no profound lawyer.
He was juſtly reckoned a good chancellor, unle's
where the court was a party; few or none of his
decrees being ever reverled ; and that which he made
in behalf of the earl of Pembroke's daughter, who
was to be married to his own ſon, ſtood firm; and
the ſucceeding earl could not get it revoked in the
Houle of Lords, to whom he appealed concerning it.
He was twice married. By his firſt wife, Sarah
Neeſham * (who died Feb. 28, 1677-8) he had four
ſons; 1. John, his ſucceſſor in the title; 2. Thomas,
« I was once,” he adds, ** inclined
to think that the title of earl of Flint might be a ridiculous ſarcaſm on Jeffreys, occaſioned by his extreme hardneſs of heart,
till a learned and curious gentleman communicated to me the dedication of the following book : ** Differtatio Lithologica.
Auctore Joanne Groenevelt, Tranſiſalano, Daventrienſi, M. D. è Coll. Med. Lond. Editio ſecunda, Londini, 168,“ po.
% Honoratiſſimo domino, D. Georgio, comiti Flintenſi, vicecomiti de Weikham, baroni de Wem; ſupremo Angliz cancellario,
et ſereniſſimo Jacobo Secundo, regi Angliz, a fecretioribus conſiliis.“
* The London Mercury of Dec. 15, 1688, ſays, he was diſcovered by Mr. Burnham, formerly a ſolicitor in Chancery, as
the houſe of a Mr, Porter, who was the maſter of a Newcaſtle ſloop, and lived in Wapping.— By another contemporary paper
(The London Courant, Dec. 15), we are told, that a Mr, Gaunt, the huſband of Mrs. Gaunt, executed for high treaſon in
' Monmouth's rebellion (upon whom the chancellor, when lord chief juſtice, paſſed the ſentence, for harbouring ſome that
fled from the rout in the Welt), was the man, who, in his own neighbourhood, cauſed to be ſeized his wife's judge, as one who
had fled from juſtice, When he was aſked by them that ſeized him, if he were not the chancellor ? he ſaid, he was the man,
He deſired they would keep him out of the hands of the enraged people ; whereupon he was brought before the lord-mayor
of London under a very ſtrong guard. It was about dinner-time, and he was very honourably entertained by my lord-nrayor
at the upper end of his own table. A numerous crowd all this time attended the gates; and upon ſuggeſtion that the chan-
cellor might be diſmiſſed by the lord-may or a back way, a gentleman made his way into the lord-inayor's preſence, who told
him, the chancellor was his priſoner, and that the lord-mayor ſhould anſwer his forthcoming with his own blood. Hereupon
he was, without any commitment, ſent uader a guard of ſome companies of the city trained- bands to the Tower of London,
where the lord Lucas received him upon a voluntary reſignation, till quickly after a warrant came from the lords afſembled
in council for his commitment to the Tower for high treaſon.
3 Sir John Rereſby informs us, p. 170, that he cut off his eye-brows to prevent his being known. There is a portrait of him,
as taken in diſguiſe at Wapping, ſurrounded by the mob. Granger mentions another engraved portrait of him when lord chief
juſtice, 1684 ; and two more after he was chancellor, Several original portraits of him has been already mentioned, p. 117.
The lord mayor (fir John Chapman) was ſo much affected, that he was immediately ſeized with a convulſion fit;
and the next day had ſeveral more fits, which terminated in a palſy, and ſhortly after in his death, March 17, 1688-9.
5 «4 The Bloody Aſſizes, in the Weſtern Circuit of George lord Jeffreys, with his Life, by James Bent,” was publiſhed by
Dunton in 1689; and ** The Laſt Will and Teſtament of the late Lord Chancellor, made upon his death-bed in the Tower,“
E an indecent ſatire on his memory, immediately after his death,
| * Mr. Pennant (Tour in Wales, 1773, vol. I. p. 297.) ſays, that, about 1666, « Mr. Jeffreys made clandeſtine addreſſes to
— the daughter of a wealthy merchant, in which he was aſſiſted by a young lady, the daughter of a clergyman, The affair was
| diſcovered, and the confidante turned out of doors, Mr. Jeffreys, with a generofity much to his honour, in his proſperous
1 days took pity on her, and married her. She proved an excellent wife; and lived to ſec him lord chief juſtice of England.“
1 Theſe circumſtances had before been related in the Peerage of 1711, vol. II. p. 357 (where we learn alſo that he was entered
at Weſtminſter ſchool, May 9, 1702.), But the dates above will ſhew that ſhe died much earlier; though ſhe lived to be 2
lady, as her huſband was knighted ſome months before her death. W
I 25 | who
'FRAMLAND HUNDRED:]
who died March 7, 1676; 3. George, 4. Robert; who
both died infants ; and two daughters, Margaret, mar-
ried to William Stringer, eſq; of Durance, in the pa-
riſh of Enfield (ſon and heir to fir Thomas Stringer,
one of the judges of the common- pleas); and Sarah,
married to George Harnage, eſq; a captain of marines.
He married, ſecondly, in June 1679, dame Anne
jones, daughter of fir Thomas Bludworth, knight,
alderman, and ſometime lord-mayor of London, who
was the widow of fir John Jones, of Funman, in Gla-
morganſhire, by whom he had two ſons; and four
daughters; Thomas, George, Chriſtiana; Anne, Eli-
zabeth, and Mary; who all died infants, except Mary,
who became the wife of Charles Dive, eſq. |
Almoſt immediately after the deceaſe of lord Jef-
freys, a bill was brought into the Houſe of Commons,
May 1, 1689, for charging the manors of Dalby on
the Woulds and Nether Broughton; in Leiceſterſhire,
the eſtate of that lord, then deceaſed, with the repay-
ment of 1 5,000. and intereſt, extorted by him from
Mr. Prideaux ;” which, after paſſing through ſeveral
of the forms of the houſe, was loſt for that ſeſſion ;
but the following circumſtances appeared in evidence:
« Edmund Prideaux, eſq; of Ford Abbey, in De-
vonſhire, was ſeized, and brought to London, June
19, 1685, by a warrant from the earl of Sunderland,
ſecretary of ſtate, dated the 13th, two days after the
landing of the dake of Monmouth at Lyme, and the
ſame day on which the account of it was brought to
the court at Whitehall, without being admitred to an
examination, which he deſired. He continued in cuſ-
tody of a meſſenger till the 14th of July following,
when he was diſcharged by habeas corpus, giving ſe-
curity of 10,000). for his appearance the firſt day of
the next term. Staying in London for that purpoſe,
he was on the 14th of September again ſeized by a
warrant of the earl of Sunderland, and commitred
cloſe priſoner to the Tower for high treaſon. While
he was in this ſituation, a general inquiry was made
by the agents of lord Jeffreys, advanced to the poſt
of lord high chancellor on the 28th of that month,
amongſt all the priſoners in the Weſt, for an accuſa-
tion againſt himz and threats and promiſes of life
were employed to that end, that lord frequently de-
claring his reſolytion to hang him. The dread of
this induced Mr. Prideaux to make application to the
king by ſeveral perſons; but receiving no other an-
ſwer, than that his majeſty had given him to the lord
chancellor, as a reward for his ſervice in the Weſt, he
at laſt agreed with his lordſhip for his pardon, after
ſeven months rigorous confinement, upon the pay-
ment of 1 5,0co!l.” * ; | |
The name of the lord Jeffreys was excepted out.of
a bill of indemnity, July 1, 1689; and a bill for
forfeiture of his honour and eſtate brought. in, Nov.
26 J in the progreſs of which, it appeared that the
late lord was indebted 1000. to Jeffery Jeffreys,
merchant 3; for ſecuring which ſum, and gooo/. more
to be paid to the creditors (of which Mr. Jeffreys had
advanced 813 31. 195. 8d.) a mortgage had been aſſigned
him of the manors of Dalby and Broughton . This
bill was alſo loſt ; and another was brought in, Oct.
15, i6go, for charging the Leiceſterſhire eſtates in
like manner with 14,760). and intereſt ; but; on the
ſtrenuous oppoſition of the lord chief juſtice Pollex-
ten, Dr. Thomas White, then biſhop of Peterborough,
fir Thomas Bludworth, knight, fir Robert, Clayton,
knight, Edward Jennings, eſq; and Thomas Coulſon,
of London, merchant, truſtees for the children and
creditors of the late lord Jeffreys, and alſo of Anne
lady Jeffreys, widow of the ſaid lord, and of William
South aile of Eufield church,
elected alderman of
drew, Underſhaft, London,
From the act of parliament.
Vor. J.
BROUGHTON:
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Stringer Jeffreys, and John Jeffreys, eſquites, his exe-
cutors, who ſucceſsfully combated the bill by counſel
at the bar, the eſtates were preſerved. The facts,
however, appeated ſtrongly proved in evidence ; and
it was admitted by fir Robert Clayton that he had
received 14,760. which had been diſpoſed of, to the
lord chancellor's uſe, a few months before the pur-
chaſe of Broughton had been torhpleted 5,
In 1689, by the death of the firſt locd Jeffreys, the
manors of Broughton and Dalby deſcended to John,
the ſecond lord, who in 1697 martied Charlotte,
daughter of Philip ear] of Pembroke; and by her
had one ſon Herbert, who died an infant; and one
daughter, Henrietta-Louiſa, who at her father's death,
May 8, 1702, became heir-general to all his eſtates;
was married, July 14, 1720; to Thomas earl of Pom-
fret; and was the grandmother of the preſent carl:
She was alſo one of the ladies of the bed-chamber to
queen Caroline; and died Dec. 17; 176i.
The lady Charlotte, widow of the ſecond lord
Jeffreys, was afterwards married to Thomas lord
viſcount Windſor of the kingdom of Ireland.
In conſequence of the above-mentioned mortgage,
ſir Jeffery Jeffreys, on the death of the ſecond lord,
in 1702, took poſſeſſion of the Leiceſterſhire eſtates ;
and filed a bill in chancery againſt Thomas lord viſ-
count Windfor and the lady Charlotte his wife, Hen-
rietta-Louiſa Jeffreys, William Stringer and Margaret
his wife, Sarah Jeffreys, Charles Dive and Mary his
wife, to forecloſe the equity of redemption : to which
the defendants having anſwered ; and the cauſe being
heard, March 8, 1704; the lord Windſor was ditected
to pay the incumbrances, and to have the morigage
aſhgned as he ſhould think proper.
Over and above what had been received by fit
Jeffrey Jeffreys out of the rents and profits of the
eſtates, the ſum of 13, 1 56“. 2s. Gd. was found to be
due to him, Dec. 3, 1705; and ordered to be paid.
From various circumſtances relative to this mort-
gage, and from ſettlements made by the firſt lord
Jeffreys in 1688, and by the ſecond lord in 1697, it
became neceſſary to obtain an act of parliament,
which received the royal aſſent April 21, 1709, for
veſting the barony of Wem, and manors of Wem and
Loppington, and ſeyeral lands and tenements, in the
county of Salop; and the manors of Dalby and
Broughton, and lands thereto belonging, in the county
of Leiceſter ; and the manor of Fulmer, and ſeveral
lands and tenements in the county of Bucks“, late the
eſtate of George late lord Jeffreys, deceaſed, in truſtees,
to be fold.” By this act it appears that George lord
Jeffreys died ſeiſed of the manor of Broughton,
with its rights, members, and appurtenances; and
alſo of all that capital meſſuage, manfion-houſe, park,
and all thoſe meſſuages, woods, lands, meadow and
paſture, parcel. or reputed parcel of the manor of
Dalby; in poſſeſſion of Timothy Hemſley, at the
yearly rent of 157/. 105.3 and alſo of Brandriffe's
tenement, parcel of the ſaid manor, in poſſeſſion of
Chriſtopher Hawley, at the rent of 144. ; and that on
the death of John lord Jeffreys, his fon, without
iſſue male; the ſeveral eſtates continued ſubject to
various ſettlements, for purpoſes which could not be
ſettled without a ſale ?.”
Sir Charles Duncombe, lord-mayor of London in
1709, whoſe pedigree is given in the account of
Dalby an the Woulds, was the purchaſer under this
at; who dying in 1711, theſe manors became the
property of his nephew, Antbony Duncombe, clq;
created lord Feverſham in Kent, and baron of Down-
ton in Wiltſhire, June 27, 1747. He was thrice
It is a tradition in that pariſh, that the chancellor was buried in the vault belonging to that manor at the Eaſt end of t;
Dr. Birch, who has noticed this tranſaction in his Life of Tillotſon,” p. 15, remarks, that it is “one of the many itt
ſtances of the arbitrary temper of the government, which forced the nation into the Revolution.” —Elkanah Settle publiſhed,
in 1683, A Panegyrick on the loyal and honourable Sir George Jefferies, Lord Chief Juſtice of Englaud;“ in which we are
told, in very bad poetry, that he was very early of great eminence at the bar; that he was removed from the office of recorder
through the influence of the earl of Shafteſbury ; and that he was promoted to the high office of lord chief juſtice for having
a the principal adviſer of the king in the buſineſs of the 2uo warrants. : :
* Afterwards fir Jeffrey Jeffreys. He ſerved the office of ſheriff of London (with fir Charles Duncombe) in 157003 wad
Portſoken · ward, 1901 ; died at Rochampton in 1709; and was buried in the family vault under St. An-
* ſournals, vol. X. pp. 304. 340. Cs
5 Journals, vol, X. p. 527.—lt will appear, in a future p1ge, that judge Jeffreys had an inclination to have purcheſed Gune-
dun Park, at preſent the manſion of fir William Gordon; but was outwitted by a brother at the bar.
: Amoug theſe, was Bulſtrode, which, in the reign of queen Anne, was purchaſed by William earl of P: rtland,
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married ; but dying June 18, 1963, without iſſue
male, the title became extinct; and the manor was, by
his will, veſted in John Peyto' \crd Willoughby de Broke,
Dr. Charles Moſ (now biſhop of Bath and Wells), and
James Hayes, eſq; as truſtees, for the benefit of his two
daughters; of whom Frances, the eldeſt, was married
to John Bowater, eſq;; aid Autte, the youngeſt, in
1777, to Jacob Pleydell Bouverie, the preſent earl
of Radnor. In 1788, a partition took plaee between
Mr. Bowater and lord Radnor, of this and other eſtates
and hereditaments, in which they were jointly inte-
reſted in reſpe& of their wives before- mentioned, when
this manor and the eſtates late of lord Feverſham in
this pariſh were allotted to lord and lady Radnor.
Henry duke of Neucaſtle holds the only court of
late years holden in this lordſhip, notwithſtanding the
manor, as heretofore traced down, appears to be
veſted in the earl of Radnor. |
In 1764, an act was paſſed, for dividing and incloſing
ſeveral open and common fields and common meadows,
within the pariſh of Nether Broughton, containing
700 acres or thereabouts, and alſo a common paſture,
called The Great Grange Cloſe, containing 200 acres or
thereabouts. In this act, Stephen Greenaway, clerk,
is deſcribed as rector of the ſaid parith, and as ſuch
entitled to all the great and ſmall tithes, and all other
rectorial and vicarial dues ariſing within the ſaid pa-
riſh, and to glebe land and right of common in the ſaid
fields; and, as rector, claiming right of tithe ariſing
within the common paſture or Great Grange Cloſe
aforeſaid, in caſe it ſhould be at any time mowed or
broken up by tillage ; and Anne Cant, John Moore,
William Wright, John Wright, William Man, and
others, as entitled to the reſidue of the land, ground,
and right of common, in the ſaid ſeveral open fields,
meadows, and common paſture, 'or Great Grange
Cloſe. The allotment to the rector was to be, in the
firſt place, a full equivalent for his glebe; and after-
wards a ſeventh part of the open field, and an equit-
able portion of the homeſtead and other old inclo-
ſures, in lieu of all tithes and payments, except ſur-
plice fees and Eaſter offerings ; with a further allot-
ment, to the value of five pounds a year, in lieu of
all tithes, both great and ſmall, ariſing from the
Great Grange Cloſe. The whole lordſhip contains
about 2000 acres.
The frecholders here in 1630 were Thomas Brock-
eſby, gent. and John Watkins.
At the general election in 1722, four freeholders
voted from this pariſh; and in 1778, 19 who were
refident, and 9 non- reſidenis.
In the whole pariſh are now 72 families, and 287
inhabitants.
The nett expence of the poor in 1776 was 78/.
17s. 9d. |
Medium of three years, 1783—1785, 9 fl. 195. 114.
In 1673, C. N. [Clement Nedham ] publiſhed
A Sober Diſquiſition of the Peoples“ Right to
Tythes, in Two Letters written to the People called
Quakers, in the Vale of Belvoir; deſigned to con-
vince the People of that Perſuaſion that they have
no Right to Tythes, and conſequently their Suf-
* Then a farmer at Dalby on the Woulds; as appears by a note of Mr, Peck, from whoſe MS. this article is taken.
This was not the only occaſion on which John Wilsford appeared in print. I have a 4to pamphlet of 19 pages, printed in
ferings groundleſs for Non-payment of them,” 89,
15 pages. Together with them is printed © The
Anſwer of John Wilsford, a Quaker?, dated at Nether
Broughton, the 5th Day of the firſt Month called
March, 1672,” in 11 pages more. This laſt a noiſy
empty thing ; whereas Mr. Nedham's two letters are
written with ſo much judgement, ſolidity, and ſtrength
of reaſon, that they are indeed unanſwerable. This
Mr. Nedham, as it ſhould ſeem by John Wilsford's
letter, was a Diſſenter 3. -
Upon the edge of this pariſh is Willoughby-Brook ;
near which Dr. Stukeley ſuppoſed was the ſite of the
antient Margidunum ; an error we ſhall not ſtop in
this place to correct; as the Roman roads through
this county will be the ſubject of a ſeparate Diſſer-
tation. The Doctor's view, however, with his de-
ſcription, is here annexed, on account of the neigh-
bourhood it exhibits. See plate X XVI;
« When arrived over-againſt Willoughby on the
wold on the right, Upper and Nether Broughton on
the left, you find a fumulus on Willoughby ſide of the
road, famous among the country people ; it is called
Croſs-Hill; upon this they have an anniverſary feſti-
val: the road parts the two lordſhips ; but the name
cf Broughton ſet me to work to find the Roman town,
among the people getting in harveſt. After ſome
time I perceived I was upon the ſpot, being a field
called Henings, by which I ſuppoſe is meant the an-
tient meadows: this is upon the brow of the hill;
overlooking Willoughby-brook, riſing in Dalby lord-
ſhip, and playing in pretty meanders along a valley
between corn-fields, with a moderate water, unleſs
raiſed by rains. Here they ſaid had been an old
city, called Long Billington : it is often called The
Black Field in common diſcourſe, from the colour
and exceſſive richneſs of the ſoil, ſo that they never
lay any manure upon it. Here is a place called
Thieves, and on the other fide of the valley a place
called Wells, near where now a barn ſtands: and all
this length they ſay the city reached, and that there
was a church on the top of Wells: but the city was
moſtly on Willoughby fide ; for the land on the other
ſide in Broughton lordſhip is poor, whilſt this is
luxuriant to the laſt degree; ſo that a farmer once
happening to ſet his ſheep-fold here, it rotted the
corn upon the ſpot; and often he has been forced to
mow the blade before it ſpindled (in their way of
talking.) The ſoil is perfectly black 5, though all the
circumjacent Jand be red, eſpecially North of the
valley upon the edge of the hill, and where moſt
antiquities are found; which certainly was the true
place, whence the Roman name, ſignifying a marly
hill. Richard Cooper, aged 72, has found many
braſs and ſilver coins here: there have been ſome of
gold. They have a notion of great riches being
under ground, and a vulgar report that one balk, or
mere (i. e. a diviſion between the ploughed fields)
has as much money under it, as would purchaſe the
whole lordſhip : but people bave been frighted from
digging it by ſpirits; and ſeveral pleaſant ſtories are
told thereupon, They have likewiſe a tradition that
the city was deſtroyed by thicves, perhaps from the
1677, under the title of * A General Teſtimony to the everlaſting Truth of God; partly intended for the Inhabitants of
Nether-Brovghton, in the County of Leiceſter; wherein there is ſome ſhort Relation of my Convincement ; and alto, ſome
few of the Sufferings which were inflicted upon me by ſome of the ſaid Inhabitants, for my faithful Teſlimony, which I bare
for God and his bleſſed Truth; with Copies of two Letters ſent to the Spiritual or Ecclefiaſtical Court (fo called) in Leiceſter
or elſewhere, where they are found perſecuting the Innocent for their Conſciences to God; and the Court's Anſwer, whereby
their Cruelty may be ſeen, and alſo how willing they are to keep men in priſon, and how uuwilling or unable they are to give
a Rcaſon of their Faith concerning their Practice, Church, and Worſhip. With a Poſtſcript to them and the Prieſts, By
J. W. a Sufferer in Leiceſter County Goal; where nine of his Brethren are alſo Priſoners for the Teſtimony of a good Con-
ſcience, being all except one caſt in by the Prieſts and Courts called Spiritual,” By this pamphlet it appears that Wilsford,
who originally was a miller in Nether Broughton, and aſterwards a Baptiſt preacher, became by conviction a Quaker, and was
proſecuted for keeping a conventicle monthly in his own bouſe. In 1670 he was fined 208. for preaching ; but he was ſo very
poor, that, after taking away his only cow, the officer finding all his goods were inſutlicient to pay the fine, returned the war-
rant, declaring upon oath, „that they had not left him worth any thing.” His complaints are chiefly againſt “ the prieſts of
the town, John Sheeperion and Thomas Bley (one of them perhaps the rector, and ſucceflor to Cadwallader Jones), for ſtirring
up what perſecution they could to ſtop the work of the Lord.“ On their ſuggeſtion, he ſays, he was ſent to priſon; and his mill,
in repairing which he had laid out almoſt his all, was taken from him in favour of Chriſtopher Haley. Wilsford and his followers
were ** fined four ſhillings apiece for not going to the ſteeple-houſe ;?? and here Nicholas Mann has his ſhare of upbraiding,
who was the perſon that diſtrained on Wilsford's goods, and ſuffered “ Robert Stevenſon, that wicked drunken informer,
to pay his {core at the ale-houſe with ſome of them ; and dealt deceitfully with Mrs. Brown, the mother of Wilsford z whoſe
letter to the Spiritual Court, dated Leiceſter County Gaol, the 11th of the 11th month, an. Dom. 1676, is of a like complexion.
Peck, MS, * Itin. vol. I. p. 107. By others it is as erroneouſly placed at Belvoir, See p 22. ;
Land often ſuch in anticnt ſites of towns ; qu, from the effects of fire? Mr. Aſhby has a catalogue of coins found here.
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place ſo called. Many Moſaic pavements have been
dug up: my landlord Gee of Willoughby ſays, he has
upon ploughing met with ſuch tor five yards toge-
ther, as likewiſe coins, pot-hooks, fire-ſhovels, and
the like utenſils, and many large braſs coins, which
they took for weights, ounces and half-ounces, but
upon trial found them ſomewhat leſs. Broad ſtones
and foundations are frequent upon the ſide of the
Fols : ſeveral found at Wells. The ground naturally
BROUGH TON.
1217
is ſo ſtiff a mar], that at Willoughby town they pave
their yards with ſtones, fetched from the Foſs way
even to the ſlope of their pits, for the cattle to drink
at. At Over and Nether Broughton, and Willoughby
too, the coins are ſo frequent, that you hear of them
all the country round; There is a fice proſpect from
Wells hill every way, whence I drew a little view of
the place. So much for Margidunum, of which we
may ſay, Nunc paſſim reliquias viz nomina ſervans i.“
The CHURCH,
dedicated to St. Mary, is on the North fide of the
town, and conſiſts of a nave, two narrow ailes, and a
chancel anſwering the nave, all which are leaded. A
South-eaſt view of it, taken by Mr. Schnebbelie in
1791, is given in plate XXV.
Within the porch is a rude carving of a lamb
ſupporting a flag, as repreſented in one of the corners
of the ſame plate.
At the Weſt end of the nave, is a neat embattled
tower, in which hang three bells, thus inſcribed :
1. THOMAS HEDDERLEY, FOUNDER, NOTTING-
HAM, 1766; THOMAS HILL c. W.“?
2. GOD SAVE THE CHURCH, 1613,”
3. * TJHESUS BE OU SPEEDE.”
The inſide of this church contains little that is re-
markable. It has an old oftagon font, with a ſort of
roſe in each compartment, on a ſmaller octagon ſhafr.
There are no ſtone ſeats, or piſcina; but a ſmall
locker remains at the N. E. corner of the chancel.
In the 5th of Henry III. the prior of Lenton was
RE CT ORS.
John de Bradley, 1220,
Nicholas de Hereford, 1235,
Robert de Kyrkton, ſubdiaconus, 1242,
Henry de Boſcano, 1286,
Sir William Saddle, 1383,
William Greneak, exchanged with
Robert Gilbert, 1416,
William Pierpoint, 1534,
„ „ „% „% „% % 6 666% „ „% 102,
Thomas Ludlam, Nov. 17, 1660,
Cadwallader Jones, Oct. 16, 1661,
Philip Browne, Nov. 3, 166,
Theophilus Burdett, March 7, 1693,
Robert Harriſon, May 28, 1710,
Robert Harriſon :, Avg, 56, 1722 ; died May 27; 1740;
Stephen Greenaway 5, M. A. Sept. 26, 1740,
patron of the church of Brouchton. The then par-
ſon was John de Bradley, inſtituted by the then biſhop
of Lincoln Hugh 3. The ſaid John de Bradley paid
the then prior a penſion of 3os. who, before then,
uſed to receive 10s; only.
In 1344, the procurations were 75. 64d. ; the rectory
was taxed at 20 marks; and paid 25. for Peter-pence.
The prior of Lenton had alſo from it a penſion of
30 ſhillings.
In a ſubſequent taxation, Broughton is rated at 17
marks and 10 ſhillings; and the prior of Lenton's
penſion was 30s.
In 1534-5, the procurations and ſynodals were 115;
the prior's penſion 3os. ; and the value of the rectory
131. 135. 4d. |
In 1650, the rectory was returned to be worth 60ʃ.
and the incumbent as no preacher, and a pluralitan.“
The value in the king's books is 110. 5s. 744.
The rectory is now worth near 200). a year.
The Rev. Charles Pearce was curate in 1739.
TALIRONS
© and convent of Lenton.
Geo, Villiers, marquis of Buckingham.
George Villiers, ſecond duke of Buck-
- Ingham, pleno jure.
Chriſtopher Monk, ſecond duke of
_ Albemarle.
John, lord Jeffreys.
Anthony Duncombe, eſq;
King George II.
Anthony Duncombe, eſq; |
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
| On two flat ſtones in the nave :
« Here lie the remains William Cant, gent.
who departed this life the 2 1ſt of Nov. 1727.
« Here lies the body of Mary Cant,
daughter of John Hurſt, of Holwell, gent.
and relict of William Cant, gent.
who departed this life the 5th of May, 1757.“
* Theſe ſtones were laid down, according to the order
of the late Rev. William Cant, of Wartnaby, A.M.
from gratitude, and a filial regard
due to the memory of ſo valuable parents.”
The moſt remarkable of thoſe in the church-yard :
George Mann Nov. 1, 1779, aged Bo.
George Mann died April 3, 1738, aged 80.
Thomas Welch died Feb. 22, 1765, aged 80.
Thomas Hornbuckle died Dec. 5, 1778, aged 80.
Thomas Hill died Jan. 11, 1784, aged 83.
George Brown died Jan. 16, 1780, aged 87.
* Itin, vol. I, p. 106.
Hugh de Welles.
CHARITABLE BENEFACTIONS.
On a tablet in the South alle :
« Samuel Wray and Thomas Wright gave 20/.
each ; with which ſum of money was purchaſed, in
1682, ſeveral rights of common in the paſture called
The Great Grange Cloſe. Art the time of the incloſure
was allotted a piece of land, containing one acre, two
roods, 21 perches, part of the field cloſe.
Formerly has been given the ſum of 5/. which is
now in the hands of the overſeer; for which 55. is
annually given to the poor out of the parith ſtock.
SAMUEL HOPKINS, Ch 5
hurchwardens, 1777.
WILLIAM _ 1111
The return made to parliament in 1786, in anſwer
to the enquiry after the charitable donations to this
pariſh, may be ſeen in p. 3.
On the firſt bell was formerly God ſave the Church, 1639.“
+ See his epitaph at Dalby on the Woulds,
5 This venerable Divine, now (1792) aged 79, was originally of Oxford, but took his degree of M. A. at Chriſi's
College, Cambridge, ſo lately as 177 He till continues to hold the rectory of Nether Broughton, with the donative of Dalby
on the Woulds.
with a Paraphraſe.
He has diſtinguiſhed himſelf as a writer, by publiſhing © A New Tranilation of Eccleſiaſtes, in Three Parts,
To which is added, a New Tranſlation of other Paſſages of Scripture, with Notes, and Refſlexions on the
preſent Faſhion of correcting the Hebrew Text by Conjecture.“ This curious and learned volume was printed at Leiceſter, in
8vo, and publiſhed at three diſtinct periods of time, Part I. (containing 14 pages, and originally intended only to be given
to the tranſlator's particular friends) was publiſhed Aug. 1, 1781, at the moderate charge of one penny,“ Part II. (23
pages) in 1783, price 34. The concluding part (336 pages, with 88 of prolegomena, copious .indexes, &c.) price 5s. in 1791 ;
_ a portrait of the author (ſee Plate XXVII) ; uader which is inſcribed “ A Shadow on its Departure, æt. 68, 1521.
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B UC K MIN S T E R,
in antient writings called Bucheminſter, Bugemin/tre,
Bukeminſter, Bokeminſter, is bounded on the North by
Sproxton; on the Faſt it ſeparates the counties of
Leiceſter and Lincoln; on the South is bounded by
the hamlet of Sewſtern, which parts it from Wymond-
ham; and on the Weſt by Colton and Garthorpe.
In the ecclefiaſtical diviſion of the county, this
pariſh and its chapelry of Sewſtern are within the
deanry of Framland.
In the reign of Edward the Confeſſor the manor
of Buckminſter was poſſeſſed by Alden, with the pri-
vilege of ſac and ſoc, being then of the annual value
of four ſhillings; which, at the time of the general
ſurvey, was increaſed to twenty times that value,
being rated at four pounds a year, and was then in
the tenure of R. the ſon of Walter, who held it
under the Biſhop of Lincoln. It conſiſted of nine
— and an half; and the land was repre-
ented as capable of employing eight ploughs; but
it appears that ten were actually employed; two of
them in the demeſne, and eight others in the occu-
pation of eight villans, twenty ſocmen, and three
bordars. There were alſo fifty-two acres of meadow *.
Ins the Teſta de Nevill, Buckminſter and Sewſtern
are deſcribed, about the year 1240, as paying jointly
two ſhillings towards the view of francpledge ; and
are ſaid to contain ſeven ploughlands and a half of
the fee of the biſhop of Lincoln; and one plough-
land and a half was held by William. In the Auxilia
Vicecomiti de Framland, Buckminſter is rated at 5s.; and
Sewſtern at 12d. with 6d. more for ſuit (pro ſed.)
This place gave denomination to an antient fa-
mily de Buctminſter; who bore, Arg. ſeme de fleurs
de lis, a lion rampant Sable *; of which houſe was fir
Adam de Bugemin/tre, who was patron of the rectory
in 1222 3; and alſo fir William de Buckminſter, knt.
who ſerved under king Edward I. in his wars in Scot-
land ; and is ranked in a catalogue or old roll made
in the ſame time, and was lord of this manor 4.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Buckminſter, Sewſtern,
Coſton, and Garthorpe, anſwered collectively as one vill.
Sir William de Buckminſter above-mentioned was
the father of Simon de Buckminſter, who died ſeiſed
of this place, which he held of David de Flitewyke,
in 1298, leaving William his ſon and heir, then aged
11 years“.
In 1306, the abbot and convent de Valle Dei in
Lincolnſhire, having applied for the king's permiſſion
to poſſeſs a meſſuage and five bovates of land in
Buckminſter and Sewſtern, and a meſſuage and one
carucate at Eaſtwell, of the gift of Richard de Lovere
(who in another place is called Richard de Afterhiagh ) ;
ii appeared that the meſſuage and lands at Buck-
n..aſter and Sewſtern were held of the king in capite,
as of the manor of Hollewell, in the ſame county, and
were part of the fee of Albemarle; and the meſſuage
and carucate at Eaſtwell were held of Thomas earl
of Lancaſter, by the ſervice of a ſixteenth part of a
knight's fee“. | |
Roger de Buckminſter, about 1310, had twenty
pounds a year rent “.
The heir of Buckminſter was married to Sproxton
of Sproxton ; whoſe heir married Brabaſon; but this
manor came ſoon after into the hands of Roger Bellere
of Kirkby; who purchaſed the advowſon of the
church from the Knights hoſpitallers of St. Jobn of
Jeruſalem ; and then appropriated it in 1319 to the
priory of Kirkby Belers, of his own foundation“.
„ R. filius Walteri tenet de epiſcopo in Bucheminſtre g carucatas terræ & dimid'. Terra eſt 8 carucarum, In dominico
ſunt 2; & 8 villani & 20 ſocmanni, cum 3 bordariis, habent 8 carucas, Ibi 52 acre prati, Valuit 4 ſolidos; modo 4 libras
Alden tenuit cum faca & foci,” Domeſday, p. 231. a. 1.
Theſe arms, which remained in the church in 1622, but are now gone, are engraved in plate XXVIII. fig. 3.
2 See p. 117 Burton, p. 61.
®* Inq. ad quod dampn. 34 Edw. I. N* 181. Leic,
* Sec the foundation charter under Kirkby Belers,
This grant is in the Augmentation Office,
Harl. MSS. 1192, p. 56. See p. xlv.
©? Peck, MSS. p. 4937+
'3 MS. Chetwynd..
By a deed, dated © apud Kirkeby ſuper Wretheke;
die dominica proximà poſt feſtum STi Bartholomet
Apoſtoli, 1319,” Roger de Beler gave to his priory
at Kirkby, ©* manerium de Buckminſtre, cum omnibus
pertinentiis ſuis, in terris, tenementis, & molendinis,
tam in villa de Sewſterne quam Buckminſter, in libe-
ram & perpetuam eleemoſynam 9.” |
In 1392, Ralph de Crombwell and others had
leave to grant 15 meſſuages, 10 tofts, 24 acres of
land, 3o acres of meadow, and 12 ſhillings rent, with
the appurtenances, in Kirkeby ſuper Wrethek, Lei-
ceſter, Stapelford, Wymondham, Leiſthorp, Buck-
minſter, Sewſtern, Erdeburgh, and Abkettleby, to
the priory of Kirby Wrethek. The meſſuages and
one virgate of land, in the village of Kirby Wrethek,
were at the ſame time held of the maſter of Burton
Lazars by the ſum of 3s. 4d.
In the ſubſidy of 1445, Buckminſter and Sewſtern
were rated at 3/. 146.; whereof the abatement was 3s.
The lordſhip of Buckminſter continued in the poſ-
ſeſſion of the priory of Kirkby Belers; and was
leaſed, with the tithes of a wood called Greſecroft, to
Thomas Baget, gent. by leaſe, dated April 16, 1532.
The 8 of Buckminſter with Sewſtern was alſo
demiſed to Thomas Bagot, gent. by leaſe of the abbot
and convent of Kirkby Belers, dated Feb. 8, 1534.
at the annual rent of 12ʃ.
Croxton abbey alſo had ſome lands here, and at
Sewſtern *; which, after the diſſolution of that houſe,
were granted by Henry VIII. to Thomas earl of Rut-
land in fee, in the 3zoth year of his reign 13.
The crown's receiver, 30 Henry VIII. charges
himſelf with gs. 44. for a free rent of Radcliff,
maſter of Burton Lazars, for his lands and tenements
at Buckminſter, newly found by examination of a
rental in the 2gth year of the ſaid king.
On the diſſolution of religious houſes in 1 538, the
manor of Buckminſter, with the principal eſtate there,
was granted by king Henry VIII. to Henry Digby ;
who alienated it in 1548 to Henry Allen ; whoſe 4
and heir, John Allen, conveyed it to Thomas Cave of
Bagrave .
At an inquiſition taken at Leiceſter, Oct. 28, 160g,
it appeared that James Briggs, deceaſed, was ſeiſed
of one meſſuage, one cloſe, 30 acres of land, 20
acres of meadow, and 40 acres of paſture, in Buck-
minſter; that they were held of the king in capite;
that he died March 1, 40 Elizabeth; and that Ri-
chard Briggs, his ſon and heir, was then aged 16
years.
At another inquiſition taken at Leiceſter, March 2,
1605-6, it appeared that William Coye, deceaſed, was
ſeiſed of three cloſes of paſture, called Water Fur-
rowe Cloſe, alias Water Furrowe Cloſes (containing
by eſtimation 46 acres), one other cloſe of paſture,
called Longe Cop (containing 44 acres), and two
other cloſes, called the Moore Cloſes (containing 12
acres), lying in Buckminſter and Sewſtern; that they
were held of the king in capite; that he died Dec. 6,
1605; and that Helen Coye (aged 13 years and up-
wards), and Elizabeth Coye (aged 12 years and up-
wards), were his daughters and next heirs "3,
At another inquiſition taken at Leiceſter, March 22,
1607, it appeared that Richard Jourden, deceaſed,
was ſeiſed of one mefluage, one garden, four bovates
of land, and one bovate of land, meadow and pal-
ture, in Buckminſter and Sewſtern ; held of the king
in capite, by the ſervice of à fortieth part of one
5 Eich. 26 Edw. I. n. 28,
5 MS. Chetwynd.
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Jourden, his ſon and heir, was then aged 21 years“.
In Eaſter Term, 1608, it appears by ſome pro-
ceedings enrolled in the proper courts of law, that
IVilliam Cave poſſeſſed property at Buckminſter and
Sewſtern *.
A writ of enquiry was iſſued, in 1614, for fir
Alexander Cave to ſhew by what title he held the
manor of Buckminſter* z which appears to have been
preparatory to the purchaſe about that time made by
Edward Hartopp, eſquire ; in whoſe family the manor
continued till the death of fir Jahn Hartopp +, the laſt
baronet, in 1762; who having deviſed it to his lady
in fee, ſhe ſold the ſame in 1763 to lord William
Manners, one of the repreſentatives for the county of
Leiceſter in three parliaments, from 1719 to 1733;
whoſe eldeſt ſon John Manners, eſq; of Grantham
Grange, one of the repreſentatives in parliament for
Newark, was the next poſſeſſor; who dying Sept. 23,
1792, it deſcended to his eldeſt ſon William Manners,
oh the preſent owner of the manor, created a baronet
Jan. 5, 1793; who is very conſiderably enlarging
the antient park of Buckminſter, adorning it with
beautiful plantations, and making preparations for
building an elegant houſe; a great part of the very
antient family manſion, which has the remains of a
very fine gateway (ſee plate XXVIIL fig. 1.) being
now in ruins, and the other part converted to a con-
yenient farm-houſe. |
The whole pariſh of Buckminſter, with its hamlet
of Sewſtern, conſiſts of nearly 3000 acres5, of which
Sir William Manners poſſeſſes a conſiderable portion,
with the great tithes alſo; the reſt is the property of
the freeholders, of whom there are about 30 in Buck-
minſter, and the ſame number or more in Sewſtern.
This lordſhip is very old incloſure, and remark-
able for grazing.
At Buckminſter and Sewſtern (adjoining to Wolſ-
thorpe, co. Lincoln, where fir Iſaac Newton was born
in 1643), are lands which fir Iſaac inherited from
his mother Hannah, daughter of James Ayſcough, of
Market Overton *; which lands, with the manor of
Woolſthorpe aforeſaid, were fold in 1732 by Mr.
John Newton, to Edmund Turnor, of Stoke Rochford,
co. Lincoln, eſq; who till poſſeſſes them.
By an act paſſed in 1770, for ſale of the ſettled
eſtates of the honourable George Hobart, in the
county of Leiceſter, and for inveſting the moneys to
ariſe from ſuch ſale in the purchaſe of other lands to
be ſettled to the like uſes; it appears that fir Ri-
chard Ellys, late of Nocton, in the county of Lincoln,
bart. had deviſed, in 1740, all his -manors, lands, &c.
in the county of Leiceſter, to his wife for her life,
and afterwards to John earl of Buckinghamſhire, with
remainder to the honourable George Hobart,. the
earl's ſecond ſon. The property hereby deviſed was
ſituated in the ſeveral pariſhes of Buckminſter, Caſton,
Edmondthorpe, and Wymondham, and was, in 1770, in
the ſeveral tenures of Mr. William Day, ar the yearly
rent of 280/. 115. ; Mr. Thomas Bullevant, at 240l. 185. ;
Mr. William Rackes, at 574. 15s. ; Mr. George Lord,
at 64/.; Mr. William Pawlert, at 116/, 10s.; Mr.
William Taylor, at 158“. 10s.; and a number of
imaller tenants, the whole amounting to 1 520). a year
or thereabouts; which lying at a great diſtance from
the reſidence of Mr. Hobart, and the care, inſpection,
and management thereof, and colleQing the rents,
being attended with great trouble and expence, his
act authoriſes the ſale thereof, on lands of a greater
value being ſettled to the ſame uſes.
ln 1564, there were 35 families in Buckminſter ;
without any mention of ers.
In 1730, Buckminſter contained 40 houſes, and
Sewſtern 46. x
In Buckminſter, in 1790, were 38 families, and 170
people, | x
Eſch. 5 Jac, I.
MINS TER. Tr
In Sewſtern 44 families, and 416 people:
In the whole pariſh, 380 people. |
In 1630, the Freehoidets at Buckminſter, were, Jolin
Parleby, Bartholomew Storer, Richatd Bridges, and
Edward Cam. EY i
At the general election in 1722, 22 freeholders
polled from this pariſhz in that of 1778; t4 who
were reſident, and many others who had eſtates here;
but reſided in other places.
The nett expence of the poor of Backminſter in
1776 was 221. 14s, Medium of three years, 1983—
I785, 581. 145. 6d.
The return made to parliament in 1786, in apſwer
to the enquiry reſpecting the charitable donations in
this pariſh, may be ſeen in p. 3.
The following extracts from the pariſh regiſters,
which begin in 1338, were taken by Mr. Peck:
Jan. 20, 1547, Thomas Watſon, clerk, and Agnes
Dickins, married. |
William Lloyd, vicar, induted .. . . 4 1584;
Thomas, fon of Chriſtopher Cheyney, of Gray's-
Inn, eſq; born at the houſe of Thomas Cave, eſq; of
Buckminſter, Dec. 4, and baptiſed Dec. 12, 1602.
George, fon of Edward Hartopp, eſq; baptiſed
Dec. 25, 1611,
Charles, fon of Edward Hartopp, eſq; baptiſed
June 20, 1613. '
Richard, ſon of John Hartopp, eſq; baptiſed June
19, 1614. :
Ellzabeth, daughter of Edward Hartopp, eſq;
baptiſed Dec. 21, 1615.
rancis South, gent. and Anne Hartopp, married
Aug. 11, 1623. |
Richard Earle, fon and heir of Ofteene Earle, of
Straglethorpe, co. Lincoln, and Frances, daughter of
fir Edward Hartopp, married Jan. 8, 1627,
Thomas White, heir apparent of fir John White,
and Anne, daughter of ſir Edward Hartopp, bart.
married. April 27, 1629. | |
* I William Lloyd, vicar of Buckminſter, in the
county of Leiceſter, having power, by virtue of a
ſtatute in that caſe made, to licence ſick perſons
within my pariſh to eat fleſh upon ſuch days as are
prohibited by the ſaid ſtatute, do, by theſe preſents,
licence and authoriſe the right worſhipful the lady
Frances Earle, wife to fir Richard Earle, bart. and
Mrs. Anne White, wife to Thomas White, eſq; being
both in the houſe of fir Edward Hartopp, their
father, at Buckminſter, in the county of Leiceſter,
baronet; and being both ſick and weak (the one
miſcarrying of a child, the other lying in child-bed);
and alſo Thomas Pacie and Margaret Tharpe (ſer-
vants to the right worſhipful fir Edward 3
bart.), being both of them ſick of agues, to eat fleſh
during the time of their ſickneſs, for the better and
more ſpeedy recovery of their healths. Dated at
Buckminſter, the 27th day of April, 1631. _
ILLIAM LLOYD ?.”
William Lloyd, vicar, buried Jan. 3o, 1632.
Valentine Hartopp, gent. buried Sept. 23, 1633.
John, ſon of ſir Edward Hartopp *, baptiſed April
9, buried April 16, 1635.
Edward, ſon of fir Edward Hartopp, bart. and
dame Mary his wife, baptiſed July 8, 1636.
John, ſon of fir Edward Hartopp, bart. and dame
Mary his wife, baptiſed OR. 31, 1637.
Montague Cholmeley, efq; and Elizabeth Hartopp,
married Sept. 12, 1637.
Edward, ſon of fir Edward Hartopp, butied Aug.
3, 1638, |
Job Bew, vicar, buried March 21, 1638.
Mary, daughter of fir Edward Hartopp, and dame
Mary his wife, baptiſed April 17, 1639.
Anno 1641, Samuel Dixon, M. A. of Emanuel
college, Cambridge, was inducted vicar.
*
* Paſch, 5 Jac. ** Ad ſupervidend* & excambiand” terras in villis de Buckminſter & Sewſtern, cum inheritan' ville pred',
WilPo Cave, arm'.“
* Hil, Reg. 10 Jac, I. Rot. 190.
geh the pedigree of Hartopp, p. 128.
In 1730, Mr. Peck computed that in Buckminſter there were 1637 acres, and 1022 in Sewſtern
* See Gent, Mag. vol, XLII. p. 521.
Vor. I.
7 From Buckminſter Regiſter.
Edward Hartopp, eſq; of Buckminſter, was knighted at * BY by king Charles I, July 25, 1634, See p. 50.
Anno
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124 HISTORY AN ANTIQUITIES o LEICESTERSHIRE.
Anno 1651, Samuel Dixon aforeſaid new built his
vicarage-houſe.
Sir Edward Hartopp buried March 24, 1658.
Catharine, daughter of Charles Halford, eſq; bap-
tiſed Feb. 2, 1663. | |
Richard Hartopp, eſq; buried April 28, 1667.
Edward Eyles, gent. and Mary Cholmeley, married
Sept. 11, 1671.
Eliz. Cholmeley, gentlewoman, buried Jan. 29, 1676.
Mr. Samuel Dixon, vicar, having buried his wife,
laid on the floor, &c.
Samuel Dixon, vicar, buried April 16, 1693, aged 80.
John Dixon, A. M. ſon of Samuel, inducted vicar
Aug. 29, 1695.
Anne Palmer, widow, buried Feb. 20, 1714, aged
I O00»
John Dixon, vicar, buried Nov. 23, 1717.
John Burman, vicar; reſigned in 1720; and ;
Feb. 2, 1720, Edward Dixon, A.B. of Clare Hall,
ſon of the aforeſaid John, was inducted.”
By my friend Mr. Mounſey, who examined theſe
regiſters attentively in 1788, I am informed that in
the firſt twenty years are, bapfiſms 81, burials 72,
marriages 33z though it is a matter of doubt whether
the regiſter of Sewſtern was then included; tradition
ſays not ; but that they antiently buried at Wolſthorp
near Belvoir caſtle. In the twenty years ending in
1788, are (Sewſtern included) 243 baptiſms, 188
burials, and 51 marriages.
The earl of Huntingdon,” ſays Mr. Peck in 1730,
* has a demand on ſeveral farmers in Buckminſter
and Sewſtern of a ſheriff's tooth; which, I think, is
4d. a year for cottages, and 6d. a year for old farm-
houſes. What is meant by a ſheriff's tooth *, or what
gave riſe to this odd cuſtom, 1 find not.” This aroſe
trom aa which Mr. Peck does not appear
to have known, the earl of Huntingdon's poſſeſſing
the hundred of Framland in the manner deſcribed
above *, and as it is (till poſſeſſed by lord Rawdon.
The air of Buckminſter is very ſharp ; and the
place is accounted, by thoſe who know ir, one of the
healthieſt towns in theſe parts. Yer it hath been ob-
ſerved, after. a dry ſummer (as in the years 1719,
1723, 1727), that, in the ſprings following, the bu.
rials in that pariſh have ſurprizingly increaſed ; whe-
ther by ſtagnation of the air, or by the ſcarcity and
badneſs of the water (it being generally bad when
ſcarce), or by ſurfeits got after the preceding autumn,
I pretend not to determine 3.
Mr. John Burman, when he was vicar of this pa-
riſh, riding from Denton to Buckminſter, heard diſ-
tinctly (as he told Mr. Peck, Aug. 25, 1729), one, two,
three cannon ſhots ſucceſſively after one another. And
thereupon, telling this to Mrs. Dixon, relict of the
The CHURCH,
dedicated to St. John the Baptiſt, was in 1222 under
the patronage of fir Adam de Bugeminſter, who ap-
pears ſoon after to have beſtowed it on the Knights
hoſpitallers of St. John of Jeruſalem; who preſented
to it in 1236; and, from the formality with which the
preſentation is entered in the regiſter, it was pro-
bably for the firſt time“. It had then both a rector
and a vicar.
The then parſon was one Waldric, inſtituted by.
Hugh Wells, biſhop of Lincoln. The vjcar was
one Geoffry, inſtituted by Hugh 9, ſometime arch-
* Sheriff*s Turn, ut opinor, F. P.
3 Peck, MS, ex informatione viri reverendi Edw. Dixon.
o Peck, ibid. ex informatione viri reverendi Johannis Burman, A. M. rectoris de Denton, in com, Leic.
© This ſtory is better related in Deſid. Cur. vol. II.“
confined to that particular year,
in other places,
Hugh is placed 1151.
2
very, to alarm the country; but it is now down,
* See P · 8.
But it is not there to he found, He intended it probably for the con-
tinuation of that curious work, for which he had collected large materials, which, after his death, are- ſuppoſed to have been
depoſited in a garret of his brother's houſe, a glazier at Leiceſter, and to have been afterwards ignorantly deſtroyed,
He was of Chriſt Church, Oxford; M. A. April 8, 1711; afterwards of Univerſity College, B. and D. M. July 8, 1723;
appointed phyſician to Frederick prince of Wales in 1734; and died, at Hampton Court, July 8, 1738.
5 This ſeems to afford a tolerably clear proof that the Matricula of 5 Hen. V. 1220 (as it is generally called) was not fridtly
Baldricus, who is mentioned in it, was not preſented till 1222; and fimilar inftances occur
Nor were the Knights Hoſpitallers patrons till after 1222, when fir Adam de Buckminiter preſented,
No ſuch archdeacon of Leiceſter occurs in Dr. Browne Willis; but iu Lluttou's Collections in Le Neve's Faſti, p. 163,
laſt. incumbent, ſhe ſaid ſuch ſhots were often heard
in the war-time by her late huſband and others, the
ſound coming from towards Boſton in Lincolnſhire 4,
In the upper part of the ſteeple, in the North-eaſt
corner of the tower, is a chimney. There are alſo
wooden ſhutters to the bell windows. It ſhould ſeem
that in the time of the civil war ſomebody was ap-
pointed to watch here, and give notice of the ap-
proach: of an enemy; for whoſe better accommoda-
tion the above chimney and window-ſhutters were
made. The ſituation of this church, which ſtands
upon one of the very higheſt places in all the county,
was exceeding proper for ſuch a purpole, There was
alſo a beacon here, which was fired upon any diſco-
The inhabitants have a notion their ſteeple is firſt
ſeen of any in England, by ſhips making thither
from the German Ocean. How true that is, I will
not take upon me to ſay; but I believe it may
be, as they add, ſeen well enough a mile beyond
Hinckley, which lies on the other extremity of Lei-
ceſterſhire, and in a direct line, is more than 30 miles
from it. Beſides, nothing can be a better proof of
the high ſituation of this place than two little brooks
which riſe here, and run, one of them directly Eaſt,
by Skillington, into the Witham; the other almoſt
directly Weſt, by Wymondham, into the Eye“.
In Buckminſter field is a valley called Plukney Dale,
which was ſo named on this occaſion. In the Jate
civil war one Plukney commanded at Burley on the
Hill, and held it for the parliament; and at the ſame
time one Allen commanded at Belvoir, and held it
for the king. Theſe two gentlemen had each a de-
ſign to beſiege one another, and marched accordingly
to do ſo; whereupon they met in the place now
called Plukney Dale, and fought a ſtout ſkirmiſh, in
which Plukney was ſlain, being ſhot by a boy of
Skillington, and his party routed. After the fight,
Plukney's body was taken up by ſome of Allen's men,
thrown acroſs a horſe, and carried to the Angel inn
at Sewſtern ; where, not being quite dead, his eyes
(as one John Thorpe, a very old man, late of Buck-
minſter, told my informer) yet moved in his head.
The news of this defeat being carried to prince Ru-
pert, he immediately reſolved to attack Allen, and
revenge the death of Plukney. Thereupon a battle
was fought between them ſomewhere near Burley,
wherein Allen was defeated and ſlain; and, what is
very remarkable, his body laid acroſs a horſe, and
brought to the ſame houſe at Sewſtern as Plakney's
was; and, if Thorpe may be credited (who ſolemnly
averred that he ſaw them both), Allen's eyes then
ſtirred much as Plukney's did before .
Dr. Noel Broxholme, a phyſician of great note 7,
was born at Buckminſter.
deacon in the vacancy of the ſee. The parſon had
then two parts of the tithe corn; and the vicar had
the third part, with all the profits of the altar. The
monks of Valdey, by Grimſthorpe, co. Lincoln, had
then the tithe of 29 bovates of land, by a certain
perſonal compoſition, paying therefore to the mother
church two marks yearly. And it had then a chapel
at Sewſtern, which ought to be ſerved three times
in the week,
The wake is the Sunday next after the feaſt of St.
John the Baptiſt.
4 Peck, MS. 5 Tbid.
Mr. Peck adds,
RECTORS-
A
Waldricus, or Baldricus“, the ſubdeacon, 1222,
Phili gentin *, 1236
BA Arundel! , ſubdeacon, 1237,
J. de Cheſhull * reigned 1265.
John de la Heye“ ſucceeded in 1278.
VICARS
Geoflry *, 1220.
John Clayton 9, 1334, |
Thomas Watſon *?, D. D. 1547.
Matthew Baylye '*. ; |
William Lloyd **, inducted 1584 3 buried 1632.
Joſeph Bew *?, 1633 ; buried 1638.
Robert Gale“, 1
t695, aged 80.
buried Nov. 23, 1717.
In the taxation of 1344, mention is made of Buck-
minſter and Sewſtern; but no ſum is placed againſt
them either for procurations or Peter-pence.
In another antient taxation of eccleſiaſtical bene-
fices, Buckminſter is rated at 24 marks, including two
marks received from the abbot de Valle Dei for tithes.
In 1534-5, the- procurations and ſynodals were
114. 64. ; and the value of the vicarage 8.
In 1557, Dr. Watſon, biſhop of Lincoln, was impro-
priator and patron of the vicarage; which in 1559
again reverted to the crown; and was afterwards be-
ſtowed on William Cavendiſh, who had been the confi-
dential ſervant of cardinal Wolſey, and attended him
to his grave in Leiceſter abbey, Nov. 30, 1530.
638.
Samuel Dixon , M. A. of Emannel college, 1641 ; buried April i6,
john Dixon“, M. A. (ſon of Samuel), induded June 6, 1695;
John Burman 7, March 1917-18 ; reſigned in 1720.
Edward Dixon **, M. A. of Clare Hall, Feb. z, 1720; died in 1763. William, fecondduke of Devonſhire.
Edward Heathcote *?, Feb. 24, 1764; the preſent vicar 1792.
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.] BUCKMINSTE R. ; 125
PATRONS, |
_ Adam de Bugeminſter, knight;
1
, Knights Hoſpitallers of St. John of
Robert de Drayton tucceeded in 1265 . reſigned in 127253 Jeruſalem.
Richard de Drayton * ſucceeded in 1242 ; reſigned in 1278;
Waldric, the reftor.
Prior and conyent of Kirkby Belers,
| william, ſecond earl of Devonſhire:
William, third earl of Devonſhire.
William, firſt duke of Devonſhire.
William, third duke of Devonſhire.
king Henry VIII; who conſtituted him that year one
of the commiſſioners for viſiting and taking the ſur-
render of divers religious houſes; appointed him in
1539 one of the auditors of the court of augmenta-
tion ; and beſtowed on him many other ample grants.
He alſo obtained from king Edward VI. June 15,
1553, for himſelf and his heirs (in exchange for the
manors of Northall,'Herts, North Scrivelſby, Lincoln-
ſhire, and other lands in South Wales, Cornwall, &c.),
the manor of Medowplek and reQory of Yolgrave, be-
longing to Leiceſter abbey ;_ with ſeveral other lands
and poſſeſſions *®, From this time the patronage of
the vicarage has deſcended to William, the preſent duke
of Devonſhire, and is the only property of that noble
This gentleman was deſeryedly high in the efteem of family in this pariſh, or in the county of Leiceſter.
* Reg. Wells. X
— Phil Quentin, clericus, ad eceleſiam de Buekminſt', ad præſentationem prioris & fratrum hoſpitalis Jeruſal' in Anglia.
Teſtibus Rob? Linc', J. North'ton, archidiaconis; J. de Santo Egidio, rectore ecclefiz de Bannebir ; Magiſtro R. de Caden,
Th' de Aſkeb', & J. de Crakhull, canonicis Lincoln“; Magiſtris J. de Jakſham, J. conſtabular*, R. de Reveningham, R. de
Campoden, dominis R. Blundo, J. de Dyham, capellanis, & R. de Poclington, J. de Caſtall, Tho' de Karl, B. de Burgo.
5 kal' Feb* 1236.“ Reg. Groſtede, Pont'. 2. (dorſ').
3 Reg. Groſtede. Reg. Graveſend, an. 8. 5 Ibid.
© Ibid. an. 14. 7 Tbid, an. 20. * Matriculus, 9 Augmentation Office,
10 Afterward ſucceſſively rector of North Crawley, Bucks; maſter of St. John's college, Cambridge, Sept. 28, 1553,
for a few months only ; dean of Durham, Nov. 18, that ſame year; and chaplain to Gardiner biſhop of Wincheſter. Being a
warm Roman Catholic, and a great favourite with cardinal Pole, he was made biſhop of Lincoln in 1557 by papal proviſion,
the bull bearing date March 24; and was conſecrated Auguſt 15. There is ſome doubt whether his deanry was then reſigned,
for he wrote himſelf biſhop of Lincoln and dean of Durham till Sept. 26, 1558. On his advancement to the biſhopric, he
obtained for the ſee of Lincoln, by patent from queen Mary, dated Nov. 9, 1557, ſeveral eſtates in lieu of what the church
had been deſpoiled of ten years before; recovered ſeveral noble rich veſtments, plate, and other furniture; and procured
the patronage or advowſon of ſeveral benefices which had belonged to religions houſes, and on their diſſolution had been
veſted in the crown ; amongſt which was the impropriation of Buckminſter, (See them enumerated in Willis? Lincoln, p. 65.)
But all theſe, together with what Bp. White of Wincheſter (his predeceffor at Lincoln) had obtained in like manner, Were
taken away by authority of parliament in the beginning of the reign of queen Elizabeth; who, June 25, 1559, removed
biſhop Watſon from the ſee of Lincoln, as being an enemy to reformation, and the queen's ſupremacy over the church;
having threatened her majeſty with excommunication. Becoming highly obnoxious to the new principles, he was impri-
ſoned, with Bp. White, his predeceſſor in this ſee, afterwards biſhop of Wincheſter, in the Tower of London in 1559, and
there remained, and afterwards left in ſtrict confinemenr, firſt, in the biſhop of Ely's houſe, and then in the biſhop of Rocheſter's,
till the year 1580; when, on ſome alarm or apprehenſion of diſturbances, together with Jo. Feckenham and others, he was
ſent priſoner to Wiſbich-caſtle, in Cambridgeſhire; and dying there, was privately buried, Sept. 1%, 1584, in Wiſbich church,
without any monument. In his youth he was given much to poetry and making plays, and gained great commendatious for
his “ Antigone” out of Sophocles by the learned men of bis time; who have farther avowed, tha? as George Buchanan's
tragedy, called“ Jephtha,” hath, among all tragedies of that time, been able to abide the touch of Ariſtotle's precepts, and
Euripides“ examples, fo hath alſo the tragedy of this Thomas Watſon, called “ Abſalon,” which was in a moſt wonderful
manner admired by them, yet he would never ſuffer it to go abroad. In elder life, being then of a four diſpoſition, the
Author of * Execution of Juſtice in England” ſaith, he was * learned in deep divinity, but ſurly, with an auſtere gravity,
He publiſhed ſeveral religious tracts, particularly two ſermons, preached before queen Mary, in Lent 1553, touching the real
preſence in the ſacraments, incorporated in Holſome and Catholyke Doctrine, concernynge the Seven Sacraments of
Chriſte's Churche, expedient to be knowen of all Men, ſette forthe in Maner of ſhorte Sermons to bee made to the People, by
the Reverend Father in God Thomas Biſhoppe of Lincolne, anno 1558, menſe Februarii. Excuſum Londini in ædibus Robert
Caly, Topographi; cum privilegio ad imprimendum ſolum.“ , This produced, from Robert Crowley,“ A ſetting open the
concerning the real preſence in the ſacraments.” Godwin, in his Catalogue of Biſhops, 1041, 4to, thus charafterites him:
** Upon the remove of Dr. White, in the year 1557, to Wincheſter, the biſhoprick of Lincoln was beſtowed upon Thomas
Watſon, doctor of divinity, a very auſtere, or rather a ſour and churliſh man. He was ſcarce warm in his teat, when, queen
Mary dying, he was fain to leave the ſame, becauſe be would not conform himſelf unto the happy reformation intended by
her majeſty that now reigneth 3 many years after he lived a private life, and died about the year 1584, 2 He is quores by Dr.
Feild, in the Appendix to his Third Book of the Church, p. 214, as © the learned biſhop of Lincoln;“ and as“ one much
founder in the doctrine of the Sacrament than the modern Romaniſts.” Pitts gives him the character of © a famous preacher,
a ſolid divine, and a good poet.” Hutchinſon, Hiſt. of Durham, vol. I. p. 341 ; Ath, Oxon. vol, I. p. 190. vs
„ Rymer, Fad, vol. XV. p. 743. 1 Rymer, ibid, and Pariſh Regiſter. Pariſh Re giſter. Ibid,
15 Firſt Fruits Office. © Thid, 17 Ibid, i Ibid. 19 Ihid,
*? Thoroton, Hiſtory of Nottinghamſhire, p. 186, ; x
n
ſubtle ſophiſtry of Thomas Watſon, D. D. which he uſed in his two ſermons, preached before queen Mary, in Lent, 1553,
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126 HISTORY axy ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
In 1650, the refory was returned worth 60l.; the
vicarage 3o/; and the incumbent as negligent and
ſcandalous.
April 15, 1708. The then vicar, Mr. John Dixon,
delivered in at Leiceſter an account of this viearage
and church ; whereby it appears, that,
1. Onera hujus eccleſiæ ſunt
Decime — 175. od.
Acquiet' — 0 4
Procurationes dũi ep̃iſc — 2 2
Acquiet' — © 4
Synod” archid' Leic' — 3 6
Acquiet' Oo 4
2. They had then a chalice, which, with the cover,
weighed nine ounces and a half, No inſcription on it.
3+ They had then lands, three ſmall incloſures,
given for the repair of the church ; but by whom
they know not.
4. The church is to be repaired by the pariſh of
Buckminſter cum Sewſtern; the vault by fir John
Hartopp, baronet, whoſe burial-place it is; the
chancel by the impropriator, the duke of Devonſhire.
5. The profits of the vicarage conſiſt in the tithe
of all the homeſtalls and land antiently incloſed,
which pay tithe hay and corn; but, when eaten,
nothing; beſides other tithes and ſurplice fees.
The preſent value of the vicarage is ſuppoſed to
be about gol. a year. In the king's books it is rated
at 81. 341d. |
Archdeacons ſynodals 3s. tod. paid by the vicar.
Procurations 7s. 644. paid by the impropriator.
The church of Buckminſter having been frequently
noticed as ſingularly curious, two views of it are
here introduced, both taken by Mr. Schnebbelie in
September 1791.
Plate XXIX. is an outſide view from the South-
eaſt, which ſhews Belvoir caſtle at a diſtance to the
right. Fig. 3. in the ſame plate ſhews a remarkable
arch under the great Eaſt window.
Plate XXX. is an infide view, beautifully cha-
racteriſtic, in which the perſpective is very happily
preſerved.
A ground-plan is alſo given in plate XX VIII. fig. 2.
This church conſiſts of a nave, with three pointed
arches on the North ſide; on the South fide one
round one; a North and South aile, and three chan-
cels, all leaded, except the North chancel, which is
tiled, and ſeems to have been formerly either a
chantry diſtin from the vicarage, or, what they ſtil:
call it, a ſchool-houſe; but the windows are now
broken and walled up, ſo that it is fitter for a char-
nel-houſe. The Eaſt window belonging to that chan-
cel is grated up with ſtrong iron bars; which led Mr.
Peck to conjecture that ſome church plate and other
ouds of value, perhaps the town writings, were
ormerly kept and preſerved there. In the North
wall of this chancel, an arch has been ſtopped up.
The South chancel riſes a few ſteps, under which
is a vault or burial-place long ſince diſuſed.
Mr. Peck obſerves *, that this church is remarkable
for its ſteeple (which be elſewhere quaintly calls
© a heavy ſtone broche)” ſet betwixt the South aile
and South chancel ; which does not extend further
out than the building, but is quite parallel with it
on the South fide. It has a South porch, over the
door of which are three rich niches with lions heads
under them, The porch and South aile are embartled.
The tower, which has. no battlements, contains
four large bells thus inſcribed :
1. Ex dono Richardi Hartopp, armigeri, 1657.”
2. God fave his church, 1691.”
3.1649.
4. * Jheſus be oure ſpede, 1 596.“
This laſt has been lately recaſt, and now bears:
4% All you that hear my mournful ſound,
epent before you're laid in ground. 1778.”
Againſt the South pillar that ſupports the ſteeple,
and oppoſite to the reading-deſk, is a circular ſtone
ſtaircaſe, about nine or ten feet high, curiouſly carved
on the outſide in the Gothic ſtyle.
Mr. Peck calls this “a pretty ſtone ſtair-caſe,
through which they formerly went up into the rood-
loft, the ſame paſſage leading both thither and into
the ſteeple.
Upon it is built a wooden ſtair-caſe of a few ſteps
to join another aſcending the tower; but that appears
to have been added fince, and not originally intended.
On two corbels at the Eaſt end of the North aile,
are the four Evangeliſts, with their ſymbols.
And over the Weſt window of the ſame aile is a
diſhevelled head.
The antient ſexagon font is repreſented in plate
XXIX. fig. 2. |
The three ſtone ſeats, which were of different
heights, with the piſcina and locker, in the ſame plate,
fig. 5, are now filled up with plaſter.
The Commandments over the altar are the work
of Charles Trotter and Francis Colton, painters,
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
n On the floor of the middle chancel :
1. A ſmall braſs plate, on a blue ſlab, inſcribed,
| . 1.
Thy worth may claime this lot,
Never to be forgot.
To Dorothie Dixon, 1686.“
2. Here lies the body of Leonard Bury, ſen.
who departed this life April 7, 1720,
in the 85th year of his age.”
3. Here lieth the body of Ruth,
wife of Leonard Bury, ſen. of Sewſtern,
who departed this life April 23, 1702,
in the 57th year of her age.”
| 4. © Here lies the precious body of Anne Bury,
the daughter of Thomas Bury and Anne his wife,
who departed this life Feb. 2, 1705, aged 22.“
5. c Here lies the moſt precious body of Dorothy,
daughter of Thomas Bury and Anne his wite,
who departed this life Nov. 7, 1719, aged 18.”
6.“ Here lies the body of Ruth Beridge,
wife of John Beridge, of Buckminſter,
in the county of Leiceſter, clerk,
and daughter of Leonard Bury, of Sewltern, gent.
who died. June 22, 1739, wtdtis ſuz 26.
t Hiſtory of Stanford, Book VIII. p. 54.
She left three ſons, Baſil, Leonard, and Charles:
and under this ſtone lies Charles Beridge.”
7. Here lies the body of John Wilkinſon, of
Shelton, in the county of Nottingham, gent.
who departed this life Oct. , 1733,
in the 24th year of his age.“
8. Here lies the body of Catharine Williams,
daughter of the Rev. Richard Williams and Frances
his wife, who died June 3, 1774.
Alſo of Mary Williams, who did March 30, 1776;
alſo of John, who died May 3, 1777.”
9. In memory of Thomas Bullivant,
who died Nov. 27, 1743, aged 39 years;
alſo Anne his wife, who died Nov. 20, 1741,
aged 39 years.
Stay, gentle Reader, ere you pals,
And liſten to our mournful caſe,
We left behind four children dear,
Which did our care engroſs.
They were but ſmall, our darlings all,
To young to know their loſs |;
We willing wcre, if God did pleaſe,
A longer courſe to run:
But as in life, ſo at our death,
His will, not ours, be done.”
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ju a chapel at the upper end of the South aile, or
rather within the South chancel, againſt the South
wall, is ſuſpended a wooden tablet, inſcribed:
« A memorial upon the
life and deathe of Mrs. Dorothie Evance,
wife to Arthur Evance, of Sewſterne,
gent. who died the 3 dape of Oftober, 1603.
Who lives map here beholde, what. once Himſelf hall. be;
That Bewtie turns to moulde, example Here we lee.
For Death will have ns cares, though (poule, though
friends do mourne ;
Though hartes diflolve in teares, though ſoules to vapourg
tourne. |
For, lo! the lieth here, whoſe birth, whoſe life, whoſe end,
Was good, was bleſt, was dere, to her, to God, to friend.
Whoſe life was but a dreae, whoſe death is but a fleepe,
Whoſe ſickneſs was no pale, whoſe ſoule the Lorde dothe
keepe.
Three times three years ſhe ſpent a wedded life to prove;
And twice and thrice * ſhe tent forth pledges of her love,
In whoe the doth ſurvive ; in whom her ſpouſe may ſee
bis comfort ſtill alive in heaven and earth to be.
Þis love to wife was ſuch, as all the world did know it;
his grief for her is inch, as none but he can ſhow it.
| W. Cave, 1602,
Thy ſweete conſent to Huſband's will,
Thy duteous debt to parents dear,
Thy kind demeanor laſteth till ;
Thx virtues live, though corps lie here.
They live, then laſt; time tells her worth for ape,
- Whoſe ſenceleſs truncke lies here entomb'd in claye.
Arth. 1603, Evance.
Upon the ſame tablet two eſcutcheons :
On the left: Quaterly, 1. and 4. Arg. a feſs
Gules between three boars heads couped, Sable,
langued, proper, tuſked, Or. Evance. 2. and 3, Or, two
lets diſplayed, a feſs Sable. On the right hand
allo, Quarterly, 1. and 4. Az. freity of 10 Arg. Cave.
2. and 3. on a pale Sable, three whales heads ſeem
eraſed, Arg. 3. Arg. a chevron between three
martlets Sable, See plate XXVIII. fig. 4,
Here are alſo ſeveral large flat ſtones for vicars ;
on one of which part of a croſs is viſible; on others
fragments of inſcriptions in black letter, particularly
one at the entrance of the chancel,
In. the South chancel the Hartopps have a vault;
where fir Edward Hartopp, baronet, was buried Jan.
10, 1654. |
Againſt the Eaſt wall of the North aile is painted
on a wreath out of a ducal coronet Or, a demi-
pelican riſing Argent, vulned Gules, being the creit
of Hariopp. See Plate XXVIII. fig. 5.
In the North aile lies a ſtone ; whereon is,
« Hic jacet Edwardus Storer, M. B.
dum vixit ægrotis commune ſolatium,
bonorum obut commune deſiderium.
Sleep then (bleſt ſhade) while we thy relict mourn,
And pay a filial tribute to thy urn.
The world will joyn with us our loſs to grieve ;
They want that health which thou knew'ſt well to give.
Thou, generous, didſt to all thy art reveal,
Twas others care to gain, 'twas thine to heal.
Obiit Oftobr. 22 3, A. D. 1712, an. ætatis 71.
Prope etiam depoſitæ ſunt reliquiæ
Elizabethæ & Mariæ reliquiæ
filiarum Edvardi Storer,
* Two boys. Three girls,
BUCKMINSTER. | 127
quarum ad laudes dicere ſufficiat,
quod tali patre dignæ filiæ,
tali patri quam dileQ@ 4,”
| In the church-yard :
In the South-eaſt corner are five large tones, lying
flat and near together, much of the ſame ſhape;
ridged down the middle, with croffes on the breaſt
(ſce plate XX VIII. fig. 7.) ; but for whom they were
laid down, there are no inſcriptions to inform us.
On an old coffin-faſhioned tone :
* In memory of John Thorpe, who died
May 24, 1792, in the 94th year of his age.”
| On flat ſtones :
1.“ Here lyeth the body of William Penford,
who departed this life Sept. the 21ſt, 1766,
aged 47 years.“
2. © In memory of Mrs. Anne Hurft,
the wife of the Rev. Mr. Hurſt,
of Ecton, in the county of Rutland,
who deceaſed July 28,
1778, aged 64 years.”
On upright ſtones:
I. © In memory of John Penford, who departed
this life April the iſt, 1772, aged 81 years.”
2. Here lieth the body of Thomas,
ſon of John Penford and Bridget Penford;
he died Sept. 15, 1751, aged 25
3. © To the memory of Mr. William Penford,
of Grantham, gentleman, who departed this life
Jan. 13, 1780, in the 92d year of his age.
G. G.“
Henry Evardine died April 6, 1772, aged 75.
Mary his wife died June 6, 1778, aged 75.
Richard Linney died March 8, 1778, aged 75.
Robert Ward died Auguſt 19, 1779, aged 79.
John Auſtin died April 22, 1760, aged 73.
Samuel Warren died June 10, 1742, aged 81.
Mary his wife died June 27, 1749, aged 79.
Richard Robinſon died Nov. 22, 1786, aged 79.
John Marſhall died June 30, 1782, aged 78.
Thomas Boyfield died Sept. 29, 1768, aged 77.
John Taylor died July 10, 1782, aged 76 years.
John Thorpe * died 1792, aged 98.
CHARITABLE BENEFACTIONS,
On the wall of the South aile is written:
&© Thomas Bury, of Sewſtern, deceaſed Jan. the
16th, 1673; by his laſt will and teſtament gave a
rent charge of ſix pounds per annum to this town
viz. to the miniſter for preaching a ſermon 156. to
the pariſh clerk 55.; to five poor widows of Sewſtern
51. to be paid yearly, on Dec. the 21ſt, out of certain
lands in Sewſtern, purchaſed of Mr. Ayſcough.”
&« William Cheſter, late of Knipton, in the county
of Leiceſter, deceaſed May 13, 1703, gave the yearly
revenue of zl. to the poor of this town, to be paid
on the 1oth day of December ; only two Bibles of
75. price ¶ to boy given out of the ſaid ſum, out of
certain lands in Barkſton.“
* Mary Elſton, widow, Jan. 21, 1725, gave the in-
tereſt of 51. for the poor in bread, on the day of
the Purification of the Virgin Mary.”
For the return made to parliament in 1786, ſee p. 3.
3 He was buried Oct. 24, 1712. F. P.
* This epitaph was compoſed by the Rev. Francis Storer, M. A. rector of Saxby, ſon of the aboveſaid Edward. F. ”
5 Sir William Manners informs me, that a ſon of this man, William Thorpe, now living at Buckminſter (1793) has ob-
tained nearly the age of 50, without ever having had occaſion for a razor; his face being perfectly ſmooth.
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128 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Pedigree of Harrtopy, of Freathbnd Buckminſter, in the county of Leiceſter, Baronets.
Arms: Sable, a chevron between three otters paſſant Argent *.
Creft, on 4 wreath, out of a ducal coronet Or, a pelican Argent, vulning herſelf proper.
Ralph Hartopp, living 1377 + + + 0 daughter of Alexander Mayne.
4a £4
1. Priſcilla, married 2+ Philippa, married Alexander Hartopp *.==Ellen, daughter 3. Marion. 4. Audree,
Oliver Cooke. George Holles. 5 5. Another daughter.
Mary, married Henry Leibourne, eſg-
John Hartopp 3. Margaret, daughter of 'Thomas Bridgeman.
— * a 2 1 3
Urſula, marr. Margaret, married Henry Hartopp,-=Barbara, dau. of John Hartopp.=Chriſtian, dau. of
John Aſhley. Thomas Brookeſby. ſon and heir. | Ralph Fitz-Randolph. John Williams.
Iſabella, married John Hartopp; of- Jane, daughter of Robert, = Ann, daugh. of John Porter,
Thomas Bleſby. Burton Lazars. | William Inglebeard. 2d ſon. of Bretton,
— _—
Richard Hartopp.== + » + + + daughter of Ralph Chamberlain. John Hartopp. Grace, dau. of William Blewert.
* 1
Thomas Hartopp. r Ellen, daughter of John Allen.
—_———
Las marr. Octavian Richard, of the Will. Hartopp, Eleanor, dau. and heir Valentine, 2d ſon;
"iſher, of Threking- Middle Temple, ſon and heir, [of... . Adcock; re- (See Burton Lazars).
ham, co. Lincoln. ob. ſ. p. ob. 1586. | marr. to. . . Odingſeles.
3. valentine, 1. Thomas, 2. Edw. Hartopp, of hy, | En {dau. of fir 4. George, an- 5. Richard. Four
(See under ſon and minſter and Freathby, | Eraſmus Dryden, ceſtor to the daugh-
Little Dalby). heir, bo. created a baronet Dec. 3, | of Canons Aſhby, penny of ters *.
alby.
I 570. 1619, ob. 1652. | co. Northam, bart. Little
ſ 1 T T Pp —
George, born 1611; Sir Edward Hartopp, Mary, dau. of Frances, mar, Anne, mar. Tho- Elizabeth, b. 161 53
Charles, born 1613; bart. born 1608; | fir John Coke, fir Richard mas White, of mar. to Montague
Richard, born 1614 knighted at Belvoir | of Melborn, Earle, bart, Tuxford, Not- Cholmondeley *, co.
ob. 1667, ſ. p. 1634; ob. 1657-8. | co.Derby,knt.5 1627. tingham, 1629. Linc. 1637.
Amelia |
John,
1. John, bo. 3. Sir John Hartopp?, bart. only=Elizabeth, dau. of Charles Mary,b.1639; m.1666, Smith Fleetwood,
and d. 1635. ſurviving ſon and heir, b. 1637; | Fleetwood, of Stoke New- of Stoke Newington, Midd. She d. 1680-1.
2. Edward, d. April 1, 1722, aged 85; bur. at | ington, co. Middleſex, eſq; — _
bo. 1636. Stoke Newington with his wife. | Nov. 1711. Six ſons and two daughters.
died young.
Lay — m *
1. Charles, b. 1672. Mrs. Marſh, ad Sir John Hartopp*,—1. Sarah, dau. of Frances, mar. ſir Anne, d. 1674.
2. Edward, b. 1675. wife; mar. Sept. bart. ob. Jan. 15, | fir Joſ. Woolfe*?, Nath, Gould“, of Helen, d. 169 r.
3. John, b. 1679. 13, 1760; ob. 1962, aged 82, | of Hackney, knt. Stoke Newington, Martha, d. 14 38-9.
April 13, 1763. . p. m. and the title | ob, 1720 aged knt. Turkey merc. Elizabeth, d. 17 54.
became extinctꝰ . | 3s. gov. of the Bank, Anne, d. 1764.
p—_— a Bridget, d. 1741-2.
Joſeph Hurlock, eſq. late Sarah, dau. and co- Timothy Dallow, Elizabeth, daug. and — 4. by 55.
governor of Bencoolen, | heir, ob. March 27, M. D. ob. Sept. coheir ; ob. Dec. 13, Frances, d. 1711.
living 1793. 1766, aged 47. 27, 1775, 1. p- 1789, aged 72.
Anne, ſole daughter and Edmond Bunny, of Leiceſter, eſq. now Edmond Cradock Hartopp, of Newbold and Afton
heireſs ; mar. Aug. 8, 1777. Flamvile, co. Leiceſter, and of Merevale, co. Warwick ; high ſheriff of Leiceſterſhire 1781.
Edmund. Joſeph, b. at Florence July 8, 1778; died Anna-Maria, Caroline, 1 Emilia, Frances,
at Bath March 29, 1779 ; buried at Aſton F lamyile. b. 1780, b. 1781, b. 1783. b. 1784.
: Aſſigned by fir William Segar, to fir Edward Hartopp, of Buckminſter, bart. Guillim, p. 256; from MS, P. Leiceſter ;
but the baronets lately bore the chevron Ermine. See Plate XXVIII. fig. 6.
2 The printed Baronetages ſay that Alexander died without iſſue, and was ſucceeded by his brother John.
3 John is called brother to Alexander in the Baronetages ; but the above is taken from the Viſitation of Leiceſterſhire, 1619.
4 Viz. 1. Elizabeth married to Michael Clerkſon, of Kirton, Nottinghamſhire ; ſecondly, to John Digby, of Mansfield Wood -
houſe, in the ſame county; 2. Suſanna to John Odingſells, of Eperſton, in Nottinghamſhire ; 3. Judith to William Tooke, of
Effingdon, in Hertfordſhire ; and 4. Anne (1623) to fir Francis South, of Kelſton, in Lincolnſhire, knight.
5 One of the principal ſecretaries of ſtate to king Charles I. |
Her daughter, Mary, was married in 1671 to Edward Eyles, gentleman, Mrs, Cholmondeley was buried June 29, 1676.
7 He thrice repreſented the county of Leiceſter in the reign of Charles II. By an advertiſement prefixed in 1956 to ** Thir-
teen Sermons, preached on various occaſions, by the reverend and learned John Owen, D. D. of the laſt age,” we are told,
„The following diſcourſes were preached by that truly venerable Divine in the laſt century, Dr. Joha Owen; and in order
to be fully ſatisfied they are genuine, Mrs. Cooke, of Stoke Newington, by this means informs the reader, that her pious
grandfather, fir John Hartopp, bart. wrote them in ſhort-hand from the Doctor's own mouth; and then took the pains to
tranſcribe them into long-hand ; as thinking them worthy of being tranſmitted down to poſterity, It is from his manuſcripts
this collection is now made public,” | |
The article of Hartopp, in the Baronetage, 1741, p. 359, was reviſed by ſir John Hartopp, Worrox, MS, He and his
firſt lady have a grave-ſtone inſcribed with their names, age, and the dates of their deaths, in Stoke Newington church: but
there is no epitaph for his father or mother,
9 This gentleman was educated under the ſuperintendance of the celebrated Dr. Watts; who in 1700 and 1702 addreſſed
to him three different poems; 1. an imitation of Caſimir, Book I, Ode IV; 2. The Diſdain,” (from which the following
extract is taken); 3. ** Votum, ſeu Vita in terris beata,”-
„ Hartopp, I love the ſoul that dares Young Hartopp knows this noble theme,
Tread the temptations of his years That the wild ſcenes of buſy life,
Beneath his youthful feet: The noiſe, th* amuſements, and the ſtrife,
Fleetwood and all thy heavenly line Are but the viſions of the night,
Look thro? the ſtars, and ſmile divine Gay phantoms of deluſive light,
Upon an heir ſo great. Or a vexatious dream,”
s Sheriff of London 1704; elected alderman of Broad-ſtreet Ward, March 6, 1705; died 1711.
** The iſſue of Nathaniel Gould and Frances Hartopp were, 1. Mary, wife of Sir Francis St. John, of Longthorpe in North-
amptonſhire, bart. by whom ſhe had Frances, now living, and unmarried ; and Mary, married to Sir John Bernard, of Brampton
in Huntingdonſhire, bart. whoſe only ſurviving deſcendants are Mary, wife of Robert Sparrow, of Worlingham in Suffolk, eq.
and their children Robert Bernard Sparrow, and Mary Sparrow. 2, Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Cooke, of Stoke Newington
in Middleſex, eſq. ſome time governor of the Bank, who died without ſurviving ifſue, She died 1763, aged 63, at Stoke New-
ington. Their two daughters died, Frances, 1728, aged 6 years; and Margaret, 1749, aged 23, unmarried.
* Noble's Memoirs of the Houſe of Cromwell, vol. II. pp. 367, 368.
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3 & a SEWSTERN.
The hiſtory of this hamlet, which is ſomewhat
larger than Buckminſter, and is ſituated about half a
mile from it to the South, is ſo interwoven with that
of the mother church, that little remains to be ſaid
of it ſeparately.
Two or three houſes in Sewſtern are in the county of
Lincoln; and one on the very boundary itſelf, a part
of it in Leiceſterſhire, the other part in Lincolnſhire.
Richard of Sewſterne gave a carucate of land here
to the Knights Hoſpitallers * ; who we find ſo early as
1236 were the patrons of the vicarage of Buckminſter*,
In 1346, William Wayte and Margery de Blaſton,
on the aid then granted for Knighting Edward of
Woodſtock, the Ling's eldeſt fon, were aſſeſſed 25.
for a rwentieth part of one knight's fee, lying in
Sewlterne, co. Leiceſter, parcel of the fee of Baſſet *,
In 1380 Roger Beler died ſeiſed of 10s. rent in
Sewſtern, co. Leiceſter, held of the king in capite.
The poſſeſſions of Croxton abbey, and at Buck-
minſter, are thus deſcribed ;
« Habemus de dono Mangeri de Seuſterne, unam
acram terre & dimidiam cum prato adjacente in terri-
torio de Seuſterne & Bukminſter, in puram eleemoſi-
nam. Item, de dono Simonis Ruflel de Seuſterne x
ſcliones cum prate adjacente, in puram eleemoſinam,
in rerritorio predicto. Item habemus, de dono ejuſ-
dem Simonis Ruſſel, unam acram terre arabilis cum
holmo adjacente, & inſuper tres ſeliones cum holmis
adjacentibus, in puram eſeemoſinam. Item habemus,
de dono ejuſdem Simonis, 111 ſeliones in territorio de
Seuſterne, cum holmis adjacentibus, in puram Eleemo-
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DB E W:S F 0 RA
ſinam. Item habemus, de dono Simonis Ruſſel, unam
acram terre & dimidiam, cum prato adjacente in pre-
dicto territorio de Seuſterne & Bukeminſter, in puram
eleemoſinam. Item habemus conceſſionem & confir-
mationem Simonis filii Simonis Ruſſel, ſuper unam
acram 111 ſeliones, cum holmis adjacentibus, quas pre-
dedictus Simon pater ſuus dedit nobis in puram elce-
moſinam. Item, Alicia filia Mangeri de Seuſterne,
quondam uxor predicti Simonis Ruſſel, conceſſit &
confirma vit nobis carta ſuà totum jus & clameum
quod ipſa & heredes ſui habuerunt, vel habere pote-
runt, in una acra terre & dimidia, cum prato adjacente,
quam habemus de dono predicti Mangeri patris ſui.
Et inſuper remiſit & quietum clamavit nobis, de ſe &
heredibus ſuis, jus quod habuerunt, vel habere pote-
runt, in omnibus terris & tenementis, quas habemus
de dono predicti Simonis quondam viri ſui, fine alto
retenemento, in puram eleemoſinam. Inſuper waran-
tizabit, adquietabit, & defendet omnia predifta con-
tra omnes gentes in perpetuum. Summa predictarum
terrarum 1111 acre, xvi ſeliones, cum prato adjacente,
in 2 eleemoſinam +.” |
n 1547, in a ſurrendry made to king Edward VI,
by Henry Holbeach, biſhop of Lincoln, we find the
following enumeration : * necnon omnia illa dominia
& maneria de Leiceſtre, Thurmaſton, & Serwe/terne,
Knyghton, & Asfordby, ac totum ballivatum meum
de Leiceſtre 5.”
In 1627 John Glover died poſſeſſed of ſome pro-
perty at Sewſtern, leaving Noe/ Glover an infant ſon,
his heir.
Alexander Glover de Sewſtern, gen ob. , . die 4 Car. DEW
J. Glover de Sewſtern, ob. 3o Jan. 3 Car.—=Syſelia.
The frecholders of Sewſtern in 1630 were Wil-
liam Jenkinſon, gent. James Aſken, gent. Henry
Reddiſh, John Brewſter, Richard Topper, gent.
At the general election in 1722, 14 freeholders
polled from this hamlet ; and 12 in 1778, beſides non-
reſident voters.
Dec. 7, 1962, a fire, which broke out at a hemp-
drefſer's in Sewſtern, conſumed that and three other
houſes. It was occaſioned by a ſpark from a candle
flying through the hole at the top of a lantern, which
ſet fire to the hemp 7.
Sewſtern chapel, where divine ſervice was formerly
directed to be performed three times in every week,
is ſo {lightly mentioned by Mr. Burton, that it pro-
bably was in ruins when he viſited it; but it is now
quite gone and demoliſhed.
There are three ſmall grounds, two called The
* London Evening Poſt, Dec. 14, 1762.
.
. See p. 122. Cod. MS, in Scaccario; MS. Chetwynd.
* Peck, MSS. 4935 ; from the Croxton Regiſter, preſerved at Belvoir caſtle, fol, 23.
Noell Glover fil. & her. et. 2 ann. 11 mend. 30 Jan. 3 Car.
Church, and one The Chapel Cloſe, concerning
which the inhabitants have no antient writings, though
it ſhould ſeem they were [either chantry lands, or]
given towards the repair of the church or chapel.
The rents of them are now applied by the pariſhi-
oners towards caſing themſelves of the poors* and
church levies*; which are here collected diſtinct
from the mother church.
The expence of the poor in 1776 was 321. 13s.
Medium of three years, 1783—1785, 591. 135. gd.
Chapel Cloſe, a ſquare low plain, containing about
two acres, with 10 more of indifferent land, let for
about 110. a year. The pariſh of Buckminſter is ſaid
to have loſt the benefit of theſe lands by a Chancery
ſuit, though they are within that pariſh 9.
In plate XXIX. fig. 4, is a fragment of a croſs
remaining in Sewſtern-ſtreet, taken June 6, 1792.
3 Eſch. 4 Ric. II. Ne 14. Leic.
5 Rymer, Fad. vol. XV. p. 167.
7 Ex informatione viri reverendi Edw. Dixon, vicarii ibidem.
* From the information of Mr. Selby, a farmer in the pariſh 40 years, 1792.
* Inq. 24 Maii, 4 Car, Cole's Ing. Harl. MSS. 75. b. p. 329. |
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In antient writings called Clacheflone, and now com-
monly diſtinguiſhed by the name of Long Claxton, or
Long Clawſon, is ſituated on the North-weſtern edge
of the county, which it ſeparates from Nottingham-
ſhire ; and is about fix miles from Belvoir caſtle, and
ſeven miles from Melton Mowbray. It is bounded
by Nether Broughton to the Weſt and South-welt ;
by Abkettleby, Holwell, and Scalford, to the South
and South-eaſt ; by Hoſe to the Eaſt and North-eaſt;
and by Colſton Baſſet, and Hickling, both in the
county of Nottingham, to the North and North-weſt.
© A ii miles beyond Langer I ſaw, but far of, the
caſtel of Bever on a hy coppid hille. From Langer
by veri fair medows and corne ground to Smithe, a
brokelet that ther dividith Nottingghamſhire from
Leyrceſtreſhire, a iiii miles. Nere beyond this brooke
I paſſid thorough Clauſon village in Leyrceſtreſhir.
From Clauſon to Melton a iiii good miles by good
corne ground *,”
In the eccleſiaſtical diviſion of this county Claxton
is in the deanry of Framland.
Two diſtin&t lordſhips at Clacheſton are enumerated
in the Domeſday ſurvey.
Of theſe the firſt and moſt conſiderable was a
portion beſtowed by the Conqueror on Robert de
Todeni ; under whom [vo held ſeventeen ploughlands,
all but three oxgangs and a half. The land was
equal to ſeventeen ploughs. In the demeſne were
four ploughs and twelve bondmen ; and fourteen
villans, with two bordars and thirty ſocmen, had
twelve ploughs. There were thirty acres of meadow ;
and the annual value of the lordſhip was twelve
pounds, the ſame as it had been under the reign of
Edward the Confeſlor *.
Among the poſſeſſions of Robert the Uſher (Hoſtia-
rius), we find two ſeparate under-tenants. Turſtin
held four ploughlands, capable of maintaining two
ploughs; which found employment for three ſocmen,
two villans, and two bordars, He held alſo eight
acres of meadow. The annual value of this portion
was, as it had been in the Confeſſor's time, ten
ſhillings. Tetbald was the other under-renant ; who
had two ploughlands, and, by the aſſiſtance of one
bondman, kept one plough in the demeſne ; whilſt
three villans, with one bordar, employed another
plough. There were fix acres of meadow. The an-
nual value was ten ſhillings, the ſame as it had been
under the Confeſſor .
The lands of this Robert Uſher, at Claxton and
Howes, are twice enumerated in Domeſday-book ;
a Circumſtance that I have not remarked in the in-
ſtance of any other perſon. By the ſecond entry, it
appears that the name of Robert's father was Wil-
liam; and that the whole of his property in Claxton
had been held by Outi and Arnui in the time of king
Edward, with the privilege of ſac and ſoc. The
ſame under-tenants are mentioned as in the former
entry; the quantity of land and meadow, the rent,
the number of ſocmen and villans, are the ſame;
but there is one additional bordar 4.
Roger Bully, who was alſo in the Conqueror's time
pollelſed of divers other lordſhips in this county,
1 Leland, Itin. vol. V. p. 93.
% Ivo tenet de Roberto [de Todeni] 15 carucatas terre in Clacheſtone.
carucæ et 12 ſervi; et 14 villani cum 2 bordariis et 30 ſochmannis habent 12 carucas.
libras.“ Domeſday, p. 233. b. 2.
Idem [ Turitinus] tenet de Roberto Hoſtiario] 4 carucatas terrz in Clacheſtone, Terra eſt 2 carucarum. Has habent
Ibi 8 acræ prati. Valuit et valet 10 ſolidos.
„ Tetbaldus tenet de Roberto 2 carucatas terrœ in Clacheſtone.
ibi 3 ſochmanni cum 2 villanis et 2 bordariis,
®Þurdario habent 1 carucam. Ibi 6 acre prati.
& valet 20 ſolidos.
5 MS. Chetwynd.
* Saunderton's MS Collections.
2
rity; on the condition that the priory ſhould for
Valuit & valet 10 ſolidos,”
+ « Turſtinus tenet de Roberto | filio W. Hoſtiarii] in Clacheſtone 4 carucatas terre, & Tetbaldus 2 carucatas terræ. Ibi
eſt in dominico 1 caruca; & 3 fochmanni, & 5 villani, & 4 bordarii, cum tribus carucis, & 1 ſervo
Has terras tenuerunt tempore regis Edwardi Outi & Arnui, cum fſaca & ſoca.“
* Biſhop Saunderſon's MS Collections,
ec the ſeveral deeds of theſe gifts, Appendix, p. 4+
ſucceeded to the inheritance of Robert Uſher *.
In Henry the Second's time William de Albini- II,
lord of Belvoir, certified, that he owed the king the
ſervice of 38 knights fees, and that inter alios Simon
de Rope/laia held three of them. It is probable that
Ropeſley's lands lay in ſeveral places, as Howes,
Claxton, Ropeſley, &c. for in all theſe places he gave
lands to Croxton and Belvoir priories, to be held as
of the honour of Belvoir. Theſe manors were moſt
likely granted by Todeni, or William de Albini his
ſon, to be held by knight's ſervice and caſtle-guard ;
and parts of them were probably granted to ſeveral
others under the ſame terms. |
In the Teſla de Nevill, Simon de Rappel is men-
tioned, about the year 1240, as holding one knight's
fee in Claxton of the heir of Belvoir.
The family of Roppele, Roppel, Ropſligh, Rop-
peſley, took their name from a village in Frehow
wapentake, Lincolnſhire, about five miles North-
eaſt from Grantham, of the fee of William Albini of
Belvoir, where Simon de Roppel held one fee of the
old feofment, afterwards held by Robert de Roppel,
perhaps his fon or heir. Simon de Roppel held one
quarter of a fee of the fee of Truſbut in Roppeſley,
afterwards held by W. Broke. Before 3 Edward I.
Roppeſley became the property of the Rooſes, who
continued poſſeſſed of it till 17 Henry V. Richard
Champernouns, knt. held 1 Henry IV. a knight's fee
in Claxton, co. Leiceſter, and Roppeſley, c. Lincoln,
and did homage to lord Ros. The Champernouns
were lords of Roppeſley till 21 Henry VI. Sir Ralph
Bozon held lands in Roppeſley of the fee of Roos
3 Edward I.“
Claxton and Ropeſlie anſwer for three knights fees.
In Claxton there are 16 carucates of land, moſt of
which were held of the honour of Belvoir by caſtle-
guard. Every bovate paid 644. for ſcutage when
it was to be raiſed; and for the ſheriff's aid and
caſtle-guard to Belvoir each bovate paid 14d.
Ivo de Claxton gave to Belvoir priory the church
of Claxton, with four bovates of land in Claxton
and Ropeſley 8.
Hugh, ſon of Ivo de Claxton, gave all his re#a
decima in Ropeſley to the ſame priory, and one bo-
vate in a meadow, with a garden, and paſture, for the
oxen of the monaſtery 9,
Simon de Ropeſley, by the conſent of Sibilla his
mother, gave to Belvoir priory three tofts and fix
bovates of land at Claxton, for the ſoul of his dear
father Robert de Ropeſley, for that of his patron
William de Albini, his own, and thoſe of his poſte-
ever thereafter add one monk to their then number.
This deed was confirmed by an eſpecial charter of
William de Albini Il.
John de Folvile, about the ſame time, gave to
Belvoir priory a toft of land at Claxton e.
Simon de Ropeſlie gave alſo to the abbot of Crox-
ton four bovates of land, and one other bovate, all
in Claxton, to buy ſhoes for the infirmary. Hugh
Ropellie gave them three bovates, which were part
of the fee of Robert Lekeburne.
Terra eſt 17 carucarum,
Ibi 20 acre prati.
In dominico ſunt 4
Valuit et valet 20
In dominico eſt 1 caruca cum 1 ſervo; & 3 villani cum t
Ibid p. 235. a. 1.
Ibi 14 acrz prati, Valuit
Ibid, p. 237. a.
7 Croxton Reg. * Reg. Belvoir,
Hugo
CL A
Hugo ſon of Robert de Claxton gave two bovates,
and Thomas his brother one. Richard ſon of W.
ſon of Alexander confirmed the gift.
Robert Lekeburne ſeems at that time to have been
lord of Claxton, which was held as part of the ba-
rony of Belvoir. Che regiſter ſays, that the tenants
of ſome of the abbey lands paid their ſcutage to the
abbot, and he to the capital lord, Henry ſon of
Robert Lekeburne.
Peter de Lekeburne held lands in Ropeſley from
19 Edward I. to g Edward III.“
"The abbey of Croxton had 14 or 15 bovates of
land at Claxton ; which, in king Henry VIIPs valua-
tion, are not rated, being probably included in the
rent of Broughton or Howes, as it is mentioned cum
pertin'. The regiſſer of that abbey ſays,
« Claxton & Roppele reſpondent pro tribus feodis
militis. Et ſunt in Claxtona xvi caruc' terre. Et ha-
bemus ibidem unam bovatam, quam Kougerus homo
noſter tenuir ; & ſolvit ad ſcutagium (quando currit)
Wilto filio Alex' de eadem villa iid. ob; & eidem
Wilto, ad feſtum Sei Michaelis, pro auxilio viceco—
mitis & warda Belveri, iii qc. Item habemus in dictà
villa iii bovatas de dono Hugonis de Roppeſle, de
feodo dhi Roberti de Lekeburne. Et quelibet bovata
reſponder ad ſcutagium (q̃do currit) vii d ob'; & pro
auxilio vic & warda de Belvero iii bov* reſpondent
iv d. ob', quelibet bov' i d. ob'. Item habemus ibidem
unam bov', quam antedictus Rogerus, homo noſter,
tenuit. Pura elemoſina eſt, & nemini reſpondet. Item
habemus in Claxton unam bovatam terre de dono
Galfridi filii David de Roppeſle, quam Ofſbertus
Brenecourt tenuit, cum pertinentiis, falvo forinſeco.
Et predictus David [dedit] illam bov' de dominico
ſuo, cum quatuor ſelionibus, ad toftum conſtruendum
juxta domum Segge. Preterea dictus Galfridus de-
dit nobis quatuordecim ſeliones, ſcil. quinque aite
Floteridemere, & quinque verſus Coſtundale, & iiii in
Stetheſholm verſus Weſtwudegate, & unam acram de
culturà ſua ſuper Hundon, in puram elemoſinam.
Hugo filius Roberti de Claxton dedit nobis duas
bovatas terre, ſalvo forinſeco. Thomas, frater ejus,
dedit nobis unam bovat' terre, ſalvo forinſ', quam Ric'
filius Willi fil Alex' confirmavit in puram elemoſi-
nam. Simon de Roppeſle dedit nobis donationem
quatuor bovar' terre, quas Wilts clericus tenuit, ſalvo
forinſ'. Idem Simon dedit nobis unam bovatam
terre in puram elccmoſinam, ad inveniendum calcia-
menta infirmarie. Item idem Simon dedit nobis aliam
bovatam in puram eleemoſinam. Robertus de Leke-
burn confirmavit tres bovatas in puram eleemoſinam.
Item habemus unam ſelionem ſuper Swinelandes, de
dono Willi Branche.
„ Memorand', quod in Claxton quieti ſumus de ſcu-
tagio de duabus bovatis terre quas habemus de dono
Simonis de Roppeſle, & de iii bovatis terte quas ha-
bemus de dono Hugonis filii Roberti & Thome, fratris
ſui. Item pro iii bovat' terre quas Wills clericus
tenuit ſolvunt tenentes noſtri nobis, & nos capitahbus
dnis, ſcil', hered* Roberti Lekeburne. Item ſolvunt
ſcut' pro i bov? terre quam habemus de dono Galfridi
filii David de Roppiſle, que eſt de feodo Belveri.
Decem carucate terre faciunt feodum unius militis
de feodo comitis de Albarmar*. Quando ſcutagium eſt
ad tres marcas, quelibet virgata terre ſolvit comiti
xii d. & quelibet bovata vi d.; caruca de warda in
cadem forma, ſcil' iiii ſolid'.“ |
In a ſubſequent entry their poſſeſſions at Claxton
are thus enumerated : |
* Habemus in Claxtona, de dono David de Rop-
peſle, unam bovatam terre cum tofto, quam Oſbird
Brunechote tenuit, in perpetuam eleemoſinam, cum
prato & paſturi, reddendo inde annuatim fibi & here-
dibus ſuis 28. ad 4 terminos, fcil. ad Natale 6d. ad
Paſcha 6d. ad Bapt' 6d. ad Mich' 64, Item habe-
mus, de dono ejuſdem, eandem bovatam terre, cum
tofto & crofto, quam Oſbird Brunedcote tenuit, in
pura eleemoſina, ſalvo forinſeco. Item, Galtfridus,
FRAMLAN D HUNDRED.]
_ * Saunderſon ut ſupra,
* Eſch. 37 Hen. III. 1252. N 30. Leic,
o Plac, coram rege, 2 & 3 Edw. I. Rot, 17. & 23,
Vor. I. |
filius ejus, eandem bovatam nobis dedit & conceſſit
in perpetuam eleemoſinam, faciendo forinfeca. Item
idem Galfridus filius David dedit nobis unam cultu-
ram & 10 ſeliones in eadem villi, in puram & perpe-
tuam elemoſinam. Item habemus, de dono Simonis
de Roppeſle, unam bovatam terre in eadem villa, cum
tofta, in puram & perpetuam elecmoſinam. Item ha-
bemus, de dono ejuſdem Simonis, unam aliam bova—
tam terre, cum toftis & croftis, in puram & perpe-
tuam eleemoſinam, ad inveniendum calciamenta pau-
peribus infirmarie de Croxton ad portam, illam ſci-
licet bovatam, quam Henricus del Pith tenult, cum eo-
dem Henrico, & rota ſequela ſui, & omnibus catallis
ſuis. Item habemus, de dono ejuſdem Simonis, to-
tam donationem quam ipſe & anteceſſores ſui habue-
runt, de Willielmo clerico, & heredibus ſuis; & in 4
bovatis terre, cum toftis & croftis, quas idem Willi-
elmus tenuit; & liberum ſervicium ejuſdem Willielmi
& heredum ſuorum, & homagia, wardas, & relevia z
reddendo inde nobis annuatim 65. in feſto S. Jacobi
apoſloli, ad inveniendam pitanciam conventui die SS.
Abdonis & Ser.enſ. | MM: Julii 30), ſcilicet, in com-
memoratione Hugonis fllii ſni, ſalvo forinſeco ſibi &
heredibus ſuis reddendo. Item habemus, de dono
Hugonis filii Roberti de Claxton, 2 bovatas terre de
feodo predicti Simonis, in liberam & perpetuam elee-
moſinam, faciendo domino feodi forinſecum ſervicium,
quantum pertinet ad tantam terram. Item habemus,
de dono Thome fratris dicti Hugonis, unam bovatam
terre, cum toftA, in libetam & perpetuam eleemofinam ;
illam ſcilicet quam habuit de dono Willielmi filii
Rogeri de Herdeby, faciendo forinſecum, quantum
pertinet ad tantam terram. Item dominus Robertus
de Lekeburne, miles, confitmavit nobis iſtas tres bo-
vatas terre in puram eleemoſinam. Item Petrus, filius
D. Petri de Lekeburna confirmavit nobis omnes terras
& tenementa noſtra in Claxtona de feodo ſuo, in pu-
ram & perpetuam eleemoſinam. Item, Willielmus
filius Rogeri de Herdeby eonfirmavit nobis dictam
bovatam terre, quam predictus Thomas dedit nobis,
in puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam; & remifit nobis
homagium & totum ſervitium dicti Thome & here-
dum ſuorum vel aſſignatorum ſuorum, & wardas, &
relevia, & ſectas curie, que ſibi & heredibus ſuis
poſſint accidere. Item habemus, de dono Willielmi
Braunche, unam ſelionem, in perpetuam eleemoſinam,
reddendo heredibus Ricardi ſer vientis unum granum
piperis ad Natale Domini. Item Radultus, filius Ri-
cardi predicti, confirmavit nobis dictam ſclionem, &
remiſit nobis predictum redditum, in puram & per-
petuam eleemoſinam. Item habemus, de dono Ra-
dulphi Bozon & Laurote uxoris fue, Hugonem filium
Galfridi filii Gilberti, cum totà ſequelà ſua, & omnibus
catallis ſuis, in liberam & perpetuam cleemoſinam?.”
In the Itinerary of 1280, Claxton, Broughton, and
Howes, anſwered collettively as one vill.
In the ſubſidy of 1445, Claxton in le Vale was
rated at 40. 6s, whereot 6s. 8d. was abated.
In 1252 Peter de Goldington died ſeiſed of twelve
virgates, and one bovate and an half of land here,
which he held of fir Robert de Ros; but by what ſer-
vice was not known, He poſſeſſed alſo the manor of
Cotes, and much other property in Northampronſhire?,
He died without iſſue male; but left three daughters,
Dionifia, then aged 24; Iſabella, aged 16; and Maud,
aged 12 Who divided the income amongſt them.
Dioniſia married ſir Ralph de Haſtings, but died
without iſſue, leaving her ſiſter Iſabella her heir; who
was twice married, firſt, to fir Robert Bardolfe, and
afterwards to Ralph Bozon. Maud married Alan Fitz
Roald. Theſe three daughters, it appears, were in
1274 at law for the father's inheritance *.
Dioniſia's part came to Robert Bardolfe, in right
of his wife; who, in 1304, died ſeiſed of the manor
of Claxton, which he held of William de Ros by the
ſervice of one knight's fee, leaving Avice his ſole
daughter and heir “.
The lady Iſabella, widow of fir Robert Bardolph,
*® Peck, MSS. 4935. from Croxton Regiſter,
3 Sce Bridges, vol. I. pp. 315. 452. 533. 537. 538. 551. 557. 50g. 571. 583. 584. 598 603.
S Q. If not thrice married? In Bridges, vol. I. p. 533, ſhe is called the wife of William de Nowers,
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132 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
after her ſecond marriage with Ralph Bozon, in her lands in Newark, co. Nottingham; and of her
releaſe of certain lands to John Bozon her ſon, dates mother's inheritance, the manor of Market Deping,
her deed at Claxton, 1312; and thence it may be and St. James's Deping ; and lands in Paunton, co.
well inferred, that very antiently this place was in Lincoln ; and the manor of Lutterington, co. York,
the poſſeſſion of that family; for in their evidences The fourth, Alice (the wife of Thomas Lewis, of
they frequently ſtyle it their“ manor of Claxton ;” Sheperton, co. Middleſex), had to her part the manor
and it is as probable that it was their principal refi- of Sierſton, co. Nottingham ; and of her mother's
dence for ſucceſſive generations, eſpecially as many of lands, the Eaſt manor in Baroughby. Agnes, the
them ordered their bodies to be buried here *. fifrh, married Henry Babington, by whom ſhe had
Jobn Bozon, and Alan Robaut, paid to the aid in 1347 iſſue Francis Babington, who had for his mother's
205. for half a knight's fee held under the lord Ros“. part the manors of Screton and Orſton, and land
The family of Bozon? inhabited here till the latter in. Kingſton and Laneham, co. Nottingham; and
end of the reign of king Henry VIII, 1534; fir of Deene's lands, the manor of Walton, near Gran-
Richard Bozon, «night, the laſt male heir of that fa- . tham, co. Lincoln; and lands in Baroughby. Do-
mily then dying, who, by Dorothy his wife (in the rothy, the wife of fir Richard Bozon before-menti-
inquiſition called Mary), the daughter and coheir of oned, was afterward married to William Vernon, by
James Deene, of Baroughby, and heir-general to fir whom ſhe had iſſue Joan, married to Henry Savill, of
John Paynell, of Boothby-Paynell, co. Lincoln, left Lupſett, co. York, who had ot her mother's lands the
iſſue five daughters and coheirs, who made the fol- chief manor, of Baroughby.
lowing partition of their father's lands in 1556, 3 Richard Paynell and Elizabeth his wife before.
and 4 of Philip and Mary, and of their mother's in mentioned had iſſue Francis Paynell ; who, in 1507,
1559. To Elizabeth the eldeſt (married to Richard ſold the reverſion of all his lands here (with much
Paynell, of Boothby), was allotred Bozon's part of more in Lincolnſhire), aſter the deceaſe of himſelf
this manor, with lands in Bottesford, co. Leiceſter; and Dorothy his wife, to William Cecill lord Burleigh,
and of her mother's lands, the manor of Clipſon, co. and died in 1592 without iſſue.
Northampton. Mary, the ſecond daughter, was mar- * Maud, the youngeſt daughter of Peter de Golding-
ried to Fobn Worſeley, of Helpſton, co. Northampton, ton above mentioned, was married to fir An Robaud,
and had for her part the old hall-manor in Urflete, knight ; whoſe heir-general (as appears by the fol-
co. Vork; and land in Sutton and Bekingham, co. lowing genealogy) was in the reign of Edward III.
Lincoln; and of Deene's lands the manor of Bottle- married to Champernoon, of Modbury, co. Devon, from
bridge, co. Huntingdon; and one meſſuage in Bothby. whom deſcended fir John Champernoon, knight, who
The third, Margaret (married to Richard Clopton, of died ſeiſed of part of Clawiton 1476 *, whoſe daughter
Kentwell Hall, in the pariſh of Long Melford, co. and coheir, Blanch, brought it in marriage to Robert
Suffolk), had Willow-park manor in Urflete; and lord Willoughby of Broke.
STEMMATA Familiarum de ROHAUD, GOLDINGTON*s, CHAMPERNOON*, BOZON”, & DEENE*.
(From MS. Canetwynp.) |
Rohaud, lord of the manor= Peter de Goldington, lord of Worthington=
of Eaſton, co. Oxford. | | manor, ob. 37 Hen. III. :
Alan Rohaud, knt,— Matilda, dau. and coheir, Dioniſia. Milo de Iſabella, widow of ſir Ralph Bozon, of
7 E. I. 33 E. I. | brought her huſband the ob. ſ. p. Haſtinges. Rob. Bardolfe, and heir | Claxton, 34Edw.1.
manor of Worthington. to her filter Dioniſia.
=
Henry Rohaud, knt. of Clauſton,—=Roſe, daughter of fir John de Bigbury, knt. John Bozon, 34 E. I.
I
| Roger Rohaud, 20 E. III- Eleanor, dau. of Rich, Lovell, knt 20 E. III. William Bozon?, temp. E. II. E. III.
— ; 4 4
Elizabeth, dau. and heir. Thomas de Champernoon, knt. 34 E. III. John Bozon.
Ric. de Champernoon,==Catharine, dau. of John Bozon.== Nich. de-Catharine, dau. and heir of Robert
knt. ob. 1418. {| Ralph Daubigny. | Deene, or | Pedwardine, brought him the ma-
„ 1 7 Deane. nors of Pedwardine and Clipſton,
Ric. de Champer Elizabeth, dau. Henry Bozon, Catharine, dau. of | co. No: thampton.
noon, 2 Hen. V. | of John lord nt. Rob. Markham, of
Bonvile. Cotham, co. Nott. John Deene, of Barroughby, co. Linc.
7 in right of his wife, dau. of fir John
Hugh de Champernoon, Alice, dau. and | Payne], of Barrowby and Boothby,
of Modburv, co. Devon, | heir of John co. Linc. 18 C.
ob. 20 H. VI. Bois. . — hs
1 1. Richard Bozon Dorothy“, alias Will. Ver-
John Champernoon, knt. Will. Cham-—=Thomaſine, dau and of Claulton, knt, | Mary, dau and | non, ad
ob. ſeiſed of the manors of pernoon. | heir of Tho. Chitter- the laſt male heir, ob 26 H. { huſband.
Worthinton and Kimcote, ley, of Chitterley. heir . VIII. ih s
and part of the manor of r w 5
Clauſton, 15 E. IV. John Champernoon, Mary, dau. of Philip Joan, wife of Henry Savile,
| of Modbury, kat. Courtney, of Molland. of Lupſett, co. Ebor.
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Blanch, mar.toRob. Joan, mar. to 5. Agnes“, dau. and 2. Mary, mar. 3. Margaret, 4. Alice, mar. 1. Elizabeth,
lord Willoughby +. . . Talbot, coh. mar. iſt. Hen. Joh. Worfley'*, mar. Rich. Tho. Lewis, mar. R. Pay-
of Broke. [See the ob. 1. p. 24 Babington; and, of Helpſton, Clopton, of of Saperton, nel, of Booth-
deſcent from this Hen. VII. 2. Francis Moore, co. Northamp. Meltord. by, and had
Blanch in Kimcote.] of Frickley, co, Ebor. the manor of
Worthington,
7 Gaſcoigne, MS note. * Rot. Aux, 20 Edw, III. 3 Eſch. 26 Hen, VIII. Eſch. 15 Edw, IV. n. zo.
5 Arms, per feſs wavey Ermine and Gules; plate XXXI. fig. 7.
* Arms, Gules, billetté, Or, a ſaltire vaire, and a creſcent for difference, plate XXXI. fig. 8. | |
7 Arms, Azure, three birdbolts Argent, plate XXXI. fig. 9. This family in Kent's Guillim is called alſo Boſon or Bozun.
He beareth Gules, 3 birdbolts Arg. by the name of Bozon of Norfolk. Creſt, a ſword bendways Arg. hilted and pomelled
Or. The arms of Herbert Bozom (or Bozun) an old Norman ſoldier under William I. who gave him Weflingſet in Norfolk.
Kent's Guillim, p. 684, There are many Bozouns in Norfolk. Q. if .this word, however ſpelt, ever means a croſs-bow, or
bird-bolt? In Kelham, Boſon is a buckler. Buzo fine pennis, Blount's Tenures. ed. 1679, 45. 13. The bird-bolt is ſome-
times ſtrangely figured by the heralds, more like a winged dung-fork, or trident, It is a very clumſy arrow or ſign over againſt
Emanuel college, Cambridge, and at Barnwell, See Gent. Mag. 1789. p. 492. G. A. -
Arms, Gules, two chevronels within a border Argent, plate XXXI. fig. 10. 9 Sec his tomb, plate XXXI. fig. 5.
Partition of Bozon's lands was made anno 3 and 4 Philip and Mary,-1556; and of Deene's lands, 1 Eliz. 1558. Galc. n.
n. ſub Claukon From the family of Bozon, by the daughter and coheir of fir Richard Bozon, [a portion of] the manor of
(Clawſon came to Richard Paynell, of Boothby Paynell, co, Line. by Elizabeth his wife; and ſo to Francis his ſon, who died
without iſſue in the time of queen Elizabeth. See the pedigree of Bozun and Paynell amongſt my book of pedigrees in the
county of Lincoln, P. Lx Neves, MS, |
Of whom fee Bridges, vol. II. p. 18. She is called Thomazine in the Viſitation of Linco!nſhire 1562.
Called Amye in the Viſitation of L:ncolaſhire 1502, a Bridges, vol 1I p. 525.
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In 1343 William de Ros of Hamlake died ſeiſed of
an hundredth part of one knight's fee in Claxton,
then held by divers tenants '.
In 1346, John de Willoughby, John Boxen, & Alan
Rohaut (on the aid then granted for knighting Edward
of Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt ſon), were aſſeſſed
205. for half a knight's fee in Claxton, parcel of the
fee of Ros *.
In 1369, fir Henry Grene, knight, died ſeiſed of
ſix meſluages, three virgates, and 16 bovates of land,
and 18 acres of meadow, with the appurtenances, in
Claxton and Howes ; whereof three meſſuages, three
virgates, and one bovate of land, with the appur-
tenances, were held of the lord Ros by knight's ſer-
vice; and the reft of John Boſon, by the ſervice of
18d. a year; and that he held alſo the manor of
Kegworth by knight's ſervice 3.
In 1391, Thomas Grene, knight, deceaſed, did (long
before he died) enfeoff William Thornyng, Richard
Dolleſon, and others, in fix meſſuages, three virgates,
and 14 bovates of land, and 18 acres of meadow,
with the appurtenances, in Claxton and Howes;
whereof three mefluages, three virgates, and one
bovate of land, are held of the lord of Ros, and the
reſt of the heir of John Bolon. Thomas Grene was
his ſon and heir “.
Ia 1417 Thomas Grene, knight, died ſeiſed of
eight meſſuages, eight tofts, and 10 virgates of land,
with the appurtenances, in Claxton, in co. Leic. held
of the heir of John Boſoune; Thomas Grene, knight,
being his ſon and heir“. |
In 1433, Mary (relict of Thomas Grene, knight),
died ſeiſed of one meſſuage and four bovates of land,
in Claxton, in co. Leic. held of the heirs of John
Boſoun. Thomas Giene, knight, ſon and heir, died
36 Henry VI. © |
Grene, knight, John Vampage, . - « . . . Wolaſhall,
William Ralegh, John Rous, Thomas T hrokmorton,
and Joha Throkmorton, eſqrs. were ſeifed of 6 meſ-
ſuages and 10 virgates of land, with the appur-
tenances, in Claxton ; together with the manor of
Kegworth, and its appurtenances; and, being ſo
ſeiſed thereof, by a certain feoffment, ſealed with their
ſeals, and bearing date 30 Henry VI. gave and de-
miſed the ſame to Thomas Grene, eſq; who died ſeiſed
thereof 7,
In 1475, John Champernoon died ſeiſed of the manor
of Claxton, held of the lord Haſtings, as of his caſtle
of Beauver. Blanch (wife of Robert Willoughby, knt.
afterwards ſummoned to parliament 11 Henry VII. by
the title of lord Willoughby de Broke), and Foan Cham-
pernoon (who died without ifſne 1508), were his
daughters and coheirs*.
In 1478, Richard Whaley, eſq; of Darleſton, co.
Stafford, by marrying Elizabeth, the daughter of Tho-
mas Leake, eſq; and Jane his wife, became poſſeſſed
of lands in Long Clauſon and Kirkby Belers“.
Robert lord Willougby de Broke died in 1502; and
it appeared that the manor of Claxton was held by
his ſon Robert lord Willoughby of Broke (who died
11 Nov. 13 Henry VIII.) of Thomas Manners lord
Ros, as of his caſtle of Belvoir, at a rent of 38. 4d.
His will bears date Oct. 12, 1518. Henry, his ſon
and heir, by Dorothy Grey, his ſecond wife, was then
12 years of age e; but died ſoon after, as did his
brother Milliam, of the ſweating fickneſs**.
In 1609, among ſeveral poſſeſſions which had be-
longed to the lord Milloughby, and fir Thomas Heneage,
knight, and had come into the poſſeſſion of King
James Il. by way of exchange, we find this valuation:
* Manerium de Claxton, al. Clauſon, in com. Leic,
„% Firma tocius mancrii de Claxton, alias Clauſton,
pred, cum omnibus & ſingulis ſuis juribus, membris,
& pertinentiis univerſis, in dict' com', modo vel nuper
In tenura Rici Whalley, fibi dimiſſis per literas pat.
due Eliz' guper Reginæ, ut dicitur, per an. 18. 75. 5d.
Eſch. 17 Edw. III. Ne 60. Leic.
incident to kine. M.
In 1464, the day before the death of Thomas
2 Rot. Aux. 20 Edw. III.
Eſch. 15 Ric. 11, Pers 1. N 24, 5 Eſch, 5 Hen. V. N 39. Leie.
CLAXTON. 133
Perquiſ. cur' ibm communibus annis ICs,
The manor of Claxton, of the rent of 181. 178. 54.
is paſſed away in fee- farm to fir Edward Noell, Kut.
and Thomas Philipps, gent. the 1 3th of Nov. 1609 *.“
The manor paſſed ſoon after into the poſſeſſion of
the earl of Rutland; and is now the property of
Jobn-Henry the preſent duke. |
In 1564, there were 57 families in Claxton.
The frecholders in 1650 were, John Wright, John
Frankes, Edward Moore, Edward Hickling, and
Robert Wright.
At the general election in 1722, 62 ſrecholders
polled from this pariſh ; and only 32 who were reſi-
dent in 1778. |
The number of families in 1789 was 112; inha-
bitants 542. |
In winter, 1728, many died here of a blue ſwell-
ing in their throats : well at night, and dead before
morning. Several eat murrain graſs '3, and drank the
juice of it, by way of antidote, and did well u.“
The nett expence of the poor in 1776 was 581. 137.
Medium of three years, 1783—1785, 10/. 14. 6d.
The lordſhip was incloſed in 1779, and contains
abour 3500 acres of land, chiefly the property of
about 30 freeholders. In the act which was paſſed
for this purpoſe, the open fields within the pariſh of
Long Clawſon are deſcribed as containing about 169
oxgangs; and John duke of Rutland as lord of the
manor, and owner of the ſoil of all the waſte-lands
and grounds in the pariſh; William Halhed, eſq; the
Rev. John Caſwall, clerk, Robert Garton, and John
Garton, gents. as impropriators of the rectory, and
entitled to certain glebe lands and common right in
'the open fields, and to the impropriate tithes, and
alſo as patrons of the vicarage, in the following pro-
.. portions ; William Halhed, one moiety of two undi-
vided third parts; John Caſwall, another moiety of
the ſaid two undivided third parts; and Robert Gar-
ton and John Garton, the remaining third part; Wil-
liam Chamberlain, clerk, as vicar, entitled to all the
vicarial tythes within the pariſh, and to certain glebe
lands within the open fields; the Rev. Joſeph Jack-
ſon, clerk, miniſter of the donative of Riſley, or
united chapelries of Riſley and Breaſton, in Derby-
ſhire, and the feoffees for Riſley ſchool, entitled to
about nine oxgangs of lands and common right; the
poor of the pariſh of Saxulby, to one fixth part of
an oxgang of land and common right; the poor of
the pariſh of Hoby, to certain meadow lands, con-
taining about four acres ; the ſeoffees of the Men's
Hoſpital in Bottesford, to certain meadow lands, of
about four acres; the feoftees of Brunt's charity
eſtate, ſeiſed of four oxgangs of land and common
right; and Charles marquis of Granby, Samuel
Crompton, John Lindley, Richard Cheſlyn, and
others, in various and different proportions, were the
then owners and proprietors of all the reſidue of the
ſaid open fields. Three acres were ditected to be ſer
out for gravel for the roads; and one more for public
ſheep-dykes; an allotment to the ſeveral impropria-
tors and to the vicars in proportion to their reſpective _
right to glebe; and one ſeventh of the remainder,
with the proportion of one twelfth for old incloſures,
to be given in lieu of all impropriate and vicarial
tithes and perquilites, mortuaries and ſurplice-fees
excepted ; of which the vicar's portion to be as much
as ſhall be of the annual value of £.8;; the reſt of
this allotment to be divided into fix ſhares, of which
Mr. Halhed to have two, Mr. Caſwall two, Mr. Ro-
bert Garton one, and Mr. John Garton one; the re-
pairs of the chapel to be borne in proportion to ſuch
ſhares. An allotment is alſo directed for the duke of
Rutland's right of ſoil in the waſte ; and the com-
miſſioners are empowered to direct the courſe of hu-
bandry. |
In this pariſh they have a cuſtom, which I no where
elſe meet with, of paying tithe bread . The manner
3- Eſch. 43 Edw. III. Pars 1. N' 48.
* Eſch. 15 Hen. VI 1433. N' 20. Leie.
7 Eſch. 4 Edw. IV. N 21. Leic. Eſch. 15 Edw. IV. No 30. Leic, * See the pedigree of Whaley, under Norton by Galhy.
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134 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE:.
of their ſo doing is this : once a quarter every houſe
gives the vicar a tithe loaf, weighing eight pounds,
of the ſame ſort of bread, whether it be coarſe or
fine, which they eat themſelves. Ihis cuſtom, they
ſay, began upon this occaſion : they had a vicar
whom they exceedingly loved, but he had a numerous
iſſue, and was very poor, and the living being ſmall,
he told them he muſt leave them, for he could not
live on it. To prevent.a remove, they gave him tithe
bread, which has continued ever ſince. If this ſtory
be true, the cuſtom is not old, but began ſince the
Reformation *.” |
There is a portion of this pariſh which owes ſuit
and ſer vice to Kegworth-court*. The perſons con-
cerned in this court were formerly required to ſerve
on juries. What is now required is to pay the net
ſum of 40. 6s. 8d. annually, which ſum is collected
by themſelves by turns, and paid at two halt-yearly
payments, Viz. at Lady-day and Michaelmas.
The names of thoſe from whom ſuch ſervice was
due in 1791 were, | |
John Caunt, Widow Harby,
James Muſſon, Tho. Hand, or J. Matchet,
John Hawley, J. Rouſe, or Geo. Mann,
John Moore, John Shilcock,
Joſeph Mackley, Richard Smith,
Iſaac Newton, Fran. Morriſe,
Mrs. Hebb, Robert Wilſon,
John Skinner, Robert Garton.
© In the ſpring of the year, or the commencement
of ſummer, when the weather is warm, and the days
clear and calm, we have what has been oblerved by
many, and by ſome called a tide- wind (but for what
reaſon, I know not), which ariſeth in the evening
three quarters of an hour or more before ſun-ſet, and
blows a ſtrong gale ; inſomuch that I have heard it
obſerved that the inillers at Clawſon can do a great
deal of buſineſs when others can do little or none.
This wind blows at firſt rather more to the Eaſt than
the South-eaſt, almoſt in direct oppoſition to the ſun,
and keeps inclining more and more to the South as
long as it continues to blow, which is frequently
until midnight, when it becomes entirely Ealm, or
takes a different or rather quite oppoſite direQion.
According to the obſervations which | have made
upon this wind, when it happens, it is generally in
oppoſition to the current of air in the higher part of
the atmoſphere ; 1. e. the direction of the current of
air above is from the North-weſt when this wind
blows from the South-eaſt, which, to an attentive ob-
ſerver, is ſometimes diſcernible by ſmall light, low
floating clouds, moving almoſt in direct oppoſition to
this wind; whereby it is evident that. this wind ex-
tends but a ſmall height in the atmoſphere ; and that
muſt be the reaſon that its effects are felt but to a
ſmall diſtance, or not in equal force. The cauſe of
it appears to me to be the rarefaction of the air under
the hills by the ſun's heat in the day-time 3.”
The antient regiſter begins in 1558; but in ſome
places is ſo much defaccd as not to be legible.
In a period of twenty years, near the beginning,
are 331 baptiſms, 194 burials, and 43 marriages. In
the twenty years ending in 1789, are 371 baptiſms,
216 burials, and 83 marriages. |
ExtraCts from the regiſter :
„Humphrey Byard * and Joice Browne were mar-
ried Sept. 28, 1579.
Sarah Byard, their daughter, baptized March 3,
1584.“
gf 1654. William Handley, of Claxton, carpen-
ter, and Judith Hicklinge, of the ſame town, &c.
ſpinſter, were married at Barkeby in the county of
Leiceſter, before juſtice Putchin, accordinge to the
act for marriage, May 17 ; publication of the afore-
ſaid intention being made according to the act in that
caſe provided.”
The CHURCH,
dedicated to St. Remigius, is very antient, built cathe-
dralwiſe, conſiſting of a nave, a North and South
aile, a chancel anſwering the nave, and another
anſwering the North aile (now uſed as a ſchool-room) ;
all which are leaded. See plate XXXI. In the mid-
dle of a heavy embattled tower ſtands a very plain
ſteeple, wherein are five large bells thus inſcribed :
1. ** Cum ſono ſi non vis venire,
Numquam ad preces cupies ire, 1631.“
2. © Jeſus Nazarenus, Rex Judeorum, miſerere
met, 1631.”
3. All men that hear my mournful ſound,
. Repent before you lie in ground, 1608.”
4. ISTA CAMPANA FACTA EST IN HO-
NORE SANCTE TRINITATIS. +”
5. My roaring found doth notice give,
That men cannot heare always live.
I, ſweetly tolling, men do call
To taſte on meat that feeds the ſoul, 1608.“
There is alſo a large Sancte's bell, whereon is in-
ſcribed © God ſave the King, 1662.”
The font, which is oftangular, is engraved in plate
XXXI. fig. 2.
In the chancel is a ſmall neat altar entirely of ſtones,
in the front of which is this inſcription :
„ DEO TRIUNO,
OPTIMO MAXIMO, ALTARE HOC
P. ANNO MDCCXXXVII,
GULIELMUS TURVILE, M. A.
HUJUSCE DIS VICARiUS,
IDEMQUE E PATRONIS.”
There are no (tone ſeats in the chancel ; and the
pews in general are open ſeats.
Mr. Burton mentions, ia a North window, the
picture of an armed knight Kneeling ; on whofe ſur-
cate is, Argent, three bird-bolts * Gules; under whom
6 Peck, MS,
is written Dominus Willielmus Bozon, And in a chapel
on the North fide, a large ſtone figure of a knight in
compleat armour, croſs-legged, and a dog at his feet;
on whoſe ſhield are the three bird-bolts. Of this
monument, yet remaining in the North chancel, a
_ by Mr. Schnebbelie is givcn in place XXXI.
g. 3.
The inhabitants have a tradition that one of the
Bozons went into France (whether with king Edward
III. or Henry V. they know not), and, among other
ſpoils, brought thence four great bells which he
hung up 1n this church. The preſent fourth bell is
a very old one, and is yet called Bozon's Bell 7.
This Bozon, they ſay, lived juſt by the church,
and had his caſtle in the place where now ſtands a
moated houſe built out of the ruins. He was a great
warrior, they add, and had liberty of free-hunting
from Claxton to the foot of Lincoln-bill *.
In 1631, the great bell at Grantham in Lincoln-
ſhire being cracked, the burgeſſes of Grantham gave
the men of Clauſton their cracked bell and twenty
pounds in money for Clauſton great bell, which was
exactly the ſame note they wanted: thus the biggeſt
of Bozon's four great bells went to Grantham, With
the metal of Grantham cracked bell and the aforeſaid
£-20. the inhabitants of Clauſton procured two new
bells, being the firſt and ſecond of their preſent ring ;
and thus they came to have five inſtcad of four bells“.
Mr. Peck **, in 1729, found, in a North window, a
ſmall figure of St. Catharine, with a wheel in her
right, and a ſword in her left hand. Bur neither this
nor Burton's armed knight is now remaining,
This church was new-roofed and repaired in 1777 ;
but the North and South ailes are now very much
out of the perpendicular, .
The manors of Claxton amd Kegworth appears to have been poſſeſſed by the ſame owners, at leaſt ſo long as the Greens were
!ords of Claxton ; and this cuſtom was perhaps cſtabliſhed on the ſeparation of the manors.
For this very curious remark, I am ind-bted to the Rey. Mr. Chamberlain, the preſent vicar,
4 Of him, ſee under the pedigree of On:bye of Hinckley. Several other children of his are entered in the Claxton regiſter,
5 See Plate XXXI. fig. 5, © Ibid, fig. 9. See p. 132, note ?, 7 Peck, M$, * Ibid, © Ibid, © „ Thid,
2
In
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.I CLAXTON. 135
In the nave, over the North door, is written: ation; which, in 1602, was the property of ſir Henry
« Rev. Mr. Chamberlain, Vicar, 1777. Haſtings, of Leiceſter. It came afterwards to William
William Hanbury, Churchwarden. Courteen, elq; *; from him to the Gerards, Turviles,
William Marriott, Clerk. William Barnes, Painter.“ &c.; and is now the property of John Garton, eſq.
; In 1344, the procurations were 75. 624. Ihe vi-
In 5 Henry III. the prior of Belvoir was patron of carage was taxed at 28 marks, and paid 4s. for Peter-
the church of Claxton, and had the great tithes then pence. It was appropriated to the priory of Belyoir ;
appropriated to the uſe of his convent, as of old. The and paid a penſion of 14, 6s. 8d. to that houſe,
then vicar was Baldwin, inſtituted by Hugh, the then In 1650 the rectory was returned worth 120. the
biſhop of Lincoln *, vicarage 201, and the incumbent “ ſufficient.”
« Eccleſia de Claxton valet 30 marc'. Vicarius In the king's books it is called a diſcharged living,
perpetuus habebit totum altaragium, preter principale and rated at gl. 105. 2d.; clear yearly value 411. It
ſegatum, reddendo inde priori de Belvero 3 marc* pays 35s. 6d. to the arebdeacon. The rectorial pro-
annuas; et ſolvet ſynodalia. Vicaria valet 5 marc'. curations are 25. 114.; the vicarial 1 3s. 2d.
Ordinata per Hug” epiſc Lincoln'. Manſum non eſt There is a Quakers meeting-houſe at Long Clax-
afſignatum *.” This was certified in 1325. ton ; though only one old woman is now left of that
In 1508, fir John Digby poſſeſſed the impropri- perſuaſion.
VICARS., PATRONS
Baldwin was vicar in 1220,
Ernald occurs in 1226,
Hug de Sedgebick was preſented in 1259,
Alexander Corbet, 1278, |
Richard occurs in 1299, Prior and convent of Belyoir.
William Warner, 1366,
Sir Ernald de Wyke, 1393,
Sir Richard Aleyn died July 14, 1428,
Richard Cranow was preſented July 27, 1428,
John Peny, chaplain, Sept. 6, 1508, Sir John Digby, knt.
Thomas Goodwin, 1534.
Thomas Wright occurs vicar in 1662. Sir Henry Haſtings, kut.
Robert Kirkby, 1643. William Courteen, eſq.
Philip Ormſton, Feb. 20, 1660; reſigned 1665, Thomas and Sarah Gerard, and Calvert Wright &
uxor, pleno jure.
John Reay 4, or Wreay, March 12, 1665, = 8 eſq; William Ryley, Robert Wright,
Robert Jones 5, B. A. Aug. 5, 1725; reſigned 1729; George Turvile, eſq; of Bromley, in Middleſex.
William Turvile *, Nov. 15, 1729, uy Turvile, eſq;
pm e 7, 1739; reſigned, William Turvile, clerk,
1 | }Elten Turvile, widow.
William Lupton, July 16, 1766, Elizabeth Turvile, widow.
William Chamberlain, 1776, William Halhed, Eſq; and John Caſwall, clerk.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
In the chancel. | A zealous friend, a kind maſter, an affectionate huſband,
1. On a mural tablet on the North fide : Born July 1, 1701; deceaſed January 21, 17403
% Beneath, in the vault which he erected, having married, a ſecond time, Eilen,
lyes the Rev, WILLIAu Turvile, M.A, daughter of Leonard Turner, of London ;
vicar of this church near eleven years, who ſets up this monument, that future generations
without other advantage to bimſelt may {peak as reſpectfully of her huſband
than what aroſe from the diſcharge of his duty. as the preſent.”
The profit of his paternal eſtate
he employed in acts of beneficence ;
and more than the income of his living
in rebuilding the vicarage-houſe,
Seven years in the commiſſion of the peace
he ated with equal imparnality and ſkill,
and had the hearts and hands of all the country round.
About a year before he died,
he became rector of Harby near adjoining,
and chaplain to his grace the duke of Rutland ;
in all reſpe&s worthy his patron :
On the South fide a mural tablet is thus inſcribed ;
© Sacred to the memory of
Mrs. Mary TuxviLs, an excellent woman,
late wife of the Rev. Mr. TurviLE,
vicar of this pariſh,
who in a vault under the altar is depoſited,
in hopes of a joyful reſurrection. |
She died, much lamented, the 19th day of May,
(being Aſcenſion - day) in the year of our Lord 1737,
in the 28th year of her age.“
Burton, ex Rot, de eo anno. 2 Belvoir Reg. 3 Gaſcoigne, MS.
John Reay died about the middle of March, 1725, ſo that he was vicar of this church for the ſpace of 60 years. F. Prox.
In 1674, John Marriott and William Parker were impriſoned, at the ſuit of Mr. Reay, each of them for a year's tithe, Suf-
ferings of Quakers, vol, I. p. 337. And in“ The Continued Cry of the Oppreſſed for Juſtice, 1675,” we find the following
certificate : For a meeting at Long Claxton, or Clawſon, four perſons were ſent to priſon, and ſo much goods at different
times taken from ſome of the ſaid meeting, that they had not a cow left to give the young children milk: their very bedelothes,
and working tools, eſcaped not the violence, or avarice, of the perſecutors ; the total ſum amounted to above 230%. Nor did this
ſatisfy our perſecutors, for they cruelly dragged ſome women in the ſtreets by the necks, till they were near ſtifled, tearing the
clothes off their heads and backs. One woman that gave ſuck was ſo beaten and bruiſed on her breaſt, that it feſtered and
broke, with which ſhe had endured many weeks miſery and torture: another woman of ſeventy-five years of age was violently
thiown down upon the ground by one W. Guy, conſtable ; the men were ſorely beaten, drawn and dragged out of the meeting,
iome by the heels, ſome by the hair of the head, and ſome ſo bruiſed, that they were not able to tollow their Cay-labour,
Others they whipt in the face till the blood ran down: there was one they furiouſly trod upon, till the blood guſhed out of
his mouth and noſe. To complete the matter, the informers took away from one of the priſouers his purie and money, as if
he had not been a quiet neighbour, but a priſoner of war: nor was this accidental, but deſign: no ſhort fit ot cruelty upon
au extraordinary provocation, for at this bitter rate have they treated them ſeveral months, Witneſſes, Edward Hallam, Wils
liam Marriott, John Wilsford, William Smith, Richard Parker.“ Ibid,
5 He had been curate of Eaſtwell, and in 1929 was preſented to the rectory of Knipton.
® Preſented to the rectory of Harby, in Auguſt 1739.
7 The exact date of Mr, Unwin's reſignation does not appear; but it was occaſioned by his being preſented to the rectory
of Bonnington, in Kent, which he alſo reſigned in 1953, when he was prefented (by Charles Eve, eiq; of Hoxton) to the
rectories of Medley and Buckland, both demoliſhed churches, in the ſame county, In the Claxton regiſter, he Ryles himſelf
vicar in 1751 ; and curate in 1751, His epitaph is printed in p. 136.
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136 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
In the chancel is alſo a flat ſtone, on which is a
croſs fleury. See plate XXXI. fig. 4. Traces of an
inſcription are yet diſcernible round the ſtone; poſſibly
* « « + + « Cranow quondam vicariuns
On flat ſtones in the nave :
1. © Here lieth the body of Thomas Stevens,
ſon of Hugh Stevens and Mary his wite, ne
who departed this life March 20, 1701, aged 8 years.
2. © Juxta hoc ſaxum
jacet corpus Richardi Wright,
« + + « Viri, qui tabulam
GS SS 8 R
de Swithland, in agro Leiceſtriæ,
.. +» + ornatiſhmum infantis
- + + Pater ſemper patiens
5+. © %% „„ +. „ Lone
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abſque aliqua
ESRD ſeptimo 4
celimo
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3.“ Here lyeth the body of Edward Wright, Gent.
who departed this life May 6, 1736,
in the Lxx111* year of his age.
To rich, to poor, to friend, to all,
He was as good as we dare call
Frail fleſh : kind paſſenger, give praiſe,
For him who liv'd ſuch happy days.
Go thy way, and do likewiſe.”
4. © Here lies the body of John Steevens,
the ſon of Hugh and Mary Steevens.
He died Nov. 2, 1745, in the 58th year of his age.
He married Elizabeth,
daughter of Richard Parker, of this place,
by whom he had iſſue two daughters,
viz. Mary and Elizabeth.
Likewiſe on the right hand lies the body
of Elizabeth, wife of the ſaid John Stevens.
She died May 17, 1761, aged 76 years.”
5. * Here lieth interred the body of Hugh Stevens;
he died December 31, 1756,
in the goth year of his age.
And on the left hand lieth
the body of Mary his wife;
ſhe died Auguſt 28, 1757, in the 91ſt year of her age.
N. B. They had been married upwards of 66 years,”
On a flat ſtone in the South aile:
1. * Beneath this ſtone
lie the earthly remains of William Kenderdin ;
he departed this life March 15, 1785, aged 70 years.“
The moſt remarkable inſcriptions in the church-
yard are theſe :
1. On a ſtone at the Weſt end of the church :
© In memory of Anne Unwin, junior,
a charitable good Chriſtian.
She died, much lamented,
Jan. 4, 1764, aged 27 years.
She was eldeſt daughter of the Rev. Mr. Matthias
Unwin, by Anne his wife, late vicar of this pariſh,
and now rector of Medley and Buckland, in Kent.“
Over this epitaph is a repreſentation of his being taken out of a pond,
3 Robert Garton, eſq; who was alſo a truſtce, died Dec. 19, 1792.
* The whole annual income is £440. 105. of which 20s, is paid out of a cloſe at Nether Broughton ; ſo that the endowmeat
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At the Weſt end of the church are allo hd wi
1.“ In memory of Anna Unwin, late wife of the
Rev. Mr. Unwin, of this pariſhz *+
ſhe was a loving wife, and a tender parent;
and died Oct. 11, 1769, aged 64 years.“
2; © Here lieth interred the body of
the Reverend Matthias Unwin, clerk.
He departed this life on the 27th day of November;
1775, aged 64 years.”
4. On an upright ſtone on the North fide :
* In memory of William, the ſon of
William Barnes and Sarah his firſt wife.
He was unfortunately drowned *, as he was bathing in
a pond, the 26th day of june, 1781, aged 19 years.
Dear ſoul, what paſſion doth attend thy urn!
It's barbarous to rejoice ; in vain I mourn;
But this my conſolation now thou'rt fled,
The faireſt fruit the ſooneſt gathered.”
Mr. Robert Gartrow died Dec. 22, 1747, aged 715
Edward Fawks died Oct. 17, 1751, aged 70. |
John Mackley died Feb. 25, 1762, aged 79.
Edward Wright died April 25, 1764, aged 76.
Sarah, his wife, died Sept. 22, 1766, aged 75.
Robert Hickling died Sept. 31, 1768, aged 78.
Dorothy Henſon died May 20, 1774, aged 70.
James Muſſon died Jan: 25, 1774, aged 78.
Robert Guy died July 18, 1787, aged 77. ;
Margaret his wife died May 15, 1789, aged 88.”
In the church-yard are the pedeſtal and remains of
a croſs ; ſee plate XXXI. fig. 6.
CHARITABLE BENEFACTIONS.
About 40 years ago a ſchool was founded, by An-
thony Wadde, gentleman, for the uſe of the pariſh ;
the income of which, now (1793) in the hands of
John Garton“, eſq; as truſtee, is about £.40. a year 4.
On a tablet in the church is inſcribed :
* His grace the duke of Rutland to the ſchool, C. io.
Mr. William Woollaton gave to the poor, FL. 5.
A perſon, whoſe name is forgot, gave to the poor, {.10.
Mr. Robert Woolaton gave to the poor, fo 5»
Mrs. Ilſon gave to the poor, — C. 5.
Mr. John Cope gave to the poor, £4
Mrs. Eliz. Knott gave to the poor, 1. 5.
Mrs. Mary Knott gave to the poor, L. 5.
Mrs. Sarah Marriott gave to the poor, Le 5.
N. B. All the ſeveral ſums above-written are laid
out in purchaſing the poor's cloſe at Nether Broughton;
the rent whereof is applied to the ſchool and poor.
Mr. Edward Wright gave to the poor one pound
per ann. for ever, to be paid out of Mitchel Cloſe in
this liberty; which cloſe is now the property of Mr.
Bary Raſhland, of Calthorpe, in Lincolnſhire.
Mrs. Anne Kirkby gave one pound per ann. to the
poor, to be paid out of the lands in Clauſton, now in
the poſſeſſion of Mr. William Marriot, of Quene-
borough, in this county,
Mr. Thomas Doubleday gave to the poor C. 10.“
The return made to parliament in 1786, in anſwer
to the enquiry reſpecting the charitable donations in
this pariſh, may be ſeen in p. 4.
See his epitaph under Melton Mowbray.
COLD
COL D
in antient writings called Orton, Ovretone, and Caud-
bvreton, ſtands on a bold eminence, and is much di-
verſified with hill and dale. It is bounded on the
North by Pickwell, on the Weſt by Burrow, on the
South by Knoſhngton, and on the Eaſt it ſeparates”
the counties of Leiceſter and Rutland. It is fix miles
diſtant from Melton, and four from Oakham. In the
eccleſiaſtical diviſion of the county it is in the deanry
of Framland. | 8
Drogo de Bevrere *, at the time of the general ſurvey,
held twelve ploughlands at Ovretone of the king,
and Fulco was his under-tenant. There were twelve
ploughs, one of which was in the lord's demeſne;
and eight villans, with a prieſt, and four ſocmen, and
four bordars, had five ploughs. There were thirty
acres of meadow, and as many of wood. In the time
of the Confeſſor, the annual value was fifty ſhillings,
and continued the ſame after the Conquelt *,
Warin was at the ſame time an under-tenant to
Robert de Buci for four ploughlands in Ovretone. In
the reign of king Edward fix ploughs were employed
in this portion of the lordſhip, which was then rated
at twelve pence a year, but at the general ſurvey was
advanced to four ſhillings ; one plough being then
occupied in the demeſne ; and two villans, with one
bordar, having another plough. There was a wood
two furlongs long, and one broad“.
In the Teſta de Nevill, about 1240, Overtone is
mentioned as containing twelve carucates. It then paid
pro ſectd 25.; and by way of aid to the ſheriff 5s. 89.
This lordſhip became, at a very early period, the
property of the knightly family of Segrave 4, lords of
Segrave in this county; under which pariſh will be
found a full account of them. 3
Glibert de Segrave, ſheriff of Warwick and Leiceſ-
ter from 1192 to 1194, is ſuppoſed to be the firſt of
the family who poſſeſſed Cold Overton. |
Stephen de Segrave, his fon, who was conſtable of
the Tower, and enjoyed many high places of truſt
under king John and his ſucceſſor Henry III, was
governor of Sauvey caſtle in this neighbourhoad.
He added the earl of Cheſter's lands at Mountſorrel,
and many other large poſſeſſions, to the family eſtates;
and died 5 id. Nov. 1241.
John de Segrave, the eldeſt ſon, having died ten
years before his father; Gilbert, the ſecond fon, be-
came heir to the immenſe property, to which he
largely added; obtaiuing, among other matters, the
whole town of Kegworth by a.grant from Simon de
Montfort. He was ſent, in 1253, ambaſſador to
France; where he loſt his life by treachery.
Nicholas, his fon, was a firm adherent to Simon de
Montfort ; in whoſe cauſe he was wounded and taken
priſoner at the battle of Eveſham in 1265; at which
time, as appears by au inquiſition taken on that eſpe-
cial occaſion, he was ſeiſed in demeſne of the manor
of Cold Overton, then of the clear annual value of
201, The greater part of his property was given by
king Henry III. to his own fon Edmund earl of Lan-
caſter; but the manor of Cold Overton was placed
under the ſeiſin of Roger de Mortuomari (who received
ten marks of rent that were due at Michaelmas).
k 137 |
It was next, by the king's particular writ, ſecured
to the wife of Nicholas de Segrave*5; till, in 1267, be-
ing admitted to a compoſition, the ſaid Nicholas ob-
tained a full pardon, and re-poſſeihon of all his lands,
with power to receive aid from all his tenants towards
raiſing his fine *. He afterwards went into the Holy
Land as a companion to prince Edward, with whom
he continued a favourite after he obtained the crown.
In the ltinerary of 1280, Cold Overton, Somerby,
Little Dalby, Burrow,” Withcote, and Newbold-Fol-
vile, anſwered collectively as one vill.
July 14, 1292, Nicholas de Segrave the elder ob-
tained, for himſeif and his heirs, free-warren in all his
demeſne lands at Cold Overton, Segrave, Sileby, and.
Dicteſworth, in Leiceſterſhire, at Chaucomb in
Northamptonſhire, and divers other places; and, by
the ſame grant, obtained a market at Mountſorrel !.
He died in 1295; and, by an inquifition taken the
next year, it appeared that he held the manor of
Cold Overton, with two carucates of land, and rhe
appurtenances there, of the,heir of Milliam de Aubeny,
by ſcutage. Nicholas had alſo 18s. 6d. aflize-rent
of the freeholders there; and twenty-four virgates
of land were held under him in villenage. He held
all the ſaid premiſes of the heir of William de Au-
beny *.
John de Segrave, his ſon and heir, was then aged 39.
He, in 1304, bad licence to fortify his houſe at Ca-
luden in Warwickſhire with a moat, and to wall and
embattle it with lime and ſtone ; and, ſo ſtrengthened,
to hold it to him and his heirs 9. At the time of his
death, in 1325, he held, with Chriſtian his wife, the
manor cf Cold Overton of Richard de Grey, by the
ſervice ot one roſc-flower a year; alſo the adrowſon
of the church of Cold Overton, worth 16 marks.
Jobn de Segrave (ſon and heir of Stephen de Se-
grave, coulin of the aforeſaid John de Segrave the
elder), was his next heir; and, about the year 1329,
added no ſmall honour to the family, by marrying
Margaret de Brotherton, in her own right counteis of
Norfolk, as daughter and heir to Thomas earl of Nor-
folk and Marſhal of England, ſecond ſon of king Ed-
ward I. In1345, this John de Segrave had ſummons
to be in readineſs, ſufficiently furniſhed with horſe
and arms, on the feaſt of St. Lawrence, to attend the
king into France **; and in 1246 (on the aid then
granted for knighting Edward of Woodſtock, the
king's eldeſt ſon) he was aſſeſſed 20s. for half a
knight's fee lying in Cold Overton, parcel of the fee
of Ros *. He died on Eaſter-Tueſday, 1352; and
it appeared, by an inquiſition taken in 1352-3, that
he was ſeiſed of the bailiwick of Goſcote, and of the
manors of Segrave, Syleby, Munſorell, Dalby Cha-
comb, and Cold Overton ; which became for life the
property of his widow, Margaret counteſs of Norfolk;
Elizabeth, his ſole daughter and heir, being at that time
married to John, ſon of John lord Moubray **.
By another inquifition, taken Jan, 20, 1352-3, it
appeared that Milliam lord Ros of Hamlate, then allo
deccaled, had held one knight's fee in Cold Overton
of the king in capite; which was then in the tenure
of the heirs of John de Segrave '4.
A valiant Fleming, who accompanied the Conqueror into England, and was amply rewarded for his proweſs. Beſides the
lordſhips of Cold Overton and Hoby, in Leiceſterſhire, he had 35 entire lordſhips in Lincolnſhire; and the whole of that
part of Yorkſhire called Holderneſs, where he built the caſtle of Skypſey for his chief ſeat and defence, He took to wife a near
telation of the Conqueror ; whom having by an unhappy chance killed, he haſtened to the king, and ſubtilly copcealing the
matter, told him that he had a great deſire to return into Flanders, his native country ; at the ſame time entreating ſome
money from him; which having received, he forthwith ſailed thither ; ſo that, when the king heard the truth of the ſtory,
he was not to be found. Dugd. Bar. I. 468. |
* Drago de Beurere tenet de rege 12 carucatas terræ in Ovretone, & Fulco de eo. Ibi fuerunt 12 caruce, In dominico
eſt i caruca; & 8 villani cum preſbytero & 4 ſochmannis & 4 bordariis lubent 5 carucas. Ibi zo acræ prati & totidem nemoris,
Valuit & valet 5 ſolidos.“ Domeſday, p. 236. 3. 1. R
Warinus tenet de R[oberto] 3 carucatas terrz in Ovretone, - Tempore regis Edwardi erant ibi 6 caruce, In dominico
eſt una, & 2 villani cum 1 bordario habent 1 carveam. Silva 2 quarentenarum longa, & quarentena lat*,” Ib. p. 234. b. 1,
Arms of Segrave, Sable, a lion rampant, Argent, ducally crowned Or, See plate XXXIII fig. 1,
* See the Appendix to the Hiſtory of Leiceſter, p. 36. * Dug. Bar. vol. I. p. 673+ Cart. 20 Edw. I. N* 17,
* ich, 24 Edw. I. No 64. Leic. Pat. 32 Edw. 1. p. 1. in 10. 10 Eſch 19 Edw, IL. N 88. Leic.
Not Franc. 19 Edw. III. m. 3. 12 Rot, Aux. 20 Edw. III. 22 Eſch, 27 Eqw. III. N? 69.
Rot. Aux, 26 Edw. III, *
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138 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
By an inquiſition taken in 1338, it appeared that
the advowſon of Cold Overton had been the pro-
perty of Jobn de Segrave '.
Margaret counteſs of Norfolk became afterwards the
wife of fir Walter de Manny lord Manny, knight of the
Garter, who died in 1372, poſſeſſed, in her right, of
the manor of Cold Overton, with its appurtenances,
held under William lord Ros, by the ſervice of three
farthings a year, to be paid at his caſtle of Beauver.
He held alſo, in right of his wife, the manors of Dalby
Chacomb, Segrave, Sileby, Mountſorrel, Groby, and
Witherley, and of the hundred of Goſcote *,
By a third marriage of this counteſs, the manors of
Cold Overton, Dalby Chaucomb, &c. were conveyed
to Thomas de Edington, knight, who died in 1394,
ſeiſed, in right of his wife, of a moiety ct one Knight's
fee in Cold Overton 3, |
Margaret counteſs of Norfolk was, on the 29th of
September, 1398, raiſed to the diguity of a ducheſs in
her own right; and died the next year, poſſeſſed of
the manor of Cold Overton *.
By her firſt huſband, John de Segrave, ſhe had a
daughter and heirels Elizabeth, who was married to
John the fourth lord Mowbray of Axholme +5; by
whom ſhe had two ſons, John and Thomas, ſucceſlively
lords Mowbray s.
John, the fiith lord Mowbray, was created earl of
Nottingham in 1377; and died, in the Scotch wars,
1383. His mother was then living; but did not
long ſurvive.
Thomas, ſixth lord Mowbray, earl of Nottingham as
heir to his brother, baron Braoſe of Gower and Se-
grave by deſcent, was appointed captain of Calais
under king Richard II; the king's lieutenant in Calais,
Picardy, Flanders, and Artois ; and juſtice of Wales.
He was created duke of Norfolk on the ſame day that
his grand-mother was made a ducheſs; and was ho-
noured with the Garter ; but, being inſtrumental in
the murder of the duke of Glouceſter, he was ba-
niſhed; and died at Venice, of the peſtilence, Sept. 27,
1299 7.
857 his firſt wife, Elizabeth, daughter and heir to
John lord Strange, he had no iſſue. By a ſecond
marriage with Elizabeth, ſiſter to Thomas Fitz- Allen
earl of Arundel and Surrey, he had two ſons, Thomas
and Jobn; and three daughters, 1. Margaret, married
to fir Robert Howard, knight, father to John duke of
Norfolk; 2. Iſabel, married firſt to Henry de Ferrers,
and ſecondly to James lord Berkeley; 3. Elizabeth,
married firſt to Nicholas Audley; fecondly to John
lord Beaumont; and thirdly to Michacl Delapole
earl of Suffolk. |
Elizabeth, ducheſs of Norfolk, had for her dowry,
inter alia, the manor of Witherley, and the hundred
of Goſcore *.
Thomas ſeventh lord Mowbray, the eldeſt ſon, who
had the title of duke of Norfolk and earl of Notting-
ham, on his father's death aſſumed the title of earl
Marſhal, and was the next poſſeſſor of Cold Overton.
He was beheaded at York, for rebellion, in 1406 9.
His brother Fohbn, eighth lord Mowbray, to whom
in 1427 the titles of eari of Nottingham and Marſhal,
and afterwards that of duke of Nortolk, were reſtored,
died in 1433, in the French wars, ſeiſed of the park
of Overton, parcel of the manor of Cold Overton ;
the manors of Sileby and Mountſorrel, and the hun-
dred of Goſcote ; which were aſſigned to Katharine
his widow, as part of her dower**. This lady, the
daughter of Ralph earl of Weſtmoreland, was after-
wards wife to Thomas Strangeways, eſq; next to John
viſcount Beaumont, and latily to fir John Widvile,
brother to the earl Rivers.
In 1437, Conſtantia counteſs Marſhal (daughter to
John Holland, earl of Huntingdon and duke of Ex-
eter, the widow of earl Thomas) died ſeiſed of the
manor of Cold Overton, extending itſelf into Cold
* Eſch. 32 Edw. III. N* 44. Leic.
3 Eſch. 18 Ric. II. N 16. Leic.
Overton, Somerby, and Pickwell, all in the ſame
county *. |
In the ſubſidy of 1445, Cold Overton was rated at
11. 11s, 10d.; and 23. were abated,
Jobn, the ninth lord Mowbray, duke of Norfolk,
earl of Nottingham and Marſhal, baron Mowbray,
Segrave, Bravſe of Gower, &c. was confirmed duke
of Norfolk 1444; and at the fame time had place in
parliament granted him next to the duke of Exeter,
He was one of the juſtices itinerant South of Trent,
went a pilgrimage in 1461; and, dying that year,
was buricd at Thetford. He was ſeifed of the manor
of Cold Overton, held of Thomas lord Ros by knight's
ſervice “.
Anne, bis wife, was daughter to William lord
Bourcher.
John Moubray, his ſon and ſucceſſor, who had been
created carl Warren and Surrey in his father's life-
time, 1451, was retained in 1474-5 to ſerve kin
Edward IV, in his wars in France, for one whole
year, with 40 ſpears, himſelf accounted, 2 knights,
and 309 archers; and on this occaſion we find him ſo-
liciting for liberty to borrow money on the ſecurity
of his landed property, in which Cold Overton is par-
ticularly included. The petition 1s here tranſcribed :
« To the kyng oure fovereigne Lord; tenderly
beſecheth your highnes, your humble ſubjer John duc
of Norff*, to call unto your noble remembraunce
the grete coſte and charge that your ſaid ſuppliant
muſt at this ryme have, to make hym redy to go»
with you, to doo you ſervice in this your grete viage
royall beyond the ſee, ayen your auncien ennemye
of Fraunce z which coſte and charge he hath not
whereof to make it, but of, and with, his land, which
many perſones doute, and fere, to take for ſuertie or
aſſignement of, olefle then they myght be made verrey
ſure of payment: your ſaid ſupphiaunt, in diſcharge
of his conſcience, and their perfite ſuertie, for con-
tentation of his dettes that he muſt nedes be yn for
his coſte and charge, praich that it may pleas your
goode grace, by th'advis of your lordes ſpirituelx and
temporelx, and the coens in this your preſent parle-
ment aſſembled, and by auctorite ot the ſame, to eſta-
blisſhe and enacte, that your ſaid ſuppliaunt may
make a lees, or leſſes, of and in the loriſhipps and
maners of Bretteby, Coton, Lynton, and Roſtlaſton,
in the counte of Derby ; Segrave, Dalby Chacombe,
Wetherley, Coldeoverton, and Melton Moubray,
in the counte of Leic'; Thurlaſton, in the counte
of Warwyk ; Stoddeſton, in the county of Salopp;
the annuyte of xxli. for the erldom of Notyng-
ham, in the counte of Notyngham; Fenniſtanton,
Hilton, in the county of Huntyngdon; Hynton and
Kenette, in the countees of Cambrigg* and Suff“;
Cratfeld', Erle Stonham and Peſenhale, in the ſaid
counte of Sufl'; Dikelbourgh, Siſelond and Dich-
yngham, in the counte of Norſt*; Weſlon beſide
Baldok, in the counte of Hertford; and the annuyte
of xxli. yerely for the erldam of Wareyn, in the
counte of Surr'; unto the right reverent fader in
God Thomas cardynall and archebusſhopp of Canter-
bury, Herr' erle of Eſſex, Robert Wyngefeld, knight,
Richard Suthewell, John Tymperley, eiquyers, and to
James Hobart: to have and to hold all the forſeid
lordſhips and maners, with all and everych of their
appurtenaunces, to the forſeid cardynall and arche-
busſhop, erle, Robert, Richard, John and James, and
to their executours and allignes, from the feſt of the
Annunciation of oure Lady that ſhal be in the yere of
oure Lord M.CCCCLXXV, to the ende and terme of v
yeres then next followyng and fully complete; and
the lees, or leſſes, ſo made and doon, the forſeid car-
dynall and archebusſhopp, erle, Robert, Richard,
John, and James, at the requeſt of your ſaid ſuppli-
aunt, may graunte and make ſuch ſuertees, leeſes,
allignementces, and annuy tees, of, in, and oute the
* Eſch, 46 Edw. III. Ne 38. Leic. 1
Eich. 1 Hen, IV. NY 72, Leic.
* Arms of Mowbray, Gules, a lion rampant Argent; ſee plate XXXIII. fig. 2.
* Mot of theſe alliances and deſcents are taken from Segar's Baronagium, MS, PP+ 793, 794.
? Eſch, 1 Hen. IV. N 71. Leic.
1 Eſch, 11 Hen, VI. Ne 43. Leic.
3 Kſch. 1 Edw. IV. N 46, Leic.
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1 Clauſ. 11 Hen, VI. m. 13,
v Elch. 8 Hen. IV. N' 76. Leic,
3* Eſch, 16 Hen, VI. Ne 69. Leic,
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ſaid lordſhips, maners, and other the premyſſes, to
ſuch perſones as your ſeid ſuppliaunt ſhall affigne,
ordeyne, and appoynrte, for contentation of his dettes,
coſtes, and charges, as is aboveſeid. And that all the
ſaid leeſes, ſuerties, aſſignementes and annuytees,
ſtond and be goode and effectuell, tor the forfeid terme
of v yeres or under, at the libertie, and by the dif-
cretion, of the ſame cardenall, erle, Robert, Richard,
John and James: ſavyng to every of your liege peo-
ple, other then your ſei ſuppliaunt, his heires, tevttes,
to his uſe and their heires, {uch right, title, and poſ-
ſeſſion, as they had at the makyng ot this prelent ate.”
The prayer of this petition received the royal aſſent
in parliament Jan. 23, 1474-3
John duke of Norfolk died at Framlingham caſtle,
on the Tueſday next after the feaſt of the Epiphany,
1475-6; and was buried at Thetford. He lett iſſue,
by Elizabeth daughter of John Talbot earl of Shrewl-
bury, the lady Arne Motebray; who, in 1477, was
only four years old“; and was afterwards married to
Richard Plantagenet, duke of 2%, and Norfelk, ſecond
ſon of king Edward IV. then only three years old ;
and who was killed in the Tower, with his brother
king Edward V, April 9, 1453; and left no iſſue.
in conſequence of the powers granted by parlia-
ment in 1475, the family eſtates were demited for a
term of years; as we find that, in 1483, “ fir Robert
Harrington had the ſtewardſhip of the manors or lord-
ſhips of Lugbburgh, Melton Moubrey, Segrave, Cold
Overton, Dalby Chacombe, Twyford, Wytherley,
Syleby, Mountſorel, and ot the hundred of Goſcore,
within the county of Leiceſter, with the wages of x
lib. of the revenues of Loughborowe, and thofhce of
keping of two parcs and warrenne there, for terme of
his lif, with the wages accuſtomed, &c. The ſaid fir
Robert had alſo the manor of Awſtwick, of the value
of Lx lib. unto ſuche tyme as the lordihip of Groby, in
the countie of Leicellf, nowe in the poſſeſſion of fir
John Burgcher, ſhal by his deceſſe extende to Thomas
late marques Dorſet, and by his forisfacture to come to
the king's hands; and over that annuyte of Lx111 lib.
vis. 8d. to be pceivedof the lordſhip of Lughborowe?,”
After the death of Richard duke of York and
Norfolk, the property of the Mowbrays was divided
by a ſolemn agreement; John Rowward, the firſt duke
of Norfolk of that name, an immediate deſcendant
from the ducheſs Margaret de Brotherten*, obtaining
the principal title, with many very valuable lordſhips.
By the titles of ſome decds preſerved in a chartu-
lary of the honour of Segrave *, it appears that the
family of Alcyneile poſſeſſed property at Cold Over-
ton ſtill earlier than that of Segrave. By one of
thoſe deeds, Gefſrey de Bakepuz grants to Stephen de
Segrave four virgates of land, held under Stephen de
Mejnill by the ſervice of a pair of gilt ſpurs, or ſix-
pence in lieu thereof, every Pentecoſt. By another
deed, John de Gray grants to the fame Stephen de
Segrave a capital meſſuage in Cold Overton, with a
garden, park, 5 virgates of land, and all the mea-
dow, herbage, and palture, which the ſaid John held
there under Stephen de Meſnill ; who afterwards con-
firmed the ſame grants, and added whatever he had
reſerved in his own poſſeſſion when the grant was
made to John de Gray; the whole to be held under
the tenure of paying homage to Stephen de Meſfnill,
and an annual acknowledgement at Michaelmas of a
ſpernarium vivarium. By another deed, about 1232,
Stephen de Meſnell quits claim to all theſe lands, and
to the advowlon of the church; and Stephen de Se-
grave obtained loon after from king Henry III. a
FRAMLAND HUNDBED.]
*
Rot. Parl. vol. VI. p. 127.
8es p 137.
* Eſch. 17 Edw, IV. N' 58. Leic.
Leland's doubt on this head, vol. VI. p. zo, has been overturned by undoubted potitive proots 3 but his
GY SKK I1IUN 139
confirmation of all his poſſe ſſions at Cold Overton, the
advowſon alone excepted.
The manors of Cold Overton, Melton Mowbray,
Mountlorrel, Syleby, Segrave, Dalby Chacombe, and
Witherley, with the hundred of Goſcote and its ap—
purtenances, deſcended to Hu lord viſcount Berke-
ley (lo created April 21, 1481), as grandſon and heir
to /ames lord Berkeley, who had married the lady
Iſabel, daughter to Thomas duke of No, falt. He was
creared earl of Nottingham, June 28, 1483 ; and earl
Marſhall in 1485; and his property at Cold Overton
was confirmed, by authority ot parliament, in 14887.
He was created marquis Berkeley in 1489 ; but died
without iſſue in 1492; leaving a brother and ſucceſſor,
Maurice Berkeley, who died in 1506, poſſeſſed of
the manors of Cold Overton, Melton Mowbray, Se—
grave, Witherley, Sileby, Mountſorrel, Dalby Cha-
combe, and the hundred of Goſcote, with the advowe—
ſons of Cold Overton, Segrave, Hoby, Kegworth,
and ſome others *.
He was ſucceeded ſucceſſively by his ſons, Afaurice,
ſlain at Flodden Field, 1513; and Thomas, who died
in 1532, leaving a fon,
Thomas, who died in 1534; whoſe only ſon and
ſucceſſor, Henry lord Berkeley 9, born nine weeks and
four days after his father's death, died Nov. 26,
1613; having in his life-time alienated Cold Overton
to Miiliam lord Compton, created earl of Northamptcn **
in 1618; who fold it to Fohn St. Jahn“, eſq; high-
ſheriff in 1632, who was living in 1657 5.
1he prelent houſe at Cold Overton (a large ſtone
manſion, of which a view is given in plate XXXII.
from a drawing taken by the Rev. Robert Throſby of
Leiceſter in 1785), was built by a deſcendant of this
Mr. St. John; and ſoon after was mortgaged, with
lands at Cold Overton, Sapcote **, &c. to Mrs. Mary
Turner, whoſe marriage portion was appropriated to
that purpoſe,
Rowland St. John, eſq; died Oct. 29, 1723; before
which time Mrs. Turner had poſſeſſion of this manor
as mortgagee. So likewiſe had her ſon, Henry Turner,
eſq; who had been called to the degree of ſerjeant at
law, Oct. 1, 1700; and died in 1724” ; ſoon after
which a complete relcaſe was obtained, that John
Turner, eſq. might ſettle upon his intended wife Selina
Frewen, daughter of fir Edward Frewen, of Brickwall,
Northiam, Suſſex. John Jurner, who died in 1753,
gave by will his eſtates to his wife for life, who died in
1770; and then entailed them on his couſin Layton
Frewen, of Brafferton, Yorkthire, and of the city of
York, who died, without iſſue, in May, 1777. They
were further entailed upon his couſin the Rev. Thomas
Frewen, M. A. and his iſſue, with the provito of adding
the name ot Turner to their on; otherwite the eſtates
to go to his hcirs general of the name of Turner.
Mr. Frewen (who, iu compliance with the in junction
of his relation's will, aſſumed the name of Turner,)
was then rector of 5apcote in this county; but, tind-
ing his growing vears and infirmities began ro make
him unable to pertorm the duties of his function to
his own latisjaCtion, he reſigned the rectory in the
year 1778, and preſented Stanley Burrough, M. A. the
preſent incumbent. Mr. Frewen died, at the ad-
vanced age of 83, Nov. 22, 1791; and was ſucceeded
by his only fon, John Frewen-Turner, eſq; a gentleman
commoner of Queen's college, Oxford, at that time
high-ſheriff of the county, to whole friendſhip 1 am
proud to acknowledge many obligations.
The laſt Thomas Frewen, elq. of Brickwall,
Northiam, born Sept. 19, 1716, (whoſe mother was
Harl. MSS. N' 433 p. 57. b.
words ſhall be cited as a literary curiofity : “ Mr. Garter contendith that Thomas Boyerton, tunne to Edward rhe Firſt,
maried a meane gentilwoman yn Fraunce at Burdeaux withoute his father's countel for his pleature, and that he had but one
doughter, and that ſhe was married to one Segrave ; and that Segraves doughter was maried tv Mowbray, and that Barkeley
cam after to part land, But loke better tor this,”
5 See our Appendix, N XIII.
7 Rot. Parl vol. VI. p. 412.
10
* See an account of this family under the pariſh of Burton Over.
> Dugd, Bar, vol. I. p. 307 ; ex vet. icript, apud Berkley,
Arms, Gules, a chevron between ten cinquefoils Argent, plate XXXIII. fig. 4.
Arms, Sable, a lion paſſant, Or, between three helmets Azure, tig. 5.
Arms, Argent, on a chici Gules, two mullets, Or, pierced ; on the ſecond below a mullet Sable ſor difference; fig. 6.
Ms. Chetwynd.
'3 He preſented Mr, Burrough to the rectory that year.
See p. 140.
4 A farther account of the St. Johns will be given under the pariſhes of Knollington and Sapcote.
© He was buried at Sapcote, April 4, 1724 ; as was his widow, Ock. 17, 1735»
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140 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Martha, only daughter of ſerjeant Turner, and ſiſter
to the above,mentioned Joha,)died unmarried in 1766
and, by his will, entailed his eſtates in Suſſex, Kent,
and London, in the ſame as his uncle John Turner,
of Cold-Overton, had entailed his. | X
In 1564, there were 31 families in Cold Overton.
There are now only fixteen. oy
The CHURCH, |
dedicated to St. Jobn the Baptiſt, conſiſts of a chancel,
' nave, and two ailes. It has a ſpire on an embattled
tower; in which are three bells. |
A view of this church, taken in the evening of Sept.
23,1791, which cloſed Mr. Jacob Schnebbelic's* very
valuable labours in this county, is inſcribed to his
memory in Plate XX XIII. |
In the chancel is a piſcina, with three ſtalls, all of
the ſame height, but now filled up with plaſter ; ſee a
ſketch of them in the annexed plate, fig. 8.
The font is an octagon, quite plain.
Burton mentions thete arms, of which none remain:
1. Sable, a lion rampant crowned Or, Segrave *.
2. Gules, a lion rampant Arg. Mowbray *.
3. Segrave, as before, impaling Gules, three lions
paſſant guardant, Or, a label Arg. Thomas de Brother-
ton, earl of Norfolk *,
'The advowſon of the church of Cold Overton was
ſertled by fir Walter Eſpec on the priory of Kirkham
in Yorkſhire, which he founded in 1151; and was
again eſpecially confirmed to that religious houſe by
bis ſon in law, Peter de Ros 5.
In 1204, in confequence of a claim of Robert de
Meiſnil *, we find the following proceedings relative
to this advowſon : © Robertus de Meiſnil petit advo-
cationem ecclefie de Kald Overton verſus priorem de
Kirkeham; qui venit, & dicit quod Walterus de Ros,
avunculus predicti Roberti, dedit ecclefiam illam.
Oſtendit etiam cartam Petri de Ros, fratris Walteri,
que confirmat donationem illam. Oſtendit etiam car-
tam Roberti de Ros, capitalis domini, confirmantem
atturnationem Roberti de Meiſnell; qui venit, & dicit
quod atturnatus fuit ad capiendam aſſiſam, & non ad
reſpondendum cartis quas prior oſtendit, nec illas negat.
EFECSTORS
Romanus was rector in 1220.
Mag. Yſambari *5 died 1274,
Thomas de Nevill, ſubdeacon “, 5 kal. Julii, 1274,
This admirable artiſt, who died Feb. 21, 1792, in the 32d year of his age, was born in London, Aug. 30, 1760. His
_»* WS |
William Raven was the only freeholder here in 1656,
At the general election in 1722, no freeholder
polled from this pariſh ;_-and one only in 1778, viz. ©
the Rev, Benjamin Bradley, who was a reſident here,
but voted in right of a freehold at Knawſton,
Thenett expence of the poor, in 1776, was 220.194,
Medium of three years, 1783—1785, 231. 4s. 4d.
Unde conſideratum eſt, quod aſſiſa remancat, & prior
habeat breve.“ | „ by |
The prior of Kirkham is expreſsly ſtyled the patron
in the Matriculus of 12207; yet in or about 1232 we
find Stephen de Meſnil quitting claim to this advowſon
to Stephen de Segrave*; in 1274 a rector actually pre-
ſented by ſir Nebolas de Segrave 9z and, on an inqui-
ſition taken in 1325, it was found that the advowlon
had been the property of John de Segrave '®; and,
by another inquiſition in 1358, that it had belonged
to a ſucceeding John de Segrave, who was returned as
patron in 1344, and died in 1352. It certainly con-
tinued in the poſſeſſion of that family; and paſſed
from them to the Morobrays and the Berkleys ; for in
1506, it is reckoned among the poſſeſſions of Henry
lord Berkley . It paſſed alſo, with the manor, to
William Compton earl of Northampton, and from him to
John St. Jobn, eſq; who preſented in 1657 ; but after-
wards gave it (probably as a marriage portion with his
daughter) to the Rev. Jobn Cave, who preſented Mr.
Roſe pleno jure in 1661 ; and in 1663 became himſelf
the rector:
In 1720, we find Mr. Hartopp, of Little Dalby, the
patron of it; and it is now veſted in Edward Hartopp- -
Wigley, eſq; his grandſon.
In 1344, the procurations were 75. 644. The rectory
was taxed at 25 marks, and paid 3s. 4d. for Peter- pence.
In 1650, the rectory was returned worth 5 fl.; and
the incumbent as * ſufficient, but a pluralitan.“
The preſent value in the king's books is 191. 125.
31d. The archdeacon's procurations are 115. 6d.;
the biſhop's 35. 6d.
In return to the parliamentary enquiry of 1786, the
anſwer was, No charitable donation whatſoever.”
PATRONS.
} Prior and convent of Kirkham.
Sir Nicholas de Segrave, knt.
| patrons, To the noble Earl's notice he was firſt introduced by accidentally ſketching a view. in his park near Hertford ; and
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father, a native of Zurich in Switzerland, was a lieutenant in the Dutch forces at the fiege of Bergen · op- Zoom; and afterwards
ſettled in this country as a confeQioner, in which capacity he had frequently the honour of attending on king George the
Second; and afterwards kept a ſhop at Rocheſter. His ſon Jacob followed the ſame profeſſion, for ſome time, at Canter -
bury, and at Hammerſmith ; till Nature pointing out to him the proper road to fame and credit, he quitted his ſhop,
and commenced ſelf-taught teacher, at Weſtminſter and other public ſchools, of the art of drawing, in which he made
a proficiency which cbtained for him the patronage of many among the learned and great, The merits of his pencil are too
generally known and acknowledged to require any exaggerated eulogium. Happy in a quick eye and a diſcriminating taſte, he
caught the moſt beautiful objects in the happieſt points of view; and, for fidelity and elegance of delineation, may be ranked
high among the liſt of firſt-rate artiſts. He was appointed draughtſman to the Society of Antiquaries, on the expreſs recom-
mendation of their noble Preſident, the Earl of Leiceſter ; and filled that office with equal credit to himſelf and to his reſpectable
was employed by him in taking ſome of the moſt pictureſque landſcapes about Tunbridge Wells, with a view to their publica-
tion for his benefit. Of the works he put forth on his own account, which are not numerous, a liſt may be ſeen in Gent.
Mag. vol. LXII. p. 189. Early in 1791, having made himſelf maſter of the art of aquatinting, be began, with great ardour,
„The Antiquaries Muſeum,” of which he had, before his death, publiſhed three numbers; and left behind him ſeveral draw-
ings, from which a volume has ſince been completed by ſome friends, in nine more numbers, for the benefit of his widow and
three infant ſons. The aſſiſtance he occaſionally gave to The Gentleman's Magazine,” a ſmall part of his merit, it will be
needleſs to particularize ; bis maſterly hand being viſible wherever it was exerted, It is of more conſequence to his fame, to
point out the heauties of many of the plates in the Vetuſta Monumenta“ of the Society of Antiquaries ; in the ſecond volume
of the **:Sepulchral Monuments of Great Bi itain,“ the far greater part of the numerous plates iu which are after him; or in the
very many drawings he had finiſhed, and ſketches he had deſigned, for the preſent © Hiſtory of Leiceſterſhire.” He had com-
pleted, alſo, ſome views of King's College chapel, at Cambridge, in a ſtyle worthy that moſt beautiful and moſt perfect of all
our Gothic buildings, and in a manner which had ſo far recommended him to Royal notice, that, had his life been ſpared, there
is no doubt but he would have been properly diſtinguiſhed. Mr. Schnebbelic was not content with drawing the remains of an-
tiquities ; his cloſe purſuit had made him a proficient in the ſtudy of our national antiquities, and a judge of the different ſtyles
of the Gothic architecture and monuments, His deſcriptions of the various places and buildings which he examined were ju-
dicious and accurate, and diſcovered what attention he paid to them, Thus much for his profeſſional abilities; but he had
qualities of ſtill greater worth, the virtues of an excellent heart. Thoſe only who knew him intimately, and more eſpecially
thoſe who at any time have travelled with him when he has been employed as a draughtſman (and there are many in Leiceſter-
ſhire who have ſeen him in that character), can judge of the alacrity of zeal with which he has diſpatched his labour, of the
chearful pleaſantry with which he has relieved its toil, and of the ingenuous frankneſs of his natural diſpoſition. On all theſe
accounts his loſs will not eaſily be made up to his friends. His remains were depoſited, Feb. 26, 1792, in the burial-grouud
belonging to a chapel lately built for St. James's pariſh in the road from Tottenham-court to Hampſtead, | |
Plate XXXIII. fig. 1, 3 lbid. fig. 2. - * Ibid, fig. 3. 5 See above, p. 28,
® Placita de anno 5 regis Johannis, in Recept. Scaccarii, term. Mich. rot. 24. 7 See p. Iii.
* See p. 139. 9 Reg. Graveſend, ann, 17, '? $cep. 137. See p. 138. 1 Sce p. 139.
13 Rector allo of Nailſton, where ſee a fuller account of him. He died in October, 1690 ; and was buried at Cold Overton,
3+ Matriculus, 5 Hen. II. Reg. Graveſend, ann. 17. * Ibid,
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William Burrough *, M. A. 1657,
Stephen Roſe, Feb. 17, 1661-2,
John Cave, Nov. 2, 1663,
Samuel Hartopp, June 8, 1696,
Robert Seagrave, M. A. May 19, 1720,
William Hubbard, July 2, 1726,
Samuel Kerchevall *, B. A. 1732,
William Hartopp, M. A. 1749,
John Brown, Dec. 8, 1762 died Nov. 1, 1782.
Samuel Hartopp *, LL. B. Ott, 31, 1788,
In the chancel, on the floor, near the South wall,
on two flat ſtones :
1. ** Depoſfitum
Hæc (quantula fit vides)
Terrz continet particula .
Quod mortale manet Samuelis Kerchevall, clerici,
_ in hac æde dum ſacrum e munus
nnos plus ſedecim ſumma opera navaſſet,
In ipſo tandem miniſterii officio revocatus,
Poſt morbum languidum, inexpugnabilem,
Feliciter placideque obdormivit.
Pius, probus, dilectus, vixit;
Flebilis prorſus, & plurimum deſideratus deceſſit
VID KALEN D. MARTII A. 8. MDCCXLVIII-IX*,
rar. LVI.“
2. © Here lie the remains of Mrs. Elizabeth Kerchevall,
reli& of the Rev. Samuel Kerchevall,
ſhe died Feb. 8, 1762, aged 68.
So much at leaſt is due from filial piety
to the memory of tender and affectionate parents.“
At the upper end of the South aile, on the floor,
on a free-ſtone :
Here lieth the body
of RowLand Sr. Joan, Merchant,
who lived in Fenchurch-ſtreet, London,
who departed this life Auguſt the 15th, A. D. 1694.
Memento mori. |
In peace, therefore, lie down will I,
Taking my reſt and ſleep;
For thou only wilt me, O Lord,
Alone in ſafety keep.”
By the laſt, near the South wall, another free- ſtone:
« Here lieth the body of SzLina Sr. Joan,
t wife of Joan ST. Joan, elq;
who departed this life May 11, anno Dom. 1696.
Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth.
As you are, ſo once were we;
As we are, ſo you muſt be.“
In the South aile, near the laſt, a free-ſtone :
% Here lieth the body of SELINA Sr. Joan,
daughter of Joan Sr. Joan, eſq; and SELINA his wife,
who departed this life October the 21ſt, 1696.
The memories of the juſt are bleſſed.
RowLAxp St. Joan, eſq. 1723.
By the laſt, in the middle, on another free- ſtone:
Here lieth the body of Joh Sr. Jonx , eiq;
who departed this life March the 23d, A D. 1703.
As theſe bleft ſouls do reſt on high,
So do their bodys ſweetly lie
VUndiſturb'd in this their bed,
Till Chriſt doth raiſe them with the dead.“
Above the laſt, on a free-ſtone :
Here lieth the body of Jon ST. Joux,
ſon of Jon Sr. Joan, and of SELinA his wife,
who departed this life April 23, 1715, aged 28>
Tho! in this earthly tomb encloſed,
And you on earthly ſtage mult be,
I hope he heard our Saviour call,
Come, come, it was to reſt with me.“
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> See under Little Dalby and Harby.
* Vicar alſo of Little Dalby by diſpenſation, Oct. 19, 1788.
John St John, eſq. was buried April 1, 1704.” Pariſh Regiſter,
SVE AT O Nenn 141
Thomas Berkeley, eſq.
}Jobn St. John, eſq.
John Cave, clerk, pleno jure.
John Cave, clerk.
John Cave, gent.
Samuel Hartopp, gent.
Edward-William Hartopp, eſq.
Edward Hartopp-Wigley, eſq.
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MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
On a common ſtone, ſet up againſt the wall, at the
Weſt end of this aile ;
% Here lieth the body of Jonx Sr. Joan, ſon of
FrANC1s ST. Joux, Gent. and ELIzaBETAH his wife,
who departed this life, in his infancy,
the 1ſt day of May, anno Dom. 1720.”
By the laſt, another ſo ſet up:
Here lyeth Benjamin Sr. Jonx,
ſon of Fa Axcis ST. Joux, eſq; and ELIZABETH his wife,
who died the 28th of Auguſt, 1726.“
Between the two walls at the back of the chancel,
in this aile, on a ſtone blacked: |
© In this South aile lyes interred the
body of RowLawp Sr. Joan, eſq;
lord of this mannour.
He was faithful to his friends; juſt to his neighbour,
and devout and pious towards God ;
and exchanged this mortal for an immortal ſtate
the 29th of October, 1723, aged about 47 years.“
Over the above monument, on an atchievement, the
ans; St. John, as in p. 139; (ſee plate XXXIII.
g· 6.
In the North aile, on an upright ſtone againſt the wall:
Arms, Ermine on a croſs Sable, 5 millrinds Argent,
urner; impaling Ermine 4 barrulets Azure, a
demi lion paſſant in chief of the ſecond, Frewen ;
plate XXXIII. fig. 7.)
« Near this place lies the body of
Jonx Turner, Arm.
obiit 5 Auguſt, A. D. 17 53, ætat. 69.
Alſo near this place
lies the body of SkLIx A TuxxERR,
relict of the ſaid Joun TuRRX ER, Arm.
ob. 5 March, 1770, et, 79.”
On flat ſtones :
I. * Selina Frewen, daughter of the Rev. Thomas
Frewen Turner, died in 1784, aged 23.”
&« 2. Here lieth the body of Elizabeth Saunders, widow,
and relict of Richard Saunders, late of Leeſthorp,
who died Jan. 12, 1713, aged 76.”
3. © Here lies the body of Chriſtopher Ayliffe,
who departed this lite March 10, 1720, et. 48.”
4. © Richard Saunders died Feb. 2, 1739, aged 14
months.
Alſo John Saunders died Jan. 20, 1771, in his infancy.”
5. Richard Saunders died Feb. 5, 1782, aged 37.”
6. Here reſt the remains of
the Rev. Benjamin Bradley,
who died Sept. 13, 1780, aged 72.
Alſo of Anne, widow of the above Benjamin
Bradley, who died May 20, 1785, aged 70.“
ln the church-yard :
c Here lieth the body of Mary Cooke,
relict of Robert Cooke,
who departed this life July 19, 1785, aged 83.“
3 See his epitaph under Little Dalby,
5 He was buried the 31ſt of October.
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142 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Pedigree of FREWEN (now TURNER) of Coty OverTox'; and of NonrHAuM, SussEx. |
Elinora, his firſt wife, buried John Frewen *, rector of Northiam, co. Suſſex, buried there I=Helena Hunt, 24 wife,
at Northiam Sept. 8, 1606. May 2, 1628. married Oct. 6, 1607.
* RY - 2 |
I. Accepted Frewen, 2. Thankful 4. John Frewen,==Dorothy, 6. Stephen Frewen®, Mary, 7. Benjamin.
lord abp of York, b. Frewen?,efq. born 1595; ſuc- | dau. and citizen and ſkinner, born 8. Thomas.
I 588, died at Biſhop's b. 1591; bur. cecded his father | coheir of and ald. of London, b. 1603, 9. Timothy.
Thorpe, near York, at Northiam, in the rectory of | Thomas 1600; buried at Nor- marr. 10. James,
March 28, 1664; æt. Nov.30,1656. Northiam,and bu. | Scott, of thiam, Sept.11, 1699; John 11. Samuel.
76, unmarried, and 3. John, died there Jan. 27, 1653. | Goately, in mar. Catharine, dau. Bigg.
buried in thecathedral young. He left ſeveral de- Northiam, andcoh.of Geo. Scott,
church at York *. . . ſcendants . Agent. ofConghurſt, Kent.
udith, daughter of John- = Thomas Frewen *, of Putney,==Maty Layton, ſiſter and = Lady Jane Wymondeſold, reli
olverſtone, eſq. 1ſt wife; | Surrey, efq. died Sept. 8, nd of fir Thomas of fir Dan, Wymondeſold,
buried in York cathedral “. t. 72. Layton, bart. 2d wife. 3d wife.
Sir Edward Selina, daugh. Mary Frewen, its Layton= + vide; Stephen 3. John Frewen, M. A. Rachel Steve,
Frewen, of | of John God- married Henry Frewen, Frewen, rector of Sidbury, De- | youngeſt dau.
Northiam, | ſchball, of Eaſt Turner, eſq. of ſucceeded died in the vonſhire, afterwards of | of Richard Ste-
knighted Sheen, in Sur- ColdOverton, to his Eaſt , Walton, near Burton | vens, of Cul-
Feb. 25, rey, and mer- ſerjeant at law. mother's Indies. Trent, Derbyſhire; ham, Berks.
2685; died | chant of Lon- eſtate in buried at Sapcote, in
1723; ztat. | don. York- Leiceſterſhire,
62. ſhire.
Thomas Frewen, of-=Martha, only dau. Selina Frewen, married Tohn Layton Frewen, born= Mary, only dau. of
Brickwall, in Nor- | of Henry Turner, Turner, only fon of Henry in 1703; died in 1777 Faceby, eſq.
thiam; eſq. died April | of Cold Overton, Turner, of Cold Overton; without ifſue ; buried ſhe died in 1786;
3. 1738, and buried | ſerjeant at law. ſhe died in 1770, and is bu- at Brafferton, in and is buried at
at Northiam. A. ried at Cold Overton, Yorkſhire. Brafferton. |
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Bridget Frewen, Thomas Frewen, Eſther Rachel Frewen, John Frewen, M. A. Elizabeth Mary Frewen, mar.
born in 1704; born at Sudbury, | Simkins, born in 1710; b. 1712; fellow of | dau. of... to Stanley Bur-
and died ia Lon- Devon, in 1708; | of Lei- married Simon Oriel, and after- | Townſend, rough, M. A. 20
don unmarried. rector of Sapcote; | ceſter- Knight, of wards rector of architect of years maſter of
: diedatCold Over- | ſhire., Rugby. Tortworth, Glouc. | Oxford. Rugby ſchool, and
ton Nov. 22, 1791. He is buried there. aſterwards rector of
OE : T by Wenn Sapcote.
Mary Frewen *. John Frewen-Turner, eſq. of Northiam, Selina Frewen, born Sept. 1760; Selina
Suffex, and Cold Overton, co. Leic. died unmarried in 1784; and bu- Frewen.
born Aug. 11, 1755. ried in Cold Overton.
1 From a pedigree in the College of Arms, 3. D. 14. 213. enlarged by ſubſequent information,
2 Of this Mr, Frewen, and of his ſon the archbiſhop, who owed his preferments to the baving attended the court of prince
Charles when he was in Spain, addrefling the Infanta, a full account may be ſeen in Wood, Ath. Ox. vol, Il, pp. 1146, 1147.
3 The two follow ing epitaphs are tranſcribed from the originals in Northiam church :
1. H. 8. L. 2. In memory of
Inter ſuos Northiamenſes, THANKFULL FREWEN, efq. patron of, and a generous
JonaxN ES FxEKwEN, bene factor to, this Church; who was many years
hujuſce eceleſiæ per dimidium ſæculi Rector, purſe-bearer, and afterwards ſecretary, to
Eccleſiæ Anglicanz contra Pontificios Lord Keeper Coventry, in the reign of King Charles the Firſt,
vindex acerrimus, Dying unmarried at London, Nev, 30, A. D. 1656,
Ut plurima ipſius opera, | in the 66th year of his age ;
ſæpius typis mandata, abunde teſtantur. he was buried on the gth of December following,
Obiit anno ere Chriſtianz 1623.“ ſting in hope of a joyful reſurrection at the laſt day.“
4 On a large monument in that church (engraved in Drake's Hiftory of York, at the expence of Thomas Frewen, eſq. of
Northiam, 1736) is a figure of the archbiſhop at full length, and this inſcription :
Hic requieſcit in ſpe, noviſſimam preſtolans tubam, Academiz ibidem quater Vice-cancellarius,
AcceeTus FrEwEN, | | Decanus Gloceſtriæ,
Johannis Frewen, rectoris eceleſiæ Nordiamenſis, Toſtea factus Epiſcop. Covent. & Litchf,
in comitatu Suſſexiæ, filius natu maximus, Deinde Archiepiſcopus Eborac.
Sac. Theol. Profeſſor, Qui inter vivos eſſe defiit Mar, 28, an. Dom. 1664.
Collegii B. Marizz Magdalenz, Oxonii, | Etat. ſuæ 76 pene exacto.“
annos plus minus undeviginti Præſes,
5 The Rev. Thankfull Frewen, one of his grandſons, rector of Northiam above 56 years, died Sept. 9, 1749. Of this elder
branch of the Frewen family at Northiam was Charles Frewen, eſq; of Clewer, near Windſor, only ſon of Charles Frewen,
eſq. deputy clerk of the crown, and Brunſwick herald, He was born Jan. 23, 1733 ; ſucceeded his father as deputy clerk of
the crown in 1762; married his couſin Anne Frewen in 1774; and died without ifſue Oct. 12, 1791. See Gent, Mag. vol.
LXI. p. 974. Of the ſame branch alſo is Edward Frewen, D. D. late fellow and tutor of St. John's college, Cambridge, and
now rector of Fratic.g cum Thorington, in Eſſex.
6 Stephen Frewen, furrier and alderman of London, purchaſed Brickwall at Northiam, and other eſtates in Suſſex, He ſet-
tled at Northiam; and from him is deſcended the younger, now the only ſurviving, branch.
On the ground near the archbiſhop's monument is this inſcription : ** Hic prop fita eſt Judetha nuper uxor Thomæ Frewen,
a: mi geri, filia & heres unica Johannis Wolverſtone de Fulham, in comitatu Middleſex, generoſi, quz poſt quintum partum, Sept.
29, ætatis ſuz 27, nuptiarum 11, A. D. 1666, duos filios totidem filias relinquens, ad cœlum migravit.“
One of the repreſentatives for the Port of Rye, in 1678, and in fix ſubſequent parliaments. | |
9 This young lady is a benefactreſs to the pariſh of Sapcote, her native place; having this year (1793) given a beautiful and
good clock for the church,
.COSTON,
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3 Y
in antient writings called Caſſone, Kaſton, and Coſon;
bounded by Wymondham on the South; Garthorp
on the Weſt, Stoneſby on the North, and Sproxton
and Buckminſter on the Eaſt, It is ſix miles diſtant
from Melton Mowbray, and contains between 1700
and 1800 acres of old incloſure, and of tolerable foil.
In the eccleſiaſtical diviſion of the county it is in the
deanry of Framland. |
At the time of the general ſurvey, it was held by
Henry de Ferieres (or de Ferrariis). In the reign of
the Confeſſor there were ten ploughs employed in this
lordſhip, which was then of the annual value of forty
ſhillings; but at the time of the ſurvey was worth
ſeven pounds. In the lord's demeſne were lands ſuffi-
cient to employ one plough and a half, and two bor-
dars. Twelve ſocmen and ten villans, with one bor-
dar, bad ſeven ploughs. There were 100 acres of
meadow, and a mill worth ten ſhillings a year *.
This Henry de Ferieres was the ſon of Gualcheline
de Ferieres, a Norman. It is doubtful whether he
accompanied duke William at his firſt entrance into
this kingdom; as the caſtle of Tutbury, which was
part of his ample poſſeſſions, appears. to have been
at firſt beſtowed on Hugh de Abrincis, another Nor-
man. It is certain, however, that he was in this
kingdom before the general ſurvey was taken, he
being then ohe of the commiſſioners appointed for
that great ſervice*; a ſtrong proot that he was a
perſon of eminent knowledge and integrity, His
reward conſiſted of 210 lordſhips, 35 of which were
in the county of Leiceſter . He founded a monaſtery
for Cluniac monks, in 1680, near his caſtle of Tutbury,
and amply endowed it with lands and revenues“.
Robert de Ferieres, his youngeſt ſon (the elder bro-
thers being dead), ſucceeded ro the lordſhip of
Coſton, &c.; and in 1138 was created earl of Derby.
He died the next year; leaving
Robert, his ſon, earl of Derby and Nottingham.
William, the next earl, gave a conſiderable portion
of land, with the tithes of his demeſne, at Colton, to
the priory of Tutbury ?.
In the Teſta de Nevill, about the year 1240,
Coſton is deſcribed as containing 7 carucates and two
bovates. It paid to the ſheriff aid 4s. 10d.; with
24. pro ſeftd, and 5s. for frankpledge.
In 1254 William de Ferrars, the fifth earl of Derby,
died, leaving Kobert, his eldeſt fon and heir, a minor,
from whom, in 1261, we find the following diſpoſition
of his lands and vaſlals at Coſton: R. de Ferraris,
filius & heres Wilti de Ferrariis, comitis Derbie, om-
nibus villanis ſuis de Coſton, in com' Leic', ſalutem.
Vobis mando quantum a modo fitis intendentes Johanne
de Ferrariis, ſorori meæ, tanquam domine veſtre; cui
totam terram meam de Coſton, cum villenagio, & aliis
pertinentiis, per cartam meam dedi, ſecundum teuorem
predicte carte quam a me optinuit, Valete. Dat'
apud Hecham, die Lune, in craſtino Sancti Dionyſii,
anno 45.“ 5
The lordſhip of Coſton continued in the family of
Ferrers tili 1205; when Robert earl of Derby, tak ing
arms againſt king Henry III, was deprived of his
title and eſtates 7 ; and Coſton, among other lordſhips,
was, in 1267, beſtowed on the king's fon, Edmund
duke of Lanca/ter ; under whom it was granted to the
Berkeleys of Wymondham.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Coſton, Buckminſter,
Seiſtern, and Gaithorp, anſwered collectively as one vill.
„
By a deed, dated at Eaſter, 1287, Thomas de Berkeley
grants to Roger de Montefort, a leaſe of the manor of
Coſton, with all its appurtenances, the advowſon
only excepted, for a tent of 29/.a year; Sir Roger Bra-
babon, fir William Hamelyn, fir John de Folvile, and
ſir Hugh de Nottingham, are witneſſes to this leaſe :.
In 1297, it appeared that Thomas de Berkeley held
a knight's fee in Coſton of Edmund earl of Lancaſter,
the king's brother, deceaſed, by homage 9.
In 1346, John de Berkeley (on the aid then granted
for knighting Edward of Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt
fon) was aſſeſſed 207. for half a knight's fee lying in
Coſton, parcel of the honour of Tutbury and Bafſer.
In 1347, king Edward III. granted to John ut
Berkeley, and his heirs, liberty of free-warren in all
their demeſne lands ar Wymondham and Cofton.
„His teſtibus, Johanne archiep' Cantuar', R. Lond',
W. Wynton”, ep”, theſaurario noftro; magiſtro Jo-
hanne de Offord, decano Linc', cancellario noſtro;
Hen' de Percy, Rad' de Nevill; & aliis.
manum cuſtodis Angliæ apud Redinge *.“
In 1378, it was found by a jury, that Millium, ſon
of John ae Langham, on the day when he was out-
lawed, held ſeven acres of land, with the appurte—
nances, in Coſton ; and that Robert de Langham was
the lon and heir of Thomas de Langham, brother and
heir of the ſaid William *. |
In 1417, Thomas Berkeley, knight, was ſeiſed of the
advowlon of the church of Coſton, value 10 marks
per annum; which was held of Fohn earl Mareſcal;
and Elizabeth, wife of Richard earl of Warwick, was
his daughter and next heir “.
In the ſubſidy of 14.45, Colton was rated at 21. 6s.
6d.; and 3s. 6d, abated,
William Berkeley died 6 June, 1536, ſeiſed of the
manors of W hiftendyne, in Rutland, and Coſon, co.
Leiceſter. Mary, his wife, ſurvived him. Maurice; his
ſon and heir, was ſix years old on April 13 then laſt 3.
At a court baron held Oct. 1 579, ſeveral regulations
were made in reſpect to the right of common to be
allowed to the cottages *.
20 Sept. 1596, Maurice Berkeley demiſed Whiſſen-
dyne and Colon, alias Coſton, co. Leic. to John Pecke.
By inquiſition taken before Thomas Holbeche,
eſcheator, at Melton Mowbray, Dec. 20, 1601, it ap-
pears that Maurice Berkeley was ſeiſed, die obitis, in
his demeſne, as of fee, in the manor of Coſon, alias
Coſton, cum pertinent”, held under queen Elizabeth as
of her manor of Tutbury, co. Stafford, parcel of the
duchy of Lancaſter, in free and common ſocage ; and
that he was alſo ſeiſed of a portion of the tithes in
Colon, called Tatbury tithe, late poſſeſſions of the diſ-
ſolved monaſtery of Tucbury, held of the queen as of
her honour of Eaſt Greenwich, in comitatu Kantie's.
18 Feb. 1601-2, John Pecke ſurrendered the leaſe
to Henry Berkeley, ton and heir of Maurice ; who, in
Hilary term following, ſuffered recovery of the ma-
nor of Colon, alias Coſton. |
Henry Berkeley, eſq; in 1606, conveyed to 1/aac
Sedley, of Charte, co, Kent (after fir Iſaac), and Ro-
bert Dod, of London, yeoman, in trult ; and Dec. 5,
1620, fir William Sedley, of Aylesford, in Kent, knt.
conveyed to Henry Berkeley, of Wymondham, alias
Womandbam, and Edmerthorpe, alias Thorpe Edmer,
alias Edmondthorpe, co. Leiceſter.
Sir Henry Berkeley, of Wymondham, baronet, ſold
Coſton to ſir William Sedley, of Southfleet, knt. 25
Dat' per
„dem H. ten' ꝙ carucatas terræ in Caſtone, Tempore regis Edwardi erant ibi 10 caruce. In dominico eſt 1 caruca
& dimidium, & 2 ſervi; & 12 ſochmanni & 10 villani, cum 1 bordario, habent 7 carucas.
Domeſday, p. 233. a. 2.
3 Dugd. Bar, vol. I. p. 257.
acre prati. Valvit 40 ſolidos, modo 7 libras,”
* Didcrtation on Dometday,
Ibi molinum de 10 ſolidis, & 100
* See more of his family under Groby, 5 MS, Chetwynd,
* From a MS. in the Britiſh Muſeum, (Harl. MSS: 265. p. 92.) intituled, ** Regiſtrum Cartarum Familie de Berkeley;“ in
which are many deeds relative to the poſſeſſions. of that tanily at Burton Lazars, Coſton, Little Dalby, E4mondrhorpe, and
Wymondham, where a further account of this Regiſter will be given,
From the lords Berkley baving formerly poſſeſſed the
two minors, a kind of paramount right over the lord{hip of Colton ſeems to have been claimed by the owners of Wymondham,
7 Dugd. Bar. vol. I. p. 263.
* Berkeley Regillter,
* Elch. » Ric. II. N* 28, Leic.
Vol I.
1 Eſch. 5 Hen. V. N' go, Leic.
** From an original roll, in the poſſeſſion of Mr. Muxloe, of Pickwell.
"9. Six J. Caye, ex MS, penes Edwardum Smith, arm, de Edmonthorp,
9 Kich, 25 Edw. I. N* 51 Leic. Cart. 21 Edw. III.
1 Inquiſ. poſt mortem, 2 5 Hen. VIII.
% MS, Chetwynd.
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144 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
In 1621, Sir John Sedley and Elizabeth his wife
| ſold Coſon to fir John Tufton, who had been knighted
May 11, 1603 ; was created a baronet June 19, 1611;
and died April 2, 1624. .
His ſon, Nicholas, was knighted by king James I,
April 14, 1603 ; created lord Tyfton in 1626, and
earl of Thanet in 1628, died July 1, 1632; leaving
Coſton as part of the dower of his widow, the lady
Frances Cecil, daughter of Thomas earl of Exeter.
Whilſt Coſton was in the counteſs's poſſeſſion, we
find the following order among the records of the
court of exchequer, 16 Car. I.
© Termino Sci Michis, Sabbati, xxiwo die Novembris,
© Leic', Whereas the now ſheriff of the county
of Leiceſter, by virtue of proceſs of extent awarded
forth of this court againſt Frances counteſs of Thanett,
for the ſum of £-500. due upon her compoſition for
depopulation, hath ſeized divers goods of the tenants
of the ſaid counteſs, to the value of £.38. which
moneys remain in his hands : now, for that the court
was this day informed by Mr. Serjeant Clarke, of
counſel with the ſaid counteſs, that the ſaid proceſs
was erroneouſly awarded, for that ſhe had paid the
moneys due according to the days limited by the ſaid
compoſition, and had a ſuperſedeas to the ſaid extent;
yet the ſaid ſheriff refuſed to deliver back the ſaid
moneys: It is thereupon this day ordered by the
court, that the ſaid ſheriff ſhall, upon the ſight of this
order, or a true copy thereof, forthwith pay the ſaid
{-38. to the aſſigns of the ſaid counteſs of Thaner,
without detaining any part thereof for his fee.“
Cecil Tufton, fourth and youngeſt ſon of the firſt
earl of Thanet, was knighted by king Charles II.
April 8, 1666, and was the next owner of Coſton ;
which, by will, dated July 27, 1700, he deviſed to
his wife dame Ayliffe Tufton in fee; who, by deeds
of leaſe and releaſe, dated 13th and 14th of Auguſt,
1717, ſettled it on her ſon Cecil for life, remainder to
his iſſue male, with remainder to Thomas for life, re-
mainder to firſt and other ſons, remainder to five
daughters and all the daughters of Cecil and Thomas
equally, remainder to Cœcil in fee.
In 1753 three of theſe ladies poſſeſſed the manor
as coheireſſes; and on the death of Chriſtiana Tufton,
the ſurvivor of them, in 1783, ſhe, having five-ſixths
veſted in her, gave the ſame to her great nephew James
Phelps, eſq; a captain in the Leiceſterſhire militia, the
preſent owner, who had the other fixth from his mo-
ther Ayliffe Phelps, daughter of Thomas Tufton®, eq.
The old hall-houſe belonging to the manor is now
converted into a farm-houſe, the property of Captain
Phelps ; whoſe deſcent is thus deduced :
Nicholas, earl of Thanet, ob. 16 36. FLady Frances Cecil, daughter of Thomas earl of Exeter.
1. William died young.
3. Nicholas. , Ob. May 6, 1664.
— —
2. John, earl of Thanet, = Lady Margaret Sackville, daughter
to Richard earl of Dorſet.
=
4. Sir Cecil=Ayliffe,
Tufton. |
in 1720, ob. of Rich. Knight= Coiton-hall,
Aug. 1728, ſ. p. ley, ob. 1748. ob. 1743.
beth. lotte.
1. Cecil, mar. Elizabeth, dau. 2. Thomas, « Eliza-=Gray. Ayliffe. Diana. Char- Chriſtiana,
A daughter, Ayliffe.- Abraham Phelps, of Heathfield,
| ;
co. Somerſet, clerk.
Rev. Tufton Gray. Chriſtiana. =Edward Webb.
Charles Tufton Phelps, died before his mother,
Tur GRANGE,
a diſtin manor within this pariſh, belonged very
- early to a family of the name of Brett.
In 1303, it was found that it would be no loſs to the
king, or any other, if the king gave Roger de Bret
leave to enfeolf Roger, his ſon and heir, in one meſ-
ſuage and a virgate of Jand in Coſton, held of the
king in _ by the ſervice of four barbed arrows *
yearly to be paid into the Exchequer *,
Roger le Brett, of Coſton, and Agnes his wife,
were purchaſers of land at Sproxton in 1322.
In 1530, Thomas Carpenter was lord of the manor 5,
By an inquiſmion taken at Loughborough, April 7,
1603, it appears that on Michel! died ieiſed of the
manor of Coſton, alias Coyeſton; alſo of one meſ-
ſuage, two cottages, three gardens, three orchards,
70 acres of land, 40 acres of meadow, 80 acres of
paſture, two acres of wood, and 29 acres of gorle and
heath, in Coſton ; and that they were held of the king
in capite by knight's ſervice; that he died May 13,
1602; and that Thomas Michell, his ſon and heir,
vas then aged 40 years“.
By a court roll, Oct. 20, 1634, of Thomas Micbell,
gentleman, it appears that Frances counteſs dowager
of Thanet land held freely of this manor five ſeveral
meſſuages, demiſed to different tenants, for one of
which, with fixty acres of arable land, ſhe paid an
annual acknowledgement of £3d.; for another, with
——— Hu}
Jane. James Phelps, eſq. the preſent owner.
four acres of newly incloſed paſture land, 53. ; for a
third, with thirty acres of paſture land, 102d. ; for a
fourth, with ſeven acres of paſture land, 24d.; and
forthe fifth, with fix acres of paſture, 4d. 7
Hugh Sharp, at the ſame time, held a meſſuage and
three cloſes, called The Bull Cloſe, Goring-bottom, and
Little Thorney Cloſe, on the tenure of paying a red
roſe annually on Midſummer-day 5.
Sir Richard Ellis, bart. of Nocton, in the county of
Lincoln, and Richard Halford, eſq; of Edith Weſton,
in the county of Rutland, lords in 1730. The Rev.
Thomas Watton was the next poſſeſſor. Jahn Hopkin--
ſon, eſq. was the poſſeſſor in 1769; and from him it
deſcended to Edward Muxloe, eſq. of Pickwell, the
preſent lord, who married Mr. Hopkinſon's daughter.
In 1564, there were-26 families in Coſton.
There are now (1793) 23 or 24.
In the liſt of 1630, no freeholder occurs.
At the general election in 1722, five freeholders
polled from this pariſh ; and four in 1778.
The nett expence of the poor in 1776 was 111. 125.
Medium of three years, 1783—1785, 274. 145.
In plate X XXIV. is a delincation, by Mr. Schneb-
belie, of a petrified oyſter, found lately in Mr. Bulli-
vant's garden at Coſton; in which A. repreſents the
oyſter with both valves; B. the oyſter with the upper
yalye open, to ſhew the caſt, or mould, of the fiſh.
The CHURCH,
dedicated to St. Axdrew, conſiſts of a nave and two
ailes, which are leaded ; aad a chancel anſwering the
nave, which is tiled. There is a ſingularity in the
columns, which ſeparate the ailes from the nave. Thoſe
on the North fide are round; thoſe on the South fide
octagonal. At the bottom of the nave is the ſteeple,
with a pretty ſlender ſpire, of an uncommon form
(lee plate XXXIV.); which, in Auguſt 1729, con-
tained three ſmall bells thus inſcribed :
1. God fave the Church, 1638.“
This bell has been ſince recatt; and the preſent
inſcription is,“ Grata fit arguta reſonans campanula
voce. An. Dom. 1729.”
2. God fave the King, 1671,”
3+» ©* Ceelorum Chriſte, placeat tibi, Ker, ſonus iſte.“
Arms of Tufton, Sable, an eagle diſplayed Ermine, within a bordure, Argent, plate XXXIII. fig. 12,
„ Rogerus le Bret pro quadam terra in Coſton tent? de rege reddit quatuor ſagittas barbatas.“ Gaſcoigne, MS.
Roger le Bret, of Coſton, occurs as a witneſs to an undated deed by which lands at that place are atligned to Thomas de
Berkeley. John de Sproxton, and William Hamelyn, witneſs the ſame deed.
3 Eſch. 31 Edw. I. No 157. Leic,
* See more of the family of Brett under Rotherby.
This appears from an original court rell in the poſſeſſion of Mr, Muxloe.
* Eſch, 1 Jac, I.
7 The ſame five tenements and parcels of land occur in the court roll of 1460, with the ſame acknowledgements to Mr.
Hopkinſon, the then lord, from Diana Tufton, Chriſtiana Tufton, and Charlotte Tufton, ſpinſters.
5 This tenement and the three cloſes were hold in 1760 by Mr. Villiam Robinſon on the ſame tenure ; and are now (1793) in
the occupation of Mr, Gilbert Bullivant, |
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The wake is kept on the Sunday next after the
feaſt of St. Andrew the Apoſtle,
In the 5th of Henry III. the prior of Tutbury was
patron of the church of Coſton; and had five ſheaves
of the tithe of the demeſne, and all the ſmall tithes.
In this church Mr. Burton puts down theſe arms:
1. Gules, 3 lions paſſant guardant, in pale Or.
This coat which is engraved under the pariſh of
Belgrave] ſtill remains in the Eaſt window of the
South aile, very antient; only the field, as well as
lions, is Or ; which being colour upon colour, a great
blunder in heraldry, Mr. Burton thought fit to rectify
it as above. F. PECK.
2. Argent, a maunch Gules. Toney". {Gone.]
A figure of the Holy Trinity in glaſs was taken
down whilſt Mr. Thorp was rector; but in the Eaſt
window of the South aile a ſmall figure of the Cru-
cifixion yet remains entire,
At the Eaſt end of the chancel is a piſcina; and on
the South fide are three ſtone ſeats; and nearly adjoin-
ing, under a window, an arch partly hid by a pew. See
plate XXXIIL fig. 9; and a ſketch of the font, fig. 10.
Over the porch on the South fide of the church :
% I. R. W. I. C. W. 1662.”
At the Weſt end of the nave:
& Gilbert Bullivant, Churchwarden, 101
John Cawthorn, Clerk, Fes
In 1344, the procurations were 76. 64d. The rec-
tory was taxed at 23 marks, and paid 2s. for Peter-
pence. The lord Berkeley had then the patronage,
which at preſent is veſted in the Crown.
In 1659, the rectory was returned worth Gel. ; and
the incumbent “ no preacher.”
It is now (1793) worth 160l. a year. |
The value in the king's books is 16/. 6s. 3d. Epiſ-
copal procurations 46; archidiaconal, 11s. 043d.
RECTORS.
Henry de Ettewell 3, 4 id. Jan. 1230,
William Marſhall, 1534.
Thomas Maſſor 4, 1555.
Gilbert Wetherall, Oct. 1, 1560; buried March 22, 1620,
Edward Heron 5, D. D. 1621, buried March 10, 1649,
Bartholomew Wright, 1649, buried Sept. 7, 1678,
Francis Jones, Sept: 23, 1678,
John Lowthorp *, M. A. F. R. S. March 24, 1686,
Timothy Thorp, March 6, 1689; died 1735,
Edward Pordage, M. A. March 2, 1735-6,
William Coulter, Oct. 12, 1742,
John Adams ?, July 12, 17 54,
William Hervey , April 18, 1778,
1 MONUMENTAL
In the Harleian MSS. Ne 2129, we find that there
was formerly at Coſton a figure in glaſs, made about
the reign of Henry VI, with this inſcription :
« Orate pro bono ſtatu Johannis Charnells, arm.
"TART ENS + -- > + >:5.o +
On flat ſtones in the South aile :
I. Here lieth interred the body of Mr. Wm. Robinſon,
who departed this life April 19, 1753, aged 66.”
2. Here lieth interred the body of
Mrs. Elizabeth Robinſon,
who departed this life Jan. 2, 1754, aged 34+
Alſo John, ſon of the above, who died an infant.“
3. © Here lieth the body of William Robinſon,
who departed this life the 5th day of July, 1767,
in the 84th year of his age.
Likewiſe Anne Robinſon, wife of William Robinſon,
who departed this life Nov, 1, 1770,
in the 8gth year of her age.”
* See Plate XXXIII. fig. 11.
COSTON. 143
Extracts from the regiſter, which begins A. D. 1561,
* Alice Wetherall, wife of Gilbert Wetherall,
clerk, and parſon of Coſton (who were married toges
ther xxxviii years, one month, and xxiii days), was
buried the xxvii®® day of June, 1602.
*© The ſaid Gilbert Wetherall was inſtituted and
induQted into the rectory of Coſton the 1ſt daye of
October, in the year of our Lord God one thouſand
five hundred and three ſcore, and Elizabethe ſecundo.
Written by me, Daniel Wetherall, ſon of the ſayde
Gilbert Wetherall, miniſter and preacher at Reveſby, in
Lincolnſhire, within one myle of Meſam in the Fenne.”
* 1603, Gilbert Wetherall, the ſon of Daniel
Wetherall, clarke, was baptized September 25.
* 1604. Daniel Wetherall, ſon of Richard We-
therall, baptized the 1ſt of June.”
** 1611, Robart, ſon of Gilbert Wetherall, clerk,
baptized 7 day of Maye.“
** 1620. Gilbertus Wetherall, clericus, ſepultus eſt
22 Martii, poſtquam rexerat hanc eccleſiam ſexaginta
annos *.” No entry of a ſucceſſor in this rectory.
* 1649. Edwardus Heron, ſacre theologie pro-
feſſor, rector de Caſton, ſepultus eſt apud Knipton,
in com” Leiceſtr', duodecimo die Martii, anno Dñi
milleſimo ſexcenteſimo quadrageſimo nono.“
1679. Bartholomew Wright, rector of Coſton,
was buried the 7th of September.”
1690. Timothy Thorp, rector, ſigned with the
churchwardens ; and in 1707 Mrs. Thorp was buried.
„ 1735. The Rev. Timothy Thorp, rector of this
pariſh, was buried February 12. He was about 80
years old, and his death was very much regretted by all
that knew him. In his life-time he was charitable with-
out oſtentation, courteous without guile, and pious
without hypocriſy.”
15611565 {Burials 4
1661—1665 Baptiſms 13
PATRONS,
}Prior and convent of Tutbury,
1661—t665, Burials 12
Baptiſms 13
1 Bua 12
Queen Mary.
Queen Elizabeth.
King James I.
King Charles I.
King Charles IL.
King James II.
King William and Queen Mary.
King George II.
King George III.
INSCRIPTIONS
4. Here lieth the body of Mrs. Suſannah Wilſon,
ſiſter to Mrs. Elizabeth Robinſon,
who departed this life April 24, 1780,
in the 56th year of her age.“
In the church-yard :
« Here lieth the body of
the Rev. Mr. Daniel Bullivant,
rector of Saxby, and vicar of Stapleford,
in this county;
who departed this life April 18, 1763,
| in the 52d year of his age.”
© John Bullivant died Sept. 26, 1706, aged 55.
cc John Bullivant died Nov. 13, 1725, aged 45.
Anne Bullivant died March 30, 1733, aged 19.“
In return to the parliamentary enquiry of 1786, it
was anſwered, „ There is no charitable donation of
any ſort belonging to the town of Coſton, to the beſt
of my knowledge or belief. ] aMEs SHERMAT, Curate.”
* From ſeveral of theſe entries it is plain that, during the long time Mr, Wetherall
was rector here, he ſaw his childrens“ children ſurround his table, many of whom reſided here for many years,
3 « Teſtibus Domino J. de Santo Egidio; Magiſtris H. de Hocholt, R. de Raveningham, R. Blundo, & J. de Crakhall,
canonicis Lincolnie ; R. de Poklinton, capellano; Magiſtro Simone Conſtabulario; Remigio de Poklinton, B. de Burgo, Ste-
Phano de Caſtellis; 4 id. Jan', Part 3.“ Reg. Groſſeteſte, pont. 3. |
* In the time of the grand rebellion, the committee of Goldſmiths Hall impoſed a fine of £.70. on Dr, Heron, for his at- |
tachment to the royal cauſe, See Harl. MSS. 2043.
4 Rymer, vol. XV. p. 443.
Mr. Lowthorp vacated this rectory at the Revolution, as a Nonconformiſt, He was the firſt abridger of the © Philoſo-
phical TranſaRions,” continued for three volumes, ending with the year 1700; a plan which met with the public approbation
of the Royal Society, May 5, 1703, A paper of his, on the RefraQion of the Air, 1699, is printed in Phil. Tranſ. XXI. 339.
* He reſided in 1757 at Maydwell, in Northamptonſhire ; and was the well-known © Parſon Adams“ in - Joſeph Andrews,”
* Nephew to the late celebrated author of . Meditations on the Tombs,”
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146 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
EC KK VL ©-V KN
in antient writings called Crobtone, Crokeſon, Croxton
Keryil, and Croxton Cryol ', and now more commonly
Croſon, is ſituated on a hill in the border of the county,
on the turnpike-road between Melton Mowbray and
Grantham, ſeven miles from the latter place, nine
from the former, and about three miles South-eaſt from
Belvoir caſtle. It is ſurrounded . by Knipton and
Hareſton on the North; Eaton and Braunſton on the
Weſt; Waltham and Saltby on the South; and on
the Eaſt by part of the county of Lincoln. In the
eccleliaſtical diviſion of the county, it is in the deanry
of Framland. |
This town is of antient demeſne; for it is under
the title of Terra Regis in Domeſday, where it is
deſcribed as containing twenty-four ploughlands.
Two ploughs were in the demeſne, and five bondmen.
Twenty-two villans, with two bordars, had two ploughs
and a half (that is, they had arable land ſufficient to
employ two ploughs, and half enough to employ a
third). Thirty ſocmen had eight ploughs. There
were thirty acres of meadow ; and two mills of the
yearly value of eight ſhillings *.
Of Knipton and Hareſton, which, at the df of the
ſurvey, were both attached to the manor of Croxton,
the particulars will be found under each reſpective
pariſh.
: The lordſhip of Croxton was one of the 120 ma-
nors which were given by William the Conqueror,
with the baronial honour of Eye in Suffolk, to Robert
Mallet, great chamberlain of England, and ſon to him
who was the companion of his expedition, By this
powerful Norman the caſtle of Eye was built, and a
monaſtery was founded; but theſe and all other his
poſſeſſions in this kingdom were ſoon after forfeited,
in conſequence of his adhering to Robert duke of
Normandy, in oppoſition to his younger brother Wil-
liam Rufus. |
The barony of Eye (to which the lordſhip of
Croxton and that of Sedgebrook, co. Lincoln, then
belonged) was given by Rufus to his nephew Stephen;
who, upon his being advanced to the throne, granted
this honour, &c. to his natural ſon William, earl of
Moretaign in Normandy, who in the right of his wife
Iſabel, daughter and heir of William de Warren earl of
Warren and Surrey, became earl of Surrey, and after-
wards ſtyled himielf earl of Warren, Bologne, and
Moretaigne,
This earl William died in October 1160; and
leaving no ifſue, king Henry II. retained awhile the
lordſhips of Croxton and Sedgebrook in his own hands;
which, after ſome time, he exchanged for thoſe of
Corſham and Culington; two thirds of which be—
longed to William Parcar, the fon of Ingelram Parcar of
Lyons“ (a Norman, who came over with the Conqueror);
the other third to Maſilia de Apegard, who obtained in
courſe a third part of Croxton and Sedgebrook in fee;
and had a daughter, Sarezina, who ſucceeded to her
third part of the ſaid lordſhips. The portion of Maſilia
was held under the ſervice of bearing the ſtandard of
the Parcars (vexillum Parcariorum), whenever they
were in the actual ſervice of the king. This portion
of. the lordſhip deſcended to Margery her daughter,
who brought it in marriage to Roger de St. Albin 5.
William Parcar, at his death, was ſucceeded at
Croxton by his brother Hugo; who was prevented from
taking ſeiſin of Sedgebrook by Henry earl of Brabant
and Lorrain, then lord of the barony of Eye 7.
Hugo held not this lordſhip long; for, ſoon after
his coming into poſſeſſion of it, whilſt king Richard I.
was a priſoner in Germany, John earl of Moretaign his
brother (who raiſed great commotions in England,
and particularly at Nottingham, in his abſence) gave
it to Hubert de Burgh his chamberlain. Hugo Parcar
was at that time abſent in Normandy ; but in leſs
than half a year, accompanying king Richard on his
return to England, he was reſtored to his poſſeſſions at
Croxton, which he held peaceably till the year 1203,
when Philip Auguſtus, the French king, baving ſeized
upon the lands belonging to the Engliſh in Normandy,
king John retaliated by ſeizing the poſſeſſions of the
French in England ; on which occaſion the lands of
Hugo Parcar at Croxton becoming eſcheated to the
crown, king John gave to Geffrey Luttrell two thirds
of the rown of Croxton, and two thirds of the park
there. From him it deſcended to his ſon Andrew,
under-ſheriff to Philip Marc, ſheriff of Nottingham-
ſhire, whoſe daughter he married. But Hubert de
Burgh being afterwards, in 1219, advanced to the
high office of juſticiar of England *, again got poſſeſ-
ſion of it; king Henry III. May 23, 1224, ſending
his precept to the ſheriff of Leiceſterſhire, requiring
him to give Hubert full ſeiſin of the manor of Croxton,
with its appurtenances, and alſo of the lordſhip of
Sedgebrook, from which he expelled Reginald de Vaux,
the tarmer of Almeric de Evreux, earl of Glouceſter.
Hubert, who in 1227 was raiſed to the title of earl
of Kent“, gave Croxton, by the King's conſent, to
Magot his daughter; till, upon an inſurrection raiſed
by Hubert, the king gave Croxton for a time to
Waleran le Tybeis, but afterwards reſtored it to Magot;
on Whoſe death her father reſumed the lordſhip, and
gave it to Philip Baſſett, who held it but a ſhort time,
as Hubert could not warrant his grant ; and the title
being litigated in 1234, it reverted to the crown, and
the abbor of Croxton held the lordſhip for a few
years as the king's tenant,
April 26, 1242, king Henry III. gave to Bertram
de Criol **, for his homage and ſervice, the manor of
The addition of Keryel, or Cryol, aroſe from one of its early lords, to diſtinguiſh it from South Croxton in this county.
See note below.
2 «« Rex tenet Crohtone, Ibi ſunt 24 carucatz terræ.
In dominico ſunt 2 caruce & 4 ſervi.
Et 22 villani cum 2 bordariis
habent 2 carucas & diwidium ; & 30 ſochmanni habent 8 carucas. Ibi zo acrz prati, & 2 molendini de 8 ſolidis,” Domeſday,
p. 230. a. col.
3 A portrait of this king, from a paving-tile preſerved out of the ruins of Wardon abbey, founded by fir Walter Eſpec (ſee
p. 28), is engraved in plate XXXVI. fig. 14.
* Dugd, Bar. vol. I. p. 76.
5 He is in ſome places called Ingelramus Parcarius Lizzs ; in others Ingelramus Portarius de Linus. For the ſake of uni-
formity, the name of Parcar is uſed throughout in this Hiſtory of Croxton. In the Appendix, the name ſhall be given indif-
ferently as it may occur in the tranſcript of the reſpective deeds, From the ſimilarity of the c and t in old writings, the miſ-
take is eaſily accounted for; and the x and u, it is well known, are perpetually confounded,”
* Appendix, p. 78.
7 This barony was in the King's hands 9 Edward II. and fo continued until Edward III. granted it to John of Eltham,
earl of Cornwall; but he dying without iſſue, the ſame king granted it to Robert de Ufford, whom he had lately made earl of
Suffolk.
to the marquis Cornwallis,” Kirby's Suffolk Traveller, p. 176.
% Hub de Burgo, Juſtic' Angl'. Fin. levat apud Weſtm. 3 Sept. Paſch. 4 Hen. III.“
9 Clauſ. 8 Hen. III. m. 14.
„The honour and manor of Eye Sokemere belongs now, but not in that vaſt extent which Robert Mallet had it in,
Dugdale, Orig. Jurid.
i Arms; Gules, ſeven lozenges conjoined vaire, 3, 3, 1.
1 He was called the great lord of Kent, where he had Oſtenhanger, and large poſſeſſions; ſucceeded Hubert de Burgh in the
ſhrievalty of that county, and continued in that office from the 16th to the 24th year of Hen. III. and again from 27 to 32 Hen.
III. Harris, p. 424. He was alſo governor of the caſtles of Dover and Rocheſter,
Cryoll, or Keryell, the great landed man
of Kent, bare Or, two cheyronels, aud a canton Gules, Camden's Remains, pp. 135. 217, 218,
A
. Croxton,
133%, 7
F
x]
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
Croxton, with its appurtenances, he county of
Leiceſter, in part of exchange for the manor of Retel-
berne, in the ſame county ©; which he had firſt given to
the ſaid Bertram, but afterwards to one Peter of Savoy;
for the preſent exchange whereof he now gave to the
above Bertram 160. lands in Lechton (ſo that he ſhould
have in all 4ol. lands in Croxton and Lechton), paying
only to the king one pair of gilt ſpurs yearly, of the
value of 6d. (or 6d. in money) on the feaſt of St.
Michael : provided, however, that if the king, or his
heirs, ſhould, in time of peace, be minded to reſtore
the ſaid manor of Croxton to the right heir, that then
the king, or his heirs, ſhould fi:ſt allow the ſaid Ber-
tram a reaſonable exchange. But hear the record“:
Rex archiepiſcopis, &c. ſalutem. Sciatis nos de-
diſſe, & hac carti noſtri confirmaſſe, Bertramo de
Criol, pro homagio & ſervicio ſuo, manerium de Crox-
ton, in com” Lcic?, cum pertinentiis omnibus, in yille-
nagiis, & ſerviciis liberorum hominum, pratis, paſcuis,
& in omnibus aliis rebus ad manerium illud pertinen-
tibus, abſque ullo retenemento, pro XX#1111 libratis
terre, cum pertinentiis; in partem excambii pro ma-
nerio de Ketelberne, quod cidem Bertramo prius de-
derimus, & quod poſtea dedimus Petro de Sabaud'; &,
pro cujus excambio perficiendo, dedimus eidem Ber-
tramo xvii libratas terre, cum pertinentiis, in Lechton;
jra quod plenè & integre habeat xL libratas terre,
cum pertinentiis, in Croxton & Lechton, pro predicto
manerio de Ketelberne ; habendum & tenendum, de
nobis & heredibus noſtris, bi & heredibus ſuis, libere,
quiete, pacificè, integre, honorifice, & jure hereditario
imperpetuum; reddendo inde nobis & heredibus noſtris
per annum unum par calcariorum deauratorum pretii
vid. vel ſex denarios, ad ſcaccarium, die S. Mich",
pro omnibus ſerviciis, tallagiis, ſectis curie, conſuetu-
dinibus, & demandis; ita quod nos vel heredes noſtri
habere vel exigere poterimus, de predicto Bertramo
vel heredibus ſuis, pro predicto manerio de Croxton,
cum pertinentiis, nifi ſolummodo predictum par cal-
-eariorum deauratorum pretii vid. vel ſex denarios,
pro omni ſervicio impetpetuum; niſi munerium illud
reddiderimus rectis heredibus, per voluntatem noſtram,
vel per pacem. Et ſi contingat quod nos vel heredes
noſtri illud reddere voluerimus rectis heredibus, per
voluntatem noſtram vel per pacem, conceſſimus ei,
quod nos vel heredes noſtri non deſſeiſemus inde ip-
ſum Bertramum, vel heredes ſuos, donec eis fecerimus
rationabile excambium ad valentiam ejuſdem manerii.
Quare volumus, &c. Hiis teſtibus, W. Ebor' archi-
epiſcopo; W. Karlicl', H. Elienſ', W. Wigorn', epiſ-
copis; R. comite Cornub' & Pictavie; W. Mareſcallo,
com' Pembroke; R. de Quency, com' Wynton';
CROMX TON. "41 147
H. de Bohun, com' Heref* ; R. te Bigod, com' Norf';
W. de Cantilupo; Johanne filio Galfridi; Will' de
Eboraco, pre poſito Beverl'; Johanne Pleſſet; Gal -
frido Diſpenſer; Jeremia de Caxton; Henrico de
Bathon', Rogero de Thurkelby, & aliis. Dar” per
manum noſtram apud Wynton” xx v1 die April.“
From Bertram de Criol this magor paſſed to his ſon
Nicholas; who married Joan, daughter and heir of
William de Aubervill ; and obtained from king Henry
III, Dec. 28, 1247, for himſelf and his heirs, licence
to hold a weekly market on Monday, and a fair yearly
on the eve, day, and morrow of St, Barnabas the
Apoſtle, at his manor of Croxton, co. Leiceſter ; as
alſo liberty of free-warren in all his demeſne lands
there: “ Hiis teſtibus, Willielmo de Cantilupo, Ra-
dulpho filio Nicholai, Johanne de Pleſſet, Henrico
Haſtinges, Bertramo Cryol, Paulino Peverel, Roberto
de Muſcegros, Barth. Peche, Nicholas de Boleville,
Ricardo de Clifford, Galfrido de Langell, Roberto
Malerand, Radulpo de Waumye, Roberto de Norreys,
& aliis. Dat' per manum noſtram apud Wynton”,
xXXv111 die Dec' 3,”
The regiſter of Croxton abbey preſerves an accu-
rate deſcription of the ſtate of this town in 1258,
when Nicholas de Criol poſſeſſed the lordſhip; which
then conſiſted of 24 ploughlands, and was exempt
from all ſuit and ſervice to any other perſon, from
all payments by way of ſheriff's aid, and from com-
mutations for murder. The free tenants at that time
were the lady Sara of Knipton, Reger Parys, Thomas
de Graham, William F Enfant, Henry Fitz-Robert, Si-
mon Fitz-Thomas, William the Fowler, Roger Niger,
Walter Smith, Richard le Mayne, Roger de Inſirmitario,
and Wiiliam the Tanner.
The Ruſtici held ten ploughlands in the demeſne,
for which they paid to Hugh de Burgh and his pre-
deceſſors at the rate of 55. a virgate; but the lord
Philip Baſſet raiſed them to 8s. which ſum they con-
tinued to pay.
Of the free Citiarit Hugh Payn held two acres and
a meſſuage at 12d. a year; and Richard Fitz-Ailward
another meſſuage at 1s. 64.
Among the Cotiarii who were tenants at will, were
the wife of Richard Grumuld, Ailmer, Walter Parys,
the widow Giltan, Richard Stoyle, Botulph Payn. The
rents of each of theſe were raiied by Philip Baſſet
from 15. to 14. 64. |
The total ſums paid by the ſeveral tenants, with
the diſtinction between the lands and privileges be-
longing to Nicholas de Cryol, and thoſe of the abbot
and convent of Croxton, may be ſeen more at latge
in the Appendix, p. 80, 81.
Nich. de Criol, ſon and heir, 18 and 19=Rofia,
(Pedigree of CRIOL, from SzG ar's Baronagium Genealogicum, MS. p. 341.)
Arms: Or, two chevronels and a canton Gules.
Bertram de Criol, ſheriff of Kent from 16 to 23 Hen. III. ſometime ſheriff of Eſſex
Simon, brother to Bertram.
and Herts, keeper of Dover and Rocheſter caſtles, owned Croxton Criol. co. Leic.
Dugd. Mon. Angl. III. p. 70.
— & W
John de Criol, 41 Hen. III.
ob. 48 Hen. III. Had lands
in Kent.
Cinque Ports, ſheriff of Kent 54 Hen. III. | de Amberville (or Hawberville). She
Nicholas de Criol, 47 Hen. III. warden of the Joan, dau. and ſole heir of fir William
and governor of Rocheſter caſtle. 12 her huſband Oſtenhanger.
— 2 =
Nicholas de Criol, ſum- Margaret, dau. of fir
Bertram de Criol, ſon and heit, Eleanor, dad. and at length coheir
moned to parliament | Gilbert Peche. Mon.
was a rebel baron temp. Hen. | to Hamon de Crevequere, by his
III. ob. 23 Edw. I.“ wife Maud, ſiſter and heir to
Will. Abrincis, or Averenches.
Joan“, mar. John de Criol, eldeſt js
Edw. II. admiral of the fleet 54] fir Richard ſon and heir, xt. 24
as a baron, 8 June, | Ang. vol. II. p. 623.
22 Edw. I.
Bertram de N. N.
brother and heir,
died 34 Ed w. |
the Thames' Mouth Southward. de Rokeſley. an, ad mort. Patr.
Placita Parl. 579. | | Ob. ſ. p.
— Kriell, ſon and Joan, eldeſt dau. and coheir 2 2d dau. and coheir, mar.
1
John de Criol. = Eleanor
heir. See Cott. Libr. mar. ſir William Baud, kunt. . to Walter de Pateſhull; ſon and heir, |
— F. 8. Viſit. ſhe was coheir to her coufin adly, to fir Tho. de Poynings. ob. . p. |
' Huntingd. 1613. |
John de Criol.
Sir Michael Poynings knt.
John Kriell. coheir to fir John de Criol.
Nicholas Kriell. Roefa, wife of John Wyckers,
[ of Newmarket, q.
William ger 4
John Kriell, 1613.
* Sec above, under Abkettleby, p. 9. ® Cart, 26 Hen, III. m. 1. Cart. 31 Hen. III. m. 12.
1 Had part of the barony of Folkeſton in right of his wife. 5 She brought Terlingham in Kent to her huſband.
o. be | Q q Reye's g
148 HISTORY anv ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Croxton, Knipton, and
Hareſton, anſwered collectively as one vill.
In 1296, the following article occurs among the
archives of the ſee of Lincoln:
** Memorand* quod dominus Johannes de Segrave
recognovit ſe debere Olivero epiſcopo 25/. 152.3 in
quibus tenetur dicto epiſcopo pro relevio ſuo 3 feo-
dorum milit* in Dalby-Chaucumb & Crokeſton, &
pro 2 feodis & 3 partibus unius feodi milit' in Ward-
ington, Burton, Riſele, & Den, 17 kal. Decemb' '.”
Nicholas de Criol, ſon of the Nicholas laſt men-
tioned, had ſummons to parliament among the barons
of the realm“ in 1296 and, at the time of his death,
in 1304, held the manor of Croxton, with its appur-
tenances, of Bertram Kiriell, of Welles, by the ſervice
of one pair of gilt ſpurs, price vid. per annum. And
Nicholas, his ſon and heir, was then aged 219.
In 1335, Jobn de Kiriel was lord of the manor of
Croxton, co. Leiceſter, as alſo of the manor of Hin-
ton, co, Cambiidge ; both which he held of the king
in capite by the ſervice of three knights fees 4,
The following fragment, being an imperfect pedi-
gree of ſome branch of the Kyriels, and no date to
the deſcents, is taken from the Chetwynd MSS.
Nich. Kyriel. Joan Nevile.
—
Margaret. obert Hereward, knt,
Margery. Sir William Lovell, knt.
Beatrix Roger Chamber.
tes
=
Sir John Chamber, knt.
In the ſubſidy of 1445, Croxton Kiriel was rated at
3/.125.; from which ſum an abatement was made of 65.
The manor was afterwards veſted in the prior and
convent of Croxton ; and, upon the diſſolution ot the
religious houſes, was granted, in 1541, to Thomas earl
of Rutland, with many other manors, tenements, pr f
ſonages, &c. belonging to the then lately diſſo
priory of Croxton . And in the deſcendants of this
noble earl the manor and advowſon of Croxton till
remain, together with a beautiful park of conſiderable
extent, formerly the ſite of the abbey, and afterwards
of a manſion-houſe built by Thomas the firſt earl of
Rutland from the materials of the demoliſhed abbey ;
which has fince given way to a pleaſant hunting-ſcat,
built between the years 1710 and 1720, by Jobn the
ſecond duke of Rutland, where the antient hoſpitality
of the family is ſtil] maintained. A ſlight North view
of it, taken by Mr. Pridden, June 8, 1792, is given
in plate XXXV.
Over the chimney of the dining-parlour of this
houſe, is placed a converſation piece of whole length
figures, of the duke of Devonſhire (probably William
third duke), duke of Rutland (probably the builder's
ſon John third duke), lord Howe (probably the firſt),
lord William Manners (ſecond ſon of the builder),
and Mr. Herbert. The firſt ſtands ; the ſecond fits;
as does the third, lifting up his left arm: while the
fourth flouriſhes a whip over him. The whole com-
poſition is in the ſtyle of Mr. Highmore, and probably
painted for the preſent duke's grandfather, who, with
his friends or hunting companions, make the ſubje&
of it. On the frame above, Animas non candidiores
terra tulit.
In an adjoining room is a ſmall portrait of eplonel
Hewer, an intimate friend of the late marquis of
Granby during his travels through Italy.
The offices of the old houſe remain; to the South
and Weſt of them, at the diſtance of about 60 or 70
yards, inclining towards Belvoir, is the fite of the
abbey, in which only one ſpot has a name, the church-
yard. In the wall of a building is ſet a roſe, an old
key-ſtone, and a fluted ſtone ; and in a lime-houſe we
were ſhewn, June 8, 1792, a pinnacle of the old
building. The whole fite ſhews foundations, many
of which have been dug up to mend the roads, and
perhaps to build the old houſe. At the door of the
lime-houſe lies a large and fair white flab.
In 1766 an act was paſſed, for dividing and in-
cloſing certain open arable fields and common paſ-
tures within the pariſh of Croxton Kerial, containing
about 2100 acres, In this act John duke of Rutland
is deſcribed as lord of the manor, and patron and im-
propriator of the rectory of Croxton, and entitled
to the great tithes yearly ariſing within the ſaid pa-
riſh; and as owner and proprietor of all the lands and
grounds lying within the ſaid pariſh; and the Rev.
John Brown, as vicar of Croxton, was entitled to the
vicarial, or ſmall, tithes arilng within the ſaid pariſh,
and alſo to certain glebe lands within the ſaid fields
and paſtures. An allotment was firſt directed to the
vicar in lieu of his glebe land; and afterwards a ſe-
venth part of the remainder to be ſet out for the
impropriator and vicar (to be proportioned by the
commiſſioners), in lien of great and ſmall tithes,
and all other payments; the uſual and accuſtomed
mortuaries and ſurplice-fees alone excepted.
The lordſhip of Croxton is the ſole property of
Fohn Henry the preſent duke of Rutland. The ſoil is
'not very excellent; yet it is eſteemed a healthy place,
the air good, and it is remarkably well furniſhed with
ſprings of pure water; and though no inſtance oc-
curs upon the torabs, or in the pariſh regiſter, of
perſons remarkavly old, or who have reached 100
years, yet the many who arrive at 70, 80, and even
go, indicate a degree of ſalubrity not very common.
In 1564, there were 50 families in Croxton.
The village now contains about 420 inhabitants,
No freeholder occurs in the liſt of 1630. Ten
polled from this place in 1722; and in 1778, twelve
freeholders were reſident at Croxton Keriel, whoſe
freeholds were all ſituated in the neighbouring villages.
March 24, 1606-7, Michael Okins, gentleman, was
robbed at Croxton of 251. by perſons unknown; for
which loſs, and coſts of ſuit, he recovered of the
hundred 43/. 23.0
The regiſter begins in 1621, but with baptiſms
only, no burials occurring till 1670,
The baptiſms for twenty years from the beginning
of the regiſter were 195, that is, about ten in a year;
the burials from the year 1670, for the ſame number
of years, rather exceeding fix, The baptiſms for the
twenty years ending in 1789 were 285, average
yearly 14 and the burials 165, the average eight.
The nett expence of the poor in 1776 was 73/.
16s. 11d.
Medium of three years, 1783—1785, 65]. 165. 8d.
No manufactures or arts, &c. are found here; and
the huſbandry has nothing particular in it.
The wake is held the Sunday before Midſummer.
The CHURCH,
which is dedicated to St. Jobn, was given to the abbot
and convent of Croxton, by their earlieſt benefactor,
William earl of Bologne, Moretaigne, and Warren, a
natural ſon of king Stephen. The exact date of the
grant is not known; but it muſt have been before
the death of his father, which happened in 11 54, as
the grant was confirmed by that king, who expreſs]
gave the church ro Thomas abbot of Croxton, with
ten oxgangs of land, and a toft which had belonged
to Edric, with a bordar, and all that appertained
P the church, in tithes, talliages, or other lawful
ues. 5
Bridges, vl. II. p. 1; ex libro memorand? Oliveri epiſcopi Line', pro ann” 17, 1296, fol. 1 58, b.
It ſhould ſeem that many great and opulent perſons who held baronies in antient times were not always ſummoned to
parliament, as it may be remarked, that the chief privileges of thoſe days were privileges of barony, not of parliament ; and
that ſuch barons who reſided far from the capital, and held no offices about the court, were ſeldom deſirous of writs of ſummons
to parliament ; and Dugdale ſays, that fir Thomas de Weſt, baron De la War, 2 Edw. IV. obtained, by way of indulgence
from the king, a writ of exemption from parliamentary attendance for a long term of years.
3 Eſch. 32 Edw. I. N* 29. Leic.
Ad quod dampn. Ne 27. Leic.
5 See the full particulars of this grant, under the Hiſtory of the Abbey, p. 157 ; and ſee above, p. 43.
Carte, MS, from Coke's Book of Entries, p. 351.
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Robert de Cheſney, or de Querceto, who was biſhop
of Lincoln from 1147 to 1167, by another charter,
confirmed the church of Croxton to the abbey, with
the land called Hulueſwong, and other lands enume-
rated in the deed. ,
In 1220, the patron of the church of Croxton was
the then abbot of Croxton ; the ſaid abbot and his
predeceſſors having it (that is, the appropriation of
the great tithes) to their proper uſe from the founda-
tion of the ſaid houſe. |
The right of the abbey again received a ſolemn
confirmation, by an act of the dean and chapter of
Lincoln, between 1263 and 1272, whilſt William de
Lexington was dean. =
In 1344, the procurations were 75. 64d. ; the vi-
carage was taxed at 24 marks, and paid two ſhillings
for Peter-pence. ws
In 1534-5, the procurations and ſynodals were, 115. ;
and a penſion of 1 35. 4d. was paid to the abbot of Drax.
In the return from the commiſſioners appointed by
King Henry VIII. to ſurvey the ſeveral chautries
Pin this county, I find the following entity:
c Croxton.. Vtt dothe appeare by the booke of the
fyrſt fruits and renths that there ſhould be a chantry
ther; notwithſtanding, ther never was a chantry ther,
that we could lern, unleſs ther were any within the
late abbey of Croxton, whyche the late erle of Rut-
land held by virtu of the kyng's majeſties letters
patents, ut dicitur .“
In 1650, Croxton was returned as an impropri
ation; the rectory worth . 60; the vicarage £.4c ;
and the incumbent as ſufficient.”
It is at preſent rated in the king's books at J. 7.
"145. 74.; clear yearly value £.41. 75. 4. Procu-
rations to the biſhop, for the rectory 2. 11d. ; for
the vicarage, 15. 2d. |
The endowment of the vicar is from land aſſigned
to him at the time of the incloture; and he hath
tithe bread, as at Claxton *. -
The preſent patron is the moſt noble 7obn Henry
Croxton church is a plain, but neat, building, broad
in proportion to its height. It conſiſts of a nave and
two ailes, all which are leaded; and has a South porch.
The tower riſes from the Eaſt between the nave and
the chancel ; which laſt has a door into it from the
VIC ARS.
Walter de Sauceby $5, 1231,
Walter the Chaplain”, 1237,
William de Leyceſter 5, 1242.
Richard Ward, 1 534,
James Twiſt, June 4, 1661,
Guſtavus Hawes 9 Oct. 12, 1669,
Ephraim Garthwaite , March 7, 1680,
Abel Ligonier **, Sept. 29, 1692,
ou Holden *, Aug. 10, 1694 ; died 1701,
arjonah Dove , B. A. July 3, 1701,
John Major, Feb. 28, 1702,
John Vincent, M. A. July 28, 1703 ; died 1713,
Richard Burgis “, B. A. March 28, 1721,
Samuel Crooke, July 13, 1723,
ohn Browne , M. A. May 6, 1729,
ugh Wade , April 3, 1771,
Samuel Beilby , D. D. Aprit 27, 1776,
of it, taken by Mr. Schnebbelie Sept. 20 1791, in plate
CROXTON. T3: 149
bottom of the tower, but none from the outfide. The
whole building is in good condition. See a South view
XXXV; and a ſeparate ſketch of the Welt end, fig. 6.
The tower is adorned with battlements and pinna-
cles, and contains five middling bells thus inſcribed :
I. *© MEROREM MEST1S?,' LET1S SIC LETA sON ABO.
＋ 1613.
2. Jheſus be dure ſpede.“
| 3» % Sancta Maria.” / |
4 © God ſave the king. Tobie Norris caſt me,
1674.”
5+. *© CELORUM CHRISTE, PLACEAT TIBI, KEX,
SONUS 1STE.”
There is alſo a Saint's bel], but no inſcription
upon it. 22
The South porch has a pointed arch on hexagon
pillars, and in the Eaſternmoſt pilaſter is a piſcina,
The inner arch of the door is of wood, with a niche
in the centre, of the form ſhewn in plate XXXV. fig. 2.
The roof of the nave reſts on three pointed arches
and octagon pillars. The tower is in the centre on
fimilar arches and pillars. Thoſe of the chancel are
plain and modern.
In the ſecond window of the North aile are the
remains of three ſaints; under the third a woman in
blue kneeling ; under her
++ ++ +4 + + + + + + +« 6 matild'* uxoris ejus.
The font and its ſhaft are plain and octagon.
On the ſeats, which are antient, are ſeveral carv-
ings of arms, &c. In the nave are thoſe in plate
XXXIV. fig. 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14; together with
a cluſter ot four owls (twice), a ſhepherd and two
ws two dragons, &c,
n the South aile there is an antient locker.
There are alſo two chevronels, the arms of Cryol,
as in fig. 9; and on the wainſcot is the rebus of Hew-
bald, a Saxon name, fig. 15. 16.
In the North aile is a lion paſſant guardant, as fig.
12; and on the faſcia of the wall, Gothic W's in
chain-work,, bears, pelicans, heads, lilypot, ſhs &c.
The clerk's name is written on the wall, as in many
other churches of this county; and here is a fort of
{peaking trumpet, which occurs likewiſe in ſeveral
other churches, and ſerved originally as an accompa-
niment to the ſinging of Pſalms 5.
PAT RONS.
Abbot and conyent of Croxton.
{Jobn, eighth earl of Rutland.
1
John, ninth carl of Rutland,
John, third duke of Rutland.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS
In this church Mr. Burton mentions (as remaining in
his time) a monument of one of the Kiriels, or Crzols,
whereon was carved their coat, Argent, two chevrons
Under the North arch of the tower is a brafileſs
From the original retyra in the Augmentation Office, May 25, 1793
The paſſing bell, whilſt the ſick perſon was dying. G. A,
lab, which had the figure of a religious perſon kneel-
ing to a large croſier: three fcrolls above and one be-
hind, and a plate under him. See plate XX XV. fag. 3.
and a canton Gules ; whereof there are now no remains.
Another ſlab, deprived of its braſſes, is repreſented
in fig. 47 and a ſtone with a croſs fleury, fig. 5.
IP See p. 133.
* Matilda l Kufzut was a benefaQreſs to Croxton abbey. See p. 1... 2391
I remember a long tube of tin for this purpoſe at Twyford, that bellowed or brayed nobly. G. A.
Reg. Hugonis de Welles.
7. Reg. Groſſeteſte.
Ibid.
' He is the firſt miniſtei who figns the regiſter, He was afterwards rector of Redmile and Aylſton ; where ſee his epitaph,
'* See under Hareſton.
> Vicar alſo of Eaton. See note , in p 150.
1 Vicar of Redmile 1694 ; and in 16979 rector of Bottesford, where he was buried 1912, See p. 97.
Of Emanuel.college, Cambridge, B. A. 1696,
1% Of Sydney college, Cambridge. He was afterwards rector of Waltham.
'5 Of Jeſus college, Cambridge; ſchooimaſter of Melton Mowbray, He died May 4, 1771. See his epitaph 7 — 108.
, k.
16 He died at Newark.
Rector allo of Folkton, in Yorkſhire, He married, May 2792, Miſs
of Newar
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On a plain ſtone near the communion table:
Hie jacent reliquize Johannis Vincent, A. M.
hujus ecclefize vicarii. 5
Obiit 26 die Septembris,
ztatis ſuz 35, anno Salutis 1713.“
On a ſmall ſquare ſtone, in the wall of the chancel:
* In memory of Ruth Crooke,
who died Oct. the 19th, 1723, aged 19.“
On a flat ſtone at the Weſt end of the church:
© In memory of Mrs. Mary Key,
who was houſekeeper to his Grace
John the third duke of Rutland many years.
She had a moſt extenſive knowledge in her profeffion
and departed this life Sept. 25, #738, aged 62.”
On another, near the door of the South porch, on
a blue flat ſtone:
_ « Here lye interred the remains of Mrs. Mary Weſton,
wife and relict of William Weſton, of Croxton,
*ſervant to his Grace John duke of Rutland
at Croxton Park.
She died Nov. 26, of 1741, aged 73 years.”
In the church-yard :
Near the North-eaſt corner of the church is the
following inſcription, now nearly obliterated :
cc Johannes Holden *, olim hujus [eccleſiæ vicarii *]
& Elizabetha uxor ejuſdem,
foelicem reſurrectionem expectantes.
Salutis 1701
ille * Jan. anno 0 eeatis 92. F
, | Salutis 1711,
illa 31 Dec. anno — 73.
On a large altar tomb at the Eaſt end of the chancel:
« Here was buried the body of
' Francis Hudleſtone®, gent.
(ſervant to his Grace John firſt duke of Rutland)
who departed this life November the 29th, 1705,
aged 63.” '
Obiit
Several other altar tombs and coffin-faſhioned ſtones
are found at the chancel end, adjoining or near to the
above, which appear to belong to the ſame family
thoſe which are legible are as follow :
& Mr. Francis Huddleſtone, who died
Jan. 28, 1731, aged 17.“
0 Mr. Francis Huddleſtone,
ſon of Francis and Penelope Huddleſtone,
who departed this life the 3oth of April, 1715,
| aged 30 years,”
« To the memory of
Mr. John Lenton Huddleſtone,
ſon of Francis and Penelope,
who died at Black River in Jamaica,
July 15, 1755, in his 24th year.“
On two broad thick ſtones :
« To the memory
of two infant children
of Francis and Penelope Huddleſtone.”
Cloſe by Mr. Francis Huddleſtone lies the body of
a dear friend, who deſired to be buried as near to
him as poſliblez for whom an ordinary free-ſtone is
ſet up againſt the chancel wall with this inſcription :
« Here lieth interred the
body of William Smith,
late of this pariſh, gent,
who departed this life
.
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18 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES of LEICESTER SN
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May the 19th, anno Dom. 1711,
Aged 80 years.
* He gave, by his laſt will;
L. 100. to be laid out on
a purchaſe for the perpetual
maintenance of four poor mi-
niſters widows “; and L.1co. to this
pariſh for the endowment of
a free-ſchool for ever; and the
intereſt of C. oo. for ever ro
help poor maids marriages in
this pariſh, and Market Orton,
in the county of Rutland.”
On flat ſtones in the middle of the church-yard:
1. * In memory of Ann, wife of William Stevens,
who died Aug. 23, 1745.”
2. © In memory of Alice Stevens (daughter of
Mr. George Henton, of Ragdale),
who died Nov. 19, 1758.”
On upright ſtones :
Jane wife of Robert Lovett, died May 5, 1755,
ed 80.
1 ohn Gladwin died Oct. 10, 1759, aged 75.
illiam Streeton died May 3, 1770, aged go,
Anne Compton, died Oct. 6, 1779, aged 74.
William Good died May 12, 1780, aged 73.
Mr. Edward Stevens died Aug. 23, 1783, aged 78.
Richard Briggs died Nov. 29, 1785, aged 77.
John Gladwin died in December 1787, aged 82.
CrHanrTABLE BENEFACTIONS,
Upon a ſtone faſtened to the South-weſt pillar that
ſupports the ſteeple : | |
* MR, EDWARD HALLAM, CITIZEN OF LONDON,
s BORNE IN THIS TOWNE;
GAYE TO THIS TOWNE ONE HUNDRED POUNDSS,
\.* THE YEARLY REVENUE OF If TO BE DIVIDED AS
FOLLOWS}
ONE SIXTH TO THE MINISTER 3
ONE SIXTH TO THE CHILDREN CATECHIZED 3
FOUR SIXTHS TO THE POOR,
OBIIT ANNO DOM. 1663.“
Upon the North-weſt pillar that ſupports the ſteeple :
William Cheſter®, late of Knipton, in the county
of Leiceſter, deceaſed May the 19th, 1503, gave the
yearly revenue of C. 5. to the poor of this town, to
be paid on the 10th of December (only two Bibles of
- 75. price to be given out of the ſaid ſum to two
poor children) out of certain lands in Barkſtone.“
On the South pillars :
1.“ Edward Rimmington, late of Croxton, in the
county of Leiceſter, gave fix ſhillings to the poor of
this town, to be paid on the 24th of June yearly out
of certain lands at Stoneſby, 1719.“
2. Mrs, Mary Weſton, late of Croxton, in the
county of Leiceſter, gave £.10. to the poor of this
town ; the intereſt of it will be paid, 10s. a year, 0n
the 2d day of February. 1741,”
3. Rachael Aſhboutn, late of this pariſh, gave
the ſum of C. 10. the intereſt thereof to be given to
five poor widows or fatherleſs children, on Chriſtmas-
eve yearly. 1754.—Alſo the ſum of L.1o. to the
poor of 4 in the county of Derby.“
See the return made to the parliamentary enquiry,
1786, in p. 3. 9 4
1 This old chap (as I am credibly informed) never was in prieſts orders; and yet he confidently took upon him two vi-
arages (this and Eaton), and pretended to adminiſter the Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper in both, I know he had
ſome tackle, which he pretended to ſhew for prieſts orders; but thoſe were made up and given Mim by Mr. Timothy Cham-
berlain, ſometime rector of Godeby Maureward, for whom he likewiſe often officiated,” F. Pick; ex informatione virorum
reverendorum 8. C. & W. N.
* Theſe words were left out by the ſtane- cutter. F. Pxex.
3 « When I was about ten years of age, and lived with my grandfather, Mr. Francis ſephſon, at Buckminſter, a piece of
timber fell upon me, and put my ſhoulder out of joint, which was ſet by this Mr, Huddleſtone ; for which reaſon 1 cannot but
reſpeR his memory.” F. Pack.
4 See more in Knoffington,
him ſee more in Knipton.
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This celebrated monaſtery of the Premonſtratenſian t
order, delightfully ſituated in the midſt of an exten-
five and pleaſant park, was founded very ſoon after
the Conqueſt, The inhabitants of this religious houſe
acknowledged the abbey of Newhouſe as their parent
abbey ; and afterwards ſent a part of their own body
to inhabit the abbey of Blanca-landa, in Northumber-
land, founded by Walter de Bolebec in 1165; to that
of Cokerſand, in Lancaſhire, in 1190; and to the pri-
ory of Hornby, in the ſame county, which was a cell
more particularly appropriated to Croxton abbey.
Their earlieſt benefactor was William earl of Bologne,
Moretaigne, and Warren; who gave them the church
at Croxton, with its appurtenances and meſſuages,
together with an orchard . (viridarium), a toft and
croft, land ploughed and unploughed, meadow and
paſture, appertaining ; and one carucate of demeſne
land, with meadow and common; and, in the time of
king Henry, confirmed the gifts and alms of his te-
nants when the church was founded, viz. one caru-
cate in Brocton, given by Richard Buſſell, with a toft
and a moiety of land towards Dalby, the churches of
Hokenhale* and Lund, with two bovates at Hertiſtoft,
a piece of ploughed land (cultura in demeſne, to
build a houſe on for the abbey, and his own houſe
(fabrica ſua), with all the waſte land at Croxton be-
hind the park (poſt parcum), and about the ſpring
called Haliwell, on both fides of the valley, with full
right to the mill and water-courſes, paſturage, and all
advantages thereunto belonging. He gave them like-
wiſe forty acres of land near Saltby, and all the waſte
land at the three ditches, ad tres faſſatas.
King Stephen and king Henry II. confirmed this
grant; as did alſo John earl of Moretaigne, afterwards
king John, together with the following giftof W. Parcar.
William Parcarius de Liuns*, who poſſeſſed two
thirds of the lordſhip of Croxton, completed the mu-
nificent plan of his predeceſſor by finiſhing their
building in 11625; and beſtowing on them, for the
health of his own ſoul, and for thoſe of his mother
Matilda, Ingeram his father, Hugo his brother, Hugo
de Pereris his uncle, and all his anceſtors, two-thirds
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of the park at Crofton, with all his tights and lib&$
ties therein, in wood, plain, meadow and paſture;
lying within the park-wall*, together with two thirds
of the profits of his ſalt at Dunington in Holland.
He likewiſe confirmed to the abbey a carucate of land
in Croxton, with all appurtenances within and without
the town, which Roger Parcar had given them.
Theſe donations were again confirmed to the abbey
by Hugo Parcar, brother of William; who alſo gave
them for ever his demeſne of Croxton in fee-farm,
with all its liberties, eaſements, and appurtenances,
meadows, and paſtures, pools, and mills, except his
manſion-houſe, with his men and their tenements, as
freely as his father or brother had ever held them, at
the yearly rent of four marks of filver, to be paid
quarterly ; alſo that houſe in Croxton, with a toft and
croft, which Godwyn de Poceyn held, to find a lamp
before the high altar. By another deed, he gave all
his rights and liberties in the park, and forgave his
claim to the waſte behind it, and round the ſpring
called Haliwell, and in the whole heath 7.
He gave alſo three bovates of land, in the tenure of
Hervey the clerk, with toft, croft, and appurtenances,
and all his land to the Weſt, and from Kilmundiſ-
croft, to the diviſion of Hungerton, except fix acres
by Saltegate, and all his meadow in Crawelle, with
free paſſage over Scot and Redeng.
He gave alſo, towards the building of the church,
two bovates of land, with a toft and croft, and their
appurtenances, in the tenure of Reginald Fitz Eft-
mund; and Reginald himſelf, with all his ſuite,
He gave them alſo, in pure alms, two parts of
Richewong ; and all his mead of Clakeſhulm, with its
appurtenances, in the territory of Segdebrook,
Maud de Perer, mother of Hugh Parcar, gave her
right in Croxton park, and relinquiſhed the waſte land.
Margery de St. Albin, with the conſent of her huſ-
band Roger and their ſon Vimer, gave alſo to the
abbey their third part of the park at Croxton, with
every part lying within the park-wall, and the third
part of Roger Parcar's carucate of land, and of the
profits of the ſalt at Donington; all which grants, the
? Theſe monks, vulgarly called White Canons, firſt came into England in 1146; where their firſt monaſtery, called New-
houſe, was built in Lincolnſhire, by Peter de Sabaudia (elſewhere called de Sazlia, and in the Monaſticon Peter Goſla), and dedi-
cared to St. Martial.
Of the origin of this order, and of their founder, a full account may be ſeen in Dugdale's Monaſticon,
vol. II. p. 579; in the Engliſh Abridgement, p. 186; in Stevens's Continuation, vol, I. p. 145 ; and fill more amply and eir-
cumſtantially in the valuable MSS. of Mr, Peck, which were given to the Britiſh Muſeùm by fir Thomas Cave.
The dreſs of
the Oroxton monks may be ſeen in plate XXXVI; where fig. 1. ſhews the common habit; fig. 2. their dreſs for the choir.
This was the church of Hault Hucknall, adjuining that of Lund, co, Derby; ſo called from its big ſituation, and to diſ-
tinguiſh it from Dirty Hucknall, eo, Nottingham, At the Weſt end of this antient church, where the entrance had formerly
been, is the curious piece of ſculpture engraved in plate XXXVI. fig. 11.
This place, which is written alſo Hokenhale in the
MS Valor at Lichfield of 1291, and Huckenale in Plac, de Banco, 2 Ed. I, Tanner, Notit. p. 408, Mr. Ecton, in his Valor, ſays,
as does alſo the MS. Valor at Lichfield, was appropriated to Newſted priory, co. Nottingham (not Newl/igh, as Dr. Browne
Willis gives it), which was mother to Croxton,
It was, however, originally given to the abbey of Croxton ; and became the
property of the prior and convent of Newſted, who paid for it an annual acknowledgement of three pounds, by a compoſition
which was confirmed by pope Honorius. Hence it is omitted in the enumeration of their churches in our Appendix, pp. $2, 83.
3 Of the church of Lund, in Derbyſhire, now called Lowne, alias Heath, the following particulars have been furniſhed by
my good friend Dr. Pegge, who has been vicar there more than thirty years: :
'* Whittington, June 17, 1793. Dear Sir, the beſt account 1 can give you of my vicarage of Lowne, alias Heath, is as follows :
In Domeiday-book it is called Lune; and in the Valor, 1291, at Lichfield, Lound ; from which laſt I preſume Lowne may be
a corruption.
in both Lunes, &c,
It conſiſted formerly of two parts; hence in Domeſday we read * in Lune duabus habet Stainulf,* &c, that is,
Loune and Heath are mentioned as diſtinct places 14 Elizabeth, when licence was granted to Gervaſe
Nevill to alienate the manor of Rowthorne, and all the meſſuages in Rowthorne, Glapwell, Heath, Lound, Harſtofte, and Tib-
ſhelte,* to Robert Roakby and his heirs ; and again, 15 Elizabeth, when James Hardwicke had licence to alienate the manor
of Rowthorne, with its appurtenances, * in Hucknall, Heath, Lound, and Tibſhelfe,“ to Nicholas Hardwicke; hence we
plainly ſee how the alias comes in, Lound is expreſsly called a church or rectory in the Valor of 1291; but had been before
that appropriated to the abbey of Croxton, co. Leiceſter, though I cannot tell when, nor by whom,
The rectory continued
with the abbey till the diſſolution of that houſe (Firſt Fruits Office, 1535); but queen Mary, anno 1”, granted the advowſon to
the bailiffs and burgeſſes of Derby in theſe terms: Advecationem, donationem, liberam diſpoſitionem, & jus patronatus vicariæ
eceleſiæ de Lowne, alias dict* Hethe ;* but when it came out from them to the Cavendiſhes, who have it now, and have had it
for many years, is to me unknown: but I ſhould ſuppoſe by exchange, as an object deſirable to them, being ſo near to Hard-
wicke, and all the pariſh excepting two farms belonging to them. However, one of this family, retaining the advowſon,
returned the great tithes, by giving them to the then vicar and his ſucceſſors ; ſo that Heath is now a rectory, or, if you will, a
icarage endowed, If Lune of Domeſday were out of the way, I have a conceit that Lound might be a corruptton of Lond, as if
one ot the <ivilions of this pariſh might be Land, or arable ; and the other Brxeria, or heath; and it is certain, that at this
day they will often call this place The Heath,
I am, fir, your truly affectionate and obliged ſervant,
SAMUEL PRG.“
* Pugdale calls him Porcarius de Lizzs, See p. 146, . An Aſhmolean MS, makes him founder; and Dodſworth's MS. lxxxv,
dates the foundation 9 Hen. II.
But the great encouragement given to it by William earl! of Bologne, Moretaigne, and
Warren, who died 1160, as Dugdale, Bar. vol. I. p. 76, ſeems to make it a little older. Burton ſtrangely ſays, (one fir Andrew
Luttrell, knt, about the raigne of Henry II. built this monaſtery,” And to the ſame purport Leland, Collectanea, vol. I. p. 72.
bent cellam & tres fratres apud Horneby, in com' Lancaſter,”
Reg. Premonſtratenſis, fol, 117. a.
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Primus fundator Andreas Luterelle, miles; modernus D. de Berkeley. Ha-
7 Mon, Ang. vol, II. p. 603.
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1:2 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
regiſter ſays, were confirmed by king Richard I. and
Henry II; and alſo by John earl of Moretaign.
Bertram de Cryoll gave them ſeveral mefluages in
Croxton ; and Nicholas his ſon releaſed and confirmed
to them twenty oxgangs, and 40 acres of wood there,
which king Henry demanded of the abbot as an
eſcheat of the lands of the Normans. Margaret
Ofiol! gave 14 acres in Croxton, which her ſon con-
firmed ;- and Nicholas Crioll, the fon of Nicholas,
gave a place (placea) of land in Croxton, &c.
Their other benefactors at Croxton were William
Clerk, ſon of Roger Parcar ; Nicholas Clerk, his ſon
and heir; Hugo Clerk; Richard ſon of Elias of
Saltby ; Matilda L'Enfant and her huſband William
Cook ; Hugo and William L'Enfant ; Robert de In-
firmitorio, Matilda his wife, and Roger their ſon ;
Emma Kneye, Robert de Paris, Walter de Graham,
William Alexander, Roger Niger, Thomas Fitz-
Sewen ; and Emma Fitz-Sewal, widow, who, with
Matilda her ſiſter, gave them the water-mill, with the
waters, park, and right of fiſhery, on the payment of
one mark annually to the lord of the town, and five
ſhillings to the heir of Roger de Infirmitorio.
In 1203, Robert de Centermarie and Maud de-
miſed half their mill, and three acres of land, to
Adam abbot of Croxton, on an annual rent of 5s.
Avicia de Romely and William Paynell her huſ-
band *, Jordan earl of Furches, the family of the
Gaunts, and their deſcendants the Luttrells, may alſo
be ranked among the early benefactors to this abbey.
Robert the ſon of Geoffrey Luttrell confirmed to
them the gifts of all his predeceſſors at Saltby and
Beſcaudby; and gave them free chace within his ba-
rony ; with free ingreſs and egreſs into the town for
their cattle . Theſe gifts were confirmed by kings
Richard I. and Edward J.
: See the hiſtory of their family in the Appendix, p. 85.
3 Beſcolby, Gaſcoigne, MS. Inq. 37 Edw. III n. 57.
s Matthew of Weſtminſter ſays, by the time the king reached Newark, he found himſelf ſo dangerouſly ill, that he ſent for
Irnham, confirmed to them the manors of Saltby and
Sir Andrew Luttrell, knight, the firſt baron of
Beſcaudby s; and founded their cell at Hornby.
In the conventual church of Croxton were depoſited
the bowels of king John, who had been a benefactor
to the houſe, and been attended in his laſt illneſs by
the abbot, who was his phyſician. This abbot was pro-
bably Adam, who had attained that dignity in 12034,
The king, in his way from Lynne to Lincoln, in Octo-
ber 1216, was under the neceſſity of croſſing the waſhes
which part the counties of Norfolk and Lincoln. He
narrowly eſcaped drowning by the ſudden influx of
the tide, which ſwallowed up his baggage. He reached
Swineſhed abbey that night, or, as Higden, to dinner
October 14, and was taken ill. However, he pro-
ceeded, in a horle-litter, to Sleaford, when his dif-
order turned to a dyſentery, ſo that he could but juſt
reach Newark caſtle, where he died on the 18th, attend-
ed by the abbot of Croxton, who, after he had ſeen to
his embalment, carried his bowels to his abbey churchs,
In 1220, a difference which had ariſen between
William the abbot of Leicefter and his convent on one
part, and Adam abbot of Croxton and his convent
on the other part, relative to ſome tithes at Eyton,
was adjuſted, by an agreement that the abbey of
Croxton ſhould continue to poſſeſs the tithes, on pay-
ing annually 30 ſhillings to the abbey of Leiceſter.
This agreement was farther confirmed, and an ex-
change of land ar Eyton made, in 1228. The deeds
will be given in the Appendix; and we ſhall here
confirm them by an extract from an original Regiſter
of the abbey of St. Mary de Pratis at Leiceſter “.
* Patronus abbathie de Croxton dominus rex, quia
devoluta eſt ad ipſum advocatio.
&< Habemus ibidem xx115. per annum, ab abbate
& conventu de Croxton, pro decimis x111 bovatarum
2 Appendix, p. 84.
* Willis, Mitr. Ab. vol. II p. 109.
the abbot of Croxton, who was well ſkilled in the art of phyſic, and to him made his confeſſion, and received the ſacrament at
his hands, See the vulgar notion of the king's being poiſoncd ably confuted by Dr, Pegge, Archzol. vol. IV. 29—46. Mr.
Gough's Camden, vol. II. p. 242. He ſhews, from M. Paris, a contemporary writer, that the king's illneſs was a violent fever,
brought on by pure vexation for the loſs of his baggage, and heightened by drinking new cyder ; or, as M. Weſtminſter ſays,
by peaches [q. pears ?], new wine, and cyder, according to his uſual cuſtom. Trivet aſeribes his death to mere illneſs ( morbo
correptus””). So ſay the Annals of Dunſtaple, Margam, Mailros, and Burton, Even the Peterborough Chronicle, which firſt
mentions the poiſoning, mentions it as a report ſecundum guoſdam, Wikes, John of Tinmouth, the author of Polychronicen,
Thomas Otterburne, Thomas Langtoft, and other later writers, take it up with the ſame caution : Barth, de Cotton, a monk
of Norwich, about 1298, is the firſt who notices it poſitively, and he ſays the king died“ veneno extuctus apud Stwineſbed®?
(Hearne ad Gul. Neub. vol. III. p. 815.), naming the wrong place at which the poiſon, according to more modern report, was
only given. The annals of Croyland continued expreſsly mention the dy/entery. Mr, Blomeficld (Hiſtory of Norfolk, vol. IV.
p- 583.) has taken much pains to collect from the Patent Rolls the different places where king John ſought refuge for above four
months before his death; during which time he underwent much trouble and diſtreſs, flying from one place of defence to an-
other, in conſtant dread of his rebellious barons. On the iſt and zd of October, he was at Lincoln; at Louth Od. 4; at
Grimſby the jth, at Spalding the 7th, at Lynn Oct. ꝙ and 10, at Wiſbeach the 12th, at Sleford the 15th, on the 18th at
Newark, and he died in the night at that town.“ Some hiſtorians, adds Mr, Blomefield, relate that he was poiſoned by a monk
of Swineſtede abbey ; but he ſeems by this journal not to have gone by Swineſtede : it is certain that he was paſt that town on
the 15th, and was at Sleford ; and it is not to be conceived, had he been there poiſoned, he could have proceeded to Newark,
and died there about five days at leaſt after he had taken the poiſon, which killed (as is ſaid) the monk who took the ſame, in
a very ſhort ſpace of time. The places abovementioned, where he took refuge, were places of ſtrength, and had their caſtles,
whereas dwineſted was no place of defence or ſecurity : the daily ſucceſs of his rebellious barons, with Lewis the French king's
ſon at their head, his many lofles, and conſtant fatigue, had ſo much impaired his health, that it is no wonder if they haſtened
his death, and that he was no longer able to bear them. At the laſt viſit of the king and reſidence at Lynn, it is probable, he
gave them his moſt curious cup, and moſt venerable piece of antiquity, of ſilver gilt with gold on the inſide, adorned with
beautiful imagery and enamelled work, in the keeping of every mayor, uſed on certain ſolemn occaſions, and ſhewn to gentle-
men as a great curiolity, in memory of their founder and great benefactor, filled with ſack. Stow ſays that the townſmen re-
ceived the king with great joy, and honoured him with large gifts, and that he got a ſurfeit here with filling his belly too much,
and fell into a flux.” Mr. Atſhhy, in a letter to me on this ſubject, remarks, ** For the death of king John, ſee honeſt, and
induſtrious, Blomeficld's very circumſtantial account, 7 think I have ſeen ſome credible evidence for the poiſoning, though I
doubt. I am as unwilling to believe ſuch atrocious deeds, as any body can be; yet I confeſs that Dr. Pegge's own account,
Archzol, vol. IV. p. 45. [<] [4] le] ſtaggers me. Would any ſet of men (ſuppoſe, if you will, 8 a number of
monks to ling for the ſoul of the murderer any confiderabl: time after ſuch a fact, as that would be owning the fact, and making
themſelves accomplices in a monſtrous action unneceſſarily; and if they did fo at the time, or ſoon after (for though the
author of the Eulogium died 150 years after the fact, he might write 20 or 30 years ſooner), will not that ſubſtantiate the
fact? If ſuch a ſtory prevailed at Swing/head, is not that a damning proof? Muſt not they know belt? Had the foundation
been for the king's foul, 1 ſhould have laid no ſtreſs on it; but why pray for that particular monk? what had he done to
deſerve this mark of their regard? for ſurely it was not done for every brother that died, Why no inquifition was made, or
puniſhment irflited, is plain enough if the monk was Ae deſe; unleſs you would ſuppoſe that they knew the abhot was an
accomplice ; but, in ſhort, the action was ſo convenient and agreeable, that even the wicked doer of it would be ſuffered to
eſcape, notwithitanding what is ſaid by Dr, Legge, p. 44. Pleaſe to obſerve, that two ſufficient motives are affigned for the
murther ; one, a molt unnatural threat of the king, to make bread too dear for the poor to purchaſe ; the other an intended
abuſe of a female relation of the abbot, Archæol. vol. IV. p. 36. 38. As to the ſilence of hiſtorians tor 6o years, p. 33, were
there any hiſtorians, or how many? I think Dr. Pegge hardly gets over Cotton's phraſe, p. 35, * veneno extinctus apud
Swineſheid,” as that, in ſuch a writer, may very well mean“ killed by poiſon [taken] at Swineſhead;” ſo “ intoxicatus” is not
intuxicated, but poiloned, Fruit to exceſs might be agreeable, though hurtful, to an heated body, in tov great quantity; but
who ever thought of drinking new cyder in October? Nor does it leſſen the credibility of the ſtory, that one hiſtorian aſſigns
vue realon, and another hiſtorian another, Perhaps this ever-cruel king to his ſubject, in his diſtracted ſtate of mind and
ruined affairs, gave both cauſes of provocation; but each writer might think the fingle motive he aſſigned for the foul fact was
fuily tuflicicut, or might not know of boch.“ * Charite's Rentale, in the Bodleian Library at Oxford.
= | terre
FRAMLAND HUNDRED. ]
terre-jacenr' in campis de Eyton, ut patęt per com-
ofitionem inter nos & eos factam anno Domini
Mccxxviit, in vigilia Sancti Thome apoſtoli. Inde
recepimus annuatim Xx5. a predicto abbate, & 115, a
libero tenente ſuo pro una virgata terre in Hungton,
cum aliis xiid. ab eodem tenente pro fitu orrei dicti
abbatis in Hows. Modo illa virgata terre eſt in
tenuri Johis Halyday de Hungton, &c. ut infra ſcri-
bitur in Eyton regiſtro !.“ 5
In 1239, king Henry III. granted to the canons of
Croxton an annuity of C. 5. pay able out of the Ex-
chequer, till he ſhould aſũign to them lands of that
value; to pray for the ſoul of his father king John *.
In 1246, an agreement was made in the king's
courts at Weſtminſter, betwixt Nicholas Cryol que-
rent and Geffrey abbot of Croxton deforcient, con-
cerning the cuſtoms and ſervices which the ſaid Ni-
cholas required from the ſaid abbot, for his lands
held by him in Croxton from the ſaid Nicholas;
who demanded four marks of filver annually to be
paid him from the ſaid abbot, and likewiſe ſuit to
his court of Croxton from three weeks to three
* weeks, and view of frank-pledge from all the abbot's
tenants in Croxton, with the aſſize of bread and beer,
and fines for treſpaſſes. The abbot (in conſideration
of the ſaid Nicholas's leave to incloſe and keep to their
own ſeparate uſe all the waſte land behind the park“,
and all the waſte land about the ſpring called Holi-
well, and all the heath from the great road leading
from Croxton to Waltham, to the bounds of Braunſton
Weſtward, and from Beſcaldeby South, for which he
agrees to pay in money the annual rent of four marks
of ſilver, and ſuit and ſervice to the ſaid Nicholas's
courts of Croxton) agrees and acknowledges that the
water, fiſh, and fiſhery of the water and mill pool, &c.
with a ſaving to the abbot for the mill and the water to
ſerve it, provided the dams and banks do nor hold the
water ſo high as to damage the ſaid Nicholas's lands“.
William de Houghton, doctor in divinity, who died
abbot here 1274, beſtowed much colt in the repair
of this houſe, eſpecially of the library; and gave
many books, among which was a large Bible, very
fairly written on vellum, in nine volumes, and learn-
edly gloſſed on by Solomon archdeacon of Leicelter ;
for which Bible he paid 50 marks ſterling. _
King Edward I. in 1281, confirmed to this abbey
the grants of William and Robert Parcar, with thole
of Margary and William de St. Albin, and confirmed
to them all theſe their poſſeſſions ; beſtowing on them
at the ſame time the privilege of ſ and ſac, with 7o!l,
ew ＋ infangenetboft, and ſeveral other immuni-
ries, as expreſſed more at large in his charter; in
which he likewiſe confirms, by Inſpeximus, the dona-
tions of Robert the ſon of Geffrey Luttrell, of his
manor of Beſcaudby, which they had by gift and
confirmation of fir Philip de Gaunt, knight, aud Ro-
bert his brother, and Philip the fon of Roberts.
The abbot of Croxton exchanged lands here with
Thomas de Lincoln, for his manor and lands in Howes.
Richard de Croxton held halt a knight's fee in
Newton Brounſwold, co. Northampton, in 1296 ©.
In 1310-11, Jan. 21, Robert de Spalding, a monk
of this houſe, was deputed to be their proctor at
Rome in a cauſe depending in the eccleſiaſtical court.
In 1311, the abbots of Newhous and Croxton were
joined in a commiſſion to raiſe 31/. on the religious
houſes of the Premonſtratenſian order within the
middle diſtrict (media circaria of this kingdom; of
which Croxton was to pay 40. 145.
In 1326, on St. Barnabas's-day, June 11, this abbey,
with the church, cloiſters, and adjoining houles, were,
by the negligence of the plumber, who was then
mending the leads, burnt to the ground?. The whole
building having been in a manner made deſolate, and
This will be found under the pariſh of Eyton.
CROXTON ABBEY.
1
153
all the religious, except the abbot and prior, being
cut off by the plague, king Edward III, in 1351,
exonerated the ſaid abbot from the trouble of collect-
ing the tenths due to him in the countics of North-
ampton, Leiceſter, and Bedford (to which office he
had formerly been appointed), as well becauſe tlie
ruinous ſtate of the abbey made it an unſafe place
for the lodgement of ſuch moneys when collected, as
that they might have the more leiſure to attend to the
reſtoration of their abbey, both in buildings and new
(novices) to be admitted; and directed the biſhop of
Lincoln to nominate a proper perſon to that office.
* Rex venerabili in Chriſto patri, G. eadem gratid,
epiſcopo Londonienſi 5, ſalutem.
* Quia ex teſtimonio quorundain, quibus fidem ad-
hibemus, accepimus quod abbatia de Croxton, ordinis
Premonſtratenſis, a juriſdictione epiſcopali exempta,
nuper per incendium eccleſie, & aliarum domorum
ejuſdem abbathie, in non modica parte deſtructa fuit,
& per peſtilentiam poſtmodum de hiis, quorum ſci-
entia & abilitate illa tune gubernabatur (abbate &
priore loci illius duntaxat exceptis) eadem abbatia to-
taliter extitit deſolata: quodque dictus abbas, jam
nimia infirmitate corporis ſui detentus exiſtit, &, qua-
tenus poterit, circa agenda ſua dicte abbatie diri-
genda, dictuſque prior circa regimen cultiis divini &
novitiorum ibidem, poſt dictam peſtilentiam, in con-
ventum ibidem receptorum, in tantum ſunt occupati,
quod idem abbas (quem collectorem decime, jam no-
bis conceſſe, in comitatibus Leyceſtrie, Northamp—
tonie, & Bedfordie, conſtituiſtis) ad decimam illam
colligendam, abſque ſubverſione dicte domũùs, inten-
dere non poteſt quoviſmodo. Quo pretextu, ac pro
eo quod dicta abbatia ita ruricalis eſt, & quaſi in de-
ſerto ſita, quod de falva cuſtodia denariorum, dictam
decimam concernentium, facienda timendum eſſet in
eventu. Ipſos abbatem & conventum, tam pro in-
dempnitate noſtra, quam ſua, ac aliis quibuſdam de
cauſis, de collectione hujuſmodi ad pretens volumus
exonerari; et ideo vobis mandamus quod alium, ido-
neum & ſufhcientem, ad dictam decimam, ad opus
noſtrum, colligendam aſſignetis; nos de nomine fic
per vos aſſignati certificantes indilatè; et hoc, ſub
periculo quod incumbit, nullatenus omittatis. Teſte
rege apud Weſtmonaſterium, 160 die Novembris 9.”
In 1338, Thomas de Thurneſton gave a meſſuage
and a carucate of land at Saltby, to find four wax-
lights for the altar in the chapel of St. Mary at Croxton.
By an inquiſition taken in 1 340, it appeared to be
of no detriment cither to the king or any other per-
ſon, if leave were granted to William de Coleſhale to
grant to the abbot of Croxton four meſſuages, one
mill, 75 acres and one rood of land, with their appur-
tenances, in Eyton and Braundeſton near Belvoir, for
the purpoſe of finding a chaplain in the church of
St. Mary at Nottingham; that the premiſſes were
held under Geffrey de Brunneſle by the ſervice of 205.
a year; and that there remained an annual income of
two pounds in lands and rents within the rownſhips of
Braunſton and Eyton, held under the prior of Laund
by the ſervice of 205. a year“.
In 1358, John de Segrave died ſeiſed of the advow-
ſon of Croxton abbey *.
In 1432, John duke of Norfolk died ſeiſed of the
ad vowſon of Croxton abbey, value £.20. per annum *.
This advowſon, on the partition of the property of
the Mowbrays, as mentioned under Cold Overton,
p- 130, became part of the portion of the Berkleys.
In 1478, the following queries, which were circu-
lated throughout all the religious houſes of the Pre-
monſtratenſian order in England and Wales, were de-
livered to the abbot of Croxton, by Richard Red-
man, biſhop of St. Aſaph, as commillary general to
Hubert, the principal abbot of that order“:
* Madox, Hiſtory of Exchequer, p. 270.
3 Hugh Parcar had before releaſed all his right to this waſte; and the free tenants had done the ſame, Croxton Regiſter,
Pp. 41. 45. a * Ibid, p. 48.
Cart. g Edw. I. n. 68. See 11 Hen. III. p. 1. m. 17.
e Bridges, vol. II. p. 183.
7 Decem Scriptores, p. 254.
In a tranſcript by Mr. Peck this is Lincolnienſi.“ But the initial G. anſwers neither to the then biſhop of London
nor Lincoln,
9 Clauſ. 25 Edw. III. m. 5. Rymer, Fœd. & Convent. vol. V. p. 729. A. D. 1351.
Stevens, Appendix, p. 36.
% Ad quod dampn. 14 Edw. III. N* gs. Leic. in Turre ; from Peck, MSS, 4938. p. 100; where Eyton is miſcalled Co, ton;
an error copied by Mr. Naſmith in his edition of Tanner's Notitia.
** Eich, 32 Edw, III. Ne 44 Leic. Eich. 11 Hen. VII. Ne 43. Leic,
12 peck, MSS. 4934; ex Reg. Premonſtr. fol. 116.
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154 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRP.
—— quedam a D. Ricardo Redman, epiſcopo
Aſavenſi, & abbate de Heppi, & D. D. Huberti,
Premonſtratenſis abbatis commiſſario generali, in vi-
ſitatione acta, anno Domini 1478, in omnibus &
ſingulis Anglie Wallieque ccenobiis propoſite; cum
reſponſionibus abbathie de Croxton.
„ x, Quid eſt nomen, vel que ſunt nomina, cœno-
biorum ?
2. Quo comitatu, &
3. Qui dioceſi, ſitum eſt ?
4. Die, menſe, & anno, quibus, &
5. A quo, vel quibus perſonis, fundatum fuit e
6. Cui Santo, vel quibus? :
7. Quis eſt vobis pater abbas, vel, aliis verbis, cui
cœnobio eſt veſtra eccleſia filia ?
'8. Quo die venerunt canonici matris illius eccleſie
primum ad veſtrum ccenobium ?
9. Quis fuit veſtrĩ cœnobii abbas primus? :
10. Quenam eccleſie five domus religioſe ſunt veſtri
cœnobii filie?
11. Quenam ſunt veſtri cœnobii celle?
12. Quot eceleſie parochiales veſtre domo ſunt ap-
propriate ! 3 N
13. A quibus curatis vel vicariis inſerviuntur ille
eccleſie? Oh
14. Quot cantuarias habetis?
15. A quibus curatis inſerviuntur t
16. Quot abbates habuiſtis ?
17. Vobis patronus ?
18. Vobis abbas, quis nunc eſt?“
The anſwers from Croxton abbey were theſe * :
« 1, Cœnobium de Crokeſden, five Croxton.
2. In comitatu Leiceſtr', &c.
3. Dioceſi Lincoln”. s 3
4. Anne Domini 1162, anno regni R. Henrici II. 9 ,
5. A Willielmo Parcario, filio Ingerami Parcari de
Liuns, fundatum eſt.
6. Ad honorem S. Johannis Evangeliſte.
7. Abbas de Newhouſe eſt pater abbas.
8. 9. *
10. Filie ejus ſunt cœnobia de Blanchland &
Cokeſand.
11. Cella ejus, Hornby.
12. Tres habet eccleſias.
13. Canonici ſunt vicarii perpetui.
14. 15. 16.
wy Dux de Northfoike eſt fundator [ ſive patronus}.
WC ©5014-4244 00.
In a general viſitation of the Premonſtratenſian
order, by Thomas Wilkinſon, abbot of Welbeck, 1 506,
the commiſſioners were directed to ſleep at Leiceſter
on the 29th of October, at the expence of the abbot
of Croxton; to make their viſitation at Croxton on the
goth; and to conclude their buſineſs on the 3ilt.
Beſides their own church of Croxton, this abbey
poſſeſſed the church of Sproxton, and a moiety of
that of South Croxton, both in this county; and had
alſo the churches of Hokenhale and Lund ?, in Der-
byſhire; of Thyngden in Northamptonſhire ; with
thoſe of Tunſtal+ and Melling, within the archdea-
conry of Richmond in Yorkſhire.
In Leiceſterſhire their poſſeſſions were conſiderable.
Thoſe within the lordſhip of Croxton have been al-
ready noticed; and the farther particulars of their
lands and revenues in this county will be tound under
the ſeveral townſhips where they occur, viz. Bareſby,
Bark (ton, Beſcaldby, Braunſton, Brentingby *, Nether
Broughton v, Burton by Preſtwold, Claxton *, South
Croxton, Eaſtthorp 9, Eaſtwell, Eaton , Enderby,
Freby, Garthorp, Godedy-Maureward, Harby, Howes,
Humberſton, Kirkby-Belers, Knipton, Leiceſter, Med-
burn, Melton, Mountſorel (where king Henry gave
them an annual rent of 20s. payable at the feaſt of St.
Michael), Noſeley, Plungar, Saltby, Saxulby, Sewſ-
tern, Sharnford, Skeffington, Slauſton, Sproxton,
Stapleford, Stathern, Stoneſby, Thorp-Ernald, Tilton,
7 Ibid. fol. 119. a.
3 See p 150» 4 See Appendix, p. 82.
s See p. 731. 9 See p. 104.
t Fin. 3 Hen. III. m. 2. Clauſ. 4 Hen. III. m. 15.
12 Cart, 11 Hen. III. p. 1. m. 17; 12 Hen. III. m. 13; 13 Hen. III. m. 11; Liberat. 23 Hen. III. m.
14 gee further particulars of their property here in Peck's MSS. 4935.
Twyford, Waltham“ (where they had a market and
fair“), Wyfordby, and Wymondham.
In Lincolnſhire they had much property, |
At Stapilford, in that county, Olivia d' Aubeny gave
them, and his ſon John confirmed the gift, a toft and
croft, cum corpore ſuo, ad pitanciam conventiis, on the
day of her anniverſary. The toft was leaſed to Ro-
bert Gult and his heirs for 74. a year.
At Wolſthorp, near Belvoir caſtle, they had two bo-
vates of land, and a toft, the gift of Maurice of Wolſ-
thorp, and Walter his ſon ; which were afterwards ex-
changed with Robert Luttrel] for lands at Beſcalby.
They had another borate of land at Wolſthorp, given
by Michael the ſon of Robert of Great Paunton*?.
At Hungarton, now a depopulated village, about two
miles from Croxton abbey, Matilda de St. Liz gave
them Alan the fon of Wyot, cum ſequeld ſud, and ten
bovates of land, in pure alms; and William de Au-
beny her ſon confirmed the gift. This land was let to
Adam the ſon of Herbert de Harſton at an annual
rent of 10s. Alice the daughter of William de Rolee
gave them alſo an annual rent of 3s. at Hungarton.
At Wyvelle, another depopulated village, about
two miles alſo from their abbey, they had two tofts
and a bovate of land, de dono Willielmi ſilii Drui, &
Drui filii predicti Willielmi.
At Lincoln, they had ſeveral houſes, and ſome land,
the gitt of Legarde the wife of Ralph Fitz Lambert :
Jordan Fitz Ralph, William ſon of Alan Aurifaber,
Simon Girdan Tornarius, William ſon of Roger Va-
darius, Peter de Harſtan (who gave them an annual
rent of half an acre for a tenure ſituated infra les Ar-
ches in vid vocatd Mikilgate, ex oppoſito duarum eccle-
frarum S. Petri in uno cemeterio), John Norwyc, Vi-
nitor Lincolnie, Stephen Sybrus Kaſener, John de
Vynter, Lucia Fox (who gave them her right in the
lands which Godfrey her anceſtor had demiſed to
Adam the Tanner), William the ſon of Robert de
Bergeby, John the ſon of Godfrey, and others, were
alſo the donors of meſſuages, tofts, &c. at Lincoln *4,
At Grantham, they had ſeveral tofts and meſſuages,
— in the market - place, the gift of Thomas
itzwilliam, Alice and Agnes the daughters of Wal-
ter le Debonaire, the widow Godiva, Geoffrey de
Cleypol, Robert le Sire, Hugo ad Aulam, Vincent
Tanner, Robert le Sirt, Hugo ſon of William le
Deen, William Clerk ſon of Richard of Colſterworth,
Lambert ſon of Simon de Humby, Thomas fon of.
Robert of Skeffington, and others“.
At Beruby, near Grantham, Walter the ſon of Ro-
ger of Harby gave a cultura of 5 acres in the territory
of Herleſton, Richard Clerk, of Sewſtern, gave 3
ſelions and 3 buttas, on the tenure of paying to the
convent of Newbo 1d. a year to purchaſe incenſe ;
and Roger le Scot releaſed an annual payment of
one haltpenny, which Richard Clerk had been uſed
to pay him. William Mavant gave one ſelion of land.
Alan the ſon of Roger, the fon of William and
Ylolda (daughter of Iſabel) bis wife, held duo meſſua-
gia cum edificiis in eiſdem conſtructis; for which they
5 to the abbey a rent of 5s. 6d. and were bound to
eep in repair the buildings then ſtanding, or there-
after to be erected. They had an annual reut at Be-
ruby of 25. of the gift of Walter the ſon of Richard.
William Piſcis gave them a rent of 12d. which
their veſtiarius was to receive on demand, to buy wine
for the altar. The ſame officer was in like manner to
receive 2s. of the heirs of Robert de Newbo, for
ſome bovates which William Clerk had ſold to Robert
Clerk. William Piſcis and Theophana his wife gave
them a carucate of land held by Ralph de Cambircol,
with ats tofis, free of all ſervice, exceptis regalibus ſervi-
ciis. Walter Fitz Rouland gave them an annual rent of
25, Ralph Piſcis and his wife Conſtance gave 4 bovates
of land, which had been Ralph Dunekaver's, and 2
tofts. He gave alſo 2 bovates, which had been
William Alby's, with a toft and croft, to find wine
Much they could not anſwer 9; and ſo 14, 15, 16, and eſpecially 18, G. A.
5 Their property at Barkſton will be deſcribed under Plungar.
* See p. 106; and Pat. 17 Edw. II. p. 1. m. 2; 18 Edw. II. p. z. m.
7 See p. 110; and Cart, 41 Hen. II. m. 8.
10 Pat. 14 Edw. II. p. 1, m. 10.
3 See Appendix, p. 87.
15 See theſe more at large in Peck's MSS, 4935.
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FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
and hoſts for the altar (ad vinum & hoſtias altaris) *1
and all his meadow in Waldecote. William Viel gave
half an acre of land, and all his meadow, at Walde-
cote, with a toft and croft near St. Helen's church
on the Eaſt. His daughter Alice confirmed the gift,
and added all the land poſſeſſed by her as heir to her
father. Richard Arlegot gave 2 lelions in pure alms,
and 3 other ſelions in exchange for an acre of land
at Eaſtthorpe near Bottesford. They had ſeveral
other poſſeſſions at Beruby, given by Eudo ſon of
William le Snider, Robert Fitzwalter, Walter Fitzede,
Ralph Fitzhenry, William Locard, William Cam-
bircol, Alan Nollot, Roger Scot, and others“.
Richard Plantagenet earl of Cornwall, about the
year 1277, confirmed to them in pure alms all ſuch
lands as they held under his fee at Beruby.
At Little Paunton, Mary Burdeth gave them Oſſeth
the ſon of Ranulf cum totd ſequeld & catallis ſuis, and
2 virgates of land, on condition that the rent of 2 bo-
vates ſhould be applied ad pitanciam conventiiz on the
Annunciation of the Bleſſed Virgin, and the reſidue
to the uſe of the poor brethren in the hoſpitalof ... . .
They had 22 ſelions at Paunton de dono Jacobi de
Paunton, in exchange for other 22 ſelions.
At Eaſton, near Pauntou, they had ten bovates of
land by the gift of Roger le Brech; with 32 acres
given by William le Fel. |
Ar Witham, Philip de Dive gave them the entire
wood and all the ground on which it grew; tum
boſcum ſuum in territorio de Wyme, & totam terram in
qud exiſtit ; quod boſcum vocatur Northag.
At South Witham, Robert Lovel gave them three
acres and a half of arable land; and Oger of Sprox-
ton gave them 23. a year, for an annual remembrance
of him at their convent, ad pitanciam convenſ ils.
At North Wytham, John, the Jon of Roger of
Melton, gave ſix acres of arable land, a cultura called
Mirgildis-wong, and an acre in Scodale.
At North Stoke, William Ruſſel of Weſtby gave
all the land held by Saira his ſtepmother, being two
bovates in one field, and two in another; witti the
capital manſion, and its meadows, paſtures, and ap-
purtenances. For this land Ralph de Grabam, who
reſided at Melton, paid an annual rent of 12d. which
was uſually received at North Stoke. Ralph was
enfeoffed by the abbey for this land, but in what
manner was not recollected.
Ar Skillington, Alan the ſon of Jordan gave four
acres of arable land and two acres of meadow, held
by Willielmus ad Monaſterium, ſon of Walter de Skurs,
of Skillington, at a rent of 14d. a year. They had
beſides 24 ſelions of land from the fame donor, held
by the ſame tenant (who is elſewhere called Nilkelmus
ad Ecclęſiam for another 14d. a year.
At Sedgbrook, Geffrey Mannyel gave three ſelions
of land in Acredig fuclong.
Reginald le Vo gave a bovate of land; and, in lieu
of a toft, a certain part of the Nether Weſt Mare.
The ſame Reginald gave alſo paſture for 2ocſheep,
and all his meadow at Cracholm, containing 4 acres
and a half. This meadow was conlirmed to them firſt
by Hugh Parcar, and again by king John.
At Gunwardby, John the ſon of Gilbert of Melton
gave 2 roods and 2 feet of meadow.
At Brunne, Baldwin Wake gave“ unam toftam ſu-
per ripam ab Aquilone, & laborem 4 hominum in ma-
riſco ſuo, quantum poterant laborare per annum, ad tur-
bam fodiendam & arundinem colligendum, in perpe-
tuam elcemoſinam, quiete de theolonio & omnibus con-
ſuetudinibus, ſicut aliqua eleemoſina liberius & melius
dari poteſt, tamen quod nec turbam nec arundinem
vendere vel dare potuerimus, ſed tantum habebimus
quantum ad proprios uſus fuerit neceſſarium imperpe-
tuum.“ John Wake confirmed this gift of his father.
At Lund juxta Brunam, Iiabel de Taterſale, cum
cor pore ſuo, gave them a bovate of land, with a toft.
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At Fennetoft, Alan of Evington gave half a borate
and a cullura called Caſtildeil, with a roft and croft in
Fennetoft. Herbert Pecche releaſed all ſuits of
court, &c. in reſpect to the ſaid lands, in conſidera-
tion of an annual pound of cummin; reſerving, how-
ever, a rent of 124. for the lands, and of 35. for the
tenement. The abbey received a rent of 3s. for 2
ſelions of land, and a meſſuage, in Toft, from 'Thomas
de Wigeroft and his heirs, who undertook to exonerate
the abbey de injunfo opere quod dicitur Meyneverc*, For
half a bovate of land; and a capital meſſuage, with a
croft, meadow, and paſture, (the meadow called Reiſ-
gal excepted) they received 2 marks. John de Stepinge
and Ralph de Rocheford gave them alſo ſeveval pieces
of arable land and meadow at Fennetoft.
At Wrangyl, William Coſin gave them all his toft
and his ſalt- work (ſalinam) to be held under his heirs
for 1d. a year. This ſalt-work was again demiſed by
the abbey to Richard the ſon of Alan Wrangyl, his
heirs and aſſigns (exceptis Judeis & wiris religiefts,
preter noſmetipfis ). © Theſe were fold whilſt W. de
Graham was abbot.
The property which they had at Holm and Muſ-
champ was ſold to the abbey of Peterborough whilſt
William of Huntingdon was abbut,
They had a toit at Newark, in Baltiſtongate, with
buildings, rented by Laurence Draper for 30d. a
year, ſubject to a further payment of 6d. a year
to the Biſhop of Lincoln. They had another toft
there, rented by Sayer de Stulton for 18d. a year.
Memorandum quod non habemus adicriptum de
feoffamento iſtorum duorum toftorum, ſed ſcoſfati
ſumus in Port nam Motbham! viva voce fecundum
antiquam conſuetudinem villarum de burgo
„ cSic etiam feolfati ſumus in Norwic de quodam
meſſuagio quod Fetrus Ruin tenuit de nobis ad perpe-
tuam firmam, reddendo nobis annuatim apud Norwic
unum millenarium competentis allecis ad feſtum S.
Martini; ted modo eſt extra manum noſtram per neg-
ligentiam noſtram.
„ Similicer etiam feoffati ſumus de uno meſſuagio
noſtro in Nottingham, pro quo Radulfus Bigge ſolebat
reddere nobis annuatim 12d. qui modo retenti ſunt.”
At Rolee co. Nottingham) they had au annual
rent of 22d. given by king Henry.
At Huntingdon they had a meſſuage and ſome
buildings, the gitt of William ſon of William Malac-
teys, let tor 16d. a year; and 2 ſelions of arable
land, held by William Balder, and formerly by Aza-
rias Collop, at a rent of 8s. |
William Fitzwalkelin gave them the church of Lund,
in Derby lhire, with irs appurtenances, and two bovates
at Hertiſtoft, in pure alms, which Robert le Savage
and Hawiſe his wife confirmed. At Lund, they had
12 acres of land, and all the wood there called Cotſ-
chete, the gift of Robert le Savage; 10 acres of land
with the appurtenances in the wood of Tibeſhelf, the
gilt of Yvo de ltlecys; 4 acres of arable land, and 2
bovates, the gift of Robert de Kniting of Pilleſteye.
They had alſo an annual rent at Lund of 295. 1d. to
be received on the feaſt of St. Martin; excep:& firmd
de Wygele, which was 10s. viZ. one bovate worth 45s.
and ſome other land with a houle 6s. Robert de Bre-
tevyle gave 3 acres; and his fon Robert four ſelions
and all his meadow in Hulecotes. John le Sauvage
confirmed the laſt mentioned gift, and gave 8 ſelious
more in Lund. Roger the ton of Maud gave alſo
two acres in Heath.
The abbot aud convent of Lavendon gave them all
their land at Wygele, being one bovate in Merchay,
with the wood and paſture there, and all their appur-
tenances; together with the homage and ſervice of
Ralph de Narbottle, the tanner, of Cheſterfield,
namely, a rent of 26g. for his houſes at Cheſterfield,
with tofts and crofts, and a forge he had there; and
all the right he had in und /ol/a * in Ceſterfeud.
One ſhould think much wine could not be wanted; but ſo wax at Twyford, Mr. Barrington, in his Obſervaticns on the
more antient Statutes, in p. 41, introduces a remark from the friend who adds this note,“ that he had once a living ( Iwytord,
co. Leic,), by the endowment of which the vicar was entitled to all the wax offereè at the three great ſeaſts.“ Burn's Weſt-
moreland, vol. II. p. 153. In 1118, the temporalities of the biſhopric of Caclifle being in the king's hands, the following par-
ticulars, among others, are accounted for at the treaſury: “ For ail at the /acrament at Eaſter two terms; and carrying the ſame
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156 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Edward III. in 1347, having given to the abbot
and convent of Andarſen, in Brabant, the advowſon
of the church of Thyngdon, co. Northampton, gave
licence to them to give it to the abbot and convent of
Croxton, of the ſame order with themſelves *.
The- abbot and convent preſented to this church
from 1349 to 1507*; they had lands here and in
Burton Latimer, called the manor of Olingdon and
Burton Latimer, which, with the impropriation and
right of preſentation to the vicarage, were granted,
30 Henry VIII. to Thomas earl of Rutland. In 1510
they were in the hands of John Boyville 3.
By a finalis concordia, preſerved in Croxton regiſter,
it appears that in Northamptonſhire they had at
Thyngdon and Burton Latimer 27 acres of land, one
meſſuage, and a rent of 115. 4d. with three pounds of
pepper and one of cummin. They had maritagia at
Thyngdon, Harweden, and Burton, & totum ſer vi-
cium liberorum ſuorum, & homagia & relevia eorum.
All this was confirmed, about 1250, by Richard de
Clare, earl of Glouceſter, who had married Margaret,
the daughter of Hubert earl of Kent.
Before the diſſolution, ſeveral of tbe family of Ros
and Manners were buried in Croxton abbey; and were
afterwards removed to Bottesford . One monumental
ſtone bas been already mentioned as exiſting ſome
vears ago in the library at Belvoir caſtles?; where
moſt probably it ſtill remains.
This abbey was valued, at the ſuppreſſion, at .. 458.
195. 04d. of yearly rent; and their poſſeſſions at that
time were thus particularized:
Croxton, com' Leic'. Temporal,
Redd' & firmar' & tenen Knyptor & Harſton, 625.
in diverſis domin', man”, Enderby, 208.
vill', & hamlet", in com” Humberſton, 265. $84.
Leiceſt'. Villa Leiceſtrie, 365.
In Croxton Kerial, 381. Rothely, 225.
75. 84d. | Mountſorrel, 20s.
Waltham & Freby, cum Twiford, 485.
membris, 50 l. 125. 8d. South Croxton, 138. 8d.
In Howes, 2 3t. 128. 104d. Tilton, 9 5.
Sharnford, 425. 8d. Melton Mowbray, 10s.
Broughton, cum mem- KirkbyBelers, 108. 10d.
bris, 34 l. 125. 2d. Bratinby, 68.
Saltby & Sproxton, cum Saxilby 218.
membris, 33. 38. 2d. Stapleford, 418.
Eton cum Branſton, Burton cum Preſtwold
231, 105. 1d. 6d.
Skevynton, 8f. 35. gd. Summa totalis, 2271. 178.
Prof provenient' de placitis & perquiſ' & amerciam'
infra predict maner* & dom', com' annis, viz.
De Croxton Kerial, cum Howes, 35. 4d.
membris, 45. 4d. Saltby & Sproxton, 168.
Waltham & Freyby, 8d.
cum membris, 45. Eton & Braunſton, 15.84.
Broughton, cum mem- Skevington, 35. 4d.
bris, 25. Summa, 355. 4d.
Scit* monaſter* de Croxton, cum curtilag', gard', &
dom' infra precin& dict' ſcit' fituar*, cum diverſ clauſꝰ
& terr' dominuical' in manibus abb' exiſtent', in com?
Leic', 661.
Red” & firm? in Huntington per ann' 95.“
Under the monaſtery of Croyland, in the Tenths
office, the following entry occurs:
« Monaſt' Croyland'. Valet in portione 65. 8 d. an-
nuatim dict' monaſt? ſolut', viz. monaſt* de Croxton ?.“
The deed of ſurrender is here given at jength
from the original in the Augmentation office 5,
« Omnibus Chriſti fidelibus ad quos preſens ſcrĩptum
pervenerit. Nos Thomas Grene, abbas monaſterii
ſive abbathie de Croxton, alias Valle Sancti Johannis
Evangeliſte, Premonſtratenſis ordinis, in comitatu
Leiceſtrie, Lincolnie dioceſi, & ejuſdem loci con-
ventus, ſalutem in Domino ſempiternam. Noveritis
nos prefatos abbatem & conventum, unanimi affenſu
& conſenſu noſtris, animis deliberatis, certa ſcientia
& mero motu noſtris, ex quibuſdam cauſis juſtis &
rationabilibus nos, animos & conſcientias noſtras ſpe-
cialiter moventibus, ultro & ſponte dediſſe, conceſ-
Pat. 20 Edw. III. The appropriation of it to this houſe may be ſeen in biſhop Gynewell's Regiſter, fol. 34.
2 Bridges, vol. II. p. 260. 3 Ibid, p. 224. See p. 45.
" By the favour of my good friend, John Caley, eſq. F. A. 8. keeper of the records in the Augmentation Office, I have
had au opportunity of extracting the above ſurrender from the original deed, May 25, 1793, The ſeal alſo is, by his perwil- ;
ſion, copied, by Mr. Longmate junior, in plate XXXVI, fig. 3.
wa &
a
* *
ſiſſe, ac per preſentes damus, concedimus, reddimus,
deliberamus, & confirmamus, illuſtriſſimo & invictiſ-
ſimo principi & domino noſtro Henrico Octavo, Dei
gratia, Anglie & Francie regi, fidei defenſori, domino
Hibernie, ac in terris ſupremo eccleſie Anglicane
ſub Chriſto capiti, totum dictum monaſterium ſive
abbathiam noſtram de Croxton, alias Valle Sancti Jo-
hannis predicti, ac totum ſcitum, fundum, circuitum,
& precinctum ejuſdem monaſterii five abbathie de
Croxton, alias Valle Sancti Johannis predicti, ac etiam
cellam ſive prioratum noſtrum de Horneby, in comi-
tatu Lancaſtrie, archidiaconatus de Richemond, infra
provinciam Eboraci, una cum toto ſcitu, fundo, cir-
cuitu, & precinct' ejuſdem celle de Horneby pre-
dit”; necnon omnia & ſingula maneria, domos, meſ-
ſuagia, gardina, curtilagia, tofta, terras, & tenementa,
prata, paſcua, paſturas, boſcos, redditus, reverſiones,
ſervitia, molendina, paſſagia, feoda militum, wardag',
maritagia, nativos, villanos, cum eorum ſequelis, liber-
tates, francheſias, juriſdictiones, officia, cur' letas,
hundred', viſ' franci pledg', feria, mercata, parcos,
warennia, vivaria, aquas, piſcarias, vias, chimina,
vacuos fundos, advocationes, nominationes, preſen-
tationes, et donationes eccleſiarum, vicariarum, ca-
pellarum, cantariarum, hoſpitalium, & aliorum ec-
clefiaſticorum beneficiorum quorumcunque, rectorias,
vicarias, cantarias, portiones, penſiones, annuitates,
decimas, oblationes, ac omnia & ſingula emolumenta,
proficua, poſſeſſiones, hereditamenta, & jura noſtra
quecunque, tam infra diftos comitatus Leiceſtrie &
Lancaſtrie, quam infra comitatus Northamptonie,
Lincolnie, Eboraci, & alibi infra regnum Anglie,
Wallie, & Marchiarum eorundem, dicto monaſterio
five abbathie noſtre de Croxton, alias Valle Sancti
Johannis, & celle noſtre five prioratui de Horneby
predict, quoquomodo pertinentia, ſpectanda, appen-
den', ſive incumben', ac omnes chartas, evidentias,
ſcripta, & munimenta noſt ra, dicto monaſterio ſive
abbathie, & celle noſtre antedicte, ac maneriis, terris,
& tenementis, ac ceteris premiſſis, cum pertinentiis, ſeu
alicui inde parcelle, quoquomodo ſpectantes ſive con-
cernentes; habend', tenend', & gaudend', dictum mo-
naſterium ſive abbathiam, & cellam prefatam, ſcitum,
fundum, circuirum, & precinctum de Croxton, alias
Valle Sancti Johannis, & Horneby predict', terras, te-
nementa, ac cetera premifla, cum omnibus & ſingulis
ſuis pertinentibus, prefato invictiſſimo priucipi & do-
mino noſtro regi, heredibus & aſſignatis ſuis, imper-
petuum cui in hac parte, ad omnem juris effectum
qui exinde ſequi poterit aut poteſt, nos & dictum
monaſterium ſive abbathiam de Croxton, alias Valle
STi Johannis predict', ac cellam de Horneby prefat',
ac omnia jura nobis qualitercunque acquiſita (ut de-
cet) ſubjicimus & ſubmittimus; dantes & concedentes
eiſdem regie majeſtati, heredibus & aſſignatis ſuis,
omnem & omnimodam plenam & liberam facultatem,
auctoritatem, & pote ſtatem, nos & dictum monaſte-
rium de Croxton, ac cellam noſtram de Horneby pre-
dict', una cum omnibus & ſingulis maneriis, terris, te-
nementis, redditibus, reverſionibus, ſerviciis, & ſingu-
lis premiſſis, cum ſuis juribus & pertinentiis univerſis,
diſponend', ac pro ſuo libero regie voluntatis libito,
ad quoſcunque uſus majeſtati ſue placeret, alienand',
donand', convertend”, & transferend*; hujuſmodi diſ-
poſitiones, alienationes, donationes, converſiones, &
tranſlationes, per majeſtatem ſuam quoviſmodo fiend',
extunc ratificand*, ratas & gratas ac perpetuo fir-
mas habituros promittimus per preſentes. Et ut
premiſſa omnia & ſingula ſuum debitum ſortiri va-
leant effectum, electionibus inſuper nobis & ſucceſ-
ſoribus noſtris, necnon omnibus querelis, provocati-
onibus, appellationibus, actionibus, litibus, & in-
ſtantiis, aliiſque quibuſcunque noſtris remediis & be-
neficiis, nobis forſan & ſucceſſoribus noſtris in ea
parte, pretextu diſpoſitionis, alienationis, tranſlationis,
& converſionis predicte, & ceterorum premiſſorum
qualitercunque competentibus & competitur is, omni-
buſque doli, erroris, metus, ignorantie, vel alterius ma-
terie five diſpoſitionis (ex ceptionibus, objectionibus,
5 Ibid, From the Firſt Fruits Office. 7 Tenths Office.
& alle -
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
& allegationibus prorſus ſemotis & depoſitis) palam,
publice, & expreſs, ex certa noſtrà ſcientia, animiſque
ſpontaneis, renunciamus & ceſſimus, prout per pre-
ſentes renunciamus & cedimus, & ab eiſdem recedi-
mus in his ſcriptis. Et nos predicti abbas & conventus,
& ſucceſſores noſtri, dictum monaſterium & cellam,
precinctum, ſcitum, manſionem, & eccleſias de Crox-
ton & Horneby predict, ac omnia & ſingula maneria,
domos, meſſuagia, gardina, cartilagia, tofta, prata, paſ-
tua, paſturas, boſcos, ſubboſcos, terras, & tenementa, ac
omnia & ſingula cetera premiſſa, cum ſuis pertinentiis
univerſis, prefato domino noſtro regi, heredibus & aſſig-
natis ſuis, contra omnes gentes warrantizabimus imper-
petuum per preſentes. In quorum fidem & teſtimonium,
nos prefati abbas & conventus huic ſcripto ſigillum
noſtrum commune appoſuimus, & propriis manibus
adſcripſimus. Datum in domo noltri capitulari de
Croxton, octavo die menſis Septembris, anno Domini
milleſimo quingenteſimo trigeſimo octavo.“
In the margin of the ſurrender is written:
c Per me, Thomam Grene, abbatem de Croxton.
Per me, Richardum Fox, priorem.
Per me, Willielmum Jacman, ſub- priorem.
Per me, Thomam Teylyar.
Per me, Johannem Kipworthe.
Per me, Willielmum Halyday.
Per me, Petrum Anderfin.
Per me, Chriſtophorum Nytyngall,
Per me, Johannem Stobbes.
Per me, Georgium Perkyn.
Per me, Thomann Sulley.
Per me, Georgium Chawmar.
Per me, Chriſtophorum Beewt.
Per me, Robertum Langton.
Per me, Thomam Horner.
Per me, Radulphum Heſtryke.
Per me, Henricum Godvytt.
Per me, Willielmum Pertoy.
Per me, Jacobum Charnoc,
Cella de Horneby.
Per me, Johannem Conſytt, priorem de Horneby.
Per me, Johannem Flecher.
Per me, Thomam Edynſtow.“
An indorſement thereon :
© Memorandum, quod die & anno infraſcriptis, abbas,
prior, & conventus infra nominat' in domo capitulari
omnes & ſinguli tum ibidem congregati, & capitulum
facientes, unanimi eorum conſenſu pariter & aſſenſu,
ex certa eorum fcientia, animis deliberatis, hoc eorum
ſcriptum, ſigillo ſuo communi ſigillatum, ac manibus
ſuis propriis adſcriptum, continens donationem, con-
ceſſionem, & alienationem, five ſurſum-redditionem,
ut factum ſuum merum, liberum, & voluntarium
cognoverint, ac ut factum ſuum commune in manus
venerabilis viri magiſtri Thome Legge, legum doc-
toris, commiſſarii domini noſtri regis, ad uſum ipſius
illuſtriſſimi domini noſtri regis, ulrro & ſpontè tra-
debant & deliberabant; ac petiverunt inſtanter, ut in
curia cancellarie dicti domini noſtri regis, ſeu ubicun-
que alias, ut factum ſuum hujuſmodi ad perpetuam rei
memoriam irrotuletur, imponetur, & inſeribatur; &
rogaverunt hos teſtes ſubſcriptos, quatenus tam ſuper
corum facto hujuſmodi, quam ſigillacione, delibera-
tone, & petitione, predictis, teſtimonium perhiberent.
Mr. Jches Harryngton, Mr. Joties Hayles,
Mr. Willm Lee, of Stampford, Joties Woodall.”
Names of ſome of the abbots“.
1. To Thomas, probably the firſt abbot, king Ste-
phen, who died in 1154, gave the church of Croxton.
2. Adam in 1203, 1204, and 1220.
3. Elias in 1228 and 1230.
4. Ralph de Lincoln was appointed abbot of Crox-
ton, in 1231, by the abbots of Newhous and Hali-
well, ſent for this expreſs purpoſe by the chapter of
the Premonſtratenſians . After him,
* Enlarged from Willis, Mitred Abbeys, vol. II. p. 110.
Reg. Graveſend, ann. 17.
3
C RON TON.
5 See Peck, 4934, pp.
* See the proceedings on his election, and an enumeration of the property he recovered for the abbey, in the Appendix, Ne XI,
* Peck, ibid.; ex ipia originali carta pergamenica apud Belvoir, Aug. 15, 1732. g
* Sce particulars of izle of fee farm rents reierved upon grants from the crown in the Augmentation Office,
157
5. John occurs abbot in 1241; as does
6. Geffrey from 1242 to 1250.
. Thomas in 1250.
William de Houghton died abbot in 1274.
9. William de Graham abbot of Croxton received
the benediction cal. Jan. 1274 +.
10. John occurs abbot in 13105.
11. W. de Brackley occurs abbot in 13 10 and 1319.
12. John of Grantham“ occurs about 1336. A
letter written near that period is thus directed : * Tra-
datur domino Johanni Grantham abbati de Croxton,
commoranti apud Weſtmonaſterium.“
13. John Arghum, whoſe name is miſtaken for
Aſglin, was abbot in 1477.
14. John Aſglin, who occurs abbot 1478, died in
1491 and was ſucceeded by |
15. Elias Attercliff; who was elected Sept. 10,
14717; on the 14th of January, 1499, was pre-
ſented to the vicarage of Thyngdon, co. Northamp-
ton, which he reſigned in 1501; and died in 1534.
His leal (ſimilar to that of the abbey, engraved in
plate XXXVI. fig. 3. with the addition of 10n'zs in a
label) is affixed to a leaſe, dated Ott. 24, 1529,
wherein he and the convent of St. Mary and St. John
the Apoſtle and Evangeliſt grant to Alexander Bra-
byſon, of Eyton, co. Leiceſter, gentleman, and Feli-
ciana his wife, two meſſuages at Eyton, for 21 years.
Signed,“ Per me, Elyam de Croxton abbatem *.”
16, Robert Derby was preſented to this abbacy,
by Thomas lord Berkley, April 22, 1534.
17. Thomas, who occurs abbot in 1522 and 1536,
is probably Thomas Grene, the laſt abbot; who in
1539, with 20 monks of the houſe, ſurrendered the
ſame to the king's viſitors, 8 September, 30 Hen. VIII.
and had a penſion of /. 80. per annum.
In 1543, there remained in charge here, paid
out of the revenues of this late convent, C. 4. in fers,
and Z.1 2. 6s. 8d. in annuities and corrodies, beſides the
following penſions, viz.
To John Conſeyte £.6. 13s, 4d.; William Holly-
daye £.6.; Thomas Taylor £.6.; George Cham-
bers C. 5. 135. 4d. George Perkyn C. 5. 13s. 4d.;
Henry Hanley £.5. 135. 4d.; Thomas Hulley L. 5.
135. 4d.; Ralph Eftrycke /. 5. 135. 4d.; Robert
Lang:on . 5. 135. 44. ; Chriſtopher Nightingale C. 5.
134. 4d. ; and to James Charnocke L£.2,
The poſſeſſions of Croxton Abbey were granted to
Thomas earl of Rutland and the lady Eleanor his wife,
by letters patent, dated at Weſtminſter 17 March,
30 Henry VIII. to hold to the ſaid earl and his wife
in fee, under the yearly rent of £.297. gs. 43d. and
by the ſervice of one knight's fee. The words of
the letters patent are as follows: * Rents of lands
and poſſeſſions, as well ſpiritual as temporal, in Crox-
ton Kyrial, with the manor of Beſcoby, and lands
in Knipton and Hareſton, the manor of Howes, with
rents in Harby, Statherne, Clauſton, Plonger, Bareſ-
ton, Broughton, Sakeſby, Buckminſter and Sewſterne,
Wymondham, Harlaxton, Sproxton, Coyſton, and
Stoneſby, and in the manor of Skevington, with
lands in Humberſton, the town of Leiceſter, Belgrave,
Tylton, Twy ford, South-Croxton, Enderby, Sherne-
ford, Rutheley, Mountſorrel, Saxulby, Preſtwold,
Burton, Kirby-bellers, Melton-Mowbray, Brantingby,
Stapleford, Eyton, Braunſton, Waltham ſuper le
Wold, with rents in Freby and Gaudeby; the
manor of Thingdon, with the rectory there, and in
Burton Latimer, in the manors, &c. of Barrowby,
Denton, Grantham, Kilwell, Paunton, Calthrop,
Newbo, and Hungerton, parcel of the poſſeſſions of
the late monaſtery of Croxton, com?” Leic' 9.”
In 1611, Roger earl of Rutland is noticed as hold-
ing in capite the manor of Croxton, with the ſite of
the monaſtery there . 7ohn-Henry duke of Rutland
is the preſent owner, 1793+
For this perſon, ſee Dr. Pegge's preface to Compendium Compertorum, ſubjoined to the Annals of Elias ce Trekyngham, p. 69.
3 Reg. Hugonis de Wells, ann. 23.
16, 53. * See more of him in Appendix, Ne XI.
19 See p. exxv.
LITTLE
of Hs
138 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
LT ST 1
a ſmall village about the middle of the Eaſt ſide of
the county of Leiceſter, not much more than a mile
from the edge of Rutland, is bounded on the Eaſt
and South by the pariſh of Pickwell, with its hamlet
of Leeſthorp, and by Somerby ; on the Weſt by Great
Dalby ; and on the North by Burton-Lazars. It is
four miles from Melton Mowbray to the South, 15
from Leiceſter to the North-eaſt; 7 miles Weſt of
Oakham ; and 19 from Stamford. The extent of the
pariſh is about two miles every way; and the diſ-
tance of it from London is 108 miles. The village
is about half a mile from the church, in a bottom,
to the North- eaſt. In the eccleſiaſtical diviſion of the
county it is in the deanry of Framland.
There are two other villages in the county which
have the ſame name ; Great Dalby, or Dalby Chau-
comb, bordering upon this to the Weſt ; and Dalby
on the Wolds, on the edge of Nottinghamſhire, near
Wartnaby, and at the extremity of the Vale of Belvoir.
In the reign of Canute, William Pantulf owned this
lordſhip ; who, with Borgia his wife, tounded the
nunnery of Langley in this county, and gave it to the
church of Little Dalby, with fix (additional) bovates *.
At the time of the general ſurvey, the lordſhip of
Little Dalby was in the pofleſſion of Goisfrid de
Wirce ; under whom Robert held four ploughlands
and a half. In the demeſne was arable land ſufficient
to employ one plough; and four ſocmen, with five
villans and one bordar, had two ploughs. There
were ten acres of meadow. The annual value of the
whole land in the tenure of Robert was 20 ſhillings ;
which, in the time of Edward the Confeſſor, had been
worth no more than five ſhillings; though the land
was deemed equal to three ploughs and a halt *.
This Goisfrid is mentioned, in the ſame record, as
holding one houſe in the borough of Leiceſter belong-
ing to Dalby, and another belonging to Pickwe!] ?.
Henry de Fereires (who, with Robert the king's
ſteward, held alſo one burgeſs in Leiceſter ), had
five ploughlands in Dalby, which belonged to his
manor of Somerby, and were in the tenure of Roger.
In the time of king Edward the Confeſſor four
ploughs were employed on the arable land of this
portion of the lordſhip, then in the free tenure of
Alwold, and valued at ten ſhillings, which was ad-
vanced to 20 ſhillings at the time of the ſurvey ;
when 16 ſocmen, with a prieſt, employed fix ploughs.
There were alſo forty acres of meadow +5.
The abbey of Yaudey, in Lincolnſhire, had very
early four bovates of land here, with a toft and croft,
the gift of Henry de Perer *.
The abbey of St. Mary de Pratis at Leiceſter had
alſo ſome property here, as appears by their regiſters”.
In the Teſta de Nevill, about 1240, we find three
different tenures mentioned at Little Dalby. In
Dauby Tatiſſale, 4 ploughlands paid 32d. to the ſhe-
riff's aid; Dauby Paynell, 16d. ; and in Dauby Perer
(including Sextenby Perer), three ploughlands and
2 bovates paid 4d. The whole lordſhip paid 12d.
pro ſectd, and 3s. for frankpledge.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Little Dalby, Cold Over-
ton, Somerby, Burrow, Withcote, and Newbold Fol-
vile, anſwered collectively as one vill.
By an undated French deed [about i285], Robert
Paynell confirms to Fohn Hamelyn, of Wymondham,
* MS. Chetwynd.
modo 20 ſolidos.” Domeſday, p. 235. b. col. 2.
% Goisfridus de Wirce 1 domum pertinentem ad Dalbi, & aliam pertinentem ad Picheuuelle.“ Ibid. p. 230. a, col. 1.
In iplo burgo habent Henricus de Fereires & Robertus Diſpenſator 1 burgenſem.“ Ibid. 1
* Huic manerio [Sumerdebi] pertinent 5 carucatz terrz in Dalbi. Tempore regis Edwardi erant ibi 4 caruce, Ibi 16
Ibi 40 acrz prati.
* Dugd. Mon. Ang. vol, I. p. 833.
a Regiſtrum Cartarum Familie de Berkeley,” Harl. MSS. 265. pp. 90, 91.
'* Eſch, 31 Edw. I. N' 40. Leic.
'3 Eſch. 23 Edw. III. Pars 1. N* 75,
'? Eſch, 42 Edw. III. N? 10. Leic.
ſocmanni cum preſbytero habent 6 carucas.
tenuit.“ Ihid. p. 233. b. col. 1.
* Eſch, 29 Edw. I. Ne 47. Leic.
1? Rot. Aux. 20 Edw. III.
% Eſch. 35 Edw. III. Pars 2. N' 10.
1 Eſch. 2 Ric, II. N* 8, Leic, See more under Bredon,
, Robertus tenet de Goisfrido 3 carucatas terre & dimidiam. Ibi fuerunt 3 caruce & dimidia.
In dominico eſt 1 caruea; et 4 ſocmanni, cum 5 villanis et 1 bordario, habent 2 carucas, Ibi 10 acræ prati. Valuit 5 ſolidos,
.
and his heirs, a virgate and half of land, which William
Fitzmaud and Joan his wife held of him in villenage,
Witgeſſes, Henr* de Petite Dalby, Rauf Beler de
Ketelby, and others *.
By a leaſe, dated on the feaſt of the Aſſumption,
15 Edw. III. [1287], John de Berkeley and Iſabel his
wife aſſign to William Wayte, of Little Dalby, Emma
his wife, and William and John their ſons, for the term
of their ſeveral lives, on an annual rent of 42s. a meſ-
ſuage and croft, 3 virgates of arable land, 8 acres
of meadow, and the appurtenances ; with 5s. annual
rent, ariſing from a meſſuage, crofr, and one acre of
meadow, on the renure of Henry Freeman and Agnes his
wife; and the reverſion of the laſt mentioned meſſuage
and croft on the death of the tenants : “ Teſtibus,
Roberto Paynell, Roberto Parys, Johanne Pollard,
Willielmo Clerico,” all of Little Dalby; and others“.
In 1301, John de Perer held a knight's fee in Dalby
Parva, Allerby [ Welby}, and Sixtenby [Siſonby ], of
Henry de Nottingham; which Henry held the ſame of
the heirs of Thomas de Wappenbur, and of Thomas
de Waſſingle, Richard de Beyvill, and William de Rei-
vell; which heirs, and Thomas, and Richard, and Wil-
liam, held the ſame of Roger de Moubray, deceaſed .
In 1303, John de Hamelin and John de Tateſhale
held the third part of one Knight's fee, with the ap-
purtenahces, in Sumerdby, Burg, Dalby Parva, and
Burton Lazars, of Robert de Tateſhale, deceaſed ;
which then was worth 6035.
In 1306, Robert Waldron died ſeiſed of a third part
of the manor of Daulthorpe { Dalby Thorpe], held
of the King in capite, by the ſervice of 105. 6d. a year
(for a ſherift's-aid) and ſuit of court at Framland-
court, from three weeks to three weeks.
In 1346, John Dryby (or De Orreby), Adam de
Clifton, and Adam de Grimſton (on the aid then granted
for knighting Edward of Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt
ſon), were aſſeſſed 135. 4d. for a third part of one
knight's fee in Somerby, Dalby Parva, and Erde-
burgh, parcel of the honour of Cheſter *.
In 1349, Thomas Wake died ſeiſed of one knight's
fee in Sixtenby, Dalby Parva, and Cleby ; which
John de Pereys next held“.
Ia 1352, John [de Plantagenet] earl of Rent died
ſeiſcd of one knight's fee, with the appurtenances, in
Sixtenby, Dalby Parva, and Cleby, late parcel of the
inheritance of Thomas Wake of Lydell, which John
de Pereys held“.
In 1361, Jobn de Mowbray, of the Iſle of Axholme,
(who poſſeſſed property here which formerly belonged
to the lords Segrave) died ſeiſed of one knight's fee
in Dalby Parva, Oleby, and Sixtenby ; which Thomas
de Wake held's.
In 1368, Alice (the wife of Roger) Beler, deceaſed,
held one meſſuage and one virgate of land, with the
appurtenances, in Dalby Parva **.
In 1372, Walter de Manny, knight, died ſeiſed of the
manor of Dalby, with its appurtenances, beld of John
Bretingham biſhop of Lincoln, by homage and fealty “.
In 1378, Ralph Baſſet, of Sapcote, died ſeiſed of
divers lands in Dalby Parva, co. Leiceſter, as a mem-
ber of Bredon, in the ſame county *.
In 1399, Thomas Moubray, late duke of Norfolk,
died ſciſed of one knight's fee, with the appurte-
nanccs, in Dalby Parva, Aleby, and Sixtenby .
Valuit 10 ſolidos; modo 20 ſolidos. Aluuoldus libere
7 See P · 164.
Lib. de Lovel. Eſch. 35 Edw. I.
14 Esch. 26 Kdw. III. N* 54. Leic.
17 Eſch. 46 Edw, III. Ne 38. Leic.
19 Eſch. 1 Hen. IV. N' 71, Leic. I
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FRAMLAND HUN D RIED.
In 1412, Alice Baſſet (the wife of Ralph Baſſet,
knight), deceaſed, was ſeiſed of certain lands at Dalby
Parva, parcel of the manor of Bredon*'; and in 1415,
another inquifition to the ſame purpoſe was returned ?,
John of Melton was about this time alſo a propri-
etor of lands at Little Dalby ?. 8
In 1420, Robert Swillington died ſeiſed of one meſ-
ſuage, and of the aſſige rent of the freeholders in
Dalby Parva, held of the prior of Kirkby Belers +.
In the taxation of 1445, Little Dalby was charged
L.1. 199. 6d.; from which 25s. 84. was abated.
In 1461, John Moubray, duke of Norfolk, died
ſeiſed of one knight's fee in Dalby Parva, Olby, and
Sixtenby, held by John Beler ; alſo of one knight's
fee in Dalby Parva, Quenby, and Sixtenby, which the
heir of Thomas de Wake held 5.
In 1475, John Belers e, eſq. of Eye-Kettleby, died
ſeiſed of lands at Little Dalby, which became the pro-
perty of Marian, one of his three fiſters and coheirs,
LT TURE DAL BY: © 1:9
and wife to fir Thomas Greene, knight,
In 1498, .. . Danſay died ſeiſed of certain lands
and tenements in Dalby Parva, held of the king, as
of his honour of Lancaſter 6.
On the 28th of April, 1522, it appeared that Henry
Thwaytes, knight, deceaſed, was ſeiſed of certain
lands and tenements, and 8s. rent, in Dalby Parva,
and that they were held of the king, as of his duchy
of Lancaſter, by knight's ſervice . 4
By an inquiſition, taken at Leiceſter, OR, 12, 1586,
it appeared that William Hartopp, deceaſed, was ſeiſed
of three virgates of land, meadow and paſture, with
the appurtenances, in that part of Dalby Parva which
is called Over-Iborpe; that the ſaid William died on
the 2d -of September preceding ; and that Thomas
Hartopp, his ſon and heir, was aged 16 years, 7
months, and 11 days.
In 1611, Valentine Hartopp, eſq. held in capite lands
in Little Dalby, and poſſeſſed the impropriation there*.
Pedigree of HarToee, of Little Dalby. (See their Arms and Original under Buck uixsrxR.)
William Hartopp, died Sept. 2, 1586, Eleanor Adcock.
1. Thomas, born 3. Valentine, of= . . Pratt, of
1570, ob. J. p. Little-Dalby. Lutterworth,
2. Edward; ſee under 7
4. Richard, b. 1606.
.
2 .
Buckminſter, I. Thomas, b. 1600. 5. Mary, b. 1614.
2. Edward, b. 1601. 6. Elizabeth, b. 1616.
3. Elyam, b. 1604. 7. William, living 1619. 1639.
4. George Hartopp®, of Eleanor, dau. of William
Little Dalby. Liſter “e, of Rippingaze,
Leiceſterſhire; remarried
to William Goodman,
of Goadby, gent. ob.
Antwerp, and mar. a ætat. 51.
Spaniſh lady there.
—
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2. Thomas Harto p, t. William Hartopp, Dorothy, dau. of fir
bapt. 1628 ; ſettled at bapt. 1625 ob. 1077, | Thomas Hartopp, of
Burton Lazars, knt.
ob. 1707, ætat. 70.
. George Hartopp, Elizabeth, bapt. 1627.
pt. 1631; ſettled Frances, bapt. 1635; marr,
in Ireland, 1663 to Iſaac Ingram.
—
20,1723 | Van Hove. died the ſame year. ob. 1724.
8. George, b. 1663.
10. Valentine, b. 1671; bur. 1678.
Thomas Mary Con- 1. George, b. 1653, 2. William Elizabeth, dau. 9. Samuel, Elizabeth Dorothy, bapt. 1652 ; mar.
Hartopp, | ſtance, dau. died young. Hartopp, of Tho. Har- born 16053 1674 Samuel Templer '3,
died June of... . 3. Thomas, b. 1657, bapt. 1054; tops alderman died vicar | d. 1721, elq of Aſhley, North-
of.
ondon; of Little | ztat. 47. amptonſhire,
4+ Edward, b. 1658. remarried to Dalby, 1 Eleanor “, bapt. 1655; mar.
Two ſons, living 1723. 5. Thomas, b. 1659. John Seward, 1717. 1678 John Kerchevall,
6. Robert, b. 1660, of Worceſterſhire; eſq. of Orſton, co. Nott.
7. Richard, b. 1661. ob. 1725-6. Mary, born 1666 ; married
1684 Tho. Hayes, gent.
2. William Harto p, born 1706
vicar of Little Dalby, and rec-
tor of Cold Overton; died
Dorothy Lambart, 2. Samuel Hartopp,Letitia, dau. of Edward Elizabeth,
ob. 1763, æt. 53. eſq. born 1700; | Wigley, of Scraptoft, born 1703.
died 1752, æt. 52. | eſq. married 1730.
1762, ætat 56.
Dorothv, died young.
Edward · William Hartopp, eſq. high · ſheriff⸗ Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Boothby,
in 1763; ob. 1773, ætat. 42.
| of Potters-Marſton, eſq. ob. 1769.
Marſton, and in 1789 (by | lord Car-
the will of Mrs. Dallow) of | berry.
Freathby allo ; high- ſneriff
in 1790.
Edward, born 17183. Juliana, born 1784.
There are two manors at Little Dalby ; one be-
longing to Francis earl of Moira, the other to Robert
earl of Harborough, under whom the Hartopps hold,
though they pay a chief rent to lord Moira for an
eſtate purchaſed of the Ortons, under whom Mrs.
Moyer holds. No copyholds.
There is now only one manſion-houſe ſtanding,
ä
E £ 1
1. Edward Hartopp-Wigley, Juliana, dau. 2. Samuel, LL. B. vicar of 3. Thomas, 1. Elizabeth = Henry Ryder Knapp, M. A.
eſq. of Little-Dalby, Potters- | of George Little-Dalby, and rector died young. fellow ot King's College, Cambridge,
of Cold Overton, marr.
Mary, daug. of William
Py well, eſq; of Barnwell, hall, eſq.
orthamptonſhire.
2. Lætitia, died 1775, aged 14.
3. Mary Gcorge Pywell, of Allexton-
4. Anne, died young.
5 Martha, died young.
called The Hall ; pleaſantly fituated at the top of a
gently-floping lawn. It has been the reſidence of the
Hartopps ever ſince queen Elizabeth's reign; and the
building is chiefly of that age, partly of the ſand-
ſtone of the country, and partly of Ketton, or a ſtone
reſembling it. The laſt addition to the houſe was
made in 1682. There has formerly been another
" Eſch. 14 Hen. IV. No 15. Leic, * Eſch. 3 Hen. V. Ne 60. Leic. 3 Burton, p. 83, “ Eſch, 8 Hen, V. N? yr, Leic,
5 Eſch. 1 Edw. IV. Ne 46. Leic. o Of this family, and of the deſcent of his large property, ſee under Eye-Kettleby.
7 Eſch. 14 Hen. VII. * Eſch. 14 Hen. VIII. Apr. 28. Ex libro de Lovel. 9 See p. cxxiv.
He was of Gray's-Inn, and a counſellor at law, 11 The Baronetage calls her * Eleanor, daughter of Thomas Liſter, of
Coleby, in Lincolnſhire 3 but the above is from the Viſitation of Leiceſterſhire, 1619; and from the regiſter of Little Dalby.
'* This Thomas was a gentleman very remarkable for his ſtrength and courage; of which it is related, that being at Ant-
werp, and ſeeing a prize- fighting, wherein the combatants did not acquit themſelves to the ſatis faction of the ſpectators, he
was ſo offended thereat, that he got npon the ſtage, and, challenging them, encountered no leſs than five, one atter another,
whom he entirely diſabled, whereby he gained very great applauſe ; and being of a comely perſonage and ſtature, a lady of
quality and fortune, who was preſent at the fight, fell ſo much in love with him, that ſhe ſent him word,“ She was at his ſer-
vice, if he was diſpoſed to marry;“ and he, embracing the offer, ſettled there, ſerved the king of Spain in his armies, and his
ſon was afterwards a colonel in the emperor's ſervice, and governor of Liere in Brabant, where he is buried in the chapel of
Ter Cluyſe, under a monument with the following inſcription ; ** Cy giſt meſſire Thomas Hartopp, d'ancienne et noble famille
d' Engleterre, en ſon vivant colonel d'un regiment d'infanterie au ſervice de 8. M. Imperiale et Catholique, gouverneur de la
ville & dependences de Liere. 1i y deceda le 20 Juin 1723, et laiſſa deux fitz de noble dame Marie - Conſtance Van Hove fa
compagne, laquelle fit dreſſer ce memoire, Priez Dieu pour le repos Eternel de ſon ame.” Le Grand Theatre de Brabant,
tom. II. p. 196. 13 See the preceding note. 44 He died in 1681. See his epitaph, p. 163.
'* She died May 18, 1695 ; and was buried at Orſton, in Nottinghamſhire; ſee p 85.
ds Tais houſe, of which a North view is given in plate XXXVII, fig 6, was conſiderably improved about the year 1782, by the
preſent owner, Edward Hartopp Wigley, eſq. who has alſo a ſeat at Potters-Marſton, in right of his mother; and another at
dcraptoft in right of his great uncle Wigley, whoſe name he has taken, By the will of Mrs, Dallow, youngeſt daughter and
one of the coheireſſes of fir John Hartopp, the laſt baronet, he is alſo poſſeſſed of her undivided ſhare of the family eſtate at
Freathby, See p. 128. |
2 Vol. C T* K s manſion»
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160 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
manſion-houſe, a little to the Eaſt of the church, in a
cloſe now called the Hall-cloſe, and on the eſtate
now belonging to Mrs. Moyer,
The mill was in a cloſe in the eſtate of the Har-
topps, ſtill called Mill-hill; and has been down about
50 years.
There is a ſmall bell in the church, which is ſaid
formerly to have belonged to a chapel ſituated in the
village, and of which the houſe where the widow
Mowbray now dwells was a part. Many bones have
been occaſionally found there in digging.
Gentlemen of the name of Goodman, Boothby, and
Templar, have formerly inhabited this pariſh. And of
the old names which occur very early in the regiſter,
there are ſome ſtill ſubſiſting, as Hely, now Healy,
1562; Helowbye, 1562, now Ellaly; Bonye, 1577,
now Bunny; Weat, or Waxte*, 1559; lately extinct.
In 1564 there were 29 families in Little Dalby.
John Muſſon is the only name recorded under this
pariſh in the freeholders book of 1630.
William Hartopp, eſq. and the Rev. Samuel Ker-
chevall are all that occur in 1722.
There were 4 reſident freeholders in 1778.
By the favour of Mr. Profeſſor Martyn, who paſſed
ſome time at Little Dalby in conſequence of having
travelled with the preſent Mr. Hartopp, to whom he
was tutor, I am enabled to preſent the reater with
the following remarks on the natural hiſtory of this
pariſh, with ſome extracts from the regiſter.
This lordſhip is remarkably hilly, being thrown
about in ſmall ſwellings, in ſuch a. manner, that, in
the greater part of it, it is difficult to find a piece
of flat ground, The largeſt portion of it is an antient
incloſure; and none of the inhabitants know when
it took place. I thought at firſt to have diſcovered
the date of it from the age of the trees in the hedge-
rows; but, none of them which I have had an oppor-
tunity of examining are more than about 120 years
old ; but if the incloſure went no farther back than
this, we ſhould have learnt the date of it from tradi-
tion. I then ſearched the pariſh regiſter, to find whe-
ther any depopulation had taken place ſince the time
of Elizabeth ; but could find none, and therefore con-
cluded that the incloſure was at leaſt as early as her
reign. That there has been a depopulation I con-
clude, not only from the natural conſequence of in-
cloſing, but from the foundations of buildings which
are diſcoyered in the cloſes near the church.
The whole lordſhip is in paſture, except here and
there a ſmall piece which the landlords permit the te-
nants to break up occafionally when it becomes very
moſſy ; but then this is laid down again uſually at the
end of three or four years. There are no woods ;
but there are ſome ſmall plantations of oak, aſh, and
elm, of no very long date. There is abundance of
aſh in the hedge-rows, and ſcarcely any other tree.
The ſoil is a ſtrong clay; there is no waſte ground
in the lordſhip; but it is not cultivated, in my opi-
nion, to the beſt advantage. They depend chiefly
on their dairies : they breed, however, very fine ſheep,
famous for the whiteneſs of their fleeces, which weigh
from ſe ven to nine pounds: they breed alſo fine horned
cattle ; but the lordſhip, in general, is not good feed-
ing ground.
This lordſhip is remarkable for having firſt* made
the belt cheeſe perhaps in the world, commonly known
by the name of Stilton-cheeſe, from its having been
originally bought up, and made known, by Cowper
Thornhill, the landlord of the Bell-inn at Stilton. Ir
began to be made here by Mrs. Orton * about the year
1730 in ſmall quantities; for at firſt ir was fuppoſed
that it could be made only from the milk of thoſe
cows which fed in one cloſe, now called Orton's Cloſe ;
but this was afterwards found to be an error. In 1756
it was made only by three perſons, and that in ſmal!
quantities; but it is now made, not only from one,
but from almoſt every cloſe in this pariſh, and in
many of the neighbouring ones. It is well known
Some of this family were tenants here ſo early as 1287.
See ſome curious particulars on this ſubje&, from Mr, Marſhall and others, p. 5.
3 This good dame had before been houſe-keeper in the family of Mr. Aſhby at Quenby ; where ſhe
ſee this ſpecies of cheeſe made, for family uſe, under the name of Lady Beaumont's cheeſe.
4 It is much more like, both in ſize and ſhape, a child's Bartholomew-fair drum. G. A. |
This was written about 1781, The Rey, Mr, Hartopp ſince informs me, that 184, per hundred weight has been paid this
year (1793) ; and not leſs than 14. or 15d. for many years paſt.
2 :
interſperſed ; ammonites of different ſpecies in great
that this ſort of cheeſe is made in the ſhape, and of
the ſize, of a collar of brawn +. It is extremely rich,
becauſe they mix among the new milk as much cream
as it will bear. It requires much care and attendance;
and, being in great requeſt, it fetches 1cd. a pounds,
on the ſpot, and 1s. in the London markets.
* There is no ſtone, gravel, or ſand, in this lordſhip,
except a little ſand-ſtone on the fide of Burrow-bills :
it is moſtly a ſtrong blue clay; and in ſome parts of
it is a good brick earth. There is only one ſpring,
and that a chalybeate : it lies high, in a cloſe be-
longing to the vicar, known by the name of the
Spring Cloſe ; it runs over a great part of the year,
and diſcharges itſelf into the valley where the village
lies. Nobody ever attempted to fink for a well in
this pariſh, till, in the winter of 1777 and 1778,
Edward Wigley-Hartopp, eſq; dug, and ſucceeded.
He penetrated through a bed of ſtiff blue clay; and,
at the depth of 66 feet, the water guſhed in, when, I
apprehend, the workmen were coming to the limeſtone
rock, by their having thrown out ſome fragments of
blue ſtone. To the depth of 10 feet were frequent
nodules of chalk; at that depth the clay was full of
(mall ſelenites. At 30 feet deep the clay was found
to be full of pectens and other ſhells, very perfect, but
extremely tender. Nodules of Ludus Helmontii were
quantities, gryphites, and other ſhells; and plates of a
clear foliaceous mica, reſembling Muſcovy glaſs. I am
informed that the water did not prove good, and that
little or no uſe is made of this well.
J have not found any natural productions, either
animal, vegetable, or foſſil, but what are common in
other places. There is neither wood nor waſte ground
in the pariſh; and we know, that where man has
completely ſubdued the foil ro his own uſe, he per-
mits nothing to feed or proſper, but what is ſervice-
able to his private intereſt.
„The air here is dry and healthy; fogs are not fre-
quent, and clear off early when they happen. The
inhabitants are happy, and many of them live to a
good old age.
Their fuel here is pit-coal, which they have chiefly
brought from Derbyſhire, and ſome from lord Mid-
dleton's coal-pits near Nottingham. The carriage
being heavy, and the roads bad, it uſed to coſt them
15d, or 16d. per hundred weight; but ſince the na-
vigation has been completed to Loughborough, they
get it for 10d. or 11d. per hundred 5.
No great road leads through the pariſh ; but the
turnpike-road from Oakham to Melton paſſes within
a mile by Leeſthorp; and they come upon it in going
to Melton at about the ſame diſtance before they
come to Burton.
There is not any river that runs through the pariſh,
or comes near it; and only one inconſiderable brook,
which is ſometimes dry, This joins another, more
conſiderable, that comes from Somerby by Leeſthorp ;
and both, proceeding jointly by Burton Lazars, fall
into the river Eye, between Brentingby and Melton.
There is no Papiſt in this pariſh, nor one Diſſenter
of any denomination.
The parochial feaſt follows St. James; to whom
the church is dedicated.
There have been no perambulations time imme-
morial.
The rent of the whole pariſh is C. 1422. 55s.
© The number of houſes is 21 ; families 22; and
inhabitants 123. Three teams kept.
© The land-tax at 4s. raiſes C. 164. 145. 2d.
% Labourers have 1s. 24. per day in ſummer, and
1s. in the winter; in harveſt 1s. 6d. and their vic-
tuals. Land lets at 15s. an acre.”
Tae nett expence of the poor in 1776 was 271. 16s,
Medium of three years, 1783—178 5, 45/. 85. 44.
ce The regiſtre-booke- of Little Dalbye begynneth
in the year of oure Salvation one thouſand five hun-
See p. 158.
had denn accuſtomed to
G. A.
dred
dred fyſty nine, and in the fyrſte yeare of the reigne
of our moſt gratious quene Elizabeth“ and contains
32 leaves in parchment long folio, all very fair, ex-
cept the firſt leaf of baptiſms, which is much ſoiled,
and ſome of it illegible.
At the bottom of the firſt page is, And this doth
ree with the owld regeſter-booke.”
The ſame to fol. 2, 3, 4, and 5; and fol. 1, 2, and
3, of the marriages ; and fol. 1 and 2 of burials.
. Lende IVKERSALL, Miniſter,
Joun WRATE, K
RIichARPD e Churchwardens.
Examined by
« The firſt of the family of Hartopp that I find in
the regiſter of Baptiſms is, Thomas Hartrupte, bap-
tiſed the 28th day of December, 1600.
Edwarde Hartraupe the 8th of Auguſt, 1601.
Elynor Hartrupte, the daughter of Valintyne H.
the 15th of December, py
Rycharde Hartrupte, the ſonne of Valintyne, the
18th of September, 1606.
Mary, the daughter of Mr. Valentine Hartop, was
baptiſed the fiveth day of January, 1614.
lizabeth, the daughter of Mr. Valentine Har-
toppe, was baptiſed the 25th day of December, 1616.
William, the fone of Mr. George Hartop, was
baptiſed the 15th day of December, 1625.
Edward, the ſon of Toby Turner, clarke, baptiſed the
2d day of February, 162 $3 quo die rex Carolus coronatus.
Elizabeth, the daughte
baptiſed the fiveth day of July, 1627.
Anthony, the ſon of Toby Turner, vicar, baptiſed
the 15th of May, 1628.
Thomas, the ſon of Mr. George Hartopp, baptiſed
the 17th day of March, 1628.
Bridgett, the daughter of Toby Turner, clarke,
baptiſed the 28th day of April, 1630.
George, the ſon of George Hartoppe, baptiſed the
12th of April, 1631.
Frances, the daughter of Mr. George Hartoppe,
baptiſed the 22d of April, 1633.
Elizabeth, the daughter of Toby Turner, baptiſed
the 24th day of October, 1633.
In 1636, Mr. Turner, the vicar, began to enter
the profeſſions of thoſe whoſe children he bapriſed.
It appears that at that time they had a miller, weaver,
taylor, carpenter, and baker. There were two fami-
lies in the pariſh then who are entitled gentlemen, the
Boothbys and the Goodmans.
Anne, the daughter of John Muſton and Anne his
wife, baptiſed the 18th day of July, and buried the
29th of the ſame month, 1650.
Anne, the daughter of John Muſton and Anne his
wife, was baptiſed the 18th day of September, 1651.
Dorothy, the daughter of William Hartopp, eſq.
and Dorothy his wite, was baptiſed December the
22d, 1652.—T his Dorothy, the elder, ſurvived her
huſband, and was born March the 24th, 1626.
February 15?, 1653.
Valentine Goodman, of Little Dalby, labourer,
ſworn and appointed pariſh-regiſter of the ſaid pariſh,
the day and year aboveſaid, according to an act of
parliament in that behalf provided. WiLL., HARTopr.
George Hartopp, the ſon of William Hartopp, eſq.
and Dorothy his wife, was baptiſed the 12th day of
January, 1653.
Alice, the daughter of John Muſton and Anne his
wife, was baptiſed the 23d of September, and was bu-
ried the 25th of the ſame.
William, the ſon of William Hartopp, eſq. and
Dorothy his wife, was baptiſed the 2oth day of De-
cember, 1654.
Ellen, the daughter of William Hartopp, eſq. and
Dorothy his wife, was baptiſed the 22d day of No-
vember, 1655.
Thomas, the ſon of William Hartopp, eſq. and
mn his wife, was baptiſed the 28th day of May,
1637.
Edward, the ſon of William Hartopp, eſq. and
Dorothy his wife, was baptiſed the ſeaventeenth day
January, 1658,
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Thomas, the ſon of William Hartopp, eſq. and
Dorothy his wife, was baptiſed the 13th day of Sep-
tember, 1659.
Ralph, the ſon of William Hartopp, eſq. and Do-
rothy his wife, was baptiſed September the 22d, 1660.
Richard, the ſon of William Hartopp, eiq. and
Dorothy his wife, was baptiſed the 10th day of Sep-
tember, 1661.
George, the ſon of William Hartopp, eſq. and
Dorothy his wife, was borne the 3d day of January,
and baptiſed the 13th day of the ſame moneth, 1603.
Samuel, the ſon of William Hartoppe, elq. and
Dorothy his wife, was borne the 5th day of April,
and baptiſed the 14th day of the ſame moneth, 1665.
Mary, the daughter of William Hartopp, eſq. and
Dorothy his wife, was borne the 16th day of January,
and was baptiſed the 23d day of the ſame, 1666.
Valentine, the ſon of William Hartopp, eſq. and
Dorothy his wife, was borne the 19th day of October,
and was baptiſed the 6th day of November, 1671.
Samuel!, the ſon of Samuell Templer, eſq. and Do-
rothy his wife, was borne the 11th day of February,
and baptiſed the 25th day of the ſame, 1674.
John Hayes, the fon of Thomas Hayes, eſq. and
wary his wife, was born July 3o, and baptiſed Auguſt
2, 1693.
Samuel, the fon of Mr. Samuel Hartopp and Eli-
zabeth his wife, was born the firſt, and baptized
March 12, 1700.
Elizabeth, the daughter of Mr. Samuel and Mrs.
Elizabeth Hartopp, was born the 14th, and baptiſcd
the 24th of February, 1703.
William, the ſon of Mr. Samuel and Mrs. Elizabeth
Hartopp, was born the 6th, and baptiſed the 14th
day of October, 1706.
Peter, the ſon of Mr. James and Mrs. Dorothy
Noke, was borne the 15th of Auguſt, and baptiſed
the 9th of September, 1713.
Thomas, the fon of Mr. James and Mrs. Dorothy
Noke, was baptiſed September 16, 1714.
John, the ſon of Samuel and Elizabeth Kerchevall,
was born the 24th of June, and baptiſed the 27th
of July, 1719; born and baptiſed at Grantham.
Samuel, the ſon of Mr. Samuel Kerchevall and
Elizabeth his wife, was borne the 11th day of April,
and bapriſed the ſame day, 1721.
« The regiſter of maryages, begininge in the 1559
yere of our Lord God, and in the fyrſt yere of oure
moſt gratious quene's reigne, quene Ely zabeth.
1559. Thomas Gryne and Margeret Gouldſon were
maryed the 29th day of June.
Iſaack Ingram and Frances Hartopp were married
the 16th day of February, 1663.
Samuel Templer, eſq. and Mrs. Joant Leckewive
were married the thirteenth day of September, 1670.
Samuel Templer, eſq. and Mrs. Dorothy Hartopp
were married the ſix and twentieth day of March,
1674.
* Kerchefell and Mrs. Elenor Hartopp were
married the 28th day of May, 1678
Thomas Hayes, gentleman, and Mrs. Mary Har-
topp were married the fifteenth day of January, 1684.
Mr. William Roberts, of Glaſton, in the county of
Rutland, and Mrs. Aſtræa Mathews, were marryed
March 2d, 1711-12.
« Dalby-Parva burials, beginninge the 1559 yere
of our Salvation, and in the fyrſt yeare of oure molt
gratious quene's reigne.
Edward inkerſoll was buried the 11th day of Sep-
tember, 1613, being vicar; Tobias Turner, miniſter.
William Wilforth, being 100 yeares old, was bu-
ried the 26th day of February, 1619.
Mr. George Hartoppe, eſquiour, was buried the
roth of July, 1634.
Elizabeth, the daughter of Toby Turner, vitar,
and of Elizabeth Turner, was buried the 8th day of
April, 1636.
Elianour Good man, widowe, the wife of the late
William Goodman, of Goadby, gent. buried February
the iſt, 1639-40.
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Elizabeth, the wife of Toby Turner, vicar, buried
the 13th day of March; died the 11th, 1647-8.
Toby Turner *, vicar, was buried the nine and
twentieth day of july, 1643.
1649. Joyce Browne, the wife of Robert Browne,
was buried the 275th of June; John Muſton, miniſter
ibidem. | |
Anne Muſton, the wife of John Muſton, miniſter,
was buried March 15, 1656-7.
Thomas, the ſonn of William Hartopp, efq. and
Dorothy his wife, was buried the 21ſt day of Ofto-
ber, 1658, ; A
George Hartopp, the ſonne of William Hartopp,
eſq. and Dorothy his wife, was buried the 3oth day
of September, 1662.
Valentine Hartoppe was buried the 4th day of
September, 1677.
William Hartoppe, eſq. was buried the 25th day
of September, 1677. |
1678. William Whitaker was buried the 6th day
of September; and affidavit was made, that he was
wrapt up in nothing but what was made of ſheep-
wool onely, according to an act of parliament for
burying in woollen. |
William Hartoppe was buried the 8th day of De-
cember, 1678, according to the act of parliament for
burying in woollen onely.
John Muſton, vicar, was
tieth day of Auguſt, 1685.
Goody Horton was buried May 22, 1693.
Mrs. Dorothy Hartopp was buried June 27, 1701.
Samuel Hartopp, miniſter, dyed the 5th, and was
buryed the 7th of July, 1717.
Mrs. Judah Briggs was buried the 21ſt of May,
buryed the one and twen-
1719.
Mes. Elizabeth Hartopp, widow, dyed July the
20th, and buried the 23d, 1721.
William Hartopp, eſq. dyed June the 12th, and
was buried the 15th of the ſame month, 1724.
Elizabeth, the wife of John Seward, eſq. was buried”
January 27, 1725-6.
Baptiſms. Burials.
From 1559 to 1568 — 43 — 12
1059 — 1668 — 49 — 17
1717 — 1726 — 30 — 34
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Average of baptiſms in 168 years, 4 +.
burials in the ſame time 3 yz.
Marriages for 161 years, 1559—1719, 203.
Average, nearly 14.
Auguſt 21, 1653,
Collected in our pariſh church of Dalby Parva,
towards the releife of the diſtreſſed inhabitants of
Marlborough, in the county of Wilts, the ſumme of
foureteen ſhillings. |
Jonn Mus rox, Vicar.
GHriLBERT PECKLETON, |
WIII. WHITTAKER, Churchwardens,
Aprill the 22d, 1688.
Collected then in the pariſh of Little Dalby, to-
wards the brief for the French Proteſtants, the ſum
of one pound, ten ſhillings, and four pence.
EpwarD MarsToON, Vicar,
RIchARD HooTER, Churchwarden.
1621. A layre made by the churchwardens of 12d.
a yard land; April.
1628. A layre of 6d. a yard land for the church -
wardens; June the 4th.
Another of 12d. a yard land; October the 4th.
Another of 29. a yard land; November the 4th.
A layre of 3 ſhillings a yard land, layed for the
churchwardens, upon the 25th day of January.
EpwarD HELY,
GEorRGe WILFORTH,
Theſe entries are at the end; and are followed by
more of the ſame ſort, in 1644, 5, 6, and 7.
Churchwardens.
On the laſt page of the regiſter is,
A ſeſſeing of the neighbours for the double ſubſedy
r in Little Dalby, 1628, Auguſt. |
Thomas Binkes, xv11iid. | Will. Bremegeam, xIId.
Jeere Iſlippe, xv111d, | Francis Loſeby, xII d.
John Harve, xv1114, | Ephraim Wilforth, vid.
Richard Burſtoll, xv1118. | John Allen, 111d,
John Wayte, xvid, | George Wilforth, 1111,
William Hely, xd. John Noone, vid.
John Kempe, 11d. William Elaby, vid.
Edward Hely, xiIid. | John Archer, 11d.
WilliamEaſtroppe, x11. | Robert Browne, 11d.
Heſter Gamble, xud, |
The CHURCH,
which is dedicated to St. James, was given to the
nunnery of Langley about the year 1030 ; and we
find it under the ſame patronage in 1209.
The nuns of Langley are called the patroneſſes in
the Matriculus of 1220. Robert of Leiceſter, the then
rector, who had been inſtituted by Hugh Wells biſhop
of Lincoln, was the firſt rector who paid two ſhillings
annually to that nunnery, with the knowledge and
conſent of the biſhop : Perſona R. capellanus inſtitutus
per H. nunc epiſcopum, ſolvens dictis monialibus a8. de
novo, eo tum volente & ſciente.
The church of Little Dalby was afterwards ap-
propriated to the nunnery of Langley; and the ap-
propriation and ordination of the vicarage may be ſeen
in the regiſters of the dioceſe of Lincoln.
In 1344 the procurations were 7s. 63d.; the vi-
carage was taxed at 22 marks; paid 25. for Peter-
pence; and a penſion of 25. to the nuns of Langlcy.
In a ſubſequent taxation it is mentioned as paying
19 marks; and a penſion of 3 marks to the prioreſs
* See P-. lxii.
© See his epitaph, p. 164.
5 Bacon's Liber Regis.
* MS. Carte.
of Langley.
In 1650 Little Dalby was returned as an impro-
priation; the rectory worth £.40.; the vicarage, /.30.
The incumbent was reputed as“ no preacher.”
Valentine Hartopp, eſq. poſſeſſed the impropriation*
in 1611.
The preſent impropriators are Mr. Hartopp aud
Mrs. Moyer; but no great tithe is paid to either.
The living of Little Dalby is a vicarage endowed,
in the patronage of the Hartopp family ; it is valued
in the king's books at £.9 ; is worth about J. 106. 135.
a year, ariſing from a payment of 1s. 6d. in the
pound ; and has a glebe of about 56 acres.
The procurations now paid to the biſhop are, for
the rectory, 25. 4d. ; for the vicarage 15. 2d.
A penſion of 105. is alſo paid to the biſhop *.
The preſent incumbent is Samuel Hartopp, LL. B.
educated at Trinity-hall, in Cambridge, and brother
to the patron, He holds alſo the rectory of Cold
Overton.
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/ John Clement occurs vicar in 1534.
Edward Inkerſoll died vicar,1613.
Toby Turner was preſented in 1613.
John Muſton, 1649. |
Thomas Pope, Jan. 14, 168 5, King James II.
Edward Marſton, Aug. 9! ag
Samuel Hartopp, March 24, 1689 1 2
Samuel Hartopp, Oct. 3, 1696, . William Hartopp, eſq:
Samuel Kerchevall *, June 23, 1718;
William Hartopp*, July 23, 1741,
John Brown *, Aug. 9, —_- 7 , | F
Henry Ryder Knappe, M. A. Jan. 9, 1783; reſigned 1788. :
Samuel Hartopp *, LL. B. Oct. 19, 1788, S 7 } Edward Hartopp-Wigley, eſq:
Samuel Hartopp, eſq.
William Hartopp, eſq.
| The church, which is antient, ſtands on high In the church Burton mentions theſe two coats:
ground, without any houſe near it, except the vicarage, Sable, a lon rampant Argent coronné. Segrave
which is a little to the North-weſt ; the hall, which is Gules, fretty, Ermine. Valoines. :
170 yards to the South ; and a ſmall farm houſe and AE j =
cottage. | gainſt the wall, in 1740, were two atchievements :
It is built of the reddiſh ſandſtone of the neigh- . Sable, a chevron Ermine between three otters
bourhood, coined with free-ſtone; and has a nave paſſant Argent, Hartepp.
and two ailes, ſeparated by handſome arches. The 5 _ topp; impaling, Azure, three pellets raguled,
South tranſept is ſtill ſtanding ; that on the North embattſed Gules, igley.
has been pulled down. There is alſo a porch on the On the South fide of the chancel are three ſtone
South ſide; at the Weſt end is a tower, with a pin- ſeats and a piſcina ; ſee plate XXXVII. fig. 2.
nacle at each corner; and from the centre of it riſes The font is alſo engraved, fig. 3. .
a ſpire. See plate XXXVII. 3
The tower contains three bells. On the timber over the porch, is I. T. 55.
The whole length of the church on the inſide, in-
1 Over the S th 2 |
2 the belfry, is 89 feet and an half; the width ver the South door
is 35 feet. The chancel is 26 feet and an half long; Th
the belfry 12 feet. The ailes are 8 fect wide. The *
South tranſept is 10 feet long; the porch is 11 feet 1766.
long and 9 wide.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS
There is a ſmall mural tablet of black marble om 3. Here lieth the body of Samver HarTope,
the North fide of the chancel for William Hartopp, rector of Cold Overton, and vicar of this pariſh,
eſq. commonly called Juſtice Hartopp. He was elder He dgparied this lite July the 5th, 1717,
brother to the preſent poſſeſſor's great grandfather, in the 52d year of his age.”
and died without children. His portrait, together os |
with that of his brother, the anceſtor of the preſent 4. Here lieth the body of ELIZza B Tu,
Edward Wigley-Hartopp, eſq. is in the dining-room the wife of SamveL HarToer, 3
at the hall. The monument is thus inſcribed: late rector of Cold Overton, and vicar of this pariſh.
« Near this place lieth the body She departed this life July the 2oth,,
of WIILIAu HarToee, eſq. anno Domini 1721, ætatis 44.”
eldeſt fon of WiLLIiam HARTroyr, eſq.
and DoroTHy his wife; 5. © Here lieth the body of LzrT14,
Ie” | late wife of Samver HakToey, eſq. of this pariſh,
who 1 1 the ang Fi June, 1724. and daughter of Sir EpwanD WicLEr, of Scraptoft,
S mairie eb &R.IOFF, in this county, and LæTITIA his wife.
the daughter of THñoMAS HarToee, Merchant. She died May the 11th, 1748, aged 43 years
She erected this monument in 2 of him; r *. ,
and made this vault, | g :
with a deſire to be laid by him.” Epward William HAxrorr, efq,
Her works do follow her; but the remembrance of
The chancel is almoſt floored with the monuments them continues an inſtructive example to poſterity.”
of the Hartopp family ; there are nine large flabs,
moſtly of blue marble or black flate. 6. © Here lieth the body of SAMUEL HaRrTopy, eſq.
r who departed this life April the 26th, 1752,
« Here lieth the body of ELIzZ ABE TR in the 52d year of bis age.
the wife of Join SEwARD, junior, 7. „ Here reſt the remains
of Radſey, in the county of Worceſter, eſq.
She was the widow and relict of rector of Cold Overton, and vicar of this pariſh;
William HarToyy, of this pariſh, eſq. who departed this life the 7th day of July, 1762,
aud died Jan. 14, 1725.” aged 56.”
I, * Here lieth the body of WILLIAM HarToey, eſq.
ſon of GeoxGe HARropr, eſq.
who departed this life 28 September, 1677,
of the Rev. WiLLiam HAR Topp,
8.“ Here reſt the remains of Mrs. DoxorHY HArToee,
widow of the late Rev. WiLLiam Harrtore ;
aged 51.” who departed 8 5 the 16th day of May, 1703, |
ged 53 years.
2. Here lieth Doxorux,
the wife of WIILIAu HarrToee, eſq. g. © DororTir, daughter of
and daughter of Sir T:ztomas HaRrToee, of Burton; the Rev. Mr. WiLt1am HAK Top,
Who was buried Juve the 27th, 1701, | by Dororay his wife,
aged, 70 years.“ died an infant.
Rector alſo of Cold Overton: | |
Var. I. | 2-8 There
163
164 HISTORY ANY ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
There are ſeveral grave-ſtones forming the pave-
ment of the church, but none of any great antiquity,
except one, a large white flab, on which is tricked
the figure of a man in a long gown, a ſword at bis
ſide; near his left foot traces of two children. All
that remains of the inſcription is,
» + + + + + + qui obiit guartodecimo die menſis Septembrig,
anno Dſi mP*ceee® , 6 4 4+ + + +
The following memorial of a worthy divine, who
was vicar here 36 years, is nearly obliterated from
an old flat ſtone in the nave:
„TOBIAS TURNER,
> oo © Ri. BY PROT « ©» ©
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« + + « MINISTRATIONE SEDULUS,
HIC JACET SEPULTUS,
UXOREM HABUIT ELIZABETHAM
FILIAM EDWARDI CHESELDINE DE BRAN»
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MEMORIAM CONSERVANT,
OB, JUL, 27, ANNO D'N1 1648,
ATATIS VERO SUZ 63.“
On flat ſtones in the nave :
1.“ Here lieth the body of Judith Briggs, widow,
late of Friſby on the Wreak, in this county.
She died May 29, 1719, aged 88 years;
whoſe huſband, John Briggs,
gave five pounds to the poor,
and ſhe gave five pounds more
to the poor of this pariſh for ever.“
2. To the memory of
Mrs. KaTHERINE LAMBERT, of Melton Mowbray ;
who died July the 25th, A. D. 1747, aged 63.”
3. Here lie the remains of the Rev. Jonx Baown, M. A
late rector of Cold Overton, and vicar of this place.
He died November 1, 1782, aged 55.
On a flat ſtone in the South alle :
« Here lieth the body of Mrs. MARY MZRREBLI,
who tenderly nurſed Mrs. HARTopr,
wife to WIILIAM HaRToey, eſq.
She led an exemplary life,
and made a moſt Chriſtian end,
on Friday the 21ſt of December, 1722,
aged near fourſcore years.“
At Aſhley, Northamptonſhire, within the altar rails *,
« Here lieth the body of SAuuEL TEMLER, eſq.
He married the daughter of WILLIAM HakToey, eſq.
of Little Dalby, in the county of Leiceſter.
He departed this life the 31lt day of December,
in the year of our Lord 1681,
in the 28th year of his age.”
On the South ſide of the church-yard is an antient
cumbent figure, ſeemingly of an eccleſiaſtic, but very
much damaged (ſee plate XXXVII. fig. 4.); it was
not originally in the ſituation where it now lies, but
was probably removed out of the church. A flight
ſketch of it is alſo given, in a ſide view, fig. 5, with
the baſe of a croſs; the ſhaft of which is nearly
demoliſhed.
On an upright ſtone in the South-weſt part :
Here lieth the body of Joszex Goope,
late gardener to EDWARD-WirTIAud HARTopr, eſq.
in which family he lived 30 years.
He died February 23, 1767, aged 61 years.
Imitate his virtues ;
remember not his failings ;
unleſs to amend your own life.”
The births of four of Mr. Turner's children, two ſons and two daughters, and the burial of two daughters, are mentioned
from the regiſter, in p. 160,
Bridges, Northamptonſhire, vol. II. p. 274.
3
3 Of an old family in this pariſh ; ſee pp. 58, 160,
On other vpright ſtones :
1. “ Here lies the body ot Thomas Waite, junior,
who died Sept. 7, 1771, aged 20 years.
He ſuffered a long and paintul illneſs with
clearfulneſs, reſignation, and fortitude. He
ſubmitted to an amputation of his leg, when
the Faculty gave him but very ſmall hopes ;
becauſe he thought it was his duty to try
every means to prelerve his life,
This was the effect of an early piety,
a firm truſt and confidence in Almighty God,
through the merits and mediation
of his moſt bleſſed Redeemer.
O Reader, let this example haye a proper
influence upon your life; and then you may
humbly hope that your end will be like his.”
2. Here lies the body of Robert Crofft, who died
September 2, 1765, aged 81 years.”
3. Here lies the body of Suſannah, the widow of
Robert Crofft, who died Sept. 18, 1763, aged 78.”
Martha Puffer died July 12, 1777, aged 73.
John Searſon died July 16, 1775, aged 89.
Alice Adcock, died June 27, 1791, aged 78.
Mary Stephens, died Nov. 18, 1767, aged 79.
George Bunney, died June 21, 1771, aged 75.
CHARITABLE BENEFACTIONS.
A ſmall table of benefactions recites, that Judith
Briggs gave . 5. to the poor; that John Briggs did
the fame ; that a perſon unknown gave the like lum;
and that Francis Eilaby, of Great Dalby, gave . 20.
for the education of two poor children, who are ſent
either to Great Dalby or to Somerby.
See the return made to the queſtions propoſed by
parliament in p. iv.
From the regiſter of the abbey of St. Mary de
Pratis at Leiceſter, it appears that ſome lands at one
of the Dalbys were the property of that religious
houſe; and from the names of the tenants it ſhould
ſeem probable that it was at Dalby in the Woulds;
but as the entry in the regiſter begins clearly with
the church of Little Dalby, it may be proper to give
it in this place.
« Ecclefie de Dalby patrone moniales de Langley,
per matriculum epiſcopi. Perſona R. capellanus in-
ſtitutus per H. nunc epiſcopum, ſolvens dictis monia-
libus 25. ex novo, eo tum volente & ſciente.
Habemus in Dalby, ex dono Ricardi filii Willielmi,
duas virgatas terre, cum pertinentiis, reddentes annu-
atim 124. ut in prima cartà, & ex confirmatione regis
Henrici II, &c.
Mem', quod Willielmus filius Johannis de Dalby
ſuper Woldes fecit fidelitatem fratri Willielmo abbati
Leyc', pro uno meſſuagio & una virgata terre, & c. &
per eandem fidelitatem recognoviſſe ſe & heredes ſuos
tenere predicta tenementa de abbate Leyc' & con-
ventu, per ſervicium 45. per annum, &c. ut in Carta 40.
Habemus quietam clamationem Danielis filii Ra-
dulfi de Dalby de una virgara terre, cum pertinentiis,
quam de nobis ipſe antea tenuit, ut in carta 5*.
Mem', quod nos conceſſimus, & per cartam noſtram
confirmavimus, Gilberto filio Willielmi filii Gaufridi
de Dalby, & heredibus ſuis, unam virgatam terre,
reddend* nobis annuatim 45. ut in prima cartà vel
feoffamento,
Mem”, quod nos conceſſimus, & per cartam noſtram
confirmavimus, Roberto filio Danielis de Dalby unam
virgatam terre, &c, reddend* nobis annuatim 45. &c.
ut in carta 2* vel feoffamento.
Reſponſio
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
Reſponſio redd* abbathie Leyc' ibidem, per nomina
: & parcella.
Tenentes unius meſſuagii & univs virgate terre
continentis 24 acras & dimid' terre, & 3 acras prati z
quondam Willielmi Danye!, ſolventis ad 2 feſt' 45.
Frater Henricus Crownale *, chevalier de Hoſpital
gancti Johannis, tenuit libere duas partes de meſſua-
gio, videlicet, 15 acras 1 rodam terre de dictà vir-
gatà, quondam Will:elmi Danyel ; poſtea Johannis
Burrough, per adquilitionem; poſtea W. Odynel de
Hardeby, jure Elene uxoris ſue, filie & heredis dicti
Johannis de Burrough; de quo W. de Odenell pre-
dicto frater Henricus duas partes meſſuagii & 15 acras
& 1 rodam perquiſ vit, reddend' per annum 24d. q̃.
Item Henricus Crownale tenuit 2 acras & 1 rodam
de predictà virgata quondam W. Frankleyn, poſta
Johannis Burrowgh, & tandem W. Odenell. Et redd'
er annum 2d. “.
Robertus Waren tenuit tertiam partem dicti meſ-
ſuagii quondam Willielmi Daniell; poſtea Roberti
Buntyng, per adquiſitionem ; poſtea Radulfi Vilers,
jure hereditario Agnetis uxoris ſue, filie & heredis
Roberti Buntyng, & tandem Ricardi Waren, patris
predicti Roberti Waren, jure hereditario Alicie uxoris
ſue, filie & heredis Radulſi filii Vilers. Redd” per
annum 124.
Johannes Scheyle, de Wyloughby ſuper le Wold,
England.
LIT TEE DALEY
165
tenuit liberè 2 acras de predict virgatà, ut de jure
Felicie uxoris ſue, filie & heredi“ Rieardi Dame
Felyſton, quondam Johanne Felyſton, matris prediQi
R. Redd” per annum 2.
Dominus W. Belton & dominus Robertus frater
ejus Capella tenuerunt conjunctim & diviſim 3 acras de
predictà virgata per adquiſitionem de Roberto Bur-
bage de Kyrkby Bellers, ut de jure Johanne uxoris
ſue, filie & heredis Johannis Denys de Stouneſby
juxta Walton ſuper le Wolde, qui quidem Johannes
deſponſayit Margaretam Maſſey, filiam & heredem
Johannis Maſſey. Redd' 3d.
De heredibus domini Ricardi de Wyloughby, pro
I acra terre & dimid', & 3 acris & dimid” prati, de
eadem; redd' 5d.
De heredibus Hngonis de Eſſyngton, pro 1 acrl
_—_— de eadem virgata, quondam W. Bellamy; redd'
; |
Johannes Dalby tenuit libere 1 meſſuagium 1 vir-
gatam rerre, quondam Heuffrey de Browlin, ut de
jure uxoris ſue, filie & heredis W. Dalby, patris pre-
fati Johannis; qui quidem W. dedit in liberum me-
ritag um cum filia ſua Aufrido, ſub conditione, quod,
ſi obierit fine herede, predict meſſuag' & virgat' de-
bent redire heredibus ipſius W. Dalby ; pro quibus
redd' per ann' 48.“
In 1424, this Mr. Crownale was locum-tenens to William Halle, then prior of the hoſpital of St. John of Jeruſalem in
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in antient writings called Eftevell, Eſtwell, Eſlewelle,
&c. with divers variations in orthography, but not in
ſound or ſenſe, is a ſmall but pleaſant village, ſituated
upon the hill, in the road from Belvoir caſtle to
Melton Mowbray, is about ſeven miles from the latter
Place, and five from the former. Ir is old incloſure,
and contains 1291 acres of land, far the greater part
of which is grazed.
Faſtwell was held, in the time of Edward the Con-
feſſor, by Leuric the ſon of Lewin, with the privileges
of ſac and ſoc; and at the time of the general ſurvey
was returned as a member of of the manor of Melton,
then held by Goisfrid de Wirce, containing fix plough-
lands and 10 acres of meadow *,
Aſcbil held under the king, at the ſurvey, five
ploughlands and two oxgangs in Eaſtwell, which was
capable of employing tour ploughs. One plough
was held in demeſne; and ſeven villans, with three
borders, had three ploughs. There were twenty acres
of meadow. The annual value continued at twenty-
four ſhillings, the ſame as it had been under Edward
the Confeſſor *.
In the eccleſiaſtical diviſion of the county it is in
the deanry of Framland.
Hawifia counteſs of Albemarle, during the life of
her huſband Baldwin de Betun, about the year 1200,
gave four carucates at Eaſtwell, which were of the
tee of her father Wilkam le Groſs, earl of Albemarle,”
to the abbey of Gerendon ; which were confirmed by
William de Fortibus, earl of Albemarle, her fon 3,
Eſtwelle is mentioned in the regiſter of Croxton
abbey as being of two fees; one part. of it being of
the fee of Arraby; the other of the fee of Ferrers +,
In the Teſta de Nevill, about 1240, Eſtwell Ed-
meſhoue, containing four ploughlands, paid 324. to
the ſheriff's aid; and Eſtwell Arraby, being 3 caru-
cates, 25. 6d. |
The whole lordſhip was rated at 124. pro ſed,
and 25. for frank pledge.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Eſtwell, Godeby, Eaton,
and Braunſton, anſwered collectively as one, vill.
This lordſhip conſiſted originally of two manors;
the moſt conſiderable of which, for many hundred
years, was the inheritance and chief ſeat in this coun-
try of the antient family of Brabazons, who came
originally out of Normandy; of which houſe was fir
Roger Brabazon “; who, in 1290, was one of the
judges of the common pleas, and had £.23. 6s. 8d.
per annum allowed him for his falary?7; was after-
wards lord "Chief juſtice of the king's bench“; in
1300, had a grant of free warren in Croxhall, co.
Derby, and in Maiton and Hareworth, co. Notting-
ham? ; and in 1301 held half a knight's fee in Eaſt-
well of Thomas de Badieſmere ; who held the ſame
ot Roger de Moubray, deceaſed “.
In 1307, Roger le Brabazon, being then conſtable
of the Tower, with the mayor and ſheriffs of London
(upon the complaint of Henry earl of Lincoln, at a
parliament held at Carliſle), were aſſigned to take
honeſt and diſcreet men, aud to make diligent ſearch
and inquiry how far the river of Wells went in old
time, and that they leave nothing that may hurt or
ſtop the ſame, but to keep it in the ſame eſtate that
it was uſed to be.
: Domeſday, p. 235. b. col. 2. See the original return under Melon.
2 % Aſchil tenet de rege in Eſtwelle 5 carucatas terre & 2 bovatas. Terra eſt 4 carucarum. Nunc in dominico 1 caruca
& 7 villani cum 3 bordariis habent 3 carucas. Ibi 20 acrz prati. Valuit, & valet, 24 folidos,” Ibid. p. 236. b. col. 3. |
3 See the Matriculus of Eaſtwell, p. 167; Dugd. Bar. vol. I. p. 63; and the original deed under the hiſtory of Gerendon
abbey
de under the next pariſh of Eyton, where an extract from this regiſter will be given
3 Sce more of this anticat family under Goadby, Maureward, and Sproxton, and Moulcley.
* Liberatz de anno 28 Edw. I. m. 9. Dugd.
Harl. MSS 61113 from an original record in the Tower, 3; Edw, I.
1: Dugd a, Clauf. 1 Edw. IJ. in dorſo m. 19. *'3 Dugd. a Pat. g Edw. II. p. 3. m. 9. Eſch. 19 Edw. II N* 26. Leic.
36 Eſch. 35 Edw. III. Ne Pars 2. N 10,
1 Efch, 1 Hen. IV. N” 71, Leic,
22 Eſch. 18 Hen, VII.
7 Pugd. Chron, Series.
'? Inq. 29 Edw, I N 47.
75 Rot, Aux. 20 Edw. III.
1% Eſch. 15 Ric, II. Pats 1. Ne g.
* Kich, 1 Edw. IV. N 46. Leic,
166 J Fre Ct
N ˙ 06 +.
On the 6th of September, 1308, the ſaid Roger
took the oath to king Edward II“; and in 1316, for
that he had ſerved the office of lord chief juſtice till
he was grown very antient, was honourably releaſed
from that place, and made one of the king's. privy
council“.
In 1325, Roger Beler, deceaſed, and Alice his wife,
held 13s. 8d. rent in Eſtwell, of William de Six-
tenby ; but by what ſervice was unknown 14.
In 1346, Thomas Brabazon (on the aid then granted
for knighting Edward of Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt
ſon) was aſſeſſed 10s. for a quarter of one knight's
fee in Eſtwell; and in the fame year, the abbot of
Garrendon (on the ſame occaſion) was aſſeſſed 45. 4d.
for a twelfth part of one Knight's fee in Eſtwell
aforeſaid 3 both as parcel of the fee of Baſſet *.
In 1365, Jobn de Mowbray, of the Iſle of Axe-
holme, died ſeiſed of one knight's fee in Eſtwell,
which William de Gratton held **, |
In 1390, Roger Beler, deceaſed, held a rent-charge of
275. ariſing out of a certain free tenement in Eſtwell *.
In 1391, Mary, wife of Roger Beler (married firſt
to John Seintelere), died ſeiſed of 275. rent, arifing out
of a certain free tenement in Eſtwell, held of John
de Sixtenby -.
In 1299, Thomas Moubray, late duke of Norfolk,
was ſeiled of the moiety ot one knight's fee, with the
appurtenances, in Eftwell “.
In 1420, Robert Swillington died ſeiſed of four te-
nements in Eſtwell, held of William de Sixtenby *.
In the ſubſidy of 1445, Eaſtwell was rated at
21. 85.; and an abatement was made of 9s. 6d.
In 1461, Jobn Moubray, duke of Norfolk, died
ſeiſed of one knight's fee in Eſtwell, which John
Brabazon held.
In 1502, + + + « + Keble died ſeiſed of one of the
manors of Eaſtwell; as alſo of certain lands and
tenements there, held of the king, as of his duchy
of Lancaſter *. |
In 1506, . . « . Segrave died ſeiſed of certain
lands and tenements in Eaſtwell, held of the king, as
of his honour of Leiceſter, by knight's ſervice *-,
In 1509, we find the following will of a Brabazon,
who was a native of this town:
© In the name of God, Amen. The 25th day cf the
month of Jauuarie, the yeare of our Lord one thou-
ſand five hundred and nine, I Adam Brabazon, late
of Allexton, in hole mynde and of good memorie,
make my teitament in this manner of form, Firſt, I
bequeath my ſoule to Almightie God, and to our
bleſſed Lady. St. Marie, and to all the ſaints of
heaven; and my body to be buried in the church of
St. Marie in Stamford. Allſoe, I bequeath for my
principall my belt horle. Allſoe, 1 bequeath to my
ſuſter Iſabell that gould and filver that ſhee hath
of myne; and allſoe my land in Rarby, Wykeham,
and Calewell, for terme of her life; and after her
deceaſe, I will that the ſaid land ſhall remayne to my
broder Brabazon, to john his fone, to theire heires
aud aſſignes for evermore. Allſoe I will that my feot-
feis ſhalbe ready to iclzafe and make a ſufficient eſtate
in the law to my broder William, and to John his ſone,
according to this my will. Allſoe I give to the ſaid
John, my brother William's fone, tenne marks, which
* Id. ibid.
9 Chart, 28 Edw. I. m. 6,
17 Eſch. 4 Ric. II. N? 14. I. eic.
** Eich. 3 Hen. V. N* 512, Leic.
23 Eſch. 22 Hen, VII.
John
FRAMLAND HyunDAEDd.]
ohn Crawmare oweth unto me by obligacion. Allſoe
1 give to my broder William a place in Alexton, with .
the appurtenances, which I bought of a man of Lon-
don; and another place in Newerke, which | had
of my maiſter Peers Staynford; to have and to houlde
to him, his heires and aſſignes, for evermore. Allſoe
I give to the aforeſaid John xr quarters of maulte,
which the ſaid John Cramare of Haflorton oweth
unto me. Allſoe I bequeath to William Hokyrby
tenne ſheepe; allſoe to Xpofer Joys a horſe, or
elſe vis, viiid. Allſoe I will that ſuch lands as I
bought of my mayſtres Staynford my broder ſhall
ſell it, and fynd ſome of my brother Alexander's
children at the ſchoole as long as the money thereof
indureth; and all ſuch feoffeis as be ſeiſed in the ſaid
land to releaſe and make over a ſufficient eſtate in the
lawe to my faid brother, according to the perform-
ance of this my laſt will. Allſoe I will that my bro-
ther William ſhall fynd a preiſt at Eſtwell, of good
and vertuous diſpofition, for terme of two yeares, to
ſinge for my ſoule, and my fader and my moder's
ſoules. The reſt of all my goods not bequeathed I
give and bequeath to WIIiam my broder, which I
ordayne, make, and conſtitute, my true and lawefull
executor, that he ordayne and diſpoſe for the health
of my ſoule, as it ſhall ſeeme him beſt to be donne.
Theſe being witneſſes, John Byrd preeſt, William
Bowis, Xpoter Jois, aud o:her moo.
ce Proba: um fuit ſapraſcriptum teſtamentum coram
Ano apud Lamehith, x xiii” die menſis Aprilis, anno
Dui millimo quingenteſimo decimo, juramento Willi
Brabazon, execut' in hujõi reſtamto nominat* ac ap-
probat' & inſinuat'; & commiſſa fuit adminiſtraco
omnium bonorum & debit* dei def? prefato exccutori,
de bene & fidelr adminiſtrand', ac de pleno & fideli
inventatio citra finem Penthec' prox' futur' exhibend',
necnon de pleno & vero compõ reddend”, ad ca Dei
evangelia in debità juris forma jurato '.”
In 1512, fir George Haſtings held, in right of his
wife Joanua, one of the daughters and heirs of Roger
Brabazon, eſq. a moiety of the manor of Eſtwell, wich
the appurtenances, an a moiety of two melſuages,
12 virgates of land, and 26s. rent, with the appur-
tenances, in Eaſtwell; a moiety of 6 meſſuages, 10
virgates of land, and 75. rent, in Harby ; a moiety of
one virgate of land and 2 cottages in Scaltord; a
moiety of 6 cottages, half a virgate of land, with
the appurtenances, in Braunſton; a moiety of one
cottage and one virgate in Harſton; and a moiety of
meſſuages, 9 virgates of land, and 16s. rent in
Mouſeley. He died June 11, 1512; and his ſon
and heir John was 14 years of age and upwards *.
Sir William Brabazon, knight, died June 10, 1552,
ſeiſed in fee of the manor of Eaſtwell, held of the
king, as of his duchy of Lancaſter ?, and of one
windmill, 16 meſſuages, 8 cottages, 200 acres of land,
60 acres of meadow, in Eaſtwell, Harby, Eaton, and
Wikham, and other land in Mouſeley and Wilmereſby,
Edward Brabazon, his ſon and heir, then only
three years and three months old u, was created baron
Ardee, of the kingdom of Ireland, July 16, 1616;
and died Aug. 7, 1625.
In 1591, Edward Brabazon, eſq. the then poſſeſſor
of the lordſhip of Eaſt well, and Mary his wife, were
Purchaſers of the manor of Shortley, in the county
of Warwick, from James Fitzherbert, of Stoke, near
Coventry, and Richard Fitzhecbert, of Shilton, co.
Leiceſter, gent. *
Harl. MSS. 61171, p 62, Ibid. p. 61. b.
5 Dugdale's Warwickſhire, ed. Thomas, vol. I. p. 205.
EAST WE LI.
167
William lord Brabazon, of Ardee, hls eldeſt fon,
was ſoon after created earl of Eaſt Meath in Ireland,
April 16, 1627; and was lord of this manor ia 16:0,
Soon after this period, the two manors and the
grange became united in the perſon of Rotpland Eyre,
eſq. who at firſt purchaſed ſome lands in Eaſtwell
belonging to Mr. Blizh, March 1, 1631, on the fite
whereof he built his houſe; and next the lord Bra.
bazon's manor, the capital meſſuage whereof is that
which in 1715 was occupied by Thomas Hourd, He
afterwards purcbaſed the Grange, of Mr. Warren, iu
which Mr. Healey lived in 1715.
Rowland Eyre, eſq. the original purchaſer of the
Eaſtwell eſtate, married Anne Smith; and had iſſue,
Thomas Eyre, eſq. his eldeſt fon; who married to his
firſt wife Katherine Kemp, and had iſſue by her ſeve-
ral ſons; and to his ſecond wife Mary Bedingfield, by
whom he alſo had iſſue ſeveral ſons and daughters.
By the ſettlement upon his ſecond marriage, a part of
the Faſtwell eſtate (about an exact moiety, divided by
what is called The Red Lane) went from the eldeſt
branch of the family 7,o that Ceſcended from the ſaid
ſecond marriage, agd there remained (viz, in the
Eyres of Bury's Hall, in Norfolk) till it was purchaſed .
back in TR The ſaid Thomas Eyre, by his firſt
wife, had iſſue,”
Rowland Eyre, his eldeſt ſon; who had iſſue, by
lady Elizabeth Plunket his wife,
Thomas Eyre, his eld eſtlon, who had iſſue, by Mary
Holman his wife,
Rowland Eyre *, his eldeſt ſon, the purchaſer in
1751 of that part of the Eaſtwell eſtate, which had
gone, as above explained, ro a younger branch of
his family. The faid Rowland married the honour-
able Mary Widdrington. They both died at Eaſt-
well, and were buried there; leaving iſſue,
Thomas Eyre, an only fon z who married July 22,
1776, lady Mary Bellaſyſe, filter of the pretent, and
daughter of the late cad Fauconberg; who is {till
living, a widow. Mr. Eyre is lately dead; and
having by his will deviſed the Faſtwell eſtate 9 unto
William Wakeman, of Beckford, in Glouceſterſhire,
and Vincent Eyre, of Sheffield, in Yorkſhire, eſqrs.
to be fold, the ſaid deviſees have contracted for the
ſale thereof unto the guardians of the preſent duke
of Rutland, a minor.
Six of the families are Roman Catholics ; among
which, the principal one, the Eyres, had a Catholic
chapel within their manſion-houſe “e; and in conſe-
quence ſeveral inhabitants connected with that family
have embraced their mode of religious worſhip ; but
they are by no means increafing, and make but a ſmall
part of a very ſmall village; in, which there is not a
lingle public-houſe.
In 1 564, there were 38 families in Eaſtwell.
No treeholder is mentioned in the book of 1630.
In 1778, John Exton ** was the only reſident frees
holder, whoſe name is in the poli-book for a freehold
in Nether Broughton.
This pariſh in 1790 contained 18 families, 98 inha-
bitants, and one freeholder.
The nett expence of the poor of Eaſtwell in 1776
was 7. 198.
Medium of three years, 1783—178s, 241. 175. 8d.
Extracts from the regiſter, which begins in 1592 ;
and in the earlieſt portion of which, for 20 years, there
were 74 baptiſms, and 47 burials; but the laſt 20
3 Eſch. 6 Edw. VI. Ing. apud Lutterworth,
* Carte, MS. from the information of Mt. Healey, March 8, 1716.
7 The principal ſeat of the Eyres is at Haſſop, in the Peak of Derbyſhire,
Thomas Eyre, of Warkworth caſtle, in Northamptonſhire, being brother to this gentleman, and uncle to the late Thomas
Eyre, eſq. would have inherited the eſtate at Kaſtwell, if it had not been deviſed to be told,
This eftate, in an advertiſement for the ſale of its rights, royalties, &c, was deſcribed as confiſling of “ a manſion-hovſe,
called Eaſtwell- hall, ſituate in a fine ſporting country, in the midſt of the range of the Rutland, Meynell, and Lowther hunts ;
with ſuitable attached and detached offices; two coach-houſes, with ſpacious and convenient new-built fables ; kitchen-garden
well planted, and incloſed with a high wall, plantations, pleaſure grounds, and fiſh-ponds ; and ſeveral farms (containing toge-
ther about 1400 acres) of arable, meadoy, and paſture land; the eitate compriſing the whole of the manor and pariſh of
Eaſtwell (the manor and pariſh being co-extenſive) except a ſmall freehold of about 16 acres, and the parſonage-houſe and
ſome glebe land. A ſmall part of the lands above mentioned, though adjacent to the lands in Eaſtwell, are ſaid to be in the
adjoining liberties of Goadby and Hoſe ; and the only ſevered part of the eſtate is about 20 acres in Abkettleby.“
A ſketch of this manſion-houſe is given, by the ſide of the church, in plate XXXVIII. On a ſtone over the ſtabie- door,
are the arms of Eyre; viz. On a chevron, three quatrefoils, |
u Mr. Exton is ftill living, and for many years has had the management of this eſtate for the owners,
Vox. I. | XX | :
years
268 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES:-or LEICESTERSHIRE.
years afford a remarkable exception to the common
obſervations of this country, the burials exceeding
the baptiſms by fix, there being 38 baptiſms, and 44
burials ; the great decreaſe alſo of baptiſms is no leſs
rkable.
8 1606 to 1615, is ſubſcribed Thomas Dod.
Mr. Francis Barrow and Elizabeth Pierpoynt mar-
ried Sept. 5, 1626. (Many of the Picrpoynts occur
in this regiſter before this date.]
John Barowe, 3 to Francis Barowe, par ſone,
ied Sept. 30, 1629.
* 3 of "Mr. Felix Fernill, miniſter, and
Jane his wife, baptized July 25, 1640.
Johannes Wright (tandem, ſcil. Juli 21, 1673,]
rector hujus eccleſiz, apud Bulwick, [com'] North-
ampt', natus Mail 5, 1646.
Robert Seir, clerke, and Temperance Haſſal, mar-
. ried April 13, 1653»
« Jan. 23, 1653. Thomas Healy, of Eaſtwell,
huſbandman, ſworn and appointed pariſh regiſter
before me, WILLIAM HaRTOPPE.
Chriſtopherus Wright, rector hujus eccleſize, præ-
ſentatus & inductus Janu . . . 1655.
Margareta, uxor Chriſtopher Wright, rectoris hu-
jus eccleſize, ſepulta Junii 18, 1661. :
Joſeph Wright, ſon of Chriſtopher Wright, mi-
niſter of God's word here, and of Elizabeth his wife,
baptized 24 April, 1663; natus March 23,
Johannes Wright, in eccleſiam hanc, per reſignati-
onem [ Chriſtopheri] parris vacantem, & per D. cancel-
larium Shaftſbury præſentatus, inductus Juli 21, 1673.
Johannes Wright Crector, ut ſupra} febri correp-
tus, Londini mortuus, Feb. 26, 1674-5 ; & in crypia
intra cancellos S. Buttolphi juxta Alderſgate ſepultus
cet. ho
10 Ego Chriſtopherus Wright, pater ejusſ Johannis ſci-
licet, ultimi rectoris ] iterum inductus March 25, 1674-5.
Terctia, daughter of Thomas Eyre, eſq. and Mary
his wiſe, born Jan. 6, 167 5-6. .
Elizabetha Wright, uxor ſecunda Chriſtopheri
Wright, reQoris hujus ecclefiz, ſepulta April 4, 1679.
James, ſonne of Thomas Eyre and dame Mary his
wife, borne June 2, 1680.
Mary, eldeſt daughter of Chriſtopher Wright,
rector, died of a fever, at 5 of the clock at even,
Od. 13; and was buried cloſe by the South ſide of
the ſtone on which the communion table uſeth to
ſtand, Oct. 15, 1680.
William VV right, linen draper, youngeſt ſonne of
the ſaid Chriſtopher, by Margaret his firſt wife, died
alſo of a fever, at London, the next Gay after his
ſiſter Mary, viz. Oct. 14, 1680; and lyeth buricd
in the vault of the chancel of S. Buttoph, Alderſgate,
with his brother John Wright. 5
The ſayd William Wright, after hee, with his wife,
haveing ſeene his father and friends in the country,
ſhortly tell fick, upon his return to London, and died,
| The CHURCH,
which is dedicated to St. Michael, is ſmall, but is in
god condition, and conſiſts of a nave and South aile,
which are leaded; and a chancel and porch, which
are tiled. See plate XXXVIII. I
At the bottom or Weſt end of the nave is the
ſteeple, a ſmall ſtone tower, embattled ; wherein hang
one ſmall bell and a ſaint's bell, which are modern.
The image of St. Michael ſtood formerly in a
niche at the Weſt end of the ſteeple on the outſide.
The chancel is divided from the church by a ſtone
ſcreen, very antient, which bath narrow ſtone win-
dows in ir, but unglazed, to ſee through.
It contains a piſcina and a locker on the South ſide,
and a locker on the North fide.
Tue font is ſmall, plain, and octagonal.
In this church Mr. Burton puts down theſe arms:
Gv1es, on a bend Or, 3 martlets Sable. Brabazon.
Bravazon; impaling Azure, 2 chevrons, Or,
| Chaworth.
Lord Somers. 0
St. Martin at Leiceſter, where he was many years vicar,
3 This is another proof of what has been mentioned, p. 124, that the Matriculus, which is commonly called of 1220, (in
Hen, III.) begins in that year, but contains ſeveral ſubſequent dates. : |
4 Mr, Peck, in his MS. miſtook this, by ſuppoſing it to be a penſion of two ſhillings that was paid to the church of Melton.
Peek, MS, Of Mr. Carte, a more particular account will be given under the pariſh of
and was buried os aforeſaid, OR. 16, 1680. |
Chriſtopherus Wright, rector hujus eccleſiæ, obiit
4 Januari, 168 5-6.
Derham Hudleſton, curate.
Samuel Bowles, rector, obiit Jan . . . 1698-9,
Where he died, or was buried, appears not.
Upon the Common Prayer-Book, © Eccleſ* de
Eaſtwell. Donum Samuclis Bowles, hujus eccleſſæ
rectoris, 1694.”
Samuel Carte, A. M. per D. Canccll'* baronem de
Eveſham præſentatus, & a Joſepho epiſcopo Linc!
inſtitutus, inductus , . , . die Januarii, 1698 9.
This Mr. Carte, the preſent incumbent, 1728, a
moſt judicious antiquary, hath publiſhed, „Tabula
Chronologica Archiepiſcopatuum & Epiſcopatuum in
Anglia & Wallia, Ortus, Diviſiones, Tranſlationes, &c.
breviter exhibens; una cum Indice Alphabetico no-
minum, quibus apud Authores infigniuntur.” Fol.
ſans date . J
1707. Edmund Carter, A. M. rector of Godeby,
curate.
1713. Robert Jones, A. B. curate.
Eunice, daughter of Robert Jones, curate, and
Elizabeth his wife, born Dec. 25, and baptized Dec.
31, 1717.
* $65 ſon of Robert Jones, curate, and Elizabeth
his wife, baptized Augult 30, 1720. 5
Dennis, ſon of Robert Jones, curate, and Elizabeth
his wife, born Sept. 19, baptized OR. 8, 1 722,
Richard Burgis, [A. B.] rector of Waltham ſon the
Woulds, co. Leiceſter}, and Alice Stephens, of Crox-
ton | Kiriel, co. Leiceſter}, married Feb. 10, 1722.3.
T Emilia, daughter of Thomas Eyre, eſq. and
Mary his wife, baptized Oct. 31, 1726.
Francis Peck rector of Godeby] curate 1726.
+ John, ſon of Thomas Eyre, eſq. and Mary his
wife, baptiſed Feb. 18, 1727-8. |
＋ John, ſon of Thomas Eyre, eſq. and Mary his
wife, buried April 7, 1728.
T Emilia, daughter of Thomas Eyre, eſq; and
Mary his wife, buried May 27, 1728.
In the Weſtern extremity of this place, near the
pariſh of Hoſe, and indeed the very boundary of both,
is a place called Piper's Hole, a woody ſecreted ſport,
beautifully ſituated. Here, tradition ſays, dwelt the
profeſſors of a religious inſtitution ; but no remains
are now ſeen of this; and a more certain report has
given the place another kind of reputation ; for hi-
ther it appears that the Parliamentarians, in the civil
wars, carried and ſold the plunder they had taken
from the Loyaliſts of this country : indeed, from its
ſituation and concealment, it ſeems equally adapted
for the reſidence of a religious order, and the trea-
ſury of a den of thieves. A third uſe might be, a
rendezyous of fox-hunters, to turn off from.
Brabazon; impaling Gules, 2 bars Or. Harcourt.
Or, a plain croſs Sable,
Sable, 3 cups covered Argent. Warcop.
All theſe are now gone, except the laſt, which re-
mains at the bottom of the right hand light of the
upper window op the North fide of the North aile ;
and a ſmall part of the arms of Brabazon and Har-
court 1n the loweſt South window of the chancel,
In the loweſt window of the North aile is part of
the figure of our Lady, holding a church in her
hand, under whom is writen Santta Maria.
The wake is now kept en the Sunday next after
the feaſt of St. Michael.
Robert de Arraby gave this church to the abbey and
convent of Leiceſter; who were the patrons in 1209.
Peter the chaplain, who was inſtituted to the rec-
tory in 12265, had for his maintenance the tithe corn
of two carucates of land; as alſo the third part of
two carucates of the land of Thomas de Endiſoue:
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and, out of 32 bovates of land, had 32 thraves; to
wit, 16 of bread corn, and 16 of oats, The monks of
Gerendon had then 4 carucates of land here, exempt
from tithe ; and the rector paid to the abbot of Lei-
ceſter one mark and a ſtone of wax.
This appears from the Matriculus, as cited in the
following extracts from the original regiſter of the
abbey of St. Mary de Pratis :
« Habemus in Eſtwell advocationem ecclefie, ex
dono Roberti Arraby, & ex confirmatione regis Hen-
rici II, &c. ut patet in Matriculo, in hec verba:
« Fcclcfie de Eſtwell patronus abbas Leyc', Perſona
Petrus inſtitutus per H. nunc Linc' epum, percipiens
integras gat bas decimarum de 2 carucatis terre; &
tertiam partem de 2 carucatis Thome de Endiſoue,
& eccleſia de Melton due; & de 32 bovatis terre per-
cipit eadem eceleſia 32 thrav', ſcil', 16 thrav' de fru-
mento, & 16 de aveni, Monachi de Gerndon ha-
bent 4 carucatas ibidem, & non dant aliquam deci-
mam. Perſona ſolvit abbati Leyc' unam marcam, &
unam petram cere. |
© Habemus eccleſiam de Eſtwell, cum omnibus per-
tincntiis ſuis, cum pratis, terris, paſturis, cum omnibus
libertatibus, &c. ex dono Roberti Arraby, cum conſenſu
& allenſu Agnetis uxoris ſue, & Roberti filii ſui, &
aliorum ſuorum, &c. ut in carti prima & ſecunda.
« Habemus ibidem, de abbate de Garandon, 178.
pro decimis quatuor carucatarum terre que ſunt in
Eſtwell, ut patet ſupra per verba Matriculi ; non ob-
ſtantibus verbis in compoſitione que faciunt mentio-
nem de decimis quatuor carucatarum terre in Eyton
ſed abbas de Garadon nunquam habuit aliquam ter-
ram in Eyton; tamen quidam dicunt quod ſunt in pa-
rochia de Eyton, & in campis de Eſtwell *.
Eſtwell, penſio 135. 4d. & petra cere *.
Summa totalis omnium recept' cujuſlibet ville, vel
loci ſubſequent', nobis pertinem',
Eſtwell, 135. 4d. & unam petram cere “,
Penſiones rectorum.
Rector de EItwell rec' 138. 4d.; & 45. facriſte 4.”
In 1334 the procurations were 55.; the rectory was
taxed at 12 marks, and paid 1d. for Peter- pence. The
abbot of Leiceſter had a penſion of a mark and a
ſtone of wax
In 1534-5 the procurations and ſynodals were gs.
1d.; the penſion to the abbot of Leiceſter 20s.; and
the value of the rectory, 104. 6s. 3d. |
In 1650, the rectory was returned worth 40o/. ; and
the incumbent negligent.
In 1708, was taken © A true terrar of the parſon-
age-houſe, glebe-lands, and other rights of the
church belonging to the rectory of Eaſtwell :
1. The parſonage-houſe is built with ſtone, and
covered with thatch; it contains a back-kitchen
floored with earth, a hall floored with earth, a parlour
floored with plaſter, a kitchen payed with broad
ſtone, a room to ſet drink, &c. in; all theſe being on
the firſt-floor. Above ſtairs there is no chamber;
above the back-kitchen over the hall are two cham-
bers floored with plaſter ; over the kitchen a cham-
ber floored with boards ; over the room to ſet drink,
&c. is a chamber to be floored this year with plaſter.
The outhouſes are two, and covered with thatch,
r with ſtone as high as the eves, whereof the
firſl and principal conſiſts of three bays of building;
the other of two. The garden and orchard are
fenced with a dry ſtone-wall. The fite of the houſe,
orchard and garden, and homeſtall, are computed to
be one>acre and three roods.
2. The glebe lands conſiſt of thirty-ſix acres and
two roods, viz. three cloſes, called the Aſh Cloſes,
lying altogether, and containing, by computation,
Gros.
Roger the chaplain, 1209,
eter de.. +» « Chaplain, 1226,
Robert de Hawethorn 5, 1285,
Thomas Caſlon, 1 534,
Thomas Dod, 1606—161 5,
* Charitee's Rentale, fol. 57. a.
3 Ihid fol, 153. teu 161, 1,
land, with a toft and croft, at Whatton.
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169
eight acres; alſo one cloſe, called The Burnſwong
Cloſe, lying to the South fide of Eaton- field, contain-
ing, by computation, five acres and one rood; alſo
in the common paſture ſour actes; alſo one other
cloſe, called The Seventeen Acre, containing, by
computation, ſeventeen acres,
3. By a decree in Chancery, paſſed May 29, 1706,
there is payable to the rector the ſum of eighty-five
pounds per annum, by quarterly payments, at the four
moſt uſual fealts, in lieu of all tithes whatſoever,
except mortuaries and the Eaſter- book, whereof the
following lands are chargeable with the payment of
461. 154. per annum, viz. the cloſe called Sixteen
Acres; the Lingdale Cloſe, now divided into three
cloſes, viz. the Stone Pen Lingdale, containing thirty
and two acres ; the Ten Pool Lingdale, thirty-ſeven
acres ; and the following lands are chargeable with
the payment of thirty-eight pounds five ſhillings, viz,
Welt Inghams, containing ſeventy acres, now divided
into three cloſes; the open Ten Cloſe, ſeven acres
three roods twenty-four perches, adjoining to the
former; The Woulds, divided into five parts, viz.
the Upper Woulds and Middle Woulds, ſixty-eight
acres ; the Woulds Meadow in two cloſes, containing
eighteen acres ; the Parſon's Would cloſe, two acres
ten perches; Mr. Portman's cloſe, two acres two
roods ; the Sleight, twenty acres; and, in default of
payment for 40 days, the parſon may enter and enjoy
the ſame till he be fully ſatisfied and paid the arrears,
and all coſts and charges.
4. The rector of old paid a mark and a piece of
wax to the abbot of Leiceſter; but now, in lieu
thereof, he pays to the crown twenty ſhillings yearly;
4
he pays allo 195. 21d. for tenths; and to the arch-
deacon, 5s. for procurations; and 3s. 64. for ſyno-
dals; and 2s. 2d. for a penfion,
5. There are in the ſteeple, church, or chancel,
two bells, a Bible, a Common Prayer Buok, a Book
of Canons, Biſhop Jewell's Works, a ſurplice, a
cuſhion for the pulpit, a pewter tankard for the
Communion, a filver cup with a cover, weighing with
the cover thirteen ounces and a half avoirdupois,
having this inſcription, “Ex dono Chriſtopheri
Wright, rectoris Eaſtwell, Leic', 1681.“
6. The church-yard is fenced on the North ſide
by the wall of the garden of Rowland Eyre, eſq.
and the fence on the Eaſt and South ſides is kept, as
alſo on the ſide next the road, by the inhabitants in
common, who alſo repair the church, as the reQor
does the chancel.
7. The clerk's wages, paid cuſtomarily by the
town, amount in the whole to twenty-three ſhillings
and fix pence per annum, Viz. at Michaelmas he re-
ceives of Rowland Eyre, eſq. five ſhillings; of
madam Mary Eyre, five ſhillings; of Mr. Healy,
rwo ſhillings; of William Blankly, fixpence; of
William Maſon, ſixpence; and at Eaſter, of Rowland
Eyre, eighteen-pence; of Mr, Healy, eighteen-pence;
of Vincent Hourd, ſixpence; of William Blankly,
four-pence ; Eaſter eggs; and every houle in town
beſides, five-pence.
The clerk is choſen by the rector.
Subſcribed by us whole names are under written,
this gth of May, 1708,
SAMUEL CARTE, Rector.
WIILILIA Masod, Churchwarden.
Ricyuard HEAT, TuouaAs Ju pso,
WILLIAM BLANKLY, Thomas WOoLLASTON.”
WILLIAu WOLLASTON,
The preſent value in the king's books is 91. 125. 1d.
The procurations to the archdeacon 65.3; to the
biſhop 15. 4d. with a penſion of 25. 2d.
PATRONS, 4
Prior and convent of Leiceſter,
> Rotula le Pyn, Geryn, Bache, Novum Rentale, & ita in reliquis. Ibid. fol. 145. ſeu 153 b. ;
+* Ibid. fol, 153. ſeu 161, b. |
5 See, under the pariſh of Long Whatton, a conveyance of this rector to Roger de Laurence, of Belgrave,
of a virgate of
Francis
— a-ʃͥßÿÄ2—u»uUV“ 4
— Lhe DE rite — — F 2 A 2
* 2 2 — —œ—d — 5. ws Te
+ + —
Felix Fernill, 1640,
2 — ” 8
Gre ʒ—Eà•— —— —— 2
the names of the ſubſcribers being theſe ; John Yaxley, miniſter of the Goſpel at Kibworth; Samuel Blakeſley, at Langton;
170 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Francis Barowe, 1629, | }King Charles 1
Chriſtopher ih, -4 1, 1655,
Robert Wright, Nov. 30, 1660 .
John Wright *, July 14, 1673, King Charles II.
Chriſtopher Wright again, March 11, 1674,
Samuel Bowles, May 9, 1687 ; died Jan. 1699, King James II.
Samuel Carte, Jan. 7; 1999, King William III.
John Juxoa 3, M. A. Oct. 1, 1740, :
John Knipe, M. A. Oct. 25, 1757, King George II.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
Under a Gothic arch on the North fide of the At the Weſt end of the ſame chapel is another
altar is a recumbent figure, in ſtone, of an eccleſi- grave ſtone of grey marble, whereon is a curious
allic in the altitude of prayer, with a chalice on his croſs, but no inſcription. See plate XXX VIII. fig. 3.
breaſt, as in plate XXXVIII. fig. 2. The pariſh It formerly ſtood at the Eaſt end; which has been
clerk, from what information is not known, calls him converted into a burial- place for the family of Eyre.
a Daniſh prieſt +. Under a flat blue ſtone, with a white inlaid border
Ar the upper end of the Sonth aile is a liule cha- on the North fide of the ſtone on which the commu-
8 -— loa the reſt of the church by an old nion table uſeth to ſtand ; is this inſcription 2
ö Fs - of =
On the floor of this chapel (which Mr. Peck ſup- — — * 8 Wright,
poſed was formerly a chantry, a diſtin endowment Pia lia.
from that of the rectory), is a large grave ſtone, in A Dom' 1661, Fida — ,
—_—_ = wy the tamily of Brabazon, with this etatis 44, Provida as
wa ED ̃ ˙—T——— » In 1682, Mr. Chriſtopher Wright, the then rector,
tujus anime propitietur deus. Amen. whether through a ſenſe of his own great age, or
* Mr, Wright was one of the © well- affected miniſters of the Goſpel in the county of Leiceſter,” who, in 1659, preſented an
% humble repreſentation” unto the Rump Parliament; which, Sir William Dugdale (Short View, &c. p. 471) tells us,
ce was ſo well accepted of. that, they being called in, one of them (as the mouth of all the reſt) addrefling himſelf to the Speaker,
ſaid; That, being all miniſters of the Goſpel in the county of Leiceſter, faithful ſervants to the Parliament, and imbarqued
in the ſame bottom with themſelves ; that ſome of them marched along with their forces to ſuppreſs the late rebellion of ſir
George Booth and others: and, that they well knowing how much it concerned them, with all the true Godly of the land, to
ſirengthen the Parliament's hands in the work of the Lord, were deſired by many of their Brethren, miniſters of the Goſpel in
Leiceſterſhire, to tender that their humble repreſentation, in their and their own names; with deſire that it might be commu-
nicated to the houſe ; the heads whereof were as followeth: 1. That they did acknowledge it as the product of divine love
and goodneſs towards the nation, that, notwithſtanding the many changes of perſons and government, a Godly and Preaching
Miniſtry had been, and ſtill was eountenanced, protected and maintained by the Parliament: and that the Lord had been
pleaſed, after ſo many years interruption, to reſtore them again to their places, for the accompliſhing of all thoſe juſt and
good things, which they formerly proſecuted in order to an happy ſettlement, 2. That, as in duty bound, they defired, with
all thankfulneis, to own the Parliament, under God, as eminent inſtruments thereof; looking upon their piety and zeal for God
therein, not only as a ſtrong obligation upon their ſpirits, to a more faithful and chearful diſcharge of their duties, as miniſters ;
but alſo to adhere to them, 3. That they were the more encouraged thereto, when they reflected upon the late votes for en-
couragement and maintenance of a preaching miniſtry, and alſo for the vindication of their juſt rights as men and Chriſtians.
4. That they doubted not but the ſame Divine Hand, which had begun to lay the foundation of a righteous ſettlement of
peace and truth in this nation, continually blaſting the counter-defigns of the common adverſaries *, would in due time rear
the top cornet - ſone, to the comfort of all that did wiſh well to Sion. 5. That they could not but with ſhame, and bleeding
of heart, bewail that cloud of darkneſs, which had lately overipread divers of their old profeſſed friends, who at firſt deeply
engaged with them: yet, through that myſtery of iniquity which did till work in the nation, had been miſled and cauſed to
ſtumble ; not only to the hazard of their own lives and liberties; but to an involving this poor iſland in confuſion and blood;
yea the ruin thereof, if God had not ſtepped in for its relief, by blefling the Parliament's counſels, and proſpering the endea-
vours of a faithful army, againſt the enraged malice of the old common enemy, and the diſſatis factions of ſuch as engaged
with them, to hinder the deſigned work of eaſing their loads, and of ſettling their foundations in peace, truth, and righteouſ-
neſs. 6. That they took themſelves bound in duty to let the Parliament know ; that (through mercy) their ſouls had not
entered into the ſecret of the late inſurrectors; but that they did profeſs an utter deteſtation thereof; and that, the Lord
helping them, they would not ceaſe crying mightily to him, that he would till pour out upon the Parliament, a ſpirit of wiſ-
dom, and of the fear of the Lord, to carry them on in their work, againſt all diſcouragements and oppoſitions whatſoever ;
William Sheffield, at Ibſtock ; Maurice Boheme, at Halloughton ; William Grace, at Rereſby; Richard Muſſon, at Laughton ;
Matthew Clarke, at Narborough ; Joſiah Whiſton, at Norton; Benjamin Southwood, at Kimcote; Samuel Shaw, at Long
Whatton; Thomas Lawrey, at Harborough ; Henry Pearce, at Cleybrook; George Wright, at Congeſton ; V. Dixie, at
St: Margaret's in Leiceſter; Samuel Smith, at Glooſton ; John Green, at Thedingworth ; John Wilſon, at Foxton; John
Bennet, at Whitwick; Thomas Smith, at Caſtle Donington; William Barton, at St. Martin's in Leiceſter; Nicholas Keſtin,
at Gumley; John St, Nicholas, at Lutterworth; Thomas Langden, at Bowden Magna; Richard Drayton, at Shankton
Thomas Leadbeter, of Hinckley; William Cotton, at Broughton; Henry Watts, at Swebſton; Ambroſe Bent, at Aſhby
Folvile ; John Shuttlewoud, at Ravenſton; Emanuel Bourne, at Waltham; Chriſtopher Wright, at Eaſtwell; Thomas
Jenkings, at North Kilworth ; John Pitts, at Burbach; John Hills, at Stanton Wyvile ; Paul Balguy, at Beby ; William
Blake, at Sadington; Robert Keding, at Segrave; Samuel Olderſhaw, at Coleorton. Which repreſentation being read,
they were all called into the houſe again, the Speaker telling them, that“ upon due conſideration thereof, they found in it
a Goſpel ſpirit of meekneſs, ſincerity, and holineſs; and that they had alſo conſidered the ſeaſonableneſs of it; and that it
expreſſed, not only an outward letter, but an inward ſpirit, &c. and ſo gave them the thanks of the Houſe.” Thus much for
the names of the Preaching Miniſters, thirty-eight in number, who ligned this famous repreſentation, The names of their bre -
thren in this county who were ſilent on the occaſion, being not numerous, are here collected from Baxter, Calamy, and Palmer.
Thomas Boſs, rector of Blavy; Joſeph Lee, rector of Cotteſbach; Nathanael Stephens, rector of Fenny Drayton ; John
Wright, regor of Edmondthorpe ; John Wilſon, rector of Foxton ; St. John Burrough, rector of Houghton on the Hill; Samuel
Muſton, vicar of Hungerton; Walter Hornby; William Simms, of Leiceſter ; James Farmer, rector of Leir; Oliver Brum-
{kill, rector of Loughborough; William Croſs, a preacher at Loughborough; Thomas Hill, vicar of Orton on the Hill; Tho-
mas Ford, rector of Seile; Hudſon, rector of Swebſton; Walter Hornby, aſſiſtant at Langton ; Richard Adams, vicar of
Humberſton; — Weſton, vicar of Lubbenham ; William Smith, vicar of Packington; —— Doughty, rector of Medburn ;
Samuel Doughty, rector of Sibbeſton ; Mathew Patchet, chaplain of Thurmaſton; John Smith, chaplain of Wanlip ; John.
Cheſter, rector of Witherley ; Richard Cleyton, of Shawell ; John Maidwell, of Cleybrook ; Cheſhire, chaplain of Wood-
houſe ; — and Statham, who was ſilenced by the act of uniformity, but not ejected, having no fixed living. Of all theſe
divines, ſuch memorials as can at this diſtance of time be obtained will be given under tbeir reſpective pariſhes, The ſamo
attention ſhall alſo be beſtowed on ſuch of the parochial clergy as were diſpoſſeſſed of their livings in this county,
2 He died in London, Feb. 27, 1673-4. 3 See more of him under Hungarton.
This is ſaid to be noticed by Mr, Peck. Q, where?
* One of theſe common adverſaries, it muſt be ſuppoſed, was the then owner of this eſtate, Rowland Eyre, as it was, along with his other eſtates, in Derby-
ſhire, under ſequeſtration during the greateſt part of the civil war. The family pedigree ſays that he was colonel of horſe for king Charles 1 ; that he raiſed a
regiment of horſe and a regiment of dragoons, at his own charge, for the king's ſervice ; and that he paid C. a 1,000, for his compoſition with the parliament.
1 finding
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.] 2 A8 1 CLI. 171
oding ſome great decay in his health, or ſtruck with On an upright ſtone in the church- 4 :
Brief or the loſs of his children, or for what other « In memory of Francis B
teaſon, I know not, made choice of his own burial- He departed this life June 10, 1780, aged 70 years.
place ; and, pitching on that part of the chancel In memory of Elizabeth, wife of Francis Dixon.
which lies within the rails, and full before the com- She died July 5, 1788
munion table, cauſed this inſcription to be cut on a aged 76 years. ;
flat blue ſtone, under which he was afterwards buried: Chriſt is the way, if any be miſled ;
« Chriſtopherus Wright, rector hujus eccleſiæ : , |
bæc fied ator, anno Dom. 1682, ætatis 52.” x He is a robe, if any naked be; *
If any chance to hunger, he is bread ; -, :
Soon after which, was added to the former inſcrip- If any be a bondman, he is free. |
tion laid down in his life-time, To dead men life he is; to fick men health; |
« Objit quarto die Januarii, 1685 *.” To blind men fight; and to the needy wealth;
Pleaſure without loſs; treaſure without ſtealth ;
jn the South fide of the nave, upon a very ſmall braſs Remember, reader, death's thy certain fate ;
plate : Then fix on Chriſt before it be too late.”
« Flizabethe Hoard lies here interred ; |
deceaſed this life the 6th day of November, 1680.” 8 e other upright ſtones:
: obert Barker died Feb. 26, 1777, aged 73.
On a ſmall ſtone fixed in the tower: Elizabeth Dumelow died Feb. 4 $2, a A 76.
« Richard Healy, a goodly child, lies here.
He died May 5, 1729, aged 4 years.” Mary Tatterſhall died Sept. 20, 1779, aged 70.
Pedigree of BRABAZ ON, of EAasTWELL, MostLEyY, GarTHORPE, and Srxoxrox.
(Arms, on a bend Or, three martlets Sable; ſee plate III. fig. 57.)
James le Brabazon, of Brabant, a famous warrior, temp. William I. 56 „„ 2 „ 20
John Brabazon, of Beachworth, Surry, 4
Adam Brabazon, of Beachworth, temp. Richard 1. Po ++ > 26>
Thomas Brabazon, of Beachworth,=Amicia, daughter of John de Moſeley, co. Leiceſter.
Roger le Brabazon, of Moſeley and Eaſtwell, knighted 1268.==Beat: ix, daughter of William de Gaunt*,
1. Sit Roger Brabazon, chief juſtice of the- Beatrix, dau. of fir John 2. = 3. Roger Brabazon,
king's bench 3. ] de Sproxton. Brabazon. prior of Teignumes.
Roger, died in his D —hö
r's life-time. Sir William Brabazon, Joan, dau. of fir William Truſſel, of Marſton Truſſel,
of Garthorpe. co. Northampton.
Sir John Brabazon, of Sproxton.==Agnes, dau. to Richard de Whatton. Thomas Brabazon*.—= + 00:0 „ 00
Joan, only dau. and heir, = William de Woodford*, John Brabazon, of Moſeley and Eaſtwell, a= . . . . . Harcourt.
20 Edw. III. of Sproxton. great commander in France temp. Edw. III.
Nicholas Brabazon. - . © » „ „ towberk,
John Brabazon, eſq. ſlain in Boſworth-field.=Maud, daughter of Nicholas Jarvis, of Hardby.
1. Roger Brabazon,= . . . 2. Adam, of g. John.==. . . Chaworth. 4. William. . . . 5. Alexander, 6. Iſabell.
of Eaſtwell, | Allexton®. 'F
Joan,= ir Geor. Sir William Brabazon, Elizabeth, dau. and Elizabeth, mar. John. Margery. Sir Edw. Moor,
Haſtings, of Eaſtwell, treaſurer E of Nicholas to Rich. Neale, of Mellefont.
of Elfing, Ireland, and lord juſtice | Clifford, of Holme, of Abkettleby. 7 —
K. B. there, 1543, 1546, | in Kent. Garret Moor, viſcount Moor, father
1549. of the firſt earl of Drogheda.
5 —
1- John Hugh, 1. Sir Edward Brabazon, Mary, dau. of . . . . Smith, of 2. Sir Anthony Bra - Urſula, dau. to fir
Haſtings, living created baron of Ardee, | Micham, Surrey, clerk of the bazon, governor of Nicholas Malby,
bo. 1474+ 104. July 21, 1618; died | kitchen to queen Elizabeth, theprovinceof Con- of Roſcommon,
| and clerk of the green cloth. naught.
William lord Brabazon, created earl of Meath April 16, 1627; died 1651. PJane, dau. to fir John Bingley, knt.
4 *
Edward, 2d earl of Meath; was drowned March 25, 167 5. FPMary. daughter of Calcot Chambre, of Denbigh.
1
William, zd Elizabeth, Edward, 4th earl of Meath ; mar. 1. Cecilia, Chambre, 5th earl==Juliana, only child of
earl of ſiſter to dau. to fir Will. Brereton, bart. 2. Dorothy, of Meath; died | lord viſcount Clonmel, C
Meath?; died | Thomas dau. to James Stopford, eſq. ; died without 1715. ra SR
1684. earl of iſſue 1708. * — — —
Suſſex. Clonmell, 6th earl z Juliana, ſiſter Edward, th ear artha, dau. of
f — 7 — = of Meath ; died in to ſir Thomas of Meath; died | Rev. Mr. Col-
Edward, died Elizabeth. Catharine, May 1763, with- Prendergaſt, Dec. 11,1772. | lins, of Not-
an infant, out iſſue, bart, tingham.
1 a —
Anthony Brabazon, Sch earl of Meath. -F Grace, daughter of John Leigh, eſq. of Roſe Garland, co. Wexford, 1758.
- — YY T
1. Clonmell lord Brabazon, bern Aug. 18, 1760. 2. Edward. 3. William. 4+ John. Seven daughters.
* Peck, MS. Harl. MSS. N*6r121, p. 39. from Inq. 21 Edw. I. Lincoln & Nottingham. Of whom, ſee p. 166.
: He held, in 1347, under the fee of Baſſet, a fourth part of a knight's fee in Eaſtwell ; ſee p. ciii.
Of whom, ſee more under Sproxton, Aſhby Folvile, &c. * Whoſe will is printed in p. 166,
lle had been called to parliament, in 1665, by the title of lord Ardee.
Aug. 7, 1625.
i
T2 EATON,
err 1 v + :
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1 .
—
antiently called Elvelege and Eyton, is ſituated on the
hills to the South of Belvoir caſtle, about ſeven miles
to the North of Melton Mowbray. It is bounded on
the North and on the Weſt by Braunſton; by Eaſtwell
on the South; and on the Eaſt by Croxton.
In the eccleſiaſtical diviſion of the county it is
within the deanry of Framland.
In the time of Edward the Confeſſor, two ploughs
were employed in the lordſhip of Elvelege, which
was then of the annual value of two ſhillings.
At the general ſurvey, it was the property of Hugh
de Grentemaiſnil; the annual value being then ten
ſhillings. One plough and two bondmen were then
retained in the demeſne. There were two bordars on
the lordſhip; and a wood four furlongs long, and
two broad *. | |
The lord Wilkam de Evermo, or Evermue, is one of
the earlieſt land-owners whoſe name occurs after the
Conqueſt; and by him the church of Eyton, the
rectorial manſe, with a toft and croft, a fountain, and
other appurtenances, were given to the abbot and
convent of St. Mary de Pratis at Leiceſter. He gave
them alſo, (cum corpore ſuo) with his body to be
buried in their church, four bovates of land, and 43
ſelions ; and confirmed three ſelions which he had
before given them for the ſoul of Jobelm his ſon.
The abbot of St. Mary de Pratis at Leiceſter held
26 acres and one rood in the South field; and 20
Robert de Arraby. .
acres 3 roods in the North field; which were ſowed
(ſeminantur ) every year; beſides 46 acres of meadow :.
William de Evermo had two daughters; of whom
the eldeſt, Amabilia, was the ſecond wife of ſir Robert
Boteler; and Yſouda, the youngeſt, was married to
Henry de Segrave. His lands were in conſequence
divided between the families of Boteler and Segrave.
Kobert de Arraby was another early land- owner at
Fyton, and a benefactor alſo to Croxton abbey; to
whom he gave, cum corpore ſuo, two bovates of land,
with the appurtenances, of the fee of Griſeleye, which
appears to have been ſubordinate to that of Ferrars “.
The family of Arraby alſo ended in a female; who
brought their property by marriage to the Botelers.
In the ſame fee of Griſeleye the abbey of Croxton
had eight bovates, called Robert Buſci's land; two
bovates, the gift of William Malherbe; and five, of
Robert Maynard.
William le Boteler held under the lord of Belvoir,
in demeſne, four bovates and a half, on an annual
payment of 8d. and foreign ſervice. He held alſo
three cottages, as tenant at will, at 105. a year.
John le Boteler held, under the king, 5 virgates
and half a bovate of land at Eyton ; of which three
virgates and a bovate were in demeſne.
Matilda Shot held one free cottage, for which ſhe
paid 184. a year to the prior of Haverholm; 14. to
the abbot of Croxton, and 2d. to John de Boteler.
William de Evermo. . . ... +
Robertde Cecilia,=SirRobert=Amabilia,
Arraby. 1ſt wife, l Boreler. | zd wife.
—_—
r $A
William Boteler.— . . . « Robert Boteler, living 1258.
9
William Boteler, living 1258.
.
John Boteler, living 1283.
The lordſhip of Eyton in 1228, as appears by the
Croxton Regiſter, conſiſted of three diſtinct fees; that
of Ferrars, containing three carucates and three bo-
vates; that of Belvoir, half a carucate; and that of
Albemarle, or de Inſulde, eight carucates, three bovates
and a half. |
In 1230, Roger Dine held in domain in Eyton three
virgates and a half, held of William Marſhal earl of
Pembroke, who married Alice, daughter of Baldwin
de Betun, earl of Albermarle *. He held allo two
cottages, as tenant at will, at the rent of 6s,
Robert de Ros, lord of Belvoir, confirmed to Robert
Baſſet, of Wolſthorp, all the eight oxgangs of land
he held in Woolſthorp and elſewhere, of the fee of
Edward le Dyne of Eyton, by the ſervice of giving
a roſe on the Nativity of St. John the Baptiſt ©.
The two abbeys of Croxton and Leiceſter poſſeſſed
very early a conſiderable portion of the lands in this
lordſhip ; which conſiſted in the whole of twelve ca-
rucates; and ſeven of theſe were the property of
thoſe religious houſcs.
The abbot of Croxton had at Eyton 13 bovates
before the war betwixt John and his barons; and
after the war he obtained 10 bovates of the fee of
Albemarle, in exchange trom Henry de Segrave, and
2 from Robert Mainard. The abbot gave Segrave in
return 12 bovates and a windmill in Ilveſton 7.
The lands tilled for the ſubſiſtence of Croxton ab-
wy W de Segrave.
Joſcelin, died young.
.
Geffrey de Segrave. Chriſtiana de Segrave,
bey in 1228 are thus deſcribed in their regiſters :
Thirteen bovates and a half of land at the Grange,
and lying in the fields of Eyton, paid no tithes in
kind to the abbot of Leiceſter, a ſolemn agreement
being entered into to pay 205. a year in lieu of
tithes. Elias abbot of Croxton engages with Oſbert
abbot of Leiceſter to lay down no lands in tillage,
nor to incloſe any lands; and to pay tithes of all
other his lands which he then had, or ſhould hereafter
have, in Eyton, notwithſtanding any privilege ob-
tained, or to be obtained, to the contrary ; and to pay
tithes in kind from all their other lands, lying in any
pariſh where the abbot of Leiceſter had tithes, whe-
ther occupied by themſelves or others.
In the Teſta de Nevill, about 1240, four plough-
lands and a half are mentioned as being of the fee of
Albemarle.
In 1243, Chriſtiana Mallore ſurrendered to the abbey
of Croxton all right to an annual rent of 7s. with the
appurtenances in Eyton, on condition of her and her
heirs being permitted to participate in the benefits and
prayers of the convent. Et abbas Galfridus recepit
prediftam Chriſtianam & heredes ſuos in ſingulis bene-
ficiis & orationibus que de cetero fient in eccleſid ſud
predictd in perpetuum.
In 1248, William Breton and Amabilia his wife,
to whom the abbot's fee of Griſleye owed forinſecum
ſervitium, confirmed to the abbey a carucate of land,
x « [dem H[ugo de Grentemaiſnil] tenet 2 carucatas terræ in Elvelgge. Ibi 2 caruce fuerunt, Nunc ſunt ibi 2 bordarii.
Silva 6 quarentenarum longitudinis, & 2 quarentenarum latitudinis, Valuit 2 folidos, modo 10 ſolidos,” Domeiday, p. 230.
a, col, 1. * Galba, Edw. III. p. 103.
3 « De feodo de Greſeleye comes de Ferrariis eſt capitalis dominus.” See p. Appendix, p. 92. Such was the caſe at
Drakelow ; where king John, in 1216, gave to William de Ferrars earl of Derby the ſervice of William de Grifeleye, with
all his lands in that town, to be held by the Grifeleys, on paying to the earl annually a bow and quiver of twelve bearded
arrows. Harl, MSS. 84. p. 114. |
+ William de Fortibus, earl of Albemarle, aſſumed the title alſo of de Inſula, as huſband of Iſabel, the great heireſs of the
ſovereignty of the Iſle of Wight and earldom of Devon.
5 Croxton Regiſter p. 29.
o Dr. Vernon, Ms. from an undated deed at Belvoir.
JU
7 Croxton Reg. p. 23. b.
I with
*
FRAMLAND HoxbRR. ]
with five tofts in Eyton; and were admitted to the
benefit of all the pray ers In the abbey church for ever;
The property of the abbey of Croxton in this town
will be ſo particularly deſcribed In the Appendix, that
we fay no more of it here than that, in 1258, the
abbot recovered againſt William, fon of William
Boteler, for not doing his forinſeta ſervitia, and ho-
mage due to the abbot for lands held by him in Eyton
of the abbot's fee. He agreed to do theſe duties,
and to pay ſuit and ſervice to the abbor's court.
In the Itinerary of 1280; Eaton, Godeby, Eaſt well,
and Braunſton, anſwered collectively as one vill.
In 1296, it appears that the town of Eyton was
held in fee of the honout of Leiceſter ; and that Gil-
bert de Baſſeville held the ſame of the earl, and the
earl of the king, by the ſervice of a quatter of one
knight's fee. |
In 1219, William Boteler gave one meſſuage, one
bovate and 5 yard lands here, to the abbey of Crox-
ton; who Pad before divers other lands here *.
In the ſubſidy of 1345, Eyton was rated at C. 2.
145. 4d.
* 352-3, William de Ros of Hamelak died ſeiſed of
the fixteenth part of one knight's fee in Eyton, held
of the king in capite; which William le Boteler held
under the lord Ros 4,
In 1461, John Moubray, duke of Norfolk, died ſeiſed
of half a knight's fee in Eyton, which Thomas Ba-
bington held“.
In 1552, William Brabazon, knt. died ſeiſed of the
manor of Eyton, held of the king, as of his duchy
of Lancaſter 6.
In 1564, there were 31 families in Eaton.
In 1611, William, Martin, and Nicholas Darves, all
held lands in capite at Eyton.
In 1769, an act was paſſed for dividing and incloſ-
ing the ſeveral open and common fields, common paſ-
tures, common meadows, and waſte grounds, lying
and being within the manor and pariſh of Eaton, com-
puted to be 97 oxgangs and an half of land, and to
contain about 1800 acres» John duke of Rutland, as
lord of the manor, and principal impropriator, was
entitled to 84. oxgangs and an half of land, and to a
right of common in aud over the ſaid fields, and alſo to
all the great tithes ariſing upon 13 oxgangs and an
half of land, and upon certain old incloſures called
Bractendale Cloſes ; and Charles Morley and Anthony
Rogers, as tenants in common, were entitled to 8
other oxgangs and to a right of common, and alſo
to all the great tithes of the ſaid 8 oxgangs; and
were entitled to all the great tithes ariſing within the
ſaid open and common fields and common paſtures,
alſo within 8 old incloſures lying within the ſaid pa-
riſn of Eaton, fave and except the 13 oxgangs and
an half of land belonging to the duke ot Rutland,
and a certain piece of ground in the ſaid open fields
called Plain Meer; and the Rev. Richard Hargy,
clerk, as vicar, was entitled to a piece of land in the
common lings, called Plat Meer, and to a right of
common for one cow, and to all the tithes of wool
and lamb, and other ſmall tithes ariſing out of, in,
and upon, the ſaid open fields, common paſtures,
common meadows, and waſte grounds in Eaton; and
to the great and ſmall tithes of the homeſteads, or
home cloſes, within the ring of the town of Eaton;
and the reſt of the ſaid 97 oxgangs and an half of
land, and of the ſaid open and common fields, com-
mon paſtures, and common meadows aforeſaid, were
the property of Thomas Wright, William Goode,
John Morris, Edward George, a minor, and others.
An allotment of four acres was directed to be uſed
as a quarry for mending the roads, and the herbage
for the uſe of the poor; in the next place the vicar
of common; and afterwards the impropriators and
vicar to have a ſeventh part of all the land in the ſaid
fields (except the duke's 13 oxgangs, the impropria-
tor's 8 oxgangs, and the piece called Plain Meer), and
a ſeventh part of all the old incloſures (except a ſe-
venth of Brackendale Cloſes) ; and from the oxgangs
Eich 26 Edw, III. N. 53. Leic.
2
to have a compenſation for his glebe- land and right
e a 2307711 apy
ind cloſes juſt excepted; the icpropriatots and vicat
to have one fiftieth part only; which faid ſeventh.
and fiftieth parts to be a full compoſition for all rithes
and payments, whether impropriate or vicarial, burial .
and ſurplice fees alone excepted, and to be divided
into 85 parts, of which 60 to be paid to the impro-
priators, and 25 to the vicar. Proviſion is made for
building a ſtone-wall on the North-weſt fide of the
open and common fields of Eaton, as a boundar
fence betwixt the open and common fields hereby
intended to be incloſed ; and the lordſhips of Plun-
gar and Stathern reſpectively to begin at, and-adjoin
to, the Weſt-end of a certain ſtone-wall, already
erected as a boundary fence in the pariſh of Braunſton,
and to be carried on to a certain piece of ground,
called Standard-hill, otherwiſe Standherd-hill, on the
Weſt end of the ſaid open and common fields by
this act intended to be incloſed.
The whole pariſh conſiſts of about 1800 acres, of
which more than 1500 are the property of John-
Henry duke of Rutland, and the reſt of about ten
freeholders;
The ſoil, in general, is indifferent; bur, fince the
incloſure, much has been converted to the purpoſes
of grazing. |
The regiſter begins in 1591, and is very imperfect.
In the twenty years that appear tolerably perfect,
near the beginning, are 126 baptiſms, 46 burials, and
24 marriages. In the laſt rwenty-years, ending in
1788, are 108 baptiſms, 72 burials, and 35 marriages.
Robert Simpſon is the only freeholder mentioned
in the liſt of 1640,
At the general election in 1722, 7 freeholders
polled from this pariſh; and the like number in 1778.
The number of families in the pariſh are 41, and
inhabitants 208 ; all of the church of England, ex-
cept one family, Roman Catholic.
The nett expence of the poor in 1776 was 290. 35.
Medium of three years, 1783—1785, 59. 45. ad.
In this village dwells Mr. Thomas Wright, a modern
Partridge, Who only wants a Bickerſtaff to make the
world acquainted with his talents and erudition. The
following addreſs to the publick, which appeared in his
own © Moore's Almanack” for 1792, will ſerve to in-
troduce him to the reader: |
„To the -Publick. As. it is more than probable
that other almanacks will be printed and publiſhed
this year, entituled“ Moore's Almanack, all perſons
are hereby cautioned againit the ſame, as they may
depend-upon it they -are falle and counterfeit, For
I, Thomas Wright, of Eaton, near Melton-Mowbray,
Leiceſterſhire, grazier, aſtrouomer, mathematician, and
profeffor of aſtrology, have been for near the fourth
of a century the only author of the true Moore's
Almanack, which I have always compiled from the
original copy and inſtructions, as they were tranſ-
mitted and communicated to me by the late ingenious
Mr. Tycho Wing, of Pickworth, in the county of
Rutland, my quondam preceptor, who was the ſuc-
ceſſor of Mr. Moore; and at Mr. Wing's deceaſe the
copy deſcended to me, and I have the originals in my
ſtudy at this time. The right of printing and pub-
liſhing the ſaid Moore's Almanack, which 1 formerly
veſted in the Company of Stationers at London, I
have now transferred ro Mr. Thomas Pearſon, printer,
bookſeller, and ſtationer, in Birmingham. The pur-
chaſers of book-almanacks are therefore thus publicly
informed, that the ſaid Moore's Almanack, publiſhed
as aforeſaid, is the only true one, and are cautioned
2gainſt all others, as they muſt of conſequence be
counterfeit and ſpurious,
Eaton, near Melton- Mowbray, T. WriGur.”
Leic:fterſhire, 1791.
Mr. Wright is of great gravity of manners, much
advanced in years, and has the dignity which becomes
a Profeſſor of the Starry Science :** fo ſenſible,
however, is this learned man of the inattention of
this frivolous age to the purſuits of ſo ſublime a na-
ture, that he has not truſted to the precarious voice
* Inq. 24 Edw. I. in Scaccario, Ad quod damn, 13 Edw. II. n. . 3 See the Appendix to Croxton Abbey, p. go.
5 Eſch, 1 Edw. IV. N' 41. Leic
o Eich, 6 Edw, VL
of
174 HISTORY an» ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
'of Fame, nor the doubtful gratitude of his heirs, for
perpetuating his memory; but he can ſay with Horace
of old, © Exegi monumentum ;” though it may
be objefted, that Mr. Wright's materials are not of
the ſame duration.
It has. been the cuſtom with Mr. Wright to mix,
with his own proſe admonitions and prognoſtications,
certain quotations from Shakſpeare, Pope, and other
eminent writers, ſeldom indulging his readers with
verſes of his o.w]n. Upon his monument, however,
he has given a ſhort ſpecimen of his talent for verſi-
fication, which may be properly introduced by a ſen-
timent borrowed from the Moore's Almanack of 1789,
where, ſpeaking of aſtrology, it is faid, * Thar it is
no wonder that vile impoſtors and ignorant pretenders
ſhould ſet up for profeſſors of an art, the darling of
antiquity and the admiration of princes, when at the
ſame time it appears, by their annual productions,
that they are not able to expreſs their crude concep-
tions even grammatically.”
The CHURCH,
dedicated to St. Denys, ſtands high, and from it is a
pleaſant proſpect over a variety of hill and dale.
It conſiſts of a nave, a North and South aile, and
a Chancel, all leaded, a South porch, embattled tower,
upon which is a ſpire, See plate XXXVIII.
The arches betwixt the North and South ailes and
the nave are all ſemicircular, or Saxon ; the windows
in the tower are the ſame,
Betwixt the chancel and the nave, on the North
fide, is a place for the ſaint's bell.
In the ſteeple are four bells, with theſe inſcriptions:
I. ** All glory be to God moſt high, 1618.
2. God fave his church, 1628.
3. God fave his church, 1618.“
4. JLESUS BE Gun SPEED, 1 589.”
In-this church is a ſmall plain quadrangular font,
with a kneeling ſtep.
A piſcina remains in the chancel.
In the 5th of Henry III. the abbot of Leiceſter *
was patron of the church here, having it to his pro-
r uſe from of old. The then vicar was Richard,
inſtituted by the then biſhop Hugh.
In 1344, the procurations were 78. 64d. ; the vi-
carage was taxed at 12 marks; and paid 25. for
Peter-pence.
In 1534-5, Eaton cum Braunſton was returned to
worth £.23+ 10s. 1d. The ſynodals were then
35. 6d.; and the vicarage was valued at C. 6. 13s. 44.
In 1650, Eyton was returned as an impropriation
the rectory being worth C. 60. the vicarage C. 13.
The incumbent was reported to be © ſufficient.”
The living is a ſmall vicarage, in the gift of the
crown ; and is worth near gol. a year.
The duke of Rutland, Mr. Anthony Rogers, of
Eaton, and Mr. Charles Morley, of Nottingham, are
the impropriators.
VICARS.
Richard occurs vicar in 1220,
Hugo de Croxton, 1235,
Olſbert de Beresford, 1276,
William Fretheby, 1288,
John Burton, 1534,
+ + © + « + « « L005,
John Holden *; died 1701.
Richard Hardy, Jan. 1, 1768,
William Peters “, LL. B. 1793.
The property of the abbey of Leiceſter here is ſtated in the Appendix, p. 93, from their original regiſter.
* Firſt Fruits, temp. Hen. VIII.
3 See the legendary hiſtory of this Saint in the introduction to the hiſtory of the Hundred of Gurulaxrox, to which he
gave name,
The church of Waltham (two miles hence) in the 5th of Henry II. was in the patronage of the prioreſs and convent of Nun-
Eaton in Warwickſhire, from which this ſtone might have been brought, or one of the prioreſſes may have died and bern
See more on this head under the pariſh of Waltham.
buried here.
$ Bacon's Liber Regis.
_ alle, inſcribed .... . bethe
o Vicar alſo of Croxton ; where ſee his epitaph, p. 149.
8 9
5
Verſes on a blue ſtone fixed againſt Mr. Thomas
Wright's houſe at Eaton, and intended for his
own monument:
The ſtarry ſcience I profeſs |
Has a ſmall eſtate withal ; 2
My annual books are yearly printed,
And fold to great and alf: 3
God gave and bleſs'd what I poſſeſs d,
And part of it J lent, a
Without abuſe, for my own uſe,
to build this monument.
N. B. T. Wright ſecured the church-lands ; and
there is now a cloſe of 14 or 15 acres let from Lady-
day, 1792, to ditto 1793, for the neat ſum of C. 16.
entailed- upon the church for ever.“ |
hether therefore we conſider the piety or the
poetry,. the aſtrology or the morality, the learning or
the language, of Mr. Wright; we are bound to ſelect
him from.the vulgar herd, and acknowledge him as
an extraordinary man.
The preſent value in the king's books is C. J. 115.
3d.; the epiſcopal procurations, for the rectory 16. 3d.
and for the vicarage 15. 9d.; to the archdeacon 3s. 64.
In this church Mr. Burton puts down theſe arms :
1. Gules, three lions paſſant gardant Or. When
Mr. Peck viſited this church, June 1, 1724, this
coat was gone. |
2. Azure, three crowns Or. This coat Mr. Peck
found at the bottom of the left hand of the Eaſt
window of the North aile. The crowns are ducal.
3. Azure, a croſs patonce, between four martlets
Or. This coat Mr. Peck (who ſuppoſed it to be the
coat of Ple//ington) found at the bottom of the right
hand light of the ſaid Eaſt window of the ſaid North
aile. The martlets are depicted back to back.
In the middle of the ſaid right hand light was the
A* of St. Guthlac?, in a blue veſtment, holding in
is left hand a book, in his right a whip of knotted
cords; under which the entire figure of the fiend,
his face like a lion's head, his wings blue, extended
and 2 like a bat's; his poſture ſitting, like a
monkey, on his breech, which is hairy; his feet like
a ſatyr's; his right paw under his chin; and his eyes
looking up to the whip, as if receiving difcipline.
This anſwers exactly to the ſtatue of St. Guthlac on
the Weſt front of Croyland abbey.
This church contains no monumental inſcriptions
that are legible.
The pariſhioners have a tradition, that there was
once a nunnery in this pariſh; and Mr. Peck, in
1724, ſaw a ſtone, at the upper end of the North
Opmmok, p ioriſe . .
the reſt whereof, then lately defaced by a chiſel,
would have been otherwiſe perfettly legible.
The return made to parliament in 1786, in anſwer
to the queſtions concerning charitable benefaQons,
may be ſeen in p. 5.
PATRONS.
Abbot and convent of Leiceſter,
Ralph Jackſon, jure uxoris 5.
Ing George III.
7 See under Knipton.
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in antient writings, has had various appellations; as
Edmerethorpe, or the Eaſt mere-town; Thorpe Ed-
Mere, or the town in the Eaſt mere of this county
and Edmundthorpe, which laſt has been fancifully ſup-
poſed to be derived from the Saxon ; Ed, Eaſt; Mund,
mound or barrier; and Thorpe, a ſtreet, or village;
this place being on the extreme edge of the county
of Leiceſter, which it divides from that of Rutland
both on the Eaſt and on the South. The addition of
Edmund, however, from its owner the earl of Lancaſter,
is certainly more obvious. It is bounded on the Eaſt by
South or Poſt Witham, in the county of Lincoln; on
the South, by Market-Orton and Teigh, in the county
of Rutland; on the Weſt, by Wiſſendine in the ſaid
county ; and on the North, by Wymondham.
In this neighbourhood are three Jarge ſtones, at each
of which the counties of Leiceſter, Rutland, and Lin-
coln meet; one of them is in the pariſh of Edmond-
thorpe; another in the pariſh of 'Thiſtleton, co. Rut-
land; and the third in the pariſh of South Witham.
Edmondtnorpe is about eight miles from Melton
Mowbray, and 22 from Leiceſter ' ; and, in the ec-
cleſiaſtical diviſion of the county, is within the deanry
of Framland. |
In the time of king Edward the Confeſſor, this
manor, which then included that of Wymondham, was
deemed equal to the employment of ſixteen ploughs,
and was worth four pounds a year.
The joint lordſhips were part of the numerous
poſſeſſions in this county given by the Conqueror to
Henry de Ferrariis, and were held by him at the time
of the general ſurvey, being then valued at thirteen
pounds“; and containing together twenty-ſeven
Ploughlands and a half, two of which were in the
demeſne, with ſeven ploughs and four bondmen.
Twenty-eight villans, with a prieſt, fifteen ſocmen,
and four bordars, had fourteen ploughs. There were
three hundred acres of meadow.
From Henry de Ferrars the manor deſcended ſuc-
ceſſively to his deſcendants the earls of Derby.
Robert earl Ferrers, junior, the ſecond earl, in
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1141, gave five parts of the tithes of his demeſne
lands in Thorpe-Edmere and Wymondham to the
priory of Tutbury, co. Stafford“.
In the Teſta de Nevill, about 1240, nine plough-
lands at Wymondham of the fee of Tybetoft of
Thorpe and Wymondham, were rated to the ſheriff's
aid at 6s. and five ploughlands of William de Cha-
vars of Thorpe at 40d.
In 1266, Robert de Ferrars, the fifth earl, having for-
feited all his lands by repeated rebellions againſt king
Henry III. was diſinherited by parliament ; and this
lordſhip, and almoſt all the reſt of his vaſt poſſeſſions,
were granted by the king * to Edmund Plantagenet, his
ſecond ſon, who was afterwards created earl of Lan-
caſter and Derby, and died in 1295 ſeiſed of this manor.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Edmondthorpe and Wy-
mondham were joined to form one vill.
In 1297, it appeared that Robert de Tibetoft held
half a knight's fee in Thorpe Edmund of Edmund earl
of Lancaſter, the king's brother, deceaſed, in capite,
by homage, which then was worth 100s.
Alſo that Richard de Caſtinton held half a Knight's
fee, and the tenth part of one other Knight's fee
there, of the ſaid earl, by homage and ſuir of court;
and that they were worth C. 4.
Alſo that Henry Fraunceys *, Richard de la Grene 3,
Roger le Clerc, William Rauglon, Elen att Goters, Wil-
liam Jurdane, and Thomas ſuper le Grene, held the
tenth part of a knight's fee in Thorpe Edmund, of the
aforeſaid earl, by homage and ſuit of court.
Alſo that the heirs of the ſteward of Thorpe- Ed-
mund aforeſaid held the tenth part of a knight's fee
there by homage and 3s. a year rent.
Alſo that the earl of Lancaſter aforeſaid held the
ad vowſon of the church of Thorpe-Edmund; and that
it was worth £.20. a year to the parſon *.
In 1314, Pain de Tipetoft died ſeiſed of the manor
of Thorpe-Edmere, held of the earl of Lancaſter, as
of the honour of Ferrars, by the ſervice of half a
knight's fee; and Jobn de Tipetoft, his ſon and heir,
was then aged one year“.
* In the hiſtory of this pariſh, I have had the aſſiſtance of many particulars, collected by ſir Thomas Cave, from authentic
documents in the poſſeſſion of the laſt Mr. Smith of this place.
* « Tdem Henricus tenet Edmereſtorp & Witmeham, Ibi ſunt 25 carucate terræ & dimidia, Tempore regis Edwardi
erant ibi 16 caruce, De hic terra ſunt 2 carucatæ in dominico ; & ibi 5 carucz & 4 ſervi; & 28 villani cum preſbytero & 1g
locmannis & 4 bordariis habent 14 carucas, Ibi 300 acre prati, Valuit 4 libras, modo 13 libras.” Domeſday, p. 233.
a, col, 2, MS. in Bibl. Cott,
Pat. 59 Hen. III.
5 Both theſe names occur frequently among the deeds in the Regiſter of the poſſeſſions of the Berkeley family,“ (Harl.
MSS, 265.) already noticed under Coſton and Little Dalby, Thoſe concerning Edmondthorpe are very numerous ; but relate
principally to ſmall parcels of land in the common field ; and have ſuffered ſo conſiderably by the fire in the Cotton library as
not to be entirely legible. Enough of them, however, remains to ſatisfy the curioſity of thoſe who may be deſirous of farther
information as to their contents, which begin in 3327, and are continned to about 1450.
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476 HISTORY N ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
In 1327, Henry Fitzwalter..demiſed. to. Ralent-de.
Tyghe a rood and à half of land in e e n 8
In tte
were Joint rated at £49.
of Thorpe Edmere .
In 1342, Henry Arreby aſſigned to. Richard Spenſer--
lands in the ſand field; adjacent to thoſe of the lord
Jobn de Tiptoft *.. | |
In 1346, Henry Moton (on the aid then granted for
knighting Edward of Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt -
ſon) was aſſeſſed 205. for half a knight's fee, lying in
Stapleford, Saxbie, and Thorpe, parcel of the fee of
Tutbury and Baſſet . "fe
In the ſame year, Jobn Tiptoft, Geoffry de Caſtreton,
and John de Berkley (on the fame occaſion) were aſ-
| ſefled 305. for three parts of one knight's fee in Wy-
mondhatn and Thorpe of the fee of Futbarys.
In the ſame; yedr, John de Berkley (on the fame
occaſion) was aſſeſſed 3 5: 4d. for a twelfth part of
one knight's fee in Wymondham and Thorpe, parcel
of the fee of 'Tutburys. * 4
ln the ſame year; William Fort (on the ſame occa-
ſion) was aſſeſſed 204. tog a twentjeth part of one
knight's fee in Wymondham and Thirpe, parcel of
the fee of Tutbury ? . A
In the ſame year;*the prior of the hoſpital of &..
*
—
John of Jeruſalem in England (on the ſame occaſion)
was aſſeſſed 2. for a twentieth part of one knight's
fee in Wymondham and Thorpe, parcel of the fee
of Tutbury 7.
In the ſame year, the prioreſs of Stikeſewold (on the
ſame occaſion) was aſſeſſed 5s. for half a quarter of
one knight's fee in Wymondham and Thorpe, parcel
of the fee of Tutbury s.
In 1355, Henry Fraunceys granted lands in the com-
mon field to Thomas Faderman, burgeſs of Stamford 9,
In 1356, Jobn lord Tiptoft was lord here'*. He had
iſſue Robert lord Tiptoft, who, at his death, in 1372,
held the manor of Edmerethorpe of John of Gaunt,
duke of Lancaſter, by knight's ſervice'*; and left three
daughters and coheirs, Margaret, Milicent, and Eliza»
beth ;, whoſe wardſhip being by the king granted to
Richard le Scrope, then lord treaſurer of England, he
diſpoſed of Margaret, the eldeſt, in marriage to
Roger le Screpe, his eldeſt ſon (afterwards lord Scrope
of Bolton), to whom ſhe brought [inter alia) this
manor z in whoſe poſterity it long continued.
In 1379, Margaret, wife of Robert Tibetot, knight,
died ſeiſed of the manor of Edmerethorpe, with the
appurtenances, in fee-tail (viz. to the aforeſaid Ro-
bert and Margaret, and the heirs of their bodies be-
otten) held under John duke of Lancaſter by
night's ſervice. There was then one meſſuage in Sta-
pleford belonging to the ſame manor. And Margaret,
Milicent, and Elizabeth, the daughters of Robert and
Margaret, were the next heirs.
In 1493, it appeared that Roger le Scrope, knight,
deceaſed, held, jointly with Margaret his wite, the
manor of Edmerethorpe, of the king, as of the honour
of Leiceſter, by knight's ſervice '?.
In 1457, it appeared that Henry le Scrope, knight,
died, ſeiſed of the manor of Edmondthorpe; alſo
of 20 meſſuages, 20 virgates of land, 24 acres of
meadow, 4 tofts, 6 crofts, and 8 cortages, with their
appurtenances, in Wymondham ; alſo of a water-
mill in Saxeby, belonging to the ſame manor; alſo
of 405. rent, ariſing out of divers meſſuages, lands, and
tenements, in Edmondthorpe and Wymondham ; and
that the ſaid manor of Edmondthorpe, and the afore-
ſaid lands and tenements in Edmondthorpe and Wy-
mondham, were held of Margaret queen of England,
as of the honour of Leiceſter, by the ſervice of find-
Berkeley Regiſter, as above. 2 Thid,
@ Idem, ib. 7 Idem, ib. bh Idem, ib.
1 Eſch, 3 Rich. II. N 67. Leic.
3 Rot. Aux. 20 Edw. III. 1346.
9 Berkeley Regiſter,
12 Rot, Fin, 46 Edw. III. m. 18.
-
1 0 pal P55 Goes 5 co RY leford. And
AE cop 19+, BAS NIE, ten and It. |
dy of 1465, Wy Fache Fhowpe
f 4 bez | rom which. a abate-
ment was wage 0 12 45 45 n
In 1522, Rabert Colville die ſeiſed of certain lands
and tenements.in I horpe-Edmere-and Wymondham .
Job lord] Scrope of Belton died 99 5 of this
manor, and of the advowſou of n June 22;
1549 ; and Henry, was his ſon and heir, then 15
years of age, who died in 1591 7. 3
From Scrope this lordſhip came to Gilbert Bury;
who alienated it, about the year 1570, to Maurice
Berſtley , of Wymondham, 14 ;
Dec, a0, 1600, it appeared that Maurice Berkeiey
died ſeiſed of lands in Edmondthorpe, held of queen
Elizabeth, as of the honour of Tutbury, parcel
of the dutchy of Lancaſfer. He was alſo ſeifed in
his demeſne às of fee of the manor of Edaondthorpe
and Mymondham, nuper Scrope 3 mand, guondam
Typteft's. He was alfo. ſeiſed of another manor of
Edinondthorp, . manor, held bereto-
fore hy kuight's ſervice pf. the lord Scrope, and held
of the queen as of the manor of Ferrers, parcel of
the dutchy of Lancaſter, by knight's ſervice, He was
alſo-ſeiſed (die obitts ot hereditaments in Edmond-
thorpe, late the inheritance of Godfrey Colville, de-
ceaſed, namely, of 12 meſſuages, 6 cottages, 4 tofts,
1 windmill, 1 water-mill, 2 dovecoats, 12 granaries,
16 gardens, 16 hortyards, 1060 acres of land, 500
acres of meadow, 1000 acres of paſture, 40 acres of
wood, 500 acres of furze and heath, the rent of 40s.
and 30 capons, and common paſture for all manner
of animals in Edmondthorpe and Wymondham afore-
ſaid, held of the queen as of her manor of Staple-
ford, co. Leiceſter, parcel of the honour of Tutbury
aforeſaid, parcel of the dutchy of Lancaſter, by the
ſervice of the fourth part of a knight's fee.
This Maurice Berkeley, by his will, gave all his
manors and lands in Wymondham and Edmondthorpe
to his eldeſt fon Henry in tail-mail ; in default of
iſſue, to his ſecond ſon Nicholas in like manner; and
in default of iſſue, to his third ſon Jobn in like
manner; and in default of iſſue, to his own right
heirs for ever; and died April 22, 1599 v.
King James I. by letters patent under the great
ſeal and the ſeal of the duchy of Lancaſter, dated
March 5, 16035, granted to fir Henry Berkeley, of
Wymondham, view of frankpledge in all his manors
of Edmondthorpe, Wymondham, and Coſton, and free-
warren, with all fines, penalties, amerciaments, goods
of felons, deodands, &c, **
In 1611, fir Philip Sherard conveyed to fir Henry
Berkeley ſeveral cloſes and lands in the pariſhes of
Thorp-Edmere and Wymondham, with ſeveral rents,
knights fees, ſervices, court-leet, view of frank-pledge,
goods of felons, &c.; and in 1646, fir Baptift Hickes,
of London, knt. conveyed other lands there to him.
In 1620, fir Henry Berkeley, baronet, by bargain
and ſale, conveyed the manor and lordſhip of Ed-
mondthorpe, to which there then belonged a court-
leer, free-warren, a clerk of the market, waits, ſtrays,
and felons goods by antient charters 2, to Roger
Smith, eſq. ſon of Eraſmus Smith, third ſon of John
Smith, of Withcock ; who in 1621 built a new houſe
(called, in a deed of ſettlement, A. D. 1651, the
New-hall) a little more diſtant from the church than
the antient manſion-houſe ſtood, which was on a
piece of ground, now within the park, called the
Churchyard-cloſe.
Idem, ib. 5 Idem, ib.
*” Eſch, 46 Edw. III. N* 54. Leic.
'3 Eſch. 5 Hen. IV. N* 25. Leic.
14 A deciner, decennier, or doziner, is the chief man of a dozein ; who is to maintain the king's peace in ſuch a circuit, and
to take ſurety of people's behaviour; alſo one who is ſworn to the king's peace. LIITL ETO.
15 Eſch. 37 Hen. VI. 1457.
1 Eſch. 14 Hen. VIII. 1822.
Cole's Eſcheats, 3 Edw. VI. n. 17. vol. III. p· 201.
1 In 1570, Maurice Berkeley, eſq. was cited into the exchequer, to ſhew by what title he held the manor of Edmondthorpe
and Wymondham, Paſch. Rec. 12 Eliz. Rot. 34.
'* Sir T. Cave, MS. ex inquifitione capt. apud Melton Mowbray, Dec. 20, anno 43 Eliz. coram Tho, Holbeche, arm.
eſcheat comit, Leiceſtr, penes Edw. Smith, de Edmondthorpe, arm.
0 Ibid. ex originali penes Edw. Smith, de Edmondthorpe, armigerum.
* MS. Chetwynd, and Staveley.
| 5
*: Ibid, ex carta penes Edw. Smith, arm.
In
E D MON
In the family of Smith this lordſhip continued till
1762, when, on the death of Edward Smith, eſq. LI. D.
then one of the repreſentatives in parliament for the
county; it became by purchaſe the property of William
Poc bin, eſq. the preſent owner, and now one of the
reſentatives alſo for the county.
The hall houſe here is only the occafional reſidence
of its worthy owner, whoſe manſion is at Barkby in
this county, where his family have long dwelt, and
under which pariſh a particular account of them will
„„ Fay
« The park, in which the houſe is built, borders
on the village, and partakes of ſome pleaſing appen-
dages ; the deer, ſome ſwells of earth, and clumps
of trees, are ſubjects for the pencil, and lively ob-
jects for the eye of him who contemplates on the
ways of Nature. The fite is rather low and obſcured;
conſequently the views hence are not extenſive. The
rooms poſſeſs a pleafing neatnęſs, though they afford
but lirtle to admire of the works of artiſts. The houſe
originally ſurrounded a court, which has been con-
verted into two very commodious ſtair- caſes, one of
which poſſeſſes grandeur. The dwelling, and the
adjacent grounds, are watered by a natural ſtream,
which takes its riſe from Moodtoell- bead, a noted fox-
cover, in the extremity of the lordſhip, of which
there is a pictureſque view from the South front *.”
In 1564, there were 44 families in Edmondthorpes
In 1630, no freeholder occurs in the liſt ; nor does
any name occur in the election of 1722. In that of
1775, are three names; the Rev. T. Willy, in right
of his vicarage; and two others who refided here,
but whoſe freeholds were at other places.
The nett expence of the poor in 1776 was 40ʃ.
12s. 2d. |
Medium for three years, 2 5, 381. ge. 2d.
Dwelling-houſes in Edmondthorpe 33; number of
inhabitants 132. 5
Houſes in Wymondham belonging to Edmond-
thorpe 19; number of inhabitants 81; all which
are within the pariſh of Edmondthorpe, and pay to
the church here. So much have theſe two towns
been blended together by their being poſſeſſed in
former times by the ſame proprietor. .
Teams in Edmondthorpe 6; ditto in the part of
Wymondham belonging to it 3.
Men-ſervants wages from 8 to to pounds.
Day-labourers, 8 pence per day and victuals in
winter, or a ſhilling and no victuals.
Ditto in ſummer, a ſhilling and victuals.
Maid-ſervants from 3 pounds to 3 pounds 10
ſhillings.
The foil here is in ſome parts a deep clay, and in
others it is rocky. Land runs in general at 1 25. per
acre, or thereabouts ; and though no river or brook,
except a ſmall one, runs through this pariſh, it is well
watered with pits and pools filling by their own
| ſprings.
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
The C H
dedicated to St. Michael, is an old pile, kept in good
and decent repair. It confiſts of a nave, chancel, and
two ailes, divided from the nave by * pillars,
— are very neat and ſlender, and lofty agreeable
arches.
The ſteeple is a tolerable piece of antient work-
manſhip, with blank arches, between light and taper
pillars, which ſeem in the ſame ſtyle of deſign as the
Pillars and arches of the nave within, and were pro-
bably erected or at leaſt deſigned by the ſame hand.
See a view of it, plate XXXIX. p. 178. :
It is furniſhed with three bells only. No inſcrip-
tion on the ſmall one; on the ſecond, Thomas
Hedderley, founder, Nottingham ; Samuel Farmer
D TH O Ay E. 177
In 1785, a brick bridge was built over a ſmall
brook, which divides the lordſhips of Edmondthorpe
and Wiſſendine, and the counties of Leiceſter and
Rutland, at the expence of the earl of Harborough
and Mr. Pochin.
The canal from Melton to Oakham runs more than
two miles through this lordſhip.
The tenants, reſlants, and inhabitants of this ma-
nor are toll-tree throughout the kingdom (except
within the liberty of the duchy of Lancaſter), and
have certificates accordingly under the hand of the
lord, reciting the con/tat under the ſeal of the ſaid
duchy court. |
The form of the certificate, or conſtat.
To all mayors, ſheriffs and bailiffs, and other
principal officers in all fairs or markets, whom it doth
or may concern or appertain, Whereas it doth or
may appear, by a charter inflate or exemplicand of a
grant under the great ſeal of the office of the king's
majeſty's court of the duchy of Lancaſter, bearing
date at Weſtminſter 1ſt of June in the 10th year of
our ſovereign Charles, that all inhabitants, tenants,
reſiants, within the liberties of the duchy of Lan-
caſter, with all their ſervants, are, or ought to be,
free from paying any manner of toll, tollage, pickage,
murage, carriage, laſtage, or any other impoſition, in
any fair or market within the realm of England, bur
only within the ſame duchy liberties, for any goods;
or cattle, corn, grain, or any other merchandiſe what-
ſoever. Theſe are therefore to certify, that A. B.
of Edmondthorp, co. Leiceſter, is my tenant, and is
ſuitor to his highneſs's duchy court at Edmondthorpe,
co. Leiceſter, belonging to his highneſs's manor at
Leiceſter. Given under my hand and ſeal at Ed-
mondthorpe, the firſt day of January, in the year of
our Lord 17 53. EDWARD SMITH;
Edmondthorpe regiſter begins in 1560.
Baptiſms from 1 560 to 1 569, 81
Burials for the ſame time,
.
of
37
Baptiſms from 1675 to 1684, 62
Burials for the ſame time, 54
Baptiſms from 1781 to 1790, 44
Burials for the ſame time, 55
Part of Wymondham, about a mile diſtant. be-
longs to Edmondthorpe, where they marry, chriſten,
and communicate, but bury at Wymondham, and the
officiating miniſter of Edmondthorpe performs the
duty of Wymondham upon this occation. It is pre-
ſumed this is an indulgence. The two rectors take
tithe in each other's pariſh. |
No account of any rector till the year 1650, when
the following entry occurs :
„% William King, Maſter of Arts, lived miniſtes of
this pariſh full 29 years and upwards ; and was buried
here the 5th of September, 1650.”
URC,
Robinſon, churchwarden. Glory be to God on High,
1776.” On the great bell, © God ſave the King, 1665.“
Length of the church — 55 feet.
Breadth . — — 43
Length of chancel 30
Breadth — — 154
The windows of this church appear to have been
formerly ornamented with a conſiderable quantity of
painted glaſs; the canopies or pinnacle- work, with
other embelliſhments that were uſed to be ſet over the
figures of apoſtles, ſaints, abbots, &c. ſtill remaining
in many of the lights. |
Twenty-three coats of arms *, deſcribed by Burton
in 1622, are engraved in plates XXXIX. and XL.
17 uſe here the words of Mr. Throſby, who has given a pleaſing picture of Edmondthorpe-Hall among his © Select Views,”
Concerning arms in church windows, I have obſerved, that they who were either lords of the W PILL of the
church, or benefactors thereto, or held any fees or lands of inheritance within the pariſh, did uſually ſet up their coat armours,
and ſometimes their portraits (drawn as near to the life as they could) in the windows, and many times their coats were ſet
up inſtead of matches, before impaling or quartering was in uſe, which were ſet up, as in places the moſt eminent, remark-
able, and freeſt from injury and violence. In theſe places alſo were monuments
iireamers, pennons, and guidons, hung up for worthy memorials of the deceaſed, But now of late, through the vain
of great worth and art erected; banners,
and idle
conceits
—
2 —— — ũ 2 — - i,
222 * N
198 HISTORY axd ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
1. Gules, 3 lions paſſant guardant, in pale, Or. England,
2. Argent, a ſaltire engrailed, Gules. Tiptoft.
3. The ſame coat, with a label of 3 points ', Azure.
4. Vaire, Or and Gules*. Priory of Tutbury.
5. Azure, a croſs between four lions rampant 3, Or.
6. Azure, three cinquefoils, Or. Bardalf.
7. Sable, achevron, between to croſs croſslets crolt,Or,
8. Gules, on a bend, Or, 3 martlets, Sable. Brabazon.
9. Gules, on a bend, Or, 3 mullets, Sable. Brabaxon.
France, {eme de fleurs de lis.
10. Quarterly, ] England, Gules, three lions;pafſant,
guardant, Or. of
11. England, with a label of France. Lancaſter.
12. Azure, a bend, Or. Scrope of Boulton.
13. Azure, a bend, Or, a label of three points,
Argent. = Scrope of Upſall.
14. Bendy, Or and Azure, a label of three points,
Gules. q Mount fort.
15. Party per feſs, Or and Argent, a croſs moline,
Gules 4. | 8 Tolvile.
16. Gules, a chevron between 10 roſes, Arg. Berkley.
17. Azure, fretty, a chief, Or. Fitzhugh.
18. Sable, 3 leopards heads jeſſant, Gules, 3 fleurs
de lis, Argent. | Woodford.
19. In one of the windows is the picture of an armed
knight | in mail, with a ſword hanging at his back by
a chain over his ſhoulder 5] offering his ſhield to our
Lady, whereon is Argent, a faltire engrailed Gules ;
and on his ſurcot the ſame arms.
20. Azure, a bend Or, Scrope empaling Argent, a
ſaltire engrailed Gules, | Tiptoft.
21. Scrope impaling Fitzhugh.
22. Scrope, ] Gules, nine popinjays Or.
empaling Argent, a feſs between three creſcents,
quarterly, Gules.
23. Quarterly, Scrope and Tiptoft.
In the uppermoſt window of the North ſide of the
chancel, within the communion-table rails, amon
ſome fragments of painted glaſs, there . ſtill remain
three complete coats; |
1. The arms of England, as fig. 1.
2. Vaire, Or and Gules, Priory of Tutbury, fig. 4.
3. Quarterly of 9 quarters; 1, 3. 7, 9, Gules; 2,
4, ©, 8, Argent; 5. Cheque, Gules and Argent; over
all, a label of five points Azure *. |
In the lowermoſt North window, by the chancel
ſkreen, is the armed knight, mentioned above by
Burton, offering his ſhield to the Virgin Mary; but her
figure is now gone. On the ſhield and on his ſurcot
are the arms already deſcribed. Over him is the figure
of the patron ſaint, St. Michael, killing the dragon.
In the ſame window, the Crucifixion, with the Vir-
gin and St. John ſtanding by on each ſide of the
croſs; of which, and of the body of our Saviour,
only the lower half remain.
In another light of the ſame window are two
coats of arms :
1. Checky, Gules and Argent, as before, but with-
out the label; fig. 25.
2. Aſaltire engrailed.Gules, as on the knight's ſur-
cot. There is alſo in this window the remainder of
another figure of St. Michael and the dragon.
Ia the loweſt window on the South fide of the
chancel is a biſhop attired with his croſier; and theſe
arms:
I. Brabazon, as fig. 8.
2. Scrope of Boulton, fig. 12.
3+ Scrope of Upſall, fig. 13.
In the middle clereſtory window, over the ſecond
South arch of the nave, are theſe coats:
1. Quarterly, 1. and 4. Azure, a bend Argent,
Lavall; 2. and 3. Argent, a ſaltire Gules, Fitzgerald ;
as fig. 27. 2
2. Lavall and Fitzgerald, as before; impaling,
quarterly, 1 and 4, barry of ſix, Gules and Argent,
- ps Wh 2 and 3, Gules, two bars Argent, Foxley ;
g. 28,
In the middle window of the nave, next the South
alle, are the arms of Scrope and Tiptoft quarterly ; as
at fig. 23. |
In the upper window of the South aile is a half-
figure of St. Andrew, as is plain by his croſs (ſee
plate XL. fig. 1.) ; but ſome perſon employed in re-
pairing the windows has erroneouſly put under him
the name of Sr. Peter, which had belonged to the
figure of that ſaint placed in ſome part of this church.
In an upper crocket of the window of this aile is
the coat of Scrope, of Up/all, as at fig. 13.
In the Eaſt window ot the upper end of the South
aile are the arms of France and England quarterly,
as fig. 10.
In the middle window on the South ſide remains
only a monk. |
This aile was new-roofed and leaded in 1752; and
one half of it is reſerved for the lord of the manor.
On the outſide of the chancel, under the Eaſt win-
dow, and the windows to the North and South, are
three apertures or crocket windows, in the form of a
quatrefoil, of ſize large enough for any common ad-
miſſion of light, and lying conſiderably lower than
the level of the chancel floor. They are now ſtopped
up with rubbiſh, but have heretofore ſurely been
windows to a chapel or chantry underneath, which
ſince has been filled up by the burial of bodies, &c. 7
conceits of ſome noveliſts, who think all portraits in churches to be idols, and to tend to ſuperſtition, hke unto pope Gregory I.
{as Platina writes in his life), who, living in a year of jubilee, anno Domini 600, cauſed a number of ſtatues and other Roman
antiquities in Rome to be broken, defaced, and hidden; fearing that many pilgrims and people, which came thither for devo-
tion and religion fake, ſhould be drawn afide by a curious deſire or admiration of them. Through the covetouſneſs or neceſ-
fity of ſome poor clerks or ſextons, or the want or poverty of ſome needy curates, many of theſe antiquities are broken, ruined,
and utterly defaced, for which inhuman and ſaerilegious acts, many deviſe and maintain ſome reaſonable colours and ſpecious
pretences ; and indeed the like has happened many years ſince, as appears by the lady Wiche's caſe, in the Reports of the Laws
in the reign of king Edward IV. anno . fol. 15. The caſe there is this: The lady Wiche brought an action in the King's Bench,
againſt a parſon of St. Margaret's church at Lothbury in London; for that the parſon had taken away a coat armour and certain
pennons, with the arms of fir Hugh Wiche, mercer, formerly mayor of London, her huſband {who died 1466), and a ſword
forth of the chapel, where the {aid fir Hugh was buried. The parſon pleaded that theſe arms, pennons, and ſword, were mat-
ters of offerings and oblations, and therefore (of right) did belong unto him, But juſtice Yelverton, lineal anceſtor and pre-
deceſſor unto the late reverend judge, fir Chriſtopher Yelverton, knight, and one of the juſtices of the King's Bench, who giveth
the rule there in the caſe, holds it no plea z and that theſe are not intended as either offerings or oblations, but were hung up in
honour of the party deceaſed, and therefore do not belong to the parſon. For (ſays he) I uſe to fit in the chancel, and I have
brought thither a carpet, a cuſhion, and a book; ſhall the parſon have theſe becauſe they are brought into the chancel? I ſay
no; no more in the other caſe, For the hanging up of a ſword in a church at the funeral of a knight, and not to any under
that degree; Caſſaneus, in his Gloria Mundi,“ gives this reaſon ; becauſe a knight (who, in Latin, is called cques and miles,
both names belonging to warlike atchievements), at their firſt dubbing or creation did (in former times) take an oath, chiefly
amongſt all their military deſigns, to defend Religion and the Church; in grace and memorial thereof, this weapon was there-
fore allowed to hang up there BuxTon.—To which the Chetwynd MS, adds, “ If a nobleman or gentleman be buried in
the church, and have his coat armour, pennons, and other enſigns of honour, which belong to his degree or order, ſet up in the
church, or if a tomb or grave-itone be made or laid in the remembrance of him; in this caſe, although the freehold of the
church be in the parſgn, and that theſe be annexed to the freehold ; yet the parſon, or his ſucceflors, cannot take away or deface
them, but are ſubje& to an action at law to the heir, or his heirs, in the honour and memory of whoſe anceſtor they were ſet up;
and it was held for law by all the judges of the Common Pleas in Pym's caſe, (M. 10 Jacob.) : and herewith agree the laws of
other countries, as appeareth in B. Caſſaneus, p. 13. canon 29 ; and it is held by Mr, Marrow in his Reading, and vouched by
Mr. Lambert (Eirenarcha, p 494), that if one take away a coat armour which hangs over a tomb, the inditement muſt be box
erecutor um, not of the dead mau; but if a grave-ſtone be taken, the inditement muſt be bona eccleſiæ.
1 % Five points.“ MS. Roper.
4 Fretty, Or and Gules, rather, for Ferrers earl of Derby.“ From the MSS. of Mr. Smith, of Woodſton. |
3 % Rather ſaliant.“ Ibid, % Within a border engrailed,” MS, Roper. 5 Added in MS, Roper.
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joyner's work, containing the Commandments in two
tables; with the Creed and Lord's Prayer in other
two; and in two others the figures of Moſes and
Aaron in their general habits, large as the life, and
tolerably well painted. ,
On each fide the chancel is a bench with a long
deſk before it, ſorething in the cathedral ſtyle, pan-
neled and bo with d arvel and crocket
work; and the ends finiſhing in high carved poſts"
The chancel is adorned with an gltar-piece of good |
In 1297, the advowſon was affigned by king Ed-
ward I. as part of the'Yower of his queen Blanth.,
In 1335, king Edward 111; by bis letters pateilt,
dated March 4, permitted Hehry duke of Lancaſtes
to give to che taſter” tt warden and chüplaln of the
hoſpital of the Bleſſed Virgin Maty àt Leiceſter the
advowſons of Thorp-Edmefe and Wytiiondhamgwhich
were then held under the king in capie |
In 1344, the procufatibris Were J. Gd; the recs
'tofy was taxed at 3 5 marks] and paid 27. 6d. fot
with carved foliage on the tops; and perhaps were Peter · pence.
ſeats for the uſe of the mopks of Tutbury when theß
vifited their eſtates in theſe parts.
The font is old and circular, with a kneeling ſtep ; -
ſee plate XL. bg. 2. |
ln the ſame plate, fig. 3, is an antient reading deſk.
« Near the i laid (as it were out of the way)
a very antient kind of receiver of the conttibutions of
charitable perſons, or poor's box; its outward form
is that of a common ordinary poſt of oak or ſtump
about three feet high, juſt made ſmooth by the car -
-
penter's axe, and in the top of it is made a cavity,
which I at firſt imagined. might have been deſigned
either to have held the baſon for holy-water, or for
the uſe of baptiſm; but on farther examining ſo an-
tique a relick, T obſerved a mortiſe in the ſid, cut
through for the paſſage of eleemoſynaty pence into
the receiver; avd this flap, or lid, is very firtnt
hinged, and locks down with three very ſubſtanti
iron haſps into as many ſtrong ſtaples ; and for the
farther ſecurity of the contents, the whole was
ſtrongly bound round with jiron- work. This Gothic
collector of diſtributions now ſleeps behind the pul-
*
pit, not that its diſuſe draws any reflections. In mo-
naſtic times relief ran in a different channel than it
now does; conſequently theſe kind of parochial uten-
ſils are leſs now in uſe; and the ſtatutes made for
rroviding for the poor, and the more modern inven-
tion of rates and levies, have made the collection by
church · box leſs neceſſary; nor am I without appte -
henſion, that the churchwardens and overſeers- of
nearer times would not always apply contributions to
the purpoſes given. Any one ho examines their ac-
compts carefully, will find they lay out more in treats
and entertainments for the elves than in relief of
the indigent poor of the reſpective pariſhes. So
much by way of comparative remark on the modes of
different ages; which I hope is excuſable, as it is
known to be well founded.“ Brice
In 1220, the prior of Tutbury was patron of the
rectories both of Edmondthorpe and Wymondham;
which then had each a diſtinct rector, and a vicar or
curate in common between the two churches, paying
an annual acknowledgement of 205. to the two reftors,
who, ſhared. the. great tithes of the two . in
equal proportions. The prior of Tutbury enjoyed
two parts of the tithes of the whole demeſne lands
from old time; nor were there any diſtinct boundaries
between the two pariſhes, though there formerly
had been, till blended. by au agreement entered
into between the rectors, and confirfied by the papal
del tes. : |
e church, of Edmondthotpe paid to the prior
Tutbury, for its proportion of tithes, 35 marks;
and the prior moreover received from that chureti/and
from Wymondham a penſion of two marks and a half
RE CTO RS.
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In 15375, the procutations atid ſynodals were 137.
44. ; and a penſion of 87. Ad. was payable 'to the priot
of Tutbury ; and the rectory Worth C. 1 3. 67.
In 1650, the rectory was returned worth C. 553
and the incumbent a2 „a pluralitan and corrupt in
doctrine.“ This was probably William Kings Ms A.
In 1936, the clear yearly value was Gi i..
The pteſent value in the king's books is C. 14.
127. 8 d.; elear yeatly value g. 00. The epiſcopal
procurations are 3s. 114d. ; the archidiaconal 117. 14.
and the penſion of 8s. 4d. is ſtill paid to the poſs
ſeſſor of the rights of the priory of Tutbur.
« Mr. Smith, a few years ago, incloſed ſome fields
contiguous to his houſe, for the convenience of a
park; but, ſome part of theſe lands being glebe, an
agreement was made, July 30, 1748; between Mr.
Smith and Nicholas Brindley; then rector, under con-
ſent of the dioceſan, to make the following exchange
of glebe lands on the one part, and frechold lands
on the other, vx. ter, |
year. above - ritten covenanted and agreed, between
Edward Smith, eſq; and Nicholas Brindley, rector of
Edmondthorpe, that for and during the concurrent
lives of the ſaid Edward Smith and Nicholas Brindley,
the following lands ſhould. be exchanged, of the free-
hold eſtate of Mr. Smith on the one part, and of the
lebe of the reQory of Rdmondthorpe on the part of
ri Brindley? The conſent; of the parties for this ex ·
change is atteſted by the honourable and reverend Ro-
bert Sherard, rector of Teigh, co. Rutland, and Ti-
mothy Neve, D. D. archdeacon of Huntingdon; and
the —— the exchange certiſied by the ſigu-
ing of Dr. fohn Thomas, lord biſhop of Lincoln
The particular lands fo exchanged are theſe:
The South - weſt eee, 1
9 lands, containing ö 3 15
—
Seven long Long lands, containing 1 x; 3 0 13
| Glebe-land on the part of the refiory. f
In Little Field Red Earth, South-weſt] . 1 20
ſide Four Lands, containing 1
*
Upper end of Little Field, one land, }'
N. B. The lands of Mr. Smith being ſo much
more in value than the glebe - lands, Mr. Brindley co-
venants to pay Mr. Smith 105; per annumd.
The tithe corn and hay of Edmondthorpe and
Wymondham are jointly taken by the reſpective rectors;
but the paſture pays an eating - tithe to the rector of
Edmohdthorpe only. There are ſeveral cloſes of
glebe, his ſole right; and one held jointly by him
innen
PATRONS.
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12 — 's Prior and convent of Tutbury.
a 6. 4. '« 3 i 15 3 5 : 1344, Henry duke of Lancaſter.
Richard Evatſon , | King Henry VII.
* Sir Thomas Cave's words are here uſed. * See the Matriculus, p. 1xii, _ 3 Regiſter of Tutbury abbey.
* Pat, 29 Edw. III. pars 1. m. 22, | 5 MS. Peck, OG N
From the information of William Pochin, eſq 1793.
Extract. e Regiſtro parochial,
* William de Autumnall was at the ſame time vicar ; ſee the Matriculus, p. Ixii. : f
Sir Henry Hobart, knight and baronet, attorney general, ſaith that Henry VII. was ſeiſed of the advowſon of the church
of Edmondthorpe in groſs, in right of his dutchy of Lancaſter ; and, upon a vacancy, preſented Richard Eratſon, who was
inſtituted and inducted. From Henry VII. it deſcended to Henry VIII, Edward VI, queen Mary, queen Elizabeth, and kin
James; in whoſe time the church became vacant by the death of Richard Watſon. William King ſays he is parſon of the ſ
church by preſentation of king James under the great ſeal, dated 24 Maii, 9 James; aud denies that the adyowſon was in the
king in right of his dutchy of Lancaſter,” Madex, Formulare Anglicanum, p. 861, 2.
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Richard Watſon died 1611.
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William King, M. A. 1611; died Sept. 3, 16 50, |
John, Wright, 1651; ejected .
Robert Reading, June 1, 1662. F
Robert Wilſhier, April 6, 1677 ; died 1688.
John Ward, March 21, 1688-9.
Peter Boundy, M. A. Dec. 1, 17093 died May 30, 1730.
Nicholas Brindley, June 21, 1730.
Thomas Willey, June 7, 1750 buried Sept. 4, 1776.
Caſtell Sherard, M. A. Od. 20, 1776,
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION S:
Againſt the South wall of the chancel, by the ſide
of the altar rails, is a plain ſtone monument, erected
by Mr. Peter Boundy (formerly rector here) in his
_ life-time, to his own memory: but he had the rectory
alſo of Over Deane *, in Bedfordſhire and, dying
there, this work was never finiſhed. |
The inſcription is in theſe words :
TRIM?
And be with Chriſt, which is far better,
Tore de wporwnro r Wor wry.
| M. S.
Peter Boundy, of Clare-Hall, M. A. rector here,
born at Shelton, Bedfordſhire, April 22, 1661 ;
married Mrs. Milli. Smith, of Ruſhden,
Northampronſhire, Oct. 3, 1686.
HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES of LEICESTERSHIRE, ns
"PATRONS.
King James J. I
King Charles II. |
King William and Queen Mary;
Queen Anne, Dee 5
King George II.
King George III.
In the nave, near the reading deſk :
I. ** WILLIAM RICE
DEPARTED THIS LIFE OCTOBER I,
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1717,
AGED 59.
2, HERE
LIETH INTERRED THE BODY
OF MRS, FAITH RICE, WIFE
OF MR, RICHARD RICE,
OF WYMONDHAM;
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
3. HERE
LIETH INTERRED THE Boty
OF MR, RICHARD RICE,
OF WYMONDHAM,
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
THE IQTH DAY OF
THE 19TH DAY OF MAY, 1760,
MARCH, 1760, IN THE IN THE 39TH YEAR or
4AOTH YEAR OF HER AGE, HIS AGE,”
On a ſmall flat ſtone at the Weſt end of the nave:
In memory of JohN FArDELL,
departed this life June the 27th, 1776,
aged 68 years,”
who
God gaye them 8 ſons and 6 daughters. | In the North aile is an arch in the wall, with mould-
He dyed ing over the circle in pediment form, ornamented with
She dyed | a kind of foliage and cogg work, as we obſerve in moſt
v2 RT 7" alle. pariſh churches. It is now ſtopped up with brick-
1 quickly. Amen. work; but there was under it a flat ſtone with a croſs,
igilate, et orate ſpe.” and ſhield of arms on it, as in plate XL. fig. 4.
On a flat ſtone, being now part of the flooring to a
pew at the upper end of this aile, is cut the croſs repre-
| ſented in plate XL. fig. 5. almoſt to the whole length
of the ſtone, with the following inſcription :
+# PERE LYETÞEC JOHN PORTER, -
. FYCþE DIED ye x DRY OF
AKUT, (the reſt effaced),
At the upper end of the South aile, in a part now incloſed by way of chapel, is & large monument of ala-
haſter and black marble (ſee plate XL. fig. 6.) being a tomb whereon is a lady lying at length on her ſide,
her arm reſting on a pillow. On another floor higher, a ſecond lady in like 1 and higher, on the
third, a man lying flat, with a Bible in his hand, and his left on his breaſt. All theſe are large as life; and
the whole finiſhes in a compaſs, or arch, bearing quarterly, 1. and 4. Gules, on a chevron Or, between three
bezants, as many croſſes patee fitchy, Sable, Smith; 2. and 3. Azure, a feſs Argent, between three hedge-
hogs paſſant Or, Heriz ; quarterly, with the creſt, viz. an antelope's head couped Argent, corned Or, on a
knight's helmet“; and within the arch are three ſmall eſcutcheons, the middle or centre one bearing the coat
of Smith; that on the right hand the coat of Smith, impaling Sable, a chevron Ermine, between three herons
cloſe, Heron 5 ; and that on the left, Smith impaling gyrone of 8, Ermine and Sable, an eagle diſplayed with
two heads, Goodman e; and below, in the hollow of the arch, above the figures, this inſcriprion :
& HERE LIETH THE GRAVE AND RELIGIOUS, SIR ROGER SMITH, KNIGHT,
LORD OF THIS MANOR, AND FORMERLY ONE OF THE JUSTICES or THIS
COUNTY 3 WHOSE WORTHY PARTS ARE ADORNED WITH THE WORTH OF HIS
DESCENT ; WHOSE GREATE GRANDFATHER WILLIAM SMITH, ALIAS HERE Z,
DESCENDED OF THE ANCIENT FAMILY OF HEREZ, OF WIVERTON, IN THE
COUNTY OF NOTTINGHAM, Is BY FEMALES PASSINGE THROW THE |
NAMES OF ASHBY, BURDET, ZOUCH, AND CONAN DUKE OF BRITTAINE, DE-
SCENDED FROM HENRY THE FIRST, KINGE OF ENGLAND. , :: :
On the North fide, within the rails, on flat ſtones :
4 x, ** HERE LYETH THE BODY 2. HERE LYETH THE BODY
OF MR, ROBERT WILSHIER, OF ANN, THE WIFE AND
RECTOR OF THIS CHURCH, RELLICT OF
WHO DIED JANUARY 23, MR. ROBERT WILSHIER,
AN RO D'NI MDCLXXXVIII. RECTOR OF THIS CHURCH;
AGED LI.“ SHE DYED SEPT, 25, 1704.“
-
HE DYED ANNO DOMINI 1655, 260%
AGED EIGHTY-FOWER Ne
YEARES,”
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Kennet's Chronicle. After his ejectment, he retired to Leffingham, near Sleeford in Lincolnſhire, where he had a ſmall
eſtate, There he ſpent the remainder of his days, and was beloved and honoured by his neighbours, eſpecially by fir William
York and hia family, for his prudence, moderation, and uſefulneſs in promoting knowledge and piety amongſt them.
In a chapel on the North fide of the chancel at Over Deane, againſt the Eaſt wall near the chancel, is a free-ſtone monu-
ment, recording the death of Mr, Boundy and of his father :
| Kat od) XR . wohng d yop H,E,,iH fie.
„ Thomas Boundy, Wigornienſis, ; Hoe, paternæ pietatis memor,
Eccl de Shelton Primogenitus Petrus, hujus eccl' paſtor, poſuit,
annis circiter Xx x111 rector, qui obiit 30 Mail, 1730.
obiit Aug. 23, 1690. Quales erant, die poſtrema indicabit.“
An hedgehog ia Latin is Hericus, in French Heriſon. “ See the arms in plate XL. marked 28. 5 Fig. 29, * F 5 **
Bs -
On the right :
6© THIS IN REMEMBRANCE OF
JANE SMITH, DAUGGTER OF * -
EDWARD HERON, OF LANGTOFT,, IN
THE COUNTY OF LINCOLNE, KNIGHT,
ONE OF THE BAKONS OF THE
EXCHEQUER, MARRIED To $IR_
* ROGER SMITH, KNIGHT, LORD OF THTS
MANOK ; BY WOA SHE HAD 15SUBE --
ONE SONN, NAMED EDWARD, AND A
DAUGHTER JANE, DYED ANNO DOMINI!
FRAMLAND HounxDartD.] E D 'M © N DS 181 |
+ {,
The tomb, or ſurbaſe, is divided into two pannels; and the following inſcriptions on them in gold letters:
On the left;
© HERE LYETH THE BODY OF ANN SMITH,
DAUGHTER TO THOMAS GOODMAN, OF ALDGATE,
IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX, E8Q,
WHOSE ANCESTORS, , Fires
THROW A LONG CONTINUED YERTUOUS LYNE,
GAVE BEING TO THE FAMOUS FAMILY
OF THE GOODMANS, ALIAS, GOOSMAN, IN SPAINE,
SHE WAS 2D WIFE TO SIR ROGER SMITH, *
AND BY HIM HAD ISSUE |
SONNS AND DAUGHTERS TWENTIE-TWO,
” a ; «
1599, AGED 26 YEARES, BURIED ANNO' DOM. 1652, AGED 66.“
This monument is joined at each end by two ſmaller ones in the form of pedeſtals (bearing inſcriptions);
and niches holding each a buſt; and on the tops ſhields. bearing the coats of Smith and Heri:: quarterly
with the following inſcriptions : |
On the right hand pedeſtal: Oa the left hand pedeſtal :
„% IN REMEMBRANCE OF EDWARD SMITH, Esa. . „% NEAR THIS PLACE
ELDEST SON TO SIR ROGER SMITH; AND ELIZABETH HIS LYES THE BODY or
WIE, DAUGHTER TO SIR EDWARD HERON, OF CRESSY, * * ROGER SMITH, ELDEST $ON
IN THE COUNTY GF LINCOLNE, KNIGHT OF THE BATH, TO EDWARD SMITH, ESQ.
BY WHOM HE HAD TWO SONS, ROGER AND EDWARD, i WHO DYED AT THE AGE O07 19,
HE DYED AT THE AGE OF 34, IN THE YEAR 1632; IN THE YEAR
SHE DIED AT TRE AGE OF 31, IN THE YEAR 1629.“ 1646.”
Againſt the Weſt wall, a large monument of various On the left hand pedeſtal :
coloured marble, with two Ionic pilaſters raiſed on In a vault under this tomb lyes
the tomb below, as in plate XL. fig. 7. i the body. of Coxsr Ax cx, eldeſt
On the table between the two columns is the fol- daughter of fir William Spencer,
lowing inſcription; and over the table, in a ſhield, of Yarnton, in the county of
the coat of Smith and Herez quarterly, as before: Oxford, barouet, married to fir Edward
In a vault under this tomb lyes Smith, of this place, baroner, anno Dom. 1654;
the body of fir EDwaRD Smirtn, alias HER IZ, bart. buy whom ſhe had iſſue four
grandſon of. fir Roger Smith, alias Heriz, knight. 1 ſons and one daughter.
Had iſſue by Conſtance; his firſt wife, Edward, Dyed, in the 44th year of her age,
William, Henry, Conſtance; and Eraſmus. March 28, anno Dom. 1681.”
William dyed on board the Admiral's ſhip in On the fide of the right hand pannel hangs a ſhield
the warts againſt Argier, anno Dom. 1677; with the coat of Smith, baronet, impaling quarterly,
Conſtance was married to Thomas Smith, of Argent and Gules, in the ad and 3d quarters a frett,
Snitrertoh, ia the county of Derby, eſa. | Or; over all, a bend, Sable, thereon three eſcalops
She dyed, and was buried in St. James, Clerkenwell *,: of the firſt, Spencer * _ |
in the county of Middleſex, anno Dom. 1684. And on the left hand ſide pannel another ſhield,
By Frances, his ſecond wife, had no iſſue; bearing the coats of Smith, baroner, impaling, Gules,
neither by Bridget his third wife, widow of a chevron Ermine between three goats' heads eraſt,
Richard Baily, of Gray*s-Inn, eſq; who dyed in the Argent, armed and bearded Or, Marwood 3. |
75th year of her-age, and was buried N. B. Theſe. two ſhields are each placed in the
in the vault below, Jan. 3, 1699. other's place.
Sir Edward depatted this life Sept. 6, 1707,
in the 79th year of his age, and
was buried the a th of the ſame month,
in the Weſt end of the vault with his three
wives, and grandſon: William Smith, only ſon to his
third fon Hehry; which William was buried there
On an atchievement on the South aile are the arms
of Smith and Heriz quarterly, impaling a chevron be-
tween three bugle thorns ſtrung Baily +.
Againſt the South-wall, between the two windows,
is 5 handſome monument of grey and white marble,
a ; . |; conſiſting of a tomb or baſe, ſupporting a table
| Fe, 5 n- 076 frat 10x rl} 1x uy to bearing W inſcription; over which is a circular
b ieee Seri ini vant bolder k 66 66 pediment ſupported by two columns of the Compo-
| fs Henry kh ahidd fob . ſite, with frieze and architrave. See plate XL. fig. 8.
died at Dublin: in the kingdom of Iceland la the centre of the pediment is a ſhield bearing
Aug. 29, 1698, in the goth year of his age, the arins of Smith and Heriz quarterly, and an
SD a buried there under a tomb in K eſcutcheon of Pretence charged with the coat of
St. James's churchyard. Pepys * ; and on che table this inſcription :
R. F. Ar 5 „ iN A VAULT
F. Amen. UNDER THIS TOMB LYES TUE BODY OF
In front of the tomb below, on the right hand pedeſtal: DAME OLLVIA SMITH,
In a vault under this tomb lyes | \ WHO DIED JUNE THE OTH, 1710, IN THE 46TH
2 8 - k. SHE WAS DAUGHTER TO
the body of Frances, daughter THIS Af BAK IN
THOMAS PEPYS, OF MERTON ABBY, IN THE
of fir George Marwood, of Little COUNTY OF SURRY, ESQ, BY URSULA nis
Buſhby, in the county of York, Wirk, DAUGHTER TO BRYAN STAPLETON,
baronet; firſt married to fir Richard or MYTON, IN THE COUNTY OF YORK, ESQ, AND |
Welton, knight, one of the barons | WAS MARRIED TO SIR EDWARD SMITH, OF THLS
of the Exchequer ; | PLACE, BY WHOM SHE HAD ONLY ONE
* =
was afterwards married to fir Edward SON, NAMED EDWARD, WHO WAS BORN
. , APRIL THE 22D, 1691; AND WAS
Smith, of this place, baronet, eke SOT
She dyed. without iſſue, in the 57th BELOW, APRIL THE 22D, 1703.
year of her age, * RAPTUS EST, NE MALITIA Mur ARET INTELLECTUM Elos.
Nov. 30, anno Domini 1692. | R. F. AMEN, ,
In the church of St. James, Clerkenwell, is a monument to the memory of Conſtance, daughter of fir Edward Smith,
in the county of Leiceſter, bart, wife of Thomas Smith, of Clerkenwell, eſq. 1685 ; and Conitance, her daughter, 1686 and
8 daughter of the ſaid Thomas Smith, by Elizabeth his ſecond wife, daughter of fir Thomas Darcy, of Clexkeuwell,
ight, 1700. Ft 4.3 Pry 0 **
* Plate XL, fig. 31. Fig. 32. | Fig. 33. big. 34.
W 5 0 SIR
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182 HISTORY
: of. NMoey or. e to
$1k EDWARD SMITH DEPARTED THIS
LIFE FEB, 17, 1720, IN THE G6Tu YEAR or HIS
AGE, AND WAS BURIED IN THE VAULT MAKCH THE tr.
HE, LEAVING NO/ISSUE, GAVE HIS- ESTATE ro
EDWARD SMITH, ESQ, DESCENDED FROM --
SIR ROGER SMITH, KT, BY HIS SECOND WIFE,
| POLITIOREM ORBEM PERAGRAVIT,
ET VICIT JUYENIS,
| EX ITALIA, 3
TERRARUM ATQUE ARTIUM DOMINA,
ALTARE *
ROMANUM MEMORIA®
SERVANDAE LECTISSIMUM HABVIT ;
ANIMA SEMPER ANGLICANUM,”
Near each end of the tomb are two eſcutcheons ; |
that on the right charged with the coat of Smith and
Herez, quarterly impaling Pepys *; and that on the left
charged with Smith and Herez, and Pepys quarterly“.
On an elegant mural monument of various coloured
marble (fig. 9.) is a ſhield bearing the arms of Smith
and Hertz quarterly; and on an eſcutcheon of pretence,
quarterl —_— Smith, 2, Heriz, 3» Oldfeld, 4» Horſ-
man 4, i is thus inſcribed:
« Sacred to the memory of EDwaRD SmiTH, eſquire,
whoſe remains are depoſited |
in the family vault near this tomb.
He was deſcended from fir Roger Smith,
alias Heriz, knight, by his ſecond wife.
From Rugby-ſchool in Warwickſhire,
he went to Cambridge, where he lived
fellow commoner in Magdalen college ;
at Oxford he was honoured with the title of LL. D.
He married Margaret, eldeſt daughter of Edward
Horſman, of Stretton, in the county of Rutland, eſq;
by Alice his ſecond wife, daughter of
fir John Oldfield, of Spalding, in the county
of Lincoln, bart.
by her he had one fon named Edward,
born Nov. 8th, 17 30, and died March the 23d, 1731-2;
and was buried in the family vault.
In his public charadter he was reſolute, unmoveable.
| He acted in the commiſſion of the peace with
ſingular humanity and impartiality.
He repreſented the county in parliament, near
thirty years, with the greateſt faithfulneſs ;- _
in his private character he was generous and of
| exceeding good nature;
his morals were untainted;
he had an utter deteſtation of vice;
his manners, like his countenance,
were open and undiſguiſed ;
he was affable by nature,
and munificent without oſtentation.
His behaviour was ſo amiable.
as never to create a perſonal enemy;
and was regarded and eſteemed .
even where he was not beloved.
In domeſtick life,
he was the beſt hufband, the kind maſter,
the indulgent landlord, and, the ſteady friend;
he revered religion ; he feared God.
Few men have ever been ſo deeply or fo univerſally in the county of Northampton, anceſtor of the baro-
- lamented; few men have ever
deſerved ſo general a lamentation.
He changed time for eternity Feb. 15, 1762,
aged LVII.,“
A* ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE:
door, in the South aile (fig. 10.) is this inſcription :
On a ſmall morument of white warble, over dhe
4 In the vault
under an is interred the body of
| ARGARET Smith,
relict of EDwARD Smith, Eſqj
and daughter of EDWAAD Horswan,
late of Stretton, in the county of Rutland, Eſq.
To ſum up her character in a few words;
e was truly religious;
and had every virtue fo adorn her fex; -
She departed this life March oth,
and was buried April 14th, 1780,
in the 72d year of her age.“
a+
On the North-wall of St. Peter's churelr in the
Eaſt, Oxford, is a monument with the arms of Smith,
and this inſcriptions ©
DEO OPT. MAX.
et memorie ſacrum
Henx1cr Sur,
. - Optime ſpei adoleſcentis, -
filii Roo A SuyTH, de Edmund Thorpe,
in comitatu Leic. armigeri,
Collegii Reginæ commenſalis,
qui dum ęſtivis horis (animi
oblectandi, ſalutis firmandæ ergd)
Cherwelli fluentis fidentids quam
prudentiùs ſe committeret,
nec natandi prorſus rudis, nec ſatis
peritus, rapido adverſi fluminis vortice
(proh dolor I) abſorptus, ingenti ſao deſiderio
mceſtis parentibus taſſtum relicto,
ex hujuſce tempeſt vite fuctibus -
in #terni tatis portum 'emanavit,
x11 kalend. Jun. A. D. cioioczz.“
The following account of the family of SwrTn,
communicated by the late learned antiquary Thomas
lord Dacre through the medium of my friend Mr.
Longmate 5, will be no unſuitable illuſtration of the
pedigrees which follow it. |
The original name of this family was Heriz ; but
in the reign of Henry VII; Wiltam Heriz, of Withcock,
in the county of. Leiceſter, aſſumed the name and arms
of Smith, which, by tradition, it js ſaid, he did-in con-
ſideration of the ſaid manor of Withcock, which was
bequeathed by him on that condition by ſome relation
of that name. He till however (as did all his poſte-
rity) bote the arms of Heriz in the ſecond quarter.
„This William Heriz, alias Smith, was of the
ſame family as William Heriz , of Wiverton, in the
county of Nottingham, temp. Edw. I. whoſe wife
was Maud, daughter of Ralph lord Baſſet of Dray-
ton; and married Catharine, daughter of William
Aſhby, of Loſeby, in the county of Leiceſter, de-
ſcended by heirs female from the noble family of the
Zouches, of the county aforeſaid. He died 1 512,
leaving iſſue John Smith, of Withcock, who married
Dorothy, daughter of Richard Cave, eſq; of Stanford,
nets of that name, He died 1545, leaving iflue
Rater Smith, of Wirhcock, firſt ſon, ſheriff of Lei-
ceſterſhire 43 Elizabeth; wo died 1603, leaving
iſſue, by Frances his wife, daughter of fir Thomas
' In allufion to the piece of marble on which this inſcription is cut, and which he brought from Italy, The monument
is alſo copied from an altar-piece at Rome; and this inſtance confirms ſir H. Englefield's eonjecture (Archzologia, vol. X.
p. 186), of ſarcophaguſes being brought thence for fonts, &c. The epitaph was written by the Rev. Mr. Alcotk, one of
the executors, , © . 4
* Plate XL. fig, 35. ee 3 empeſtuoſe ?
* Of this worthy and intelligent artiſt, who died whilſt this ſheet was preparing for the preſs, Fay 33, 1793, at the
age of 55, the following account was given in the Geatleman's Magazine, vol, L XIII. p. 679: „ Mr, Batak Longmate
was an engraver of eminence ; particularly in the Heraldic line, a ſtudy to which he had devored his attention from early life,
and in which he had acquired a diſtinguiſhed proficiency. He was editor of the laſt edition of * Collins's Peerage, 1779,
8 vols, 8vo.; of a * Supplemental Volume,“ in 1784; and has left behind him a copy of that very uſeſul work, entirely prepared
for a new edition. He has alſo left (and, from regard to his numerous family, we chearfally record it) an unblemiſhed cha-
rater. Indefatigable in the laudable purſuits conuected with his buſineſs, inwhich his punctuality was equal to his integrity;
firm in his friendſhips, and of a mind not leſs independent than intelligent; his leſs will be lamented by a circle extending far
beyond the fphere of bis relatives and more immediate intimates, His remains, attended by a few friends deſirous of ſhewing
him the laſt tribute of reſpe&, were depoſited, on the 29th, in the lower burial-ground of St, Mary-la-Bonne, with thoſe of his
wife, who died in 1781, and of his father and mother (Barak aud Elizabeth), inhabitants of St. James's pariſh, Weſtminſter.”
7 Whom Dugdale ranks amongſt the barons of his time. | | 5
6 | Griffin,
3 Fig. 36. 4 Fig. 37. $ Sic. Qu t
0
FRAMLAND HUNDRED:]
Griffin, of Dingley, knight, three daughters, his heirs.
Ambroſe Smith, ſecond fon of John, citizen and mer-
chant of London, purchaſed Withcock from his elder
brother Roger; and by Jane, daughter of John Coe“,
of flex, a ſamily of good confideration and antiquity
at Geſtingthorpe, in that county, had Henry Smith,
of Wirhcock, his eldeſt _ ſon, who married Anne,
daughter of fic Henry Skipwith. Eraſmus, third ſon
of the atoreſaid John Smith and Dorothy Cave, was
of Huſband's Boſworth, in the county of Leiceſter,
being, as it ſhould ſcem from the imperfe& account
of it in Burton's Hiſtory of Leiceſterſhire, lord of that
manor and patron of the church“, as his ſon Roger
certainly was. This Eraſmus was twice married; firſt,
to —— Bidd; ſecondly, to Margaret, ſiſter to Wil-
liam Cecil lord Burleigh, lord high treaſurer temp.
Elizabeth, and widow of his couſin Roger Cave, eſq;
of Stanford. By the firſt lady he had three ſons; of
whom the youngeſt Roger Smith, alias Heriz, of Huſ-
bands Boſworth, removed to Edmondthorpe, in the
county of Leiceſter, where he lived in great conſide-
ration ?, and uniyerlally reſpected, till the age of 84,
when he died, in 1655, and is buried ander a hand-
ſome monument in Edmondthorpe church. He mar-
ried to his firſt, wife Jane, daughter of fir Edward
Heron, of Longtoft, in the county of Lincoln, knight,
one of the barons of the Exchequer; by whom he
had iſſue one fon Edward, and a daughter Jane: his
lady died anno 1 599, æt. 26. Edward Smith, their ſon,
died 1632, in the life of his father, leaving iſſue by
Elizabeth, eldeſt daughter of fir Edward Heron, of
Creſſey Hall, K. B. Edward Smith, of Edmondthorpe,
who by Conſtantia, daughter of fir William Spencer,
art. had one ſon, who married Olivia, daughter of
Thomas Pepys, eſq; of Merton Abbey, in the county
of Surrey, who died anno 1710, ætat. 46, and by
whom he had iſſue one fon, Edward, who died an in-
fant in 1703. Sir Edward himſelf died anno 1720,
t. 66; and, leaving no iſſue, deviſed his eſtate, at Ed-
mondthorpe and elſewhere, to his couſin Edward Smith,
eſq; deſcended from the aforeſaid fir Roger Smith, by
Anne his ſecond wife, a perſon greatly reſpected in
the county of Leiceſter, as is manifeſt by his being
choſen, for 30 years ſucceſſively, till the time of his
death, member of parliament tor that county. He
died in 1762, #t. 57, without ifſue; his only fon by
Margaret his wife, daughter of Edward Horſman, eſq;
of Siretton, in the county of Rutland, having died an
infant, This Edward Smith, eſq; was the lait of the
family at Edmondthorpe; it being ſold after his
death, by his heirs and executors, to William Pochin,
eſq; who is now member of parliament for Leiceſter-
ſhire; and reſides there.
„We muſt now return to give an account of the
ſecond marriage of fir Roger Smith, alias Heriz, afore-
ſaid, which was with Anne, daughter of Thomas
Goodman, of Aldgate !, in the county of Middleſex,
eſq; of an antient family, as it js expreſſed on her
tomb in Edmondrhorpe church.
This lady died in 1652, æt. 66, having had, by
the ſaid fir Roger, a numerous iſſue, of which the firſt
ſon was Eraſmus Smith, who was placed by his father
(as it was formerly the cuſtom with the beſt families
to do with their youngeit ſons) in the city of Lon-
don. An inducement to this might alſo probably
have been the connexion that his couſin Henry
Smith, of Withcock, muſt have had in that city on
account of that which his father had formed there.
In conſequence of this, the ſaid Eraſmus at length
became one of the aldermen thereof, and one of its
molt conſiderable Turkey-merchams ; and afterwards,
upon the ſettlement of Ireland, made very conſide-
rable purchaſes in that kingdom, which, by the peace-
able and quiet times that enſued, turned out very
greatly advanrageous. He likewiſe purchaſed Weald
Hall, in Eſſex, for his family ſear, it being a large
manlion-houle, with a park, in the midſt of the ex-
in Withcock church, 1622.
P. 494; and of“ Madam Smith,” his lady, vol. IV. p. 183.
SMITH, ARM, MDCAXXXV111,”
Vor. *
* Then, as appears by antient maps, a county pariſh, not within the city.
* * He built a bridge acroſs the public high-road in this pariſh, on which Lis arms ſlill re mai
B b b
BDMONDTHORPE, 183
tenſive manor of South Weald belonging thereto,
and was formerly the ſeat of fir Anthony Browne,
chief juſtice of the common pleas in the time of
queen Mary and king Philip. Being, however, of a
moſt humane and liberal mind, he torgat not others
while he was enriching himſelf, but beſtowed great
ſums of money in charitable exhibitions in Ireland,
and for the encouragement of learning there, where
then ſuch aſſiſt ances were ſo much wanted; for which
his name is remembered there with honour, And the
late Walter Harris, eſq; whoſe Eſſays upon the Anti-
quities of Ireland are greatly eſteemed, has, in his
Hiſtory of Dublin, ſpeaking of the univerſity of that
city, the following paſſage relative hereunto : “ Here
are five royal profeſſorſhips; and three of fir Patrick
Dunn, knight; as alſo profeſſors in mathematics,
Oriental tongues, oratory, hiſtory, and natural philo-
ſophy. Many are the ſmall exhibitions, &c. in this
univerſity for the encouragement. of youth in the
courſe of their ſtudies, for a great portion of - which,
as well as for the five laſt mentioned profeſſorſhips,
this learned body ſtand indebted to the bounty of
Eraſmus Smith, eſq; of whoſe public-ſpirited and
humane diſpoſition many other monuments are to be
found.” Which Eraſmus Smith, alias Heriz, married
Mary, daughter of Hugh Hare lord Colrane, by
Lucy, daughter of Henry earl of Mancheſter; by
whom he had three daughters and ſix fons, who all
died without iflue, and molt of them young, except
Hugh, the fourth brother, who, after the deaths of
the two eldeſt brothers Eraſmus and Samuel, the latter
whereof was high-ſherift of Eſſex anno 1711, ſuc-
ceeded to his father's great eſtates, and reſided at
Weald Hall, which he greatly improved, indeed al-
moſt rebuilt, He was high-ſheriff of Eſſex anno
11 George II. and married Dorothy, daughter of
Dacre Barrett Lennard, eſq; of Belhouſe, in that
county, by the lady Jane, daughter of Arthur Chi-
cheſter earl of Donegal; which Dacre was ſon of
Richard Lennard (ſecond fon of Richard lord Dacre),
who took the name of Barrett on the ſaid manor's
being bequeathed to him by Edward Barrett lord
Newburgh ; by which Dorothy he left two daughters
his heirs, viz. Dorothy, married to her ſecond couſin
John Barry, eſq; fourth ſon of James earl of Barry-
more ; and Lucy, to James lord Stanley, commonly
called lord Strange, eldeſt fon of Edward earl of
Derby, and by him was mother to the prelent earl.
The ſaid Hugh Smith, eſq; died in 1745, and
was buried in the South chancel of the church of
South Weald, under a noble monument erected for
him, according to the directions in her will, by the
executors of his widow.
© The following character of him, drawn as is ima-
gined by the lord chief baron Parker, who was one of
them, and his intimate friend, is a very true one :
© In a vault under this place lyeth the body
ot Hucu SMITH, efq. late lord of this manor,
deſcended from the antient family of HkRRZE,
now Sir, of Edmondthorpe, in Leiceſterſhire.
He married DoxoTay, the daughter
of the honourable Dacre LENNARD BARRETT,
of Avely, in this county, eſq.
by whom he had iſſue only two daughters,
DoroTtur, the elder,
the wiſe of the honourable Joun-SmriTH Barry, eſq.
fourth ſon of the right honourable James
late earl of BARRTMORE of the kingdom of Licland
and Lucy, the younger,
the wife of the right honourable
JaMEs-SMIiTH STANLEY lord viſcount STRANGE,
only fon of EDwarD earl of DERBY.
He departed this life the 8th day of May, 1745,
and in the 73d year of his age;
leaving his great eſtates and poſleſſions
in England and Ireland
to his ſaid daughters in equal ſhares,
" The arms of Coe, Gules, three piles Argent, charged with 9 martlets Sable, were impaled with thoſe of Smith on a window
John Savile granted the advow{on of Boſworth to Eraſmus Smith, of Somerby, July 23, 1565.
* He was knighted, at Whitehall, July 13, 1635. Mr. Granger mentions a metzotinto prin
t of this gentleman, vol, III,
n, and unde them, © Exagmuy
He.
1
cow» a a
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184 HISTORY ANDY ANTIQUITIES of LEICESTERSHIRE.
He was always zealouſly affected to our preſent
happy Eſtabliſhment both in Church and State,
He was a tender huſband, an affectionate father,
good to his ſervants, and charitable to the poor.
DokoTar, his ſorrowful widow, ſurvived him;
and departed this life on the 1ſt day of February, 1755,
a ſincere friend, a kind landlord ;
and in the 72d year of her age; and her bod
alſo lyeth in the ſame vault with her huſband.
She was of exemplary piety, and moſt properly
diicharged her duty in all relations of life;
ſhe, by her will, directed a monument to be ſet up.
“ By his will, Mr. Smith bound his daughters? huſ-
bands, and their children, to take the name of Smith,
and to bear the arms of Smith and Heriz*,
death, from the want of his having properly paſſed a
fine and recovery of the manor of South Weald, that
fine ſeat and eſtate, after a ſuit at law, was adjudged
from his daughters to the heirs of his two ſiſters (for
the other died unmarried) viz. the Bournes of Enfield,
Middleſex, and the Kirkhams of Huntingdonſhire
and, in grateful regard
to the memory of ſo good an huſband,
And this monument 1s accordingly ſet up,
by her executor, in the year 1757.”
who ſold them to Thomas Towers, eſq.“
1. Sir William Heriz, of Wiverton,
co. Northampton, temp. Edw. I. |
William Smith, heretofore called Heriz,=Catharine, daughter of William Aſhby, Roger Rate
built Withcock church ; died 1512. |
After his
think fit,
Two filver cups with covers; the ſmall one plain;
CrAnrrTABLE BENEFACTIONS.
Sir Edward Smith, bart, by a deed, dated June 8,
1687, gave, out of lands in Deeping St.
Lincolnſhire, a yearly payment of ten poun
to taxes, to be diſtributed amongſt the poor of this
town at the diſcretion of the lord of this manor.
Sir Edward Smith, bart. by his will, dated January
8, 1720, gave two hundred pounds, to be laid out
in the purchaſe of Jands, the rents thereof to be ap-
plied to the repair of part of this church *, and the
overplus to be given to the poor of this town, in
ſuch manner as the owner of Edmondthorpe ſhall
the larger has on itſelf and the cover,
to Edmondthorpe church in 1769.“
* The gift of Bridget Lady Smith, anno 1699;
and & I, H. S.“ encircled by a radiation.
On the plate for the bread is engraved :
“ The legacy of Dame Olivia Smith to the church of
Edmondthorpe, in the county of Leiceſter, 1710.”
Two flaggons, with the following on each :
« The gift of Mrs. Smith, widow of
Edward Smith, eſq;
Pedigree of SMITH, alias HERIZ, of Wirncocxk.
From the Viſitation by Sameson and Vixcenrt, 1619 ; continued by Sir THOMAS Cave.
—Ma
Joan,=Sir Jordan Brett, knt. living 1374.
Thomas Heriz, alias Harris, 3
ud, dau. of Ralph Baſſet of Drayton.
2. Thomas Heriz. - l
'
Thomas Heriz. „
= + | * .
William Heriz. ES 4.4.4.6
Laurence Heriz.== - + + + daughter & John Newbold.
of Loſeby, co. Leic. eſq.
John Smith, alias e ap daughter of Richard Cave, of Stanford, co. Northampton, eſq.
of Withcock; died 1545.
afterwards the wife of ſir Henry Poole, a knight of Rhodes.
liffe, eſq. 2d huſband,
2 in
8, ſubject
3 Eraſmus Smith . 1. Roge
4. Ambroſe—=Johanna,
Margery, 2. Francis +, 10. George Mary, dau. 7. Ate
—————
Henry ==Frisjoice, dau.
of Thomas
Wright, of
Suelſton, co.
Smith,
died
1623.
—
Henry Smith“, of Withcock, 1633.= . . . daughter of Charles Holland. Joan.
Derby.
Thomas Brude-
nell, of Stanton,
eſq.
88
Dorothy, married Sibilla. Francis, ſon
and heir.
William,
Thomas,
ohn.
lizabeth.
2
Ambroſe, ſon and heir.
Frances, daug.
5. Clement. Smith, | of fir Thomas Smith, of dau. of wife of Smith, Smith,
6. William, drowned. of With- | Griffin, of London, John Coe, William alias of With- |
8. Robert, of Groby. cock, Dingley, co, 18 of Coxall, Bery, of Heriz. cock.
9. Henry. d. 1603. | Northampton. ithcock | Eflex. co. Leic.
* 1 „ 4 A mw of his elder 7 8 4 „
1. Bridget, mar. firſt, 2. Frances, wife 3. Jane, to brother; 1. Roger ... dau. Margaret, 2. Francis.
to Simon Norwich, of of Tho. Stour- JohnMelley, died 1 584. eue > 4 - Wn of > 3. Edward =
Brampton ;afterwards ton, of Stour- of London, ' Wood- Ives. 4. Margaret.
to Edmund Sandes. ton, co. Nott. grocer. | cock. |
T L— * 7 .
. Henry==Anne, dau. Iſabella, wife Elizabeth, 2. Francis Sir Will. Elizabeth, Margaret, Dorothy, wife of
Smith, | of Henry, of — Lewis; wife of Smith, = Smith, of | daugh. of wife to fir Benedi& Barn-
of fiſt. to Will. remarried to Martin Elizabeth, London, | Thomas Thomas ham,aldermanof
With- Skipwith,of — Maynard, Calthorpe, dau. of 1605. Skinner, Wilkes, London; remar-
cock, | Cotes, co. co. Here- of Anting- JohnTay- alderman cl. of the ried to fir John
1605. Leic. died ford, ham, co. lor, of of Lond. council to Packington.
| 1623. Norfolk. London. | Q. Eliz.
George, ha three died ſ. p. before 160g.
of William thony,
Allen, of
Markfield,
co. Leic.
p—_—
=Dorothy, his
couſin.
W —
EAR
— — —
I. Humfrey==Aune, dau. to Robert= . . dau. to Joyce, wife Elizabeth, wife Anne, WI
—_—
-
fe to Eraſmus, Dorothy, wife
Sherington Monog- 4th ſon,
inery, of Shering-
died ſ. P ·
ton, co. Bucks.
Smith, of fir Geo. Bowles, Smith,. . Pepper. of John to John Hall,
London, knt. alderman 2d ſon. Ingall, of co. Northampt.
grocer. of London. Eſlex,
= ; - 1
George, eldeſt ſon. Humfrey. John. Thomas, born 1614.
* See Morant, vol. I. p. 119 ; and Granger, vol. III. p. 404.
2 By the repair of part of this church is meant that part of the South aile where the lord of the manor has a ſeat, and 2
vault for the interment of his family. See pp. 179. 179.
3 Of this gentleman, who ſettled firſt at Somerby, and afterwards at Huſbands Boſworth, and of his deſcendants, fee a
diſtinct pedigree, p. 185,
He forfeited Withcock at the Reſtoration, having been one of :he judges on the trial of king Charles I,
Tho. Arwaker,
of Eſſex.
Pedigree |
Framtand HUNDAHE D.] E D MON DTH OR P E. 185
Pedigree of SMITH, of Souzrsy, Huszanns BosworrTy, FroLEswoRTH, and ErmonDTaoRPE.
iſt wife, . . daughter-=Eraſmus Smith, of Somerby, third ſon of John Smith, = 24 wife, Margery, dau. of Will. Cecil
en of W ithcock ; purchaſed the manor and advowſon of lord Burleigh, relict Diet
3 | Huſbands Boſworth 1565 died 1616, aged 82. Es e OI WS,
lecturer of St. Kelmarſh, dward Heron, ſer). Boſworth, Kelmarſh, and Ed- | Goodman, of Londan,
Clement's; died co. Northj- at law, firſt wife; mondthorpe, knighted at White- | 2d wife; died 1652, aged
— '
1. Henry, M. A+ 2. James, of ane, daughter of ſir z. Roger Smith, of and bd Good dau. of Thomas
f. p. 1593» ag- 34+ ampt. 1018. died 1599, aged 26, | hall 1635; died 1655, aged 84. | 66.
Edward Smith, Elizabeth, dau. of fir Edward Heron, Jane. *
died 1632. | of Creſſy Hall, K. B.
A go ty | — 1
1. Roger, died 1646, Conſtantia ", dau. of fir William Edward Smith, of Edmondthorpe, 2d ſon and heir,
aged 19. Spencer, bart. of Varnton, co. Ox. created a baronet by king Charles II. 1660-1 *.
* = — -
Sir Edw. Smith, Olivia, dau: of Thomas Pepys, William, Henry 2 Codſtantia,=Thomas Smith, of Eraſmus,
bart. died 1720, of Merton-abbey, co. Surrey, died at d. 1698. died 168 5*. | Snitterton, co. died ſ. p.
aged 06. died 1706, aged 46. ſea 1677. Derby.
1
Edward Smith, born April 22, 1691; died an infant April 22, 1703. — died 1686.
r : T 3 9 ' — 3 5 a 1 8
1. John, 2. Eraſmus Smith, Mary, 4. Henry, Anna, mar. Mary, mar. 3. Roger Anna Fourteen other
died un- of Weald-hall, dau. of drowned fir John fir William Smith. Cotton. ſons and daugli-
married, Eſſex, and of St. | Hugh at Oxford Norwich, of Dudley, of See below, ters“.
#t. 40. John's Clerken- Hare 16405, Brampton, Cloxton, [A]:
well, co. Middle- | lord ohn. co. North. co. North-
ſex, living 2683 ; | Col- — | ampton, ampton,
ætat. 73. rane. Dorothy. bart. bart.
＋ 7” 7 pigs ac = * T Hi T | 8.
1. Eraſ- 2. Samuel, 4. Hugh Smith, Dorothy Dacre, 3. Roger, d. ſ. p. Elizabeth, Conſtance, Arone, marr;
mus, d. ſ. p. died 1745, dau. of Dacre 5. Montague, mar. .... died ſingle. Henry Kirk-
died ſ. p. aged 73. Barret Lennard, d. ſ. p. Bourne, of ham, eſq. of
eſq. died 1755, 6. Henry, d. ſ. p. Enfield. Finſhade.
| aged 72.
Dorothy, = Hon. John Barry, fourth ſon to James Lucy, James Lord Strange, eldeſt ſon of Edward fifth
d. 1756. ourth earl of Barrymore. d. 1759. | carl of Derby, died in his father's life-time 177 i.
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2. Thomas. 4. Elizabeth. Edward-Smith Stanley, the fixth and preſenta Elizabeth-Henrietta, ſiſter of the
3. James. 8 1 earl of Derby. | preſent duke of Hamilton.
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7. Louiſa. Edward lord Stanley, born 1775. Charlotte, born 1776.
[A] Roger Smith, of Froleſworth, eſq. third ſon of ſir Roger Smith, of Anna, daughter of Thomas Cotton, of
Edmondthorpe“; died in London about 1667, ætat. about 54, | Laughton ; died 1705-7, aged 85.
buried at St. James's, Clerkenwell, i
* ; 1
1 4 T T T - T 2 |
1. Roger Smith, Frances, dau. 2. Eraſmus, 3. Edward, 4. John“, of 5- Eraſmus, 6. Thomas, ſtudent
of Froleſworth. | of Thomas died aged 5 citizen and Gray's Inn, died aged of Lincoln college,
| | Bradgate, of before filkman of gent. and 16 betore Oxford, and aged-19
Ulleſthorpe; 1083. London, unmarried, 1083. in 1683.
died 1729, | #t. 28, and 1683, aged
aged 74 *. unmarried, 26. He died
1683. in 1720.
2 7 IS 1 2
I. Roger Smith, Judith 2. Edward 4. Thomas Arabella, daug. of 1. Anne, All died in- 4. Mary 8
rector of Huſ- ] Tom- Smith. Smith, Eraſmus Norwich, 2. Dorothy, | fants before 5. Olivia,
bandsBofworth, | linfon, of London, vicar of E Brampton, co. 3. Anne, 1083. 6. Grace.
died 1736, aged d. 1714, died ſingle. Billeſdon, | Northampton.
63. | aged 32. co. Leic. -
Margaret, dau.=Edward Smith, John, 1. Judith. ; 3. Anne, 4 Elizabeth, Phillis, Charles Catliarine.
of Edw. Horſ- | of Edmond- died 2. Olivia, married mar. Thomas dau, of | Smith,
man, of Stret- | thorpe, eſq. young. $5. Conſtance, .... . Legg, of Li-. . | of Breut-
_ Rutland, | LL. D. died verpool. Gore. | wood,
elq. died 178 1762, aged 57. e
2 72. e Bt gods. open Phillis, unmarried 1753.
r 1
Edward, only ſon, died an infant, 1731-2
After this lady's death, fir Edward Smith had two other wives, but no child by either. See their epitaphs, p. 181.
* He was among the number of gentlemen who were propoſed to have been made knights of the Royal Oak, after the
Reſtoration, in 1660, his eſtate being then eſtimated at C. 800. a year; and was high-ſheriff of Leiceſterſhire in 1666,
Henry was married, and had one ſon William, who died in 1701, aged 19.
* Sec her epitaph, p. 181. 5 See his epitaph, p. 182, See p. 181.
He is called Smith, alias Heriz, of St. John's, Clerkenwell,” in Guillim, p. 422.
* This lady's monument at Froleſworth, informs us that ſhe and her huſband lived together 57 years; and that ſhe had
many children, of whom Roger, Mary, Olivia, Grace, and Frances ſurvived her. ö
Afterwards ſucceſſively a ſerjeant at law, a puiſne baron of the Exchequer, and chief baron of the Exchequer in Scotland.
He died June 24, 1726, aged 70, See more of him under Froleſworth. i
'? Married to William Collins, of Shenſtone, Staffordſhire ; by whom ſhe had two ſons, John and William ; and one daughter,
Catharine, See Sanders's Hiſtory of Shenſtone, 1794, p. 194.
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186 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES of LEICESTERSHIRE,
JJ
in antient writings called Godtorp, and ſometimes
Earl's Thorpe *, is bounded on the North by Coſton;
on the Eaſt by Buckminſter and Sewſtern; on the
South by Wymondham ;z and on the Weſt by Saxby
and Stoneſby.
It is ſeven miles diſtant from Melton Mowbray, the
neareſt market- ton; twenty-one from Leiceſter; and,
in the eccleſiaſtical diviſion of the county, is within
the deanry of Framland.
In Garthorpe, at the time of the Conqueror's ſurvey,
were three ploughlands and a half, dependant on the
ſuc of Pickwell and Somerby. In the reign of Ed-
ward the Confeſſor, the land had been equal to the
employment of three ploughs, and the annual value
ten ſhillings. At the ſurvey, the value remained the
ſame : but one plough only was employed, and two
bordars. There were three acres of meadow *, |
Reger de Buſ/li had large poſſeſſions in Nottingham-
ſhire, and ſome within the county of Leiceſter; and,
though he is not mentioned in the record as Jord of
Garthorpe, it is evident that he then poſſeſſed it,
though in ſome degree of ſubordination to the manors
of Pickwell and Somerby ; the former of which was
then held, by Buter, under Gotsfrid de Wirce ; and the
latter was part of the poſſeſſions of Robert Deſpenſer.
So early as 1088, the before- mentioned Roger de
Buſli gave3 two parts of his tithes at Garthorpe to
the priory of Blithe, co. Nottingham, which was
founded by him in that year.
The lordſhip of Garthorpe came next to the Paga-
nells*; and the church 5 was given by Falk Paga-
nell, to the priory of Drax, co. York.
William de London, a ſervant of the lord Edvard,
received C. to. being the rent due at Michaelmas .
1: the Teſta de Nevill, about 1240, Garthorpe,
containing 7 ploughlands and 7 oxgangs, is charged 55s.
3d. to the theriif's aid; 2s. for fuit; and gs. for
trankpledgs 7, It is called, in another part of this
record, au eſcheat belonging to the king, worth /. 12.
a year, and in the tenure of William de Gans *.
Peter de Montfort, ſlain at the battle of Eveſham
1265, on the pait of Simon de Montfort, earl of
Leiceiter, was lord vi this manor; which, after his
death, was ſeized by king Henry III. on account of
his rebeilion ; and, with all its outgoings, was found
to be of the annual value of C. 40. The widow of
William de Gans had at that time her dowry from it.
By king Henry III. this lordſhip was granted to
fr Robert de Valrand?, knt. who ſoon after enfeoffed
fir C ꝙ Percy in two third parts thereof, with the
advowſon of the church.
In 1272, Meaiilaa Walrand, daughter of Raiph Baſ-
ſet, and relict of & ert lord Walrand, died ſeiſed of
this manor; and allo of the third part of the manor
of Stodloae , in dower “.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Garthorpe, Buckminſter,
Sewltern, and Colton, were couſidered collectively as
one vill. |
The property of fir Geoffrey Percy here was paſſed
over to Nicholas de Lapham; who granted the moiety
of the lands above mentioned to fir Benedi# de Rolleflon,
knt. and Dionyſia his wife; who gave them to ſir Roger
Brabazon, knt. in exchange for lands in Wingrave and
Rolleſham . This fir Roger likewiſe purchaſed cer-
tain lands in Garthorpe of fir William de Luton, kar.
together with a pool called Caſtle Mote.
The regiſter of the poſſeſſions of Jobn de Noodford is,
of Aſhby Folvile, preſerved in the Britiſh Muſeum,
(Cotton MSS. Claudius H. 1 3.) ſuppties the titles of
the following deeds relative to theſe different transfers:
Robert Walrand grants to ſir Gegffrey Percy, for his
homage and ſervice, all that his manor of Garthorpe,
and advowſon of the church, except the third part,
which Dionyſia wife of William de Gans holds in
dower, yielding to him and his heirs every Eaſter
one pair of white gloves [chirotecarum). No date.
Nicholas de 1 * makes over to Benedi de
Rolleſton and to Dionyſia his wife one half of the
manor of Garthorpe, which he had of the gift of
Geoffrey de Percy, reſerving to himſelf and his heirs
the principal meſſuage of the faid manor, and /. 20.
a year rent, to be paid in the ball of fir Geoffrey de
Percy and Matilda his wife, at Horton. No date.
A fine paſſed at Weſtminſter, June 24, 1281,
pro 18 hbratis terre cum pertinentiis;” ſhewing,
that.the manor of Garthorpe was purchaſed by Bene-
dict de Rolleſton and Dionyſia his wife, &c.
A deed of agreement between the parties, that Be-
nedi& de Rolleſton and Dionyſia his wife ſhould not
enter upon the lands in Wyngrave and Rolleſton, until
the fines ſpecified in the feoffment were fully paid in.
Atteſted, but no date.
The aforeſaid Benedict and Dionyſia aſſign over by
deed all the ſaid lands and tenements in Garthorpe to
Roger Brabazon ; no date.
On St. Dunſtan's day, 1281, fir Benedict de Rol-
leſton and Dionyſia his wife ſurrendered to Roger de
Brabazon all his lands and tenements in Garthorpe,
thoſe excepred in which his wife Dionyſia was en-
dowed; and took ſeiſin in exchange of all the ſaid
Roger le Brabazon's lands and tenements in Wyn-
grave and Rolleſton.
Benedict de Rolleſton and Dionyſia his wife grant
to Roger de Brabazon all the faid lands, &c. in Gar-
thorpe, except as before, by deed indented. No date.
Thomas, ſon of the aboveſaid Benedict de Rolleſton,
releaſeth all his right to the ſaid lands and tenements
in Garthorpe to Roger Brabazon, by deed enrolled
before the king's juſtices at Weſtminſter, in Trinity
term, anno 9 Edwardi regis.
Thomas, ſon of Benedict of Rolleſton, releaſed to
Roger Brabazon all the lands and tenements which
the ſame Thomas holdeth of the gift of his father in
Garthorpe. No date.
Peter of Mountfort releaſed unto Roger Brabazon
all his claim and title in a meſſuage and 13 yard-
lands in Garthorpe. No date.
Milliam de Luton, knt. makes over to Roger le
Brabazon the manerial rights, fiſhery, and place called
Caſtle Mote, in Garthope. No date.
William Brabazon and Johanna his wife, and John
their ſon, with others, got the manor of Gercherpe,
by aſſize at Leiceſter, of Alice that was the wife of
Rolert Everingbam, anno 19 Edward I]. *+
So called from having been held under the earls of Huntingdon. ;
2 In Godtorp ſunt 3 carucatæ terræ & dimidia, Soca de Pichenuelle & Sumerdebie. Ibi fuerunt 3 earucæ. Ibi ef
nunc 1 catuca, cum 2 bordaciis & 3 acris prati. Valuit, & valet, 10 ſolidos.
3 "Thoroton, p. 471; ex Regiſtro de Blithe.
9”
Domeſday, p. 235. b. col. 2.
4 Cart. 29 Hen. UL
5 « Sciant preſcntes & ſututi, quod ego Fulconeus Paganellus dedi, conceſſi, & bac preſenti ebartà meà confirgiavi Deo o
ecelefic brati Nicholai de Drax, & canonicis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, ecclefias de Drax & de Garthorp, cum omnibus pertincu-
tiis & libercatibas ſuis de quibus ſeiſite erant prefate ecclelie quando hee carta facta fuit, in param & perpetuam eleemolinan.
Facta autem fuit hee carta ad feſtum Zancti Michaelis proximum poſiquam Richardus rex Anglie iter ſuum arripuit Ieroſoh uam.
Hiis, teftipus, & ” Dugd. Mon, Angl. vol II. p g7 ; ex autographo in turre B. Mariæ in Eboraco, |
6
7 P. xIvii. xlviii.
See the inquiſitions taken after the battle of Eveſham, in the Appendix to the Hiſtory of Leiceſter, p. 36.
P. li —Of the family of Gans, or Ganths, lords of Garthorpe, ſee Appendix, p. 85.
Regiſtr. Cart. Roberti Woodford, jun. 10 This ſeems to have been a ſmaller manor within the lordſhip of Garthorpe.
Elch. 1 Edw. I. N 35, Leic. and Dugdale, Bar. vol. I. p. 671. b.
it Rot, Fin, 9 Edw. I.
Ot whom ſee more particularly under Breatingby and Athby Folvile, ©
„The proceedings at length are in the Cotton MS. p. 109—115; and are followed by a large collection of deeds relative
to tac towns of Eiton, and North and South Stoke, all in Lincolnſhire, p. 113—158, |
6
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FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
Gilbert Fitz Hugh, the ſon of Hugh le Deſpencer
and of Alianora his wife, inaſmuch as Alicia de la 1
of Everingham, by notification in the court of king
Edward II. made, granted to him and their heirs £.40.
rent in Garthorpe, releaſes the ſame to 7obn Brabazon,
anno 27 Edward. II. ;
William Brabazon makes over to John his ſon a
meſſuage and a virgate of Garthorpe, which John
Gondman his villan held in villenage, together with
the body of the aforeſaid John Gondman, with all his
chattels, et cum zotd ſequeld ſud, and three lands in the
field of the ſaid town, anno 1 Edward III.
Sir John Brabazon wedded a ſecond wife, called
Dame Maude, of Garthorpe. John Lucas, of Gar-
thorpe and Matilda his wife are mentioned in the
ſame deed IE
Aug. 23, 1295, king Edward J. granted the ward-
ſhip of the lands and tenements of Milliam de Luton,
late of Garthorpe, deceaſed (which lands were then in
the king's hands by reaſon of the next heir's being
within age), to Adam Bernard, in conſideration of his
former good ſervices, to hold the ſane for the ſpace
of five years then next enſuing : |
te Rex omnibus ad quos, &c. ſalutem, Sciatis quod,
pro bono ſervicio quod dilectus nobis Adam Bernard
retroactis temporibus nobis impendit, conceſſimus ei
terrarum & tenementorum cuſtodiam, que fucrunt
Willielmi de Luton, in Garthorpe, in com' Leic', de-
ſuncti (qui de nobis tenuit in capite), & que ſunt in
manu noſtra ratione minoris etatis heredis predicti
Willielmi; que etiam ad 10 libr' 58. & 4d. exten-
duntur per annum; habendum, cum omnibus ad cuſ-
todiam illam ſpectantibus, a die confectionis preſen-
tium, uſque ad finem quinque annorum proximè ſe-
quentium completorum, ſi cuſtodia illa per tantum
temporis extiterit in manu noſtrà. Teſte rege, apud
Weſtm', 23 die Auguſti *.”
Sept. 23, 1299, king Edward I. granted to Roger
Brabazon *, at that time chief juſtice of the king's
bench, free warren in all his demeſne lands at Gar-
thorpe, Mouſeley, and Gormundle, in the county of
Leiceſter. Witneſſes, John biſhop of Lincoln, Wil-
liam biſhop of Coventry and Lichfield, John de War-
ren earl of Surrey, Henry de Lacy earl of Lincoln,
Thomas earl of Leiceſter, Hugh le Deſpenſer, Walter
Beauchamp, ſteward of the king's houſehold, 8c, *
In 1306, it was found that it would be no loſs to
the king, or any other, if leave were given to John de
Broghton, clerk 5, to have ſeiſin of certain lands and
tenements in Garthorpe, held of the king in capite“.
ln 130%, Alan de la Hyde, deceaſed, held the third
part of the manor of Garthorpe of the king in capile,
by the ſervice of 104. 64. for an aid to the ſheriff of
Leiceſter, and by doing ſuit of court at the King's
court of Framland from three weeks to three weeks”,
In 1311, it was found that it would be no loſs to
the king, or any other, if leave were given to Alice,
wife of Robert de Everirgham, to give the third part
of the manor of Garthorpe to Thomas ſon of Robert
de Everingham, to hold to him and his heirs; and
that the aforeſaid third part of the manor of Gar-
thorpe was held of the king in capite, by the ſervice of
finding a ſoldier in the king's wars for 14 days“.
In 1325, Alice daughter of Milliam de la Hyde, and
wile to Robert de Everingham, together with Adam de
Everingham (her heir), claimed an annual rent of
(Jo. out of Garthorpe, by virtue of a grant from fir
Robert de Walrand made to fir Geffrey Percy ; for
which the brought a writ of novel A ien againſt Nil-
liam Brabazon, fir William Luton, and others; which
being tried at Leiceſter, the Tueſday next before the
fealt of the Holy Trinity, the jury found that fir
Robert de Walrand had granted the faid lands to fir
Geſfrey Percy, to be held by the yearly payment of a
Pair of white gloves only for all ſervices ; notwith-
Cotton MSS, Claudius H. 13. p. 215.
* Cart, 27 Edw. I.
7 Elch. 35. Edw. I. Ne ro. Leic.
* Ad quod dampn. 3 Edw. III. N' 52. Leic,
0 Eſch, 23 Edw. IH. 13 Cbaui. 45 Edw. III. m. 9.
* Etch. 15 Ric. II. Pars 1. N' 37.
10
7 Clauſ. 8 Men. V. in dorſo, m. 18.
Vor. I, : | C 6 0
0 ART HO Rp F.
* Pat. 23 Edw. I. m. 10.
$ Dionyſia uxor Benedicti de Rolleſton, alio exemp.
* Ad quod dampn. 5 Edw.II. N? 10. Leic.
Burton, p. 114.
187
ſtanding which, in 7 Edward III, 1333, Thomas de
Everingham was certified to be lord of this manor;
and it was then found that it would be no damage to
the King, or any other, if this Thomas de Evering-
ham ſhould give his third part of the manor of Gar-
thorpe, with the appurtenances, to William de Herle
and Robert de Sadington; which third part was held
of the king in capite by homage, fealty, and the ſer-
vice of 16d. per annum for a ſheriff's aid o.
In 1329, Thomas de Bingham held lands here e.
In 1337, William ſon of Hugh de Garthorpe died ſeiſed
of one meſſuage and one virgate of land, with the ap-
purtenances, 1n Garthorpe, held under William de Eton,
by the ſervice of one race (radix) of ginger; Elizabeth
and Emma, his daughters, being his next heirs **,
In 1344, William Herle and Robert de Sadington ob-
tained the King's licence to amortize their third part of
this manor io the warden and college of Noſeley *.
In 1353, Gilbert, the ſon of Hugh le Deſpencer, (to
whom the before-mentioned Alice Everingham had
paſſed the rent of £.40. a year), releaſed to Jobn, ſon
of William de Brabazon, all his right ard title thereto.
In plate XLI. fig. 3. are the arms of Brabazon, in
eight quarterings ; 1. Gules, on a bend Or, three
martlets Sable, Brabazon; 2. Sable, a chevron be-
tween three mill-pecks, Argent, Moſeley; 3. Azure,
a chevron embattled, Or; 4. Gules, a lion rampant,
Argent, Zerves; 5. Argent, on a bend Sable, three
annulets conjoined Or, Hawberke; 6. Checky, Or
and Azure; over all a feſs Gules within a border of
the laſt, Clifford; 7. Argent, fix lions rampant, 3, 2,
and 1; a creſcent for difference; 8. Brabazon, as t.
In 1371, Robert de Oxenforde, parſon of Gnypton,
releaſed all his right in Erles-Thorp to Robert Coll >,
On an inquifition taken in 1375, it was found not
to be prejudicial to the king, or any other perſon, if
Ralph de Crumevell and others ſhould give the advow-
ſon of Garthorpe to the prior and convent of Kirkby
Beler; that the ſaid advowſon was then held under
Andrew Luttrell by fealty only; and that Ralph
Crumwell would ſtill poſſeſs the manor of Erdeburgh*+,
In 1391, Robert de Luton, knt. died ſeiſed of the
third yr of the manor of Garthorpe, held of the
heir of Nicholas de Lapham, by the ſervice of 19. per
annum; William de Luton being his fon and heir '5,
In 1392, this advowſon, by permiſſion of Richard
IT, was given by fir Ralph de Crumzwell, knt. and
Richard de Outhorp, chaplain, to the prior and con-
vent of Kirkby Beler, in aid of their ſuſtentation “.
In the ſubſidy of 1416 (when. the whole county of
Leiceſter paid £.7 57. 125. 1114.) Garthorpe was rated
at 525.
ff 1420, John Burgeis, of Melton Mowbray, eſq.
releaſed his right in all his lands and tenenements
in Erles-Thorp to Bortholomew Brokeſby and James
Beler, and their heirs 7. Toe
In the ſubſidy of 1445, Garthorpe was rated at
£.2. 125.3 and an abatement was made of 5s. 8d.
Joan", daughter and heir of fir John Brabazon,
brought it in marriage to INlliam de Noodford; whole
grandlon, fir Robert i/cogforg, knt. ſettled it by fine,
in 1447, on Jobn Woodtord, junior, his younger fon
* which manor,” ſays Burton,“ as I have ſeen in an
old inquiſition, is held of the earl of Huniingdon by
fealty and ſuit of court to the hundred of Framland.“
In 1455, Robert Woodeford, knt. died ſeiſed of the
manor ot Garthorpe, held of the king, as of his
duchy of Lancaſter, by fealty only. And it was
found on the inquiſition, that Roger le Brabazon, kut.
gave the manor of Garthorpe to William le Brabazon
his nephew; who had iſſue John le Brabazon; who
had iſſue, Joan his daughter and heir, who married
William Wodeford; who had iſſue 7%; who had
iſſue Robert Wodeford, knt. aforeſaid; and that
Ralph Wodeford was his | conſangrineus] grandſon
3 See other grants to him, p. 166.
* Eſch. 34 Edw. I. No 21k. Leic.
4 Eich, 11 Edw. III. Ne 5. Leic,
14 Ing. ad quod dampn..4y Edw. III. Pars 2. N 38. Leics
ee the king's grant, and au inquilition of 16 Ric, H. in the Append x to Kirkby Beler, p. 123.
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and heir 1. It was alſo found, that the ſaid Robert
Wodetord, knt. died ſeiſed of 4 meſſuages, Go acres
of land, 40 acres of meadow, and too acres of paſ-
ture, in Erleſthorp, held of John la Zouch, knt. *
Jobn de Woodford dying without iſſue, the manor
of Garthorpe deſcended (with Aſhby Folvile) to the
heireſs of Thomas Woodford, the eldeſt brother.
At the diſſolution of religious houſes, the college
or chapel of Neſeley had lands and tenements here to
the value of £.9. 3s. 8d. 3
In 1563, Mary, the wife of Francis Smith, daughter
and heir of John Morton (whoſe mother, Margaret,
was daughter of William Woodford, and couſin and
heireſs of Ralph Woodford), died ſeiſed of two thirds
of the manor of Garthorpe +. |
By an inquiſition taken Dec. 20, 1601, at Melton
Mowbray, before Thomas Holbeche, eſcheator, it
appeared that Maurice Berkeley died ſeiſed of lands
in Garthorpe, held of the queen as of her manor of
Tutbury, co. Stafford, parcel of the dutchy of Lan-
caſter, in free and common ſocage 5.
From Lewis Narſon, eſq. who died in 15315, the
manor and advowſon of Garthorpe deſcended to his
nephew Edward Watſon, eſq. (ſon of Edward Wat-
ſon , eſq. of Lyddington, in Rutland); who died in
1536, leaving Henry Watſon, his fon and heir, a
minor, ſixteen years old.
Edward Watſon*, eſq. who married Dorothy,
daughter of fir Edward Montagy, lord chief juſtice of
the king's bench, was the next poſſeſſor of this manor
and advowſou; and on his death, in 1584, they de-
ſcended to his fon fir Edward Watſon, who married
Anne, daughter of Kenelm Digby, of Dry Stoke, co.
Rutland, eſq; and died March 4, 1616-17, poſſeſſed of
the manor and advowſon, and other property, at Gar-
thorpe ?; all which deſcended to his fon and heir,
Sir Lewis Watſon, knr. who in 1621 was created a
baronet by king Charles I; and, for his diſtinguiſhed
loyalty, was raiſed in 1644 to the dignity of baron
Reckingham. He was twice married; firſt, to Catharine
daughter of Peregrine Bertie, lord Willoughby of
Ereſby, who died without iſſue; and afterwards to
Eleanor, daughter of fir George Manners, of Haddon,
in the county of Derby, knt. and ſiſter to John earl
of Rutland, by whom he had Edward his only ſon
and heir, and fix daughters,
Edward lord Rockingham, who in 1652 ſucceeded
his father, married the lady Anne Wentworth, eldeſt
daughter to Thomas earl of Strafford, who died in
1695, leaving iſſue tour ſons, Lewis, Edward, Tho-
mas, and George; with four daughters, Eleanor,
married to Thomas lord Leigh, of Stoneleigh, co.
Warwick ; Arabella, wife of fir James Oxenden, of
Wingham, in Kent. bart. ; Anne, and Margaret,
Succeſſor to his father in 1689 was Lereis lord
Rockingham, who, in the reigns of queen Anne and
George I. was lord- lieutenant and cuſtos rotulorum of
the county of Kent; and in 1714 was created baron
of Throwley, viſcount Sondes, and earl-of Rockingham.
By Catharine his wife, ſecond daughter to fir George
Sondes, of Lees-Court, knight of the Bath, and at
length fole heir to her father, Mary lady Duras her
ſiſter having no children, he had iſſue Edward viſ-
count Sondes, who died in his father's life-time ;
George his ſecond fon, buried April 9, 1739; and
three daughters, Mary, Arabella, and Margaret.
On his deceaſe, March 19, 1723, he was ſucceeded
in his eſtate and honours by his grandſon Lereis lord
Rockingham, eldeſt fon ro Edward viſcount Sondes
by the lady Catharine Tufton, eldeſt daughter to
Thomas earl of Thanet. April 10, 1736, he married
Mary, daughter and heireſs of fir Henry Furneſe, bart.
with a fortune of £.2co,oc0.; and, dying Nov. 4,
1745, was fucceeded by Thomas his only ſurviving
brother, at that time one of the repreſentatives in par-
liament for the city of Canterbury. His brother EA.
ward, third ſon of Hdward viſcount Sondes, died
abroad; and was buried at Rockingham, June 15,
1736.
7275 homas, third earl of Rockingham, enjoyed that dig-
nity but a ſhort time, He was appointed lord lieute-
vant and cuſtos rotulorum of the county of Kent in the
beginning of February 1745-6; and, ſickening of
the ſmall-pox, dicd on the 26th of that month. Not
having been married, he bequeathed the lordſhip of
Garthorpe, with other portions of his property, to
Lewis Monſon, elq; (ſecond fon of Joh lord Monſon,
by Margaret daughter of Lewis the firſt earl of Rock-
ingham); who, in obedience to the will of his noble
relation the teſtator, aſſumed the name and arms of
Watfon ;, and was advanced, May 20, 1760, to the dig-
nity of baron Sondes “, of Lees-Court, in the county
of Kent. His lordſhip, who is the preſent owner of
Garthorpe, was born Nov. 28, 1728; married, Oct.
12, 1752, Grace third daughter of Henry Pelham,
brother to the late duke of Newcaſtle ; by which
lady, who died July 30, 1777, he had ifſue, 1. Lecvis-
Thomas **, born April 18,1754; 2. Henry, born April
20, 1755; 3. Charles, born Oct. 24, 1761; died April
6, 1709; 4 George, born Feb. 20, 19468”,
* FEſch. 34 Hen. VI, * Ibid, * Certificate of colleges and chantries in the Augmentation office, “ Eſch, 6 Eliz. n. 102,
5 Sir T. Cave, from the original inquilition, penes E. Smith, arm. de Edmondthorpe,
* Eſch, 23 Hen. VIII.
7 In the middle of the chancel floor, at Lyddington, by the altar-door, is a black marble inlaid with man and wife in de-
yout poſture, he in his official gown ; beneath five ſons and ten daughters. At the foot theſe verſes :
Armiger hie ſitus eſt Evwarpus WartsoN, honoris,
Juſticiæ cultor, arteque Cauſidicus. |
Hunc Lincolniæ habuit præſul digniſſimus olim
Scribam, & cauſarum hunce legit ad officium;
Ferre inopi auxilium, longas componere lites,
Conſilio promptus quoſque juvare fuit.
The inſcription on the edge no longer remains;
Quid memorem dotes animi ? quid munera ſortis ?
In Patriam clarum quid pietatis opus ?
Parce virum, conjunx, proles terquina, parentem
Parce, precor, lachrymis follicitare tuum.
Ingenium, Mores, Virtus & Fama, Fideſque
Nunc illi ad ſuperos concomitantur iter.
but a copy of it is thus preſerved by Mr. Wright:
« 4 Of your charite pran for the ſoule of Maſter Edward Watſon, efguier, juſtice of peace, and furveno”-general to
three reverend fathers in God, that is to ſan, to mn Lord William Smith, to my Lord William Attewater, to mu Tord
John Longland, late ſucceſſively beying biſhops of Lincoln, which Edward decellnd the x day of October, the pere ef our
Lord M. C. rx. on whole ſoule, and on the ſoule of Muſtres Emme His wife, Jeſu Have mercy.”
5 In the burial-place, a kind of veſtry, on the North fide of the chancel of Rockingham church, is the monument of this
gentleman and a lady, being an altar romb, on which are the marble ſtatues of a man in armour, and of his wife lying by
him, their hands raiſed in the geſture of prayer. In baſs relief, on different marble compartments, are in one the figures of a
youth in armour, a ſiſter, and two young boys; in the other five daughters, habited according to the times. Above theſe are
three diſtin pieces of ſtone- work, in the firſt of which are, Watſon, on a chevron engrailed between three martlets as many
creſcents; in the ſecond, on a chevron engrailed three creſcents between as many martlets, impaling, Mountagu, within a bor-
dure engrailed three lozenges in feſs ; in the third, on a chevron engrailed three creſcents between as many martlets, impaling
a fleur de lis. Bridges, vol. II p. 336.— This monument is conſiderably defaced ; the church having been burnt down 18
the civil wars by Fairfax, when he beſieged the caſtle under which it ſtood,
9 Edwardus Watſon, miles, obiit 4 die Martii, anno 15 Jac, I; & Lodovicus Watſon, miles, fuit filius & heres.—Garthorpe,
Rectoria nuper prioratùs de Drax; & advocatio eecleſie, cum pertinentiis, tenentur de domino rege in capite per ſe, vicium 109
pratis unius feodi militis, — Manerium, cum molendino, & certis terris & tenementis, tenentur de domino rege, ut de ducatu
Lancaſtrie, per fidelitatem tantum,---4 meſſuagia, 6 cottagia, & unus molendinus, nuper parcell' libere capelle de Noſelc),
tenentur de domino rege, ut de manerio ſuo de Eaſt Grenewich, per fidclitatem tantum, in libero ſocagio, & non in capite.
Eich. 17 Jac. I. n. 93.
® Arms: Quarterly, 1 and 4. Argent, on a chevron engrailed, Azure, between three martlets Sable, as many creſcents, Or;
2, and 3. Ermine, two chevrons Gules. See plate XLI. fig. 13. |
Who married, Nov. 15, 1985, Miſs Milles, daughter of Richard Milles, eſq. of North Elmhorn, Norfolk,
32 Many of the dates in this paragraph are erroneous in the Peerages; but are here corrected on the beſt authority.
G ART HORP F. 189
It will be a proper tribute of reſpect to the lords of the manor of Garthorpe, to preſerve the hiſtory of this
family as recorded on their monuments in Rockingham church; and the rather, as thoſe which convey the
moſt information have been placed there ſince the collection in Mr. Bridges's Hiſtory was formed. |
In the chancel, againſt the South-wall, within the iron rails, over againſt the marble table for the
communion, is a large tomb of grey marblez thereon on each ſide a fine tablet of veined marble, or altar-
tomb ; and two figures large as life, the man holding an helmet in his right hand in a Roman dreſs, the
toga thrown behind over his left ſhoulder, his head bent backward, and falling cloſe on the ſame fide; the
lady in her robe of ſtare, her right hand on her breaſt, her left holding up the robe cloſe to her, and ſup-
orting a book under her arm; above a cherub blowing his trump, and holding out a golden wreath in his
right hand; the whole adorned with pilaſters, pediments, urns, &c. Arms at top : Quarterly, 1. and
4. Argent, on a chevron engrailed Azure, between three martlets Sable, as many creſcents, Or, Watſon ;
2. and 3. Azure, two bars wavy, Ermine ; on a chief Or, a demy lion rampant, iſſuant Sable, armed and langued
Gules; Smith. On an eſcutcheon of pretence, Argent, between two chevronels Sable, three blackamoors
heads couped proper, Sondes. In front of theſtomb below are theſe inſcriptions :
On the Weſt fide, under the effigies of the lady:
Here alſo lies depoſited the body
of KATHERINE, lady Rockincnam,
who departed this life March 21, 1695,
in the thicty-eighth year of her age.
She was ſecond daughter of fir GzorGe Sox DES, bart.
(afterwards created earl of Feverſham,
viſct SonDEs, of Lees-Court, and baron of Throwley),
by Mary, daughter of fir Wu ViLLitss, of
Brookſby, Leiceſterſhire.
But Marr, lady Dunas, her ſiſter and coheir,
dying without iſſue,
ſhe became ſole heir to the earl her father;
whoſe eſtate hereby devolving on the
deſcendants of this marriage,
his viſcounty and barony alſo being conferred
on her ſurviving huſband and their heirs,
FRAMLAND HuNDRED.]
On the oppoſite fide :
Near this place reſts the body of LEWIS,
ear] of Rockingham, viſcount Sondes,
of Lees-Court, and baron of Throwley.
He was grandſon to Lewis, baron Rockingham
of Rockingham Caſtle, fo created A. D. 1644,
(by ELEanor, daughter to fir Gzorcs MANNERS,
and ſiſter to Joux, earl of Rutland),
and ſon and heir to EDUWARD lord Rockingham,
(by Anne, daughter of Tomas earl of Strafford);
to whom having ſucceeded in his honour
and eſtate in the year 1689
he was, A. D. 1714, made an earl of Great Britain,
and lord-licutenant and cuſtos rotulorum
of the county of Kent.
Which offices having many years diſcharged
with great honour and general ſatisfaction;
are now enjoyed by their grandſon he laid them down, together with his life,
Lewis, the preſent carl of Rockingham.” the 19th of March, 1723, in the year of his age 69.”
In the middle part, between the two laſt :
«© Know, Reader, that the titles, here recounted, were not conferred to cover want of merit;
But are memorials of uncommon merit, long try'd, and abundantly diſtinguiſhed before.
The houſe, of which its Lord was firſt ſtyled Baron, once garriſoned in detence of Charles I,
Still wears the ſcars of proſperous Rebellion, and unſucceſsful Loyalty.
The ſufferings and abilities of STrarrorD, nor ought, nor could, be buried in obſcurity :
And Feversnam's zeal for Two Kings in diſtreſs rendered the grace to him a gift of gratitude
Happy the Nobles born with fo great luſtre; more happy, who reflect it back again,
Proving the virtues of their brave progenitors no leſs hereditary than their honours.
So did earl Rocxix HAM, raiſed to that dignity, not only for his blood, on both ſides noble,
but chiefly for his zeal to our Religion, our Laws, and Proteſtant Succeſſion in the Houſe of HAN OVER
(the beſt ſecurity under God to both !)
So did his Conſort ſhine a bright example in every relation and ſtate of life,
A Daughter, Wife, and Mother, and in them all, as Chriſtian.
The offspring of this marriage were three ſons and ſeven daughters;
EpwaRD, lord viſcount SONDEs, the eldeſt ſon, deceaſed ; who married
The lady CATHERINE TuFTON, eldeſt daughter of THOMAS earl of THANET ;
Georce, his next brother, now living; and WILLI Au, who died very young.
Four daughters, viz. ANNg, KATHARINE, ANNE, and ELEANOR,
Dy'd in their infancy, or youth. Three till ſurvive;
Maxy, relict of Wray SAauNDERSON, grandſon and heir apparent of GEORGE lord viſcount CASTLETON ;
ARABELLA, now Wife of fir RoBERT FRN Es, of Walderſhare, in Kent, baronet :
And Maxcarer, married to fir Joan Moxsox, of Burton, in Lincolnſhire, knight of the Bath;
In the middle, againſt the ſame wall, a ſmall monu-
ment of white marble, edged with ſhel]-work, and
adorned at top with an helmet:
© EDWARD
LORD VISCOUNT SONDES,
departed this life the zoth of March,
1721, aged 35 years,
and is here interred in the vault of his
anceſtors ; whoſe admirable good qualities were
the delight of his contemporaries, and moſt worthy
the imitation of his noble poſterity.
His ſteady adherence to the ſervice of Gop,
his King, and his Country, his conjugal
affedtion, and exact ceconomy of his family, and his
benevolence to all mankind, were more eminent and
conſpicuous than uſual in fo ſhort a period of life.
HOW GREAT THEN THE Loss!
To his moſt honourable memory CaTHERINE, lady
viſcounteſs SonDEs, his relict and widow,
devotes this Tabulatory Compartment ;
and at the ſame time has cauſed this
chancel to be repaired and beautified,
TO THE GLORY or GoD,
and the more decent performance
of religious oſhces,
in the year ot our Lord 1731.”
3
At the ſole charge of which lady MaRARET this monument is erected A. D. 1725.“
On the ſame ſide, on the floor, ſtands a large pedeſtal
of grey marble, and thereon the effigies of a lady
with her robe looſe abour her, the end of which ſhe
holds up with her right hand, her left gently falling
on the other part girt about her.
In tront of the pedeſtal :
© Hon. Domina ARABELLA OXENDEN,
quæ, ſpe reſurrectionis beatæ,
juxta hoc marmor componere voluit.
Fuit nata ſecunda EDwWAn DI baronis Rockingham,
et uxor domini Jacobi Oxenden,
de Dean, in com. Cantii, baronetti,
nata eſt Mar. 18, anno Dom. 1660; et obiit
Jan 14, 1734.
Et, ne officio ſuo deeſſe videretur,
Hon, Carolus Leigh, de Leighton, in agro Bedford,
filius ſecundus Thomæ baronis Leigh,
de Stoneleigh, in agro War wicenſi;
et illuſtriſſimæ Eleanoræ, uxoris ejus,
filie natu maximæ prædicti
Edwardi baronis Rockingham,
Evyafi5iz; ergo, in materteram ſuam,
Dominam Arabellam Oxenden,
monumentum hoc, non ambitioſè,
Sed piè extructum, in ejus memoriam poſuit.“
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190 HISTORY axv ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
Againſt the North-wall, oppoſite to the laſt, a neat
tomb eſcalloped of grey marble; thereon, under a
crown, between two fluted pilaſters ſurmounted with
feathers, adorned with, urns at top and pediment, the
effgies of a lady, in full-proportion, in her robe of
ſtate, her right hand extended, and pointing to a ſkull
at her feet, her left bent in, and laid oa her breaſt, the
robe thrown over the arm.
Arms at top: Quarterly, 1. and 4. Watſon, the
chevronels engrailed ; 2. the lion iſſuant in chief; 3.
Sable, a faltire, Or.
In front of the tomb, on a white marble tablet :
Near this place reſts in hope
the honourable MarGaner W arson,
fourth daughter of EDward lord Rockingham,
and the lady ANNE WENTwoRTH,
daughter of Tos carle of Strafford.
As her birth, ſo was her mind truly noble;
happily formed to an early ſenſe and love
of God and all goodneſs, '
by the religious care of her parents,
eſpecially her excellently wife and virtuous mother,
whoſe uſeful inſtructions, and Holy Pattern,
her whole life faithfully exemplified,
in ſweetneſs of temper and behaviour,
in engaging condeſcenſion, and unaffected humility,
in generous friendſhip, and liberall charity,
and every Chriſtian grace fit to adorn her character.
This world
(which ſhe had learned both to uſe and to deſpiſe)
ſhe, by the will of God, exchanged for a better,
the third day of February, 1713.
In gratitude and honour to the memory
of ſo kind and tender a friend,
her ſorrowfull and truly affectionate ſiſter
ARABELLA lady OXENDEN
hath cauſed this monument to be erected.“
On the ſame fide, within the rails of the altar, and
oppoſite to the firſt monument, againſt the wall, a
tomb of grey marble, on which, berween two pi-
laſters fluted, plain at top, adorned with cherubs,
pediment, and urns; the effigies of a lady ſtanding,
her right hand bent back, and putting aſide part of
her robe, which hangs over her face; her left, with
part of the robe over the arm, falling down by her
{ide, its hand extended.
Arms at top: Nan; impaling, Sable, a che-
vronel between 3 Jeopards faces, Or, Wentzworth.
Below, on an oval of black marble, in gold letters :
« Hic juxta ſitum eſt quod mortale habuit honoratiſſima
Ax NA Baronifla Rocx1NGhaM uxor EpwarDI
Baronis RoCKINGHAM, filia natu maxima
Tnouæx Comitis STRAFFORDILE.
Nata eſt Oct. 8, ann. Dom. 1629; obiit
autem Jan. 2%, ann. Dom. 1695.
rolem ſuſcepit LvDovievm, EDWARDUM, Thou,
> et GEeoRG1UM, ELEANORAM, ARABELLAM,
AxXNAM; et MARGARETAM.
Erga Deum pia, erga omnes fuit benefica,
in cujus memoriam hoc monumentum,
poluit filius GEOROIUs.“
On a freeſtone under lady Rockingham's monument:
Here lyeth KaTHERIN,
youngeſt of fix daughters to Lewis lord Rockingham.
Obiit 26 Junit, 1640, aged 13 years, 23 Gaics.
By Llenor ſiſter to John earle of Rutlande.”
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In the South chancel of Throwley church in Kent,
2mong(t many monuments of this antient family, is one
thus inſcribed :
« The bodies of Sr GEORGE SonDEs Earl of
Faverſham, and of Mary Counteſs of Faverſham
| his lady, are here interred,
the Earl April the 3o"®, 1677,
the Counteſs Sepr* the 15**, 1688;
Letter to ſir Thomas Cave, Nov. 5, 1753.
marriage, and alſo of the burial, of John Smith is made,
As uſual, at this preciſe period, at leaſt 54 years rector. G. A.
3 Ot this John Smith there is a ſtory handed down by tradition in the pariſh; that in the celebrating the office of matri-
mony between bim and the above mentioned Joan Lambe, he could not be perſuaded to ſay after the prieſt theſe words as they
find in the office, viz, from this day forward, but would only ſay till this day fortnight z and, by the regiſter as above cited, it is
evident (it the fact be true) ,that it was not in his power to have and to hold his ſaid wife for any longer time, The Kev.
James Turner (who died vicar in 1730) has recorded. this tradition ou the oppoſite leaf of the regiſter, where the entry of :hs
whoſe lives were noble, beneficent, and charitable,
Two daughters deſcended from this marriage,
the Lady Mary Soxpes, married to LR WIS
Lord Dunas, and Baron of HoLDpensy,
who died without iſſue;
the Lady CATHARINE SonDEs, married to Lew1s
Lord RocxixdHAu, afterwards created Earl
of Rocx1NGHam in the county of Northampton,
Lord Viſcount SonDEs of Lres Covar, and
Baron of TnROwWI E, in the year 1714. She
departed this life March 21*, 1695, leavin
to her numerous iſſue a pattern ot the wolf
conſummate goodneſs and piety.
EpwarD Lord Viſcount Sox p ES of LEESs Cover,
eldeſt ſon and heir apparent of this marri-
age, adorned with all virtue ; remembring
when very young to have heard his mother
expreſs an inclination to have a monument
erected in this place to preſerve the memory
of the ſaid Earl and Counteſs of FAvEASHAM,
intended to do it in this form : But Gop hay-
ing been pleaſed to deprive his family and
the world of ſo excellent a perſon the 20th
March, 1721, his relict and widow CaTHERINE
Lady Viſcountes SonDEs, conformable to the
piety of her dear Lord's intention, whoſe
chief ambition is to follow that and his
example, has cauſed it to be done; and the
chancel and other monuments of his ance(-
tors to be repaired in the year 1728.”
In 1584, there were 24 families in Garthorpe.
No freeholder is mentioned in the book of 1630,
At the general election in 1722, four freeholders
polled from this pariſh ; and five in 1778.
Number of families, May 2, 1791, 24; number of
inhabitants 142; number of teams 8.
The town confiſts of about 30 houſes, almoſt wholly
hidden by trees of home incloſure.
Two thirds of the lands are old incloſures (the laſt
of which was made in 1675); and the remainder is
open; the ſoil in general indifferent; a cold clay,
a very little gravel, and no ſtone in the lordſhip.
Full grown millers' men ſervants from C. 1 1. to £.13.
a year; with meat, drink, waſhing, and lodging.
Full grown farmers* men ſervants from L£.7. to £.10.
a year; with meat, drink, waſhing, and lodging.
Full grown farmers* maid ſervants from (. 3 to £.4-
per year, and meat, drink, waſhing, and lodging.
Labourers* wages after harveſt is, unto the next
hay-harveſt, 1s. ad. a day; then, for the time of
hay and corn harveſt about 25s. a day.
Stone-maſons and bricklayers 2s. 2d. z day.
Carpenters 23. 2d. a day. Millwrights 25. 6d.
The nett expence of the poor in 1776 was 5. 125.
Medium of three years, 1783—1785, 28/. 35. 9d.
There was a caſtle here, juſt by the water-mill ;
and the cloſe is ſtill called The Caftle Cloſe. The ditch
and area of the incloſure are not very plain.
There was alſo a large houſe, called The Hall, on
the South fide of the church, but that alſo is down.
In a little rivulet between Garthorpe and Saxby,
are found ſtar-ſtones, or aftroites. Great numbers
of theſe ſtones,” ſays the Rev. Mr. Turner, © have
been taken out within my remembrance, and are {till
to be found there; which is the more remarkable, as
the place where they are found is of few yards extent,
very ſhallow in water, and a gravelly bottom ?.”
The regiſter begins Nov. 10, 1568 ; and is ſigned
ul 1607 by“ Chriſtopher Richardſon, vicar *.”
Extractum fuit apud Stamford, 26 die Julii, anno
Dui 1601, juxta mandatum Gardiani de Garthorpe,
in ultima viſitatione dhii ep'i Lincoln', per quendam
WiltumStirrop fact'. Jo. Pxec10N, Notarius Publicus.“
1622, © Chriſtopherus Richardſon, vicarius de
Garthorpe, ſepultus fuit decimo quinto die Auguſti.“
1638, “ Johannes Smith & Johanna Lambe,
1622,
PRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
pupti fuerunt 18 Sept. & Johannes Smith ſepultus
fuit 3 Od.“ 1 | |
A memorandum occurs in the regiſter, that for
almoſt 20 years, from 1644 to 1660, the names of
thoſe perſons who ſhould have been regiſtered were
not ſet down. oy, ; ;
1673, Mary, daughter of James 'Truman, vicar of
Gar thorpe, baptized Sept. 11.
1677, a daughter of Mr. James Truman, vicar,
baptiſed. 8 | :
1681, two children of Mr. James Truman, vicar,
baptiſed. |
1696, it appears that James Truman continued
vicar, by the entry of a baptiſm of his child,
1697, James Truman, vic' de Garthorpe, was bu-
ried June 19. |
From 1720 to 1730, James Turner ſigned vicar.
Jobn Turner, M. A. fon of the aforeſaid James,
was inducted vicar, May 17, 1730+
1785, The Rev. John Turner (vicar of this pariſh
55 years), Was buried March 4, aged 81 years.
Marriages, 1558 —1 594, 18 | 177 1i—1790, 13
Births, 95 72
Burials, 41 48
At the end of the regiſter is the following entry,
relating; to the revenne of the vicarage :
„Ihe land in the open field that appurtained to
the vicarage before the Jalt incloſure, which was in
the year 1673.
© In the Great Field:
One land and meadow at the South end in the
Becks; Rowland Hallioke W. Ant. Kyrkby E.
Oac land by the Mear; Rowland Halliokc W. the
parſonage E.
Two lands in the Bellams, and meadow at both
ends; Rowland Hallioke W. Rich. Daft E.
Two lands on Short Leas; Rowland Hallioke W.
Iſrael Belton E.
One lard on Stony Lands meadow, Weſt end;
Rowland Hallicke N. Richard —— 8.
Half a tea on Long Leas; Thomas Erice the
other balt.
Lott graſs on the Hades,
&« In the Middle Field.
One Land, called the Acre Bridge, meadow the nether
end ; lowland tlatlivke S. W. Thomas Brice N. E.
One land, thc turlong above; meadow at one end
Rowland Hallioke S. W. Thomas Brice N. E.
„In the Little Field.
One land on the Upper Thurn Hill; meadow both
ends; Rowland Haltioke N. Thomas Brice 8.
One lapd in Thurn Hill', called the Hither Cutt;
meadow W. Rowland Hallioke N. Thomas Brice 8.
Oue land f lying} one off from the Eaſt end of the
former, called the Farther Cutt z Meadow E. end;
Thomas Brice N. Rich. Daft S. |
One broad land, or lea, in Haythorn flade ; Row-
land Hallioke N. Ant. Kyrkby 8.
One land at the Eaſt end of it; Rowland Hallioke
N. Ant. Kyrkby S.
Lott graſs iu the way to Coſton; meadow on the South,
not meaſured, and (till belongin;, to the vicarage.“
At the end of the revifter is, A copy of the terrier
of the vicarage-houle, and other rights and cuſtoms be-
longing to the houſe and church, according to the
particular order and directions of William Wake,
bitkop of Lincoln, delivered in April, 1708, and
lubiciived by james Turner, vicar, Thomas Willmot,
churchwarden, and William Day and Thomas Knight.
1. A deſcription of the vicarage-houſe, out-houſes,
and the condition and kind of each.
2. The homeitall and houſe contains about 2 roods,
aud is bounded on the Eaſt with the high-way; North
and Welt with the partonage (i. e. vicarage |, yard,
and grounds; South with the church-yard and Wil-
liam Turner's cottage, it fences itſelf Eaſt and North
With a quick hedge, excepting a few yards. On the
South William Turner, with a wall, fences half from
the gate to the barn z the other half, being pales, is
the vicar's,
GARTHORPE.
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3. The glebe lies in three cloſes; one by Saxby.
Meer, about 6 acres ; one by Coſton Meer, about 5
acres z another by Colton Meer, about 12 acres; alio
there is one of lott graſs upon the ſwaths in the open
field.
4. The vicar has alſo great tithes, as of hay, corn,
&c. as well as the ſmall tithes of all thoſe ſmall plots
of ground that were about the town before tlie in-
clolure, and go under the dencmination of homeſtalls.
Only it is to be remembered, that the homeſtall be—
longing to Mr. Maſon's farm is but part ot it origi-
nally homeſtall, and therefore but part of it pays
great tithes ro the vicar; bar it is by a gutter, or
icam. Alſo Haynes's houſc-cloſe; a ſmall part is ori—
ginally homeſtall, and pays the great tithes to the
vicar, which is alſo known by an old heege, or gutter
or ſeam about it, It lies next ro Thomas Willmnon's
homeſtall, The vicar has aifo tithe willows.
5. The vicar has tithe wool in kind of all the
ſheep that are wintered in the loraſhip (no farm or
ground excepted) and takes a tale of them at Candle-
mas. He hath allo tithe lamb of all the lambs in
the lordſhip. He hath allo tithe pigs, geeſe, ducks,
chicken, apples, pears, &c. and eggs, as uſual in
other places, on Guod Friday; 2 eggs for a hen, and
3 for a cock.
6. In tithing wool and lamb, a fleece of a lamb is
due at ſeven without allowaice; and half fleece and
half at five; but nothing at four, except where a
perſon has but a few; then the cuſtom is, that they
count on from year to year, and every tenth is paid to
the vicar; fo ſwarms of bees are Counted on till they
come to ten, and two caſts are reckoned as one ſwarm.
7. For all the ithe-p that come into the lordthip
after Candlemas, and before clippings-tme, there is
due to the vicar a rate of 25. od. a (core, or 14d. a
ſheep ; and for the lambs, the preſent cuſtom is, that
one vear the owners have them at 35. a lamb; and
the other year, the vicar takes hem at the firſt day of
September, but tithes and marks them the beginning
of May, paying 6d. a lamb for their being kept with
their dams, or rather in lieu of the lawb. For milch
cows there is paid 21¼.; for a ſtroppetr 14d.z for a
foal 1d.; and for a garden d.; and for every yard
land 24. ; as the book of ollerings doth ſhew.
This entry of land-filver was forgot in the terrier.
8. As to furplicc-tees, mortuaries are paid as is
uſual in other places; fo for marriages; for church-
ings 7d. is due; for burials nothing s paid. Eaiter
olterings are 34d. a houſe for the matter and his wife;
and 2d. api:ce for other ſingle pertons that are com-
municants.
9. An account of the bells, books, ſurplice, &c.;
a pewter flaggon; one ſilver cup, weighing about 9
ounces aud a half; one ſilver pattin, weighing about
2 ounces and a half. —N. B. The filver cup has been
fince changed, and made larger.
10. There are belonging to the church a homeſtall,
called the Church Ciote, and 5 ſmall cloſes laid to the
church about 80 years, in licu of lands and leas be-
longing to the church. There is alſo another ſmail
clole in Saxby Feld; granted, upon the incloſure of
that lordihip to our church, iu lieu of a lea there
belonging to it.
11. The church repaired by the churchwarden,
and ſo is the chancel, becauſe the impropriator pays
vhole levies to the churchwarden; but it is the im—
propriator's right to repair the chancel.
12. Thoſe that join upon the churchyard do fence
as far as their houſes, yards, and gardens reach ; the
reſt is fenced by the churchwarden,
13. The clerk's wages is paid by the church-
warden, but not cuſtomary; for before the preſent
vicar's time he was paid by ſo much a houte. He is
appointed by the miniſter.
Jamxs Turns, Vicar,
Subſcribed and J Tuo. W1iLLMoTT, Churchwarden.
atteſted by Tno. WriGirT.
WILLIAM Day.
N. B. This terrier, with amendments, was deli-
vered to the biſhop a ſecond time 1724, handed by
more pariſhioners.”
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Then follows this remark: ,
& This terrier was ſhewn to all the huſbandmen to-
gether before it was ingroſſed, and approved by
them, though no more of their hands were, throvgh
the negle& of the churchwarden, got to it. Bur it
muſt be acknowledged, that Mr. Day (who had
known the town longer than any other) objected
againſt the cuſtom of tithing lambs in the 7th article;
upon which account the word preſent was put in;
but this cuſtom has continued my time hitherto, and
Mr. Truman's time, and Mr. Richardſon's time ; only
Mr. Truman, inſtead of allowing 64. a lamb, made
the owners a lamb-feaſt. In Mr. Richardſon's time,
they kept the lambs only till Martlemas, for which
he paid them 6d. a lamb, and took them every year.
Ja. TuRNER, Vicar,”
Annexed to the terrier, is a ſurvey of the glebe-
lands, taken 1725, by Mr. Warker : A. R. P.
Mr. Turner's old cloſe, W
Coſton cloſe, | 13 4 20
The cloſe next Mr. Hubbard's, „
24 2 28
The CHURARGH
dedicated to St. Mary, conſiſts of a nave, chancel,
and two ailes, all leaded. A view of it is given in
plate XLI. from a drawing taken by Mr. Pridden,
Sept. 12, 179t.
At the bottom of the nave is the ſteeple, a ſmall
embattled tower, with pinacles at the corners.
Within are three ſmall bells, thus inſcribed :
I. ＋ S.
2. © Jhelſus be oure ſpeed, 1608.“
3. God fave the Church, the Quene, and Rector,
1600.”
On the South ſide of the chancel are the remains
of one very large ſtone ſeat.
On the North fide is a curious arch, but without
any appearance of a monument ; and near it is a pil-
cina, and locker, as repreſented in plate XLl. fig. 2.
The font is round and quite plain; as in fig. 4.
Before Mr. Turner became vicar in 1699, the wake
having been diſuſed ſo long, that none of the pariſh-
ioners could remember the time when it was antiently
kept; they agreed that it ſhould from that time be
kept on the Sunday immediately before Waltham-
fair (the 17th of September).
In the 5th of Henry III. the prior of Drax was pa-
tron of the church of Garthorpe. The then parſon
was Maurice, inſtituted by Hugh, then biſhop of
RECTORS.
Maurice, 1220,
Mauritius de Newporth, .deacon, 1229,
Thomas Warthelard *, of York, deacon, 1238,
Ralph occurs in 1362 0
William de Luton, 1264,
Richard Croſſe, 1534,
William Richardſon 5, ſequeſtered 1644-5 ; but reſtored 1661,
James Truman, Oct. 11, 1671,
James Turner“, B. A. Sept. 21, 1697; died 1730,
John Turner ?, April 29, 1736,
George Boulton, Sept. 26, 1785,
William Drury Sheeles, Aug. 23, 1787,
See p. 187.
See under Sproxton.
5 « He was turned out about the year 1644 or 1645; after which, having betaken himſelf to a farm of his own, he was plun-
the vicarage, in lieu of land and commons, appertain.
uſe, in lieu of 3 lands, 2 leas, and ſeveral banks be-
* Bailiffs Accompts in the Augmentation office,
% Teſtibus R. de Kad', R. Blundo, J. de Crak, canonicis Lincolniæ; J. de Dyham, R. de Pok', capellanis; Rem' de
Poklint', B. de Burgo, S. de Caſtell, N. Greco, J. de Eſton, clericis, Dat? 3 id' Dec', Pont' 4. dorſ' Reg. Groſſeteſte.
On the laſt leaf of the regifter re theſe entries:
In the year 1762, the new bay of building and the
barn belonging to the vicarage Were built at the
charge of James Truman, the thenvitars
In the year 1674, the new vicarage Hoſe by Cofton
Meer, containing 12, acres and upwards,” was laid to
ing to the vicarage, and wig.jincloſed at the charge of
James Truman, the then-viear.. *-
In the year 1674, 11 acres of ground, being part
of the Little Beck Leas, was laid out for the'church's
longing to the church.
Briefs entered in the regiſter : _- 2a
1712, For Mr. Bowyer, printer, £0
1712, To Coleorton church, damage
4.2, 412. 5
1713, For Southwell cathedral; burnt}
by lightning, damage /.3,800,
1722, Bakewell church, Derby (ſteeple }
70 feet diameter) charge C1, 815. j 2
1727, Ilkeſton church, co. Derby,
charge C. 1,352. | j -
Lincoln, paying to the ſaid prior three marks, by the
authority ot William, ſometime biſhop of Lincoln.
The monks of Blithe then had here two parts of the
tithes of the blade of the demieſne of William de
Ganges from of old.
In 1344, the prior of Drax had a penſion of 3
marks; the procurations were 75s. 64d. ; the church
was taxed at 23 marks, and paid 25. for Peter-pence.
In 1375, the advowſon of Garthorpe was given to
the prior and convent of Kirkby Belers*; and on an
inquiſition taken in 1534, the church was found to
be appropriated to that priory. |
In 1534-5, the ſynodals were 3s. 6d. ; the procu-
rations 4.5.3 and the vicarage worth C. 6. 135. 6d.
In 1539 the rectory was under leaſe from the priory
of Kirkby Belers to Richard Crofle, clerk, at the
yearly rent of C. 2. 135. 4d.
In 1650, Garthorpe was returned as an impropri-
ation; the rectory worth (. 60; the vicarage C. 40;
and the incumbent as“ no preacher.”
In 1733, the vicarage was valued at £.41. od. 11d.
The preſent value in the king's books at £.7. 55. 2.;
clear yearly value £.41. 0s. 11d.
The epiſcopal procurations for the rectory are 25.
44. ; for the vicarage, 10s. ACE
PATRON-S.
Prior and convent of Drax.
Prior and convent of Kirkby Belers.
Sir Lewis Watſon, Bart.
Lewis, Lord Rockingham.
Lewis, firſt earl of Rockingham,
Lewis, Lord Sondes.
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loſt, were reputed worth 100/, They ſought for his perſon ; and after many vain attempts to take him, they ſurprized him at
laſt, being in bed; and with their ſwords and piſtol-cocks, cut and wounded him to that degree, that his ſkull was broke, and
his life was in great danger. The perſon who gave Mr. Walker this relation, ſaid, “ The hat he had then on, had 17 cuts in
it; and that they kept it to be ſeen 20 years, for a teſtimony cf the barbarity of the Parliament party. (Though they had
ſurprized him in his bed, yet they had petmitted him to dreis himſelf, in order to go with them, before they thus abuſed him.)
They add alſo, that he was immediately carried away to Leiceſter-gaol, where he lay a whole twelve-month, At the Relto-
ration, he returned to his benefice, and enjoyed it ſeveral years,” Walker, p. 345.
Oft Clare Hall, Cambridge, 1696. He was buried in St. Pancras church-yard near London. See his epitaph, p. 193-
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MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
In the chancel, on a flat ſtone :
Annis plus 30 ſcholæ Stamfordenſis,
« Mr, Purbeck Maſon,
in agro Lincoln”, ad poſtremum hujuſce
ſon of the Rev. Mr. Thomas Maſon, Colceſtrenſis magiſtri.
rector of Colſterworth, in the county of Lincoln, Vir fuit, a
died March 30, 1775, aged 58 years.“ ut moribus facillimis, probitate integra,
virtute gravi, religione vere Chriiliana,
non On another : . , liberalitate erga pauperes munifica, &
“Mr. William Maſon *, of this p ariſh, ad omne bonum opus ſemper paratiſſimus:
died April 14s "199, en ita de bonis literis, præcipuè verò de
In the bare: re grammaticà, linguaque adeo Latina,
On a large flat ſtone of blue marble, near the pulpit : teſtantibus libellis ab eo editis,
« Beneath this ſtone lie interred the | _ optimie weritus. 2
remains of the Rev. John Turner. Natus fuit Garthorpiz, in agro Leiceſtriæ
He died the 21ſt of March, 1785, 1 Ott. 4, 1658,
in the 81ſt year of his age, Obiit Jan. 24, 1725-9, anno ætatis ſuæ 68,
and was vicar of this pariſh 55 years.”
Abi, lector, & imitare.”
On other flat ſtones : I
« Sarah, wife of Thomas Willmott, gent, 3
Gd Ko, 95,1763 agd 78 years — o
wo Thomas Willmott, gent. * the Reverend Mr. James Turner,
died May 14, 1765, aged 84 years. late vicar of Garthorpe, in IL. ciceſterſhire.
% Miſs Mary Barton, He died April 12, 1730, aged 52.
daughter of the late Rev. Mr. Barton, He was a faithful paſtor.”
rector of Cotteſmore, in the county of Rutland, :
died Feb. 25, 1779, aged 39 years,”
In the South-aile:
Iu the church-yard of St. Pancras, near London, on
CHARITABLE BENEFACTIONS.
Mr. William Hubbard, of Freby, in the county of
* Mary Willmott, daughter of Leiceſter, gave, by will, 1681, the ſum of five pounds,
Thomas and Elizabeth Willmott, the intereſt whereof yearly to be given to the poor
died Nov. 18, 1722, aged 5 years,” of Garthorpe for ever, at the diſcretion of the miniſter
« Ann Willmott, daughter of and churchwarden,
Thomas and Elizabeth Willmott, Mr. John Miles, late ſchool-maſter at Garthorpe,
died Nov. 29, 1722, aged 3 years.” in the county of Leiceſter, gave, by will, Sept. 12,
Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Willmott,
1770, the ſum of twenty pounds, the intereſt of
died April 11, 1728.” which to be given to a ſchool-maſter, for teaching
the children of poor houſe-keepers in the ſaid pariſh.
« Sarah, daughter of Robert Day, Alſo the Rev. Mr. Turner, late vicar of Garthorpe,
and grand-daughter of Thomas Willmott, who died March 1, 1785, gave the ſum of twenty
died Feb. 21, 1744, in the 6th year of her age.” pounds, the intereſt whereof to be applied to the
ſame purpoſe: the maſter to be choſen by the prin-
On a marble ſtone, on the South wall of the tower cipal inhabitants, but to be approved by the vicar of
of All Saints Church, Colcheſter 3. the ſaid pariſh, |
Hie jacent, ſpe reſurrectionis, The return made to the houſe of commons, in 1586,
reliquiz Guilielmi Turner 4; A. M. in anſwer to the enquiry reſpecting the charitable do-
Aul. Clar. Cantab. quundam alumni: nations in this pariſh, may be ſeen in p. 6.
In the Eaſt window of Colſterworth church are this gentleman's arms: Or, a chevron between three eſcallops, all within
a bordure, Argent ; and in the churchyard there, at the Eaſt end, an altar-tomb is thus inſcribed :
„ Depoſitum Thomæ Maſon, hujus Eecleſiæ Paſtoris,
Obiit Sept. 17, anno Salutis 1753, ætatis ſux 72.
L. ult, C. Theod. 17. MHAEIE EN EKKAHEIA @ATITETN NEKPOE,”
His grandfather was the Rev. Thomas Maſon, M. A. rector of Aſhwell, in Rutland; who was deprived and impriſoned in the
tumults of the laſt century, as already mentioned, under Belvoir, p. 51, At the expiration of the war, Mr. Maſon, throwing
off the clerical garb, maintained himſelf by the occupation of a farm, and in that capacity took a wife, and maintained his
family; but, upon the Reſtoration, was once more put into poſſeſſion of the rectory at Aſhwell, where he died, and was buried.
* Nephew to the rector of Colſterworth, and firſt couſin to the before-mentioned Mr. Purbeck Maſon.
1:77, at Hampſtead, Anne Morris, of Melton Mowbray ; but died without iſſue,
Of Clare Hall, Cambridge; B. A. 1680; M. A. 1684.
He married, in
Harl. MSS. 6762.
He was choſen maſter of Colcheſter free-ſchool, April 18, 1723.
His“ Exerciſes to the Accidence and Grammar” ſtill hold a diſtinguiſhed place among the books for the inſtruction of youth,
A large impreſſion of the ſixteenth edition was printed in 1793. His other Libelli are, 1.“ Variz Structuræ Index, five Cata-
logus Nominum & Verborum variantium conſtructionem, ſignificatione eadem, Authoribus cujuſque ſtructuræ nomen uſitatæ
eitatis.“
; 2. Troporum & Figurarum Rhetorices præcipuarum Inſtitutio brevis,” 3.“ Bellum Grammaticale, five de Bello
Nominum & Verborum Fabula,”
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in antient writings called Gawdeby, Gauteby, Guthby,
Couteby, Gowteby, Gouteby Quatremars, and Gaudeby
Maureward (the two laſt additions being from the
names of early owners), is bounded on the North by
Eaſtwell ; on the Eaſt by Waltham ; on the South by
Scalford, Caldwell, and Wykeham; and on the Welt
by Long Claxton,
It is ſituated about ſix miles diſtant from Melton
Mowbray, the neareſt market-town; 20 from Lei-
ceſter ; and, in the eccleſiaſtical diviſion of the county,
is within the deanry of Framland.
Godeby was held in the time of Edward the Con-
feſſor by Leuric, the fon of Levin, with the privileges
of fac and ſoc; and at the time of the general ſurvey
was returned as a member of the manor of Melton,
then held by Goisfrid de Wiree, and containing ſix
ploughlands and ten acres of meadow *.
A moiet) of this manor the Conqueror gave to
William Peverlll.
Sir Nichola\ de Verdun had ſome property here, at
leaſt he poſſeſiedthe advowlon, in 1221 *.
The next family whom we find here are the Baſets®,
By an inquiſition taken after the battle of Eveſham,
1265, it was found that Ralph Baſſet, then ſlain, was
poſſeſſed of a moiety of the manor of Gauteby,
worth annually 18 marks; and that John Tibetoſt took
ſeiſin, and the rent thereof tor the quarter due at Mi-
chielings, being 4 marks and a half“.
The next poſſeſſors were the antient family of Qua-
termars, lords of Overton Quatermars (now Cole-
orton) in this county; and in the Teſta de Nevill,
Gauteby Quatermars is deſcribed, about 1240, as con-
ſiſting of nine ploughlands; and paid 65. towards the
ſheriff's aid; 25. for ſuit, and 4s. for trankpledge.
Sir Adam de Quatermars, the lait male of the family,
left an only daughter Ada, who brought this lordſhip,
by marriage, in the latter end of the reign of king
Henry III. to Geoffrey Maureward *.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Godeby, Eſtwell, Eyton,
and Brauniton, anſwered collectively as one vil.
In 1295, Elizabeth (the wife of John de Albini) died
ſeiſed of five virgates of land in Guthby, which were
held of Maſter Milliam de Bois; and were worth 295.
14d. a year. Hugh de Buffy, ſon and heir of the ſaid
Elizabeth, was then of full age“.
In 1301, William de Maureward died ſeiſed of half
a knight's fee in Gouteby, which he held of Roger
de Moubray, deceaſed .
*
The abbot and convent of Croxton had an annual
rent of 20d. from a toft and croft in this townſhip,
Pedigree of MAUREWARD, of GopkExx.
Geffrey de Maureward, Ada, daughter and heireſs of fir Adam de Quatermars, of Overton Quartermars, knt.
| "uu de Maureward, 16 Edw. I.
J
| William de Maurew ard, knt. 27 Edw. I. =F =-Sibill, dau. and heireſs of fir W. de Shepey, brought the manor of Congeſton.
W 1 de Maureward.-=Margery, 6 Edw. II.
the heir of William de Maureward, knt. **
E Ap.
demiſed by them to William de Beruby and Hinguſa
his wife. |
*« Habemus in Gouteby annuum redditum 20 d. reci-
piendum ad duos terminos, ſcil', ad Paſcha 10d. &
ad Mich' rod. de Willielmo de Beruby & Hingouſi
uxore fua, & heredibus eorum, pro uno tofto &
crofto, cum edificiis, que ipfi & heredes ſui tenent de
nobis per cirographum; pro omni ſervicio, ſalvo to-
rinſeco; ita quod non liceat eiſdem heredibus dictum
toftum cum crofto dare, vendere, &c. fine licentia *,”
In 1343, Ralph Baſſet, of Drayton, died feiled of
a third part of one knight's fee in Gouteby, which
Jobn de Maureward then held o.
In 1346, Mam de Maure ward, on the aid then
granted for knighting Edward of Wood ſtock, the
king's eldeſt fon, was aſſeſſed 203. for half a knight' 3
ſee lying in- Goadby, parcel of the fee of Baſſet .
In the fame year, Jobn de Maureward died ſeiſed
of a moiety of the manor of Gouteby, which he held
of Joan, reli& of Ralph Baſſet the eller, by the ſer-
vice of half a knight's fee, and paying 6s. per annum,
towards the warding of Rockingham caltlez and
Milliam de Maureward was his fon and heir **.
Nov. 6, 1353, Edward III. granted to Willi am
Maureward, and his heirs, liberty of free-warren in
all their demeſne lands at Overton Quatremars and
Goutebvy Maureward. © Hns teſtibus, venerabilibus
patribus Simone archiep' Cant', totius Anghe primate; .
Simone Elienſ' cancellario; Johanne Wygorn', the—
laurario noltro, epiſcopis; Johanne, duce Lancaſtr';
Ricardo, com' Arundel; Johanne de Moubray; Gui-
done de Bryan; Johanne atte lee, ſeneſchallo hoſpicii
noſtri, & alis. Datꝰ per manum noſtram apud Weſtmon',
ſexto die Nov. anno regni noſtri triceſimo ſeptimo *.“
In 1361, John de Alcubray, of the Iſle of Axholme,
died ſeiſed of one knight's fee in Gouteby, which
William de Maureward then held '*., He had allo the
moiety of one knight's fee at Biifewell '* grange, co.
Leiceſter, which the abbot of Gerendon held.
In 1380, Reger Beler died ſciſed of 125. rent in
Gouteby, which he held of fir Thomas de Maureward'*.
In 1391, Mary, wife of Roger Beler, who firſt mar-
ried John Seintclere, died ſeiſed of 12s. rent in
Gouteby, which ſhe held of | fir Thomas Maureward |
In 1392, Thomas Moubray, late duke of Norfoll,
died ſeiſed of a moiety of one knight's fee, with the
appurtenances in Gouteby *.
Sir Thomas de Maureward, living in 1404, was the
laſt of that name who poſſeſſed this lordſhip.
Sir John de Maureward, kut. 10 Edw. III. obiit 20 Edw. III.
William de 1 33 Edw. III.
1
Sir Thomas de Maureward, knt. 5 Rich. II. 6 Hen. IV. Elizabeth.
1
Philippa, ſole daughter and hcireſs, married to fir Thomas Beaumont, knt. lord of Bachevile, in Normandy,
Domeſday, p. 235. b. col. 2. Sce the original return under Melton. 2 Sec p. 197. 3 MS, Cave, from MS, Chetwynd.
Sce the Appendix to our Hiſtory of Leiceſter, p. 36. - MS. Chetwynd. * Eſch, 22 Edw. I. N 24. Leic.
Eich. 19 Edw, I. N' 47. Leic. * Peck, MSS. 4936; Regiltro de Croxton, in 24* MS. apud Belvoir, fol. 35. b.
Eſch, 17 Edw, III. N 59. Leic. a Rot, Aux. 20 Edw. III. hy Eſch. 20 Edw. III. N 26, Leic.
Ex ipſo ot ig. ſub magno Ang. ſigillo, penes Will* Buſby, de Stoughton, com' Leic', arm', 7 Aug. 1741.
Eſch. 35 Edw. III. Pars 2. Ne 10.
* Alio exemplo ** Bliſewell.” PRECK.—It appears, by one of the entries cited p. 150, from the lord treaſurer's remem-
b' a icer's office, under 1577, that Bliſewell is another name for Godeby Grange.
> Eſch, 4 Ric. II. Nꝰ 14. Leic. Eſch. 15 Ric. II. Pars 1. N' 5, Eſch. 1 Hen. IV. N' 51, Leie.
7 « Philippa,
1
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
Philippa, the daughter and heir of the laſt fir Tho-
mas Maureward, was married to fir Thomas Beaumont,
knt. lord of Bachevile in Normandy, youngeſt fon of
gn the firſt lord Beaumont“; and brought to her
huſband the manor of Godeby, and divers other lands
in this county.
In 1445, John Chaunce gave and confirmed to N-
cholas Brabazon, eſq. Thomas Lacely, and John Ingul-
on, chaplain, a meſſuage and a bovate of land, with
the appurtenances, in the town and fields of Gowteby
Maureward ; which meſſuage was fituated near the
highway called Hebelane, and extended lengthwiſe to-
wards Wickham on the Eaſt. «* Teſtibus, Wilto Kireby
de Gowteby predictà, Wilto Alwold de eadem, Wilto
Barkeley de eadem, Johe Cleñ de cadem, Roberto
Parſons de eadem, & multis aliis. Dar” apud Gowteby
predictam, in feſto Converſionis Sancti Pauli, anno
regni regis Henrici Sexti poſt Conqueſtum Anglie
viceſimo tertio.“ |
In the ſubſidy of 1445, Godeby was rated at C1,
16s, 6d.; and an abatement was made of 75.
Sir Thomas Beaumont died in 1457, poſſeſſed of the
manor of Godeby, in right of his wife Philippa
Maureward *.
In 1461, John Beaumont, eſq. died ſeiſed of the ma-
nor of Goudeby, held of John duke of Norfolk, by
knight's ſervice ; John Beamont being his ſon and heir“.
In the ſame year, it appeared that John Moubray,
duke of Norfolk, died ſeiſed of one knight's fee in
Gouteby which Jobn Beaumont held; and alſo of balf
a knight's fee in Bleſſwell+ Grange, co. Leiceſter,
which the abbot of Gerendon lelds.
May 16, 1462, king Edward IV. granted the ma-
nor and lordſhip of Godeby (late parcel of the for-
feited poſſeſſions of John Beaumont, eſq.) to Richard
Haſtings, eſq. and his heirs male.
In 1464, Jobn Beaumont, eſq. attainted of high
treaſon, was ſeiſed of the manor and demeſne of
Godeby ; and on the 8th of November that year,
king Edward IV. granted the manor and lordihip of
Godeby, with the advowſon of the church there (late
parcel of the forfeited poſſeſſions of John Beaumont),
to Richard Haſtings, eſq.
William Beaumont, the next poſſeſſor, left four ſons,
Richard, George, Edward, and James.
Richard Beaumont, eſq. died Oct. 29, 1526, poſ-
ſeſſed of the manor of Godeby, the advowlon of the
church, a capital meſſuage, 100 acres of arable land,
40 of meadow, and 40 of paſture, all held under the
lord Berkeley, as brother and coheir of John duke of
Norfolk, by the ſerviccof half a knigbt's fee 9.
In 1556, Nicholas Beaumont, of Cole-Orton, eſq.
was ordered to ſhew his title to Gawdeby grange ;
and, in 1570, was again directed to ſhew cauſe why
the manors of Cold-Overton, Querton Quatermers,
and Godeby, ſhould not be ſeiſed into the queen's
hands *. |
By this Nicholas Beaumont the manor of Godeby
was ſoon after ſold to George Villers, of Brokeſby,
dieu, eſq. Burton, p. 117.
* Baronetage, 1741, vol. III. p. 235.
* Eſch. 1 Edw. IV. No 46. Leic.
* Pat. 4 Edw. IV. Pars 2. m. 2.
10 Mich. Rec, 3 and 4 Philip & Mary, Rot. 7.
Trin. Rec. 19 Eliz. Rot. 35. '3 Eſch, 4 Jac. I.
impaling four fuſils in feſs Ermine.
See plate XLI. fig. 6.
E Regiſtru parochiali.
6 OD FE E N.
3 Eſch. 1 Edw. VI Ne 18. Leic.
o Pat. 2 Edw. IV. Pars. 1. m. 13.
9 Cole's Inquiſitions, Harl. MSS. 960. See more under Cole-Orton.
195
eſq. who was cited, in 1577, to ſhew by what title he
held Gawdeby grange, otherwiſe Bleſtwell grange **.
By an inquiſition taken at Leiceſter, Aug. 23, 1606;
it appeared that George Villiers, knt. deceaſed, was
ſeifed of the grange of Godeby, held of the king in
capite, by knight's ſervice; that he died 4 Jan. 1605-63
and that William Villiers, eſq. his ſon and heir, was
then aged 27 years and upwards s, who was after
wards the firſt baroner of the family, and died 1629.
Sir George Villiers, his ſon and ſucceſſor, rebuilt
the antient manſion-houſe; and over the hall- door
are ſtill his arms, impaling thoſe of Dynham, of Bar-
ſtall, Oxfordſhire, cut in {tone without colours *.
This eſtate continued in the family of Villiers for
ſome deſcents, till fir William Villiers (who by the re-
giſter appears to have died in 1669) aliened the ma-
nor of Godeby to Henry Lowe, eſq. by whom it was
deviſed to his ſon Samuel Lowe ; who, dying unmar-
ried in 1725, was buried in a vault at the upper end
of the South aile of the church here *5.
This eſtate afterwards was directed by the court of
Chancery to be ſold, for the benefit of creditors; and
was purchaſed, in the year 1735, under a decree
of that court, by Peter Wyche, eſq. who almoſt entirely
rebuilt the manſion-houte, and greatly improved the
gardens and grounds contiguous to it,
The revenues of this lordſhip were deſcribed by
Mr. Wyche, in 1757, to be about £.1000. per annum,
being then all incloſed, and let to farm at 125. per
acre by the year at an average “.
Mr. Wyche held both a court leet and court baron
for this manor out of which an annual quit-rent
iflued, payable to the heirs of Samuel Barnadi/ton, eſq;
and the farther ſum of 10s. was paid yearly to the
hundred court of Francis earl of Huntingdon *5,
The pariſh, at that time, confiſted of about 18
families; bur, as the eſtate is entirely paſture land,
no teams were then kept within ir 16.
In 1765, an act“ was paſſed for veſting the eſtate
late of Peter Wyche, eſq. at Godeby Maureward, to
be conveyed to the moſt noble John marquis of
Granby, or as he ſhould appoint; and for applying
the purchaſe-money (which was £.30,0co.) in manner,
and for the purpoſes, therein mentioned. The pur-
chaſe was, the manor of Godeby, with the advowſon
(the next turn only excepted, which Mr. Wyche
had given by will ro Mr. john Law, {on of Mr. Ste-
phen Law), and all the lands and tenements thereto
belonging; containing together (including the ground-
plot of the manſion-houſe, with its appurtenances,
1038 acres, 2 roods, 13 perches; and let (excluſive
of the manor-houſe, garden, fiſh-ponds, groves, and
canals) for £.613. 3s. 6d. or thereabouts.
In conſequence of this act, the whole eſtate was
conveyed, in 1766, to his grace John third duke of
Rutland; by whom it was given to the preſent
owner, Edward Manners, eſq. who reſides in the man-
ſion-houſe, which has a very fine park; and within
the grounds are three or four large pools, lying moſt
Lineal anceſtor of ſir Thomas Beaumont, of Cole Orton, afterwards viſcount Beaumont; and of John Beaumont, of Grace»
+ « Bliſwell,”” alio exempl. Peck,
7 Eſch. 4 Edw. IV. N 4;. Leic.
* Ibid. 12 Eliz, Rot, 107.
14 The colours are, Argent, on a cup Gules, five eſcallops Or. On a canton Argent, a ſiniſter hand, couped Gules, Villiers;
6 Ex informatione Petri Wyche, armigeri, 1757.
'? Subſequent to the paſſing of the above act, in which are ſtated ſeveral family ſettlements and other tranſactions relating to
this manor, too long to be here copied, the marquis of Granby, by indenture, dated June 27, 1765, aſſigned the contract he
had entered into with Mrs. Wyche, as mentioned in the act, to 70h duke of Rutland, who thereupon became the purchaſer of
this manor. From the particular of the eſtate, drawn up by Mrs, Wyche's agents, previous to lord Granby's purchaſe, it
appears that the manor or lordſhip of Godeby, otherwiſe Godeby Marwood, was about eight miles in circumference, and full
of game, with the perpetual advowſon and right of preſentation to the rectory of Godeby, then eſtimated at C. 110. a year.
The manſion-houſe and offices entire, with gardens, orchards, coach-houſes, ſtables, &c, complete; containing in the whole
about 14 acres ; together with fiſh-ponds and canals, containing 26 acres, A. R. .
The total of the demeſne lands, when firſt purchaſed by Mr. Wyche in 1735, were — 936 1 16
Purchaſed afterwards, — — — — 102 1 18
Acres 1038 234
1.612 12 3
The annual rental of the whole eſtate, in the hands of Mrs, Wyche and her tenants in 1364, was
Out-payment for tithe, land-tax, and quit reuts,
Vai. L
E e e
conveniently
330. 3.0 *
196 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES of LEICESTERSHIRE.
ronveriiently in a deſcending line one below another;
the lowermoſt of all, containing near 10 acres, being
called The Belle Mere, on account of its rural beauty
and dimenſions; and containing a conſtant ſupply of
fiſh of all kinds common to this part of the king-
dom ; particularly trour, perch *, gudgeons, and pike,
which laſt are often of an extraordinary fize.
In 1564, there were 33 families in Godeby.
2 treeholder is mentioned here in the book of
I 630,
At the general election in 1722, fix freeholders
oled from this pariſh ; and one only, Wiliam Brown,
enior, in 1778.
The nett expence of the poor in 1776 was 341. 35. 5d.
Medium of three years, 1783—1738 5, 40ʃ. 3s. 3d.
The number of families in 1791 was 33, of inha-
bitants 188, of freeholders 3.
The produce of this place varies from that of the
vale, and the ſoil is lighter and finer. |
Here are no particular, or remarkable, hills, woods,
or ſprings, nor any quarries of lime-ſtone, coal, &c.
excepting a ny of brown ſtone for building, and
ſome pits of marle.
Mr. Peck has made a remark in the margin of his
Burton, under Godeby, which ſhews that he thought
it peculiarly ſubject to ſhowers :
% Every day a ſhower of rain,
And upon _— twain.
© Anglia ventoſa; fi non ventoſa, venenoſa.” Ray.
& In this pariſh, when any perſon dies, the baker
goes about with bread, and gives to every houſe as
many penny-loaves as there are perſons in the family;
alſo a piece of plumb-cake. This is a relick of Po-
pery, ſuch doles being originally given to move peo-
ple to pray for the dead.
© The children here have regularly a bonfire on
All Saints Day ; which is another relick of Popery,
reminding that the Saints many of them paſſed that
way to heaven. | |
I We had lately four left-handed maſons in Godeby,
all of them good workmen, and no other of the trade
here. Their names were Thomas Killingley, William
Wayte, and John and Francis Watchorn. The laſt
three are yet living, 1729. I myſelf always write
with my right-hand, yet always make a pen, bowl,
or throw a ſtone, with my left; nor can I well do
otherwiſe .“
From the regiſters, of which the firſt begins in
1542, the ſecond in 1656, Mr, Peck had made the
following copious extracts.
* 1. Mr. Edward Beaumont, buried Nov. 27, 34
Henry VIII. [1542+]
2. Jone, daughter of Mr. Nicholas Beaumont,
buried Sept. 24, 1 Edw. VI. | 1547-|
3. John Bysſhop, rector, 2 Edward VI.
4. Francis, ſon of Nicholas Beaumont, baptiſed
Aug. 30, 4 Edward VI. [1550.]
5. John Smith, parſon, buried July 2, 5 Edward VI.
6. Dorothy, daughter of Mr. Nicholas Beaumont,
baptiſed Nov. 4, 5 Edward VI. [158 1.)
7. George, ſon of Mr. Willyam Beaumont, buried
Jan. 16, 1559-60, [2 Elizabeth.) |
8. Thomas and George, ſons of William Wilkin-
ſon, baptiſed Feb. 23, 1565-6. [8 Elizabeth, ]
9. Thomas and George, ſons* of William Wilkin-
ſon, buried Feb. 17, 1508-9. | 11 Elizabeth. ]
10. William Wilſon, parſon, buried Oct. 30, 1574.
11. Edward, ſon of fir George Villiers, baptiſed
Feb. 15, 1583-4. (26 Elizabeth. ]
12. Samuel, ſon of fir George Villiers, baptiſed
June 9, 1590. $5 T
13- Samuel, ſon of fir George Villiers, buried July
22, 1590. 7 Tr |
14. John, ſon of ſir George Villiers, baptiſed June
9, 1591- :
15. Mr. William Bret and Mrs. Katharine Beau-
mont, married Nov. 9, 1592, |
16. Dorothy, daughter of William
tiſed Dec. 9, 1592. b «
17. Margaret Bysſhop, baptiſed March 9, 1601-2.
* 8. John, ſon of Thomas Villiers, buried Dec. 27,
1603. 2
19. William Villiers, buried Jan. 6, 1603-4.
20. Sir George Villiers, knt. buried in Godeby
chancel 5, Jan. 3, 1605-6.
21. Dominus Willielmus Reyner, & domina Maria
Villiers, matrimonio conjuncti 19 Junii, 1606.
22. Sir William Fielding * and Mrs. Suſan Villiers
married April 8, 1607.
23. John Bysſhop, M. B. and parſonne of Godeby,
buried July 17, 1613 ſucceeded by John White.
24. Anne, wife of Mr. Anthony Beaumont, buried
Jan. 16, 1613. |
25. Mary, daughter of Mr. John White v, baptiſed
Sept. 27, 1618,
26, Lady Marie Villiers *,eldeſt daughter of Chriſto-
pher carl of Angleſey, died Jan. 21, 1625, at Horn-
ioghold, and was buried here the 24th of January.
"4 Leonard Holman, rector, 1640.
28. Mary, daughter of Mr. Leonard Holman, bap-
tiſed Feb. 4, 1640-1. |
29. Mary, wife of Leonard Holman, buried Feb.
I 3, 1640-1.
30. Leonard, ſon of Leonard Holman and Eliza-
beth his wife, baptiſed Aug. 29, 1643.
31. Mary, daughter of Leonard Holman, buried
March 25, 1644. |
32. Mary, daughter of Leonard Holman, baptiſed
June 11, 1645. | 1
33+ Leonard, ſon of Leonard Holman, buried No-
vember 23, 1645. |
34. Rebecca, daughter of fir George Villiers and
dame Margaret his wife, baptiſed Sept. 6, 1647.
35+ Margaret, daughter of fir George Villiers and
dame Margaret his wife, baptiſed Sep. 27, 1648.
36. Valentine, ſon of Leonard Holman, baptiſed
Feb. 21, 1648-9.
37. Valentine, ſon
March 5, 1648-9. |
38. . + ++ + + . « of fir George Villiers, b.
Feb. 5, 1650-1.
39+ + + + + + of fir George Villiers, buried
March 20, 1650-1,
40. + +» + Elizabeth, daughter of Leonard
Holman, baptiſed September 20, 1652.
41... + + + + + +» » fon of William Villiers, bap-
tiſed March 12, 1652-3. =
42. Leonard Holman, rector, buried Jan. 1655-6.
43- Katherine, daughter of fir George Villiers and
dame Margaret his wife, buried Jan. 9, 1656-7.
44+ Jane, daughter of William Villiers and Eliza-
beth bis wife, baptiſed April 6, 1657.
45+ Katherine, wife of John Richardſon, rector,
buried Aug. 28, 1660. 3
46. Alicia, daughter of ſir George Villiers and
dame Margaret his wife, buried Oct. 3, 1660.
47. Elizabeth, wife of William Villiers, buried
Jan. T» 1667-8, :
48. Dame Margaret, wife of fir George Villiers,
bart. buried Oct. 3, 1666. ä
49. Robert Freckleton, miniſter of Burley on the
Villiers, bap-
of Leonard Holman, buried
On this ſubject I find the following note of Mr. Peck : Fiſhing in Godeby Bellemeer, I baited with a living perch, and
caught another, I ſaw the head of a great candock taken out of a pike's belly caught there. Gudgeons breed mightily in the
new ponds there; and perch both breed and grow prodigiouſly
”
.
2 4% In 1727, Samuel Lowe, eſq. of Godeby, ſent for a parcel of trout out of Derbyſhire, which were brought in buckets of
water on mens? heads, who walked night and day with them, and were delivered alive at 124. each, and put into his ponds,
being then each about 4 inches and a half long, This preſent ſummer, 1729, he took two of them, which I ſaw and ate of,
grown upwards of 10 inches long.“ F. P.
3 Peck, MS.
It ſhould ſeem theſe twins were born on the ſame day as they were baptiſed, died and buried on the ſame day. F P.
5 The chancel here ſpoken of, I:conceive, is that now uncovered; that being, I think, the old burial place of the Villiers. F. P.
„This fir William Fielding was afterwards created earl of Denbigh,
Sir William Dugdale, Bar. vol. II p. 441. fays, he
married Mary, daughter to fir George Villiers of Brokeſby (ſiſter to George duke of Buckingham); but I follow the regiſter,
and believe ber name was Suſan, F. P.
7 1638, Mr. John White gave ia a terrar as rector. F. P.
* Her funeral ſermon was preached by —— Jay,
Hill,
FRAMLAN DP HUNDRED:]
Hill. co. Rutland, buried Dec. 13, 1668. |
50. Sir William Jeſſon, of Burleigh-park, in the
ariſh of Loug bborough, co. Leiceſter, and Penelope
Villiers, eldeſt daughter of fir George Villiers, of
Goadby Marwood, bart. married Jan. 23, 1669-70.
51. John Wilcox, of the pariſh off.. „ in
Nottingham, clerk, and Mary Nix, of Goadby, ſpin-
ſter, married April 9, 9 1 |
2. Mr. John Richardſon, rector, buried Sept. 1,
1. | ;
3. Mary, daughter of Timothy Chamberlain,
rector, and of Mary his wife, baptiſed July 2, 1692.
54. Villerya Chamberlain, born Oct. 20, 1693.
55. Anne, daughter of Timothy Chamberlain, rec-
tor, aud of Mary his wife, baptiſed April 3, 1696.
56. Timothy Chamberlain, rector, buried Jan. 22,
1697-8. | | |
2 William, ſon of John Laughton, rector, and
Dorothy his wife, baptiſed Feb. 20, 1699-70 .
58. Henry, ſon of Edmund Carter, rector, and Eli-
zabeth his wife, born OR. 16, baptiſed Oct. 28, 1703.
59. Abraham, ſon of Edmund Carter, rector, and
Elizabeth his wife, baptiſed Sept. 28, 1704.
60. Elizabeth *, wife of Edmund Carter, rector,
buried Oct 12, 1721.
61. Edmund Carter, rector, died Dec. 2, and was
buried in the chancel Dec. 4, 1722.
62. Francis Peck, B. A. was preſented to this church,
May 3, 1723, by Samuel Lowe, eſq. and inſtituted
May 4, by Edmund | Gibſon] lord biſhop of Lincoln,
16
5
which is dedicated to St. Dennis, conſiſts of a nave
and two ſide ailes, with a chancel on a line with the
nave, all leaded, but not very large. See a view of
it, taken by Mr. Pridden in 1791, plate XLI.
The ſteeple is a ſmall ſtone-embattled tower, with
ſmall pinnacles at each corner of it ; in which hang
three ſmall bells thus inſcribed.
1. T. N. caſt me 1694. W. Whalley, Church-
warden. ä
2. God ſave his church. Leon. Davis, Church-
warden, 1710. .
3. J. h. S. Nazarenus, Ker Judeorum.
Fili Dei, miſerere mei.
The ſhafts of the columns, which form four arches
on each fide the nave, are all octangular, and not
unproportionable, - and the arches they ſupport are
rather inclined to a point at the top (but not abſo-
lutely ſo) than round,
The windows of the South aile are of different
forms, both round and pointed arches, and ſome
ſquare; but thoſe of the North aile are all ſquare,
with three lights in each.
Several fragments of painted glaſs demonſtrate this
church to have formerly been adorned with thoſe
common, and ſolemn, ornaments of former ages. In the
Eaſt window various heads are grouped together * ;
the Deity ; St. John Baptiſt's head in a charger; a
biſhop ? 3 the Virgin; part of a naked figure of Eve;
and ſome others; alſo a modern figure ot. St. Luke.
Mr. Burton mentions only two coats here :
i. Azure, a feſs Argent, between three cinquefoils
Or, Maureward ; plate XLL. fig. 7.
2. Or, nine maſcles voided in croſs Gules, fig. 8.
Thoſe of Maureward ſtill remain in the middle
light of the middle window, and alſo in the next
window Eatiward ; but the other coat is gone.
The font ſeems to be of the fame age with the
church, aud is large enough for immerſion ; it is oc-
* She gave a ſmall ſilver patin to this church, F. P.
mitred ſaint or abbot.
GODEBY: 197
elect of London. The ſaid Francis Peck was born
in St. John Baptiſt's pariſh at Stanford, in Lincoln-
* May 4, 1692; ſo that he was on the day of his
inſtitution exactly 31 years of age.“ *
Here end Mr. Peck's extracts. |
The four following extracts were taken by fir Tho-
mas Cave in 1757 : |
æt. 37.
2. Henry Luffe ſucceeded rector on the death of
Francis Peck 17435 preſemted by Peter Wyche, eſq.
3. Memorandum. On Sunday, Aug. 4, 1751, was held
in this church a private ordination, by the right reve-
rend John Thomas, lord biſhop of Lincoln; when
the Rev. Mr. Nathaniel Smith, the preſent vicar of
Hough, in Lincolnſhire, was admitted into prieſt's
orders; affiſtants at the impoſition of hands, the Rev.
Mr. Chancellor Taylor, Mr. Archdeacon Neve, and
the Rev. Mr. Luffe, rector. Preacher, the lord biſhop;
reader of prayers, morning and afternoon, the arch-
deacon Dr. Neve. |
4. 1756. John Warham preſented to this rectory by
Peter Wyche, eſq. but was not inſtituted. Manu ſud
obiit ; and was ſucceeded by Benjamin Pritchard.”
On examining the regiſter in 1791, there appeared
from 1566, the firſt part of it then legible, for twenty
years, 67 baptiſms, and 56 burials; for the twenty
years ending 1790, $1 baptiſms, and 52 burials;
The CHURCH,
tangular, as well as the pillafs, and has no othet
ornament round it but ſmall arches all unlike (cut
in relievo), reſembling Gothic windows. See plate
XLI. fig. 5. |
In the bottom or fill-ſtone of the middle South
window is the piſcina; which Mr. Peck ſtyles ** a
ſacrarium, or hole, like a ſmall diſh channeled, and
hollowing gradually down to a central point, which
was open and continued down through the wall to
the earth itſelf in a kind of tube or pipe; plate XLI.
fig. 15. Upon this hollow,“ he adds, the prieſt uſed
okay any broken, corrupted, or damaged wafer ot hoſt,
and then waſh it down by pouring holy water after it,
that it might not be polluted by the touch of any
common hand, or profaned by any other vulgar uſes.”
On the roof of the nave were formerly ten coats
carved in the wood work, five on each fide, being
probably the arms of ſo many benefactors who had
contributed cither to the building, or the ſupport, of
the fabrick.
The firſt ſhield on the North fide next the chancel
is now gone; aud next below going towards the
ſteeple ſtands the coat of Bertley, plate XLI. fig. 9.
The next in ſueceſſion, fig. 10; then follows fig. 113
and, laſtly, fig. i z, which is the fourih on the South ſide
of the roof; the firſt, ſecond, third, and fifth, being
now all gone. Theſe ſeem to be of the ſame age with
the church itſelf; but were overlooked by Mr. Bur-
ton of his informer *.
On the- chancel roof, over the Eaſt window, is a
croſs in ſtone, near a yard high, (ſee plate XLI. fig.
16); and on the Eaſt end of the roof of the nave an-
other figure of about the ſame proportion, fig. 17 ;
and over the entrance into the South porch ſtands a
piece of circular croſs work, fig. 18.
The form of this little croſs is very antient *, and
much reſembles the celebrated Crux Nigra, or iron
croſs, dug up at Sevekeſham, now Abingdon, Berks 7,
Some of theſe, as fir Thomas Cave was informed by Mr. Peck, were removed from the rectory-houſe into the church, _
3 Mr. Peck informed fir Thomas Cave, that in his memory there ſtood, in the middie South window, part of the figure of a
* Peck, MS.; referring to the following curious paſſage for his authority: © In a little church near to Ancona, iti a very
1. Samuel Lowe, eſq. lord of Godeby, buried 1731, |
moiſt place, I found the ciboriums. full of wafers; thoſe that lay uppermoſt ſtuck to one another, and thoſe at the bottom were
turned into a kind of glue or jelly: and foraſmuch as it was evident that ſome of them were wholly ſpoiled, and the reſt in a
this purpoſe, and poured upon them great quantity of holy water, to make them fink to the bottom, and to cleanſe the orifice
of the /acrariwm, This was at that time all the ceremony I uſed to bury that, which | then believed to be the body of our
Lord. Others have found the hoſts full of worms; and in other places, the rats have eat them up whole.” Obſervations on
a Journey to Naples, wherein the Frauds of Romiſh Monks and Prieſts are farther diſcovered. London, 1691,“ 8vo, p. 113.
Sir T. Cave, MS, ex informatione magiſtri Fran, Peck. Sir T. Cave, MS. Mon, Angl vol. I. p. 96. a. ſub Abbendon.
fair way to be ſo too, after that maſs was ended I caſt them all into the /acrarium, which is a hole made in the wall expreſs for
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198 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
on rebuilding that monaſtery; which ſome have
imagined to have been given to it by the emperor
Conſtantine (who was born there), and made of
the nails uſed in the crucifixion of Chriſt, and by
which many miracles are ſaid to have been performed,
It is very probable the founders of churches in after
times, out of reſpe& to this famous and remarkable
croſs, cauſed thoſe outward ſymbols of Chriſtianity
(which they always placed on ſuch churches as were
erected by them) to be carved in ſome degree of ſi-
militude to this which was held in ſo great eſteem by
| devotees of thoſe days. þ
In 1221, fir Nicholas de Verdun was patron of the
church of Godeby.
In 1230, Williem de Quatremars * was patron. The
then parſon was Adam, inſtituted by the then biſhop
of Lincoln Hugh. The church of Melton had then
48 thraves of corn, to wit, 24 thraves iv'nagii or
invernagii *, and 24 thraves of oats. It had alſo the
principal mortuary of the inhabitants who lived in the
fee of W. de Moubray, and burial of the dead. The
monks of Gerendon had the tithe ſheafs of one caru-
cate of the fee of William de Moubray. The church
paid two ſhillings to the mother church [of Lincoln);
and to the church of Melton four thraves :zv*nagiz, and
RECTORS
Walter de Clinton was conditionally nominated to the rectory in
1221; and fully preſented to it in 1223 *,
Adam de Overton, 1230,
Robert le Bennyſues, 1251,
John de Gouteby, 1277.
John Smith, 1534.
four thraves of oats 3. ;
In 1344, the procurations were, 7s. 644. ; the rec.
tory was taxed at 18 marks; and paid 25s. for Peter-
pence.
In 1534-5, the procurations and ſynodals were 1 15,;
a penſion was paid to Dr. Baſſet of J. 8. and the value
of the —_—_ was eſtimated to be L£.16. |
In 1650, the rectory was returued worth /. 40. and
the incumbent as ** ſufficient.” i
It appears by ſeveral entries of payment in the pa-
riſh regiſter (particularly in the year 1729, on the
death of William Whalley, ſenior, and in the year
1731, on the death of Mr. Edmund Harriſon), that
the rector is entitled to mortuaries; and farther, the
rector receives £.56. per annum from the lord of the
manor, as compoſition-money, upon the incloſure of
the lordſhip; which, with other dues paid by che te-
nants at a certain rate per acre, and alſo a good glebe,
amounts in all to upwards of C. ioo. per annum 4,
In 1740, the clear yearly value was {.112.
The preſent value in the king's books is £.16.
The epiſcopal procurations are, 14. 9d. ; the archi-
diaconal, 1 1s.
The wake is kept the ſecond Sunday after the feaſt
of St. Michael 5,
PATRONS.
Sir Nicholas de Verdun.
William de Quatermars.
William Maureward, laicus.
John Biſhop ?, Bachelor of Phyſic, was buried 161 Jo
John White died rector 1639.
Leonard Holmes occurs 1643—1655.
John Richardſon, 1656—1681.
Timothy Chamberlain 5, OR. 11, 1681,
John Laughton, M. A. June 21, 1698; reſigned in 1700,
Edmund Carter, M. A. June 28, 1700,
Francis Peck, B. A. May 4, 1723; died M. A. 1743,
Henry Luffe, July 29, 1743,
John Warham preſented 1756 died before inſtitution *,
Benjamin Pritchard“, July 19, 1756,
Samuel Dixon, Dec. 19, 1778,
Edmund Cartwright **, Feb. 23, 1779,
Sir William Villiers, bart.
Sir George Villiers, bart.
| THenry Lowe, eſq.
Samucl Lowe, eſq.
Peter Wyche, eſq.
John duke of Rutland.
Dr. John Law, archdeacon of Rocheſter.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
On the right hand of the door from the South is an
arch in the wall, adorned with fome rude carvings,
where it is ſuppoſed the founder of the church lies
buried.
ſuch pious men is much in the ſame ſtyle in all
churches where we find any at all; and the reaſon
why one particular faſhion was obſerved in theſe me-
morials, very probably, was not only to diſtinguiſh the
tombs of ſuch religious founders from thoſe of other
men, but alſo that their bones might ever lie undiſ-
turbed and quiet; their bodies were therefore gene-
rally laid one half in the church, and one half in
the wall iiſelf.
As the general form of the monuments of
By the remaining architrave of a large arch on the
North wall of this chancel, there ſeems to have been
another building, perhaps a burial- place, adjoining
to it; of which now neither tradition, nor any veſtigia,
enable us to give a farther account.
At the upper end of the South aile is a ſquare
place, railed in with iron rails, being the burial-place
of the Villiers and other former owners of this place;
among whom are depofited the remains of Samuel
Lowe, eſq. a later proprietor of it.
An old ftone near the rails on the South fide the
communion-table, ſeems (though now not legible) ro
be the memorial Mr. Burton *3 mentions, which in his
1 He was called William de IIII marc* in the Matriculus ; which, in this inſtance, again confirms what has been already
more than once mentioned, that the original record, though beginning with 1220, contains a ſeries of ſeveral later years.
* Iveraginm, Ivernagium, Ivergium, Tvernal, Hybernagium, Hyvernagium, from the French word ver, corn ſown before «wintr,
BI# yvernage, winter corn, as oppoſed to Lent corn, or Bli du Mars.
pentier in voce Hybernacium and fvernagium.
3 See the Matriculus, p. Ixii.
© Sir T. Cave, MS. dated 1757.
It is generally confined to rye, Du Cange, and Char-
: and
5 Sir T. Cave, MS. ex informatione magiſtri Franc. Peck, rectoris eccleſie de-Gogeby, & Petri Wyche, armigeri, 1741.
„% Waltero de Clinton, clerico, ad eccleſiam de Godeſbeck, per Nicholaum de Verdon preſentato, commiſſa eſt cuſtodia ejuſ-
dem eccleſiæ, ita quod dictus Walterus per ſeptennium proximè ſequens habeat magiſtrum continue in ſcolis de quo addiſcat, &
qui omnes fructus eccleſiz prefatz percipiat, & ipſe Walterus de prefata ecclefia neceſſaria inveniat in ſcolis per dictum ſep-
tennium, & preſentabit dominus N. de Verdun ipſum magiſtrum domino epiſcopo in proximo adventu ſuo.“
He was eitber under the proper age, or incompetent, and required a tutor.
Wells, ann. 13. dorſo.
Rot. Hug. de
% Walterus de Clinton, ſubdiaconus, ad eceleſiam de Godeſbeck, ad preſentationem Nicholai de Verdun, militis.“ Ibid, ann. 15.
7 He figned the regiſter from 1544; but moſt probably, as was cuſtomary, he ſigned a tranſcript of older times.
* He built the parſonage-houſe, and was ſucceeded by John Laughton, A. M. preſented by —— Tate, eſq. of Burley, by
Loughborough, whole ſiſter he married, in right of Henry Lowe, eſq. lord of Godeby, then in Jamaica.
In 1500, the church
of Godeby being then vacant by the refignation of Mr. John Laughton, Edmund Carter was preſented thereto by -—— Tate
aforeſaid, in right of Henry Lowe, eſq. then allo in Jamaica, the ſaid Edmund Carter having married another ſiſter of the
aforeſaid Mr. Tate. F. P). *
Mr. Carter publiſhed an Aſſize Sermon, 1712.
1 Afterwards rector of Ewelme, in Oxfordſhire,
* This gentleman, the preſent rector, is a prebendary of Lincoln.
5 x
10 See the extracts from the regiſter,
13 P, 117.
FaAMLAND Hundred.) GODEBY. 199
time was inſcribed, He had ſcatcely ſhewed the plan of a juſt character
Icy gift Hire Thomas Maureward *, to the world, when Death,
= win BS. preſerves the fime fr t Who makes no diſtinction between young and old
TINT: > EY cut him off in the prime of life, .
corey | to be mourned for by his friends who Joved him
Orate pro bono ſtatu Dfii — 4 Marmion regretted by his ſoldiers who reſpected him, :
et Johannis et Thome filiorum ejug, a and lamented by all who knew him.
Three very handſome monuments are fixed in the Let this example of mortality be uſeful and inſtrudive.
North wall of the chancel, to the memory of a father He died of a violent fever
2nd two ſons of the family of Wyche*; and three neat on December 14, 1768,
blue ſtones, with "wr 3 of _ lie over their aged 24 years.”
mains in the chancel, inſcribed with their names only. . a
; The middle part of theſe monuments is black On a flat ſtone in the South alle near the porch :
ſepulchral marble, round that is a narrow border of F H. 3 E. M |
dove-colour, and, farther outward, a fine variegated RANCISCUS FECK, A. M.
ite: hujus eceleſiæ rector, &
0 1. 5 Map . —— de Lincoln.
lyeth the body of Exceſſit è vita nono Julii,
Maſter Peres Wychx, | anno Salutis humanz MDCCXL111,
who died Jan. 16, 1757, Uh Mors gravis incubat,
aged 15 years, and 10 months. 7 notus nimis omnibus
In his diſpeſition he was truly amiable, gnorus moritur ſibi.
always attentive to inſtruction, and, On a black marble in the South ſide of the church,
for his years, had made a conſiderable progreſs and at the Eaſt end, ſeparated by iron rails :
in learning; his illneſs, though acute, and To the memory of Samver Lows ?, eſq.
of long continuance, he bore with reſignation who died the 25th of July, 1731, aged 37.”
as a Chriſtian ought to do; never known
to deſpair, or to repine at his afflictions;
through the merits of his Saviour he ever
relied on the mercies of the Almighty ; and
being now delivered out of the miſeries of Next to it, on a blue ſtone, inlaid with white:
this life, reſts in hope of being received « Here lieth the body of Edmund Harriſon,
into that where none are to be found.” who departed this life Auguſt 23, 1731,
Upon a ſtone in the South fide, near the above place:
“Here lieth the body of Nathaniel Stone,
who died September 27, 1769, aged 73.“
23
2. Under the arms of Wyche, Azure, a pile Er- aged 40 years.
mine, charged with an eſcutcheon of pretence quar- On a ſmall flat ſtone, near the tower:
terly; 1. and 4. Or, on a chevron between three « Here lieth the body of Richard Healy,
cranes Azure, a bezant; 2. and 3. Argent, in chief who died March .. . 1741, aged 40 years.”
2 parrots Vert, or ai them 3 Sable; un-
der which four ſtripes Azure and Argent, and a lion :
paſſant Gules as in plate XLI. fig. 14. In the church-yard :
«« Near this place Ivel Shuttleword died April 13, 1764, aged 75.
lieth the body of John Coates died OR. 10, 1784, aged 70.
PzxTEr WIE, eſq. Sarah his wife died Feb. 10, 1748, aged 26.
He died Nov. t, 1763, Anne his wife died Dec. 2, 1781, aged 66.
in the 55th year of his age. Thomas Coates died Feb. 9, 1775, aged 32.
Reader |! Matthew Coates died Jan. 11, 1766, aged 82.
imitate his virtues, and forget his faults. Mary, wife of Matthew Coates, died Dec. 22, 1758,
His virtues were ſuch as rendered him aged 39.
uſeful to ſociety, beneficial to mankind,
and happy in himſelf.
His faults, whether public or private, CHARITABLE BENEPACTIONS.
were ſuch as fully proved Dec. 9, 1* Annz 1702. Edmund Carter, rector
the frailty of human nature of Godeby Marwood, Thomas Franks, of the ſame
to be the ſource of human errors, place, gent. and Leonard Davie, of the ſame place,
As he lived, ſo he died, fellmonger, for the ſum of £.120. purchaſed of John
an example worthy of imitation.” Voyſey, of London, merchant, one oxgang of land at
3. On the third : Harby, co. Leiceſter, for the uſe of the poor of this
pariſh, the rent thereof to be yearly expended in coats,
corn, or the like; or otherwiſe diſpoſed of among
them at the diſcretion of the rector, churchwardens,
and overſeers, for the time being. This money was
given by ſeveral of the Villiers (their particular names
He was a youth of an open and generous temper, 1 cannot learn) except £12. given by Henry Lowe,
of an amiable diſpoſition and improving judgement ; eſq.*
be gave the faireſt hopes of accompliſhing the deſigns The return made to the houſe of commons, in 1786,
of a good and religious education, and becoming in anſwer to the enquiry reſpecting the charitable
an ornament to his profeſſion and country, donations in this pariſh, may be ſeen in p. 7.
« Sacred
to the memory of
Joux Wrcus, eſq.
Lieutenant of the ſecond troop of 3
and youngeſt ſon of Peter Wyche, eſq.
The only Sir Thomas“ of this family died in, or ſoon after, 1404. See p. 194.
* As this is a family which has produced ſome eminent perſons, an account of them, drawn up by Mr. Peck in 1741, for
Mr. Wotton's edition of the Baronetage, ſhall accompany the hiſtory of this pariſh. See p. 205.
Mrs. Suſanna Lowe, his widow, was living, at Godeby, in 1735. .
* Peck, MS. 1940 3 from original deeds then in his poſſeſſion. |
Fff „ Mauolns
18 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTER SHERB,
on rebuilding that monaſtery; which ſome have
imagined to have been given to it by the emperor
Conſtantine (who was born there), and made of
the nails uſed in the crucifixion of Chriſt, and by
which many miracles are ſaid to have been performed.
Ir is yery probable the founders of churches in after
times, out of reſpe& to this famous -and remarkable
croſs, cauſed thoſe outward ſymbols of Chriſtianity
(which they always placed on ſuch churches as were
erected by them) to be carved in ſome degree of ſi-
milirude to this which was held in ſo great eſteem by
_ devotees of thoſe days.
In 1221, fir Nicholas de Verdun
church of Godeby.
In 1230, Williem de Quatremars * was patron, The
then parſon was Adam, inſtituted by the then biſhop
of Lincoln Hugh. The church of Melton had then
48 thraves of corn, to wit, 24 thraves iv'nagii or
invernagii *, and 24 thraves of oats. It had alſo the
Principal mortuary of the inhabitants who lived in the
fee of W. de Moubray, and burial of the dead. The
monks of Gerendon had the tithe ſheafs of one caru-
cate of the fee of William de Moubray. The church
paid two ſhillings to the mother church [of Lincoln};
and to the church of Melton four thraves 2b. gui, and
RECTORS.
was patron of the
Walter de Clinton was conditionally nominated to the rectory in
1221; and fully preſented to it in 1223 *,
Adam de Overton, 1230,
Robert le Bennyſues, 1251,
John de Gouteby, 1277.
John Smith, 1534.
four thraves of oats *,
In 1344, the procurations were, 55s. 644, ; the rec.
tory was taxed at 18 marks; and paid 25. for Peter-
pence, |
In 1 534-5, the procurations and ſynodals were 1 |
a penſion was paid to Dr. Baſſet of /.8. and the value
of the 2 was eſtimated to be (. 16. |
In 1650, the rectory was returued worth . 40. and
the incumbent as *©* ſufficient,” f
It appears by ſeveral entries of payment in the pa-
riſh regiſter (particularly in the year 1729, on the
death of William Whalley, ſenior, and in the year
1731, on the death of Mr. Edmund Harriſon), that
the rector is entitled to mortuaries; and farther, the
rector receives . 56. per annum from the lord of the
manor, as r upon the incloſure of
the lordſhip; which, with other dues paid by che te-
nants at a certain rate per acre, and alſo a good glebe,
amounts in all to upwards of C. 100. per annum 4,
In 1740, the clear yearly value was C. 112.
The preſent value in the king's books is £.16.
The epiſcopal procurations are, 15. gd. ; the archi-
diaconal, 1 18,
The wake is Kept the ſecond Sunday after the feaſt
of St. Michael s.
PATRONS.
Sir Nicholas de Verdun.
William de Quatermars.
William Maureward, laicus.
John Biſhop 7, Bachelor of Phyſic, was buried 161 3.
John White died rector 1639.
Leonard Holmes occurs 1643—1655.
John Richardſon, 1656—1681.
Timothy Chamberlain 5, OR. 11, 1681,
Sir William Villiers, bart.
Sir George Villiers, bart.
John Laughton, M. A. June 21, 1698 ; reſigned in 1700.
Edmund Carter ?, M. A. June 28, 1700,
Francis Peck, B. A. May 4, 1723; died M. A. 1743,
Henry Luffe, July 29, 1743,
John Warham preſented 17 56 ; died before inſtitution ,
Benjamin Pritchard *', July 19, 1756,
Samuel Dixon, Dec. 19, 1778, |
Edmund Cartwright **, Feb. 23, 1779,
| | THenry Lowe, eſq.
Samuel Lowe, eſq.
Peter Wyche, eſq.
John duke of Rutland.
Dr. John Law, archdeacon of Rocheſter.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
On the right hand of the door from the South is an
arch in the wall, adorned with ſome rude carvings,
where it is ſuppoſed the founder of the church lies
buried. As the general form of the monuments of
ſuch pious men is much in the ſame ſtyle in all
churches where we find any at all; and the reaſon
why one particular faſhion was obſerved in, theſe me-
morials, very probably, was not only to diſtinguiſh the
tombs of ſuch religious founders from thoſe of other
men, but alſo that their bones might ever lie undiſ-
turbed and quiet ; their bodies were therefore gene-
rally laid one half in the church, and one half in
the wall itſelf. |
By the remaining architrave of a large arch on the
North wall of this chancel, there ſeems to have been
another building, perhaps a burial-place, adjoining
to it; of which now neither tradition, nor any veſtigia,
enable us to give a farther account. |
At the upper end of the South aile is a ſquare
place, railed in with iron rails, being the burial- place
'of the Villiers and other former owners of this place;
among whom are depofited the remains of Samuel
Lowe, eſq. a later proprietor of it.
An old ſtone near the rails on the South ſide the
communion-table, ſeems (though now not legible) to
be the memorial Mr. Burton *3 mentions, which in his
Z He was called William de IIII mare' in the Matriculus ; which, in this inſtance, again confirms what has been already
more than once mentioned, that the original record, though beginning with 1220, contains a ſeries of ſeveral later years.
* Tveraginum, Ivernagium, Iuergium, Ivernal, Hybernagium, Hyvernagium, from the French word ver, corn ſown before «wintr,
Bl# yvernage, winter corn, as oppoſed to Lent corn, or Bli du Mars.
pentier in voce Hybernacium and fvernagium.
3 See the Matriculus, p. Ixii.
It is generally confined to rye, Du Cange, and Char-
| *
Sir T. Cave, MS, dated 1757.
Sir T. Cave, MS. ex informatione magiſtri Franc. Peck, rectoris eccleſie de Godeby, & Petri Wyche, armigeri, 1741.
„ Waltero de Clinton, clerico, ad eccleſiam de Godeſbect, per Nicholaum de Verdon preſentato, commiſſa eſt cuſtodia ejuſ-
dem eccleſiz, ita quod dictus Walterus per ſeptennium proximè ſequens habeat magiſtrum continue in ſcolis de quo addiſcat, &
qui omnes fructus eceleſiæ prefatz percipiat, & ipſe Walterus de prefata ecclefia neceſſaria inveniat in ſcolis per dictum ſep-
tennium, & preſentabit dominus N. de Verdun ipſum magiſtrum domino epiſcopo in proximo adventu ſuo.” Rot. Hug. de
Wells, ann. 13. dorſo.
He was either under the proper age, or incompetent, and required a tutor.
« Walterus de Clinton, ſubdiaconus, ad eccleſiam de Godeſbeck, ad preſentationem Nicholai de Verdun, militis.“ Ibid, ann. 15.
7 He figned the regiſter from 1544 ; but moſt probably, as was cuſtomary, he ſigned a tranſcript of older times.
* He built the parſonage-houſe, and was ſucceeded by John Laughton, A. M. preſented by — Tate, eſq. of Burley, by
Lougbborough, whoſe fiſter he married, in right of Henry Lowe, eſq. lord of Godeby, then in Jamaica. In 1500, the church
of Godeby being then vacant by the refignation of Mr, John Laughton, Edmund Carter was preſented thereto by
Tate
aforeſaid, in right of Henry Lowe, eſq. then allo in Jamaica, the ſaid Edmund Carter having married another ſiſter of the
aforeſaid Mr. Tate. F. P.
9 Mr. Carter publiſhed an Aſſize Sermon, 1712.
„ Afterwards rector of Ewelme, in Oxfordſhire.
1 This gentleman, the preſent rector, is a prebendary of Lincoln,
5 x
10 See the extracts from the regiſter.
13 P, 117.
FaamLand Hob RE. GODEBY.
time was inſcribed,
1899
He had ſcatcely ſhewed the plan of a juſt character
Acy gilt Hite Thomas Maureward *, to the world, when Death, |
Tue Harleian MS. preſerves the ſame fragment, who makes no diſtinction between young and old,
and adds another: to be a wy 1 ef — ie 7” ed hi
hl 0 urned for 1s friends who Joy m
ua: Bear 18 — /—— ans regretted by his ſoldiers who reſpected him, :
| and lamented by all who knew him.
Three very handſome monuments are fixed in the Let this example of mortality be uſeful and inſtrudive.
North wall of the chancel, to the memory of a father He died of a violent fever
and two ſons of the family of Wyche*; and three neat on December 14, 1768,
blue ſtones, with inlaid borders of white, lie over their
ed 24 years,”
r-mains in the chance, inſcribed with their names only. 3 "0 4 ye
The middle part of theſe monuments is black a Hat ſtone in the South aile near the porch :
ſepulchral marble, round that is a narrow border of K H. S. E. |
dove-colour, and, farther outward, a fine variegated RANCISCUS Peck, A. M.
red; above are urns of pure white : hujus eccleſiæ rector, &
I. Near this place prebendarius de Lincoln.
lyeth the body of Exceſſit è vita nono Juli,
Maſter Peres Wychx, | anno Salutis humane MDCCXL111,
who died Jan. 16, 1757, Illi Mors gravis incubat,
aged 15 years, and 10 months. 9 notus nimis omnibus
In his diſpoſition he was truly amiable, gnotus moritur ſibi.
always attentive to inſtruction, and,
for his years, had made a conſiderable progreſs
in learning; his illneſs, though acute, and
of long continuance, he bore with reſignation
as a Chriſtian ought to do; never known
On a black marble in the South ſide of the church,
and at the Eaſt end, ſeparated by iron rails :
« To the memory of Samver Lows ?, eſq.
who died the 25th of July, 1731, aged 47.”
: : 1 i Upon a ſtone in the South fide, near the above place:
to deſpair, or to repine at his afflictions; p : * , above p
through the merits of his Saviour he ever ; 2 * the _ of 3 Stone,
relied on the mercies of the Almighty; and who died September 27, 1769, aged 73.
being now delivered out of the miſeries of
this life, reſts in hope of being received
into that where none are to be found.“
Next to it, on a blue ſtone, inlaid with white:
«© Here lieth the body of Edmund Harriton,
who departed this life Auguſt 23, 1731,
| aged 40 years.”
On a ſmall flat ſtone, near the tower :
« Here lieth the body of Richard Healy,
who died March . . . 1741, aged 40 years.”
2. Under the arms of Wyche, Azure, a pile Er-
mine, charged with an eſcutcheon of pretence quar-
terly; 1. and 4. Or, on a chevron between three
cranes Azure, a bezant; 2. and 3. Argent, in chief
2 parrots Vert, ogy them — ras Sable ; un-
der which four ſtripes Azure and Argent, and a lion ;
paſſant Gules; as in plate XLI. fig. 14. In the church-yard :
Near this place Ivel Shuttleword died April 13, 1764, aged 75.
lieth the body of John Coates died Oct. 10, 1784, aged 50.
PETER WIE, eſq. Sarah his wife died Feb. 10, 1748, aged 26.
He died Nov. t, 1763, Anne his wife died Dec. 2, 1781, aged 66.
in the 55th year of his age. Thomas Coates died Feb. 9, 1775, aged 32.
Reader! Matthew Coates died Jan. 11, 1766, aged 82.
imitate his virtues, and forget his faults. Mary, wife of Matthew Coates, died Dec. 22, 1758, -
His virtues were ſuch as rendered him aged 39.
uſeful to ſociety, beneficial 5 mankind, |
and ha in himſelf.
His faults, 444 public or private, CHARITABLE BENEFACTIONS.
were ſuch as fully proved „Dec. 9, 1* Annæ 1702, Edmund Carter, rector
the frailty of human nature of Godeby Marwood, Thomas Franks, of the ſame
to be the ſource of human errors,
As he lived, ſo he died,
an example worthy of imitation.”
place, gent. and Leonard Davie, of the ſame place,
fellmonger, for the ſum of £.120. purchaſed of John
Voyſey, of London, merchant, one oxgang of land at
"No | Harby, co. Leiceſter, for the uſe of the poor of this
3. 2 e ; pariſh, the rent thereof to be yearly expended in coats,
to che memory of corn, or the like; or otherwiſe diſpoſed of among
Joun Wren 0 eſq them at the diſcretion of the rector, churchwardens,
7 .
f | and overſeers, for the time being. This money was
n f — ge EE Wych 4+ with given by ſeveral of the Villiers (their particular names
He was a youth of an open and-generous temper, I Nr learn) except £412, given by Henry Lowe,
of an amiable diſpoſition and improving judgement; 14.
he gave the faireſt hopes of accompliſhing the deſigns The return made to the houſe of commons, in 1786,
of a good and religious education, and becoming in anſwer to the enquiry reſpecting the charitable
an ornament to his profeſſion and country. donations in this pariſh, may be ſeen in p. 7.
The only “ Sir Thomas“ of this family died in, or ſoon after, 1404. See p. 194.
* As this is a family which has produced ſome eminent perſons, an account of them, drawn up by Mr. Peck in 1742, for
Mr. Wotton's editjon of the Baronetage, ſhall accompany the hiſtory of this pariſh. See p. 205,
* Mrs, Suſanna Lowe, his widow, was living, at Godeby, in 1735.
* Peck, MS. 1740 z from original deeds then in his poſſeſſion.
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ade HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES os: LEICESTERSHIRE.
Memoirs of the Rev. FRANCIS PECK, M. A. and rector of Gop L.
This learned and induſtrious Antiquary, a younger
ſon of Robert and Elizabeth Peck, was born in the
pariſh of St. John the Baptiſt, at Stamford, in Lin-
colnſhire, May 4, and baptized May 12, 1692 ; his
father, as it is noted in rhe regiſter, being that year
one ot the overſcers of the poor for that pariſh *,
It appears, by a memorandum of his own, that his
mother's maiden name was Jephſon : * My grand-
father and grandmother,” he ſays, © by the mother's
ſide. were man and wife near co years. They had fix
daughters and one fon, all which are yet living [1729].
Serjeant Jephſon* is the youngeſt, and he is turned 47.
We have not diſcovered at what ſeminary he re-
ceived the early part of his education; but it was
8 at the grammar ſchool of his native town.
e completed his ſtudies at Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, where he took the degree of B. A. 1715;
and of M. A. 1727.
The firit work diſcovered of his writing is“ TO
TOT *ATION ; or an Exerciſe on the Creation,
and an Hymn to the Creator of the World ; written
in the expreſs Words of the Sacred Text, as an
Attempt to ſhew the Beauty and Sublimity of Holy
Scripture, 1716,” 8vo.
The next is, a poem, intituled, © Sighs on the
Death of Queen Anne,” not publiſhed * till 1719;
ſubjoined to which are three poems, viz. 1. Paraphraſe
on part of the 139th Pſalm; 2. The Choice; 3.
Verſes to Lady Elizaberh Cecil, on her birth-day,
Nov. 23, 1717. Art the end of this work he men-
tions, as preparing for the preſs, © The Hiſtory cf
the two laſt Months of King Charles I ;” and ſolicits
aſſiſtance. This never was publiſhed. In p. 64, he
mentions a poem on Saul and Jonathan, not then
publiſhed.
In Auguſt, 1719, he occurs curate of King's Cliff,
in Northamptonſhire.
In the ſecond volume of Prior's Miſcellaneous
Works, 1748, 8vo, p. 45, are verſes by Mr. Peck
to Prior on his Solomon, dated Jan. 20, 1719-20.
He publiſhed a Sermon preached at Stamford on
the Mayor's inauguration, 1720, 8vo.
In 1721, being (till curate of King's Cliff, he offered
to the world propoſals for printing the Hiſtory aud
Antiquities of his native town.
In 1723, he obtained the rectory of Godeby + from
Samuel Lowe 5, eſq. who at that time was lord of the
manor, and patron of the advowlun.
In 1727, Mr. Peck drew up a poetical deſcription
of Belvoir and its neighbourhood © ; and in that year
his firſt conſiderable work appeared, under the tile
of Academia Tertia Anglicana ; or, The Antiqua-
rian Annals of Stanford, in Lincoln, Rutland, and
Northampton Shires; containing the Hiſtory of the
Univerſity, Monaſteries, Gilds, Churches, Chapels,
Hoſpitals, and Schools there,” &c. containing XLI
copper plates; and inſcribed to John duke of Rut-
land, in an elaborate dedication, which contains a
tolerably complete hiſtory of the principal events in
Reyiſter and Pariſh Book of St. John the Baptiſt, Stamford,
that illuſtrious family, from the founder of it at the
Conqueſt. The concluſion is ſo characteriſtic of Mr.
Peck's manner, and ſo intimately connected with the
ſubject of the preſent work, that I ſhall be pardoned
it I tranſcribe it:
As travellers, antiquaries, foreigners, and the no-
bility themſelves throng to viſit your Grace, to ſee your
magnificent and delightful dwelling, and to behold
the country from it; as the great Leland himſelf was
formerly there, and went thence to Stanford ©; ſo,
from Stanford, I, the meanelt of your ſervants, now
moſt humbly wait on your Grace, to lay this collection
at your feet. And here, my Lord, I cannot but look
with ſurprize at the Country; with admiration at You!
for Belvoir Views are indced the fineſt I ever ſaw.
But there is one View, and that infinitely the fineſt
of all, which you ſee hence, and yet no man living
belides can diſcern from this or any other place: 1
mean, Two and Twenty Manors7 of his own, all
lying within ſight of his own caſtle. Thus empha-
tically are You Loxp oF BELTVvoiR; and moſt emi-
nently, as your very name imports, a Douixus pE
Maxxz11s. And as your tenants of all theſe, and
a great many cther manors, grow old and rich in
your farms; as the ſon ſucceeds the father, and fo
on, from one generation to another, till what they fo
eaſily rent looks more like a frechold than an eſtate
held of another; You appear more like a Father
than a Maſter of them; and are truly a PRIxNxcEk at
the head of a numerous People. From Belvoir your
Grace likewiſe ſees Croxton Park-houſe, that elegant
retirement of your own choice and building. From
the fame rich proſpect you alſo behold two other
curious ſeats 9, and four other goodly manors , all,
by your moſt happy marriage, now added to thoſe
above. And thus Fortune, who never permitted any
man even to vie with your anceſtors in the great
number of their munors to be ſeen from their own
caſtle, at length raiſed You thence to behold a yet
greater number of your own than ever any of your
predeceſſors did, The King too, as if his Majeſty
and Fortune contended who ſhould do moſt for your
glory, hath alſo graciouſly appointed you lord lieute-
nant and cuſtos rotulorum of the county ef Leiceſter,
knight of the moſt noble order of the Garter, and one
of the lords of his bed- chamber. What are yet, if
any thing can be, more valuable than all theſe things,
in your Family, your Grace is bleſt with a moſt ac-
compliſhed Lady, and a beautiful blooming offspring;
in yourſelt with a molt lively, agreeable, perſon, good
tenſe, and a ſweet demeanor. What therefore to with
your Grace more I Know not; unlels it be, that, as
you fo well adorn what you now are, ſo you may
long, and happily, enjoy what you now have ; and, if
it be poſſible tor Nature, or Fortune, to do any thing
more tor one whom they have already done ſo much
for; as you rite in years, may you grow in riches, in
honour, in virtue, in every great endowment, and moſt
deſirable bleſling ! And this, my Lord, ſhall always be
* Francis Jephſon, eſq. was ſerjeant at arms to the lord chancellor, and ſerjeant at mace to the houſe of peers ; in which offices
he wes ſucceeded by his ſon, Richard Jephſon, eſq whoſe death, in 1789, was attended with ſome circumſtances rather ſingular.
Mr. jephſon, in his 28th year, being exceedingly tceble, his wife (Mrs. Judith Jephſon), about ten years younger, was parti-
cularly careful of him.
They had lodgings near Sydenham wells, for the ſake of the old lady's drinking the waters. On the
28th of Auguſt, going down ſtairs with Mr. Jephſon, and having hold of his coat, ſhe was ſeized with a paralytic ſtroke on the
ſtait-caſe, and fell to the bottom with ſo much violence, that ſhe never ſpoke afterwards, It was with difficulty Mr, ſephſon,
whom ſhe dragged down with her, could be perſuaded that he had not cauſed her fall, and conſequent death; and he ſur-
vived her only till the 2d of September. They were buried on the gth in one grave at Cheſhunt, Herts, where they had ſome
time lived,
It probably had before been printed among the academical verſes on that occaſion.
4 This preſentation was purchaſed by Mr, Peck for £.400; which is the more memorable, as it ſhews, how little this in-
duſtrious man could get. G. A.
5 In Mr. Peck's Hiſtory of Stamford, the View of that town is inſcribed * To the honoured Samuel Lowe, Eſq. Member of
Parliament for the Borough of Aldborough, and oue of the kind Encouragers of the Work, with the Gncereſt thanks for his
- many favours.”
* « From Beauvoire caſtelle,” ſays he, “to Croxton two miles; and from Croxton I rood a ſix miles farther into a little
through-tare caullid , . » . . . by good paſture and corn grounde, bue e
and little woode, . Then
I rode a fix miles farther by . . . + . grounde, and there 1 enterid to the cawſey of Wathelingſtreet, that there goith betwixt
Ankeſter and Staunforde.“ Itin. vol. I. p. 115.
1 Belvoir, Croxton, Beſcaby, Saltby, Sproxton, Waltham, Eaton, Braunſton, Knipton, Harby, Hoſe, Plungar, Bark ſton,
Redmjle, Granby, Sutton, Bottesford, Nurmanton, Eaſthorpe, Muſton, Wolſthorp, and Eagle, F. P.
This was written before the modern ſyſtem of incloſures became fo faſhionable. G. A.
9 Averham aud Kelham. F. P.
Averham, Kelham, Rollſton, and Syerſton, F. P.
my
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
my ſincere prayer, not only for your individual felf,
but every branch of your moſt Illuſtrious Houſe.”
The publication of Mr. Peck's volume was evidently
haſtened by An Eſſay on the antient and preſent
State of Stamford, 1726,” 4to, by Francis Hargrave,
who, in the Preface to his pamphlet, mentions the
difference which had ariſen between him and Mr.
Peck, on account of the former's publication unfairly
foreſtalling that intended by the latter. Mr. Peck is
alſo therein roughly treated, on account of a ſmall
work he had formerly printed, intiruled, “ The Hif-
tory of the Stamford Bull-running.”
in 1729, he printed a fingle ſheet of © Queries con-
cerning the Natural Hiſtory and Antiquities of Lei-
ceſterſhire and Rutland ;” reprinted in 1740.
Mr. Peck was ele&ed a fellow of the Society of
Antiquaries, March 9, 1732; and in that year he pub-
liſhed the firſt volume of Deſiderata Curioſa; or,
a Collection of divers ſcarce and curious Pieces re-
lating chiefly to Matters of Engliſh Hiſtory ; conſiſt-
ing of choice Tracts, Memoirs, Letters, Wills, Epi-
taphs, &c, "Tranſcribed, many of them, from the
Originals themſelves, and the reſt from divers antient
MS Copies, or the MS Collarions of ſundry famous
Antiquaries and other eminent perſons, both of the
laſt and preſent Age: The Whole, as nearly as
poſſible, digeſted into Order of Time, and illuſtrated
with ample Notes, Contents, Additional Diſcourſes,
and a complete Index.” This volume was dedicated
to lord William Manners, then one of the repreſen-
ratives in parliament for the county of Leiceſter, and
one of his majeſty's lords of the bed-chamber *; and
we find in it two pieces by Mr. Peck; the one, © A
brief Diſcourſe on the antient Diviſions of the Night
and Day, as alſo of the Hours of Prayer, and the
Number of each, as the ſame was read at Belvoir Inn,
before a Society of Gentlemen and Clergy there, on
the 12th of March, 1730;” the other, © A Deſerip-
tion of Burghley Houſe, and of all the principal
Paintings and other Rarities now to be ſeen there, in
a Letter to Roger Gale, Eſq.”
„his work being intended to be carried on in
ſeveral other volumes of the like ſort, the Publiſher
deſigns (while thoſe volumes are printing) to get the
heads of the principal perſons, therein mentioned, en-
graved from original paintings by the beſt hands.
For which reaſon, the ſubſcribers are defired not to
bind up their books till the whole work and all the
plates are finiſhed, that the ſaid prints muy then be
inſerted in their proper places. Any Gentleman, who
will lend the Editor an original picture of any of the
underwritten perſons, for a copy to be engraved from
It, will be reckoned an Encourager of this work; and
any Gentleman, who will give the plate of any ſuch
head, will be eſteemed a Patron. Heads proper for
the firſt volume (if original pictures and other encou-
ragements can be procured) are, qucen Elizabeth ;
prince Henry; fir William Cecil, lord Burleigh ;
Henry Haſtings, earl of Huntingdon ; Robert Dud-
ley, earl of Leiceſter ; Robert Cecil, earl of Saliſbury ;
Thomas Cecil, earl of Exeter; Edwyn Sandys, arch-
bithop of York ; William Chaderton, biſhop of Lin-
coln; fir Chriſtopher Hatton; fir Francis Walſing-
ham; or thoſe of any other eminent perſons men-
tioned in the courſe of it.“
At the end of this volume, Mr. Peck announced his
intention of publithing a fecond, and actually gave a
but alſo ſliew it in your actions,”
GODEBY. | 667+
liſt of the contents; which by no means correſpond
with thoſe of the volume publiſhed in 1735, and in-
ſcribed to Dr. Richard Reynol(s, biſhop d Lincoln * ;
for which the author thus apologizes: © As this ſecond
volume does not conſiſt of any one of all thofe pieces
mentioned at the end of vol. I. and there propuled to
make up vol. II; it may be neceſſary to inform the
reader, that thole papers (though poſtponed ar preſent)
are deſigned to follow, and that with addition of
others of the like ſort, which I hope will make good
amends for the delay. I ſhall conclude this Preface,”
he ſays, © with the following lines upon the picture
of Time, as expreſſed in my title-page :
Years are the teeth of Time, which ſoftly eat,
And wear out curious books in manuſcript.
Fire is the ſcythe, wherewith he down doth mow
Jen thouſand precious volumes at a blow :
Bleſt Printing beſt of all his rege withſiands,
And often chains his feet, and ties his bands;
Reſcued from whom here various Authors meet,
And, all united, form a ſplendid treat.
So numerous flowers in one rich noſegay join,
And ſtill more fragrant fmell and brighter ſhine,
Seribebam die meo lu/irico, 4 id. Ma,, 733.
No more than 2 50 copics of theſe volumes having
been printed, they foon became ſcarce and Highs
priced; but they were re- printed, in 177, in one va
lume, 4to, by Mr. Thomas Evans s, bockſeller; and
the plates which were uſed for that edition are now my
property. |
On the death of William Muſgrave, M. A. rector
of Aldwincle St. Pctc:'s, co. Northampton, in : 736,
Mr. Peck obtained, by the tavour of biſhop Reynolds,
the prebendai ſtall of Marſton St. Lawrence, in the
cathedral church of Lincoln,
Mr. Peck next printed “ A complete Catalogue of
all the Diſcourſes written both for and againſt Popery,
in the Time of King James II; containing in the whole
an Account of Four Hundred and Fiſty-ſeven Books
and Pamphlets, a great Number of them not mentioned
in the three former Catalogues; with References after
each Title, for the more ſpeedy finding a farther
Account of the ſaid Diſcourſes and their Authors in
ſundry Writers, and an alphabetical Liſt of the
Writers on each Side, 1735,” 4to.
He was editor, in 1739, of Nineteen Letters of
the Reverend and truly learned Henry Hammond,
D. D. (Author of the Annotations on the New Teſta—
ment, &c.) written to Mr. Peter Stainnough and Dr.
Nathaniel Angelo, many of them on curious Subjects,
&c.“ Theſe were printed from the originais, com-
municated by Mr. Robert Marſden, archdeacon of
Nottingham, and Mr. John Worthington.
The next ycar, 740, produced from him two vo-
lumes* in 4to; the firſt, inſcribed to Auditor Benſon,
as a profeſſed admirer of Milton,” is intituled, © Me-
moirs of the Life and Actions ot Oliver Cromwell, as
delivered in Three Panegyrics of him, written in
Latin; the firſt, as laid, by Don Juan Roderiguez de
Saa Meneſes, Conde de Penaguiao, the Portugal Am-
baſſador ; the ſecond, as affirmed, by a certain Jeſuir,
the Lord Ambaſſador's Chaplain ; yet both, it is
thought, compoſed by Mr. John Milton (Latin Secre-
tary to Cromwell), as was the third: with an Engliſh
Verſion of each. The whole illuſtrated with a large
Hiſtorical Preface ; many ſimilar Paſſages from the
Paradiſe Loſt and other Works of Mr. john Milton,
* This dedication is in the ſtyle of an independent private clergyman to a neighbouring gentleman of diſtinguiſhed worth,
© It was your Lordſhip's affable demeanor,” he ſays, ** which firit won me, as well as ſo many others, to love and honour
vou; and, ſince that, a perſonal experience, that, whenever you expreſs a kindneſs for any man, you not only do it in words,
* In this addreſs he tells the Biſhop, ** The antiquities of the church of Lincoln (which make a conſiderable part of this
volume) being moſtly collected by one of your predeceſſors | bp. Sanderſon], and now publiſhed by a clergy man of your dio-
ceſe, have even a naturat claim to your Lordſhip's protection, both as you are the preſent worthy ſucceſſor of the author, and
the dioceſan of the publiſher. But I addreſs them to you, not only upon thoſe accounts, but alſo as what I perſuade myſelf
will not be unacceptable to a Prelate who beſtowed even the remains of his palace on the repairs of his cathedral, And now,
my Lord, under your piety and conduct, may your church of Lincoln every day recover more of its antient beauty, As for
the reſi of theſe eolle&ions, my Lord, they conſiſt of other matters, many of them very remarkable, either for their antiquity,
or curiolity, or ulefulneſs, in ſupplying the defects of our former hiſtorians.” Biſhop Reynolds had contributed the plate of
St. John the Baptiſt's church to the Hiſtory of Stamford; and afterwards gave Mr. Peck a prebendal ſtall at Lincoln.
| 3 Who died May 1, 1984. See ſome account of him, Gent, Mag. vol. LIV. p. 296. :
* & Whilſt theſe two volumes were in the preſs, and now almoſt finiſhed, loſt my dear friend, that truly learned and moſt
accompliſhed gentleman, William Cowper, eſq. late Clerk of the Parliaments, who was the delight of all that knew him, and,
o my infinite regret, died Feb. 14, 1739.” F. P. q
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202 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
and Notes from the beſt Hiſtorians. To all which is
added, a Collection of divers curious Hiſtorical Pieces
relating to Cromwell and a great number of other
remarkable Perſons * (after the Manner of Deſide rata
Curioſa, Vol. I. and II.)“ Among theſe is“ A Diſ-
courſe on Local Proverbs, in a Letter, written by
bimſelf, to a Brother Antiquary.”
The ſecond volume, which is dedicated to Arthur
Onſlow, eſq. Speaker of the Houſe of Commons *,
has the title of New Memoirs of the Life and
Poetical Works of Mr. John Milton; with, firſt, an
Examination of Milton's Style; and, ſecondly, Ex-
planatory aud Critical Notes on divers Paſſages in
Milton and Shakeſpeare, by the Editor. Thirdly,
Baptiſtes; a ſacred Dramatic Poem in Defence of
Liberty, as written in Latin by Mr. George Buchanan,
tranſlated into Engliſh by Mr. John Milton, and firſt
publiſhed in 1641, by Order of the Houſe of Com-
mons. Fourthly, The Parallel, or Archbiſhop Laud
and Cardinal Wolſey compared, a Viſion, by Milton.
Fifthly, The Legend of Sir Nicholas Throckmorton,
Knight, Chief Butler of England3, who died of Poiſon,
Anno 1570, an Hiſtorical Poem, by his Nephew Sir
Thomas Throckmorton, Knight. Sixthly, Herod the
Great, by the Ediror*. Seventhly, The Reſurrection,
in Imitation of Milton, by a Friend. And, eighthly,
A Diſcourſe on the Harmony of the Spheres, by
Milton ; with Prefaces and Notes.”
Mr. Peck's ** Explanatory and Critical Notes on
divers Paſſages of Shakeſpeare,” at a period when
that ſpecies of criticiſm had not arrived to the per-
fection it has fince attained by the united labours and
genius of ſeveral ſucceſſive comment tors, deſerve par-
ticular commendation. He ſeems indeed to have firſt
pointed out the mode, which has ſince been ſucceſs-
fully purſued, firſt by Dr. Farmer, then by Mr. Stee-
vens, and fince by Mr. Malone, Mr. Reed, and many
other perſons, of illuſtrating one patilage by another.
% When 1 ſat down,” he ſays, ** to read Milton's poe-
tical works, I often thought, as I went along, that he
had Shakeſpeare in his eye; I therefore read him next.
And, in reading him, I noted every thing which I ima-
gined would be of uſe to explain Milton; and again
(as I was then naturally Jed to do ſo) every thing which
aroſe in my own mind, and, I conceived, would help
to explain Shakeſpeare. The few 1 now publiſh are
alſo a ſmall ſpecimen of a much larger number of
that ſort; and, as they were written thus accidentally,
are ſent abroad with thoſe on Milton (to which they
owe their riſe) not with any defgn to diſparage what
others have written on Shakeſpeare, but purely to do
juſtice to that great genius, and to ſhew, that (after
all the pains which ſeveral gentlemen have ſo indul-
triouſly taken to clear up that poet) there is yet room
for abundant obſervations of the like ſort, whenever
any good critic in theſe matters ſhall think fit to be-
ſtow his farther labours upon hims.”
He took alſo much uſetul pains in arranging A
new Catalogue of the ſeveral Editions of Shakeſpeare's
Writings (whether ſingle Plays or Poems printed ſe-
parately, or Copies of his whole Works printed col-
lectively), ranged in an order of Time, according to
the ſeveral Impreſſions ; with Remarks.”
In the preface to the ſecond volume he makes
* grateful acknowledgements to the honourable Cuth-
bert Conſtable *, of Burton Conſtable, in com. Ebor.
eſq. who generouſly gave him the plate of Milton
prefixed to that volume, and for his other favours.”
« The picture here ſpoken of,” Mr. Peck ſays,
A portrait of Hampden, * de pid Tabelli apud virum illuſtrem Richardum Ellys Baronettum,” is inſerted in vol. I,
which Mr. Peck notices as a preſent from that learned and obliging Baronet,”
* « The tranſlation of the Baptiſtes having originally had the ſanction of the Houſe of Commons,” ſays Mr. Peck to the
Speaker, may now, not improperly, appear under the protection of yourſelf.”
3 Ob which ſee Gent. Mag. vol. LXIII. pp. git. 1089: in anſwer to enquiries after it, ibid. p. 787.
* Theſe two poems were inſcribed, © To tbe very reverend and learned John Newcomb, S. T. P. maſter of St. John's college,
Cambridge, in acknowledgement of his favours.”
s Memoirs of Milton, p. ve Q. father of William Conſtable, eſq. of that place, who died, in bis 78th year, April 1791.
7 Ibid, p. 103. Granger, vol. IV. p. 36.
9 «« Three of theſe plans ſtand the three firſt in our author's own MS copy of his many intended dramatic pieces. Which
obſervation, and that of his being drawn (when he was but twenty-four or tweaty-five years of age) with his hand on a book
intitled Paradice Loſt, amounts almoſt to a demonſtration that he had begun and made ſome progreſs in a dramatic poem
that name, when he was even ſo very young; a wonderful inſtance this of his forward parts and moſt early ripeneſt of
* judgement,” F. P.
4
hanging (as the faſhion of the times then was) pretty
wrote it. By the way, the Paradiſe Loſt, here alluded
was a half length, drawn when he was about five
and twenty. The original was once the property of
fir John Meres, of Kirkby-Belers, in com. Leic. Kut.
but is now mine; and you have a good print of the
head prefixed to this work. However, as the plate
exhibits the head only, and as no engraving can ex-
preſs the colouring of the complexion and drapery,
and perhaps ſomething of the features, I ſhall here
add a ſhort deſcription of the whole. Milton is here
drawn fitting in a red velvet chair, in a ruffet co-
loured night-gown, lined with blue. His hair, a
dark brown; parted on the crown, and ſome locks
much over his forehead ; his eyes, inclining to black ;
his noſe large and ſtrait; his mouth and all his fea-
tures handſome and very agreeable; his lip and
whiſkers (an eſſay towards a beard) of a thick, lightiſh,
down; bis complexion fair and florid ; yet, through
the mellowneſs of the paint, a little, and but a litrle,
inclining to brown; his ſhirt open at the neck, but
tied at the wriſts with great bow-knots of black rib-
band; his right hand reſting in his lap, and holding
the verge of his night gown between his thumb and
fore - finger; his left hand lying over an open book,
on a table covered with a looſe red velvet table- cloth.
The open dexter leaf of the book numbered page 30.
And on the edge of the book, a label, inſcribed
Pazxapict Lost, with a c not an /; as he often
to, is not the Paradiſe Loſt of X or XII Books,
but the Dramatic Poem of that name; and which,
in part, he wrote early !.“
As Mr. Peck appears to have plumed himſelf on
poſſeſling this original picture, it is painful to con-
clude this account of it with the opinion of Mr.
Granger : © The print is much like the portrait from
which it is taken; but it is evidently not genuine.
It was in the poſſeſſion of Mr. Peck's widow *.”
In this volume are four plans? of thoſe ** poetical
projects,“ on which, Dr. Johnſon obſerves, Milton
* bad digeſted his thoughts into one of thoſe wild
dramas which were anticntly called Myſteries ;” and
refers to them as being in MS. in a library at Cam-
bridge. The original is at Trinity College.
From the ſecond volume Dr. Johnſon has reprinted
a letter of Cowley, when retired from the hum of men.
„ By the lover of virtue and of wit,” ſays the Doctor,
it will be folicitouſly aſked, if he now was happy.
Let them peruſe one of his letters accidentally pre-
ſerved by Peck, which J recommend to the conſidera-
tion of all that may hereafter pant for ſolitude,”
In 1741, Mr, Peck communicated to Mr. Wotton,
for a Baronetage then | rinting, the curious article on
the family of Wyche, which tollows this Memoir,
In 1742, he publiſhed his laſt work, Four Diſ-
courſes; viz. 1. Of Grace, and how to excite ut?
2. Jeſus Chriſt the true Meſſiah, proved from a con-
ſideration of his Miracles, in general: 3. Jeſus Chriſt
the true Meſſiah, proved from a conſideration of his
Reſurrection, in particular; 4. The Neceſſity and
Advantage of good Laws and good Magiſtrates : as
delivered in two Viſitation and two Afhze Sermons.
By Francis Peck, M. A. Rector of Godeby Maure-
ward, and Prebendary of Marſton S. Lawrence in the
church of Lincoln.” The Viſitation Sermons (one,
preached at Melton Mowbray, April 17, 1725,
at the viſitation of archdeacon Trimnell ; the other,
at the ſame church, July 11, 1739, at the triennial
viſitation of biſhop Reynolds) are inſcribed “ to the
.
right
pRAMLAND HUNDAED.]
right reverend and learned Richard lord biſhop of
Lincoln, his honoured lord and benefactor;“ and the
Aſſize Sermons (one, before Mr. Juſtice Parker, at St.
Martin's, Leiceſter, March 29, 1741, being Eaſter-
day; the other, before Chief Baron Probyn and Mr.
Juſtice Page, at St. Mary's, Leiceſter, July 30, 1741),
to his © very good Friend and Neighbour, Peter Wyche,
of Godeby Maureward, eſq. high-ſheriff of Leiceſter-
ſhire ;” ro whom he was chaplain for the year.
At this period Mr. Peck had in contemplation no
Jeſs than nine different works; but whether he had
not met with encouragement for thoſe which he had
already produced *, or was incapable of executing
them by reafon of declining health, is uncertain;
none of them have yer been made public. The
eater part of them he had announced in 1735.
Of two of theſe we are able to ſtate the progr-ſs ;
and as the materials for the others may ſtill exiſt, and
ſome of them be worthy the public attention, the
propoſed titles are here given,
1. The Natural Hiſtory and Antiquities of Lei-
ceſterſhire.” The whole of Mr. Peck's MSS. relative
to this work (which devolved to his widow in 1749
on the death of their fon) were purchaſed, in 17 54,
for ten guineas, by fir Thomas Cave, who had himſelf
been many years engaged in a ſimilar purſuit. Whilſt
I cannot but lament that, by the death of that worthy
and intelligent Baronet in 1778, the taſk of Hiſtorian
of Leiceſterſhire devolved to one fo inferior in abi-
lities; I am proud to acknowledge the liberality of
the laſt ſir Thomas, who handſomely preſented me
with the whole of the collections which had been
formed by his grandfather. To the preſent reſpecta-
ble baronet alſo, the Rev. fir Charles Cave, I am in-
debted for a friendly introduction to his nephew, for
many of his own very uſeful notes and obſervations,
and ſtill more for the politeneſs with which the fa-
vour was conterred.
The progreſs which Mr. Peck had made was confi-
derable, particularly in the Hundred of Framland, in
which he refided; and for the greater part of the
county he had abſtracted the Clauſe and Patent Rolls,
the Eſcheat Rolls, and Inquiſitiones poſt mortem *, from
the records in the Tower, and other public- offices; but
had not fully prepared one ſingle pariſh for the preſs.
His copy of Burton's Hiſtory, in which he had
made ſeveral remarks, and noted down many uſeful
references, I purchaſed (179:) from Mr. Adams,
bookſeller, of Loughborough, after it had lain many
years in the library of the Rev: John Alleyne 3, B. D.
and fellow of Univerſity college, Oxford, late rector
of North Cerney, in Glouceiterſhire, ro which he was
preſented in 1780 by his college, and died after one
day's illneſs Nov. 1, 1793. This copy is a ſtriking
proof of the patient induſtry of Mr. Peck, who has
- tranſcribed fourteen complete pages that were torn out
when the book came into his poſſeſſion, which he thus
prefaces : ** Chaſmata in hoc exemplari ſupplevit, pro-
GoDyrany, ” 2174 off
priaque dextri tranſcripfit,- Franciſcus Peck; A. NM.
Antiquarius Staufordienſis, 106 die menſis Aug. 1727“
Towards the Natural Hiſtory Mr. Peck's collections
were but ſlender; and they will be found, ſuch as they
are, interſperſed in the different pariſnes to which
they relate. His intention was to have digeſted them
under theſe diſtinct heads: Stones, Salt, Long Life,
Herbs, Earthquakes, Cfevices, and Apparitions.“
: 4 or 7 LES of theſe articles, in this en-
ightened age, an apology was perhaps neceſſaty ; and
Mr. Peck had adtually . . Ge; The Naser,
he ſays,“ may be ſurprized to find here an article of
apparitions 4, and perhaps think me a very credulous
perſon for believing there is any ſuch thing. All theſs
matters, he may ſneer and ſay; may be accounted for
as ſo many inſtances of the ſpleen, impoſture, of the
like. And no doubt, a great many may. But, with
ſubmiſſion, I vaink, not all. For, though I believe;
with the author, of © The Reality of Apparitions *,
that a guilty conſcience may make a murdeter fancy
that he ſees a ſpirit ; that the vapours of hip may have
the ſame power on melancholy perſons ; that many
tricks and juzgles have been carried on by people in
confederacy to carry on their amovrs, and for other
purpoſes, merry, baſe, or the like; though I believe,
with the ſame author, that the ſouls of the dead never
ſtay to ſhew themſelves to the living, upon any ac-
count wharſoever, after they ate once freed from the
body, but immediately pals on to a place of happineſs
or - miſery appointed for them, where they know no-
thing of what afrerwards happens here ; yet, I believe
with the ſame author, that Providence, for its o-
wiſe end, does ſometimes ſend both, good and bad
ſpirits, with commiſſion to ſpeak and ſhew themſelves
to us in the ſhape of departed friends, or enemies, or
others, as occaſion requires; and that, as an impoſture
may be diſtinguiſhed by nice judges from an appa-
rition or ſpirit, ſo that good or bad ſpirits may as
eaſily be known from each other by conſidering the
nature of their'errand, the manner of their appears
ance, or the like; and that, let ſuch a ſpirit be either
good or bad, with a good conſcience on our fide, we
need not fear it. And, laſtly, that, ſhould ſuch a ſpirit
appear to us, we muſt not aſk it impertinent queſtionsꝭ.“
2. Monaſticon Anglicanum, Volumen Quartum,
all from Originals never yet publiſhed.“ This work,
part of the collection which was bought by ſir Thomas
Cave, conſiſted. of five volumes in 4to, faicly tran-
ſcribed for the preſs, in Mr. Peck's own neat hand,
under the title of © Monaſticon Anglicanum Supple-
mentis novis adauctum: quo comprehenditur Arboris
Præmonſtratenſis Ramus Anglicanus, per omnia tri-
ginta & unum Angliz Wallizque ejuſdem Ordinis
Cœnobia; è Chronicis, Regiliris, Cartis, aliiſque Teſti-
moniis antiquis MSS. & authenticis, ad ipſa Monaſte-
ria olim pertinentibus, & hactenus ineditis, ſive im-
perfectè & mendose perquam editis, abundè illuſt ratus.
Cujus pars I. Generalia; II. Specialia; III. Cœnobii
? Which, from the following apology, we may preſume to have been the caſe: When I printed my firſt propoſals for the
life of Milton, I deſigned to have engraved a plate of fir Nicholas Throckmorton, to {et before the life of that unfortunate
gentleman ; but afterwards I imagined that the picture of fir William Davenant (as the life of Milton is my principal work,
and as Milton ſaved fir William's life, and fir William in return ſaved Milton's) would be more proper. However, when I came
to ſee Mr. Auditor Benſon's fine medal of Milton, I judged that would till be more ſuitable than either of the other two. In-
deed I would have engraved them all, but this I found would be too chargeable, unleſs I had met with greater encouragement,
to bear the expence of it.“ P. vi.— At the end of ſeveral] of his tracts he repeats this notice: “I print entirely at my own
charge; and any gentleman who pleaſes. to favour me with his orders for any of my books (or with his correſpondence) is
deſired to direct to me at my houſe at Godeby, near Melton, in Leiceſterſhire, and no where elſe,”
* The Inquiſitiones foft mortem were made by the eſcheators of each county upon the death of any of the king's chief tenants,
or tenants in capite ; ſo that every perſon there mentioned, who had an inquiſition poſt mortem taken, may be conſidered as one
of the higher or lower nobility or gentry of England; theſe lower perſons being they who were formerly the hovie of com-
mons, till it was otherwiſe ſettled by Simon Montfort, And theſe Eſcheat Rolls are now the grand regiſters of their deaths,
age, matches, heirs, &c. of both. And juſt as the king had his eſcheators and feodaries to take theſe accounts of his tenants
in capite, ſo each of thoſe tenants in capite had a ſteward, or other officer, who kept an account of their vaſſals or perſons who
held under them; their vaſſals eſtate, as I conceive, eſcheating into their hands at their deceaſe, juſt as theirs did into the
king's, In the Eſcheat Rolls, whenever you read con/anguiness or conſanguinea, and heres, you mult -underſtand grand-ſon or
grand daughter, not couſin. F. P. ; Lag
Mr. Alleyne, the ſon of an attorney at Loughborough, was born there in 1731; matriculated March 14, 1745, of Trinity
college, pleb. fil. ; ordained deacon at Bugden by Dr. John Thomas biſhop of Lincoln, Dec. 23, the Sunday before Chriſtmas.
day, 1759; his title Edgcot, co. Bucks, given him by his friend Mr. Granger, vicar likewiſe of Shiplake. 8 Mr. Alleyne was
appointed maſter of Magdalen ſchool 1952, concerning which he made ſome MS collections. He was ordained prieſt by the
fame biſhop the Sunday before Chriſtmas-day 1755, In 1764 he applied for the maiterſhip of the Grammar-ichool of Briſtol
ook corporation, but failed, He corrected the preſs for a volume of his friend Dr. Herbury's Sermons, for the benefit of his
widow, and afliſted in compoſing the Index to Dr. Chandler's Inſeriptiones Antiquæ, 1774.
* On this head, ſee under the pariſh of Redmile, S Lond, 1727, 8 6 Peck, MS. :
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204 HISTORY AN ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE. --
Croxtonienſis Librum de Domeſday continet; omnia
Latina, Gallic, Anglics, ad eorum Exemplaria lite-
ratim exprefla, Opera & Studio F. P. A.M. re
inciſa adduntur aliquot Inſignia, Sigilla, Monumenta,
On the 14th of May, 1779, at the ſuggeſtion of Dr.
Gifford, theſe volumes were preſented to the Britiſh
Muſeum, by the then fir Thomas Cave, after the death
of his father, who, twenty years before, had it in con-
templation to beſtow them on that excellent repoſitory.
They are extremely valuable; and have furniſhed
many uſeful articles to the publiſher of this Hiſtory.
3. The Lives of William Burton, Eſq. Author
of the Antiquities of Leiceſterſhire, and his Brother
Robert Burton, B. D. Student of Chriſt Church, and
Rector of Segrave in Leiceſterſhire, better known by
the Name of Democritus Junior.” 1 have ſome brief
notes by Mr. Peck on the lives of theiz two learned
brothers, little more than an outline; and it is pro-
bable that he had proceeded no further. He always
profeſſed a profound veneration for the character and
abilities of Burton, and actually poſſeſſed ſome of his
MSS. „ have now in my bands,” he ſays, two
fair MSS. one of the famous Mr. William Burton,
the Leiceſterſhire Antiquaryz the one in folio, the
other in quarto. In the quarto MS. is a roll of the
arms of a great number of religious houſes*.” Theſe
are now in the collection of the Rev. fir Charles Cave,
4. ** The Hiſtory and Antiquities of Rutland.”
No trace of this article appears; but it is poſſibly
lurking ia the corner of ſome library where it acci-
dentally fell on the death of Mr. Peck. He lived al-
moſt on the ſpot; and had certainly made ſome con-
ſiderable collections for it. |
5. * The Hiſtory and Antiquities of the Town and
Soke of Grantham, 'in Lincolnſbire,” No trace of
this appears among any papers that I have ſeen. _
6. ** The Annals of Stanford continued,” vol, IV.
7. * Deſiderata Curioſa, vol, III.“ The articles
advertized at the end of vol. I. and mentioned in the
Preface to vol. Il. to have been kept in reſerve, have
not yet been diſcovered. I have a few. ſcattered frag-
ments, intended as a continuation. 1 I}!
8. The Life of Mr. Nicholas Ferrar, of Little
Gidding, in the County of Huntingdon, Gent. com-
monly called the Proteſtant St. Nicholas, and the piqus
Mr. George Herbert's Spiritual Brother, done from
original MSS.” Among the intended works adver-
tized in 1735, this was 10 have been the firſt pub-
liſhed . Dr. Peckard, maſter of Magdalen college,
Cambridge, who publithed © Memoirs of the Life of
Mr. N. F. 1791,” ſeems to have had the uſe of ſome
looſe and unconnected papers of Mr. Peck's firſt
draught, which was to have been compiled from a
folio life of his brother by John Ferrar 3.
9. ** New Memoirs of the Reſtoration of King
. . Charles the Second (which may be alſo conſidered
as an Appendix to Secretary Thurloe's Papers), con-
taining the Copies of Two Hundred and Forty-lix
Original Letters and Papers, all written annis 1658,
1659, and 1660 (none of them ever yet printed).
The Whole communicated by William Cowper, E1q.
Clerk of the Parliament. With large Hiſtorical
Notes by the Publiſher, F. Peck, M. A.” | |
In 1731, Mr. Peck drew up a curious Account
of the Aſshebys and de la Launds, Owners of Blox-
ham, in the county of Lincoln z” which yet remains“
4 Collection of Hiſtorical Pieces, 1740.
in MS, At the end of it, Mr. Peck makes his ac
knowledgements to Nevile King, eſq; of Grantham,
* a gentleman whoſe learning is equal to his good-
nature, and whoſe good-nature is exceeded by none,”
for the uſe of a thin folio MS. compiled by Thomas
de la Laund in the reign of king Henry VIII, and
containing “a full account of many law-ſuits and
other troubles, which the ſaid Thomas had with the
Knights Hoſpitalers, and particularly with Frere
Thomas Babington, then farmer of Temple Bruere;
which contentions had forced him to rummage all the
evidences he had by him concerning either that place
or his own family, -and to take copies of them with
his own hand +,
Mr. Peck concluded a laborious, and, it may be
affirmed, an uſeful life, wholly devoted to Antiquarian
purſuits, July 9, 1743, at the age of 61 years; and,
by his laſt will, dated July 17, 1742, directed his body
to be buried, without any funeral pomp or vain need.
leſs expence, in the pariſh church of Godeby, if he
ſhould die there, juſt within the South door, on the
left hand behind the door“; the coffin to be carried
by four poor men of Godeby, and two of Eaſtwell,
who were each to have 23. 6d. He gave alſo 203.
more to the poor of Godeby, and 10s. to the poor of
Eaſtwell; and requeſted that the Rev. Mr. Edward
Dixon, vicar of Buckminſter, and the Rev. Mr: Francis
Stephenſon, vicar of Awſton, would attend the fu-
neral, and, meeting his corpſe in the church-yard in
ſurplices, one of them read the burial-ſervice in the
church, the other in the church- yard; each of
them to have a ſcarf, hatband, gloves, and a ring of
20s. value, inſcribed with his name. He left to Anne
his wife £.400; a ſilver tankard, a freehold houſe at
Byſbrooke, co. Rutland, his larger picture and her
own, both by Mr. Collins, and ſuch goods as were not
otherwiſe.diſpoſed of. To Francis his ſon C. 200; his
ſmaller picture by Mr. Collins, his two-eared filver
cup, his ſilver ſpurs,” all his gowns and caffocks, his
organ, and all his books both printed and written
(except the remaining copies of his own printed works,
which are ordered to be ſold), defiring him not to
Part with the ſame till he ſhall be 3o years of age,
when it is preſumed he may be better able to judge
of them . To Anne his daughter £.400. a freehold
houſe at Stamford, and his picture by Mr. Highmore.
To his fiſter-in-law, Hannah Curtis, three freehold
houſes at Stamford; with the pictures of our Saviour,
the Bleſſed Virgin, and Queen Elizabeth, which hung
in her room at Godeby. He left alſo a ſmall re-
membraace to his aunts Mary Jephſon, Hannah Jeph-
ſon, Grace Jephſon, and Anne Lea; and to his ne-
phews Robert and James Peck.
On the death of Mr. Peck, his widow retired to Har-
laxton, in Lincolnſhire, where ſhe was living in 1755.
By this lady, who was the daughter of Mr. Curtis“
of Stamford, he had two ſors; Francis*, born at King's
Cliff in 1720, afterwards rector of Gunby, near Colſ-
terworth, co. Lincoln, who died in 1749; Tho-
mas, baptiſed at Godeby, March 22, 1726, who died
young, and was buried at Wymondham; and one
daughter, Anne, baptiſed Jan. 30, 17313 now [1794]
the widow of Mr. Jobn Smalley, lately an eminent
farmer and grazier, at Stroxton, in Lincolnſhire, who
died in September 1793, in conſequence of a moti-
fication which began in his hand, ſhattered ſome little
time before by the burſting of a gun.
*
1 All theſe are in great forwardneſs, but Mr, Ferrar's Life will be publiſbed fir,” F. 1
3 Preface, p. xi, See alſo Gent. Mag. vol, LXI. p. 456.
4 It is annexed to his Hiſtory of the Preceptory of Temple Bruere. Brit, Muſ. MSS. 4937.
* Several other curious articles in this volume were tranſcribed © e codice MS, penes amicum Leiceſtrenſem, 1732,”
„ This was complied with; ſee the epitaph, p. 199.
7 The fon not living to the age of zo, the books devolved to his mother. See p. 203. |
Among the ſubſcribers to the firſt volume of Mr. Peck's © Deſiderata Curioſa,“ in 1535, are * Edward Curtis, of Stam-
ford, Gent.“ and“ Noah Curtis, of the ſame place, Gent.“
Theſe were probably his wife's father and brother.—1n a note
at the beginning of his Burton, where the arms of his father and mother are delineated, he ſays, F. Peck may quarter
the arms of Anne Curtis; her brother being dead without iffue, and her elder fiſter and both her children being dead. /e
| proſe,” In a mezzotinto print of Mr. Peck, by Faber, from a painting taken by Mr. Highmore in 1735, and prefixed to the
tecond volume of his “ Collection of curious Hiſtorical Pieces,” the arms are introduced thus quartered, In the portrait
which accompanies the preſent memoir, drawn from the life by B. Collins, junior, in 1731, the arms of each are given ſepa -
ratcly, from drawings by Mr, Peck.
9 A friend has ſent me, from Harlaxton, eo. Lincoln, the following epitaph ; * Francis Peck, A. M. late rector of Gundy,
interred June the 17th, 1749, in the 29th year of his age.”
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For the name, there was antiently a province in
Mercia, called Wiccia, and the people WMiccii; the
capital of which province was Worcefler *,
The word Wit, in German, is ſaid to ſignify a bay,
a creak, or winding of a ſea, or river*; in Saxon,
ſometimes a bay, and ſometimes a caſtle* ; andthe
ſalt-pits in Worceſterſhire and Cheſhire were, by the
old Engliſh, called Wiches, or ſalt-holes *; and in
both theſe ſhires we find many conſiderable perſons
of the name of Wyche.
Of theſe, the firſt is, Peter de Wycha, who, in
1159, was one of the witneſſes to the convention be-
tween Roger, prior of Malvern, co. Wigorn, and
William Burdet, founder of Waucot-abbey, co. War-
wick, which he made a cell to Malvern 5.
The next is Saint Richard de la Wiche, who was
born at Wiche (Droitwiche) ; educated firſt at Oxford,
then at Paris, then at Bononia, then at Orleans; at
his return, made chancellor. to St. Edmund, arch-
biſhop of Canterbury, and at length chancellor of
the univeriity of Oxford *; afterwards provided to
the biſhoprick of Chicheſter by the pope, and conſe-
crated by the holy father himſelf on the firſt Sunday
in Lent, 12477. He ſo governed the charge com-
mitted to him, that all men reyerenced him very
greatly, not only for his great learning, but much
more for his diligence in preaching z and, above all,
for his integrity of life and converſation . He died
the 2d or 3d of April, 1253, in the 56th year of his
age, and was buried in his own cathedral *%. He was
canonized in 1262, the form whereof, with the office
appointed to be uſed on his feſtival, may be ſeen
among the MISS. in the library of Corpus Chriſti col-
lege, Oxford, N* 154 ; and on the 16th of the kalends
of July, 1276, his body was taken up from the place
where it was firſt buried, and put into a rich ſhrine.
Robert, archbiſhop of Canterbury, in the preſence of
king Edward I. and of all the nobility and prelates
of England®. His life was written by Ralph Bocking,
a Dominican“; an abridgement whereof by Mr.
Elmer (as alſo his laſt will) may be ſeen in the library
of Trinity college, Cambridge, MSS. Ne 262.
Barnes has a Thomas Wiche, an eſquire of Eng-
land, who, in 1373, 47 Edward III. was kept by
the duke of Bretagne (John Montfort, ſon- in- law to
the king), captain of his ſtrong caſtle of Hennebond,
whilſt he himſelf took refuge a while in England for
fear of being betrayed by his own people into the
hands of the French king. Sir Bertram de Clequin,
conſtab}= of France, having a deſign againſt this for-
treſs, fir Robert Knolles, the duke's lieutenant in Bre-
tagne, ſent to his aſſiſtance fir T homas Prior, a valiant
knight. The conſtable, coming to the ſiege with a
gem force, made a vow, He would fleep that night in
the caſtle, and threatened them, towaſmen and all,
with death, if they any way aſſiſted the caſtle. The
ſoldiers, however, under their two captains, defended
themſelves valiantly, and, being taken by eſcalade,
vere all put to the ſword, excepting only thoſe two “.
The next of this family whom 1 read of, is another
Richard, called Richard de Lollard, a contemporary,
and, in all probability, a companion of the famous
8 Camden, ed. Gibſon, vol. I. P · 61 To
Mon. Angl. vol. I. p. 367. b.
JSodwia, ibid.
Godwin, præd.
In huperoo Bibl. Bodl. codex MS. No 154+
0 Stow, p. 565. a. | 13 Ibid. p-. 568. b.
s See more of this caſe, under Edmondthorpe, p. 180.
The ceremony of this tranſlation was performed by
* Ibid. p. 220. 460.
Godwin de Præſulibus Angl. p. 553.
9 Ibid, & Angl, Sacra, vol. I. p. 494.
'2 Life of King Edward III. p. 853.
Stow, p. 888. a.
E B V.
I9S
Memo1ss of the Family of WYCHE, compiled by Mr. Peck in 1741 ; with ſome Additions, 1794.
John Wicliff. The anſwer of this Richard, to the
articles objeded againſt him, may be ſeen among fir
Thomas Bodley's MSS. at Oxford , and his recantation
in the King's library, at St. James's, MSS. No 349.
The next is another Richard,
Wyche of Wico-Malbano *5, that is, Wyche Malbanc,
(ſo named from William Malbedeng, or Malbanc,
who had that place given bim by the Conqueror 16)
now Nantwiche, in Cheſhire. He had iſſue, ;
Sir Hugh Wyche, mercer, ſheriff of London in
1444, and lord-mayor in 1461 **, died in 1466,
and was buried at St, Margaret's, Lothbury, where,
before the fire, he had a fair monument, ſignify ing,
that he gave to his third wife C. 3000. and ro poor
maids marriages 300 marks '9, After his death, the
lady Wyche brought an action in the king's bench
againſt the parſon of St. Margaret's, for that the ſaid
parſon had taken away a coat of arms and certain
penons, with the arms of fir Hugh Wyche, her late
huſband, and a ſword, forth of the chapel, where the
ſaid Hugh was buried. This lady was buried in
St. Dionis Backchurch, to which ſhe gave lands for
ſermons, &c. *
The next of this family whom I read of, is father
Richard Wyche, a Ciſtercian monk, of Whalley
abbey, co. Lancaſter ; who, in 1521, then ſtudying
in St. Bernard's college, Oxford, went out B. D. in
that univerſity **. g |
The next I read of is John, a ſecular, ſome time
maſter of St. Peter's college, at Lingfield, Surrey,
where he lies buried, with this inſcription :
Vic jacet Dñus Johannes Wyche, quondam Magiſter
iſtius Collegii Sancti Petr, de Lynfield; qui obiit xxii
Die Mau, a Dn M. CCCC. TTA. cujus anime pro-
pitietur Deus. Amen *.
The next is Richard Wyche, of Davenham, co.
Cheſhire. He had iſſue, .
Sir Richard Wyche, of London, merchant, who
married Elizabeth, daugtter of fir Richard Salting-
ſtall, knight, lord-mayor of London, by whom he
had twelve ſons, and fix daughters. He died Nov. 20,
1621, and lies buried at St. Dunſtan's in the Eaſt,
where, before the fire, he had a fair monument in the
North aile of the chancel *5 :
Here lyeth the body of Richard Wyche,
merchant and citizen of London, *
free of the Company of Skinners :
amongſt whom (having born all Offices),
his Life and Carriage was exemplary.
He married Elizabeth,
the daughter of fir Richard Saltingſtall, knight,
ſome time alderman and mayor
of this honourable City of London;
by whom he had iſſue, 12 ſons and 6 daughters,
viz. Richard *5, Thomas, Suſan, Daniel, George,
Samuel, Peter, Elizabeth, James, Mary,
Anne , Edward, Julius, William, Henry,
Abigail, Nathaniel **, Rebecca.
4 { deceaſed
Sons { 5 living; :
Daughters * —
3 Ibid. p. 327. * Tbid. p. 617.
7 Anglia Sacra, vol. I. p. 492.
2” Wharton, vol, I. p. 502.
13 Ibid. p. 854. .
16.Camden, vol II. p. 675. a.
9 Ibid. P. 292. à. a
21 Ibid. p. 218. 22 Faſti Oxon, vol. I. p. 31.
called Richard
*3 Antiquities of Surrey, vol. III. p. G1. 24 Inſcript. tumuli D. Petri nepotis, infra. ?5 Stow's Survey, vol. I. B. II. p. 45.
20 Richard, alderman, and brother to ſir Peter, left Edith his daughter and heir, wife to Dr. John Sympſon, of Cheſter-
ſtreet-yard, London, Gwillim's Diſplay of Heraldry, p. 384.
Anne ws ſecond wife to Robert Charlton, of Whitton, in Salop, eſq. and had only one daughter, who left ifſue Lettice,
married to John Bright, of Aon, in the ſame county, eſq. Cos
Nathaniel Wyche, eſq. is ſtyled preſident to the Eaſt Indies; and amongſt the ſermons of Dr. Nathaniel Hardy, dean of
- Rocheſter, is one, intituled, ** The Pious Votary and Prudent Traveller, characterized in a E uneral Sermon, occaſioned by the
Voyage of Nathaniel Wyche, eſq. Preſident to the Eaſt Indies, preached in the Church of St, Dionis Backchureh, London,
March 14, 1657,” Ath. Oxon, vol, II. p. 466, -Re-mill have died before his voyage.
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204 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
in MS. At the end of it, Mr. Peck makes his ac.
Croxtonienſis Librum de Domeſday continet ; omnia
Latina, Gallica, Anglics, ad eorum Exemplaria lite-
ratim expreſſa. Opera & Studio F. P. A.M. Ere
inciſa adduntur aliquot Inſignia, Sigilla, Monumenta,
& AÆdificiorum Reliquiæ.“
On the 14th of May, 1779, at the ſuggeſtion of Dr.
Gifford, theſe volumes were preſented to the Britiſh
Muſeum, by the then ſir Thomas Cave, after the death
of his father, who, twenty years before, had it in con-
templation to beſtow them on that excellent repoſitory.
They are extremely valuable; and have furniſhed
many uſeful articles to the publiſher of this Hiſtory.
3- The Lives of William Burton, Eſq. Author
of the Antiquities of Leiceſterſhire, and his Brother
Robert Burton, B. D. Student of Chriſt Church, and
Rector of Segrave in Leiceſterſhire, better known by
the Name of Democritus Junior.” 1 have ſome brief
notes by Mr. Peck on the lives of the:2 two learned
brothers, little more than an outline; and it is pro-
bable that he had proceeded no further. He always
profeſſed a profound veneration for the charaCter and
abilities of Burton, and actually poſſeſſed ſome of his
MSS. „ have now in my bands,” he ſays, two
fair MSS. one of the famous Mr. William Burton,
the Leiceſterſhire Antiquaryz the one in folio, the
other in quarto. In the quarto MS. is a roll of the
arms of a great number of religious houſes*.” Theſe
are now in the collection of the Rev. fir Charles Cave,
4. The Hiſtory and Antiquities of Rutland.“
No trace of this article appears; but it is poſſibly
lurking ia the corner of ſome library where it acci-
dentally fell on the death of Mr. Peck. He lived al-
moſt on the ſpot ; and had certainly made ſome con-
ſiderable collections for it.
5. * The Hiſtory and Antiquities of the Town and
Soke of Grantham, in Lincolnſbire,” No trace of
this appears among any papers that I have ſeen.
6. ** The Annals of Stanford continued,” vol, IV.
7. * Deſiderata Curioſa, vol. III.“ The articles
advertized at the end of vol. I. and mentioned in the
Preface to vol. II. to have been kept in reſerve, have
not yet been diſcovered. I have a few. ſcattered frag-
ments, intended as a continuation. | «
8. The Life of Mr. Nicholas Ferrar, of Little
Gidding, in the County of Huntingdon, Gent. com-
monly called the Proteſtant St. Nicholas, and the piqus
Mr. George Herbert's Spiritual Brother, done from
original MSS.” Among the intended works adver-
tized in 1735, this was io have been the firſt pub-
liſhed *. Dr. Peckard, maſter of Magdalen college,
Cambridge, who publiſhed © Memoirs of the Life of
Mr. N. F. 1791,” ſeems to have had the uſe of ſome
looſe and unconnected papers of Mr. Peck's firſt
draught, which was to have been compiled from a
folio life of his brother by John Ferrar 3. |
9. New Memoirs of the Reſtoration of King
Charles the Second (which may be alſo conſidered
as an Appendix to Secretary Thurloe's Papers), con-
taining the Copies of Two Hundred and Forty-lix
Original Letters and Papers, all written annis 1658,
1659, and 1060 (none of them ever yet printed).
The Whole communicated by William Cowper, E1q.
Clerk of the Parliament. With large Hiſtorical
Notes by the Publiſher, F. Peck, M. A.” |
In 1731, Mr. Peck drew up a curious © Account
of the Aſshebys and de la Launds, Owners of Blox-
ham, in the county of Lincoln;“ which yet remains“
Collection of Hiſtorical Pieces, 1740.
*. 64 All theſe are in great forwardneſs, but Mr, Ferrar's Life will be publiſbed firſt,” F. P.
3 Preface, p. xi. See alſo Gent, Mag. vol, LXI. p. 456.
4 It is annexed to his Hiſtory of the Preceptory of Temple Bruere. Brit. Muſ. MSS. 4937.
* Several other curious articles in this volume were tranſcribed “ e codice MS, penes amicum Leiceſtrenſem, 1732,”
„ This was complied with; ſee the epitaph, p. 199.
7 The fon not living to the age of zo, the books devolved to his mother. See p. 203. 5
* Among the ſubſcribers to the firſt volume of Mr. Peck's ** Deſiderata Curioſa,“ in 1735, are Edward Curtis, of Stam-
ford, Gent.“ and“ Noah Curtis, of the ſame place, Gent.“ Theſe were probably his wit
at the beginning of his Burton, where the arms of his father and mother are delineated, he ſays, ** F. Peck may quartet
the arms of Anne Curtis; her brother being dead without iffue, and her elder ſiſter and both her children being dead fins
prole. In a mezzotinto print of Mr. Peck, by Faber, from a painting taken by Mr. Highmore in 1735, and prefixed to the
tecond volume of his Collection of curious Hiſtorical Pieces,“ the arms are introduced thus quartered. In the portra*
which accompanies the preſent memoir, drawn from the life by B, Collins, junior, in 1731, the arms of each are given ſepa-
rately, from drawings by Mr, Peck. | | |
A friend has ſent me, from Harlaxton, co. Lincoin, the following epitaph ; „“ Francis Peck, A. M. late rector of Gundy,
interred June the 15th, 1749, in the 2gth year of his age.”
A
Knights Hoſpitalers, and particularly with Frere
knowledgements to Nevile King, eſq; of Grantham,
* a gentleman whoſe learning is equal to his good-
nature, and whoſe good-nature is exceeded by none,”
for the uſe of a thin folio MS. compiled by Thomas
de la Laund in the reign of king Henry VIII, and
containing ** a full account of many law-ſuits and
other troubles, which the ſaid Thomas had with the
Thomas Babington, then farmer of Temple Bruere;
which contentions had forced him to rummage all the
evidences he had by him concerning either that place
or his own family, -and to take copies of them with
his own hand 5,
Mr. Peck concluded a laborious, and, it may be
affirmed, an uſeful life, wholly devoted to Antiquarian
purſuits, July 9, 1743, at the age of 61 years; and,
by his laſt will, dated July 17, 1742, directed his body
to be buried, without any funeral pomp or vain need.
leſs expence, in the pariſh church of Godeby, if he
ſhould die there, juſt within the South door, on the
left hand behind the door ©; the coffin to be carried
by four poor men of Godeby, and two of Eaſtwell,
who were each to have 25, 6d. He gaye alſo 203.
more to the poor of Godeby, and 10s. to the poor of
Eaſtwell; and requeſted that the Rev. Mr, Edward
Dixon, vicar of Buckminſter, and the Rev. Mr. Francis
Stephenſon, vicar of Awſton, would attend the fu-
neral, and, meeting his corpſe in the church-yard in
ſurplices, one of them read the burial-ſervice in the
church, the other in the church-yard ; each of
them to have a ſcarf, hatband, gloves, and a ring of
20. value, inſcribed with his name. He left to Anne
his wife £.400; a ſilver tankard, a freehold houſe at
Byſbrooke, co. Rutland, his larger picture and her
own, both by Mr. Collins, and ſuch goods as were not
otherwiſe.diſpoſed of. To Francis his fon C. 200; his
ſmaller picture by Mr. Collins, his two-eared ſilver
cup, his ſilver ſpurs, all his gowns and caffocks, his
organ, and all his books both printed and written
(except the remaining copies of his own printed works,
which are ordered to be ſold), defiring him not to
part with the ſame till he ſhall be 30 years of age,
when it is preſumed he may be better able to judge
of them 7. To Anne his daughter £.400. a freehold
houſe at Stamford, and his picture by Mr. Highmore.
To his fiſter-in-law, Hannah Curtis, three freehold
houſes at Stamford; with the pictures of our Saviour,
the Bleſſed Virgin, and Queen Elizabeth, which hung
in her room at Godeby. He left alſo a ſmall re-
membraace to his aunts Mary Jephſon, Hannah Jeph-
ſon, Grace Jephſon, and Anne Lea; and to his ne-
phews Robert and James Peck.
On the death of Mr. Peck, his widow retired to Har-
laxton, in Lincolnſhire, where ſhe was living in 1755.
By this lady, who was the daughter of Mr. Curtis“
of Stamford, he had two ſons; Francis, born at King's
Cliff in 1720, afterwards rector of Gunby, near Coll-
terworth, co. Lincoln, who died in 1749; Tho-
mas, baptiſed at Godeby, March 22, 1726, who died
young, and was buried at Wymondham; and one
daughter, Anpe, baptiſed Jan. 30, 1731; now [1794]
the ' widow of Mr. Jobn Smalley, lately an eminent
farmer and grazier, at Stroxton, in Lincolnſhire, who
died in September 1793, in conſequence of a worlt-
fication which began in his hand, ſhattered ſome littk
time before by the burſting of a gun.
s father and brother. —1n a note
M £MoIRS
FRaMLAND HUNDRED.]
S0 DEE NT.
295
Memo1ss of the Family of WYCUE, compiled by Mr. Pecx in 1741 f with ſome Additions, 1794.
For the name, there was antiently a province in
Mercia, called Wiccia, and the people Miccii; the
capital of which province was Worceſter *,
The word Wit, in German, is ſaid to ſignify a bay,
a creak, or winding of a ſea, or river?; in Saxon,
ſometimes a bay, and ſometimes a caſtle*; and the
ſalt-pits in Worceſterſhire and Cheſhire were, by the
old Engliſh, called Wiches, or ſalt-holes +; and in
both theſe ſhires we find many conſiderable perſons
of the name of Myche.
Of theſe, the firſt is, Peter de Wycha, who, in
1159, was one of the witneſſes to the convention be-
tween Roger, prior of Malvern, co. Wigorn, and
William Burdet, founder of Waucot-abbey, co. War-
wick, which he made a cell to Malvern 5.
The next is Saint Richard de la Wiche, who was
born at Wiche (Droitwiche); educated firſt at Oxford,
then at Paris, then at Bononia, then at Orleans ; at
his return, made chancellor. to St. Edmund, arch-
biſhop of Canterbury, and at length chancellor of
the univerſity of Oxford “; afterwards provided to
the biſhoprick of Chicheſter by the pope, and conſe-
crated by the holy father himſelf on the firſt Sunday
in Lent, 1247 7. He ſo governed the charge com-
mitted to him, that all men reverenced him very
greatly, not only for his great learning, but much
more for his diligence in preaching z and, above all,
for his integrity of life and converſation . He died
the 2d or 3d of April, 1253, in the 56th year of his
age, arid was buried in his own cathedral ®. He was
canonized in 1262, the form whereof, with the office
appointed to be uſed on his feſtival, may be ſeen
among the MSS. in the library of Corpus Chriſti col-
lege, Oxford, N* 154 ; and on the 16th of the kalends
of July, 1276, his body was taken up from' the place
where it was firſt buried, and put into a rich brine.
The ceremony of this tranſlation was performed by
Robert, archbiſhop of Canterbury, in the preſence of
king Edward I. and of all the nobility and prelates
of England. His life was written by Ralph Bocking,
a Dominican“; an abridgement whereof by Mr.
Elmer (as alſo his laſt will) may be ſeen in the library
of Trinity college, Cambridge, MSS. Ne 262.
Barnes ** has a Thomas Wicke, an eſquire of Eng-
land, who, in 1373, 47 Edward III. was kept by
the duke of Bretagne (John Montfort, ſon-in-law to
the king), captain of his ſtrong caſtle of Hennebond,
whilſt he himſelf took refuge a while in England for
fear of being betrayed by his own people into the
hands of the French king. Sir Bertram de Clequin,
conſtable of France, having a deſign againſt this for-
treſs, fir Robert Knolles, the duke's lieutenant in Bre-
tagne, ſent to his aſſiſtance fir T homas Prior, a valiant
knight. The conſtable, coming to the ſiege with a
= force, made a vow, he would ſleep that night in
the caſtle, and threatened them, townſmen and all,
with death, if they any way aſſiſted the caſtle. The
ſoldiers, however, under their two captains, defended
themſelves valiantly, and, being taken by eſcalade,
vere all put to the ſword, excepting only thoſe two *.
The next of this family whom ] read of, is another
John Wicliff. The anſwer of this Richard, to the
articles objected againſt him, may be ſeen among ſir
Thomas Bodley's MSS. at Oxford 4, and his recantation
in the King's library, at St. James's, MSS. No 349.
The next is another Richard, called Richard |
Wyche of Wico: Malbano *5, that is, Wyche Malbanc,
(ſo named from William Malbedeng, or Malbancy
who had that place given him by the Conqueror *5)
now Nantwiche, in Cheſhire. He had iſſue, |
Sir Hugh Wyche, mercer, ſheriff of London in
1444, and lord-mayor in 14618, died in 1466,
and was buried at St, Margaret's, Lothbury, where,
before the fire, he had a fair monument, fignifying,
that he gave to his third wife C. 3000. and to poor
maids marriages zoo marks 9. After his death, the
lady Wyche brought an action in the king's bench
againſt the parſon of St. Margaret's, for that the ſaid
parſon had taken away a coat of arms and certain
penons, with the arms of fir Hugh Wyche, her late
huſband, and a ſword, forth of the chapel, where the
ſaid Hugh was buried *? This lady was buried in
St. Dionis Backchurch, to which ſhe gave lands for
ſermons, &c. *
The next of this family whom I read of, is father
Richard Wyche, a Ciftercian monk, of Whalley
abbey, co. Lancaſter ; who, in 1521, then ſtudying
in St. Bernard's college, Oxford, went out B. D. in
that univerſity **.
The next I read of is John, a ſecular, ſome time
maſter of St. Peter's college, at Lingfield, Surrey,
where he lies buried, with this inſcription :
Hic jacet Dfius Johannes Wyche, quondam Magiſter
iſtius Collegii Sancti Petr, de Lynfield ; qui obiit xii
Die Mau, a? Dn JN.CCCCXLA. cujus anime pro-
pitietur Deus. Amen *.
The next is Richard Wyche, of Davenham, co.
Cheſhire. He had iſſue, ,
Sir Richard Wyche, of London, merchant, who
married Elizabeth, daugktter of fir Richard Salting-
ſtall, knight, lord-mayor of London, by whom he
had twelve ſons, and fix daughters. He died Nov. 20,
1621, and lies buried at St. Dunſtan's in the Eaſt,
where, before the fire, he had a fair monument in the
North aile of the chancel *5 :
Here lyeth the body of Richard Wyche,
merchant and citizen of Londen, *
free of the Company of Skinners :
amongſt whom (having born all Offices),
his Life and Carriage was exemplary.
He married Elizabeth, |
the daughter of fir Richard Saltingſtall, knight,
ſome time alderman and mayor
of this honourable City of London ;
by whom he had iſſue, 12 ſons and 6 daughters,
viz. Richard s, Thomas, Suſan, Daniel, George,
Samuel, Peter, Elizabeth, James, Mary,
Anne“, Edward, Julius, William, Henry,
Abigail, Nathaniel **, Rebecca.
* [4 deceaſed,
8} living;
Richard, called Richard de Lollard, a contemporary, ö deceaſed,
and, in all probability, a companion of the famous 8 4 | living.
Camden, ed. Gibſon, vol. I. p. 617. * Tbid. p. 220. 460. 3 Ibid. p. 327. © Thid. p. 617.
g Mon, Angl, vol. I. p. 367. b. Godwin de Præſulibus Angl. p. 553. 7 Anglia Sacra, vol. I. p. 492.
© Godwin, ibid. 9 Ibid, & Angl. Sacra, vol. I. p. 494. Wharton, vol. I. p. 502.
Godwin, pred.
In huperoo Bibl. Bodl. codex MS. N* 154+
Fi Stow, p. 505. a. 3 Ibid. p. $68. b.
See more of this cafe, under Edmondthorpe, p. 180,
as Antiquities of Surrey, vol. III. p.61. *+ Inſcript. tumuli D. Petri nepotis, infra,
6H
ſireet-yard, London, Gwillim's Diſplay of Heraldry, p. 384.
Life of King Edward III. p. 853.
15 Stow, p. 888. a.
13 Ibid. p. 854.
1% Camden, vol II. p. 675. a.
9 Ibid. p. 292. a.
2 Ibid. p. 218. ?2 Faſti Oxon, vol. I. p. 31.
** Stow's Survey, vol. I. B. II. p. 49.
ichard, alderman, and brother to ſir Peter, left Edith his daughter and heir, wife to Dr. John Sympſon, of Cheſter-
* Anne was ſecond wife to Robert Charlton, of Whitton, in Salop, eſq. and had only one daughter, who left iſſue Lettice,
married to John Bright, of Acton, in the ſame county, eſq.
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- Rocheſter, is one, intituled, ** The Pious Votary and Prudent Traveller, characterized in a Funeral Sermon, occaſioned by the
Voyage of Nathaniel Wyche, eſq. Preſident to the Eaſt Indies, preached in the Church of St, Dionis Backchurch, London,
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206 HISTORY and ANT IOUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
He yielded his ſoul in peace to his Maker,
the 2oth of November,
after 67 years pilgrimage here amongſt men ;
whoſe latter years were beſtowed
in expectation of his end,
expreſt in ſettling his eſtate here on earth,
and in preparation of his ſoul for Heaven,
where it now remains in peace and happineſs.”
Peter, ſixth ſon of Richard aforeſaid, was a mer-
chant, afterwards knighted, made one of the gentle-
men of the privy-chamber to king Charles I. and
for twelve years his ambaſſador * at Conſtantinople ?,
being the eighth in number of thoſe Engliſh gentle-
men, who had been veſted with that charaCter*. This
fir Peter married Janes, daughter of fir William Me-
redith, of Wrexham, co. Denbigh, knight ©, pay-
maſter in the reigns of queen Elizabeth and king
James I. of their majeſties army. In 1633, while fir
Peter was ambaſſador, happened that dreadful fire at
Conſtantinople, which conſumed 70,000 houſes 7.
Sultan Amurath IV. in his letters to king Charles,
according to the flouriſhing way of the Eaſt, ſtyles
this fir Peter © one of the chief of your moſt
eſteemed, fir Peter Wyche *.” And again, © your
ambaſſador, the honoured amongſt the people of the
Meſſiah, the eſteemed and famous lord, and your truſty
fir Peter Wyche, whoſe end be happy 9. And again,
* the moſt honourable among the Chriſtian lords, fir
Peter Wyche, your ambaſſador .“ The ſaid Sultan,
at the inſtance of fir Peter, for a while took off the
narge, or cuſtom, on all Engliſh cloth brought into
Turkey **. How it came afterwards to be laid on
again, thoſe, who then began to make up two ſorts of
Colcheſter bays, would (if alive) be beſt able to
relate,
While fir Peter was thus ambaſſador at the Porte,
his lady being there with him, the favourite Sultana
queen deſired one day to ſee her, whom ſhe had heard
ſo much talk of, Whereupon lady Wyche (accom-
panied with her waiting-women, all neatly dreſſed in
their great verdingals, which was then the court
faſhion,) attended her highneſs. The Sultana re-
ceived and entertained her very reſpectfully; but
withal, wondering at her great and ſpacious hips,
aſked, whether all Engliſh women were ſo made and
ſhaped about thoſe parts? To which lady Wyche
anſwered, * that they were all made as other women ;”
and ſhewed her the fallacy of her apparel : at which
the Sultana, who verily believed it had been her na-
rural and real ſhape, was with much difficulty con-
vinced of the truth *. |
After his returns, fir Peter was made comptroller
of the houſhold and a privy-counſellor; and, as ſuch,
ſigned the king's declaration, bearing date June 15,
1642, diſavowing any intention of war . He was a
very honeſt, plain man (faith the Noble Hiſtorian),
and gratified fir Thomas Jermyn very liberally for his
white ſtaff, when the Court was very low. The
plain Engliſh whereof, as I am told by a deſcendant
of his, is, that he lent the king £.30,000; and, dying
ſoon after, thereby much hurt himſelf and family 20.
This fir Peter died at Oxon, in the beginning of
December, and was buried on the 7th of the ſame
month, 1643, in the South aile adjoining to the choir
of Chriſt Church there“; leaving then behind him
Zane, a davghter, married to fir John Grenvile earl
of Bath“, by whom he had iſſue five ſons and eleven
daughters; whereof Jane was married to William s
ſecond ſon of fir Thomas Gower; and Grace, to
George, eldeſt ſon of Philip, ſon and heir of fir
George Carteret **; and Peter and Cyrill, both after-
wards knighted. His monument has this inſcription ;
% PD. Petro Wyche **, Eq. Aur.
Ric. F. Ric. N.
Ex Davenham, in com. Ceſtriz oriundo,
Per ann. x11 ad Portam Ottoman. legato ;
Sacri hoſpitii Contra-Rotulatori ;
Divo Carolo a ſecretioribus conſiliis:
Flagrante Bello Civili, a Regis Domini ſui, latere
Sola morte divulſo, An. Dom. cr1910cxLIN,
- Janzque ejus uxori prudenti, filiæ
D. Gul. Meredith, de Wrexham, in com. Denbigh,
Eq. Aur.
Numerosa prole beatis (e quibus ſuperſunt ſolum
Jana, comitiſſa Bathon. Petrus, & Cyrillus, Eq. Aur.)
comitibus in vita individuis, & tantum non in morte,
(üſdem nempe die, hora, loco, & morbo correpris),
ſed non, nifi poſt triſtem hujusxv 11 annorum viduitatem,
Hoc tandem tumulo iterum unitis,
ſimulque in cœlum migraturis,
parentibus charifhimis
P.
Cyrillus *.“
I come now to his eldeſt ſon, Peter, and his de-
ſcendants, the ſenior branch of this family, This
Peter was born in London, admitted gentleman com-
moner of Exeter college, Oxon, April 29, 1643, aged
fifteen years; left the ſaid houſe in October 1644,
went to Trinity hall in Cambridge“; there took the
degree of M. A.; and afterwards travelled. Soon
after the reſtoration of king Charles II. he re-
ceived the honour of knighthood ; was incorporated
M. A. of Oxon, 1663 (being then alſo F. R. S.), and
was afterwards employed in ſeveral embaſſies; as en-
voy to the court of Muſcovy in 1669**, and arrived at
Riga on the 1ſt of May (on his way to which place he
was complimented by the magiſtrates of Dantzick ;
entertained at Coningſberg by the elector of Branden-
burg ; and honourably treated through the territories
of the duke of Courland ), reſident at Hamburgh,
&c. from which laſt he returned in 168 1%. This
fir Peter firſt invented the geographical cards, in 52
copper plates. He alſo tranſlated the Life of Don
. John de Caſtro, viceroy of India, wherein are ſeen
the Portugueſe Voyages, Diſcoveries, and Conquelts,
in the Eaſt-Indies, by Jacintho Freire, of Andrada,
into Engliſh ; Lond. 1664, fol. Likewiſe, a ſhort re-
lation of the river Nile “; from a Portugueſe MS. (at
the deſire of the Royal Society), Lond. 1669, 8vo.*
* Continuation of Knowles's Hiſtory of the Turks, printed as an Appendix to the ſaid Hiſtory, as collected out of the diſ-
patches of fir Peter Wyche, by Thomas Nabbes, p. 10.
* Sir Peter ſucceeded fir Thomas Rowe, as ambaſſador at the Porte, in 1628, Knolles's Hiſtory of the Turks, p. 1497.
3 Inſcript. tumuli. * Nabbes, p. 10.
5 Jane was ſiſter to ſir William Meredith, of Henſley, in Denbigh, bart. which title expired in his deſcendant the late fir
Roger Meredith, of Leeds-abbey, in Kent, bart,
5 2 tumuli, 7 Nabbes, p. 20. * Knowles, p. 1429. 9 Nabbes, p. 3. Ibid. p. 42» ** Ibid. p. 6.
ihro-metamorph, by John Bulwer, M. D. Lond. 1653, 4to, p. 547.
'3 From Sir Peter's diſpatches were chiefly collected the additions made to Knolles's Hiſtory of the Turks from 1618 to 1637.
Ath. Oxon. vol. I. p. 363.
1% Ex informatione Petri Wyche, arm.
'4 Clarendon, vol. I. p. 636.
*7 Dugd. Bar, vol. II. p. 480.
15 Ibid. vol. II. p. 205.
Sir John Grenville was made earl of Bath for his eminent ſervices in the buſineſs of the king's reſtoration, and was the
perſon he intruſted with his private meſſage to general Monk, and afterwards with his public letters to both houſes of parlia-
ment, &c. He had alſo a warrant under the privy-ſeal, that, in caſe general Monk died without ifſue, the title of duke of
Albemarle ſhould deſcend to the ſaid earl. Collins's Peerage, vol. IV. p. 428.
9 Sir William Leveſon Gower, bart. grand-father to John the firſt lord Gower.
20 George, firſt lord Carteret, father to John the late lord.
Theſe two had the Bath eſtate,
1 Sir Peter died Dec. 8, and his lady the day after, at the duke of Ormond's. Letters by Carte, vol. I. p. 26.
Le Neve's Mon. Angl. vol, IV. p. 211.
This Peter bad a grace at Cambridge for B. A, June 2, 1645, as a member of Queen's College, though he might remove
to 'I'rinity Hall, incorporated at Oxon July 14, 1663, where he had been firſt of Exeter college.
* Ath. Oxon. vol. II. p. 954. See more of him in the Life of Greaves, vol. I. p. vii. 434. 436.
*5 Kennet, vol, III. p. 296, a.
2% Ath. Oxon. ibid.
#7 This relation of the Nile was republiſhed lately; and in a preface ſome inſinuations are thrown out on Mr, Bruce, as
having availed himſelf of the work without acknowledgement,
2 Ath, Oxon, ibid,
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FRAMLAND HUN DRE D.]
He married Iſabella, daughter of ſir Robert Bolles,
of Scampton, co. Lincoln, baronet, (by Mary *,
daughter of fir Edward Huſſey, of Hunington, co.
Lincoln, bart.) and had iſſue, 1. John; 2. Bernard,
2 merchant (of whom hereafter) ;* 3. Peter, who
died at Cambray, unmarried z 4. George, a merchant,
who died at Pondicherry, unmarried.
Of theſe, John, the eldeſt, was envoy extraordinary
at Hamburgh ; married Betheſda, daughter of Mr.
Savage; and had ifſue, Cyrill, and a daughter Sophia,
the wife + of Dr. John Thomas, ſome time preacher to
the Engliſh merchants at Hamburgb; who was after-
ward rector of St. Vedaſt, Forſter-lane ; and dean of
Peterborough ; elected, but not conſecrated, biſhop
of St. Aſaph, 1743 3 being almoſt immediately tranſ-
lated thence to Lincoln, and to Saliſbury in 1761.
He died in 17665. :
Cyrill Wyche, eſq. only ſon and heir, was, at the
age of nineteen, appointed reſident at Hamburgh by
queen Anne; ſent by king George I. his miniſter to
the Circle of Lower Saxony, and afterwards his en-
voy extraordinary to the ſaid Circle, and by his late
majeſty advanced Dec. 20, 1729, to the dignity of a
baronet. He continued reſident to the Hans Towns
many years, and was afterwards envoy extraordinary
to the court of Ruſſia. Sir Cyrill married Anne,
daughter of Mr. Magnus Wedderkop, firſt miniſter
to the late duke of Holſtein, by whom he had iſſue
two ſons, Magnus, an enſign in the army, who died
unmarried in the 22d year of his age, 1740; and
John, who died young; and two daughters, Frederica
and Amelia; the eldeſt of which was married to Mr.
Holmer, counſellor of ſtate to the duke of Holſtein.
Bernard, ſecond ſon of the ſecond fir Peter Wyche,
was an Eaſt-India merchant, and ſettled at Surat,
where he married Elizabeth, daughter of an Engliſh
merchant of that place. This lady was afterwards
married to Mr. John Robinſon, another Engliſh mer-
chant there,
They had iflue, Peter, born Dec. 25, 1708, at
Surat, which he left at a very early period of lite;
and was educated, at the Charter-houſe, London, and
at Jeſus College, Cambridge. Inheriting from his
father a handſome fortune, he ſpent a conſiderable
time in foreign travels; and, on his return, ſettled at
" Blomefie!d, vol. I. p. 49r.
* Ex inform, Peter Wyche, arm.
G O DE B V.
207
Godeby Maureward, the lordqſhip of which town he
purchaſed in 1735 of the heirs of Samuel Lowe, eſq.
of that place; and had a handſome ſeat there, for
the moſt part of his own building. Mr. Wyche, who
was high ſheriff of the county in 1941, was very
ingenious ; made diamonds in ſuch perfection, that a
nag at Bath had nearly parted with a ring of
our or five hundred pounds value for his of twent
pounds; and was alſo particularly well-{killed in the
dottrine of mechaniſm. Dr. Stukeley, in 1760, ad-
dreſſed a paper to him, on a new method of con-
ſtructing arches, © having been long acquainted with
his ſagacity in the improvement of building without
timber, and making arch-work of the moſt commo-
dious form; the one for prevention of fire *, the
other in lefſening weight, and many other curious
contrivances of the like nature ?.”
Mr. Wyche died Nov. 1, 1763, in his 55th year,
By Elizabeth, his wife, only daughter of Mr.
John Browne, of Boſton, co. Lincoln, merchant (by
Mary his wife), he had two ſons, Peter, born
March 3, 1740-41; who died Jan. 16, 1757; and
John, who was promoted Jan. 26, 1768, from a cor-
netcy, to be a heutenant and adjutant, in che horſe-
guards; but died ſoon after, of a violent fever, at the
age of 24. Mr, Wyche had allo two daughters, one
of whom died before him. His widow reiided tome
time in Great Ormond-ftreet; and, after having long
languiſhed under a cancerous complaint, died, Feb. 25,
1784, at Bedgbury in Kent, the fz2t of John Cartier,
eſq. leaving one daughter, who, being both deaf and
dumb, was commined by her mother to the care of her
friend Mrs. Cartier, ſiſter to the Rev. Dr. Law, arch-
deacon of Rocheſter ; their father, Stephen Lav, efq.
having been many years governor of Bombay.
We come now to Cyril}, ſecond fon of the firſt fir
Peter Wyche above mentioned, and his deſcendants,
the junior branch of this family. This Cyrill was
born at Conſtantinople, when his father was ambaſſa-
dor there, and had his name from his godfather,
Cyrill Lucar, or in Latin Cyrillus Lucaris, the learned
and worthy Greek patriarch, who was afterwards
murdered through the intrigues of the Jeſuits ®. This
Cyrill, the patriarch “e, by the way, was a good man,
who employed one Nicodemus Metexa, a caloyer, or
monk,
Le Neve, MSS. vol. II. p. 80.
* She was his ſecond wife, and left no iſſue,
5 See a moſt excellent ſtory of this moſt excellent ſtory-teller and a Lutheran pariſh prieſt near Hamburgh, Gent. Mag.
vol. LIV. p. 80; and other particulars of him, vol. LIII. pp. 463. 1008. G. A.
* Some letters on the tubje&, which paſſed between Mr. Wyche and the count of Eipie, were printed in“ The Manner of
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ſecuring all Sorts of Brick-buildings from Fire; or a Treatiſe on the Conſtruction of Arches made with Bricks and Plaſter,
called Flat-arches, and of a Roof without Timber, called a Bricked-roof.“ See Monthly Review, 1766, p. 234. Mr. Beckford,
who in 1755 (fee Gent. Mag. vol. XXV. p. go) ſuffered much by fire, was defirous of re-tuilding his houfe at Fonthill,
on the plan laid down by the count D'Eſpie; and this pamphlet contains the correſpondence which enſued on that ſubject
between our author and Mr Wyche, who wrote to the count, at Mr. Beckford's detire, for inſtructions, and for workmen
who had been uſed to conſtruct ſuch buildings. Whether Mr. Beckford did actually put this ſcheme in execution, and how
tar it might anſwer his expectations, we are not informed; but the deſign appears to be very curious; and to have been ſuc-
ceisfully tried in France.“ Monthly Review, vol. XXXIV. p. 234.
' Gent, Mag. vol. XXX. p. 364. See his epitaph, with thoſe of his father and brother, p. 199.
Fadi Oxon, vol, II. p. 163. |
© 4+ Mr, Peck having mentioned this Cyrill the patriarch (from whom, I find, they derive that name), I ſhall make ſome
addition to his account, as he was the greateſt man, perhaps, which the Greek church has produced in its fallen ſtate. He
wiz, At 12 years of age, ſent to ſtudy at Padua in Italy; and, when he had finiſhed his ſtudies, travelled into Germany,
v here he joived with the Proteſtants, whoſe ſpirit and doctrine he carried with him into Greece He was afterwards ſent into
Loland by Meletius Piga, patriarch of Alexandria, to traverſe the Union, which ſome of the Greek biſhops in Lithuania
deſigned to make with the church of Rome. On his return to Greece, he found Meletius at the point of death, who was
then at Conſtantinople, and performed the functions of patriarch, Cyrill himſelf having ſome years before this been choſen
Patriarch of Alexandria in his room, He was at laſt choſen patriarch of Conſtantinople 1621, in which office he had ſcarce
continued one year, before the zeal of ſome of his falſe brethren, joined to the artifices of the French ambaſſador, for the
inte.eſt of the church of Rome, occaſioned his being banifſted. He was ſoon bowever reſtored, at the inſtance of the Englith
ambaſſador (fir Peter probably), but was continually perſecuted by the ſame party, and ſeveral times diſpoſlefled of the pa-
tarchal dignity ; and at length, when nothing could ſhake his principles and conſtancy, they procured him to be tent priſoner
to a caſtle on the Black-ſea, where he was ſtrangled, June 27, 1638, Dupin's Hiſtory of the Church, vol, IV. p. 256, &c.
Dupin, as a Popiſh writer, is to be referred to for only the former part of this account; ſee for the other the account of
this Cyrill in Collyer and Bayle. Dupin obſerves, p. 265, that with thoſe types Mctaxa brought from England he propoſed
to ptint Catechiſms agreeable to his own principles ; and that Metaxa himſelf had printed in England a book, containing the
faith and doctrine in the Greek Church, compoſed by Cyrill, and dedicated to king Charles I. It was Cyrill who recovered
the firſt and part of the ſecond Epiſtle of St. Clement, to the Corinthians, which were read in churches in the Council of
Laodicea, A. D. 364, and ſent it as a preſent to that prince, after it had ſo long been given over as loſt, He ſeat alio to
th Lond the Pentateuch, with the various marks invented by Origen, now in the Bodleian library, He preſented to
ing Charle
, s J. the beautiful MS. of the Old and New Teſtament, which belonged to the patriarchs of Alexandria, whence
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brought it on his advancement to the ſee of Conſtantinople. He was firangled inthe, boat. as ſoon as he had well put
off towards the caltle,
and in fight of the ſhore, There are ſome things in, his death« miich to his honour, and worth re—
cording,” (From a MS. note, by the Rev. Robert Smith, rector of Woodſton, in Huntingdonſhire, ſent to Mr. Wotton
as a continuation of the article it illuſtrates,)—* Cyrillus Lucaris, bort at Crete, 1572, was a man of extenſive learning
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monk, of Cephalonia, to buy a fount of Greek types
in England, and therewith ſet up a Greek preis at
Conſtantinople, for the benefit of his own nation.
There they printed Biſhop Jewel's Apology, tranſlated
into Greek, and divers other pieces; which (with a
famous MS. of Photius, ſome time patriarch of Con-
ſtantinople, and the only copy of that book in the
world, given the Englith embaſſador by a Greek
biſhop, as the greateſt rarity of the Eaſt, and by him
entruſted with Mataxa, to be tranſcribed by his dea-
cons; that, having double copies, ſo great riches
might not periſh in one bottom) were, by the con-
trivance of the Jeſuits, all ſeized by rhe vizier; and,
though the printed books and types were atterwards
reſtored, yet this MS. (which conſiſted of lectures,
determinations, and other diſcourſes againſt the church
of Rome) could never be recovered. The ambaſſador
moved the vizier, who uſed all his power; and the
patriarch publiſhed an excommunication for many
months, if perchance any Greek had bought it of the.
ſoldiers, to return it, but in vain *.
We return to Cyrill his godſon; who went out M.A.
of Chriſt Church, Oxford, in the times of the uſucr-
pation; was afterwards knighted, ſecretary to the
lieutenancy in lreland, F. R. S. and created LL. D.
1665, at which time he was a burgeſs in parliament
for Kellington, in Cornwall *; as he was for Eaſt
Grinſted in 1681; for Salraſh 1685 ; and for Preſton
1702. In the beginning of July 1693, the lord
Capel, fir Cyrill Wyche, and William Duncombe, eſq.
were conſtiruted lord juſtices of Ireland“; and, in
' 1700, the ſaid fir Cyrill was, by the then Engliſh
and diſcipline, of the Proteſtant and Roman churches,
This prelate declared openly, and indeed with more courage than pru-
houſe of commons, appointed one of the thirteen
truſtees, to ſee to the reſumption of the forfeited
eltates in Ireland.
'This fir Cyrill purchaſed Poyning manor, in the
pariſh of Hockwold, co. Norfolk; with dive:s other
manors there; and dying Dec. 29, 170), was buried
in St. James's church, Weſtminſter. He had three
wives; 1. » daughter of fir Thomas Jermyn;
2 , reli& of fir Herbert Perrott, of Haroldſtone,
co. Pembroke; 3. „daughter of Evelyn,
of „Surrey, efq. 7
Fermyn W yche, eſq. a ſon by the firſt wife, married
Mary, only daughter of John and Mary Hungerford.
He was M. P. tor Fowey 1713; died Jan. 7, 1719,
and was buried at Hockwold, where he hath a ncat
monument, with this inſcription :
« Jermyn Wyche, armiger,
Cyrilli Wyche, militis, filius;
qui uxorem duxit Mariam Hungertord,
unicam Marie ct Johannis ſiliam,
virtotum, et rei ex quo hæredem;
de qua tres, qui ſuperſunt, ſuſcepit liberos,
Vir ſciens, prudenſque legum vindex acerrimus,
obiit )“ Jan. 1719.
Hoc marmor, pietatis et amoris ergo, poſuerunt
Maria Wyche, filia & uxor s.“
The iſſue of this Jerinyn Wyche were,
Cyrill Wyche, of Hockwold, eſq. high ſheriff of
Norfolk in 1729; and two daughters, Catharine,
married to the Rev. Robert Wright, rector of Herling,
in Norfolk; and Mary, to Robert Clough, of Felt-
well, in the ſame county, eſq. all living in 1741 9.
dence, that he had a ſtrong propenſity to the religious ſentiments of the Engliſh and Dutch churches, and had conceived the
deſign of reforming the doctrine, and ritual, of the Greeks, and bringing them nearer to the purity, and ſimplicity, of the Goſs
pel. This was ſufficient to render the venerable patriarch odious to the friends of Rome; and accordingly the Jeſuits, ſe-
conded by the credit, and influence, of the French embaſſador, and aſſiſted by the treacherous ſtratagems of ſome perfidious
Greeks, continued to perplex, and perſecute, the good man in various ways, and at length accompliſhed his ruin ; for, by the
help of falſe witneſſes, they obtained an accuſation of treaſon againſt him; in conſequence of which he was put to death, in the
year 1638, by order of the emperor. The confeſſion of faith drawn up by him, dedicated to James I. and intended to be
p.inted in England, afterwards at Conſtantinople in Metaxa's Greek preſs, and dedicated to Charles I. was publiſhed in Hol-
land 1645, and was again printed in Aymon's * Monumens authentiques de la religion des Grecs,” p. 237. By this confeſſion, it
appears evidently that he had a ſtronger inclination toward the doctrine of the Reformed Church than to that which was com-
monly received among the Greeks, Nor was he ill-affected towards the Lutherans, fince he addreſſed ſeveral letters to the
Swediſh clergy about this time, and ſolicited their friendſhip, as appears by Archenholtz's ** Memoires de la Reine Chr ſtine,“
vol. I. p. 486 ; vol. II. Appendix, p. 113. Aymon has publiſhed in the work already referred to (p. 1—199), twenty-ſeven
letters to the clergy of Geneva and other doctors of the Reformed Churches; in which his religious ſentiments are more
plainly deſcribed. The author of“ Voyage dans la Suiſſe Occidentale,” 1781, 4 vols. 8vo. vol, II. p. 6. mentions the appli-
cation from this Cyrill Lucaris to the churches of England, Holland, and Switzerland, to bring them into an union with the
Greek church. He miſcalls him Laſcaris ; and repreſents him as a turbulent ſchemer, and a great intriguer, who was plotting
to deliver Cyprus to the Engliſh. But this jeems a miſrepreſentation, and contrary to the general character given by all
others who mention him. See more of him in Greaves's Miſcellaneous Works and Konig's Bibliotheca. What follows is the
MS addition of Abednego Sellers to his copy of the latter book, in the poſſeſſion of G. A. Cyrillus Lucaris, Patr, C. P.
confethonem fidei Grzce & Latine; ſeripſit etiam Epp. ad Vytenbogard, &c. homilias quarum Frr. E. in Synodo Bethlehemi—
tica, quæ Synodus, ſanctiſſime mihi affirmavit D. D. Huntingdon, ſeriptis mandata fuit Pariſiis, tandem Hieroſ. miſſa, ut calculo
epiſcoporum Grr. i. e. Grzcorum, firmaretur, In Cyrillum Lucarim invehit Peter Arcuolius, Ep. Ded. ante lib. 7 de concordia.
Patriarcha Timotheo C. l“ vi veneni extincto, alium quendam Cyrillum pſeudopatriarcham Alexandrinum, furiz alumnum, vans
xopao; xaxoy wory ſolutà Turcarum Imperatori pecunia obtruſit. V. loc, Our learned countryman Dr Pococke was particularly
happy in this prelate's favour, and drew up an account of his untimely end, which being accidentally loſt, he communicated a
verbal account of it to Dr. Smith, who publiſhed from it.“ Narratio de vita, ſtudiis, geſtis, & martyrio Cyrilli Lucaris,” which
makes the zd part of his Miſcellanea” publiſhed at London 1689; as alſo by Hettinge, in his Analecta Hiſtorico- Theologica
Appendic. Diſſert. vol. VIII. p. 550 ;” and ſeparately, under the title of . Collectanea de Cyrillo Lucari, Lond. 1707,” 12mo,
which he thus concludes : ** Cyrillum Lucarim, ob inculpatos mores, nullis probris commaculatos, & ob acerbiſſimas vitz ca-
lamitates & cruentam mortem, quam obiit religionis evangelicz defendendz cauſi, quicquid cenſeat D. Arnoldus, & ſanctum
& martyrem habeo.” See Moſheim's Eccl. Hiſt, vol. IV. p. 402, 403. Biog. Brit, art, Edw. Pococke, vol. V. p. 3373. note
CJ. See alſo ** Lettres anecdotes de Cyrille Lucar patriarche de Conſtantinople, Amſt. 1717,” 4to; Sir Thomas Roe's Ne-
gotiations, 1740; & Colomeſii Clementis Romani Epiſtolæ, 1687, pp. 344+ 351. 350.
Knowles, p. 1491. * Ibid. p. 1493, 4. Faſti Oxon, ibid, EKennet, vol. III. p. 658. a, 5 Ibid. p. 781. 3.
© Blomefield, p. 491. 494. 7 Ex informatione Cyrill Wyche, de Hockwold, in com, Norf. arm,
* Blomefield ubi ſup. 9 Ex inform. prad.
jn antient writings called Hareby, Herdby, Herdeby,
Herteby, is bounded on the North by Plungar, on the
Eaſt by Stathern, on the South by Howes ; and on
the Weſt it ſeparates the counties of Leiceſter and
Nottingham. | ; ;
It is ſituated in the Vale of Belvoir, 44 miles South-
welt of Belvoir Caſtle; about 8 North-weſt from Mel-
ton Mowbray, the neareſt market-town ; 22 from
Leiceſter ; and, in the ecclefiaſtical diviſion of the
county, is within the deanry of Framland.
The lordſhip of Harby is deſcribed in Domeſday-
book as part of the poſſeſſions of Robert de Todeni,
containing fifteen ploughlands.
In the reign of the Confeſſor there were fourteen
ploughs here, the annual value being then four
pounds; which, at the time of the Conqueror's ſur-
vey, was increaſed to five pounds. Three ploughs
were employed in the lord's demeſne lands, and eight
bondmen; and twenty-four ſocmen, with ſeven villans
and three bordars, had thirteen ploughs. There was
a meadow, five furlongs long and four broad.
Gerard | de Fanecourt probably }, at the ſame period,
held under Robert de Buci one ploughland in Herteby,
of the annual value of five ſhillings, which was equal
to the employment of a ſingle plough ; and was oc-
cupied by two ſocmen and three bordars *.
From Robert de Todeni this manor deſcended to
the Albinis; and from them to the lords Ross.
On the aid granted to king Henry III, in 1235,
towards the marrying of his ſiſter to the emperor of
the Romans, Robert le Bret paid 2bs. 8d. for one
knight's fee which he held in Harby and Stathern ;
Geffrey de Fanecourt paid 20s. for three parts of a
knight's fee in Harby; and William Fitz Ralph 20d.
for a ſixteenth part of a knight's fee 4.
In the Teſta de Nevill, about the year 1240,
Harby was rated at 8 d. towards the ſherift's aid.
In 1247,“ Rogerus ſilius Gilberti, Willielmus filius
Radulphi, Thomas de Fancourt, & Walterus de
Hepſton, in miſericordia pro foſſato levato ad nocu-
mentum liberi tenementi Willielmi de Herdby 5.”
In the Itinerary of 1280, Harby, Stathern, and
Plungar, anſwered collectively as one vill.
In 1296, it appeared that the town of Hareby was
held in fee of the honour of Winton; that Thomas
Alveſ ni] held ſix virgates of land there of the heirs,
and the heirs of the king s.
In 1298, it was found that it would not be to the
damage of the king, or any other, if Lambert de Tre-
kingham were allowed to give 11 acres of land, with
the appurtenances, in Herdby, to William de Kilum,
parſon of the church of the Blefſed Virgin Mary of
Herdeby aforeſaid; and that the aforeſaid Lambert
held the ſaid 11 acres and two virgates of land in
Herdby of I[/abella de Ros, by homage and ſuir of
court at her court of Beauver from three wee ks to
three weeks, and by ſcutage 7.
_ In 1303, Richard de Hoiwell and Roger le Clerk, of
Ketelby, held the moiety of one knight's fre in Hole-
deceaſed .
About this period, the abbot and convent of Crex-
ten had ſome property in Harby, the gift of Ralph de
Bryton 9, Gerard de Fanecourt, William Fitzralph, and
Robert de Vaux.
Their regiſter ſhall deſcribe the particulars :
Habemus in Herdeby, de dono Radulphi Bryton,
dimidiam carucatam terre, cum tofto, in liberam &
Rot. 20 Edw. III.
1 See 1 xlix.
Inq, 24 Edw. I. in Scaccatio.
* Rot. Aux, 20 Edw. III.
4
well, Ketelby, and Herdeby, of Robert de Tateſhale,
2 Esch. 26 Edw. I. N” 67. Leic.
He is called d: Hres in the Appendix to Croxton Abbey, p. 101.
3 Eſch. 21 Ediy, III. N' 56. Leic,
*
*
perpetuam eleemoſinam, quam Oſbertus Trig tenuit,
Hanc dimidiam carucatam terre, cum tofto & crofto,
Walterus Bell de Herdeby & heredes ſui tenent de
nobis liberè & quiete, reddendo nobis annuatim 23. pro
omni ſervicio, ſalvo forinſeco.
« Item habemus, de dono Roberti de Vaus, unam
culturam, 7 ſeliones, in eadem villa, in liberam, pu-
ram, & perpetuam eleemoſinam, que jacent propri-
ores diviſe que eſt inter villam de Herdeby & Howes.
© Item habemus, de dono Gerardi de Fanecourt,
unam bovatam terre, & quinque acras prati, & paſtu-
ram ad duodecies viginti oves (vel ad pecudes &
animalia ad valentiam totidem ovium, fi oves non ha-
buimus) in paſtura demenii ſai in Herdeby, in puram
& perpetuam eleemoſinam. |
© Item habemus, de dono Willielmi, filii Willielmi,
filii Radulphi, homagium & totum ſervitium Ran-
dulphi Fabri & heredum ſuorum (mem', idem Ran-
dulphus & heredes ſui eidem Willielmo tenebantur pro
omnibus terris & tenementis quas de eodem Willielmo
tenent) in puram eleemoſinam. Hanc autem donati-
onem dominus Robertus de Ros nobis car à ſui con-
firmavit, in puram elcemoſinam. Iſtas autem terras &
tenementa predictus Radulphus & heredes ſui tenent
de nobis per cartam, reddendo nobis 4d. argenti ad
Pentecoſten, faciendo nobis ſervicia debita & conſueta.
Item obligationes inter Heliam de Fanecourt &
liberè tenentes ejuſdem ville & nos, de Humannam
ſuam nobis, nec nos illis.
ce Item Henricus de Herdeby, capellanus, dedit nobis
annuum redditum 6d. recipiendum annuutim die S.
Johannis Apoſtoli & Evangeliſte, per manum Willi-
elmi filii Gervaliii & heredum ſuorum, de 4 ſelionibus
terre & dimidia acra prati in Herdeby, in liberam,
puram, & perpetuam eleemoſinam.
ce Item habemus unam indenturam inter nos &
totam villam de Hemdeby, quod duas partes campi ſui
poſſint cole re & ſciare, prout eis viſum fuerit expediri,
non ob ſtantibus munimentis aliis quibuſcunque.”
In 1343, William de Ros of Hamlak died ſeiſed of
one knight's fee in Herdeby and Statherne, which
John de la Ware held; half a quarter of one knight's
tee in Herdeby, which Wiltam Fitz Kaiphb held;
and the advowſon of the church of Herdeby **.
In 1346, Jehn Drybic and Jobn Orreby (on the aid
then granted for knighting Edward of Woodſtock,
the king's eldeſt ſon) were aſſeſſed at 203. for half a
knight's fee in Abkettleby, Holwell, and Hardby,
parcel of the fee of Baſſet; William de Ros, 3os. for
three parts of one knight's fee in Bottesford, Nor-
manton, Redmile, Bark ſton, Plungar, and Herdby, of
the fee of Ros; Joan, relict of Fohn de la Marre, 205.
for half a knight's fee in Herdby and Statherne, par-
cel of the fee of Ros; Adam de Steyngrave, 205. for
a quarter of one knighr's fee in Herdby and Statherne,
parcel of the fee of Ros; and the prior of the hoſ-
pital of St. John of Jeruſalem 2 s. for a twentieth part
of one knight's tee in Herdby and Statherne, parcel
of the fee of Ros“.
William lord Ros was Jord of this manor in 1346;
and, in 1347, Jobn la Marre died ſeiſed of 1005. rent
(as of the inheritance of Joan his wite), at Herdby,
of the heir of William de Ros of Hamlake, by
knight's ſervice '*,
In 1363, Margaret (the widow of William de Ros
of Hamlake) died ſciſed of the advowlon of the
church of Herdeby; and of one knight's fee iu
Hardeby, which Jo la Warre held“.
" * Idem Robertus{de Todeni] tenet 17 carucatas terre in Herdebi, Tempore regis Edwardi erant ibi 14 cxruce, In dominico
ſunt 3, & 8 ſervi. Et 24 ſocmarni, cum 7 villanis et 3 bordariis, habent 13 carueas. Ibi pratum 5 quarentenarum longitu-
dinis, & 4 quarentenarum latitudinis, Valuit 4 ſolidos; modo 100 ſolidos. Domeſday, p. 233. b. col. 2. |
_ © Idem Glirardus] tenet de Rloberto de Buei] in Hertebi 1 carucatam terre, Letta eſt 1 caruce, Hane habuit ibi a
ſoemanni cum 3 bordariis, Valet 5 ſolidos.“ Ibid, p. 234. b. col. 1.
5 Placita anno 31 Hen. III. in Recepto Scaccarii.
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210 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
In 1370, fir Roger la Warre, knight, died ſeiſed of
a moiety of the manor of Herdeby, with the appur-
tenances, held under the lord de Ros by Knight's
ſervice z and Richard de Wathe held the other moiety
by the ſervice of one roſe. This Roger, by his laſt
will, directed his body to be buried in the abbey of
Swyneſhead, co. Lincoln, without pomp z appointing,
that, on his funcral-day, 24 torches ſhould be placed
about it, and two tapers, one at his head, and the
other at his feet; and alſo that his beſt horſe ſhould
be his principal (or mortuary) without any armour,
or man armed, according to the cuſtom of mean peo-
ple. He likewiſe bequeathed Z.100. ſterling to be
diſtributed amongſt poor people, not by penny-doule,
but that every perſon ſhould have half a mark whom
his executors ſhould think fit. Moreover, that all the
debts of John lord la Warre his grandfather, and the
lady Jane his wife, and likewiſe the debts of the lady
Margaret his mother, ſhould be duly paid. To Alia-
nore his wife he gave all the veſtments, books, and
other neceſſaries, belonging to his chapel ; willing
that, his debts and legacies firſt paid, the remainder
of his goods ſhould be divided into three parts; the
one part to be diſpoſed of for the health of his ſoul ;
the ſecond part to Alianore his wife; and the third
to Thomas, Edward, and John, his ſons *.
In 1394, Mary (the widow of John de Ros of
Hamlake, brother and heir of Jebn de Ros), died
ſeiſed of half a quarter of one knight's fee in Harby,
which divers tenants held *.
In 1396, it was found that Robert (fon of German.
Hauberk), an outlaw, was ſeiſed of one meſſuage, and
ſeven bovates of land, with the appurtenances, in
Herdeby ; which lands were held, part of the abbot
of Croxlon, and part of fir Thomas Weſt, knight (who
had acquired his property here by marriage with Joan,
the daughter of Roger lord la Nurre); and that Simon
Hauberk was the brother and heir of Robert aforeſaid⸗.
Sir Thomas Weſt, knight, died on Faſter-day 14035,
ſeiſed of the manor of Herdeby, with its appurte-
nances, held of the lord de Ros by knight's ſervice,
He bequeathed his body to be buried in the new
chapel in the miniter of Chriſt-Church Twyneham;
and to the work of that church £.1co. upon condi-
tion, that once in a year the canons of that monaſtery
ſhould keep ſolemnly the mind (i. e. the cbit) of
Thomas his father, Alice his mother, his own, and
Joane his wife's mind. He alſo bequeathed . 18.
18s. 4d. for 4,509 maſſes for his ſoul, to be fulſilled
within half a year after his deceaſe; likewile to his
daughter Joane Z.1000, *
In 1416, fir Thomas Weſt, knight, died ſeiſed of the
manor of Herdeby, held ot the lord de Ros by the
ſervice of half a knight's fee +.
In the ſubſidy of this year (when the whole county
of Leiceſter was rated at {.757. 125. 114d.), Harby .
paid 40s. 6d.
On a failure of heirs male in the family of De la
Marre, by the death of lord Thomas in 1426, conten-
tions aroſe betwixt 7obn Griffin, of Braybroke, co.
Northampton, deſcended ot the heir general to
Thomas laſt lord la Warre, and Reginald, fon and heir
of fir Thomas Weſt, knight, and Joane his wife, half
liter to the ſaid 'Lhomas. |
Reginald Welt claimed the manor of Wickware,
co. Glouceſter, the chief ſeat of the barony, and (as
it ſhould ſeem) the barony alſo, by an entail ; for that
it was found, by inouifition taken in 1426, after the
death of the ſaid Thomas laſt lord la Warre, that John
lord la Warre, ſon of the firſt Roger lord la Warre,
conveyed the ſaid manor of Wickware, and divers
other lands, parcel of the ſaid barony, to Jobn de Clay-
don and others, to the uſe of himſelf ſor life; the
remainder to John his ſon and Margaret his wite, and
to the heirs of the ſaid John begotten on the body of
the ſaid Margaret; which John and Margaret had
iffue, Roger lord la Warre, who died 1370, leaving
* Eſch, 44 Edw. III. N* 68, Leic, Dugd. Bar. vol, II. p. 16.
The arms of Hawberk were in the church window in Burton's time.
Eſch. 7 Hen. IV. 4—26; and 14 Hen. IV. N 8. Leic,
I Eich, 20 Ric, II. N* 36, Leic.
* Dugd, Bar, vol. II. p. 140.
S Eſch. 4 Hen, V N 28, Leic.
® Eſch. 6 Hen. VII.
* MS. Chetwynd.
1% Dugd. Bar. vol, II. p. 141.
12 Bailiffs Accompts, 30 Hen. VIII. Otice Augm. Efch, zo Heu. VIII. n. 50. Eſch. 6 Edw. VI.
iſſue, by Elizabeth his firſt wife, the ſaid Thomas lord
la Warre, who died in 1426 without iſſue; and
by Eleanor his ſecond wife, Joane, married to fie
Thomas Wy, knight, who died in 1405 (which Foane
alſo died in 1412 before her brother), leaving iſſue
Reginald Weſt, competitor for the ſaid barony. By
the ſame inquiſition of 1426, it was found that Foty
Grifjin, ſon and heir of Thomas Griffin, knight, ald of
Katharine his wife, daughter of Katharine, ſiſter of the
ſaid John lord la Warre, the firſt donee, was heir.
general to the ſaid Thomas lord la Warre; fo that
Griffin pleaded to the antiquity of the barony in fee
bmple, and that it could not be entailed, and fo by
deſcent ought to fall to him; and that Joane, wife to
the ſaid fir Thomas Welt, was but ſiſter of the half
blood to the ſaid Thomas laſt lord la Warre.
Sir Reginald Welt prevailed; and in 1427 was
ſummoned to par.jiament among the barons by the
title of lord La Warre*, |
In the ſubſidy of 1445, Harby was rated at C. 2. os,
6d. ; and an abatement was made of 38. Gd.
In 1450, fir Reginald Weſt, knight, died ſeiſed of
the manor of Hardeby, held under Thomas lord Ros “.
Aug. 9, 1467, king Edward IV. granted divers lands
at Hardeby, as alſo the advowſon of the church there
(late parcel of the poſſeſſions of William Beaumont), to
William Haſtings; to hold of the king and his heirs,
by homage only, in lieu of all ſervice *. |
In 1491, Nicholus Jarvis, of Hardby, gent. beld
lands in Harby, Stathern, and Scalford, to the uſe of
John Brabazon and Maud Jarvis his wife; Roger
Brabazon, fon and heir of John and Maud, being
then 14 years old 9.
Thomas lord De la Warre, who died ſeiſed of one
moiety of the manor of Harby, in 1525, bequeathed
his body to be buried in the tomb of treeſtone, within
the chancel of the parith-church of Broadwater ; ap-
pointing that his executors ſhould bury him according
to his honour ; and give 2d. apiece in alms to every
poor man and woman, who would come and receive
it, at the fame church of Broadwater; towards the
charges whereof, he willed, that his collar of gold
of garters, and chain which he uſually wore, ſhould
be fold. He likewiſe bequeathed to the ſaid church
of Broadwater his mantle of blue velvet of the gar-
ter, and his gown of crimſon velvet belonging there-
to, therewith to make two altar-cloths; to {ir Thomas
Welt, his fon and heir, he gave all his hangings aud
bedding, within his great chamber at Oitvngion.
Al:anore, his widow, who died in 1536, bequeathcd
her badly to be buried in the tomb with the ſaid Tho-
mas lord Ia Warre, her late bedfellow ; appointing that
a prieſt ſhould ſing for her at Broadwater, for the
ſpace of one year; and that her executors ſhould
give him, for his wages, ten marks “.
In 1534, Thomas i/ef, lord La Warre, was lord of
one moiety of this manor, as appears by an inquiſition
then taken after the death of br John Digby, knight,
where it was found that the ſaid fir John Digby held
4 meſſuages, with the appurtenances, in Harby, of
the ſaid lord La Warre. He died Oct. 9, 1554; Wil-
liam, his nephew and heir, being then under attaint“.
Divers lands and tenements in Harby, to the yearly
amount of Z.5. belonged at the time of the diflulu-
tion to the priory of Gracedieu *.
In 1538, Chriſtopher Villiers died ſeiſed of a moiety
of this lordſhip, it being then certified to be held of
Thomas Manners, earl of Rutland, by the fourth part
of a knight's fee *3,
In 1552, William Brabazon, knight, died ſeiſed of
a moiety of the manor of Harby, held of the king, as
of his duchy of Lancaſter “.
Andrews Collins, gentleman, was lord of it in 1642 ©:
From this family the lordſhip paſſed into that of
the earl of Rutland, who before poſlelledd the advowſon
and the paramouncy of the lordſhip; all which are
now the property of Jobn Henry, the preſent duke.
* Eſch. 18 Ric. II. N? 34. Leic.
7 Eſch. 29 Hen, VI. * Pat, 5 Edw. IV. pars 1.
i: Eſch. 25 Hen. VIII. <P
15 MS, Chetwynd.
Pedigree
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Pedigree of La WARRE, of Harby*; Anceſtor of the preſent Far! DRTAWAAH.
Roger La Warre, ſummoned to parliament by writ 1297 a =Clarice, daughter and coheit of
baron of Wickware, co. Glouceſter ; died 1320. 4 Thomas lord Tregor.
John lord La Watre, lord of Hardby, and of- Joan, daughter of Robert, ſiſter and heir of Thomas Grelle,
Burſtall, co. Leiceſter; died 1347. | baron of Mancheſter,
_ —— 7
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f John lord La Warre, Margaret, daughter of fir
died before his father. | Robert Holland, knight,
= | 2 | I
lizabeth Latimer Edw. Latimer, Elizabeth, dau. of- Roger lord La- Eleanor, dau. of
ſiſter and heir of died, in 1410, Adam lord Welles, | Warre, died | lord Moubray,
Edward Latimer. without iffue. 1ſt wife. in 1370. 2d wife.
ll T , —
John Griffin, heir Anne, dau. of John lord La Warre, Thomas“ lord La Warre, fir Thomas: Eleanor, dau. and
eneral to Thomas Rich. Cham- died, without iſſue, died, in 1426, without Weſts, liv- | heir to fir John
laſt lord La Warte, berlaine. 1398. iſſue, rector of Man- ing in 1346. | de Cantalupe.
1426. cheſter church.
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Warine Latimer, lord of-Katharine la Warre,
Braybroke. — |
Thomas Griffin, o
Weſton, kunt.
died, in 1416, heir to Almaric to parliament in 1427, as
and heir of Robert Weſt, died | bertzdied 13957
without iſſue. de St. Amand. lord de la War; died 1450. | Thorley. 1386,
Richard lord De la Wa Katharine, daughter of Robert Joan Ia Warre, = Sir Thomas Weſt,
died 1476. lord Hungerford, died 1412. died 1408.
Elizabeth, fiſter and heir of fir Ralph Mortimer, knt. Thomas lord De la Warre, Eleanor, daughter of fir Roger
1ſt wife. T died 1525. | Copley, knt, ad wife; died 1556.
Thomas lord De la Warre, knight of the Garter, Sir George Weſt, knt.—Elizabeth, dau. and coheir of Thomas
died S. P. Ot. 9, 18844. M.orton, of Lechlade, kat.
William lord De la Warre „ died 159 . daughter of Thomas Strange, of Cheſterton.
Thomas lord De la Warre.=Anne, daughter of fir Francis Knolles, knight of the Garter,
1. Robert lord de la Warre. 2. Thomas lord De la Warre.—=Cicely, daughter of fir Thomas Shirley, knight.
Henry lord De la Warre, died 1628.==[fabel Edmonds, daughter of fir Thomas Edmonds, knight, clerk of the council,
Charles lord De la Warre 16 33-FAnne, daughter of John Wills, eſq.
1. Charles lord De ta Warre, 2. John De la Warre. Margaret, daughter of John Freeman, of London,
died without iſſue, 1 merchant,
2. r lady A venny ; John lord De la Warre, born April 4, 1693 ;==1. Charlotte Maccarty, daughter of
died in July, 1748. created viſcount wag; and earl De la | Donagh earl of Clancarty; died
Warre, Mar. 22, 1761; died Mar. 16, 1766. | Feb. 7, 1745.
John, ſecond earl. Mary, daughter of lieutenant-general John Whynyard.
1. William Auguſtus, third earl, born April 24, 17573 I hs John- Richard, the fourt iſs Lyell, of Bourne,
h dicd unmarried in January, 1783. and preſent carl, 1794. co. Lincoln.
A daughter, born Aug. 29, 1788.
FrAMLAND HunDRED:] HAABY. 211
Thomas Weſt, = Ida, dau. and co- Reginald Weſt, ſummoned- Margaret, daughter Sir Thomas=Alice Fitz- Her- -
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In 1790, an act was paſſed, for dividing and in-
cloſing, within the pariſh of Harby, ſeveral open and
common fields, paſtures, and other commonable lands
and waſte grounds; in which John Henry duke of
Rutland is Teſeribed as ſeiſed of the manot of Harby,
and of the patr of the rectory; the Rev. Bennet
Storer, D. D. as — entitled to certain glebe lands,
and to the gee and ſmall tithes ; and the duke of
Rutland, William Pywell, William Bilbie, and Robert
Garton, eſquires, Mary Davie, John Smalley, John
Matchet, Thomas Muſſon, and ſeveral other perſons,
entitled to lands in the common fields, and to right
of common upon the paſtures and other commonable
whole to the duke for his intereſt in the ſoil ; a com-
penſation to the rector for his glebe; and a ſeventh
part of the remainder, and the ſame proportion fot
old incloſures, in lieu of all tithes and payments, ex-
cept mortuaries, Eaſter-offerings, and ſurplice- fees.
A general ſaving to the duke of all rights as owner
of Belvoir Chace, and lord of the manor of Harby
with a reſervation of all rents, ſervices, courts, per-
quiſites and profits of courts, fairs, rolls, right of
free warren and free chaſe, and all other royalties and
privileges,
Harby, like many other villages in the vale of
Belvoir, is deſtitute of woods and ſtreams; no high
lands and waſte grounds. Six acres were directed to be road leads through or beſide it. A heavy clay ſpreads
ſet out for repair of roads; a fourteenth part of the over every acre in the pariſh, and the uniform ope-
* Tranſcribed by fir T. Cave, from MS. Chietwynd, and continued from the Peerages.
i * This Thomas, called Magifter Thomas de la Marre, having been rector of the church at Manceſtre, obtained licence of the
king, in 1421, for making that pariſh- church collegiate, to conſiſt of a warden, and a certain number of prieſts, to celebrate
divine ſervice continually, for the good eſtate of kind Henry V. and of him the ſaid Thomas, during his life ; and afterwards
for the health of their ſouls. And, 'though he had ſummons to parliament, from 23 Rich, II. till 4 Hen. VI. yet, in 3 Hen. IV.
= 7 a ſpecial diſpenſation from attending the king in any of his parliaments or councils, for the ſpace of three years.”
ugd. Bar, vol. II. p. 17. |
* Knight of the ſhire for the county of Warwick in 1314, and ſummoned to parliament among the peers in 1343.
This lady, by her laſt will, bequeathed her body to be buried ia the priory of Chriſt-church, where her anceſtors lay interred;
and gave to Thomas her ſon a bed of tapiters work; as alſo a pair of mattyn books, a pair of bedes ; and a ring, wherewith
ſhe was eſpouſed to God, which were the lord her father's. To Joane her ſon's wife a bed paled black and white, To fir
Nicholas Clyfton, knight, and Eleanor his wife, her daughter, and Thomas Clyfton her ſon, 1 20%. Te her ſiſter dame Lucie
18}, 106, for 4000 maſſes, to be ſung and ſaid, for the ſoul of fir Thomas Weſt, her lord and huſband ; her own ſoul and all
| Chriſtian ſouls, in the moſt haſte that might be, within 14 nights next after her deceaſe. Dugdale, Bar, vol, II. p. 139.
5 This lord, who was nephew and heir to the laſt lord Thomas, had been attainted in parliament 2 Edw, VI; but procured
a reſtoration in Mood 5 Elizabeth, and obtained a new creation to the title of lord De la Warre, |
Till the birth of this nobleman, Digges, the player, was preſumptive heir to the De la Warre eſtate, being the ſon of the
2 la Warre's ſiſter. He was long conſidered in that light; and the diſappointment was probably the ſource of all his
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212 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES of LEICESTERSHIRE
rations of huſbandry give a ſameneſs to the country,
which a ſtranger might view with diſguſt ; but culti-
vation has made it fruitful, and its inhabitants feel
no envy at the variety of other foils, where the
ſterility of one part may balance the luxuriance of
another, Induſtry here makes the proſpect, and the
produce alone is the beauty ct the ſoil.
There are about 1800 acres in the pariſh; and,
whülſt the field continued open, the method of tillage
was, firit year fallow; ſecond, barley and wheat;
third, beans and peaſe.
Ar Barkfton and Plungar, which were both alſo
open fields till very lately, the ſame mode of tillage
was oblerved,
The families of Harby are 60, its inhabitants 322,
among whom are many ſmall freeholders. There is
no manſion or antient building in the village; but the
preſent rector has lately built a neat and convenient
houſe, the probable reſidence of his ſucceſſors.
The regiſter of this pariſh begins in 1561; from
which time it is continued, but with ſeveral interrup-
tions, fo that it is difficult to obtain an average num-
ber of burials and baptiſms for ten years together.
The firſt twenty years which can be taken with
any tolerable accuracy, give 146 baptiſms, about 7
yearly ; and 99 burials, about 5 yearly.
The late regiſter has been kept with more regula-
rity; the bapriſins for twenty years from 1769 are
240, and the burials 116; yet no juſt compariſon of
the number of inhabitants, or the increaſe or decreaſe,
can be made from this ſtatement, there being evident
marks of jnattention in all the former part of it.
About the middle of the 17th century, and more
particularly from the year 1635, there appears a de—
ficiency in the regiſter, from the great number of
Quakers then in this pariſh, This ſeems allo to have
been a prevailing ſect in all this part of the country
at that time; but at preſent none are found in this
place, and very few, it indeed any, throughout the
Vale of Belvoir.
The freeholders here in 1630 were, Thomas Arm-
ſtrong, gent. James Holmes, and Thomas Grococke.
.
dedicated to St. Mary, was in 1220 under the patro-
nage of the lord William Albini II. The then par-
ſon was Robert, inſtituted by Hugh biſhop of Lincoln.
In 1344, the procurations were 75. 63d. ; the rec-
tory was taxed at 30 marks; and paid 25. for Peter-
pence.
In 1534-5, the procurations and ſynodals were 113.
and the value of the rectory C. 20.
In 1650, the rectory was returned worth /.200. ;
ard the incumbent as“ a pluralitan and non-reſident ;
curate ſufficient.“
The value of the rectory, which before the inclo-
ſure was about £.200. a year, is now conſiderably
increaſed.
Ic is rated in the king's books at C. 20.
The epiſcopal procurations are, 3s. 8d.; the archi-
diaconal, 115. 1d.
The church is ſmall, but in good preſervation. It
has a nave and two narrow ailes, with a large chancel,
and a low tower. See a South-weſt view of it, taken
by Mr. Pridden in 1791, plate XLII.
in the ſame plate is a ſketch of the town croſs,
which ſtill remains perfect.
In the tower are four bells.
On one of them,
«© JESUS BE Oulu SPEEDE, 1614.“
Some old ſtone ſeats in the chancel wall have been
plaſtered up.
Of his laſt there is a MS. in the Bodleian Library, Digb. p. 113,
2 One, p-eached in St, Mary's church, Oxford, is in the ſame collection. Digb. 161; Tanner, Bibl. Brit. 377; Leland de
Scriptoribus ; Bale, vi. p. 6; Pitts, p. 49m.
Fuller, p. 132. See Mr, Peck's character of him, in rhyme, Appendix, p. 62. ;
* Bale, xii, p. 76 Pitts, p. 643; Tanner, p. 377.
At the general election in 1722, 21 free.
polled from this pariſh ; and 17 in 1773.
The nett expence of the poor in 1776 was /.
145. 10d.
Medium of three years, 1783—17 85, {.71.18:.:
Jeffrey de Harby, or Hardeby, a native of this yi.
lage, in the reign of Richard II. was btr-d »t Oxter:/.
were he became provincial of the Auguitine monks.
among whom he ſtudied at Lincoln, and was priyy
counſellor and conleffur to king Edwerd III. H.
diſtinguithed himſelf in the wiiverſity by his apnlica.
tion to theological ſtudies, and read public lectures
on the Old and New Teſtament, © Wonder not,”
ſays Fuller,“ meeting with fo many confeſſors to that
king, preſuming he had but one at one time, con-
ſcience not ſtanding on {tate and variety in that kind,
For, know king Edward reigned 50 years, and con-
feſſors being aged before admitted to their place, *.
vivaciouſneſs did wear out many of them. BH ge,
living much beyond the ſeas, it is probable *+
had his forraisn and home confeſſors. He was 0
of the king's privy council, being as prudent to ad
in matters politic, as pious in ſpiritual conceroments,
Such as would have made uſe i the prince“ favour
to advance themſelves; may perhaps admire why he
did not aim at a wealthy biſhoprick, but let them
know he was as ambitious and covetous o be pro
as others are to be rich, and therefore wrote » v
book in the Praiſe and Perfection ot Hν
verty, and on the Evangelical Life lle
the Hiſtory of his Order, talſely aſcribed by Pr
Robert Hardeby ; Lectures on the O N
Teſtament, and Sermous againit A macha na
died in London, and was buried in the churc!
Auguſtine friars 13603.“
Whether this town, or Hereby in Linco --
gave birth to Robert Hardeby, doctor of divinity,
was bred a Carmelite friar in their convent of |.
coln, of which he became prior, and appears to
been a great adorer of the Virgin Mary, as he wrore
many ſermons upon her feſtivals, I do not take ug
me to determine, He flouriſhed in 1450 *.
Nen
The piſcina remains, and two lockers.
The font is old and octagonal, and has a broa
circular kneeling ſtep 5.
At the Weſt end of the nave:
« The Rev. Dr. Storcr, rector.
The Rev. Mr. Hardy, curate.
William Aicock and
Joſeph Harby,
John Tinſley, pariſh clerk, 1778.“
fo hurchwardens.
Mr. Burton found here the following arms; which
ſince his time have been all deſtroyed:
1. Argent, a croſs, and a border, Gules.
2. Argent, nine trefoils, ſlipped, Vert.
3. Argent, on a bend, Azure, three ſcallops, Argent.
4. Argent, ten torteauxes, a label of three points,
Azure, Babington.
Azure, two chevrons, Or, Chavorth.
5. Quarterly, J Argent, an eſcutcheon, and an orle
of cinquefoils, Sable. Calteft,
6. Argent, on a bend, Sable, three knots of rings,
Or, Hactwoberk.,
Gules, on a bend, Argent, three
7. Quarterly,] martlets, Sable.
Hawberk.
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label Azure. A et.
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R E CT ORS. PATRONS.
Robert occurs rector in 1220, William de Albini II.
William de 3 1 r 1235, 1 William de Albini III.
as de Bathon, ſubdeacon', 1251 ; 12745 7 $1 |
1 de Trikingham *\, ſubdeacon, 12 Kal. Jan, 1278, ; Robert lord Ros.
William de Kelii occurs in 1298, nne ant
Gilbert occurs rector in 1336, .
Nicholas, in 1373s | | | Thomas lord Ros.
William Reynolds“ died rector June 22, %
4 87 $77, TEE 1468, William lord Haſtings.
John, died rector : Nov. 17, 8 „
Robert Carleton was rector 1534, 5
George Benert occurs rector in 1570% Henry, ſecond earl of Rutland,
John White occurs in 1613, Roger, fifth earl of Rutland.
4 roam od 5 | Lobo, eighth earl of Rutland.
John Major, July 6, 1703 ; died June 4, 1739, Joha, firſt duke of Rutland.
William Turvile?, M. A. Aug. 14, 1739 ; died 1740, Lord William Manners, for this time,
Samuel Kerchevall ; = 23, 1740,
Richard Steevens ®?, July 12, 1749, y 2
William Cant, M. A. Dec. 31 . 5 51, John, third duke of Rutland.
Bennet Storer **, D. D. June 22, 1763,
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTION Ss.
In the chancel, on a flat grey ſtone, cut round with Mr. John Hubbard, and daughter of
a deep channel by way of border, is inſcribed : Mr. Robert Hickling, of Long Clawſon,
« Here lieth the body of Mrs. Mary Major, Near this tomb alſo lie interred two daughters of
the wife of Mr. John Major, rector of this pariſh, the aboyeſaid, Sarah and Elizabeth.
She departed this life the 21ſt day of May, Sarah died June 11, 1732, aged 12 months.
in the year of our Lord 1707.” Elizabeth died July 1, 1739, aged 4 years.”
On a blue plain ſtone adjoining, the following ſimple,
but high, encomium :
« Here lieth interred the body
of Mr. John Major, A. M. late rector of this pariſh,
who led an exemplary, friendly, « William Francis died Oct. 26, 1780, aged 76 ;
and hoſpitable life among his and Alice his wife died Od. 12, 1780, aged 80
pariſhioners for 35 years. |
He died June 4, 1739, The following ſingularity of expreſſion occurs on a
aged 649,” | ſmall ſtone near the chancel :
| War ls 1's R « Sacred to the memory of Mary Smith.
Only one monumental inſcription is found in the *
body of the church, which is, It pleaſed God to ſeparate the ſoul
« To the memory of Mr. Joſeph Moore, from the — on — = of May, 1783.
who died November 20, 1739, aged 75 years,” | een eine & hang
On upright ſtones:
6 Thomas Francis died July 18, 1747, aged 80;
and Margaret his wife died Nov. 18, 1751, aged 82.“
Upon an altar-tomb in the church-yard :
Here lieth interred the body of Mr. John Hubbard, aner
who departed this life the Mr William Cheſter (who left a fimilar donation
5th day of June, anno Dom. 1758, at Barſton) gave to this'pariſh Z.1. yearly to the poor.
in the 61ſt year. of his age. The Rev. Mr. Major, rector of this pariſh, anno
Here alſo lies interred the body of Thomas, Dom. 1739, left C. 10. the intereſt of which is to be
the ſon of Mr. John Hubbard and Sarah his wife. diſtributed every year at Chriſtmas among the poor.
He died June 7, anno Dom. 1755, aged 19. The return made to the houſe of commons, in 1786,
e end: in anſwer to the enquiry reſpecting the charitable
« Here lieth Sarah, the wife of donations m this parith, may be ſeen in p. 7.
Campeden, deacons ; J. de Dyham, R. Blundo, chaplains ; Benedict de Buris, clerk, Rot. Groſſeteſte, ann, 1,
* He ſeems to have reſigned to his ſucceſſor. See the record cited p. 207.
3 See in the Appendix, p. 19, a deed by which he bequeaths half his poſſeſſions to the priory of Belvoir, on condition of
their obſerving the anniveriary of his death, and of their performing certain acts of charity.
* Belvoir Necrology. 5 Ibid, This and the theee following names are from the pariſh regiſter.
7 Vicar alſo of Long Claxton ; where ſee his epitaph, p. 135. * See under Little Dalby, p. 163.
He had before been Juſt preſented alſo to the rectory of Weſton, in the county of Nottingham, He obtained the rectory
of Bottesford in 1751, died in 1972, and was buried at Grantham, See his epitaph, p. 99.
One of the prebendaries ot Canterbury, This gentleman, having had the misfortune, in 1776, to kill a man in his own
defence, wes tried at the Old Bailey, Jan. 17, 1777, and honourably acquitted, By the evidence it appeared, that on the 28th
of December, 1776, between twelve and one in the night, Captain Keith forced himſelf into the houſe of Mr, White, maſter of
the Swan tavern, near Weſtminſter-bridge; that, as ſoon as he found entrance, he made a lounge at Mr. White, which Mr.
White parried with an oaken ſtick ; that the noiſe waked Dr. Storer, who lay in the houſe, and he, imagining that ſome robbers
had broke in, armed himſelf with a piſtol, and came down ſtairs; that on his demanding of the deceaſed, <* Who he was, and
what he wanted ?“ he made a lounge at the Doctor, which the Doctor avoided by retreating ; that the deceaſed kept advancing
on him as he retreated ; and that when Dr, Storer could retreat no farther, after bidding the deceaſed deſiſt, and the ſword being
cloie to his breaſt, the Doctor fired, and ſhot the Captain in the belly, who inſtantly dropped the ſword, and ſoon after died.
The judge, after ſumming up the evidence, acquainted the jury, that the priſoner was guilty of ju//ifiable homicide only, and that
they muſt acquit him; which they inſtantly did. See Gent. Mag. vol. XLVII. p. 44+
| This *ſingular perſonage was diſtinguiſhed by the appellation of“ The Wit and the Wag of the Vale.” Many ſtrauge
ſtories are related of him. Among others, it is well authenticated, that, in a paroxyſm of pain, he aRually cut off one of his
own great toes with a carpenter's hammer and chiſſel. [A rector of Whitechapel, predeceſſor to the late worthy Dr. Markham,
W a ſtill more extraordinary reaſon (in order to have an handſome foot), had a ſupernumerary great toe cut off, G. A.]
HARESTON,
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214 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
M AR N
in antient wtitings called Hare/tan, Harthſtan, &c. is
bounded cn the North by Belvoir and Wolſthorp;
on the Eaſt and. part of the North by the county of
Lincoln; on the South by Knipton; and on the
Weſt by Stathern. |
It is 12 miles diſtant from Melton Mowbray, the
neareſt market · town in the county; 26 from Leiceſter;
and, in the eccleſiaſtical diviſion of the county, is
within the deanry of Framland. | :
The lordſhip of Hareſtan was worth ten pounds
a year during the reign of the Confeſſor. At the time
of the Conqueror's ſurvey it was increaſed to ſeven-
teen; and is mentioned as one of the lordſhips re-
rained in the king's tenure, and dependant on that of
Croxton, There were twelve ploughlands in the
lordſhip ; and twenty ſocmen, with five villans and
one bordar, had ſix ploughs and a half. There were
ſeventeen actes of ' meadow *.
In the next age, one Ralph was lord of this manor.
He had iſſue Robert Firz-Ralph, who was lord of
Hareſton in the reign of king Stephen“, and gave the
church here to the abbot and convent of Leiceſter.
He was a benefactor alſo to the abbot and convent
of Croxton, as appears by the following entry in
their regiſters : Wn
* Habemus in Hareſtan, de dono Roberti filii Ra-
dulfi, unam culturam terre contra Wadechve, in terri-
torio de Harſtan. Confirmayit & nobis per eandem
cartam omnes donationes quas homines ſui de Har-
ſtan fecerunt nobis. "Hee omnia predicta dedit & con-
firmavit nobis in puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam.
Item Willielmus, filius predicti Roberti, conceſſit &
confirmavit nobis donationem predicti Roberti patris
ſui ; ſcil', totam culturam contra Wadecliye, & Frethe-
geſtwong, tam in dominico, quam in terris, quas ho-
mines ſuit de Harſtan dederunt nobis in eadem cultura,
Confirmavit & nobis donationem quam Gilbertus fra-
ter ſuus, & homines ſui de Knipton, fecerunt nobis;
ſcilicer, totam culturam de Thirnedich uſque ad di-
viſam de Harſtan. Preterea dedit nobis, ad luminaria
eccleſie, & ad emendum vinum ad altare, de molendino
ſuo de Harſtan, 35. percipiendos annuatim ad 4 ter-
minos ; ſcil, ad Natale, gd.; ad Paſcha, g@.; ad
Bapts 9d.; ad Mich', gd. Hec omnia confirmavir
nobis, per candem cartam, in puram & perpetuam
elcemofinam .” |
Robert Fitz Ralph had iflue Filliam*; who granted
to Gilbert Avenell, his brother, and his heirs, the vil-
lage of Gnypton (adjoining to Hareſtan) to be held
.of him and his heirs, by the ſervice of the fourth
part of a knight's fee. He gave him alſo the inhe-
Titance of divers of his own lands in Hickling, co.
Nottingham, and Sutton in the Dale, co. Derby.
To this William ſucceeded Robert de Hareſtan, his
ſon; who, reſiding here, took his name from the
place, according the cuſtom of thoſe times. |
In 1206, a difference aroſe between this Robert
and Gilbert de Avenell, which was terminated in fa-
vour of Robert: * Juratores dicunt, quod Gilbertus
Avenell injuſte, &c. diſſeiſivit Robertum de Hareſtan
de communi paſture fue in Gnipton, que pertinet ad
liberum tenementum ſuum de Hareſtan 5.”
On the aid granted to king Henry III. 1235, to-
wards the marriage of his filter to the emperor of the
: « Fjidem manerio [ Crohtone} pertinet Herſtan. Ibi ſunt r2 carucatz terræ. Ibi 20 ſochmanni cum p villanis & 1 bordario
habent 6 carucas & dimidiam. Ibi 17 acrz prati, Totum valuit 10 libras ; modo 17 libras,” Domeſday, p. 230. a, col. 1.
| 8 3 Peck, MSS, 4935; ex cod, MS, in 2, apud Belvoir, fol. 35. b.
5 Placita de Term” Paſch' anno j* regis Johannis, in Recept. Scaccarii, Rot. 1-
From 1135 to 1164.
* Regiſt. Cart, Rob, de Woodford.
See p. xlix. 7 P. xlviii.
Reg. Belvoir,—** Radulphus de Knipton dedit duas partes decimarum de toto dominio ſuo de Harſton priori de Belvoir.”
9 Lib. Feod. in Scacc. penes Remembr, Reg.
7 Rot, Aux. 20 Edw, III.
15 Eſch. 14 Hen, VI. Ne 15. Leic.
4 Bailiffs Accounts, Augmentation Office,
.
Jua*. This Robert, Who was alſo lord of Sutton?
wife of fir Richard de Gray, of Sandacre, co. Derby,
1 Eſch. 36 Hen, III. m. 25.
'3 Inq. 4 Hen. IV. n. 1,
Burton, p. 128.
Romans, Robert de Hareſton paid, for half a Knight
fee in Hareſton and Knipton, 10 marks é. "he
In the Teſta de Nevill, about the year 1240,
it is expreſsly ſtated, that the abbey of Leiceſter poſ-
ſeſſed the advowſon. of; Hareſtan 3 ** & non poteſt in-
quiri per quem habuit advocationem ?.“
Robert de Hareſtan confirmed the gifts made by his
uncle Ralph de Knipton to the prior and conyent of
Belvpir, namely, quas partes decimarum in toto dominico
and two parts of che manor of Hickling, died in 1249,
leaving Richard his ſon and heir; who died without
iſſue, as did alſo fir Peter de Hareſton, knt. (his- other
ſon); ſo that this manor, and the reſt of his lands,
came to Lucia his daughter **, who, in 1251, was the
knt. whoſe poſterity enjoyed it for three generations.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Hareſton, (STS Ky»
riel, and Knipton, anſwered collectively as one vill.
In 1297, the heir of Richard de Gray held one
knight's fee in Hareſton and Gnypton, of Edmund
earl of Lancefter, the king's brother, deceaſed **,
Alice, the daughter and heir of William de Grey,
transferred this lordſhip in marriage to Edward, the
ſon of fir Henry Hillary, knight.
In 1346, Edward Hillary and William fon of Wil-
ligm Avenel] (on the aid then granted for knigiiung
Edward of Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt ſon) were
aſſeſſed 205. for half a knight's fee lying in Hareſtan
and Knipton, parcel of the honour of Leiceſter '*,
Fobn, ſon of fir Henry and Alice Hilary, who
called himſelf Grey after his mother, died in 1402 ,
ſeiſed of a moiety of one meſſuage, and a moiety of
four carucates of land, with the appurtenances, in
Hareſtan, held of the King, as duke of Lancaſter, by
the ſervice of a twenty-fourth part of one knight's
fee; leaving two daughters; abel (firſt married to
Jobn Walſb, of Wanlip, and after to Humfrey Haloug-
ten), who died without iſſue; and Alice, the wife of
John de Leak.
In the ſubſidy of 1416 (when the county of Lei-
ceſter was rated at C. 7 57. 1258. 114d.) Hareſton paid
£+1+ 10s. 6d.
In 1435, 1/abel (wife of Humphrey Halloughton,
eſq.) died ſeiſed of a moiety of the manor of Harth-
ſton, and a holme called The Milne Holme, in Knip-
ton, held of the king, as of his dutchy of Lancaſter ;
and Alice, wife of John Leak, eſq. was her filter and
next heir s. |
. In 14453 Henry Bozune was ſeiſed of certain lands
ere **,
In the ſubſidy of that year, Hareſton was rated at
C. 2. 10s. 6d.; and an abatement was made of 25. 24,
From the above-mentioned John Leak, this manor
came by deſcent to fir Fobn Leak, of Sutton, co. Not-
tingham, knt. who in 1524 died ſeiſed of it, leaving
Francis, his ſon and heir, then 14 years of age.
Certain lands in Hareſton belonged to Croxton
monaſtery, and were granted 30 Henry VIII. to Tho-
mas earl of Rutland and Eleanor his wife “.
The whole lordſhip contains about 1000 acres of
land; and the principal proprietors at preſent are
William Earl Welby, eſq. of Denton; and the duke of
Rutland, who is alſo lord of the manor.
* Eſch. 25 Edw. I. Ne 51. Leic.
Eſch. 4 Hen. IV. N' 1, Leis.
* Eſch. Rot. 25 Hen, VIII.
In
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
In 1564, there were 11 families in Hareſton.
The freeholders here in 1630 were, William
Coleby, gent. and Robert Groſſe.
At the general election in 1722, 5 freeholders
polled from this pariſh ; and 3 in 1775» f
In the whole pariſh are 31 families, and 124 inha-
pitants, all of the Church of England, except two
families, Anabaptiſts. 2 ;
In 1789, an act was paſſed, for dividing and in-
cloſing, within the pariſh of Hareſton, ſeveral open
and common fields, known by the names of The Deven
Field, Long Dale Field, Long Field, Beck Field, and
Nordale Field, containing about 700 acres; alſo a
common paſture, and ſome ſmall old incloſures and
waſte grounds. In this at Jobn Henry duke of Rut-
land, then under the age of 21 years, is deſcribed as
ſeiſed, by virtue of the will of his father the late
Charles duke of Rutland, of ſome of the lands in
Hareſton, in tail male, ſubject to a term of 21 years
therein limited, for the purpoſes in the ſame will
mentioned; Mary-Iſabella ducheſs dowager of Rut-
land, Henry duke of Beaufort, William earl of Mans-
field, and the right honourable William Pitt, being
his guardians and truſtees during his minority. The
Rev. Edward Wills Carr is deſcribed as rector, and
entitled to glebe lands and common right in the ſaid
fields and paſture; William Welby, of Denton, in
Lincolnſhire, eſq. as owner or proprietor of the
greateſt part of the ſaid fields and paſture ; and the
duke of Rutland, the Rev. Mr. Carr, Elizabeth
Wright, widow of Chriſtopher Wright, late of Teigh,
Rutland, gent. and John Wright, ſon of the ſaid
Chriſtopher Wright, as owners and proprietors of the
reſidue thereof; and the ſaid William Welby as
claiming to be entitled to a certain portion of tithes
ariſing from a certain farm in Hareſton, called The
Twelve Yard-land Farm, conſiſting of two cloſes, con-
taining 20 acres and 12 yard-lands of land, which
cloſes and lands were in the ſeveral tenures of Eliza-
dedicated to St. Michael, was in 1222 under the pa-
tronage of the abbot of Leiceſter. The then parſon
was Peter Conſtein, inſtituted by Hugh biſhop of Lin-
coln. This church then paid to the ſaid abbot 5s. a
year and one ſtone of wax, as from old; and the
monks of Belvoir received two garbs of tithe out of
the demeſne lands, as from of old *.
Robert Fitz-Ralph, who was lord of the manor of
Hareſton in the reign of king Stephen, gave the
advowſon of that church, and of Gnipton, by the
conſent of his ſon and grandſon, to the abbey and
convent of Leiceſter ; who had afterwards a conteſt
at law, about both thoſe advowſons, with the abbot
and conyent of Croyland, which ended in a com-
promiſe dividing them between the two abbeys.
The church of Hareſton was retained by the abbot
diſputed by fir Richard de Grey and Lucia his wife,
ſoon after the year 1251, as heirs to the donor; and
was again confirmed to the abbey.
The particulars of theſe ſeveral diſputes, and of
the property of the abbey of Leiceſter here, will beſt
be deſcribed in the words of their regiſter :
Habemus eccleſias de Cniptona & Hareſtona ex
dono Roberti filii Radulphi, cum contenſu Willielmi
filii ſui, & Roberti fili ſui, &c. ut in prima carta; &
ex confirinatione regis Henrici Il. &c.
* Poſtea magna fuit guerra inter abbatem & con-
ventum de Croiland, & abbatem & conventum de
Leyc', pro advocationibus predictarum eccleſiarum.
andem fuit legitima tranſlationis forma; lis inter eos
opita conquie vit; ſcil', abbas & conventus de Croi-
land cocleſiam de Cnipton imperpetuum poſſidebunt;
abbas & conventus de Leyc' eccleſiam de Harſton
poſſidebunt. Et fic concordatum fuit inter ambas
partes, tam per compoſitionem inter ipſos, quam per
Parliament,”
* Marciculus, p. 1xi, -
Vol. I.
of Leiceſter; but the right to the advowſon was again
K K K
H ARE S TON. 2215
beth Parker, Mary Parker, John Miller, William
Green, John Holt, John Walker, and James Jackſon;
and as owner alſo of the ſaid cloſes and lands out of
which he claims the ſaid portion of tithes. Three
acres were to be ſet out for the general uſe of the
inhabitants, for repairing roads, and erecting and re-
pairing houſes, walls, and other buildings, within the
pariſh; an equivalent to be given to the rector for
his glebe, and to Mr. Welby for his portion of tithes
from The Twelve Yard-land Farm ; the reſt to be
proportionably divided ; and the reQorial tithes to
remain payable as heretofore.
The nett expence of the poor in 1776 was L£.1o.,
45s. 2d,
Medium of three years, 1783—178s, £.20. 35.114.
The earlieſt regiſter begins in 1564.
In the firſt twenty years, near the beginning, are
48 baptiſms, 16 burials, and 15 marriages; and in
the laſt twenty years, ending in 1788, are 50 bap-
tiſms, 20 marriages, and 31 burials ; but the regiſters
being imperfect, this account is not much to be de-
pended upon.
Where the regiſter appears moſt perfect, from
1730 to 1751, a period of twenty years, there are
87 baptiſms, 59 burials, and 20 marriages.
ExtraQts from the regiſter :
c Francis Swift and Elizabeth Orme were three
ſeveral Sundays publiſhed in the pariſh-church of
Harſton, and afterwards, on the 29th of April, 1654,
their marriage (according to the late a4 of the Houſe
of Commons in that caſe made) was ſolemnized and
conſummated by and before Mr. Thomas Miller, al-
derman of Grantham, and juſtice of the peace there.
“% William Haywell and Alice his wife were mar-
ried at Hareſton by the miniſter April 12, 1660; I
ſay April 12, 1660, being before married by the
juſtice.” ;
The CHURCH,
finalem concordiam in curia domini regis, &c. ut in
carta ſecunda. 5
* Robertus filius Willielmi dedit nobis eecleſiam
de Harſton, cum terris, decimis, manſionibus, & om-
nibus pertinentiis.
« Willielmus filius Roberti dedit eceleſie beati
Michaelis de Harſton duo tofta & 2 acras prati, ut
patet par cartam tertiam.
e Habemus etiam in Harſton advocationem eccleſie,
ex dono Roberti filii Wiilielmi. Et percipimus per
manus rectoris annuatim penſionem 58. & unam petram
cere; ſic patet per matriculum epiſcopi, in his verbis:
Eccleſie de Harſton patronus abbas Leyc* ; perſona
P. Confles inſtitutus per epiſcopum H. Linc', ſolvens
abbati Leyc' 5s. & unam petram cere ab antiquo.
Monachi de Belvero percipiunt 2 garbas decimarum
de dominico ab antiquo.
« Mem”, quod iſta penſio, ſcil', 55. & petra cere,
recuperata fuerunt per ſententiam datam judice ordi-
nario, in eccleſià Sancti Martini Leyc', anno Domini
1302, in craſtino Aſſumptionis, ut patet in libro pla-
citarum.
«© Memorandum eſt quod recuperata fuit per placi-
tum in curia domini regis advocatio hujus eceleſie a Ri-
chardo Grey & Lucia uxore ejus, ut patet in placitis,
&c.; & quod in Rentale Geryn teſtimonium Hugonis
epiſcopi Linc', ſuper penſionem 58s. & 1 petram cere;
& ſuper eceleſiam ibidem, condempnatio contra rec-
torem ibidem ſuper petitionem ſuam 3.”
In 1344, the reftory was taxed at 10 marks; and
Paid 1s. 4d. for Peter-pence.
The abbot of Leiceſter had then alſo a penſion
from it of 5s. and a ſtone of wax.
In 1534-6, the procurations and ſynodals were
115. K.; the abbot of Leiceſter's penſion was 1 1s. ;
and the \value of the rectory £.13. 6s. 84.
This happening during the uſurpation of Oliver Cromwell, it is curidus to obſerve, that it has been firſt written © AR of
and afterwards croſſed out for an Act of the Honſe of Commons.”
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In 1650, the reftory was returned worth £.40z The church conſiſts of a nave and chancel, both
and the incumbent as © no preacher, and ſcandalous.” leaded. See a view of it, taken by Mr. Pridden in
The value in the king's books is (. 8. 1s. 8d.; and 1791, plate XLII.
the yearly value is ſtated in Bacon's Liber Regis At the Weſt end is the ſteeple, a ſmall embattled
at J. 75. tower, wherein are three ſmall bells, thus inſeribed:
In conſequence of the late incloſure, the preſent 1. God ſave our Queene, 1602.“
value is about . 1 50. a year. 2.
Archdeacon's ſynodals 35. 6d.; procurations 74. 644. = Thomas Norris made mee, 1662.
RE CT ORS. PATRONS.
Peter de Conſtein, clerk, 1222, .
Walter de Leyceſter, 1273,
Thomas de Thorpe, 1288,
Robert Swepſton occurs Jan. 10, 1397-8, - Abbot and convent of Leiceſter,
Richard the chaplain, ,. ... +» +. +
William Hawberk *, 1428, :
.* + + + * Twyſt, *
James Swift, g 651, *
David Price, Oct. 22, 1669,
Ephraim Garthwaite, Dec. 27, 1671, King Charles II.
William Smith, Nov. 17, 1719,
Jeremiah Ellis“, M. A. Oct. 28, 1721,
Richard Stoup 5, May 17, 1762,
Edward Wills Carr“, March 14, 1789, King George III.
John Hutchins “, M. A. 1793,
7
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
King George I.
In this church Mr, Peck, in 1729, found neither who died in Barbadoes, 1749,
arms nor monuments; nor were any added in 1791. in the 2oth year of his age,”
There is, however, one remarkable long ſepulchral « To the memory of Richard Holt,
ſtone, very antient, but bearing no inſcription,
In the church-yard :
On an altar-tomb :
who died Dec. 8, 1787, aged 93 years.“
William Parker died April 8, 1727, aged 79.
Here lieth the body of Mr. John Parker, Elizabeth, wife of George Sumner, died Aug. 3,
who died March 21, 1748, 1733, aged 62.
= he $500 your 67 ws age. Oliver Whalley died Jan. 10, 1724, aged 48 ; and
Here lieth rhe body of Mrs. Mary Parker, Barbara his wife died Dec. 18, 1742, aged 75.
idow of Mr. John Parker, 2 . |
3 ea —4. = 178 * William Stephenſon died March 29, 1709, aged 87,
in the 83d year of her age.
The return made to the houſe of commons, in 1986,
Alſo in memory of John, the ſon of the in anſwer to the enquiry reſpecting the charitable
aboveſaid Mr. Parker and Mary his wife, donations in this pariſn, may be ſeen in p. 7.
He witneſſes an antient deed in the Appendix, p. 7. .
* Ann. 8 Hen. VI. The prior of Belvoir grants to William Hauberk, rector of Hareſton, a leaſe of two parts of the great
and ſmall tithes of the demeſne lands, called Hillaries ; rent 14s. Reg. Belvoir,
3 Lecturer of Grantham,
* Formerly ſchoolmaſter of Grantham, and rector alſo of Charleton, in Lincolnſhire, His curate at Hareſton was
Latham, B. A.
5 Mr. Stoup dicd rector of Knipton in 1786.
* Mr. Carr hac a diſpenſation, 1789, to hold the vicarage of Loſeby with the rectory of Hareſton.
7 Ms, Hurchins had a diſpenſation, in June 1793, to hold this rectory with that of Faldingworth, co. Lincoln.
Pedigree
Pedigree of the Lords of H ARE ST ON, Anceſtors of the Earls of SCARSDALE;
. 1 Ralph. - 3 5
Robert Fitz-Ralph.—Avelind. William.
William Je Hareſton,== CS SS 0 Gilbert de Avenell, to whom==z 2 * * Ralph de Gnipton. Zobert,
temp. Hen. II. his brother gave Gnipton.
Robert de Hareſton, lord of- I ſolda had a charter of free · warren for her William Avenelt, Jord of Knipton,
Hareſton, died 33 Hen. III.
Sir Richard Grey, of Lace, dau. and Rich. de Hareſton, Peter de Hareſton, lord of Gilbert Avenell, lo
Sandiacre, co. Derby, | heir, 36 Hen. 33 Hen. III. died Hareſton, 37 Hen. III; of Knipton, 37 and
knight, dicd 26 Ed- III. without iſſue. a knight, 51 Hen. III; 40 Hen. III.
ward I, died without iſſue.
William de Grey, died before Agnes, the wife of Roger William Avenell, of Gn pton,
his father. St. Andrews, of Gotham. 37 and 40 Hen. III. 1
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Richard de Grey, heir to his grandfather, 11 years old,
1 William Avenell, .
26 Edward I; died 4 Edw. II.
| 19 Edw. II. 7
William de Grey, 5 years old, 4 Edw. . ; 2. Gilbert Avenell. 0 0 0 1. William, 20 Ed w. III. ob. {. P ·
Edward, ſon of Henry==Alice, dau. and heir, 8 Ric. II; Iſabel, dau. and coheir,
Hillary knt. 8 Ric. II. died 4 Ric, II. 30 Edw. III. Thomas Stoneſby, 39 Edw. III.
John, called himſelf Grey, died 4 Hen. IV. Emeline, a widow, 4 Hen. IV.
Ifabel, dau. and cobeir, firſt married to John Walſh, of Wanlip, co. Leic. John de Leak . Alice, dau. and
after to Humphrey Halloughton, died without iſſue. coheir.
oo
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William Leak, of Sutton, co. Nott.-Catharine, dau. of Thomas Chaworth, knt. Thomas Leak, 36 Hen, VI.
John Leak, of Sutton, died 1504 Elizabeth, daughter of John Savage, knt. Thomas Leak of Haſland.
John Leak, of Sutron, knt. died I 522. Jane, dau. of Henry Foljambe, eſq. Thomas Leak, of Wilthorpe.
Sir Francis Leak, knt. died 22 Elizabeth.—-Elizabeth, dau. of fir William Patton, nt.
—
Frances, daughter of- Francis Leak, of Sutton, knt. = Mary, dau. of John Egioke, Gervaſe Clifton,
Rob. Smith, 1ſt wife. | created a baronet in 1611. ad wife. 2d huſband.
Sir Francis Leak, knight and baronet, created lord Deyncouw-Anne, daughter of fir Edward Carey, ſiſter to
and earl of Scarſdale, Nov. 11, 16453. 43 0 Henry viſcount Falkland.
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1 N x r
Fo Nicholas, 2d earl. Frances dau. to Robert 2. Edwar > | both ſlain in the ſer- Four other ſons, Six daughters.
of Scarſdale. carl of Warwick. 3. Charles, } vice of k. Charles I. died umarried.
1. Robert, 3d earl of Scarſdale , Mary, dau. and coheir of ſir John 2. Richard Leak. Mary, dau. of ſir John
died in 1707. ! Lewes, of Ledſtone, co. York. | Molineux, bart.
Only one daughter, who I. Nicholas, 4th earl of Scarſdale *, 2. Robert, died young. F rances, Lucy.
died an infant. died without iſſue July 17, 17369.
* MS. Chetwynd. Arms: Argent, on a ſaltire engrailed Sable, nine annulets, Or. See plate II. p. 10. N* 53.
3 He manifeſted his loyalty in a moſt exemplary manner to king Charles I, not only by yielding great ſupply to his wants, but
cordial advice in council, whilſt Newark upon Trent remained one of his garriſons ; as alſo by ſending two of his ſons in his
immediate ſervice, whereof the one loſt his life in the South, and the other in the Weſt; he was in conſideration thereof,
in the 21it of Charles I. advanced to the dignity of earl. Having ſuffered much for his Joyalty in thoſe ruinous times, he be-
came ſo much mortified after the murder of his ſovereign, that he cloathed himſelf in ſackcloth ; and, caufing his grave ta
de dug ſome years before his death, laid himſelf down in it every Friday, exerciſing himſelf frequently in divine meditations
and prayers, He died, at his houſe at Sutton, in 1655. '
In the reign of king James II. he was lord-lieutenant of Derbyſhire, colonel of a regiment of horſe, and groom of the ſtole
to bis royal highneis prince George of Denmark; all which places he loſt in the ſame reign, for not complying with the mea»
fures of the court, in taking off the teſts and penal laws,
In the reign of queen Anne, he was lord-lieutenant and cuſtos rotulorum of the county of Derby, and envoy-extraordi-
pary to the court of Vienna,
By the death of this nobleman, the earldom became extint; and ſir Nathaniel Curzon, baronet, was created a peer,
April 9, 1761, by the title uf baron Scarſdale, of Scarſdale, co. Derby,
FramLand HunDRED.] HARE $ TON. 217
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lands in Hickling, co. Nott 36 Hen. III. 5 Hen. V ee [
Alice, daugh. and coheir, wife of
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218 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
3
in antient writings called Hoes, Hoſe, Hoofe, and Howys,
8 bounded on the North by Harby, on the Eaſt by
Braunſton and Eaftwell, on the South by Long Clax-
ton, and on the Weſt by the county of Nottingham.
It is ſituated in the Vale of Belvoir, about 8 miles
diſtant from Melton Mowbray, the neareſt market-
town; 22 from Leiceſter; and, in the ecclefiaſtical
diviſion of the county, is within the deanry of Fram-
land.
The lordſhip of Howes appears to have been con-
fidered, in the Conqueror's ſurvey, as two diſtin
manors; one of which is enumerated among the poſ-
ſeſſions of Robert de Todeni, who had fix ploughlands
there of the annual value of forty ſhillings, the ſame
ſum it was worth during the reign of the Confeſſor.
Giflebert held this portion under Robert. The land
was equal to ſeven ploughs. Two ploughs were in
the demeſne, and two bondmen ; and five villans and
eight ſoemen, with one foreigner, had two ploughs
and a half. There were eighteen acres of meadow *.
The other part of Howes conſiſted of four caru-
cates and a half, two of which were held under the
king by Robert the ſon of William Uſher | Hoſtiarius] ;
who had one plough in his demefne and three bond-
men; and eight villans, with one bordar, had two
ploughs. There were ſeven acres of meadow. It
was worth twenty ſhillings a year in the reign of
Edward the Confeſſor; and the value was not in-
creaſed at the period of the ſurvey.
Tur/tin held under Robert Uſher two ploughlands
and a half in Howes, and had there one plough and
two bondmen; he had alſo fix villans and two bor-
dars, who occupied land ſufficient for a plough and a
half. This portion of the lordſhip had nine acres
of meadow ; and, like the former one, was of the
annual value of twenty ſhillings, and had been ſo
under the Confeflor a.
In another part of the record, this latter portion
again occurs; and it is there faid that Turſtin held
under Robert Uſper two ploughlands in Howes, the
land being equal to two ploughs ; and fix villans,
with two bordars, had as much land as was ſufficient
for a plough and a half, There were nine acres of
meadow ?.
The whole townſhip of Howes was of the fee of
Belvoir, and anſwered to twelve carucates. :
The advowſun of the church here, originally ap-
pendent to the manor, was given to the priory of Bel-
voir by William de Noveriis, with two bovates of land,
and ſome tenements in the townſhip !.
Willam de Albini, lord of Belvoir, 1166, certified
to king Henry II. that he held 32 knights fees de
veteri feoffamento, that is, whereof he was enfeoffed in
the time of Henry I; and fix knights fees and a half
whereof he was enfeoffed fince the beginning of Henry
the Second's reign; whereof Robert Poher held five
knights fees and a half, Simon de Rope/ley three, and
Ralph de Hotot half a knight's fee.
It is probable that Howes was part of the fee held
„ Giflebertus tenet 6 carucatas terræ de R[oberto] in Hoches.
ſervi ; & 5 villani & 8 ſochmanni, cum 1 francigena, habent 2 carucas & dimidiam, Ibi 18 acrz prati. Valuit & valet 49
ſolidos.“ Domeſday, p. 233. b. col. 2.
2 « Robertus filius W. Holtiarii tenet de rege in Howes 2 carucatas terrz. Ibi habet 1 carucam in dominico, & 3 ſervos;
Ibi 7 acre prati,
« Turſtinus tenet de Roberto in Howes 2 carucatas terre & dimidiam,
Valuit & valet 20 ſolidos.“
3 « Turſtinus tenet de Roberto Hoſtiario] 2 carucatas terræ in Howes,
2 ſervi; & 6 villani cum 2 bordariis habent 1 carucam & dimidiam,
& 8 villani, cum 1 bordario, habentes 2 carucas.
2 bordaries, cum 1 caruc & dimidia. Ibi g acre prati.
p. 235. a, col. 1.
4 « Willielmus de Noveriis dedit eccleſiam de Howes priori de Belvoir, & duas bovatas terræ, & alia tenementa in eadem
villa, tempore fundationis.” Reg. Belvoir, p. 61.
% Nos Rodbertus Poer & Mabilla uxor meus confirmamus donationem
Belvaer, aum eccleſi de Howes, die quo dedicata fuit in houorem Sancti Nicholai.” Ibid.
s Sec Appendix, p. 8.
7 The particular benefactions may be ſeen in the Appendix, p. 88 ; and ſtill more fully in p. 101.
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by Robert de Poher, who, with Mabilla his wife,
confirmed the advowſon of Howes to Belvoir priory s,
June 22, 1228, the prior and convent of Belyoir
renounced to the abbot and convent of Croxton a
portion of the tithes of hay, &c. in the meadows of
their demeſne at Howes /feni de pratis, & increment;
animalium que habuerunt in dominico ).
By Croxton Regiſter, ir ſeems as if Thomas Lincoln
and Richard Trozwel held in 1284, by knights ſeryice,
from the lord of Belyoir, all Howes; and that the
reſt of the land-owners there held under one or other
of thoſe. The manor was Thomas de Lincoln's, who
held half a knight's fee under the lord of Belyoir,
and paid ſcutage.
The abbot of Croxton held 27 bovates and a half of
the demeſne lands of Thomas de Lincoln ; 9 of
which he had in exchange for other lands at South
Croxton. Nine ſervants held thoſe nine bovates under
him, as tenants at will, on an annual rent of 3l. 155 fd.
He had three cottages, which paid a rent of 8s. 89. ;
one free cottage, producing 25.; and one free tenant,
who held a bovate of land and two tofts for 45. 84. a year,
Under Thomas de Lincoln the abbot had nine
other bovates, all of the fee of Belvoir, and held of
the abbot by the following tenants at will, who paid
14. for each bovate to the warding of Belvoir caſtle;
Peter Prepofitus held 3 bovates ; and Robert Fitz Clake,
Henry le Pinder, Ralph Borard, Roger de Campania,
Robert de Suetherne, and Adam le Schirreve, had each
one bovate. |
The abbot held twenty bovates in demeſne; four
of them under Richard de Trowel; four given by
Robert Mainard ſenior ; and twelve by Robert le Poer.
He had alſo ſeven bovates of the fee of Granen ;
two of which were given in pure alms by Gefrey
Putrel; for the other five, he paid ſcutage, at the
rate of 143d. for each virgate, to William Clement, of
Stanford upon Trent.
The benefactors to Croxton abbey in the townſhip
of Howes were theſe?. Sir Thomas de Lincoln, and
Thomas his grandſon ; Robert le Poer and Amabilia his
wife; Robert Mainard ſenior, Ingletoft de Charnels,
Thomas de Hotot, William Clement, Ralph de Herdeby,
Thomas de Lincoln, Robert Fitzhugh, Hervey of Howes,
William le Poer, Gilbert Clericus, Hervey Fitz Robert,
Gilbert Fitz Hervey, Ralph Fitzburgh, Robert Fitz
Ralph, Robert Fitz Gilbert, Henry Putrel, Stephen de
Newill, William Hotot of Bottesford, Richard Whiche.
The lady Jabel de Ros is alſo enumerated among
the benefactors to the abbey of Croxton at Howes,
by giving them in free alms whatever they held under
the fee of Belvoir, and releaſing them from the obli-
gation of paying ſuit in future at her courts.
The whole of the lands in Howes held under the
abbot of Croxton, including the 9 bovates held by
tenants at will, amounted to 41 bovates, which were
equal to 5 carucates and 3 bovates.
The paſture-land in Howes was meaſured whilſt
Adam was abbot of Croxton, and William de Canta-
Terra eſt 7 carucarum. In dominico ſunt 2 carucz &
Valuit & valet 20 ſolidos.
Ibi habet 1 carucam, & 2 ſervos, & 6 villanos &
Ibid. p. 237. a. col. 1.
Terra eſt 2 carucarum, In dominico ef una, &
Ibi ꝙ acre prati. Valuit & valet 20 ſolidos.“ Ibid.
illam quam nos & homines noſtri dedimus ecclelis
lupe
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
lupe ſheriff of the counties of Warwick and Leiceſter,
by a jury of twelve lawful men of the vicinage ;
who found that a virgate of land there was equal to
the maintenance of 4 oxen, 2 horſes, 3o ſheep, a boar
and 2 ſows, with their litter {cum ſequeld ſud ), till the
feaſt of St. Martin, 8 geeſe, and 2 ganders,
Hugh Charnels held one carucate of land under
Thomas de Lincoln as lord of the fee,
Reger le Poer held two bovates of the demeſne
land, and paid gs. a year to the abbot of Leiceſter,
The Prior of Belvoir held the five bovates with
which the church was endowed. The church he held
to his own uſe, and retained two bovates and a half
of the land in demeſne. He had one ſervant, who
held a bovate at will, for a rent of 8s. ; one free te-
nant, who held a bovate and a half, for 18d. ; and
one free cottage, which paid 164. |
The names of the tenants under Thomas de Lin-
coln, who reſpectively exonerated him from all charge
for his lands at Howes, were thele :
Sir Ralph de Charnelis held fix bovates ; fir Stephen
de Nevill, fix; Hugo Fitz Henry, eight; Geffrey de
Crophill, four; Robert Fitz Gilbert, three; Walter
Faber, one; Robert Fitz Auſtin, one; Geffrey le Poer,
two bovates and a half in demeſne, and one other
which he let; Henry de Herdeby, two; William de
Herdeby, two; and the heirs of Simon de Ropi/le,
eight; in all, 53 bovates and a half.
Richard de Trowell held, of the fee of Tuchets,
half a knight's fee in Howes and Claxton ; of which
four carucates of land and three bovates of paſture
(viridi) were in Howes.
John de Nevill held under the ſame Richard two
carucates, on the tenure of paying annually one
ſparrow-hawk, or 12d. in lieu of it. Nine bovates
of this land John de Nevill held in demeſne; and
four free tenants held five bovates, paying 195. a year
and a pound of cumin /cumini). He had alſo in pure
alms two bovates, which the abbot of Croxton held,
and one free cottage, which paid a rent of 5s.
The lord Robert de Ros held in homage, by three
free-tenants, twelve bovates and fix tofts, of which
the rent was 26s. 8d.
The prior of the hoſpital of St. John of Feruſalem
had alſo four cottages at Howes ; one of them held
at 35. 2d. He had alſo two free tenants, who held three
bovates in demeſne, and paid a rent of 5s. ©4d.
The three heirs of Simon de Roppiſle held in par-
cenary one carucate by four fervants, tenants at will,
and paying a rent of J. 3. 45. This was part of the
tee of Belvoir.
In 1284, Thomas de Lincoln, ſon of Peter, and
grandſon of Thomas de Lincoln, undertook to bear
the abbot of Croxton harmleſs againit the demands of
ſervice, &c. due to Keobert lord Ros and lady [/abel
his wife, for the lands held by the convent from Tho-
mas de Lincoln, The abbot complained, thar, though
he held the manor of Howes “ in puram eleemolinam,”
the ſaid Robert and Itabel diſtrained him to pay 4s.
a year, and ſcutage for halt a knight's fee, and ſuit
of their court at Belvoir from three weeks to three
weeks. Thomas de Lincoln, appearing in court,
acknowledged that the manor, with the appurtenances,
belonged of right to the abbot, and to the church of
St, John the Apoſtle and Evangeliſt at Croxton, ha-
ving been given to them by his grand-father in pure
aims, The abbot, in return, reſeaſed the ſaid Tho-
mas of all former claims. Roger Wade, the baililf of
lord Ros, being preſent, declared his acceptance of
the transfer, and received from Thomas de Lincoln
the arrears of ſcutage.
For two meſſuages, with two bovates and a half of
land, in Howes, confirmed to the abbot and convent
of St. Mary de Pratis at Leiceſler by a charter of the
lord Robert de Ros, the abbot paid a ſcutage at Bel-
voir of 44d. a bovate.
The poſſeſſions of this abbey at Howes were theſe*:
le Pares of Barkby. | '
: See Appendix, p. 102. 2 Sorehaw k.
See under the pariſh of Ibſtock.
Vor. I.
at will for 45. rent; the other three held freely /ibere)
Two borates and a half of land, the gift of Malter
TK & & 08 3
Two meſſuages, with their appurtenances, the gift
of Ge Putrel, in the tenure of Alured and Gefirey
Fitz Ranulph.
An annual free rent of 6d. from two meſſuages, by
the gift of Robert Fitz Bachiler of Claxton, and Cecilia
the daughter of Geffrey le Poer. |
A cottage and ſtable, and two bovates and a half
of land, held by John Herleſon, at a rent of 6s. (d.
and ſuit of court.
The abbot of Croxton held Codealeland in Howes,
by the payment of 6d. and ſuit of court to the abbot
of Leiceſter at Thurmaſton. The ſite of his grange
(orrei ſui) was alſo the property of the abbot of Lei-
ceſter, who received for it 1s. a year, paid by a free
tenant of the abbot of Croxton at Hungarten.
All the tenants of the abbot of Leiceſter at Howes
were bound to attend the view of frankpledge at their
court at Thurmaſton.
Among the deeds in the Segrave chartulary are the
following relative to Howes :
1. A charter of Nicholas de Trowale to Henry his
brother, and to the ſon of Robert Putrell, and their
heirs, of two quadragæ of land, to be held of the ſaid
Nicholas by the ſixth part of a knighr's fee, and the
ſervice unius 11/t ſoragii, or 12d. annually at the feaſt
of St. James.
2. An acquittance of Nicholas de Trowell to the
ſaid Henry of aod. annually de cuſtodid de Sciptond,
which he was bound to pertorm for two carucates of
land in Howes, ſalvo forinſeco ſervitio.
3. A leaſe of Henry Putrell, for two years, to the
abbot and monks of Croxton, of all the paſture of
the ſheep /biden/ium) belonging to the land he held
in his own hands at Howes.
4. A grant, from the abbot and convent of Croxton
to Henry Putrell and his heirs, of one ſelion of land
in the croft of Matilda Je Walſe, joining to the croft
of the ſaid Henry, to be held in exchange for five
ſelions, four of which were behind the grange of
Croxton abbey at Howes, and the fifth againſt the
totts among the abbot's lands.
5. An exchange between the abbot and convent of
Croxton and Henry Putrell, of 99 ſelions of land in
Howes, given by the ſaid Henry for 77 ſelions be-
longing to the convent in various places.
6. A grant of Geffrey Putrel to Stephen de Se-
grave, and his heirs, of all his property at Howes, to
be held under the ſaid Geffrey and his heirs by ho-
mage, and payment of 124. annually at Michaelmas,
for all ſervice, except the forinſecum ſervicium that
might be due to the king.
In the time of king Henry III. Stephen de Segrave,
who died in 1270, gave all his lands here to Hajcuife
de Nevill, his grandchild ?,
The reſt of this manor (together with that of
Burton) deſcended to the families of Garfale and
Verdon, by the daughter and coheir of Henry de Burton“.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Howes, with Broughton
and Long Claxton, anſwered collectively as one vill.
In the reign of Edward I. Thomas de Garſbale was:
lord of halt this manor. He had iſſue Robert of
Ibſtock; whoſe daughter and heir E/;zaveth brought
her moiety by marriage to Robert Burdett, of Hun-
cote, who was living in 1346.
In 1304, it was found that Richard de Aſbeby, de-
ceaſed, and Alice his wife, held 84. rent, arifing out
of the land of two freeholders in Howes, of Reger de
Hoc es, by the ſervice of 64. a year 5.
in 1325, it was found that J/i/liam de Neville, de—
ceaſed, and Margaret his wife, held one meſſuage, two
carucates of land, and gos. rent, wich the appur—
renances, in Howes, of the heirs ot Stephen de Segrave,
by the ſervice of 12d. a year; alſo one meſſuage,
two carucates of land, and 1cos. rent, ariſing out of
divers tenemenis belonging to fir Thomas Charworth,
knt. by the tervice of one knight's fee; and that
Jobn de Neville was his fon and heir“. |
In 1343, it appeared that IH illiam de Ros of Hamlake,
deceaſed, held one knight's fee and the ſixtieth part
of one other knight's tee (which Thomas de Lincoln
3 MS. Gaſcoygne, from an inquiſition 5 Edw. I.
5 Eſch. 33 Edw. I. N 49. Leic.
Eich. 19 Edw. II. Ne 36. Leic,
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held under him), in Batkby, Croxton, Quenby, and
Howes; alfo the twentieth part of one knight's fee
in Howes, which 1enry Wolveſheye held“.
In 1346, Jobn Charnells (on the aid then granted
for knighting Edward of Woodſtock, the kivg's eldeſt
ton) was affeſled $4. for a ſixtieth part of one knight's
fee in Howes, parcel of the fee of Ros“.
In 1349, John Charnells of Muſton, the priory of
St. John of Jeruſalem, and the priory of Belvoir,
held lands here of the fee of Ros.
ln 1352-3, it appeared that William de Ros of
Hamlake, deceaſed, held the ſixtieth part of one
knight's fee in Howes, which Joha Charnells held
under him 7.
ln 1363, it was found that Margery (who was the
wife of William de Ros of Hamlake), deceaſed, held
one knighi's fee, half a quarter, and the ſixteenth part
of one knight's fee, in Barkby, Croxton, Hungarton,
Queaby, and Howes, which Thomas de Lincoln held.
In 1369, fir Henry Grene, knt. deceaſed, held cer-
tain lands in Claxton and Howes *.
In 1591, fir Thomas Grene, knt. died feiſed of divers
lands in Claxton and Howes *.
The moiety of this manor, in 1400, was the pro-
perty of ſic Robert Burdett; whoſe daughter and heir
Elizabeth brought it by marriage to fir Humfrey Staf-
ford, of Grafton, co. Worceſter, knight; in whoſe
family it continued in 1622 7.
In the ſubſidy of 1416 (when the county of Lei-
ceſter was rated at £.757- 125. 114d.) Howes was
rated at £2. 47.
In that of 1445, Howes was rated at £.2. 46. and
an abatement was made of 4s.
In 1478, John Bring bam, of Watnow, co. Notting-
ham, was ſeiſed of certain meſſuages here 8.
In 1500, Thomas Keble, ſerjeant at law, died ſeifed
of 12 bovates of land here.
la 1534, the manor of Howes, belonging to Crox-
ton abbey, of the clear yearly value, including its
rents, of C. 22. 16s. 104d. paſſed, along with moſt of
the poſſeſſions of the ſaid abbey, to Thomas earl of
Rutland and Eleanor his wite 9.
The whole lordſhip conſiſts of more than 2000
acres of land, of which about one half in 1790 was
old incloſure ; the other half, being then open field,
was divided into three; the firſt year, fallow; the
ſecond, barley and wheat; and the third, beans and
peaſe.
The duke of Rutland was then the impropriator
and principal proprietor; the reſt being the property
of 27 freeholders.
In 1791, an act was paſſed, for dividing and inclo-
ſing, within the pariſh of Howes, ſeveral open common
fields, common meadow, common paſtures, and other
commonable lands and waſte grounds; in which John-
The C H
dedicated to St. Michael, is a neat Gothic building,
conſiſting of a nave, two ailes, and a chancel, all
which are leaded; and a ſtone tower with four pin-
nacles at the corners.
All the building, except the chancel and porch, is
embattled. See a South view of it, taken by Mr.
<chnebbelie in September 1791, plate XLII. |
Over the beltry-door at the Welt end of the nave
s ** 1643.”
In the tower are three bells thus inſcribed :
1. * God ſave his Church, 1613.“
2. * Sci Nicholai L.
the South alle is another piſcina and locker.
The font is oftangular **, and hath ſeveral curious
car red monuments.
Tunis church is not pewed.
The wake is kept on the Sunday next before the
feait of St. Michael.
FEſch. 17 Edw. III. N' 60. Leic,
* E.ch. 37 Edw. III N 62. Leic.
7 Naſh, vol I. p. 157.
9 Records in Augmentaticu-Otlice,
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land, and rented by the widow Shilcock.
? pat. Aux. 20 Edw. III.
5 See more under Claxto
And of the families of Burdett and Stafford, fee urfder Huncote.
42% See a ſketch of it under the pariſh of Waltham.
Henry duke of Rutland is deſcribed as ſeiſed of the
manor and the 3 of the vicarage, and, as im-
propriator of the rectory, entitled to the impropriare
tithes; the vicar of the pariſh, as entitled to the
vicatial tithes; and the duke of Rutland, John
Crompton, and Robert Garten, eſquires, and Hen
Stokes, John North, Henry Shilcock, Robert Juda,
and ſeveral other perſons, as entitled to lands in the
common fields and meadows, and to right of common
upon the common paſtures and other commonable
lands and waſte grounds within the ſaid pariſh. "I'bree.
acres are direted to be ſet out for the repair of roads;
and one fourtcenth of the whole to the duke for his
right of foil. To the impropriator and vicar an
allotment equal in value to one ſeventh of the whole
open field; to one ninth of the old incloſed lands
within the ring of the town, ſubject to great and ſmall
tithes, and uſed as paſture or meadow to one eighth
of the remainder of old incloſed lands without the
ring, ſubje& to former payments; to a twelfth of the
gardens, orchards, and homeſteads; and to a fiftieth
of ſuch old incloſures as are liable to ſmall rithes only;
out of all which the vicar to have land of the full
annual value of £.46. Thoſe who have no common
right to exchange for old incloſures are to pay an
annual equivalent in money. A general ſaving to the
duke, of all rights as owner of Belvoir chaſe.
In 1564, there were 24 families in this pariſh,
The number of families in 1790 were 48, and of
inhabitants 2 56.
4 freeholder is mentioned here in the book of
1630,
At the general election in 1722, 22 freeholders
polled from this pariſh ; and 17 in 1775.
The neit expence of the poor in 1776 was {.19.
10s, 8d.
Medium of three years, 1783—1785, C. 37. 25. 4d.
The regiſter begins in 1582. In the firſt 20 years
are 113 baptiſms, 60 burials, and 44 marriages ; and,
in the 20 years ending in 1788, there are 208 bap-
tiſms, 120 burials, and 32 marriages.
ExtraQts from the regiſter :
% Katharine Olive, buried Aug. 24, 1588.
Mary Olive, ſiſter of the aforeſaid Katharine, was
buried the ſame day. They were both killed in theis
bedds by the fall of a mudde wall.”
Lock to your conſcience, what conſcience you have,
For couſcience will damne, and conſcience will fave.
1667.”
On the North fide of the town, on the road t
Harby, is a large old houſe, called The Grange, which
formerly belonged to the family of Daſhwood ; and is
now a farm-houſe, the property of the duke of Ku-
URCH,
The advowſon of the church of Howes was given
to the priory of Belvoir, at the foundation of rhe
priory, by Milliam de Noveriis, and confirmed to them
by Robert de Pober. |
In 1220, the patron of the church of Howes was
the prior of Belvoir, having it [that is, the great
tithes, appropriated]to his own uſe. The then vicar
was Elias, inſtituted by Hugh, the then biſhop of
Lincoln.
The ordination of the vicarage is in theſe terms:
&« Fecletia de Howes valet 14 marc” & dim'. Vica-
rius perpetuus habebit totum altaragium preter prin-
cipale legatum z percipiet per annum tres ſummas fri
menti pacabilis ad feſtum Michaelis a priore de Bel-
voir ; ſol vet ſynodalia ; vicaria valet 3 marc* & dim
Manſum nunc non eſt aſſignatum. Ordinat' per Hu-
gonem epiſc* Lincoln “.“
The appropriation of the church of Howes to the
priory of Belvoir was ſolemnly confirmed by arch
biſhop Kilwardby, in a metropolitan viſitation, 1277
% Eſch, 26 Edw, III. N' 53, Leic.
p. 133+ v Ibid.
s MS. Chetwynd.
41 Belvoir Wer
; a
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
In 1344 the procurations were, 7s. 644. ; the church
3 at 8 marks; and paid 1s. 8d. for Peter-
ence.
In 1534-5, the ſynodals were 3s. 6d.; and the
value of the vicarage £.6. 13s. 4d. |
In 1650, Howes was returned as an improprla-
VICARS
Flias occurs vicar 1220,
Ivo de Claxby, 1260,
William de Reddemild, 1274,
William de Eyton, 1274,
Thomas Byſting died 1425,
Sir John Nycol *, chaplain, Jan. 21, 1425-6; reſigned
year, Oct. 10,
John Nycol again preſented Oct. 5, 1450,
Edward Thomſon * occurs 1562,
R. James occurs vicar in 1647,
Robert Port, 1665.
Richard Simpſon, 1671.
Lewis Griffin reſigned 1695.
Charles Wright 4, 1695 ; reſigned 1716.
William Dand, 1718.
— Bradbury 5, M. A. 1742.
— Bradfield, died in 1756.
Henry Hough, 1756 ; the preſent vicar 1794.
MONUMENTAL
When Mr. Peck viſited this church, June 9, 1729,
he found there neither arms nor monuments.
In the chancel, however, is an old coffin-faſhioned
ſtone, but without any traces of an inſcription.
On a mural tablet on the North fide :
Near this ſtone lieth interred
the body of Joſeph Shilcock.
He departed this life Aug. 17, 1786,
aged 40 years.“ |
Oh, cruel Death, how could'ſt thou ſeparate
Two boſom friends juſt in a happy ſtate!
Our children dear with care we did attend,
But God was pleas'd our comforts all to end.
Grieve not for me, my dear ; let Virtue till
Compoſe thy mind, for, lo! a ſhort time will
Bring thee to me, where heavenly angels ſing
Repeated anthems to their heavenly King.
Here lieth the body of Katharine Shilcock,
the wife of Joſeph Shilcock.“
On flat ſtones :
I. © HERE LIETH THE BODY OF THOMAS CAMPION,
DECEASED, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
JANUARY THE 31IST, ANNO DOM' 1711-12.
HIS AGE WAS 38 YEARS.”
3. © Here lieth Elizabeth, daughter of
William and Anne Shilcock,
who departed this liſe Sept. 22, 1774,
in the 25th year cf her age.“
On flat ſtones in the nave:
« Here lieth the body of
Mr. RozarT HickLinG,
who departed this life Oct. 11, 1729,
aged 32 vears.”
who died October She departed this life the
aged 63 years.“ aged 72 years,”
£4 P
k Afterwards rector of Knipton. See p. 97.
Pracentor and ſchool-maſier of Peterborough,
Sir Richard Wilſwyk, chaplain, April 28, 1440; reſigned the ſame
the 13th, 1735, 16th day of September, 1788,
HOWES. 421
tion; the rectory worth £.60.; the vicarage C. 10.;
and the incumbent as © no preacher.”
The preſent value in the king's books is C. 7. 25.
6d. clear yearly value £.24. 177.
The epiſcopal procuratiohs are, for the reQory, 25.3
for the vicarage, 15. 2d.; the archidiaconal, 101. 6d.
PATRONS,
prior and con vent of Belvoir.
1440, |
J
Henry, ſecond earl of Rutland.
John, eleventh earl of Rutland:
John, ſecond duke of Rutland.
INSCRIPTIONS.
Though two in marriage bands are linked faſt,
Death will divide and part them at the laſt.
Thus ſhe that lies here was a widow made,
And now ſhe by her boſom friend is laid.”
Robert Hickling died April 29, 1729, aged 71.
Another of the Hicklings died in 1723, aged 93.
In the church-yard :
Elizabeth Julian died Dec. 24, 1771, aged 80.
John Parnam died Auguſt 30, 1762, aged 71.
Francis Godfrey died Aug. 21, 1762, aged 78.
John Clifft died April 11, 1731, aged 92.
In the church-yard is the pedeſtal of a croſs.
CHARITABLE BENEFACTIONS.
On three tablets at the Weſt end of the nave :
«© Memorandum. Formerly have been left, by the
family of the Shilcocks, the ſum of 1wenty pounds,
the ſecurity of which is in the hands of the church-
warden; the yearly intereſt to be diltributed amongſt
the poor of Hoſe, by the diſcretion of the church-
warden and overſeerss Allo fir George Daſhwood
gave the ſum of five pounds, to be diſtributed to the
poor by the officers aforeſaid.
&© Memorandum. Mr. John Parnham, of Hoſe,
2. „Elizabeth Dilke died Dec. 16, 1761, aged 80.“ departed Aug. 30, 1762, by his laſt will and teſta-
ment, gave the ſum of twenty pounds unto the poor
of Hole ; the intereſt to be diſtributed amongſt them
yearly on Chriſtmas-day, by the diſcretion of the
churchwarden and overſeers of the ſaid pariſh.
Mr. Robert Hickling, of Hoſe, who departed
this life October the 11th, 1729, gave, by his laſt
will and teſtament, the ſum of twenty pounds, land
ſecurity in the manor of Hoſe, known by the name
of Loton Cloſe ; the income thereof to be diſtributed
among the poor of Hoſe, on old St. Thomas's day,
£c H 2 . * l N
W. — ** Here lieth interred the by the diſcretion of the churchwarden and overſcers
y of remains of ALtct SHILLCOCK, f th im of Hoſe f -
WilL1am SmtLt.cock, the wife of William Shillcock, Of the parih ot Hole lor ever.
The return made to the houſe of commons, in 1768,
in anſwer to the enquiry reſpecting the charitable
donations in this pariſh, may be ſeen in p. 8.
b He was about that time preſented to the vicarage of Twyford, in this county. Belvoir Reg.
Wy From “ Certificatorium Archidiaconatus Leic*,” of the incumbents names, qualities, &c. in Ben'et college library (annis
1500, 1561, 1562), Ben'et Catalogue, p. 86, Mitc. V; where Mr. Thomſon is thus deſcribed : a
re ſbyter, non conjugatus; doctus; relidet ; holpitalis; deget ibidem ; non licentiatus, nec predicat z nullum aliud habet.“
* Atterwards alto rector of Knipton. See p. 97.
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222 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES er LEICESTERSHIRE.
KIRKBY
in antient mg called Chirchebi, Kirkby upon Wreke,
and Kirkby Wretheck, from its fituation on the river
Wreke, and afterwards, fiom its early owners, Kirkby
Mowbray, Kirkby Bellere, Kirkby Beler, and now moſt
commonly Kirby Bellers, is bounded by Asfordby on
the North ; Great Dalby, Aſhby Folvile, and Gad-
deſby, on the South; Melton on the Eaſt; and
Friſby on the Weſt.
It lies on the turnpike-road, three miles diſtant from
Melton Mowbray, the neareſt market-townz; and
eleven from Leiceſter ; and, in the ecclefiaſtical divi-
fion of the county, is within the deanry of Framland.
This town is certainly of great antiquity ; and has
equal claim with one of the ſame name in Warwick-
ſhire to the honour of having been indebted to the
piety of Etbelſieda the renowned Mercian queen; who,
according to an author * quoted by fir William Dug-
dale, duas urbes, Cyricbyrig & Weadyrig, poſt nati-
vitatem Domini ædiſicuvit. The word Lypic,“ fir
William obſerves, ** with the Saxons, was the ſame
that after-ages called Kirk, and we now Church; and
Bypic, in our old Engliſh, ſignifies civitas or burgus in
Latin; which being now here changed into Bye, alters
not the meaning of the word, inſomuch as Bye, with
the Saxons, is no other than Habitatio in Latin: neither
is it out of uſe with us at this day in that fenſe, thoſe
orders and rules that are uſually made in our Court Ba-
rons* being called Bye Laws, id eft, Town Laws; Lyan,
the verb, in the Saxon tongue, lignifying to dell“.
At the time of the general ſurvey, this lordſhip,
called Chirchebi, was conſidered as part of the ma-
nor of Melton. It contained ſeventeen ploughlands ;
and was given, after the Conqueſt, with other great
poſſeſſions, to Goisfrid de Wirce, of a family ſo called
from Guerche in Britainy ; who came into England
with the Norman Conqueror, and was rewarded with
this and other large poſſeſſions in the ſeveral counties
of Leiceſter, Warwick, Northampton, Nottingham,
and Lincoln*; and under whom ſeven ploughlands
in Cherchebi were held by Ralph, who had three
ploughs in the demeſne; with ix villans, and four
bordars, who employed another plough. This part
of the lordſhip was then worth ſeven pounds a year ;
and contained twenty acres of meadow 5.
By Goisfrid de Wirce a deed is dated at kirke-
beria, in 1077, a deed beſtowing ſome conſiderable
benefactions both of lands and tithes on the abbey
of St. Nicholas at Anjou; amongſt which are twenty
acres of cultivated land at Kirkby (in kirkeberid terram
frumenti ferendo aptam ), ſcilicet viginti acras *.
It is with much diflidence that l venture to ſup-
poſe this Kirkeberia to be the Kirkby of our county,
when it has been by ſo high an authority as fir Wil-
liam Dugdale aſcribed to that in Warwickſhire, But
both towns were the property of the ſame lord ; and
the deed does not diſcriminate either. Thus far, there-
fore, the claim being equa), Kirkby Wrethek appears
Marian. Scot. Hiſt. MS. in Bibl. Bodl. in ann. 917.
B EL E R,
to have the preference, from its proximity to Melton,
the reſidence of the donor, and from being antiently 1
part of that lordſhip, and included in its taxations
and exemptions ; one of which, the tithe of the mar-
ket and its tolls (in Meltond mercati & theolonei deti.
mam totam) is ſpecified in this very donation. After
all, however, this is but conjecture; and the miſtake,
if it be one, is perfectly venial.
After the death of Goisfrid de Wirce, the lordſhi
of Kirkby Wrethek, with the reſt of his great poſ-
ſeſſions, came to Nigell de Albini v, younger brother of
the lord William de Albini Pincerna ; which Nigell -
was by his mother's fide a Mozwbray. His poſterity
aſſumed that ſurname, and continued to poſſeſs this
lordſhip till it deſcended to the Belers of Eye-
kettleby .
From ſeveral fragments of records in the reign of
king John, preſerved in the receipt of the Exchequer,
Mr. Roper tranſcribed what follows :
Juliana de Ayvill petens, & Willielmus de Ver-
dun & Alicia uxor ejus, & Philippus de Waſtneis
& Ampheliſla uxor ejus, & Philippus filius Hugonis
& Ylolda uxor ejus, tenentes, concordati ſunt de 5
carucatis paſture, cum pertinentiis, in Kirby, ita quod
medietas totius predicte terre, in omnibus rebus re-
manet quietum ipſi Juliane & heredibus ſuis, &c. &
predicti tenentes tene bunt de ipfa Juliana & heredibus
ſuis, illam ſuam medietatem per ſervicium quod per-
tinet ad illam,” &c. |
In 1204, Juliana de Ayvill paid the king a fine of
10 marks, to have a record and reaſonable judgemem,
touching a plea depending in the king's court, be-
tween her and Alice de Ayvill and Henry Fitz-Ralph,
about certain lands in Kirkby, co. Leiceſter .
This lordſhip was ſoon after in the poſſeſſion of the
family of the Rampaines, ſeveral of whom appear
among the benefactors to Burton Lazars. Richard
de Rampaine gave to William Orger, of Mclton, cer-
tain lands at Kirkby, as a marriage portion with his
daughter Maud; the laſt of whom, Hugh de Ram-
Paine, granted ſeven bovates of land and his capital
meſſuage here to the monaſtery of Monks-Kirby in
Warwickſhire, which was confirmed to them by Mil-
liam de Mowbray, ſuperior lord of the fee “.
On the aid granted to king Henry III. in 1235,
towards the marrying of his fiſter with the emperor
of the Romans, the prior of Monks Kirby paid five
marks for lands he held freely in Kirkby Wrethek;
and 12s. for one fee which he held under Robert de
Mowbray. Robert de Nui (or & Ayvill rather), for
half a fee (in another place called three parts of a
fee), which he held there under Robert de —
paid at the ſame time one mark *. ;
In the Teſta de Nevill, about 1240, Kirkby is ſaid
to have eſcheated to the king, and to be of the annual
value of 45. 3d. and a pound of cumin. Roger
d"Akafte held it at that time for the king's uſe”.
* Thoſe made by Corporate Bodies apply ſtill more cloſely to this ſenſe of the expreſſion,
3 Warwickſhire, ed. 1homas, vol, II. p. 75.
+ His lordſhips in this county alone were twenty-ſeven ; Thurleſton (which he very qty exchanged), Stony Staunton,
Norton, MELToNn, Freby, Wartnaby, Burton Lazars, Eye-Kettleby, Kirkby Wretheck, Siſonby, Eaſlwell, Gedeby Maureward,
Welby, Ulleſthorp, Lindley, Bitteſwell, Stormſworth, Stanford, Pickwell, Leeſthorp, Garthorpe, Burrow, Queneborow, Newton,
Stokerſton, Dalby, and Withcote,
5 « Radulfus tenet de G. in Cherchebi 7 carucatas terrz ; & habet in dominico 3 carucas, & 6 villanos cum 4 bordariis ha-
bentes 1 carucam, [bi 20 acre prati. Valet ) libras.” Domeſday, p. 235. b. col. 2.
Appendix, p. 125.
NS. Chetwynd.
7 Of whom, and of his deſcendants, fee more particularly under Burton Lazars.
From the Records in the Exchequer, in the reign of king John, Rot. 8.
10 ++ Juliana de Ayvill dat 10 marcas, pro habendo recordo & rationabili judicio ſuo, de loquela que eſt in curià domini regis
inter ipſam & Aliciam de Ayvill & Henricum filium Radvlphi, de placito terre in Kirkeby; ita quod in illis 10 marcis compu”
tentur 1005, quus eadem Juliana promiſit domini rego Ricardo, pro habendo recto, de eadem villa de Kickeby, & quos aduue
debet. Fines 6 John.
i Autogr, in Offic, arm,
2
7 See the extracts from the Teſta de Nevill, pp. xlix. li, liii,
13 [bid.
The
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.
The ſame record mentions this lordſhip, under the
name of Kirkby Prioris (Monks Kirkby), as Containing.
four ploughlands and a half, which paid 3s. 6d. to
the ſheriff's aid; and one other ploughland of the
fee of Nevill, which paid 184. |
To this aid 18d. was alſo paid from the fee of
Waſteneis at Kirkby; 184. from the fee of Sr.
Amaur; and 16d. from that of Fowcher.
The whole lordſhip ur Away at 2s. for ſuit {pro
and 4s. for frankpledge.
Je be hoſpital of Burton Lazars held large poſſeſſions
at Kirkby, as appears by the following particulars
extracted from the original chartulary of their eſtates”,
Nigell de Mowbray gave them Fitz Geffrey of Kirk-
by, with all his property, being halt a carucate of
Jand, and a fourth part of Kirkby mill; and Roger
de Mowbray, his father, confirmed, the grant, and
thoſe of Nicholas de Rampaine.
Gilbert de Rampaine, uncle to Hugo, gave half a
carucate, and a fourth part of Kirkby mill.
Matthew de Rampaine gave a bovate and a toft,
which had belonged to Geffrey Albi; and Hugo de
Rampaine gave another toft of the {ame Geffrey's, and
2 croft which had belonged to Colevill and Godric
Peix, and his daughter Pupillaria, free from all ſecu-
lar ſervice for ever*: Witneſſes; earl Simon, and
ers. :
on_ granted them fix other virgates and three bo-
vates here; and alſo confirmed a bovate which they
had by the gift of Hamo de Beler, and ſeveral other
donations of his father. Witneſſes; earl Simon, Ro-
bert de Mowbray, Hugh Malherbe, Hamo de Beler,
Robert de Veer, Robert de Bellocampo, William
Chamberlain {Camerarius), Robert Beler, and others.
Hugo de Rampaine and his heirs, Ralph Chapman and
Aelix his ſiſter, quit claim to all the ſaid lands.
Richard de Rampayne gave lands here, Witneſſes ;
Hamo de Beler, Simon the clerk of Eſchefordeby, &c.
Ham de Beler gave an annuity of 16d. to be re-
ceived out of a moiety of Kirkby mill. |
Roger Beler of Kirkby gave them, in 1318, a meſ-
ſuage and a carucate in Kirkby ſuper Wrethek.
Ralph Beler granted them 18d. yearly out of certain
Jands in Kirkby, in exchange for another 18d. which
Hamo Beler /patruus ſuus paid them for other lands;
and Thomas Beler, ſon of Ralph Beler of Kettleby,
granted them two bovates; Milliam Beler of Yng-
wardby, his brother, being a witneſs to the deed,
which is alſo confirmed by the ſaid William.
Turbereus of Retberby, with the conſent of Alice his
wife, and of their heirs, gave a croft in Kirkby,
abutting on his own orchard (virgultum). Witneſs,
Ralph Beler, &c. Alice, his widow, was afterwards
herſelf a benefactreſs. |
Peter Fitz Simon clerk of Asfordebe gave lands at
Kirkby. © Teſtibus;; Philippo de Torpe decano,
Martino capellano de Kirkeby, Waltero perſona de
Meltona, Radulfo Beler,” &c.
Simon de Diveleſlon and Chriſtiana his wife gave
one virgate there, whilſt Roger of Rereſby was maſter
of. the hoſpital. ** Teſt'; Uno Michaele de Kirkby
capellano, Wilto Beler, Johanne clerico de Melton,”
&c, By another deed, the ſame Simon and his wife
confirm lands in Kirkby field to Roger Beler.
Philip Bernard of Kirkby gave lands, ſome part
of which lay near the Buckpool, others near the
Saltgate, and the reſt near Kettlebyerigge.
Geffrey Fitz Herbert of Herdeberg gave a virgate.
The hoſpital had alſo a great number of toſts, crofts,
acres of arable land, butts, &c. partly in frank al-
moigne, and partly by purchaſe; ſome from Alice Reme-
beved, who poſſeſſed the advowſon; and others from
leveral ſmaller freeholders in Kirkby Wretheck, whoſe
names will appear under the account of the hoſpital.
ſervice they had a right to from the lands, whilſt in layhands.
\ Rot, Plac. 44 Hen. III. Rot. 7
Appendix, p. 102,
© Ibid, p. 102,
OL, 3 ; f
K IR K B * B E L E R.
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223
In 1260, the following entry occurs among the re-
cords in the receipt of the Exchequer: |
„ Placita apud Leic', coram Johanne de Verdon,
& c. anno 44 Hen. III. Juratores preſentant quod
tres carucate terre in Kirkeby, que ſolebant eſſe gel-
dabiles, ſubſtracte ſunt per magiſtrum Sancti Lazari
de Burton 12 annis elapſis. Et magiſter venit, & dicit
quod ipſe nunquam predictam terram traxit in liber-
tatem. Et ſuper hoc veniunt Radulphus Rampayn,
Rogerus Beler, & Simon de Diveleſton, & dicunt
quod ipfi faciunt domino regi quicquid ad terram pre-
dictam pertinet. Et modo veniunt juratores ſuper ſa-
cramentum ſuum, & hoc idem teſtantur 3.” 52
That the abbey of St. Mary de Pratis at Leiceſter
had property at Kirkby, appears by their Regiſters.
The benefactors here were Warner de Thorp, Hugh
de Rampayne, Alice the daughter of John the Cook
(Coci), Barnard Fitz Nigell, Robert of Thurmaſton, -
and Turbereus of Retherby..
The abbot and convent of Croxton had, at Kirkby,
of the gift of Thomas de Sexteneby, Ralph Firz Baſe,
with all his ſuite and all his chattels, in pure alms;
and received on that account an annnal rent of 64. in
filver, or a pound of wax, on the feaſt of St. John
ante Portam Latinam. By the gift of the ſame Tho-
mas, they had a rent of 10s. towards the pittance of
the convent, on the day of nis anniverſary, to perform
full ſervice for his ſoul, and thoſe of his wife Ama-
bilia and all their parents, to be received annually
by the abbot and convent, de Parcoludd, on the day.
of St. Martin in the winters.
The convent of Croxton was once poſſeſſed alſo of
10s. rent at Melton Mowbray, the gift of Roger Beler,
which they received annually, by the hands of Tho-
mas de Bury, from a toft held by Roger the Miller;
which laſt was loſt by Thomas de Bury in a plea
which he held againſt Roger de Mowbray. On this
account the abbor of Croxton recovered, by a ſuit in
the king's court, from Milliam Beler, fon and heir of
Roger, a rent of 10s. from a meſſuage and virgate in
Kirkby, to be paid by Philip de Flemyng, a. free
tenant of the ſaid William.
Hamo de Beler gave to the abbey of St. Mary at
Sulby, near Welford, a bovate of land at Kirkby,
juxta maltum, held by him under Hugo de Rampaine,
exempt from all ſecular ſervice to him or to his heirs”.
In the Segrave Chartulary are theſe deeds :
I. A grant of Robert d*Ayvill, to Stephen de Se-
grave and his heirs, of the homage and ſervice of
William de Waſteneys, for the tenement which he
held under the ſaid Robert in Kirkby, with the ad-
vowſon of the church there; to be held by the ſer-
vices ſpecified in the deeds of Melton.
2. A grant of Bernard Fitz Nigell, of Bottesford,
to the ſaid Stephen and his heirs, of a croft of land
in Kirkby, with a croft near the highway to Leiceſter,
belonging to Roger de Foſs; to be held of Bernard
and his heirs for an annual rent of a pound of pepper.
3. A grant of Ralph Beier, to the ſaid Stephen and
his heirs, of the above-mentioned bovare, and of
Roger de Foſs's croft near the highway, to be held by
homage and a pound of cumin, or ad. annually: at the
feaſt of St. Botolph, for all ſervice, excepto forinſeco.
4. A grant of Hugo Rampaine, to the ſaid Stephen
and his heirs, of 4s. a year, being all the ſervice which
Norman Puplin owed for one virgate, with its appur-
tenances, in Kirkby, to be held by foreign ſervice.
£. A deed of the abbot and convent of Leiceſter,
reciting, that the ſaid Stephen had given to them and
their ſucceſſors 78. rent in Kirkby, in part of an ex-
change for land belonging to them in Segrave.
6. A quit=claim of the ſaid abbot and convent to
Stephen and his heirs, of the lands and rents which
they held of him in Kirkby *. .
Cotton VSS. Nero C. XII. under the title of“ Cartularium Xenodochii de Burton Lazars in agro Leiceſtrenſi.“
* The pretending to do this gave j#// occaſion probably to the Mortmain act, as ſuch donations deprived the publick of the
If giving them to a religious houſe at once freed them, then
Why need he mention it? Why did he not charge his other lands with the ſervices? When he gave the land, he had no right to
Sive away the ſervices, or order any thing about them. Cat any body give land now tax-free? G. A. |
* Sce the particulars in the Appendix, p. 123, from Charyte's Rentale of Leiceſter abbey,
7. Ibid; p. 125. e Ibid. p. 118.
King
0
224 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
King Henry III. committed the county of Lincoln
to Roger Beler during, pleaſure, rendering £.20. Gd.
annum for the profit (proficuum) of the county.
Roger was to make good the corpus comitatiis.
In 1277, ſome differences having happened betwixt
the maſter and brethren of Burton Lazars, and John
Foucher, William de Louſeby, and William de
Mundevill, executors of the laſt will and teſtament
of Alice Beler, and William Beler her fon and heir,
they were put to the arbitrement of four indifferent
pres: Whereupon the maſter and brethren choſe
illiam de Hameline, knt. then high ſheriff of Lei-
ceſter, and Thomas le Bray, ſeneſchal to Edward the
king's brother; and the other fide choſe fir Henry
de Nottingham, knt. Gilbert de Kirke then ſheriff of
Northamptonſhire, and William Beler of Ingwardby,
ſon to William Beler, and uncle to Roger Beler.
Witneſs, fir John de Angervile, knt.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Kirkeby, with Eye-Ket-
tleby, Syſonby, and Welby, anſwered collectively as
one vill. |
Dec. 21, 1295, king Edward granted to William de
Kirkby liberty of free warren in all his demeſne lands
at Kirkby, in the county of Leiceſter, provided they
were not within the bounds of the king's foreſt [infra
metas foreſte noftre) .
In 1301, it appeared that the
Kirkeby held one knight's fee in Kirkby upon the
water of Wreyk, in capite, of Roger de Mowbray,
then deceaſed; that Milliam de Kirkby held one
knight's fee in Kirkby aforeſaid of John d' Ayville
which John held the ſame of the ſaid Roger de
Mowbray in capite ; and that Hamond Beler held one
knight's fee in [Eie] Ketilby, Kirkby [Beler}, &
Burton [Lazars], of the ſaid Roger te owbray *,
This family of Beler was deſcended from Robert de
Mowbray, who married Maud, daughter of Richard de
Aquila, by Judith ſiſter of Hugh Lupus earl of Cheſter 2,
In 1302, fir William de Kirkby died ſeiſed of a meſ-
rior of Monks.
| ſuage, with two virgates and a half of land, in
Kirkeby, held in capite of John de Vaſteneis, by the
ſervice of one quarter of a knight's fee. He had alſo
the advowſon of the church there, which was worth
30 marks to the parſon *,
Pedigree of KIRKBY, of KIRKBY and MELTON; and of HOUBY, of HOUBY.
(From Vixcenrt's Viſitation of the County of Leiceſter, 1619; and the VIIIIERS Pedigree, Harl. MSS. 4178.)
Sir William de Kirkby, of Melton Mowbray, Ent. Emma.
Anketell de Houby of Houby, 1222
Gilbert de Houby, op 0 9 © 6:v
— —
Anketell de Houby. ... ..
Margaret, ſiſter
and coheir of
ohn and fir
ill. de Kirk- of
by, was marr.
to Walter de
Oſevile ®, mo-
ther of John de
Oſevile, clerk.
1
John de Kirkby, Sir William de
canon of Wells Kirkby, knt.
»and York, lord brot. and heir
treaſurer, and of John biſhop
lord keeper of the of Ely; mar-
eat ſeal; biſhop ried Chriſtiana
of Ely 1286; #*++*+%3 but
died 12905. died without
iſſue, 1302.
Alice Kirkby,
mar. to Peter
Prilly?; mother
ugh de
Prilly, couſin
and coheir of
John biſhop
of Ely, living
1320.
i
Mabell Kirkby, Maud, 34 fiſt. S Sir Gilbert de==
marr. to Will. and coheir of Houby, of
Grimbaud *; fir Will. de Houby, knt."*
mother of Ro- Kirkby, kat. |
bert Grimbaud, died a widow
couſin and co- in 1311.
heir of John
biſhop of Ely. |
— 1
1. Sir Walter de _— knt. coufin and coheir of=Alice, 1336.
John de Kirkby, biſhop of Ely 1320 **.
Sir Robert de Fretheby, Agnes, dau,
knt. - and heir.
Gilbert de Houby, died in the life-time of his father.—= 2
Anketell de Houby of Houby, 1336. N
Alles, dau. and heir. Sit Thomas Sutton, lord of Sutton Chainel,
7 and of Houby in the right of his wife.
—
——
Anthony Sutton, otherwiſe called Houby, efq. lord of the manors of Sutton and Houby,
and kinſman to king Henry IV. died in Sept. 1422
1. John de Fretheby, 2. Edmund de F retheby,
ob. 1352, ſ. p. knight, 1352.
John de Fretheby.
7
John Beler, of Kirkby, Eyekettleby, and=Elizabeth, daughter and heir, = Thomas
Syſonby, firſt huſband.
In 1305, the prior and convent of Monks-Kirkby,
having the whole or the greater part of this manor,
obtained from king Edward I. (for a certain ſum then
paid, and in conſideration of five marks to be pai
annually in future) the view of frankpledge of all
their tenants at Kirkby ſuper Wreke in Leiceſterſhire,
with the privilege of infangenthef and of rwayfs.
In 1315, it was found, on inquifition, that it would
not be prejudicial to the king, or to any other perſon,
if Roger Beler ** of Kirkby gave four meſſuages, four
virgates of land, and 40 ſhillings rent, in Kirkby, to
found a chantry there; and that the faid Roger
Beler held two of the meſſuages and the rent of 40s.
ef John de Houby freely, and without any incum-
brance; and one other meſſuage, and a part of the
ſaid lands, of the maſter of the hoſpital of Burton
Lazars, on an annual rent of 5s. z and that the maſter
of the hoſpital held the ſame in pure alms under Ro-
bert de Rampayne of Kirkby . In purſuance of
Appendix, p. 120.
rave, 1428,
2d huſband.
this inquiſition, a chantry was founded that year by
Roger Beler; who endowed it with divers lands in
- Kirkby and other places; and appointed William
Spigurnell warden ſcuſtos) of the chapel ; who was to
perform divine ſervice daily, and to provide at his
own expence a ſtipendiary prieſt to perform the ſame
ſervice daily at the pariſh church . The area of the
chantry college, on the North fide of the church, was
ſhewn to Mr. Peck in 1730 by the pariſn- clerk.
William maſter of Burton, and his brethren, con-
firmed this gift, by deed dated at London, Feb. 23,
1315-16, ſaving and reſerving to the hoſpital their
accuſtomed rents and profits**. Divers other grants
were in like manner confirmed, in 1316, by John
Criſpyng, then maſter, and his brethren *.
Robert de Leyghton, the next maſter, at the in-
ſtance and requeſt of Roger Beler, granted to William
1 warden of Kirkby, 425 the ſucceſſors
of the ſaid William for ever, a meſſuage and a caru-
* Eſch. 29 Edw. I. Ne 45. Leie.
3 Ord. Vital. p. 649. This is alſo proved by an old roll in the hands of Mr. G. Laſcelles. S8. Rorss,
* Eſch. 30 Edw. I. Ne 31. Leie.
o Inq. 5 Edw. II. Ne 26.
7” Ex carta 49 Hen. III; & Fines 24 Edw. I.
1* Inq. 1 Hen, VI.
5 Ing. 18 Edw. I.
* Inq, 14 Edw, II. 7 Inq. 16 Edw. II. N' 54.
, Inq. 3 Edw. II. Ne 23,
1 Inq. 9 & 14 Edw. II. & 16 Edw. III.
1 See the deed in the Appendix, p. 121.
14 See Appendix, p. 122, from Inq. ad quod dampnum, 9 Edw. II. Ne 198. Leic. confirmed by Pat. 9 Edw. II. p. 2. m. 30.
5 Pat, 12 Edw, II. p. 2. m. 9. & p. 2. m. 12. Pat. 13 Edw. II. m. 31. 34, 35+ Ses alſo Ree. in Scacc. 13 Edw. II. and
Clauſ. 14 Edw. II. m. 3. dorſo; and Appendix, p. 121,
% Reg. Burton, p. 106.
7 Ibid. p. 207.
Cate
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
cate there, in fee farm, in aid of their ſuſtentation,
they paying yearly for it £.1. 6s. 84.
An agreement occurs between Richard Gerum,
ter of Burton Lazars, and Richard Crabbeden, for
the reverſion of lands at Kirkby held by Robert Boſſe.
tonſhire, were given to the warden and chaplains of
Kirkby on the Wrethek, by Alice counteſs of Lin-
coln, and confirmed by William la Zouch*. In 1318,
Ralph Beler, of Kirkby, acolite, was preſented, by
Thomas earl of Lancaſter, to theſe two thirds of the
rectory of Clipſton * ; which were afterwards ex-
changed with the priory of St. John of Jeruſalem, for
the advowſon of Buckminſter 3. 3 ;
In 1319, the prior and convent of Monks-Kirby
anted the manor of Kirkby Wrethck to Roger le
Zeler, Alice his wife, and to the heirs of their two
bodies; paying for it yearly, to them and their ſue-
eeſſors, eight marks, fix ſhillings, and eight pence, at
the feaſts of St. Michael and Eaſter, by equal portions.
In the ſame year, 1319, fir John Mowbray, lord of
the iſle of Axholme, granted permiſſion to Robert
Beler to beſtow the advowſon of the church of Kirk-
by on the warden and chaplains of the chapel of St.
Peter de Wrethek, to hold the ſame in pure alms, the
ſtatute of mortmain notwithſtanding “.
Poſſeſſed of theſe ample powers, the benevolent
owner obtained the king's licence, that the chantry at
Kirkby ſhould in future confiſt of a warden, to be
called Cuſtos capelle beati Petri de Kirkby, and twelve
other chaplains; and augmented the endowment with
divers other lands, and with the advowſon of the
church of Kirkby, and the manor of Buckminſter in
this county 5. The deed of this ſecond foundation
is dated on the Sunday after St, Bartholomew's day.
In conſequence of the ſubordination of this manor
to that of Melton Mowbray, we find that the inhabi-
tants of Kirkby were ſubject to certain tolls in com-
mon with the paramount lordſhip. This appears by
a charter of July 20, 1320 (after the attainder of John
de Mowbray), which grants the manor of Melton to
Alice the wife of Gilbert, the fon of Hugh le Deſpenſer,
for her life, and after her death to Gilbert her huſ-
band, and his heirs. In this grant was included the
manor of Melton and its dependencies, with free-
warren over the demeſne lands; and particularly a
certain cuſtom, called Thurgbiol, on all merchandize
within the townſhips of Melton and Kirkby (quandam
cuſtumam que dicitur Thurghtol * in omnibus merchan-
dizis per totam villam de Melton Mowbray & Kirkeby
tranfientibus 7), with all the cuſtom and profit of a
paſſage called Kynardferry, formerly Robert Beler's.
In 1321, it was found that one acre and one rood
of land, and three roods of meadow, with the appur-
tenances, in Kereby (which Thomas atie Monekes had
alienated to Matthew Meyell | Q, d Ayvill), clerk) were
not held of the king, but of Lucy Meyeli | or d* Ayvill},
by the ſervice of one roſe-flower a year *.
In 1322, Pers Deyvill repreſented to the king and
parliament, that after the expulſion of the Knights
Templars, he had taken ſeifin of ſome of the lands,
at South Cave in Yorkſhire, and elſewhere, which
had been given to that order by his anceſtors ; but
that he had been fince ouſted from them by the power
of John lord Mowbray, whoſe property was confiſcated
by attainder ; and praying relief. He was anſwered,
that the Knights Holpitalers, as ſucceſſors to the
Templars, had alſo put in a claim for the ſaid lands“.
About the ſame time, a complaint being made to
the parliament, againſt John Mowbray, Gozelyn d'Ay-
vill, and others, tor deſtroying the goods, and driving
worth, Richard of Sproxton, &c,
and H, Knighton, p. 2544.
* Theroughtoll, for paſſing thorough.
® Inq. ad quod dampn, 14 Edw. II. N' 40. Leic.
„Ms. Chetwynd, 28
'T Inq. ad quod dampn, 18 Edw.
*
II. N? 14. Leic,
KIRKBY BE L E R.
Two parts of the rectory of Clipſton, in Northamp-
* Clauf, 28 Edw, III. m. 17. Cart. 33 Edw. III. n. 1. Pat.
* Pat, 11 Edw, II. p. 2, m. 19; and Pat. 17 Edw. II. p. 2. m. 17. per inſpex. See alſo before, under Buckminſter, p. 122;
226
away the cattle, of the paverez gen!z of Leghton in
Morling, within the honour of TyKhill ; and ſtating,
that great part of the property had been carried to
the Iſle of Axholme; a wric was directed againſt ſuch
of the tranſgreſſors as were then living.
A metnorandum occurs in the regiſter of Burton
Lazars, that the particulars of all ſuch lands belong-
ing to the hoſpital as were rented by the warden and
chaplains of St. Peter at Kirkby, with the. original
ants of their demeſne lands in that townſhip, were
afely depoſited in the treaſury at Burton, by the care
of William de Tytynt, maſter, in 1323.
Roger Beler purchaſed the manors of Cryche in
Derbyſhire, and Boney in Nottinghamſhire, from
Ralph lord Freſchevile*' ; and became poſſeſſed of the
manors of South Winfield and Tybeſhelf in Derby-
ſhire, and of Widmerpole and Gonaldeſtone in
Northamptonſhire, by a ſettlement of Jobn de Heriz u,
of Widmerpole, co. Nottingham, knight ; which fir
John, by fine levied in Trinity term 1324, ſettled
them on the ſaid Roger for his life; then on Roger
Beler (ſon of the ſaid Roger) and Margaret the elder,
his wife, (eldeſt daughter of fir Richard de la Rivere,
knt. and of Maud his wife, daughter and heir to fir
John de Heriz), and on the heirs of their bodies
and for default of ſuch iſſue, to Thomas Beler (fon of
Roger) and Margaret the younger (another daughter
of the ſaid fir Richard de la Rivere) ; with remainder
to the right heirs of the ſaid fir John de Heriz.
On an inquiſition taken in 1324, Roger Beler was
permitted to give to the warden and chaplains of
St. Peter at Kirkby on Wrethek, ten meſſuages, four
virgates of land, and fix acres of meadow, at Belgrave
and Thurmaſton, which he held under William le Zcuch
and William de Ferrars; with lands and rents in
Kirkby to the value of C. 40. a year, held under the
maſter of the hoſpital of Burton Lazars by the ſervice
of 6s. 8d. a year; lands and rent to the value of ,. to.
at Burrow and Thorpe juxta Twyford, held under
John Borough by the ſervice of a pair of gilt ſpurs
annually; and lands in Eaſtwell and Grimſton to the
value of £.10. a year, held under the pricr of St.
John of Feruſalem by the ſervice of 25s. a year. He
was alſo allowed to exchange with one of the chap-
lains of St. Peter ſuper Wretheck 3o acres of arable
land and 4 of meadow at Kirkby, which he held
under John d'Ayvill, by the ſervice of a roſe-flower,
for his lands, &c. in the ſame town '3.
This Roger le Beler, who is charged with being
oppreſſive and rapacious, and having got eſtates from
other foundations for his own, was lain, in a valley
near Rereſby, in 1325, being then very old, and one
of the juſtices itinerant, by Euſtace de Folvile and
his brother“, whom he had threatened.
That Eudo la Zouch was concerned in the mur-
der, appears by a petition of his ſon : |
% Ad petitionem Willielmi filii Eudonis le Zouch,
ſupplicantis, quod cum idem Eudo pater ſuus, pro
morte Rogeri Beler, ad appellationem Alicie que tuit
uxor ejuſdem Rogeri, per breve regis in exigend'
poſitus fuifſer; & idem Eudo, ob timorem mortis quam
Hugo le Deſpenſer ei abſque judicio intentarat ſi in
Anglia captus eſſet, verſus partes Francie transfre-
taſſet, & ibidem moratus fuiſſet uſque feſtum Sancti
Martini proximè preteritum, quo die moriebatur Pa-
riſiis: et poſtea utlegaria ſuper ipſum Eudon: m adju-
dicata fuit, videlicet, die Jovis prox' poſt feſtum Sancti
Petri ad vincula, in com Leiceſtr'; quod dicta utle-
garia, ſuper dictum patrem ſuum poſt mortem ſuam
pronunciata, ſe cundum legem terre revocetur.“
The anſwer was, Veniant record? & proceſſus
Fat. 1 Edw. III. p. 1. m. 22, Pat, 16 Edw. II. m. 11. Pat. 5 Edw. III. p. 1. m. 9. vel 10,
The chaplain and warden of Kirkby Wrethek preſented to this portion from 133 1 to 1349, and probably to 1353. Several
iceſterſhire men were rectors of Clipſton about that period; William of Lubbenham, William of Foxton, Richard of Kib-
37 Edw. III. p. 1. m. 6. * Appendix, p. 122.
7 See the charter at large in the Appendix, p. 125.
9 Rot. Parl. vol. I. pp. 4or. 431.
> Thoroton, pp. 40. 300; and Blore's Hiſtory of South Winfield, p. 22,
* Ibid. P. 408.
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On an inquiſition taken after this event, it appeared
that Roger Beler, deceaſed, and Alice his wife, had
held the manor of Kirkby ſuper Wrethek of divers
lords, the maſter of Burton St. Lazarus and others“.
Roger Beler was ſucceeded by his fon Roger.
In 1337, a diſpute was adjuſted, by the arbitration
of common friends, between Ivo rector of Pickwell
and John the warden of the chapel of St. Peter ſuper
Wrethek and the chaplains of the ſame place, who had
then lately obtained the church of Stapleford * to their
own uſe, concerning nine acres of arable land and
nine acres of meadow, in the common field of Leeſ-
thorp, ariſing from a place called Erliſdole. By this
award, Ivo was to retain the tithes of the lands in
queſtion, fo long as he lived and continued rector of
Pickwell, in confideration of his paying to the war-
den and chaplains a compoſition of 3s. 64. annually,
on the feaſt of St. Lawrence; the money to be paid
at Stapleford, as an appropriation to Kirkby Beler +.
In 1346, Alice Beler and Roger Zouch (on the aid
then granted for knighting Edward of Woodſtock,
the king's eldeſt fon) were aſſeſſed 20s. for half a
knight's fee lying in Kirkby ſuper Wreke, parcel of
the fee of Mowbrav. On the ſame occaſion the
warden of the chapel of St. Peter in Kirkby was
aſſeſſed 5s. for halt a quarter of a knight's fee in
Kirkby aforeſaid ; and the prior of the hoſpital of
St. John of Jeruſalem in England 25s. for-a twentieth
part of one knight's fee alſo in Kirkby, both parcel
of the honour of Mowbray 5.
In 1361, John de Morobray, lord of the Ifle of Ax-
holme, died ſeiſed of one knight's fee in Kirkby ſuper
le Wrethek ; which the prior of Monks-Kirkby, Roger
Beler, and the warden ala] of the free church of
Kirkby, held in le Wrethek ; alſo one knight's fee
in Kirkby, which the heir of Job d"Ayvill held;
and one other knighr's fee in [| Eie ] Ketilby, Kirkeby,
and Burton [S. Lazarus |, which Ralph Beler held ©.
In 1368, it was found that Alice, wife of Roger
Beler, deceaſed, held the manor of Kirkby ſuper
Wrethek, and one carucate of land there, of the
maſter of the hoſpital of Burton St. Lazarus, by the
ſervice of 8s. a year, payable at Eaſter; alſo one
other carucate of land, 20 acres of meadow, and 100s.
rent there, of the -prior of Monks-Kirkby, by the
ſervice of oog. a year; and that Roger Beler, then
living, was the ſon and heir of Roger and Alice 7,
Roger Beler, who ſerved the office of ſheriff for
the counties of Derby and Nottingham in 1373, as
he had done in fix ſeveral former years, died ſome
time before 1380; for in that year it appeared, on an
inquiſition, that he had held the manor of Kirkby
ſuper Wreke, with the advowſon of the priory there,
of divers lords, by various ſervices; viz. 1. of the
maſter of Burton St. Lazarus, by the ſervice of 7d. a
year; 2. of the prior of Kirkby Monachorum, co. War-
wick, by the ſervice of 1145. 4d. a year; 3. of the
abbot of Dale, by the ſervice of 3s. a year; 4. of
the prior of Kirkby Beler, by the ſervice of 5s. 23d. z
5. of the abbot of Leiceſter, by the fervice of 75.24d.;
6. of the prior of Laund, by the ſervice of 85s. a year;
7. of the lord Segrave, by the ſervice of 183. a year *.
This Roger Beler had four wives. Firſt, Margaret,
eldeſt daughter of Richard de la Rivere, knt. by
whom he had a daughter Margaret, who (beſide the
manors of Winfield, 'Tibſhelf, Widmerpole, and Go-
naldeſton, which were of her mother's inheritance,
and were given up to her in her father's life-time),
had, on the partition of her lands, the manor of
Buney in Nottinghamſhire, and divers mefſuages and
lands in Thorpe-Sachevile and Kirkby upon Wreke
in Leiceſterſhire. He, ſecondly, married Margaret,
* Rot, Parl. vol, II. p. 432.
3 Pat. 17 Edw, II. p. 1. m. 7, vel 8, Ibid. p. 2. m. 16, Pat, 18 Edw, II. p. 1. m. 13. Ibid. p. 2. m. 10 vel 11. Pat.
19 Edw. II. p. 1. m. 31. vel 32. |
* See this deed in the Appendix, p, 122»
7 Eſch. 42 Edw. III. N 10, Leic.
1 Eſch. 5 Ric. II. N* 11. Leic.
13 Eſch. 1 Hen. IV. N” 51, Leic.
5
226 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
Wreyke; and it appeared that a fine was levied at
2 Eſch. 19 Edw. II. Ne 98. Leic.
5 Rot, Aux. 20 Edw. III.
® Eſch, 4 Ric. II. Ne 14. Leic.
11 Eſch. 15 Ric. II. pars 1. N* 62,
, 14 Eſch, 6 Hen, V. N' 26. Leie.
(daughter of John lord Grey of Codnor, who died
without iſſue: thirdly, Katharine, by whom he had
a daughter Thomafia, who had the manors of Kirkby
upon Wreke and Somerby, in the county of Lei.
ceſter; and lands in Boney in Nottinghamſhire, on
the partition of her father's inheritance. His fourth
wife, Mary, who ſurvived him, had the manor of
Criche in Derbyſhire, and the hundred of Framlang,
with the lordſhips of Grimſton, Eaſtwell, Godeby
Maureward, Scalford, and Thruſſington, in this
county, for her dowry ; and died, ſeiſed of the manor
of Criche, March 4, 1391, baving, after the death of
Roger Beler, married John Seynt Clerc, knut.“
In 1381, Thomaſia Beler (daughter and one of the
heirs of Roger Beler, knt.), died ſeiſed of the manor
of Kirkby ſuper Wrethek, held of divers lords, by
various ſervices; vis. 1. of the maſter of Burton .
Lazarus, by the ſervice of 7s, a year; 2. of the abbot
of Dale, by the ſervice of 3s. a year; 3. of the abbot
of Leiceſter, by the ſervice of 74. 23d. a year; 4. of -
the lord Segrave, by the ſervice of 175.3 5: of the
hundred of Framland, by the ſervice of 25s. 2d. for a
ſheriff's aid: and that Kalph Cromevell, knt. was the
couſin and heir of the aforeſaid Thomaſia, as being
the ſon of Avice, ſiſter of the aforefaid Roger, ſon of
Roger, and father of the aboveſaid Thomaſia o.
In 1391, Robert de Swillington, knt. died ſeiſed of
a certain tenement, called Dole-place, and one bovate
of land, in Kirkby Beler, of the lady Segrave, by the
ſervice of 3s. a year : Alſo the manor of Kirkby ſuper
Wreke, of divers lords, by divers ſervices; viz. 1. of
the maſter of Burton S. Lazarus, by the ſervice of 25.
a year; 2. of the prior of Monks Firkby, by the ſer-
vice of 135. 4d. a year; 3. of the abbot of Dale, by
the ſervice of 6s. a year; 4. of the prior of Kirkby
Beler, by the ſervice of 5s. 22d.; 5. of the abbot of
Leiceſter, by the ſervice of 75. 24d. a year; 6. of the
prior of Laund, by the ſervice of 8s. a year; 7. of
the lord of Segrave, by the ſervice of 183. a year;
8. of the hundred of Framland, for the ſheriff's aid:
alſo the advowſon of the priory of Kirkby “.
In 1396, the prior of Monks-Kirkby had an annual
rent from Kirkby Beler, paid by fir Roger Beler, of
eight marks and a halt *.
In 1397, Thomas Mowbray late duke of Norfolk
died ſeiſed of two knights' fees, with the appurte-
nances, in Kirkby ſuper Wreke; and of one knight's
fee, with the appurtenances, in Ketilby, Kirkby,
and Burton *.
In the ſubſidy of 1415 (when the whole county of
Leiceſter was rated at {.757. 125. 114d.) the town-
ſhip of Kirkby Beler paid J. 5. 11s. 4d. excluſive of
L. I. 16s. paid by the prior and convent of Kirkby
fuper Wrethyk,
In 1418, Margaret Aylesford (formerly wife of Robert
Swillington) died ſeiſed of the manor of Kirkby upon
Weſtminſter, in the quindiſme of Eaſter, 18 Edward
II. between Roger Beler and Alice his wife, plaintiffs,
and the warden of the chapel of St. Peter in Kirkby
upon Wreyk, defendant ; upon which fine, the ſaid
warden granted the manor of Kirkby upon Wreyk
to the ſame Roger and Alice, and ſurrendered it to
them in the court there, to hold to the ſame Roger
and Alice, and to their heirs, &c.; and that the ſaid
manor was held of the maſter of the hoſpital of Bur-
ton St. Lazarus; and that Robert Swillington, eſq. was
her couſin and next heir *4.
In 1420, it appeared that William Leke, Thomas de
Derby, and Thomas de Aſbeby, of Quenby, were lately
ſeiſed of the manor of Kirkby Beler, with the ap-
er that Robert Stoillington, then deceaſed,
ad been ſeiſed of the ſame ; that it was held of the
maſter of the hoſpital of Burton St. Lazarus in Eag-
land by the ſervice of 75. a year; and that Margaret,
* Eſch. 35 Edw. III. pars 2. No 10,
9 Eſch, 15 Ric. II. p. 1. n. 5.
* Appendix, p. 123.
wife
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
nice of John Grey, of Ingleby, co. Lincoln, knt. was
—— of Kolb? & Swillington, and the ſiſter
and heir of the aforeſaid Robert *.
In 1429, it appeared that Margaret (daughter and
heir of Roger Swillington, knt. wife of John Grey,
knt.) died ſeiſed of the manor of Kirkby upon
Wrethek; excepting, 1. two acres of land upon le
Lady-wongs ; one acre and two roods and an half of
meadow in Paddleſcroft, in Kirkby ſuper Wrethek ;
2. fix virgates of arable and 13s. 4d. rent in Somerdby,
parcel of the ſaid manor ; 3: one toft and two cot-
tages in Somerdby, parcel of the ſaid manor, held of
omas Maureward; 4. twenty acres of land and four
acres of meadow in Goudeby, parcel of the ſaid
manor, held of the heir of the ſaid Thomas Maure-
ward; 5. one croft in Abbe-Ketilby, parcel of the
ſaid manor, held of the heir of John Tateſhale ; 6,
one meſſuage, two tofts, and four virgates of land, in
Melton Mowbray, parcel of the ſaid manor; 7. 135. Gd.
in Melton, held of the prior of Lees; 8. one gra-
nary or grange, [ horreum}, in Melton, parcel of the
Pzpioxes of SWILLINGT ON,
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ſaid manor, held of the lord Mowbray, by the ſetvice
of 25, and fealty and ſuit of court twice a year at his
court of Melton; g. one meſſuage and one virgate of
land in Grimſton, parcel of the faid manor, held of
the heir of Jobn Szgrave ; 1c. one meſſuage, four vir-
gates of land, and the rent of two bondmen { bondorum
value 125; in Thorpe Sachevile, parcel of the {aid
manor, held of the lord of Oakham ; 11. one meſſuace
and gs. rent of aſſiſe in Dalby Parva, parcel of the
ſaid manor, of the prior of K:74by ſuper Wrerick;, 12.
two acres of land in Holwell, parcel of the laid ma-
nor; 13. the hundred of Framiand, parcel of the ſaid
manor of Kirkeby ; and that W:llizm Routh, eſq; was
her-couſin and next heir, as being ſon of Thomas, ſon
of Elizabeth, ſiſter of Robert, father of Roger, father
of the aforeſaid Margaret *. | |
Nov. 27, 1429, king Henry VI. granted to Wil-
liam biſhop of London the cuſtody of the manor of
Kirkby Beler, and of other manors in the counties of
Leiceſter, Derby, and Nottingham, the property of
Margaret, wife of [ir John Gray, of Ingleby, knight.
of KIRKBVY, SomeRBy, and NEW!HAL Ls
Robert de Swillington. z
Kirkby, Somerby, and Negr- | wife of John de Aylesford
hall; died 1392 *. died 1418.
*
— Scrope, knt. died Aug. 6, 1418,
1ſt wife. aged 47-
a—
oan, daughter of = Roger de Swillington, Jean. dew. of Rob.
L
1, Sir Robert de Swillington, Margaret, dau and coheir of 2. Adam. + 6 6 3. Elizabeth. Thomas Routh,
knt. lord of the manors of | fir Roger Beler*; afterwards j-—> —
z Rob. Swillington. f . Thomas Routh
— — ads ol
Tho. de Swillington. ... William Routh, couſin
— and heir to Margaret
eville, of Horne- Elizabeth, couſin and heir Grey, 1423.
by, 2d wite, d. 1427. to Margaret Grey, 1429.
knt, died ſ. p. 1419. kat. 2d huſb.
In the laſt will of Jobane Beauchamp, lady of Ber-
gavenny, relict of fir William Beauchamp, dated Jan.
10, 1434, is this clauſe: ** I ordain and deviſe to
have five preſtes for to ſing for me 20 winters, for
my lord my fader, my lady my moder, my lord my
huſband, my ſon Richard earl of Worceſter, fir Hugh
Burnell, kat. and alle my good-doers, and all Chrſten
ſoules ; and that of the moſt honeſt perſons and good
converſacions that mow be founden : of which five
preſtes I ordeyn and devyſe two to ſyng in the pariſh
of Rocheford, and other three in Kirkby Belers, in
the counte of Leceſtre, during the terme aforſeyd.—
And alſo I deviſe that Bartholomew Brokeſby ? and
Waulter Kebel * be everi yere at Hereford, the day
of my anniverſarie, ſeeing that my obite, with the re-
mainder of my obſequies, be done in due wiſe, to the
moſt profit of my ſoule, ſpending about the execution
thereof at every time C. 10. after their diſcrecion 9.”
In the ſubſidy of 1445, Kirkby Beler was rated at
£-5+ 115. 4d.; and an abatement was made of 16s. 8d.
In 1461, John Meubray, duke of Norfolk, died
ſeiſed of two knights fees in Kirkby ſuper Wreke,
parcel of the manor of Melton, which the heirs of
Ralph Crumbewell held; alſo of one knight's fee in
Ketilby, Kirkby, and Burton, which John Beler held o.
In an act of attainder and forfeiture, paſſed in 1485,
after the battle of Boſworth *'*, is inſerted a proviſo,
that neither that act, nor any other act thereafter to
be made, ſhould extend, or in anie wiſe be prejudicial,
to John Cateſbie, knt. Thomas Kennett, and William
Aſhby, ſquiers, in, of, and upon, and in the mannor
of Kirkbie upon Wretheck, in the countie of Lei-
ceſtre, nor of any other lands and tenements in Kirk-
die foreſaid, Melton, Somerbie, Thorpe Segfeld, and
Godebie, the which they have of the guift and feof-
ment of Thomas Davis and Jobn Bye: but that the
Eſch. 8 Hen, V. Ne 30. Leic.
heritance.
* Eſch, 15 Ric. II. Pars 1. No 61.
Of whom ſee more under Melton Mowbray.
much as
* Rot. Parl. 1 Hen. VII. vol. VI. p. 278.
Vor. I.
1. John de Swillington, = Jane. = John Bertram, 2. Sir Robert de Swillington,
knt. died ſ. p. 1420.
4 * Eſch, 8 Hen. VI. N 40. Leic.
The heir general of Beler, of the blood of Heriz, married into the family of Swillington, and carried with her a great in-
a This family had its ſeat at, and derived its name from, the manor of Swillington, near Pontefract Caſtle, in Vork-
ire, and was of fo high eſtimation, that Adam de Swillington, one of the family, had ſummons to parliament amongſt the
barons of the realm, in the 2oth year of king Edward II. and the iſt and 2d years of king Edward III. This family is ſaid to
bare poſſeſſed lands to the amount of 2000 marks yearly long before the time of king Henry VIII.“ Bros,
3. Margaret, wife of fir John Grey, of
ingleby, co. Linc. knt. died 1. p. 1429.
ſaid guift and feofment be good and effectuall; thys
acte, or anie other acte to be made in this preſent
parlement notwythſtandinge *.
The manor of Kirkby Beler, late belonging to fir
William Cateſby, was granted by letters patent, dated
March 2, 1485, to David Philip, eſquire, of the
king's body, and to his h-irs male .
In 1502, . . Keble died ſeiſed of certain lands
and tenements in Kirkby Beler, held of the king as
of his honour of Lancaſter .
Walter Keble, who died in 1522, left by Milicent
his wife one ſon Francis, then two years old. He
poſſeſſed, amongſt other property, the manor of Eaſt-
well, and lands at Kirkby Beler, Howes, Shepeſhead,
Humberſton, and Plungar *.
In 1535, the king gave licence to Roger Wake,
Themas Aſhby, and 4 homas Keble, to amoriize three
meſſuages, one dove-houſe, 147 acres of land, 18
acres of meadow, 18 acres of paſture, and 63 ſhillings
of yearly rent, in Kirkby Beler, to the priory and
convent of the Carthuſians in the Ifle of Axholme.
March 22, 1535, Jobn Broxholme and John Bellowe
paid C. 400. in part of £.790. to fir John Williams,
knt. treaſurer of the Augmentation, due for the grant
of two cottages in Kirkby and Leeſthorp, and other
lands, parcel of the late monaſtery of Gracedieu **,
On an inquiſition taken May 20, 1629, it appeared
that Jobn lord Scrope of Bolton poſſeſſed, at that time,
at . Eye-kettleby, a windmill, two cloſes of paiture
ground, called Noſsleys and le Charnells, with divers
other lands there, and alſo the manor of Bellares, &c.;
all held under the paramount manor of. Melton *.
That part of the pariſh of Kirkby which had be-
longed to the priory was, in 1604, the. property of
. Eraſmys. De la Fountaine, eſq. afterwards knighted ;
from whom it deſcended to his ſon John; whole fitter
3 Pat, 8 Hen. VI m. 15.
She inherited from her father divers meſſuages and lands at Kirkby Wretheck and Thorpe-Sachvile in this county, and
the manor of Boney in Nottinghamſhire, Eſch. 4 Ric. II. n. 14.
See more of the family of Keble under Humberſton,
From Dugdale's Warwickſhire, vol. II. p. 1031 ; where the greateſt part of this very curious will is tranſcribed, © foraſ-
by it that greatneſs and ſtate wherein the Engliſh nobility in thoſe days lived may in ſome ſort be ſeen, as alſo the
pomp of their funerals,” 1 Eſch. 1 Edw. VI. N' 46. Leic. 1: See more of this act under Market Boſworth,
13 Records at the Augmentation Office,
* Eich, 18 Hen, VII.
5 Cole's Inquiſitions, Harl. MSS. 759. Stevens's Monaſticon, Appendix, p. 4. Cole's Inquiſitions, Harl. MSS.
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RECTORS.
William de Pratis, 1220, |
William de Pratis continued rector in 12 39,
John Kirkeby reſigned 1278. .
Roger de Holte, ſubdeacon, preſented in 1278.
William, about 1310,
WARDENS.
William Spigurnell, firſt warden, 1315,
eie £0 8:85 0, 5.1% ©.ie ie JP
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John warden of Kirkby Beler 1 237,
John Williamſon reſigned the wardenſhip Jan. 23, 14257,
William Trey, 1426.
PRIORS.
Roger de Cotes, the firſt prior, 1359.
William Kirkby, the laſt prior, 1534.
PERPETUAL CURATES.
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Gregory Hanſon ſigns himſelf vicar 1754.
John Gretorex, M. A. figns curate 757.
Humphry Haines curate 1758; died 1766, aged 68.
George Coulton , jun. M. A. 1766.
229
John d' Ayvill and Peter de Waſteney.
4 William de Waſteney, patron of one moicty,
and Robert d' Ay vill of the other.
| } John Kirkeby, clerk.
Roger Kemcheved.
PATRONS.
Sir Roger Beler.
The warden and chaplains.
| Dean and chapter of Lincoln,
John De la Fountaine, eſq.
Sir John Meres, knt.
Heirs of fir John Meres.
Sir Charles Sedley, bart.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
Under the communion table is the family yault
belonging to the old manfion-houſe of Kirkby Beler ;
where in 1672 the remains of fir Eraſmus De la Fonn-
taine, in 1715 thoſe of fir Thomas Meres ?, and in 1736
thoſe of fir John Meres *, were depoſited ; but with-
out any monumental inſeriptions.
In the chance], againſt the North wall, were in 1729
the ſpurs, {word, helmet, penons, and other funeral
ornaments, hung up on the death of one of the owners
of this lordſhip ; and many of the fragments ſtill re-
main in the old church cheſt. See one of the gauntlets
in plate XLIII. fig. 5.
In the ſame plate, fig. 6G, are the arms on an atchieve-
ment, which was placed in the chancel on the death
of fir Thomas Meres: Quarterly, 1. Gules, a feſs
Ermine between three water bovgets Argent, Meres ;
2. Barry of fix, Argent and Sable, Buſby; 3. Gules,
three lozenges in feſs within a border engrailed, Ar-
gent, Nevill; 4. Gules, three cinquefoils Argent, 2.
and 1. Farington. Creſt, on a wreath, a ducal coronet
Or; thereout iſſuing a peacock's tail ere& proper.
In the floor of the nave lies a ſtone, formerly inlaid
with the effigies of a man and his wife, and an in-
ſcription under them (of Thomas and Mary Markham
probably) ; but now only part of the plate remains.
A MS, in the Britiſh Muſeum *© of“ Church Notes
in the county of Leiceſter,” after noticing that there
are in this church ſome monuments of the Markbams,
has the following entries :
© Elizabetha filia Thome Brudenell de Dene“, mi-
litis, uxor Ricei Griffin; & habuit exitum Mariam.”
* Maria filia & hzres Ricei Griffin? & Elizabethe
nxoris ejus, & uxor Thomæ Markham.”
„ Multa Markhamorum inſignia ibidem *,”
By way of ilſuſtration, the MS. ſabjoins this note:
Alex' de Markham, miles, chaſtellanus de Not-
tingham, temp. Hen, II. |
* Robertus de Markham, de Markham & Twy-
ford, filius Alexandri. |
© Robertus de Markham, filius Roberti, temp. Ed-
ward I. |
On a flat ſtone in the nave ;
* Catharine Edwards died Sept. 17, 1722, aged
60 years.” 3
At the Eaſt end of the South aile is the monument
of Roger Beler, on a flat tomb, or ſlab taken off the
altar tomb; a knight in a pointed helmet, mail
gorget, helmet, and coronet under his head, his elbow
pieces triangular, a lion rampant on his breaſt ; his
{word and dagger are gone, but his belt remains,
and a lion at his feet looking up. His lady has the
double cordon, veil head-dreſs, gown, and mantle; -
and at her feet two dogs playing together. See the
figures in plate XLIII. Mr. Burton calls this “ an
antient alabaſter monument of a knight of the houſe
of Belere;“ and ſays, his proportion is neatly cut.“
I am ſorry to add, that, from frequent white-waſh-
ing, the drapery of theſe fine figures is now become
difficult to trace.
At the head of this monument is a pointed arch in
the wall, and in the angle a holy-water-ſtoup purfled,
On a flat ſtone in the South aile :
Here lie the bodies of William and Mary Ayre,
ſon and daughter of John and Mary Ayre.
William departed this life January 27, 1712,
aged 13 days.
Mary departed this lite July 4, 1705, aged 7 months.”
On an altar. tomb in the church-yard, ſurrounded
with iron rails:
Richard Gee, died Oct. 18, 1699, aged 57 years.
Richard Gee, jun. died July 26, 1703, aged 34 years.
Mary Gee, died March 1, 1707, aged 67 years.
In the South fide of the church yard is the re-
mainder of a croſs, the baſe and part of the ſhaft.
—_—
To the enquiry made by the houſe of commons, in
1786, reſpecting the charitable donations in this pa-
riſh, nv return was made,
23 Jan. 1425, Canturia de Kirby, Certificate from Jchn biſhop of London, of an exchange between John Williamſon,
warden, on the preſentation of Henry biſhop of Wincheſter, I homas biſhop of Durham, Thomas duke of Exeter, Ralph earl
of Weſtmoreland, William Hungerford, Jobn Wodehous, and John Leventhorp, feoffees of Henry late king of England, true
patrons ot the ſaid-chantry for that time, the ſaid lord being enfeoffed together with them by reaſon of the ſpiritualities of the
laid dioceſe of Lincoln, with its members, and William Trey, fector of the church of Gedleſton, in the patronage and dioceſe
of the biſhop of London. Reg. Chichley, fol. 259. ſede Lincoln, vacante,—Williamſon is mentioned in Newcourt, vol. I. p. 82.
as reſigning Gedleſton in 1425 ; but Trey is not there noticed.
© Vicar alſo of Abkettleby, and brother to Mr, Richard Coulton, rector of Houghton on the Hill. He married, March 10,
1762, at Evington, Miſs Herrick, only daughter and heireſs of Mr. John Herrick, of Beaumont Leys, lately deceaſed,
? See p. 228; and ſome particulars of his will under the pariſh of Stone ſby. See p. 232+ Harl. MSS, 2129.
. See more of this family under the pariſh of Staunton Wyrvile, |
: See more of this family under the pariſh of Creat Bowden,
The arms of Markham are, Azure, on a chief Or, a lion rampant Gules. See plate XIIII. fig. 7. Of this family ſee
more in Thoroton's Nottinghamſhire, p. 458, | ;
This tomb is ſhewn in plate XLIII. |
PRIORY
.
230 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
PRIORY or KIRKBY BELER.
In 1359, 12 kal. April, Aice Beler, widow to the
founder of the chantry at Kirkby Wretheck, with
the conſent of her ſon fir Roger Beler, converied the
foundation to a priory of canons regular of the order
of St. Auguſtin*; the firſt prior of which was Roger de
Cotes, a canon of the abbey of Ouſton in this county *.
In 1375, Robert Crumbuell and others obtained
permiſſion to beſtow the advowſon of Garthorpe on
the priory of Kirkby ſuper Wrethek “.
In 1392, Ralph Crumbwell and others were empow-
ered to beſtow on the priory of Kirkby Wrethek + fir-
teen meſſuages, ten tofts, twelve virgates, twenty-four
acres of arable, and thirty acres ot paſture land, in
Kirkby, Leiceſter, Stapleford, Wymondham, Leeſthorp,
Buckminſter, Sewſtern, Burrow, and Abkettleby; and,
in the ſame year, fir Ralph Crumbwell, knight, and
Richard de Outhorp, chaplain, were empowered to
ſettle the advowſon of Garthorpe on the prior and
convent of Kirkby Beler, in aid of their ſuſtentations.
On the 18th of January, 1415, John Louſeby,
perpetual vicar of Melton Mowbray, in obedience to
a commiſſion from Philip Repingdon, then biſhop of
Lincoln, reported that he had admitted Walter Gerald,
the chaplain, on the prefentation of rhe priory and
convent of Kirkby ſuper Wrethek, to the perpetual
vicarage of the church of Twytord ©.
The rectory of Twyford, with tithes at Thorpe,
was leaſed by the priory of Kirkby Beler to Nilliam
Tyce and Margaret his wife, in 1532, for 21 years, at
the rent of Z£.7. a year ?.
The article of indulgences, in old times, was an
engine that frequently was ſet ro work, when any
eminent perſon, either in the church or of the
laity, had an inclination to ere any new church or
religions houſe, or make additions or reparations to
an old one. Numerous are the inſtances may be given
of this praftice. The ſweets of it were enjoyed, inter
alia, by the canons of Kirkby Beler ; for, the prior
and monks of this houfe obtained from pope Leo X. a
grant of indulgence to draw in money to repair their
church and convent; and king Henry VIII. gave an
additional virtue to that grant, by ifſuing out his let-
ters patent under the broad ſeal, authorizing the
monks to go about and collect money for their uſe
and purpole, as in theſe modern times 1s daily done
by the virtue of briefs for the relief of ſufferers by
any calamity, as well as for rebuilding decayed pariſh
churches. This authority was printed on one ſheet
of paper, and ornamented with the portraits of Saint
Petcr and Saint Paul, and the pope's arms on the right
hand, and thoſe of the king on the left; and the two
laſt paragraphs are here inſerted as a ſpecimen :
« Aſſo certain patriarkes, prymates, archbythops
and byſhops, unto the nombre of ſixty-five; every
one of theym ſingularly, unto all theym that put
their helpyng handes unio the ſaid church, have
graunted. forty davs of pardon, which nombre ex-
rendeth unto ſeven yeres and two hundreth days,
fotiens quotiens. Or it they ſay one Pater Noſter with
an Ave, for the fouls of fir Roger Beler and Alys his
wyfe, founder and founderys, or any of the bene-
factouts thereof, they have the ſaid ſeven yeres and
two hundreth days of pardon, whanſoever and wheie-
ſoever they ſo do. :
** Allo our ſovereign lord the king hath given our
his patent under his brode ſcale, deiy ring all that be
his trew liege people, favourably to receive theſe ſaid
meſſengers; and terthermore he hath commanded to
all hede officers, as mayres, ſheryffes, bu\lyfes, cau-
ſtables, and churchwerdens, that they do gather the
devotion and Chariiye iu their paryſh churches, at the
ſervice time, as ſoon as it is declared unto thevm by
their curate, and to be delivered to the ſaid meſſengets
or their aſſigns ; and they ts have the blethng of God,
and the prayer of the places. God tave the king *.”
„ Kyrkby, .a lule prioti of Blake chanous apon
Wreke ryver ii miles beneth Melton Mowbray, was
a late fuppreflid. I hard fay that one Bellar was
toundder thereot 9.” 1159
Art the diſſolution of this priory in 1524, it was
valued, according to Speed, at J. 178. 75. 1014. a
year; according to Dugdale, at C. 132. 105. 31d.
1 he poſſeſſions of the prior J Spirituals . 8 10
and convent ate thus ſtated Ny Temporals 63 15 4
the Firſt Fruits office In demeine 6 O o
4 129 4 2
The out-goings were: | ——
To the biſhop of Lincoln, | £2 10 ©
dean of Lincoln, 12:1
archdeacon of Leiceſter, G
abbot of Croxton, 0 7 ©
— abbot de Bella Landa , 13 6 8
— abbor of Leiceſter, & 4S./.0
prior of Axholme, 10 © ©
—— — prior of Laund, 2 10 of
maſter of St. John of Jeruſalem, 1 10 o
Burton Lazars, 2 0 ©
dno de Grampton, o 17 OF
to the ſteward, for fees, $-0:-0
43 8 8
Clear income 85 15 54
The rectory of Kirkby Beler, at that time part of
the poſſeſſions of the priory, was ſoon afterwards
leaſed by the court of augmentations to O/ecald He,
at the annual rent of /. 22. The huuſe alſo
and ſite of the priory, of the yearly value of /.16.
16s. gd. were granted by king Henry VIII. in 1535,
to Thomas Thompſon, tor the term of his life“.
The rectory of Thorpe Sachevile, conſiſting of
tithes in Thorpe and Sechefelde, belonged to this
priory; being at the diſſolution under leaſe to John
Eton, of Thurmaſton, at the rent of L£.4. 6s. 84.
The rectory of Stapleford belonged to this pricry;
and was leaſed to Richard Gybſon, at the yearly rent
of C. 2. 13s: 4d. including the glebe land. Certain
other tithes there, belonging to the priory, were
leaſed to Thomas Sherard, elq; at the rent of G 5. 65.
84.5 For their lands and tenements at Stapleford
they paid a pound of pepper as an acknowledgement
to the king in right of his dutchy of Lancaſter *,
Their manor and rectory of Buckminſter, and
rectory of Garthorpe, have been already noticed “.
| See the dreſs of a monk and a nun of this order in plate XLIII,
In the regiſter of biſhop Beke at Lincoln, fol. 330, is an entry of the original inſtrument, intituled,
0 Erectio capelle
collegiate Beati Petri ſuper Wrethek in eccleſiam conventualem, una cum 'protectione prioris ejuſdem; olim fundata erat in
numero 12 ſacerdotum ſecularium. Roger de Cotes primus prior, 12 kal' Aprilis, 1359.”
3 See Appendix, p..123-
* See under Buckminſter, p. 122.
See Appendix, p. 1:3 ; and alſo under Garthorpe, p. 187.
5: See the original inſtrument, and the endowment of tlic vicarage, under the church of 'Iwytord,
7 Bailiffs Accowpts, in the Augmentation Office.
Staveley's „ Hiſtory of Churches in England, 1712, 8vo, p. gg. cited in MS. Chetwynd as a MS, ““ olim penes
Thomam Staveley, armigerum, Interioris Templi ſocium.“
o Leland, Itin, vol. V. p. 93.
'9 From the Valor 26 Hen, VIII.
See p. Ixxxiii.
1 The abbey of Byland, co. York, founded by Roger de Mowbray, at the inſtance of Gundreda his mother, in 1143.
'4 Bailiſts Accompts, 31 Hen. VIII. in the Augmeutation Office.
Sec pp. 187. 123.
* Reco ds at the Augmentation Office, 13 Ibid. *
s Bailiffs Accompts, 31 Hen, VIII. iu the Augmeutation Office.
For
1
2
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FRaMLAND HUNDRED.]
For property in Asfordby “, they paid to the biſhop
of Lincoln 115. a year by way of quit-rent “.
They had lands alſo at Nottingham, Rempton,
and Boney, co. Nottingham, the gift of their liberal
benefactor Roger Beler ?,
The abbot of Ouſton had a claim of 2d. annually
from this priory z and the ſum of 7s. was yearly paid
to the prioreſs of Henning, for lands which they
had in Abkertlety 5; ſome part of which, in 1539,
were in the tenure of John Palfreyman, at the rent
of 45. 44. a year *, | |
After this general ſtatement, it may be right, in
this place, to correct an error in Tanner's Notitia.
This priory had xor the advowſon either of Cold-
Overton or Sharnford; nor had they any tithes at
Cleybrook. The advowſon of Cold Overton belonged
to Kirkham in Yorkſhire ; that of Sharnford, and the
tithes in Cleybrook, to Monks Kirby in Warwickſhire,
In an old terrier of the lands belonging to the
manor of Lewes in the town of Melton, it appears
that the prior of Kirkby Beler had one meſſuage there,
called Bromwell Place, and four yard-lands, &c. 7
March 12, 1552-3, king Edward VI, by advice of
the chancellor and one of the general ſuperviſors of
the court of augmentation, for a fine of 50 ſhillings,
demiſed to George Flower the meſſuage and all the
lands, &c. thereto belonging, late in the tenure of
Thomas Frank, ſituate in Kirkby Beler, and lately
belonging to the monaſtery there; and allo a cloſe
formerly in tenure of the ſaid Thomas Franke, and
then of John Barnard, in Kirkby Beler, belonging to
the ſaid monaſtery, to hold from Michaelmas 15 53,
for 21 years, paying yearly 48s. 6d. for the meſſuage
and appurtenances, and 18d. for the cloſe 5,
In 1555, the ſite of the priory was granted in fee
to Jobn lord Grey of Pirgo, and Mary his wife 9.
Among the records in the court of Exchequer, in
Hilary term, 18 Elizabeth, 1575, is a proceſs againſt
Brian Cave, concerning lands ſuppoſed to belong to
the late priory of Kirkby Beler .
All theſe were granted by queen Elizabeth to Ralph
Browne and John Nuthall, who aliened them to Thomas
Markham, eſq. of Allerton and Cotham, in the county
of Nottingham, ſtandard-bearer to the queen's band
of gentlemen penſioners, and commonly called Black
Markham. Among the records in the king's remem-
brancer's office in the Exchequer is a deed, of 1580,
De manu regine amovend' de manerio de Kirkby
Bellers, & Thoma Markham, arm', liber* “.“
Elizabeth, the daughter of Thomas Markham,
brought the manor of Kirkby Beler, by marriage, to
Edward Sheldon, eſq. of Beoley in Worceſterſhire,
and Weſton in Warwickſhire *; who held it in capite
about 16033; and from whom the property ſtated in
the following” particular '4 was purchaſed ſoon after
by Eraſmus De la Fountaine, eſq.
Ihe rent reſerved, £.217. 16s. 8d.
The copichouldes lately houlden by indenture for
yeares nowe expired, and voyed of all eſtates, one
excepted, which is for three lives, and conteyneth by
elty mation 55 acres, or thereabouts. f
The whole nombre of all the acres doe amounte
unto 1500 acres and above.
Mem. That the freehoulders their lands do amounte
unto in acres, ultra the ſaid 1500 acres, 210 acres.
Mem. There are divers cottages, to every one of
which belongeth the paſture of two beaſts and a fol-
lower, viz. one young beaſt, and ſix ſheep.
Mem. The ſaid nombre of acres in the occupacyon
of the tenants are layed in parts or furlongs by them-
{elves in the three ſeveral fyelds, ſoe as every tenant
hath his owne land lying togeather; and are in May,
by conſent of the freehoulders, to ſever and yncloaſe
the ſaid lands.
Fat. 13 Hen. IV. p. 2. m. 17. pro terris in As fordhy.
* Pat, 16 Ric. II. p. 1. m. 8.
* Records at the Augmentation Office.
Sir T. Cave, ex cartis Edwardi Smith, de Edmondthorpe.
Carte, MS.
the family of Sheldon.
Vol. I,
KIRKEY B E I. F R.
| it Pat. Rec, 22 Eliz. Rot. 63.
* See Dugeale's Warwickſhire, ed. Thomas, vol. I. P+ 584 ; and Naſh's Worceſterſhir
1 13 See p. Cxxxiii. |
From the original, in the poſſeflion of William Herrick, eſq; of Beaumanor, 1794.
231
Some of the tenants of Abyltre 's |
dyd offer to give (as the lande nowe
lyeth in common) after the rate of
£+5. 55. the acre. The whole nombre
of 1500 acres, at that rate, amount-
eth unto | £.7875 0 ©
The demeſne, parſonage, &c. (all
repryſes allowed) rented at £.540.
6s. at 16 years purchaſe, amounteth
unto £-8644 16 -0
Summa totalis
£-16,519 16 ©
Mem. Thar, over and above the premiſes, there is
of inherytance, belonging unto the ſaid manor, 10 r
12 cottages, having like allowance as before.
The capital meſſuage, barns, ſtables, courts, and
buyldings.
The gardens and orchards, conteyning
by eſtymacion ten acres, with the dove- J. . d.
houſe, rented per annum 13 6 8
The demeſnes, being ſeveral paſtures
and meadows, conteyning by ellymacion
600 acres, with 2 mylnes, rented per ann. 452 13 4
The parſonage (being impropriated)
ultra the tythes of the demelſnes, rented
per annum 100 © ©
Free rents, by eſtymacion, 8 8 8
Summa totalis — 669 0 ©
Repryſes.
To deduct the rent repriſed out of the
par ſonage, the ſame being granted in fee
far me, 15 12
An allowance in Abintre to the curate 10 0 0
For certayne lands purchaſed of the 2
king's majeſtie, with a reſervation of a
rent per annum 1 £
Summa totalis _ 28 14 11
Et fic remanet clare per annum 540 5 I
Mr. Carte, in his MSS. mentions a caſe in the Ex-
chequer, 1604, Bury verſus De la Fountaine,” con-
cerning a demiſe of lands at Kirkby Beler.
Mr. De la Fountaine received the honour of knight-
hood, at Greenwich, June 15, 1623; and was high-
ſheriff of Leiceſterſhire in 1628.
Some time before 1636, fir Eraſmus De la Fountaine
demoliſhed feveral of the cottages for the purpoſe of
enlarging the park, a great part of which is {till ſur-
rounded by a ſtone wall; and by ſo doing incurred
the penalty noticed in the following record :
« Termino Paſche, 8* die Maii, anno 169 regis Caroli.
& Leiceſter. Whereas fir Eraſmus De la Fountaine,
of Kirkby Bellars, in the county of Leiceſter, knight,
and Thomas Skipwith, of Loughborough, in the
county aforeſaid, came before the barons of this
court, the 8th day of May, in the 12th year of his
majeſty's reign, and did acknowledge to owe unto
our ſovereign lord the king's majeſty C. 2 50. of lawful
money of England, upon condition, that whereas the
24th day of November, in the 11th year of his ma-
jeſty's reign that now is, the ſaid fir Eraſmus De la
Fountaine, knight, being, by the commiſſioners for
depopulation certified out of Leiceſterſhire, charged
with depopnlation and converſion of houſes and lands
in Kirkby Bellars, whereof he was a purchaſer, and
with the continuance thereof, was, by the lords com-
miſſioners for depopulation, with the conſeat of him
the ſaid fir Eraſmus, ordered to pay £500. for a fine
From a record, 1 Edw. VI. in the Augmentation Office.
* Q. Heyning, or Hevenynge, a nunnery, near Gainſborough, co. Linc, Tanner, 274.
* Bailiffs Accompts, in the Augmentation Office, 2
* Carte, Ms. 9 See p. 228,
e, vol. I, p. 66, for a full account of
15 Afterwards called Alautre.
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232 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
to his majeſty ; whereof C. 2 50. was, by the ſame or-
der, to be paid preſently into the receipt of his ma-
jeſty's exchequer; and the ſaid fir Eraſmus was
thereupon to enter bonds to his majeſty with his
remembrancer, who was required to take notice
thereof, to be paid at the end of five months follow-
ing the other /.250. into his ſaid majeſty's receipt,
according to which time the ſaid fir Eraſmus did pay
into his majeſty's receipt the ſaid £.250. as by a gui-
tus eſt, under the hand of fir Henry Croke, knight,
clerk of the pipe, teſtifying the payment thereof, the
14th day of Wader, in the ſaid 12th year of his
majeſty's reign, doth more at large appear. Where-
upon the ſaid fir Eraſmus de la Fontaine deſired, the
condition of the ſaid recognizance being performed,
the ſame to be cancelled and made void. It is thereon
this day ordered by the court, that the faid recogni-
Zance ſhall be cancelled and made void. And this
order ſhall be a ſufficient warrant for doing thereof .“
Sir Eraſmus De la Fountaine having, in 1642, been
nominated in the king's commiſſion of array, became
in conſequence an object of vengeance to the oppo-
ſers of the royal cauſe ; his manſion houſe of Kirkby
Beler, which ſtood on the ſite of the old priory, was
garriſoned during the height of the civil war, on the
fide of the Parliamentarians, under the comman ofd
captain Hacker, and participated in the general cala-
mity of the times; for, after a ſevere ſkirmiſh with a
. detachment under fir Marmaduke Langdale in that
neighbourhood, on the 25th of February, 1644-5,
the houſe at Kirkby, or at leaſt a conſiderable part of
it, was demoliſhed by fire ; accidentally, as ſtared by
the Parliamentarians, who found in the ruins a con-
ſiderable quantity of plate, to the amount of £.300.
and many arms, which had been concealed by the
owner. By the Royaliſts, on the contrary, it was
aſſerted, that Captain Hacker, finding his forces en-
tirely routed, ſet fire to the garriſon in deſpair, and
fled to Leiceſter *.
Simmons, a quarter-maſter in the king's army,
enumerating the different garriſons in this county,
mentions ** Kirby Belhous, a houſe belonging to fir
Erafmus De la Fountaine. There were 50 ſoldiers in
it, who ran away at the news of fir Marmaduke
Langdale z but came in again.“
The damages to the houſe were fully repaired by fir
Eraſmus De la Fontaine, who added the ſtables, con-
fiſting of one large building, ornamented with two
ſmall turrets at the Weſt and Eaſt end; five upper
ftory windows projecting, pinnacled ; and an arched
gateway, where the arms of De la Fountaine ſtill remain,
Per bend, Sable and Gules, a bend Or, in chief a
cinquefoil Argent, pierced Or. Creſt, on a wreath, a
griflin ſejant. See plate XLIII. fig. 14.
Sis Eraſmus De la Fountaine married Mary, ſecond
daughter of Edward Noel viſcount Campden; by
whom he had one ſon, Jobn, of whom hereafter ;
and ſeven daughters; 1. Mary, wife of Thomas lord
Beaumont, viſcount Swords, of Cole-orton in this
county; 2. Juliana, wife of fir John Tracy, of Stan-
way, co. Glouceſter, bart. (who died without iſſue in
1677) ; 3. Penelope, wife of fir Philip Tyrwhitt, of
* From the original record.
* See the particulars more at large under Belvoir, p. 53.
Stainefield, co. Lincoln, by whom the had twelve
children; 4. Anne, wife of fir Thomas Meres, of the
Cloſe of Lincoln, knt.; 5. Elizabeth, who had been
married, but was dead in 1670; 6. Suſanna * ; and
7. Heſter *; both unmarried 1670, On the marriage
of his fon, in 1663, with Frances", youngeſt daughter
of Jeffrey Palmer, eſq. ſon of fir Lewis Palmer, bart.
of Carlton, co. Northampton, fir Eraſmus, by deed,
dated June 16, 14 Car. II. ſettled the manor of
Kirkby Beler, with the park there, the rectory, &c.
in truſt for the iſſue of that marriage; but, by a ſub-
ſequent deed, the power of diſpoſal reverted to fir
Eraſmus ; who gave it, by will, partly to his fon, and
the reſt to his ſon-in-law fir Thomas Metes.
He died, at his lodgings in Holbourn, March 15
his will“ was proved, by fir Thomas Meres, the ſole
executor, March 28; and he was buried, at Kirkby
Beler, April 6, 1672.
Jobn De la Fountaine, eſq. his fon and ſucceſſor,
married, in 1663, Frances Palmer; and, after her
death, married, ſecondly, Elizabeth (who ſur-
vived him ſeveral years); but he had no iſſue by
either wife. :
He died May 8, 1708; and his will was proved,
May 10 and 17, by his three executors, fir John Tyr-
whitt*', Matthew Johnſon, eſq. and John Noel, eſq.
Dame Anne Meres, wife to fir Thomas Meres n, who
ſucceeded to the whole property of the family at
Kirkby, left it to her fon fir John Meret, one of the
ſix clerks in Chancery, who had been knighted Dec,
26, 1700, was high-ſheriff of the county in 1715 ,
and died, in Great Ruſſell- ſtreet, Feb. 20, 1735-6;
at which time his eſtate was ſuppoſed to be about
L. 4000. a year. He had a valuable collection of
books and pictures, which were diſperſed by public
auction ſoon after his death“. 5
Dying inteſtate, the manor and advowſon of Kirkby
Beler became the property of his youngeſt ſiſter, dame
Elizabeth Pettus, who adminiſtered to his effects April 4,
1736; and died July 20, 1746; in which year a ſe-
cond adminiftration was granted to Thomas Hayley,
elq. nephew by the ſiſter of the ſaid fir John Meres.
Kirkby came after this into the poſſeſſion of the
family of Sanderſon; who, having eraſed and fold the
materials '* of the old capital manſion, were in 1756
deſirous of ſelling their property there, amounting
nearly to £.1000, a year; but ſome legal doubt at
that time retarded their intention '?,
The difficulty being removed, this eſtate was ex-
changed, by the Rev. William Sanderſon, of Haſle-
mere, in Surrey, for the manors of Southfleet and
Scadbury, and the eſtates belonging to them, in Kent,
with fir Charles Sedley, bart, of Nuthall, in Noiting-
hamſhire, who thus became poſſeſſed of the greater
part of the lordſhip of Kirkby Beler; ſome of which
he ſold before his death which happened Aug. 23, |
i, eſq. and others; the re- FA gow
1778, to Edward Mann
mainder he gave by will to his great nephew Sedley
Burdett**, eſq. who unfortunately periſhed, in October
1793, by accompanying the lord viſcount Montague
in his deſperate attempt to paſs the iremendous falls
of the Rhine “.
3 Harl. MSS. 911.
On the monument of her father and mother, in Campden church, co. Glouceſter, ſhe is 1aid to have been married ** to the
very noble knight fir Eraſmus De la Fountaine.” Bigland's Collections, vol. I. p. 283.
Thomas Babington, of Rothley, eſq. was in 1670 treating a marriage propounded betwixt him and Suſanna de la Fountaine.
s Afterwards married to Mr. Clarke.
* MSS. endorſed ** Coats at Funerals,” fol. 648.
7 Widow of Henry Harpur, eſq. of Swarkſton, co. Derby.
9 Of this will, which is long and very curious, conſiſting of 57 ſheets, and of that of his ſon John De la Fountaine, eſq.
ſome extracts ſhall be given under the pariſh of Stoneſby.
10 Elizabeth De la Fountaine, widow of John De la Fountaine, eſq; died Dec. 6, 1729, aged 72; and was buried at Melton;
where ſee her epitaph, and that of her ſiſter Anne Needham, who died Jan. 28, 1726, aged 66.
1 Sir John Tyrwhitt, who was twice married, had by his firſt wife three daughters; by his ſecond wife ſix ſons and fix
daughters; but, at the time of his death, in November 1741, his only ſurviving ſon was fir Fohn De la Fountaine Tyrwbhitt, bart.
with whom, Aug. 22, 3760, the title became extinct.
From the original probate in the Prerogative-office, of which a duplicate is entered in the Archdeaconry-court at Leiceſter.
13 Of whom, ſee p. 228.
This gentleman was remarkable for lying in bed all day, and ſitting up all night; and it has been ſaid, that he would
even hunt as well as feaſt by night. G. A.
Of one portrait which he poſſeſſed, ſuppoſed to be Miliun, ſee Mr. Peck's account, under Godeby, p. 202.
i® Many of theſe, ſuch as the ſtones, windows, &c. were bought by John Edwin, eſq,
applied by him to the building of Bagrave Hall, now the property of Mr. Archdeacon Burnaby,
who relided here in 1756, and well
" 17 Sir T. Cave, MS
n Second ſon of Francis Burdett, eſq. who died Feb. 3, 1794, and grandſon of the preſent fir Robert Burdett, of Foremark,
in Derbyſhire, eſq. who married Elizabeth, ſiſter of fir Charles Sedley.
- 9 See Gent, Mag, vol. LXIII. pp. 1054. 1102+ vol, LXLV. p. 197.
2
KNIPTON,
Inn 'Þ
ADDITIONS ro KIRKBY BELER. ©
p. 229. 1316. Johes de Houby ex una parte, &
daus Jhes de Segrave ex alter, necnon Rogerus Be-
ler, preſentarunt diverſos clericos ad eccleſiam de
Kirkby ſuper Wretheck. Jokes de Houby reſp. per
ſuum «+ + - « Johem de Segrave ſeniorem, .
Rogerum Beler, in curia regis, 23 Juni, 9 E. II.“.
1319. Wiltus, cuſtos capelle Sei Petri de Kirkby,
ad ecclefiam de Kirkby ſuper Wretheck, 13 id. Sept.“
P. 231. The following proceedings in the Court of
Exchequer, dated 12 June, 31 Eliz. are tranſcribed
from the records of that Court.
« Whereas, before this time, Griffin Markham, Ro-
bert Markham, and George Markham, ſons of Thomas
Markham, eſq. complainants, have exhibited their
bill of complaint in this honourable court againſt Ri-
chard Whalley, eſq. and Thomas Hart, defendants, de-
claring thereby, that, whereas the late king, of fa-
mous memory, king Henry VIII. had agreed to pals
in exchange unto fir Thomas Hennage, knight,. and
William lord Willoughby of Parham, both deceaſed,
certain lands and tenements in divers counties of this
realm, for other lands to be aſſured unto the ſaid late
king; which exchanging (not taking effect by reaſon
of the death of the ſaid late king Henry VIII.) was
afterwards proceeded in and effected in the time of
the late king Edward VI; and that, towards the ſup-
plying of ſuch value of lands as were to be aſſured to
the ſaid late king Edward VI, nine oxgangs of land
and meadow, with the appurtenances, in Kirkby Bel-
lars, ſome time parcel of the pofſeſhons of Richard
Whalley, eſq. deceaſed, were firſt, amongſt other
things, in the ſecond year of the ſaid late king Ed-
ward VI, by good and lawful conveyance. and eſtate
executed in duc form of law (for very good conſider-
ation and recompence yielded to the ſaid Richard
Whalley for the ſame), aſſured and conveyed by the
ſaid Richard Whalley unto the ſaid fir Thomas Hen-
nage and lord Willoughby, and to their heirs, to the
uſe of the ſaid ſir Thomas Hennage and lord Wil-
loughby, their heirs and aſſigns for ever; and that,
by force thereof, the ſaid fir Thomas Heunage and
lord Willoughby were of the ſaid nine Oxgangs of
land and meadow, with the appurtenances, ſeiſed ac-
cordingly in their demeſnes, as of fee; and they, ſo
being thereof ſeiſed, afterwards, in the ſaid ſecond
year of the reign of the ſaid late king Edward VI, by
fine and other ſufficient and lawful conveyance, did,
amongſt other ſundry things, aſſure and convey over
the ſaid nine oxgangs of land and meadow, with the
appurtenances, unto the ſaid king Edward VI, his
heirs and ſucceſſors for ever; that thereby his high-
neſs was ſeiſed thereof in his demeſne, as of fee, as in
the right of his crown of England; and that, in re-
compence thereof, the ſaid fir Thomas Hennage and
lord Willoughby had ſundry other manors, lands, te-
nements, and hereditaments, of great value, aſſured
unto them and their heirs for ever; and that, the ſaid
late king Edward VI. fo being thereof ſeiſed iu form
aforeſaid, the ſaid Richard Whalley, either by. leaſe
taken of the ſaid nine oxgangs of land and meadow,
with the appurtenances, at his Highneſs's hands by
letters patent, or elſe by force of ſome leaſe thereof
made by the ſaid Whalley himſelf before his convey-
ance made to the ſaid fir Thomas Hennage and lord
Willoughby unto ſome friend of truſt, for his own
behalf, or otherwiſe by leaſe made by the ſaid lord
Willoughby and fir Thomas Hennage, who poſſeſſed
of the ſaid nine oxgangs of land and meadow, with
the appurtenances, amongſt other things, as tenant
or farmer unto the ſaid late king Edward Vl, and
held and enjoyed, by himſelf and his aſſigns, tbe ſaid
demiſed premiſes, during all the life of Lim the ſaid
Richard accordingly; and that, during his life, and
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long after, until about one year now laſt paſt, the
ſaid yearly rent reſerved by the ſaid demiſe or leaſe for
the ſaid premiſes was anſwered and paid yearly, by the
ſaid Richard Whalley and his aſſigns, unto the ſaid late
king Edward VI, and after his deceaſe to the late
queen Mary, and after the deceaſe of the ſaid late
queen Mary to the queen's majeſty that now is, to
whom by lineal deſcent and ſucceſſion the fee ſimple
and inheritance of the ſaid nine oxgangs of land,
with the appurtenances, is deſcended; who, bein
thereof ſeiſed in the right of her Highneſs's crown of
England, did, by letters patent, dated 11 July, i
the 29th year of her majeſly's reign, demiſe and grant
the ſaid nine oxgangs of land, with the appurte-
nances (the ſaid former leaſe made to or by the ſaid
Richard Whalley as aforefaid being then expired
and ended) unto the ſaid complainants for the term
of their three lives ſucceſhvely, reſerving for the ſame
unto her highneſs, her heirs and ſucceflors, the yearly
rent of 31. 25. 31d.; and that, by force thereof, the
ſaid complainant.ought to have the poſſeſſion of the
ſaid nine oxgangs of land, with the appurtenances,
according to the purport of the ſame letters patent,
and under the faid yearly rent thereby reſerved as
atoreſaid : And ſheweth farther, that the ſaid Richard
I balley, deceaſed, in his life-time, or Richard Whal- *
ley, now one of the defendants; being coùſin and next
kin unto the ſaid Richard Whalley the elder, and
ſince the deceaſe of the ſaid Richard Whalley the el-
der, together with Thomas Hart of Kirkby Bellers
afore/aid, one other of the defendants, or ſome of
the anceſtors of the ſaid Hart, occupying and holding
the ſaid nine oxgangs of land, with the appurtenanccs,
as tenants or aſſigns of the ſaid Richard Whalley the
elder, or Richard Whalley the younger, under and
Gnce the demile aforeſaid, made to the ſaid Richard
Whalley, the elder as aforeſaid, have, by compact
and confederacy amongſt them, pradiſed the Jiſherit-
ance of the queen's majeſty in ihe ſame; and, t. ſup-
preſs the ſaid leaſe, wheteby ſhe ſaid Whaliey en oyed
the ſame, have, by ſome (iviſter and indire& deviſe,
found means to get the conveyauce and aſſurance, had,
made, and executed. by te. fd Whalley, deceaſed,
unto the ſaid fir Thomas Hennage and lord Wil-
loughby, of the ſaid nine oxgaugs of land and meadow,
with the appurtenances, into Heir or ſome of their
hands; and have ſuppteſſed and.... . . the ſame,
whereby the ſame are now not to be ſhewed or found
for her majeſty; and thereupon have confederatel
and ſecretly conirived, framed, and executed * —
them, eſtates and aſſurances cf the premiſes, purpoſing
thereby to avoid the ſaid aflurance and cunvey ance
made by the ſaid fir Thomas Hennage and lord
Willoughby unio the ſaid late king Edward VL of
the ſaid premiſes, and conſequently to defraud her
majeſty of her right, title, and inheritance, in and to the
ſame, and of the ſaid conipiainants? term and intereſt
in the premiſes; and ſo by colour thereof (the ſaid
former leaſe being expired) have iniruded upon the
queen's majeſty's poſſeſſions in the premiſes, and
thereof have injurioully kept and held out, and (lj}l
do keep out, the ſaid complainants from the poſſeſſion
thereof ſo granted and demiſed as is aforelaid, not-
withſtanding that the ſaid Richard Whalley, deceaſed,
did ſuſhcienily convey the ſame unto the laid fic lho-
mas Hennage and lord Willoughby, and had very
great and large recompence and conſideration. yielde
unto him by the ſaid fir Thomas Hennage and lord
Willoughby for the ſale of the faid premiſes; and
notwithſtanding that the faid Richard Whalley, de-
ceaſed, in allowance of the ſaid bargain and fale,
until of late time, as aforeſaid, has anſwere$and fa-
tisſied unto the laid late king, and his ſaid ſucceſſors
queens of this realm, the full and juſt rent reſerved
® 1bid,
upoa
* 233 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
upon the ſaid former demiſe or leaſe, as by theſaid
bill of complaint, remaining in this honourable Court,
more plainly and at large it doth and may appear :
Whereunto the ſaid Richard Whalley the younger,
one of the defendants, made anſwer and ſaith, that,
for his own part, he, not knowing that his ſaid
grandfather had any ſuch lands mentioned in the ſaid
bill, hath not meddled or dealt therein, or with them,
any ways, to her majeſty's diſheriſon; neither doth he
claim any thing in them as heir to his grandfather
or otherwiſe; but doth utterly diſclaim in and from
the ſame, and in and from every part thereof; and
confeſſeth that he hath heard to be true, that ſuch
lands were his grandfather's, and the inheritance
thereof by him aſfored and conveyed away, as in the
faid bill is contained; and that nevertheleſs his ſaid
grandfather or his aſſigus enjoyed the ſame ever ſince
paying the rent thereof to her _— and progeni-
tors; and thinketh it to be likely that ſuch a leaſe was
granted for years, or in fee-farm, or otherwiſe, back
again, either to his ſaid grandfather, or to ſome
others by his means, as in the ſaid bill is ſet down;
and that ſuch intereſt as his ſaid grandfather had back
again he did convey, or cauſe to be conveyed or
granted, to the now tenant of the premiſes, or to his
tedeceſſors, tenants thereof; and confeſſeth alſo, that
> the ſaid defendant, at the deceaſe of the ſaid Richard
the grandfather, found that ſuch a rent was by him
paid; and he, ignorant of the eſtate of his ſaĩd grand-
father's lands, did continue the payment thereof, un-
til the ſaid complainant took the ſaid leaſe of her ma-
jeſty, and traverſed the other points contained in the
{aid bill, as by the ſaid anfwer remaining in this honour-
able Court more at large appeareth: And alſo the ſaid
Thomas Hart, the other defendant, made anfwer and
faith, that Richard Whalley, eſq. in the bill named,
was lawfully ſeiſed in his demeſne, as of fee, of and
in the ſaid nine oxgangs of land and meadow, with
the appurtenances, in the ſaid bill mentioned; and
he, ſo being ſei
the reign of the late king and queen Philip and
Mary, by his ſufficient deed indented and inrolled, for
conſideration of money paid by the defendant's grand-
father, did bargain, fell, convey, and affure the
ſame, with the appurtenances thereof, unto one Tho-
mas Hart, of Northampton, yeoman, grandfather of
the ſaid other defendant, whoſe heir he is; to have
and to hold to the ſaid Thomas Hart, his heirs and
affigns for ever; and afterwards acknowledged a
fine of the premiſes, together with Richard W halley
his ſon, to the faid Thomas Hart and his heirs, to the
uſes afore mentioned ; that, by virtue thereof, the
ſaid Thomas Hart was lawfully ſeiſed of the premiſes
in his demeſne, as of fee, and, ſo ſeiſed, died thereof
ſciſed; after whoſe deceaſe, the ſame deſcended and
came to Thomas Hart, father of this other defendant,
as ſon and heir of the ſaid Thomas Hart; that, by
virtue thereof, the ſaid Thomas Hart the father
was thereof lawfully ſeiſed of an eſtate in fee ſimple,
and died thereof ſo ſeiſed; after whoſe death, the
fame deſcended and came to this defendant, as ſon and
heir of the ſaid Thomas the father, by virtue whereof,
he, this defendant, was lawfully ſeiſed thereof in his
demeſne, as of fee; and that, during all the time of their
ſeveral poſſeſſions continued, neither he this defendant,
nor his father, ever paid any farm or rent for the ſame
to her majeſty, nor to the ſaid king or queen, nor to
the ſaid late king Edward VI. nor to the ſaid Richard
Whalley, nor to his 1 but enjoyed the ſame
quietly, as their own lawful inheritance; and traverſed
all the other points contained in the ſaid bill, as by
the ſaid anſwer of the ſaid Hart, the other defend-
ant, alſo remaining in this Fe 22 more
at large appeareth: And ſo, hereupon, the ſaid com-
' Plainant — the ſaid defendants deſcended to full and
perfect iſſue, and a commiſſion awarded out of this
Court for the examination of witneſſes, and after-
, in the ſecond and third years of c
wards publication granted thereupon according to the |
order of this Court, and divers days appointed for
the hearing of the ſaid matter: Upon the long de-
bating, deliberate hearing, aud grave underſtanding
of which ſaid matter at large between the ſaid parties,
before the right honourable William lord Burghley,
lord high treaſurer of England; fir Roger Manwood,
knt, lord chief baron of her majefly's court of ex-
chequer; and the reſt of the barons of the ſame
court; the 12th day of June, in the 31ſt year of our
faid ſovereign lady queen Elizabeth, foraſmuck as the
premiſes in queſtion were granted to king Edward VI.
by the ſaid ſir Thomas Hennage and lord Willoughby
in exchanging of other lands, as it ſufficiently ap.
DEE by a PER ſhewed in Court, and ſub.
cribed even by the hand of the faid Richard Whal-
ley the elder, wherein the premiſes in queſtion are
mentioned to be the lands of the ſaid fir Thomas
Hennage and lord Willoughby; and foraſmuch as
the rent thereof hath ever ſince been paid and an-
ſwered to the faid lare king, queen Mary, and the
queen's majeſty that now is; and that the ſaid fir Tho-
mas Hennage and the ſaid lord Willoughby had ſuf-
ficient and what conſideration of other lands to them
granted from the ſaid late king Edward VI. in lieu of
the premiſes in queſtion, ſo exchanged as is aforeſaid :
And, foraſmuch as, upon the full diſcourſe and cir-
cumſtance of the ſaid matter, it ſeemed unto this
Court, that the ſaid Richard Whalley the elder, be-
fore the ſaid exchange, in the ſecond year of the ſaid
late king Edward Vl, amongſt other things, had, upon
good conſideration and recompence, aſſured and con-
veyed the ſaid nine oxgangs of land, with the appur-
tenances, to the ſaid fir Thomas Hennage and lord
Willoughby, and to their heirs for ever, fo as the
ſaid fir Thomas Hennage and the faid lord Wil
loughby afterwards had a good and lawfal eſtate to
aſſure and convey over the fame in exchange to the
faid king Edward VI. upon ſuch conſideration and re-
ompence, as is aforeſaid : And that yet, nevertheleſs,
the faid Richard Whalley the elder, for confideration
of money to him paid, very » » praQtiſed the
diſinheritance of the queen's majefty of and in the
remiſes in queſtion, by bargaining and ſelling the
ame over unto one Thomas Hart, deceafed, and his
heirs for ever, grandfather of the ſaid Thomas Hart,
one of the ſaid defendants, in the ſecond and third
ay of king Philip and queen Mary, he the faid
ichard the elder, having no honeſt or lawful title in
or to the fame 228 o to bargain, ſell, or convey
the ſame : It is therefore finally ordered, adjudged,
and decreed, that the ſaid complainants, their execu-
tors, adminiſtrators, and aſſigus, ſhall and may from
henceforth, according to the tenor and true meaning
of the ſaid leaſe, have, hold, occupy, and peaceably
enjoy, the ſaid nine oxgangs of land, with the ap-
purtenances, and all other premiſes in queſtion; and
that the queen's majeſty, her heirs and ſucceſſors,
ſhall have and enjoy the rent and reverfion thereof,
without lett, interruption, or diſturbance, of the ſaid
defendants, or either of them, their heirs, executors,
adminiſtrators, or aſſigus, or of any other perſon or
perſons whatſoever, claiming in, by, from, or under
them, or any of them; and that the ſaid Richard
Whalley, ſon and heir of Thomas Whalley, ſon and
heir of Richard Whalley, ſhall be called into this
Court, and ſhew forth there ſuch counterparts ot
grants, ſales, and leaſes of the premiſes, made by the
ſaid Richard Whalley, deceaſed, as he hath in his
cuſtody, and be examined for her majeſty, as to the
Court ſhall ſeem ggod. Yet, E it is or-
dered, that the defendants ſhall and may have and
take the corn growing upon the premiſes, that was
ſown by him.“
P. 232. Kirkby Beler was purchaſed by Sherard
Sander/on of ſir John Meres. © LA
The lordſhip in general conſiſts of very good land.
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in antient Writings called Cniptone and Gniptone, ſtands
upon the border of Lincolnſhire, almoſt at the head
of the river Dene. The ſituation is low, but it is
ſurrounded with beautiful hills and dales; as may
be ſeen in the charming view of the church and par-
ſonage-bouſe annexed, from the pencil of the preſent
very excellent rector of the pariſh; in which the
caſtle of Belvoir terminates the proſpect on the one
hand, and the ruins of Wolſtrop church on the other,
On the Eaſt this pariſh is bounded by Hareſton ; on
the North by the county of Lincoln; on the Weſt
by Stathern ; and on the South by Croxton Park.
This townthip lies altogether within the diſtrict of
Belvoir warren*; is ſeven miles diſtant from Grantham ;
ten from Melron, the neareſt market-town in the
county ; 24 from Leiceſter; and, in the eccleſiaſtical
diviſion cf the county, is within the deanry of Framland.
In the reign of Edward the Confeſſor, this manor
was divided into two portions; and continued with-
out much deviation till the time of the Conqueſt ;
when the principal portion of the lordſhip is ſtared to
have been appendant on Croxton, and to contain
eight ploughlands and fix oxgangs. Two ploughs
were in the Cemeſne and four bondmen; and ten vil-
Jans, with four bordars and ten ſocmen, had four
ploughs. There were fix mills of 1 3s. 4d. value, and
thirteen acres of meadow *,
The other portion of the lordſhip, containing three
ploughlands and two oxgangs, belonged to Bottes-
ford, and was of the annual value of 20s. There
were in the time of king Edward three ploughs. Ar
the ſurvey, five ſocmen had two ploughs ; there was
a mill of 5s. value; and four acres of meadow. Four
thanes, Oſulf, Oſmund, Roulf, and Leuric, held theſe
lands; and had the privilege of removing whither-
ſoe ver they pleaſed without alienating them #4.
About the time of king Henry II. Wilkam the ſon
of Robert Fitz-Ralph, lord of Hareftan, gave to Gil-
bert Avenell, his brother, a portion of this village, to
be held by the fourth part of a knight's fee 5.
From him it deſcended to another Gilbert, who“
in 1252 was impleaded by Peter de Hareſtan, his
kinſman, for certain cuſtoms and ſervices due to the
ſaid: Peter for his lands here, and particularly that he
ought to appear at his three weeks court at Hareſtan;
which ended in an agreement, that the ſaid Gilbert
acknowledged to hold the ſaid lands of rhe manor of
Hareſtan, and that he would for the future appear
once every year, either perſonally, or by his attorney,
at the lord's court there, held next after the feaſt of
St. Michael; and whenever judgement was to be
given in pleas upon the king's writ, or when a thief
was to be tried, at the reaſonable ſummons of the ſaid
Peter, his heirs, or bailfffs. e
This Gilbert was afterward knighted, and had iſſue
William Avenell, lord of Gnyptagf 1271.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Knipfon, Croxton Kytiel,
and Hareſtan, anſwered collectively as one vill.
| The other portion of this manor, in the reign of
king Henry III. belonged to fir Philip Marmion, lord
of Tamworth Caſtle, in the county of Warwick;
See plate XLIV.
whoſe daughter and coheireſs, Joan, was firſt married
to fir William Mortimer, knight, afterwards to Henry
' Hillary, who by her had iſſue Edward Hillary, who
(as it appears in the pleas 21 Edward III. in the
Tower) died of grief and melancholy, becauſe his
father Henry Hillary did (after bis mother's deceaſe)
detain and hold all thoſe lands and inheritance from
him, for term of life, as tenant by the courteſy of
England“; an incident thus verſified by Mr. Peck:
There, as by England's courteſy, the fire
May, from his heirs, in caſe his wife expire,
For his own life, ev'n all her lands detain ;
Of ſuch ſtrange favour let who will complain.
There long-ago died Hillary the ſon,
For grief the ſainie was by his father done.“
The abbot and convent of Croxton had ſome lands
here, which their regiſter thus deſcribes : |
„ Habemus in Knipton, de dono Gilberti Avenel,
unam culturam in Midilfurlong, de dominico ſao, in
puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam; ſicut aliqua elee -
moſina viris religioſis liberids dari, vel concedi, poterit.
* Item habemus, de dono ejuſdem Gilberti, totam
culturam ſuam de dominico ſuo in territorio de Knip-
ton contra Wadeclive. Confirmavit & nobis, per
eandem cartam, donationem quam homines ſui fece-
runt nobis in eadem cultura contra Wadeclive ; ſcil',
de Thurnedig uſque ad diviſam de Hareſtan; & unam
acram terre, quam Edwardus de Knipton dedit nobis
in Midilfurlong, in perpetuam & puram eleemoſinam.
Item habemus, dedono Henrici Avenel, 2 ſeliones
ſuper Wadeclive ad occidentem, in puram & perpe-
tuam eleemoſinam *.”
In 1297, the heir of Richard de Grey held one
knight's fee in Hareſton and Gnypton of Edmund carl
of Lancaſter, the king's brother, deceaſed 9.
In 1343, William lord Ros, of Hamlake, died ſeiſed
of a quarter of one knight's fee in Gnypton, which
Roger Dyve held .
In 1346, the two portions of the lordſhip were held
by Edward Hillary and William Avenell ſon of the
William already noticed ; who (on the aid then
granted for knighring Edward of Woodſtock, the
king's eldeſt fon), were conjunctly aſſeſſed 208. for
half a knight's fee lying in Hareſtan and Knipton,
parcel of the honour of Leiceſter : © Recept* de
Edwardo de Hillarie & Willielmo filio Will* Avenell,
pro dim” feod' mil* in Harſton & Knipton, de honore
Leiceſtr', 203. ex computo conceſſo ad filium primo-
genitum militem faciendum *.“
From the laſt mentioned William Avenell, the
manor and advowſon deſcended to his ſon,
Gilbert **, who held of the lord of Hareſtan a
fourth part of a Knight's fee, by ſuit of court once
a year; and had iſſue William, who died without
iſſue; and two daughters, Iſabel and Alice, who made
partition of the manor and adyowſon in 1356. They
were to preſent alternately ; and Iſabel to have the
firſt turn . The ſame year Iſabel ſold her moiety ro
William de Mocdford.
Jan. 20, 1352-3, it appeared that William lord Ros,
of Hamlake, died ſeiſed of half a quarter of one
® See Eſch. 36 Hen. III. N' 57. in Belvoir.
* * Huic manerio [Crohtone] pertinet Cniptone. Ibi ſunt 8 carucatz terre, In dominico ſunt 2 carucæ & 4 ſervi; & 10
villani, cum 4 bordariis, & 10 ſochmannis, habent 4 carucas.
eſday, p. 230. a, col. 2.
caruce,
* Regiſtrum Cartarum Roberti de Woodford, in Bibl. Cote.
Idi 6 molini de 13 ſolidis & 4 denariis, & 13 acræ prati.”
* « Eidem manerio | Botesford] pertinent 3 carucatz terrz & 2 bovate in Gniptone. Tempore regis Edwardi eragt ibi 3
Idi 5 ſochmanni habent 2 carucas, & molinum de 5 ſolidis, & 4 acras prati.
erunt 4 tanes, Oſulf, Oſmund, Roulf, & Leuric ; & quo voluerunt cum eis ire potuerunt.“
Valet 20 folidos, Has terras tenu-
Ibid. p. 233. b. col. 2.
6 Ibid.
* This tenure is defined by the Rev. Sir Thomas Littleton (formerly a fellow of the Inner-Temple, and afterwards one of
the Juſtices of the Common Pleas, in the time of king Edw. IV.), in his book of Tenures, to be where a man takes his wife,
ſeiſed of certain lands in fee fimple, or fee tail, and has ifſue by her born alive, and heard to cry; if the wife die, the huſband
ſhall hold all this land (for term of his life) by the law of England, and is called Tenant by the courteſy of England.“ becauſe it is
not uſed in any other country but in England, Ot an eſtate in ſuſpence, of an uſe, of a right only, or of a poſſeſſion in law,
a . not be tenant by courteſy. Perkins, 89. a.“ Bua rox.
ec
k, MSS. 49381 ex codice apud Belvoir, Domeſday nuncupato, fol. t. b.
8 Rot. Aux. 20 Edw. III.
A Gervaſe Avenell, attainted in 1322, forfeited Carleton, co. Lincoln, Dugd. Dur. Rot, Fin, Term, Hill 40 Edw. III.
-” Eſch, 17 Ed. III. N 60. Leic,
9 Eſch. 25 Edw. I. N* gr, Leic.
knight's
knight's fee in Gnypton of the king, in capite, which
the tenants of Brac held *.
In 1367, Alice, the other daughter of William
Avenell, with Thomas the ſon of Michael! de Stoneſby
her huſband, paſſed away alſo their moiety to Wil-
liam de Woodford.
In 1371, Robert de Oxenford, parſon of Gnypton,
releaſed all his right in the manor of Gnypton, and in
the advowſon ot the church there, to Rubert Coll,
of Melton *.
In the ſubſidy of 1416 (when the county of Leiceſter
was rated at £.757. 125. 114d.) Knipton paid C. 1. 6s.
In that of 1445, Knipton was rated at C. 1. 6s. ;
and an abatement was made of 25. 2d.
From the above-mentioned William de Woodford
the whole lordſhip, with the advowſon, deſcended to
his grand-ſon, fir Robert of Woodford, who died poſ-
ſeſſed of them in 1455; when it appeared that they
were held of the king, as of his duchy of Lancaſter,
by fealty only“.
The Regiſter of John of Woodford preſerves the
following articles relative to this lordſhip 4.
Thomas de Braſcy conveys to William Avenell and
his heirs all his lands in the lordſhip of Gnypton,
ielding and paying a pair of white gloves yearly at
ſter. No date.
Helias Kneye, of Gnypton, conveys to William Ave-
nell, bis heirs and aſſigus, four lands in the fields of
Gnypton. No date. Gilbert de Lek, rector of Knip-
ton, is a witneſs. '
William Avenell, lord of Gnypton, conveys to Mil.
liam, ſon of Hugh of Eyton and Mabille his wife,
and to their heirs, a virgate of land, &c. 1271. Ar-
nulph de capella de Gnypton is a witneſs.
Here mayſt thou ſee and underſtand the chief deed
of the lordſhip of Gaipton, how that one William Ro-
beriſone, the ſon of Rauf, gave and granted in fee fim-
ple to Gilbert Avenell his brother, his heirs and
aſſigns, all his lands in Gnypton, with a ploughland
lygging beyond the water of Divene, with all its ap-
Purtenances, in prato et molendino, in aquis et ſemitis, et
omnibus conſuetudinibus ſuis, for a fourth part of a
knight's fee, in ſocage. No date. Witneſſed by
| William abbot of Croxton.
William ſon of Robert grants to Gilbert Avenell
his brother, for homage and ſervice, all the land
which his brother Robert Avenell had in Hyklynge,
that is to ſay, a ploughland; and an oxgang in the pa-
riſh of Sutton in the Dale; to him and to his heirs
for evermore, yielding and paying therefore 8s. per
annum. © Hiis teſlibus, Adi abbate de Croxton, Hu-
gone capellano de Wulleſthorp, &c.
Helias Kneye, of Gnypton, conveyed to fir Gilbert
Avenell, knight, of Gnypton, ſeven lands in the
field of Gnypton. No date. Witneſſed by Gilbert
de Lek, rector. | |
A covenant, by indenture, between Peter of Hare/-
ton and Gilbert Avenell, on the one part, and Mil-
liam Lareſon, on the other hand, for holding up the
water of the mill of the ſaid Peter, in —_
A fine, executed between Peter de Hareſton on the
one part, and Gilbert Avenell on the other, anno R.
Henrici filii regis Johannis 37, that all the lordſhip of
Gnypton, with the appurtenances, is held by ſocage
of the lords of Hareſton, and for to ſue to the court
of Hareſton once a year.
A terrier made by fir Gilbert Avenell, knight, of
divers other lands that he purchaſed in the fields of
Gnypton, deſcribing where they lie truly in the field
and by ſelions. The lands are all enumerated.
An indenture, executed between Jabel and Alice,
daughters and coheireſſes of Gilbert Avenell, of the
partition of the manor of Gnypton, and all its appur-
tenances, 30 Edward Ill; in which the portion of
Iſabel is deſcribed to be a moiety of all the demeſne
lands, and alſo ** medietas capitalis meſſuagii, que ſe
extendit in longitudine ex parte occidentali predicti
7 Eſch. 26 Edw. III. N' 53. Leic.
234 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
manerii a capite eujuſdam clauſi qui vocatur Le Park,
uſque ad quamdam viam que vocatur Lincoln gate
ex parte orientali predicti manerii, que quidem medi-
etas jacet ex parte auſtrali manerii predicti ſecundum
metas & bundas inter eas poſitas; exceptis tamen una
capella, cum una camera adjacente, infra Le Mote,
cum ingreſſu & egreſſu que aſſignantur proparti Alicie
predite.” The remainder of the property to he di-.
vided confiſied of the water-mill, cum flagno, Folmic,
S ſalicibus agjacentibus, and of rents from divers te.
nants, amongſt whom were John de Chapel, Philip de
Beſcaldeby, Robert de Eaton, and John ' ayllour,
The dovecote (columbarium} was to be poſſeſſed in
common.
Jabel, daughter of Gilbert Avenell, of Gnypton,
makes over and conveys to William of Woodford, in
fee ſimple, half the manor of the lordſhip of Gnyp.
ton, with half the advowſon of the church, a water-
mill, with all other the appurtenances, 30 Edward III.
Witneſſes; Roger Beler, knt. John Brabazon, knt,
Lawrence Hawberk, James Beler, and many others,
A fine, executed between Th mas Plungeon and Mar-
garet his wife, one of the heirs of the lordſhip of
Gnypton, and William de Woodford, by which the
ſaid Thomas and Margaret biud themſelves and their
heirs to releaſe all their claim, right, and title, that
they might have to the ſaid lordſhip, in conſideration
of 100 marks of filver to them paid by the ſaid
William. Dated 32 Edward III.
A releaſe with warrant of Iſabel, the daughter of
Gilbert Avenell, to William of Woodford, of half
the manor of Gnypton, with the appurtenances, and
of half the advowſon of the church, 32 Edward III.
Dated at Melton Mowbray, and witneſſed by John
Orger, Jobn Palmer, and many others.
A releaſe with warrant from Thomas Plungeon and
Margaret his wife, to William of Woodford, of half
the manor of Gnypton, &c. in fee ſimple, for eyer-
more, 32 Edward III.
Fohn de Chapel, freeholder of Knypton, conveys to
Wiliiam of Woodford, his heirs, &c. an annual rent
of 105. yearly, to iflue from his lands in Gnypton,
in fee ſimple, for evermore, with a power of diſtreis
in failure of payment, 32 Edward III.
Iſabel, daughter of Gilbert Avenell, releaſes all her
right and title in the manor, advowſon, and other
lands, tenements, &c. in the fields and town of Gnyp-
ton, to William of Woodford, 32 Edward III.
A fine, paſſed by Thomas Plungeon and Margaret
his wife, to releaſe to William Woodford their moiety
of half the manor of Gnypton, with the appurte-
nances, 32 Edward III.
William of Woodford enfeoffed in truſt Robert of
Oxenford, parſon of Gnypton, in all the lands and te-
nements that the faid William had purchaſed in
. Gnypton, in fee ſimple, 34 Edward III.
Robert of Oxentord, parſon of Guypton, re-con-
veys by feofiment to William of Woodford and to
Janette his wife, and to the heirs aud aſſigns of che
ſaid William Woodford, the premiſes in tee ſimple,
35 Edward III.
Another releaſe from label, daughter of Gilbert
Avenell, of the premiſes in Gnypton, with clauſe of
warranty, 35 Edward III. |
Thomas Michelſon, of Stoneſby and Alice his wite
convey, by fine, to William of Woodford, all places,
tenements, and rents, ſeverally ſpecified, with their
part of the advowſon of the church of Gnypton, for
ever, in conſideration of 100 marks of ſilver to chem
paid by the ſaid William, 39 Edward III.
William of Woodford grants to Thomas the ſon of
Michael of Stoneſby, and to Alice his wife, two plough-
lands and an half, and halt an houſe, with the appur-
tenances, in Gnypton, for 20 marks of filver, 39 Ed-
ward III. by fine.
Sir Robert of Woodford aſſigns ro Mabille Wood-
ford, his mother, in name of dower, for all the towns
* Clauf, 45 Edw. III. N- 9.
Robert Woodford tenuit, die quo obiit, in dominico ſuo, ut de teodo, 4 cutucatas terre, parcell' manerii de Wy verby, de
rege ut duce Lancaſtr', per fidelitatem pro omnibus ſervitiis, ae medietatem manerii de Knipton, cum advocatione eceleſie de
Knipton, de rege ut duce Lancaſtr'; & manerium de Garthorp de rege ut duce Lancaſtr'; & manerium de Aſhby Folvilè de rege
in capite, per lervitium viginti partis militis; & Radulphus Woodford eſt conſanguineus & hares.” Eſch. 34 Hen. VI.
„ KRegiſtrum Cartarum de omnibus maneriis, terris, &c. Johanni de Woodford, olim de Aſhby Folvile, in com' Leiceſtr',
armigero, ſpectantibus. Ex dono Samuelis Roper, de Heanmor, in co, Derb, 1670. Cotton MSS. Claudius, A. 13.
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FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
that John of Woodford, eſq. of Brentyngby, her huſ-
band, died poſſeſſed of, or lands or tenements that the
ſaid fir Robert Woodford had after the death Ot his
father, John of Woodford ; chat is to ſay, he afligned
her, in name of her dower, Gnypton, &c. the {ame as
recited under Wyvordby *; dated 7 Nenry !“. Wit-
nefſed by John parſon of- Gnypton, Walter maſter of
Burton S. Lazars.
Alſo ye ſhall truly and faithfully underſtand and
know for truth evermore, that the {aid Villiam of
Woodford, my grandſire, that purchated the lordſhip of
Gnypton, with the advowſon, wedded Jenet, the
daughter and heir of fir John Brabaton, knight, and
Jord of Sproxton. And the faid William was a full
diſcreet man, and ſufficiently learned in the law, and
was choſen for to have been ſerjeant of law; and then
he died ſeiſed in fee ſimple of all his purchaſed land
in Gnypton, and in other divers manors, lands, and
tenements, in other towns and countries, that was
purchaſed by his father old John of Woodford, and by
other anceſtors of his, and by his own purchaſe; as
ye may truly and faithfully find by divers fines, and
by ſufficient deeds, and well enſealed with wax. And
ſo ye may have true and ſufficient evidence of William
of Woodford's purchaſes, and of old fir John of
Woodford his father, and other anceſtors of theirs,
that were purchaſers, and died ſeiſed in fee fimple ;
as William Woodford did in Gnypton. And he and
Jener his wife had iſſue John of "Woodford, my fa-
ther; and he died ſeiſed in the fame lands in fee ſim-
ple. And ſo I Robert Woodtord, fon and heir to
him, ſeiſed in fee ſimple, have given by fine all the
lands and tenements that William Woodford purchaſed
in Gnypton, as it is lawful for me for to do, to Ra/ph
of Woodford my own fon, as the fine records; and
alſo I have given him by deed now in my life; and
all that were wy tenants in Gnypton aforeſaid have
attorned to him and to his heirs tor evermore, as the
court rolls of Gnypton of the laſt court that Ralph
held there bears witneſs and true record for evermore.
Here mayeſt thou ſee truly and underſtand, that
William of Woodford dicd ſeiſed of his lands in
Leiceſterſhire; and John of Woodford, his ſon and
heir, was ward to my lord Prince, for the lands and
the tenements that were holden of my lord Prince, as
of the honour of Cheſter and of Huntingdon, as thou
mayelt underſtand by this patent that follows; viz.
A patent of Ikdward prince of Aquitain and of
Wales, duke of Cornwall, earl of Cheſter, lord of
Biſcays, and of the caſtle D'Ordiales, conſtituting
William Purefoy, Roger le Greſley the younger, and
John Bariller, guardians of the lands, tenements, and
poſſeſſions, then in the prince's hands, by reaſon of
ine minority of John, ſon and heir of William de
Woodford ;” dated Oct. 1, 44 Edward III.
lere mayeſt thou truly ſee and underſtand, how
that William of Woodford died ſeiſed in fee ſimple
of all his litelinoad; and had iflue John of Wood»
tord, of Brentyneby, efq. and the ſaid John was
within age, and ward to my lord the prince Edward,
as It proves above in the commiſſion of the ſaid prince
of ſelling af the wardſhip during the nonage of the
laid John of Woodford ; and when the ſaid John was
at his age of 21 winters, he lucd a writ de atate pro-
band, and proved his age, and had livery of all his
lands, as you may fee and underſtand by a note of
the otiice of eſcheator that follows written *.
In 15125, . . Stoneſby died ſeiſed of the manor
of Knipton, held of the king, as of his honour of
Leiceſter, by knight's ſervice 3.
Edward Watſon, eſq. died in 1531 ſeiſed of the
manor and advowton ; which were purchaſed in 1629,
ot fir Zdward Waiſon, by Roger ear} of Rutland“;
and ſtill continue in the family.
The pariſh of Knipton is for the moſt part open
ied, and conſiſts of 1270 acres of land, of which the
whole is the property of the duke of Rutlagd, except
two or three mall freeholds.
* See under that pariſh.
: Eſch. 4 Hen, VIII.
The Eyres of Eaſtwell bear Argent,
of Eaſtweil, See plate XLIV, fig 15.
Again ex
K NIPT ON. 225
The method of tillage here is thus diſpoſed, The
open field is divided into three; the firlt year, barley
and wheat; the next, beans or oats; afterwards fallow,
Star-ſtones, or Meria, are found here, on which Mr,
Peck thus quaintly deſcants :
There Knipton, where in ſandy beds they find
The dark, five-pointed, ſmall Aſeria ihrin d;
A ſtone, which, put in vincgar, no reſt
Can have, nor yet bear any acid's teſſ.
Strange it ſhould move atrall; but ſtranger far
lo move progreſſive both and circular,
Perhaps the acid ſome effluvia draws, f
Which, when they ſhoot abroad, that motion cauſe ;
For when the ſtone e'er moves, ſmall bubbles riſe ;
A ſight ſuch efflux almoſt verifies. |
We'll fay then that the force wherewith they flow
In the ſharp liquid makes them both ways go.”
Mr. Peck ſays, ** The Eyres had formerly a noble
ſeat here. The room called the hall, with the chapet
at the end of it, is now turned into a convenient
farm-houſe, and divided into ſeveral apartments. The
chapel is the dairy. In the kitchen-windows are many
quarries of painted glaſs, being all either flowers, or
the letters E. B. flouriſhed and coloured yellow.
This ſeat of the Eyres, formerly the manſion of the
Avenells, diſtinguiſhed by the name of Finipton-Hall,
and ſtill called The Hall Farm, is on the North fide
of the town, about a mile and a half South of Bel-
voir caſlle, aud is now the property of the duke of
Rutland, The whole building is converted to a farm-
houſe; one part of which bears evident marks of
being the remains of the chapel of the capital manſion
of Gilbert de Avenell, defcribed in the partition
deed, p. 234. |
The fituation is low, ſurrounded by moats, fiſh-
ponds, and foundations of buildings; but the wood
and hills behind it afford a beautiful back-ground.
See a view of this chapel, by Mr. Schnebbelie,
taken Sept. 20, 1791, plate XLIV.
On the ſpandrils of the door, now walled up, are,
1. The imperfect ſhield, marked 1 in the plate.
2. Barry of ſix.
3. Over the point of the niche is another ſhield,
bearing barry as before, impaling feſſy of ſix.
On the left hand ſide of the door is a holy-water
baſon; particularly noticed in the plate, fig. 20, and
over the door is a moſt beautiful niche.
Within the memory of perſons ſtill living, that end
where the niche is was open to the roof. |
The cypher marked 4. occurs frequently in the
windows of the preſent kitchen.
Beyond the larger window are two other bay win-
dows, one over the other, of fifteen compartments
each. |
The part beyond them has apparently been ſince
added, tome of the farmer's oftices having been builr
againſt them; and ſeveral parts of the windows are
walled up. | |
In 1564, there were 30 families in Knipton.
No treeholder occurs here in the liſt of 1630.
At the general election in 1722, eight freeholders
polled from this pariſh; and the ſame number in
1775.
Abe nett expence of the poor in 1776 was C. 22. 6s.
Medium of three years 17831785, L. 30. 25s. 2d.
The regiſter begins in 1359.
At the bottom ot cach page, till 1617, is written,
„ Concordat cum veteri libro cartaceo.
WiLLitLMus WARDS, clericus,
JohANNEHS Hors, Gardiani.
RIcAR DUS ARMSTRONG,
Lxtracts from the regiſter of Kuipton.
In the ſirſt twenty years are 113 baptiſms, 57 bu-
rials, aud 27 marriages; and in twenty years, ending
in 1783, are 119 baptiſms, 79 burials, and 43 marri-
ages. The number of families is 46 ; inhabitants 223.
* The proofs and proceedings at length, taken Feb. 12, anno 3 Rich. II. are all in the original MS,
* Dr. Vernon, MS. from the duke of Rutland's Catalogue of Evidences,
a chevron Sable charged with three quaterfoils Or; cut in ſtone over the ſtable-door
I attly 58 years, as remarked under Garthorpe, p. 190. There had been a late injunRion for the purpoſe.
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236 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Marriages. 55
1663, June 1. William Carter, clerk, parſon of
Belton in Lincolnſhire, and Mrs. Ann Litle, widow.
1665, July 20. Henry Knewſtubb, miniſter of
Muſſon in this county, and jane Wilcox, of Grantham.
1670. Cyprian Banbury, rector of Knipton, and
Mrs. Mary Palmer of Stapleford, were married by
Dr. Bell, at St. Sepulchre's church, London.
1717. John Manners marquis of Granby was mar-
ried to the right hon. Bridget Sutton, the only daughter
_ of lord Lexington. This marriage was conſummated
at Kelham; and were married by fir William Dawes
lord archbiſhop of York, on the 27th of Auguſt, 1717,
between 9 and 10 of the clock at night, in lord Lex-
ington's houſe.
1751, Oct. 6. Thomas Thoroton, eſq; of Screve-
ton-hall, in Nottinghamſhire, was married to the ho-
nourable Miſs Roofilia Drake. The ceremony was
performed at Belvoir caſtle chapel, the ſeat of the
moſt noble John duke of Rutland, between the hours
of 8 and 9g o'clock at night, by the Rev. Mr. Turner,
oo of this pariſh, and domeſtic chaplain to his
race.
Baptiſms.
From 1656 to 1660, children are regiſtered from
births; baptiſms are not even mentioned.
16756. Mem. The ſonne and heir of the right hon.
John lord Roos, of Belvoir, and the lady Catharine
his wife, borne on Munday the 18th of September,
1676, betweene ) and 8 a clock at night, and baptized
September 25, by the name of John.
John, the ſon of Thomas Biſhell, jun. (who him-
ſelf was hardly ever baptized) and Sarah his wife,
baptized Nov. 11, 1680, being about a month old.
Elizabeth Biſhell, widow of the laſt-named Thomas
Biſhell, was admitted to be buried in the church-yard
(though excommunicated) March 24, 1682.
1682. Elizabeth, the daughter of Thomas Biſhell,
jun. (an Antipædobaptiſt), and Sarah his wife, was
baptized July 11 (her mother's churching- day), being
then a month old.
1696. Mary, daughter of Lewis Griffin and Mary
his wife, baptized May 29.
1740. Furſan Manners, born April 29, chriſtened
May 17.
1741. Albinia Drake, born June 20, chriſtened
June 21.
1752. Oldfield, ſon of the Rev. Mr. George Tur-
ner and Judith his wife, born Nov. 4.
1753. Elizabeth, their daughter, born Nov. 1.
1757. Frances, daughter of Thomas Thoroton, eſq.
of Screveton-hall, co. Nottingham, by Roofilia his
wife, chriſtened Oct. 27.
1759. John, their fon, was chriſtened at Belvoir
caſtle Nov. 21.
1764. Charlotte, their daughter, chriſtened Feb. 14.
1772. Charles-Roos, their fon, chriſtened at Belvoir
caſtle, Jan. 15.
1776. Iſabel, their daughter, chriſtened Jan. 24.
Burials.
1617, Aug. 27. William Ward, rector.
1619. Edward Heron, doctor of divinitie, was
buried Feb. 14. ;
1620, Aug. 5. Thomas Appleyard, rector.
1643, Aug. 1. Robert Staney, a ſoldier, commonly -
called Blue Robin, who was ſtabbed.
1644, June 8. A Parliament ſoldier, ſlaine in
Knipton-field towards Belvoir caſtle.
Nov. 30. Zachary Parker, of Croxton, a black-
ſmith, ſlaine by a drunken ſoldier.
1645, Oct. 28. A Parliament ſoldier.
1654. Marie Hotchkin, the moſt dearly beloved
and much lamented wite of Ralph Hotchkin, now
parſon, was buried April 12.
John Clarke, a corporal in the army, buried Sept. 24.
1663, April 29. John Joanes, a Welſhman, a ſo-
| Journer, being an Anabaptiſt, was permitted, not be-
ing excommunicate, to be layd in the churche-yard
by his own aſſociates, whoſe grave ſo flowed with
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water, that his coffin was covered with it, ſo that he
was twice dipt.
1665. Cicily Groſſe, an Anabaptiſt, the wife of
J. Groſſe, oatmealman, was anabaptiſtically buried
March 11.
1666, Edward Atwood, yeoman, late the earl of
Rutland's bailiff for Knipton, and one of his com-
miſſioners, was buried, out of the hall-houſe at Knip-
ton, Dec. 7.
1670. Thomas Scoſfin, a youth, ſculler · boy to my
lord of Rutland, buried Aug. 19.
of 95g Beale, the old pariſh-clerk of Knipton,
ec. 8. |
1671, Dec. 6. St. Clare Raymond, ex ſtemmate
Raymond Eſſexiæ. He was my lord of Rutland's
ſteward domeſtick.
1679. John earl of Rutland died Sept. 20, and
was interred at Bottesford Oct. 24.
1683, April 11. Mr. Thomas Garret, a ſojourner
at Belvoir, buried at the further end-of the Hall-farm
aile near the chancel.
1685-6. Francis Templeman, an antient farmer
and inhabirant in this pariſh, but an Anabaptiſt and
excommunicarte, was permitted to be buried in the
church-yard, March g.
1686, Ott. 21. Mrs. Jane Michel, widow of Tho-
mas Michel, eſq. of South Witham in Lincolnſhire,
and about 26 years an inhabitant of this town, and a
perſon of great worth and goodneſs, was buried in
the aile next the chancel, on the South fide near the
wall. She gave £.5. for the exchange of the com-
munjon-plate; alfo C. 10. to the poor of this town.
1687, May 5. Mrs. Avis Banbury, widow, aged
81, buried on the North fide of the communion-table.
1697. Mary, wife of Lewis Griffin, rector, Aug. 6.
1747. John, the ſon of Dorothy Warren, widow,
an Anabaptiſt, was permitted to be buried in the
church; died Jan. 31.
1766. Mary, relict of Rev. Charles Wright, March
28, aged 86.
Mem. John Manners, the za duke of Rutland,
died at his houſe in Knightſbridge, London, May 29,
in 1779 and was interred at Bottesford June 12. He
became duke of Rutland in the year our Lord 1720;
died aged 84 years, 7 months, and 8 days. He was
duke of Rutland 59 years.
Miſcellaneous remarks from the Regiſter.
A memorable {ea-fight betwixt the Engliſh navy,
and the Dutch, Danes, and French, upon June 20,
1645, and a great part of the week following, in
which lieutenant-admiral Deane, Engliſh, was ſlain,
Thurſday, June the 23d.
The articles of the ſettlement of the ftate under
Oliver Cromwell are entered at large in this regiſter.
A memorable ſea-fight was fought between his
majelly's navy and the Dutch, June 3d and 4th, 1665,
in which were (lain on our fide the earl of Marlborough,
the earl of Portland, the earl of Falmouth, lord Muſ-
kerry, and Mr. Robert Boyle, ſecond ſon to the earl
of Cork; aud on the Dutch ſide Opdam their chief
admiral, and all their admirals except one or two,
and above 23 of their ſhips ſunk, burnt, or taken.
In 1688, a brief for a fire at Mountſorrel. ;
In July, 1689, Chriſtopher Sherard was chaplain
at Stapleford.
In March, 1783, forty oak, aſh, and fir trees were
planted in the glebe-land.
1768. William Bamford occurs in the Regiſter as
curate of Denton, aud in 1777 as curate of Knipton.
1771. Robert Jones occurs as curate of Knipton.
1776. H. Perfect, curate of Knipton.
1779. W. Bevill, curate of Knipton.
1780. J Fearon, curate of Croxton.
1783. Edmund Cartwright, curate of Knipton-
1785. Daniel Kitchin, curate of Knipton.
1788. William Biſfil, curate of Knipton.
1790. David Williams, curate of Knipton.
In the pariſh is a meeting-houſe for Anabaptilts,
of an old ſtanding; the ſect now upon the decline.
The
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
The
dedicated. to All Saints, was given, with that of Hareſ-
ton, to the abbot and convent of Leiceſter, by Robert
Fitz-Ralph, with the conſent of William his ſon and
Nobert his grandſon ; and the donation was confirmed
by king Henry II. |
A diſpute afterwards ariſing, between the abbot and
convent of Leiceſter and the abbot and convent of
Croyland, about the advowſon of theſe two churches;
it was agreed, that in future the abbey of Leiceſter
ſhould retain Hareſton, and the abbey of Croyland -
poſſeſs Knipton .
William Avenell was patron in 1220.
The then parſon was Reginald de Gorham, inſti-
tuted by Hugh, ſome time biſhop of Lincoln. The
abbot of Croyland had then 25s. 6d. penſion here.
In 1344, the procurations were 75. 643d. ; the rec-
tory was taxed at 14 marks; and paid 2s. for Peter-
pence. The abbot of Croyland had alſo a penſion
from it of 25. 6d.
In 1534-5, the procurations and ſynodals were 11s,
and the value of the rectory C. 13.
In 1650, the rectory was returned worth J. 50. and
the incumbent as“ negligent, and ſuſpected of Popery.”
Rector de Kniptou * monitus fuit apud Leic', 21®
die Januarii, 1663, ad ſolvend' decimas domino regi
debit' ad feſtum Natalis Domini præterit'; ſed nec
ibidem per quadraginta dies nec alibi hucuſque ſolvit.“
The whole profits of the living, including glebe
and tithes, are worth about Z.13o. a year.
Certified value /.71. 1s. 3d.; yearly tenths Z.1,
135. 24d.; value in the king's books £.16.
The wake was formerly kept on the Sunday next
after the feaſt of All Saints; but is now obſerved on
the Sunday after Old Midſummer.
The church conſiſts of a nave and North aile?, each
having its chancel, divided from each other by a
{micircular arch, round which is a frieze. The arches
berween the nave and North aile are pointed.
The tower ſteeple is embattled, with turrets at the
corners; the high windows of which are pointed, the
RECTORS.
Reginald de Gorham, 1220,
John de Sancto Lycio, 1238,
Gilbert de Lek *, ſubdeacon 1239,
Robert Fitz- Roger, ſubdeacon, 1277.
John parſon of Knipton occurs 1495.
Thomas Nevelle, 1 530.
Chriſtopher Well © occurs 1 562.
William Ward? died rector 1607.
Thomas Appleyarde 5, 1617.
Bartholomew Kent, 1620.
Ralph Hotchkin ?, 1627.
Cyprian Banbury “, March 4, 1663-4.
Lewis Griffin **, Sept. 16, 1695; reſigned.
George White , OR. 27, 1698.
Charles Wright“, Oct. 25, 1716.
Robert Jones “, 1730.
George Turner ', March 14, 17 50-1.
Richard Stoup, Nov. 16, 1786.
William Peters w, LL. B. June 25, 1788.
K NIP TON.
CHURCH,
237
lower ones ſemicircular. In the middle buttreſs of
the Weſt end of the tower there is a window; a cir-
cumſtance particularly noticed by Mr. Schnebbelie,
as not being uſual. Ir is introduced in a Sonth-weſt
view of the church, taken by Mr. Pridden June 8,
1792, plate XLIV.
In the ſame plate is another view of the church,
with the parſonage, by Mr. Peters. |
On the South wall, betwixt the church and chance),
is a place for the Saint's bell.
In the tower of the church, in 1729, were thtee
bells, with the following inſcriptions :
1. Jheſus be our ſtpeed.“
2. Ihs. H. Maria.“
The ſecond bell has been ſince re- caſt, and is now
inſcribed, “ Robert Jones, rector; Richard Marriott,
churchwarden ; A. D. 17313; T. Eayre fecit“
3. God ſave his Church. Charles Wright,
rector; W. Harvey, churchwarden, 1717.”
Upon the door and ſides of the reading-deſk are
ſeveral arms and letters cut in wood; as in plate XLIV.
fig. 5, 6, 7; where fig. 8—12 are from ſimilar car-
vings on ſeats in the North aile.
The font is alſo engraved in the ſame plate, fig. 19.
In the chancel is one plain ſtone ſeat and a locker.
In the North aile is a piſcina.
In this church Mr. Burton mentions theſe arms:
13+ Gules, three bars, Argent. Moulton.
"14+ Or, on a bend, Sable, three cinquefoils Argent,
|; Menill,
15. Arg. a chief Gules, on a bend Azure. Cromwell.
16. Argent, a chevron, between three leopards
heads, Gules. 7
17. Azure, 3 fang-tecth in ſeſs, Or 4.
Of theſe, 13. and 14. are ſtill in the upper South
window of the South chancel; and in a window of
the North aile are fragments of the following inſcrip-
tion, the words of which are tranſpoſed and mutilated:
«* Orate pro anima Koberti Stoneſby,
qui iſtam feneſtram fieri fecit.“
PAT RON. 8.
Sir William Axvenell, kat.
Sir Gilbert Avenell, kat.
John Woodford, eſq.
Edward Watſon, eſq.
Henry, ſecond earl of Rutland.
Roger, fifth earl of Rutland.
* *
J Francis, ſixth earl of Rutland.
John, eighth earl of Rutland.
John, ninth earl of Rutland,
John, ſecond duke of Rutland.
obo, third duke of Rutland.
The biſhop of Lincoln, by lapſe. |
Iſabella dutcheſs of Rutland, and others.
* See the extract from Charyte's Rentale, under Hareſton, p. 215. 75
* From an original certificate, ſigned by Benjamin biſhop of Lincoln, June 30, 1664; in which the rector of Wymondham, and
the vicars of Claxton and Hoſe, are placed in a fimilar predicament ; as are the vicars of All Saints, St. Mary's, St. Nicholas,
and St. Peter, at Leiceſter, with the rectors of Noſeley, Belgrave, Hoby, and Shepeſlied; and the vicars of Great Glen,
Weſton, Sileby, Twyford, Barkby, Barrow, Bredon, Shakerſton, and Orton on the Hull. i
3 Originally appropriated to the Avenells, and ſtill called“ The Hall Farm Aile,”
% By what name it is here ſet up, I know not; but it is borne of the family of Bathor, in Hungary, earls of Scepnis ; of
which houſe deſcended that victorious and puiſſant Stephen Bathor, king of Poland, who died 1586; and that valiant and
worthy martialiſt Sigiimund Bathor, prince of Tranſilvania, not long ſince deceaſed ; and that warlike cardinal Andrew Bathor,
flain in a battle of his couſin Sigiſmundus, againſt-Rodolf the ſecond emperor : the genealogy of whom is ſet down by Hiero-
nymus Hennings, in his Theatrum Genealogicum, tom. IV. p. 327.” BurTon, i
5 He was preſent at the ſettling of a diſpute between the prior of Belvoir aud the rector of Bottesford, relative to the tithes
of Bottesford, &c. in March 1250. See Appendix, p. 11.
* In the certificate referred to under Howes, p. 221, Mr. Well is thus deſcribed : © Preſbyter, non conjugatus, competenter
doctus; reſidet; hoſpitalis; deget ibidem ; non licentiatus, nec prædicat; nullum aliud habet.“
7 He died at Knipton. Died alſo at Knipton. 9 Buried March 15, 1663. 12 Promoted to Teigh, co. Rutland,
'' Formerly vicar of Howes ; promoted to Whitwell, co. Derby, 1698; and thence to Bottesford 1511, See p. 97-
Promoted to the vicarage of Thorpe Ernald. Died at Knipton in 1729.
A ſon of his was buried Aug. 9, 1775 ; Elizabeth his widow Nov, 7, 1781, aged 89.
He was preſented to Bottesford in 1771, which he held 11 years for the Rev, John Thoroton, In 1775, he was ſeized
with a light ſtroke of the paliy; a ſecond in 1777 deprived him of the uſe of his right fide, and incapacitated him from ſer-
ving his office in the church, He lived in this ſtate apparently perfectly happy till April 5, 1786, when he departed this life
moſt ſincerely reſpected by his widow, children, and pariſhioners,” Pariſh Regiſter. See his epitaph in p. 238
1% Of Exeter college, Oxford; and chaplain to the prince of Wales; rector alſo of Wolſthorp, in Lincolnſhire, by diſpenſa-
von, Oct, 19, 1788; and of Eaton, in this county, 1793.
MON U.
1
238 HISTORY axd ANTIQUITIES of LEICESTERSHIRE,
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
In the chancel :
1. * Here lieth interred the body of
Robert Jones, clerk, rector of this pariſh
near the term of 22 years;
and departed this life the 7th day
of November, in the year of our Lord 1750.”
2. „Here lieth the body of Elizabeth,
the wife of Robert Jones,
rector of this pariſh for near the term of 22 years.
She departed this life Nov. 4,
in the goth year of her age,
and in the year of our Lord 1781.“
Francis their ſon died Feb. 16, 1756, aged 22.
Denis their ſon died April 26, 1758, aged 35.
Thomas their ſon died May 22, 1783, aged 54.
Eunice their daughter died May 28, 1783, aged 64.
3. Lucia Jones obiit viceſimo octavo Julii, 1749.
ui eſt
Integer vitæ, ſceleriſque purus,
Non eget Mauri jaculis nec arcu,
Nec venenatis — ſagittis,
uſce, pharetra,”
Upon flat ſtones within the communion-rails :
I. * Here lyeth the body of Elizabeth Banbury *,
eldeſt daughter of Cyprian Banbury,
rector of this church, and of Mary his wife,
who was born Oct. 26, and dyed Dec. 1, 1671.”
2. HERE LIETH THE BODY OF MARY, THE WIFE
OF LEWIS GRIFFIN, RECTOR OF THIS CHURCH,
WHO DYED AUG. THE 5TH; A. D. 1697.“
* 1 = L
3. © In memory of the Rev. George Turner; A. Mr of
thirty- ſix years rector of this pariſh,
and ſeveral years rector of Borgesfordy,
one of his majeſty's juſtices : „4
of the peace for this county ;
of whom it may juſtly be ſaid,
he lived reſpected, and died lamented,
on the 8th day of April, 1786, *
in the 62d year of his age.
Near him are interred four children,
who died in their infancy.”
In the North chancel :
1. On a ſmall alabaſter ſtone, on the pavement, is
the figure of a child in ſwaddling-cloaths (fee plate
XLIV. fig. 21.) and round it this inſcription :
« Off your charite prape for the ſoule of john eyre ſon of criſtofer
epre *, gent”, whiche ded the riiii dane of
Aprill, in the pere of our lord
god mccccclxii.
2. On a table- monument:
«© HERE
LIES THF, BODY OF PETER BARKER, GENT,
LAND-STEWARD TO THE MOST NOBLE
JOHN, THE FIRST DUKE OF RUTLAND,
HE SURVEYED THE WHOLE ESTATE
OF THE SAID NOBLE DUKE;
AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE QTH DAY
OF JAN. 1709, IN THE 76TH YEAR
OF HIS AGE.”
3. On a flaj-ſtone :
Here lies the body of the Rev. Richard Stoup,
rector of Knipton and Wooilthorpe,
who departed this lite Jan. 5, 1788,
in the 6oth year of his age.”
In the nave :
* William Cheſter died Aug. 19, 1737, aged 44 ;”
Many others of the ſame family, much defaced.
On a flat ſtone in the North aile: _
Here lieth the body of Edward Atwood,
born at Torkington, in Worceſterſhire
This from Mr, Peck's MS, 1929; but it is now gone,
* 3 See before, under Harby, p. 213.
3
who departed this life Dec. 1, 1666;
whoſe age was 39 years.
Here alſo lieth the body of Elizabeth,
the wife of Edward Atwood,
Who was born at Munton, in the county of Cheſhire
and departed this life June 18, 1669.”
| In the charch-yards _ |
William Topps died Oct. 20, 1759, aged 57; and
Mary his wife died Auguſt 12, 1777, aged 72.
Charles Eaſt died March 15, 1759, aged 76; and
Conſtance his wife died March 17, 1757, aged 73.
Thomas Biſhill died Sept. 12, 1756, aged 70; and
Elizabeth his wife died Aug. 8, 1758, aged 61.
Richard Marriot died Nov. 22, 1781, aged 77.
Anne, wife of Edward Stafford, died Dec. 9, 1782,
aged 73.
Daniel Walton died July 19, 1784, aged 77.
Hannah, wife of William Barker, died Aug. 11,
1731. aged 71. | |
CARITABLE BENE FACTIONS,
Mrs. Jane Michel gave J. 10.; the intereſt to be
paid to the poor of this pariſh on Good Friday.
She alſo gave C. 5. towards buying a new chalice.
Upon the South wall of the nave is this note:
William Cheſter 2, late of Knipton, in the county
of Leiceſter, deceaſed, May 17, 1703, gave the yearly
revenue of £.3. to be paid on the 10th of December
to the poor of this town for ever. Only two Bibles
df. 75. price [to be] given out of the . 3. to two poor
children.”
In the name of God, Amen. I William Cheſter,
Knipton, &c. yeoman, &c, doe make and ordain
this my laſt will, &c. Imprimis, I give, grant, de-
viſe, and Bequeath, all that my meſſuage, cottage-
houſe, or tenement, together with the outhouſes, &c.
in Barkſton, in the ſaid county of Leiceſter; and alſo
all thoſe three cloſes and five oxgangs of arallle land,
leyes, meadow, paſture, and graſs ground, &c. to my
brothers Robert Remington of Plungar, and Edward
Remington ob Croxton-Kyriel, theig heirs and aſſigus,
Kec. to the end, &. that 1 ſhall and will for
ever ſtand and be ſeiſed of Ne, afpreſtid meſſuage,
&c. to the ſeveral uſes hereafter declared ; that is to
ſay, to, for, and concerning, one fifth part, &c. to
the only uſe and behoofe of the poor of Barſton, &c.
and that the yearly rents, iſſues, and profits, for ever,
hereafter increaſing out of the 5th part aforeſaid,
ſhall be received by the churchwardens and overleers
of Barſton, on the 1oth day of December, and be
diſpoſed amongſt the poor of Barſton, as the ſaid
churchwardens and overſeers, &c. together with the
. miniſter, ſhall think fit; except the ſum of ſeven
ſhillings, &c. yearly to buy two Bibles for two poor
children in Barkſton, as the churchwardens, overſcers,
and miniſter, ſhall think fit; and alſo that the church-
wardens and overſeers of Bark ſton do and ſhall, the
firſt year after my deceaſe, ſtop the ſum of 205. out
of the rents, &c. to engrave my name, and whac
yearly rent ariſes out of the 5th part aforeſaid, &c.
upon a ſtone belonging to a pillar of the church of
Barkſton, &c.” [Then follows the like for Knipton,
Croxton Kyriel, Buckminſter upon the Woulds (Buck-
minſter, and not Sewllerne.)] * And the other fifth
part, &c. 40s. a year to the poor of Burton on the
Woulds; and 20s. a year to the poor of Harby :
except the ſum of 75. | as before], and except the
ſum of 20s. [as before]. Item, to the churchwarden
of Knipton, three pounds, to amend the clock, &c. *
Dated April 29, 1703.“
Concordat cum originali, R. STrEPaEgNs, Not. Pub.
The return made to the houſe of commons, in 1788,
in anſwer to the enquiry reſpeQing the charitable
donations in this pariſh, may be ſeen in p. 8.
Of Knipton-hall; ſee p. 235.
* Ex Regiſlro Archidiaconatus Leic.
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MELT ON
s antkent writitgs called Medeltune, Melone, and af:
terwards Melton Mprbray from its early lords, is a
ſmall well- built town, pleaſantly ſituated in a vale
which runs from North- eaſt to South · weſt on the river
Eye, bounded on the North by Thorp Ernald and
Brentingby; on the South by Burton Lazars and
Great Dalby; and on the Weſt by Syſonby and As-
fordby. It is fifteen miles diſtant from Leiceſter, ſix-
teen from Grantham, twenty from Nottingham, and
15. from Oakham, interſected with turnpike-roads
at lead to theſe capital towns.
In the ecclefiaſtical divifion of the county, it is
within the deanry of Framland.
« From Clauſon to Melton a iii good miles by good
corne ground. Betwixt Trent ripe and Melton many
benes and peſon, as yt is communely thorough al
Leyreceſtreſhir. From Melton to Burton Lazar, a
yeri tair hoſpital and collegiate chirch, ſcant a mile.
To Borow hills more than 1i miles. This ſtandeth in
the very hy way bytwixt Melton and London. To thes
Borow hills every yere on Monday after White Sonday
come people of the contery therabout, and ſhote, renne,
wraſtle, daunce, and uſe like other feats of exercile *,”
The extent of Melton is four miles. Five hamlets
are dependant on it; Burton Lazars, Eye-kettleby,
Freby, Siſonby, and Welby; each of which will be
ſeparately diſculied.
The ſportiveneſs of etymology has been tortured
in deducing the name Midel-ton trom its central fitu-
ation in the midſt of its various hamlets,
By others it his been ſuppoſed to be Mill town;
from the conflux of the river Eye and a large brook
Which breaks out with great force north at Scalford,
and ſuppiies two mills before it reaches Melton; and
both above and below the town are two capital mills.
The lordſhip of Melton, originally of very great
extent, was valued, in the reign of Edward the Con-
feſſor, at five pounds a year; and Leuric Fitz Leuin,
the theu poſſeſſor, had the privilege of ſac and ſoc in
the whole manor and its dependencies.
After the Conqueſt, Melton was the chief of the
twenty- ſeven lordſhips in this county beſtowed on
Go:sfrid de Pirce; and the value was then advanced
to eight pounds. In the general ſurvey it is deſcribed
as containing ſeven hides, one ploughland, and one
oxgang; and in every hide were fourteen ploughlands
and a half. In the demeſne were four ploughs and
four bondmen; and twenty villans, with two prieſts
and fourteen bordars, had fix ploughs and a half.
Melton was at this early period diſtinguiſhed by
the peculiar privilege of a market, which produced
an annual revenue of twenty ſhillings. It had alſo
two mills, worth twenty-five ſhillings a year ; twenty
acres of meadow ; and a wood, one furlong ſquare s.
This manor then included the following members :
1. Fredebi; containing ten ploughlands, and thirty
acres of meadow.
2. Wordeby ; in which were one ploughland and a
half, and half an oxgang, and fix acres of meadow.
3. Chiteby [Eye-Kettteby] ; eight ploughlands and
lix acres of meadow.
* Leland, Itin, vol. V. p.93 ; and ſee hereafter, p. 246.
MOWBRAY,
4. Chirchebi [Kirkby]; ſerenteen ploughlands.
5. Sifteneby [Syſonby]; wo ploughlands and a half.
6. Eftzcelle; fix ploughlands and ten acres of mea-
dow, |
7. Gouteby ; ſix plouzhlands and twenty acres of
meadow. |
In the time of the Confeffor, there were fotty-eight
ploughs in theſe teveral lands.
Atter the Conqueſt, there were 100 ſocmen, with
ten villans and thirteen bordars, who had forty-three
ploughs. The whole was valued at £.4. 10s. when
they entered upon it; and at the making of the ſur-
vey, was worth L£.15. 105.
A confiderable part of Aebi Welby] alſo belonged
to Melton, and contained eight plaughlands all but
two OXgAangs *.
Eight ploughlands and two oxgangs at Stoker/lon *
were alio dependant on the lordſhip of Melton.
Goisfrid de Wirce gave the greateſt part of the tithes
of Melton to the abbey of St. Nicholas of Angiers #
as appears by his deed ; a tranſcript of which, for its
great antiquity, ſhall be inſerted in the Appendix ?.
The ſucceſſor of Geffrey in the lordſhip was Nigell
de Albini, younger brother to William lord Albini
Pincerna ; who, by his ſecond wife, Gungreda, daughtet᷑
to Gerald de Gornay, had two ſons ; Roger, who, by
command of king Henry I, aſſumed the name of
Mowbray *; and Hamo, lord of Eye-Kettleby9, who;
in the Red Book of the Exchequer, is mentioned as
hotding a Knight's fee under his bfother Roger.
Gundreda, their mother, gave lands at Bagaby to the
hoſpital of St. Peter at York.
The prior and convent of Lewes in Suſſex, who
poſſeſſed very early the advowlon : of Melton, ſettled
in this town a ſmall priory, or hoſpital, of Cluniac 10
monks, who in 1190 become poſſeſſed to their own
uſe of one moiety of the rectory of South Croxton **:
A deed of Richard the Firſt, ſoon after the year
1190, is dated at Melton '3,
Among the benefactions to the neighbouring hoſ-
pital of Burton Lazars by the inhabitants of Melton,
we find the names of William Fitz Nigell, Jobn le Tan-
ner, Jom Fitz Orger (witneſled by Kalph de Rampayne
and Malter Wiſ:man of Kirkby); Simon fon of Richard;
William Villanus, the villau of the faid Simon; Helena
Kenleys; Matilda, widow of William Kenleys, with
conſent of Walter her fon; Thomas ae Sadinton, Ro-
bert Fitz Ralph, &c. Aud the names of Orger, Bur-
gets, and Palmer, occur perpetually as witneltes. |
\Wiſcard de Bley gave them all his moat / motaznh
ſuam) in Melton, which had been given him by Roger
de Mowbray tor his homage and fervice; reſerving
only a rent of 25. and the king's highway. Witnefles ;
Walter parſon of Melton, Robert chaplaia of Werde-
by, and others.
Philip de Inſula, maſter of Burton Lazars, leaſed
to Robert de Ver and Helen his wife /iberam multi-
ram de molendino de Melton. Teſtibus; D'no Johanne
capellano de Melton, Johanne Clerico, Wilto Orger.
A diſpute between the Þrior and convent of Monks
Kirby and the maſter and brethren of Burton Lazars,
See under Kirkby Beler, p. 222.
* © Ipſe Gloisfriclus] tener Medeltone. Ibi ſunt 5 hide & una carucata terre & una bovata. In unaquaque hida ſunt
14 carucatæ & dimidia.
| In dominico ſunt 4 carucz & 4 ſervi; & 20 villani, cum 2 preſbyteris & 14 bordariis, habent 6 ca-
rucas & dimidiam. Mercatus reddit 20 ſolidos; & 2 molini 25 lolidos, Ibi 26 acre prati.
& 1 quarentena latitudinis. Valuit 100 ſolidos ; modo 8 libras.“ Domeiday,p. 235. b. col. 1.
Silva 1 quarentena longitudinis,
A * 2 . * 0 A . : v . .
** Huic manerio adjacent hæe membra ;—In Fredebi, 10 carneatz terre, & 6 acre prati —In Wordebi, 1 carucata terre
& dimidia, & dimidia bovatæ, & 6 acre prati.— In Chirchebi, 17 carucatz terræ.—In Eſtcunelle, 6 carucatz terræ, & 10 acre
prati,—In Gouteby, 6 carucatæ terræ & 10 acræ prati.—In his tetris, tempore regis Edwardi, fuerunt 48 carucatez,
Modo
ſunt ibi Ico fochmanni, cum 10 villanis, & 13 bordariis, habentes 43 carucas. Valuit totum, quando receperunt, 4 libras & 19
ſolidos; modo I5 libras & 10 ſolidos. Hanc terram tenuit Leuric fil;us Leuuini, rempore regis Edwardi, cum taca & ſocà.“ Ib.
: See hereafter, under Welby.
0 Sce Appendix, p. 125.
| See a deed of his in the Ap
dee the Matriculus, p. Ixii,
o See under that pariſh,
See more of him under Burton Lazars.
pendix to Kirkby Beler, p. 125; and his jeal, plate XLV, fig. 1, 2.
See two of the monks of this order, in their proper dreſs, with and without the cowl, plate XLVI.
dee the Matriculus, P+ lix.
a See the deed under Ouſton Abbey.
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240 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES of LEICESTERSHIRE,
concerning the tithes of two mills at Melton, being
part of the portion of tithes there poſſeſſed by the
priory ab antiquo, was adjuſted, about 1210, by an
award of William de Campden abbot of Stonly, Wal-
ter prior of Kenelworth, and Joibert prior of Co-
veniry *, to whom the cauſe had been delegated by
commiſſion from the pope. The purport ot the de-
cree was, that the brethren of St. Lazarus ſhould for
ever pay to the prior and monks of Kirkby yearly half
a mark of ſilver at the feaſt of St. Lawrence. Both
parties, by the apoſtolical authority, were required to
{wear to the obſervance of this determination upon
the Holy Evangeliits, and to fix their ſeals thereunto,
leſt at any time hereafter the litigants ſhould have far-
ther diſputes about this matter. It is to be preſumed,
that as one party was to make payment of a ſain of
money to the other, the party ſo paying was to be in
poſſeſſion of the tithes in diſpute ; but the deed of
compoſition takes no notice of the condition to be
perturmed by the monks of Kirkby, who were to
have the benefit of this payment. Among the wit-
neſſes to this award, we find Ralph Beler, Stephen de
Segrave, Alardus dean of Withebroc, Guido parſon
of Melton, and ſeveral others.
On the aid granted to king Henry III. in 1235,
towards the marrying of his filter. with the emperor
of the Romans, the payments of the fee of Mowbray
are thus particulanzed :
One fee in Kettleby, held by William, 2 marks.
Half a fee there, by John of Stathern, 1 mark.
One fee in Haleſthorp, by James de Byſecht, 2 marks.
One fee in Thurmaſton, by Thomas de Wapiibur',
1 mark.
One fee there, by Gilbert de Houby, 2 marks,
One fee in Sy ſouby and Welby, by Hugo de Pereret,
2 marks.
One fee in Lindley, by William de Rodevill, 1 mark.
One fee in Quenyburg, by Kichard de Curcun, 2
marks.
= fee in Wyfordby, by Bernard de Chevercourt,
1 mark.
Half a fee in Godeby, by Adam de Quatremars, 1
mark.
Half a fee in Eaſtwell, by Thomas de Hendeſoue,
half a mark; and another half mark gratwitouſly.
Half a fee in Kirkby, by Robert d'Ayvill, 2 marks
and one fee there held by the prior, 125.
One fee in Freby and Welby, held by Stephen de
Segrave and Hugh Deſpenſer, 125.
One fee in Newton, by William Burdet, 225. 8d.
Two tees in Pickwell, by John de Sproxton, 2 marks;
and one fee there by Hugo de Morewyk, 245. 4d.
One tee in Norton, by Richard de Norton, 1 mark.
In the Teſta de Nevill, tix ploughlands and a half
are alſo mentioned at Melton, about 1240, de feodo
Templi, and three as belonging to Stephen de Segrave.
When the priory of Lewes had obtained an aug-
mentation of their poſſeſſions at Melton about the
year 1260*, the tithes of the two mills again bcco-
ming an object of contention, a tripartite agreement
was made, between the two prio ies and the hoſpital
of Burton, that the priory of Lewes, in coufideration
of ſix marks annually to be paid to the priory of
Kirby, ſhould have in future the right to all their
portion of tithes in Melton, concluding that of rhe
mills, for which latter the hoſpital were to continue
the payment of half a mark to the new poſſeſſors 3,
Roger, the fon of Robert ef Waltham, held under the
prior of Monks Kirkby a meſſuage in the Spitylgate
at Melton, by the ſervice of a roſe-flower +4.
The priory obtained one houſe and tott here, held
by Richard Layne, by an exchange of a toft at Burton
Lazars with the maſter and brethren of that hoſpitals.
The abbot and conven: of Croxton had 10s. yearly
rent at Melton, which was given to them by Roger
Beler, ad pitanciam conventds, on the day of his auni-
verſary. Thomas Burgeis paid this rent for a toft
formerly held by Roger the Miller.
See Appendix, p. 125,
* Burton Regiſter.
7 Appendix, p. 127, from Charyte's Rentale.
9 Rot, Parl. 18 Edw, I. vol. I. p. 47.
* Fin. 44 Hen. III. n. go. De ten. in Melton.
5 Chartulary of Burton Lazars.
They had alſo 4s. a year from a ſhop held by
Johu Fitz William of Savilby '.
The a bot and convent of St. Mary de Pratis at
Lricefter had an annual rent at Meiton, the gift of
John Talys, ariſing out of three arpenne and a dove.
cote, with their appurtenances, ſi uate in Belmylne-
lane, between a crott belonging to the huſpital of St.
John of. Jeruſalem and a croft of John Beler :.
The following petition of the maſter and brethren
of the ordei of Knights Templars, in 1278, ſhews that
they had poſſeſſed a carucate of land there une cha.
rewe de terre) tor a confiderable time: |
« C'eſt la requeſte de le meſtre du Temple e les
freres, ke il demandent a' noſtre ſeigneur le roi de
Engleterre, ceo eſt aſaver, qe le roy les emplete en
treys contez, par brefs de droyt, de une carwe de
terre, dedeinz le maner le Eſtanly, en le contee de
Warewik, de le quel il ſunt feffe e ſeiſy del ten 2 le
roy Henri le veil. De la voweſon de une Egliſe, en
le contee de Roteland, le quel il ont del don del
verray Patron, e le onſt eu en propres oes par Lx
anz. De une charewe de terre, en la vile de Melton
Moubray, en le contee de Leiceſtre, de la quele il
ont eſte en ſeiſen par grant tens. E ſi ont de ceo
Chartres, e kanke meſter lur eſt. De lur Francheſes,
ke il ont ewe de gat tenz, e de queles il ſunt mult
greve, en diverſes luis en Engleterre, puis le drayne
parlement, E de ces evandues choſes fi prient le
meſtre e les freres du Temple la grace nfe ſeigneur le
roy, ke il voile pur Deu, e pur fa alme, lur dreit, e
lur chartres, oyr e maintenir en droit, ſi Ii pleſte, et
lur franchiſes maintenir e com̃ander garder, ſi cum il
les ont enavant ces oures.“
J he anſwer which they received was:
Rex adjornavit magiltrum & fratres a die STi Mi-
chis in tres ſeptimanas; ad quem diem veniant, cum
cartis & munimentis, & audiantur coram juſtic' regis,”
In the Itinerary of 1280, Melton Mowbray, Burton
1 and Wyfordby, anſwered collectively as one
vill.
In 128 1, Philip de Wileby, acknowledged, before the
barons of the Exchequer, that he had received trea-
ſure-trove at Melton in Leiceſterſhire, viz. vlver plate,
and clippings of old money, which he fold tor £.15,
25, 04d. and paid at the Exchequer 3 June, 10 Ew. I.
In 1283, it appears by the Year Buoks *, a diſpute
at Melton was ſettled at the aſſizes tor the county.
By a petition preſerved in the Rolls of Parhament,
it appears that John ac Kirteby, a native of Melton,
who died biſhop of Ely in 1290, left by his will 12c0
morks, for providing five chantty prieſts tor ever, to
pray for the foul of his patton king Henry III. | gue
eum promovit & , 059).
In the fame authentie records, the following plead-
ings are preferved, relative to Nuliam de Kyrkeby
(of Melton) and others, his executors:
„ Wilts de Kyrkeby, magiſter Gwydo de Tylle-
brck, Phs de Kuerdon, & Johannes Cotoun, execu-
totes teſtamenti Johannis de Kirkeby quondam Elyent”
epilcopi, attaChiati fuerunt ad reſpcndend* Willo
Seruade, & ſociis ſuis, Mcrcatoribus, de eo qd cum
ſex centum marce in denar* moncatis, quadringente et
quinquaginta marcate auri & argenti, & aliarum mit-
cundiſarum, tradite ſuiſſent Bourvunſin Water, & ſo-
ciis ſuis, Mercatoribus, per ipſum Willm Seruade, &
quendam Gerardum de Orilak, cuſtodiende quouſque
idem Gerardus compotum reddidiſſet ipſi Wilto & ſo-
ciis ſuis, vel alio modo fatisfecifſet de bonis ſuis que
eis debebat ad valenciam quinque mille librarum pre-
fatus Johannes de Kyrkeby predictas fex centum
marcas & quadringentas & quinquaginta marcatas in-
juſte, & contra voluntatem ipſius Willi Seruade, &
{.ciorum ſuorum, deliberare fecit pro voluntate ſud,
ad dampnum ipſius Willi & ſociorum ſuorum mille
librarum; & inde producit ſectam. Et Wilts de
Kyrkeby, & alii executores, ven' & defendunt vim &
injuriam quaudo, &c. Et ſuper hoc, tam prece ip-
ſorum executorum quam predicti Wilti Seruade, datus
3 See Appendix, p. 126.
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ell eis dies coram ipſo domino rege & ejus conſilio, a
die Sancti Michaelis in unum menſem, ubicunque, &c,
Ad quei diem, predictus Wilts Seruade optulit ſe
aarto die vertus pred. ctos executores de placito pre-
digo. Et ipſi non ven'. Ideo preceptum eſt vic -
Norht', Oæon', Cauntebrigg', & Leyc', quod diſtrin-
gat eos per omnes terras, &c. Et quod de exitibus,
&c. Ita quod habeat corpora eorum coram ipſo
domino rege, in octab' Sancti Hiliar* ubicunque, &c.
Poltea ad diem illum ven-rant predicti Wilts de
Kirkeby, & magiſter Guido, & fimiliter predictus
Wilts Seruade, Sed predictus Plis de Euerdoa &
Johannes de Cotene coexecutor' non venerunt. Et
quia iidem Phs & Johannes, ſimul cum aliis executo-
ribus, alias in curia comparuerunt, & diem ſeperunt,
videlicet a die Sancti Michaelis in unum menſem
proxime preteritum, ut pred. cum eſt, licet per rigorem
juſticie prediQti Willi & Guido ſoli compelli poſſent
ad reſpondendum predicto Wilfo Seruade; tamen,
tam ex officio & equitate curie, quam aſſenſu predicti
Wilti Seruade, & de bona voluntate ipſorum Willi de
Kirkeby & Guidonis, datus eſt eis dies in octab'
Purificationis beate Marie, coram domino rege, ubi-
cunque, &c. Et dictum eſt eiſdem Wilfo de Kyrkeby
& Guidoni, ut habeant prefatos coexecutores ad diem
illum, ad reſpondend”, &c. alioquin quod ipſi ſoli re-
ſponde bunt; & ij ſi hoc idem conceflcrunt, &c. Poſtea
predi&ti executores recognoverunt ſe debere Willmo
S-ruat, et Reymundo de Santo Clemente, & ſociis
ſuis, Mercator:bus de Cadurcis, quadringentas marcas ;
unde ſolvent eis, vel eorum uni, in quindena Palche
proximo futura, centum marcas, et in quindena Sancti
Johannis Baptiſte proxime ſequent” centum marcas, in
quindena Sancti Michaelis proxime ſequent” centum
marcas, et in quindena Purificationis beate Marie
proxime ſequent” reſiduas centum marcas: et niſi fece-
riat, conceſſerunt quod ptedicta pecunia levetur de
terris et catallis ſuis in com' Northt & alibi. 'Teſte
rege, apud Eyueſham, iv die Febroarii, anno, &c. de-
cimo nono. Et pro hac recognitione, dicti Wiits
Seruat & Reymundus, pro ſe & tociis ſuis predictis,
remiſerunt diftis executoribus omnimoda debita in
quibus prefatus epiſcopus eis, die quo obiit, teneba-
tur, ex quacunque cauſa, Et tam ipſos executores,
quam ipſum defunctum, inde quietaverunt in perpe-
tuum, &, Wills de Kyrkeby, & Phs de Euerdon,
executores teltamenti Johannis de Kyrkeby, quond'
Elienſ' epiſcopi, ponunt loco ſuo Eliam de Ayleſbury,
verſus Wiltm Seruade, et ſocios ſuos, mercatores, de
placito debiti. Et predictus Gwydo habet attorn',
videlicet quendam Edwardum de Neweham, quem
cancell' admifit verſus Willm Seruade & ſocios ſuos,
mercatores, de placito debiti “.“
Walter de Kirkby, cenſanguineus and one of the
heirs of John de Kirkby biſhop of Ely, releaſed, in
1216, to John de Hotham, the then biſhop, all ſuch
right to divers meliuages in Holborn, in the ſuburbs
of London, as had devolved to him as the heir of his
father William de Kirkby, who was father to the
bithop: and Robert Grymbaud, another of the heirs
of biſhop John de Kirkby, ſigned a timilar releaſe.
In the Segrave Chariulary theſe deeds are noticed:
A grant from Robert de Mowbray to Gilbert de Se-
grave, of a virgate ot land in Melton, held by Gcoffrey
Fitz Roger, with the taid Geoffrey, and all his ſuite,
&c. (totd ſequeld ſ d & catallis ſuis), on the tenure of
a pair ot ſpurs annually, or 44. in lieu thereof; and
of another virgate held by William Faber; and a
tuft held by Warin and Emma, on the ſame terms.
A quit-claim of William Fiz Herre of Houby, to
Stephen de Segrave, of two virga es in Melton, cn
the tenure of a pair of ſpurs for one virgate, and a
pound of cumin for the o her
A grant of Robert de Aynill (or D'Ayvill) of fix
meſſuages and a ſhop in Melton, on the tenure of a
pair of gilt ſpurs, or 6d. annually,
A grant of Roger de Mowbray, of two meſſuages
in Melton, held by Alice Barat and Roger her 1on,
on the tenure of two gilt {purs. |
A grant from Roberr Michell, of Scrutardiſton, of
bid. pp. 43, 44. |
* Eſch. 26 Edw. I. N' 36. Leic.
7 Rot. Parl. 33 Edw, I. vol. J. p. 163.
* Eſch, 35
Ad quod dampn, 9 Edw. II. N 129. Leic.
* Efch 24 Edw. I. N' 54. Leic.
* Eich, 20 Edw, I. N' 47. Leic.
M ELTON MOW B RAV. 241
a virgate called Brinklowland, by the ſervice of 144.
annually; with a releaſe from Robert de Brinklowe
of the homage due for the ſaid virgate, and a confir-
mation of the ſame, by the ſervice of ad. a year.
A grant of Gilbert Palmer, to Stephen de Segrave,
of 165. annual rent from two meſſuages in Melton.
An agreement with the abbut and convent. of
Leiceſter, to give them 75. a year of rent in Melton,
in exchange for lands at Segrave.
A quit-claim of the abbot and convent of Leiceſter,
to Stephen de Segrave and his heirs, of lands and
rents held by them in Melton,
A grant irom William de Aleby, of half a mark
rent ariſing from a meſſuage at Meiton.
A quit=claim from Hugh de l lerdeberewe and Iſa-
bel his wife, to Nicholas de Segrave, of a tenement
in Melton,
A quit-claim from John de Saxilby, to Nich las
de Segrave, lon of John Buzard, of his right in a
meſſuage and a (hop in Melton, and in all the edifices
and tenements in Melton which John the fither held
under Stephen de Segrave, 1 of Nicholas.
In 1296, Nicholas de S. gave died ſeiſed of 70s.
aſſize rent of the frechol ders in Melioa Mowbray, of
the fee of Roger de Mowbray, by paying ſcut g to
the ſaid Roger. John de Scgrave, his ton and heir,
was then aged 30*.
In 1297, king Edward I. confirmed the leaſe which
Roger de Mowbray, deceaſed, had made in his life-
time to Jobn de Crepping, of all the lands and teue-
ments ot the ſaid Roger, in the town of Creke, co.
Northampton; as alſo of ten marks rent in the towtr”
of Melton Mowbray, with the appurtenances, to have
and to hold to the ſaid John and his heirs, and to
their aſſigns, for the term ot ſeven years 3.
In 1298, it appeared that Roger de Mowbray, de-
ceaſed, held a certain meſſuage, with ſeven virgates
of land, in Melton, of the king, in capite ; and John
de Mowbray was his ſon and next heir“.
In 1301, Richard de Watherbam held a quarter of
a knight's fee, in Melton, of Robert de Greyling ;
which Robert held the ſame of Robert de Veer, who
held of Roger de Mowbray, decealed 5.
In 1302, Thomas de Bitton biſhop of Exeter, Guy de
Beauchamp earl of Warwick, and others, executors of
the laſt will and teſtament of Edward earl of Corn-
wall, deceaſed, held two parts of a mefſuage and five
virgates of land in Melton, as alſo one meſſuage and
one other virgate of land there; which were held of
them in villenage 5.
John de Mowbray complained in parliament, 1304,
that Robert de Clifford, juſtice of che foreſt beyond
Trent, unproperly diſtrained the tenants of his manoc
at Bolton? (quod Robertus de Clifford, &c diſtringere
facit homines ſuos tenenies de manerio de Bolton, quod
jam deaffore/iatur, pro puturd foreſlariorum, &c.)
In 1307, Robert de la Warde, deccaſed, (whoſe
daughter Jean was married to ſir Hugo Meigneil, knt.),
held 66s. 8d. rent, with the appurtenances, as allo a
certain oven, with the ſuit thereunto belonging, in
Melton, of the king, in capite, by the ſervice ot one
quarter of a knight's fee; and fir Hugo Meignell,
the next heir ot the atoreſaid Robert then apparent,
was aged 32.“
Galfridus Piſtor occurs in a deed temp. Edward I;
and Willielmus Piſtor temp. dward II. conveyed
property in Melton to his ton No.
In'1315, John de Mowbray held the manor of
Melton of the king, in capite, by the ſervice of a
quarter of a knight's fee“.
In 1322, it was found to be of no prejudice if
Roger Beler ſhould give 5 marks rent, with the appur-
tenances; in Melton Mowbray, to the prior and con-
vent of Lewes; and the ſaid rent was held of the prior
by the payment of 1d. a year for all tervices“.
July 9, 1322, king Edward Il. out of the great
delire which he had tor the promotion of his nephew
Gilbert, ſon of Hugh le Deſpenſer, junior, granted
the manor of Melton Mowbray, with the appurte-
nances, co. Leic. (late parcel of the poſſeſſions of
3 Rot 26 Edw, I. m. 29. See Appendix, p. 126.
s Eich. 30 Edw. I. N 84 Leſc.
Reg. Brokeſby, in Bibl. Bodl.
Jobn
Eodw. Il. N 45. Leic.
*t Ad quod dampn. 16 Edw. II. N Leic.
*
242 HISTORY any 'ANTIQUITIES & LEICESTERSHIRE:
John de Mowbray, the king's enemy, executed the
laſt year at York) to Elianor his niece (wife of Hugh
le Deſpenſer aforeſaid) for the term of her life, with
remainder to the ſaid Gilbert her ſon, and to his heirs
for ever. And it appeared by inquiſition taken at
Melton Mowbray on the feaſt of St. Peter and Paul,
that John de Mowbray had poſſeſſed the privileges
called view of ors, fer br: grees twayf, blodewit,
butaſs, and thurgh-tolle, of all. merchandiſes paſting
through the towns of Somerby and the other hamlets
thereunto belonging, within the county of Leiceſter ;
and that he poſſefſed the hamlet of Creke, in the
county of Northampton.
July 20, 1323, king Edward II. to make the grant
more advantageous to the ſaid Elianor and Gilbert,
and their heirs, thought fit, by his letters patents, to
declare, that the above John de Mowbray, at what
time his lands were confiſcate into the king's hands,
was found ſeiſed of the underwritten privileges, as
' Parcel of the appurtenances of his manor of Melton;
viz. the view of francpledge ; aſſize of bread and
beer ; infangenthef and outfangenthef; waits ; blode-
wit; hutctez a weekly market on Tueſdays; and two
fairs; viz. one on the Tueſday in Whitſun week, and
two days after; another, on the eve, day, and morrow,
of St. Lawrence, and eight days after; as alſo free-
warren in all his demeſne lands there; and thurghtol
both there and at Kirkby [Beler}, co. Leic. All
which the king now confirmed to the above Elianor
and Gilbert, and to his heirs for ever ö.
In 1325, Stephen de Segrave, deceaſed, and Alice
his wife, held 77s. 10d. rent, arifing out of divers
tenements in Melton, of John de Segrave, but by
what ſervices the jurors knew not; and John de Se-
grave was his ſon and heir “.
In the ſame year, Roger Beler, deceaſed, and Alice
his wife, held certain lands and tenements in Melton
of the prior of Lewes, by the ſervice of 208. a years.
In 1327, it appeared that Jobn de Mowbray, de-
ceaſed, held the manor of Melton and Freyeby of the
king, in capite, by the ſervice of one knight's fee;
and that Fobn de Mowbray was his ſon and next heir *;
and king Edward III, the ſame year, in acknowledge-
ment of the great ſenſe he had of the eminent ſer-
vices which the forefathers of John de Mowbray the
younger had done to his royal progenitors, accepred
of his homage before he came of full age, and gave
him livery of his father's land”.
In 1328, the priory of Lewes having obtained the
appropriation of the advowſon of Melton, it was
found that one meſſuage and eight bovates of land at
Melton were glebe belonging to the church there 9.
That the priory, however, had ſome difficulties in
obtaining poſſeſſion, appears by this petition :
« A n're feighr le roi & ſon conſail monſtre frere
Adam priour de Lewes, qe com le dit fre feighr le roi
nadgweres euſt maunde par ſon Bref Johan de Co-
lyngbrouk, eſchetur du counte de Leceſtre, qe il duſt
livrer la ſeiſine de viii bovees de tre en la vile de
Meltone Moubray, come ro de Vavoweſon de la
dite Egliſe de Meltone Moubray, au priour & a covent
de Lewes, l'avant dit Johan execucion de Bref ne
voillet faire, au damage de dit privur & covent de quar-
raunte livres. Prie Pavantdite priour remedie, & qe
ly teul tort ſoit amende & redreſſe.“
The anſwer from the parliament was,
«© Returne la ou le,Þmer Bref iſſit, & eit ſicut alias “.“
In 1332, it was Band that it would be no damage
to the king, or any other, if John de Leybourne had
liberty to hold £.20. rent, for the term of his life,
ariſing out of the manor of John de Mowbray of
Melton, which manor was held by the ſervice of half
a knight's fee, held of the king iz capite ; and which
rent the ſaid John de Leybourne had purchaſed of
See Appendix, p. 130.
* Eſch, 19 Edw. II. N* gt. Leic.
7 Rot. Fin. 1 Edw, III. m. 1.
9 Eſch. 2 Edw. III. N' 73. Leic.
Ad quod dampn. 6 Edw. III. N' 14 Leic.
* Inq. 16 Edw, II. Ne 50. Leic,
5 Eſch. 19 Edw. II. N* g8. Leic.
* Clauf., 2 Edw, III. m. 14. pro eccl, de Melton Mowbray in proprios uſus.
*? Petitiones temp. Edw. III (annis incertis) in Rot. Parl. vol. II. p. 387.
'2 Eſch, 7 Edw. III. Ne 28. Leic.
John de Mowbray **,
In 1333, Hugo de og, deceaſed, held certain
annual rents in Melton Mowbray of the king in capite,
by the ſervice of a tenth part of one knight's fee.
In 1336, the prior of Lewes was citkd by John de
Mowbray, relative to the advowſon of Melton; and
in the ſame year a difference was ſettled which had
ariſen between Richard de Waltham of Melton, and
the hoſpital of Burton Lazars, concerning their mill
at Melton“.
In 1340, the following contract was made by
a merchant of this town *. |
En les counties de Leyc* & Rotel' ſont aſſignez
& venduz a. Wautier le Preſt, marchand de Melton
Moubray, et a Hugh Cokheved, marchand de Barton
ſur Humb', pc ſaks de Leyne, q y ſont apportiones,
cheſcun ſak per une mark meyns del pris nadgairs
accordez a Notyngham : c'eſt aſſaver, en le dit countie
de Leyc' p ſaks, le ſak pur viii mars; et en le dit
countie de Rotel' c ſaks, le ſak pur v1 mars et demy
a paier deynz les trois ſymeignes, come deſus: et
outre ce as Cuſtumers xi ſoldz pur cheſcun fak. Et
paieront a Brugges le primer jour de Septemb', come
deſus eſt dit, Dc mars. Et averont allowance de
meiſmes les Dc mars, enſemblement od cc mars dues
au dit Wautier, et J{V11 Hi. dues au dit Hugh, pur de-
niers cheviz au rol a fa darreyn venue en Engleterre,
en le paiement q'ils ferront pur les Leynes ſuſdites.“
In December, 1341, Robert the ſon of Richard of
Waltham obtained from 7ohn de Mowbray, lord of the
Iſland of Axholme, and of the honour of Brembre
and Gower, three roods of land at Melton, near
Brentebigate, and a piece of paſture extending from
Folvile-bridge to the head of the cauſeway {le Cauſe-
hy/hed) towards Brentiby, with the appurtenances in
Melton. Witneſſes: fir John de Peſſall and John de
Folvile, knights; Ralph Beler, Geffrey de Vylleres,
John de Woodford, Robert Palmer, Jobn Col of
Melton, and others. Dated at Melton Mowbray, on
the Friday after the feaſt of St. Andrew.
Dr. Willis, in his account of diſuſed botoughs, and
of boroughs never reſtored, and which ſent members
to councils, but not to parliament, mentions Robert
de -Waltham, and Robert Palmer, and John de
Brinkelo, in the ſaid council at Weſtminſter, 11 & 12
Edwardi III. pro villa de Melton Mowbray 7.
In 1347, there were ſchools, or à ſchool, at Mel-
ton“; whence the preſent ſchools (of which tome
account ſhall be given hereafter) may regularly de-
dace their deſcent,
In 1353, John de Segrave, deceaſed, held lands in
Melton *?,
In 1361, John de Morebray, of the Ile of Axholme,
died ſeiſed of a quarter of one knight's fee in Melton,
which Edward de Waltham held; of two koight's
fees there, which the prior of Lewes held; of one
knight's fee in Burton, Melton, and Queningborough,
which the maſter of Burton held; of the ſixth part
of one Knight's fee in Melton and Oleby, which the
heir of Stephen de Segrave held; of the fifth part of
one knight's fee in Melton, which Robert Orger held;
and of à quarter of one knight's fee in Melton, which
Robert de la Harde held .
In 1363, fir Hugo de Meignell, knt. deceaſed, held
26s. 8d. rent at Melton of the lord Mowbray, by
homage and fealty **, |
In 1369, John de Mowbray, of the Ifle of Axholme,
deceaſed, held the manor of Melton Mowbray of the
king in capite, by Knight's ſervice ; and John de Now-
bray, his ſon and heir, was aged four years“.
In 1371, Robert de Oxenforde, parſon of Gnypton,
releaſed all his right in Melton to Robert Coll“.
© In this town (in the reign of king Richard II.
1:77—1399) Robert de Burgers held ſome lands; who
See Appendix, p. 126, |
* Eſch, 1 Edw, III. Ne 87. Leic.
13 Year Books, 10 Edw. III. Mich. 25.“ Johannes de Moubray, verſus priorem de Lewes, quare impedit preſentare ad eccl'
de Melton Mowbray.” 14 Burton Regiſter.
16 See Appendix, p. 227. The ſeal to this deed is engraved in plate XLV, fig. 15.
1% P
ralium prioris de Lewes,”
21 Eich, 37 Edw. III. No 49. Leic,
'9 Ech. 27 Edw. III. N 69. Leic.
2 Eſch, 43 Edw. III. pars 2. Ne 5.
Kot. Parl. 14 Edw. III. vol. II. p. 120.
17 Notit. Parl. p. 85. 103.
„ 21 Edw. III. p. 2. m. 20. De cuſtodia & regimine ſce/arum apud Melton Mowbray in manu regis ratione tem-
0 Eſch, 35 Edw. III. pars 2. N 10.
*3 S$ce Appendix, p. 127.
bore
FaamLanD HUN DR.]
bote Argent, on a bend, between ſix croſs croſslets,
_ fitchy, Gules, three lozenges, Argent; whoſe fon
ohn called himſelf de Melton; and on the circum-
{ription of his ſeal LI the ſaid arms) is 81011-
LUM 10YANnNts DE MzLrox; the deed whereunto it is
annexed is in my poſſeſſion, and is dated the iſt year of
Henry V #1414]; a thing very common in old times,
to vary the name according to the dyelling-place, but
very rare or ſeldom to be found after the time of Ed-
ward III.“ See the feal, plate XLVIII. fig. 6.
In 1382, Jobn Mowbray, earl of Nottingham, died
ſciſed of the manor of Melton, which he held of the
king in capite, by knight's ſervice; and Thomas de
Mowbray, his brother and heir, was aged 17 years“.
In 1391, Robert de Swillington, kunt. deceaſed, held
certain lands and tenements in Melton of the prior of
Lewes, by the ſervice of 2os. a year; and of the
prior of Newburg, by the ſervice of 35. 4. a year.
In 1399, John Mowbray, late duke of Norfolk, was
ſeiſed in demeſne of certain lands in Melton; and
Thomas Mowbray, knt. was his ſon and heir +.
In the ſame year, Margaret late dutcheſs of Nor-
folk (daughter and heir of Thomas Brotherton earl of
Norfolk, and grandmother of Thomas Mowbray duke
of Norfolk) was ſeiſed of lands in Melton s.
In 1401, Jobn Modeford died ſeiſed of one meſſuage
and two acres of land, with the appurtenances, in Mel-
ton and Sixtenby, held of Thomas duke of Norfolk.
Robert, ſon of John de Wodeford, was his next heir“.
In 1403, Robert Gowfhal! | Goufhill alio exemp. ]
knt. deceaſed, was ſeiſed of a third part of rhe manor
of Melton, as of the right of Elizabeth his wife, late
dutcheſs of Norfolk, who held it in dower “.
In 1406, s Mowbray, duke of Norfoik and earl
Mareſcal, died ſeiſed of the manor of Melton, held of
the King in capite by knight's ſervice ; and Jobn Mow-
bray was his brother and next heir *. By this duke
Thomas an annuity of £.10. was given to the priory
of his foundation near Epworth, in the Iſle of Ax-
holme, to be paid out of the poſſeſſions in Melton
belonging to the priory of Lewes.
By a deed, made in 1415, © apud Sordych, in
parochia Sancti Leonardi extra barras London',“ John
Burgeys con veys to Philip Dene and Henry Trewyn all
his right to land in Melton Mowbray 9.
In the ſubſidy of 1416 (when the whole county of
Leiceſter was rated at £.757+» 128. 114d.) Melton
Mowbray paid (. 14.
In 1420, Robert Swillington died ſeiſed of one meſ-
ſuage, two toſts, and four virgates of land, in Melton,
held of the prior of Lees; alſo of one orchard
there, held of the lord of Mowbray, by fealty and ſuit
of court at the court of Melton Mowbray .
In the ſame year, John Burgeis, of Melton Mow-
bray, eſq. releaſed all his right in all his lands and
tenements in Melton, &c. to Bartholomew Broke/by and
James Beler, and to their heirs '*.
In 1424, Elizabeth (wife of Thomas late duke of
Norfolk) died ſeiſed in dower of a third part of the
manor of Melton Mowbray “. |
In 1432, it appeared that John duke of Norfolk,
deceaſed, had formerly granted by his deed {per faum
ſuum) a third part of the manor of Melton, which was
held of the king in capite, to Elizabeth his mother, late
dutcheſs dowager of Norfolk; and Jobn de Mowbray,
kut. then duke of Norfolk, was his ſon and heir .
In 1434, fir William Truſſel, Nicholas Nimbiſb, clerk,
Ralph Beler, eſq. Everard Digby, eſq. Thomas Palmer,
gentleman, and John Burgeis, gentleman, releaſed to
John Beler, eſq. all their right in the manors of Burton
Lazars, Eye-Kettleby, Sextenby, and ſome other
places, with ſeveral lands, rents, &c. at Melton, Bur-
ton, Welby, Great and Little Dalby, and other places.
In 1441, Jobn, ſon and heir of Robert Orger, of
Melton, granted all his lands and tenements in Melton
to ir Thomas Beaumont, ſir Laurence Berkeley, knights,
Laurence Sherard, eſq. of Stapleford, and others.
Among the MSS. purchaſed by Anthony Wood, and
by him given to the Bodleian library, Ne 8595. 7. is a
Burton. Eſch. 6 Ric. II. Ne 58. Leic.
; Ibid. © Efſch. 3 Hen. IV. Ne 22, Leic.
1 Reg. Brokeſby, in Bibl. Bodl.
Eſch. 3 Hen. VI. N* 28. Leic.
e See Appendix, p. 127, 17 Ibid,
OL, I,
* 71 a
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MELTON
3 Eſch. 15 Ric. II, pars t. N 62,
7 Eſch. 5 Hen. IV. Ne 22, Leic.
% Clauf, $ Hen, V. N' 71. Leic.
; '3 Eſch. 11 Hen. VI. N' 43. Leic.
* See Appendix, p. 127, The fix ſeveral ſeals to this deed are engraved in plate XLV. fig. 16,
W. 1% Cotton, MSS. Claud. A. 13.
Alice, daughtei and heir to William Preſt, of Melton Mowbray, merchant,
MOWBRAY.. #
ſmall folio volume, dated 1444, in two parts, intituled,
1. Regiſtrum Barth'; Brokeſby, de terris et ten”
ſuis in villis infraſcriptis; videlicet, in Thorpe Er-
nalde, Melton, Abketilby, Holwelle, fol. 1— 66.
2. © Regiſtram Rog. Waltham, de Melton Mow-
bray, Litul Dalby, Abketelby, & Holwell, Aſsheby
Folvile, Gaddeſby, Waltham, Brokeſby, Barkeby,
Harby, Werknamby, Friſeby, Retherby,” 67—193.
In the ſubſidy of 1445. Melton Mowbray was rated
at 4 .14; and an abatement was made of four marks.
n the ſame year, William Burgeis {otherwiſe Melton)
releaſed all his right in fix meſſuages, five ſhops, one
grange, four crofts, three virgates, fix bovates, and a
certain culture of land called Angel-wonge, lying to-
wards the Speney ; as alſo in a certain parcel of land
lying beyond the Speney Broke ; one other parcel of
land lying at Saltgate; one empty place of land lying
between the tenements of the late fir Roger Huberd ;
a certain piece of meadow lying in le Speney Broke ;
a certain parcel of meadow called Alms-croft; as alſo
in 525. rent, and the rent of one ſparrow-hawk in
Melton Mowbray and Thorpe Ernald, otherwile calied
Thorpe juxta Melton (all which were the lands and
poſſeſſions of John Burgeis, otherwiſe called Melton,
his father), to Bartholomew Brokeſbye, eſq. Richard
Fyngbam, and John Danſey “.
In 1449, Thomas Afteley, eſq. releaſed all his right
in fix meſſuages, five ſhops, one grange, one garden,
four crofts, three virgates, fix bovates, and a certain
culture of land called Angel-wonge, lying towards the
Speney ; as alſo in a certain parcel of land lying be-
yong the Speney Broke; one other parcel of land
lying at the Saltgate, other called Saltergate; a cer-
tain piece of meadow called Alms-croft; as alſo in
525. 2d. rent, and the rent of a ſparrow-hawk in
Melton Mowbray and Thorpe Ernald (all which
were lately the lands and poſſeſſions of John Burgeis,
alias Melton) to Richard Byngham and John Brokeſby t.
The regiſter of Jobn de Woodford ** preſerves the
following articles relative to Melton.
Here beginneth a true regiſter, copyed out of fynes
and deeds ſealed in wax, how that old John of Wood-
ford the age or that he paſſed out of this world was
five ſcore years and ſeven ; and he was a gentleman's
ſon beſide Saliſbury, and came unto Melton Mowbray,
and wedded a merchant's daughter there“, and his
heir; and he purchaſed divers lifelod in Melton
| aforeſaid, and in Brentingby, Burton Sancti Lazari,
Thorp-Ernald, and Wiverdeby, as it appeareth and
ſheweth in this true regiſtrar, that followeth che ſaid
purchaſes both by fine and deed. |
Roger Mowbray, lord of Melton, gave licence to
Robert Peſſon to let g) his tenements, in a lane called
Swines-lane, without challenge or letting of him or
his heirs, 22 Edward le Roy.
Roger Mowbray alſo granted to Robert Peſſon, to
enlarge his place in Melton, four feet one way, and
four teet another way ; yielding and paying therefore
annually to him and his heirs one halfpenny of ſilver
(une maille d argent) in acknowledgment. Undated.
Matilda, daughter of Walter Godfrey of Melton;
made over to the ſaid Robert Peſſon and Agnes his
wife four roods of arable land. No date.
Robert Abbot, the ſon of Walter of the Wollehouſe
of Melton, gave to Robert Peſſon and Agnes his wife
half an acre of land in Melton field, 22 Edwardi.
Robert Abbot, of Melton, gave to Robert Peſſon,
and Agnes his wife, a land in the fields of Melton.
John Godfrey, of Melton, made over to the ſaid Ro-
bert Peſſon one rood and an half of arable land in
Melton field; no date; whoſe eſtate William of
Woodford purchaſed.
Roger de Mowbray gave to John of Belton, and
Agnes his wife, of Melton, a meſſuage, with its ap-
purtenances, in Melton; no date; whoſe eſtate Wil-
liam of Woodford purchaſed. Witneſſes: fir Roger
lord Delawarr, kut. Hamo de Beler, John le Mer-
chaunt de Melton, &c. |
Roger Mowbray, lord of Melton, gave to William
+ Eſch. 1 Hen, IV. Ne 72. Leic.
* Eſch. 8 Hen. IV. Ne 76. Leic.
** See Appendix, p. 127,
1 See Appendix, p. 127.
Rrce Fulloug
1243
*
244 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF LEICESTERSHIRE.
Fullour of Melton, clerk, a place next the Back-houſe
of my lord Dallawarde in Melton ; no date; whoſe
eſtate John of Woodford purchaſed. Witneſſed by
Hamo de Belec and others. 9 4
Robert Michell, of Rethurby, releaſed to Walter
le Preſt, of Melton, a toft, with the „ ppurtenances,
in the town of Melton, 29 Edwardi regis.
Roger de Mowbray. granted to Walter Preſt, of
Melton, a meſſuage, with its appurtenances, ſituate
in the market-place of Melton. No date.
William Boyvyll, of Melon, releaſed to Walter
Preſt 124. annual rent,” iſſuing out of a curtylage in
Melton, 1 Edward ll.
Hugh le Vaus, of Garthorp, made over to William,
ſon of Walter of Melton, two plates of land in Mel-
ton Mowbray, 8 Edward II. |
Richard de Waltham, of Melton, made over to
Hugh, the ſon of Hugh le Vaus de Garthorpe, a
meſſuage in Melton; no date; whoſe eſtate William
cf Woodford purchaſed. |
Gilbert, the ſon of Ralph of Melton, wade over to
Hugh, the ſon of Hugh Vas of Garthorp, the third
art of a meſſuage in Melton; no date; whoſe eſtate
William of Woodford purchaſed in fee ſimple.
William, the fon of Walter 4i&r Je Reve of Melton,
made over, joiptiy with Petronilla his wife, to the
ſaid Hugh de Vas, the remaining two third parts of
the meſſuage aforeſaid No date.
John Walker, of Melton, gave to Henry Inge
(Ynge) of Renton ſuper Houſe, all bis right and title
to a meſſuage in Melton; the which William Merchant
gave to the ſaine Henry, 9 Edward II. 6
Another releaſe made to the ſame Henry Inge of
the ſame meſſuage, by William Merchant, of Melton,
10 Edward II. Witneſſes; Walter dictus Preſt de
Melton, Robert de Aſsheby.
William Ambroſe made over to Robert Baſſe, of
Wolleſthorpe, an annual quit-rent of 45. iſſuing from
a meſſuage in Melton; no date; whoſe eſtate William
ot Woodford purchaſed.
Gilbert Palmer made over to Robert, the fon of
Walter Nigell, of Melton, a meſſuage, wit{f the ap-
purtenances, in Melton; no date; whoſe eRate Wil-
liam of Woodford purchaſed.
Richard Capellanus, the fon of Thomas Kerne,
of Melton Mowbray, made over to Ralph Merchant,
of Melton, a part of a toft in Melton. No date,
William Marchaunt, of Melton, gave to John Fer-
rour, pricſt, a field at Mel:ou, without date; whoſe
eſtate John of Woodford purchaſed, Witneſſes ;
Walter Palmer, Walter Preft, and others.
The ſaid William Marchant releaſed to ſaid John
Ferrour all his right in the ſaid field ; without date.
Johanna Ferrour, wife of Ralph Marchant of Mel-
ton, 2ave to John Ferrour, of Melton, prieſt, a field
in Mclton. No date. John of Woodford purchaſed.
John Ferrour, of Melton, prieſt, gave to John of
Woodford, of Melron. a meſſuzge, &c. in Melton.
Old John of. Woodford purchaſed of Henry Ynge,
of Renton, one meſſuage, with its appurtenances,
The aforeſaid John of Woodford purchaſed of
William Baſſet, of Wolleſthorp, ſixpence of annual
rent renewing from a meſſuage in Melton. No date.
Robert Port, of Melton, releaſed to the ſame John
of Woodford all his right and title to a certain cellar
annexed to the tenement of the aforeſaid John of
Woodford, 11 Edward Il.
Elena, late wife of William, ſon of Walter of Mel-
ton, gave to Hugh, that was the fon and heir of the
ſame Walter, one yard-lend and one third, and a
meſſuage, and 455. 2d. of annual rent, the which ſhe
had to her dower, 12 Edward II.
A fine paſſed in the king's courts at Weſtminſter,
12 Edward II. between Robert Mitchel of Rether-
by, and Iſabella his wite, on the ove part; and John
Enderhead, on the other; for a meſſuage, an ox-gang,
and three acres of land, in Melton,
Robert Orger, of Melton, releafed to Walter Preſt
ſix ſhillings annual rent, iſſuing from a meſſuage in
Melton, reſerving an acknowledgement of a roſe · flower
{unum florem roſe ) to be delivered tot him and his heirs
yearly ou St. John the Baptiſt's day, 13 Edward II.
Robert Orger releaſed to Walter Preſt all his right
93
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to a meſſuage in Melton, 17 Edward II; whoſe
William of Woodtord hedhaſegy = Lo
Walter .Preſt, of Melton, miade over to the ſaid
John of Woodford a meſſuage, with the appurtenan-
ces, in Melton, 2 Edward III. |
Robert, the fon of William of Waltham, made 3
claim to a meſſuage in Melton, that was Thomas's
the ſon of William Waltham's ſon; and after that, by
ſtirring of bis conſcience, releaſed all his right to the
ſaid Thomas, fatens ſe nullum' jus in difto meſſuapio
paſſidere; 5 Edward III. 4 |
John Mowbray, lord of the Iſle of Axholme, and of
the hondur of Brembre and of Gower *, permitted
Walter Preſt, of Melton, to erc& a porch upon his
land agaiuſt rhe houſe in which he reſided. Dates;
A nre manvir de Eppewortb; 10 Dec. 5 Edw. In.”
Walter, fon of Richard Tyes, of Melton, granted
to Robert le Preſt and Alice his wife, for his ſervice:
and two marks of filver, two lands in the fields cf
Melton; no date; whoſe eſtate William of Woodford
purchaſed. Witneſſes; Ralph de Rampayne, &c.
Gilbert Palmer of Melton gave to Walter Preſt a
meſſuage, with the appurtenances, in Melton; nc date.
John, the ſon of Richard of Waltham, of Melton,
made over to Walter Je Preſt a meſſuage in the Bayt-
lane in Melton, with its appurtenances, 9 Edward III.
204. rent reſerved;
John of Waltham releaſed to the aforeſaid Walter
le Preſt, gs. of the above annual rent, 10 Edward Ill.
Robert of Waltham made over the ſaid gs. of rent
to his brother John of Waltham, 8 Edward III.
Walter, fon of Richard Tyes, of Melton, made
over a land in the field of Melton to Robert le Prelt
of Melton and Alice his wife. No date.
William of Sixtenby releaſed to Walter Preſt, of
Melton, 6s. 84. annual rent, going ort of a grange
called Sixtenby grange *, 11 Edward III.
William of Kirkby, of Melton, gave to Walter Preſt,
of Melton, five lands in the fields of Sixtenby, 10 Ed—
ward III; whoſe eſtate William of Woodford purchaſed,
John de Woodford let to farm to Robert in the
Lane and Iſabel his wife, and Margery their daughter,
for their joint lives, a meſſuage in Melton, with its
appurtenances, rent 285s.; 13 Kichard II. |
William of Woodford, of Brentyngby, granted to
Iſabella de Rethurby, for the rent of one grain of
wheat (granum frumenti), a meſſuage, an oxgang,
and two lands in the fields of Melton Mow bray, du-
ring the lives of the ſaid Iſabella, of William de
Norton of Melton Mowbray, of Letitia his wife, aud
of Iſabel their daughter, and the ſurvivor of them.
Robert of Rethurby and Ifabel his wife made over
to Walter Preſt, of Melton, one mefluage and one
oxgang in Melton, and two acres in Sixtenby, 8 Ed-
ward III; whoſe eſtate William of Woodtord pur-
chaſed. . The ſaid Iſabel, late wife of Robert of Re—
thurby, releaſed to the above named Walter le Prelt
all claim and title to the above-mentioned premiles,
20 Edward III. ;
Walter le Preſt, of Melton, made over all his ara-
ble lands in Melton, and all his lands and tenements,
rents, reverſions, and ſervices, that he had in Scal-
ford, to John Walker, and John de Conbrigge, both vi
Melton Mowbray, chaplains, for the term of their
lives, 22 Edward III. Witneſſes; John de Wode-
ford, William atte Pryores, &c.
The ſame Walter Preſt farther made over to John
Walker and John de Conbrigge ten lands in the field
of Melton Mowbray, and all his lands in Scalford, for
the term of their lives, 23 Edward III. *
William Folour, of Melton, made over to William
Eton, of the ſame town, his principal mefiuage and
two places in Melton, 9 Edward III; whoie eltatc
William of Woodford purchaſed. | :
Robert Banaſtr', of Melton, made over to William
Nordeborn, in Melton, aud Alice his wife, two parts
of a meſſuage next the Bakhouſe-lane in Melton;
whoſe eſtate William of Woodford purchaſcd.
William Sharp, of Melton, made over to Geoffrey
Standeford, of Melton, a rood and an halt of arabic
land in Melton field; whole eſtate William of \ ood-
ford purchaſed.
Ralph cf Graham, of Melton, made over to I{abe!,
' "This was the firſt of the Mowbrays who had a right to aſſume that title. See p. 280, |
* Of this grange, which belonged to Gereadoa-abbey, and of their lands at Melton and the neighbourhood, ſee App- a 36.
| daughter
1
FRAMLAND HuxůpRE D.! M ELTON MO W BRAY.
daughter of Philip of Thorp-Ernald, fix lands in the
Geld of Melton; no date; whoſe eſtate William of
Woodford purchaſed. |
Cyſlily, the late wife of Robert Denton, made over
to Gilbert Palmer, of Melton, a meſſuage, with its
appurtenances, and a curtilage, in Melton, No date.
Thomas, a prieſt, ſon of Walter Reve of Melton,
hath relealed to John unt, of Melton, all bis right
to an acre in Melton field. No date.
John of Woodlord, of Brentyngby, gave to Nil-
liam his ſon the reverſion of a metluage aud an ox-
ang of land in Melton, 23 Edward II. Witneſſes;
Lins Beler, John Chevercourt, Witliam ton of Wil-
liam of Kirkeby, and others.
The ſame John of Wooudford reizaſed to William his
ſon all the right and title that he nad in a meſſuage
and four acres of land in Melton, 23 Edward III.
Robert, the fon of William of Eton, of Melton,
gave to Geoffrey Folcvill, of Aſheby Folevill, all his
nds and tenements that he had in the fields of Mel-
ton Mowbray, and in Burton St. Lazarus, 23 Ed-
ward III; whoſe eftates William of Woodford” pur-
chaſed. Witneſſes; William de Wodeford of Melton,
Robert Haliday, one of the brethren of Burton, &c.
Walter Reve ( Prepoſitus) of Melton made over to
John Hunt, of the ſame town, a land in the fields of
Melton; no date; whoſe eſtate Williain of Woodford
of Brentyngby purchaſed,
Alice Peflon, of Melton, gave to William, the ſon
of John Woodford, of Brentyngby, a meſſuage in
Swine-lane, in Melton, and four acres of Jand in
Melton field, 23 Edward III.
William of Woodford ſet to farm to Alice Peſſon,
of Melton, one meſſuage and four acres of land in
Melton, for the term of her life, 23 Edward III.
William of Woodford gave to Richard Slygh, a
prieſt, for term of his life, a meſſuage, with the appur-
tenances, in Melton, 24 EAw-ward III. at 45s. annual rent.
John, the ion of Nigell atte Hall, of Melton, made
over to William, the fon of John of Woodford, of
Brentyngby, fix ſhillings of annual rent in Melton,
renewirg from a meſſunge late William Tyler's, 24
Edward III. Wirn«fled by John de Woodford of
Brentingby, Kobert Burgrige of Melton, &c.
Wilhzam of Woodford ſct to farm to Richard Colle,
of Melton Mowbray, Johanna his wife, and Iſabel
their daughter, a meſſnage, with its appurtenances,
in Melon, for the t-rm of their joint lives, 123. rent.
The ſaid William Woodſord tet to farm to Walter
de Ware, of Meiton, a place with a curtylage, and
three leys, f term of his lite, rent 38.; 25 Edward Ill.
Hugh de Chinchian, prior of Lewes, aud his bre-
thren, conſtituted fir William of Burgh and William
of Woodford their ſtewards of the parſonage of
Melton, aud of all the lands, tenements, &c. 28 Ed—
ward HI. They granted allo unto William of Wood-
tord, of Brentyngby, for the term of his life, a yearly
flipend of 40s. and a robe de ſecta armigeri, (or 168.
8 d. in lien of it,) as a falary for his being counſel
with the ſaid abbey, 31 Edward III.
William of Woodtord gave to Iſabella of Rethurby,
of Melton, a mefluage and an oxgang of land, and
two lands in the fields of Melton, for term of her life,
31 Edward Ht; and in the ſame year leaſes out for
295. yeavly rent, for 21 years, a meſſvage, with the
appurtenances, in Meiton Mowbray, to Robert in the
Lane and Iſabel his wife,
William of Woodford granted a meſſuage in Mel-
ton to Henry Chaloner and to Agnes his wite, in fee-
tail; and to their heirs lawfully begctten, yielding to
him and his heirs 274. yearly, 35 Edward III.
William of Woodford tet to farm to William Erle
of Melton, and Emma his wife, a meſſuage in Swine-
lane, for the term of his life, 1 15, rent ; 37 Edward III.
Roger of Waltham, feodary of the lord Mowbray,
made acquittance to William Woodford of 105. to the
laid lord granted by the king, for a reaſonable aid to
the marriage of his daughter; 41 Edward III.
John de Multon —_ over to Robert Peſſon and
Alice his wife two butts {buttas) of land in Melton
F Burton, ' * Eſch. 34 Hen. VI.
Eich. 17 Edw. IV. N 58. Lee,
* Paſch, Rec. 32 Hen. VIII. Rot. 45.
Eſch. 1 Edw. IV. N 46. Leic.
| E ? o nis has been already noticed under Cold Overton, p 139.
See before, under Kirkby Beler, p. 230. Etch. 15 Hen, VII.
11 Cole's Inquiſmions, vol. V. p. 5. ** Paſch, Orig. 1 Marie, Rot 88.
245
Mowbray; no date; whoſe eſtates William of Wood-
ford purchaſed. 2 |
Robert, ſon of Ralph, made over to Ambroſe Ro-
inges a meſſuage, with its appurtenances, in Melon
Mowbray, No date. Witneſſed by Ralph Beler,
William parſon ot Melton, William de Ketelby,
Getirey Beler, &c. |
William Marchaunt, of Melton, granted to William,
ſon of Walter of Melton, a certain fhop and eiu
on it, with a piece of ground adjoining, in Melton
Mowbray, No date.
The ſaid William, Walter's ſon, made over to Robert
Peyny, of Melton, one acre of arable land in Melton
fiela; no date. William of Woodford purchaſed.
Matilda, daughter of Walter Godfi ey, gave to the
ſaid Robert Peyny, and to Agnes his wife, a rood of
arable land, with a hade ligging thereto Ccbencdlo
adjacente}, with its appurtenances, no date; whoſe
eſtate William of Woudford purchaſed. |
Mabille of Woodſord, lai'y of A ſheby Folville, ſet
to farm to Robert Brownhill, of Melion Mowbray, a
meſſuage, with four ſhops, and an ox-gang of land in
the ficld of Melton, and 4os. rent in the town, for a
term of twelve years; 5 Henry VI.
Sir Robert Woodford, knight, and Mabille bis mo-
ther, ſet to farm to John Wudton of Melton, a tene-
ment in Melton, which had been held by Richard
Milner of Okeham, tor the term of 40 years, at 105,
rent; 16 Henry VI.“
In 1449, fir Robert Woodford, knt. gave lands at
Melton to Humphrey bis youngell ſon *.
In 1455, fir Ko4ert Modeſord, kut. died ſeiſed of 12
meſluages, 6 rofts, 300 acres of land, and 100 acres of
paſture, in Mel ou, held of 7ebn duke of Norfolk *,
In 1451, John Mowbray, duke of Norfolk, died
ſciicd of the manor and honour of Melton, wich the
appurtenances, held of the king ia capire, by Knight's
ſervice; of a quarter of one Knight's fee in Melton,
which Thomas Waitham held; ot the advowſon of
the church of Melton, which the prior of Lezves heid
to his own uſe; of one knight's tee in Melton, Bur-
ton, and Quenburg, which the maſter of the hoſpital
of Burton St. Lazarus held; of a fixth part of one
knight's fee in Melton and Oleby, which the heir of
Stephen de Segrave held; of a quarter of one knight's
fee in Melton, which Thomas Berteley, knt. held; of a
quarter of one kn ght's fee in Melton, which Robert
de la Ward held; of a quarter of one knight's fee in
Melton, which the heir of Robert de Wodeford held ;
and one other quarter there, which Robert Ivers held 3,
In 1472, it appeared that Alice, the wite of William
Huggeſord, died ſeiſed of certain lands at Staverton,
and ot the church of Wilton, co. Northampton, held
under John duke of Norfolk as of his manor of Mel-
ton Mowbray, by an unknown ſervice “.
In 1477, Jobu Mowbray, duke of Norfolk, died
ſciſed of the manor and honour of Melton, held of
the king by knight's ſervice ; and Anne lady. Mowbray
was his daughter and next heir * ; through whom the
manor of Melton came by partition tothe lords Berketcys. _
ln an act of attainder in 1485, proviſion is made in
behalt of fir 7J-bn Cateſbie, kunt. Hema, Kennett, and
William Aſoby, elguires, tor lands in Melton and other
places, which they poſlcfied of the pitt and teoitnent
ot Thomas Dav:s and John Bye ?.
In 1499, Rah Conftabie died ſeiſed, in right of
Anne his wife, of lands and tenements in Melton“.
April 28, 1522, it appeared that Henry Thewaytes,
knt. died ſeiſed of certain lands and tenements in
Melton, held of hr Mavurice Berkeley, kut. by Koight's
ſervice, as of his manor of Meiron “.
In 1540, Sir Richard Greſham, knight, was cited in
the Exchequer, to thew cauſe why: halt of the manor
of Melton Mowbray thould not be ſeized *'*,
Iitham Fitzwwiliiam, earl of Southumpton and lord
admiral, died Dec. 18, 1542, ſciſed of certain lands
in Melton Mowbray “. |
In 1553, the manor was granted to /Yiam Betts and
Chriſtopher Draper, with divers lands in the counties of
Glouceſter, Heieſord, Devon, and Somerſet *.
ee Bridges, vol. I. p. 542.
9 Eſch, 14 Hen. VIII. ex libro de Lovel.
In
S - —
2 „ rr td
In 1559, Jobn Withers was cited, to ſhew why the
manor mould not be ſeized into the queen's hands.
In 1560, the lady Anne Berkeley was cited, to ſhew
by what title ſhe held the manor >, |
In 1579, the manor of Melton Mowbray, and the
manor of Fenny Stanton in Huntingdonſhire, both
which had been ſeized for the queen, were reſtored
freely to Henry lord Berkeley and Catharine his wife“.
In 1603, there was a fire at Melton, which did ſuch
conſiderable damage, that a public collection was made
throughout the county towards the loſs +. |
In 1606, John Withers held in capite the manor of
Melton Mowbray ; and at the ſame time other lands
at Melton were ſeverally held in capite by Gevrge
Savage and Thomas Trafford.
In 1629, Richard and Fohn Withers were cited, to
ſhew by what title they held the manor of Melton“.
Among the records in the king's remembrancer's
office in the Exchequer is one of 1625, intituled; * De
finali concord a de Melton Mowbray 7.”
Robert Hudſon, eſq. citizen and haberdaſhet of
London, a munificent benefactor to his native town of
Melton, was the next owner of the manor. He refided
in the houſe afterwards inhabited by old Mr. Simon
Stokes; and was ſucceeded in 1641 by his ſon,
Henry Hudſon ; in whoſe time a ſevere battle was
fought near this town, Feb. 25, 1644-5, between fir
Marmaduke Langdale, commander of the Royalifts,
and a party of the Parliamentarians, commanded by
* colonel Roſſiter, whoſe forces, to the amount of 2000,
were at firſt drawn up on a paſs of the water, in a fair
mead about half a mile from the town; but, advan-
cing afterwards with impetuoſity to meet the Royaliſts,
who by that time had gained the brow of the hill on
the South fide of Melton, were almoſt totally routed
with great ſlaughter. On the king's ſide the loſs was
inconſiderable; except the death of two gallant offi-
cers, fir John Girlington and William Gaſcoigne, eſq.
Both parties, on this as on many other occaſions, claimed
the victory; and the Parliamentarians aſſerted that fir
John Girlington was drowned, with Mr. John Gir-
lington and divers others of quality, ia their confuſed
flight over a mill-dam *. © Not content with his death,
the committee of Yorkſhire fell upon the widow, who
then dwelt at South Cave in that county, and fined her
£+1400, Sir John had much learning in his books,
bur more in his head, in which notions were ranked
as orderly as men in a regiment, and as quietly as
the ſpecies of his various proſpe&s (for he was ſeen
in optics) in his eye. A man too good for war, who
deſerved to be as free from dangers as he was free
from fear ?.”
Mr. Hudſon was honoured with the title of baronet,
July 3, 1660 ; and the Coronation of king Charles II.
was celebrated, April 29, 1661, with particular marks
of loyalty and feſtivity at Melton Mowbray.
The great expreſlions of this our liule town, of
its cordial rejoicing for the accompliſhing of this ever-
bleſſed day of his majeſty's coronation, take as fol-
lows; viz. the lord archbiſhop of Dublin“, the lord
Roos, knight of our county, with many other perſons
of quality, came hither laſt night (this being the day
of his majeſty's coronation), where was rendezvouſed
the trained bands of this fide of the county, by the
ſpecial command of their noble colonel George Vil-
liers, baronet, and the reſt of the officers, &c. Next
morning they marched in military poſture to the church,
to hear divine ſervice : after which that truly noble
and conſtantly loyal perſon, fir Henry Hudſon, ba-
ronet, entertained at his own charge all the perſons of
honour and quality aſſembled, keeping open houſe for
the trained bands, and all the country round about
which came in, echoing forth their hearty acclamations
Mich. Rec. 2 Eliz. Rot. 133.
* Paſch, Rec. 3 Eliz. Rot. 8.
146 HISTORY AN ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
of © God bleſs king Charles the Second! Long live
king Charles the Second!” And for perpetuating
the memory of this happy day (the coronation of his
moſt ſacred majeſty Charles the Second) he gave a fat
ox, Which was roaſted whole in the ſtreet before his
own door ; every one orderly ſharing it and the other
cheer provided for that day. The town and countri
at length grew to ſuch emulation of each other in the
eternizing the memory of this joyful day, that, after
the ox was eaten, they accounted him happy that
could but carry away either one of the ribs of the ox,
or the leaſt ſhiver of the bones, to treaſure up re.
liques, &c. Ringing of bells, volleys of ſhot, bon:
fires, muſic, dancing, and all the uſual ways of ex-
preſſing ſo great a joy, continued three days/*.”
That Melton Mowbray was a place of conſiderable
traffick ſo long ſince as the middle of the laſt century,
is evident from the number of tokens ſtill exiſting,
that were iſſued by traders of that town.
Plate XLVI. furniſhes fix different forts, fig. 4—8 ;
and more may very probably hereafter come to light;
3. ARTHVR CLOVDSLY., |
IN MELTON 1662. As,
4. EDWARD STOKES. |
MELTON MOWBRAY. x;
5. ROGER WAITE. 1666.
IN MELTON MOWBRAY. HIS HALFPENYs
6. THOMAS CLOWDESLEY. 183.
OF MELTON MOWBRAY. 1668,
7. JOHN BROWN, CHANDLER. 11.
IN MELTON MOWBRAY. HIS HALFPENNY,
8. ROBERT BEATSON, AT (the Sign of 3 lambs).
IN MELTON MOWBERY. x,
From the family of Hudſon the manor and honour
of Melton were purchaſed by Fobn Coke, eſq. of
Melbourne, co. Derby, the deeds of conveyance, from
fir Henry Hudſon, bart. and Edward his ſon, bearing
date the 29th and 3oth of May, 1688.
This manor was afterwards the property of Thomas
Coke, eſq. as appears by a ſettlement, dated Oct. 13,
14, 1709, previous to his marriage with the honour-
able Mary Hale, ſiſter to Bernard Hale, eſq. of Gray's
Inn, and one of the maids of honour to queen Anne,
by whom this gentleman was appointed vice-chanber-
lain in 1711; an office which he continued to hold,
under king George I. (to whom he was alſo a privy-
— till his death, which happened May 11,
1727 *; when his property at Melton deſcended to his
ſon George-Lewis Coke, eſq; then a minor; and, on
his death, Jan. 14, 1750 *, to his ſiſter and heir Car-
lotte , who brought this manor, and a very conſider-
able eſtate in the lordſhip 5, by marriage, to Matthew
Lamb, eſq. a wealthy and eminent conveyancer, of
Lincoln's Inn, and of Brocket-hall, in the county of
Hertford; who had been appointed ſolicitor to the
Poſt-office, 1738; was created a baronet June 17,17553
and elected a repreſentative in parliament for the city
of Peterborough in 1761 and 1768. Sir Matthew
Lamb died Nov. 8, 1768, aged 63 and was ſuc-
ceeded in title and eſtate by his ſon,
Sir Peniſton Lamb, one of the repreſentatives in par-
liament for Luggerſhall in 1768, 1774, and 1780;
for Malmeſbury in 1784; and for Newport, Hants, in
17992; created baron Melbourne of Kilmore in the
kingdom of Ireland, June $, 1770; and adyanced to
the dignity of a viſcount Dec. 12, 1780. He mar-
ried, April 13, 1769, Elizabeth, only daughter of fir
Ralph Milbank, bart. by whom he has four ſons and
two daughters; 1. Peniſton, born May 3, 17703 2+
William, born March 15, 1779 ; 3. Frederick- James,
born April 17, 1782 ; 4. George, born July 11, 1784;
5. Emily-Mary, born April 21, 1787; 6. Harriot-
Anne, born July 27, 1789; all living 1794.
3 Paſch. Rec. 22 Eliz. Rot. 139.
This appears by Syſton Regiſter. See p..cxxxiii, * Paſch, Rec. 8 ſac. I. Rot. 139. Mich. Rec. 1 Car. I. Rot. 36.
* See farther particulars of this engagement under Belvoir, p. 53; and Kirkby Beler, p. 228.
Magna Britannia; and ſee Micro-Chron. Feb. 25, 1644-5.
10 James Margetſon, D. D. of Peter houſe, Cambridge; who had ſucceeded to the archbiſhoprick at the latter end of the year
1660, after the ſee had been vacant, from the death of archbiſhop Bulkeley, in September, 1650, more than 10 years. Dr.
Margetſon was tranſlated in 1663 to Armagh, which he held till 1678.
it Mercurius Publicus, May 9, 1661+
2 The celebrated collection of pictures and valuable library of Mr. Coke were ſold by auction, Feb. 19, 1727-8.
13 Buried in Melbourne church, without any epitaph.
14 By a former marriage, Mr. Coke had two other daughters, Mary (who in 1719 was married to Thomas lord viſcount
Southwell, and died in 1766); and Elizabeth, who was unmarried in 1722, See under Caſtle Donington.
*5 Sir T. Cave, ex informatione Edwardi Smith, de Edmondthorpe, armigeri. .
Buried in Hatfield church without any epitaph. The dates in this paragraph are here given on the beſt .
7
1
Frarnand HunDRED. J ME IL TON MOW BRA.
In 1760, an act was paſſed, for dividing and inclo-
Gong the ſeveral open and common fields, and common
paſtures, in Melton Mowbray, containing together
about 2000 acres; . in which fir Mattheto Lamb, ba-
ronet, is deſcribed as lord of the honor and manor of
Melton Mowbray, and a proprietor of a conſiderable
part of the lands and grounds in the ſaid fields, and
entitled to right of common therein, and in the ſaid
common paſtures; and Edrzcard Smith, eſquire, as the
impropriator of, and entitled to, the tithes of corn,
grain, and all other great tithes ariſing within the ſaid
fields, and allo to the tithe of lambs within the ſame,
and alſo as a proprietor of land and common right
therein; Richard viſcount Howe of the kingdom
of Ireland and Mary his wife, and James Madyford
Heywood and Catharine his wife, as patrons of the vi-
carage and church of Melton Mowbray ; Thomas
Mydgdelton, clerk, then vicar of the ſaid church, enti-
tled to the tithe of wool within the ſaid fields and com-
mon paſtures, and to a certain rate-tithe for beaſts
depaſtured thereon and in the ſaid fields, and alſo to
other vicarial tithes in kind (e cept the tithe of lambs)
ariſing within the ſaid fields; and Shuckbrugh Aſhby,
and Thomas Crane, eſquires, and John North, Edward
* Stokes, and William Reeve, gentlemen, and others,
were the proprietors of the relidue of the lands and
rounds, and right of common therein. An allotment
is rt dir-Red to be made to Mr. Smith, a full com-
penſation for all tithes ariſing to him as rector impro-
priate from che common field, of ſo much land as when
incloſed ſhall be worth £.120. a year, and capable
of being within 15 years improved to £162. 105.
the ſaid allotment to be ſubject to the expence of re-
pairing the chancel of Melton church, and to the
ſame payment to the vicar, and other taxes, &c. as
Mr. Smith was before liable to. Four acres are ap-
plied to the repair of the highways. The act then
declares, that the rent or vearly ſum of J. 5 5. clear of
all deductions whatſoever (except land- tax) ſhall be iſ-
ſuing out of all the ſaid lands and grounds to be allot-
ted and divided (except the allotment to Mr. Smith)
to be paid by the ſeveral proprietors, out of their
ſhares and allotments, to the vicar and his ſucceſſors
for the time being for ever; and to be veſted in the
vicar and his ſucceſſors, in lieu of the ſaid tithe of
wool, rate-tithe, and all other tithes whatſoever, ariſing
within the ſaid fields and common paſtures, and be-
Jonging (as aforeſaid) to the ſaid vicarage. A ſaving
is made to fir Matthew Lamb, as lord of the honour
and manor of Melton, and to the lords of all manors
within the ſaid honour and manor, of their reſpective
ſeignorial and manerial rights.
The whole number of the manors, alluded to in
the act, is four; and are thus poſſeſſed:
1. Francis Rawdon Haſtings earl of Moira, in right
of the paramouncy of Framiand hundred.
2. Peniſlon lord viſcount Melbourne is lord of the
honour and manor of Melton Mowbray.
3. William Reeve, eſq. poſſeſſes a ſmall independent
manor, called“ The manor of St. Fohn of Jeruſalem.“
4. William Pocbin, eſq. (one of the preſent knights
of the ſhire) is lord of a ſmall copyhold manor, within
the town of Melton, called“ The manor of Lewes,”
which, in 1280, was the property of Edward Bunny;
to whom in thar year king Edward I. by letters patent,
bearing date July 10, granted free paſſage, tollage, and
pontage, to him, his ſervants and tenants ; which im-
munities were again confirmed by Edward III. and
ſeveral ſucceeding kings.
This manor afterwards became part of the poſſeſ-
ſions of the prior and convent of Lewes, who held it
under the knights of St. John of Jeruſalem in Eng-
land; and their ſteward, fir Johu Digby *, of Eye
Kettleby, kept court here in 1519.
The poſſeſſions of the priory Spirituals 59 8 10
of Lewes in Melton Mowbray | Temporals 63 15 4
were thus valued in 1534 *.
4.129 4 2
Of whom ſee pp. 255. 265.
From the Valor 26 Hen, VIII. See p. Ixxxili.
per annum
per annum node
For glebe-land there, per annum _— 0. 4
Freby, for tithe cora and hay — 5
per annum |
For land there, per annum 1 4-0
Thorpe Ernald, per annum oO 10 0
In demelne 6 o oo
247
Outgoings: | |
To the biſhop of Lincoln, i to ©
—— — dean of Lincoln, ” Tt, 4-0
2 archdeacon of Leiceſter, 0.5 © ©
- abbor of Croxton, 8 27 0
a de Bello, 13 6 8
— — of Leiceſter, | o 8 o
w—— prior of St. Mary in Axholme; to o ©
— of Laund, 10 of
maſter of St. John of Jeruſalem, 1 10 0
Burton Lazars, 20 0
Dine de Grampton, wes 91 0
To the ſteward, ſor fees, 8
418
Clear amount, — — {85'15 51
This manor, with the impropriation aud advowſon
of the vicarage (being with many other poſſeſſions in
the hands of king Henry VIII. as forfeited eſtates of
attainted rebels), together with divers other lands,
profits, rents, &c. was given to Thomas lord Crom-
well, the famous vicar general, who by tradition is faid
to have reſided ſome time at Melton in a houſe over
againſt the church to the Eaſt. This nobleman having
been beheaded for high treaſon in 1540, the manor
and advowlon were given by the king to the lady Anne
of Cleves, his repudiated wife, for her ſupport and
maintenance during life, provided ſhe refided within
the kingdom, or did not depart out of it without
licence had and obtained. Teſte rege, apud Weſtm',
20 die Januarii 3. It was then valued, all repriſals
to the archdeacon and vicar deducted, at £.34. a year.
This lady was alive, and reſiding in England, in 1547 ;
when the reverſion of the ſaid manor and parſonage
was granted by king Edward VI. to John Dudley earl
of Warwick, charged with all former incumbrances.
In an old terrier, or rental, of the lands and tene-
ments pertaining to the manor of Lewes, in the.town
and pariſh of Melton Mowbray, renewed 26 Nov.
1550, the lord Berkeley being then lord, the lands be-
longing to the manor are called ** Lewes, or the king's
land.”
It appears there alſo that Hugh Spencer, and the
families of the J»ers and St. Jebn, held at that time
ſome lands at Melton“.
In the ſame book the following rents are charged |
az iſſuing out of the following lands to this court:
Burton Lazars, for tithe hay and Gas 1 0
corn, per annum
and for land there, called Lewes court N
land, per annum ENS
Eye Kettleby, for tithe there, per annum © o
For more there, per annum 2 horſes graſs
Siſonby, for tithe corn and hay, I 10 0
For the parſonage wong there, per annumo 3 4
Aleby, for tithe corn and hay — A
In the reign of Charles II. this manor had, by ſe-
veral meſne conveyances, deſcended to Jobn Mytton,
eſq. one of the uſhers of the privy chamber to the ſaid
monarch; and afterward, by ſeveral tranſmutations of
hands, came to Mr. Reeve of Melton (fir Charles Hud-
ſon having conveyed it in 1716 ro Fofeph Clarion, ci-
tizen of London); and Jobn Reeve, of Melton, 1719,
conveyed the manor, court leet, court baron, and view
of frankpledge, to fir Edward Smith, of Edmondthorpe,
baronet; to which court the following annual rents
iſſue, and are payable, viz.
The manor or lordſhip of Welby 1. 4 6 8
of Freby L.-0...0
of Eye Kenleby 2 10 0
0
——of Siſonby, } 256
being two rents of 505. each,
3 32 Hen. VIII. Pat. 6. m. 29. Rymer, Fœd. tom. XIV. p. rr.
1 Sir T. Cave, ex evidentiis inter cartas Edwardi Smith de Edmondthorpe, armigeri.
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248 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTER SHIRE.
Out of Melton wong in the manor or
lordſhip of Thorpe Ernald |
Out of Simpſon meadow, in the manor
or lordſhip of Melton Mowhray, or o 1 6
Thorpe Ernald, or one of them, _
Ort of Lambert's houſes (late Mr. Tho-
mas Storer's) in Melton Mowbray
Out of Goodall's, or Harrifon's (late 6
Ireland's houſe) in Melton Mowbray, * 3
On the death of Edward Smith, «ſq. of Edmond-
thorpe, one of the knights of the ſhire for the county
in ſeveral ſucceſſive parhaments, this manor was pur-
chaſed of Thomas Smith, eſq. his heir at law, by John
Darker, of Gayton, in Northamptonſhire, eſq. (a
burgeſs in the laſt parliament for the borough of fei-
ceſter); and is now the property of William Pochin, eſq.
The tenants, reſiants, and inhabitants of this ma-
nor of Lewes are toll- free throughout the kingdom
(except within the liberty of the dutchy of Lancaſter),
and have certificates accordingly, under the hand of
the lord, reciting the conffat under the ſeal of the
dutchy of Lancaſter. The manor of Edmondthorpe
has alſo the ſame immunity or privilege.
Following the words of biſhop Gibion, the authors
of the Magna Britannia ſay, that at the South Eaſt
corner of the church there was before the diffolution
a chantry for about fourteen priefts; which, being re-
paired, was afterwards the parſonage-houſe, and be-
longed to the impropriator.
At the North-weſt end of the town, called Spital-
End, in an old ſtone-built cottage, is a Gothic door,
with perfect coping, and fide faces, ſupporters, and a
ſtone ſtair-caſe within, as though it was the entrance
of a turret. This is the fite of the manor-houſe of
St. John of Jeruſalem, and a cloſe adjoining ſtill is
called The Chapel Cloſe. Some antient framed win-
dows in a large out-houſe belonging to Mr. Dixon,
0 10 ©
and a plain Gothic door inſerted in the front of the.
houſe belonging to Mr. James Tyler, ſhew that there
was ſome religious foundation hereabouts.
At the Faſt end of the town, is a ſmail-neat octa-
gonal pinnacle, which ferves as a chimney to the houſe
of Mr. William Underwood, and is repreſented in plate
XLIX. fig. 1. This was evidently a religious houſe
formerly; and within the pinnacle, no doubt, was con-
rained the chapel-bell. A very beautiful old ſtone
coping of a window, which long lay neglected in the
yard, is now made, by the preſent vicar, a handſome
ornament in the South wall of the church. In the
great hall-window of the houſe are ſtill the arms of
Mowbray, Gules, a lion rampant Argent, within a
border ornamented with flowers as in plate XLIX,
fig. 12; and thoſe of The Merchants of the Staple *,
Barry, Nebu'e of ſix, Argent and Azure, on a chief
Gules, a lion paſſant guardant Or, fig. 13.
The Swan Inn abounded, ill lately, with traces of
antiquity. Mr. Wyrley found theſe coats there, 1603.
1. Quarterly of 6x: 1. Azure, a fleur de lis, Argent,
with a creſcent for difference, Robert Digby ; 2. Gules,
a feſs Ermine; 3. Argent, on a bend Gules, three
martlets Or; 4. Argent, on a feſs between three
martlets, three mullets, Or, Pury; 5. Ermine, on a
bend Or, three chevronels, Gules; 6. as 1.
2. Argent, on a bend Sable, between fix croſs
croſslets fitchee Gules, three lozenges Argent, Bur-
geis; impaling, Sable, three leopards heads jeflant
fleur-de-lis Argent, Aſhby *.
In this inn, which is alſo the repoſitory of the rem-
nants of the arms formerly belonging to the trained
bands, there ſtill remain, on the kitchen-wall, the
arms of Lancaſter ſupporied by the pelican and lion“.
There is little doubt that Melton was “ the great
mark<t-town,” alluded to by Latimer 5, © with divers
hamicts and inhabitants, where do riſe yearly of their
labours to the value of C. 15. and the vicar that ſerveth
(being ſo great a cure) hath but twelve or fourteen
marks by year; ſo that of this penſion he is not able
to buy him books, nor give his neighbours drink.“
The following paragraph in another ſermon of the
ſame biſhop, which long tradition has aſcribed to Mel-
ton Mowbray, has probably a reference to the ſports
deſcribed by Leland®* : I came once myſelf to a place,
9 8:70 * riding in a journey homeward from London; and 1
ſent word over- night into the town that I would
preach there in the mot ning, becauſe it was a holiday
and methought it was an holiday's work: the church
ſtood in my way; and I rook my horſe and my com-
| pany, and went thither (I thought 1 ſhould have
ound a great company in the church); and, when
came there, the church-door was faft locked. I tarried
there half an hour and more; at laſt the key was
found, and one of the pariſh came to me, and ſaid
„Sir, this is a holyday with us; we cannot hear you;
it is Robin Hood's day. The pariſh are gone abroad.
to gather for Robin Hood; I pray you, let them not.
I was feign there to give place to Robin Hood. 1
thought my rochet ſhould have been regarded, though
I were not; but it would not ſerve; it was fain to
gire place to Robin Hood's men:.“ |
Brazen Noſe college, Oxford, has the manor of
Erdborough, and lands in Somerby and Pickwell, all
in this county, given to them by fir Richard Sutton,
one of their founders; and out of theſe eſtates the
college formerly paid 2 quit-rent of one penny to
the bailiff of Melton Mowbray ; of which the fol-
lowing notices occur in the Firſt Fruits office.
* Tent' quoddam in Boro, £.6. 113. 41d. So-
merbye, C. 3. 155. 5$4.; Pykewell, 5s.
omma £10. 113. 44d.
De quibus,“ &c. Several payments are here ſpe-
cified, which were ſettled on theſe eſtates by the
donor, &c. and then the following, to which the lands
were ſubject before the donor purchaſed them:
* Reſolut' ſimiliter, pro reddit” quiet” vocat' Cew-
ching penny, ballivo de Melton Mowbray.”
In the * Rolls” of the college accounts, 25 Henry
VIII. this payment is mentioned as “ a Chouchyng
peny;“ and in 27 Henry VIII.“ a Cochyng peny.”
Dr. Chriſtopher Mafon thought Melton to be a
Roman ſtation; and there certainly appear remains of
a ſtony road from this town to Scalford, continued
thence perhaps to the Foſs.
There are two bridges over the Eye on the South
and Weſt ; one with fix, the other with ſeven, large
ſharp-pointed arches : on that leading to Okeham is
an inſcription: This Bredg was repared anno Dom.
1659; again in 1788. And on an arch of the other
bridge, This arch was eretled at the expence of The
Right Hon. Robert Earl of Harborough 1775. A'
third bridge is erecting over the Scalford-brook at the
Faſt end, at the town expence. "Theſe three bridges
are repaired, and the ſtreets regularly paved, cleaned,
watched, and lighted, from the rents of the town
eſtate, which are above (. 300. yearly, veſted in 12
feoffees, for any uſe and benefit the inhabitants, for-
mally convened, ſhall appoint, The firſt 5o lamps
were given by the nobleman juſt mentioned, who is
conſtantly and liberally attentive to the wants, con-
veniences, and improvement, of the place.
There is a ſmall houſe of correction at Melton.
The market is held, on Tueſday, in a ſmall neat
ſquare; and well ſupplied with proviſions, though
theſe are become increaſingly dear (in winter eſpeci-
ally), from the preſent inſatiable rage of fox-hunting,
and refidence of nobility and others, who during the
ſeaſon crowd hither. The great and ſteady fupport
of the markets, however, is the ſhew of cattle, every
fortnight, the moſt conſiderable in this part of Eng-
Jand; large droves of which, from Scotland and the
North, are here bought up for Smithfield ; and the
graziers in this fine paſture country get opulent
apace, At the market the following tolls have been
immemorially paid to the lord of the manor ; for a
horſe ſold 4d.; 2 cow 2d.; ſheep and hogs 8d. per
ſcore ; pack horſe or led horſe 44. ; ſtalls and ſtand-
ings 1d, each; alſo pafſage-tolls for horſes and cattle
84. per ſcore; ſheep and hogs 4d.; a loaded waggon
24.; a cart 1d.: and, fourteen days before and after
the annual fairs, the tolls are taken double; but it
is our ſatisfadtion to record, that from this year (1794)
the tolls are rented by the town feoffees, on a leale,
for the generous purpoſe of releaſing the publick from
ſo heavy a tax; and ſo effectually opening a free ac-
ceſs to the fairs and markets.
a The Merchants of the Staple (the firſt and moſt antient -Engliſh Company of Merchants trading in wodls) were incarpo-
rated by king Edward 11], in whofe time they had the ſtaple for wools in Calais. Pl. XLVI. fig. 18. 3 Fig. 19. Fig. 20.
7 Sixth Sermon preached before king *
| There
5 Firſk Scimon before king Edward VI. 1532.
3
See before, p. 239.
FRAMLAND HUN RED. ]
There is a manor - oven here, fourteen feet diameter,
which hath full buſineſs; but the baker, in fir Mat-
thew Lamb's time, was for obliging every one to
make uſe of it, though he could not poſſibly ſerve all.
The inhabitants intimated, that though they al-
jowed ſuch an antient grant, yet they were informed,
that the old price for baking was alſo ſtipulated, and
deſited to know what that was: on which ſir Mathew
deſiſted from his claim *,” Another oven, of yet larger
dimenſion, has been ſer up by a rival baker ſince.
The fairs are on Plow-Tueſday, Whit-Tueſday, and
the Tueſday after St. Lawrence's-day. The wake is
kept during the Whitſun-week. A ſtatute fair for
hiring of ſervants in huſbandry, generally called by
the chief conſtable of the hundred, is held in the,
month of October; when ſervants are hired from
Martinmas for a year only: men, from 10 to 12
pounds, women, from 3 to 4 pounds, wages; la-
bourers day wages generally 1s. 64,
A confiderable fragment of an old croſs (ſee plate L.
fig. 28.) ſtands in the market-place, called the Butter-
croſs; the foot of another at the Eaſt end of the
town, called the Sage-croſs ; and at the Welt end, an
area is called the Corn-croſs ; but no remains are left.
All the coals conſumed here and in the neighbour-
hood were formerly brought from Derbyſhire and
Nottinghamſhire, through roads impaſſable almoſt,
except in the midſt of ſummer, when the hay and
corn harveſt hardly allowed an opportunity to fetch
it in exchange for pigeon's dung at the rate of
buſhel for buſhel ; or, if paid for in money, at the
high price of 1s. or 15. 64. per buſhel. To relieve
the diitrefſes of the poor, Mrs. Hewett (ſee p. 258)
left £.20. to buy coals, which they were to pay for
in winter as they wanted, at a penny or halfpenny
more than the prime coſt, to defray neceſſary expences;
and to this hath been added as much more *; and the
{-49- is regularly tranſmitted from churchwardens and
overſeers to their ſucceſſors, in truſt. But, as in the
pu 1790 a bill paſſed to render the navigations? at
ughborough complete to Melton Mowbray (and
fince it is carrying on to Oakham), it is expected coals
will be reduced from the preſent high price of 134.
per hundred, in the very middle of ſummer, to about
84. throughout the whole year.
In Melton Mowbray are judged to be about 180
houſes, 10 teams, 127 frecholds, and 3 copy holds.
Of land nearly 18 acres of meadow and paſture to
one arable. The ſoil rather black ſandy loam, incli-
ning to clay ; but there is plenty of gravel cloſe to
the town; the roads adjoining are conſequently good.
In digging, they frequently find vaſt numbers of the
grypbites, large and perfect; the belemnite, ſometimes
the cornu ammonis and the echinus fibularis.
They manure chiefly with dung and ſome little lime;
paying about 3s. a load for the former; and 35. 6d. a
quarter for the latter.
Nearly 5000 ewes and weathers may be ſummered,
and. 1,200 lambs reared yearly.
The poors rate in the pound is 25.
The nett expence of . the poor g
in 1776 was Mes 7.33... &
Medium of three years, 1783—1785 455 14 8
In 1564, there were 80 families in Melton Mow-
bray; and 86 in the four hamlets of Freby, Burton,
Siſonby, and Eyekettleby; Welby not being noticed
in the return then made.
In the Viſitation of Leonard and Vincent, 1619, we
find pedigrees entered, from this town, of the families
of Draper*, Ruſtin*, and Lacy*; in that of 1681—3,
of Hudſon", Palmes 3, Serjeant 9, and Curl 10.
The freeholders here in 1630 were Will. Trigg, Tho.
Clowdeſley, gent. John Lorrington, James Levett, gent.
Will. Gulſon, gent. Anth. Greene, and Hen. Spencer.
At the general election in 1722, 50 frecholders
polled from this pariſh; and 79 in 1775.
The pariſh of Melton includes five hamlets, all
which pay levies to the mother church; and divine
ervice is performed in turn at each by the vicar.
Barrington on the Statutes, 1775, p. 212, from G. A.
NME LT GN MOW BEHA V.
249
Of theſe, Burton Lazars ** and Freby only are
burying-places, and have regiſters. 1
Melton regiſter (including Eye-Kettleby; Siſonby,
and Welby) is imperfect before 1847; after that, in
20 years are 565 baptiſms, 338 burials, and 147 wed-
dings. In 20 years, ending with 1789, are 803 bap-
tiſms, 753 burials, and 262 marriages.
The regiſter now in uſe begins in 1632.
Freby regiſter begins in 1604. In the firſt 20 years
were go baptiſms, 52 burials, and 3o marriages; and
in the 20 laſt years are 46 baptiſms, and 34 burials.
They now marry at Melton.
Burton Lazars regiſter begins in 1718 (the year
the chapel was conſecrated). In the firſt 20 years were
107 baptiſms and 105 burials ; and in the laſt 20 years,
140 baptiſms and 82 burials,
There is a tradition of the plague being at Melton:
it probably was in 1636 and 1637, as none of the
years prior or ſubſequent to them have more than 60
burials : in the year 1636 were 122 burials; and in
1637 were 405 burials.
In the year 1653, the regiſter begins with publica-
tion of banns at the Market Croſs; and among a
great number entered are the following :
© 1653. James Gibſon, of Sproxton, gent. and Anu
Forman, of the ſame, widow, were publiſhed at the
Market Croſs the 21ſt of February, the 28th of the
ſame month, and the 7th of March, and married the
20th-of the ſame, before me, WIILIIAM Pechix.“
* 1674. William Bent, yeoman, and Mary Henton,
ſpinſter, both of Hobie, were publiſhed in the Marker
Place the 6th, 13th, and 2cth of February; and mar-
ried . . . . day of the ſame, before me.”
From the year 1653 to 1656, 158 publications and
marriages are regiſtered z- 103 of which (principally
from the neighbouring pariſhes) appear to have been
married during that time by William Hartopp and
Thomas Pochin, eſqrs. jultices of the peace, aſter
having been previouſly publiſhed in the market- place.
The following remarks on theſe regiſters were
made, by the Rev. George Aſhby, about the year 1760.
« The paper regiſter, without any covers, beg'us
with the burials in 1637, and appears to be a tranſcript
to the end of 1637 ; nine folio pages cloſe written.
There is no ſigning by miniſter or churchwarden.
In the margin ot burials, 1637, firſt page is written
iſt, zd, zd week. [Q. plague 7)
Then follow the chriſtenings of 1638, original
entries; then the weddings of 1638. The burials of
1638 are only one page of 50 lines and 10 lines.
Burials 1644, ſigned Zachary Cawdry | vicar], who
perhaps wrote all that goes before.
The births to be tranſcribed into a book Dec. 1,
1653; the paper one continuing to 1713.
Zachary Cawdry, vicar, buried Dec. 3, 1659.
No weddings from 1653 to 1658, in which are 7;
and ſome of thoſe noted to be married by Mr. Allen
of Wymondham, Mr. Trigge, and Mr. Levit.
After 1688, an account of pariſh money laid out
in 1631 to 1659, with names of churchwardens,
overſeers of highways, &c.
The years are confounded together ſtrangely to
1669 ; and written for many years moſt illiterately, by
Croſon, Trigge, &c. pariſh clerks.
1670. Here is a bill of Burton Lazars of the peo-
ple which was buried, and which was and maried
above 10 years old, for becauſe the clarke was dead,
and therefore they was not ſet down according as
they was. But they are all ſet down ſure on nough
one among, another here in this place.”
Berings 1671. [for Melton. ]
After 1675, follow chriſtenings eodem anno 1669.
After 1657 come burials 167 5. |
After 1688 come chriſtenings, 1633, &c. one page.
Then a freſh page, burials 1688.
1690. Mr. John Dowell, vicar of Melton, buried
Oct. 5; to the end of 1713.
The parchment book abovementioned begins with
births 1653 to end of 1657; then 8 or 10 pages cut out,
2 Gough's additions to Camden, vol. II. p. 197. from G A.
On this head, ſce, among the preliminary articles of this volume, the Hiſtory of the Leiceſterſhire Rivers and Navigation.
* See p. 263, 264, 5 See p. 264.
* See p. 264.
l See the arms of Hudſon, plate XLVI. fig. 213; and their pedigree, p. 264»
See p. 205, 9 See p. 26g. i gee
5 p. 266. Tn 1
" Burton Lazars was conſecrated, as a burial- place, June 29, 118, by Dr, Edmund Gibſon, biſhop of Lincoln.
Turn:og
250 HISTORY anv-ANTIQUITIES of LEICESTERSHIRE,
Torning the book, and beginning Dec. 1, 1653,
James Brown, gent. ſworn regiſter according to act
ot parliament before William Hartopp.
The marriages before William Hartopp, Thomas
Pochin, and William d'Anvers ; but moſtly unſigned
for three pages; and ſo on to the end of 16:6, about
15 pages fair written.
Mr. Crane, who died about 1738, was the firſt per-
The CHURCH,
dedicated to S. Mary, was, in 1220, under the pa-
tronage of the prior of Lewes; and the refory con-
ſiſted at that time of two diitint medieties. The
parſon of one of theſe was Walter de Melton, who
had been inſtitured by William biſhop of Lincoln
(ſome time between 1203 and 1206). John Space,
parſon of the other mediety, was inſtituted by bithop
Hugh. The prior of Lewes had from old time a
penſion of 13d. from this rectory ; and the prior of
Monks Kirby in Warwickſhire had two parts of the
tithe of graſs, and all the fmall tithes from the an-
tient demeſne. To this church then belonged five
ſeveral chapels; three of which, Burton, Kettleby,
and Freihby, had each a retideat chaplain ; and the
other two, Sextenby and All by, were to be ſupplied
twice iu a week from the mother church.
This church was appropriated to the priory of
Lewes in Suſſex, in 1285, 13 Edward J.“ as appears
by the Reports temp. Edward III. f. 532. p. 1.
In the regiſtry of the bitaop of Lincoln are pre-
ſerved the following documents reipecting Melton,
1. Vicarize ordinatio.
2. Commiſſio ad inquirend' ſuper exilitatem proven-
tuum ejuſdem vicarie,
3. Etiam poſt pradiftam augmentationem, citatio
proprietariorum pro fecunca augmentatione fiend” ib.
4. Ordinatio inter incolas Lamelette de Fretheby
infra parochiam de Meiton, prætextu dedicationis
cœmeterii capellæ de Fretheby.
5. Sequeſtratio fructuum ecciefize parochialis, pro
nonſolutione annuitatis vicariotum choralium Linc”.
In 1344, the procurations for Melton, Eye Kettleby,
Burton Lazars, Freby, Siſonby, and Welby, were 75.
624.; the church was taxed at £.100. and paid 10s.
for Peter-pence. The archdeacon of Lincoln had allo
a penſion from it of two marks.
In 1534-5, the vicarage was worth {.6. 135. Ad.;
and the king's books notice theſe payments:
To a chaplain reſident in Melton, 1
To a curate of Siloaby and Welby, 5 0 0
To a certain dean, 5 © ©
To a monk of Burton, 3 © ©
To a monk of Freby and Wyverby, 5 0 o
The realy of Melton had a penſion of gos. a yeer
ſrom the abbey of Gerendon 5, in lieu of tithes.
In 1652, Melton Mowbray was returned as an im—
propriation; the rectory worth £.200. z the vicarage
£.40.; and the incumbent as © ſufficient.“
In 1716, the value of the vicarage was thus returned:
Melton, — — 1.48 16 ©
Cuin capellis de Freby — $0. ©0 ©
——— dQooby _ 20 0 ©
5 Welby _ 16 0 ©
os Burton Lazars & & ©
£-109, 2 6
The preſent value in the king's books is C. 16. 85.
94. ; certified value C. 48. 105. Cd.
The epifcopal procurations are, tor the reQory, 125.
64.; the vicarage 4s. 45d. ; the archidiaconal, 113.
The living, comprebending the five hamlets, is a
vicarage of ſmall value, yet highly improveable, as the
tithes of the hamlets are compoſitions, and do not
appcar to have been raiſed, by any vicar, for a ſcries
ol years.
When the incloſure took place, by an unhappy diſ-
agreement between the patron of Melton Mowbray
and the vicar, and fome other untoward circumſtances,
On this ſubject ſee ſome curious remarks in Selden “ de Sepulturi;? or in Biog. Brit. ed. 1563, vol. VI. p- 379
3 Matriculus, p. Ixii.
5 See under the hiſtoty of that abbey ; and Appendix, p. 135.
s To this gentleman's induſtry and application the publick are indebted for the Act of Partiament which brou gh:
the Unclaimed Dividends ; a bill framed by himſelf, and carried only by the molt determined aud laudable perieveranct s,
advantages have bcen feit in the pretent day, and its benefits will deſcend to future ages,
Ia the hall-window of the vicarage-houte are the arms of Hudlon (lee p. 249.) as in plate XLIX. fig. 17.
2 From the MS notes of G. A.
Mowbray approprianda.
_
if ſeparately emblazoned, would h aVea ple aſing eſlect 2
*
ſon in Melton for whom the bell tolled after death;
till when the cuſtom was tor it to pals before, agree.
ably to the primitive inſtitution.
In 17063 there were perſous living (of the age of
80), who remembered burying in Mclton without
coffins. The poor were much rejoiced when the pe
riſh made an order for providing collins * tor that «ha
could not afford to pays. T“
—the reputed vicarial tithes were ſtinted to F. g 2.
and the ſum laid upon the lands, to be paid in .
quarterly to the vicar in the church porch, fo that it
can never now be increaſed : and it 15 vearly decrea-
ling in value, though the lands are regularty advancins ;
thote ncar the town being let for { 2. aud {ome even
£+3. an acre.
The impropriation, worth about £.200. a year, «as
veited in the late Eazvard Smith, el., aud palled, with
the manor, to 7chn Darker, etq, who died in 1784.
His daughter having been married fit to Jaleph
Nath, etq. and afterwards in 1755 to Edvard ore
Lovedea®, of Buſcot Halt. Berks, « q. one of the le-
preſentatives in parliament for the boroveh of Abiao-
don; this latter gentleman is now the lay impropria-
tor, in truſt for a daughter of Mr, Nath,
The patronage of the vicarage was purchaſed, from
lord Howe, by James Matthias, eſq. of London, 28
truſtee for the eſtate of the late Peter Godfrey, cfq. and
Is now the property of David-Gravier Godfrey and
William-Mackenzie Gedfrey, eſquires, lords allo of the kgs.
manor ot Welby, one of the hamlets of this pariſh 7. i
1he vicaragc-hovuſe *, built by the late vicar Mr.
Myddelton, is on the North-eaſt fide of tue church—
yard; fmall, but near, with a little garden behind;
to which a flip of adjacent ground has been lately
added, and is recorded on a {tone in the wall:
* Hortuli partem, orientem verſus,
Eccleſiæ dedit dicavitque Vir beneficus,
SHUCKBRUGH AcuBY,
de Quenby, Leiceſtrienſ.
Armiger, anno MDCOLAXXIL.
Caveant poſteri, ne vetuſtate pereſum,
vel ſordibus obductum,
hoe fileat monumentum.“
The Church, the great ornament of this place, for
ſize, loftineſs, and jymmetrv, takes the lead of all
others in the county, though it be, conſidering its
appearance, remarkably plain; the pillars, arcacs,
and windows, having ſcarcely any ornainent, except
the Welt porch, which is beautiful: yet there is a
ſtriking elegance in the lightſomeneſs of the whole in-
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and, together with the lower range, which differ in
ſize and form, make in the whole building 78. The
Eaſt window is broad, in two compartments, but plain;
the North and South large and long ; the Welt wel:-
proportioned, airy, and lately ornamented by the vi-
car with an elegant fancy of painting.
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Eaft end) are not embattled, hut all are leaded.
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The tower appears to have heen raiſed above its
original height ; for, the ſtyle of architecture is dif-
ferent, the old part in the ſharp- pointed Norman
faſhion, with zigzag ornaments, the upper part plain
Gothic; nothing enriched except the battlements,
which are pierced, and very lightſome. At whatever
time this addition to the height was made, it appears
that the old hieroglyphic figures projecting for large
ſpouts were carried to the top; one of which is fiv-
gular ; figure biform ; the right hand of the man and
the left hand of the woman joined, in poſture of
prayer, over the breaſt. See plate XLIX. fig. 2.
The nave reſts on ſix high pointed arches on four
cluſtered columns with rifing capitals ; and has twelve
clereſtory windows. The tranſepts alſo are ſupported
by very handſome pillars; and in each of them are
ſix clereſtory windows. From the roof of the nave
hang two clegant chandeliers, {ix branches each above,
and as many below; which coſt £.70: and on which
are engraven, © The Gift of Richard Gregory, of
Burton Lazars, in the pariſh, Gentleman, 1746.“
The dimenſions of the church are theſe :
From North to South tranſept 117 feet in length;
breadth, 38 feet. |
The chancel, 51 feet in length; 21 feet in breadth.
From Welt door to chancel, 113 feet; breadth of
nave, 56.
Leland calls this“ a fair paroche church, ſumtime
an hoſpital and cell to Lewes in Suſſex “.“
Camden ſays of it, Præter hæc celebriora loca,
omi:tenda non eſt Melton Mowbray, forum, a Mow-
braiis olim dominis denominatum, ubi nichil magis
conſpiciendum quam templum ſpecioſum *,”
When biſhop Gibſon viſited this church, there
were in it ſeveral antient ſtalls, and the caſe of an
organ; which perhaps induced him to ſuppoſe it to
have been formerly collegiate z but no trace either of
itallz or organ now remains.
In the ſteeple is a fine ring of ſix deep-toned bells,
the biggeſt in the county; the tenor (E. flat) 35 hun-
dred weight. Theſe are played on every third hoar
by a chime, which goes ſeveral tunes, and is the beſt-
made of any thing of the. kind in theſe parts.
In 1729, they were thus inſcribed :
I. Benetactors to this bell: Duke of Rutland, fir
Thomas Parkins, Thomas Bennet, eſq. Edward Smith,
eſq. Mrs. De la Fountaine, Mrs. Greene, Mr. John
Reeve, Mr. Samuel Stokes, Mr. John Browne,
Mr. Thomas Craven, Mr. John Brewen. A. D. 1708.
II. Ave, Sanda Macia. (See plate XLIX. fig. 3.)
III. Beata Maria.
IV. Ver campana ſacra fiat Trinitate beata, 1610.
V. J will Cound and retound unto thi people, Lord,
With my tweet voyſe to call them to thy word.
Thomas Owndle, Thomas Clowdesley, wardens, 1619.
This fifth bell is the Winter curfew, at eight in
the evening, from Michaelmas to Lady-day.
VI. Glory be to God on high. Roger Waite ?
and John Hodgkins church-wardens, 1656.
The fourth, fifth, and ſixth bells have ſince been
recaſt; and at preſent are thus inſcribed :
4. Gloria Patri, Filio, et Spiritui Sano, 1730.
Coelorum Chriſte, placeat tibi, rex, ſonus iſte +,”
5. Robert Wortnaby, Richard Worrill, church-
wardens; William Durrance, William Hill, Matthew
Simpſon, overſeers, 17066 5.
6. Eyre de Kettering fecit; James Fowkes and
James Durrance, C. W*. A D' 1753 ; William Howes
and James Fowkes, C. W A“ Di 1754.
„Sit Nomen Domini benediòum.
Laudate illum cymbalis ſonoris.
Cum ſono fi non vis venire,
Numquam ad preces cupies ire.“
The great bell is traditionally ſuppoſed to have
been taken from the lazar-houſe at Burton“.
There is allo a Sainctes bell, dated 1688, which
they ſay was brought hither from Eye Kettleby chapel.
* Itin, vol. V. p. 93.
MELTON MOWBRAY.
. Britannia, ed, 1607, P. 387.
* On this bell is a fine impreſſion of a queen's Anne's four-penny piece.
261
There is an embattled veſtry on the North fide of
the chancel, evidently of later date than the church,
which is alſo ſaid to have been built with ſtones from
the ruins of Burton Hoſpital. Over the Eaſt window
of it is“ A. D. 1532.“ See plate XLIX. fig. 4.
Over a North door of the church is a ſmall figure,
defaced, of St. Peter with his key. See fig. 5.
There is a neat entrance door at the Weſt end,
through a portico, where the fire-engines for the ule
the town are kept. This door is ſided by four fine
niches, a large and ſmall one on each fide; the corners
of it have, inſtead of buttreſſes, octagon pillars ; near
the top of which are two niches, one on each ſide.
See one of them, fig. 6.
It is always a grief to the Antiquary, in a viſitation
of churches, to ſee the ſhamefu] neglect in which they
are kept; all Gothic tracery broken or defaced ; and
the windows, from a mere ſaving to the periſh, half
ſtopped up with dabs of mortar, &c. But wich much
pleaſure I obſerve the reverſe in this fabrick, which,
tor neatneſs, is a pattern for buildings dedicated to God.
The chancel remains in the antient ſtyle of the old
building, before the additional elevation. Ir is at
preſent not conſonant with the reſt, but about to un-
dergo ſome improvements in the pews and floor, and
made more convenient for the communicants.
The whole church is pewed with fine Norway oak,
in the molt perfect order, without a ſingle interruption
to the eye: and each pew numbered with a neat ena-
mel plate. The pulpit is eminent, hexagonal, with
an entablature richly carved and inlaid.
In a North window, Dr. Ford has inſerted the arms
of Mr. Hudſon, tounder of the Bede-houſe, the arms of
the city of London, and the company of Haberdaſhers,
of which he was a member; very beautiful ſtained
glaſs, which uſed to be in the almſhouſe, but removed
hither for preſervation ; ſee plate XLVI. fig. 21—23.
The fine figures of St. James, and of the knight and
lady on horſeback in plate XLIX. fig. 7. 8. together
with the ſhattered remains of painted glaſs in this
church, and the hamlets of Freby and Welby, and
what others can conveniently be got together, are
intended to fill a whole window after a time.
The altar-piece is modern; wainſcoted; in five long
pannels, infcribed with the two tables of the Law,
the Creed, and Lord's Prayer, and variety of Scrip-
tures adapted to the folemnity of the Euchariſt. Over
all, in an orb of glory, MP Y].
A very complete piſcina, on the South fide of the
altar, is repreſented in plate XLIX. fig. 9; and a
ſmaller one, in the North tranſept, fig. 10.
The font, lately removed to the South-welt corner, is
of white marble, very plain; around the pillar of which
is an inſcription of the antient Greek church, fo pret-
tily contrived, that the words may be read after the
Greek or the Hebrew manner, and be exactly the ſame :
NIYON ANCMHMA MH MONAN OFfTIN 7,
And on the pedeſtal is inlaid the ſmall plate of gilt
braſs, heart-ſhaped, which lately was upon Chridopher
Gonſon's ſtone 5.
In the veſtry is an old eſquire's helmet, plate XLIX.
fig. 11; and a very valuable folio Latin Bible. :
Near the chancel door were formerly ſeveral bricks
of about three inches ſquare; ſome of which had
ſhields with variety of arms. One had J. B. S.; an-
other a figure of a wild beaſt, inlaid and glazed, &c.
Twelve of theſe are ſketched in plate XLVI. fig. 9.
In the ſame plate, the ſix ſhields with ſtars, fleurs
de lis, &c. marked 11—16, were taken, by Mr.
Schnebbelie, from a wainſcot ſcreen in the church.
Fig. 17. repreſents a ſquare bit of lead, about 3.ths
of an inch, with a flower ſtamped on it. Many of
them were found, about forty or fitty years ago, in
the old church-cheſt. Q. Were they for tickets, or
tokens for the workmen employed in building this
fine church? Or tor the poor ?
Father of Dr. W. Waite,
3 At the bottom of this bell, a fine impreſſion of a farthing of king George II.
* This from Mr, Brown, Aug. 22, 1753. G. A.
See p. 254: and a ſketch of it in plate XLVI. fig, 10.
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252 HISTORY any ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Inthechurch Mr. Wyrley noticed theſe arms, 1603 :
1. Azure, three crowns, Or. St. Edmund, king of
the Eaft Angles.
2, Gules, three lions paſſant, guardant, Or. England.
3. Azure, ſeme de fteurs de lis, Or. France,
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5. Or, an eagle diſplayed, Sable. Old Earl of Leic.
6. Checky, Or and Azure. Warren,
7. Gules, a lion rampant, Argent, charged with a
fleur de lis on the ſhoulder, Mowbray.
This (till remains in the Weſt window where for-
merly was alſo, © Magiſter Johannes de Meltona me fecit.”
8. Argent, a lion rampant, Gules. .
9. Gules and Sable, a lion rampant, Argent, Beler;
impaling Gules, three water-bougets, Argent. Kos,
10. Or, 2 bars, Gules, 3 torteauxes in chief. Wake.
11. Burgeis, otherwiſe Melton, as in p. 243.
12. A croſs patonce, with a label of three points.
On Sunday, May 5, 1776, the church was ſtruck
enen.
Walter de Melton, 1209, rector of one mediety,
Guido de Melton occurs rector about 1210,
John Space, 1220, rector of the other mediety,
William of Melton, preſented in or about 1280,
es.
John Louſeby occurs vicar, Jan. 13, 1415,
John Maſon >, refigned the vicarage 1424,
Henry Roſe, preſented to the perpetual vicarage Aug. 21, 1424,
Bartholomew Iunſtone !, 1 534,
Bartholomew Gonſone occurs 1543,
Milo Hemines 5 occurs 1562,
Iſaac Cowper, 1598,
Zachary Cawdrey *, 1613—1659,
John Dowell “, M. A. about 1660,
Simon Henley, M. A. Feb. 25, 1690; died 1731 *,
Jobn Hardy, Sept. 1, 1731; died 1740 ?,
Foulk Mydcelton “, Nov. 25, 1740,
Thomas Myddelton, M. A, Od. 8, 1741; died 1773,
Thomas Ford **, LL. D. Dec. 7, 1773,
with lightning : a ſmall hall of fire, which was ſeen ts
deſcend from a cloud, forced its way through a South
pinnacle, leaving an hole as if bored with an inſtru-
ment. It afterwards ſtruck the pinnacle on the North-
eaſt corner, and ſplit it to pieces. Fragments, of
ſeveral pounds weight, were found in the ſtreets ; but
the greateſt part, ſuppoſed to be 5 or 6 hundred
weight, broke through the roof of that part of the
North tranſept which is now a ſchool. From the
bells rhe lightning was conducted a conſiderable way
down the tower by a very thick wire (fixed for the
purpole of keeping the chimes from playing in time
of divine ſervice), which it melted, or rather burnt
into many pieces; at the end of which it forced its
way through the wall, without doing more damage
than ſhattering the ſtone a little, and diſplacing the
mortar. The whole congregation: felt an electric
ſhock, and ran out of the church; but, notwithſtang-
ing; the hurry and confuſion was great, providentially
very little accident happened.
PATRONS,
Prior and convent of Lewes.
The ſame.
John Bennett, eſq.
Thomas Bennett, eſq. of Welby.
} Elizaderh Bennett, ſpinſter.
Richard lord viſcount Howe.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
In the chancel.
On the North wall, in 1682, were:
1. Argent, two bars; and on a chief Azure three
leopards heads, Or. Wright. Plate XLVI. bg. 36.
2. Hudjon and Wright, defaced.
Near this, on the North wall, under the arms of
Hudſon, baronet, painted on wood, is this inſcription :
% This tablet preſerves the memory of ſuch of the
family of Hudſon as are interred under the altar ; but
whoſe grave- tones are removed to the pavement of
the chancel when the floor of the altar was raiſed,
A. D. 1718. The inſcriptions had probably been
worn out long before.
Robert Hudſon, eſq. citizen of London, and of
the pariſh of St. Mary Bothaw, was born in this town
15703; founded the hoſpital adjoining to the church
1640; and died 1641.
Sir Henry Hudion, his ſon, was created baro-
net 1660; died 1690. The epitaph written by
himſelf ſtill remains. ['See it below.]
«© Sir Edward Hudſon, baronet, ſon of fir Henry,
died in 1702.
Edward Hudſon, ſon of ſir Edward, died 1694.
Margaret, daughter of Sic Edward Bromfield,
knight, firſt wife of fir Henry Hudſon, bart. (by
whom he had 7 children, whereof Edward, Jane, and
Margaret, are buried here), died 1653."
? See plate XLVI. 24—35+
On flat ſtones on the floor:
1. Under the arms of Hudſon, baronet : (Parted per
chevron, crenelle, Argent and Gules, three eſcallops
counterchanged ; creſt, a fawn's head couped Argent,
gorged with a mural coronet Gules ; plate XL VI.
fig. 37s):
Motto, Fides per charitatem agens valet.
« Sir Henry Hudſon, baronet, ſon of
Robert Hudſon, of London, eſq.
Though dead, yet ſpeaketh to his poſterity.
Me when alive a little ſtone
Could hurt; now dead, not this great one.
"Tis life, not death, that doth hurt any;
Lives ill led—hurt, roo—too many.
Live well; and then what 's in the rear,
Dearth and Judgement, you need not fear.
If thou beeſt a pious devout ſoul, ſay with me,
Oh that you may live the life of the riguteous! H. H.
Fuit
In Deum, Regem, Patriam, & Ecclefiam, pius,
doctus literatorum patronus,
divitum ornamentum, pauperum tutamen,
Juvenum decus, ſenum honor,
Omnibus documentum.
= 1: _- { Salvatoris 1690.
Oblit 24 Aprilis, ano Tale ſuæ 8 1.0
2 Before the appropriation of this rectory to the prior and convent of Lewes, the Capellani de Melton occur frequently
among the witnefles to old deeds.
3 He exchanged this vicarage with Mr, Roſe for the rectory of Edmondthorpe, then in the patronage of the dowager queen
Kathatine. Reg. Chichley, ſede Lincoln, vacante, fol. 244. a.
+ This name, from the Valor in the Firſt Fruits Office is ſo little different from the one which follows it, that it is probably
a miſtake for Gonſone,
In the certificate referred to under Howes, p. 221, Mr, Hemines is thus deſcribed : ** Preſbyter, non conjugatus; doctus
reſidet; hoſpitalis ; deget ibidem ; non licentiatus, nec pradicat ; dua beneficia habet.“
s See his epitaph, p. 256; and ſome particuiars of his ſon, p. 259.
9 Sec his epitaph, p. 254.
s See his epitaph, p. 254.
See p. 255.
He died Sept. 20, 1741.
1: He pulled down the old large vicarage-houſe, built the preſent one. See his epitaph, p. 254, ;
Late ſtudent of Chriſt Church, Oxford, He touk the degree of LL. D. 1770 ; publiſhed a Viſitation Sermon, 1 Cor. ix. 16.
May 18, 1775; a ſermon (in a hard winter) for the benefit of the poor, Deut. xv. 11. Dec. 1, 1782; and another, intituled,
Nov. 14, 1791.
- Pietas Briftdlienſis, in commemoration of the pious Edward Colſton, eſq. that wonderful benefactor of his day, 2 Sam. xxiv. 23+
The pedigree, ſee p. 264, ſays, © born Jan, 15, 1564,"
2, Here
5 i HunDazD.) MEL TON MOWBRAY.
2. Here is interred the body of Jane Pell,
: wife of Richard Pell, of Demblebye,
in the county of Lincoln, eſq.
and eldeſt daughter of fir Henry Hudſon, bart.
who reſigned her ſoul to God, Aug. 24, 1680.
Here lieth alſo the body of Mrs. Jane 2
grand- daughter of the aboveſaid Mrs. Pell,
who died Jan. 1721, aged 22.“
4. © Here lieth the body of Nicholas Tyrwhitt, eſq,
the third ſon of ſir Philip Tyrwhitt, of Stainfield,
in the county of Lincoln, bart.
obiit Jan. 10, A. D. 1709.“
4. Here lieth the body of Jane Trigge,
who departed this life Feb. 1, 1713, aged 73.”
6. © Elizaberh-Judith Aſliby, eldeſt daughter
of Edmund Aſhby and Elizabeth his wife, and
grand-daughter of George Aſhby, of Quenby, eſq.
born Aug. 20, 1721, O. S. died Jan. 30, 1755.
In the South tranſept, now called“ The Old
Chancel,” formerly a ſeparate chapel, on a mural
alabaſter monument- are theſe arms: On a wreath,
Argent, three text t's Sable; Pate; impaling, Barry
of eight, Argent and Gules per pale counterchanged,
in chief a greyhound currant, Sable, Skipwith. Creſt,
a ſtag's head caboſhed, Or ; a raven reguardant, with
wings expanded Sable. The inſcription is:
« M.S.
Johannis & Elizabethæ Pate;
quos Deus una, Mors geminã carne fecit,
| hos rejunxit hoc marmor.
Siſte, & aſpecta, quiſquis es qui preteris,
Johannẽ Pate (de Siſonby in comitatu Leiceſtrienſi)
baronetty, virum egregium,
Antiqua familia Patorum de Kettlebee ortũ,
natalibus majorem,
vitæ mortiſque integra,
aſſertorem cauſe Auguſte Caroli Primi
(ſemper beatæ memoriz Principem)
ſtrenuy, forte, fidũ,
votu piũ a quo licet cecidit,
nil addat celebrius Fame tuba.
Quem juxta recumbit (velut in amplexu)
Elizabetha, generis ſui gloria, exemplar
vitæ probe, mortiſque benedictæ, .
Gulielmi Skipwith, comitatùs Leiceſtrenſis,
militis & baronetti, filia, conjux fidiſſima,
quæ peperit 5 filios (omnes emortuos) filiaſque totidẽ,
quarũ ſuperſtites Abigail, Thome Smith,
de Hatherton, in comitaiu Ceſtrenſi, baronetti,
& Franciſca Caroli Carington *, a Barone de Wootton,
comitatiis Warwicenſis, filii natu 4“,
conjuges dilectiſſime, & mcerentes cohwredes,
ſumptibus ſuis monumentũ hoc impar
parentibus poſuerunt chariſſimis,
quorũ ille ritu ſepulerali donatus
apud Sta Egidiu prope Lond.
anno 1659, ætatis ſexageſimo ſeptimo;
Illa, ſub hac terri, die Auguſti decimo ſeptimo,
anno 1628, #tatis ſuæ 37,
Reſurrectionem præſtolantes. Amen.“
Near this, on another mural alabaſter monument:
« M. 8.
Abigailis Smith, de Sy ſonby, Thome Smith,
baronetti, conjugis fidiſſimæ;
Johannis Pate, baronetti, filiæ piiſſimæ;
Fr genus illuſtriſſimum virtutibus decoravit ſuis.
Afflictis rebus et ſecundis, æquam ſervavit mentem ;
Utriuſque fuit fortune ambitio & decus:
omnibus quidem vixit:
collars round their necks.
253
plus quam victrix gloriatur
Devicto exultans ſerpente.
AÆternum colis canit IO PAN.
Unicam reliquit natam ſuperſtitem,
parente pia filiam magis piam
quam, hæredem maternatum virtutum & facultatem,
duxit uxorem vir egregius,
Meritifimus Richardus Liſter,
de Thorpe-Arnald, armiger, qui cum
conjuge* dilectiſſimà marmor hoc curirunt adornandum,
flagrantis argumentum pietatis.
Rediit Decembris 25, 1691, ætatis ſue 67.”
In the chancel of Wotton Wawen, co. Warwick:
« Here lieth the body of the honourable
' Frances Carrington,
wife to the hon. Charles Carrington,
and one of the coheirs of fir John Parte,
of Siſonby, in the county of |
Leiceſter, who departed this life July 15, 1693.”]
On another mural monument of ſtatuary and dove
marble with a large buſt, ſupported by two angels :
Arms: Quarterly, 1. and 4. Per pale, Argent and
Gules, two bars buttrefſed, counterchanged ; Bennett.
2. and 3. Argent, on a chief Gules, two mullets
pierced Or; St. Jobn of Bletſo. Plate XLVI. fig. 39.
« Near this monument are interred the bodies of
St. John Bennett, of Welby, eſq. and Mary his wife,
who was daughter of fir Thomas Middleton,
of Chirk Caſtle, in the county of Denbigh, baronet
by whom he had three ſons and two daughters; viz.
Thomas, who ſucceeded him,
and died on the 10th of June, 1738,
and was beneath this buſt depoſited ;
St. John, who died abroad ;
George, married Mary, the daughter
of Thomas Mansfield, of Leake, eſq.
and died a major in the army, without iflue,
10 weeks before his eldeſt brother,
and was likewiſe buried here;
as alſo Mary his relict;
Mary, the youngeſt daughter, died in Wales,
and lies interred in a vault in Chick church;
and Elizabeth, the only ſurvivor,
cauſed this monument and inſcription
to be erected to their memories.
And as all the deceaſed here particularly named
ſpent their lives with integrity and honour in this world,
their ſurviving friends
may reſt in ſure and certain hope
that they are happy eternally ;
For, + Bleſſed are the dead which die in the Lord.“
Near this, on an altar monument, is an alabaſter
figure of a lady in flowing hair raiſed in front ; her
head on a cuſhion held by angels in long robes; ſhe
has the mitten ſleeves, ſurcot, necklace, belt with
nine ſtuds, and mantle: at her feet two dogs with
On this tomb are five
ſhields; 1. at the head, Argent, on a bend between
ſix croſs croſslets fitchee Gules, three lozenges Argent,
for Burgeis, alias Melton; 2. 3. 4+ the ſame repeated
in the front, as in plate XLIX. fig. 13. The fifth,
at the bottom, is blank.
There is alſo another tomb, of a ſpecies of black
marble, on which have been two figures in braſs, now
deſtroyed. Round the ledge has been an inſcriptio
of braſs, but not one letter is preſerved. |
This probably is the ſame on which Burton found
engraved, Nebuly, Argent and Sable, in a canton, Gules,
a creſcent, Or, Brekeſby ; impaling, Vaire, Argent and
Sable, a feſs, Gules, Bracebridge (plate XL VI. fig.
/ bhi voto mania indics mociendo. 40.); and which an Harleian MS. thus notices ;
i ſacro ſanctà ſub cruce fortiter militavit. On a ſtone, with two portraitures in braſs:
Ipsa Morte triumphata, Vartholomeus Brokelby, arm. ob. 1543 ; et Elizab' ufor
7 Miles nunc demum emerita Jus + +++ +.
„ Play ZLVI. 6g. if, * See a letter of his to Mr. Staveley, under the pariſh of Belgrave.
The memory of one of their children, who died in 17 $7, is thus preſerved: ** On Tueſday morning died, in Southamp-
4on-ſtreet, after a lingering illneſs, Abigail, the widow and relict of Henry Browne, of Skelbrook, in the county of York, eſq.
She was the daughter of Richard Liſter, of Thorpe, in the county of Leiceſter, eſq. by Frances Pate Smith, only child of fir
Thomas Smith, of Hatherton, in the county of Cheſter, bart. by Abigail, daughter and coheir of fir John Pate, of Siſonby,
in the county of Leiceſter, bart. She was a woman that excelled in the practice of every virtue, and truly amiable in every
|, relation of life, and did honour to the family from which ſhe deſcended.“ London Evening Poſt, Oct. 1757. 85
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254 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICES TERSHIRR.
Ihe following epitaphs occur alſo in the ſame MS.
Arms: Three wolves paſſant in pale between two -
launches Or, each charged with an anchor Sable,
Chauncy ; impaling, Argent, two chevrons Sable, on
each three martlets of the firſt between as many Elizabeth, wife of Edward Harriſon, di
eſcallop ſhells of the ſecond ; fig. 41. : "2 — died May 5,
Clement Chauncy, elg. and Elizabeth his wife,
ſiſter to ſir Chriſtopher Draper *, lord-mayor of London.
"2" Ye died 8 Sept. 1578.“
Johannes Wood, mercator Stapuli Caleſ”, et Margeria
- uro: ejus, oblit 1 500
Willielmus Gonfon, mercator,
Willielmus Brokeſby et Alicia uxor ejus
Willielmus Waring, mercator Stapuli Calet . .*
At the South end of this tranſept is a very ſmall,
but neat, mural monument of ſtatuary marble :
Arms: Sable, a chevron Ermine between three
otters paſſant Argent. Creſt, out of a ducal coroner,
a pelican vulning herſelf proper * ; the ſhield fur-
rounded with guns, ſwords, and various implements
of war; and under the arms:
© In memory of Chiverton Hartopp !, eſq.
of Welby, in this county,
who departed this life April 2, 1759,
in the 69th year of his age;
and Catharine his wife,
who departed this life Aug. 8, 1755, aged 54 years.”
| Upon flat ſtones :
1. Here lieth interred
the body of Elizabeth De la Fountaine,
widow and relict of John De la Fountaine, eſq.
who departed this life December 6, 1729, aged 72;
and the body of her ſiſter, Anne Needham,
who died January 28, 1729, aged 66.”
2. Hic jacet corpus Thome Bonet, civis Londinenſis,
qui obiit decimo die Decembris, A. D. 1685.”
Alſo Arabella
hujus eccleſie vicarii his wife,
| annis XL,- daughrer of 1 5
quod claudi potuit, John and Mary Dowell.
* hic jacet. She died Dec. 177
Obiir quinto die Junii, 1734, |
Salutis 17313
#tatis ſuæ 66.
« Elizabeth Henley, their daughter,
died March 20, 1740, aged 19.”
4. Here lieth interred the Rev. Mr. Thomas Cave,
of Catthorpe in this county,
who was curate of this pariſh 36 years.
He died May 27, 1756,
in the 63d year of his age.”
5. © Sarah, wife of 1 homas Myddelton, died
- July 3, 1759, aged 36.
A ſon and a daughter of them are alſo here buried.”
6. © In memory of the Rev. Thomas Myddelton, M.A.
vicar of this pariſh,
who departed this life Nov. 7, 1773, aged 58.”
7. Here lieth interred the body of
Nathaniel Parks Morris,
the ſon of Natbaniel and Ann Morris,
who departed this life the 18th of November, 1735,
in his infancy.
Alſo the body of Elizabeth,
— daughter of Nathaniel and Ann Morris.
She departed this life the gth of November, 1736,
in her infancy.”
Elizabeth, wife of John Brown, M. A. died Octo-
ber 2, 1739, aged 35. .
John Corbett, gent. died January 7, 1771, aged 21.
Margaret Corbett, widow, died Jan. 24, 1732.
Sarah, wife of W. Healy, died Nov. 1, 1738, aged 38.
Harl. MSS. '2129.
Draper, an inhabitant of Melton.
1 aged 70 years.
Ser p. 123.
Father of the preſent counteſs Howe. See more of him under Welby, p. 283. 5 Mr, Inett was an apothecary at 2
On this marble was formerly alſo the ſmall heart-ſhaped braſs, which now ornaments the font. See p. 251. See p 130.
* Mr, John Hardy, of Nottingham, to whom Dr. Stukeley, in
Curioſum, was preſented to the vicarage of Melton Mowbray in 1731, and held alſo the rectory of Kynolton, co. Nottioghan, a
_ peculiar of the archbiſhop of York. He was fome time chaplain to the counteſs dowager of Lincoln; a member of the Gent 4
men's Society at Spalding, and the intimate friend of its founder, Maurice Johnſon, eſq. who, in the minutes of the 2 — 4
tions Mr. Hardy as an excellent grammariaoand antiquary, a beneficent man, a very valuable friend, and good correſpon TW
4 6
1
Richard Inett“, gent. died May 20
aged 61. 5 | A
Frances, his wife, died May 15, 1784, a
And wb of ole children in Deir e 1 97.
1775, aged 414.
enelope, daughter of Thomas Crane, died June
23, 1721, aged 5. |
Thomas Crane, eſq. died December 14, 1766
aged 88,
Anne, his wife, died Feb. 9, 1738, aged 63.
Anne, daughter of Thomas Crane, eſq. March 9
t781, aged 67. |
William Abington, gent. died February 5, 1720
aged 41s. . ;
Ann his widow, died Auguſt 19, 1750, aged 62,
In the North tranſept.
1. A large blue marble*, on which is a plate of
gilt braſs, with this inſcription :
4+ © Joſeph Noble, efq. died Nov. 6, 1792, aged 68.”
Citizen and ironmonger of London, and lord-mayor in 1566 ; he was ſon of John
The bodyes of Crjiftofer Gonfon, born in Lankeſhire, and Eltz
abethe His wife, borne in thys towne, lyeth buryed here under
thus ſtone, and departed in thys towne with god's mercy owte of
thys world, fens the pere of our lord god 1498: whych
Chryſtofer andEliz-beth were father and mother unto wn,
jam Gonſon, of London, efquyer for the body anto Un
ry the viij, and unto Bartolomew Gonſon preſt, now vn⸗
ar of this pariſhe church, and unto Annes Gunelleſworthe, 0
unningborne; whiche ij childerne de now. lyvynge, and dyverle
ther theyr chylderne deptyd to God, all borne in this tow
of Melton, Toward whos ſoules pt may pleaſe almighty
d togyvehysmercyw*petye. Datydy* rx day of Aug. a® 1 54.4.
2. Near the North door, a ſmall, but neat, mural mo-
nument of ſtatuazy marble :
„To the memory of Anthony Wadd ?, gent.
| interred, near this place
who died February 1, 1758, aged 61.”
3. © In memory of the reverend and learned
Mr. John Hardy“, of Willington, in Lancaſhire,
0 ſometime vicar of this pariſh.
He died June 28, 1740, aged 60 years.“
aged 66.
Mary, his wife, died Auguſt 26, 1710, aged 33.
| Stokes (from Hinckley), gent. died De-
| ae Stokes, gent. died December 2, i742,
cember 27, 1753, aged 51.
Jane, his widow, died Feb. 22, 1761, aged 44.
Edward Stokes, gent. died Feb. 28, 1781, aged 73.
Edward Stokes, gent. died March 12, 17 57, aged 44+
Beneath, ſeveral of his infant children.
Richard Tealby died January 6, 1753, aged 77.
Sarah Dawſon died Feb. 24, 1785, aged 69.
William Dawſon, died April 26, 1747, aged 65:
Mary, his wife, died Dec. 24, 1761, aged 77.
John Hardy, died May 7, 1751, aged 33.
Jane, wife of Jonathan Hubbard, died May 1, 1706,
aged 46.
Samuel, George, Sarah, and Sarah, children of
John Whitchurcb, all died in their infancy.
Elizabeth Dawſon died January 2, 1716, aged 73.
Thomas Unwin died April 1 7 1775, aged 41.
William Dickens died April 13, 1743, aged 69.
Elizabeth, his wife, died OQtober 15, 1731,
aged 57.
ward Garner died April 3, 1739, aged 44
— Dickens Garner, his daughter,
a 1767, aged 34. 2
8 wife of William Bunſtall, died Auguſt
12, 1727, aged 54- |
John Clarkſon died April 15, 1769, aged 39-
died
plate XXVIII, fig. 5, 6.
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Two infants of Richard Cheſelden, gent. died in
1710 and 1711. pen,
Elizabeth Brigſtock died September 13, 1743,
aged 78. 6
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aged 65. 5
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Ins the nave: |
Over the Weſt door, on a handſome mural monument :
« To the memory of Mrs. Mary Greene;
ſhe was daughter to Mr. Roger Waite, of this town,
by Anne his wife:
firſt, married to William Parker, eſq. barriſter at law;
and afterwards to Charles Greene, lientenant-ccloncl
| in the earl of Peterborough's dragoons,
who died at the battle of Almanza in the year 1707.
N
Among the many inſtances of he charity,
both in her life and at her death,
ſhe gave by her laſt will L. 200. to be laid out
towards the new-ſeating of the church.
She was interred, 40 feet to the Eaſt of this place,
the 7th' of May, 1739, in the 68th year of her age.“
On flat ſtones :
1. Hic jacet corpus Gulielmi Hartopp, generoſi;
qui obiit 15 die Martii, A. D. 1635.
Dame Mary, wife of William Hartopp,
died Sept. 2, 1639.”
2. * John Dowell , M. A. vicar of this pariſh,
died. . 1690, aged co
And Mary his wWiffſfſee 0 oo of?
Mr. Robert Waite, died July 10, 1693.
3* ] Anne his wife, died May 11, 1717.
4. William Waite, M. D.
interred the 22d of July, 1719.“
5. Here lieth Joanna, the wife of John Reeve, gent.
who departed this life the 16th day of November,
A. D. 1730, aged 42 years.”
6. At the Weſt end:
“ Here lieth the body of Anne,
the wife of William Reeve, gent.
who departed this life Feb. 2, 1737,
in the 87th year of her age.”
7. Here lieth the body of John Reeve, gent.
who departed this life the 23d day of June, 1741,
aged 57.
8. * In memory of Mrs. Mary Reeve,
who was interred the goth of December, 17 52,
in the 73d year of her age.”
9. © Here lieth interred the body of
Thomas Reeve, gent.
who departed this life the 21ſt day of February, 1773,
in the 78th year of his age.“
10.“ William Reeve, eſq. died June 14, 1791, aged by.
11.“ Beneath lie interred the remains
of Reuben Parke, eſq;
who departed this life the 16th day of January, 1784,
in the 67th year of his age.“
12, © Beneath lie interred the remains
of Elizabeth, the widow of Reuben Parke, eſq.
She died the 10th day of March 1788,
in the 67th year of her age.”
13. © Mary, wife of William Stretton,
died July 19, 1711, aged 46.”
14. Beneath lie interred
the remains of Robert Skerrit, gent.
who departed this life Dec. 11, 1788,
in the 74th year of his age.”
% Samuel Perkins, M. B. died Auguſt 11,
1767, aged 69.
Elizabeth, his wife, died June 21, 1771,
aged 66,”
* No part of this inſcription is now remaining,
15.
M ELTON MOW BRA. 255
In the South aile, commonly called Diz6;'s alle,
and formerly appropriated to Eye-Kettleby, under a
round arch, is a croſs-legged knight * in a round hel-
met of mail with a band, bis ſhield on his left-arm
bearing, Gules, a lion rampant, Sable; his ſword is
under it; his belt is plated, and there is a dog at his
ſeet. Over him is inſcribed in modern characters:
„% Ty1s is THE LORD Hanos BELER, +
BROTHER TO THE LoRD MowBray.”
A beautiful pedigree of the family of Villiers
preſerves a drawing * of Ralph lord Beler, a grandſon
of lord Hamon. His figure is placed on the tomb in a
coat of mail, his legs croſs each other, and on his }cft
arm a ſhield bears alſo Gules, a lion rampant, Sable.
Near this, on the floor, are three very lopg and
broad flat ſtones, ſlightly ſxerched in plate XLIX.
fig. 18—20; from which the braſs figures and in-
icriptions are all now gone.
Ove of theſe was for Sir chu Dizby, of Kettleby,
who was buried in this aile, with a dillcrence of a third
brother in his arms“; and upon whoſe monument,
Burton ſays, was graven, Azure, a ficur de lis, Argent,
Digby; impaling, Or, on two bars, Gules, three
water-bougets, Argent, Willoughby of Hollaton; alſo,
Digby, impaling, Sable, a grittia ſegreant, Argent,
Griffin ; ice plate XLVI. fig. 42, 43.
The inſcription on this ſtone was,
« Of pour devotion and charite
San a Pater noſter and an Ave,
That God to his grace and light,
Keceave the lole of fir John D:gbye, knight,
And of dame iathrine 5 and dame Anne his wifes.
Which ſir John Digbye died anno Domm 1 533.”
On another of them are yet ſome traces of
„Hic jacet Kobertus Digbne
tuj' anime propitiet” Deus. Amen.“
In this aile, 168 1, were four banners and a guydon:
1. Argent, in a chief Gules, two mullers Or, a label
Argent, St. John; impaling, Sable, three ſwords in pile,
blades Argent, hilts and pomels Or, Porolett ; fig. 44.
2. St. John; impaling, Argent, a lion rampant
Gules, within a bordure engrailed between three
pheons ; Egerton ; fig. 45.
3. As the ſecond.
4. Egerton; impaling Argent, on a bend Azure,
three bucks heads caboſhed Or; fig. 46.
The guydon :
1. St. Jobn; 2. Argent, a feſs with a label of three
points; between fix cinquefoils Gules; 3. Azure, a
bend Argent, cottiſed, between fix martlets Or, Tongue;
4. Paly of fix, Argent and Azure, on a bend Gules,
three eagles diſplayed Or: Impaling, 1. Fger/on, as
before; 2. Or, three piles Gules, on a canton Ar-
gent, a griffin ſegreant Sable, Baſſet of Sreffordſhire ;
3- Argent, on a bend Azure, three bucks heads ca-
boſhed Or, Stanley; 4. Argent, four barsGules, over all
a lion rampant Sable, crowned Or, IVaſstho/e; fig. 47.
In the North alle :
On a plain tablet of alabaſter, agaiaſt the North wall:
„ M. S. Elizabethæ Gualteri Pare ? uxoris,
in Deum ac maritum pix :
Quz, cum avitos Gerardorum potuit jaCtare faſtu,
Chriſtiano maluit gloriari nomine;
Ccelicolũm aſcripta choro,
cujus ætatem prævenit cana virtus;
Matrona, priuſquam mater.
Tanto przſtat moribus vitæ fœnerari, quam anvis !
Cui nec indotata virtus, fed forma dives,
et, rarò forme comite, pudicitia,
O ſpes tallaces !
Hanc talem invida Mors rapuit;
vitam proli danda, ſuam amiſit.
Sic optiora occurrunt ultro fatis.
Diſce, Lector,
Immortalitatem qui ſperant mortalia ſpernunt.
Domini MPC LX1 ;
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Obiit xv11 Mai!, Xlatis ſuæ xxviII.
* See plate XLIX. fig. 14. Commonly called Mowbray, but ſuppoſed to be Beler.“ Viſitation, 1681, in the Office of Arnis.
Erroneouſly aſcribed by Mr. Le Neve to Adam de Villiers. It is engraved in plate XLVIII. fig. 1; with two other civls-
egged knights of the tame family, fig. 2, 3. and a monument of one of their deſcendants at Whiſſendine, fig. 8.
plate, fig. 4, 65 repreſent the founder of the family, and his arms, as delineated on the pedigiee in the Eritiſh Muſeum.
* See the pedigree of Digby, p. 262,
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l * This lady died in the year 1500.
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256 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
On flat ſtones :
1. Hic jacet Maria Spongue, filia Joſue Spongue,
. quz obut 26* die Novembris,
A. D. 1647, tat. 21.“
2, Here lieth the body of Mr. Robert Margetſon,
youngeſt ſon of the late archbiſhop of Armagh,
interred Feb. 11, A. D. 1688-9.“
ED Reſurrectionem expectans,
ere lietb the body of Barbara,
eldeſt daughter of Robert Gilbert, gent.
and relit of Edward Parker, of Brandon,
in the county of Lincoln, gent.
who departed this life 2* die Aprilis,
anno Salvatoris 1690, ætatis ſuæ 56.”
4+ * Henry Croddyn, interred Jan. 3, 1699.
Here lieth the body of Edith,
the wife of Leonard Burton,
and daughter of Henry Croddyn, gent.
who departed this life May 16, 1736, aged 73 years.”
5. Here hieth the body of Leonard Burton,
who departed this life Feb. 16, 1739,
aged 55 years.”
John Brewen, gent. died June 15, 1737, aged 51.
Francis Boothe died September 23, 1683.
William Booth, died Auguſt 29, 1719, aged 85,
On the Weſt end a mural monument :
© To the memory of Mr. John Lambert, apothecary,
buried near this place ;
who departed this life Dec 25, 1736, aged 60.“
| In the South aile :
1. A flat ſtone to the memory of Charles Hudſon,
and 6 ſons and 3 daughters, thus:
“Robert, lived . . . . . and died Sept. . 1669.
Hudſon, aged 4 years and 6 months; died May 9, 1675.
Margaret, lived 31 days; died May 29, 1672.
W—_ lived one year and 9 months; died June
I, 1675.
Richard, aged 2 years 6 months; died Nov. 6, 1678.
Elizabeth, lived 30 days; died Sept. 16, 1678.
Benjamin, born March 29, 1680 ; and ſurvives.
Ann, lived one year ; and died June 24, 1682,
Michael, lived 6 months and 3 days ; buried under
this Aug. 22, 1688.
The other children deceaſed are interred under this
ſtone. |
The father departed this life July 9, anno Domini
1688, ætat. 47.
Reſurrefionem expefantes.””
On the ſame ſtone :
« Here lies the reli& of Charles Hill,
buried July 17, 1723, aged 71.”
On other flat ſtones, at the Weſt end:
2. * Here lieth the body of Joannah Wilcocks,
who departed this life Dec. 10, 1713,
aged 104 years.“
2. John Lambert, apothecary, March 24, and one of
his children, Dec. 24, 1742.
4+ John Farayn, died May 25, 1587 ; and Anne his
wife 1569. :
5. Thomas Raven, churchwarden in 1619.
6. Henry Blankley, churchwarden, died April 20,
1695, aged 51.
7. Joan, reli of Thomas Hayes, gent. died Aug.
22, 1720, aged 76. |
8. William Huddleſton, apothecary, died April 10,
1768, aged 49.
Near him three infant ſons of Edward Huddleſtone.
9. An infant ſon of John Simpſon in 1781.
The Church-yard is ſurrounded on the Eaſt, South,
and Weſt, with a broad gravel-walk and trees, par-
ticularly the Eaſt a double ſhady row ; adjoining to
which is Hudſon's hoſpital, with his arms, and this
inſcription over a window:
ROBERT HUDSON, ESQ.
FOUNDER OF THIS HOSPITAL,
ANNO DOMINI
1640,”
Over the door :
© MAISON DE DIEU, 1640.“
A new ſtone hath lately been laid down, to perpetuate the longevity of the deceaſed.
In the church-yard :
By the North door of the church, on a ſmall mural
monument of alabaſter, 17 inches by 26,
2. 6. o.
VICAR || MOTHER
OF THIS||OF EIGUT
PARISH CHURCH, || CHILDREN
AGED LXXY;5* ||AND 4 SURVIVE uk.
ZACH, CAWDREY.|| ANN CAWDREY,
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Near the chancel Eaſt window, on a ſmall monument:
Arms: Azure, a chevron Ermine, between three
leopards heads, Or; creſt, out of a mural crown, Ar-
gent, a leopard's head, Or.
« Near this place lie the remains of
Miſs Jemima Aſhby, daughter of
Mr. John Aſhby, of London, merchant;
who departed this life the 31ſt of May, 1751,
aged 60.“
& Alſo Mr. Richard Aſhby, brother of the above,
and ſon of Mr. John Aſhby, Turkey-merchant
in London. He died Feb. the 4th, 1769, aged 84.”
FAITH AND cha-
RITY THE WAY
TO GLORY,
BVRIED XV JUNE,
ANNO DOMINI
| MDCXXXVII.
22 FEET NORKTHWARD FROM
THIS PLACE, ARE INTERRED
THE BODIES OF THESE TWO,
DA GLORIAM DEG.
And at the feet, on a large flat ſtone ſurrounded
with iron rails, this inſcription :
« To the memory of Shuckbrugh Aſhby, eſq.
ſecond ſon of George Aſhby, of Quenby, eſq.
by Mary, the daughter and heir-general
of Euſeby Shuckbrugh, of Naveſby,
in the county of Northampon, eſq.
who was here buried on the gth of May 1750,
in the ninetieth year of his age.
And alſo Mary, the wife of Shuckbrugh Aſhby, gent.
and daughter of Nele Hewett, of Dunton Baſſet, eſq.
died the 3oth of November, 1743,
aged 77 years and 9 months.“
Near the North-weſt corner, a neat monument
guarded with iron; over the tomb a ſarcophagus; an
urn at the top; and an urn and flame at cach end.
On the Eaſt end of the tomb is,
In memory of
Richard Gregory of Burton Lazars, gent.
who departed this lite March 28, 1747,
in the 64th year of his age.”
On the South ſide :
« Here lieth the body of Frances, the wife of
Richard Gregory, gent. of Burton Lazars, |
who departed the 13th day of May, A. D. 1743 ·
On the North fide : |
« Edward, ſon of Richard and Ann Hughs,
interred November 14, 1670.
Richard Hughs, of Siſonby, interred April 3, 1671.
Anne, the wife of Richard Hughs, Jan. 6, 1669.
Anne, the wife of John Gregory, gent.
and daughter of Richard and Anne Hughs,
| died June 29, 1691.
John Gregory, gent. of Burton-Lazars,
died Auguſt 12, 1699.”
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On the North fide of the church-yard:
1. Bencath a double coffin tomb, ſhaped like the
ſketch in plate XLIX. fig. 21. (the earth, which had
nearly reached the top, being lately removed):
On one ſtone:
« Here lieth the body of Thomas Curll,
who departed this life Dec. 16, 1699,
ætat. ſuæ 59.”
7. On the other:
« Here lieth the body of dame KATHERINE,
the reli of the hond Henry Haſtings, eſq.
anno ætat. ſuæ 67.
Interred Dec. 2, falutis 16 91.
2. © Suſannah, wife of John Terriweſt,
and daughter of William and Ann St. Jore,
of Caen, in Normandy,
who died Dec. 8, 1759, aged 36.”
3. Here lieth the body of Alſo of Suſannah, wife
William Smith, of William Smith,
who died Nov. 7, 1748, who died Nov. 7, 1748,
aged 75. aged 84.
Edward, ſon of William and Suſannah,
who died OR. 1, 1727, aged 29.
Suſannah, daughter of the above,
died Dec. 1, 1749, aged 23.”
4. © Rev. John Smith, late vicar of Loddington, ſon
of the above, died Dec. 23, 1755,
aged 44 years.
Thomas, ſon of the above, died June 13, 1762,
aged 48.
Alſo Catharine wife of Thomas Smith,
died March 21, 1762, aged 38.“
5. Walter Smith,
ſon of Walter and Elizabeth Smith,
| died Jan. 3, 1793,
(to the great grief of his parents)
aged 20 years.
Nature would cry, my fon! my fon!
O that 1 now had died for thee !
Bur Faith replies, His will be done
Who lent the bleſſing firſt to me.
Lent and reſumes :—it is the Lord!
His will be done bis name ador'd !”
On the South-ſide of the church-yard :
&© Rebecca, the wife of William Olphin, died
Auguſt 19, 1745, aged 78
6. William Olphin, died April, 14, 1757, aged 90
Mary, their daughter, died March g, 1783,
aged 81
Father, mother, and daughter were, * 249.
7. * To the memory of John Wainer, Anne his wiie,
Mary and John, ſon and daughter,
who died Aug. 27, Sept. 14, Oct. 26, Nov, 3, 1747.
All muſt reflect with deepeſt thought
Life's momentary ſtate,
Whilſt they this doleful ſcene behold
And dire event of fate.
Who ſuffered not ten fleeting weeks
'Their timely courſe to run,
Before he ſtruck the matron dear,
The daughter, fire, and ſon.”
8. © John, ſon of Robert and Sarah Hill,
died Dec. 18, 1759, aged 12.
I ſaw the world too ſoon, and ſoon I died;
But had J longer liv'd to have eſpied
A heap of milchief in this world contain'd,
I might have loſt that which I now have gain'd.”
9. On the Weſt ſide of the church-yard :
John Simpſon, Sept. 28, 1774, aged 84 years.
Elizabeth Simpſon, Oct. 12, 1775, aged 85 years.
MELTON MOWBRAY. 257
Lo here beneath this. hallow'd turf
An aged pair now lie, |
Who, tho” were anxious how to live,
Yet always liv'd to die.
Near ſixty years they wedded were;
And led a happy life:
He the induſtrious huſband was
And ſhe the prudent wife. |
Hence, reader, learn to ſpend thy time
In honeſt virtuous ways;
That when thou dieſt thy ſou] may dwell
Where's ever endleſs praiſe,”
10. On an altar-tomb:
& William Worrall died Nov. 8, 1753, aged 60 years.
Mary, the wife of William Worrall, and
mother, by him, of ten children, died
June 13, 1737, aged 32 years.“
| North fide:
11. * Margaret, wife of John Walton,
Dec. 21, 1700.
Live to-day—to-morrow is too late.”
| On upright ſtones :
12. * Andrew Jordaine, buried Aug. 23, 1723.
Farewell, vain world, I've ſeen enough of thee ;
Nor do I value what thou ſayſt of me:
J court no ſmiles, no frowns I fear,
All's one to me—my head lies quiet here.
What ill you've ſeen in me, be ſure to ſhun ;
And look at home there's ſomething to be done.”
13. Thomas, fon of Thomas and Mary Raven,
died Aug. 6, 1730, aged 17 years.
Like a bird of prey
Death ſnatch'd away
Our harmleſs dove,
Whoſe ſoul's at reſt in heaven above.”
14. Here lieth the body of Mr. Nathaniel Morris,
who departed this life, Oct. 16, 1744, aged 47.
Oh! ſee how ſhort his life, cropt in the prime
of youth!
Honeſt in his dealings, always a friend to truth!”
15. * In memory of Thomas Garber, ſurgeon,
who died December 24, 1740, aged 72;
and ſeven of his children ;
the youngeſt whereof was Brownell Garbet,
interred the 31ſt of March, A. D. 1747, aged 29
and of Prudence the wife of Thomas Garber,
interred the 15th of December, 1751,
in the 78th year of her age.”
Here needs no monument of braſs
To tell that Prudence Garber was;
No marble buft, nor lofty tomb,
Inſcribed, Beneath lies ſuch a one !?
No: her good works attend her to the ſkies,
And there a glorious monument ſhall ariſe.
Where every virtue ſhall recorded be,
And Saints and Angels fing her eulogy.”
[Prudence Garbet* was the daughter of Mr. alder-
man Richard Hayward *, ſheriff of Coventry in 1674,
and mayor of that city in 1682 * ; who left iſſue, by
Anne his wife, one ſon and three daughters; viz.
Edward, M. A. vicar of Fillongley and Maſtock. co.
Warwick, who died in 1718 fine prole *; Prudence, as
above; Catharine, who died under age; and Mary,
who married John Smith, M. A. maſter of the gram-
mar-ſchool at Market Boſworth, co. Leiceſter. Pru-
dence had ſeveral children, only one of whom had
iſſue, viz, Philemilia (a contraction of Philippa-Emi-
lia, who married David Wells, gent, late of Burbach,
father ro my worthy friend the late Antiquary of that
name and place.] |
" Theſe verſes were compoſed by Mrs. Garbet for a friend who ſurvived her; and were afterwards applied to herſelf, whe
Was an excellent woman, and deſerving of every commendation,
D. W.
* His brother, John Hayward, eſq. was lord of Weſton and its appendages.
3 See Dugdale's Warwickſhire ; under the liſt of mayors of Coventry,
In Dugdale's Warwickſhire, vol, I. p. 60. under the pariſh of Bulkington, is this epitaph :
« Hic jacet Rev, vir Edv. Hayward, Coll. Univer. apud Oxon, A, M,
Vic, de Folliagley & Maxtock in hoc com.
Ob. die 12 Apr, anno zt, 40*, & Dom, 1718.”
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258 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
A native of this town is thus recorded on a hand-
ſome marble monument at Corley, co. Warwick :
« Hic reſurreQure ponuntur exuvie
Thomæ Wadcock, de Birchley Place in hac parochia,
generofi, denati 28 Jalii, an. ſalutis 1692. ætat. 87;
cui peperit filios duos totidemque filias
Elizabetha uxor, nata Jobannis Brandreth,
de Shenſtone in com, Staff. gen.
Thome eorum natu maximi,
qui obiit Feb. 28, 1692, ætat. 62;
necnon Marie uxoris ſuæ,
filiæ Humph. Burton, de Coventria, gen,
defunctæ 14 Novembris, 1698, tat. 64;
quorum ſoboles filii quinque, & filiz ſex;
Dorotheæ unigenitæ Johannis Stokes,
de Melton Mowbray, gen. per Annam Blonnt,
nuptæ Humphredo predicti Thomæ primogenito,
quæ obiit 25 Julii, 1793, ætat. 25,
unam enixa filiam ſuperſtitem,
matrem pietate, forma, nomine, referentem.
Hi omnes ſunt triumphi mortis,
devictà morte tandem triumphaturi.
In piam quorum memoriam poſuit
prefatus Humphredus Whadcock, ann. Dom. 1700.“
Another, in St. Bride's churchyard, London:
© In memory of Mr. Andrew Jordaine *,
A late of Melton Mowbray, in the county of Leiceſter,
who died April 11, 1766, aged 83.
* Alfo Elizabeth Jordaine, his daughter,
died Feb. 7, 1786, aged 68.“
CRARITABLE BENEFACTTONS.
Thomas Hartopp, eſq. of Freaby, gave by will, in
1604, to the poor 20s. yearly.
Mr. William Hickſon, by will, in 1612, 20s. yearly.
Robert Hudſon, eſq. by will, in 1638, the hoſpital
near the church for 6 unmarried poor men, J. 13. a
year, to be paid quarterly; beſides £.3. at Midſum-
mer to buy coals; and 16s. 8d. for a ſupper ; and 10s.
for one of the poor men to read prayers on Wedneſ-
days and Fridays; 205. to the vicar for a ſermon on
Plow Tueſday ; and 2s. 6d. for the clerk ; and 20s.
for refreſhment, after ſermon, for the vicar, church-
wardens, and overſeers of the poor; and one ſhilling
in bread to be given to the poor every Sabbath-day.
Mr. James Hick ſon, citizen and brewer of London,
by will, in 1686, gave the intereſt of C. 50. to the poor
on St. Thomas's-day yearly.
Dame Abigail Smith, of Siſonby, by will, in 1686,
gave a cloſe in Siſonby for the putting out poor chil-
dren of Siſonby or Melton apprentices ; but ſuch as
are of Siſonby to have the preference.
Sir Richard Raynes, in 1732, gave the profits of a
tenement in Melton, and one cloſe, to be laid out in
clothing and buying books. for fix poor boys educated
in the tree-ſchool of Melton.
Mrs. Mary Green gave the intereſt of £.50. to the
ſix poor men of Hudlon's hoſpital.
Roger Waite, gent. by will gave, 1693, one ſhil-
ling a week to be diſtributed in money or bread to
12 of the oldeſt and pooreſt men or women in this
town.
Rev. Henry Storer, of Friſby, gave by will, in
1620, to the poor, ſevera] houſes in this town, and
land at Friſby, at the yearly rent of C. 27. 10s.
Mrs. Anne Reeve, in 1737, left £.20.; the intereſt
of which is to be given to the poor of this town
yearly. |
Mrs. Elizabeth Henley, in 1740, left the intereſt
of £.10. to ten poor widows yearly on Chriſtmas-day.
Mr. John Bourne, in 1756, gave by will the intereſt
of £.300. for the ſupport of three poor perſons, in-
- habitants of Melton, legally ſettled there, of the age
of 60 years, ſingle and unmarried, for ever.
Mr. Apthony Wadd gave by will, in 1758, C. 20.
to the truſtees of Hudſon's hoſpital, to be put out to
Intereſt upon mortgage lands, and the intereſt thereof
to be once a year diftributed among the fix men of
Hudſon's foundation. |
Mrs, Ann Hewett by will, in 1760, gave L. 20.
yearly to the poor, to be laid out in ſummer in the
purchaſe of coals, to be fold at ſuch rates as ſhall
again produce the ſum of C. 20.
Mrs. Mary Briggs, in 1768, gave the intereſt of
£-30. to be once a year diſtributed among the fix
poor men of Hudſon's foundation.
There is a very couſiderable eſtate belonging to
the town, which is applied to various purpoſes, out
of which a ſchool is ſupported.
*
Mxrrox Schools. |
So early as 1347 we find the ſchools at Melton
noticed as having exiſted before that period, and
being then taken under the more immediate patronage
of king Henry Ill. in conſequence of his becoming
poſſeſſed of the temporalities of the priory of Lewes“.
In 1604, the Rev. Thomas Hayne, born at Thruſ-
ſington, in this county, gave £.400.. to be beſtowed
in buying lands, or houſes, in or near Leiceſter, of
the yearly value of £ 24. for ever, for the mainte-
nance of a ſchoolmaſter in Thruſſington, to teach ten
poor children, &c. and for the maintenance of two
poor ſcholars in Lincoln college, Oxford, to come
from the free-ſchool at Leiceſter; or, in defe& of
that, from the ſchool at Melton; the ſchoolmaſter to
have L.12. yearly ; and the two ſcholars C. 6. each 3,
At preſent, teaching at the two ſchools is confined
to reading Engliſh and writing ; but undoubtedly,
from the above benefaction, it might be expected the
town ſhould ſupport a Latin ſchogl. ;
The ſucceſſion ot Schoolmaſtęrs, ſo far back as it
can be traced, is here annexed :
Mr. Humphrey, about 1630.
Mr. Henry Stokes, ſchoolmaſter of Melton, was
elected Feb. 1, 1649, ſchoolmaſter of Grantham,
where fir Ifaac Newton was one of his pupils.
John Allen, 1655. Salary £.20.
Henry Wickham, M. A. 1659.
Walter Pare *, 1659.
John Drury, under-ſchoolmaſter, 1659.
Thomas Robinſon, 1661, under-maſter. Salary {.10,
Dec. 8, 1663, Mr. Henry Stokes voluntarily re-
ſigned Grantham ſchool, and returned to Melton ſchool.
Salary £.40.
Zachariah Fenton“, lower-ſchoolmaſter, C. 8. 1665.
Rev. Thomas Daftye *®, 1673.
Martin Wormewell, lower-ſchoolmaſter, {.10. 1674.
Zachariah Fenton, lower-ſchoolmaſter, 1685, f. 13.
Robert Trigge, lower-ſchoolmaſter, 1695, £.13-
Humphrey Fiſher, 2
Rev. John Henley, B. A. 1716.
Rev. John Brown“, M. A. 1721.
Rev. Thomas Ball *, 1756.
Rev. Richard Hardy, M. A. 1757. |
John Thompſon, high-ſchoolmaſter, £.50. 1771+
Rev. John Hodſon, claſſics only, 1774. ;
William Chamberlaia (afterwards Rev.) for writing
accounts only, 1775.
Thomas Brewſter, a lower-ſchoolmaſter, 1776.
Thomas Helmſley (afterwards Rev.) upper - ſchool-
maſter ſor reading, writing, and arithmetic, 1776.
Charles Medcalf, upper - ſchool · maſter, 1791
A very ſpacious building is this year (1794) cre&-
ing for a free girls-ſchool, conliſting of two large
rooms (belide apartments for two miſtreſſes) ; the one
to be appropriated to ſpinning, working, and induſ-
trious ſcience ; the other for reading and writing.
This will be of effential ſervice to the poor.
Of Saliſbury-court, Fleet-ſtreet. His daughter retired to Totteridge ; but was brought to St. Bride's to be buried,
* See before, p. 242. 3 Wood, Ath. Ox, vol. II. p. 82.
* See an epitaph on his wife, p. 255. 5 Sec p. 283-
Rector of Harby 1647 z which, in 1660, he exchanged for Redmile ; where ſee an account of him, p. 302.
7 Vicar of Croxton 1729 —1773. See pp. 108. 149.
% Mr. Ball was under-maſter of Okeham ſchool ; and on the death of Mr. Adcock, in 1753, was a candidate for the maſter- |
ſhip at Okeham, which was obtained by Mr, Powell, See more of him under Wymondham, : 1
9 Son of John Hardy, vicar of Melton, p. 254+ He ſuccceded his father in the rectory of Kynolton; and in 1768 *
Eminent
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6
* 2 **
33
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PrAMLAND Hunbakb.j ME LTON MOWBRAY:
Eminent Per ſons, Natives of Melton, or reſident there.
ohn de Kirkby, a native of Melton Mowbray, ca-
non of Wells and York, dean of Winburn, archdea-
con of Coventry in 1255, obtained the office of keeper
of the great ſeal in 1272, and in 1283 was appointed
lord high treaſurer of England, He was nominated
to the biſhoprick of Cheſter * ; but 4 by arch-
biſhop Peckham on the ground of his being already a
ſuraliſt. This objection being afterwards overruled,
be was elected biſnop of Ely July 26, 1286. His
attention, if we may believe the monk of Oſney, was
more engtoſſed by the duties of his temporal than of
his ſpiritual function: A tempore quo nactus eſt
pterſulatus celſitudinem (rege extra regnum agente)
continuo uſque ad finem vitæ fallibilis officio theſau-
rariæ ſcaccarii D. regis non ſegniter incumbebat;
adeo ut de animarum fibi commiflarum cura penitus
non curaret. Quinetiam prætextu officii ſui, ultra
modum prædeceſſorum ſuorum ſe extulit ſupra ſe, ur
nomen theſaurarii nomen pontificis totaliter adumbra-
ret. Sane credebatur à vulgo, quod fi tanto tempore
ſupervixifſet, ut præſumptuoſa factorum inſolentia de-
veniſſet in diſcuſſionem manus regis, ultrices nullate-
nus evaſiſſet.“ He died, of a violent fever, March 26,
1290; and was buried before the altar of St. John
the Baptiſt in that cathedral. To this prelate his
ſucceſſors are indebted for their town reſidence; as
he bequeathed his manor-houſe, a capital meſſuage,
with ſome cottages, in the village of Holbourn, in the
ſuburbs of London, to the biſhops of Ely for ever*.
Three perſons of the name occur about this period.
John de Kirkby was prior of Laund in 13003.
John de Kirkby was collated to the archdeaconry
of Dorſet, Jan. 28, 1339 4.
John de Kirkeby was admitted to the prebend Cen-
tum ſolidorum at Lincoln in 13695.
« William de Melton, provoſt of Beverley, and canon
of York, at the earneſt requeſt of king Edward II,
was elected archbiſhop of York, January 21, 1315;
but he did not receive conſecration till two years
after; in which the court of Rome was very dilatory,
notwithſtanding the repeated ſolicitations of the king
in his favour. . There are no leſs than twelve letters
written by the king, to the pope, bis nephew, and car-
dinals, extant in Rymer*, to expedite the confirmation
of this archbiſhop. The dignity was at length con-
ferred on him, September 25, 1317, at Avignon”.
Godwin writes, that this prelate ruled bis fee very
worthily; attending diligently, not only to the buſineſs
of his church, but kept a ſtrict guard on his own pri-
vate actions. He adds, that he endeavoured, by faſt-
ing, prayer, chaſtity, alms-deeds, hoſpitality, and
virtuous behaviour, like a good paſtor, not only to
teach and inſtruct by preaching and doctrine, but alſo
by example of life. He viſited his dioceſe conſtantly
twice a year; was very kind to his tenants, but care-
ful to preſerve, and rather to increaſe, than any way
diminiſh, the rents and revenues of his church. Yet
was he not forgetful of preferring, as occaſion ſerved,
his kindred or ſervants to very good places, both in
church and ſtate. Amongſt the reſt he purchaſed,
for his nephew, the manors of Kingſkiln, Kingſclere,
and Wentworth; at that time part of the revenue be-
longing to the private patrimony of the archbiſhop of
Ronen. From this nephew deſcended ſeveral men of
worth, who ſerved their country, as high ſheriffs of
Yorkſhire, at ſeveral times, for ſome ages after.
This prelate beſtowed great coſt in finiſhing the Weſt
end of his cathedral; and laid out twenty pounds in
renewing the ſhrine of St. William. He compounded
259
a long and tedious controverſy, which had been be-
twirt the archbiſhops his predeceſſors and the dean
and chapter of the church; procuring the order made
by him to be confirmed by the pope*. He was ap-
nar by king Edward II. lord treaſurer 9 of Eng-
and in 1325; by king Edward III. lord chancellor
1334; and dying at Cawood, April 22, 1340, was
buried near the font, in the Welt end of the cathe-
dral.” On laying the new pavement of the church,
the ſtone which covered the grave of this prelate
was taken up. It was of blue marble, very large,
but quarterly cloven, and had been plated with
braſs on the borders and all over the middle part
of it. Upon trial for a vault, the workmen came,
at about two yards depth, to fix large unhewn
ſtones, which lay croſs and croſs, as a drain is co-
vered. Upon removing two or three of them, we
diſcoyered a curious walled grave of aſhler ſtone, in
which the archbiſhop was laid. He had been put
in a lead coffin, and afterwards in a mighty ſtrong
oaken one; but both were ſo decayed that it was
eaſy to get to his bones. On the top of the upper-
moſt off, near his breaſt, ſtood a ſilver chalice and
paten which had been gilt. On the foot of the
chalice was ſtampt a crucifix, of no mean work man-
ſhip, and, on the inſide the ſaid paten, a hand giving
the benediction. We could not find, ſays Mr. Drake,
that he had been buried in his robes; his paſtoral
ſtaff lay on his left ſide, but no ring could be met
with. His bones as they lay together meaſured ſix
feet, which argues him to have been a very tall man.
His grey hairs were pretty freſh ; after we had taken
a ſhort ſurvey of the exuvie of this once famous man,
the grave was cloſed up in the manner it was before;
but the chalice and paten were carried to the veſtry*®,”
and are engraved by Mr. Drake **; who derives this
prelate from one of the Meltons in Yorkſhire, moit
probably that of Holderneſs, which is confirmed by
his preferment lying in that county,
Richard, ſon of . . . Reanes, was born at Melton
in 1636; and, being 18 years of age, was admitted a
ſub or proper ſizar in Saint John's college, Cambridge,
in 1654**, but appears not to have taken any degree.
Zachary, ſon of Zachary Cawdfey, vicar of Melton
Mowbray, was born at Melton about 1616; and,
when of fitting age, educated for ſeven years in the
Free-ſchool there, under the then maſter thereof
Mr. Humphrey. At ſixteen, he was ſent thence to
Saint John's college, Cambridge, where he was admit-
ted ſub or proper ſizar to the then maſter Dr. Hum-
phrey Gower ; where he had for his tutor Mr. Maf-
terſon, at that time one of the fellows there“: He
went ont M. A. in the ſame univerſity in 1642, but
is not regiſtered among her graduates.
I have A Diſcourie of Patronage, being a modeſt
Enquiry into the Original of it, and a farther Proſe-
cution of the Hiſtory of it. With a true Account of
the Original and Riſe of Vicarages, and a Propoſal
for enlarging their Revenues; allo an humble Suppli-
cation to the pious Nobility and Gentry, to endeavour
the Prevention of the Abuſes of that honorary Truſt
of Patronage ; with a Propoſal of ſome Expedients for
the regulating it, molt agreeable to the Primitive Par-
tern, wherein at once the juſt Rights of Patrons are
ſecured, and the People's Liberty of Election of their
own Miniſters in a great Meaſure indulged. By
Zachary Cawdrey, Rector of Bartholmy in Clicthire,
16753“ 45 pages.
Daniel Cawarey, S. T. P. rector of Great Billing in
Northamptonſhire, 1625 — 1662, and probably bro-
In an inſtrument preſerved in the archives of the church of Canterbury, it appears he was elected to the ſee of Recbe/fer,
and renounced all claim to it before the archbiſhop at Mickleham 1283. Angl. Sacr. vol. I. 352. n.
e Godwin, de Præſulibus, p. 258. ed. Richardſon.
Le Neve, Faſti, p. 281.
Rymer, Feed. tom. IV. p. 327.
3 Willis, in Tanner, Notit. Monaſt. Append.
p Willis, Surrey of Cathedrals, vol. II. p. 165.
„ Federa, tom. III. 599. 603. 604. 606. 608. 609. 615. 616. 645. 646. 654. 664. 665.
Et cum papa W. de Melton in archiepiſcopum prefecit, rex reſtituit temporalia Oct. 8.“
Pat. 11 Edward II.
The king removed Walter Stapleton, biſhop of Exeter, from the poſt of treaſurer, becauſe, having grown rich in it,
he was genera
miſhed chara er,
cauſe his croſs to be carried erect in that province,”
y deemed corrupt; and gave it to W. de Melton archbiſhop of York, a prelate of great integrity and unble-
notwithſtandling the oppoſition made by the primate of Canterbury, out of fear that the new treaſurer might
; Carte, vol, II. p. 369; who (ib. 380.) gives a remarkable inſtance of
this archbiſhop's firmaeſs aud integrity. mn Drake's _ 1 3 _ Ib. p. 480.
Vo. __ coll. D. Johaun. Evang. Cant. 13 I bid. i E Regiſtro almæ Acad, Cant.
> S
ther
289 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES os LEICESTERSHIRE,
ther to Zachary, was the author of“ Bowing to-
wards the Altar upon Religious Reaſons, impleaded
as highly ſuperſtitious; being an Anſwer to Dr. Dun-
can's Determination, lately reprinted by D. Cawdrey,
Miniſter of the Word at Billing Magna in Northamp-
tonſhire, 1662; Ato. s
Jobn Dowell, M. A. of Chriſt's college, Cambridge,
was incorporated into the univerſity of Oxford, July
13, 1658. He was author of The Leviathan He-
retical, or the Charge exhibited in Parliament againſt
Mr. Hobbes, juſtified by the Reſutation of his Book,
intituled, The Hiſtorical Narration of Hereſy, and
the Puniſhments thereof, London, 1683,” 12mo. In
this book the author ſays, ** that Oliver Cromwell,
having gained the Protectorſhip, was ſo pleaſed with
many of Mr. Hobbes's principles laid down in his Le-
viathan, which tended to juſtify and ſupport his uſur-
pation, that he offered him the great place of Secre-
tary of State, and defired his acceptance of it; but
he was cautious to venture in that bottom, ſince his
beſt friends and patrons were enemies to the uſurpa-
tion.” 'I he Proteftor's choice of Milton and Hobbes,
if this ſtory is true, ſhews he knew how to purvey
ſcholars when wanted. Two ſeveral letters of Mr.
Dowell to Mr. Staveley, on the ſubje& of his publi-
cation, are here printed from the originals.
« Of. 25, 1681. Sir, I left with Mr. Atkyns ſome
papers; I pray give me an account, as ſoone as you can
reade them, with the eye of an ingenuous enemy, I
have a moral probability that I have refuted the Phi-
loſopher's Eccleſiaſtical Hiſtory and Theology, which
hee hath abuſed in that tract; but if I can prove that
Hereſy was by the law made criminal, hee might by
pecuniary or corporal mulcts be puniſhed. Since the
ercCting of the High Commiſſion Court, I have done
nothing. Pray give your opinion and aſſiſtance to
him who is, Sir, your humble ſervant, J. DowELL.”
Melton Mowbray, Nev. 11, 1681. Sir, I left ſome
Papers with Mr. Atkyns for you. I have finiſhed my
Refutations of Hobbs“ H. ſtoricall Narrative of Hereſy.
Jam mightily miſtaken if my advantages over him
are not very great; though his ſentiments concerning
the nature of a crime is falſe, yet all my endeavours
are frivolous if I cannot prove him criminal by the
laws of England. Reprove not ſome ſmall erratas ;
bur conſider the propoſition. If, after the erecting of
the High Commiſſion Court, that Court had no power
to puniſh Hereticks; and that, neither by the Common
or Statute Law of England, the Starre Chamber was
inveſted with the like authority, or the two Edicts,
De Haretico comburendo and De excommunicato capi-
endo, were invalid, then afium eſt de conatihus meis,
Pray, as ſoon as it ſtands with your convenience, give
me your ſenſe and aſſiſtance, if Caudrey's * caſe be
good law. Sufficit, Pray deny not the requeſt of,
Sir, your humble ſervant, Joan DowELL.”
Mr. Dowell was alſo the author of The Triumph
of Chriſtianity; or the Life of Cl. Fl. Julian the
Apoſtate; with Remarks, contained in the Reſolu-
tion of ſeveral Queries. To which are added, Re-
ſlections upon a Pamphlet, called, Seaſonable Re-
marks on the Fall of the Emperor Julian ;? and on
Part of a late pernicious Book, intituled, “ A ſhort
Account of the Life of Julian,' London, 1683,” 8 vo.
Simon Henley, of an antient family in Devonſhire,
(fon of John Henley, M. A. who had been educated
among the Diſſenters, bur, conforming at the Reſtora-
Wood, Faſti Oxon, vol. II. p. 123.
tion, became vicar of Towceſter in Northamptonſhire
in 1662, and afterwards of Salmonby in Lincolnſhire),
was born at Towceſter in 1665; admitted at Benet
college, Cambridge, 1679; proceeded M. A. 1694
was vicar of Melton Mowbray more than 4o years ;
and is ſaid to have been one of the beſt pariſh prieſts
in England, a pattern of ſanctity and of the paſtoral
care. He married Arabella, daughter of his pre-
deceſſor, John Dowell; by whom he was father to the
Orator. He ſigns himſelf, in the regiſter, curate 168),
and vicar in 1690; and died in 1731. He pave a
ſilver-gilt patten, with this inſcription, Tæ o@ 6 ve
ov. A volume of his, under the title of * Devotions,
Ejaculations, Meditations, Prayers, Hymns, Acts of
Piety, and Elevations to God and Chriſt ; Rules and
Directions daily and occafional ; for Sunday Evening,
Faſts, Vigils, before Eafter, Preparation for the Sa-
crament, Method and Prayers in Sickneſs, for a happy
Death ; and for Clergymen or Miniſters, with ſome
ſhort Memoirs of his Life and Character, prepared by
his Son,” was ſold among the Orator's MSS. in 1759.
In delineating the life of Mr. John Henley, better
known by the name of Orator Henley, we hope to be
excuſed for endeavouring to tranſmit to poſterity the
memory of a man who deſerves a place in the page of
Hiſtory ; were it only for the uſeful leſſon theſe anec-
dotes inculcate, that an affected and outre ſingularity,
ſuch as his, rarely ſucceeds ; and, when proceeding
from a clerical character, is ſure to meet with the con-
tempt it deſerves. This extraordinary perſon was
born Aug. 3, 16925, at Melton Mowbray, where his
father and maternal grandfather, as we have ſeen
above, were ſucceſſively vicars. He was bred up, for
almoſt eight years, under Mr. Daſſye, a diligent and ex-
pert grammarian *, at the free-ſchool of his native
town ; where his paſſion for learning, his deſire of ex-
celling others, and his unwearied attachment to ſtudy,
ſhewed themſelves very early“, and were the ruling
principles of his life. From this ſchool he was re-
moved to that of Okeham in Rutland, in proſpect of
an ad vantage annexed to it in the univerſity of Cam-
bridge; and at that famous ſeminary, under Mr.
Wright, eminent for his command of the Greek and
Hebrew tongues, he ſtill improved“; and was led
by his genius to cultivate the graces of Englith and
Latin poetry, the earl of Nottingham often declaring
his approbation of his juvenile performances. There
never was occaſion to make uſe of ſeverity, or impoſe
any taſk upon him; his maxim and reſolution was
always to be the firft of his claſs, and captain of the
ſchool. He likewiſe made ſeveral exerciſes in the
Hebrew tongue. After continuing at Okcham only one
year, he was tranſlated, at about the age of 17, to St.
John's college in Cambridge, where, on his examina-
tion by Dr. Gower then maſter, Dr. Lambert, Dr. Ed-
mundlon, and others, he was particularly approved ;
was admitted penſioner June 15, 1709; and had for
his tutor Samuel Saunders, M. A. at that time one of the
fellows there®. He began here to be unealy ; he was
impatient, that ſyſtems of all ſorts were put into his
hands, and that he incurred the danger of lofing his
intereſt, and the ſcandal of heterodoxy, if (as his genius
led him) he freely diſputed all propoſitions, &c. He
was always impatient under theſe fetters of the free-
born mind; and privately reſolved, ſome time or other,
to enter his proteſt againſt any perſon's being bred like a
ſlave, who is born an Engliſhman. Here he alſo ob-
ſerved, that the ſpace of four years was employed on
Robert Cawdrey, rector of Luffenham, in the county of Rutland, was, in 31 Elizabeth, deprived of that benefice before
the High Commiſſioners, as well for that he had preached againſt the Book of Common Prayer, as alſo for that he refuſed to
celebrate divine ſervice according to the ſaid Book. After which, the validity of the ſaid Deprivation coming to be examined
before the Judges of the Common Law in an action of Treſpaſs brought by Caudrey, Term. Hill. 33 Eliz. againſt one Atton,
for breaking his cloſe in North Luffenham, it was urged, by the counſel of the Plaintiff, that the ſaid Deprivation was void, a5
not being warranted by the Stat. 1 Eliz. chap. 1. whereby the Queen is enabled, by letters patents under her great ſeal, to au-
thorize commiſſioners to exerciſe under her Highneſs all manner of juriſdiction eccleſiaſtical within this realm and Ireland, Lc.
But, the objections being over- ruled, it was reſolved by the whole Court that the ſaid act concerning eccleſiaſtical juriſdiction
was not a ſtatute introductory of a new law, but declaratory of the old; and, in caſe that act had never been made, yet the
King or Queen of England for the time being may authoriſe Ecclefiaſtical Commiſſions by the antient Prerogative and Law of
England : and for that, fir Edward Coke, in the Report of that caſe, Part V. P. 1—8, produces divers antient precedents.
Wright's Rutland, p. 78. Wood, Ath, Oxon, vol. II. 643. 1003. Catalogue of Orator Henley's Books, p. 37+
5 Oratory Tranſactions, 1728, p. 1, 2. | o Ibid. p. 2,
7 Amonſt his juvenile productions he enumerates ©* Oratio habita in ſchola Meltonenſi.“
* Biſhop Warburton had a conſiderable part of his early education at Okeham under the ſame very excellent inſtructor.
9 Ragilter of St. John's college, Cambridge,
4
the
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
the forming of ſuch qualifications as might be maſtered
to more perfection in a fourth part of the time. He
likewiſe found it a great defect, that, though he was
brought up for a clergyman, he was not inſtructed to
preach, or pray, or read prayers, or ſpeak, or cate-
chiſe, or confer, or reſolve a caſe of conſcience, or
underſtand the Scriptures, or form any natural and
clear idea of the Chriſtian religion. He determined,
therefore, ſome time to lay a foundation for removing
ſach a complaint, that men may be educated for their
proper buſineſs, and not be under the greateſt diſad-
yantages in that ſtation where they ought to be the
moſt excellent*. After paſſing his exerciſes here; and
in 1712 his examination for the 1 5 of B. A. with
the particular approbation of Mr. Field, Mr. Smales,
and Dr. Robert Jenkyns, the then maſter of St.
John's; he wrote a letter to the Spectator, Ne 369,
dated from that college, Feb. 3, 1 212-3: ſigned Peter
de 2uir, abounding with quaintneſs and local wit; a
copy of verſes on Laughing, printed in © The Court
Miſcellany,” Ne II; and, in 1713, a poem on the
Scripture Hiſtory of Queen Eſther, dedicated to Tho-
mas Bennett, of Welby, eſq. who, he ſays in another
lace, in 1731, gave the living that was his excellent
Athers at Melton to a Preſbyterian“.
Mr. Henley was ordained a deacon by biſhop Wake;
and laid the baſis of future proficiency in aſſiſting at
the curacy of his native town; where (between 1713
and 1721) he preached many occaſional ſermons. He
preached one alſo at the Aſſizes at Leiceſter *, Ha-
ving taken his degree of M. A. in 1716, he was ad-
mitted to prieſt's orders by biſhop Gibſon. The ex-
amination in both caſes, by his own account, was
ſhort and ſuperficial : but he formed an early reſolu-
tion to improve himſelf in all the advantages of books
and converſation at London: when opportunity ſhould
permit him.
When he had commenced B. A. he was firſt deſired
by the truſtees of the ſchool at Melton to aſſiſt in the
direction, and in 1715 was appointed maſter of the
ſchool, which he increaſed and raiſed from a declining
to a flouriſhing condition; and eſtabliſhed there a
practice of improving elocution, by the public ſpeak-
ing of paſſages in the claſſics, ſelect orations, &c.
In 1719, he began his © Univerſal Grammar,” and
completed ten languages, with a proper introduction
to every tongue. On this occaſion Dr. Hutchinſon
wrote him a complimentary letter +.
During his reſidence at Melton, he was invited, by
a letter from the Rev. John Newcome, B. D. to be
candidate for a fellowſhip in St. John's ; but, as long
abſence had leſſened his perſonal intereſt, he declined
appearing for it; and ſoon after, having given a volun-
tary warning for the choice of a new maſter and curate
at Melton, came to London, recommended by above
thirty letters from the moſt confiderable men in the
country, both of the clergy and laity, but againſt the
inclination of his neighbours and his ſchool, which
was now, as from his entrance upon it, ſtill adyancing :
and his method being eſtabliſhed and approved, the
Rev. John Browne *, M. A. who had been one of his
own ſcholars, was in 1721 appointed to ſucceed him“.
In town, he publiſhed “ Apotheoſis, a Funeral
Oration ſacred to the Memory of John Duke of
Marlborough 1722,” 8vo; and ſeveral tranſlations,
particularly,“ Pliny's Epiltles and Panegyric, 17247,
2 vols. 8vo; ſome wocks of Abbe Vertot, Montfau-
con's © Italian Travels,” &c.
In 1724, he preached a A Sermon, preached at the
Church of St. George the Martyr, London, on Sun-
day, Nov. 15, 1724, 40. In the title, he calls
* Oratory Tranſactions, p. 8. Mr. John Hardy; of whom, ſee p. 252,
* Oratory Tranſactions, p. 7. 5 Afterwards vicar of Croxton, See pp. 108. 149. 258.
MEL TON MOWBRAY, 6289
himſelf “ Rector of Chelmondiſton 0 which was 4
crown living, in Suffolk, given by the lord chancellor;
the value of which to a reſident would have been con-
ſiderable *,
At this period he reſided in Millman<ſtreet; and was
reader at the church of St. George the Martyr,
Queen-ſquare, and an occational preacher there and
at Bloomſbury chapel. In a letter ro Whiſton, he
ſays, he ſhould have ſtood for St. George's lecture“
had the truſtees elected; and about this time was an
unſucceſsful candidate for a lectureſhip at one of the
neighbouring chapels'*; but obtained ſoon after a lec-
ture in the city; and preached more charity-ſermons,
was more numerouſly attended, and raiſed more for
the poor children, than any other preacher, however
dignified or diſtinguiſhed *',
In 1725, he publiſhed “ The Hiftory and Advan-
tages of Divine Revelation, with the Honour that is
due to the Word of God; eſpecially in regard to the
moſt perfect Manner of delivering it, formed on the
ancient Laws of Speaking and Action; being an Eſſay
to reſtore them.“
Hitherto his ſermons were not out of the regular
routine; but in July 1726 his vagaries commenecd *.
By a letter from him to Whiſton, it appears that, pre-
vious to his breaking with the Church, he was very
anxious to know the power it had to puniſh him. In
this letter he ſays, I would beg the favour of you
to reſolve me, 1. What power the Univerſity has, or
in fa& exerciſes, on Church of England prieſts openly
ſeparating from that Church? 2. What proceſſes and
cenſures, eccleſiaſtical and civil penalties, he incurs by
it? 3, What are the moſt proper defences to each,
eſpecially prohibitions and civil or eccleſiaſtical pleas,
eſpecially on the heads of, 1. degradation or priva-
tion of orders; 2. excommunication ? |
His popularity, with his enterprizing ſpirit, and in-
troducing regular action into the pulpits, were“ the
true cauſes,” he ſays, why ſome obſtructed his riſing
in town, from envy, jealouſy, and a diſreliſh of thoſe
who are not qualified to be complete ſpaniels! for
there was no objection to his being toſſed into a coun-
try benefice by the way of the ſea, as far as Galilee of
the Gentiles, like a pendulum ſwinging one way as far
as the other .“ Two eminent convocation-men, Mr.
Ellis and Mr, Barnard, with Dr. Pearce, then vicar of
St. Martin's, ſigned his credentials. He was employed
as an aſſiſtant preacher by Dr. Burſcough (biſhop of
Limerick in 1725); by many who were of the firſt rank
in the church; and the celebrated lord Moleſworth
preſented him with a ſcarf as his chaplain, Bur,
when he preſſed his defire, and promiſe from a great
man, of being fixed in town, it paſſed in the negative.
He took the people too much from their pariſh—
churches; and as he was not ſo proper for a London
Divine (in the ſpeech, not the ſentiments, of one who
had engaged to place him there), he was very wel-
come, notwithſtanding all difficulties, to be a rural
paſtor. But it was not for a ſecond ruſtication that
he left the fields and ihe ſwains of Arcadia to viſit the
great city: and as he knew it was as lawful to take
a licence from the king and parliament at Hickes's-
hall as at Doctors Commons, without compulſion, or
being deſired or capable of being compelled to reſide
in the country, gave up his benefice and lecture, cer-
taiaties for an uncertainty, believing the publick would
be a more hoſpitable proteCtor of learning and ſcience,
than ſome of the upper world in his own order *.
„That he ſhould have the aſſurance to frame a
plan, which no mortal ever thought of; that he
ſhould have ſucceſs againſt all oppolition z challenge
3 The date of this ſermon does not appear,
o Oratory Tranſactions. „. 11, 12.
7 This tranſlation was dedicated to lord Macclesfield, who gave him with his own hand, as he ſays, 100 guineas, and a living; and
promiſed to make him preacher of the Savoy, king's chaplain, dean, and biſhop : from all was he inſidiouſiy debarred by a P—,
, Henley himſelf, in a letter to Whiſton, ſays it was 807, a year. In Bacon's Liber Regis it is ſtated to be 1208.
»The choice was in the veſtry ; and Dr, Lucas was elected Nov. 30, 1725.
The lectureſhip becoming vacant, Mr. Henley, as a candidate, among others, preached a probation ſermon ; but %, ation
gave great offence, Conſcious, perhaps, of his own ſuperiority, and vexed at his ill-judging auditory, he preached a ſecond
ſermon, ſetting forth, hat action was an (Hential gart of oratory.
m Oratory Tranſactions, p. 12.
Oratory Tranſactions, p. 18,
However, all would not do: he was rejected.
* Fifteen ſingle Sermons, by Mr. Henley, between the years 1727 and 1753, are enumerated in Cooke's edition of Letſome.
24 1bid. p. 13, 14.
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260 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE:
his adverſaries to fair diſputations, without any offering
to diſpute with him; write, read, and ſtudy twelve
hours a day, and yet appear as untouched by the
yoke as if he never wore it; compole three diſſer-
tations each week, on all ſubjects, however uncom-
mon, treated in all lights and manners by himſelf,
without aſſiſtauce, as tome would detract from him
teach in one year what ſchools and univerſities teach
in five; that he ſhould (till proceed, and mature this
bold ſcheme, and put the church, and all that, in
danger ;—This man muſt be, &c. &c. — Ihe gaieties
of youth and converſation,” he adds, © are often an
effect of vivacity and fire, which is correfted by years
and experience; St. Athanaſius, St. Auſtin, St.
Ambroſe, Euſtathius, Luther, Calvin, numbers of
grave biſhops and weighty men, have been charged
with them: bur the {ins of the elder clergy would.
fill more volumes than thoſe of the younger, or than
their own good works. Mr. Henley has given in his
youth-more demonſtrations to the publick of his in-
duſtry and defire to improve himſelf and the world (in
proportion to his years and opportunities) than all his
antagoniſts put together. His diſcourſes are clear,
full, and diverſified according to his ſubject. His
academical and theological lectures are a rigorous en-
quiry into the truth of the queſtion propoſed, to in-
form and convince; his ſermons and orations are more
rhetorical and perſuaſive; and ſpeaking is peculiar
to himſelf, and natural, He improves daily in all
acquirements of an univerſal ſcholar. What one man
in England profeſſes to have the ſpirit of encouraging
literature, but this gentleman, in the utmoſt extent of
rational liberty? And what greater crime is it to
contribute ſomething to animate the parts and merit
of Engliſhmen, than millions otherwiſe ? I can vouch
for the authenticneſs of any particular in this narra-
tive; and as 1 have here repreſented facts only, and
what ſome have required, no apology is neceſlary :
nothing is overſtrained in favour of the perſon, or
the undertaking, though many things have been over-
ſtrained to their prejudice *,” In anſwer to a cavil
that he borrowed from books, he propoſed, ** that if
any perſon would fingle out any celebrated diſcourſe of
an approved writer, dead or living, and point out what
he thought excellent in it, and the reaſons ; he would
ſubmit it to the world, whether the moſt famed com-
poſition might not be ſurpaſſed in their own excel-
lency, either on that or any different ſubject 3,”
On his ſeparation from the Church, Mr. Henley
aſſumed the title of © Independent Miniſter of the Ora-
tory;z” and in 1726 took apartments (over the Mar-
ket-houſe) in Newport-market ; where every Sunday
he preached a ſermon in the morning, and delivered
in the evening a diſcourſe on ſome theological ſubjeR;
and lectured every Wedneſday upon other ſciences.
His audience was generally compoſed of the loweſt
ranks; it being well remembered, that he once col-
lected an infinite number of ſhoe-makers, by announ-
cing that he could teach them a ſpeedy mode of ope-
ration in their buſineſs, which proved only to be, the
making of ſhoes by cutting off the tops of boots.
He ſtruck medals, to diſperſe as tickets to his ſub-
ſcribers; a ſtar riſing to the meridian, with this motto,
« Ad ſumma ;” and below, luveniam viam, aut fa-
ciam ;” and each auditor paid 15.
For a number of years, we find him regularly an-
* Oratory Tranſactions, p. 15, 16.
One of his devices, in particular, deſecves notice.
* Ibid. p. 17—20,
The Sardinian ambaſſador's houſe was, and ſtill is, in Lincoln's-Ina
nouncing to the publick, every Saturday, fo
count of the ſubjedts he inrended for bi — a
courſes; the advertiſement being uſually preceded b
a ſort of motto, which in general was a ſneer at fome
public tranſaction of the preceding week. Theſe
advertiſements were uſually complex and obſcure
often apparently nonſenſical, and beneath a man of
ſenſe to commit to writing; but his drift Teemed to be
to raiſe the expeCtations of the people, and allure
them to hear bim 4. |
The earlieſt that at preſent occurs is dated May 20
1727. © To-morrow, at the Oratory in Newport Mar.
ket, the ſermon at half an hour after two will be on
the Sin againſt the Holy Ghoſt. In the evening at fix
the Theological Lecture will be on the Riſe of Chriſ.
tianity, and the Fall of Paganiſm, with the Artifice of
Julian the Apoſtate to extinguiſh ir. On Wedneſday
at ſix, the Academical Entertainment will be on the
Hiſtory, Genius, and Standard, of the Engliſh Tongue,”
In June 1728, his diſcourſes having been noticed
by the Secretaries of State, he gave to the publick
under a diſguiſed name, ſome memoirs of himſelf.
in © Oratory Tranſactions, Ne; containing, 1. A
Preface ; 2. The Rev. Mr. Henley's Life, Education
Studies, Degrees, and Orders, Chaplainſhip, and Pro-
motion, Correſpondence with Biſhop Hutchinſon,
Montfaucon, Baker, &c. with the Cauſe of this Inſti-
tution. By Mr. Welſtede. 3. An Academical Diſſer-
tation, ſpoken at Newport Market, in Defence of it,
on the Apoſtolical Conſtitutions, Orders, Subſcriptions
Conduct, Schiſm, Principles, Arianiſm, Unleavened
Bread, and other Objections, being one of the Diſ.
courſes which were ſeized and acquitted by the State.
4+ The Plan, Rules for diſputing and conferring ; and
the Firſt Oration, explaining its Nature, &c.” 5
About this time he exchanged his lecture- room for
one larger and more commodious, at the corner of
Lincoln's-inn Fields, near Clare Market ; where a
large back-room (now a carpet-warehouſe) up a con-
fiderable flight of ſtairs proved a convenient fituation
to him; and here he remained till his death, confining
the diſplay of his talents for ſome of the later years
to Sundays only.
The Lecture, Nov. 23, 1729, was (as deſired by
ſeveral gentlemen in the City, purſuant to a diſpute
between ſome Muggletonians and Mr. Henley, ar
which about 1co perſons were preſent at the George
in St. Mary Axe) on the Spiritual Commiſſion of J.
Reeve and L. Muggleton, and their Hiſtory, Tracts, &c.
In 1729-30, Dr. Croxall preached the zoth of Janu-
ary ſermon before the Commons, from theſe words,
Take away the wicked from before the king, and
his throne ſhall be eſtabliſhed in righteoulneſs ;”
which gave ſo much offence to fir Robert Walpole,
that he interfered to prevent the Preacher from ha-
ving the uſual thanks of the Houſe *, and occaſioned
his being alſo ſtruck off the liſt of king's chaplains.
This produced the following parody from Henley :
„Away with the wicked before the king,
And away with the wicked behind him;
His throne it will blets
With righteouſneſs,
And we ſhall know where to find him.”
He publiſhed, March 7, 1730, © Light in a Candie-
ſtick, to all that are in the Huuſe : or, the Impartial
3 Ibid,
P. 22»
Why a man!
Fields, within a few doors of Henley's Oratory ; the evening ſervice (veſpers) of the ambaſſador's chapel was over ſoon after
four, and Henley began at five. To draw this congregation towards himſelf, as far as he could, he, for ſome yents, called bis
oratory The Little Catholic Chapel; and, no doubt, many of the younger and leis ſerious caught the bait, and went from their
own cha; el to his chapel, In one ot his harangues, he ſaid, “ Who is this monſter, this bugbear, ſo much talked of, ibe Pope f
Pope is derived from prpa, and papa ſignifies father; that is, the Pope is father and head of his church. is
there any thing ſo mighty frighttul in all this?“
5 This publication produced, in the Craftſman of Aug. 24, the following letter, dated Oxford, July 2, 1728 : © Sir, 1he
Oratory Tranſactions you lately {ent me lets me into ſo curious and uncommon an advance in literature, as muſt be peculiaily
agreeable to an Academy, That, and the primitive ſervice revived in it, has procured the author here many friends Once
the Roman ſpirit and eloquence were prevailing; may-this recovery of both be as proſperous! - We thank him for eſpouſing
the cauſe of the agg:icved, eſpecially the Clergy ; and for the delign of encouraging the ingenious in this dull age, we eſtecm
him the more highly, as ſonic have uſed him hardly; and all who have a taſte of letters and Engliſh liberty will be his friends.
® That the thanks of the Houſe were negatived, appears by the Journals of that year. The Sermon was, howeve!, pub-
liſhed. In a temporary poem, which appeared under the title of Dr, Croxall to Sir Robert Walpole,” it is obſerved, that,
»An Author may ſure his own Sermon eſpouſe,
And print what he writes—without leave of the Houſe,”
2 Churchman,
Fraand Honbat.)
Churchman, conſidering the celebrated Diſcourſes, on
the zoth of January, of the Right Rev. the Biſhop of
Briſtol, before the Honſe of Lords; of the Rev. Dr.
Croxall, before the Houſe of Commons ; and of the
Rev. Dr. Trapp, before the Lord Mayor and Court
of Aldermen. Wherein, with a juſt Praiſe of their
Merits, Reſpe to their Characters, and Deference to
the Church; their Matter, Method, Explanations of,
and Deductions from, Scripture, are obſerved, eſpe-
cially as to Dr. Trapp's Notion of vifiting the Sins of
the Fathers on the Children. With Readings, in the
Hebrew, Chaldee, Arabick, and Vulgate, noted: And,
to take in what is moſt remarkable on this Head, a
Reflection on a Principle of the Right Rev. the Biſhop
of Sarum, and the Diſpute of Milton and Salmaſius,
Mr. Milbourn, and Mr. Bradbury : with a Rule to
judge and apply all Sermons on that deplorable Occa-
fion. By J. Henley, M. A. Founder of the Oratory *.”
The Lecture, May 23, 1730, was “on the Biſhop
of London's Paſtoral Letter; proving it againſt his
own Religion.“ |
The following are miſcellaneous advertiſements :
April 15, 1731. To-morrow, being Good-Friday,
at half an hour after fx, will be, for the relief of ſome
poor families, A Charity Lecture, on the Man of Sor-
rows; or, The Sacrifice of Ages: deſcribing and en-
forcing the ſeveral Steps of the Paſſion of our Lord.“
May 8, “ To-morrow, at half an hour after ten,
1. The Poſtill will be on Martin Luther. 2. The
Sermon will be new, on the Hiſtory of Sampſon ;
with the ſeveral Difficulties, and practical Remarks on
the Subject. II. At ſix in the Evening, 1. The Poſtill
will be on John Calvin; 2. The Theological Lecture
will be on preſent Reformation; the laudable Endea-
vours of the Magiſtrates, to prevent Poverty and
Miſchief to Families, and to promote honelt Induſtry,
eſpecially in regard to ſome late Proceedings, pub-
licly advertifed. III. On Wedneſday will be a new
Oration, on the Lady of the May. N. B. Jult pub-
liſhed, Mr. Welſtede's Narrative, Price 15, The Pri-
mitive Liturgr, 15. The firſt Sermon. Milk for Babes.
On Self-Murder. Grave Buffoons. Errors in Pain-
ters. Butchers Lecture. The Pangs of expiring
Penitents. Sion in perfect Beauty. The Atheiſt tor-
mented, The Original of Pain and Evil.”
May 22, On a particular occafiun, To-morrow, at
half an hour after ten, 1. The Poſtill will be on the
Ages of the Patriarchs before the Flood. 2. 'The
Sermon will be on the Aſcenſion of our Lord. II. At
ſix in the evening, 1. The Poſtill will be on Mr. Aſ-
gill's Tranſlation without Death. 2. The Lecture will
be a Challenge to the Rev. Mr. Batty, and the Rev.
Mr. Albert, on late Sermons preached in Clerkenwell ;
and an Invitation of the Inhabitants of Clerkenwell,
to judge whether the ſaid Mr. Batty and Mr. Albert
have not miſrepreſented the Oratory and Mr. Henley
in their Diſcourſes. Letters are ſent to them on this
Head, and a free Standing-place is there, to be had
gratis.— The Anſwer to Mr. Pope's Objections to the
Grammars will be printed.”
June 19, To-morrow, I. The Poſtill will be on the
Heathens deriving their Religions Knowledge from
the Bible. N. B. The ſeats will be free, for, 2. A
new Charity-Sermon, for the late poor Sufferers by
Fire in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, Lodgers as well as Houſe-
keepers, exhorting to a compaſſionate Relief of them
by all Chriſtian Perſuaſives. II. At fix in the evening,
I. The Poſtill will be on Simon Magus defeated by
vt, Peter's Prayers. 2. The Lecture will be on the
Problem, Whether the Dead know one another“
occaſioned by a Letter on the Death of Relations,
Friends, &c. and on the Sick Soul Recovered, or the
Diſeaſes of the Heart. III. The Wedneſday's Sub-
ject will be, The Summer-Houfe; or the Diverſions
of the Seaſon. N. B. The Oratory-Books are 125.”
MELTON MOWBRAY. 26
july 16; * To-morrow, 1. The Poſtill will be 4
Diſcovery of ſome unconſidered Points of Eccleſi-
aſtical Law, occaſioned by the Rev. Dr. Watſon's
Sermon on Forms of Prayer ; 2. 'The Sermon will be
on an Article of the Creed, and the Greek Patriatch's
endeayouring to ſubje& his People to the Court of
Rome. II. At fix in the evening the ſears will be
free. 1. The Poſtill will be on Beneficence and
Good-will, againſt a Principle of Mr. Hobbes, 24
There will be a Charity Lecture for the Inhabitants
of Tiverton in Devonſhire, where above 2000 Per-
ſons have been reduced to deplorable Circumſtances
by the late Fire. N. B. What the Charitable will be
pleaſed to give at this Lecture ſhall be faithfully com-
municated to the ſaid poor Sufferers. The Reaſon,
Scripture, Hiſtory, and Paſſion of the Subject, ſhall
be enforced, with ſome local Arguments, patticular
to that Town and Country.—The Oratory-Tracts are
to be had there, which are a clear Anſwer to all Ob-
jections. The Subſcription continues, and advances.
N. B. Some dirty Scriblers, who do me the Honour
to libel me weekly, have committed another Blunder,
in aſperſing me for a Paragraph in the Daily Journal
which was not written by me. J. HENLEY,”
Enough, and perhaps too much, has here been given
by way of ſpecimen. The reader who is curious to
ſee more of theſe advertiſements will find abundance
of entertainment in turning over the news-papers of
that period; or, if he can meet with the liſt of Henley's
MSS. which that matchleſs arranger of Catalogues
Mr. Samuel Paterſon drew up in 1759, he will there
find a regular ſynopfis of all the diſcourſes, in chro-
nological order, from 1724 to 1755.
About the year 1730, he publiſhed a pamphlet
againſt Dr. S. Chandler, entituled, Samuel ſleeping
in the Tabernacle :” occaſioned by a diſpute which
that learned man had with Dr. Guyſe, a noted Divine
among the Calviniſtical Diſſenters. In conſequence
of taking the part of Dr. Guyſe (though his aſſiſtance
was neither aſked nor deſired), he offered himſelf as
a candidate for church communion with ſome of rhe
Independents. His character, however, weighed
againſt his zeal; and the zriers of the conventicle re-
jected his application. When he was informed of
this, he entered into the veſtry belonging to the
meeting-houfe, where the matter had been ſolemnly
debated, and, aſſuming a very grave ccuntenance,
made a moſt reverend bow, and departed with the
apoſtolical valediction, “ Finally, brethren, tarewel] >.”
Diſappointments probably warped him; but his
fantaſtically calling himſelf a Rationaliſt, and offering
to join in communion with the Independents, argues
his religious principles to be, at leaſt, wavering. lt
is aſſerted that he once fell into company with a Ro-
man Catholic gentleman, whom he gave a hearty
ſqueeze by the hand, and ſaid, emphatically, * God
bleſs you, I love you all, I love you all!” Whether
this expreſſion proceeded from univerſal philanthropy,
or from a bias towards Popery, his own heart beſt
knew*.
Mr. Henley for ſome time was employed, at a ſalary
of £.100. a year, to ridicule the arguments of the
Craftſman, in a publication intituled ©* The Hyp
Doctor; which he began Dec. 14, 1730. How long
they were continued is not quite certain. I have them
till Ne 135, Nov. 6, 1733, the motto to which was,
George came to the Crown without ſtriking a blow:
Ah, quoth the Pretender, would I could do ſo !”
In March 173 1, he publiſhed © Deiſm Defeated, and
Chriſtianity Detended ; or the Evidence for Chriſti-
anity ſet in a New Light, and proved to amount to
Certainty : and the preſent Controverſy between Dr.
Tyndal, Dr. Waterland, and others, relating to the
Caſe between Reaſon and Revelation ſtated and
ſolved; occaſioned by a late Pamphlet, intituled, A
It is a well-known fact, that, notwithſtanding the great learning and abilities of Mr. Henley, and his intenſe application,
not any of his works obtained even a tolerable ſale, The name of Henley was ſufficient to make them be thrown afide.
Having made himſelf the buffoon of the populace for many years, no one conſidered him capable of acting a ſolid or ſerious
part,
So fell the Author and his Books,
queſt, on account of their ſcarcity.
* This was printed, and advertizcd to be had at the Oratory only, with the Lecture Books, the price of which was then 104.
* Ibid, vol. LVI. p. 294.
RXXZ | Demon-
3 Gent, Mag. vol. LV. p. 359.
Vor. I. ; : ,
Even his Grammars were uaſucceſsful ; which of late years have been in ſome re-
See cenſures on them, and their Author, Gent. Mag. vol. I. pp. 102: 154. 163. 198,
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„261 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES vy LEICESTERSHIRE;
Demonſtration of the Inſufficiency both of Reaſon and
Revelation, ſeparately or jointly conſidered, in Matters
of Religion: With a Concluſion, ſhewing what is
ſufficient ; detecting that Author, by the Principles of
his Pamphlet, to be an Infidel in a Quaker's Coat.“
In March that year he began a new publication, in
occaſional ſixpenny numbers, under the title of A
Courſe of Academical Lectures, 8 the Subſtance
of ſeveral Diſcourſes delivered at the Oratory in New-
port Market, by John Henley, M. A. Of this work at
leaſt ſix numbers appeared; the firſt of them, “ On
Univerſity Learning,” dedicated to his Moſt Sacred
Majelty ; II.“ On Engliſh Hiſtory and Hiſtorians,” to
the Queen ; III.“ On the Belles Lettres, and forming
a fine Taſte,” to the Prince of Wales; IV. © On the
Languages, Antient and Modern,” to Prince William;
V. © On the Engliſh Tongue, to the Princeſs Anne;
VI. « On Wit and Imagination,” to the Princeſs Eli-
zabeth-Charlotte.
A ſermon of his in 1731 ſuggeſted this epigram:
© When from the tub, ſublime in maſquerade,
Fully review'd the unknown God” diſplay'd ;
Clare butchers, mixt with ſaints of Drury-lane,
Aſtoniſh'd heard the learned lofty ſtrain ; |
Which, like the theme, th' Athenian God unknown
Still lefr, but manifeſted plain his own.”
He declaimed ſome years againſt the greateſt per-
ſons, and conferred that honour frequently on Mr.
Pope ; who in return thus blazons him to infamy :
But, where each Science lifts its modern type,
Hiſtory her pot, Divinity her pipe,
While proud Philoſophy repines to ſhow,
Diſhonett ſight ! his breeches rent below;
Imbrown'd with native bronze, lo, Henley ſtands,
Tuning his voice, and balancing his hands.
How fluent nonſenſe trickles from his tongue !
How ſweet the periods, neither ſaid, nor ſung !
Still break the benches, Henley ! with thy ſtrain,
While Kennet, Hare, and Gibſon, preach in vain,
O great reſtorer of the good old ſtage,
Preacher at once, and Zany of thy age !
O worthy thou of Ægypt's wiſe abodes, |
A decent prieſt, where monkeys were the gods!
But Fate with butchers plac'd thy prieſtly ſtall,
Meek modern faith to murder, hack, and maul :
And bade thee live to crown Britannia's praiſe,
In Toland's, Lindal's, and in Woolſton's days.”
Henley is a principal figure in two humourous
plates aſcribed to Hogarth ; in one of which he is
„ chriſtening a child;” in the other, called“ The
Oratory,” he is repreſented on a ſcaffold, a monkey
(over whom is wruten Amen) by his fide. A box
of pills and * The Hyp Doctor“ lying beſide him.
Over his head + The 'Oratory: Inveniam viam,
aut faciam.” Over the door, Ingredere ut profi-
cias.” A parſon receiving the money for admiſſion.
Under him, The Treaſury.”
porter. On the left hand, Modeſty in a cloud; Folly
in a coach ; and a gibbet prepared for Merit ; people
laughing. One marked © The Scout,” introducing a
Puritan divine “. |
In June 1737, Mr. Henley publiſhed “ Select
rations on ſeveral Subjects,“ 8 vo.
In- the Rebellion of 1745, when archbiſhop Herring
exerted himſelf ſo warmly, Henley, ſeemingly a lover
of oppoſition, held forth againſt him; and, in alluſion
to the archbiſhop's name, and a report that he pro-
poſed to put on regimentals, concluded his harangue'
by ſaying, © There is no treaſon in ſquinting at a
Red Herring.” A miſerable pun! but it anſwered
his purpoſe by raiſing a laugh.
In the year following, he was actually apprehended,
on the 4th of December, by a warrant from the earl
Biographical Anecdotes of Hogarth, 1785, p. 429. |
A butcher ſtands as
of Cheſterfield, then one of the ſecretaries of ſtate;
on a charge of endeavouring to alienate the minds
of his Majeſty's ſubjeCts from their allegiance by his
Sunday's harangues at his Oratory Chapel ;” but in
a few days he was admitted to bail“.
In 1747» he was introduced by Foote on the Hay-
market Theatre; and a controverſy was kept up for
ſome time between theſe Worthies, in which it is
difficult to ſay which was moſt coarſe, dull, and abu-
five. From his controverfies with various perſons in-
deed, Henley appears to have been a man of vulgar
manners, careleſs of all the decorums of ſociety; and
with a degree of intrepidity well ſuired to the boiſte-
rous ſituation in which he had placed himſelf s.
A pamphlet appeared in 1755 under the title of
« Second St. Paul in Equity Hall: What his rational
preacher would plead to a king, miniſtry, parliament,
court, juſtices, juries, &c. towards a ſcientific diſplay
of his religion, by ſtri&t demonſtration; with Scripture;
and a reply to all objections; that the traducers of
theſe diſcourſes, advertiſements, and conduct, may be
eternally ſelf-condemned and ſeif-expoſed; aſking no
favour but to be rightly underſtood, and honeſtly
treated. By John Henley, M. A. late rector of Chel-
mogiſton, and chaplain to the late lord Moleſworth*.”
It appears that he continued his Oratory till July
1755; how much later we cannot with accuracy aſcer-
tain. A friend, who recollects ſeeing him in Fleet-
Street about that period looking at a print-ſhop,
deſcribes him as dreſſed in a brown coat, his legs
much ſwelled, and with a cadaverous countenance 5.
Mr. Henley married Mary the ſiſter of Clifford
William Philips, eſq. (afterwards knighted) ; ho
publiſhed a Charge, and was a juſtice of peace in
Goodman's Fields. She died in 1737, aged 48 ©; and
was buried, Dec. 1, at St. Giles's in the Fields.
In Mr. Henley's laſt will, dated Oct. 10, 1756, he
gave to Sarah Brown all his goods, apparel, &c. with
all his“ copies, lectures, manuſcripts (about 6000,
more or leſs, which I value at a guinea apiece ?) ;”
on condition that ſhe gave no part of the bequeſt
either to her huſband or her relations; in which caſe
the whole was to revert to the teſtator's right heirs.
He gave her alſo all his books, parchments, papers,
writings, particularly thoſe under the broad ſeal, and
ſeals of courts in chancery and common law, to be
effectually ſerved, as directed, on &c. &c. &c.” ; and
then concludes, ** Tell my notorious enemies, I die a
Rationaliſt in perfect communion, and ſuch only.”
His death happened Oct. 14, only four days after
the will was made; and adminiſtration, with the will
annexed, was the ſame day granted to Mrs, Brown.
In January, 1759, there is ſaid to have been an ad-
vertiſement, in ſome of the public papers, of bread
to be given to any pariſh or pariſhes in London, that
would allow a flattering inſcription to be put up for
him on the church walls: but this we have not ſeen.
His original MSS. and Manuſcript Collections“
were ſold by auction, by Mr. S. Paterſon, June 12—
15, 1759, Amongſt theſe were all the Oratory Lec-
tures for more than 3o years; with upwards of 150
volumes of Common-places of Wit, Memoranda,
&c.z four quarto volumes of * Sermons, practical,
controverſial, occaſional, catechetical, &c. preached
at Melton from 1713 to 1721;” four volumes of
Lectures againſt the Muggletonians, in 1728 and
1729; ſix volumes of Charity Sermons, Contro-
verſy, Caſuiſtry, &c. from 1721 to 1745 ;” and ſeven
volumes of Textual and Practical Lectures on the
Old and New Teſtament, from 1728 to 1740.“
The Orator's ſiſter, Mrs. Wright, kept a grocer's
ſhop at Melton, and had a conſiderable gift of ſpeech;
and Mrs. Elizabeth Henley occurs in 1740 among tlie
benefactors to that pariſh,
* Gent. Mag. vol. XVI. p. 666,
3 Of the coarſeneſs of his manners, the following ſpecimen is communicated by a living witneſs : He once offered me a
pamphlet. intituled The Jackanapes“ Journal, levelled at Foote and other his opponents; part of which he read to me in his
ſtudy, The humour was low, and perfectly Henleian. But, when I deſired to have it home with me, to give it a fair peruſal,
he ſpurned at my requeſt ; and ſo ended my negotiation with the Orator.
His manners were indeed rough and unpoliſhed, as
the very Butchers among whom he choſę to ſet up his firſt and laſt conventicles.“
Monthly Review, vol. XII. p 387.
5 A Dialogue between Mr. Henley and an Attorney, given in Gent. Mag vol. LVI. p. 572.
At the ſale, we can ſay from authority, the produce fell very ſhort of ( 100.
© See Gent. Mag, VIII. 25.
ln theſe were included ſundry collections of M. Des Maizeaux, the celebrated Mr, Lowndes, Dr. Patrick Blair, F. R. 8.
ard Henry D'Avenant, eſq. and many hundred original letters of eminent perſons.
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Pedigree
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.] MELTON MOWBRAY:. | 261
Pedigree of DIGBY, of Tirrox, Eve-KertTLEsY, Sisoxzv, Nonrn LuUrPENHAM, and WI BV.
Elizabetli . . ,=Sir Everard Digby „ elq. of Tilton, co. Leiceſter, Anne, dau. of fir Francis Clarke, of Wniſſendine
1ſt wife. and, in right of his wife, of Stoke Dry, co. and Stoke Dry; 2d wife; re- married to Richard
Rutland; died 1461. Seddall.
1. Everard Digby, eſq. of Stoke Dry z died 1509.-—-Jaquetta Ellis“, died 1483. 2. John.
— —
1. Sir E verard du — Margery 2, Sir Simon g Alice | 4+ Lebbeus ? Digby, 6. Sir Thomas*Digby, 2 Eight * |
Digby, died | Heydon. Bier Waleys. of Cotes and of Olney. _ daughters *?,
| ic
1540. f North Luffen- 7. Benjamin Dighy ?, |
| 1519. G ham. of Bathley, co.
We 5. Rowland Digby, Norfolk.
Sir Kenelm **, died 1590. Anne Cope. | of Welby; of whom
ſee below, [A].
Katharine, dau. of fir Nicholas Griffin, =. Sir John Digby ef of Eye-Kettleby, = Anne, dau. of oo co». WV illoughby,
died lord Parr co. Rut- | Grey, of Lork- | wife to fir beth, | Hercy,efq. Afhby, of Loſeby,
1548. of Orton. land. ſhire. , William | of Grove, eſq. died 1545.
| Skeffington, co, Nott. 4. Dorothy, = to
William, died Truth lord — 8 . Brokeſby, of
1558, f. p. Tirwhitt. of Ireland. | Shouldby, ei.
ſ | 1 2 M2 1 a 8 —
1. Kowland. Jane Clap- 2. Everard. Cath. Stock- Sir John Hercy . =Eliz. Hanby. Brokeſby, of
of Bedale. ham. | bridge. Fritby, ig.
3 F l
1. Frances, marr. to Will. Wright. Elizabeth, bo. 1584,
2. Mary, marr. to John Baptiſt. married .. . Lyne.
A K-39
. . William, 1 „ = +» « Field.
died ſ. p. 2. Margery. = Tho. Mulſho de Thingdon ; |
2. Lebbeus. after to Richard Clifford, of Kent.
3. Iſabel. Sir Brian Laſcelles, knt
= I
3. John 1. Roger Digby '',-Mary, dau. of John Cheyney, 2. Auguſtin“ . Anne Beale, 5. 19:y, mar. firſt, to Fran.
Digby. of Luffenham, eſq. of Agmondeſham, of orth- lich, eſq. and aiter to
4. Simon. died 1582. Bucks, living 158). ampton. Henry Adis, cent.
| Three other daughters“
Katharine, dau. of Kenelm James Digby *, of Anne Patrick, of Lincoln- = BenediQa Skinner, of Warwickthire,
Digby, of Dry Stoke, 1ſt wife. Luffenham. ſhire, 2d wife ; ob. 1. p. widow of... Wedn.iter, 3d wife,
of Braybrook, co. Northampton. | died in 1533. of Wollaton, co. Nott. 2d wife.
a 1 1 2 3 8
Roſe, dau. and I. William Digby, of-=Helen 2. Simon Digby „ Catharine, 3. Rowland; reftor of Par-
heir of Wilham Kettleby and Lub- | Roper. of North Luffen- I dau. of rowden, co. Rutland,
Preſtwich, of benham, eſq. living ham, eſq. high ſhe- | Chriſtopher died 1546 5,
Lubbenham, iſt in 1551. riff of Rutland in | Clapham, of 4. Everard, ſucceeded his |
wife. 1555 ; died 1560. | Beameſley, brother as rector of |
＋ | 7 . — — co. York. Barrowden. a |
1. Sir Joh Mary, dau. 2. Simon =A nne, dau. and 7 — 1 5 4
Digby, of William of Bedale, | heir of Reginald 1. Anne, 2d 2. Eliza =Humphry 3. alice, =toGeo.
1 *
Mary, dau. of Richard Martin, John Digby, ſlain in the Katliarine, dau of fir Urtula. George Clifford, of
of Long Melford, Suffolk, king's ſervice 1643. Henry Haſtings. of Brakenborough, co.
firſt wife. | | Braunſton, 2d wite. Linc.
Ls L | — bu
I. James.=Elizabeth 2. Martin, 3. Alice, born 1618. 1. John. 2. Catharine, Urſala, an infant 1652.
Ravenſcroft. 4. Mary. 5. Winifred. 6. Cecilia. 3. Dorothy.
: 3 . * 2.4 T e a ee 1 7
1. James, died 2. John, 1683 *', 4. Joſeph, 1. Mary. = Maurice Rich, 2. Elizabeth. 4. Mag zalen.
unmarried, 3. George. 5. Thomas. merchant. 3. Catharine.
_—.
jure uxoris, fifth ** ſon of Everard. J of Welby and »beldon.
_—
——_—
* of Hitcham, Brinſley, co. Sherard, eſq. of Loughborough Nic. Segrave, VWymarton,
Ralph Sache- Humtrey Farn— Crech, of Stubbing—
dau. of Digby, of
verell, of Hop- ham, of Qorn— Edge, or Wartnaby,
3. John, died 1. p. Digby, J
4 Humtr. Holwell**.
4. Anthony, ſ. p. who fold
$. Edward, ſ. p. Welby. | Pevto, ton and Bur- don. co. [.ci-eſter,
6. Het pricus, ſ. p. of Warw. ton, eſq. 2. Frances.
Ir r * NN r Z 2
1. William Digby, ' 1. Elizabeth. 1. Everard Digby, 3. Nathanicl, born . Emma. +4. 4 abba,
born 1598. 2. Sarah. born 1605. 1010. 2. Jane. 5. Martha,
* 8 . T T 1 1
> © 0 © 0 © == John lane, dau. of.. firſt dau. Anne, 2d dau. , 3d dau. marr. Jocoſa, a 5th dau.
firſt wife. | Digby. | Tho. Ramſey, married... marr. Robert John Lawrence, dau- married married . . .,
3. Anne William] Berks, 2d wife. Nottingham. of Lopthorpe. Park, eſq. of Scaltord. * of > nijand.
Lacy !, — k A 1 -
of . + . + . William Digby, Elizabeth, I. Rowland, f. p. 9. George g Anne, dau. ot ohn
Melton. dau. of of Welby, high- | dau. of W. 3. John, ſ. p. Digby, | Butler, of Shern-
BEI TONE ſheriff 1598, Dixwell, of 4. Humfrey, ſ. p. youngeſt | broke, co. Bedford,
Carleton, died 1603. Over, co. 5. Thomas ſ. p. ſon. | relit of Peter Mo-
| 2d wife. 9. (See below, BJ.) | Warwick, ©. Henry, ſ. p. | rice, a Bohemian.
—— — ä 3 | | firſt wife. 8. Edward, 1. p.
1. 2 l. p. 3. Margaret, = Philip Serjeant!“, of FAT — - ＋
2. Henry, ſ. p. heirelss London, merchant. 1. Francis Digby. I. Uriula.
2. George. 3. William. 2. Anne. 3. Jane. |
Ng Wilkie, EP Tnomias-= Anne, 7. Everad=Ellena, dau. of 1, Elizabeth, mar. 2. anne, marr. Samuel
2. John, born 1601. 3+ Penelope. 2. John, born 1609. 4. 5. two other ſons. 3. Anne. 6.7. twootherday.
[A] Rowland Digby, eſq of Welby, and Sheldon, Anne, dau. and heir ot Robert Athbv, and relict of John Sheldon, x
— —
nelm | of . . . Puffield, nor, Chriſt. Neale, of Geo. Tate, of Warwickfhire; cholas Bury, of
Digby, | of Sandwich. ſ. p» Keythorp aud of after to Richard Stanlev, of Whiſſendine, co.
2th fon. | Cotes. Sutton Beni:-ton, co. £\ ott, Rutland.
FT 3
1. John, ſ. p. 3. Gabriel, ſ. p. 5
2. Joleph, ſ. p. 4 Jerom, ſ. p. George, f. p. Walter, of Aye. of Matditone, co. Kent.
— ] T : 6 hn A ; * A
[B] Ke- Katharine, dau. 1. Elea- 2. Margery, mar. 3 Margaret, matrtied firſt, to 5, Dorothy, marr. Ni-
r T 7 * e
John, f. p. Dorothy, marr, John Judith, marr. William Larkyn, Sarah.
Vor. I. g X xXx 4 | «© Dykeby,
262 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSH IRE.
% Dykeby, as far as can be conjectid, cummith by lineal deſcent owt of the towne of Dikeby, a village yn Lincolnſhire,
wher as yet the heir of the eldeſt houſe of the Dikebyes hath a xl, land by the yere. As far as I can lerne, the eldeſt place
that the Dikebyes of Lincolnſhir had in Leirceſtreſhire was at Tilton non far from Shevingtunne.“ Beland, vol. IV. p. 19.
This Everard Digby, of Tilton and Dry Stoke, who acquired the additional name of Greenleaf, occurs in 1420. He was
great-grandſon to John Digby, of Tilton, by Arabella Harcourt his wife; for both of whom there till remain monuments
which will be engraved under Tilton ; the former inſcribed © Jehan de Digby gilt ici; praies poor lui; and on the other, the
arms of Harcourt, Or, two bars, three creſcents in chief Gules, (pl. L. fig. 23). Everard was high-ſheriff of Rutland 1 459;
and repreſented that county in parliament from 1446 till 1461, when he was killed, with three of his brothers, fighting in the
Lancaſtrian intereſt in the battle of Towton Field. This is the perſon of whom Leland ſays, At Palmeſunday feld, Digeby the
beſt of that ſtok, namid Everard as I remembre, was flayne civili bello betwixt Henry and Edward, and the landes of hym was
attaintid, but afterwards reſtorid, This Dikeby had by heire general as by his wife, as I remembre, a manor and a place as it
is caullid Stoke by\ Ludington, the bisſhop of Lincolns place in Ruthelandſhire, the which afore longgid to one Clerke,”
Leland, ibid.
One of the Dikeby, ſunne to Dykeby attaintid, was of the bande of the duke of Claraunce, brother to king Edwarde
| 7 4].” Leland, ibid. This fir Everard with all his brethren (ſome accounts ſay five, others fix), adhering to their original
ancaſtrian principles (though ſome of them had received particular favours from the Houſe of York), fought valiantly in Boſ-
worth-field againſt king Richard III; and were all liberally rewarded by Henry VII. on his coming to the crown. To fir
Everard (who, like his father, was called Greenleaf) the family inheritance at Tilton was reſtored. He was conſtituted ſteward
of Okeham and Uppingham, and chief ranger of the foreſt of Lyfeild, co. Rutland, where he was bigh-ſheriff in 1499. His
will, dated Jan. 16, 1508-9, may be ſeen under the pariſh of Tilton, where he was buried in 1509, with this epitaph :
4 Pic jacet Everardus Diggebn, dfis de Tilton 2 ſtok dri;
qui obut viceſimo primo die menſis Januarii, anno D'ni M*CCCCCL*nons ; cujus a'i'e propitietur Deus. Amen,”
On a tomb at Stoke Dry is her effigies, with ſix ſons and eight daughters; Digby impaling Elys * ; and this inſcription ;
„ hic jacet Jaquetta Digbi, quoda uror Everardi Digbt,
armigeri, que quidem obiit viceſimo nono die menſis
unii anno Dfii JY*CCCC*LXXXAAA. cujus a'ie propicietur Deus. Amen.” |
Sir Simon Digby, knt. the ſecond brother (from whom the families of Digby earl of Briſtol, the barons Geaſhill in Ire.
land, and the preſent earl Digby are deſcended), had a grant of the manor of Ravyſbury, co. Surrey, with all the lands in
Mitcham, Morden, and Merton, belonging to it : the manors of Finbrigh and Cantlews, co. Suffolk ; and the manor of Cole-
ſhill, co. Warwick; being alſo lieutenant of the Tower of London, and comptroller of the cuſtoms, He married Alice,
daughter and heir of John Waleys, of Eaſt Baddon, co, Devon, eſq. ; died in 1519; and was buried at Coleſhill, co, Warwick,
See more of this branch under Tilton,
John Digby, the third brother, was knighted, and appointed knight-marſhal of the king's houſehold +. He was ſheriff of
Rutland 1491, 1517, and 1523; of Warwick and Leiceſter 1515; captain of Calais under king Henry VII; was engaged in
the Low Country wars under king Henry VIII. in 1511; and in 1513 was marſhal of the vant-guard of the king's army at the
battle of Therouenne ft. Retiring afterwards to his manſion at Eye-Kettleby, he was appointed ſteward to the prior ard
convent of Lewes for their eſtates in that neighbourhood (ſee p. 247); arid, dying 1533, was buried at Melton (where ſee his
epitaph, p. 255). It is John to whom Leland principally alludes : ** At the cumming yn of Henry the 7. vi brethren, al of
the Dikeby of Tilton and Stoke, cam to king Henry the vii. at Boſworth Feld, and toke his part: wherof 4 wer welle re-
wardid. And one of the 3 had attaintid landes given hym in Leirceſtreſhire to the value of a hunderith markes by the yere,
and after was knight mareſchal of the kinges mareſchallery, but after for eſcape of certen priſoners he left his office paying
much of the forfe&, wherby he was compellid to ſelle his ſtokke of the ſtaple in Calays wher he occupied: and then king Henry
the vii offerid hym a great office in the marches of Calays for mony, the which he forſakid not withoute ſumme indignation
of the king, and Vaulx the riche knight after had it. This Dikeby had alſo a peace of the Bellars landes, and bought beſides
a part or 2 of the ſame lordſhip that he was partener yn, Eche of theſe 2 houſes of the Dikebys hath now almoſt equale
landes a 300 markes by the yere.” Itin. vol. IV. p. 19. 7 See this branch of the pedigree under Tilton.
Thomas Digby was knighted, made one of the gentlemen uſhers to the king's chamber &, and had the bailywick of Olney
in Bucks, and keeperſhip of the park there; where he reſided. See his deſcendants under Tilton.
9 It is not very clear that this Benjamin is rightly placed, Leland mentions ſix brothers only; which agrees with the tomb,
Dugdale (Warwickſhire, vol. II. p. 1013,) includes Benjamin.
10 1, Alice, married Robert, ſon of Simon Malory; 2. Elen, married to Wheeler; 3. Catharine, a nun; 4. Dernigold,
married to Robert Hunt, of Stoke Daubeney, co. Northampton; 5. Anne, firſt wife to fir William Skeftington, lord deputy of 9.
Ireland; 6. Katharine, wife of John Fiſher, eſq. of Pakington, co, Warwick, mother to fir Clement Fiſher ; 7. Elizabeth,
wife of Anthony St. Leger; 8. another ſiſter,
i This Everard, who continued to uſe the name of Greenleaf, was, in 1523, captain of the right wing of the Engliſh army
under the duke of Suffolk in France, He was high-ſheriff of Rutland in 1 509, 1528, 1532. His wife, Margery, was daughter
of fir John Heydon, of Heydon, co. Norfolk. On his tomb at Stoke Dry is inſcribed,
Hic jacet Everardus Digby, miles, qui obiit undecimo die Aprilis, anno
Domini M*CCCCCXXL. cujus anime propicietur Deus, Amen.
1 High-ſheriff of Rutland in 1541, 1549, 1554, 1561, 1567, 1585 ; and repreſentative for the county in 1553, 1556, 1557,
1572. Of his deſcendants, ſee under Tilton, He married Anne, the daughter of Anthony Cope, of Hanwell, co. Oxon. eſq.
and died 1590. On his tomb at Stoke Dry are the arms of Digby impaling Cope ||, cixcumſcribed “ nuL que ux, and bearing
this inſcription, of which the concluſion is hid by the wall:
« Here lyeth the bodyes of Kenelme Digby, eſquire, which Kenelme
decealed the 21 of April, 1590; and of Anne, his wite, which Anne deceaſed the... .
In the ſame church is the following epitaph, not noticed in any of the printed pedigrees :
Nic jacent Kicardus Digby, 2 Agnes uxor ejus; qui quidem
Kicardus obiit xviiꝰ die menſis Ottobris ; 2 Agnes obiit-
penultimo die menſis Ottobris, aꝰ Dñi M*CCC2* ſep-
tuageſimo nono, quor* a'iab* propiciet” Deus. Amen.
?3 Tn that year he ſold an eſtate at Oxton, co. Nottingham; ſee, Thoroton, p. 298. His firſt wife was Ellen, daughter of
John Roper, eſq. of Kent, attorney- general; relict of fir Edward Montague, kyt. chief juſtice of the Common Pleas,
14 The following epitaph for Simon Digby and his ſon Roger remains on a monument at North Luffenham ;
% HERE , IS , BURIED , SIMON . DIGBY « ESQUIER, NATUS . HOMO , VIXI . LONGOS,
GENT, PENCIONER , OF , KING , HENRY, THE « MORITURUS , IN , AN Nos. :
EIGHT . SECOND « SONNE , or. SIR. JHON , DIGBY « VITA . FUIT , MIHI , MORS,
KNIGHT . MARSHALL. WHICH « SIMON , MARRIED 6 MORS , MIHI , VITA , FUIT.
KATHERINE . DAUGHTER , OF , X*'TOFER , VITA. INCERTA , BREVIS.
CLAPHAM , OF , BEAMSLEY , IN. YORKSHIR , MORS , EST, AUT , MORTIS ; IMAGO,
ESQUIER , HERE , 18 , ALSO. BURIED , ROGER , IN , CHRISTO , VERO , EST.
DIGBY , ESQUIER , THEIR , SONNE . AND, HEYRE, CERTAQUE . VITA . MORI, 8
WHO, MARRIED . MART. DAUGHTER , OF . Inox. * MARIA. NUPER , UXOR.
CHEYNE , or. confi»: „ BUCKINGHAM= ROGER I , DIGBY . AX. MGERENS , POSUIT 6
SHIR . ESQUIE « DOM , 1582, 1586-7.“ 1
** Under the North wall at church, on an alabaſter tomb, formerly inlaid with his figure (now gone) is this inſcription 3
« Hic jacet Koulandus Digbi, clericus, quodam rector de Baradon,
qui objit xviii® die Aprilis, anno Dñi W*CCCCC*ELAUY. cu)? a'ie propitietur De.
® Or, a dolphin embowed Azure, debruiſed of a bend ſiniſter of the firſt ; a chief of the ſecond a ſtork proper collared Or. Plate L. fig. 25.
Dugd. Bar. vol. II. p. 436 3 ex veteri membrana penes Robertum dominum de Digby. ; _
Among the names of the captains, &c. of the king's lefftenant entering into France the 16th day of June, 5 Hen. VIII; we find, “ Sir John Dygde,
marſhall of the vant-guard, bayrith an oftrich Silver, with an ingolet for a difference Azzure.” Cotton MS. Cheopatra C. V. f. 56. Plate L. fig. 24
Dugd. Bar. vol. II. p. 436; ex Pat. Hen. VIII. p. 2. m. 4. 2
Argent, ou a chevron Azure, between three roſes Gules, ſtalked and leaved Vert, as many fleurs de lis of the field ; plate L. fig. 26.
This jady's name has been deſignedly defaced from the one. |
4 &
16 He
FRAMLAND HUNDR PD. ME LTO N MOW BRA V. 24862
16 He died without iſſue; and his ample patrimony was divided among his eight ſiſterz. Thoroton, p. 40.
7 See his epitaph in p. 262. | |
1 His ſon, Simon, ſtyled © unus e clericis pro ſecretis conciliis,” married Elizabeth, daughter of fir Thomas Chaloner z and
had iſſue one ſon, Kenelm. . |
1% Elizabeth; Dorothy; and Anne, wife to Robert Milleſcent, mother to Eleanor wife of Anthony Pratt, and grand=
mother to Milleſcent and Henry Pratt,
20 His name is on the fifth bell of North Luffenham church, dated 1619. | 10
21 This John was the repreſentative of the family in 1683. Kenelm Digby, eſq. (probably John's ſon) was high - ſneriff of
Rutland in 1729 ; as in 1757 was John Digby, eſq. who has the following epitaph at North Luffenham:
Arms: Dighy ; impaling, Sable, 3 pallets, Or, Fardell. (Plate L. fig. 27).
1% Near this place to whom he was a tender and affectionate
lye the remains of Joux Dicsy, eſq. huſband, and to his memory ſhe erected
lineally deſcended from an antient family, this monument.
whoſe reſidence has been at this town His generous and benevolent temper
near four hundred years, rendered him beloved, and his death lamented;
He married DgzBor ar, the daughter He died May 19, 1758,
of Jonx FAR DELL, citizen, in the 31ſt year of his age.“
22 The pedigree in Hutchins calls him the fourth ſon.
*2 See p. 264. W. Lacy, eſq. of Melton, was high-ſheriff of Leiceſterſhire in 1626,
*4 Inq. capt. 2 Jac, poſt mortem Will'i Digby, & nichil pro rege. *5 See his pedigree; p. 264.
26 See his epitaph, at Abkettleby, p. 14.
_—_——
Pedigree of BOWDEN, of MzLron Mowsray, March 14, 1681-2:
(Arms: Quarterly, Sable and Or; in one quarter a lion paſſant Argent; plate LXXII. fig. 35.)
George Bowden, of Bowden, co. Derby.== „„ %.
Thomas Bowden, of Bowden, eſq. died about 1658,
Dorothy, dau. of Rowland Brown, of Marſh Hall, near Chapel
aged 57. 8 le Frith, co. Derby, eſq.
. « dau. of Tho. I. Nicholas Bowden, . . . dau. of . . « 2. Geo. Bowden, of Jermyn Bowden, Elizabeth, dau.
Barnby, of Barn- | of Bowden, ſon and | Woodruffe, of Coventry, living at living at Melton | of John Thorp,
by, co. York, eſq. | heir, died about Hope, co, Derby, Bowden in 1681, æt. Mowbray, #t. 48, | of Melton.
firſt wife, F 1670, aged 48. barriſter at law, 55; without iſſue. 1681.
2d wife. 3- Thomas,
4. Edward, 1. George, 1. Elizabeth, æt. 6.
5. Valentine, Xt. 8. 2. Anne, #t. 3.
all died young. 2- Thomas, 3. Mary, died young.
#t. 8. 4. Dorothy, #t. 1 ann. & di.
1. Barnby Bowden, died about 1674. 4
2. Robert, died unmarried in March 1681 A daughter,
3- Thomas Bowden, of _— co. York, died young.
and Bowden, co. Derby, died 1680.
„
5. Benjamin Bowden, of Elizabeth Goodhand, 1. Elizabeth,
2. Dorothy, wife of John
Stapleford, co. Leic. of Lancheſter. 3. Anne, þau died unmarried. Haye, of Lime, Che-
#t. 44, 1681. 4. Ellen, ſhire.
Pedigree of SERJEANT, of MztLTon MowBray, Aug. 4, 1683.
Arms: Argent, a chevron Or, between three dolphins naiant and embowed Sable. (See plate XLVI. fig. 48.)
Philip Serjeant of London, deſcended from the Margaret, 2d dau. of William Lacy, of Melton, by Anne his wife,
|
2d dau. of John Digby, of Welby ; which Margaret was ſiſter and
ſole heir to Henry her brother.
Serjeants of Cotes, co. Stafford; marrie
Aug. 7, 1602 ; died 1607.
—
1. William Serjeant, 2. Thomas Serjeant, of Melton, died=
Elizabeth, dau. of Peter Noyes, 3 Samuel Serjeant,
died unmarried 1642. in Sept. 1643, ætat. circa 40. of Andover, Hants. died an infant.
1 — Li Mn
1. Peter Serjeant, of Mel. = Anne, dau. of Thomas 2, Thomas, I, Margaret, firſt married to James Walton, of tj iq
ton, captain- lieutenant | Coxon, of Okeley, co. dicd Melton, afterwardsto John Farren, of Melton. | A. *
of the regiment of foot | Bucks, late widow of unmarried, 2. Barbara, unmarried 1683. 1
in the militia of Lei- | Robert Ledgingham,
3. Lucy, widow of John Flanders, of Rotherby. N ; |
ceſterſh. æt. 55, 1683. | of Okeley. 4. Elizabeth, unmarried 1683.
1. Thomas 2. William 3. Sherard Serjeant, 4. Peter Serjeant, 1. Ellen, wife of 2. Anne, wife of
Serjeant, Serjeant, ætat. 19, 1683. æt. 15, 1683. Edward Hudſon, john Warburton,
died young. ætat. 22, eldeſt ſon of fir of the borough of
1683.
Hen. Hudſon, bt. Leiceſter.
Pedigree of CURL and WILCOX, of MtLTon Mowsray ; March 14, 1681-2.
Arms“: Vert, a chevron engrailed Or. Creſt, an eagle proper, the legs Or. (Plate XLVI. fig. 49.) |
Walter Curle, biſhop of Wincheſter, 16 32—1650.= 0.000.054
John Curl, of Buttermere, co. Wilts, ob. circa 1661. FCatharine, dau. of.... Wilcox *, of Filberds, co. Berks.
2, Anne, dau. of-=7. Thomas Curl, of ga. Dorothy, dau. of Edward
1. Walter Curl, now= . , dau. of
Samuel Hales, Melton Mowbray, Rawlinſon, of Grantham, of Buttermere, co. Godard,
of New Wind- died 1699, aged co. Lincoln, fiſter of Lydia Wilts, ætat. circa of Woodhey, co. |
for, co. Berks. 59 *. mentioned below. 46, 1681. Berks.
Anne, died an infant. Richard Curl, died an infant. Catharine, born in June 1681, |
N 1 188
2. John Curl, of the
New Exchange, London; married, but died without iſſue about 1677. |
3. Henry Curl, of Andover, Hants, ztat. 168 1-2, circa 40; married . .. dau. of Joſeph Hinckſman, of Andover,
4. Nicholas Curl, of Marcham, co. Oxon. cœlebs, 1681, tat. circa 39.
5. William Curl, of the city of London; married . . . dau. of . . . . Barker, of Newbury, co. Berks, M. D.
6. Edward Curl, of London, jeweller, 1611, ætat. circa 36. =Elizabeth, dau. of... . Hook, of London, iſt wife. =
Lydia, dau. of Edward Rawlin on, of Grantham, co. Lincoln, 2d wife.
8. Francis, living in London, 1681 ; unmarried ; ætat. circa 27.
9. Robert, living in London, 1681 ; unmarried ; ætat. circa 26. |
1. Catharine, wife of Thomas Lawrence, of Fifield, co. Hants, D. D. 1681. 2, Mary, living unmarried 1681,
* This coat was granted to William Curle, of Hatfield, ſon of Nicholas, Dec. 17, 1886, by William Flower, Norroy. Vide
2. H. 11, II. fol. 30. b. Q. if the biſhop be not deſcended from the ſaid William? He was born at Hatfield, Herts, as
appears by Wood's Faſti. * Sec p. 271,
Mr. Curl affirmed himſelf to be couſin-german to. fir Walter Curl, of Subberton, co, Southampton, But there is no
entrance of this family, either in Wilts, Hauts, or London. See his epitaph, p. 257.
XxXxsg An
op "Vie 1 2
2 a
*#262 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE;
An Harleian MS. in the Britiſh Muſeum (2017.
84.) has furniſhed the following additional notes:
1583, June 8, at Melton church, in com. Leiceſtr.
there lieth buried one Bellers *, who lieth croſs-legged,
armed all in mail, with his ſword, and his ſhield upon
his arm, whereon this coat is depicted, in theſe co-
lours: Per pale, Sable and Gules, a lion rampant
Argent; plate LXXII. fig. 1.
On a' monument :
« Vic jacet Jaſper Kuſkyn, armiger, unus
* .coaſanguineorumt et heredum Joh'is Bellers, armigeri,
qui quidem Jalper obüt x die Aprilis, a“ 1485,
cujus ai'e propiciet* de.“
On a monument, where there lieth a lady buried ?,
are theſe eſcocheons upon the tomb: |
Argent, on a bend, between fix croſs croſslets,
fitchy, Gules, three lozenges Argent; Burgeis; fig. 2.
Argent, a croſs patonce, with a label of three
points; fig. 3.
. On another:
Azure, a griffin ſegreant Argent; Griſin, fig. 4.
Azure, a fleur-de-l1s Argent, charged with a mullet
Azure; Digby; fig. 5. &
Or, on two bats Gules, three water-bougers Argent;
Willoughby ; fig. 6.
« Of youre devocion everiche ſap a Pater Poſter, and one Ave,
That God to his grace and blyſſid ſithet receyve the ſoule
of fir John Dygby, knight, and of dame
Katheren and dame Marget his wyffes too,
whdfe bodies reſte in this place alſo; which ſir John
deccaſſed the.... day of.. . a d'ni mo v..
Eight daughters; the ſons defaced.
On another:
Azure, three wolves paſſant in pale between two
flaunches Or, each charged wich an anchor Sable;
Chaunty * ; impaling, Argent, two chevrons Sable, on
each three martlets of the firſt between as many eſcal-
| lop-thells of the ſecond. Creſt, on a wreath a demi
lion couped Azure, gutte de ſang, Or, holding an
anchor Or; fig. 7.
« Hic jacet Clemens Chauncy, al's Gyles, arm.
et Elizabeth uror ejus, qui obiit oftavo die menſis
Septembris, anno d'ni x 578, qui filium unum Habue-
runt et tres filias,”
On another :
Barry nebule of eight Argent and Sable; in a
canton Gulcs, a creſcent Or; Brokeſby 5; impaling
Ermine two chevrons ; fig. 8.
Barry, nebule. of fix, Argent and Azure; on a
chief Gules a lion paſſant guardant Or; Merchants of
the Staple ; fig. 9. |
« Of pour charitie pray for the ſoules of Mr. Barthel-
mewe Brokeſbie, eſquir, and Elizabeth his wife; the whiche
Varthelmewe decealed the xu day of Mane, in the pere of our
Lorde God 1543; on whole ſoules Jelus have marfie. Amen.“
Seven ſons and one daughter.
| In an old window are theſe coats:
Per pale, Gules and Sable, a lion rampant Argent ;
10.
Goles, a lion rampant Argent; fig. 11.
Gules, three lions paſſant guardant in pale Or, a
label of France; earl of Lancaſter; fig. 12.
Bellers, as before, fig. 1.
Magister: Johannes: de: Melton: arm: ett.
| In another window:
* Ocate pro bono ſtatu Joh'is Shirley, armigeri.“
A man and woman kneeling, in theſe coat armours:
Paly of fix, Argent and Azure; fig. 13.
Willoughby ; as before, fig. 6.
In another window kneeleth Bagot of Bloffelde and
his two wives in coat arinour, and with theſe arms
placed between them:
Argent, a chevron Gules between three martlers,
Sable; fig. 14. |
A;
Quarterly, 1. and 4. Argent, a chevron Gules
between three martlets Sable. 2. Or, an eaple-dif.
played Azure; in dexter point. a martlet Gules :
Marſhall; 3. Gules a chevron Vaire z fig. 1 6. p
Gules, a chevron Vaire; impaling, Or, an eagle dil-
played Azure; fig. 16. |
In another window : YT
A man and a woman in coat armour, and theſe
arms by them:
Paly of fix, Argent and Azure; fig. 13.
Azure, three hounds currant in pale Or; fig. 19,
The ſame, impaling Sable, a bend between fix
croſs crolslets Argent; fig. 18.
In another window :
Sable, three wolves? heads eraſed Argent
z impaling,
Paly of fix, Argent and Azure; fig. 19,
In another window : ;
Or, two bars Gules, in chief three torteaux ; fig. 20,
Gules, three water-bougets Argent; Ros; bg. 21,
Quarterly, Argent and Azure, a ſhield in center of
the laſt Argent; fig. 22.
Digby ; impaling, quarterly, 1. and 4. Griffin, 2.
and 3. Gules, a croſs flory Or ; Latimer ; fig. 23.
A lion rampant Gules ; fig. 24. A biſhop is kneel-
ing by theſe arms.
Quarterly, 1. a lion rampant within a border en-
grailed ; 2. the ſame; 3. a faltire; 4. a bend between
fix martlets ; E a freit 3 6. three lions paſſant guar-
dant in pale; Lancaſter; impaling, Argent, a maunch
Sable; Haſtings; fig. 25.
Quarterly of four; 1, Per pale, the firſt part
Azure, two bars Or; 2. Or, on a croſs engrailed Sa-
ble; 3. and 4. blank; fig. 26.
Quarterly, 1. and 4. Sable, a chevron between
three pheons heads Argent; Egerton; 2. and 3. Or,
on a croſs Sable, five eſcallop-ſhells Argent. Stonham ;
fig. 27. A man is kneeling by this coat armour,
In another window :
Argent, three bars wavy Sable, each charged with
three bezants, on a chief Gules a tun feſs- ways be-
tween two anchors Or; fig. 28.
« Orate pro bono ſtatu Will'mi Gonſon,”
A chevron Gules between three pellets; on a chief,
Per feſs Argent and Azure; on the upper part a
pellet between two creſcents Azure; fig. 29.
In another window :
Azure, a goat paflant Argent, armed and hoofed
Or; fig. 30. |
Gules, a feſs between three birds Argent; impaling
the ſun ſurmounted by clouds, the ſun-beams iſſuing
towards the chief; fig. 31.
Azure, two lions paſlant guardant ; a chief Argent;
fig. 32. 5
In Grene's® houſe, the Swan at Melton, theſe coats:
Gules, ſix lozenges voided Or, 3, 2, 1. Andrews;
fig. 33.
Tone on a bend ſiniſter Vert, between fix croſſes
forme Gules, three bezants; Smith, de com. Leiceſter;
impaling, Sable three leopards' heads Gulcs, jeſſant
fleurs-de lis Argent. Woodford ; fig. 34. Creſt, on a
wreath, a peacock's head eraſed proper, ducally gorged
Or.
In 1224, Henry Roſe, vicar of Melton, was ad-
mitted in fraternitatem at Belvoir priory 7.
The rectory of Melton Mowbray was held in 1573
by Humpbry Adderley, under a leaſe from the crown,
at the yearly rent of £16. 15. 3d.
Nov. 28, 1645, Edward Fleming, of Melton, was
fined 40 marks, by the committee of ſequeſtration, for
ſelling wine to the king's forces.
Previous to the viſitation of biſhop Pretyman in 1794»
the epiſcopal chair repreſented in plate LXXII. ſig· 5
was given to Melton church by the preſent vicar. In
the ſmall middle niche in front are the arms of Lin-
coln ſee, and biſhop Pretyman's ; around, X VEREND®
IN CHRISTO, PATRE GEORGIO EPISCPP. LVII“, A. P-
MDCCXCIV%, See fig. 6.
: See before, p. 255, * See p. 253, Hence correct p. 255, The blanks ſeems to have been originally left on the ſtone.
dee p. 253; and in plate LV. a ſpecimen of the hand-writing of his Regiſter, mentioned in p. 243:
7 Appendix, p. 24.
* Leaſcs in the Avgmentation-Office,
Pedigree
5 GY
Fran Alb Hokbateg 5. El T ON MOWBRAY:) 4083
Pedigree of the Family of MOWBRA YT.
(From MS. CuETrwWTI ND.) | „
Har Al 1 . Maud, dau. to Rich. de Aquila, firſt=Nigell de Albini, younger Gundreda, dau. to Gerald,
a Dane. married to Rich. de Molbray, earl brother to William lord de Gornay, ſecond wite,
= K of Northumberland. | » Albini Pincerna. married 1118.
Robert Fitz Harding, r — — — — 8
died 17 Hen. II. Roger, who, by command of king Hen. I. Alice de Hamo, progenitor to
— | PE took the name of Mowbray, ' | Gaunt. | the Belers “.
Maurice, died- Alice, dau. and heir of 2 7 * | 2
1 Rich. . Roger de Berkley. Nigell de Mowbray,-=Mabell, dau. to . . . earl of Clare, alias Roger de
1 —— „ to Will. Fitz Patrick earl of Saliſbury, Mowbray.
Thomas de Berkley, — — — 7 * We
died 26 Hen. III. William de Mowbray, Agnes, dau. to the earl Robert. Philip, Roger.
— 1 6Rich, Land Hen. Ill. of Arundel. |
Mavrice de Berkley, ylſabel, natural — —
died 8 Edw. I. daughter of to de Mowbray, = Maud, dau. and Koger, died—Mavd, dau. of Wil-
Richard, king 8 H. III. ob. 13 H. III. heir ot Roger de 51 Hen. III. liam de Beauchamp,
of the Romans. | Camvile of Bedford,
* "Np. 4
Thomas lord Leer- Timpe dau. of William de Roger de Mowbray. 6 Edw. I. Roſe, ſiſter to Gilbert earl of
died 1341. Ferrers, earl of Derby. died 26 Edw. I. Clare and Glouceſter.
Thomas, from whom Maurice lord Eva, dau, to ohn de Mowbra 24=Alice, dau. and coheir= Sir Richard
js deſcended Berkley Berkley, died | Eude de la dw. I. hanged at York | of William de Brews, Peſhall, knt.
of Wymondham *, 19 Edw. I. Zouch. 15 Edw. II. of Gowher. 2d huſband,
! j
| Mauzite, from whom is Thomas lord Berkley, Margaret, dau. of Jobn de Mowbray, Joan, dau. of
deſcended Berkley of died 35 Edw. III. Roger Mortimet 1—35 Edw. III. | Henry eatl of
Bruton, co. Somerſet. * — — — earl of March. 535 Lancaſter:
Matirice lord—Ifabel, dau. of John de Mowbray, Elizabeth, av. and heir of John lord Segrave, by Mary his wife,
Berkley, died | Hugh lord Ve- flain at Conſtanti- | dau. and ſole heir of Thomas of Brotherton, ad ſon to Edmund
42 Edw. III. ſpenſer. nople 42 Edw. III. firſt earl of Norfolk, and earl marſhal of England.
F 3
—
Thomas- Margaret, James der Elizabeth, John. de Mow- Elizabeth, = Thomas, earl of=Tlizabeth, ſiſter and
lord dau. and Berkley, | dau. and ray, earl of dau. and Nottingham, coheir of Thomas
Berkley, | heir of died in | heir of Nottingham, 1 hetrot John created duke of | Fitz-Allen, earl of
died 5 Warren his bro- | John Rich. II. died Leſtrange, Norfolk, 21K. II.] Arundel, ſecond
Hen. V. | lord Liſle. ther's life | Blewett, of 6 R. II. with- of Black- died 1 Hen. 5 wife.
time. | Ragland. out iſſue. more.
— pe 2 7 T T | 1
Elizabeth, dau. 23 lord Iſabel, wid. Margaret, Thomas, =Conſtance, ohn de Mow-—Katharine, dau.
and heir, wife Berkley, | of Henry married to beheaded daughter of bray, duke of | to Ralph Nevill,
of Rich. Beau- died Ferrers, of fir Robert at York, John Hol- Norfolk, died | carl of Weſt-
champ, earl of 9g Edw.IV. | Groby. Howard. 6 H. IV. land, duke 11 Hen. VI. | moreland.
Warwick. | of Exeter,
r h EO TIED TY 4 pe :
William, marquis Berkley, earl of Maurice de—Ifſabel, dau. and heir of John, duke of Norfolk, Eleanor, dau, of
Nott. died 5 H. VII. without iſſue. Berkley, kt. fir Philip Mead, knt. 14 H. VI. died 1 E. IV. | Will. Id Boucher.
—— — 8——
Maurice lord Thomas de Berkley, Eleanor, dau. of fir Mar- John, duke of Norfolk, (earl Elizabeth, dau. of
Berkley. died knt. died 24 Hf. VIII. | maduke Conſtable, of of Warren and Surrey in his | John Talbot, firſt
without iſſue. Flamborough, co. Vork. father's life) died 15 E. IV. | earlof Shrewſbury.
j J
Thomas lord Berkley, Anne, dau. of fir John Anne, ſole dau. and heir, married to Richard duke of York,
died 27 Hen. VIII. Savage, knt. died without iſſue,
Henry lord Berkley, died 161 3—Katharine, daughter of Henry Howard, earl of Surrey, died 1506.
Funn married to George Mary, marr. to ſir John Zouch, Thomas Berkley, knt. Elizabeth, dau and heir of
Shirley, of Staunton, bart. of Codnor, co. Derby, knt. born 17 Eliz. d. 1611. | G. Carey; baron Hunſdon.
n 1 F
Theophila, married to fir George lord Berkley, Elizabeth, daughter and coheir of ſir Michael Stanhope, of
Robert Coke, knt. died 1638, | Ortord, co. Suffolk, knt. |
George lord Berkley, heir to his brother, 1641, Charles lord Berkley, drowned at ſea 1640 without iſſue, ſ. p.
2 Of this family ſee under Eye-Kettleby, p. 78. * See under the pariſh of Wymondham;
Pedigree of DRAPER, of Mxrrom MownAv.
Arms: Quarterly: 1. Argent on a feſs between three annulets Gules, a mullet between two covered cups Or; 2. Or, on two chev-
rons Sable, between three eſcallop-ſhells Vert, fix martlets Or; 3. Ermine, on a chief Azure, three lions rampant Or; 4. Ermine;
a feſs chequy, Argent and Sable, creſt a cubit arm habited Vert, flaſhed Argent, holding a covered cup Or. (See plate XLVI.)
: John Draper, of Flintham, co. Nottingham
—— — 5 0 . __ . q "> 8 ;
Thomas Draper, of Flintham.—= + + + + dau, and heir to Ager Lutle, dau. and heir to... . . Urſwyke:
7 2 |
Thomas Draper, of Flintham = «+» dau. to . . . Ketelby. ?
r | * 5 1 EEG
John Draper, of Melton Mowbray, . + + dau. to Robert Draper, Elizabeth, dan. and coheir to John
co. Leiceſter. f 2 ... Gunſton. ſecond ſon. Diefield, alias Lowe,
_— {NETS | p— — waned
Wilkam Thomas == Sir ChriſtoPher=> . . . dau. Eliza-=Clement Bennet, wife Matthew =Senere, Elizabeth,
Draper. Draper, Draper, lord- E . » beth. Chauncy, to lohn Fro- Draper, dau. to wife to
of Mel- mayor of Lon- | Greene, died mond. of Cam John
Robert ton Mow- | don 156); died | of Eſſex. 1578. bria, Black- Boyer.
Draper. bray. 1584. well, :
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John Draper, of Melton Vowbray, Bennet, wife to ſir Bridget, wife to Anne, Jied=Sir Wolſtan Dixie,
| 1591. | Will. Gibbs, jun. Stephen Wood- 1593. kent. lord-mayor of
| 1591. roffe. London in 1 586.
vor. 1, Yyy Pedigree
264 HISTORY awv ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
A Pedigree of RUSKIN and LACY, of Marron Mownrav. .-. .-
Quarterly of ſix: 1. Argent, fix pellets, 3. 2. t. Lacy,—2, Sable, a chevron between ſpear-heads, A rgent, Raſtia.—z. Per
pale Gules and Sable a Jion rampant Argent, Belr.—4. Azure, a bend between fix mullets pierced Argent, Houly, — 5- Argent,
a croſs; in firſt and fourth, an annulet Vert, Ki-kby.—6. as 1. (See plate XLVI.)
William Ruſkin, of Melton==Eleanor, fourth daughter of John Beler, eſq. of Kirkby, and one of the
Mowbray. | coheireſſes to her brother John, 1475. (See p. 278.)
Jaſper Ruſkin, of Melton Mowbray. Katharine.
4 — THOR
"= |
Anna, dau. and coheir, married John Katharine, nun Margaret, dau. and=KRichard Lacy. of Ha- Elizabeth,
Leke, of Edmonton and Kirton. of Poleſworth. coheit. | litax, co. York, . p.
r 1 8 a 1
Seth Lacy, =Iſabell, daughter of Leonard Lacie, Jane, dau. o. John Lacy, f lizabeth, dau. of
1ſt fon. | Hen, Farrer, of Halifax. 2d fon. Muſten. 3d ſon. . Leveſey.
1 . 3 # 1
1
2 . . |
Williana Lacy, Anne, dau. Elizabeth, marr. 1. Seth. 1. Faith, Matthew, Dorothy. Wil = . dau. of
11—
of Melton Mow- | of John Tho. Frearche; 2. Thomas. 2. Iſabel. of dau, of liam. | . .. Hebbe,
bray, living Digbie, of and after to John 1. Elizabeth. z. Mod. Melton of Lough-
1563. Welby. Elwood. 2. Jhomas. wen, Waltham, | borough.
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John Lacy, Henry Lacy, = 4nna, dau. off. Margaret, ſiſter and heir, married —
ob. ſ. p. ob. ſ. p. Travers, 2d huſband 1. Philip Serjant, of London, | John Lacy.
» + » +» . Maze, co. merchant; 2. . . Lacy, of & - - 5
Suſſex. Market Deeping, co. Linc. Philip. Anne.
Pedigrce of another Branch of LACY, of Merrow MO wWRAT.
Arms: Lacy, ſingle as before; a creſcent for difference.
Hugo Lacy, who came out of Yorkſhire.—=Elizabeth, dau. of. . Noell, of Ileot, co. Stafford.
Kos Andrew Lacy, of Melton Mowbray. Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Willcocks, of Barwell, co. Leic. ad wife.
- I I
1 I «do aig f 3 3 * *
William, iſt ſon, Henry, 2d fon, 1. Elizabeth, married John Stanbridge, Jane, Anne, Mary,
tat. 10, 1619. ætat. 7. of Southwark, vintner, 2d dau. za dau. 4th dau.
Pedigree of HUDSON", of Merton Mowsrar.
(From a Viſitation 14 March, 1681; continued to Feb. 24, 177 5, by a Pedigree in the Office of Arms, D. 1 4. 164.)
Thomas Hudſon, of Melton Mowbray.—Anne, dau. ef Hugh Spenſer, of Melton Mowbray.
I _—_—_ |
1. Anne, dau. of.. . = <obert Hudſon, citizen and haberdaſher of London, born at==2. Jane, dau. of Thomas
Barret, of London, Melton Jan. 1<, 1564; fined for theriff and aiderman ; died Bilton, of London;
merchant. at Chiſwick, co. Middleſex, Sept. 11, 1641. died about 16 34.
1 *
1 . N
Thomas Honor, dau. of Geo. Sir Henry Hudſon, t. Margaret, dau z. Mary, only dau. Eme- Rich. Brigham?,
Hudſon, Humble, and filter of Melton Mow- | of fir Edw. Brom- | of Tho. Nevinſon, lyn. | of Lambeth, eſq.
citizen of of fir Wm. Humble; brav, created bart. | field, alderman of | eſq. eldeſt ſon of tir
London; after married to fir 3 july, 1660; died | London; lord. Roger Nevinſon, of Anne, daug. Sir Tho,
died Thomas Vyner. Auguſt 27, 1690, | mayor 1637 ; Eaſtry, in Kent; and ſole heir. Leigh of
about 1637. ' .#t. 81. died 1653. living 1681. r —
— „ OT 4 1. 2 1 Anne, only daugh. died
1. Jane“, 2. Eliza- 2. Charles, 3. Kobert, 1. Frances, I. Sir Edward==2. Eleanor. dau. young.
wife of beth; died at died 1687, dau. of Hudſon, bart.
Richard 3. Anne; Morocco t. 33. Nathan #t. 45 in1681;
Pell, of 4. Mar- unmarried 4. Edward, Wright, buried at Mel-
of Peter Ser-
jeant, of Mel- &
ton, gent. died Henrietta-Maria-Hud-
Demble- garet; about died merchant | ton, Juneg, | 1723 *. ſon, unmarricd 1081.
bye, co. all un- 1667. young. of Lon- 1702.
Linc.eſq married don. a " |
d. 1680. 1681.
YE OE * —
1. Edward Hudſon, bapt. at 2. Benjamin Hudion, ætat. 14. 16812222
Melton, 10OR. 1668; d. 1694. atterward fir Benjamin Hudſon *, bart |
1
Sir Charles Hudſon, bart. died April 1, 1752, f. p. buried at Midhurſt.
Skeffington Hudſon, bapt. at Melton, II May, 1683; Elizabeth, dau. of Margaret, bapt. at Charles Hudſon, bapt.
a bait. on the death of his nephew fir Charles |. . . Paſſamore. Melton 14 June at Melton 13 June,
1752 ; died Feb. 1760 buried at Poplar. 1688, 1693; living in 1722.
ſ N- N e . wr 6
Sir Charles Hudſon?, born Deborah, dau. of Robert May dau. James. Henry. Elizabeth.
at Poplar, married at | Peter Vallavine, Hudſon, | of . . . William. Mary. Elcauor.
Charter-houſe chapel; | clerk, vicar of eſq. Sarah. Edward.
died OA. 6, 1773. Preſton near — — —
W ingham, Kent. Penelope, All fix dead in 1775
Sir Charles Vallavine Hudſon, bart. only ſon and heir, born Sept. 14, 1755, at Preſton near Wingham, Kent.
* See their arms, p. 249; which in the Viſitation of London 1633, C. 24. fol, 99. b. are thus entered: Three eſcallops
and four lanoets bound in the embattling.
* Comprroller of the houſe to archbiſhop Abbot. In the chancel, of Lamberh church, on an old marble grave-ſtone, is an
inſcription, nearly obliterated, for this gentleman, his wife, and daughter; on which theſe verles are till viſible ;
The father, mother, daughter, in one grave, Three one, ia love, in tomb, in hope to have
Lye lumbering here beneath this marble ſtone ; A joyful fight of him that's Three in One.
3 Second ſon of Thomas the firſt lord Leigh of Stoneley. He was knighted Aug. 22, 1642, and died in his father's life-time.
By a ſecond wife, Jane, daughter of YVatrick Fitz- Maurice baron of Kerrey, he was father of Thomas the ſecond lord Leigh,
who died in 1710, Her grand-daughter, Jane Quincie, died Jan. 1721, aged 22, See p. 252
5 In her will, dated a Dec. 17223 proved 23 July, 1727; ſhe is ſiyled of Old Ford pariſh, Stratford, Bow, She mentions
her ſon Skeflington ; and makes her daughter Margaret executrix and reũduary legatee. .
»The family of Charles Hud/on (probably all extin&t, ſee p. 256) are not noticed in this pedigree z nor R.dert Hud on, of
Stepney, eſq, (ſuppoſed to be a younger brother of fir Benjamin, who died Jan. 16, 1734, aged 64. and Elizabeth his wife, uly
11, 1740, aged 59. Their daughter Frances, wife to George Dudley, efq. of Hart-itreet, Bloomſbury, died March 39, 1790»
aged 43 ; and her huſband Nov. 20, 1777, aged 75.—Michacl Hud/in, lieutenant coloncl of the third regiment of guards, died
Feb 4, 1776; and was buried at Poplar ; as was Margaret his relict.
7 Mater of a trading-ſhip in the ſervice of the Eaſt India Company. He ſailed for the firſt time as captain June 29, 1797+
ö BURTON
BURTON
in antient writings called Burtone, Bourton, and, after
the foundation of its famous hoſpital *, Burton Lazars,
and Burton Sancti Lazari, is bonnded on the North
by Brentingby; on the South by Little Dalby (the
beautiful groves of which are here a pleaſing object);
on the Weſt by Eye-Kettleby ; and on the Eaſt ſepa-
rates the counties of Leiceſter and Rutland. Ir is about
two miles to the North-weſt of Melton Mowbray ; 8
miles from Oakham ; 14 from Leiceſter ; and, in the
eccleſiaſtical diviſion of the county, is within the
deanry of Framland.
In the reign of Edward the Confeſſor, this lordſhip,
as a portion of the manor of Melton, was poſſeſſed
by Leuric Fitz Lewin ; and, after the Conqueſt, be-
came, with Melton, the property of Goisfrid de Wirce.
It was then computed to be one oxgang ſhort of twelve
ploughlands, and had twelve acres of meadow *.
In another portion of this lordſhip, which, in the
time of king Edward, was worth twenty ſhillings, there
were four ploughs. At the time of the ſurvey, this
portion continued of the ſame value; and is deſcribed
as containing three ploughlands, held by Richard under
Robert de Buſli. One plough was employed in the
demeſne ; and five villans, with four bordars, had two
ploughs. There were three acres of meadow *.
From Robert de Twyford, lord of this village about
1170, it deſcended to Julian his daughter and heir,
who was mother to Robert de Martina +. |
Nicholas the ſon of Robert de Champaigne granted
certain lands here to the abbey of Sulby, in North-
amptonſhire (to which Reger de Mowbray * was alſo
a benefactor); and confirmed thoſe which had been
given them by his anceſtors 6. |
In the Teſta de Nevill, Burton is deſcribed, about
the year 1240, as containing one carucate of the fee
of Tatiſball, one of the fee of Peter Burdett, and fix
bovates under William Aumari. Burton and Wyfordby
paid jointly 1 2d. for frank pledge; and to the ſheriff's
aid Burton Pantouf paid 8d. and Burton Burdett 14d.
In the Itinerary of 1280, ,Burton, Melton, and
Wyfordby, anſwered collectively as one vill.
In 1301, Hamon de Beler held one knight's fee in
Eye Kettleby, Kirkby Beler, and Burton, of Roger de
Mowbray, deceaſed?” ; under whom the abbot de Valle
Dei * held alſo half a knight's fee in Burton.
In 1303, John de Hamelin and Jobn de Tateſtale
held the third part of one knight's fee, with the ap-
purtenances, in Sumerdby, Burg, Dalby Parva, and
Burton St. Lazarus, of Robert de Tateſhale, deceaſed;
and it was worth 106.5
In 1325, Roger de Beler, deceaſed, and Alice his
wite, held one piece of land in Burton St. Lazarus,
yielding 6s. 8d. a year, of the abbot of Valdey; but
by what ſervice was uncertain 1.
In 1346, Agatha Beler (on the aid then granted for
knighting Edward of Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt
ſon) was aſſeſſed 20s. for half a knight's fee in Ket-
tleby and Burton, parcel of the fee of Mowbray ;
and Robert Chevercourt (on the ſame occaſion) was
aſſeſſed 20s. for half a knight's fee in Burton, Freth-
by, and Wyvorby ; whereof Wyvorby was parcel of
the honour of Tickhill, and Burton and Frethby
parcel of the fee of Mowbray ; and all were parcel
of thoſe three knights fees which John de Chever-
court had lately held **.
In 1361, Jobn de Mowbray, of the Iſle of Axholme,
Of which ſee a particular hiſtory, p. 272, & ſeqq.
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L AZ AR,
died ſeiſed of one knight's fee in Kettleby, Kirkby,
and Burton, which Ralph Beler held; alſo the moiety
of one knight's fee in Burton St. Lazarus, which the
abbot of Yaudey held; and one Knight's fee in Burton,
Melton, and Queningborough, which the maſter of
Burton held. |
In 1371, Robert de Oxenforde, patron of Gnypton,
releafed all his right in Burton St. Lazarus, to Roberr
Coll, of Melton “.
In 1387, Henry. de Ferrars, of Groby, knt. died
ſeiſed of the manor of Burton S. Lazarus, which
William la Zouch of Haringworth held.
In 1399, Thomas Morobray, late duke of Norfolk,
was ſeiſed of one knight's fee, with the appurtenances,
in Kettleby, Kirkby, and Burton, value . 10; alſo
of the moiety of one knight's fee in Burton Lazars .
In the ſubſidy of 1416 (when the county of Lei-
ceſter was rated at J. 757. 128. 111d.) Burton Saint
Lazars paid 415; and Burton Grange 534. 44d.
In 1444, William de Ferrers F Groby, knt. died
ſeiſed of the manor of Burton St. Lazarus; which
William lord Zouch of Haringwerth held “.
In the ſubſidy of 1445, Burton Lazars was rated at
L. 2. 1s; and 15. was abated,
In 1455, Robert de Wodeford, knt. died ſeiſed of one
meſſuage, 300 acres of land, 100 acres of meadow,
and zoo acres of paſture, in Burton St. Lazarus; held
of Jobn Beler, eſq.
la 1457, Edward de Grey, knt. lord Ferrers of
Groby, died ſeiſed of the manor of Burton St. Lazarus,
which fir William de la Zouch of Haringworth held“.
In 1461, John Mowbray, duke of Norfolk, died
ſeiſed of one knight's fee in Kettleby, Kirkby, and
Burton, which John Beler held; alſo of one knight's
fee in Burton St. Lazarus, which the abbot of Valdey
held; and of one knight's fee in Melton, Burton, and
Quenburg, which the maſter of the hoſpital of Burton
St. Lazarus held“.
William de Woodford died in 1533, ſeiſed of certain
lands and tenements in Burton S. Lazarus, held of the
king as of the hundred of Framland ** ; which had
deſcended to him from John de Woodford, whoſe char-
tulary preſerves the following particulars relative to
this hamlet, |
John Burdett, of Burton St. Lazarus, gave and
granted to William, the ton of Malter de Mellon, one
place of his lordſhip, and a toft and a yard land, con-
taining 32 acres of arable, with the appurtenances, in
Burton Sancti Lazari; whoſe cſtate Jobn Newill of
Brentyng by purchaſed; theſaid deed of gift reſer-
ving for the term of 22 years the yearly payment of a
roſe- flower, and, after the expiration of the ſaid term,
the yearly payment of ſixty ſhillings to him and his
heirs for ever, 1280. The ſaid John Burdett gua-
rantees this grant * contra omnes gentes, ram Chriſtt-
anos quam Judeos, nunc & imperpetuum.“
By another deed, the ſaid John Burdett deviſed to
the ſaid William the ſaid lands, &c. for term of 22 years;
and, after the expiration of the ſaid term, to remain to
the ſaid William and to his heirs or to his aſſigns for
evermore, on payment of the ſixty ſhillings aforeſaid.
John Burdett, of Burton, granted to Ralph de
Grabam, merchant of Melton, ſeven acres of arable
land, lying upon Forehill in Burton field.
John Burdett granted to Ralph de Graham ten
other acres of arable land in Burton field.
* © In Burtone 12 carucate tetræ, 1 bovata minus; & 12 acre prati.” Domeſday, p. 235. b. col 1,
3 « Idem{Ricardus] tenet de Rlogero] 3 carucatas terre in Burtone. Tempore regis Edwardi erant ibi 4 caruce, In dominice
eſt una; & g villapi, cum 4 bordariis, habent 2 carucas, Ibi 3 acræ prati.
* MS, Chetwynd. Dugd. Mon, vol, II. p. 627.
* Eſch, 29 Edw. I. N' 47. Leic.
Rot. Aux. 20 Edw. III.
* Eſch. 11 Ric. II. Ne 26. Leic.
* Eſch. 34 Hen. VI. * Eſch. 36 Hen. VI.
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Eſch. 31 Edw. I. N' 40. Lee.
Eſch. 35 Edw. III. Pars 2. N“ 10.
's Eſch, 1 Hen. IV. N* 71. Leie.
% Eſch. i Edw. IV. N 46. Leic-
Valuit, & valet, 20 ſolidos.“ Ibid. p. 234 b. 2.
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13 Clauli. 45 Edw. III. m. 9.
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256 HISTORY AND ANTIOVUITIEs or LEICESTERSHIRE,
John Burdett, of Burton, granted to William the
ſon of Walter de Melton, a place in his lordſhip of
Burton, and 184. of annual rent, and a toft of 32
acres ; whoſe eſtate William of Woodford purchaſed.
William, the ſon of Walter of Melton, granted to
William his ſon, perpetual vicar of .the church of
Melton, all the lands and tenements that he had in
the town of Burton.
John Nevill, of Stokes, granted to William Burges,
of Melton, 8 acres of arable, &c. in Burton; whoſe
eſtate Jobn of Wooaford afterwards purchaſed to him and
his heirs in fee fimple z © die Sabbati in vigilia Pen-
tecoſtes, 2 Edward II.“ Witneſs, W. de Kettleby, &c.
Frere Michael, general commander of the hoſpital
of St. Lazarus in England, by the common conſent
of his brethren of Burton, granted to William Fitz
Hugh and Sarah his wife, a daughter of Frere John
de Rotamago, in free marriage, one virgate of land in
the field of Burton; whoſe eſtate fir John Nevill of
Brentyngby had. |
Thomas de Melton, of Burton, gave and granted to
John Follevill and to Johanna his wife 6s. 8d. of
annual rent, to be taken of all his lands and tene-
ments in Burton ; whoſe eſtate the ſaid William of
Woodford purchaſed. Witneſſed by Robert Haliday,
maſter of Burton, Ralph Sachevill, parſon of Twy-
ford, Robert of Gaddeſby, &c. die Dommica in vi-
giliza Omnium Sanftorum, 24 Edward III.“
The ſaid Thomas of Melton gave unto the faid
William of Woodford, of Brentyngby, (. 10. of an-
nual rent, yearly to be taken of all his lands, &c. in
Burton and Melton, 25 Edward III. Witneſſed by ſir
Roger Beler, knt. fir John Brabaſon, knt. John de
Woodford, James Beler, &c.
The ſaid Thomas of Melton fold to the ſaid Wil-
liam of Woodford fix cottages and a ploughland in
Burton St. Lazarus, and five cottages in Melton.
Robert Chevercourt, of Wyfordby, gave to Hugo
the ſon of Hebe net, and to Alice his wife, and to
their ſon Roger, a toft and an oxgang of land in
Burton; whole eſtate William of Woodford purchaſed.
The aforeſaid Thomas of Melton gave bond to the
faid William of Woodford, that he would not make
claim in any of the lands, &c. which the ſaid William
purchaſed of the ſaid Thomas, 26 Edward III.
There was a defeſaunt made upon this fame obli-
eation, 27 Edward III.
William of Woodford let to farm to Thomas of
Melton, and to Dioniſe bis wife, one meſſuage, ſix
cottages, and one carucate, in Burton St. Lazarus, and
four cottages in Melton Mowbray, for their joint lives,
by leaſe, 26 Edward III.
Thomas of Melton ſurrendered up to William of
Woodford his right in the ſaid cottages in Melton,
by deed, 34 Edward III.
William, the fon of John Gryme, of Burton, gave to
Robert Preſi, of Melton, and Alice his wife, five par-
cels of arable land in Burton field ; purchaſed after by
William of Woodford. Witneſſed by Hugo de Kirkby,
Thomas Grene, Reginald Pellator de Melton, &c.
hald Stephen, of Melton, gave to Walter Preſt,
of Melton, one acre of land in Burton field ; aſter
purchaſed by William Woodford, 12 Edward II.
Richard de Waltham, of Melton, gave unto John
Nevill, of Stoke, all his lands and tenements that he
had in Burton ; 31 Edwardi,
Robert, ſon of Richard de Waltham, releaſed to John
of Woodford, of Brentyngby, all his right and title
that he had in all the lands and tenements that the
ſame John purchaſed of ſir John Nevill, in the town
and fields of Burton; 15 Edward Il.
Simon Frankiyn, of Abbekettleby, granted to John
Fegge, and to Maud his wife, for a rent of two fhil-
lings and a pound of cummin ſeed, a meſſuage and an
oxgang of land in Burton St. Lazarus; after pur-
chaſed by William of Woodford.
Hugh, the fon of Phillip of Illeflon, made Robert
Taverner, of Melton Mowbray, his attorney, to deliver
teiſin to Walter Pre/t, of Melton, in three acres of
arable and meadow land in Burton; after purchaſed
by William of Woodford, 9 Edward Il.
Amicia, widow of the ſaid Hugh, releaſed to the ſaid
Walter Preſt, of Melton, all her right and title to the
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ſaid land and meadow, 1 Edward III.
Simon Franklyn releaſed to John Fegge the af6re: ©
ſaid rent of 25s. and pound of cummin-ſeec.
William Fegge granted to fir Jobn Nevill, knight
and Elizabeth his wife, a meſſuage, &c. in Burton
St. Lazarus, 35 Edwardi regis. |
William Amory, of Burton, gave to Roger his ſon a
toft and an oxgang of land in Burton, called Gug.
lokeſtoft; whoſe fate John Nevill purchaſed.
Roger, ſon of William Amory, of Burton, gaye a
toft and oxgang of land, called Gudelokeſtoft, to Wil:
liam, ſon of Walter of Melton; whoſe eſtate was pur-
chaſed by John Nevill of Brentyngby.
Roger of Mowbray releaſed to Roger Amory all
right and title he had in a tenement and meſſuage, the
which he had of the gift of the ſaid Roger Amory,
in Burton St. Lazarus, Witneſs, Hamond de Beler,
Ralph de Graham, Robert Orger, junior, &c.
William Amory, of Burton, and Gilbert his ' fon
and heir, granted two acres of meadow in Burton,
called Corpunlue Meadow, to John the Merchant
Mercatori) of Melton; whoſe eſtate John Nevill of
rentyngby purchaſed, |
William Amory, of Burton, gave to Gilbert his
fon and heir all his lands in Burton, except a cham-
ber, and a meadow ealled The Holme.
Gilbert, the fon of William Amory, gave to John
de Melton, merchant, two acres of arable in Burton;
after purchaſed by John Nevill of Brentyngby.
William Gilbert, of Button, grants to John Nevill,
of Brentyngby, his chief meſſuage, with the lands
and tenements, rents, &c. to the ſaid meffuage per-
taining, in Burton; and thereupon, Feb. 10, 25 Ed-
ward J. in the full bench at Berwick, he delivered to
the ſaid John a deed and a releaſe.
FJobn Meanroſe, of Scalford, granted unto John Ne.
vill of Stoke 3s. annually, to be taken of a toſt in
Brentyngby, called Floritoft z 25 Edwardi regis.
Robert Franklyn, of Ketulby, releaſeth to William
Amory his right to lands in Burton, afterward fir
John Nevill's by purchaſe. No date.
Simon Franklyn granted to John Phegge, of Burton,
258. a year, given out of an oxgang of land in Burton;
whoſe eſtate John of Woodford purchaſed.
William, ſon of Walter of Melton Mowbray, re-
leaſed his right and title to certain lands in Burton
to Robert Chevercourt of Wyfordby ; which eſtate
John Nevill of Brentyngby purchaſed. Witneſſed by
Hamund Beler of Ketulby, John de Furcher of
Kirkby, Robert de Sancto Petro of Stapilford, &c.
Jobn Amory, of Burton, gave to William of
Kyrkeby, of Melton Mowbray, three yard-lands in
Burton field, 7 Edward III.
John Amory, of Burton, gave to John Nevill of
Prentyngby two acres of meadow in Burton St. Lazarus.
Dated at Burton 5 Edward III.
John, ſon of John Amory of Burton, gave to \Wil-
liam of Woodford his chief meſſuage, with lands,
- meadows, rents, and ſervices, in Burton, 41 Edward Ill.
Edmond of Waltham claimed of John of Woodford
two meſſuages, 40 acres arable, and 10 meadow, in
Burton St. Lazarus; and it was accorded between
them that a trial ſhould be made by aſſize upon the
premiſes, 6 Richard II. This is followed in the
Regiſter by a copy of the aſſize, and the parle there-
upon awarded to the ſaid John of Woodford, by ii
queſt at Weſton, Feb. 11, 14 Richard II; and alfo
by the award of Robert Cherlton, juſtice of the king's
bench, Hillary Term, 16 Richard II.
Robert, ſon of Ralph Burgeys, of Melton, deli-
vered an exigent to the ſheriff of Lincoln, againlt
Thomas de Melton, of Burton, for C. 40. upon an action
of treſpaſs z which John of Woodford paid aud made
an end of, 26 Edward III.
The abbot and convent of Vaudieu ſet to farm to
John Woodford divers lands and meadows in Burton,
by leafe, dated on Eaſter-day 1328.“ 5
At the end of the Regiſter is a ſort of terrier of the
common field, taken in 1300, beginning thus:
* Burton Sancti Lazari. South field.
Imprimis, at Stamford-gate lies 18 acres, &c.
Summa, 39 acres and one rood. Mem. no paſture to
pe laid on the Welt fide three leys, but I will jr
| | ort
Faarttand Hunpaed.) BURTON LAZ ARS.
North field. Imprimis, at the Park-hynde, one Dudley viſcount Liſte, and lord high admiral (created
267
rood, &c. Summa 28 acres, 34 roods. Mem. no earl of Warwick 1547, and duke of Northumberland
reh to be laid out on the Weſt ſide for gatte 1551); the reſerved rent for the manor of Burton with ;
adys, but at the will of the tenant.” | Leeſthorpe being £.4. 65. 74d. +
In the Segrave chartulary, a deed occurs of Mau- William Fitzwilliam, earl of Southampton and lord
rice le Buteler to Stepben de Segrave, of a knight's fee admiral, died Dec. 18, 1542, ſeiſed of the ſite of the
at Burton Lazars and other places, half of which was hoſpital of Burton Lazars, and of divers lands there 5.
held by Ralph de Wileby, and half by Jobn Daencourt *. n the execution and attainder of the duke of North-
In the ſubſidy of 1416 (when the county of Lei- umberland in 1553, the manor again reverted to the
ceſter was rated at £.757+ 128. 114d.) Burton Lazars crown; and lands here were aſſigned for the foundation
paid 4153 and Burton Grange 535. 44. of a chantry, which, from the ſhortneſs of the reign of
Divers premiſſes in Burton Lazars, formerly part queen Mary, was probably never carried into effett.
of the poſſeſſions of the monaſtery of St. Mary de The manor was afterwards granted, by queen Eli- |
Valdey, were granted by king Henry VIII. to the hoſ- zabeth, June 27, 1599, to Dr. Martin Heton, biſhop
pital of St. Giles without the Bars of the Old Temple. of Ely*, and his ſucceflors ; and fo continued till, a con-
The manor of Burton Lazars and the hoſpital (the fiderable part of the revenues of that biſhoprick being
ſarrender being then completed in the crown), toge- ſeized by the Parliamentarians, this manor was ſold,
ther with ſuch of the lands there as had belonged to Jan. 12, 1648-9, to William Leman, Thomas Jackſon,
the abbey of Valdey, and certain lands in Burton, and Thomas Dickens, for £4454. 85. 5d.“
Belton, Whitwell, and Aſhwell , formerly belonging Sir Thomas Hartopp, knt. had property here in 1642,
to this hoſpital, were granted, 4 May, 1535, to Jobn which long continued in his name and family.
Pedigree of HarToee, of Burton Lazars. (See their Arms and Original under Bucxmixsrten,)
Valentine Hartopp, of Burton Lazars, ob. 1633. PAnne, daughter and heireſs of William Goodman, of Goadby, Leic.
lane, wife Mary, wife of Elizabeth, wife Sir William Hartopp, Mary, dau. of Samuel Hartopp, = Bridget, dau.
of William Nic. Stringer, of George Bale, of Burton Lazars, pom Bolt, of 2d ſon. of Will. Ma-
Street, of Eaton, co. of Carlton knighted in 1617 at ilton Er- ſon, of Eg-
Nottingham. Curlew. Aſhby-de-la-Zouch ; | neſt, co. Bed- monton, co.
| ob. 1622, ford; ob. 1635: Nottingham.
Dorothy, dau. of fir Tho. Bendiſh, of=Sir Tho. Hartopp, ſon and heir, born in 1600 ; = Arabella, dau. of Geo. Bennett,
Steeple Buraſted, co. Eflex, bart. iſt wife. purchaſed the Burton Lazars eſtate in 1660. eſq. of Welby, 2d wife“.
2. Edward. 3. Thomas, Elizabeth, dau. Sir Will. Hartopp“, - Agnes, dau. of Dorothy, bo. Mar. 24, Mary,
4+ John. an alderman | offir JohnBuck- of Rotherby, ſon | fir Martin Lifter, 1626; marr. William ad dau.
of London?; | w@th, a merch. and heir, of Thorpe Er- Hartopp, of Little
marr. Aug. | and alderman of nald, knt. firſt Dalby.
4, 1674. _| Lendon. wife.
Nr ad _ Yor” 1 1
Peter, a Tur - Elizabeth, firſt mar. Several Thomas Har- Anne, Martin“, Dorothy, Agnes, mar. Two
key mer- William Hartopp, other topp, of Quorn- | dau. of M. D. m. Will. Wil. Talbot, more
chant, and of of Little Dalby; daugh- don, a colonel | St. John died Young, biſhopofSa- daugh
Waltham- 1 — Seward, ters. in the army, | Bennet, Feb. 24, eſq.
o
Iiſbury1715, ters.
ſtow, Eſſex, orceſterſhire. ob. Sept. 17, Jeſq. 1722, of Shrop- of Durham,
living 1718. 1727, tat. 72. #t. bo. ſhire. 1722; ob. 1730.
2 7
Chiverton Hartopp“, of⸗Catharine, dau. of Tho- Arabella, died at Elizabeth, Anne, Rev.
Woodhouſe, afterwards of | mas Mansfield *4, efq. of Nottingham, un- died Robert
Welby, co. Leiceſter, died | Weſt Leake, co. Nott. married, at an ad- unmarried, Hacker.
April 2, 1759, ætat. 6g. | ob. 1755, ætat. 54- vanced age. |
1. Catharine, James Modyford Heywood, 2. Elizabeth, died 3. Mary, dau. and = Hon. Capt. Richard Howe, 1958 ;
dau. and coh. | of Mariſtow, Devonth. eſq. fingle. 4 coheir. who in * 58 ſucceeded his bro -
| ther as Viſcount Howe of the
kingdom of Ireland, - and in
1. James, born 1756; died unmarried. |
2. Sophia, born 1758 ; married jo jokes Muſters, eſq. of Colwick-Hall, near Not- 1788 was created Earl Howe
tingham, by whom ſhe has a ſon and a daughter. | and Baron Howe of Langar,
3. Lucy, died young. | with remainder of the Barony
4+ Emma, married to captain Albemarle Bertie, of the Royal navy, by whom ſhe | to his daughters; and, for his
has two daughters. meritorious ſervices, particularly
5. Maria-Henrietta, married to Lewis Montolieu, eſq. by whom ſhe has a ſon and | on the firſt of June, 159%, has
three daughters. beenjuſtlyhonoured with the un-
6. Catharine, died young. 7. Richard, died young. 8. Frances, born 1771. bounded applauſe of his country.
1. Sophia Charlotte, enn - Aſsheton Curzon, eſq. of 2. Mary- Juliana, 3. Louifa-Catharine,=Joha-Dennis
born Feb. 19, 1762 {| Gopal Let 1757, elected born April 17, born Dec. 9, 1967;
Browae, carl of
marr, july 31, 1787, M. P. for Leiceſterſhire 1792. 1765. mar. May 27, 1787, | Altamont,
1. George-Auguſtus-William, born 2. Marianne, born in the 3. Leiceſter 16 born at Howe-Peter, viſcount
in the pariſh of St. George, Han- pariſh of St. James, Gopfall, Nov. 8,1792; Weſtport, born May
over- ſquare, May 14, 1788. Weſtm. Aug. 30, 1790. died Feb. 26, 1793. 18, 1788.
" See Appendix, p. 1:2. This illuſtrates the inquiſition of 1325, p. 242.
1
Inquiſ. de terris et redditibus iſtius Hoſpitalis in com, Leic. et Derby. Rec. in Scaccario, Paſch, 36 Hen, VIII. Rec. in
Scac. 1 Edw. VI. Mic. Rot, 83. Ibid. 3 Edw. VI. Paſch. Rot. 8. Ibid. 7 Edw. VI. Paſch. Rot, 24.
3 Wright's Rutland, p. 137. The original grant is in the Augmentation Office; and fee p. 273.
* Cole's Inquiſitions, Harl. MSS. 760. p. 5.
Martino Epiſcopo Elyenſi in eleemoſ.“ Records in the Lord Remembrancer's Office, 9 Orig. 42 Eliz. Rot. 1. The
rant includes ſeveral other lands, in the counties of Durham, Huntingdon, Cambridge, Suffolk, and Hereford.
7 Willis's Cathedrals, vol. II. p. 349: 341. See the pedigree of Bennet, p. 285.
* He was elected alderman of Coleman-ſtreet Ward, June 23, 1687 ; and was diſcharged from the office of alderman and ſheriff
on paying a fine of 420). City Records.
'2 He married, ſecondly, Elizabeth, 5th daughter of John lord Paul:
vol. II. p. 375. . See the pedigree of Liſter of Thorpe-Ernald,
** This gentleman had the command of a troop, of horſe in the Leiceſterſhire trained bands under the ſecond duke of Rut-
land; and had afterwards another company under the third duke. Of whom, ſee under Thorpe-Ernald.
Major in the duke of Kingſton's regiment of horſe, which was afterwards diſbanded. He fold his eftare at Woodhouſe
in 1746; and in September that year was appointed deputy-govergor of Plymouth. He ſucceeded to the Welby eſtate (about
2000!. a year) in 1751, on the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Bennett, his aunt; fee p. 285. |
Ur. Mansfield's ſecond daughter, Mary, married George Bennet, eſq. See p. 285.
'* Eldeſt ſun of Aſsheton Curzon, eſq. who, in Avguſt 1794, was created baron Curzon, of Penn-houſe, Bucks,
'* Sochriſtened in compliment to the county which Mr. Curzon repreſents; the freeholders at large being godfathers.
The
Vol. I. 222 8
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:t, and widow of William Aſhburnham, eſq. Dugdale,
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down by an extraordinary high wind in 1 705:
$68 HISTORY And ANTIQUITIES of LEICESTERSHIRE.
The manſion-houſe at Burton Lazars was blown
On the death of Chiverton Hartopp, eſq. in 1759
his property at Burton Lazars came to his daughters
and cobeireſſes, Catharine and Mary; whofe marriages
may be feen in the preceding pedigree. _
Soon after the Reſtoration, the manerial- rights
again reverted to the church of Ely; and wete de-
miſed in 17 .. , under a leaſe for three lives, to George
Burton, eſq. who poſſeſſed other property at Burton,
and was buried here in 1758 ; from whom they de-
ſcended to his fon Philips Burton, eſq. who died at
Eltham, Nov. 17, 1792, at the advanced age of 82:
J his worthy old gentteman was bred to the poſſeſſion
of the law, in which he was eminent, and acted at
all times perfe&tly juſt and uprightly, as all his
friends in that line can teſtify, He publiſhed, in
1770, The Nature and Extent of the Baſineſs
in the Office of Pleas in Lincolns-Inn, both antient
and modern, with Rules and Method of Practice, &c.
calculated for the Inſtruction of Solicitors and Suitors
in the Law Branch of the Court of Exchequer,” 8vo ;
and, in 1777, The Practice in the Office of the
Court of Exchequer epitomized,” 8vo. In 1778, he
publiſhed an excellent collection of extracts from Eng-
liſh hiſtorians, under the title of“ Speculum Britanni-
cum, or a View of the Miſeries and Calamities ſucceſ-
ſively brought upon Great Britain by inteſtine Divi-
ſions, in the laſt and preſent Centuries ; by an Engliſh-
man*;” 8vo; and in 1791, being then in his Both year,
« Seven Prophetical Periods ; or, a View of the dif-
ferent Prophetical Periods mentioned by Daniel and St.
John : wherein the Events that have happened under
each Period are briefly ſtated from Hiſtory, and com-
pared with the Predictions;“ in which he obſerves,
* that he was firſt made to hope that a proof might be
effectually obtained from Hiſtory as well as Scripture,
as he had ſatisfied himſelf that there were ſeven diſtinct
prophecies to account for; and that his happy con-
of writings would inſtru him in ſubjects of conſe-
quence, ſuch as an hoſpital, a pure water for fers.
phulous humours, an extra-parochial hamlet, the tithes
cure, demeſne, &c. and in ſach-like particulars,”
There is reaſon to believe that he was almoſt to his
lateft hour employed on a ſubje& which he entered
into with ſo much zeal. On the morning of the day
on which he died, Nov. 17, 1792, he roſe, as was hig
uſual cuſtom, at fix o'clock ; and at five in the after.
noon it pleaſed the Almighty to take him, while the
pen was in his hand. He was the laſt in the male line
of an antient and reſpectable family; and had outlived
only two yeats his much-lovedwife, with whom he
had lived 50. Beſides his daughter Mrs. Horne, he leſt
three grand-davghters, Felicia-Elizabeth (married to
the Rev. Robert Hele Selby, of Colnwick, co. Hunting.
don), Maria, and Sarah; and one great-grand-
daughter Felicia-Elizabeth, Of his laſt will, dated
May 17, 1792, his daughter is the only executrix ;
and his friends William Stevens, eſq. and John Miller
eſq. truſtees. | ;
His only brother, George Burton, M. A. redor of
Elden and Herringſwell, in Suffolk, was author of © An
Flay towards reconciling the Numbers of Daniel and
St. Jobs, determining the Birth of our Savioury and
fixing a preciſe Time for the Continuance of the pre-
ſent Deſolation of the Jews; with ſome Conjectures,
pointing out the Year 1764 to have been one cf
the moſt remarkable Epochas in Hiſtory, 1767,
8v0,+ This was followed in 1768 by © A Sup-
plement to the Eſſay upon the Numbers of Daniel
and St. John ; confirming thoſe of 2436, and 3430,
mentioned in the Eſſay, from two numerical Pro-
phecies of Moſes and our Saviour; in which he ſays,
* when he publiſhed his Eſſay, his utmoſt hopes were,
to offer a few hints that might be rendered ferviceable
to Religion, when improved by ſome able writer ; but
had fince happily ſucceeded in diſcoveries which
ſeemed to carry conviction along with them 5.” He
nexions had procured him a right reverend Dig- publiſhed alſo The Analyſis of Two Chronolo-
nitary, who had kindly checked his wandering, and
leſſened his overflowings, by which he had been far-
ther induced to lay this publication before his rea-
ders.” This Dignitary was the late excellent Preſi-
dent of Magdalen college, Oxford, ro whom Mr. Bur-
ton's only daughter Felicia-Elizabeth was married in
1768, and whoſe merits in 1789 he had the ſatisfaction
to fee rewarded with a mitre *. In the ſpring of the
year 1792, Mr. Burton retired from his houſe in Hat-
ton Garden, with a view to pafs the remainder of
his days in the country; where he amuſed himſelf in
penning another theological pamphlet *, under the
title of © Annihilation no Puniſhment to the Wicked
after the Day of Judgement ; or, the Curſe of God
on Adam's eating the torbidden Fruit, as proved from
Scripture; 1792, 8vo. At this period Mr. Burton was
applied to, by the writer of this article, for his aſſiſt-
ance in completing the hiſtory of Burton Lazars, a
lordſhip in which he was materially intereſted ; and was
much gralified with the idea of contributing his literary
aſſiſtance. The laſt viſit he made to this hamlet was in
Auguſt 1792; and, previous to his letting off, he was
very deſirous of ſettling the plan of his reſearches;
very kindly promifing “ to note down what account
he could find uſeful on the ſpot, and that he would
be as particular as he could;“ and taking with him
for that purpoſe the printed queries. The great
tithes, and other tithes of this extra-parochial lord-
ſhip” (Il now uſe his own words) “ were granted to
my predeceflors in fee by the crown; and being
heretofore, with more lands in the ſame lordſhip of
private property, enjoyed by the diſſolved hoſpital, +
are all now become my property by deſcent.” —** His
eſtate in Leiceſterſhire,” he added, © was diſperſed in
eight or nine little farms at ſome diſtance from Burton
Lazars, but in the ſame county; ſo that, though his
ay had not for a century paſt reſided there, except
occaſionally only for a very ſhort time, and was con-
ſequently unknown in the county ; yet his multiplicity
gical Tables, ſubmitted to the Candour of the Pub-
lick. The one being a Table to aſſociate, ſcripturally,
the different Chronologies of all Ages and Nations ;
the other, to ſettle the Paſchal Feaſt, from the Be-
ginning to the End of known Time é, 1787,” 4:0.
He married a fiſter of the late William Reeve, eſq. of
Melton Mowbray ; died at Bath, Nov. 3, 1791, aged
74; and was buried in Walcot church.
In the church-yard of Eltham in Kent, on an ele-
gaut ſarcophagus, incloſed with iron rails, are theſe
inſcriptions :;
1. On the North ſide :
„ Sacred to the memory of FELIOIA, for more
than 52 years the faithful and loving
wife of PILIT BurTox ?, eſq. of Hatton Garden.
In her life pious and charitable;
in her death patient and reſigned.
Worn out at length with age and infirmities,
ſhe here enjoys the quiet ſhe always ſought;
and reſts in hope of the Felicity
ſhe always expected.
She died Jan. 3o, 1791, aged 78 years.
Gentle lady, may this grave
Peace and honour ever have ;
After this life's toil and pain,
Sleeping to awake again.“
2. On the South fide :
&« Sacred to the memory of
Paitie BurTon, eſq. of this place,
who ſurvived his faithful companion not two years.
In his life juſt and upright ;
in the E of the Law deſervedly eminent;
to his family a kind and generous friend.
| After a long and active life,
it pleaſed the Almighty to render his paſſage
from this world to the next quiet and eaſy.
He died Nov. 17, 1792, in the 82d year of his age;
and has left one daughter, the widow
See Monthly Review, vol. LIX. p. 191; or London Magazine, 1778, p. 468.
Gent. Mag. vol. LX1I. pp. 19, 93+ 135+ 181. 3 Ibid. p. 552.
Gent. Mag. vol. LVII, p. go4. vol. LXII. p. 1000.
5 Ibid. vol, XXXIX. p. 412.
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Monthly Review, vol. XXX VI. p. 150.
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of the Right Rev. George Horne, D. D. the much-
lamented Brſhop of Norwich, three grand-daughters,
and one great-grand-daughter.
By faith ſupported, and confirm'd by grace,
He ſought a manſion in the heavenly place;
Confiding, whilſt for realms of bliſs he ſtrove,
Not in his merits, but his Saviour's love.”
On a ſimilar adjoining ſarcophagus:
Here lie interred the earthly remains of
the Right Reverend Georct Horne, D. D.
many years Preſident of Magdalen College, Oxford,
| Dean of CanTERBURY,
and late Biſhop of Norwicn.
In whoſe character |
depth of learning, brightneſs of imagination,
ſanctity of manners, and ſweetneſs of temper,
were united beyond the uſual lot of mankind.
With his diſcourſes from the pulpit, his hearers,
whether of the univerſity, the city, or the country pariſh,
| were edified and delighted.
His Commentary on the Pſalms will continue to be
a companion to the cloſet,
till the devotion of earth ſhall end in the Hallelujahs
of Heaven. |
Having patiently ſuffered under ſuch infirmities
as ſeemed not due to his years,
bis ſoul rook its flight from this vale of miſery,
to the unſpeakable loſs of the Church of England,
and his ſorrowing friends and admirers,
Jan. 17, 1792, in the 62d year of his age.”
No freeholder is mentioned under Burton Lazars
in the liſt of 1630. . |
In 1683, we find here 2 family of Hayes, whoſe
pedigree is given in p. 271»
, a the corel leo in 1722, ſeven freeholders
polled from this hamlet ; and nine in 1775.
The nett expence of the poor in 1776 was 261. os. 8d.
Medium of three years, 17 83—178 z, £+02/.85.114,
being about 25. in the pound. TA
The village conſiſts of about forty families, whoſe
houſes are pretty much diſperſed.
In this lordſhip, which is of old incloſure, are more
than 2900 acres of land.
Burton Lazars is famous for a bath, which, during
the exiſtence of the hoſpital (the ſite of which was
at the top of a hill at fome diſtance from the village),
was in bigh reputation; but gradually fell into di-
uſe and conſequent neglect ; and an autient ſtone croſs,
as *
BURTON LAZ ARS.
269
which ſtood near it, having become ruinous, was ap-
plied towards the repairs of the church about 1740.
In 1760, this ſalutary ſpring was ſearched for, and
ſoon found; and pipes were fixed ſo as to convey the
water into a building erected for a drinking- room.
A regular and convenient bath having alſo been con-
ſtructed, the report ſoon brought company to the
place, and many perſons found the good effects, whoſe
cures ſufficiently atteſt the efficacy of the waters, which
for a few years were uſed by thoſe of very different
conſtitutions, as well healthy as afflicted, and in ge-
neral agreed with all. Some few it purged by drink-
ing; and, where it did ſo, the perſon was adviſed to
prepare himſelf before he bathed. Thoſe who bathed
generally went in fafting, and came out heated. The
ſores in healing died upon the ſkin, which peeled off
in a white ſcurf. A particular liſt of the cures was
publiſhed in a folio half-ſheer, 1761 *; and the facts
are ſtill well remembered in the neighbourhood.
The waters are fœtid and ſaline, without any mi-
neral taſte, but are eſteemed pure in the higheſt de-
gree, and create an appetite. They brace and invi-
gorate weak conſtitutions, and render all leſs liable
to colds and the inclemencies of weather.
There is ſomething uncommonly ſalubrious in the
air here, as well as in the water, which perhaps may
increaſe its effects, ſituated as it is upon a gentle aſcent,
ſurrounded by high hills. To give an inſtance of
this : during the diſorders of the murrain among the
larger cattle, which has happened two or three umes
in this Kingdom, and moſt alarmingly within a century
paſt, the lands in Burton heretofore the hoſpital lands,
where the pure ſpring riſes, were a happy aſylum
againſt the ravages of the murrain; the occupants at
ſuch times taking in diſtempered cattle, where they
found a certain cure, to their great emolument.
The want of a medical friend to analyſe the water,
and recommend it by publiſhing its effects, together
with the defects in ſupplying conveniencies and ac-
commodations for the helpleſs, damped all theſe pro-
miſing appearances. The building, which was not
well conſtructed for duration, is this year (1794)
taking down, to be rebuilt on a larger and more com-
modious plan. |
The ſeparate regiſter of Burton begins in 1718
before which period it was included in Melton,
in the firſt 20 years are average baptiſms abaut 5
in the year; burials the ſame; and in the laſt 20,
baptiſms 7; burials 4. |
The CHAPEL
dedicated to St. James, conſiſts of a nave, from which
two ailes are ſeparated by maſſy pillars and handſome
elliptical aches; a chancel, and porch. See a view
of it, taken by Mr. Pridden in 1791, plate L.
The hamlet of Burton Lazars being a chapelry of
Melton Mowbray, ſervice is regularly performed every
Sunday by the vicar of Melton.
The yearly value in the king's books is {4. 65.
In this church, in 1569, were theſe arms:
1. Gules, a lion rampant, Argent, Mowbray.
2. Argent, a plain croſs Gules. Burton Lazars.
3. Argent, a chevron between three bugle-horns
ſtringed, proper. See plate LI. fig. 3—5.
The preſent chapel-yard was conſecrated, by Dr.
Gibſon, biſhop of Lincoln, June 29, 1718.
On the Welt end of the tower hang two ſmall bells.
In the chancel are a piſcina and two lockers.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
In the chancel, on flat ſtones :
1. Here lies the body of Gregory North,
ſon of John North, of Burton Lazars, gent,
by Frances his wife; who departed this life
Jan. 31, 1749, aged 8 months and 14 days.”
2. Here lies the body of Frances,
the wife of John North, gent. of Burton Lazars,
who departed this life Sept. 7, 1764, aged 57.”
3.“ Beneath this ſtone are the earthly remains
of John North, ſon of John North, gent.
by Frances his wife;
who departed this tranſitory life,
in hopes of a joyful reſurrection,
Aug. 26, 1583, in the 41ſt year of his age.“
4+ © To the memory of Anne,
the wife of Joſiah North, of this place, gent.
*
* Which Mr. Throſby has given at large in his © Excurſions,” p. 178.
and daughter of George Henton, of Ragdale, in
this county, gent. who died in child-bed,
to the great grief of her diſconſolate
huſband, Oct. 11, 1771, aged 35 years,”
6. © Here lies interred the body of Chriſtopher,
ſon of John North, gent. by Hannah his wife, who
departed this life March 3, 1777, aged 19 weeks.”
6. © Here lies the body of William,
ſon of John North, gent. by Hannah his wife,
who departed this life March 8, 1778.“
7. © Here lies interred the body of Richard
Allen, who departed this life May 2, 1752,
in the 76th year of his age.“ f
8. © Here lies interred the body of John Allen,
who departed this life July 15, 1790,
in the 58th year of his age.“
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In the South aile, near the porch, on a handſome
| mural monument of white marble :
„Beneath this porch. lie depoſited
the remains of George Burton, eſq. of this place,
who died the 18th of January, 1758, aged 73.
Alſo of Elizabeth his wife, who, in one
of her pleaſing exertions for her children,
burſt a blood-veſſel,
which occaſioned her death,
on the 24th of April, 1739, aged 54.
And alſo Anne Campion *, widow, her mother,
who died 13th of Nov. 1730, aged 75.
They were exemplary in their lite and converſaticn ;
and in their conjugal and parental affections endearing,
They had iflue 14 children, whereof 10 died in
their infancy ; the remaining 4 ſurvived their parents.
Gilbert and Anne died in their
widowed ſtate without iſſue,
Philip and George in 1785 are till living;
having each a wife and one daughter married,
with ſeveral grand-children all living.
The ſurvivors look back upon their ſtate of infancy
with many pleaſing reflections.”
In that part of the church-yard moſt conſpicuous
from the road is a monument of ſtone, 18 or 20 feet
high, painted in imitation of variegated marble, to
the memory of a Weaver; who, by his exceſſive
penury, amaſſed a conſiderable property, a large
part of which he left by will for this purpoſe; and
the reſidue for charitable uſes : but, from the return
made to parliament in conſequence of the act 26
George III. (which may be ſeen at large, p. 10), it
appears that the legacy was given “ to repair the mo-
nument, the ſurplus every year to be applied in the
education of a poor child ;” and that, ** the monu-
ment being erected, there was no money left to pay.”
The tomb and ſarcophagus ſtand on an oval baſe,
which ſupport, by four balls, a pyramid; in the
centre of which, pierced through, is an ornamented
urn; and on the top ſtand on a ball two eagles, with
ſerpents in their mouths entwined round an urn and
flame. On the Eaſt end, the figures of the heavenly
bodies on a globe, ſurrounded by a ſnake biting his
tail, the emblem of Eternity. Underneath, are com-
partments containing a ſkull, the croſs, I. H. S. the
glory, &c. On the Welt end, the globe the ſame ;
and the compartments, a ſkull and bones. On the ſar-
cophagus, figures of Time, Faith, Hope, &c. and on
the pyramid, the cenſer, inſtruments of the Paſſion, &c.
On the South fide is the following inſcription :
* Mr. WILLIAM SQUIRE and ANNE his wife
were both buried in this Chapel-yard ;
ſhe Feb. ao, 1721; he Jan. 3, 1734.
Unto whoſe memory the late Mr. WILLIAM SQUIRE,
their ſon, directed that an inſcription ſhould be
placed upon this monument; which he, by his laſt
will and teſtament, ordered to be here erected.
„ Be this monument ſacred to the memory
of Mr. W1LL1aM SquirE; whoſe remains were
depoſited within a vault beneath, on the iſt day
of October, 1781, in the oth year of his age.”
On upright ſtones :
1.“ Mary, wife of Willian Blower,
died Sept. 12, 1781, aged 29.
She was but words are wanting to ſay what ;
Think what a wife ſhould be, and ſhe was that.”
2. Here lie interred the earthly remains of
Sarah Digby, the wife of James Digby.
She departed this life Dec. 21, 1789, aged 80 years,”
270 HISTORY any ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Samuel Jacomb, born at Burton Lazars, was ad.
mitted a ſizar in Queen's college, Cambridge, June
21, 1044; and being afterwards B. D. was elected
fellow there March 1, 1648*. He was minifter of
St. Mary Woolnoth, in Lombard-ſtreer, in the times
of Uſurpation; and author of two or more ſermons, of
which one is intituled, * Moſes his Death, preached at
Chriſt's Church in London, at the Funeral of Mr.
Edward Bright, Miniſter there. London, 1657,” Ato,
Samuel Jacomb was buried at his own church of
St. Mary Woolnoth, where a Funeral Sermon was
preached for him, June 17, 1659, by Simon Patrick
B. D. miniſter of the Goſpel ar Batterſea in Surrey.
afterwards biſhop of Ely ; which was publiſhed the
ſame month, with two dedicationsz one, „To his
worthy friend Mr. Thomas Jacomb, miniſter of the
Goſpel at St. Martin's, Ludgate;“ the other, « T9
the Right Worſhipful Thomas Viner, Alderman of
the City of London, and the reſt of the Inhabitants of
St. Mary Woolnoth.“ |
Thomas Jacomb, ſon of John Jacomb, was born
at Burton Lazars, 1622 ; educated at Melton-ſchool ;
and afterwards became either a batler or commoner
of Magdalen Hall, Oxon, where he was admitted in
Eaſter term, 1640, being then 18 years old. At
the beginning of the civil wars, he left Oxford,
and went to Cambridge“, where entering himſelf,
firſt of St. John's college, he proceeded B. A. in
1643; then of Trinity, of which college he pro-
ceeded M. A. in 16475; and, taking the covenant,
became alſo a fellow, in the place of a Royaliſt
ejectedꝰ, and a perſon of high repute (as one of his
perſuaſion ? tells us), for his good life, good learn-
ing, and excellent gravity, greatly eſteemed by
the then maſter, who loved an honeſt man and a
good ſcholar with all his heart. Coming to London
in 1647, he entered into orders in the Preſbyterian
way; was received as chaplain into the family of
the counteſs dowager of Exeter, daughter to John
ear] of Bridgewater *; obtained the rectory of St.
Martin, Ludgate, after the ſequeſtration and plunder
of Dr. Michael Jermyn, the legal incumbent 9; and
was one of the aſſiſtants to the commiſſioners of
London for ejecting ſuch as were then termed “ ſcan-
dalous, ignorant, and inſufficient miniſters and ſchool-
maſters ;” and, from that time to his being filenced,
was zealous in promoting the cauſe, and in high eſteem
with thoſe of his perſuaſion, having been alſo appointed
in 1659 one of thoſe who were to approve ſuch Preſ-
byterian miniſters as were then to be ſettled in livings.
After the Reſtoration, ſo unexceptionable was his
conduct, that he obtained, Nov. 9, 1660, with two
other Preſbyterian miniſters of eminence, a royal man-
date, for creating them D. D. at Cambridge. The
king's letter on this occalign acknowledges, that“ he
had not only had large! teſtimony, but alſo parti-
cular experience, of the piety, learning, and eminent
abilities, of William Bates, Thomas Jacomb, and
Robert Wilde, maſters of arts; and was likewiſe
ſatisfied of their integrity and loyalty, in regard
whereof they had omitted to take their degrees ac-
cording to their ſtanding, during the late diſorders in
Church and State. Dr. Jacomb was alſo named in
the king's commiſſion for review of the Book of
Common Prayer, March 25, 1661; and on that oc-
caſion was reſpectfully treated by the biſhops and
others with whom he was aſſociated“. He was
ejected from St. Martin's, for non-conformity, at St.
Bartholomew, 1662 ; after which time he held a con-
venticle, till, falling into many troubles for it, he
1 % Nov, 23, 1730, the corpſe of Mrs. Campion was carried from her dwelling-houſe in Hatton-Garden, in great ſuner-
pomp and ſolemnity, to her houſe at Melton Mowbray in Leiceſterſhire ; where ſhe was to be interred on the 28th. She le!t,
by her will, to fix old widows, whom ſhe maintained, during her life, iu an alms-houſe at Melton, grey gowns, black hoods,
and capes, cambrick handkerchiefs, white aprons, and round-eared caps; which widows were to ſupport the pall in the drefics
ſhe had left them.“ St. James's Evening Poſt, Nov. 26, 1730.
3 Ath, Oxon, vol. II, col. 802.
5 E Regiſtro Acad. Cant,
* E regiſtro Coll. Reginalis Cant.
4 Ath, Oxon. vol. II. p. 800.
* Ath., Oxon. ut ſupra,
7 Samuel Rolle, a Non-conformiſt, in his Prodromus, or Character of Mr. William Sherlock's Book, called,“ A Diſcourſe |
of the Knowledge of Jeſus Chriſt,” &c, London, 1674,” 8vo, p. 117, 4
Mr. Baxter ſtyles her the excellent, ſincere, humble, godly, faithful lady, the coufiteſs dowager of Exeter,”
9 Newcourt, vol. 1. p. 416; and Bp. Kennet's Regiſter, p. 852. |
11 Ibid, pp. 398. 403.
»* Biſhop Kennet's Regiſter, N* 308. 546.
a :
7. 502. 505
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retired
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
retired into the family of bis pious patroneſs the
counteſs of Exeter, in whoſe fervice and houſe in
Little Britain * he died March 27, 1687, and was
buried in the church of St. Anne, Alderſgate, London ;
where a funeral ſermon was preached by Dr. Bates,
who intimates, ** that, at his deceaſe, he bad com-
fortable aſſurance of the favour of God, and his title
to the eternal inheritance above. Nis miniſtry was ac-
ceptable and uſeful, His zeal for the glory of his
Maſter, and his love to the ſouls of men, made him
conſtant and diligent in his work, which he eſteemed
both his honour and pleaſure. At the firſt appearance
of a cancer in his mouth, he ſeemed not more con -
cerned about it than as it was likely to hinder his
preaching ; and when, after waſting ſickneſs, he was
reſtored to ſome degree of eaſe and ſtrength , he joy-
fully returned to his duty ; nay, when his pains were
tolerable, preaching was his beſt anodyne; and the
reflection upon the divine goodnels, which enabled
him for ir, was a great relief of his pains. His
ſermons were clear, ſolid, and affectiouate; and
they were printed in a fair and lively character in
his converſation. He was of a ſtaid mind, and tem-
perate paſſions. In managing affairs of moment, he
was not vehement and confident, not impoſing and
overbearing, but receptive of advice, and yielding to
reaſon. He was full of compaſſion, charity, and
beneficence. He was a Non- conformiſt upon mode-
rate principles; much rather deſiring to have been
comprehended in the national church than to have
ſeparated from it. He met with trouble after his
ejection; but the Divine Providence ſecured him, by
diſpoſing him into the family of the honourable
Lady abovementioned ; who, to the utmoſt of her
power, comforted and ſupported pious Non-contformiſt
miniſters and people, when the ſtream ran ſo ſtrong
againſt them. Her reſpect for him was peculiar, and
her favours conferred upon him extraordinary ; for
which he made the beſt return, by his conſtant care
to promote religion in her family. In his laſt ſickneſs
his pains were very ſevere, but his patience was in-
vincible, and an humble ſubmiſſion to the Divine
pleaſure was the habitual frame allowed of his ſoul.
When an intimate friend laſt viſited him, he ſaid, I
am uſing the means, but I think my appointed time
is come. If my life might be ſerviceable to convert
or build up one ſoul, I ſhould be content to live:
but, if God hath no more work for me to do, here I
am, let him do with me as he pleaſeth.“ At another
time he told the ſame perſon, it was a determined
caſe, and therefore, deſired him to reſign him to
God, ſaying, * It will not be long before we meet
in Heaven, never to part more; and there we ſhall be
perfectly happy; there neither your doubts and fears,
nor my pains, ſhall follow us; nor our fins, which is
beſt of all.“ After a long languiſhing, without any
viſible alteration, being aſked how he did, he replied,
© I lie here, but get no ground for Heaven or earth!“
Except (fays one) in your preparations for Heaven.”
— O yes (ſaid he), there I ſenſibly get ground, I
bleſs God.“ He had a ſubſtantial joy in the reflection
upon his life ſpent in the faithful ſervice of Chriſt,
and the proſpect of a bleſſed eternity. This made him
long to be above; ſo that he ſaid, with ſome regret,
© Death flies from me; I make no haſte to my father's
houſe.— Mr. Baxter and Dr. Calamy ſpeak of him as
BURTON” LAZA R;,
271
of great gravity, ſobriety, and moderation, and a good
preacher. Dr. William Sherjock, on the contrary,
who was the warm and vigorous oppoſer of the Soli-
fidian or Antinomian principles fo prevalent among
the ſeCtaries of his time, repreſents him as © the pret-
ticſt, nonſenſical, trifling gooſe- cap, that ever ſet pen
to paper.” This bier A of character is frequently
{cen in the writings of ſuch as flouriſhed about this
period, eſpecially where the authors happened to diſ-
agree in their ſentiments of religion. He leſt behind
him a library, in various faculties and languages, fo
valuable as to produce after his death the ſumof £1 300; _
and had himielf publiſhed the following articles :
I. © Enoch's Walk and Change, a Funeral Sermon,
at the Burial of Mr. Richard Vines, Feb. 7, 1555;
with a ſhort Account of the Life and Death of Mr.
Richard Vines.” —2. * The active and public Spirit,
preached at St. Paul's, Oct. 26, 1656.” —3. © God's
Mercy for Man's Mercy, preached at the Spital,
1657. —4. Two Farewell Sermons at Bartholomew-
tide; his portrait is beſore the title, among other pic-
tures of Non-conformiſts who preached Farewell Ser-
mons in London, 1662, 80 5. Several Sermoas
preached on the whole Eighth Chapter of the Epiſtle
to the Romans : Eightcen of which were preached on
the 1ſt, 2d, 3d, and 4th, Verſes of the ſaid Chapter,
London, 1672.'—This is ſometimes called his Commen-
tary on the Eighth Chapter to the Romans.—6. © How
Chriſtians may learn in every State to be content,”
This is iu the Supplement to the Morning Exerciſe
at Cripplegate, 1674.—7. © The Covenant of Re-
demption.”— This is in the Morning Exerciſe metho-
dized, &c. preached at St. Giles's in the bi-lds, in
May 1659, Lond. 1676.,—98. © The upright Man's
Peace at his End, opened in a Funeral Diſcourſe,
Dec. 8, 1611, upon the Death of Mr. Matthew Mar-
tin, Citizen of London.” —g. © A Treatiſe of Holy
Dedication, both perſonal and domeſtic ; recom-
mended to the Citizens of London upon their enter-
ing into their new Habitations, 1668.” This was
written after the great conflagration of London.
10. A ſhort Account of the Life of Mr. William
Whittaker, late Miniſter of St. Mary Magdalen, Ber-
mondfey, in Southwark, Lond. 1674.” This is ſet
before Mr. Whittaker's Eighteen Sermons preached
upon ſeveral Texts of Scripture.— 11. A Funeral
Sermon for Mr. Thomas Caſe, with a Narrative of
his Life and Death, who. died, at the age of $4,
May 30, 1682.” Wood miſtakes in ſuppoſing be
was one of the continuators of Pocl's Annotations *.
William Jacomb, attorney at law, of Laurence
Pountney-lane and Walthamſtow, who died Feb. 23,
1783, it is believed, was ſon or grandſon of the Rev.
Thomas Jacomb. His widow died Dec. 10, 1784.
Their daughter married Mr. Wilkins, grocer, of Nor-
wich, Nov. 20, 1787; and their fon Robert was ſome
years aſſiſtant to the Rev. Hugh Worthington, jun.
at Salters Hall, London, and, 1790, married Miſs Dan-
vers, of Cirenceſter, who dying at Wellingborough,
where he had ſettled with a congregation, the 10th of
June the ſame year, he remarried Miſs Hillhouſe, of
Briſtol, May 1793, and publiſhed a Vindication of
the Diſſenters, againſt Mr. Fancourt, curate of Wel-
lingborough 3. He is now co-paſtor with the Rev.
Mr. Hugh Worthington, fen. at Leiceſter, who has
been ſettled there full 30 years. |
Pedigree of HAY ES, of Buxton Lazars, Aug. 3, 1683.
Arms : Erminois, three wolves heads eraſed Sable.
Cxeſt, a wolf paſſant Erminois.
Thomas Hayes, of Ray-houſe, near Windſor, co. Berks, ob. anno 1693, ætat. 60 ſupra
6
(Plate L. fig. 12.)
living 1683,
pope OO by
1. Alexander Hayes, 2. Thomas Hayes, Joan, dau. 3. John Hayes, =... 4 James Hayes, =
of Gray's Inn, Lon- of Burton Lazars, | of Tho.
died unmarried 1664.
.. dau.
. 1
Several
a mercer, in of Holliport, . + « « daugh-
don, barriſter at law, ob. 1668, ætat. 27. | Wilcox, of Gtacechutch- near Windſor, Cherry, a ters
Melton “. ſtreet, London. barriſter at law, counſellor mar-
living 1683. at law. Tied.
Thomas Hayes, reſiding at Burton Lazars, =t. 18, May 14 1683.
K I
I. Penelope, æt. 16. 2. Joanna, æt. 1g.
Mrs. Jacomb died, at the ſame houſe, April 5, 1674, and was buried thence on the 11th.
* See Wood, Ath. Oxon. II. 800; and Nonconformiſts Memorial, vol. I. P. 129.
s See P · 262,
Vor. I,
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272 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES of LEICESTERSHIRE,
THE HOSPITAL,
ſituated at the top of the hill, at a diſtance from the
town *, is ſuppoſed to have been built by a general
collection throughout England, but chiefly by the
aſſiſtance of Roger de Mowbray, who lived in the reign
of king Stephen, 1135—1154; and gave two caru-
cates of land, a houſe, mill, &c. at Burton, to the
lepers of St. Lazarus without the walls of Jeruſalem ;
and confirmed all that his villans ever had or ever
ſhould give to the faid houſe, exempt from all ſecular
ſervices*. This hoſpital, dedicated to the Bleſſed
Virgin and St. Lazarus, was ſo rich, that all the infe-
rior Lazar-houſes in England were in fome meaſure
ſubject to its maſter, as he himſelf was to the maſter
of the Lazars at Jeruſalem. It conſiſted of a maſter,
and eight ſound, as well as ſeveral poor, leprous
brethren, who profeſſed the order of St. Auguſtine ;
and in their common ſeal gave the picture of that
faint, with two eſcutcheons, one of Motobray, the
other a red croſs in a white field. Theſe were allo
the arms aſſumed by the hoſpital, which they ſome-
times uſed ſeparately, and at other times impaled 4.
The order of St. Lazarus of Jeruſalem (of which
we had but few houſes in England) ſeems to have
been founded for the relief and ſupport of lepers and
other impotent perſons of the military orders. In
antient times (as appears by old writers of the
law), theſe lepers were ' diſabled from ſuing any
action, either real or perſonal ; as, firſt, for that he
was a leper, and, by the writ “ de leproſo amo-
vendo,” was, propter contagionem morbi predicti,“
as the writ ſaith, © et propter corporis deformitatem,”
to be removed from the ſociety of men to ſome ſoli-
tary place; and therefore, as Bracton ſaith *, “ talis
placitare non poteſt; nec hæreditatem petere.” And
-herewith agreed John Breton 7; and alſo Fleta *,
ſaying, Competit etiam ſit exceptio propter lepram
manifeſtam ut fi petens leproſus fuerit et tam deformis
quod a communione gentium merito debet ſeparari,
talis enim morbus petentem repellit ab agendo, which
was grounded upon God's law in Leviticus, c. xiii. and
xiv. and Numbers, li.? It was decreed in the coun-
cil of Lateran, 1179, That, whereas numbers of
leprous people are gathered together in community,
they ſhall be permitted to enjoy to themſelves a
church, a church-yard, and a prieſt of their own;
but they muſt take care that this be no way injurious
or prejudicial to the rights of pariſh-churches; yet
ſhall not the leprous or Lazar houſes be compelled to
pay tirhes for the increaſe of their own proper cattle.”
As the family of Mozwbray, from which our
founder is deſcended, has formerly been of great
repute and conſideration ; it may not be improper to
ſay ſomething of ſuch of them as have been bene-
factors here, as they are recorded by Dugdale.
Nigell de Albini, a younger brother to William de
Albini Pincerna, from whom the antient earls of
Arundel deſcended , was of noble extraction, and
by the mother's fide a Mowbray, He came into
England with William duke of Normandy, who,
for his ſervices, -gave him the lordſhips of Seile and
Dunton in Leiceſterſhire, with large poſſeſſions in
ce
ad Auſtralem partem parietis,”
ject's quarrel, Witneſs the battle of Tenerchebray,
* Wyrley, in his Church Notes, 1569, ſays, * Burton Lazars a Lazaritis fic dictum; ubi ruinz monaſlerii eorum videntur
* Appendix, p. 128,
3 4% This diſeaſe in Greek is ExiQqarhaor, for that theſe lepers' ſkins are, like the elephant's, rough, with black wannifh f.
and dry parched ſcales and ſcurf, or for that it is commonly a long continued paſſion, as an elephant is a beaſt of a long
It is deſcribed by Nicholas Piſo, in his book De cognoſcendis & curandis morbis, &c.
Buckinghamſhire, Bedfordſhire, and Warwickſhire .,
He was afterwards bow-bearer to William Rutus, was
girt with the ſword of knighthood by Henry I. from
whom he had ſeveral gifts, aud was in ſuch favour. -
that the monarch hazarded even his perſon in his ſub-
which was the laſt conflict king Henry had with his
brother Curthoſe, and in which Nigell flew his horſe
and brougut his rider captive to the king, who there.
upon 3 him Stutevile in England, the lands ot
baron Fronteboef, who, by his adherence to Curthoſe
had forfeited the fame. He was alſo of great ſervice
to his royal maſter in ſome martial expeditions jn
Normandy, for which he gave him the caſtle of
Bayeux, with all the lands of Robert de Molbray, earl
of Northumberland, together with the caſtle of Mol.
bray or Mowbray, which he had forfeited by his
conſpiracies. He thus became poſſeſſed of no leſs
than 120 knights fees in Normandy, and 140 in Eng-
land ; and, befides theſe, had (whether by forfeiture
or otherwiſe is not certain) all the vaſt poſſeſſions of
Goisfrid de Wirce, conſiſting of not leſs than 27
lordſhips in Leiceſterſhire, 12 in Warwickſhire, and
24 (the iſle of Axholme being part) in Lincolnſhire
all which were enjoyed by his poſterity for many
ſubſequent ages. As his wealth made him powerful
he became oppreſſive; and took two lordſhips from
the monks of Durham, and alſo lands from other
monaſteries, all which, in a fif of illneſs, he penitently
reſtored. After having ſignalized himſelf by many
martial exploits, he diſtinguiſhed himſelf by religious
benefactions, particularly by founding a priory for
Auguſtine monks at Hirſt in the Ile cf Axholme,
afterwards a cell to Noſte] abbey in Yorkſhire. He
gave alſo the church of Newbold ſuper Avon to the
monaſtery of Monks Kirkby, and the grange of Al-
deburgh to the monks of Fountains *?,
His firſt wife was named Maud, daughter of
Richard de Aquila; whoſe huſband, Robert de Mol-
bray, being impriſoned for rebellion againſt William
Rufus, pope Paſchal gave Nigel licence io take her
to wife; but, his conſcience afterwards growing more
tender, he was divorced from her, as ſhe was his
kinſman's wite ; and, in 1118, married Gundreda n,
daughter of Gerald de Gornay. By this wife he
left iſſue Roger (for by Maud he had no children),
who, by the ſpecial command of the king, aſſumed
the ſurname of Molbray; and Hamo, of whoſe de-
ſcendauts an account will be given under Eye-Kettleby,
It is ſaid Nigell died, very aged, at Rouen, and was
buried at Bec in Normandy, in which Abbey he had
been ſhorn a monk. He was ſucceeded by his fon,
Roger, who in 1138, though then in his minority,
was one of the chief commanders in the memorable
battle of Norch Allerton, called Bellum de Standardo,
when the Engliſh gloriouſly vanquiſhed the Scots.
Adhering to the king's cauſe againit the empreſs
Maud, he was taken priſoner at the battle of Lincoln,
1142; and in 1148 accompanied Lewis the French
king in his famous expedition to the Holy Land,
where, to his immortal honour, he overcame a ſtout
pots,
life.
the laſt chapter, fol 426, to be an
infectious and fretting humour of the whole body, The cauſe he here delivers to be a melancholy humour, mixed with a
bloody maſs, and brought to the ſkin and outward parts, or ſome hereditary diſeaſe from the parents, an ill diet, &, What
the affects, ſymptoms, prognoſticks, and cures, of this diſeaſe are, are there by him ſet down in the ſame chapter, It is thought
by ſome, that this diſeaſe came firſt out of Ægypt into Europe, and ſo into this ifland (which was long infected with it, though in
time the diſtemper grew leſs common) in the time of Pompey the Great, about 60 years before the Incarnation of Chriſt ; after-
wards, under Heraclius the emperor, about the year of Chriſt's Nativity 606, and at other times after. Maſter Carew, iu his
4% Survey of Cornwall, fol. 40, ſhews, that this diſeaſe is very frequent now in Cornwall, occaſioned moſt by the diſorderly
eating of ſea-fiſh newly taken, and principally the livers of them, not well prepared, ſouced, pickled, or condited ; and fc's
down three ſpital-houſes in that county, endowed with lands for the better maintenance of them.” Bux TON. — This diſcaſe
is only à more inveterate ſtage of the ſcurvy, and a ſpecies of leproſy, called alſo the Arabian or Eaſtern leproſy, in contra-
diſtinction to that of the Greeks and Europe. Its effects are to render the limbs ſwollen and tuberous; the ſkin bloated, rough,
and wrinkled ; the callous part of the feet and other members ulcerated and varicated. Good medical management, and a
cleanlier mode of living, have almoſt extinguiſhed this malady at preſent. We
See plate XLVIII, fig. 7. and plate L. fig. 1, 2. 5 Tanner's Notitia, in preface, p. xxv, 6 Lib. v. fol. 421.
7 Fol. 39 and 88. treating of diſabled men. Lib. vi. cap. 39- Ms. Cherwynd. |
10 Dugd. Bar. vol. I. p. 118. it Tbid, p. 122 Aid. p. 123. b.
12 Of this lady's benefactions to Gerendon abbey, and thoſe of her ſon Roger de Mowbray, and grandſon Roger, ſee Ap-
pendix, p. 135. |
and
FRAMLAND HIUNDRED.]
ardy Pagan in ſingle combat“. In 1173, when
— king Chevy (whom the king himſelf had
crowned in his life-time) would have exercifed ſole
dominion, this Roger adhered to him, and put bim-
ſelf in arms, but was taken priſoner by the country-
people at Clay, and the old king cauſed the caſtles
be had built to be pulled down. Thus much for
his ſecular deeds, As to thoſe of a pious nature,
they were truly munificent. Beſides the numerous
bene factions he beſtowed on ſeveral monaſteries *, he
founded the hoſpital at Burton; the abbeys of Byland
and Newburgh in Yorkſhire ; and the preceptory at
Balſhall for the Knights Templars, to whom he
gave all his lands in that toon“; and was otherwiſe
ſo largely generous, that, in return, they granted
unanimouſly this ſpecial privilege to him and his
heirs, that if, at any time, he or they ſhould find a
member of their fraternity under public penance for
any offence, it ſhould be in his or their power 0
releaſe them, on due contrition for their faults 4.
His devotion urged him to take on him the croſs,
and go to Jeruſalem * in the ſervice of God; at a
time when many others returned home, on the pro-
longation of a truce between the contending parties
there; which truce was treacherouſly broken by Sa-
ladine king of Babylon, who entered the Holy Land
with a large army of Turks, and utterly vanquithed
the Chriſtians. In this overthrow Roger de Mow-
bray was taken priſoner, but redeemed by the Tem-
plars, and (according to fome authors) dying in
theſe parts, was buried at Sures'. Others ſay, that,
wearied with warfare, he returned to England, and,
dving far advanced in years, was buried in an arch in
the South wall of the chapter-houſe of Byland abbey,
near his mother Gundreda, with the fizure of a ſword
on his tomb. By Alice de Gant, he left two ſons.
Nigell, the eldeſt, who, in 1189, attended the coro-
nation of king Richard I, gave the tithe of all proviſion
of meat and drink that ſhould be for the uſe of his
houſehold, in whatever place he ſhould be reſident,
with an injunction to his deſcendants to obſerve the
ſame, for the health of the ſouls of his father, his
mother, himſelf, and his poſterity?. He was a bene-
factor at Welby to the abbot and convent of Geren-
don*, confirmed the grants made to Monks Kirkby by
Goisfrid de Wirce, and thoſe of his grandfather and
father; and, in 1192, being ſigned with the ſign of the
croſs, took a journey to the Holy Land; but, dying in
the voyage, was caſt into tha Archipelago, having an in-
ſcription put on his coffin ?, declaring whom it contained.
By his wife Mabel, daughter to the earl of Clare, he
had four ſons, William, Robert, Philip, and Roger.
Roger de Mowbray, younger ſon of the founder,
confirmed to God, the Bleſſed Virgin, and the leprous
brethren of St. Lazarus at Jeruſalem, and the healthy
brethren dwelling at Burton“, all the donations of his
anceſtors, their tenants, and his own, in perpetual and
free alms, according to the purport of the ſeveral
Charters of endowment; ſaving to himſelf all fo-
reign ** forinſecum) lervice for the lands and rene-
meuts which William Burdet gave to the brethren
in Newton juxta Louſeby. He was allo a benefactor
to Gerendon abbey *.
William, the ſon and ſucceſſor of Nigell, was the
* Dugdale, Bar, I. 122. ® See theſe particularized in Dugdal
BURTON LAZ ARS. 273
man with whom William de Stutevill had a long con-
reſt for the great poſſe ſſions forfeited by Robert Fron-
teboef his anceſtor. He releaſed to the hoſpital the
foreign ſervice due to him for five bovates of land at
Leeſthorp; and founded at Threſke a chapel, dedi-
cated to St, Nicholas, and rherein a chantry, wherein,
by a compoſition with the monks of Newburgh, it was
agreed, that the bell ſhould be rung (thongh it were
not a parochial chapel) at the celebration of mals,
whenſoever he or any of his heirs ſhould be preſent ;
as alſo on the anniverſary of St. Nicholas, and the
obits of his anceſtors. He died in the Ifle of Ax-
holme, and was buried in Newburgh abbey. By
Agnes his wife, he left two ſons, Nigel! and Roper.
Choſelee manor, in Windham, Norfolk, was given
to this hoſpital before 1146, by William de Albini '*.
King Henry II. about the year 1180, confirmed by
charter theſe ſeveral donations and benefactions to it;
the churches of Hal, Hekinton, and Trekingham “,
with all their appurtenances, which Simon earl. of
Huntingdon and Alicia de Gant his wife had given
to the brethren in his preſence; the church of Ha-
ſelbech, co. Northampton, aid of Louſeby and
Galby, co. Leiceſter, with all their appurtenavces,
given by William Burdett in the preſence of the king
himſelf ; the church of Spondene“, co. Derby, with its
appurtenances, given by William earl Ferrers (whoſe
genealogy will be given under Staunton Harold, the
antient reſidence of the principal branch of that
noble family); and the chvrch of Caſtleforth, co.
York, with appurtenances, given by Henry de Laſcy 5,
From the ſame monarch they had a ſeparate grant
of forty marks a year, to be received at the Exchequer
till lands of that value ſhould be aſſigned to them *.
All theſe privileges were confirmed by king John, 1199 *.
In 1244, on a complaint of the maſter and brethren
that they had been aſleſſcd to a ſcutage for Gaſconey,
for five virgates of land which had been given them
in pure alms, they were diſcharged from the payment,
on the ground that no lands ſo given to a religi us
houle were taxable whilſt the lord of the fee, or his
heirs, were forthcoming to anſwer for their fee *.
The ſeveral other benefactors to this magnificent
foundation will beſt appear by a brief enuineration
of their poſſeſſions, as ſtated in the regiſter,
By the gifts of the Mowbrays, they had two mills
and divers lands at Melton; beſides which, Robert
Fitz Ranulph gave them four bovates there, Simon
Fitz Richard one, and Maud the widowof /l/:am Karle
another ; William Villanus half a carncate; Ilan
ſon of Thomas de Sexteneby a meſſuage, &, They
had ſome other lands there, the gift of ſeveral ſmaller
freeholders, as ſpecified more fully under Melton.
In the village of Burton, the prior and convent of
Lewes gave a toft, in exchange for a houſe at Melton.
Peter Burdett gave the ſite of Burton mill,
William Burdett, Angerus and Emma Burdett, gave
alſo ſome lands here; and John Burdett gave lands,
«© Teſte Willielmo Beler de Kettleby, domino meo.“
William Panthoſt le Baſtard gave two ſelions; wits
neſſed by Peter abbot of Ouſton, Andrew the chap-
lain, Ralph Beler, Thomas vicar of Scaldford, &c.
An exchange of lands was made at Burton, between
'% Hazard and Richard maſter of the hoſpital .
123. 3 Dugdale, Warwickſhire, vol. II. p. 962.
The Knights Hoſpitallers, to whom the lands of the Templars were afterwards given, beſtowed the ſame privilege in 1335
on John lord Mowbray, a lineal deſcendant of that Roger, and to his heirs for ever; adding, that if ever he or they ſhould
of devotion go to any of their convents beyond ſea, he or they ſhould be honourably received, and ſerved in all reſpects as
perſons to whom they were moſt obliged, near to the king himtelf.
5 He mentions this in a grant to the monks of Gerendon, to whom he was a benefactor. See Appendix, p. 135.
Where this place is does noc appear, nor does it occur in the references made by Dugdale, Bar. vol. I. p. 122, to Hove -
den, p. 363; or Mon. Ang. vol. II. p. 193.
9 Dolium ; Mon. Ang. vol. II. p. 193.
7 MS. Chet d.
19 Et fratribu
© See Appendix. p. 137.
| 18 Burton commorantibus ; either {uch as had been
recovered from the diſorder, or to the attendants and the maſters of the hoſpital.
Foreign ſervice is that whereby a meine lord holds of another without the compaſs of his own fee; or that which
a tenant performs, either to his own lord or the lord-paramount, out at the fee; and it ſeems alſo to be knight's ſer-
rice, or eſcuage uncertain, Perkin, 6560, See alſo in Bracton, lib. ji, e. 16, And foreign ſervice is allo the payment
of extraordinary aid, oppoſed to intrinſecum ſervitium, which was the common and ordinary duties within the iord's court,
See Kennet's Gloſſary, and Jacob's Law Dictionary,
12 See Appendix, p. 133.
F. „ Windbam chapel (otherwiſe called Weſtwade chapel, from the little ſtream it ſtands over) was founded by William de
Albini, and made a cell to the Lazars at Burton, who placed a matter and two or three brethren to dwell there, in order to get
what they could of the paſſengers that went by. At the diſſolution it was given, with Burton Lazars, to fir John Dudley (ice
p. 267); who ſold it to William Kett; and it now belongs to the Corporation of Norwich.” Blomefield, vol. I. p. 723.
'* The Year-books, Edw. III. vol. I. fol 209. 232. ſcil. 6 & 7 Edw, III. 9 Edw. IV. Term. Trin. n. 21, de avnug redd,
40 fol. jure eccleſ. de Trikenham eis appropriate,
T Pat 6 Edw, II. p. 1. m. 9. de terris in Spondon ; & Plac, de quo warranto in com, Derb, 4 Edw. III. rot. 4 in dorſo.
Appendix, p. 1201 vol. II. p. 399. 17 I bid. '* Ibid, Cart. 2 John, n. 170, 171. 174, 175, 176, 177 Mon. Ang.
vol. II. p. 398. ö p. 466; ex Memor. 28 Hen, III. Rot. 2. Regiſter, p. 65.
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274 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
In 1260, the abbot of Vaudieu exchanged certain
ands in Burton and Melton with the maſter of Burton
Lazars; witneſs, Anketell de Martivall ſeneſchal of
this county, Rob' de Capracuria (Chevercourt), &c.
In 1 305, an agreement was made between the maſter
and brethren ot Burton and Richard abbot of Vau-
dicu, for preventing farther diſputes concerning lands
in Burton field ; and the abbot agreed to pay 12d. a
year to the hoſpital, for four acres of arable and four
acres of meadow in the lordſhip of Leeſthorp.
Robert de Chevercourt, of Wyfordby, in 1175, gave
them Chochaines croft; and releaſed to them all the
foreign ſervice belonging to the land they held of
him in Burton ; ** Teſtibus Simone decano de Staple-
ford, Widone perſona de Melton, Roberto de Gaunt
de Beſcaudby, Will'o de Gangi de Garthorp, Will's
Hamelyn de Wymondham.” He gave them alſo one
virgate in Burton, in exchange for another in Dalby ;
and Ralph Gautervile gave them a bovate in 1175.
Fohn Hameline quitted claim to them of all the
lands they held in Burton of the fee of Pantolf.
Among the other benefactors in the townſhip are,
Gilbert de Aumari; William de Aumari (witnels,
« Simone dean of Stapleford, Richardo dean of Ket-
tleby, Hugh chaplain of Burton,” &c.); Ralph Pan-
tulf (witneſs, Richard parſon of Dauby, Geffrey par-
ſon of Braſingburg ', Hugo Beler, &c.) and Jſabel
Paniulf his wife ; Robert Pantulf, Hugo and William
Fremans, John Fegge, William Inett and his ſon,
Amicia de Hal, William Fitz Inett, Robert fon of Walter
de Tatteſpall, William de Cundi, Marin Fitz Simon, William
Torell, Herebert Fitz Geole, William Fitz Turbert, Hugo
de Cbaucum, Alice widow of Nicholas de Burton, Mil.
liam ſon of Harbineus of Kettleby, Geffrey ſon of Mil.
liam le Borch, and Ralph de Sauler.
Richard ſon of William Burded gave them all his
land at Great Dalby, containing one carucate ; witneſs,
Walter de London, parſon of Melton. This was con-
firmed by his nephew William, the ſon of Hugh Burded,
Concerning the tithes here, a diſpute aroſe, be-
tween the maſter, &c. and the priory of Chau-
comb, co. Northampton; on which a compoſition
was made, that the hoſpital ſhould pay the tithe of
ſheaf-corn to the ſaid priory as they had been accuſ-
tomed to do, but no other kind of tithes *.
Roger de Ardene ſon of Henry gave a virgate and
ten acres at Lyveſthorp ; witneſſed by Peter abbot of
Ouſton, and alſo by the prior of Laund, and Ralph
Beler. This was confirmed by Robert de Mowbray.
At Pickwell, Lodovic of Chaltown gave ſeveral
parcels of lands; and in one deed is joined by Og-
gere his brother; witneſs, Robert de Chevercourt,
Simon the dean, Gilbert de Segrave, the abbot and
convent of Oſulveſton, Hugo Grimbalde, &c.
William de Mowbray releaſed to them all foreign
ſervice in five bovates at Pickwell ; witneſs, Robert
Chamberlain, Robert Beler, William Beler. Theſe
five bovates were afterwards granted by the hoſpital
to Henry ſon of Richard Medburn and his heirs.
Gilbert de Rampaine gave them half a carucate in
Kirkby Mowbray, and a fourth part of the mill ;
Matthew de Rampaine one bovate ; and Hugh de Ram-
Paine, his nephew, five virgates and three bovates ;
all which were confirmed to them by the Mowbrays,
chief lords of the fee. A meſſuage, one carucate, and
four bovates in Kirkby, granted by the Belers, was
confirmed to them by Hugo de Rampaine and his heirs 3.
They had alſo at Kirkby many other parcels of
land, the gifts of the following ſmaller freeholders :
Philip the Miller ( Molendinarius) and Walter his fon,
Roger Reling, Roger Fitz Henry of Friſby, Roger ſon
of Geffrey Wiſeman, William ſon of Ralph Aungevin,
Margaret daughter of William Aungevin, Agnes widow
of Bernard, Alice daughter of John the Cook ( Coc'),
Simon Fitz Warner, and Richard and Hugh his ſons,
Robert de Thurmodeſton, Ernald le Flemyng of Kirkby,
Cecilia his wife, and Alice their daughter (witneſſed
by Walter parſon of Melton), Juliana widow of Wal-
ter Fitz Philip, William Fitz Lanr', Robert de Friſeby,
Philip le Miner, John the Smith (Faber), and Gilbert
the Clerk, Walter ſon of Philip Fitz Godwin, and Wil-
liam fon of William Orger of Melton.
An exchange between fir William Hamelyn of Wy-
One of their own churches ; ſee p. 276.
I
mondham, and the maſter and brethren of Burton, f;
witnefled by Roger de Brabazon, John de Folvile
Hamon Beler, John de Perer, Roger Orger, Robert
de Chevercourt, Robert de Sancto Petro, &c.
At Stapleford, William de Ferrariis, fon of William
de Ferrariis, for the conſideration of five marks paid to
him by the maſter and brethren, gave them William
the ſon of Yvo; witneſs, Simon the dean, Yyo the
chaplain, and others.
William Garram, fon of Hogger, gave them Regi-
nald ſon of Hugh le Ville, and all his chattels.
At Clopton, in Northamptonſhire, the hoſpital had,
whillt 7obn Criſpin was malter, an annual rent of 25.;
the payment of which having been fome years neg-
lected, they applied for it in 1330 by legal proccis,
but failed in their proofs “. |
Richard de Corle acknowledged to the maſter and
hoſpital of Burton Lazars, that a bovate of land at
Thorp Ernald was held by him during the pleaſure of
the maſter and brethren ; witneſs, Geoffrey le Dif
penſer, Henry le Bret, Thomas de la Grene, &c, 5
At Billeſdon, Jobn Child gave a virgate of land,
with paſture for thirty ſheep, and other privileges.
Dated “ in capitulo de Burton Sci Lazari, 6 id,
Martii, 46 Hen. II.“ Wiüneſs, William Beler, Ro-
bert of Kirkby clerk, Ralph de Rampaine, &c.
Henry Child gave lands; witnets, Sir John de Dig-
by, Stephen vicar of Loſeby, John Child, and others.
Simon Hyrp and Henry his fon gave a bovate of
land in Billeſdon-field; which in 1257 was leaſed by
the maſter and brethren to Robert fon of Roger of
Billeidon, for a rent of gs.; reſerving to the hol-
pital their right of paſture for 30 ſheep.
Sir John Digby, knight, for the health of his own
and his anceſtors ſouls, gave to brother Robert de
Dauby, maſter of Burton Lazars hoſpital, and the
brethren there ſerving God, half an acre of arable
land, in the liberties of Billeſdon, in perpetual alms.
Other benefactors at Billeſdon were, Simon Kama-
rus, Thomas Aboneton, Henry ſon of Simon Aboneton,
Simon his ſon, and Agnes his widow, William Burdett
of Billeſdon (witneſs William Lefthand of Melton),
Thomas ſon of Robert fon of David of Skeffington,
Eudo de Lanea and Agnes his wife, and Foo Balle.
At Thorpe Sachvile, Ralph fon of Geffrey de Thorpe
gave lands; witnefſed by John chaplain of Dalby,
William chaplain of Babbegrave, William chaplain of
Burton, Alexander of Leiceſter, W. Pantolf of Bur-
ton. Other grants of his were witneſſed by Richard
decanus of Ketelebi, Hubert parſon of Scaltord, Wido
parſon of Melton, Geoffrey Baſſet dean, William
de Torp clerk, William parſon of Twyford, Ralph
de Sachevile, &c. Geoffrey de Hoare and Roemeleus
ſon of Roger de Thorpe were alſo benefactors here.
At Twyford, Robert de Trwyford, ſon of William de
Duninton, gave them one bovate, with a toft and
croft, &c. Julian his daughter was alſo a benefac-
. treſs. She was lady of the manor, where {he beld
courts; and was mother to Robert de Martinwaſt.
One of her grants is witneſſed by William Batjonas
parſon of Loſeby, William parſon of Twy ford, Walter
chaplain of Skeffington, and by her fon Robert.
Alicia daughter of Henry de Waltham. gave land
at Twyford ; ** & quia ſigillum proprium de nomine
meo non habeam, 6gillum Ranulphi Coci corundem
magiſtri & fratrum apponi curavi.“
Henry Child / Puer } de Twyford, with the conſent of
Jabel his wife, gave ſeveral parcels of land; witneſs tic
W. de Folevill, knt. William parſon of Twy ford, &c.
Ralph de Sicca Villa , Walter and Ralph the ſons
of Geoffrey de Thorp, Hubert Ralph, Thomas of Nortcn,
and his ſon Gerffrey, gave lands at Twyford.
At Cold Newton, Roger the ſon of William de New-
ton gave two virgates, with tofts, &c. in Newton 3
and William the ſon of Jobn de Newton, in 1288,
gave two more there, with five acres of his demeſue,
paſturage for 100 ſheep, a carucate of land, &c.
John dictus dominus de Neuton aſſigned over to H. mo
Beler and John Burdett, in truſt for the hoſpital of
Burton, as a ſecurity for the payment of a fum c
money due from Robert Orger of Melton, a certain
part of his wood called Salon, between the North
part of Wemeland wood and Foxoles, with a Virgate
* Appendix, p. 129; from Madox, Formulare, fol, 30, cart. LIII.
3 Pat, 13 Edw, II. de meſſ' & carucat' terre in Kirkby ſuper Wretheck. |
Bridges, MSS. vol. VIII. fol. 168; ex Plac, Coron, 3 Edw. III. rot, 85.
* Reg. Burton, p. 153- : a. MY
Fraltland HUNDRED:
of land and a meadow called Half holes. All theſe
he afterwards gave to the hoſpital in free alms z and
they were confirmed by John his ſon, who added cer-
rain land in Caldwelle meadow 1n Newton.
Thurbut de Rocheby gave one croft in Kirkby Beler
to the lepers of Jeruſalem, and to the ſound brethren *,
The charters of the Burgetts are prefaced by a
certificate from Ro ett archdeacon of Leiceſter, that,
on examination, he had found them, © non viciatas,
non cancellatas, non abolitas, von abraſas, nec aliqua
ſui parte corruptas, & nunc ſu! picione vacantes.”
William Burdett gave them the hotpital of Tilton,
with one carucate in Newton, exempt from ali tccular
ſervice; the churches of Louſeby ud Galby, with
their appurtenances ; and, after the death of Robert
his fon, the church of Hafelbech, with its appur—
tenances, &c. Witneſs, Robert de templo, Roger
de Twiford and Matilda his wite, Simon the Cham-
berlain, Lewis of Pickwell, &c. This grant wos
confirmed by Maud de Mond, mother to Willi:m
Burdett, among other donations, and was confirined by
ope Innocent and king John.
Sir William Purdett (ton of Hugo) confirmed alſo in
1295 (by his charter of 1nſpeximus, dated at Louſeby,
26 Edward l.) all the donations of his anceſtors to tue
brethren of the hoſpital at Burton, of the hoſpital ot
Tilton (of which in its proper place); and ali his
lands in Newton juxta Louſeby, with their appur-
renances, Viz. his capital r:cTuage and four yards
of land of his demeſne, with his whole wood called
Swinelond, together with ine baviiff [prepojitus * ),
Richard de la Lane, William de Barkeby, and Agnes
widow of Geffrey Her, his cuſtomary tenants, (cuſtu-
marios ſuos) 3 With all taeir ſuite ſeque/4, , goods,
chattels, cattle, &c. with two tofts waich they held
of him in villenage, together with all ſervices, ſuits of
court, eſcheats, rents, and homage ot his tree tenants,
in the ſaid vill of Newton; he farther confirmed to
this hoſpital all the donations "is grandfather William
had made to them ; reſcrving his right of patronage ?
in the church of Batelbeci;, and the hoipital of Til-
ton, one carucate of land in the liberty of Newton,
and the churches of Louſeby and Galby +. The tithes
at Louſeby, which had been lertled in 1277, were
confirmed to them by Matthew prior of Kirkby 5.
Sir William Burdett alſo, in 1297, granted ro them
all the lands he had, or might have, in the rown and
territory of Newton, with their appurtenances, viz.
his capital manſion, and four virgates of his demeſne,
and his wood called Swinelond, and four virgates held
of him in villenage, with all his villans living on the
ſaid lands, with all his ſuit, all his rents, homages,
ſervices, ſuits of courts, &c. of his freeholders aud
their marriages, reliefs, wards, eſcheats, &c.
To complete the donations of the Burdett family
(of whom an account will be given under Newton
Burdett) the hoſpital obtained from Matthew the prior
of Monks Kirkby, and his convent, an engagement,
that they would within a year ſecure to them from the
abbey of Aungers a confirmation of ſuch tithes at
Loſeby as had formerly been received by the priory“.
John de Newton gave them fix ſelions, near the hoſ-
pital of Tilton, ** pro ſalute domini regis & regine,
& pro ſalute domini mei Willielmi de Beauchamp,”
&c. Witneſs, Simon decanus, Michael of Muſton,
&c, He gave alſo to his brother Roger ſeveral par-
cels of land, which Roger beſtowed on the hoſpital.
Other benefactors here were, Geffrey de Langley,
* manens in villa de Newton,” and Geffrey his fon ;
Nicholas ſon of Nicholas Berbar of Loſeby, the ſon of
Too Priull, Richard Pravell, Robert Tin' the Miller,
and Maud daughter of John Nerton. Moſt of theſe
deeds are witneſſed by Peter de Kirkby, Wido parſon
of Melton, William Pantolf, and William of enby.
Thomas de Sexteneby granted them one toft and
four acres of land in Sexteneby, with the conſent of-
Gilbert his lord and brother, and of Nigel fon and
heir to Gilbert. |
Simon Henry, ſon of Richard of Billeſdon, and
Milliam ſon of Henry, gave lands at Sextenebi.
Mon. Ang. vol. II. p. 398. |
Prepoſitus villa was the head or chief oflicer in any town, village, or mano, as bailiff, ſeneſchal, or reeve,
3 He ſeems rather to leſſen or controvett the gtants of his anceſtors,
* Mon.. Ang. vol. II. p. 398.
Button, p. "7
Vol. .
* Burton, p. 1135.
Burton Regiſter, pp. tog. 111.
BURTON I AZ ARS. TE
Robert the fon of Ivo de Brentingby gave them
certain lands in Brentingby ; and William the ſon af
Robert de Brentingby confirmed to them the ſaid
lands, together with all the lands which Williew. de
Brentiogby his grandfather, and Robert bis father,
had given them. He alſo granted them certain lands,
for the preſervation of their Pool- dam, near the old
plantation of willows in Sexteneby, which were con-
firmed to them by Robert his fon. |
Robert ſon of William of Brentingby granted them
all the trees planted in four parcels of land neat the
Poul, Witneſs, Robert parſon of Wivordeby, Peter
Burdett, and others; | |
Ralph de Farnell gave them the homage of Robert
Fitz Begum of Brentingby, with all his chattels, &c.
They had alſo ſeveral ſmall parcels of land granted
them by other benefactors in Sexteneby. |
At Burrow they had lands, the gift of John ſon of
tir Gr/oert of {wyford; confirmed by Margery his
wiiow, and Jobn their ſon; and at Queniborow they
had tome lands held under the honour of Tutbury 7.
Thomas de Beler, of Kættleby Parva, gave to the
maſter and brethren an allurance, by way of bond, that
neither he nor his heirs would trouble the hoſpital for
any debt they might owe to William Beler, of Ket-
rleby, his father. Witneſs, fr John Dangercurt, knut.
Robert de Chevercoutt, William de Beler bis ſon, &c.
At Bitteſwell, Robert Bu earl of Leiceſter gave
them fourteen yardlands *. |
In the town of Leiceſter, earl Robert Blanchmaines
gave them, about the year 1190, an annuity of ten
ſhillings ſterling (de e/terling), payable from his baily-
wick there (de prefefiurd med in Leicefirid) ; witneſſed
by the counteſs Petronell, William and Robert his
ſons, &c. This gift was confirmed, in 1233, by Simon
de Montfort, earl of Leiceſter 2*.
Maud, daughter of William I: Brun, gave three diſ-
tinEt portions of land in the pariſh of St. Nicholas;
witneſſed by Peter Fitz Roger, alderman of Leiceſter,
Robert de Stocton præpaſitus, and others.
Reyner de Gang, of Leiceſter, gave two meſſuages
in the ſame pariſh, one of which had belonged to his
father William de Gang, the other to Simon Kelyng ;
witneſſed by William de Sano Loco and Peter Fitz
Hugh, aldermen, and Robert de Stocton præpoſitus.
Peter Palmar, of Leiceſter, gave lands in the fame
pariſh ; witneſſed by William de Santo Loco and
Peter Fitz Roger, aldermen, Richard de Champedon
prepoitus, and others. |
Walter of Evington releaſed to them all claim of
vaſlalage over W. de Dyne and Simon his brother.
Witneſs, Robert de Holton, celerar of Croxton, &c.
John Ludde, of Buſceby, gave lands without the
North gate of Leiceſter, which had been affigned to
John the ſon of Fulco; witneſſed by Nicholas the
Burgeſs { Burgenfis), Walter the Dyer {Lotor), &c.
Helen, widow of Roger the Vininer (Vinetarius) em-
powered Walter de Prolveſtus, chaplain of St. Sepul-
chre, to aſſign to the maſter and brethren of Burton
her land in the pariſh of the Holy Trinity at Leiceſter,
reſerving 44. annually totheclerksof St. Mary de Caſtro.
Richard fon of Hugo de Watebridge gave lands;
witneſſed by Normannus the præpeſitus.
Hugo de Buge ſdon and Agaiſe daughter of Fucbe
Chichenefſe were alſo benefactors at Leiceſter.
Ralph de Amundevill, the ſame year that the young
king of France was married, gave to the lepers of Car-
leton (leprofis de Carleton in Moreland) half a carucate
of land in Carleton, which had belonged to Norman-
nus Piſtor, with a meſſuage, and half a mark of rent
from Carleton mill ; from which the maſter and bre-
thren of St. Larazus of Jeruſalem were to find fcod
and rayment ( victum & ve/titum) ſor four lepers in the
ſubordinate hoſpital of Carleton during their lives.
Witneſs, Jollan de Amundevill, Roger Arlie, Eudo de
Munby, Roger de Amundevill, &c. All which were
confirmed by William earl of Albemarle, chief lord
of the fee. Wineſs, Elyas de Amundevill; &c.
Elyas de Amundevill. granted them one bovate of
arable land, with paſture for 30 ſheep, a horſes; and
See Appendix, p. 130.
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4 barns, in Carleton. He alſo gave them another
bovate, with certain acres of land and meadow here;
and confirmed to them all the grants of Ralph de
Amundevill his father, and of Ralph his grandfather.
Nigeli de Amundevill, in conſideration of the great
favours he received from the brethren of St. Lazarus
beyond ſea, in his voyage to the Holy Land, gave half
a bovate to them lying in Carleton, and commanded
Robert de Amundevill his fon to let them enjoy it in
frank almoigne, peaceably and quietly for ever.
Walter Tartan, of Carleton, gave alſo half a caru-
cate of land there".
At Kimcote, Hugo de Ringdeſdon gave a virgate,
© jn territorio de Kilmundecote & Walton.“
* At the hoſpital of St. Giles in the Field without
the Bar of the Old Temple, London, and the Domus
Converſorum, now the Rolls, founded about 1117 by
queen Maud *, wife of king Henry I, the priſoners
conveyed from the city of London towards Tey borne,
there to be executed for treaſons, felonies, or other
treſpaſſes, were preſented with a great bowle of ale,
thereof to drinke at their pleaſure, as to be their laſt
refreſhing in this life.” That this hoſpital of St. Giles
was ſubordinate to the ſuperior houſe at Burton, ap-
pears by the following deed, dated 24 Henry VII. and
preſerved by that induſtrious chronologiſt John Stowe:
„Thomas Norton, knight, maſter of Burton Lazar
of. Jeruſalem in England, and the brethren of the
ſame place, keepers of the hoſpitall of Saint Giles,
without the Barres of the Old Temple of London,
have fold to Geffrey Kent, citizen and draper of Lon-
don, a meſſuage or houſe, with two follars above
edified, in the pariſh of Alhallowes, Hony-lane, in
Welt Cheape, adjoyning to the Welt part of a tene-
ment, called The Goate on the Hope, pertaining to
the drapers of London, for 311.“ The keeping of
this hoſpital was granted by Edward III. anno regni
27, tothe maſter of the hoſpital at Burton Lazars +.
In 1431, an agreement was entered into between the
maſter ot Burton and the warden of St. Giles (inter no-
bilem dominum Galfridum Shriggley militem, magiſlrum de
Burton Santi Lazari Feruſalem, ac cuſtodem hoſpitit Sancti
Egidii ), concerning the tithes of the manor of Bloomſ-
bury {Blemondeſbury) in parochid hoſpitii predictis.
In 1284, the maſter and brethren of Burton Lazars
had ſome proceedings at law relative to their janitor *.
This hoſpital, with one of its canons, was burnt
by negligence of the plumber, June 11, 13. . +?
la 1330, the maſter of Burton Lazars recovered,
by an action in the court of king's bench, a meſſuage,
with its appurtenances, in Dallington, co. North-
ampton, againſt Eleanor, the daughter of Robert de
Raveningham; and at the ſame time made a fimilar
claim, for three acres and a half of arable land, againſt
John the ſon of Lawrence le Fiſher *,
On the 1oth of March, 1335, King Edward III, by
letters patent (reciting that his royal father, by his writ
under the great-ſeal directed to his treaſurer and ba-
rons of the exchequer, having exempred the maſter
and brethren of the order of St. Lazarus of Jeruſa-
lem in England, and their ſucceſſors, of all tithes,
tolls, and contributions whatever), confirms his ſa-
ther's charter of exemption; and directs, that, where-
as his treaſurer and barons of the exchequer had,
notwithſtanding ſuch charter, ſeverely Fſtrefled the
maſter and brethren, for nones, wool, fifteenths, and
tithes, (pro nonis, lanis, decimis quintis, decimis, &c.),
An hoſpital had been founded by this family at Elleſham, co. Lincoln; with an expreſs proviſo, that it ſhould never be
given to the hoſpitallers of St John, who afterwards, however, obtained poſſeſſion of it by fraud, but were compelled to re-
linquiſh it. See Dugdale, Mon. Ang]. vol. II. p. 422.
3 Survey of London, p. 444 ; and ſee Burton, p. 64.
p. 1. m. 5. de cuſtod, Hoſp. Sancti Egidii extra London, Pat. 35 Hen, VI. p. 2. m. 9.
5 Cotton MSS. Julius C. XII. p. 100. o Plac, Aſſiſ. in com. Leic. 12 Edw. I. Rot. 15, de cuſtod. Januæ Hoſpitalis de Burton.
* Plac, Coron, 3 Edw. I. I. rot. 169; Bridges, vol. I. p. 493.
9 Pat, Edw, IV. p. 4. m. 8. de Hoſp. S. Innocent. Lincoln ;
it The advowſon of Haſelbech was recovered from this hoſpital, by John Diſtandlo, in 1399. Sce Bridges, vol. II. p. 37
12 Plac, de Banco g Edw, III. Mich. rot. 322, pro advoc. Eceleſ. de Braſingburgh, dioc, Lincoln. Eſc. 35 dw. III. poſt
mortem ducis Lancaſtr, Pat. 48 Edw. III. p. 1. m. 26. Braſbridge in the hundred of Lincoln city, The vicarage of Threk-
7 Decem Scriptores, p. 264.
ingham belonged to them till the diſſolution, Bacon.
Rec. in Scacc. 1 Edw. VI. Mich. rot. 83. Ibid. 3 Edw. VI. Paſch. rot. 8. Ibid. 7 Edw. VI. Paſch. rot. 24. 1 Rec. in
ſcace. 36 Hen. VIII. Paſch. rot. 1. an inquiſition of their lands and revenues in the counties of Leiceſter and Derby.
14 Newcourt's Repertorium, vol. I. p. 602, 603. 15 Rot, Pat. 3 Fdw. I. 1% pat. 4 Fdw. I. m. 35. in dorſo.
17 Plac. quo warr. co. Northumb. 21 Edw. I. rot, 1 dorſo.
1 Cart. 2 Edw. III. n. 81. Plac. quo. war. 3 Edw. III. rot. 1.
He occurs in 1484; Somner, Antiq. p. 81.
1 Called, p. 266, © Frere Michael, general commander of the hoſpital of St. Lazarus in England,”
*5 Burton Regiſter, p. 108. 26 bid. p. 106,
27 Ibid, p. 107, Q. the ſame John who occurs 6 Edw. III. MS. E. R. Mores ? |
*: Dugdale and Speed.
2% Willis's Abbeys, vol. II. p. 109.
Wordham in Norfolk, with ſome poſſeſſions at Ry-
we
the ſaid maſter and brethren ſhould, for the time
to come, be for ever free from ſuch impoſitions, and
all others of what ſort or kind ſoever.
In 1336, a difference was adjuſted between Richard
de Waltham of Melton, and Hugo Michel, maſter of
Burton, relative to the hoſpital's mill at Melton.
In the ſame year, Sept. 30, enquiry being made by
John de Windeſore, the king's eſcheator, why their
meſſuage and carucate of land at Newton ſhould not be
ſieſed into the king's hand; it was aſſerted by the hoſ-
pital of Burton, that the ſame had been given to them
by fir William Burdett long before the ſtatute of mort-
main was paſſed; and the fact having been regu.
larly aſcertained, to the ſatisfaction of a jury, at Hal-
loughton, Nov. 6, the meſſuage and land were reſtored
by the King's writ; the eſcheator's deed to that pur-
poſe being dated at Tilton, Feb. 4, 20 Edward III.
King Henry VI. in 1423, repeated the ſeveral con-
firmations of king Henry Ii. and king John.
The hoſpital of the Holy Innocents * near Lincoln,
founded by Remigius, biſhop of that ſee, for lepers,
was annexed in 1456 to Burton Lazars
They had alſo the impropriate rectory of Louſeby,
which was retained to their own uſe, ard the advow-
ſon of Galby, both in this county; of Haſelbech u,
co. Northampton; of Hekinton, Threkingham, and
Braſingburg *, co. Lincoln; of Spondon, co. Derby;
of Hal, co. + .; the patronage of the vicarage
and tithes of Feltham in Middleſex **; renements at
Birmingham*®, co. Warwick; meſſuage and lands at
Burgers aſhes *, co.; certain privileges at
Haren, Dytheburn, Nutford , &c. co. Northumber-
berland ; others in the county of York'*; free warten
in the county of Nottingham “; a cell and lands at
burgh Magna in that county“. |
At the diſſolution, Burton Lazars was rated at the
clear yearly value of C. 268. 10s. 24d, **
Burron 8: I Mrettratres Temporalibus, 83 5
Lat habent in | Dominicalibus, 2 ©
Summa — — „
Et inde ſolvunt:
Vicario de Louſeby, 6 13
Archidiacono Leiceſtr', 0 13
Vicario de Thrikingron, 2 13
Curato de Tutbury, 2 13
In 1553, here remained in charge (. 5. in annuities,
and the tollowing penſions, viz.
To Rob. Cocke, clerk, ql, To Wm. Prowdloe, 31.
To John Frankyfle, 4. To Thomas Aunlel, 21. **
MasTERrs of the Hoſpital.
Walter de Novo 1324. William de Tytit.
Caſtro. 1347. Hugo Mitchel“.
Robert Germin. 1350. Robert Halliday.
Philip de Infuli, 1390. Richard Clifford.
Roger of Rereſby. 1431. Sir Geoff. Sbrigley.
Richard Gemin. 1456. William Sutton “.
1308. Robert de Dauby. 1491. George Sutton.
1310. Rob. de Leighton. 1493. Thomas Haring-
1315. William **. wold.
1316. John Criſpyng*”. 1508. Sir Thomas Norton.
In addition to the records relative to this hoſpital
already particularly quoted, the following articles are
referred to by Tanner, in bis“ Notitia.“
Pat. 2 Ric. II. p. 1. m. 15. Pat. 3 Hen. IV. p. 1. m. B.
Pat. 2 Hen. IV. p. 2. m. 26. Pat. 2 Hen. V. p. 2. m.! 7.
2 Tanner, Not. Mon. p. 304.
4 Mon. Ang. vol. II. p. 400. Pat. 27 Edw. I. & 3 Hen. VI.
& p. 5. m. 23 vel 24. 4% Dugdale, Mon. Ang. II. 389.
2% Plac. Aſſiſ. co. Ebor, 14 Edw. I. rot. 5.
22 Blomefield, vol. I. p. 723; vol. III. p. 842.
1
in antient writings called Chiteby, Cattully, Retelly
Par va, Eye-Kettleby from the river Eye * on which it
ſtands, and Kettleby Beler from the family of Beley *,
who were for many generations lords of it, is bounded
on the North by Syſonby; on the Eaſt by Burton
Lazars ; on the South by Great Dalby ; and on the
Welit by Kirkby Beler. It is one little mile diſtant
from Melton Mowbray, the neareſt market-town ; 12
from Leiceſter; and in the eccleſiaſtical divifion of
the county is within the deanry of Framland.
In the reign of Edward the Confeſſor, this lord-
ſhip, containing eight ploughlands and fix acres-of
meadow, was poſſeſſed by Leuric Fitz Leuin, as part
of the manor of Melton; and, after the Norman
Conqueſt, was given to Goisfrid de Wirce ; from whom
it came, either by deſcent or forfeiture, to Nigell de
Albini, of whom a particular account has been given
in p. 2613 and from him to his eldeſt ſon,
Roger de Mowbray ; by whom it was beſtowed on
his brother Hamo Beler, by a grant confirmed by king
Henry II, about 1160.
« Ketelby conceſſa Hamoni Bellario per Rogerum
de Mowbray, & confirmata per regem Hen. II.” 3
On the aid granted to king Henry III, in 1235,
towards the marrying of his fitter with the emperor
of the Romans, one tee in Kettleby, held by William
de Beler paid t marks; and half a fee there, held
by John of Statbern, one mark“.
In the Teſla de Nevill, about 1240, Kettleby Beler,
ſaid to contain twelve ploughlands, is charged 3s. 8d.
to the ſheriff's aid.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Eye-Kettleby, Kirkby
Beler, Syſonby, aud Weiby, anſwered collectively as
one vill.
In 1301, Roger de Mowbray died ſeiſed of one
knight's tee in Kettleby, Kirkby, and Burton, which
was beld by Hamo de Beler 5; who died in the year
following, as appears by an inquiſition taken in 1303,
when it appeared that the ſaid Hamo was ſeiſed, at
the time of his death, of 80 acres of arable and
acres of meadow in Ketelby Beler, which he held of
the heir of Roger de Mowbray, by the ſervice of a
quarter of one knight's fee b.
In 135, Roger Beler of Kirkby and Alice his wife
held lands in Eye-Kettlebv.
In 1345, Agatha Beler (on the aid then granted for
knighung Edward of Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt
ſon) was aſſeſſed 20s. for halt a knight's tee in Ket-
tleby and Burton St. Lazarus, parcel of the fee of
- Mowbray”.
In 1361, John de Mowbray, lord of the ifle of Ax-
bolme, died ſeifed of one knight's fee in Kettleby,
Kirkby, and Burton, which Ralph Beler held“.
In 1399, Thomas Mowbray, late duke of Norfolk,
died ſeiſed of one knight's fee, with the appurte-
nances, in Kettleby, Kirkby, and Burton, value J. 10.“
In the ſublidy of 1416 (when the county of Lei-
ceſter was rated at {.757. 125. 114d.) Kettleby paid
255. In that of 1445, it was rated at /.1. 56. and
an abatement was made of 8s. 8d.
In 1461, John Mowbray duke of Norfolk died
ſeifed of one knight's fee in Kettleby, Kirkby, and
Burton, which John Beler held .
1
Eig, an iſland.
* Eſch. 15 Edw. IV. N* 2.
X Esch. 29 Edw. I. Nꝰ 47. Leic.
Eſch. 35 Edw. III. pars 2. N' 10.
3 Dugdale, MS ex Turti. Lond.
* Eſch. 31 Edw. I. N 4. Leic.
9 Eſch, 1 Hen. IV. N' 74. Leic,
£51097 7 Fre
4-93 TL
In 1475, it appeared on inquiſition, that Jobn Beler,
eſq. and Robert Clay, were lately ſeiſed of the manor
of Eye-Kettleby ; and, being fo ſeiſed thereof, enfe-
offed Richard Sapcote, William Sutton, and others, in
the ſame, to the uſe of John Beler; by virtue of
which feoffment they became ſeiſed thereof; ard
that John Beier, who died in 1475, was ſeiſed thereof;
and that it was held of the duke of Norfolk n. It
was alſo found that the ſaid John Beler, who died
without iſſue, was ſeiſed of the manor of Sextenby,
with the third part of the manor of Medburn; and
that Helen the wife to William Ruſkin, Marina the
wife of Thomas Green (of Green's Norton, co. North-
ampton), and John the ſon of Jeane the wife of
William Villiers of Brokeſby, were his ſiſters, nephew,
and coheirs'*. Of the divifion of his property we
find the following ſtatement in the Villers pedigree “,
Partitio** terrarum & ten' nuper Johis Beler, armig'.
Pars Marine Grene. |
Maneria de Ketilby & Siſtonby, pt” ] xxxiiiiti.
cert' ten” in Siſtonby aſſign* ps Jaſ- i libr' pipis &
peris Ruſkyn, vi pull'.
Pars Johannis Villers.
Manerium de Howby, Sewelby, Retherby, Oleby,
xxxii li. 1x5. iii d.
xx vi 8. viii d. xxxiiiis. vid. ; ,
Burton Lazari viis. ixd.] lid pipis & vi pull.
Pars Jaſperis Roſkin.
Manerium de Sutton, Sheynton, 11 7
Berleſton, Aſton Flamvile, Barton: gi :
Holt Ivis. viiid. ws
Draton xxvs. iid. Blaſton xd. Fit, 03. xd.
Melton vii t. xvis. mid.
Metburne xxxiiii S. id.
Parva Dalby extra "ine.
xviis.
join i Ry TP
Somerby pva Dalby in man' 2
Siſtonby de Johe Meſure Xli115, *
Item, de Johe Dalby xxXXS. *
Item, de Rico Webſter xxxiiii 8.
Item, de Johe Richard viis.
—
Particti ſubſeripti aſſign' pro cantaria perpetua is
Johis Beler, armigeri.
Manfio capital' in aaa p
Tyrlington xIviiis.
Magna Dalby xxxiiiis. 5 ciiis. viii d. et manſione.
Bradley vis. viiid.
Bringhurſt xvis.
Annuitates conceſſꝰ p Johem Beler, armigerum,
perſonis ſubſcriptis, pro termino vitæ.
Bartholomeo Villers 1ii ti. ?
Thome Tomſon xxvis.
Roberto Cley xxiii 8. iid,
Iſabellæ Millener xxs.
Margaretz Beler moniali vis. iiii d.
The manor of Kettleby, part of the poſſeſſions of
Marina Greene, came afterward (temp. Henry VII.) by
purthaſe to fir John Digby, kat. third fon of fir Eve-
rard Digby, of Tilton, knt.
From ſir ohn Digbyn, a grandſon of the original
ix li. xiiis. iii d.
purchaſer (who married Anne, one of the three
Le. a watery-place ; and where the names of places end in , it denotes them an iftand, as Ramſey, Hrri/zy, &c. Saxon
+ Teſta de Nevill.
7 Rot. Aux. 20 Edw. III.
1 Eſch. 1 Edw. IV. N 46, Leic.
n Eſch. 15 Edw. IV. Ne 2. Leic. * Ibid, Ne 2. FHerl. M88. *
„ The particulars and totals in this account do not exactly correſpond ; but they ate near enough to give ſome idea of the
partition of the property into three portions, the value of the annuities granted, and of the chantry to be founded.
; See Wright's Rutland, pp. 79. 115.
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daughters and coheireſſes of William Parr, uncle to
queen Catharine Parr, laſt wife of Henry VIII. (made
lord Parr, of Horton, co. Northampton, Dec. 23,
35 Henry VIII), this lordſhip paſſed by meſne con-
veyance to Edward Pate, a who poffeſſed it in 1 596.
Of both theſe families ſome monumental inſcrip-
tions have been given under Melton Mowbray ; and
the pedigree of each may be ſeen under Syſonby,
The late Edward Smith, eſq. of r had
one part of the manor here, which deſcended to his
heir at law Mr. Thomas Swith, who conveyed his
art to Jobn Darker, eſq.; tor whoſe grand-daughter,
Miſs Naſb, it is now held in truſt by Edward Loveden
Loveden, eſq.
Mr. Aſbby, of Melton Mowbray, had another part,
EYE-KETTLEBY.
FRAMLAND HunDaen,)
which he conveyed to the late Mr. Bunny, of Lei.
ceſter, and is now the property of Edward Cradoct
Hartopp, eſq.
Mr. Dovey, of Stourbridge, in Worceſterſhire, has
alſo another part.
The lordſhip conſiſts in general of very good land,
of old incloſure, and is of conſiderable extent, though
it contains but one farm-houſe, of modern building,
called 1
The only freeholder here in 1630 was Robert
Blankley. At the general election in 1722, Thomas
Hall was the only freeholder polled from this hamlet;
and none appeared in 1775. |
In this hamlet there is no poor's rate.
The C HAP E I.,
formerly dependent on the church of Melton, and
ſerved by a reſident chaplain, was pleaſantly fituated
upon a hill a mile South of Melton.
From Mr. Wyrley, who viſited it in 1569, Mr.
Burton deſcribes the following arms on painted glaſs,
brought hither from Burton Lazars hoſpital :
1. Party per pale, Gules and Sable, a lion rampant
Argent. | Beler.
2. Barry of fix, Argent and Azure. Guy.
3. Gules, ten bezants, and a canton Ermine. Zouch,
4- Azure, two chevrons Or, Alfreton, or Chatoorih.
5. Azure,two left hands Argent. Lefthand of Melton.
6. Or, on two bars Gules, three water-bougets,
Argent, Willoughby of Willoughby,
See plate L. fig. 4—9.
A conſiderable part of a ruinous wall of this cha-
pel remained in 1750; but there is now no trace
diſtinguiſhable.
To the enquiry of the houſe of commons, in 1786,
reſpecting the charitable donations in this hamlet, no
return was made, it having been conſidered as a part
of Melton Mowbray.
Pedigree of B ELER, of Eryz-KzerttLEzy and KirxBy, (See the Arms above.)
Enlarged from the CuzTwynp MS.
i Maud de Aquila, widow of Robert de=Nigell de Albini, younger brother--Gundreda, daughter and heir of Geffrey
Mowbray earl of Northumberland.
of William de Albini Pincerna. *
de Gornay, married 1118.
1. Roger Mowbray, whoſe deſcendants ſee under Melton.
2. Hamo de Beler, lord of Eye Kettleby, 1160.
— 5 d
Sampion de Beler, of Kettleby. F ( —* 22
Ralph de Beler, of Kettleby. Emma, daughter of Walter de Folvile, of Aſhby Folvile, knt.
I
1. William de Beler, of Kettleby, Iſabel, daughter of fir Robert
d'Angervile, knt.
living in 1235 and 1273.
Il
2. Roger, ſheriff of Lincolnſhire,—Alice, died
1256. & | 1277.
Hamo de Beler, of- Msbell, daughter of 1. Roger Beler, of 2. Ralph Beler, 3. William de Beler, of Amicia.
Kettleby, living 1288. — Manſell, knt.
Ralph Beler, of—=Sibell, dau. of John de Perers,
Kettleby, 1288. | 1290.
Kirkby, 1288.
7 mot
Roger de Beler, of Kirkby, Alice, died
killed Feb. 1325-6.
of Kirkby, 1288. © of Kirkby, 1286. |
—
William Beler, of
Ingwardby, 1286.
ll
1308.
Hamo de =... 2. William Margaret, dau. of fir Rich. de la- Sir Roger Beler Katharine, Avice, wife to Ralph
Beler, of de Beler. Rivere, knt. and Maud his wife, | kat. died 1 380. zd wife. lord Cromwell, 1376.
Kettleby, dau. and heir of ſir JohndeHeriz, —
died 1304. of Widmerpole, knt. firſt wife. Thomaſia, Ralph Cromwell, kt.
P— r - dau. and heir to Thomaſine.
Sir Ralph Beler, of = Agatha, dau. of fir Margaret, dau. and coheir, mar. coheir, d. p—
Kettleby, died | Rich. Bingham, of to fir Robert de Swillington *. ſ. p. 1382. Ralph Cromwell, 1454,
before 1345. Bingham, kat.
living 1345»
| of Hoſſingham. |
Preſt, of Melton, iſt wife. 1388,
Nicholas Barnard, Ellen, ſiſter of ſir Philip
died before 1459.
Limbrey, knt.
Elizabeth
Lettice, dau. and coheir of — Henry Beler, knt. = Margaret Barnard, aunt and heir of
imbrey.
Sir James Beler, of Kirkby, Kettleby, and Siſlonby. Margaret, daugh. of Nicholas Barnard.
John Beler, eſq. of Kirkby, Kettleby, and- Elizabeth, only dau. and heir of Thomas Segrave, 2d huſband, 1428.
Siſonby, 1461.
Anthony Houby, eſq.“ -
*
I Anthony, 2. John Beler, Katha- 1. Marina, Sir Thomas 2. ohanna, ſiſter 3. Margaret, * Eleanor, fiſter
died without of Kettleby rine*, ſiſter and | Green, of coheir, wife rioreſs of and coheir,
iſſue. Beler, eſq. ob. coheirꝰ . Greenſnor- of Will. Villiers, Eu. wife of Will.
1475 *. ton, knt, of Brokeſby. Ruſkin, of
J— 8 — | Melton Mow-
Anne, wife of ſir Elizabeth, wifeof= g. Jobanna, firſt married to John Tyrwhitt, and pray“.
Thomas Pinch-
ſir Brian —
beke, kat. ford, knt.
afterwards to William Pickering, knt. of
Oſwald Kirke, co, York,
*
De thy, heir to her thy married Rich. Laſcelles.
His ſecond wife was Margaret, daughter of John Grey of Codnor ; his fourth, Mary, afterwards wife of John Seyntelere.
See the pedigree of Swillington, p. 227.
* Efch, 16 Edw, IV. co. Northampt.
Her ſecond huſband was Nicholas Griffin, eſq.
3
See the pedigree of Houby, p. 224.
5 Her ſecond huſband was Thomas Digby,
7 Sec the pedigree of Ruſkin, p, 264.
*
FRE BL,
Fo
in antient writings called Fredeby, Fretbeby, Freyeby;
. Freathby, Fretteby, is bounded on the North by Wal-
tham ; on the Eaſt by Saxby; on the South by
Wyverby ; and on the Weſt by * — It
is about four miles diſtant from Melton Mowbray, the
neareſt market- town; 17 from Leiceſter ; and, in the
eccleſiaſtical divifion of the county, is within the
deanry of Framland. 8 ;
In the reign of Edward the Confeſſor, this lordſhip;
containing ten ploughlands and thirty acres of mea-
dow, was held, with the manor of Melton, by Leuric
Fitz Lewin ; and after the Conqueſt was beſtowed on
Goisfrid de Wirce. | |
The abbot and convent of Croxton had ſome pro-
perty here, which is thus deſcribed in their regiſter :
« Memorandum, quod Ogerus de Sproxton dedit
nobis, cum corpore ſuo, homagium & ſervicium Am-
broſii de Roinges, de una virgatà terre in Freyeby,
& quicquid de predictà terra exigi poterat, in puram
eleemoſinam; & redditum xiid. quem dictus Ambro-
ſius eidem annuatim reddere ſolebat, in die S. Botul-
phi, ad lampadem unam in eccleſiam B. Johannis, ad
honorem dicti Sancti Johannis perpetuò ſuſtentandum.
Item Bernardus de Chevircurth donationem dicti
Ogeri nobis confirmavit, cum releviiis, wardis, mari-
tagis, & obventionibus; ſalva ſibi & heredibus una
libra cumini, & forinſeco ſervicio quod predictus Am-
broſius reddere ſolebat.
Item Robertus de Chevircourth, filius predicti
Bernardi, confirmavit nobis homagium & ſervicium
predicti Ambrofii & heredum ſuorum, cum releviis,
wardis, eſchaetis, & maritagiis & obventionibus dicte
virgate terre pertinentibus. Dedit etiam & remiſit
nobis predictum annuum redditum unius libre cu-
mini, in liberam, puram, & perpetuam eleemoſinam.
Et ipſe & heredes ſui facient ſcutagium pro dictaà
quum acciderit imperpetuum.
« Item Willielmus filius Radulphi Ambroſii de
Coſſeby dedit, conceſſit, reddidit, & quietum cla-
mavit, de ſe & heredibus ſuis imperpetuum, nobis &
ſueceſſoribus noſtris, dictam virgatam terre, cum tofto
& crofto, & homagio & ſervicio ſuo, & aliis pertinen-
tiis. & ayſiamentis ſuis, in liberam, puram, & perpe-
tuam eleemoſinam.
Item Robertus de Baſſet de Ulſthorp & Alicia
uxor ſua, filia Willielmi de Sixteneby, tenent hanc
predictam virgatam terre, cum tofto & crofto, de no-
bis & ſucceſſoribus noſtris, liberè, quietè, & heredi-
tario, reddendo nobis per annum xii d. & unam li-
bram cumini, ad mediam Quadrageſimam, pro omni
ſervicio ſalvo forinſeco *.
April 28, 1227, king Henry III. granted to Hugh
le Diſpenſer and his heirs, that they and their men of
Fretheby ſhould be quit of all county and hundred
luits, ſheriff's aids, and views of frankpledge *.
In 1229, Hugh le Diſpenſer had a charter of free
warren for his demeſne lands here 3,
On the aid granted to king Henry III. in 1235,
towards the marrying of his filter with the emperor
of the Romane, one fee in Freby and Welby, held
by Stephen de Segrave and Hugh Diſpenſer, paid 125.
Hugh le Diſpenſer, grandchild of the firſt men-
tioned Hugh, taking part with Simon de Montfort
and the religious barons (by whom he was conſtituted
Juſtice of England), was ain at the battle of Eve-
ſham in 1264 and it appears by an inquiſition taken
after his death, that the manor of Fredeby, which
he held in demeſne, was then of the annual value of
L. 10.; and, after the war, was placed in the hands of
Robert de Tibtoft for the uſe of the king *; who at-
terwards granted this and many other manors to his
widow Aliva le Deſpenſer, daughter to Philip Baſſet,
B
of Wicombe, and widow of Roger Bigod earl of Nor-
folk, for her maintenance during life.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Freathby, Stapleford,
and Saxby, anſwered collectively as one vill. |
This manor was afterwards reſtored to Hugh le
Diſpenſer ſon of Aliva; who, as appears by an inqui-
ſition taken in 1301, held at that time half a knight's
fee in Fretheby of John Deyvill; which John held
the ſame of Roger de Mowbray, deceaſed 5. ;
This Hugh, diſtinguiſhed by hiſtorians under the
namie of Hugh Diſpenſer ſenior, was the powerful ta-
vourite of that unfortunate prince king Edward II.
by whom he was created earl of Mincheſter in 1322,
appointed lord high treaſurer, and enriched wich vaſt
poſſeſſions ;_ but, being taken priſoner in October,
1325, by the queen and her, party, at Briſtol, he was
condemned and executed for high treaſon, being then
go years of age; whereupon this manor devolved to
the crown. | TAY |
His ſon, Hugh Diſpenſer the younger, was alſo exe-
cuted, Nov. 29, 14326. ,
In a liſt of knights fees in the reign of Edward I,
Fretheby is ſtated as conſiſting of ſix caruca'es, one
of which was held by the maſter of Bur/oz Len
hoſpital in demeſne, and one in villenage, the others
by Elias Afhbroke, Robert Carpenter, Hugo ret, Her-
bert de Stretton, Walter de Plumton, Ralph de Frithef-
by, William de Medburne, and Robert Fitz Jeffrey,
All theſe held under Robert Burdett, who held under
the heirs of the earl of Wincheſter, and they of the
king in capite. The whole paid ſcutage, as had been
of old accuſtomed, to Robert Burdett, for half a
knight's fee ©. |
In 1327, Jobn de Mowbray died ſeiſed of the manor
of Melton Mowbray and Freyeby, held of the king
in capite; and John de Mowbray was his ſon and heir”:
In 1328, a petition of Edmond earl of Kent appears
among the Rolls of Parliament, itating, that whereas
the king had given to him all the lands and tenements
which had belonged to the elder Hugh le Diſpenſer,
in the county of Leiceſter, except only the manor of
Loughborough, with its appurtenances, which had
been before given to ſir Henry de Beaumond; the
ſaid Henry had taken poſſceſſion of the manors of
Beaumanor, Erneſby, Holeicote, Dunyngton, Barrow,
Burton, Preſtwold, Cotes, and Fretheby, the property
of the ſaid Hugh, and held them as parcel of the
manor of Loughborough ; and fir Henry was there-
upon directed to produce his charter in the court of
Chancery, to ſhew how far his right extended *.
The future proceedings are not recorded ; but on
the 12th of May, 1328, the king granted the manor
of Fretheby (ſome time parcel of the poſſeſſions of
Hugh le Diſpenſer, late earl of Winton, and then
forfeited by the rebellion of the ſaid Hugh) to Simon
de Berefordo, in conſideration of the taid Simon's
good ſervices to him and his mother queen Iſabel “.
An infant ſon of Hugh Diſpenſer the younger was,
after the execution of his father, detained in priſon ;
and, on his releaſe, became a gallant warrior, and
a favourite of the king ; from whom, on the death of
his mother, he obtained livery of the lands-of her
inheritance ; and, for his good and laudable lervices,
had a grant of the manor of Fretheby, April 22,1329".
In 1346, Roger le Ward (on the aid then granted
for knighting Edward of Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt
ſon) was aſſeſſed 20s. for half a knight's fee lying in
Fretheby, parcel of the fee of Mowbray ; Robert
Chevercourt (on the ſame occaſion) was aſſeſſed 20s.
for half a knight's fee in Burton, Fretheby, and
Wyvordby ; -whereof Wyvordby is parcel' of the
honour of Tickill, aud Burton and Fretheby parcel of
Teck, MS. 4935 ex codice apud Belvoir de Domeſday nuncupato, fol 2. b.
* Clauf. 11 Hen. III. m. 12, 3 MS, Chetwynd.
Ach. 29 Ric. II. Ne 47. Leie. * See p. cxx.
? Of this family, ſee under Snare ſton.
Vol. I. 8
? Eſch, 1 Edw. III. N* 87. Leic.
. ** Pat, 2 Edw. III. pars 2, m. 8.
4 C
* See Appendix to the Hiſtory of Leiceſter, p. 36.
. * Rot, Parl. vol. II. p. 26.
Pat. 11 Edw. III. pars 2. m. 29.
the
289 HISTORY axy ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
the fee of Mowbray; all being parcel of thoſe three
knights fees which John de Chevetcourt lately held“.
Sir John de Fretheby, ſon of fir Robert, by Agnes -
daughter of fir Gilbert de Houby, knt. died in 1352,
leaving a brother, fir Edmond de Fretheby, who had
a ſon John .
In 1361, John de Mowbray, lord of the Ile of Ax-
holme, and of the honour of Brembre and Gower ?,
died ſeiſed of half a knight's fee in Fretheby, which
the heir of Jobn Deyvill held; alſo the tenth part of
one knight's fee in Fretheby, which the abbot of
Croxton held 4.
In 1380, Roger Beler died ſeiſed of the manor of
Fretheby, held of the heir of the lord Je Diſpenſer 5.
In 1399, Thomas Mowbray, late duke of Norfolk,
was ſeiſed of half a knight's fee, with the appurte-
nances, in Fretheby; value 100s. $
In the ſubfidy of 1416 (when the county of Lei-
ceſter was rated at £757. 121. 114d.) Fretheby paid 515.
In 1443, fir Robert Woodford, knt. gave certain
lands in this town to Humphrey his younger ſon,
which formerly belonged to the Chevercourts.
In the ſubſidy of 1445, Fretheby was rated at £2:
115. and an abatement was made of 67. 8d.
In 1461, John Mowbray, duke of Norfolk, died
ſeiſed of half a knight's fee in Fretheby, which Tho-
mas lord Ros held; alſo of a tenth part of one knighr's
fee in Fretheby, which the abbot of Croxton held 7.
April 2, 1462, king Edward IV. granted the manor
of Fretheby (then valued at C. 16. per annum, and
late parcel of the poſſeſſions of Thomas lord Ros) to
Thomas Palmer, for ten years“.
In 1464, it appeared thut Thomas late lord Ros
(attainted for high treaſon in 1461), had been ſeiſed
of the manor of Fretheby . |
Nov. 23, 1467, king Edward IV. granted the ma-
nor of Fretheby, and all other the lands, rents, and
poſſeſſions there, belonging to Thomas late lord Ros,
at that time in the tenure of Thomas Palmer, to Ed-
werd Hardgill and Elizabeth Moriſby, and their aſſigns,
for their lives, and the life of the ſurvivor “.
Nov. 20, 1477, king Edward IV. (after reciting
that he had, by his letters patents, bearing date Nov.
23, 1467, granted the manor of Fretheby, and all
other the lands, rents, and poſſeſſions there, late be-
| longing to Thomas lord Ros, to Edward Hardgill and
Elizabeth Moriſby, and their aſſigns, for life), in con-
ſideration of the faithful ſervices of the ſaid Edward
Hardgill, re-granted the ſaid manor and premiſes to the
ſaid Edward and Elizabeth (now man and wife), and to
the heirs male of the ſaid Edward lawfully begotten, to
hold of the king and his heirs by fealty and a red roſe on
the nativity of St. John Baptiſt, in lieu of all ſeryices**.
This manor was afterwards reſtored to the family of
Ros; and from them was inherited by Thomas Manners,
the firſt earl of Rutland, who died poſſeſſed of it 1543.
By an inquiſition taken at Nottingham, Aug. 14,
20 Elizabeth, John earl of Rutland was found to have
died ſeiſed of the caſtle and manor of Belvoir, priory
of Belvoir, manors of Wolſthorp, Bottesford, Fretheby,
Redmyle, Barſton, and Plungar, with the advowſon of
Bottesford, Redmyle, Harby, Waltham, South Crox-
ton, Ropeſley, and Wolſthorp, held of the king in
capite, by the payment of one fourth part of a knight's
fee; and alſo of many other manors, lands, &c. **
In this family Freathby continued vill 1598, when
it was alienated by Roger earl of Rutland ; who, by
a deed enrolled in Chancery *, exchanged it with Tho-
mas Hartopp, eſq.
In 1611, Dorothy Hartopp held, in capite, the ma-
nor of Freby.
*
- Edward Hartopp, eſq. created a baronet in 1619
was in 1630 the only freeholder in Freathby. ;
On the death of fir John Hartopp, the laſt baronet
of that family, in 1762, his property at Freathby
devolved to his two daughters and coheireſſes, Mrs.
Hurlock and Mrs. Dallow.
Mrs. Hurlock dying in 1766, her undivided moiety
of the Freathby eſtate devolved to her huſband as
tenant by courteſy z and on his death, Aug. 10, 1794,
deſcended to his only daughter and heireſs Anne, the
wife of Edmund Cradeck-Hartopp, eſq. of Freathby,
Brentingby, Wyfordby, and Burton Lazars, in this
county“; and of Four Oaks Hall, co. Warwick.
As this lady is now the only ſurviving heir of the
baronet's family, it will not be . improper to ſubjoin
the following additional particulars to the pedigree
inſerted under Buckminſter, p. 128.
Sir Richard Earle was of Scraglethorpe, eo. Lincoln,
John White, eſq. fon of Thomas and Anne, of Vux-
ford, was one of the knights of the ſhire for the county
of Nottingham, 1678, 1679, 1681.
Montague Cholmondeley, eſq. of Stoke Rochford,
died Feb. 3, 1672 ; and Elizabeth, one of his daugh-
ters, April 12, 1639. He had eight children“. x
Sir Nathaniel Gould was knighted April 14, 1721.
His daughter Mary, wife of fir Francis St. John,
died Dec. 8, 1720.
Sir John Bernard died Dec. 15, 1766, leaving one
fon and one daughter.
Sir Robert died Jan. 2, 1789, without iſſue, and
the title is extinct. :
In 1778, an act of parliament was paſſed to enable
Edmund Hartopp (then lately called Edmund Bunny),
eſq. and his heirs by Anne his wife, to take and uſe
the ſurname and arms of Hartopp.
The preſent family of this gentleman (1494) conſiſts
of fix daughters and two ſons. The eldeſt and
youngeſt born were ſons, and both died infants.
The eldeſt, named Edmund-Foſeph, was born at Flo-
rence, July 8, 1778; and died at Bath, March 29,
1779; William, the youngeſt, was born at Merevale,
Dec. 24, 1790; and died at Leiceſter, June 13, 1791,
of the ſmall-pox. The eldeſt fon now living, George-
Harry William, was born at Merevale, Aug. 20, 1785;
as was Edmund, the youngeſt now living, May 17,1788,
The daughters are, Anna-Maria, Geroline, Emilia,
Frances, Eliza-Bankes, Louiſa- Anne, and Matilda.
The other undivided moiety of Freathby, by the
will of Mrs. Dallowe, who died in 1789, is now the
property of Edmund Hartopp-Wigley, eſq. of Little
Dalby, of whoſe family a pedigree has been given
under that pariſh, p. 159.
Againſt the wall even with the Weſt window of
the communion-table, in the church of Stoke-New-
ington, co. Middleſex, is an oblong tablet of grey
marble, with a white border; on the top of which is
a coat of arms, Argent, a chevron Vaire between three
blackmoors' heads, bearing on an eſcutcheon of pre-
tence Sable a chevron Ermine between three otters
paſſant Argent“; creſt, on a wreath, a blackmoor's
head as in the arms; motto, Humanitate.
Underneath is a whole-length female figure in the
character of Grief, mourning over an urn (all of white
marble), on which are two ovals; in the one of which
is inſcribed, © Joſeph Hurlock died Aug. 10, 1793»
aged 78;“ in the other, Sarah, his wife, died
March 27, 1766, aged 47.”
In the baſe, alſo of white marble, below the figure,
is inſcribed ;
Jo the memory of the above Joſeph and Sarah
Hurlock, her immediate parents; and of the late fir
7 Rot, Aux, 20 Edw. III. 1346. 2 See the pedigree in p. 224.
3 This was the firſt Mowbray who was permitted to aſſume thoſe titles in right of his mother, Alice daughter and /e heir
(not cobeir as in p. 263.) of William lord Brewes of Bembre in Suſſex, and Gowerland in G'amorganſhire, Le Neve's MS
Baronetage, in my poſleſſion, p. 4, contains a full pedigree of the lords Brewes; of whom, and of the fatal conſequence which
attended the marriage ot lord Mowbray and his daughter, ſee alſo Dugdale, Bar. vol. I. p. 126.
Ech. 35 Edw. III. pars 2. N 10. $ Eſch. 4 Ric. II. N? 14. Leic. * Eſch, 1 Hen, IV. N' ys. Leic.
7 Eſch. 1 Edw, IV. N' 46. Leic. * Pat. 2 Edw. IV. pars 1. m. 18. 9 Eſch 4 Edw. IV. N 50 Leic.
10 Pat. 7 Edw, IV. pars 2. m. 12. Pat. 17 Edw. IV. pars 2. m. 27, 17 Cole's Inq. Harl. MSS. 410. p. 49. 4.
13 Dr, Vernon, MS. | | | ; ;
14 The property of Mr. Cradock-Hartopp in Leiceſterſhire, here enumerated, is what he holds in right,of his wife, as heirels
of one branch of the Hart:pp family, In Norfolk he has the manor of Arminghead, and in Suffolk that of Weſſet le Burrow,
in her right, as heireſs of the Flcetwoods, who intermarried with the Hartopps. In Leiceſte:ſhire he alſo inherits the mancrs ui
Afton Flamvile and Knighton from his father, and a moiety of Newbold Verdon from his uncle.
Monumental inſcription at Stoke Rochford. 7 16 Plate L. fig. 10.
—
John
„„ *
* John, born in Auguſt 1626.
FRAMLAN D HuxD RED.
John Hartopp, of Freathby, in the county of Leiceſter;
bart. and Sarah his firſt wife, her maternal grand-
father and grandmother ; whoſe remains are depoſited
in a vault in this church ; this monument is inſcribed,
by Anve, the wife of Edmund Cradock-Hartopp, of
Four Oaks Hall, in the county of Warwick, eſq.
heireſs and ſole ſurvivor of that branch of the Har-
topp family.“ T. Banks ſculp.“
Freby regiſter, kept at Melton church, begins in 1604.
In the firſt 20 years, average baptiſms 44 ; burials
21; and marriages 14: in the laſt 20 years are
nearly 24 baptiſms, and almoſt 2 burials.
FA B 5 F. 7:19
Matriages are ſolemniZed at Melton:
%
The lordſhip; which is ſmall, but confiſts of very
good land, has been ineloſed at different petiods, ſome
of - it about no; years ago.
At the penefal election; in 1722, two fteekioiderd
polled from this hamlet; which contains 21 families.
Nett expence of the poor in 1776, C. 22. $5; 44.
Medium of three years, 1783— 1786, C. 29. 16s. 5d;
Here is a ſmall congregation of Difſenters (Preſby-
terian), and a little room where they have ſervice once
each fortnight : ſome yearly gratuity is allowed to the
preacher froth the lord of the mator. |
The CHAPEL,
dedicated to St. Mary, conſiſts of a nave on three
pointed arches rifing from low cluſtered pillars and
clereſtories above; two ailes, and a chancel anſwering
the nave, all which are leaded. See plate L.
On the North fide is a porch; and at the Weſt end
is the ſteeple, a pretty neat tower, whetein hang three
{mall bells thus inſcribed :
1. „God fave the King, 1631.”
2. © God fave his Church, 1658,”
3. Celorum Chriſte, placeat tibi rex ſonus iſte,
1614.” This laſt Mr. Peck fuppoſes to have been
the inſcription of the old bell, which was continued
when it was new-caſt in 1614.
This town is a hamlet in the pariſh of Melton ; and
divine ſervice is performed here once a fortnight by
the vicar of Melton. The yearly value is £.20.
MONUMENTA L
In the chancel :
1. On a black mural tablet on the North ſide :
Arms, On a bend three leopards' faces.
Creſt, a ſaracen's head,
„Near this place lieth interred
the body of Henry Hubbard, |
who departed this life Nov. 5, 1711, tat. ſuæ Lv1.”
2. On another mural tablet :
« Near this ſtone lieth interred
the body of Mary Hubbard,
and daughter of William and Elizabeth Hubbard,
who departed this life May 13, 1731, aged 19 years.”
3. On flat ſtones : .
Arms, Quarterly, 1. and 4. Argent; 2. and 3. Gules ;
over all, on a bend, three leopards? faces.
Creſt, a wolf's head eraſed *.
Here lieth the body of William Hubbard, gent.
who dep-rted this life July 31, 1726, aged 69 years.
And on his right fide lieth Elizabeth,
wife of the AR William Hubbard,
who departed this life Dec. 2, 1718, aged 42.
And on his left fide lieth Elizabeth,
the daughter of the ſaid William and Elizabeth:
the departed this life Oct. 2, 1722, in her 17th year.”
4. Here lieth the body of Samuel Smart,
who departed this life Jan. 24, 1709.“
5.“ Here lieth the body of Mrs. Mary Hubbard,
the daughter of Mr. Henry Hubbard,
who departed this life May 21, 1738, aged 44 years.”
6, © Here licth the body of Rebecca, daughter
of Anthony and Anne Brewin, late of Brentingby,
who died Oct. 4, 1739, aged 6 years.“
*
She died the 8th day of May, 1790,
In this chapel Mr. Burton mentions three coats:
1. Quarterly; Argent and Gules ſtetty Or, 4 bend
Sable. Deppencer.
[In the upper South window of the South fide of
the South aile, Jane 16; 1729, I found a coat, which
perhaps Mr. Burton's informer might blazon as above,
though I ſhould deſcribe it thus: Quarterly, 1. and
4. Argent; 2. and 3: Gules, fretty Or. F. P.] This
remained in 1792.
2. Argent, a chevron, Gules.
3. Nebule, Azure and Sable.
See plate L. fig. 13—15. |
The font is engraved in the ſame plate, fig. 27.
In the South wall of the chancel is a piſtina, in the
North a locker:
In the South aile, a ſquare piſcina.
INSCRIPTIONS.
7. © Here lieth the body of Mary,
daughter of Anthony and Anne Brewin,
of Brentingby, who died Nov. 5, 1739,
aged 17 years.” |
8. « Here lieth the body of Mr. Anthony Brewing
late of Brentingby,
who departed this life the 17th of Dec. A. D. 1740,
in the 49th year of his age.“
Teyes.
In the nave:
I. % Here lieth the body of Henry Sharpe,
who died Feb. 24, 1770, in his 71ſt year.
Alſo Phœbe his wife, who died at Nottingham,
Sept. 20, 1776, aged 74 years.”
2. Here lieth interred the body of
Mrs. Anne Brewin, widow of Mr. Anthony Brewin,
gent. late of Brentingby, who departed this
tranſitory life Jan. 7, 1778, aged 80 years.”
3. Beneath this ſtone lie the remains
of Sarah Brewin, the daughter of Anthony Brewin,
by Anne his wife, late of Brentingby.
— 66 years.
In the South aile:
Here lieth the body of Sarah Healy,
who departed this life July 10, 1788, aged 93 years.”
CuARITABLE BENEFACTIONS.
Here is a charity of 20s, a year, diſtributed to the
poor on St. Thomas's day, ſecured on land in Sewſ-
tern by Dr. Blythe. The return made to the houſe of
commons, in 1786, may be ſeen in p. 10.
Pedigree of HART E, of FR EBT, STAPLEFoRD, HARTSHALL, and the Town of LxIcRSTER.
Arms: Sable, a bend engrailed between three fleurs de lis Or 3, Creſt, a buck ſlatant proper.
Harte, of Freby, &c. —
William Harte, of--Mary, dau. of .. . . Allen, of St. Paul's
Melton Mowbray. 5 Yard, London, deputy of the
ward of Farringdon within,
”
Stephen Hales 5, of Cawood, Anne, dau. of John
in Yorkſhire, and citizen | Stowe, of Cawood,
and printer of London. eſq.
— — 4
William Harte, of London, merchant in Hounſditch. Joan Hales.
1 *
232 — ——
John Harte, Clarke, f.
warden of the Mint.
—Elizabeth, dau, of John Dulyn,
of Rocheſter, in Kent, brewer.
Elizabeth Harte.—William Harſon, Hendvera/*"
13 of London.
* Se plate L. fig. 16. * Ibid. fig. 19.
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Samuel, about two years old 1626.
*
Mary, about one year old 1626.
3 Tbid. fig. 18.
* Of this family was fir Andrew Harte, of Leiceſterſhire, who was buried, with his wife Joan, in Allenſmore church, co. Heref.
, $ f .
No ſuch name occurs in Ames ;
but Mr. Hales was probably connected with John Cawood, who came from the ſame town,
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8 EW” O N B V,
in antient writings called Sextenby, Sixtenby, is bounded
on the North by Welby; on the Eaſt by Melton
| Mowbray ; on the South by Eye-Kettleby ; and on
the Welt by Asfordby. It is only a little mile diſtant
from Melton Mowbray ; and 14 from Leiceſter z and,
in the eccleſiaſtical divifion of the county, is within
the deanry of Framland. | |
In the reign of Edward the Confeſſor, this lordſhip,
containing two ploughlands and a half, was held by
Leuric Fitz Lewin, as parcel of the manor of Melton.
At the time of the general ſurvey under the Nor-
man Conqueror; two ploughlands here were the pro-
perty of Goisfrid de Wirce ; under whom two plough-
lands were held by Rainer, who had one plough and
a half in demeſne ; and two ſocmen, with Bhs villans,
had one plough and a half. There were ten acres of
meadow ; and the annual value was 20 ſhillings *.
The counteſs Judith alſo, at the time of the Con-
queſt, poſſeſſed half a ploughland here; which was
held, under her, by Hugo Burdet ; and in this portion
of the lordſhip one ſocman had a plough. It had
been held freely by Alden in the time of the Con-
feſſor, when the annual value was eight pence ; but
at the Conqueſt was increaſed to two ſhillings *.
On the aid granted to king Henry III. in 1235,
towards the marrying of his ſiſter with the emperor of
the Romans, William Burdet paid three marks for a
knight's fee and a half, which he held in Louſeby,
Rereſby, Sixteneby, Brokeſby, and Aleby, under the
earl of Cheſter, as part of the honour of Huntingdon.
Hugo de Pereres alſo paid four marks for one fee in
Sixteneby and Aleby, held under Robert de Mowbray.
He held at the ſame time three parts of one fee, and
the eighth part of another, under Iſabel de Brus.
In the Teſta de Nevill, about the year 1240, Six-
tenby Perer and Dauby Perer are mentioned as con-
taining together three carucates and two bovates.
Sixtenby Perer paid 14d. to the ſheriff's aid; and
Sixtenby Johnis 84.
Sixtenby and Welby ( Aleby) paid jointly 12d. for
frankpledge; Welby contained two ploughlands, and
Paid 17d. towards the ſheriff's aid.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Siſonby, Kirkby Beler,
Eye-Kettleby, and Welby, anſwered as one vill.
In 1301, John de Perrers held a knight's fee in
Dalby Parva, Allerby, and Sixtenby, of Henry de
Nettingham ; who held the ſame of the heirs of To-
mas de Wappenbur, and of Thomas de Waſſingle, Richard
de Beyvill, and William de Ryvell ; which heirs, and
Thomas, Richard, and William, held the ſame of
Roger de Mowbray, deceaſed *.
In the time of king Edward I. from 1272 to 1307,
fir Thomas de Wolvey, held divers lands here, which,
after his death were divided betwixt his daughters and
coheirs, Joan wife of Henry Erdington, and Alice wife
of Giles de Aftley, ſon and heir to Andrew lord A/tley.
In 1338, the abbey of Gerendon had certain lands
and a grange, then called Sextenby Grange +.
In 1346, Jobn Segrave, James Beler, and Jobn
Zouche (on the aid then granted for knighting Edward
of Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt ſon), were aſſeſſed at
207. for half a knight's fee in Oleby and Sixtenby,
of the fee of Huntingdon 5. |
In 1 349» Thomas Wake de Lydell died ſeiſed of one
knight's fee in Sixtenby, Dalby Parva, and Oleby,
which John de Pereys then held ©.
In 1 352, Jobn Plantagenet, earl of Kent, died ſeiſed
of one knight's fee, with the appurtenances, in Six-
tenby, Dalby Parva, and Oleby; late parcel of the
inheritance of Thomas Wake de Lydell, which John de
Pereys held 7. |
In 1361, John de Mowbray, lord of the Iſle of Ax:
holme, deceaſed, poſſeſſed one knight's fee in Dalby
Parva, Oleby, and Sixtenby, held by Thomas de Wakes;
In 1367, Ralph (fon of Tſolda de Sixtenby), who
was hanged for felony, held one meſſuage and five
acres of meadow, with the appurtenances, in Six.
tenby; and the aforeſaid Iſolda held the premiſes of
Ralph Beler, father of James Beler *.
In 1329, Thomas Mowbray, late duke of Norfolk;
was ſeiſed of one knight's fee, with the appurtenances,
in Dalby Parva, Aleby, and Sixtenby **, |
In 1401, John Wodeford died ſeiſed of certain lands
in Sixtenby .
In 1404, Margaret (who was the wife of Thomas de
Erdington, knt.) died ſeiſed of one meſſuage and three
* of land, with the appurtenances, in Sixtenby .
n the ſubſidy of 1416, when the county of Lei-
ceſter was rated at . 757. 125. 114d. Syxtenby paid 525.
In 1433, Thomas Erdington, eſq. died ſeiſed of one
meſſuage and two virgates of land. in Sixtenby '3,
In 1434, Sibilla, wife of Thomas Erdington, died
ſeiſed of a third part of one meſſuage and two vir-
gates of land in Sixtenby “. |
In the ſubſidy of 1445, Siſonby was rated at L.2,
125.; and an abatement was made of 145. 44d.
In 1461, John Mowbray, duke of Norfelk, died
ſeiſed of one Knight's fee in Dalba Parva, Oleby, and
Sixtenby, which Fobn Beler held; and alſo of one
knight's fee in Dalby Parva, Quenby, and Sixtenby,
which the heir of Thomas Walle held.
In 1475, Fobn Beler died ſeiſed of this manor, who
was deſcended from James Beler, who held lands
| here of the honour of Huntingdon **,
Auguſt 22, 1548, fir John Digby, of Eye-Kettleby,
died ſeiſed of Siſonby Grange, held of the king in
capite, by the ſervice of an hundredth part of one
knight's fee. He had three ſons, William, Francis,
and Thomas ; who all dying without iſſue, the lordſhip
of Siſonby was inherited by his next brother, Simon;
who was attainted for high treaſon ſome time before
1580, as appears by the following extract from the
records of the Court of Exchequer.
| Jovis, 23 die Junii, 22* Eliz.
Upon the hearing of the matter in controverly
between Thomas Jones, gent. complainant, and John
Boun, gent. and othere, defendants ; for and touching
the right and inheritance of certain lands, tenements,
and hereditaments, with the appurtenances, in Siſon-
by, in the ſaid county, ſuppoſed by the ſaid com-
plainant to have come to her Majeſty by the atrainder
of Symon Digby, late of high treaſon atrainted ;
Foraſmuch as it ſeemeth to the ſaid Court, that the
matter ſhewed forth by the ſaid complainant did not
prove any ſufficient title in her Majeſty to have and
to hold the ſaid lands and tenements by reaſon of the
attainder of the ſaid Symon Digby ; and yet never-
theleſs the ſaid Court, upon the bumble ſuit and alle-
gation of the ſaid 9 that they have farther
matter to prove her Majeſty's ſaid title to the ſame,
have this preſent day ordered that the ſaid com-
plainant ſhall have liberty, at any day of hearing in
14 Rainerus tenet de Gſoisfrid] in Siſtenebi 2 carucatas terræ; & habet in dominico 1 carucatam & dimidiam & 2 ſoch-
manni, cum 4 villanis, habent 1 carucam. Ibi 10 acre prati.
Valet 20 ſolidos.
Domeſday, p. 235 b. col. 2.
idem [Hugo Burdet] tenet dimidiam carucatam terre in Sixteneby, Ibi 1 ſocmannus habet 1 carucam, Valuit $ de-
narios ; modo 2 ſolidos. Alden liberè tenyit,” Ibid. p. 236. a. col. 2.
4 Regiſt, Cart. Johannis Woodford, p. 93.
7 Eſch. 26 Edw. III. N* 54. Leic.
7? Eſch, 1 Hen. IV. N 71. Leic.
1 Eſch. 12 Hen, VI. No 23. Leic,
1% Eſch, 14 Edw. IV. n. 23.
3 Eſch. 29 Edw. I. Ne 47. Leic.
® Eſch. 25 Edw. III. pars 1. N* 76.
- 9 Eſch. 41 Edw. III. N“ 31. Leic.
1 Eſch. 6 Hen. IV. N“ 27. Leic.
15 Eſch. 1 Edw. IV. N' 46. Leic.
2 |
Rot. Aux. 20 Edw. III.
* Eſch. 35 Edw. III. pars 2. N 10.
1 Eſch. 3 Hen. IV. N' 22. Leic.
% Eſch. 13 Hen. VI. N' 23. Leic.
17 Eſch, 2 Edw, VI. the
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
the ſaid Court before the end of the next term, to ſhew
forth unto this ſaid Court ſufficient matter and proof
to entitle her Majeſty to the premiſes in manner
and form aforeſaid, ſo as by proceſs out of the ſaid
Court they do give notice unto the ſaid defendants of
the day appointed for the hearing thereof; and if
the ſaid complainants ſhall then fail in ſuch ſufficient
proof, then he the ſaid complainant ſhall pay unto the
{aid defendants their double coſts, and the defendants
to be diſmiſſed out of the ſaid Court; and likewiſe if
the ſaid complainant do procure no new day of hear-
jog the next term, then for default thereof the ſaid
cauſe ſtandeth clearly diſmiſſed.”
From this Simon Digby, grandſon of the firſt fir John
Digby, and brother to the younger fir Fobn, the lord-
ſhip of Siſonby was aliened, before 1596, to the fa-
mily of Pate.
By an inquiſition taken at Leiceſter, Oct. 10, 15979,
it appeared that Edward Pate, eſq. deceaſed, was ſeiled
of the Grange called S:/onby Grange; allo of 50 actes
of land, and 300 acres of meadow and paſture, in Si-
ſonby, held of the queen in capite by the ſervice of an
hundredth part of one knight's fee; that he died in
the 2oth of April laſt; and that Henry Pate, his ſon
and heir, was then aged 40 years and upwards“.
John Pate, eſq. of Siſonby, who had been high-
ſherif in 1640, was again appointed to that office in
1643 by king Charles I, and created a baronet; bur,
The CH
is a poor building * of ſtone and blue flate, very ſmall ;
and has one bell at the Wet end.
The duty once a month, performed by.the vicar of
Melton . Clear yearly value £.20.
The regiſter is included with Melton.
Mr. Wyrley in 1603 found one coat of arms here,
Gules, two bars ; and in chief three mullets Argent,
SISONBY. e
dying without iſſue male, in 1652, the title became
extinct. The name of Pate, however, has been pre-
ſerved here by his deſcendants till very lately.
Richard Liſter, eſq. of Thorpe Ernald, who married
Aligail, a grand-daughter of fir John Pate, refided at
Siſonby, after the death of lady Smith; and within
theſe few years paſt, John Pate Liſter, eſq. conveyed part
of this eſtate and a manor to fir Matt heto Lamb, bart.
now the property of Peniſton lord viſcount Melbourne.
Dr. Margetſon, archbithop of Armagh, appears to
have had ſome property here. The manor ot Upper
Siſonby belonged in 17 .. to James Margetſon, eſq.
whoſe daughter Sarah (widow of Hugh Colvile, eſq.)
brought it by marriage to Brabazon lord viſcount
Duncannon, created earl of Beſborough in Ireland, Oct.
6, 1739 and baron Ponjonby of Si ſonby in this king-
don, June 12, 1749. Margetſon, the eldeſt ſon of this
marriage, died young. The ſecond ſon was William
the preſent ear}, who now enjoys the manor and eſtate.
In the lordthip of Sifonby, which is a large inclo-
fure of good land, there are at preſent no other ha-
bitations than the hall-houſe (lately Lifer's), occupied
by Mr. Chriſtopher Staveley, a famous architect, and
a few cottages.
No freeholder occurs here in the liſt of 1630; nor
in that of 1722; and one only in 1778.
The nett expence of the poor in 1776 was £.7. 135.
Medium of three years, 1783—1785, C. 15. 10s. 1d.
APE.
Ogle; impaling Argent, a feſs between three creſcents
Gules; Withers ; plate L. fig. 19.
At preſent there are neither arms nor a ſingle in-
ſcription. |
The return made to the houſe of commons, in 1786,
in anſwer to the enquiry reſpecting the charitable
donations in this hamlet, may be ſeen in p. 10.
Pedigree of PAT EA, of Evz-KeTTLEByY and SrsonByY. (See the Arms, p. 253.)
++ oe Patez...
1. Edward Pate, of Eye-Kettleby, made his la a 4
will April 11, and died April 20, 1597 *.
Urſula, Mary, mar. Henry Pate, +0 Urſula, Margaret,
2. John Pate, of Brin, Ellen, dau. of Thomas Saltmarſh,
in Eſſex, | of Epping, in Eſſex.
. 1 a Ts 3
1. Edward Anne, dau. 2. Thomas⸗ Mary, dau.
wife of iſt to james of Eye-Ket- wife of marr. to Pate, of | of William Pate. | of Nevil,
Rich. Wood; af- tleby, aged Lewis William Brin, in | Blount, of of Grove,
Mitton. terto..... 40, 1597. | Mitton. Atkin. Eſſex. Oſbaſton, | co. Nott,
Dureringe, r 1 1 | co. Leic.
p——! 1. Edward. 4. Thomas 7. James. Edmund Pate, ſon and heirs
Edward. 2. Henry. F. John. |
— — 3. George. 6. Patius. 1
: * =
I. Henry Pate, = Jane, dau. 2. Thomas. of London“. 5. Richard Pate, 1. Ellen.
ſon and heir, c 3. Edmund, of London“, apprentice at 2. Rebecca.
A. M. of.. Hudſon, aged 22. Birmingham, 3. Anne.
coll. Oxon. co. War-
| æt. 27, 1019. wick.
—
4. Timothy, aged 20.
aged 18, 1619. 4. Elizabeth.
1. Edmund Pate, married Elizabeth, (firſt wife) dau. v.
Anne, da. of fir William
Skipwith, of Cotes, co.
Leic. and died ſ. p.
of ſir William Skipwith, of
Cotes, ſiſter to Anne his
brother's wife; died Aug.
17. 1028, aged 37.
of Siſonby, eldeſt dau. of ſir
co. Leic. BY
1643; died
1052, aged 67. Caſtle, co. Warw,
1
3· Thomas Pate, ſerjeant
major, killed, in the
king's ſervice, at Bur-
ton upon Trent.
john Pate“, = Lettice, 2d wiſe,
Thomas Dilkes,
of Maxtock
F
Five ſons and turee
Sir Thomas Smith, iI. Abigail, eldeſt dau.
I _ _—
2. Frances, coheir, wife of Char. 3. Anne,
daughters, all died of Hatherton, co. | and coheir, living at Carrington, 4th ſon of Char. lord died un-
Young and unmar- Cheſter, bart. died | Sifonby 1681, a wi- Carrington, and brother to Fran- married.
ricd, at London May 8, | dow; died Ot. 25, cis lord Carrington, 1681 ; died
1675. 1691, aged 67*. July 15, 1693*.
Frances-Pate Smith, born Nov. 2, 1663, only daughter and heit Richard Liſter '*, of Siſonby and Thorpe-Ernald,
of her father and mother.
—
| eſq. high-ſheriff Nov. 1692 ; died Jan. 6, 1704.
'
John-Pate Liſter ©, eſq.
* Eſch. 39 Elis. |
Abigail 5. Henry Browne, of Shelbroke, co. York, eſq.
A little wretched building, dark and damp, which has a ſermon and prayers once a month, and a ſacrament once a year,
If one knew where to ſtop, all ſuch churches ſhould be pulled down, as rather hindering than promoting public worſhip ; as
the few inhabirants may think they behave well it they attend church as often as there is any ſervice performed ; whereas, were
their chapel down, they would come often to the mother-church.” G. A.
3 ** In the pariſh-church of Melton Mowbray, are feats appropriated to all. the ſeveral hamlets.” G. A.
6
the other wits of Queen Anne's reign.
* Fnlarged from the Viſitation of 1683 in the Office of Arms.
5 Repert, Cobham, quatern. 6. |
From one of theſe brothers was deſcended Mr, William Pate, „the learned woollen-draper,” dittinguiſhed by Swift a
He was buried at St. Giles's in the Fields, London; and his ſecond wife Elizabeth at Melton Mowbray ; ſee their epitaph,
P. 253, » See her epitaph at Melton Mowbray, p. 253; her charity there, p. 258.
't Of this family, ſee under Thorpe-Ernald,
dee her epitaph, p. 253.
9 See her epitaph, p. 263.
'* Liemenant 'ohn-Pate Liſter was promoted to be adjutant of the third regiment of foot-guards in July 1771.
From the Viſitation, March 14, 1681-2, figned by ** Zachariah Fenton [ſchoolmafter of Melton], in the behalf, and by the
defire, of Dame Abigail, widow of fir Thomas Smith, bart.“ —Sir Thomas was ſucceeded in title by ſir Thomas, his nephew.
See the pedigree of Smith of Cheſter, in the Viſitation of Leiceſterſhire, 1683, p. 54+ Pate's motto is, Virtus nunguam moritur.
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284 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES er LEICESTERSHIRE,
W =E
in antient writings called Aleby, Olaby, Oldby, Oleby,
Allerby, Whalaby, Willeſby, is bounded on the North by
Abkettleby ; on the Eaſt by Thorp-Ernald; on the
South by Siſonby ; and on the Weſt by Saxulby. Ir
is two miles diſtant from Melton Mowbray, and 16
from Leiceſter; and in the eccleſiaſtical divifion of
the county is within the deanry of Framland.
In the reign of Edward the Confeflor, one portion
of this lordſhip was held by Leuric Fitz Lewin, as
part of the manor of Melton Mowbray, and confiſted
of eight ploughlands, all but two oxgangs. There
were then five ploughs here; and the annual value
was ten ſhillings ; which, at the time of the Conque-
ror's ſurvey, was increaſed to forty ſhillings. Sixteen
ſocmen had then five ploughs; and there were fix
acres of meadow *. The other portion, about the time
of the Confeſſor, had four ploughs, and was valued at
ten ſhillings; and was at the Conqueſt worth twenty
ſhillings. There were then in the demeſne one plough
and a half: and ſeven ſocmen and three bordars had
a plough and a half. A part of a mill produced
three ſhillings, and there were twelve acres of meadow*,
Under the counteſs Judith, Godwin held two
ploughlands and two bovates; and Ralph held half
a ploughland. All theſe were waſte; yet Godwin
paid a rent of three ſhillings, and Ralph two 3,
The abbot and convent of Gerendon had a grange
called Welby and Siſonby Grange +, and ſeveral parcels
of land in both thoſe lordſhips, the gift of Geffrey
Haget, Henry and William de Pereres, Nigell de Alebi,
Thomas de Sextencbi, Roger de Haruuell, Robert the ſon
of Helen. Molt of theſe gifts were confirmed by
Roger de Mowbray and Nigell his ſon 5.
In the time of king Heury III, Ada, daughter and
heir of Roger de Sallawe, of Aleby, and alſo Robert
de Hervile, gave lands here to the abbey of Gerendonꝰ.
The Segrave Chartulary contains the following
deeds relative to this lordſhip 7.
1. A grant of William Fitz Nigell of Oleby, to
Geffrey le Futur and his heirs, of a toft called Long-
eroft, to be held by homage and a rent of 33.
2. A grant of the prior and convent of Lenton to
Katharine, the widow of Arnald of Troyford, of a ca-
rucate at Oleby, on payment of 10s. a year.
3. A transfer of the ſame carucate, from Edo the
ſon of Arnald, to Gilbert de Segrave.
4. Another grant of the ſame, from Peter the prior
of Lenton and his convent to Gilbert de Segrade.
5. A grant from the abbot and convent of Gerendon
to Stephen de Segrave of the mill at Oleby, formerly
belonging to Nigell, to be held for ever, by homage
and the payment of 4s. annually, in licu of all ſer-
vice, except that the meal to'be granted for the houſe
of William Fitz Nigell and his heirs ſhould be toll-free,
6. A releaſe from the ſaid convent to Stephen de
Segrave of 4s. out of 6s. formerly paid for the aid
mill, ſo that in future 25. only ſhould be paid.
7. A deed, lignifying that Stephen de Segrave con-
veyed the ſaid carucate and mill at Oleby to the ab-
bot and convent of Leiceſter, as part of an exchange
for lands they had at Segrave. |
8. A quit-claim from the abbot and convent of
Leiceſter to Gilbert de Segrave of lands which they
held of him at Oleby.
= « Ia Alebie ſunt 8 carucatz terrz, 2 bovatæ minus, que pertinent ad Medeltone. Ibi fuerunt g caruce. Modo 16
Valuit 10 ſolidos; modo 40 ſolidos.“
* 1 Idem [Hugo Burdet] tenet g carucatas terre & dimidiam in Alebi, Ibi 4 carucz fuerunt ; nunc in dominico eſt 1 caruca
& dimidia ; & 7 villani, cum 2 ſochmavnis & 3 bordariis, habent 1 carucamet dimidiam. De parte molini 3 ſolidos; & 10 act
Valuit 10 ſolidos; modo 20 ſolidos.““ Ibid. p. 236. a. col. 2. :
3 « Godwipus tenet 1 carucatam terræ & bovatas in Alebi. Vaſta eſt, tamen valet 3 ſolidos. Radulphus tenet de comt-
pts valet tamen 2 ſolidos.“
nvent of Gerendon at the rent of £3, 64. 84. to Robert Brokeſby, of Saxulby,
le, dated 24 Hen. VIII. for 36 years. Bailiffs Acconffe, in the Augmet-
NY XVII. p. 137.
ſochwanni habent ibi 5 carucas & 6 acras prati.
prati,
tiſſa dimidiam acram terræ in Alebi. Vaſta
4 Sextenby Grange was leaſed by the abbot an
clerk, and Thomas Walker, of Melton, by conventud
tation-Office. See the particulars in Appen
* Eſch. 24 Edw. I. N* 54. Leic.
Rot. Aux. 20 Edw. III.
14 Eſch, 27 Edw. III. Ne 69. Leic.
7
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1
9. Another quit- claim from them of a plea they
had againſt the ſaid Gilbert, for 10. rent of land at
Oleby, and 105. for the relief of the ſaid land.
10. A conveyance from Robert Dayvill to Stephen
de Segrave of all his land at Oleby, with its appurte-
nances, and all he poſſeſſed in that lordſhip, except
only the homage of William Fitz Nigell ; to be held of
the ſaid Robert and his heirs by homage and the fo-
reign ſervice incident to ſuch a tenure, in which 10
carucates were conſidered as one knight's fee.
11. A quit-claim from Agnes de Oleby, widow of
Hugo de Saxilby, to Gilbert de Segrave, of her right in
one third part of a virgate and toft in Oleby. |
12. A quit-claim of Hugo de Herdeberowe and
Iſabell his wife, of a tenement at Oleby.
On the aid granted to king Henry III. in 1235,
towards the marrying of his ſiſter with the emperor
of the Romans, one fee in Welby and Siſonby, held
by Hugh de Pereres, paid one mark; and one fee in
Welby and Freby, held by Stephen de Segrave and
_ Deſpenſer, paid 125,
n the Itinerary of 1280, Welby, Kirkby Beler,
Eye-Kettleby, and Siſonby, anſwered as one vill.
In 1296, Nicholas de Segrave died poſſeſſed of
L. 4. 55. 10d. aſſiſe rent, of the freeholders of John
Deyvill in Aleby; and John de Segrave, his fon and
heir, was then aged 30 “%.
By another inquiſition the ſame year, it appeared
that the town of Wyleby was held of the honours of
Huntingdon and Warwick, and that Edith de Eftley
held the ſame in dower, by half a knight's fee“.
In 1301, John Segrave held half a quarter of one
knight's fee in Oleby of Jobn de Deyvill, who held
the ſame of Roger de Mowbray, deceaſed ; John de
Perrers alſo held a knight's fee in Dalby Parva, Al-
terby, and Sixtenby, of Henry de Notlingbam; who
held the ſame of the heirs of Thomas de Wappenbur
and of Thomas de Waſſingle, Richard de Beyvill, avd
William de Ryvell ; which heirs, and. Thomas, Richard,
and William, held the fame of Roger de Mowbray .
In 1346, Fohn Segrave, James Beler, and John
Zouche (on the aid then granted for knighting Edward
of Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt ſon), were aſſeſſed at
20s. for half a knight's tee in Oldby and Sixtenby,
of the fee of Huntingdon “.
In 1349, Thomas Wake de Lydell died ſeiſed of one
knight's fee in Sixtenby, Dalby Parva, and Oleby,
which John de Pereys then held **.
In 1352, John Plantagenct earl of Kent died ſeiſed
of one knight's fee, &c. in Sixtenby, Dalby Parva,
and Oleby, late parcel of the inheritance of Thomas
Wake de Lydell, which John de Perys held s.
In 1353, John de Segrave died ſeiſed of this hamlet 4.
July 16, 1361, it appeared that Henry Plantagenet
duke of Lancaſter, deceaſed, was ſeiſed of a terth
part of one knight's fee in Willeſby and Enderby,
which Thomas de Ryperes held“.
In 1361, John de Mowbray, lord of the Ifle of
Axholme, died ſeiſed of a quarter of one kaight's fee
in Oleby, which the heir of J Deyvill held; ot
one knight's fee in Oleby and Burton ſuper le Wold,
which the abbot of Gerendon he'd ; of one knight's
fee in Dalby Parva, Oleby, and Sixtenby, which 7/s-
mas de Wake held; and of the fixth part of one
Ibid. p. 235. b. col. 2.
Ibid, p. 236. a, col. 1, 2,
* MS. Chetwynd. I Appendix, p. 118,
FRaMLAND HUNDRED.]
knight's fee in Melton and Oleby, which the heir of
Stephen de Segrave held *.
In 1382, it appeared that Joan de Audele, then de-
ceaſed (who was the wife of Will, de Audele), held five
virgates of land in Whalaby of Thomas de Aſteley, knut.“
In 1395, William la Zouch of Haring worth, knt. died
ſeiſed of half a Knight's fee in T horp-Ernald, Evyng-
ton, Oleby, and Wykingſton, which hn Buſc, knt.
and his partakers held ?., | TY
In 1399, it appeared that Thomas Mowbray, late duke
of Norfoll, was ſeiſed of half a quarter of one knight's
fee in Oleby; and of one knight's fee, with the ap-
purtenances, in Dalby Parva, Aleby, and Sixtenby 4,
In the ſame year, it appeared that Nicholas Segrave
died ſeiſed (infer alia) of the hamlet of Oleby juxta
Melton; and that Elizabeth was his daughter and heirs,
In the ſubſidy of 1416 (when the whole county was
rated at J. 757. 127. 115d.) Oleby paid 26s, 8d.
In 1441, John, ſon and heir of Robert Orgar, of
Melton Mowbray, granted all his lands and tenements
in Olaby to fir Thomas Beaumont, ſir Laurence Berkley,
knt. Laurence Sherard, eſq. of Stapleford, and others“.
In the ſubſidy of 1445, Welby was rated at . 1.
5s, 8d. ; and an abatement was made of 6s. 44.
In 1461, it appeared that John Mowbray, duke of
Norfolk, deceaſed, was ſeiſed of half a quarter of one
knight's fee in Oleby, which John Beler held; of one
knight's fee in Oleby and Burton on the Wolds, which
the abbot of Gerendon held; of one knight's fee in
Dalby Parva, Oleby, and Sixtenby, held by John Beler;
and of a fixth part of one knights fee in Melton and
Oleby, held by the heir of John de Segrave “.
Mr. Burton ſays, © In the time of king Henry VII,
this manor came to Rewland Digby, fifth ſon of fir Eve-
rard Digby, knt. by marriage with Agnes daughter and
WELBY. "TR Oy
heir of Robert Aſhby, of Welby, reli& of John Sheldon
the heir of which Rowland not long fince (as I have
heard) aliened the ſame to a citizen of London!.“
William Digby, eſq. died July 2, 1604, ſeiſed of the
manor of Welby, with 6 meſluages, 350 acres of
arable land, 200 of paſture, 40 of meadow, and 20
acres of wood-land 9. |
Thomas, his ſon, who was 3o years old at the time
of his father's death, was the heir alluded to by Bur-
ton; and the citizen was George Bennett, eſq. (who alſo
purchaſed Cotteſbach*®); and in his family it continued
till the death of Mrs. Eliz. Bennett in 1751, who gave
it to her nephew Chiverton Hartopp, eſq. of Woodhouſe;
who left iſſue two daughters and coheits, one of whom,
Mary, married Richard lord viſcount Howe of the king -
dom of Ireland, fince created earl Howe of this king-
dom, by which marriage lord Howe became proprietor
of it; but the whole eſtate has fince been ſoid (together
with the advowſon of Melton, ſee p. 250), to James
Matthias, eſq. and others, as executors under the will
of the late Peter Godfrey **, eſq. of Woodford, Effex ;
and is now the property of William Godfrey and David
Godfrey, eſquires, of Woodford and London. |
In 1657, Bennet lord Sherard of Stapleford, father
to the firſt earl of Harborough, had an eſtate of
Joo. a year in Welby *?,
This lordſhip, which conſiſts principally of good
land, is of old incloſure, and is ſuppoſed to contain
about 1 500 acres. | | |
No frecholder is mentioned here in the liſt of 1630.
At the general election in 1722, four freeholders
polled out of this pariſh ; and two in 1778.
In the hamlet are 7 families.
The nett expence of the poor in 1776 was L.1.10s,
Medium of three years, 1783—178s5, £.5. 18s. 8d.
The CHAPEL
conſiſts of a nave and chancel, and has an antient ap-
pearance. The materials are the ſtone of the country,
and it is covered with blue ſlites,
A ſmall tower, at the Weſt end, contains two little
bells. | |
The Eaſt window is large for the ſize of the build-
ing, not inelegant, and has ſome tracery of ornament.
There is a piſcina on each fide of the chancel z and
a plain otagon font. | | | |
The duty is, once a month, ſerved from Melton by
the vicar. The regiſter is included with Melton,
Mr. Burton deſcribes theſe arms at Welby :
1. Gules, ſeme of nails Argent, three ſtems of a
flower Vert. 1 Aſhby of Welby.
2. Argent, three bells Sable. Porter.
To theſe Mr. Smith of Woodſton adds,
3. Or, a lion rampant Argent, on his head a branch
proper. See plate L. fig. 20-22,
At preſent there are neither arms nor monuments.
The return made to the houſe of commons, in 1786,
in anſwer to the enquiry reſpecting the charitable
donations in this hamlet, may be ſeen in p. 11.
Pedigree of BENNETT; of WI zT. (See the Arms, p. 253.)
George Bennett, eſq. of London, and of Welby,—=.. +..-- +0 +» »
George Bennett, of Welby, eſq. high==Suſan, dau. of
*
Cotton, Elizabeth, died Jan. 26, 1682,
eriff of Leiceſterſhire 1623. of London, 1ſt wife. Ha aged 75.
1. George Bennett, Elizabeth, dau. and one. 2. Richard Bennett, eſq.
bigh ſheriff 1657.
of Welby, died | of the four coheirs of
i657, aged about Oliver“ lord St. ohn of
28. Bletſo, eldeſt ſon of Oli-
ver earl of Bolingbroke.
—
co. Oxon. afterwards married to Geo.
Kendal, younger brother to Heny
Kendal, of Smithſby, co. Derby.
1. St. john Bennett, of- Mary, dau. of fir Tho- George Bennett, 2d fon, 1. Arabella, who in 1682 was Elizabeth,
1651 ; high ſheriff
Chirk Caftle, co. married 1683.
eldeſt ſon of ſir Will. Har- 1682.
Welby, eſq. born | mas Middleton, of born 1652, living un- widow of Thomas Hartopp, unmarried
in 1679 and 1692. Denbigh, bart.
topp, of Burton Lazars, knt.
* — — : ed
1. Womas Bennett, 2. St. John Benneit, 3. George, = Mary, dau. of 1. Elizabeth, boin 2. Mary, born
eldeſt ſon, died born 1678, died born 1680; Tho, Mans- 1676; died at - 1679; died.
June 10, 17 38, abroad. died March field, of Weſt Wrexham, in unmarried
aged 65, 25,1738'*%. Leake, co. 1751, unmarried. in Wales. |
Nott. eſq. 85 f
3. Anne==Thomas | Hartopp, of Quorndon.
TY ">
— 22
0 hiverton Hartopp, eſq. of whoſe deſcendants ſee under Burton Lazars, p- 267. & P. Z Se
* Efch. 35 Edw. III. pars 2, Ne 10.
* Lich. 1 Hen. IV. N' 71, Leic.
* Efch. 1 Edw. IV. No 46. Leic.
Cole's Eſcheats, vol. V. (Harl. MSS. 556.)
* Eſch, 6 Ric. II. N' 8. Leic.
5 Pat, 7 Hen. IV. p. 4. m. 8.
3. Eſch. 19 Ric. II. No 52. Leic,
o Eſch. 20 Hen. VI. m. 18.
* Burton, p. 301; corrected by the MS. of Mr. Smyth of Woodſton.
1 See that pariſh; and Dugd, Bar. II. 399.
Mr. Godfrey died July 15, 1769 ; leaving a conſiderable property to be laid out at the diſcretion of his executors ; and
directing the gentlemen for whoſe uſe he bequeathed it to aſſume the name of G-df.y only, The other names, mentioned in p.
250, have ſince been accordingly diſuſed.
12 Ex rentale ejuſdem anni, inter chartas comitis de Harborough, 1767.
Sir Thomas Bennet, an alderman of London, purchaſed property in Nottinghamſhire, See Thoroton, p- 108.
'* He was made knight of the Bath at the coronation of Charles I; but afterwards, bearing arms againſt that king, was flaia
at the battle of Kineton, co. Warwick, Oct. 23, 1642. See Dugdale, Bar. vol. II. p. 399. |
| One of the repreſentatives in parliament for the county of Nottiugham from 1727 till his death,
1% A major in general Rooke's dyayoohs'; ſee Gent. Mag, vol. VIII. p. 165. ö
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286 HISTORY any ANTIQUITIES or LEIGESTERSHIRF.
M U 8
antiently called Mo/ton, is ſituated in the North - eaſt
bart of the ſhire, running up between the counties of
incoln and Nottingham; and is bounded on the
North by Bottesford; on the Eaſt by the county of
Lincoln; on the South by Belvoir; and on the Weſt
by Redmile. It is fix miles diſtant from Grantham,
the neareſt market-town ; thirty from Leiceſter ; and,
in the eccleſiaſtical diviſion of the county, is within
the deanty of Framland. The little river Devon,
which riſes about ſix miles South of Muſton, joins the
Trent about ten miles North of it.
At the time of the general ſurvey under the Nor-
man Conqueror, this lordſhip appears to have been
included (as Redmile undoubtedly was) under that of
Bottesford, as part of the poſſeſſions of Robert de
Todeni. It is no where ſeparately mentioned.
Certain it is, that rhis porent baron was the owner
of Muſton ; for, when he founded the priory of Bel-
voir, he gave to them a carucate of land here, by a
grant in which he is ſtyled Comes de Bever; and Ar-
nulpbus Baliftarius gave decimam ſui dominii in Muſton.
By a deed, temp. Hen. I, William de Auberceus
granted to William Fitzzealter and his heirs four bo-
vates of land with a toft in Muſton, which had been
given to him and his heirs by Roeland de Poelet .
Willigm de Colvile, about 1120, growed a ſelion of
land near Bretland furlong in Mufton ; witnefs John
de Stodham *. Art the ſame time William Ingel, of
Bottesford, confirmed ſome ſelions at Muſton ; witneſs,
William de Colvile and Ralph Charnel of Muaiton 3.
Adulfus de Braci, lord of this manor in the reign of
Henry the Second, re- granted to Hugo de Charnel +, his
man or vaſſal, as bis right and inheritance, half a
knight's fee in Muſton; which land Hingelof and
Margery, father and mother of the ſaid Hugo, had
before held under Adulf de Braci's father. The
grant is thus expreſſed:
& Adulfus de Braci omnibus hominibus & amicis
ſuis ſalutem. Sciatis me reddidiſſe & conceſſiſſe, &
hac meal preſenti carta confirmaſſe Hugoni de Char-
nel, homini meo, unum dimidium feodum militis in
villa de tna“, ſicut jus ſuum & hereditatem ſuam,
quam Hingelofus pater ſuus & Margaria mater ſua
tenuerunt de patre meo, quiete & hbere tenendum,
de me & heredibus meis, ſibi & heredibus ſuis, ſol-
vendo per annum viginti ſolidos pro omni ſervicio
quod ad me pertinet, ad feſtum S. Johannis Baptiſte
in eſtate; ſalvo forenſi ſervicio. Et pro hàc conceſ-
ſione dedit mihi predictus Hugo quindecim marcas ar-
genti. Hiis teflibus; Willielmo de Albaniaco“,
Waltero de Cantilupà, Nigello filio Alexandri, Willi-
elmo de Vadis, Thoma de Otot, Waltero de Pincebec,
Ride lo de Kiſebi, Radulpho Britone, Gervaſio de Ber-
nac, Willielmo de Albaniaco quarto, Ricardo de Of-
fiuton, Willielmo de Gnipeton, Roberto de Hunten-
dun, Hugone de Capella, Willielmo de Stodeham,
Aluredo de Claipol 7.”
To the ſame Hugo de Charnel, William de Al-
bini III, lord of Belvoir, granted, for his homage and
ſervice, a certain meadow called Thacholm, lying be»
tween Bottesford and Muſton; as alſo the ſervice
which Hugo the fon of Gene owed him for certain
<3
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lands in Muſton aforeſaid; likewiſe 25. yearly rent,
which Walter Sunegod paid him for a furlong of land
there; to hold of Tim by the ſervice of the fortieth
part of one knight's fee. © Hiis teſtibus ; Roberto
de Braibruc & Henrico filio ejus, Henrico de Nevill,
Roberto de Huntendon, Bartholomeo de Santo He-
lerio, Willielmo de Santo Helerio, Stephano de
Turri, Henrico Janitore, Willielmo de Charnel,
Willielmo de Barcheſton, Roberto Fabro, Ricardo
de Offinton, Waltero de Karletona *,”
. This Hugo de Charnel was a famous knight, and
had the keeping of Belvoir caſtle under William de Al-
bini III, which he delivered up to king John in 12159.
A large portion of lands at Muſton was given to
the abbot and convent of Ouſton“ in the reign of
king John, by William de Colevil **, concerning whom
the records of that reign, in the year 1200, preſerve
this entry: Willielmus de Boſco petit verſus Williel-
mum de Colvile, quod warrantizet ei medietatem totius
terre quam Willielmus de Colvile habet in Muſton,
cum mg, ap & ſervitio ſuo, cum omnibus pertinentiis,
tenendum de eo & heredibus ſuis per ſervicium tertie
artis feodi militis, pro omni ſervicio excepto forin-
eco,” &c, **
On the aid granted to king Henry III. in 1235,
towards the marrying of his ſiſter with the emperor of
the Romans, Andrew Muſion paid 20d. for the eighth
part of a knight's fee, held under William Daubeny.
Under the lordſhip of Belvoir, the following land-
holders occur at Muſton:
William de Colevill held one fee under Halter de
Colevill, and he under the lord of Belvoir.
Andrew de Muſton, a fourth of a fee.
Ralph de Charnel, a fortieth part; and an eighth
part alſo at Howes, where he was an under-tenant to
Peter de Lincoln. ©
On the feaſt of the Aſcenſion 1254, fir Ralph de
Charnel agreed to exchange an acre of meadow in
Muſton field with maſter William de Hagtur Bingbam s,
in lien of Muſton Mill Holme, for the term of 24
ears; to hold to him the ſaid maſter William, his
— or their aſſigns (Jews and religious perſons ex-
cepted) for the term aforeſaid. Hiis teſtibus; do-
minis Willielmo de Colville, Nicholao de Hoſſeville,
Johanne de Wynebys, Willielmo de Huntedun, Wil-
lielmo de Hotoft, Richardo Clerico, Roberto Capel-
lano, Rogero filio Simonis, Radulpho filio Roulandi,
Willielmo H'ndebrand, Ricardo de Yreby, & aliis“.
Nov. 19, 127c, the abbot and convent of Stodley
quitted claim to fir Ralph Charnell of the arrears of
205. annual rent at Muſton, which rent had been long
before given to them by the family of Cantelupe, who
appear to have been long reſident there“.
© Omnibus Chriſti fidelibus hoc ſcriptum viſuris vel
audituris, frater Ada prior de Stodle, & ejuſdem
loci conventus, ſalutem in Domino ſempiternam. No-
verit univerſitas veſtra, nos relaxafſe & quietum cla-
maſſe domino Radulpho de Charnel de Moſton, &
heredibus ſuis, totum jus & clameum quod habuimus,
vel habere potuimus, in decem & octo libris, de qui-
bus ipſum inquietavimus coram domino Gilberto de
Preſton, & domino Waltero de Helyan, & domino
1 Rev. Edward Vernon, MS. from the original deed preſerved among the family-records at Belvoir, 5
* Stodham, co. Bedford, was part of Todeni's barony of Belvoir, E. Vernon, Vernon, MS, from the original at Belvoir.
% Hugo de Charnel was a freeholder, but not lord of the manor, which at that time belonged to Colvile,” Bux rox.
s Sie. © © William de Albini III.
See the next grant,
7 Peck, MS. ex ipſa cartà pergamena apud Belvoir, Aug. 17, 1732+ See the ſeal, plate LI. fig. 6. HE
» 1 N ex ipſa originali pergamena apud Belvoir, Sept. 9, 1792. The ſeal is the ſame with that uſed by his ſon William
Albini IV.
already given under the Hiſtory of Belvoir, p- 23.
9 Roper, See under Belvoir, p. 26; and Holinſhed, vol. II. p. 189. a. | :
10 The lordſhip of Muſton was leaſed by the abbot and convent of Oſulveſton to Henry Bredon, his wife, and ſon, by their
indenture, dated 23 Henry VIII. under the annual rent of £3. G. 84. See Records in Augmentation-Office,
1: MS. Chetwynd.
Roper, MS. ex Placitis anno 2” Johannis, rot. 7. in dorſo.
Rector of Muſton 1231—1267; ſee p. 291 ; and Appendix, p. 11, —William Hulle, one of his ſucceſſors, with John Hulle
his brother, was admitted in fraternitatem at Belvoir priory. Sec Appendix, p. 24. |
14 Aſc. Dom. 38 Hen. III. Peck, MS, ex autographo apud Belvoir, 7 Sept. 1732,
15 Peck, MS. ex ipfa originali carta pergamena apud Belvoir, 9 Sept. 1732.
. |
Johanne
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.)
Johanne de Noketon, juſticiariis domini regis itine-
rantibus apud Leyceſtriam, in craſtino octavis Sancti
Martini, anno Incatnationis Domini noſtri Jeſu Chriſti
milleſimo ducenteſimo ſeptuageſimo, pro undecem li-
pris, de quibus predictus dominus Radulphus nobis
{olvit centum ſolidos pre manibus, & ſex libras nobis
tenetur ſolvere in feſto vel infra octavas Sancti Johan-
nis proxime futuri, de arreragiis viginti ſolidorum an-
nui redditùs in quibus nobis tenebatur. Et nos te-
nemur acquietare & defendere dictum Radulphum de
Charnel & heredes ſuos de omni dampno & jacturà
verſus Georgium de Cantelupa advocatum noſtrum, fi
contigerit ipſum calumpniari vel vexari de redditu
viginti tolidorum annuatim nobis folvendo, de dono
anteceſſorum ſuotrum, ad augmentationem & ſuſtenta-
tionem cujuſdam hoſpitalis quod apud Stodle con-
ſtruxerunt. Et ſi ipſum verſus Georgium de Cante-
lupa acquietare & defendere non poterimus, tunc
liceat dictum Radulphum & heredes ſuos * dictum red-
ditum retinere, quouſque ipſum vel heredes ſuos ver-
ſus Georgium debitè liberavimus, Et ad hujus rei
teſtimonium & ſecuritatem ſigillum noſtrum una cum
ſigillo capituli noſtri appoſuimus. Hiis teſtibus; Gal-
frido tum abbate de Croxton in com' Leiceſtrie, do-
mino Waltero de Colvile, domino Rogero fratre ejus,
domino W'illielmo Hamelyn, domino Radulpho Bo-
zun, Johanne Conſtabulario Belveri, & aliis*.”
In 1276, Walter de Colevill died ſeiſed of the ma-
nor of Miuriton, held i capite of fir Robert de Ros. The
manor was then worth C. 3. a year; and paid 4s. 44d.
and ſcutage for one knight's fee ro the ſame Robert;
Roger de Colevill, ſon of the ſaid Walter, and his
next heir, being, then aged 24 3.
William, ſon of Ranulf Lutipati, by an undated deed,
confirmed to the priory of Belvoir, in pure alms, two
ſelions of land in Mutiton-field, ſituate in Turneclif,
near the cultura of the prior, which his father had
exchanged with prior Roger + for one ſelion in Holm
furlong 5.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Muſton, Barkſton, and
Redmile, anſwered collectively as one vill.
In 1285, Robert lord Ros, of Belvoir, died ſeiſed
of the manor of Muſton, held of the king in capite ©.
By Beatrix, daughter and heir to fir Henry de Cole-
vile, knt. ſome conliderable property in this lordſhi
came by marriage to fir Hugh Charnells, kunt. whols
ſon ſir John Charnells poſſeſſed it in December 1301,
as appears by the following ccpy of his laſt will :
ln nomine Patris, & Filii, & Spirits Sancti,
Amen. Ego Johannes de Charneles condo teſta-
mentum meum in hunc modum. Lego animam Deo,
& B. Marie, & Omnibus SanQtis, & corpus meum ad
lepeliendum in ecclefia S. Johannis Baptiſte de.Mul-
ton, juxta corpus patris mei; & cum corpore meo
dex ir meum de majori pretio. Item, lego pro om-
nibus expenſis die ſepulture mee; videlicet, primo die
decem libras; item, die octavo pro expenſis octo
marcas. Item, lego duobus capellanis, ad celebrandum
Pro anima magiſtri Henrici de Neuverke, in capella
B. Marie de Schelton, ſex libras. Item, duobus ca-
. pellanis celebrantibus ad altare B. Marie in ecclefia
de Muſton, pro anima mea, tres libras. Item, lego
tabrice eceleſie de Muſton dimidiam marcam. Item,
Fratribus Minoribus, pro obitu meo, dimidiam mar-
cam apud Staunford. Item, fabrice eccleſie de Schel-
ton dimidiam marcam. Item, lego Hugoni fratri meo
decem marcas, & omnia armura mea, excepta lorica
mea pro herede meo. Item, Rogero fratri meo 10l.
38. Item, lego Elizabethe filie mee & Alicie uxori
mee (fi caſus mortis Johanni filio meo & heredi eve-
nerit) capitale meſſuagium, omnes terras, redditus,
tenementa, & homagia, que habui ex dono magiſtri
Henrici de Neuverke in Schelton, que idem magiſter
Henricus habuit de dono D. Edmundi Foliot ad ter-
minum vite ipſius Edmundi : quem terminum plenariè
lego predictis Alicie uxori mee & Elizabet filie mee,
Sie, pro © dicto Radulpho & heredibus ſuis.” F. P.
Roger de Henred occurs prior in 1288 and 1292. See under Belvoir, p- 81.
Eſch. 13 Edw. I. N* 24. Leic.
MUS TON. 287
c. Fattum apud Muſton, die Dominicà proximf
poſt trauſlationem S. Thome Martiris, anno gratie
13019.“ a
% 1306 the abbot and convent of Neuboꝰ granted
to ſir John Charnell, on a leaſe for eleven years, two bo-
vates of arable land in Muſton field, which had been
long before given them by William de Stanton; for
which the ſaid fir John was to pay them annually
30s. 44. on the fealt of the Invention of the Holy
Croſs, and 12d. more on the morrow of that day, to
ſing maſſes during the above term for the ſouls of
his father and mother.
5 Sachent tous qe ceſt eſcrit arrount ou verrount,
e ces ſount le covenauns, fetes Van du regne le roy
q eg y
Edward trentime quart finaunt, parentre le abbe &
le covent de Neubo de une part, & Syre Johan de
Charneles de altre part ; qe lavaundis abbe & covent
de Neubo ount graunte & leſſe a moun ſyre Johan
avaunditz deus bovees de terre arabil en le chaump
de Muſtone, ov les aportenauns, les quels deus bo-
vees de terre William de Stauntone dona jadis al dit
abbe & covent, le terme comenſaunz a la feſte Sainz
Simon & Sainz Jude les Apoſtles lan avaundiſt, reckes
a la fin de onz anz pleynement parcompli, pur trente
ſouz & quater deners rendaunt par an a lavandiſt
abbe & covent pur les terres avandiſt a la feſte la
invention de la Seynt Croyce; & douze deners pur
chauntre meſſes & fere le ſervice pur les almes ſoun
peere e ſa mere leyndeman de la feſte avauntdiſt
durraunt le terme de onz anz avaundiz. E fet aſaver
ke paſſe le terme de onz anz les terres & les tenemens
returneraunt al dit abbe & covent en auſi bon eſtat
ou meliur qe memes Syr Johan les priſt al comence-
ment du terme, ſaunz nule manere de chalange ou
contredyt moun ſyr Johan ou ſes aſſignes. E fi enſi
feyt qe la ferme ſeit deceime & arere par quinze
jours apres le terme aſſigne par la defaute le avaun-
diſt ſyr Johan ou ſes heyres ou ſes aſſignes, bien
lit al dit abbe & covent les avaundiz terres & tene-
mens entrer & ſeiſir e tener, & de biens trovez &
creſſaunt fere ſelon lur volunte, ſauns contredit
le dit ſyr Johan, & de ſes heyres & de ſes aſſignes.
En teſtimoinaunz de ceſte choſes les parties avaun-
dites a ceſte eſcrit endente ont mis leur ſeuz. Done
a Neubo le jour & le an avaundiſt *.“
In 1315, Edmund de Coleville died ſeiſed of the
manor of Muſton, with the appurtenances, held of fir
William de Ros, lord of Hamlake, in capite, by the
ſervice of one half part of one knight's fee ; Robert de
Coleville, his fon and heir, being then aged 10 years“.
In 1321, a grant of fir Jobn Charne!!, knight, oc-
curs in the regiſter of John de Woodford, being a
releaſe of. fome lands in Thorp Ernald *.
In 1343, it appears that William de Ros, of Ham-
lake, died ſeiſed of one knight's fee, with the appur-
tenances, in Muſton, which fir Robert de Coleville, knt.
held; alſo the half of one knight's fee in Muſton,
Bottesford, Redmile, Barkſton, and Plungar, which
William de Hotoft, of Bottesford, held; alſo the forty-
third part of one knight's fee in Muſton, which fir
John Charnell, knt. held; alſo a quarter of one
knight's fee in Muſton, which Andrew Waryner held;
alſo half a quarter of one knight's fee in Muſton,
which the abbot of Neubo held; alſo the ſixtieth part
of one Knight's fee in Muſton, which Hugh Fitz-
William held .
Le Neve, in his MS notes on Burton, takes notice,
from a record of © Fines of diyers Lands,” of a fine,
Inter Ro. de Colvile de Bytham chevalier, & Ce-
ciliam uxorem Will' de Colvile de Swynſhede mil, &
al', def', maner' Corby, &c. Linc'; Muſton, Leic';
. Borogh, RutP 3 jus habendi; qui dicunt Ro. & Ce-
Cilia in tallio, &c.“
In 1346, Robert Colville (on the aid then granted
for knighting Edward of Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt
ſon) was aſſeſſed 3os. for three parts of one Knight's
2 The ſeals are loſt, 3 Eſch. 5 Edw. I. N' 14. Leic.
> See Appendix, p. 7.
" So Mr. Peck reads this abbreviated word. The meaning is evidently his beſt horſe, Defrez, deftr iers, horſes. See the
Gloſſary to the Royal Wills, p. 420.
* Peck, MSS. 4935; ex i
iz Sch, g Edw. II. N' 49, Leic. See under that pariſh ;
'? Eſch, 17 Edw. III. Ne Go. Leic.
Vol. I.
Peck, Ms. ex carti pergamenica apud Belvoir, 26 Aug. 1732.
pſa originali carta pergameni apud Belvoir, 11 Sept. 1732. 12 See the ſeals, plate LI. fig. 7.
where ſeveral other deeds of the Charnell family are mentioned,
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288 HISTORY any ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
fee in Muſton and Normanton ; John Charnell, 12d,
for a fortieth part of one knight's fee in Muſton;
Jobn Fitz-Richard, William Wynbuſibe, John Charnell,
and Robert le Vowe, 4s. for a tenth part of one
knight's fee in Muſton; John Borton, 10s. for a
quarter of one knight's fee in Bottesford, Redmile,
Muſton, and Plungar ; all parcel of the fee of Ros“.
The property ot the Colviles at Muſton devolved
to the for. Baſſet, who married Elizabeth, daughter
of Roger de Colvile, and great aunt of Robert de Col-
vile, of Bytham caſtle, co. Lincoln“.
Among the records in Belvoir caſtle is a grant of
William Horn to the priory of Belvoir of a halfpenny
{obolum,) a year, to be paid by William de Thorſtanelon,
for an acre of land in Muſton neld ?. |
From the devotion and good affection which fir
John Charnell had ſhewn to the prior and convent of
Belvoir, they granted in 1347 to the ſaid John, to
Alice his wife, and to their children, a participation
of all their ſpiritualities; and engaged to celebrate the
anniverſary of his death by a religious ſervice for his
ſoul, and thoſe of his wife and all their anceſtors 4.
The following acknowledgement of Gilbert de
Charnell to the abbot of Oſolveſton occurs in 1360:
«© Memorandum, quod die Dominica, in Vigiliis S.
Laurentii, anno regni regis Edwardi Tertii poſt Con-
queſtum 33, Gilbertus Charnels de Muſton venit
apud Oſolveilon, & fecit fidelitatem dompno abbati
de Oſol veſton predict; & cognovit ſe tenere de dicto
abbate, de jure uxoris ſue, in Muſton predictà, unum
holmum incluſum, ſtagnum, & ſeam unius molendini
aquatici ad finem ville, juxta meſſuagium capitale
dicti Gilberti; & unum meſſuagium cum crofto cidem
adjacente juxta Crucem in villa; & quinque ſeliones
ſimiliter jacentes in campo ejuſdem ſubtus Lambe-
cotehull; quarum unam ſelionem, cum meſſuagio pre-
dicto, Johanna de Orby ad idem tempus tenuit iu
dote. Et dictus Gilbertus cognovit fe reddere per
annum 145. ad feſta Paſche & S. Michaelis pro om-
nibus ſerviciis 5.”
In 1363, Margery, who was the wife of William de
Kos of Hamlake, died ſeiſed of the moiety of one
knight's fee, with the appurtenances, in Bottesford,
Redmile, Barkeſton, Plungar, and Muſton, which
William de Hotoft held ; allo the thirtieth part of one
knight's fee, with the appurtenances, in Morton,
which Andrew Waryner held“. |
In 1370, Adam de Lymbergh, Geoffry de Brunne, and
others, had the king's licence to give the manors of
Muſton and Normanton to any religious houſe, or to
any ſecular dean, provoſt, chapter, or ſociety, the ſta-
tute of mortmain notwithſtanding z and the jurors ſaid,
that the manors aforeſaid were held of Thomas de Ros,
lord of Belvoir caſtle, by knights ſervice, and by the
ſervice of coming to the view of frankpledge twice
a year; and that the lord Ros held the aforeſaid ma-
nors of the king in capite by knight's ſervice “.
The laſt will of Jobn Charnell, eſq. July 15, 1379.
& [n Dei nomine, amen. Ego Johannes Charnells
de Muſton, compos mentis, die tranſlationis S. Swithini,
A. D. 1379, condo teſtamentum meum in hunc mo-
dum. Inprimis, lego animam Deo, B. Marie, & Om-
nibus Sanctis, & corpus meum ad ſepeliendum iu ec -
cleſia S. Johannis Baptiſte de Muſton; & unum ani-
mal nomine principalis. Item, lego octo libras cere
ad ardendum circa corpus meum in die ſepulture mee.
Item, lego eccleſie de Muſton 65. 8 d. Item, uni
ponti ejuſdem ville 65. 84, Item, eccleſie ville de
Hous gs. Et fi quid reſiduum bonorum meorum fu-
erit non legatorurn, illud do & lego Johanni Bozen de
Claxton, & Hugoni fratri meo, executoribus meis, ut
ipſi pro ſalute anime mee fideliter diſſonant ut melius
valeant * expediri 9.” |
ln June 1388, the prior and convent of Stodley
releaſed to Fobn de Nottingham all their right and title
* Rot. Aux. 20 Edw. III. * Vernon, MS,
5 Ex ipſa originali carta pergamena apud Belvoir, 11 Sept. 1732.
s Sic;
9 Peck, MS. ex probat. in carta pergamena apud Belvoir, 26 Aug. 1732.
1 Peck, MS. ex ipſa originali carta pergamena apud Belyoir, 9 Sept. 17323.
7 Eſch, 44 Edw, III. Nꝰ 41. Leic.
72 Reg. Gale, 1 Pat. 33 Hen. VIII. p. 2.
14 Peck, MS. ex informatione viri Rev. Edw. Vernon, rectoris de Muſton & Redmile, Dec. 2, 1729.
10 Peck, MS, ex informatione viri Rev. Edw, Vernon.
25 See under the article of Natural Hiſtory.
I be poor of this pariſh have but one legacy, and
ſented by Mr. Schnebbelie in a pictureſque view, with
this before the alderman of Grantham 3 but all be-
to an accuſtomed rent of 205. at Muſton .
** Pateat univerſis per preſentes nos Johannem pri-
orem de Stodely, & ejuſdem loci conventum, conceſ-
ſiſſe, remiſiſſe, confirmaſſe, relaxiſſe, & omnino de
nobis & ſucceſſoribus noſtris quietum clamifſe, Jo-
hanni de Nottingham, heredibus & aſſignatis ſuis, to-
tum jus & clameum quod nos habemus, vel habere
porerimus, in xx. annui redditus, pro quibus diſtrin-
gere debemus, in manerio de Moſton juxta Boteles.
ord, & omnibus aliis terris, &c. quondam Johannis
Charnels, in comitatu Leiceſtrenſi, ut plenius patet
per ſcriptum ejuſdem Johannis inde nobis 2
Ita vero quod nec nos predicti prior & conventus, nec
ſucceſſores noſtri, aliquod jus vel clameum in pre-
dictis viginti ſolidis annui redditüs de cetero exigere
vel vindicare poterimus, ſed omnino ſumus excluſi per
preſentes. In cujus rei teſtimonium, ſigillum noſtrum
commune preſentibus eſt appenſum. Datum die Ve-
neris proximè ante feſtum Nativitatis Sancti Johannis
Baptiſte, anno regni regis Richardi Secundi poſt Con-
queſtum duodecimo *.
In the ſubſidy of 1416 (when the county of Leiceſter
was rated at 4. 757. 12s. 1144.) Muiton paid 535. 4d,
In 1434, Nicholas Demock, then rector of Redmile,
held four bovates of land in Muſton *.
In the ſubſidy of 1445, Muſton was rated at (2. I 55;
and an abatement was made of 15. 84.
By Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Norman Char-
nels, the property of that family at Muſten came by
marriage, about 1454, to John de Bingham; whole
grand-daughter, Margaret, brought it about 1528 to
Ralph Purefey, eſq. of Fenny Drayton.
Ihe manor of Muſton, part of the poſſeſſions of
the letely-diflolved priory of Olveſton, was granted
by king Henry VIII. in 1541, to Thomas Manners earl
of Rutland; and in that noble family it (till conti-
nues, being now the property of Fobn-Henry filth
duke of Rutland.
The lordſhip contains abour 1400 acres ; produce
of the arable land chiefly wheat, barley, and beans.
Juſt under the ſteeple, below a terrace, runs the
river Devon, which contains principally eels, dace,
loach and gudgeon, the latter iu conſiderable quantity;
and in this brook is found the corny ammonis, &jupw©»
Ng of Pliny, a gem of golden colour, like a ram's
horn, which it was antiently believed would cauſe the
wearer to dream true dreams'*, This is a common
petrifaction of the country, and found in ſeveral of its
varieties about Muſton and Bottesford s.
No freeholder 1s mentioned in the book of 1630.
At the general election in 1722, 11 freeholders
polled from this pariſh ; and 10 in 1775.
In 1564, there were 34 families in Muſton.
The inhabitants are at preſent about 180.
One Ailſton, a woman of Muſl on, lived to be about
110 or more. She remembered the ſiege of Belvoir '*,
that only 5s. yearly to five of the widows or poorelt
inhabitants. Happily they are little in want of greater
benefaQions, the poor's rate being very moderate;
the expence of the poor in 1776, being only J. 14. 125
Medium of three years, 1783—1785, C. 14. 19. 11d.
What remains of the old croſs at Muſton is repre-
the church at a diſtance, in plate LI. fig. 2.
The pariſh-regiſter begins in 1561, and is ſigned by
John Surcoat, rector; who probably only trauſcribed
and ſigned, as at Keam and many other places, the
earlier regiſter of his predeceſſor.
William Greene was regiſter under the Parliament
1653; and George Jenkinſon in 1657.
In the regiſter 1654 occur three marriages ſolem-
nized before a juſtice of the peace, and ſome after
tween the years 1653 and 1657,
3 See Appendix, p. 14. * See Appendix, p. 100.
* Eſch, 37 Edw. III. N* 62. Leic.
forte wideant, F. P.
11 Peck, ibid. See the ſeal, plate LI. fig 8.
Births
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
Births for ten years paſt, on an average, fix yearly,
\ Burials for ten years paſt, five yearly *.
There were nearly the ſame an hundred years ſince,
but rather more when the regiſter began, which was
in 1561; the burials at that time fix vearly on an
average; but, as the late regiſter ſeems not to have
been accurately attended to, it is much doubted whe-
ther there has been any conſiderable increaſe or di-
minution of inhabitants for many years.
The following remarks on the ſeveral incumbents
of this pariſh were communicated to Mr, Peck, in
1729, by the Rev. Edward Vernon *, then rector.
« In 1629, John Surcoat being rector, an inclo-
ſure was made of the North fide of the ſaid pariſh,
confiſting of 50 oxgangs of arable z of all which the
rector had right of full tithe*. The ſaid John Sur-
coat had a fon bred a huſbandman, who was pre-
vailed with (on a leaſe of above 40 acres of land be-
ing granted to him for life by Francis earl of Rutland,
upon a very ſmall yearly acknowledgement) to pro-
cure his father's hand for liberty of incloſing the
above 50 oxgangs of arable. But there was no con-
ſent of the patron (the king), or ordinary (the biſhop),
to incloſe; nor any enrolment in Chancery +.
« Feb. 6, 1632-3, the aforeſaid John Surcoat, rector,
was buried here.
« Dr. Robert Sanderſon (afterwards biſhop of Lin-
coln 5) ſucceeded the above John Surcoat in this rec-
tory; who finding the ſaid agreement, made by his
predeceflor, void in law, and that it had almoſt ruined
the rectory © (ſinking its profits above a third part),
reraſed the payments offered by the pariſhioners for
the ſpace of five years, and prepared a petition to
king Charles the Firſt (whoſe chaplain he was) to
ſet it aſide. All this appears by calculations and evi-
dences under the hand of the ſaid Dr. Sanderſon him-
ſelf. Bur, that king's troubles approaching, nothing
could be done. And the faid Doctor (to raile money
for the payment of his curate, Mr. Chriſtopher
Holmes), was forced to accept what he could quietly
get; ſubmitting to an agreement of certain rate-
tithes for herbage of the incloſed land, and to a
compoſition for Hoſpital farm, lately arable, conſiſting
of 14 oxgangs of land, and two oxgangs of warren.
In 1633 Charles Holmes occurs curate, and in
1641 rector. In the troubleſome times the ſaid
Charles Holmes, preſuming to baptize a child accord-
ing to the Book ot Common Prayer, was ſought for,
to be hanged, by the Roundheads ; but he gave them
the flip. However, they catched the clerk, and
truſſed him up in the bell 7.
© The Rebellion at length breaking out, Dr. San-
derſon reſigned Muſton; and his curate, the aforeſaid
Mr. Holmes, ſucceeded him ; who, being a Cavalier
and a ſtrict obſerver of the Liturgy, went often in
danger of his life, ſo that he alſo was forced to be
content with Dr. Sanderſon's agreement and compo-
fition, not being able to contend for his juſt rights
with the earl of Rutland, who had the favour of the
then uſurping powers.
© Mr. William Hauſted became rector in 1662, and
continued ſo for the ſpace of two years (too ſhort a
time for the trial of rights).
Mr. Henry Knewſtub 5 ſucceeded him; who,
though he continued rector 41 years, yet, being poor
(through the decay of the rectorial income, and the
burden of a numerous family), was unable ro bear
the charge of law-ſuits againſt the purſe and intereſt
of the earl of Rutland ; and therefore ſatisfied himſelf
with frequently crying out againſt the ſacrilege.
** This Mr. Knewſtub was M. A. and licentiate in
MUST ON.
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phyſic, wherein be had good practice; infomuck that
Dr. Scarborough {who then lived at Newark) uſed
to ſay, that Knewſtub was too hard for him, for,
when he killed a man, he got only a fee fot itz but
Knewſtub, being a Parſon as well as a Doctor, often
got a fee, and a mortuary into the bargain e.“ Mr.
newſtub kept a diary of his own life, part of which,”
adds Mr. Vernon, “ | have ſeen ; and therein find,
“Jan. 28, 1667. Went to Boothby, diſcourſed
with Mr. Babington concerning God's conveying a
falſe perſuaſion into the mind of man. He allowed
it; 1, as to puniſhment; and 2. as to probation.
«*« 1667, Feb. 5. At fir Robert Markham's funeral,
Mr. Sharp preached, on 2 Sam. xix. 34, 35, 36, 37.
* Feb. 16. Couſin Dr. Sanderſon with me **.
% March 20, Domi. Meditated on the Paſſion.
Lord, grant all my fins may be crucified with Chriſt
thy Son.
6 1668, March 31. Gulielmus Gery, D. D. & rector
de Braunſton in com' Leic', per caſum & ruinam
domiis obiit, hora tertiã poſt meridiem. A morte re-
pentina & violenta libera nos, Domine.
« April 2. At Braunſton, at my couſin Gery's funeral.
“ Aug. 11. At Melton, Dr. Marſhall ** preached
the Viſitation Sermon, on Matt. v. 14.
% Aug. 31. Rode to Sedgebrook, to viſit fir Robert
Markham. |
% Nov. 6. At Melton viſitation, Mr, Nailer of Pick--
well preached, on 1 Cor. xiv. 40. |
*.. ++ 19, At Lincoln, preſented articles againſt
James Truman | for ſlandering of him.]
* Dec. 10. At Lincoln, dined with the Biſhop;
gave in my certificates. Collect. O merciful Lord,
how ſtrangely doſt thou accumulate thy favours upon
the ſons of men. Thou haſt been graciouſly pleaſed
to preſerve the good name of thy ſervant by the juſt
teſtimony and acknowledgement of good and ſober
men. Bleſſed be thy name for this mercy in parti-
cular, &c.
* 1669, April 28. Couſin Richardſon rector of
Godeby Maureward] preached a Viſitation Sermon
at Melton, on 2 Cor. ii. 16. part of the verſe.
April 29. At Grantham, Mr. Lawrence, vicar of
St, Martin's, Stanford, preached a Viſitation Sermon on
Pf. li. 16. He preached, not as vicar of St. Martin's,
which is in Peterborough dioceſe ; but as rector of St.
Michael's, Stanford, which is in Lincoln dioceſe.
May 20. With Dr. Winterton at a concert of
muſic at Grantham.
June 3. At another concert.
July 2. By a fall from the houſe of office re-
ceived a wound in my head. A ſtrange accident!
Lord bleſs me!
« July 15, At Grantham at the concert.
* July 26. At Belvoir. Coming home, è lapſu equi
os brachii fregi.
« July 27, 28, 29, 50, 31, in leo. Collect. Juſte
Judex & æterne Deus, qui divina tuæ Providentiæ
adminiſtratione omnia gubernas, tibi peccata mea con-
fiteor, & ex intimo cordis mei receſſu miſericordiam
tuam imploro, &c. |
Aug. 8. E leQo ſurrexi.
« Aug. 25. At Bottesford, at the funeral of Mr.
Sanderſon **; Mr. Dafty '* preached, on 2 Cor. v. 10.
* Aug. 31. At Belvoir, ſpoke with the Biſhop.
“Sept. 2. Domi. Sick of a ſquinancy.
Sept. 14. Aunt Sanderſon died at Didington.
Sept. 22. At Belvoir, Lady Dorothy married to
Mr. Cowper “. |
Sept. 24. At Belvoir. Lady Elizabeth married
to lord Anſlow .
On referring to the regiſter for twenty years back, inſtead of ten, the numbers were,
For twenty years, beginning 1562
baptiſms 137 — 618
burials 953 — 440 yearly,
: For twenty years, beginning 1768——baptiſms 115 —518— burials 89; —4 25 ·
Ex inform, Edw. Vernon, rectoris, Dec. 2, 1729; fic informati ab Hen. Knew ſtub, rectoris etiam ejuſdem eceleſiæ.
A copy of the agreement for this incloſure was ſeen by Mr. Peck, 1729, in the hands of Mr, Vernon,
* See the pariſh-regiſter of Muſton.
Of whom ſee ſome memoirs, in p. 293.
* Moſt, if not all, the incloſures, before the modern ones by act of parliament, are found to have greatly injured the rector. G. A,
* Ex. inform. W. North, rectoris de Braunſton, 1728.
10% Mr. KnewNt
Anthony Aſhley Cowper, afterward carl of Shafteſbury.
Foy
Q. if there axe not ſome publications by Mr, Henry Knewſtub ?
4 ub married the Doctor's niece's daughter, and was then ſick, F. P.
** Chriſtopher Sanderſon, miniſter of Bottesford, See p. 6g. :
9 Penes Rev, Edw. Walker, curatum de Muſton, 1729.
Rector of Bottesford ; ſee p. 97,
'3 Rector of Redmile, See p. 302. |
James lord Angleſey, afterward eaxl of A.
290 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
& OR. t7. Afternoon at Grantham, Mr. Dix, vic?
Auſt. de Grantham buried. Mr. Lea, ot Silk Wil-
loughby, preached, on Rev. iii. 4.
Dec. 12. At Grantham; procured hands for the
Vicarage. |
* 1669-70, Jan. 10. Sharp fit of an ague.
© Jan. 15. Granthamiz, Received notice of the
Biſhop's pleaſure* : © Not fit for Grantham vicarage,
becauſe not behave well in your own pariſh.” A ve-
nenatis hominum linguis, libera me, Domine.
* Jan. 22. At Grantham. Mr. Hanſon, the North
vicar, buried. Mr. Siſton preached, on 1 Thefl. iv.
17.18.
7. 1670, March 25. Granthamiz. Viewing in the
afternoon the Roman ruins near. Stoke. Gathered
ſeyeral of the bricks.
%% May 16. At Belvoir, diſcourſed with Lord con-
cerning tranſubſtantiation.
July 28. Eleemof. to Rabbi Jacob 15.
% Aug. 4. Couſin Dr. Sanderſon fell ſick,
« Aug. 28. Fell fick of a fever. Lord help me!
„ Sept. 6. Dr. Thoroton with me. Gave him 105.“
Sept. 7. Fever left me. God be praiſed.
„ Sept. 11. Domi. Mr. Peele, of Sedgbrook,
preached for me, on Matt. xxii. 14.
„Sept. 19. Very fick all day.
*« Sept. 29. Preached at Newark, on Exod. xviil.
21. at the election of Mr. William Martin, mayor.
„O Ot. 19. At Grantham. Mr. Stilton, of Swafield,
preached the Viſitation Sermon on Titus iii. 1. Met
my tutor, Dr. Henry More.
«© Ott. 29. At Grantham, Couſin Sanderſon ex-
treme ſick.
* OR. 31. At Grantham with wife. Prayed with
couſin Sanderſon, who this night, being the Eve of
All Saints, was joined to their eternal company.
„Nov. 2. At Grantham. Coufin Sanderſon buried.
Mr. Burnet, vicar of Grantham, preached on 2 Cor.
v. 10.
“10. At Boothby, read Dr. Babington's Antient
Medals for him. | |
1670-71, Feb. 6. At Bottesford. Coming home,
aſſaulted by John Elſton, and ſorely bunched.
„Feb. g. Preached Mrs. White's funeral ſermon,
on Gen. xxii. 4. — —
Feb. 13. At Grantham. Left a note with Mr.
Phayre for old coins at Dr. Winterton's.
March 6. Granthamiæ. Viſited Mr. Burnet, diſ-
courſed with him. Obj. againſt commination in Li-
turgy, Viz. unſeaſonable to curſe one's ſelf. Ref.
Duplex Amen. 1. Of Deſire; 2. of Faith: Ergo, not
defire curſing ; but believe ſuch as are guilty ot ſuch
fins are accurſed.
% March 12.
miſerere mei.
« April 1. Met Squire Sanders, Mr. Teigh, Coun-
ſellor Skipworth, Mr. Burnot.
at Grantham, where they then were, the Wedneſday
after, concerning Philoſ. Dub.
« April 13. At Newark. Got a medal of Gor-
dianus.
« April 18. At Grantham. Preached brother
Handley's funeral ſermon, on Job xiv. 10.
« April 19. Began the club.
% May 11. Granthamiæ. Mr. Burnet preached
Mrs. Wiſeman's funeral ſermon, on Phil. ii. 12.
« June 16. Lady Rutland buried. Mr. Graves
preached, on Pf. cxix. 96. firſt part.
“ Aug. 10. At Leiceſter. Biſhop's viſitation. Mr.
Boulds preached on John . . .. an excellent ſermon.
« Aug. 16. Mr. Burnet, vicar of Grantham,
preached Viſitation Sermon.
« OR. 14. Granthamiæ. Mr. Harrington promiſed
me Boothby living, after the death of Dr. Babington.
« Oct. 20. Granthamiæ. Alderman's choice; R.
Poole preached.
« Oct. 25. Granthamiæ. Carried Madam Harring-
ton Chiromancy, MS, :
© 1672, April 30. At Grantham viſitation, Mr.
Preached not, being ſick. Domine,
Dr. William Fuller was. then biſhop of Lincoln,
Dr. Thoroton the phyſician, who wrote the Antiquities of Nottingham, F. P.
ſtudying Scultetus.
Appointed a meeting
Trot, of Barſton, preached on 2 Cor. iv. 5. a good
ſermon.
* Mayg. At Leiceſter viſitation. Mr. Laxton, of
. + + +» preached.
* May 10. Preached funeral ſermon for Thomas
Hough (domi) on Job xiv. 14.
Oct. 6. Preached at Aynhoe on the Hill in
Northampton, for Dr. Longman, rector there.
„Oct. 11. Granthamie, Mr. Luddington, of
Welby, preached Viſitation Sermon.
Oct. 21, 22, 23. Domi. Studied de natural;
eduva ic.
* Nov. 11. At Croxton Park. Complained of Tho-
mas Woodford to lord Ros. He aſked me forgiveneſs.
* March 1. Dr. Winterton lent me Scultetus his
Armamentarium Chirurgicum.
March 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. 10, 11, 12. At home,
£ „ March 16. Wife delivered of a ſon, circa meri-
iem.
* 1673, April 3. Son Robert baptized : fir Ro-
bert Markham and Mr. Williamſon, godfathers ; Mrs,
Williamſon, godmother.
April 8. Granthamiæ. Viſitation Sermon by Mr.
Hunt, on Rev. ii. 1. and latter part of verſe 2.
* April 17. Leiceſtriæ. Should have preached the
Vifiration Sermon, but put it upon Dr. Owtram,
archdeacon.
April 25, This night received a ſtrange note
from Thomas Woodford.
* May 25. Went to Croxton. Received ſacrament.
Preſent, earl of Rutland, Jord Ros. Had certificate
from Mr. Hawes and churchwardens of Croxton.
May 27. Leiceſtrizz. Took oaths of allegiance
and ſupremacy.
6% July 13. Son Robert died; and
« July 14. was buried by Mr. Bradſhaw.
% Aug. 21. At Belvoir, Had a concert with Mr.
Adams. |
« Sept. 15. Another.
* Sept. 30. Granthamiz, Viſitation. Mr. William-
ſon, of Weſtborow, preached, on Rom. i. 16.
* Oct. 3. At Melton. Preached the Viſitation Ser-
mon, on Matt. xvil. 5.
% Nov. 20. Domi. Preached funeral ſermon for
old Mother Woodford, on Heb. xiii. 14.
„% Dec. 4. At Allington. Godfather to Mr. Wil-
liamſon's child, called Dove.“
Mr. Vernon thus proceeds:
Upon the death of Mr. Knewſtub, I became his
ſucceſſor by preſentation from the Queen; and having
tranſmitted to me from my predeceſſors the original
compoſition for the Hoſpital farm between the truſtees
and Dr. Sanderſon, by advice of my counſel, finding
the ſaid compoſition to be obligatory no farther than
Dr. Sanderſon's time, and that my predeceſſors had
not been able to conteſt and recover their juſt rights,
and that ſince the ſaid Dr. Sauderſon's time the ſaid
Hoſpital farm is much increaſed (through improve-
ment of the land and other cauſes), and that I myſelf
was a loſer of my rectorial profits, which ought to be
advanced according to the ſaid land's improvement,
amounting in the whole to a conſiderable ſum . . . -”
Here the narrative breaks off abruptly ; nor has the
preſent incumbent (1794) any papers by which he can
give information how far Mr. Vernon ſucceeded in his
attempts to obtain the full value of his benefice; but
it appears (from a converſation with one of the oldeſt
inhabitants in the pariſh) that nothing effectual was
done in his time; the occupiers of land in general
paying a very low compoſition, and the Hoſpital
Farm little or nothing. He was ſucceeded by his re-
lation Mr. North, who, with better fortune, and pro-
bably with more determined purpoſe, inſiſted on his
right to tithes in kind; which he took, and totally
ſer aſide any claim to a compoſition both for the Hol-
pital Farm and the other part of the pariſh, At pre-
ſent the inhabitants pay a compoſiting for the tithe
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by an agreement which is continued from year to year;
tiiat land excepted which (though let for paſturage
to ſeveral tenants) is chiefly a cover for game, and
large quantities of gorze are cut yearly ; ſo large in-
deed of late, that the whole will probably be ſoon
cleared away ; and as the canal from Grantham to the
Trent will paſs by this part of the village, a ſcene
MUST ON. 191
heretofore rude, and land of little eſtimation, will be
an additional beauty to the improving views round
Belvoir caſtle, and an additional revenue alſo to the
improving eſtate.
The rectory-houſe was much improved by the late
rector, Dr. Bacon; and the garden united to the
church- yard in an agreeable ſtyle,
The CHURCH,
dedicated to St. Jahn the Baptiſt, is delightfully ſuu-
ated on the ſlope of a hill, under which the river De-
von very beautifully meanders. | |
It conſiſts of a nave with two ailes, a North and a
South porch, a chancel (whoſe South door is ſtopped
up, and which has a Intle niche in the corner next
the nave without), a ſtone tower with pinnacles, and
a ſtone ſpire with windows. bo
A Sourh-eaſt view, taken by Mr. Schnebbelie in
1790, is given in plate LI. |
The ſteeple, ſays Mr. Peck, outwardly a very
thick ſtone broche, is 3 ſo narrow, that the
bells (which are in number four, and inſcribed as
underwritten) are forced to be hanged, above one
another, two and two, though not very large ones.
1. Ihs. Maria.
2. * God ſave the Church and Realme, and ſend
us peace in Chriſt. Amen.“
3. »Ihelus be our ſpeed.”
4. 1601. V. I O. All men that heare my mornful ſound,
Kepent before nou lye in grond.”
See plate LI. fig. 5. |
There is alſo a ſaint's bell.
The nave reſts on three pointed arches op each fide
on octagon pillars.
In the upper window of the North fide of the
North aile,
« Orate pro aiabus Johannis
Mr. Burton notices the following arms in thi
church ; none of which are now remaining : |
1, Gules, three water-buugets Argent, for Ros.
2. Sable fretty Or.
3. Gules, a feſs Ermine between two chevrons, Or.
(See p. 295.) Charnell of Muſton.
4. Or, a feſs Gules between three martlets Sable.
Colevile.
RECTORS.
Hugh de Elleton, 1209,
William, 1220,
8. Or, on a feſs Gules, three water-bougets Argent.
e plate LI. fig. 10—14. [ Bingham.
The font is vCtagon, with leopards' heads in double
quatrefoils on the cornice at the angles and at the
bottom. See the fame plate, fig. 3, which exhibits
alſo an inſide view of one of the arches, &c.
In 1641, a pulpit and deſk were given to this church
by William Elſton, as appears by the inſcription.
The iron ſtand for the hour-glaſs till remains near
the pulpit,
In 5 Henry III. the nuns of Stikeſwold, in Lin-
colnſhire, had the patronage of the church of Muſton.
The then parſon was maſter William, inſtituted by
the then biſhop of Lincoln, Hugh. The monks of
Belvoir had then two parts of the ſheaves of the de-
meſne of Hugh de Charnell from of old.
In 1344, the procurations were 7s. 64d.; the rec-
tory was taxed at 17 marks, and paid 25. for Peter-
pence. |
In 1389, a conteſt arifing betwixt the prior of Bel-
voir and the rector of Muſton, relating to the percep-
tion of tithes on the lands called CHharnell's fee, it was
agreed that the rector ſhould have the two parts of the
tithes ariſing from Charnell's fee belonging to the
prior, and the whole tithes of the half borate of land
when occupied by the prior; and that the rector
ſhould pay the prior an annual rent, for the tithes
belonging to the priorv, of one mark.
In 1534-5, the procurations and ſynodals were
46. 6d.; penſion to the prior of Belvoir 136. 4d. ; and
the value of the rectory C. 13. 6s. 8d.
In 1650, the reftory was returned worth /. 40.;
and the incumbent as no preacher, and ſcandalous.”
The preſent value in the king's books is C. 15. 135.
14d.; the epiſcopal procurations are 25s. 4d, ; the
archidiaconal, gs. ; clear yearly value £.116.
PATRONS
William de Hacworthingaham, ſubdeacon, 1241—1 267. Prioreſs and convent of Stikeſwold.
Henry de t.denham, 1267—1271.
Robert de Thurnorton, ſubdeacon, 1271.
+++ + + + + + + + + 7 id. June, 1313 *.
+000 E 2 ide June, Ig14 7,
William Hulle“ died rector in 1440.
John Robinſon, 1534,
Leonard Cookſon * occurs 1562.
John Surcoat, 1628; died 1622-3.
The lord William de Ros.
Prioreſs and convent of Stikeſwold.
Dr. Robert Sanderſon, Feb. 28, 1632-35; reſigned in 1641-2. King Charles I.
Chriſtopher Holmes, 1642.
William Hawſted :, admitted Oct. 29, 1662,
Henry Knewſtub *, Oct. 1, 1665; died 1705,
Edward Vernon e, May 12, 1706; reſigned 1738,
ung Charles II. pleno jure.
Queen Anne.
This is accounted for in the Belvoir Regiſter, ** Redditus portionis decimarum in Muſton 138. 4d.“
* & 13t3, 7 id, Junii, nobilis vir dominus Willielmus de Ros de Hamlake preſentavit ad eccleſiam de Muſton, opponente prio-
riſa de Stykeſwald.” Reg. Dalderby, ann. 14.
* © 1314, 2 id. Junii, prioriſſa de Stikeſwald preſentavit ad eccleſiam de Muſton,” Ibid. ann. 15.
* He repaired the church and chancel in 1425. See his epitaph, p. 292. ;
Ia the Certificate referred to under Howes, p. 221, Mr, Cookſon is thus deſcribed : * Preſbyter, non conjugatus ; medio=
eriter doctus; reſidet; hoſpitalis; deget ibidem; non licentiatus, nec prædicat; nullum aliud habet.“
* Rymer, Feed, XIX. 342 and Pariſh Regiſter,
7 Formerly vicar of Saltby. See p. 300,
* Nephew to biſhop Sanderſon. He was M. A, of Chriſt's college, Cambridge, 1663; and was buried Dec. 16, 1705, In
Peck's Defiderata Curioſa, Book VI. N* VIII. is an epitaph on John Knewſtub, a native of Kirby Steven, Weſtmorland, fellow
of St. John's college, Cambridge, and rector of Cuckfield, Suffolk ; who died May 29, 1624, aged 80; the author of ſome
learned works ; and the grandfather probably of the rector of Muſton.
9 Chaplain to John firſt duke of Rutland; preſented to the rectory by lord keeper Cowper in 1706; inducted June 23, He
reſigned Muſton in 1738, on obtaining the rectory of Redmile, where he was buried Dec, 24, 1742. His copy of Burton's Hiſtory
of this county, which has furniſhed ſeveral extracts in the progreſs of this work from the records of the Rutland family, had
belonged tormerly to biſhop Kennett, and contains jome of that learned Antiquary's notes. It is enriched allo with ſeveral
remarks in MS, on moſt of the pariſhes connected with the Rutland family, extracted from their records by Mr. Vernon;
after whoſe death, this copy became the property of his fon, the Rev. Edward Vernon, of Trinity college, Cambridge, D. D.
F. S. A. the firſt rector of St. George, Bloomſbury, 1731; and, in right of his rectory, lord of the manor of Combe, in the
pariſh of St. Mary's Hoo, Kent (Haſted, vol. I. p. 579); who dying Feb. 26, 1761, it was purchaſed of his executors by the
late Dr. Ducarel; and is now the property of John Meyrick, eſq. to whoſe liberality I am indebted for the full ule of it.
OL, I. 4 RECTORS.
LEY
292 HISTORY AN ANTIQUITIES os LEICESTERSHIRE;
RECTORS.
Samuel North *, Jan. 24, 1738; died 17 58,
Francis Bacon *, M. A. April 26, 1758,
Francis Bacon? , junior, D. D. April 21, 1768; dled 1788.
George Crabbe , LL. B. Jan. 9, 1789,
PATRONS.
King George II.
King George III.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS, 9
| In the chancel. |
1. On a grey ſlab is cut a croſs, the ſhaft a blue
tine inlaid (plate LI. fig. 4.) ; and round it on a ledge:
„ hic jacet magiſter ;
Will's hulle q'dam reitor iſtius eccleſie, q ca'cella et nave
eccl'ie reparari fecit afio
d'ni m*ceee*r%v?, et qui objit tertio die juni afio d'ni
meceeex1®.
2. On another lab:
© 1N PACE Hic
RECONDITUR CORPUS
HENRICI KNEWSTUB,
HUJUS ECCLESIZEZ
PER ANNOS XL RECTORI1S,
OBIIT DEC. 14, 1705.”
3. On a marble tablet on the North fide :
Arms: on a chevron between three Corniſh choughs,
a lion and crab; and in the point a roſe ſlipt; ſee
late LI. fig. 15. |
F «D.O.M.S.
Jana uxor Hen. Knewſtub,
hujus eccl'iz rectoris, & R. R.
Rob. Sanderſoni Lincoln's
Epiſcopi Neptis.
H. S. E.
Ob. 5 die Dec. A. D. 1682.
VIRTUS POST FUNERA VIVIT.”
4. On a flat ſtone: -
To the memory of the Rev. Mr. Samuel North,
rector of this pariſh,
which he ſerved twenty years with care and diligence.
He died March the 25th, 1758, aged 49-"
5. On another :
cc Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Mary North,
wife of the Rev. Mr. Samuel North,
rector of this pariſh,
who departed this life Jan. 10, 1753, aged 27 years.
She lived beloved, and died lamented.
In the ſame grave
reſts the body of Samuel Solomon North,
ſon of the above Mary and Samuel North,
aged 1 year and 9 months.
Edward North died Nov. 22, 1753,
aged 1 year and 3 months.“
In the nave :
« Here lieth the body of Robert Cookſon,
gardener to the duke of Rutland 27 years ;
who died Oct. 22, 1730, aged 63 years.
Here lieth the body of Jane,
the wife of Mr. Robert Cookſon,
who departed this life Sept. 5, 1741, aged 80 years
« To the memory of Elizabeth Woodford,
relit of Thomas Woodford, *
who, after a tedious fickneſs,
which ſhe bore with exemplary
patience and reſignation,
died the 4th of October, 1759, aged 59,
in hopes of a joyful reſurrection.“
* He was buried March 28, 1758.
children, are recorded between 1690 and 1705.
* He was alſo maſter of the free grammar-ſchool at Grantham,
Againſt the outſide wall of the church:
* John Forreſt died Jan. 1741, aged 56.
Elizabeth Forreſt died April 8, 1744, aged 65.
Sarah and Hannah,
the daughters of William and Elizabeth Brown,
died in their minority.
John Brown died Oct. 12, 1748, aged 8.
Elizabeth Brown, wife of William Brown,
and daughter to James and Elizabeth Forreſt,
died July 8, 1752, aged 29 years,”
On a ſtone againſt the porch :
* William Merrens died Auguſt 4, 176t, aged 49.
Anne Brown, daughter of Wm. and Elizabeth Brown,
died April 7, 1763, aged 20.”
On flat-ſtones in the church-yard :
1. Thomas Chedwell,
ſervant to the duke of Rutland 39 years,
departed this life Jan. 1, 1739, aged 75.“
2. In memory of Mr. John Hoyte,
keeper to the three honourable and moſt noble
Dukes of Rutland ſucceſſively,
which ſervice he faithfully diſcharged with a general
good character, till the time of his death.
He was a loving huſband, a tender father,
a ſincere friend, and an agreeable companion,
He died Auguſt the 6th, 1755,
in the giſt year of his ſervice, and the 74th of his age.
His wife Martha died Dec. 31, 1767, aged 84.
Eleanor his daughter died an infant.
Henry Hoyte, late keeper to the duke of Rutland,
died Feb. 29, 1772, aged 57.
Martha Hoyte died Dec. 13, 1781, aged 79.”
3+ * John Chamberlen died Dec. 29, 1698,
in the 86th year of his age.”
4. On a flat thick coffin-ſhaped ſtone :
« John Blunt, died October 23, 1725, aged 12.
Ann Blunt, his fiſter, died Dec. 12, 1738.”
There are few other ſtones but ſuch as have the in-
ſcriptions totally obliterated. Of this kind are two of
the above ſhaped thick flatted ſtones by the chancel-
door, not uncommon in church-yards in this and the
adjoining counties, which often miſlead a haſty ex-
aminer, as if of older date. On one of theſe the
deaths of Richard Ward and Anne his wife, with five
CHARITABLE BENE FACTIONS,
On the North wall:
„Memorandum, in the year 1683, Robert Cragg
gave to John Cragg (his brother) all his free land in
Muſton, to him and his heirs, reſerving five ſhillings
a year rent of the ſaid lands, to be paid to five poor
widows, or to five of the pooreſt people in the town,
one ſhilling apiece, by the ſaid John Cragg and his
heirs, yearly upon St. Thomas's day.” |
The return made to the houſe of commons, in 1786,
in anſwer to the enquiry reſpecting the charitable
donations in this pariſh, may be ſeen in p. 11.
3 He died rector of Muſton, and alſo of Weſt Allington, Sept. 19, 1788. Neither father nor ſon (who were buried at
Grantham in a family vault) hath any monumental inſcription. |
* Chaplain to Charles the fourth duke of Rutland; who dying in Ireland in 1787, before this benefice became vacant, Mr,
Crabbe (by the recommendation of the dutcheſs) was preſented in 1789 to the rectories of Muſton and Weſt Allington. It
would be injuſtice to paſs over in total ſilence the name of a gentleman whoſe poetical talents. (of which a pleaſing {ſpecimen
has been given in p. 65) are the leaſt part of his praiſe. But I ſhould offend if 1 were to ſay more, on this ſubject, than that
I have for many years experienced his friendſhip, and that his communications in the progreſs of this laborious work are
ſuch as entitle him to my warmeſt and moſt grateful acknowledgements, |
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MUSTON. 293
MEMOIRS of Dr. ROBERT SANDERSON, ſome time Rector of Mosrox:
This excellent Divine, who is ſtyled by Browne
Willis “ incomparably learned and pious,” deſcended
from a reſpectable family, long ſeated in the counties
of York and Nottingham. His father, Robert San-
derſon, eſq. of Guilthwait-hall, in the pariſh of Ro-
therham, co. York, and of Blyth, co. Nottingham,
married Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Car, of Bul-
jerthwait-hall, co. York; and by her had two ſons,
Wiiliam, born Sept. 29, 1584"; and Robert, born
Sept. 19, 1587, at Sheffield, and there baptizedꝰ the
next day. Robert was educated at the grammar-ſchool
of Rotherham, and made ſo uncommon a progreſs in
the languages, that, in 16co, when only 13, he was
ſent to Lincoln college 3, Oxford; and elected fellow in
1606. Being choſen logic-reader in his college, 1608,
his lectures were publiſhed in 161 5, and preſently ran
through ſeveral editions. He went into orders in 1611,
took the degrees of B. and M. A. at the regular pe-
riods; was one of the proctors of the Univerſity
1616; became B. D. in 1617; and is recorded as a
bene factor to Lincoln- college and to Chriſt Church.
He was preſented, by his couſin ſir Nicholas Sander-
ſon 5, lord viſcount Caſtleton in the kingdom of Ire-
land, to the rectory of Wyberton, near Boſton, in Lin-
colnſhire, in 1618 but reſigned it the year following
on account of the unhealthineſs of its ſituation; and
about the ſame time was preſented to the rectory of
Boothby Paynel, in the ſame county, by 'Thomas Har-
rington, eſq. of that place, which he enjoyed above
forty years. Having now quitted his fellowſhip, he
married; and ſoon after was made a prebendary of
Southwell; as he was alſo of Farendon cum Balderton,
in the church of Lincoln, Sept. 3, 1629. In the reign
of Charles I. he was choſen one of the clerks in con-
vocation for the archdeaconry of Nottinghamz and
Laud, then biſhop of London, having recommended
him to the king as a man excellently ſkilled in caſuiſtical
learning, he was in 1631 appointed chaplain to his
majeſty, who put many caſes of conſcience to him, and
received ſuch ſolutions, that, at the end of his month's
attendance, the king told him, that“ he ſhould long
for next November; for, he reſolved to have a more
inward acquaintance with him, when the month and
he returned.” The king, indeed, uſed to ſay, that
* he carried his ears to hear other preachers, but his
conſcience to hear Mr. Sanderſon.” In the beginning
of 1633, he was recommended by George earl of Rut-
land to the rectory of Muſton; which being in the
neighbourhood of Belvoir caſtle, he became of courſe
an attendant there, both in 1634 and 1636, when king
Charles the Firſt honoured the earl of Rutland with
a viſit; and probably accompanied the king at Ox-
ford, where, in Auguſt 1636, he was diſtinguiſhed by
the degree of D. D. March 21, 1640, he was of a
committee in the Jeruſalem-chamber, to review the
Liturgy, the Doctrine and Diſcipline of the Church,
for whoſe firſt Reformers and their moderation he had
a very great veneration, and therefore was very un-
willing to deliver his judgement in the point. In
1641-2, he reſigned the rectory of Muſton ; in which,
after a ſhort interval, Mr. Knewſtub, who married his
graud-daughter *, was his ſucceflor. In 1642, he was
Propoſed by both houſes of parliament to Charles, then
at Oxford, to be one of their truſtees for the ſettling
of church- affairs, and approved by the king: but that
treaty came to nothing. He was nominated by the par-
liament in 1644 one of the aſſembly of divines, but ne-
ver ſat among them; neither did he take the covenant
or engagement; ſo that his rectory of Boothby Paynel
was ſequeſtered, The ſame year, his majeſty ap-
Pointed him regius profeſſor of divinity at Oxford,
* Thoroton, Nottinghamſhire, p. 474.
with the canonry & Chrift-church annexed: but
the national calamities Hindeted him from entering
on it till 1646, and then from holding it a little
more than a year. He had the, chief hand in draw-
ing up * The Reaſons of the Univetfity of Oxford
againſt the Sdlemn League and Covenant, the Nega-
tive Oath, and the Ordinances concerning Diſcipline
and Worſhip:” and, when the parliametit had ſent
propoſals to the king for a peace in church and fate,
his majeſty defired that Dr. Sanderſon, with doc-
tors Hammond, Sheldon, and Morley, ſhould attend
him, and adviſe him how far he might with a good
conſcience comply with thoſe propoſals. This re-
queſt was then rejected; but, being complied with
when his majeſty was at Hampton Court and in the
Iſle of Wight, in 1647 and 1648 ?, thoſe divines at-
tended him there. Sanderſon often preached before
him, and had many public and private conferences with
him, to his majeſty's great ſatisfaction. The king
alſo defired him, at Hampton Court, ſince the par-
liament had propoſed the aboliſhing of epiſcopal go-
vernment, as inconſiſtent with monarchy, that he
would conſider of it, and declare his judgement.
He did ſo; and publiſhed what he then wrote in 1661.
At Sanderſon's taking leave of his majeſty, in this his
laſt attendance on him, the king requeſted him to apply
himſelf to the writing of“ Cafes of Conſcience :”
to which his anſwer was, that “ he was now grown
old, and unfit to write Caſes of Conſcience.” But
the king told him plainly, “ it was the ſimpleſt thing
he ever heard from him; for, no young man was fit
to be a judge, or write Caſes of Conſcience.” Up-
on this occaſion, Walton relates the following anec-
dote : that in one of theſe conferences the king told
Sanderſon, or one of them that then waited with him,
that the remembrance of two errors did much af-
flit him; which were, his aſſent to the carl of Straf-
ford's death, and the aboliſhing of Epiſcopacy in
Scotland; and that, if God ever reſtored him to the
peaceable poſſeſſion of his crown, he would demon-
ſtrate his repentance by a public confeſſion and a vo-
luntary penance, by walking barefoot from the Tower
of London, or Whitehall, to St. Paul's church, and
would deſire the people to intercede with God for his
pardon.” June 14, 1648, he was ejected from his pro-
feſſorſhip and canonry in Oxford * by the parliament
viſitors, and upon this retired to his rectory of Boothby
Paynel. Soon after, he was taken priſoner, and carried
to Lincoln, to be exchanged for Mr. Clarke, rector of
Allington, a Puritan, who had been made priſoner
by the king's party; and he was, indeed, ſoon after re-
leaſed upon articles; one of which was, that the ſe-
queſtration of his rectory ſhould be repealed; by which
means he enjoyed a mean ſubſiſtence for himſelf, wife,
and children, till the Reſtoration. But, though the
articles imported alſo that he ſhould live undiſturbed,
yet he was far from being either quiet or ſafe, being
once wounded, and ſeveral times plundered : and the
outrage of the ſoldiers was ſuch, that they not only
came into his church, and diſturbed him when he
was reading prayers, but even forced the Common
. prayer-book from him, and tore it to pieces®. During
this retirement, he received a viſit from Dr. Ham-
mond, who wanted to diſcourſe with him upon ſome
points diſputed between the Calviniſts and Arminians
and he was often applied to for reſolution in caſes of
conſcience ; ſeveral letters upon which have been
ſince printed. In 1658, the hon. Robert Boyle {ent
him a preſent of 5ol. ; his circumſtances, as of moſt of
the Royaliſts at that time, being very low. Boy le
had read his lectures De juramenti obligatione” with
* Willis's Cathedrals, vol. II. p. 20; on the authority of the Sheffield Regiſter.
» ** Bred under a methodical maſter at Lincoln-ſchool, and an exact tutor at Lincoln-college, who improved his pregnant
wit, his large underſtanding, his faithful memory, his ſolid judgement, made more ſo by method and a deep apprehention, his
hopeful ſeriouſneſs, his filent, ſedentary, and aſtoniſhing induſiry, to that exactueſs, which ſtuck to him to his dying day.
is younger days he learned an art of memory ; for, being enjoined, when young, to learn what he underſtood nat, he was com-
pelled to make uſe of ſimilitudes, and to remember thoſe things he knew not, by thinking upon ſomething like them he knew.
* Gutch, pp. 248. 448. |
Related to the Rutland family, by marriage with Frances, daughter of fir George Manners, of Haddon. See p. 50,
| 7 Journals of the Houſe of Commons, vol. V. p. 694
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294 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
great ſariifation; and aſked Dr. Barlow, afterwards
biſhop of Lincoln, if be thought Sanderſon could.
be induced to write Caſes of Conſcience, if he might
have an honorary penſion allowed, to ſupply him
with books and an amanuenſis? But Sanderſon told
Barlow, that, if any future tract of his could
bring any benefit to mankind, he would readily ſet
about it without a penſion.” Upon this, Boyle ſent the
above preſent by the hands of Barlow; and Sanderſon
preſently reviled, finiſhed, and in 1659 publiſhed, his
book De Obligatione Conſcientiæ, which he dedi-
cated to Mr. Boyle. In Auguſt, 1660, upon the
reſtoration of the king, he was reſtored to his pro-
feſſorſhip and canonry ; and Augult 17, at the re-
commendation of Sheldon, to make ſome amends for.
his ſufferings, was elected to the biſhopric of Lin-
coln *. He was conſecrated Oftober 28; and enjoyed
his new dignity about two years and a quarter:
during which time he did all the good in his power,
by repairing the palace at Bugden, augmenting poor
vicarages, &c. notwithſtanding he was old, and had
a family : to which, when his friends ſuggeſted it to
him, he replied, that he left them to God, yet hoped
he ſhould be able at his death to give them a compe-
rency.” He died, to the great grief of his dioceſe
and the whole kingdom, Jan. 29, 1662-3, in his 70th
year; leaving, by Anne, daughter of Henry Nelſon,
rector of Hougham, co. Lincoln, two ſurviving ſons,
Robert and Henry; and was buried, in the chancel
at Bugden, with as little noiſe, pomp, and charge, as
could be, according to his own directions, under a
black marble grave-ſtone (on which are the arms of
the ſec of Lincoln, impaling Paly of fix, Argent and
Azure ; over all a bend Sable), thus inſcribed :
„ Depofitum Roberti Sanderſon,
nuper Lincolnienſis epiſcopi,
qui obiit viceſimo- nono die Januarii, 1662,
& ætatis ſuæ ſeptuageſimo ſexto,
Hic requieſcat in ſpe beatæ reſurrectionis.“
A half- length portrait of biſhop Sanderſon, painted
by Riley, is in the gallery at Chriſt- church; and four
engraved portraits? of him are enumerated by Granger,
who obſerves, that Dr. Sanderſon ſtands at the head
of all caſuiſts, antient or modern ; and that his caſuiſtry
is founded on the clear principles of truth and equity,
and is very different from that which hath been taught
in the ſchools of the Jeſuits; in which ſophiſtry was
ſubſtituted for argument, and diſguiſe and mental reſer-
vation for candour and ſincerity. The moral character
of this great and good man has lately been raſhly and
feebly attacked by the author of the Confe/ional +, and
as ably defended by the author of A dialogue be-
tween Iſaac Walton and Homologiſtes 5.% Every
enemy to church-government hath been, for the ſame
reaſon, an enemy to biſhop Sanderſon and every other
prelate ; but I am confident that the uprightneſs and
integrity of his heart, as a caſuiſt, was never before
called in queſtion by any man who was not an entire
ſtranger to his character. He ſaw and deplored, and
did his utmoſt honeſtly and rationally to remedy, the
complicated ills of anarchy in church and ſtate; when
„% every man projected and reformed, and did what
was right in his own eyes.” He was, eſpecially in the
former part of his life, remarkable tor his exceſſive
modeſty; an infirmity oftener ſeen in men of the
quickeſt ſenſibility and the beſt underſtanding than
in the half-witred, the Rapid, and the ignorant. He
would often lament this weakneſs to his intimate friends,
His Latin lectures, read in the divinity-ſchool at Ox-
ford, are well known*. His Sermons ſtill maintain
their reputation for clearneſs of reaſon, and a purity of
ſtyle, which ſeems to be the effect of it !.“
He was a man of great learning and wit, but not
of ſuch univerſa] reading as might be ſuppoſed. Re.
ing aſked by a friend, what books he ſtudied moſt,
when he laid the foundation of his great and clear
learning; he anſwered, “ that he declined to read
many books, but what he did read were well choſen,
and read often; and added, that they were chiefly
three, Ariſtotle's * Rhetoric,” Aquinas” © Secunda Se-
cunde,” and Tully, but eſpecially his Offices,” which
he had not read over leſs than twenty times, and could
even in his old age recite without book.” He told
him alſo, the learned Civilian Dr. Zouch had written
+ Elementa Juriſprudentiz,” which he thought he
could alſo ſay without book, and that no wiſe man
could read it too often, Beſides his great knowledge
in the fathers, ſchoolmen, and caſuiſtical and contro-
verſial divinity, he was exactly verſed in the hiſtories
of our nation, whether antient or modern; was a
moſt curious antiquary, and indefatigable ſearcher
into records, and a complete herald and genealogiſt,
The worthieſt and moſt learned of his contempora-
ries ſpeak of him in the moſt reſpectful terms: Mr.
Lloyd ſays, * The great ſatisfaction he gave to his
neighbour-gentry in his learned converſe, being (as he
adviſed young miniſters to be in this knowing age) well
ſcen in hiſtory, geography, mathematics, mechaniſm,
phyſick, law, heraldry, endeared him to the whole
country*.” Dr. Thoroton adds, He was the moſt dili-
gent collector of genealogies I ever knew in theſe parts,
eſpecially of Lincolnſhire®,” * That ſtaid and well-
weighed man Dr. Sanderſon,” ſays Hammond, “ con-
ceives all things deliberately, dwells upon them diſ-
creetly, diſcerns things that differ exactly, paſſeth his
judgement rationally, and expreſſes it aptly, clearly,
and honeſtly.” And archbiſhop Uſher tells us of a
caſe, which * he propoſed to the judicious Dr. San-
derſon, who graſped all the circumitances of it, and
returned that happy anſwer that met all my thoughts,
ſatisfied all my ſcruples, and cleared all my doubts.”
His writings, which, for good ſenſe, clear reaſon-
ing, and manly ſtyle, have always been much eſteem-
ed, are theſe. In 1615, he publiſhed, 1. * Logice
Artis Compendium ;” as we have already mentioned.
2. * Sermons,” preached and printed at different
times, amounting to the number of thirty-ſix, 1687,
folio, with the author's life by Walton prefixed. 3.
Nine Caſes of Conſcience reſolyed;” publiſhed at
different times, but firſt collected in 1678, 8vo. 4.
De Juramenti Obligatione, 1647,” 8 vo. [This was
tranſlated into Engliſh by Charles I, during his con-
finement in the Iſle of Wight, and printed at Lon-
don in 1655, 8 vo; and has been reprinted ſeveral
times ſince with, 5. ** De Obligatione Conſcientiz.” ]
6. * Cenſure of Mr. Antony Aſcham his book of the
Confufions and Revolutions of Government, 1649,”
8v0. 7. © Epiſcopacy, as eſtabliſhed by Law in Eng-
land, not prejudicial to the Regal Power, 1661.“
x 6 When made biſhop, he laboured much to keep every ſober man within the communion of the Church, taking great pains
with Diflenters, and exerciſing as great patience towards them as the law did permit, aud ſometimes more.
Church cenſures,
during the time he was biſhop, he uſed with great reverence, and upon great occaſions to reduce them to their primitive eſteem
and veneration.
Good men he found in orders he was careful to prefer, and as careful not to admit any but good men into
urders; ſtrictly charging his clergy to look to their certificates, that (for the Church's ſake) they would give them not out of
courteſy, but conſcience ; taking care how they became ſureties (as Judah for Benjamin) for the young men to their father.
This idea of a good prelate; among men, the moſt ſober; among Chriſtians, the moſt religious; among preachers, the moſt
exact; among ſcholars, the moſt uſeful; among miniſters, the moſt faithful; among governors, the moſt moderate; among
conſeſſors, the moſt patient and conſtant ; having diſcharged his conſcience honeſtly, ſerved his prince ſucceſsfully, aſſiſted the
church induſtriouſly, gone through all charges renownedly, leaving nothing behind him juſtly to be blamed, or finiſterly to be
ſuſpected, died 1662, bequeathing to poſtericy principles of government, clearly ſtated, and rationally expreſſed. Sce his ex-
cellent Preface to Biſhop Uſher's Book-of Power and Obedience,” Lloyd, p. 536,
> See plate LI. fig. 16. 3 One by Loggan, 1662 ; one by Hollar, 1668; a third by Dolle; and a fourth by White, 1678.
d Edit. p. 299, &c. 5 Lond. 1768, 8vo,
* Caſuiſtry has perhaps ſtarted more difficulties than ever it ſolved; as nothing is more common than for ſcruples to multi—
ply upon reflection. Dr. Sanderſon was frequently embarraſſed in nice points, and was ſometimes at a lois to know which reaſon
ſhould preponderate, among the variety that offered, when the clock informed him that it was time to read his lectures. He
was then obliged to determine from neceffity. It is obſervable, that haſty decifions which he made were generally the ſame
that he afterwards adhered to upon the matureſt deliberation.
1 Ganger, vol, III. p. 238. s Worthies, p. 534.
2
9 Hiſtory of Nottinghamſhire, p. 475.
8, „ Pax
MUS
g. Pax Eccleſiæ: about Predeſtination, or the Five
Points;” printed at the end of his Life by Walton, 8 vo.
Gur biſhop ſcems at frſt to have been a ſtrict Calviniſt
in thoſe points; for, in 1632, when twelve of his ſer-
mons were printed together, the reader may obſerve
in the margin ſome accuſation of Arminius for falſe
doctrine. But Dr. Hammond, having paid him a viſit
at Boothby Paynel in 1649, convinced him of the
abſurdity and impiety of thoſe doctri es in the rigid
ſenſe: as he did more fully afterwards in ſome letters
that paſſed between them, and which are printed in
Hammond's Works, 660. 9. Diicourte concerning
the Church in theſe particulars: firſt, concerning the
viſibility of the true Church; ſecondly, concerning the
FRAMLAND HUNDRED,]
T ON. 293
and the Obedience required of the Subject, &c.
1661,“ 4to. It. A prefatory Diſcourſe, in defence
of Uther and his writings, prefixed to a collection of
learned treatiſes, intituled, “ Clavi Trabales: or,
nails faſtened by ſome great maſters of aſſemblies;
confirming the king's ſupremacy, the ſubject's duty;
and church-government by biſhops, 1661,” 4to. 124
Peck, in the 2d volume of his“ Deſiderata Curio-
ſa,” has publiſhed ** The Hiltory and Antiquities of
the Cathedral Church of the Bleſſed Virgin St. Mary
at Lincolu; containing an exact copy of all the ancient
monumental inſcriptions there, in number 163, as
they ſtood in 1641, moſt of which were ſoon after
torn up, or otherways defaced. Collected by Robert
Church of Rome, &c. 1688;” publiſhed by Dr. Sanderſon, S. T. P. afterwards lord biſhop of tbat
William Aſhewon from a Mo copy, which he had church, and compared with, and corrected by, ſir
from Mr. Pullen, the biſhop's domeſtic chaplain. William Dugdale's MS Survey.“
10. A large preface to a book of Uſker's, written at Jo theſe may be added, that he aſſiſted biſhop Wal-
the ſpecial command of Charl.s I. and intituled, ton in the publication cf the Polyglott, and drew up
« The Power communicated by God to the Prince, the Pretace to the Book of Common Prayer“. | is
„ 8 E 2
PEDIGREE of CHARNELL, of Mesrox. (From Vincent's Viſitation, 1619; and Chetwynd MS.)
| Arms: Gules, a feſs Ermine between two chevrons Or. (Plate LI. fig. 12.)
Hugolett de Charnell ==M argaret.
Hugo Charnell, temp. Henry II. & John. (See p. 286.) . i. 5 -
a wan. # 8 Me
2
Sir Ralph Charnell, of Muſton, 1254 and 1250. (See p. 286.) .
Beatrix, dau. ind heir of fir Henry de Hugo de Charnell, kut Mabel“ la Fleming S Sir Nicholas Trimonell, ſecond
Suite of Muflon, - 1280, buſband, 29 Edw. I.
—_—_—
Hugo. Sir John Charnell *, knt. 1301. Alice, 32 Edw. I. Roger.
—_—
Elizabeth. Sir John Charnell, knt. 1306. 1321. (See p. 287.)= ... , .
_ O)
1 "Ty
William de Charnell, Margaret, dau. and coheir of Ralph
50 Ediv, III. | de. Wollaton, 38 Edw. III.
1
Norman Charnell of- Margaret,
Muſton, 12 Ric. =] 25H. VI.
John Bingham, of Watnow, = be Þ
co. Nott. 23 Hen. VI. 7
Margaret, dau. and=Sir Rich. Bingham, one Margaret, dau. and coheir of
heir of fir Thomas | of the juſtices of the fir Baldwin Frevile, knt.
de Rempſton, knt.] King's Bench, 35H. VI. widow of fir Hugh Wil-
of the Garter. 12 Edw. IV. loughby, knt.
10 Hen. VI.
oo |
Elizabeth; dau. and heir, 32 Hen. VI. 18 Edw. IV.-=John de Bingham, 25 Hen. VI. 18 Edw. IV.
, , . — , 4
Richaid de Bingham, 18 Edw. IV. 14 Hen. VIII. Anne, ſiſter and coheir of fir Nicholas Strelley, knt.
Anne „ wiſe of Ralph Purefoy, of Drayton, 20 Hen, vat - Margaret, married to Ralph Rolleſton.
ͤ—
Pedigree of PALM ES, of Mxrron Mowprar *. |
Arms: Quarterly, 1. Gules, three fleurs de lis Argent; a chief Vaire, Palmen; — 2. Argent, on a chief Sable, three
griffins heads raiſed of the field, Lynley.—3. Or, a chevron Sable cottiſed Gules, between three heathcocks proper,
Drew.—g. Or, a maunch Sable, Hadgnal/. (Plate LI. fig. 17.)
William Palmes, of Naburne, co. Vork. . « ſiſter of Brian Roucliff, a baron of the Exchequer 1 Hen. VII.
"uy 45 *
2. Guy Palmes, ſerjeant at law. ane, daughter and coheir of
20 Hen. VII. 11 .. + . Drew, of Briſton.
7
1. Bryan Palmes,
ſon and heir.
oF 1 5 1
Bryan palmes, of Aihwell,==lſabel, dau. and heir of . . . Lindley,
co: Rutland. 2 ot Linley, co. York.
4 24: 1 * 1
Jane, Sir Nicholas Fairfax, of Walton, knt.
20
Francis Palmes, of Aſhwell. Margaret“, dau. of Roger Corbet, of Moreton Corhet, co. Salop, eſq.
Sir Francis Palmes, of Athwell and==Anne, dau. and heir of Step. Hadnall,
Iſabel = John Acclome, eſq.
Linley. of Lauflevy, co. Northampton.
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1. Sir Guy Palmes, of Linley and= Miria. dau. and coheir of 2. Andrew Palmes, of Sherborn, Elizabeth, dau.
Sir Bryan Palmes, knt.Miria, dau. and coheir of Gervale Tevery , eſq. of Stapleford, co. Nott.
7 |
; '
Aſhwell, born 1 580: Sir Edward Stafford, knt. Hants, died at Stapleford, co. o is
3 — Nott. about 1666, tat. 73. q N |
FY * = TY
1. Thomas; 2. William; 4. Guy : 6. Edward; is 7. Bryan Palmes, Martha, dau. of 1. Jane, ike of Thomas | '
3- John; all three died (un- 5. Stephen; New England b. June 25, 1641. Will. Thorp, Cowley. Fi
married) in the ſervice of both died at 10681; and mar- an apothecary in | of Quenibo- 2. Elizabeth, wife of &
king Cha. II, at Worceſ- ſea unmar- ried there. Melton, living | row, co. Leic. Edward Chambers, of 3
| ter-tight, Sept. 3, 1651. ried. there in 1981. Torkſey, co. Linc. K
* „„ 1— — 3. Anne, wife of Rich. *
1. Francis, born 2. Guy, born March 3. Martha, born 4. Bryan, born Read, of the city of li 1
OR. 9, 1667. 24, 1070. Feb. 14, 1672. Feb. 3, 1679. London, 7
1 y
1. William Palmes, Mary, couſin and
elq. of Aſhwell, | heir of William
1084. lord Eure.
* . | ; 4 — 4 ſourth earl of Exeter.
1. Guy, 2. William. 3. Margaret. 4. Elizabeth. 5. Mary. 6. Anne.
* Walker, p. 105. One of the two daughters and coheirefſes of Walter le Fleming. It is mentioned in the regiſter of the
abbey of Peterborough, that this lady, with her ſiſter Maud, put in a claim for the advowſon of Polebrook in Northamptonſhire.
See his will, p. 287. A Gilbert Charnell occurs at Muſton 1360; and another Job, who had a brother
Hugh, 1379, See p. 288, 5 In p. 288, col. 2. l. 31. for Anne,” r. Margaret.”
From Wright's Rutland; enlarged by a pedigree ſigned Brian Palmes, March 14, 2681-2, in the College of Arms, K. 2. 1683,
. This lady lived a widow more than 35 years ; and died in 1683, aged 78. Epitaph at Aſhwell.
- See, in Thoroton, p. 216, an epitaph on this Mr. Tevery, who died in 1639. His wite Anne is there mentioned to be
ex veteri proſapia Aſlibyorum de Quenby in agro Leiceſtrenſi orivade,”
Vol. I. 4 G | PLUNGAR,
2. Tevery Palmes,
3. F rancls Palmes. Mary Fane, dau. of Mildmay
died ſ. p.
earl of Weſtmoreland; atter- 2
wards married to John Cecil,
15
9
E
in antient writings called Plungarth, is ſituated in the
Vale of Belvoir, about four miles South-weſt of the
caſtle. It is bounded on the North by Barkſton; on
the Eaſt by Belvoir; on the South by Harby and
Stathernz and on the Weſt by the county of Not-
tingham. It is 10 miles diſtant from Melton Mow-
_ bray, the neareſt market-town ; 24 from Leiceſter ;
and, in the eccleſiaſtical diviſion of the county, is
within the deanry of Framland.
Ar the time of the general ſurvey under the Nor-
man Conqueror, the lordſhip of Plungar is believed
to have been included under that of Barkſton * ; as it
is no where ſeparately mentioned; nor is it noticed
in the Teſta de Nevill. |
On the aid granted to king Henry III. in 1225,
towards the marrying of his fiſter with rhe emperor of
the Romans, the fellow ing payments occur, as part
of the fee of William Daubeney, of the old feoffment
{de veteri feoffamento domini regis ).
From one knight's fee, held by Odinell de Albini in
Barkſlon and Plungar, two marks; from one knight's
fee held by John de Chaney in Barkſton and Plungar,
two marks; and from one knight's fee held by Cecilia
de Hunt in Barkſton, 20d.
The heir of Odinell de Albiniaco held three parts of
a fee in Barkſton ard Plungar under the lord of Bel-
voir; under whom William Hoteft alſo held half a
fee in Muſton, Redmile, and Plungar. -
In the Itinerary of 1280, Plungar, Harby, and Sta-
thern, anſwered collectively as one vill.
In 1343, William lord Ros of Hamlake died ſeiſed
of one knight's fee in Plungarth and Barkſton, which
Richard and Jchn de Belhous held together; alſo the
half of one knight's fee in Barkſton and Plungarth,
which Hugh Charnels and Julian his wife held; alſo
the half of one knight's fee in Bottesford, Redmile,
Barkſton, Plungarth, and Muſton, which Wilkam de
Hotoft of Bottesford held “. |
Ralph de Hotoft, by a deed without date, confirmed
to the priory of Belvoir, for the health of bis own
ſoul and rhoſe of his anceſtors, and of William de
Albini his lord, a bovate of land in Plungar, which
had been given them by Geffrey the ſon of Herewic ;
and added a toft, called Middelcrofte, ſome land near
Weſt-well, and a meadow adjoining to Barkſton *.
In 1346, William lord Ros (on the aid then granted
for knighting Edward of Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt
ion) was aſſeſſed 3os. for three parts of one knight's
fee in Bottesford, Normanton, Redmile, Barkſton,
Plungar, and Herdby ; Richard Belbouſe 205. for half
a knighr's fee in Barkſton and Plungar ; John Barnake
and Hugh Charnels 20s. for half a knight's fee in
Barkſton and Plungar ; and John Borton, on the ſame
occaſion, 10s. for a quarter of one knight's fee in
Bottestord, Redmile, Muſton, and Plungar; all parcel
of the. fee of Ros . |
In 1352-3, it appeared that William de Ros of Ham-
lake, deceaſed, held a certain ſpiney, called Beaver
Warren ; Whoſe ſoil and paſture belonged to the towns
of Stathern, Plungarth, and Barkſton, and were of
no yearly value; becauſe the thorns, if they were
cut away, could not grow again, by reaſon of the cattle
of the aforeſaid villages there depaſturing 5.
In 1363, Margery, who was the wife of William de
Ros, of Hamlake, died poſſeſſed of the moiety of one
* See under that pariſh, p. 19.
4 Rot, Aux. 20 Edw. III.
* Eſch, 7 Ric. II. Ne 68. Leic.
'* Sec the particulars under Barkſton, p. 19.
* Eſch, 17 Edw, III. N* 60, Leic,
5 Eſch, 26 Ediv. III. N 53. Leic.
* Eſch. 3 Hen, V. N“ 44. Leic.
+ Eſch. 6 Edw. VI.
knight's fee, with the appurtenances, in Barkfton and
Pluogar, which John fon of William de Barnik held;
alſo the moiety of one Knight's fee in Barkſton and
Plungar, which Hugh de Charnels and Fulian his wife
heldz alſo one knight's fee, with the appurtenances,
in Barkſton and Plungar, which Richard and Jobn de
Belbouſe held together; alfo the moiety of one knighr's
fee, with the appurtenances, in Bottesford, Redmile,
Barkfton, Plungarth, and Muſton, which William de
Hotoft held “. |
In 1383, it appeared that Thomas de Ros of Ham-
lake, deceaſed, held the 14 of the manor of Plun-
gar of the king in capite, by knight's ſervice, as par-
cel of the manor of Belvoir ”. | |
In 1415, Beatrix, wife of Thomas late lord of Rox,
deceaſed, was ſeiſed of a moiety of the manor of
Barkſton and Plungar, with the appurtenances, held
of the king in capite, by knight's ſervice, as parcel of
the honour of Belvoir *,
In the ſubſidy of 1416 (when the county of Lei-
ceſter was rated at C. 757. 12s. 113d.) Plungar paid
235 ; and Bark ſton 36s.
In that of 1445, Plungar was rated at C. 1. 36.;
and no abatement was made.
Aug. 9, 1467, king Edward IV. granted divers
lands at Plungar (late parcel of the lands of William
Beaumont to William Haſtings, to hold of the king
and his heirs by homage only, in lieu of all other
ſervice 9. |
After the death of the lord Haſtings, this manor
was again reſtored to the family of the lords Ros,
from whom it has deſcended to Jobhn-Henry the pre-
ſent duke of Rutland, who is now lord of the manor,
and principal owner of the land. To him alſo belong
the great tithes, and the preſentation to the vicarage.
This pariſh, or lordſhip, as pariſhes are here in ge-
neral denominated, contains about 1000 acres of
land; a very ſmallÞortion of which is of old inclo-
ſure; and the remainder was incloſed, with Barkſton,
in 1791 **,
The land is arable,
ley and beans.
In 1552, Francis Keble, eſq. died ſeiſed of three
meſſnages in Plungar and Stathern, held of the king
by fealty, and the rent of 10s. a year.
In 1 564, there were 26 families in Plungar.
There are now 25 families, and 145 inhabitants.
No freeholder occurs here in the liſt of 1630.
At the general election in 1722, 18 freeholders
polled from this pariſh ; and the ſame number in 1778.
Nett expence of the poor in 1776, C. 7. 45. 24.
Medium for three years, 1783—1785, {.29. 75. 8d.
There is no regiſter to be found of an earlier date
than 1759. The late clerk of the pariſh was the vil-
lage grocer ; and, having no reverence for antiquity,
nor probably any other idea of the uſe of paper than
that it ſerved to wrap up tea and ſnuff in, he made it
anſwer that purpoſe; and, indeed, if it were no beiter
kept than the early part of the preſent, it could have
anſwered no better.
It appears that for the laſt twenty years there have
been 28 baptiſms, and 72 burials ; which is contrary
to what happens in the neighbourhood in general;
but it is to be remarked that, in the year 1785, 14
died of the ſmall-pox.
and produces principally bar-
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. N The CHURCH;
dedicated to St. Helen, is a ſmall building, containing
two narrow ziles, one of equal width with the chan-
cel, and lying between that and the tower; the other
{maller, on the South ſide; both in bad condition;
the floor much broken, and the roof out of repair.
A South-caſt view, taken by Mr. Pridden in 1791,
i; giren in plate I III. 11
The tower is {ſmall and low, with two middling
bells, on one of which is inſcribed,
« God fave the King, 1614.”
There is-alſo a ſaint's bell hangibg'in the Weſt
window of the ſteeple, whereon 1s no inſcription,
In the chancel are a piſcina and locker.
Though there are lands of about ten pounds yearly
value given for the reparation of this church, it ſeems
to be much more in want of it than any other in
the neighbourhood, Norwithſtanding this appearance,
there are no marks of 1 en antiquity in or about the
building, unleſs we confider as fach the groteſque bas-
xcliefs exhibited in plate LII, fig. 2, 3, 4.
ſwenus de Albini and Geffrey de Chauveni his bro-
ther, gave the church of Plungar to the priory” of
Belvoir, for the health of their own ſouls, and thoſe
of their uncle William de Albini, and of his ſon
William, and all their anceſtors. The grant has no
date; but it was confirmed by archbiſhop Kilwardby
in 1277 |
In CS; the prior of Belwoir was patron of the
church of Plungar, and then had it | that is, the great
tithes appropriated] to his own uſe, The then vicar was
Robert, infinuted by the then biſhop of Lincoln Hugh
[Walleis], under whom the vicarage was then ordained:
« Eccleſia valet io marc'. Vicarius perpetuus ha-
bebit totum altaragium przter principale legatum. Ha-
bebit a priore de Belvoir 2 ſumas frumenti pacabiles
ad feſtum Michaelis; valet vicaria 3 marc'. Vicarius
ſolver ſy nodalia. Manfum non eſt aſſignatum“.“
The duke of Rutland (till pays annually ſomething
to the vicar, which Dr. Vernon took to be the two
quarters of wheat {fumas fruments ), which formerly
were paid by the priory of Belvoir,
The prior of Belvoir demiſed to his ſervant Hum-
phrey Suffolk two bovates of land belonging to the
church of Plungar ; rent 63.
The poſſeſſſons of the priory of Bel voir at Plungar
were valued in the aſſeſſment towards tenths and fif-
teenths at the ſum of C. 3. 6s. 8d.
In 1344 the procurations were 75. 634.; the church
was taxed at 5 marks; and paid 25. for Peter-pence.
In 1650, the vicarage was returned as part of
Barkſton. *
The clear yearlyvalue in the king's books is f. 9. 16.
The epiſcopal procurations for the reftory, 13. 51d;
for the vicarage, 10d. N
July 31, 1449, a diſpute, which had exiſted be-
tween the prior and convent of Belvoir and Robert
Knone, perpetual vicar of Plungar, was determined,
by archbiſhop Stafford, in favour ef the vicar, who
was thenceforth to have eight marks a year in addition
to his former ſtipend. The decree is thus expreſſed:
Johannes, permiſſione divina, Cantuarienſis ar-
chiepiſcopus, totius Anglie primas, & apoſtolice ſedis
VIC ARS.
Robert, 1222,
Walter Agaz, 1226,
John de Belton, 1237,
Philip de Leire, 1244,
Hugo Preſbyter, 1265,
Sir Richard Oſteler, reſigned 1424,
David Fox, Sept. 3, 1424,
John Warde, reſigned June 30, 1437,
Thomas May, reſigned Jan. 9, 1439,
John Alnwyk, preſented March 17, 1439,
Robert Knorte, reſigned Sept. 3, 1449,
Nicholas Hutchinſon *, 1 531,
Everacd Breton, 1721,
Richard Stoup, LL. B. 1735,
John Stoup Wagſtaff 6, July 7, 1788,
i See Appendix, pp. 6. 13.
* B.lvoir Regiſter.
legatus, univerſis & ſingulis rectoribus, vicariis, capel-
lanis, curatis, & non- curatis, & clericis literatis qui -
buſcunque, per noſtram provinciam Cantuarienſem le-
galiter conſtitutis, ſalutem in Domino & benedictio-
nem. Cum dilectus nobis in Chriſto magiſter Johan-
nes de Motlihampton, doQor noſtte audiencie, cauſa-
rum & negotiorum avditor, in quadam cauſa diu con-
tentationis portionis vicarie de Plungarth, quam noftri
audientia, inter dominum Robertum Knotte, vicarium
perpetuum eecleſie parochialis de Plungartb, Lincoln'
dioc', noſtre provincie Cantuar', partem actricem &
querelantem ex parte una, ac religioſos viros priorem
& conventum priorattis de Belvera, proprietarios dicte
eccleſie parochialis de Plumgarth, partem ream &
querelatam ex altera, limine procedens, ac ſervatis in
hac parte de jure fervandis, ſententiam pro parte dicti
domini Roberti vicarii, & contra prefatos priorem &
conventum proprietarios predictos tulit deffinitivam,
per quam portionem dicte vicarie fuiſſe & eſſe exilem
& inſufficientem pronunciaverit & declaraverit, ac
portionem vicari predicti ad ſummam octo marcarum
ultra antiquam portionem, eidem domino Roberto vi-
eario & ſuis ſucceſſoribus, ex fructibus & proventibus
dicte ecclefie de Plumgarth dictis proprietariis per-
tinentibus & ſpectantibus augmentandum, & ipſos
proprietarios ad aſſignandum eidem vicario & ſucceſ-
ſoribus ſuis, de & ex fructibus predictis, eiſdem ut
premittitur pertinentibus, ſub modo & forma infra
{criptis movendis & citandis fore decrevit, juſtitia id
poſcente. Vobis communiter & diviſim committimus &
mandamus, firmiter injungentes, quatenus moneatis ſeu
moneri faciatis peremptorie, & efficaciter inducatis,
dictos proprietarios, quos nos etiam tenore preſentium
fic monemus, quatenus infra xx dierum ſpatium a tem-
pore monitionis veſtre hujuſmodi ymolevins noſtre
dicto vicario, de & ex fructibus dicte eecleſie parochi-
alis eiſdem proprietariis pertinentibus, ultra antiquam
portionem ſuam, ſummam o&o marcarum aſſignent &
limitent cum effectu; alioquin, lapſo hujuſmodi xx di-
erum ſpatio, citetis ſeu citare faciatis peremptorie eoſ-
dem proprietarios quod compareant coram nobis, aut
noſtre audientie cauſarum & negotiorum auditore, vie
die poſt citationem eis in hac parte factam, ſi juridicus
fuerit, alioquin proximo die juridico extunc ſequente
ubicunque in noſtris civitate, diocela aut provincia
Cantuarꝰ tunc fuerimus, quare ob defectum & negligen-
tiam dictorum proprietariorum hujuſmodi ſummam octo
marcarum, in & ex fructibus dicte ecclehe parochialis
de Plumgarth, eiſdem proprietariis pertinentibus, &
dicto domino Roberto vicario, in augmentationem ſue
antique portionis, aſſignari & limitari non debemus, in
debitâ juris forma dignemur & allegaturam faQtur*
quod ulterius & receptur* in hàc parte quod jut itia
ſuadebit. Et quid Feceritis in premiſſis nos aut audi-
torem noſtrum hujoſmodi diftis die & loco debitè certi-
ficeris, ſeu fic certificet ille veſtrùm qui prius noſtrum
mandatum reciperit exequend” per ſuas literas patentes
harum ſeriem continen' auctoritate ſigillata. Dat' in
manerio noſtro de Lamehich, ultimo die menſis Julii,
anno Domini milleſimo ccecexLIx, & noſtre tranſla-
tionis anno ſexto 4,”
Mr. Francis Bugg occurs curate of Plungar in 1724.
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Dutcheſs of Rutland, and others.
From the hiſhop's certificate in the Belvoir Regiſter,
Cart. Harl. Ant, III. C. 14.
5 Vicar alſo of Barkſton; as all his ſucceſſors ſeem to have been. No notice is taken either of Barkſton or Plungar in the
Certificate referred :o under Howes, p. 241.
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MONUMENTAL
On this place, and on Stathern, and ſome other
churches in the neighbourhood, Mr, Wyrley, in his
Church Notes, makes this remark ; .. |
A great many of the churches hereabout have no
monuments in them; whereupon 1 may ſay, * Om-
nia monumenta iſto angulo habitantium in monaſterio
de Belvoir polita fuerunt, fed ut monaſteria ita fatis
perierunt prœter expectationem.“
There ace no monuments or inſcriptions at preſent
in the church : but there remain the traces of a
prieſt on a flat ſtone in the nave; and on the floor
ot the South aile is another, on which have been
braſs figures of a man and woman, and ſtill bearing
the fragments of four lines in a ſtrong black cha-
rater.
In the church-yard :
, On an altar-tomb:
Andrew Guy died Oct. 12, 1781, aged 74.
Andrew, ſon of Andrew Guy, died May 31, 1769,
aged 30. |
On vpright ſtones : |
Anne, wife of Andrew Guy, died Dec. 8, 1729,
aged 63,
INSCRIPTIONS.
Richard Guy died May 14, 178s, a .
Mary, wife of Andrew Guy, died l 1783,
aged 68. FIGS.
George Marſh died Aug. 24, 1720, aged 34
Faſter, relict of George Marſh, and wife of Eye.
rarde Stevenſon, died March 29, 1762, aged 84.
Everarde Stevens died Nov. 2, 1781, aged 89.
Richard Pell, died Jan. 29, 1786, aged 73.
Mary his wife died Dec. 10, 1785, aged 6g.
CRARITABLE BERNWETAcTIORNS.
Thomas Wilſon gave C. a0. the intereſt annually
for the uſe of a ſchool.
Richard Guy 10s. annually, payable out of land in
the liberty of Stathern. |
William Gibbon 57. annually out of land in the
liberty of Plungar. |
Which ſums are to be diſtributed by the vicar,
churchwarden, and overſeer of the poor, for the
time being. "ag
The return made to the houſe of commons, in 1786,
in anſwer to the enquiry reſpecting the charitable
donations in this pariſh, may be ſeen in p. 11.
In the Certificate referred to under Howes, p. 221, the following names and characters of incumbents in
1562 occur, which came to hand too late to be inſerted in their proper places.
Abkettleby ; Robert Watſon *, vicar ; preſbyter, non conjugatus z comperenter doctus; refidet ; hoſpitalis ;
deget ibidem; non licentiatus, nec prædicat; nullum aliud habet. |
Bottesford ; Robert Crefley *, LL. B. rector; preſbyter, non conjugatus; doctus; non reſidet; non hoſpi-
talis ; deget apud Wilford ; non hcentiatus, nec prædicat; duo beneficia habet.
Broughton ; Robert Stuton, vicar ; preſbyter, non conjugatus ; hoſpitalis ; deget ibidem; non licentiatus,
nec prædicat; nullum aliud habet.
Buctminſter; Matthew Bayly ?, vicar; preſbyter, non conjugatus; mediocriter doctus; reſidet apud Stevenby;
non hoſpitalis ; deget apud Stevenby; non licentiatus, nec prædicat; duo beneficia habet.
Claxton; Chriſtopher Indwyy, vicar; preſbyter, non conjugatus; competenter doctus; reſidet; hoſpitalis;
deget ibidem; non licentiatus, nec prædicat; nullum aliud habet. |
Cold Overton; William Cheys, rector; preſbyter, non conjugatus; competenter doctus; reſidet; hoſpi-
talis ; deget ibidem ; non licentiatus, nec predicat z nullum aliud habet. |
Coton; Gilbert Wetherall *, rector; preſbyter, non conjugatus; competenter doctus; reſidet; hoſpitalis ;
deget ibidem non licentiatus, nec prædicat; nullum aliud habet.
Croxton ; Richard Wards, vicar; preſbyter, non conjugatus; mediocriter doctus; refidet ; hoſpitalis ; deget
ibidem ; non licentiatus, nec prædicat; nullum aliud habet.
Little Dalby; Elizeus Sare, vicar; preſbyter, non conjugatus ; parv* doctus; reſidet; non hoſpitalis;
deg*t ibidem ; non licentiatus, nec prædicat; nullum aliud habet. *
Eaſtwell ; John Buxham, rector; preſbyter, non conjagatus; competenter doctus; reſidet; hoſpitalis;
deget ibidem ; non licentiatus, nec prædicat; nullum aliud habet.
Godeby ; William Wylſon, rector; preſbyter, non conjugatus ; parv* doctus; reſidet; hoſpitalis; deget
ibidem ; non licentiatus, nec prædicat; nullum aliud habet. | k #
Harby ; Richard Thorpe, M. A. rector; diaconus, non conjugatus; doctus; capellanus domeſticus comitis
Rutland“; non hoſpitalis; manet cum comite Rutland'; non licentiatus, nec prædicat; duo beneficia habet.
Hare ſton; Richard Brown, M. A. vicar; preſbyter; non conjugatus ; mediocriter doctus; reſidet; hoſpi-
talis; deget ibidem; non licentiatus, nec prædicat; nullum aliud habet.
Preſented in 1757. See p. 13.
* Preſcnted in 1560. See p. 97. He probably held the rectory of Wilford, co. Nottingham.
3 See p. 125. He was probably rector of the neighbouring pariſh of Stainby, co. Lincoln, where he reſided,
1 Preſented in 1650. Sce p. 145.
Preſented in 1534. See p. 149.
RED MILE,
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antiently called Redmild, Redeſdale, and (what ſeems
the more probable etymology) Redmilne *, &c. is ſitu-
ated in the Vale of Belvoir ; bounded on the Eaſt by
Bottesford, on the South by Belvoir, on the Weſt by
Barkſton, and on the North it ſeparates the counties of
Leiceſter and Nottingham. It is eight miles diſtant
from Grantham, the neareſt market-rown; 12 from
Melton Mowbray ; and 28 from Leiceſter ; and, in
the eccleſiaſtical diviſion of the county, is within the
deanry of Framland
In the reign of Edward the Confeſſor, this manor
contained four ploughs, and was of the annual value
of 20 ſhillings. At the time of the general ſurvey
under the Norman Conqueror, it continued of the ſame
value, and was then in the tenure of Robert de Todeni,
who held three ploughlands. Two ſocmen, with two
bordars, had half a ploughz and the lordſhip was
conſidered as dependent on Bottesford *.
On the aid granted to king Henry III. in 1232,
towards the marrying his ſiſter with the emperor of
the Romans, the following payments occur as part of
the fee of William Daubeny, of the old feoffment, in
Redmild * Bartholomew de gane Hillaro, for a ſixteenth
part of a knight's fee, 20d. ; Robert de Offinton, a ſix-
teenth part, 204. ; Alan de Scarvill, a ſixtieth part,
54d. ; Stephen de la Tour, a ſixtieth part, 5d. ; Richard
le Porter, a thirtieth part, 10d.
Under the fees of the lord of Belyoir the names of
the following landholders occur :
Peter de Harepoll, an eighth of a fee.
Robert de ( Hinton, a fixteenth.
Robert Fitz Richard, a thirty- ſecond.
Robert Filzwwill:am, a thirty-ſecond.
Oſbert de Kaynowe, a thirty-ſecond.
Robert Dive, a tenth.” +
William de Hotoft, half a fee in Muſton, Redmile,
and Plungar.
William Chapeleyn, Alan de Scarvil, and Stephen Staker,
paid 15, 1014. at Redmile towards a ſcutage of 40s.
John de Gnipton held a fourth part of a fee at
Gnipton and Redmile under Simon de Roppel, who
held it under the lord Albini of Belvoir ; and Thomas
de Bracy, an eighth part of a fee in thele towns, under
Robert de Bracy, the tenant of Peter de Lincoln, who
again held under the lord of Belvoir®.
In 1242, William de Albini IV. lord of Belvoir 4,
died ſeiſed of the manor of Redmile ; conſiſting of 10
virgates of land, with a capital meſſuage (the dove-
houſe excepted); with 275. 5d. five pounds of pepper,
and two pounds of cumin, rent of the frecholders;
9 Virgates and an balf of land in villenage; 3 cottagers,
who paid.13s. a year; a windmill, worth 205. a year;
and an annual rent of 24 ſpear-heads ( ferrorum ).
From the Albinis this lordſhip came, by marriage
of the lady Iſabel their heireſs, to the family of Ros.
Redmile-Thorp, in the pariſh of Redmile, is men-
tioned in 1251 as lying, in whole or in part, within
the diſtrict of Belyoir-warren *.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Redmile, Barkſton, and
Muſton, anſwered collectively as one vill.
In 1285, it appeared that Robert lord Ros of Bel-
voir, deceaſed, held the manor of Redmile in capite
of the king ?.
Nov. 16, 1298, king Edward I. granted to Iſabel
de Res and her heirs liberty of free-warren in all their
demeſne lands at Bottesford and Redmile *.
July 27, 1300, king Edward I. being given to un-
derſtand, by an inquifition made by the ſheriff of
Leiceſter, that it would be no damage to him, or to
any other perſon, if he granted the manor of Red-
mile, with the appurtenances, to Jobn de Ros; which,
by reaſon of a tranſgreſſion which the ſaid John had
committed, by entering upon it on a leaſe of Iſabel
de Ros (who held that manor of him the king in ca-
pite) without the king's licence, the king had cauſed
to be ſeized into his own hands, was content, for a
certain fine paid by the ſaid John, to pardon the
tranſgreſhon, and to grant that he ſhould hold the
ſaid manor, with the appurtenances, of the ſaid Iſabel
and her heirs, for the term of his life; forbidding
alſo that he the ſaid John, or ſhe the "ſaid Iſabel,
ſhould be any way moleſted by his juſtices, eſchea-
tors, ſheriffs, bailiffs, or other officers, by reaſon of
the premiſes. © Teſte rege, apud Kirkudbright, xxvii
die Julit *.”?
In 1343, it appeared that Milliam de Ros of Ham-
lake, deceaſed, held the manor of Redmile by knight's
ſervice ; alſo the half of one knight's fee in Redmile,
Bottesford, Barkſton, Plungar, and Muſton, which
William de Hotoft, of Bottesford, held; alſo the
thirty-third part of one knight's fee in Redmile,
which Stephen de Coſtra held; alſo the ſixteenth part
of one knight's fee in Redmile, which Robert de Of-
finion held; allo the forty-third part of one knight's
fee in Redmile, which Milliam Palmer held; alſo the
thirty-ſecond part of one knight's fee in Redmile,
which. Robert Porter held; alſo the thirty-ſecond
part of one Knight's fee in Redmile, which William
Geffry held; allo the thirty-ſecond part of one knight's
fee in Redmile, which the aforeſaid William held;
alſo the ſixty-fourth part of one knight's fee in Red-
mile, which Alan Scarvill held; alſo the ſixty-fourth
part of one knight's fee in Redmile, which Roger the
Capellan held; alſo the ſixtieth part of one knight's
fee in Redmile, which Roger Fitz John held; alſo
half a quarter of one knight's fee in Redmile, which
Margery, relict of John de Cheſterton, of Grantham,
held *.
In 1346, William de Ros (on the aid then granted
for knighting Edward of Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt
ſon) was aſſeſſed 3os. for three parts of one knight's
fee in Bottesford, Normanton, Redmile, Barkſton,
Plungar, and Herdby ; Jobn Borten, 105. for 2 quar-
ter of one Knight's fee in Bottesford, Redmile, Muſ-
ton, aud Plungar ; Thomas Ferrars, 5s. for half a
quarter of one knight's fee in Redmile aforeſaid ; all
parcel of the fee of Ros.
In 1352-3, it appeared that William de Ros, de-
ceaſed, held a capital meſſuage and divers other mat-
ters at Redmile; a very particular account whereof
has been already given under Belvoir “.
In 1363, Margery Ros, deceaſed (widow of William
de Ros of Hamlake), held the moiety of one knight's
fee, with the appurtenances, in Bottesford, Redmile,
Barkſton, Plungar, and Muſton, which William de
Hotoft held “.
In 1383, it appeared that Thomas de Ros of Ham-
lake, knight, decealed, held 346. rent of the free-
tenants in Redmile, due at Eatter, St. John Baptiſt,
and Michaelmas ; alſo 56s. rent of the natives there,
due at the feaſts aforeſaid ; alſo one windmill, and 10
marks of rent, ariſing out of lands there; which
" Rogerus clericus de Redmilne is witneſs to a deed of William de Albini to Belvoir priory.
F „dem Robertus tenet 3 carucatas in Redmelde, Tempore regis Edwardi erant ibi 4 caruce, Hoc pertinet ad Botes-
ord,
Ibi 5 ſochmanni cum 2 bordariis habent dimidiam carucam Valuit & valet 10 ſolid
* Teſta de Nevill, p. liv.
os.“ Domeſday, p. 233. b. cul, 2.
* He was buried b: fore the high · altar at Belvoir, and his heart at Croxton. See under Belvoir, p. 27.
5 Ich. 27 Hen. 111. N? 23» Leic, X
Cart. 27 Edw. I. Ne 3,
't Rot. Aux. 20 Edw. III.
Eſch 37 Edw. IIl. N 62, Leic,
Vor. I.
ſch. 36 Hen. III. N 57. Leic.
9 Pat. 28 Edw. I. m. 8.
4» See above, p. 33 ; from Eſch. 26 Edw, III. Ne 53. Leic.
7 Efch. 13 Edw. I. Ne 24, Leic.
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'3db HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRA,
lands and rents, with the appurtcnances, are held of
the king in capite, as parcel of the honour, caſtle
and manor of Belvoir *. |
In 1393, it appeared that John de Ros, of Ham-
lake, deceaſed, was ſeiſed of one park, called Belvoir
Park, in Redmile, and of ohe croft, called Leycrofr,
and of a paſture, called Blakebergh Hill, in the ſame
pariſh, held of the king in capite, by koight's ſervice,
as of the honour of Belvoir; that the ſaid John de
Ros gave to Richard de Schropſhere, for his good ſer-
vice, fifteen meſſuages, one windmill, and five bovates
and an half af land, with the appurtenances, in Red-
mile, which are held of the king in capite; and that
William de Ros, knight, is the brother and next heir
of the before-mentioned John *.
In 1394, Mary the wite of John de Ros, brother
and heir of John de Ros, died ſeiſed of a thirty-third
part of one knight's fee in Redmile, which the heirs
of John Petit held“.
In 1414, it appeared that William Ros, of Hamlal:e,
knight, who died in foreign parts, was ſeiſed of the
ſite of the manor, with one carucate of land, in Red-
mile, held of the king in capite, by knight's ſervice,
as of the honour of Belvoir; alſo of fifteen meſſua-
ges, one windmill, and twenty-five bovates and an
half of land, with the appurtenances, in Redmile,
held as aforeſaid; alſo of the reverſion of one park,
called Belvoir Park, in the pariſh of Redmile; alto
of the reverſion of one paſture cloſe, called Blakbergh,
in the parith of Redmile +.
In 1421, it appeared that John Ros de Hamlake,
knight, deceaſed, was ſeiſed of two parts of the manor
of Redmile, and of two parts of one carucate of land,
and of fifteen meſſuages and one windmill, and of
twenty-five bovates of land, all in the ſame town:
and that they were held of William Babington, Simon
Lake, and other ſeoftees 5.
In the ſubſidy of 1416 (when the county of Leiceſtcr
was rated at C. 757. 125. 114d.) Redmile paid 545.
In that of 1445, Redmile was rated at £.2, 14s. 3
and an abatement was made of 4s. 8d.
In 1463, it appeared that Thomas de Ros, lord of
Belvoir, who had been attainted in parliament for his
attachment to the houſe of Lancalter, was ſeiſed of
the manor of Redmile, with the advowſon of the
church there *; which were afterwards granted to
William lord Haſtings; and in 1483 it appeared that
the ſaid lord Haſtings was ſeiſed of the advowſon,
and that ic was held of the king 7.
On the acceſſion of king Henry VII. this lordſhip
was reſtored to the family of Ros; and is ſtill poſ-
ſeſſed by their deſcendant John-Henry, the fifth duke
of Rutland.
Among the records of Wigſton's Hoſpital is a leaſe,
dated May 1, 1620, to John Reft, of one arable land
and two leys lying in the Goffes at Redmile, for three
lives, viz. John Reſt, Dorothy Reft, and Elizabeth
Reft ; tent 25s. at Michaelmas and L ady-day; and a
clauſe of re-entry if no diſtreſs can be found!.
The pariſh in 1791 conſiſted of 764 oxgangs ot
land in the open field, at about 18 acres an oxgang
upon a moderate computation; nine Cottages, about
three acres apiece; and about 349. acres of old in-
cloſure, wood, &c. The open field was at that time
divided into three. The firlt year wheat and barley ;
the ſecond, beans and peaſe ; and the third, fallow.
The whole number of acres in the pariſh is at leaſt
1700, of which more than three fourths are now the
duke of Rutland's, and the reſt that of about 20 ſmall
frecholders. An act for its incloſure was paſſed in
the year 1793; of which ſome particulars ſhall be
given in the Appendix, Ne XVIII.
In 1564, there were 33 families in Redmile.
The number of families at preſent is 57, inhabitants
246; all of the Church of England.
The freeho!ders in 1630 were, Richard Green,
Thomas Roberts, Chriſtopher Handley, I homas
1 Eſch, 7 Ric. II. N' 68. Leic.
4 Eſch. 2 Hen. V. N' zo. Leic.
7 Eſch, 1 Ric. III. Ne 32, Leic. Carte, MS.
9 Peck, MS. ex informatione viri reverendi Edw. Walker, curati de Redmile, 1729.
39 Peck, MS. from the information of the rey. Edw. Vernon, rector of Redinile, 1729.
® Eſch. 17 Ric, II. No 49. Leic.
5 Eſch, 9 Hen. V. N' 58. Leic.
Green, Henry Bond, and Richard Sharpe.
At che general election in 1724, 24 freeholders
polled from this pariſh; and i7 in 1775,
Nett expence of the poor iu 1776, was £.22, 6s. 84,
Medium of three years, 1783—1785, £.34. 155. 84
The earlieſt 3 45 begins in 1653. .
In the firſt twenty years are 10 marriages, 11
baptiſms, and 131 burials; and, in the twenty years
ending in 1788, are 47 marriages, 182 baptiſms, and
116 burials, | ;
In the regiſter is this obſervation 2 -
George Toplin and Jone Harrifon had the baines
of matrimony publiſhed three ſeveral Sabbaths in the
pariſh church of Redmile, and was married before
the alderman of Grantham, upon the 13th of Fe-
bruary, 1654.”
Richard Reave appointed regiſter 1653.
Richard Reave, the elder, late clerk of the pariſh
buried Jan. 11, 1673.
Mrs. Lettice Vernon, wife of Edward Vernon
rector, buried Aug. 18, 1719. ;
Samuel North occurs curate in 1742.
Henry Hough occurs curate in 1758.
* One Rawlinſon, a woman of Redmile, lived to be
about 110; and one Green, a woman of the ſame
place, lived to be about 115.
ln a cloſe on the North fide of the town of Red-
mile are three hills, in a ſtraight line, about 40
yards aſunder, having very much the appearance of
{uizul or barrows; but probably intended only for
ſome kind of antient exerciſe, as the cloſe is called
The Butt-cloſe.
In this pariſh was formerly a ſmall houſe of nuns,
The place where it ſtood is yet called All-ha!lows ;
but there are no remains of the fabrick. Query. Whe-
ther the place was not the hall or capital meſſuage
mentioned in the inquiſition of 1352-3 Betwist
Stonebrigg-lane and the Drift is an incloſure with
two old large pools in it, where many foundations of
buildings have been dug up.
* It ſhould ſeem alſo there was another religious
houſe here, demoliſhed long before the Diſſolution;
the place where it ſtood being yet called Kirk-hill,
„In the pariſh of Redmile is a marſhy piece of
ground, whoſe water is ſuppoſed to be impregnated
with ſalt, or ſomething of a ſaline nature. Not far
from it is a piece of ground, in Belvoir demefne,
called Buſhy Salt-becks. Pigeons are obſerved much
to frequent both places ?.”
© In Redmile pariſh an attempt was many years ſiace
made in ſearch tor pit-coal; the foil promiſipg it,
which 1s firſt clay, and then a very black earth. 'they
ſunk about 20 yards, and then the waters roſe fo
faſt, that in a very little ſpace they loſt 16 of the 20
yards they had gained. Whereupon, thinking they
had met with a ſubterraneous river, they threw in the
- earth they had dug out; which was very ill done;
for this water, whether proceeding from a ſubterra-
neous river, or only a very quick ſpring (had they
made either a dike or bigger channel for it), might
have been of great fervice to them, all their water
thereabouts being of a brackiſh taſte, bad for brew-
ing, and bad for boiling of fleſh, which it often turns
red. In the earth they threw out of this pit they
found many lumps of the yellow, vitriolic, iron ſtone
marchalite, called pyrites aureus '*.”
Speaking of unuſual appearances in the air and
heavens,” ſays Mr. Peck, © I cannot here forbcar
taking notice of a moſt agreeable ſight of this kind,
which I myſelf had once the great pleaſure of be-
holding; and it was thus. On the 12th of Decem-
ber, 1729, being at Redmile, in the Vale of Belvoir,
there fell ſuch a thick miſt, that I thought it impoſ-
ſible (though it was then even mid-day) to find the
way home; and therefore entreated my friend, Mr.
William Walker, then curate there (a young gene-
man of good knowledge in ſimples, as alſo in matters
3 Eſch. 18 Ric. II. Ne 34. Leic.
* Eſch, 3 Edw. IV. N“ go, Lic.
? 1
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
of computation), to ride with me as far as Belvoir,
not doubting but that, when I was once got thither,
I ſhonld well enough make out the reſt of my way;
which he accordingly did. But, lo! when we were a
little aſcended up the hill, we began to ſee through
the miſt; and, arriving at the top of the hill, there
all the air was perfectly clear, and the very ſun itſelf
appeared and ſhone exceeding brigut. Thereupon
turning my horſe to ſee whether it was likewiſe thus
ſuddenly cleared up below hill, I beheld all the
whole vale yet covered with a thick impenetrable
fog, like a cloud, or rather ſea, with the waves
rolling and curling as if a little agitated by the wind;
the colour a mixture of blue and white, tinctured in
many places with a beautiful caſt of red and yellow
from the ſun-beams. Above the fog, and riſing out
of the very middle of it, appeared the top of Bark-
ſton ſteeple (a neat flender ſpire), but no more of it
than juſt ſo much as looked like a ſugar- loaf mounted
upon a cloud. All the reſt of that vaſt tract of land
was wrapt up in a ſmoky fog, And, yet to us upon
the hill, there could not well be a clearer day, nor
the ſun itſelf, though now ſomewhat in its declenfion,
be ſeen in a ſtronger brightneſs! a ſight to me fo
ugexpected, and withal ſo charming, that 1 ſtood ſtill
a good ſpace to admire it. And (though the air, as
it was clear, was allo cold enough upon the hills)
yet could I not help wiſhing that 1 bad had paper
and a pencil about me, to have taken a ſketch ot this
uncommon and beautiful face of things. Diſcourſing
R E DMI IL F. zot
theſe matters afterwards, a neighbouring friend told
me, what I had then ſeen was frequently obſerved ar
Belvoir z and, as the hint was very natural, preſendly
put into my hands the copy of a letter to his Grace
the duke of Rutlard, giving an account of a far
ſtranger appearance, beyond any thing, indeed, | ever
expected to hear of this fort, When I had read and
confidered this account, not Knowing what to make
of it, I threw it by a long ſpace, as believing it hardly
probable. But on the 2oth of April, 1730, riding
to Croxton Criol, to take a view of the church there,
Mr. Francis Hudleſton, of that town, very ſeriouſly
averred to me, that he had ſeen the like himſelf more
than once, as above deſcribed by Mr. Saul; adding
likewiſe, that he once beheld a herd of decr as they
ſcoured along, all fairly repreſented in the mill, their
ſhadows running and moving exa4ly correſpondent
with the motions of the real deer themſclves *.”
In Redmile Field, between Redmile and Belvoir,
ſome few years ago, was found the body of a man,
and ſome ſmall matters of money by him (what fort
of coin I could not learn). The body lay very near
the ſurface; and was ſuppoicd io be murdercd.
Several perſons affirm they have, late in the evening
or night, heard a ſtrange voice, or fcream, by the
place, But this, as there are ſeveral forts of birds
and beaſts, who in the night make ſometimes very un-
uſual noiſes, I will not ſay was an apparition :. The
ſtrangeneſs of the noiſe, the loneſomeneſs of the night,
and their on tears, might make them think it fo 3,”
The CHURC H,
dedicated to St. Peter, conſiſts of a South aile and a
nave, both which are leaded; and a chancel, an-
ſwering the nave, which is tiled. There hath been
alſo a North aile, which is down. |
A beautiful delineation of it, taken by Mr. Schneb-
belie in July 1789, is given in plate LII.
At the Weſt end of the nave is the ſteeple, a pretty
ſtone ſpire z within it are three middling bells, thus
inſcribed : |
1. God fave his Church, 1613.
2. God ſave his Church, 1703.
3. JVESUDS BE Oude SPEDE; ER
Over the South door, within the church, is a
niche; but the figure of that faint bas been removed.
Upon an old ſtall in the chancel are cut in wood
three elcallops, two and one; the field and colour
not to be perceived 4,
The font is engraved, with that of Somerby, in pl. LV.
The church of Redmile was given to the priory of
Belvoir, about the year 11535, by William de Albini
Brito, and confirmed by William de Albini IIIs.
In 1220, the prior of Belvoir was patron of the
church of Redmile. The then parſon was Roger de
Suffolk, inſtituted by Hugh the then biſhop of L in-
coln, then paying two marks to the ſaid prior, who
betore that time uſed to receive but one mark. The
ſacriſt of Belvoir had then here the tithes of one
carucate of land, of the fee of Hugh de Vikewell.
In 1258, the prior aud ccnvent of Belvoir having
preſented Roger of Leyceſter to the church of Red-
mile, the right of patronage was diſputed by Robert
lord Ros and the lady Iſabel his wife. This diſpute
was terminated by the lord and lady of Belvoir re-
newing their claim, on the priory's conſenting to pay
them an annual acknowledgement of thirty marks *.
Ego Rob? Baſſet confirmavi & dedi Deo & eccleſiæ
de Belvoir eceleſiam de Redmild, & hoc feci conſenſn
domini mei Ranulphi comitis, pro redemptione anime
ejuſdem comitis 7.
A.* Dei gratia Lincoln' epiſcopo, & Waltero ar-
chidiac' Leyceſtr'. Noverit univerfitas, &c. eccleſiam
de Redmild eſſe fundatam in terrà & feodo Roberti
Baſſet, & ſua eſt; & concedo quod voluntatem ſuam
* Peck, MS,
See above, under the Memoirs of Mr. Peck, p. 203, his own apology for this paragraph.
See the grant, in Appendix, pp» 3- 8.
7. Rey. Belvoir, p. 72.
Alexander was conſecrated biſhop of Lincoln 1123, and died 1147. Walter became archdeacon of Leiceſter about the
9 Reg. Belvoir,
year 1120, Le Neve.
in ratione faciat; præterea confirmo donationem quam
nuper fecit monachis de Belvoir.
Prior, &c. in perpetuum percipiet duas partes de-
cimarum de una carucata terre in villa de Redmyld,
& rector tertiam. Hoc actum 1233, conſenſu partium,
quod prior habet tam decimas nomine portionis quam
in annui penſione duarum marcarum.
Odarius de Hotot dedit eccleſiz de Belyoir decimam
ſuam de dominio ſuo in Redmild.
Stugeſius, & Radulphus filius ejus, dedit Belvoir
prioratui 4 acras & decimam ſuam in Redmild.
Redd' ex Redmile pro penſione 138. 4d. & portione
ejuſdem 38. 4d. 9 b
Eccleſia Saucti Petri de Redmile, preter penſionem
& portionem, 14 marc'.
Penſio prioris de Belvoir in eadem 2 marc”,
Penſio prioris ejuſdem in eadem in decimis 53.5
John de Knipton gave a bovate of the territory of
Redmile to the altar of St. Mary, which he had
founded in Redmile church **,
Mr. Vernon informed Mr. Peck, that he formerly
had a demand often made of him for the biſhop's
procurattons, both for a retory and vicarage; from
which he thought it poflible there might have been
iormerly two pariſhes here, and that the other church
tood upon Kirk-hill, where they fancy was a mo-
naſtery. This poſſibly may bare been the caſe;
though the circumſtauce ot the procurations is no
fort of proof of it; thefe being commonly paid both
for the rectory and vicarage, whenever the rectory is
ſeparated from the eiurch z as this formerly was, and
appropitated to the monks of Belvoir.
In 1344, the procurations were 75. 64d.; the church
was tax ed at 16 marks; and paid 15.84. for Peter- pence.
The prior of Belvoir had alſo a penſion of 3 marks.
In 1534-5, the value of the rectory was {.8.
In 1650, the rectory was returned worth C. 70;
and the incumbent as“ ſufficient.”
The preſent value in the king's books is C. 12. 98. 2d.
The epiſcopal procurations are, for the rectory, 25.
4d.; for the vicarage, 10d.; the archidiaconal, 115.14.
The rectory, fince the incloſure, is worth betwixt
2 and 300. a year,
* Peck, MS. ex informatione viri reverendi Edw. Vernon, A. M. rectoris.
See plate LI. fig. g.
® See the deed relative to this diſpute, in the Appendix, p. 13.
20 Taxat' 1291, Cott. Lib, 12 Belvoir Regiſter,
RECTORS.
At.
302 HISTORY AND ANTIOUITIBS or LEICESTERSHIRE,
eres PATRONS,
Roger de Suffolk, 1220,
Robert Tremley, 1258,
Roger de Bellafago, 1278,
Robert de Redemild, 1286, |
Robert de Redemild (probably the ſame), 1287,
Walter Blount, 1328,
John Ledbury, May 14, 1329,
Nicholas Blount *, 1360,
Nicholas Dymocke *, 1434,
Sir William Torkeſey, reſigned 1444,
Sir William Reve ?, capellanus, Feb. 24, 1444-3,
Edward Burton occurs 1534; died 1547,
2 and convent of Belvoir.
Thomas Murell 4, May 18, 1547, John Myton of Willyngton.
Thomas Tilton * occurs 1562.
Thomas Daffye 5 Dec. 17, 1660—1680, | John, eighth earl of Rutland, pleno jurti
Guſtavus Hawes, Dec. 4, 1680; died 1715, | |
Abel Ligonier, June 22, 1694; reſigned 1697 *; John, ninth earl of Rutland,
Edward Vernon, M. A. March 10, 1698; died 174293
CORY e ee John, third duke of Rutland.
Henry Hough **, M. A. July 10, 1770,
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
In the chancel : uxoris Edwardi Vernon,
On the verge of an old flat grave-ſtone : que obiit 17 die Auguſti, upccx1x, ætat. *
hic jacet Rodericuss 5. On another flat ſtone:
; On another : * HERE LIETH THE BODY OF JOHN CLARK,
Vic jacet Idh'nes nn. . . cujus a'i'e propitict” Deus. THE « + + « SON OF JOHN AND DOROTHY CLARK,
g OF LONDON, ESQ,
One very large monumental ſlab alſo remains, from no prep JUNE 17, A. b. 1689, AGED 5 YEARS.”
hich the inſcription is wholly oblit d.
which the inſcriptio olly obliterate 1
1. On a tablet of black marble againſt the North wall: In memory of Frances, daughter of
© HE BOD: OF FRANCIS SMITH **, SECOND SON OF Henry Hough, rector, and Anne his wife,
PETER SMITH, OF THE DIFFRIN, who died Sept. 22, 1777, aged 14 years.”
IN THE COUNTY OF HEREFORD, GENT.
WAS INTERRED IN THIS CHANCEL THE FIRST DAY In the church-yard :
OF JANUARY, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1682,” On a table monument at N. E. angle of the church 3
* In memory of Anne, wife of Mr. John Hand,
2. Underneath this tablet, on a flat ſtone : and daughter of the Rev. John Hough, rector,
*" YNDER THIS STONE LYES THE BODY OF and Anne his wife, who departed this lite,
FRANCIS SMITH, SERVANT TO THE 2 greatly lamented by all,
RIGHT HONOURABLE JOLN EARLE OF RVTLAND .' March the 21ſt, 1789, aged 28 years.”
3. On a mural tablet near the Eaſt window: John Bend died Jane 7, 1731, aged 52; and Mary
« Here reſts the body of Charles Yates, who his wife died March 14, 1758, aged 84.
married Katharine, daughter of Mr. Edward Vernon, William Mackley died July 7, 1777, aged 73.
rector of Redmile and Muſton, Robert Mackley died Jan. 21, 1747, a ed 70; and
by whom he had four children, Sarah his wife died Oct. 21, 17 53, aged 79.
Lettice, 1724, Jan. 19. Edward Parr died March 16, 1760, aged 80.
Mary, 1720, Avg. 27. Joſeph Smith died April 16, 1760, aged 80.
Edward-Vernon, F born A. D. 1729, June 9. Richard Lovit died March 2, 1791, aged 81.
Carolina-Katha- poſthuma, 1731, Anne Lovit died july 2, 1788, aged 72.
. April 6. William Smart died Feb. 5, 1986, aged 72.
He departed this life, much lamented, John Wilkinſon died March 25, 1779, aged 77.
+ born May 31, A. D. 1791;
| aged 29 demie Sept. 10, 1730.“ | CHARITABLE BENEFACTIONS,
4. On a floor-ſtone within the communion-rails : Mr. Thomas Firmidge, of this town, left fire
& In pace hic concluſæ ſunt pounds, the intereſt of which is to be given to five
exuvie EDwARDI VERNON, poor widows annually at Chriſtmas. The value of
A. M. hujus eccleſiæ annis xL1x reQtoris ; the above intereſt Mr. Thomas Firmidge ſenior doth
qui obiit die 24 X, anno Dom. 1742, charge for ever upon his half oxgang of land lying
#tatis ſuæ LXXII. and being in the open field of Redmile.
In vicino pulvere, Letitiz Vernon, dee the return made to the houſe of commons, p. 11.
: He died July 1, the year not mentioned. Belvoir Neerology. — 2
2 His death alſo occurs in the ſame Necrology, July 8, without any mention of the year, _ |
3 Preſented by John Myton, of Willyngton, co. Bedford, “ ipſius eccleſie, vigore cujuſdam advocationis ei in hac parte facte,
hac vice patronus.” Reg. Cranmer, ſede Lincoln. vacante, fol. 405. a. b. _
4 Reg. Chichley, ſede Lincoln. vacante, fol. 256. b. 6 E
5 In the Certificate referred to under Howes, p. 221, Mr. Tilton is thus deſcribed ; “ Thomas Tilton, rector; preſbyter,
conjugatus ; competedter doctus; reſidet ; hoſpitalis ; deget ibidem ; nom licentiatus, nec pradicat ; nullum aliud habet.“
* He was before rector of Harby, and removed from that better to this worſe living, to ſatisfy the ſpleen which the counteſs
of Rutland, a Puritanical lady, had conceived againſt him for being a man of other principles. The following advertiſement,
tranſcribed from the Poit-Boy of Jan. 1, 170%-8, will ſhew that he was the inventor of a celebrated medicine:“ Dattye's
famous Elixir Salutis, prepared by Catharine Daffye, daughter of Mr. Thomas Daffye, late rector of Redmile, in the Vale of
Belvoir, who imparted it to his kinſman, Mr. Anthony Daffye, who publiſhed the ſame to the benefit of the community and
his own great advantage. The original receipt is now in my poſſeſſion, left to me by my father. My own brother, Mr Daniel
Daffye, apothecary in Nottingham, made this Elixir trem the ſaid receipt, and ſold it there during his life, Thoſe who know
it will believe what I declare; and thoſe who do not, may be convinced that I am no counterfeit, by the colour, taſte, imell,
and operation of my Elixir. To be had at the Hand and Pen, Maiden-Lane, Covent-Garden“
7 See his epitaph, under Aylſton. a * Rector afterwards of Buttes ford. See his epitaph, p. 99.
9 Buried Dec. 14, 1742. See p. 291. *2 Rector alſo of Belton, co, Lincoln.
11 The preſent rector, who has been mentioned in p 300 as curate in 1758, is rector alſo of Granby cum Sutton, co. Not ·
tingham; and is in the commiſſion of the peace for the county of Leiceſter, F
1 He was ſleward to John eighth earl of Rutland.
7 SALTBY,
24
a
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B
*
in antient writings called Sauteby, is bounded on the
North by Croxton Kytiel; on the Weſt by Waltham;
on the South by Sproxton; and on the Eaſt it ſepa-
rates the counties of Leicelter and Lincoln.
It is eight miles diſtant from Melton Mowbray, the
neareſt market-to vn; 24 fr m Leiceſter ; and, in the
eccleſiaſtical divilion of the county, is within the
deanry of Framland. 6 ale
In the reign of Edward the Confeſſor, this manor,
being of the annual value of nine pounds, contained
twenty-eight ploughs, and was poſſeſſed by Morcar
earl of Northumberland, brother to Edwin earl of Lei-
ceſter and Mercia. Moicar, who naturally oppoſed
the invalion of the Norman chieftains, being unſuc-
ceſsful in the conteſt, his lands were confiſcated ; and
the lordſhip of Saliby was given by the Conqueror,
with divers others in this county, to Roger de Buſli,
one of the companions of his emerprize.
Earl Morcar was impriſoned, and died in 1089, |
At the ume of the general ſurvey, the lordſhip of
Saltby, in which Beſcaldeby appears to be then in-
cluded, contained two hides and three. ploughlands:
The annual value was increaſed to ten pounds; Six
ploughs were in the demeſne, and ſixteen bondmen;
twenty-four villans and twenty-three ſocmen, with four-
teen bordars, had rwenty ploughs. There were two
mills of eight-pence value, and forty acres of meadow?.
The chief ſeat of the barony of Roger de Buſli was
at Tick hill in Yorkthire ; near to which, at a place
called Blyth in the county of Nottingham, he and his
wife Muriel founded a priory in 1088 for Benedictine
monks ; to which he gave, inter alia, two parts of the
tithes of his demeſne lands at Saltby, Beſcaldeby, and
Garthorpe, dum partes detime aule, in terris & aſſartit,
S in omnibus minutis decims .
His property at Saltby and Beſcaldeby came not
long after, by mar:iage, to Mi/liam Paynell, a great
Northern baron, who founded the priory of Drax 3
in Yorkſhire 3 and, together with Avicia de Romeilli a,
bis wife, gave to it two carucates of land and five tofts
in this place, with the advowſon of the church, which
was afterwards appropriated to the ſaid priory 5.
Pedigree of PAYN ELL, GAUNT, and STUFEVILLE ; from the CxoxtTox RrcrsTtr, Gascoront's MS. &c.
William Paynell,==Avicia de Romeilli.
J4
Baldwin earl of Flanders; whoſe ſiſter Maud was wife
to the Conqueror.
" ERS Y * ?
***
Gilbert de Gaunt.-=Alice, dau. to Hugh de Montfort.
2
Fulk, died before 1209. Alice, dau. and heir, Robert“ de Gaunt, = Gundreda, dau. of Hugo de Nicholas de Stuteville,
fit wife. 24 ſon,
Robert, ſon of Robert Fitz-Harding ? of Briſtol, Alice.
—
Maurice Fitz-Harding (al. Emma. z . . Gurnai,'
Gaunt), ob. ſ. p. 1209.
William earl of Bologne, Mortaizne, and Warren, who
died in 1160, gave 40 acres of land at Saltby to the
abbey of Croxton, and all the waſte lands ar the three
dykes (ad tres fofſatas) ; and Richard, lon of Elias
de Sauteby, granted them a yard land berg“.
Avicia de Romeilli gave one carucate at Salthy, with
a meadow, a mill, and paſture for 300 theep, to the
abbot and convent of Vaudy, co. Lincoln 9. |
Alice, daughter and heir of Wiilam Paynell and
Avicia his wife, brought both the above lordthips in
marriage to Robert de Gaunt, younger ſon to Gilbert de
Gaunt, who was fon to Baidwin earl of F:anders, and
nephew to William the Conqueror; which Robert
and his wife confirmed to the priory of Drax and
to the abbey of Vaudy the former grants, giving alſo
divers other lands and tithes “. 8
This Robert had iſſue Alice, his daughter and heir,
who marrie. Robert Fiizharding of Briſtol, by whom
ſhe had Mu ice, who aſſumed the family name of
Gaunt; on whoſe death without iſſue, in 1209, the
Iurdihips of Saitby and Befcaldeby deſcended to Geffrey
Luitrell**, in right of his wite, who was, of the Paynell
Gurney, ſecond wife. | ſecond huſband.
1 * 1
a
Nicholas de StutevilleeS= ,.. oo,
of
Johanna, dau. and heir. Sts ugo de Wak. Margaret, ob. ſ. p.
=
Baldwin de Wak.
family; and who in 1211 was acquitted on a collection
of icutage then made, for ſeven knights” fees and a
half for his fees of that barony, which had lately be-
longed to William Payncl! 2,
On tie aid then granted to king Henry III. in 123,
towards the marrying of his ſiſter with the emperor of
the Romans, Philip de Gaunt and Stephen de Gaunt
paid fur the tee of Beſcaudeby and Sauteby, being
the fee of Andrew Luttre!l, two marks.
In the Teſta de Nevill, Sauteby is deſcribed, about
1240, as conſiſting of two ploug'lands and fix ox-
ganes, and paid 24. 64, towards the ſherift's'aid. Beſ-
caldeby contaired two ploughlands; and paid rs, 3d.
Thev paid jointly 124. for fair, and 25. for frankpledge.
Sir Anarew Luttrel, in 1245, as heir to Maurice de
Gaunt, paid £25. for ſcutage for 12 knights” fees ;
and 7.39. for fiitteen others, of his own proper fee.
He died in 1264, leaving Geeffry his ſon and heir“.
In 126g, Saltby anſwered to the king for four
ploughlands, and Beſcaudeby for two >.
In the Itinerary of 1289, Saliby, Stoneſby, Beſ-
calby, and Sproxton, anſwered collectively as one vill.
t « Ipſe Rogerius [de Bufli | tenet Saltebi. Thi ſunt 2 hidæ & 3 carucatæ terre, Tempore regis Edwardi crant ibi 28 ca-
rucæ. In domidico ſunt 6 carucme; & 16 fervi & 24 villani, cum 14 bo.daiiis, habent 20 carucas. Ibi 2 molimi de 8 ſolidis,
& 40 acrz prati. Valuit 9 libras; modo 10 libras. Morcar tenuit.” Domeſday, p. 234. b. 2.
* Dugdale, Mon. Angl. ex regiſtro abbatie de Bliche. 3 See Appendix, p. 193, * Ibid.
5 Rot. Pip. 4 Ric. I.
This Robert had an elder brother, Walter de Gaunt, who was father to Gilbert earl of Lincoln. Dugd. Bar. vol. I. p. 402.
* See Appendix, Ne XIX.
'* Rot. Pip. 13 Joh. Pbor.
Vor. I. |
7 Harding, father of the elder Robert, was fon of a king of Denmark, and, accompanying duke William from Normardy,
was with him at the battle of Haitings. He was made governor of Briſtol, and poſleſſed conſiderable eitates in the counties
of Somerſet and Glouceſter, Of his deſcendants, the Berkeleys, fee a particular account under the pariſh of Wymondham.
9 Dugdale, Mon. Ang. vol. I. p. 833.
Or this family of Lecter el, Luttrel, or Luttercl, forme were among the Norman chiefs at the battle of Haſlings ia 1066. In
the reign of Rickard I. the eſtates of fir Geolfty Luttrel, knt, in the counties of Derby, Leiceſter, Nottingham, and York,
were confiſcated, becauſe he was one of the barons revolting who fided with John earl of Mortaigne ; but, on that eatl's
acecon to the-throne, his lands and goods were reſtored, with additions, Dugdale, Baronage and Monaſticon.
20 ounces of gold, he had a grant from the crown of Lutrrel's town in Iteland, to hold by military ſervice, whick is ſtill in
the family. Pat, 1) ohn. — Sir Andrew Luttrel, about 1229, made out his claim to the barony of Iraham, co. Lincoln. His
lineal detcendant Simon was created baron Irnhain of Luttrell's Town, co. Dublin, 1768 ; viſcount Carhampton 1781; and
earl cf Carhampton 1785 ; which his ſon Henry Lawes now enjoys.
*3 Rot. Pip. 30 Joh. Ebor.
'2 Ibid, and tee Appendix, N* XIX.
On paying
14 Croxton Regiſter. "5 Eſch: 49 Hen. III. n. 13.
41 ä Robert
|
zog HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Robert Luttrel, ſon of Geoffry, and the next owner
of theſe lordſhips, was ſummoned to parliament among
the barons in 1294 *; and died in 1296, Geoffry his
ſon being then 21 years of age*. He was a liberal
benefactor to the abbey of Croxton ; the abbot of
which place had a commiſſion, in 1299, from biſhop
Sutton of Lincoln, to reconcile the rector of Braunſton
in Northampton, on account of a murder committed in
His church 1290 0. | Du
In 1301, Gilbert de Gaunt, of Binebroke, or Ben-
broke, deceaſed, and Matilda his wife died ſeiſed of
the manor of Saltby, which was held of Gery Lut-
trel, by the ſervice of half a knight's fee; and Mil-
liam de Gaunt was ſon and heir of the ſaid Gilbert“.
In 1345, Geoffry Luttrel, who djed at Saltby, was
ſeiſed of that manor, which he held of Roger Peverell,
by the ſervice of one pair of gilt ſpurs a year“.
In 1346, fir Andrew Luttrell, ſon of Geoffrey (on
the aid then granted for knighting Edward of Wood-
ſtock, the kiug's eldeſt fon) was aſſeſſed 20s. for half
a knight's fee in Saltby and Beſcaldeby, parcel of the
fee of Gaunt?, By this fir Andrew the manors of
Saltby and Beſcaldeby were given to the abbey of
Croxton, founded by one of his anceſtors *,
In the ſubſidy of 1416 (when the county of Lei-
ceſter was rated at {.757- 125. 114d.) Saltby paid
29. ; and Beſcaldeby 20s. In that of 1445, Saltby was
rated at £.1.95.; and an abatement was made of gs.
Beſcaldeby at £.1.; and no abatement was made,
After the diſſolution of the religious houſes, kin
Henry VIII. granted the lordſhips of Saltby and Bef:
caldeby to Thomas Manners earl of Rutland, together
with the manor of the priory of Drax, for ſo it is
called in the grant, 1541; all which are now the in-
heritance of obn-Henry duke of Rutland.
At an inquiſition taken at Melton, May 2, 1584,
the jurors ſay, that Robert Vincent, deceaſed, died
ſeiſed of one meſſuage, two crofts, one garden, and
one virgate and a half of land, meadow and paſture,
with their appurtenances, in Saltby (late the perqui-
ſites of Fohn Michel, yeoman) ; and that they are held
of the queen, as of the hundred of Framland, in
ſocage, by the ſervice of 205. ; that he died May 20,
1583; and that Robert Vincent, junior, his ſon and
heir, was then aged 9 years and upwards ?.
In 1771, an act was paſled for dividing and inclo-
ſing, in the pariſh of Saltby, ſeveral open and com
mon fields, common paſtures, common meadows,
heath, and other commonable lands ; wherein John
duke of Rutland is deſcribed as lord of the manor, and
ſeiſed of the impropriate rectory of Saltby, and en-
titled to the great tithes of corn yearly ariſing within
the ſaid pariſh, and as patron alſo of the vicarage and
church; the Rev. John Walker, as vicar, entitled to
the ſmall tiches ariſing within the ſaid open and com-
mon fields and other commonable lands, and of the old
incloſed homeſteads within the ring of the town of
Saltby aforeſaid, and to a certain modus, compoſition,
or money-payment, of C. 4. 17s. per annum, payable
out of the reſt of the old incloſed lands within the
faid pariſh, in lieu of ſmall tithes; and alſo entitled
to certain glebe lands, containing one yard-land,
within the ſaid open fields, and to a right of common
therein in reſpect of ſuch land; and the ſaid John
duke of Rutland, John North, and others, were then
the proprietors of all the reſt of the lands within the
ſaid open and common fields, and to a right of com-
mon in reſpe& of all ſuch land. An allotment is
directed to be made to the lord of the manor, and a
compenſation to the vicar after which, one eighth part
of the reſidue of the common field (except a certain
piece called The Moor, if the ſame ſhould appear to
the commiſſioners to be exempt from tithes) to be
allotted to the impropriator and vicar, and to be di-
vided into 53 parts (40 to the impropriator, and 13 to
the vicar); and to be in lieu of all tithes and pay-
ments; except fees for burying in the church or church-
yard, ſurplice fees, and other tees payable to the vicar.
* Clauf. Rot. 23 Edw. I. in dorſo.
4 The church belonged to the Roſſes from 1220 to 1442.
s Eſch. 29 Edw. I. N 8. Leic,
® Eſch, 37 Edw. III. n. 87. 9 Bſch, 26 Eliz.
made three days ſports.
Their ſwiftneſs, and in running ſeem to fly;
gamblers and companions of grooms.
2 Eich. 21 Edw. I. n. 25.
Bridges, vol. I. p. 31.
® Eſch. 19 Edw. III. N* 48. Leic.
\
The open fields and heath conſiſted of 2124 acres,
2 roods, and 43 poles, including roads,
Our of which was allotted to the
duke of Rutland, as lord of the manor,
As impropriator,
As proprietor,
A.R.P.
DH
166 3 20
2 1
Acres 2044 O 11
To the vicar, in lieu of tithes and other rights, 2
acres; and to John North, freeholder, 3 acres, 3
roods, and 4 poles. Two acres for the purpoſe of
getting ſtone and gravel for the uſe of the roads ; 2
acres, 1 rood, and 1 pole, for the repairs of the
church; and 2 roods 17 perches to the pariſh-clerk.
The whole expences amounted to 618. of which the
duke of Rutland paid 615/.195.; and John North 21, 1s.
The old incloſure within the ring of the town con-
ſiſts probably of 200 acres, the property of the duke
of Rutland, except the antient glebe of 5 or 6 acres,
Saltby heath, in the beginning of this century, was
famous for horſe-races. A plate of J. 50. given by
the duke of Rutland; another L. 50. raiſed by ſub-
ſcription, called The Whimfical Plate ; and matches,
During the ſummer were
matches alſo every Monday fortnight.
By Mr. Peck, who verſified on almoſt every ſubject,
the races, and a certain meteor occaſionally obſerved
in this place, are thus deſcribed :
© There Saltby Heath, where horſes often try
— —
The ſignal giv'n, they in a moment ſlart,
Amaz'd at their own fleetneſs, onward dart.
And, when the jockeys free let go the reins,
Shot like an arrow, ſtretch along the plains ;
With fuch celerity they ſcour away,
Themſelves ſo far off inſtantly convey;
No other quadrupede, bird, eye, or thought,
May rather for their parallel be brought.
As when the ſwallow hunts his food, not high,
But juſt above the ground you ſee him fly;
Our eyes, in order to enjoy the more,
Of ev'ry proſpect ſkim the ſurface o'er ;
Thought vaſtly quicker comprehends the whole,
And, like the nimbleſt racer, quick acquires the goal.
Oft travellers o'er that wide plain by night
Perceive a meteor *? on themſelves and horſes light,
Whoſe lambent pale flame all about them ſticks, .
And frights them-ſtrangely with its harmleſs tricks.
So many fancies it will ſometimes ſhew,
That even no phoſph'rus can its tricks outdo.“
The races were upon the decline for 40 or 50 years,
and entirely ceaſed at the incloſure, when the ſtables
became uſeleſs, and were conſequently deſtroyed.
The place was {till more famous for the purpoſes of
training and exerciſe. Here was turf of any length
for the hard and the tender-footed horſe : in wet
weather on the Heath; in dry weather on the Moor.
It is happy for the neighbourhood that there is an
end of all this, as the inhabitants had not the ſagacity
common in moſt public places to profit by the folly of
others, but neglected their buſineſs, and became
The village has yet the appearance of poverty,
though improving; good farm-houſes having been lately
built by the Rutland family, who on all occaſions wiſh
to make their dependents eaſy and comfortable.
The advantages of incloſure, by introducing a dif-
ferent ſyſtem of cultivation, is here ſtriking. The rental
of the pariſh was advanced from . 200. to .800.a year;
and the tenants, in the memory of the oldeſt inhabi-
tants, have never been in ſuch eaſy circumſtances.
The quality of the ſoil varies much; and, accord-
ing to the provincial term, is rather uſeful than good.
A great part indeed of what is yet called Heath is of
too ſhallow a ſoil and bad a quality to admit of much
cultivation, More than a thouſand ſheep are now
kept in the pariſh, beſides thoſe fed upon turneps in
the winter from other places.
The heath ground, Mr. Peck obſerves, is very
poor and unwholeſome for cattle. The ſheep that
feed on it often die mad of the wool-evil.
3 See the Hiſtory of that abbey, p. 152
7 Rot. Aux. 20 Edw. III.
1 This meteor is uſually called I, Jambeas, F. P. Mm
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FRaMLAND HuNDARD:)
On Saltby Moor is found in great plenty the Gen-
tiana autumnalis *, yeilam, à Gentio rege inyentore,
Anglice bitter-wort, or fel- wort“.
About a mile in an Eaſterly direction from the
town, on the boundaries of Saltby and Croxton, not
far from Saltby Rabbing Houſe, and about fix com-
uted miles from Margidunum?, is a rampart extending
From Eaſt to Weſt for nearly three-quarters of a mile,
conſiſting of a double ditch, and ſeveral pits or hol-
lows, one deeper than ordinary, into which deepeſt,
they ſay, were formerly ſtone ſtairs. There are alſo
two hills thrown up, one of which the firſt duke of
Rutland cauſed to be opened, and found it full of
bones. The entrenchment is ſaid to run hence a great
way; ſome ſay to Piper Hole, branching firſt towards
Braunſton. It goes by the name of King Lud's
Intrenchments. See plate LIII. fig. 1. From the Welt
it deſcends down a gentle valley, which it croſſes near
the Eaſt, and terminates on riſing ground at a pit
called The Tent, where, tradition ſays, king Lud was
killed. From ditch to ditch it is 7 yards broad; and
in other places not more than 4. Where the plough
and ſpade have ſpared it, it is 6 feet high. On the
South ſide near the Eaſt end are two barrows; one
cloſe to the ditch is 86 yards round, and about 8 feet
high; the other, at the diſtance of 60 or 70 yards,
is 96 yards round, and apparently of the ſame height.
This is the one above-mentioned, which has appa-
rently been opened ; two hollow places near the top
not being quite filled in.
At a gate near one of the barrows five roads meet;
Skillington- road on the South-eaſt ; Grantham North-
eaſt; Croxton North-weſt; Saltby, South- ſouth- weſt;
and Sproxton South-weſt. Half a mile nearer Sproxton
a ſingle ditch, with a mound on each fide, croſles the
road almoſt at right angles, the extent of which appears
not more than 200 yards; and a quarter of a mile
farther, is another running in the ſame direction for
three-quarters of a mile. See the plate, fig. 2. Theſe
two are called The Foulding Dykes; and the three en
trenchments, taken all together, The Three Dykes.
The dimenſions of the whole were taken only from
pacing and memory; accuracy is therefore not aſſerted,
Saliby Grange, on the South-eaſt corner of the lord-
ſhip, which, from appearances, has been an antient
incloſure of about 120 acres, though open with the
reſt of the Heath till 1772, joins the Folding Dyke
laſt mentioned; and abuts on the antient great Drift-
road to London, which runs on the boundary of the
counties of Lincoln and Leiceſter for many miles, but
is now nearly in diſuſe.
There is little doubt but this grange was of ſome
conſequence whilſt poſſeſſed by the abbot and convent
of Croxton, Foundations of buildings apparently
have covered four or five acres of land; many have
been dug up; others yet remain; and great quantities
of aſhes and cinders, particularly in one place, where
tradition ſays was a forge, have been ploughed up.
A well, cut out of the ſolid rock, 32 yards deep,
of a bell-like form at the bottom, was diſcovered here
ſome years ago: near the ſurface were leaden hori-
zontal pipes, to convey the water to different parts of
the buildings. Theſe were traced ; but the ciſterns
had been removed. The water is excellent.
Near the church, on the antient glebe, are alſo
foundations of buildings of a large extent very viſible,
concerning which there is no tradition.
The vicarage was burnt down in the laſt century,
again in the preſent, and is yet a poor place.
On the Weſt ſide of this town, near the foot-road
to Waltham, is a ſpring of chalybeate water.
The baſe of a croſs upon Saltby-Green is ſhewn in
plate LIII. fig. 3. ;
There is another croſs in the middle of the town
in ruins ; but no appearance of any carving upon it.
A ſmall filver coin, of the firſt or ſecond Edward,
turned up by the plough this preſent year, 1794, in
the vicar's new allotment, is engraved in plate LI.
fig. q Legend, zDw. R. ANGL, DNS. HYB.; reverſe,
CIVITAS LONDON,
3 Reliquiz Galeanz, in Bibl. Brit, Top. Ne II. p. 484.
Ex informatione viri reverendi Edw. Vernon, re&oris de Redmile, Dec. 2, 1729.
SALTBY, | 366
Ia 1564; there wete 22 families in Saltby z thoſe
of Beſcaldeby not being noticed.
The number of inhabitants in the pariſh at preſent
are 196, all of the Church of England of families
41, of which more than half, or 22, are day- labourers;
8 farmers; one blackſmith and farmer; 1 weaver;
1 maſon; 1 ſhopkeeper for groceries; 1 tailor; 2
victuallers, ſell ale only; 1 ſhoe- maker; 1 midwife,
a widow z and 2 other widows, houſe-keepers;
No freeholder occurs in the liſt of 1630.
At the general election in 1722, three freeholders
polled from this pariſh ; and the ſame number in 1778.
Nett expence of the poor in 1776, C. 27. 05. 14.
Medium of three years, 1783—1 785, /.67. 25. 11d.
Poor and conſtable levy united, 25s. in the pound;
highways, 3d. ; church, 4d. ; and the land-tax at 45.
Pays J. 37. 148. 11d. |
There is no perfect regiſter before 1 562.
An average of 10 years near the beginning gives
baptiſms about 4 yearly ; burials 3; marriages 14.
Average of 10 years about the Revolution give bap-
tiſms 9 ; burials 44 ; marriages 2.
Average 10 years ending with 1798, baptiſms 6;
burials nearly 5; marriages not quite 2.
The laſt fire, 48 years ago, conſumed the regiſlef
then in uſe, which luckily was not of long ſtanding.
The copy of that part of courſe is imperfeR, as all
the names conld not be remembered;
No marriage-regiſter kept where the parties have
ſigned their names till 1783. From that time to
1794 (11 years) are 20 marriages (3 by licence only),
25 bave written their names, and 15 have made marks:
Mr. Peck, who examined the regiſters about 1730,
has made from it the following extracts and remarks :
© In the firſt regiſter, Thomas Rouſe ſigns miniſte#
from 1567 to 1618 incluſive*. The inhabitants ſay, he
was a conjuror, a croſs-bowman, and a deer-ſtealer.
Nov. 16, 1567, buried John Vero, vicar.
April 4, 1589, T. Rouſe and Helen Danſie married.
Dec. 6, 1590, Anne, daughter of Thomas and
Helen Rouſe, baptized.
June 4, 1592, Helen, daughter of Thomas and
Helen Rouſe, baptized. |
July 2, 1626, Anne, widow of William Banks,
miniſter, buried.
Jan. 19, 1639, William Banks, vicar, buried.
He was ſucceeded by Francis Jephſon, my great
grand-father by the mother's ſide; outed in 1644.
William Hawſtead occurs vicar from 1652 to 1656
1658, Francis Jephſon regiſter from thence to
1670 incluſive. This Francis Jephſon was my grand-
father by the mother's fide. It ſhould ſeem, though
the living was taken from his father, he had ſome
little allowance made him for keeping the regiſter.
April 20, 1659. Francis Norton, gent. buried.
1660. Francis Jephſon, my great grandfather, re-
ſtored to his vicarage. In the civil war time his houſe
was robbed and plundered ſeveral times by the Round-
heads. In his time alſo the vicarage-houte was burut
to the ground by an accidental fire which began when
he was at church. He rebuilt it from the ground.
He had a better living in Nottinghamſhire ; but what
the name of the place was, I cannot yet learn.
Mary, the eldeſt daughter of my grandfather and
grandmother Francis and Anne Jephſon, baptized
March 1, 1662; [living, 1730, a maid, at Langham}.
Elizabeth, the ſecond daughter of my grandfather
and grandmother, Francis and Anne Jephſon, born
OR. 29, and baptized Nov. 6, 1664. [This Elizabeth
is my own dear mother, and now living, 1730, a widow.
Obiit about 7 in the morning 19 April, 1738, and was
buried the 2 iſt in the evening.) |
Martha, the third daughter of my grandfather and
grandmother Francis and Anne Jephſon, baptized
OR, 6, 1667 ; (and now living, 1730, a widow. Died
Dec. 31, 1733 ; buried at Langham. |]
Hannah, the fourth daughter of my gtandfather
and grandmother Francis and Anne Jephfon, born
Jan. 17, and baptized Jah. 23; 1669; [and now
living, 1730, a maid, at Langham. ]
* Littleton in voce.
He probably, as was the caſe in many other places, only tranſcribed the more early part,
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He was ſucceeded by William North.
Francis Jephſdn, vicar of Saltby, my great grand-
father, buried Dec. 15, 1670, #tatis 75. |
Nor muſt the church by me be quite unſung,
Since there his aſhes reſt from whence I ſprung.
And there a famous abbey-bell they have,
Whole deep note toll'd the dead man to his grave.
A pious good old prieſt he was, and trod,
As well as taught, the righteous ways to God.
Lie ſoft upon him, Earth ; let none moleſt
The reliques of thy Vicar, gone to reſt !”
He was ſucceeded by Nathaniel Aſh. =»
Anne, daughter of Nathaniel and Ellia Aſh, bap-
tized April 30, 1676.
Nathaniel Aſh, vicar, buried March 8, :679. He
was ſucceeded by Eliſha Sanderſon; who continued
here but about fix months, and then died at Bottesford.
: The CH
dedicated to St. Peter, ſtands on the North-eaſt fide.
of the town, and has a bleak aſpect. It conſiſts of a
nave, which is leaded, a chancel, which is flated, and
a Scuth porch. See a South-eaſt view of it, taken by
Mr, Schnebbelie in 1791, plate LIII.
At the Weſt end is the ſteeple, a ſtrong ſtone
tower, with four pinnacles, wherein are four bells,
which are thus inſcribed :
1. T. Willburne, Toby Norris caſt me, 168 t.
2. Toby Norris made me, 1636.
3+ Hic Honor Sanfle Caterine Martun:eu
4. HUJUS SCA pad.
The little bell is broken, and totally uſeleſs.
*The fourth, ſays Mr. Peck, they have a tradition,
came from Croxton abbey, where they ſay it was the
dinner-bell. A fancy I can hardly believe: great
bells being never, that I know of, rung for dinner,”
In the porch is the fragment of a pillar, being the
baſe of a boly-water ſtand ; fee plate LIIL fig. 5.
In this church Mr. Burton puts down this coat :
Argent, a croſs Gules; but it is now gone.
The altar is incloſed with a rail round the four
ſides, with ſeats round the whole.
The font is round, on a ſexagon baſe ; fig. 6.
Here is a pifcina, and a ſmall Jocker.
The ſeats are all open; and ſome of them are yet
ealled Bertſanby ſeats. *
The wake is the Sunday next after the feaſt of
St. Peter.
The church of Saltby was given to the priory of
Drax by William Paynell their founder; and confirmed
to them by Robert de Gaunt and Alice his wife“.
The prior of Drax, in Yorkſhire, was patron of
this church in the 5th of Henry III. The then par-
ſon was Walter de Hartflower, inſtituted by Hugh then
biſhop of Lincoln, paying to the ſaid prior, by au-
thority of Hugh late biſhop of Lincoln, three marks,
as it is ſaid. The monks of Blithe had then here two
garbs of the tithe of the demeſne of Stephen de
Gaunt from old time. This church had then a chapel
of eaſe at Bertſandby, which then ought to be ſerved
three days in a week by the mother church of Saltby.
Moreover, by a compoſition, the chapel ought to be
ſerved every day by a capellan there reſident *® _
A part of the cultura of Beſcaldeby was ſettled on
the church of Saltby+; and in 1258 two bovates
there are deſcribed as belonging to the church.
In the pontificate of biſhop Graveſend, who died
Dec. 18, 1379, the privilege of nominating an incum-
bent to the churches of Saltby and Great Glen was
obtained for the church of Lincoln; as was the ad-
vowſon of Gumley in this county, which ſtill conti-
nues in the patronage of the dean and chapter, who
will not be diſpleaſed to find here the ſolemn acknow-
ledgements of their predeceſſors in 1292.
% {n Dei nomine, Amen s. Inter virtutes ceteras
& caritatis opera quibus memoria felicis recordationis
domini Ricardi de Graveſend, Dei gratia, quondam
Lincolnicnſis epiſcopi, attolli promeruit, illa gratuita
beneficia que familiarius ad utilitatem & decorem
hujus Lincolnieuſis eccleſie ſponſe ſue, divinique cul-
tüs augnentum, multipliciter largitus eſt dum vixit,
, See, under that pariſh, p. 108.
* Sec Appendix, p. 85.
7 Hodit Ulceby.
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s Grantham All Saints.
North, baptized.
* See Appendix, N* XIX.
* Cart. Antiq. Cotton. XI. 43.
Sept. 27, 1682, John, ſon of William and Eleanor
Oct. 22, 1686, Mary, daughter of Willi
Eleanor North, baptized. ; dodgy
April 4, 1691, Frances, daughter of William and
Eleanor North, baptized,
OQ. 3, 1693, Helen, daughter of Willi
Eleanor Nerd baptized. * neg
Mr. North was removed in 1704 to Braunſton
where he is now, 17 30, the worthy rector; and was
ſucceeded in this vicarage by William Dand; who
removed to Granby, co. Nottingham; where he died
and was buried, f
He was ſucceeded here by the Rev. William Hol.
den; of whom ſee more in Eaton and Sproxton.”
URCH,
pro meriti ſui cumulo, & ne per tranſcurſum tempo-
ris cum tempore relabantur, preſenti pagine duximus
annotanda. Adquiſivit autem idem pius pater advoca-
tiones ecclefiarum de Suttonꝰ, Aleſby 7, Gritham *, de
Parva Byham, in archidiaconatu Lincolnienfi ; de
Waldegrave, Wynewyck, Craneford Sancti Johan-
nis, Fardingſton, & medietatis ecclefie de Teneford, in
archidiaconatu Northamptonienſi; item, eccleſiarum
de Twyford, Chalfount Sancti Egidii, & de Stoke Ha-
monis, in archidiaconatu Bockyngham, collationi epi-
coporum ecclefie Lincolnienſis qui pro tempore erunt
perpetuis temporibus duraturas. Procuravit etians
quod patroni vicariarum de Magna Glen & de Salte-
by, in archidiaconatu Leiceſtrie, debeant ad nomina-
tionem ſuam, & ſucceflorum ſuorum epiſcoporum Lin-
colnienſium, in vacationibus didarum vicariarum, eis ad
ipſas perſonas preſentare. Item & advocationem ec-
clcfie de Gomundele, in archidiaconatu Leiceſtrie, no-
bis decano & capitulo eccleſie ſue perpetuo ſimiliter
concedi procuravit. Dedit etiam idem pater ſupe-
riori altari ecclefie ſue & noſtre unum calicem aurc-
um ſumptuoſum & calicem argenteum, ſub titulo
Sancti Egidii, pro corporis Chriſſi veneratione, ac ad
ornamentum ejuſdem altaris crucem argenteam pulcher-
rimam cum pede in duplicibus feſtis in peQore ſa-
cerdotis proceſſionaliter deferendam. Y maginem quo-
que argenteam de Beati Virgine, cum duobus che-
rubin argenteis, ac diverſis etiam ſanctorum reliquiis,
philateriis, & ſcrineis argenteis, caſulis pretioſis, capis
chori, tunicis dalmaticis, aliis veſtimentis, ac velo Qua-
drageſimali valde pulcro & decenti. Rurſus, preter cc-
cleſiam de Yiftele *, quam appropriavit archidiacono
Oxon”, & annuas decem libras per ipſum procuratas
quati vicariorum de choro, diurna communia canoni-
corum, per largitiones ſuas capellarum de Burton,
Querendon, Stokes, & Bokeland, ecclefiarum de Paxton,
Hameldon, Bitham cum Helewelle, medietatis de Glen-
tham & Tawell, de conſuetis octo denariis ad duodecim
denarios cotidie eſt adaucta. Et, quod excellentius
eſſe videtur, ordinavit duodecim pueros, cum ſuo ma-
giſtro, miniſtraturos in eccleſià & inſimul conmanſuros,
competentem ſuſtentationem per omnia, de eccleſid de
Parva Aſheby, quarta parte ecclefie de Hibaldeſtowe;
penſionibus etiam de domibus religioſorum & quibul- -
dam aliis ſibi ſtatuendo. Nos ergo Philippus decanus
& capitulum eccleſie ſupradicte, hujus pia geſta memo-
riter recenſentes, & exinde tanquam naturaliter obli-
gati profectum anime dicti prioris per ſuſſragia noltra
procurare corditer cupientes ; volumus, & unanimiter
conceſſimus, quod dies obitas ſui, qui quinto decimo ka-
lendarum Januarii ab hac luce migravit ad Dominum,
in martirologio conſcribatur ; quodque diQto die annu-
atim hec omnia in capitulo noſtro coram nobis ſeri-
oſius perlegantur; & quod plenum ſervitium pondi-
ficum defunctorum pro ipſo ſimiliter in eceleſid voſtri
predictà fiat ſingulis annis ſolempniter imperpetuum
dicto die; ordinantes & ſtatuentes per deeretum, quod
in prefato die anniverſarii ſui, de bonis commune noſ-
tre, aſſumantur 5 marce, & per manus clerici com-
mune preſentibus canonicis & ceteris miniſtris ec-
cleſie diſtribuantur in hunc modum; videlicet, can001-
cis reſidentibus, connumerato inter eos cuſtode altaris
3 Burton, & Rot. de hoo anno.
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datione & mifſa preſentibus, 185 ; pauperibus clericis
eodem modo preſentibus 3s. ; clerico hoſpitalis 4d.
1eris 28.; ſacriſte, fi non fit vicarius, 8d.; clerico ſuo
3d.; clerico commune 8d.; clerico capituli 64.; duo-
bus capellanis celebrantibus pro anima Ricardi de
Faldingworth 6d. pro eo quod non debent eſſe vi-
carii, & tanquam tamen frequentabunt chorum tan—
uam vicarii; ſacriſte laico 4d.; garcioni ſuo 2d.;
vigill' 34.; ſcopario 2d.; pulſantibus claſſicum 6d.;
cuſtodi capitis beati Hugonis & feretri, & cuſtodi
tumbe beati Roberti, cuilibet 4d. ſi non ſint deprius
nominatis; alioquin portio ſua cum portione ſacriſte &
clerici ſui, fi ſint deante expreſſi; ac refiduum de ſumma
in uſus aliorum portantium habitum in choro ſecun-
dum diſcretionem dicti clerici in communa commit-
tatur. Et ut huic preſenti conceſſion noſtre perpe-
tuis temporibus plenior fides adhibeatur, banc paginam
de noſtro ſpeciali mandato inde contectam communi
ſigillo noſtro fecimus communiri, inter alia munimenta
eceleſie noſtre predicte fide liter reponendam. Datum
& actum in capitulo noſtro Lincolnie, nono kalendarum
Aprilis, anno Dñi M*cc* nonogeſimo ſecundo.“
VIC ARS.
Magiſter Achardus occurs miniſter before 1160.
Walter de Harteflower, vicar, 1221,
William de Pilton *, 1228,
John de Binnington, 1277 ?,
S AL. T B TJ. 367
B. Petri, 365; vicariis, tam in vigili quam in commen-
In 1344, the procurations for Saltby and Beſcaldeby
were 74. 644.; the church was taxed at 24 marks,
paid 3s. for Peter-pence. The archdeacon of Lei-
ceſter had allo a penſion from it of 451
In 1650, Saltby was returned as an impropriation
the rectory worth Z40.; the vicarage C. 20.; and the
incumbent as “ no preacher.” |
In an original roll, dated July 4, 1664, ſigned Mat-
thew Hale, under the title, © Exonerationes decima-
rum,“ I find this entry: * Vicar of Saltby 10s.”
In the preſent century the vicars of Saliby and
Sproxton have been the ſame. Mr. Dand, who was
preſented to Sproxton in 1695, had Saltby given him
in 1704; when Mr. Holden ſucceeded to Sproxton, and
in 1716 to Saltby. He held both vicarages till his
death in 1741; and they have not ſince been ſeparated.
This vicarage is deſcribed in Bacon's Liber Regis as
a diſcharged living, clear yearly value L£.25. 10s.
yearly tenths 145. But, ſince the expiration of the
leaſes of the incloſure, it is worth ſomewhat more than
£.60. a year.
The epilcopal procurations, for the reftory, are
25. 14.; for the vicarage 1s. 8d.
FATRONS
Sir William Paynell.
Hugh Wells, biſhop of Lincoln.
Prior and convent of Drax.
Richard Warner *, Nov. 18, 1424, on the death of laſt incumbent,
John Vero?, buried Nov. 16, 157,
Thomas Rouſe figns the regiſter 1 5679—1618,
William Bankes, buried 1639,
Francis Jephſon, 1652; deprived 1644 ;
William Hawſted 5, 1652—1656,
Joſeph Smith,
Francis Jephſon, reſtored 1660 ; died 1670,
Nathaniel Aſh, April 18, 1671,
Eliſha Sanderſon, Aug. 9, 1678,
William North, June 14, 1680,
William Dand, Aug. 11, 1704,
William Holden“, Oct. 1, 1716,
Abraham Goſe, Feb. 16, 1741-2 died in 1762,
John Walker, April 19, 1763; died Sept. 20, 1787,
{Edward, third earl of Rutland.
George, ſeventh earl of Rutland.
The Protector and Council.
John, eighth carl of Rutland.
John, ninth earl, and firſt duke, of
Rutland,
John, ſecond duke of Rutland.
John, third duke of Rutland.
Daniel Kitchin, Jan. 3, 1788 ; died April 24, 1791 * ducheſs of Rutland, Henry
William Mounſey ?, inducted July 1791,
duke of Beaufort, and others.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS,
In the chancel, within the altar, on the floor, an
old ſtone for a vicar, the inſcription round the edge,
but in part gone. See plate LIII. fig. 7.
Edward Hawley, died Sept. 20, 1781, aged 73.
Elizabeth, his wife, died Sept. 14, 1781, aged 74.
Robert Wiſeman died March 14, 1778, aged 81.
The name ſeems Richard Warner; but quond' vicar”
iſti' eccl'e ſtands below his name, after what follows qui
obiit z the cutter, it ſeems, having forgot that at firſt.
This inſcription, as may be eaſily ſupplied where
gone, ſtood thus :
F Orate pco anima d'ni Kicardi Warner, qui obiit
r die menſis
. anno d' ni M. CCC
cujus ai'e p'pitiet Deus. Amen.
On a flat ſtone within the communion rails:
In memory of the Rev. DANIEL K1iTCain,
vicar of Saltby and Sproxton,
who died April 24, 1791, aged 34 years.”
In the nave are no inſcriptions.
The monuments in the church-yard not numerous ;
and ſuch as have exceeded three ſcore years and ten
are one fourth part of the whole.
Grace, the wife of Robert Hawley, died April 22,
1764, aged 91.
Mary his wife died Nov. 27, 1771, aged 77.
William Jackſon died July 3o, 1791, aged 77.
Elizabeth, wife of Amos Jackton, died May 29,
1758, aged 81.
John Aſh died June 17, 1769, aged 82.
Sarah, wife of John Aſh, died July 4, 1783, aged $5,
Mary, wife of John North, died Feb. 19, 1763,
aged 82.
Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Allen, died Feb. 1,
1776, aged 84.
William Ward died Feb. 1, 1776, aged 84.
Anne his wife, died Dec. 16, 1763, aged 71.
Ellen, wife of Ralph Oſborn, died July 19, 1771,
aged 83.
"Mary, wife of William Burgin, died Dec. 24, 1767,
aged 81.
The return made to the houſe of commons, in 1786,
in anſwer to the enquiry reſpecting the charitable
donations in this pariſh, may be ſecn in p. 11.
* Preſented by biſhop Hugh Wells, with permiſſion of the convent of Drax,
In this year the Ordinatio Vicarie occurs in the biſhop's regiſter at Lincoln.
3 Reg. Chichley, ſede Lincoln. vacante, fol. 251. a.
la the certificate referred to under Howes, p. 221, Mr. Vero is thus deſcribed : “ Preſbyter, non conjugatus ; mediocriter
doctus; reſidet; hoſpitalis; deget ibidem; non licentiatus, nec prædicat; nullum aiud habet.“
5 Afterwards rector of Muſton. See p- 291.
* He was fined G. 1 50. by the committee of ſequeſtration.
7 He was buried at Sproxton, where he was alſo vicar, Jan. 29, 1741-2.
* See his epitaph in this page.
Very much to the honour of the noble owners of Belvoir, the ſervices of Mr, Mounſey as curate of Bottesford (lee p. 103)
were rewarded in 1791 by a preſentation to the two neighbouring vicarages of Sultby and Sproxton, I reluctantly forhear in
this place to add what repeated obligations for literary affiſtance, in the progreſs ot my reſearches in the Hundred of Framland,
moſt ſtrictly demand; and which it would give me ſincere pleaſure to acknowledge in the warmeſt terms, if I were not con-
2 that to ſay more would be offenſive to modeſt merit,
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K BY;
in antient writings called Beſcolby, Beſcaldeby, Beſ-
caudeby, Berchaſſheia, and Bertſandby, originally a
hamlet within the pariſh of Saltby, lies on the Weſtern
extremity of the lordſhip, part of which is abſorbed
in Croxton Park, and has been of old time ſo imme-
diately connected with Saltby, that the principal
owners have been already enumerated under that
townſhip.
Henry de Gaunt, lord of Sauteby and Beſcaudeby,
had a ſervant named Henry, who aſſumed the name
of Gaunt, and on whom the firſt Henry beſtowed the
lordſhip of Beſcaudeby, reſerving the ſervice of half
a knight's fee to himſelf and his heirs, and the homage
of the ſecond Henry and his heirs. This ſecond
Henry was the father of fir Philip de Gaunt and fir
Robert de Gaunt.
After the death of Maurice Fitz- Harding, other-
wiſe called Gaunt, in 1229, Beſcaby became, with
Saltby, the property of Geoffry Luttrel; who con-
firmed to the abbey of Croxton all the lands they
held there of his fee by the grants of Philip de
Gaunt, chevalier, and Robert his brother *; and this
Geoffry was progenitor to fir Andrew Luttrel, knt.
who in 1346 (on the aid then granted for knighting
Edward of Woodſtock, the king's eldeft ſon) was
aſſeſſed 20s. for half a knight's fee in Saltby and Beſ-
colby, parcel of the fee of Gaunt*; and who, in
1363, gave the reſt of this village and that of Saltby
to the ſaid abbey?*; after whoſe diflolution it came to
the family of Manners, and is now the inheritance of
Jobn-Henry duke of Rutland.
The regiſter of Croxton Abbey preſerves the fol-
lowing particulars relative to this hamlet, and of their
ſeveral benefactors here.
By an inquiſition taken in 12 56, it appeared that
Beſcaudeby anſwered to the king for two plough-
lands; and that a virgate of land there was capable
of maintaining two horſes, four oxen, and cows with
their ſuite, for a year, thirty ſheep with their young,
four hogs with their young, and four geeſe with a
gander; and that Robert Fitz-Hugh had over-ſtocked +
the paſture by 57 ſheep. |
By another inquiſition in 1258, it was ſaid that
every bovate could depaſture three of the larger ani-
mals (graſſa animalia), fifteen ſheep, two hogs, and
three geeſe.
At the ſame time proper boundaries were agreed
upon between the lands of the abbot of Croxton and
thoſe of Robert de Gaunt, the then lord of Beſcaudeby.
Eight ploughlands in Beſcaudeby made half a
knight's fee ; and the lord was bound to perform fo-
reign ſervice for the whole of his demeſne.
The whole townſhip was anſwerable for half a
knight's fee; namely, the lord and his ſuite for one
quarter; and Achardus for the other quarter. The
fee of Achardus, though double that of the lord, was
anſwerable to him for only half the ſervice of the
whole town, namely, twelve bovates; and each bo-
vate, in a ſcutage of ten marks, paid 10d.
Robert de Ganth, lord of Beſcaudeby, had fourteen
bovates in demeſne, which his father had ſo held,
with fix in additionz namely, one bovate held by
William Fuvenis, one by Walter Præpeſilus, one by Roger
le Daneys, and a virgate by Richard Palmer ; 23 bo-
vates in the whole.
Achardus, lord of Sproxton, held three bovates and
half an acre; Robert Fitz Hugh four bovates and two
1 Cart. 9 Edw. II. n 68.
* Superoner avit, ſurchorged.
prior of Drax, with the biſhop's approbation. One
Rot. Aux, 20 Edw. III.
acres freely; Achard Fita alter one bovate + and
two belonged to the church of Saltby. '
The abbey of Croxton had thirteen bovates and
twelve acres, excluſive of Wlweſwong.
The abbot of Croxton had five tofts in the town
of Beſcaudeby, for which he received 10s, yearly ;
a virgate, producing half a mark; and a toſt, held by
Roger the Smith, at a rent of 4s.
Hugo the Smith paid to the abbey 1cd. for one
bovate.
The abbot himſelf held there, under Achardvs, two
bovates and a half; and of Walter, the ſon of Simon
two bovates and a half more; and for one of theſe
four bovates, all of which were part of the lord of
the manor's fee, Roper the Smith, of Waltham, was
his under-tenant. he abbot held ſixteen bovates
under Achardus and Walter, in pure alms; and had
alſo two bovates of the land of Maud, two of Bene-
dict's, and one of the lord's demeſne.
Total of lands belonging to the lord of Beſcaudeby,
and to his free tenants and ruſtics (ruſticorum), fixty
bovates and a half, and three acres and a half cf
arable land.
Total of carucates belonging to freemen and ſer-
vants {liberis & ſervis) ſeven and a half; with half a
bovate, and two acres and a half of arable land.
The principal benefactors to Croxton abbey in this
hamlet were theſe :
Avicia de Romeilli gave two bovates of land, with
all her demeſne, in Wlveſwong.
Jordan Furches, a bovate, with meadow and paſture,
Robert de Gaunt, a bovate, with paſture.
Magiſter Achardus, rector of Saltby, a bovate, with
its appurtenances, and a paſture.
Robert Luitrell, fon of Geoffry, confirmed to them,
in pure alms, all the lands and tenements of his fee in
this lordſhip, which had been given by fir Philip de
Gaunt, knight, and his brother Robert de Gaunt, and
by Philip de Gaunt, the fon of Robert. |
Robert de Gaunt the younger, two bovates and
three acres. | |
Philip de Gaurt, three bovates and three acres in
one cultura; a meadow of thirty acres ; forty acres of
arable land; beſides paſture for eighty ſheep and
their lambs, ſix oxen cows, and two horſes.
The cultura of Wiveſwong was alſo given by Jor-
dan, and confirmed by all the ſeveral perſons above-
mentioned, and alſo by Maurice de Gaunt, and the
part of this cultura, however, belonged to the church
of Saltby.
John, ſon of Benedict of Stoneſby, two bovatcs, with
their appurtenances.
Maud the younger, two bovates, with meadows and
feeding ground (paſcuis ).
Beſcoldby had formerly a chapel ſerved three days
in the week from the mother church, though no re-
mains of it can be traced with any certainty.
The lordſhip at preſent conſiſts only of a farm-houſe
and a cottage; but many motes and foundations of
buildings are yet viſible.
It contains about 7 or 800 acres of antient inclo-
ſure, and is now conſidered as extra-parochial, being
taxed diſtinctly from the village of Saltby.
In this manor is Holwell-ſpring, which gives riſc to
the river Eye, and is increaſed by many other large
ſprings in the pariſh of Saltby.
3 Eſch, 37 Edw. III. n. 57.
SAX BT,
in antient writings called Saxeby, Shakteſby, Saſby,
Saxleby, and in modern pronunciation Sawceby, is
bounded on the North by Garthorpe; on the Eaſt
and South by Wymondham ; and on the Weſt by
Freby. It is four miles diſtant from Melton Mow-
bray, the neareſt market-town 5; nineteen from Lei-
ceſter; and, in the eccleſiaſtical diviſion of the county,
is within the deanry of Framland.
Saxebi, which in the time of Edward the Confeſſor
contained fix ploughs, and was worth twenty ſhillings
a year, remained at the ſame value at the time of the
Norman ſurvey, when it contained five ploughlands,
and was held by Hugo Muſard under the counteſs
Judith, One plough was occupied in the demeſne;
and two villans, with fix ſocmen, had three ploughs.
There were fixty acres of meadow, and a mill of
four ſhillings *.
Another portion of this lordſhip is deſcribed in
Domeſday as containing five ploughlands ; and in this
portion nine villans had three ploughs. There was a
mill of two ſhillings value; and 60 acres of meadow.
In the ſurvey, the valuation of this portion is included
in that of Stapleford; and it appears to have ever
ſince accompanied that lordſhip *.
It is generally thought this pariſh was of conſider-
able extent; but, from the want of records, its antient
dimenſions cannot now be aſcertained. There appear
to have been originally two diſtin villages ſtanding
near each other : one, which ſtill remains, a pariſh of
itſelf, having its own church and rector in 1220 and
ever ſince; the other, a chapelry to Stapleford, as it
certainly was in the fame year, but how long after is
not now known. All this, however, is demonſtrable
from a conſideration of the eſtate of the two towns
and churches of Saxeby and Stapleford, as ſet down
in the Matriculus of biſhop Wells, under the account
of the advowſon of thoſe two places.
In Madox's Hiſtory of the Exchequer * occurs an
entry, that, in 1174, Henry de Pirariis (a miſtake poſ-
ſibly for de Ferraris) was indebted ten marks, that
his recognizance concerning lands at Saxby might
remain, and that a diſpute between himſelf and Milliam
de Pirariis ſhould be adjuſted,
Robert Ferrars earl of Nottingham, when he founded
the priory of Bredon, about 1180, beſtowed on it,
among other gifts, an annual payment of 4os. in
Saxby, within the ſoke of Stapleford; which was con-
firmed to them by William de Ferrars earl of Derby ;
and again by Hugo de Ferraris, nephew to the founder.
In the laſt- mentioned confirmation, this grant is ex-
Plained to be the mill at Sapleford ſuper Tret; and at
Saxebi four virgates of land, with the villans by whom
It was occupied; and a rent of 12d. alſo at Saxeby,
from a virgate held there by a certain prieſt +,
In the Teſta de Nevill, Saxby is only once occa-
ſionally mentioned. On the aid granted to king Hen-
ry III, in 1235, towards the marrying of his ſiſter
with the emperor of the Romans, John de Sproaton
paid four marks for two fees in Sproxton, Saxby, and
Thorpe, which he held under the fee of the carl of
Cheſter, as part of the honour of Huntingdon ; and
in the following year the ſame John de Sproxton ob-
E
tained from the king à regular grant of the manors of
Sproxton and Saltby, and of free-warren in Pickwells.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Saxby, Stapleford, and
Freatheby, anſwered collectively as one vill;
Among the records of the Exch quer, in 1292, is
noticed a plca between Thomas Brabazon querent', and
Roger Brabazon and his wife defend, concerning 30
librates of land in Sproxton, Saxby, and Pickwell s.
In 1297, John de Hamelyn and Nicholas de Grendale
held the tenth part of a knight's fee de terra de Belaw
in Saxeby ( Nether-hall probably), of Edmund earl af
Lancaſter, the king's brother, deceaſed, by homage
and 12d. a year rent; fir William de Veſci alſo held
two carucates of land in demeſne, and ten virgates of
land in villenage, and four cottages in Stapleford and
Saxeby, of the earl aforeſaid z and the ſaid earl held
the advowſon of the church of Saxeby,”.
In 1317, it appeared that Roger le Brabazon, de-
ceaſed, and Beatrix his wife, were ſeiſed of the manor
of Saxeby, which came into the king's hands by the
forfeiture of Robert Bruce“; that it was held of the
king, as of the honour of Huntingdon; that it owed
ſuit, from three weeks to three weeks, at the court of
Huntingdon, for all ſervice; and that Matthew le
Brabazon, brother to the aforeſaid Roger, and his
next heir, was aged 40 ?.
In 1338, Roger Brabazon was lord of Saxby.
In 1346, Henry Moton (on the aid then granted for
knighting Edward of Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt
ſon) was aſſeſſed 20s. for half a knight's fee lying in
Stapleford, Saxby, and Thorpe, parcel of the fee of
Tutbury and Baſſet. The prior of Bredon was aſſeſſed
at 12d. for the fortieth part of one knight's fee lying in
Saxby, parcel of the fee of Tutbury and Baſſet. And
— Caltoft and Jobn Carthorpe were aſſeſſed 10s.
or a quarter-of one knight's fee in Saxby, parcel of
the honour of Huntingdon .
In 1361, fir Jobn de Folevyle, who then poſſeſſed the
whole of the manor of Saxby, gave to Ralph Sachevyl
rector of Twyford, Thomas de Gaddeſby rector of Aſhby
Folvile, Lawrence Hawberk, and others, the reverſion
of one moiety of that manor, with the lands, &c.
thereto belonging, together with the manor and ad-
vowſon of Tye (now called Teigh *'), in Rutland, and
the manor of Thirleby, co. Lincoln. Witneſſes, fir Ro-
ger Beler, fir Matthew de Fol vile, Geffrey Vilers, &c. “
Guido de Rencliffe, clerk, in 1376, releaſed to Law-
rence, fon of Robert Hatoberk, all his right in the
manors of Stapleford and Saxby; co. Leiceſter; and
of Barwe in Rutlandſhire; and the reverſion of lands
at Scalford, held by Agnes the mother of Lawrence“,
who was the daughter and heir of Walter Bernack ;
after which it came to Lawrence Hawberk, kat. ; and
from him, by Agnes his daughter, firſt married, in
1381, to ſir Hugh Calveley, and afterwards, in 1402,
to Robert Sherard, eſq. the property of the Hawberks
at Saxby was divided, in two reſpective moieties, be-
tween thoſe two families .
In the ſubſidy of 1416 (when the county of Lei-
ceſter was rated at £.7 57. 125. 114d.) Saxby paid 495.
In that of 1445, Saxby was rated at L. 2. 9s. and an
abatement was made of 5s.
* Hugo Myſard* tenet de Comitila 5 carucatas terra in Saxeby. Ibi 6 carueæ fuerunt. Nune in dominico 1 caruca ; & 2
villani cum 5 ſocmanni habent 3 carucas, Ibi 60 acre prati, & molinum de 4 ſolidis. Valuit & valet 20 ſolidos,” Domeſday,
P. 236. b. 2.
* In Saxecbi ſunt g carucate terre pertinentes ad Stapeford. Ibi g villani habent 3 carucas ; & molinum de 2 ſolidis, &
acrz prati,
P. 310; Mag. Rot, 21 Henry II. Rot. a, Warr' & Leyc'.
Precium ejus in Stapeford,” Ibid, p. 233. a. 2.
DPugd. Mon. Ang. vol. III. p. 62; and ice the ſeveral charters, under the Hiſtory of Bredon, from the original regiſter, in
he poſſeſſion of Robert earl Ferrers, 1794.
Cart. 41 Hen. III.
* Eſch. 11 Edw. II. Ne 42. Leic.
'3 Clauſ. 5o Edw. III. p. 1. m. 4.
2 |
As o Rec. in Scaccario, 20 Edw. I.
Esch. 25 Edw. I. Ne gr. Leic. See farther particulars of this inquiſition under Stapleford.
80 10 Rot. Aux. 20 Edw. III.
The earl of Harborough is proprietor of the lordſhip and rectory.
Ex libro de Lovel.
See Appendix, p. 139,
34 MS. Chetwynd. Sce farther particulars under. Stapleford.
In
310 HISTORY AN ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE:
In 1457, Thomas Chaworth, knt. died ſeiſed of two
meſſuages, two virgates of land, and four acres of
meadow in Saxby *. -
In 1499, Ralph Conſtable died ſeiſed, in right of
Anne his wife, of certain lands and tenements in
Sawceby *,
Aug. 18, 1544, it appeared that Richard Peck, de-
ceaſed, was ſeiſed of certain lands in Saxby, late par-
cel of the poſſeſſions of the diſſolved monaſtery of
Brooke, co. Rutland ; and that they were held of
the king in capite *.
In 1554, John Hunt was diſcharged of a payment
of 191. 85, 64. which had been demanded of him as
an annual rent for lands and tenements in Wymond-
ham aud Saxby, belonging to the late chantry of
Wymondham 4,
The abbot and convent of Laund poſſeſſed ſome
property in Chaworth manor at Saxby, as appears by
the following particulars, from authentic records“:
Libero redditu Jo. Chaworth militis, exeunte
de terris & tenementis ibidem, modo in tenura
Alexandri Fiſher, per ann', ſolvend' ad feſtum
Sci Michis Archi tantum, iiis. ii
Redd” diverſar* terrarum & tenementorum
ibidem inter diverſos tenentes ad voluntatem
domini dimiſſ' per annum, ſolvend' ad feſt
Annunc' Dñice & STi Michis Archi equaliter,
| Ixiis. viiid,
Firm” unius tenementi & crofti continent”
unam acre terre & dim', & fix acr' terre ?
arabilis, cum omnibus ſuis pertinentiis, dimiſſꝰ
Rado Burton, per ind* con' difti nuper mo-
naſterii, dat* xxviii® Aprilis, anno regni regis
Henrici VIII, a feſto Sci Michaelis Arch-
angeli ult' ante dat' præd', pro termino Lx
annorum; reddend' per annum ad feſt' pred”
ꝓ firma on' cum omnibus reparationibus
præter grofl” maeremium & collig' redd'
præd' ibidem ad alloc' feod' ys. per annum,
F xlvis. vind.
The premiſſes do not lye nere to eny the king and
quenes highneſs* honors, manors, caſtels, foreſtes, or
chaſes, reſerved for ther mais accefle, nor be parcell
of eny thauncyent demeanes of the crowne, nor of
the duchies of Lancaſter or Cornewall.
There is no more Jands in the ſaid toune of Sax-
bie, parcell of the ſame poſſeſſions.
What woods or underwoods be upon the premiſſes
thauditor knoweth not; whether ther be eny mynes
or leade upon the pmiſles thauditor knoweth not.
What eſtate and intereſt the tenants have therein is
above declared. Ex. p Jo. Swifte, Auditor.”
« xxi1® die Maii, 1557, rated for Thomas Chibnall.
Ihe clere yerely value of the premiſſes cx115.
viiid, ; which, ratyd at xxvii years purchaſe, amoun-
—
Saxbye valet in
Summa, cxiis. viii.
teth to clii li. ii 8. the money to be paid in hand be-
fore ye eighie of June next.
The kinge and quenes mati to diſcharge the pur-
chaſer of all things and incumbrances made or done
by their maj-ſties, except leaſes.
The purchaſer to diſcharge the king and quenes ma-
jeſties of all fees and repryſes going out of the premiſes.
The tenure in ſocage.
The purchaſer to have thiſſues from the feſt of
our Lady laſt paſte.
The purchaſer to be bounde for the woods.
The leade, bells, and advowſons, to be excepted,
Wi. Petre, Frauncys Englefeld, E. Waldegrave.”
In 1558, fir Thomas Calveley, knt. died ſeiſed of a
moiety of Hawberk's manor, and of a third part of
the advowſon of the church *,
George Sherard, eſq. of Stapleford, high-ſheriff of
the county in 1567, obtained Chaworth's manor at
Saxby in 1573; and died Aug. 26, 1575, ſeiſed of that
manor and of Hawberk's manor, and lands at Saxby,
Eſch. 37 Hen. VI. * Eſch. 15 Hen VII.
Harl. MSS. N' 606. p. 75.
Cole's Eſcheats, vol. V. (Harl. MS$. 760.) p. 407.
9 Lich. 43 Eliz.
3 V1 -
3 Eſch. 36 Hen. VIII.
* Eſch. 1 Eliz. m. 125.
See farther particulars under Stapleford,
> Cole's Eſcheats, vol. VII. (Harl. MSS. 411.) p. 55.
held of the honour of Leiceſter, parcel of the dutchy of
Lancaſter; leaving Francis his ſon and heir, aged 37”.
Jan. 11, 1594-5, it appeared that Francis Sherard,
_ eſq. deceaſed, was ſeiſed of the manor of Saxby, held
of the queen, as of the honour of Leiceſter, by the
ſervice of a twentieth part of one knight's fee; and
that he died Dec. 11, 15945. He left three ſons, fir
Philip, fir George, and fir William.
It appears, by an inquiſition taken at Melron Mow.
bray, Dec. 20, 1601, before 'Thomas Holbeche, eſq.
eſcheator, that Maurice Berkeley, on the day of his
death, was ſeiſed in his demeſne, as of fee, of lands
in Saxby, held of the ſaid queen as of the fee of Fer.
rers, parcel of the dutchy of Lancaſter, by the ſervice
of half a knight's fee ?.
Sir Philip Sherard dying without iſſue, April 27,
1624 ; his property at Saxby devolved to his youngeſt
brother, fir William Sherard.
A moiety of one of the manors, and a third part of
the advowlon of Saxby, held of the honour of Hunt.
ingdon by the eighth part of a knight's fee, was the
property of John Tompſon, gent. who married Alice,
daughter op.. . . and died 6 Nov. 2 Car. I.
leaving John his ſon and heir, 16 years old, 1 Oct. 1627 w.
Sir William Sherard was created lord Sherard, baron
Letrym in the kingdom of Ireland, July 10, 1627; and
dying April 16, 1640 his property at Saxby de-
ſcended to his ſon Bennet lord Sherard ; who dying in
1700, it came to his fon,
Bennet lord Sherard, created baron of Harborough,
1715 ; viſcount Sherard of Stapleford, 1718; and next
year earl of Harborough; who, poſſeſſing by deſcent
two thirds of the advowſon, purchaſed the other third,
with the remainder of the lordſhip, from John Richard-
ſon, eſq. the then owner, who as ſuch had preſented
to the rectory * in 1691.
In 1718, an act was paſſed, for veſting the great
tithes and glebe lands of and belonging to the rectory
of the church of Saxby, alias Saſby, alias Saxleby, in
the county of Leiceſter, in the right honourable
Bennet lord Harborough and his heirs, in lieu of, and
exchange for, other lands; and an annuity or rent-
charge, to be ſettled on the rector of the ſaid church
and his ſucceſſors for ever; and alſo for ſettling an-
other annuity, or yearly rent-charge, on the vicar of
Stapleford, in the ſame county, and his ſucceſſors, in
lieu and diſcharge of the ſmall tithes payable for ſuch
lands in the pariſh of Stapleford as lie diſperſed in the
common field, called Saxb- Field; which ſtates, that
Bennet lord Harborough was then ſeiſed, to him and
his heirs, of and in the manor of Stapleford, with its
rights, members, and appurtenances, in the county of
Leiceſter, and of the rectory and the advowſon of the
vicarage of Stapleford, and of the tithes of corn,
grain, and hay, and all other tithes belonging to the
ſaid rectory, ariſing within the fields, precinas, or
territories, of Stapleford ; and alſo of and in the ma-
nor of Saxby, alias Saſby, alias Saxleby, and the pa-
tronage, advowſon, and right of preſentation, of, in,
and to, the church of Saxby, alias Saſby, alias Saxleby,
with its rights, members, and appurtenances, and of
divers meſſuages, lands, tenements, and hereditaments,
in the pariſhes, fields, or precincts, of Stapleford and
Saxby ; and that Francis Kelham, clerk, as rector of
Saxby, was ſeiſed of an eſtate, to him and his ſuc-
ceſſors, in right of his church, of the tithes of corn,
grain, and hay, and other great tithes, arifing within
the town, pariſh, fields, and precincts, of Saxby, of the
annual rent or yearly value of £.40. at the moſt, and
alſo of the parſonage-houſe of Saxby, with out-
houſes, orchards, and gardens, and alſo of certain glebe
lands belonging to the rectory, lying diſperſed in the
common fields of Saxby, of the yearly value of J. 12.
at the moſt : and that part of the lands and heredi-
taments before · mentioned, in the pariſh of Stapleford
aforeſaid, the eſtate and inheritance of the ſaid lord
Trin. Rec. 1 & 2 Phil. & Mar. Rot. 31.
a
o Eſch. 37 Eliz.
11 See the particulars of the Inquiſition taken after his death, under Stapleford.
* At that period lord Sherard had two turns, and Mr, Richardſon one, The whole is now lord Harborovgh's.
Harborough,
FRAMLAND HUNDAED.
Harborough, lying diſperſed in ſeveral places in Saxby-
Field, were liable to the payment of vicarial tithes to
Francis Storer, clerk, vicar of Stapleford, and his
ſucceſſors ; which were, on an average, of the yearly
value of £.4+ at the moſt: and that the lord Harbo-
rough was defirous, for the improvement of his eſtate,
to incloſe ſuch part of it as was then unincloſed, in
the fields, pariſh, precincts, or territories, of Stapleford
and Saxby ; and, the better to enable him therein, to
purchaſe of the ſaid Francis Kelham, rector of Saxby,
or his church, the ſaid tithes of corn, grain, and hay;
and other the great tithes belonging to the ſaid rec-
tory of Saxby, ariſing out of the lands, tenements,
and hereditaments, in the town, pariſh, fields, or pre-
cincts, of Saxby, and alſo the glebe lands, tenements,
and hereditaments, belonging to the rectory, and held
by Francis Kelham in right of the ſaid church; and
alſo to purchaſe of the ſaid Francis Storer, vicar of
Stapleford, or his church, the vicarial tithes charged
vpon ſuch of the ſaid lands and hereditaments in the
pariſh of Stapleford as lie diſperſed in Saxby Field ;
and to that end had propoſed and agreed, as ſoon
as the faid tithes and glebe-lands could be well
and effectually veſted in him and his heirs, to veſt in
the ſaid Francis Kelham and his ſucceflors, rectors of
Saxby, one annual ſum or yearly reni-charge of £.55.
to be charged upon the lands and hereditaments of
the ſaid lord Harborough, ſituate and being in Saxby
aforeſaid, for ever, in exchange for the ſaid great
tithes of Saxby ; and alſo to veſt in the ſaid Francis
Kelham and his ſucceſſors, for ever, in exchange for
the glebe-lands of or belonging to the ſaid rectory,
lands of inheritance of a greater value, and lying in
the pariſh, fields, or precincts, of Saxby aforeſaid ;
and alſo to veſt in the ſaid Francis Storer and his
ſucceſſors, vicars of Stapleford, for ever, in right of
the ſaid vicarage, a yearly rent-charge of £.6. to be
charged upon the lands and hereditaments of the ſaid
lord Harborough, in Stapleford aforeſaid, in exchange
for the vicarial tithes charged upon ſuch of the ſaid
lands and hereditaments in the ſaid pariſh of Staple-
ford as lie diſperſed in Saxby-Field ; and that the
faid Francis Kelham and Francis Storer were willing
to accept of the ſaid propoſal, and that ſuch pur-
chaſe and exchange ſhould be made, in regard that
the ſame would be a manifeſt advantage to them and
their ſuccefſors, and an improvement of the revenues
of their reſpeQive churches ; and that Edmund then
lord biſhop of Lincoln had conſented thereto; but
ſuch ſertlements, aſſurances, and exchanges, could not
be made effectual, according to the courſe of the
common laws of this kingdom, without the aid of
parliament : By this act therefore it was directed that
all the great tithes belonging to the reftory of Saxby,
and all the glebe or parſonage lands belonging to the
rectory (except the parſonage-houſe, with its out-
houſes, orchards, and gardens), and ſuch of the vica-
rial tithes of Stapleford as aroſe from. the open field
of Saxby, ſhould, from March 25, 1719, be veſted
in Bennet lord Harborough and his heirs; and that
thenceforward a rent-charge of C. 55. ſhould be pay-
able, out of the manors, lands, &c. of Saxby, to the
rector for the time being, payable half yearly in the
church-porch, without any deduRtion, except for land-
tax. A piece of ground in The Church Leys, con-
taining 8 acres, and one other piece abutting on Wy-
mondham hedge ſouth of 16 acres, were alſo veſted
SAXBY. i Fk
in the rector for the time being; which t̃ent- charge
and lands were to be a full compenſation for all tithes,
duties, and rights of common, claimed by the ſaid
rectors, except mortuaries, wedding, chriſtening; -
churching, and burial fees, cuſtomary fees for com-
municants, and other ſurplice fees. A farther rent-
charge of . 6. a year is to be paid, out of the manor
lands, &c. of Saxby, to the vicar of Stapleford for the
time being, without any deduction whatever, as a full
compenſation for all vicarial tithes ariſing from lands
belonging to that pariſh diſperſed in Saxby-Field,
except mortuaries, &c. as before excepted in Saxby.
Ihe family eſtate ar Saxby (with many others) was,
in 1732, veſted in Thomas Noel, eſq. and Joſeph Dan-
vers, eſq. in truſt, under the will of Bennet earl of
Harborougb, to ſupport contingent remainders“.
In the demoliſhed village was TheUpper Hall, a large
manor houſe, originally inhabited by an anceſtor of
lord Harborough, which was gradually ſliced to ſup-
ply the defects of other buildings, till there was hardly
left one ſtone upon another. The oldeſt perſon in
the place remembers the demolition of 10 houſes.
Of the Nether Hall there remains not a veſtige.
At no conſiderable diſtance from the old church
ſtood alſo the chapel which was dependent in Staple-
ford ; but it has long fince been deſtroyed. The bell
of this chapel was given by the then lord Harborough
to his apothecary, who lived at Melton, who turned
it into a mortar, where it reverted again to its accuſ-
tomed office, of frequently ringing the peal of death.
By the following extract from a rental of the precep-
tory of Rodeley, it appears that the Knights Hoſpi-
tallers had ſome conſiderable property in this townſhip.
Reddit. villatæ de Saxby valet 4/. 15. 14.
Reddit. ſervicii ejuſdem manerii valet per annum
71. 6s. 8d. |
Reddit. de volunt. ejuſdem manerii 3l. 55. 44.
This pariſh is ſituated on a gentle declivity, which,
with its gravelly bottom, renders it generally dry.
The water is excellent. Although the gravel lies
very near the ſurface in and about the village, yet
the lordſhip chiefly conſiſts of a dark ſtiff clay.
The lordſhip is incloſed, and not above a tenth of
it upon tillage. |
No ſtatute-fair is held in this place.
Men-ſervants' wages per annum are from 6 to 10
pounds; and maids' from 3 to 4; a common labourer's
(excepr in the time of harveſt) one ſhilling a day.
In 1564, there were 17 families in Saxby z and 11
in that part of Stapleford which belonged te Saxby.
It contains at preſent 23 houſes; and the inhabi-
tants amount to 118,
No frecholder occurs here in the liſt of 1630.
At the general election in 1722, three freeholders
polled from this pariſh as pariſhioners having free-
holds in other parts of the county; and two in 1775.
Nett expence of the poor in 1776, L. 4. 145.
Medium of three years, 1783—178 3, C. 15. 115.
The oldeſt regiſter bears date 1678.
On the ad of February, 1690, is the entry of the
burial of Thomas Laxton, rector.
In 1697, Francis Kelham figns his name as rector.
Francis Storer, A. M. cler. & olim e Trin. Coll.
Cantab. inductus fuit in ecclefiam parochialem de
Saxby, in com. Leic. viceſimo ſexto die Dec. 1728.”
1678—1691, baptized 72 ; married 38; buried 68.
1778—1792, baptized 62; married 29; buried 45.
The old CHURCH,
dedicated to St. Peter, in which Mr. Peck in 1729
found neither arms nor monuments, conſiſted of a
South aile and a nave, both leaded; and a chancel,
anſwering the nave, which was tiled.
At the Weſt end of the nave was the ſteeple, a
mean ſtone tower, wherein hung three ſmall bells :
1. 1601. God 8avs THE QUENE. E. FO. (See
Plate L. III. fig. 8.) ba
2. No date or inſcription.
3+ S. Katerina L; (fee plate LIII. fig. 9.) |
This church has fince been pulled down; and Lord
Von. I.
3 Sir T. Cave, MS. See the ſettlement by will.
Harborough, who owns the lordſhip, and is patron of
the living, has built a pretty little church, conſiſting
of a nave, and a chancel ſomewhat narrower, the
floor of which is raiſed one ſtep.
At the Weſt end is a handſome ſpire.
A view of the new church (on the tower of which
is the date 1788, and the arms of the carl of Harbo-
rough) is given in plate LIIL
The handſome reQory-houſe, which lord Harborough
has alſo built, is introduced in the ſame plate, with a
diſtant view of the old church.
2 Burton P · 235.
4 L Bo h
312 HISTORY axd ANTIQUITIES.or LEICEST ERSHIRE, _
Both theſe buildings are of free-ſtone, and are
models of their kind. |
In 1226, the patron of the church of Saxby was
John le Scot, nephew to Randolph Blundevill earl of
Cheſter and Lincoln (who in 1233 became earl of
Cheſter); the rector, was Clement de Hewerdun.
In 1331, a feoffment was made, by Lawrence Harv-
berk, of the manor and advowſon of Saxby, and of
the manors of Stapleford, co, Leiceſter, and Barrow *,
co. Rutland,
In 1344, the procurations were 5s. ; the church was
taxed at 7 marks; and paid 84. for Peter-pence.
In the Certificate of 1 560, referred to under Howes,
p. 221, no notice is taken of Saxby. g
In 1394, fir Jobn Calveley ſurrendered his right to
RECTORS,
Clement de Hewerdun, 1226,
William de Burg, 1237,
Geffrey de Burg, deacon, 1239,
Robert de Clinton, 1245,
Roger de Pitewell, 1270.
John de Luſtehull, 1274.
. 7-0 . . . " 8 3
William Barnſey, |
John de Waltham +, reſigned Feb. 18, 1472-43
Thomas de Hetherſete, 1373,
Ralph Batty, 1534.
Martin Newcome *, July 16, 1547.
Thomas Malcher, April 22, 1661,
Francis Kelham *, July 24, 1691,
Henry Howard, April 26, 1728,
Thomas Taylor, Oct. 15, 1728,
Francis Storer, Nov. 27, 1728,
Daniel Bullivant“, June 10, 1745,
Robert Lambert, Sept. 27, 1763,
Robert Mygdelton „April 23, 1787,
one third part of the manor, &c. of Saxby, to Robert
Chevercourt, of Stapleford *. |
In 1427, a deed of feoſſment was made of the ad.
vowlon of Saxby, with lands in that lordſhip, by Ro.
bert Brow, eſq. couſin and heir to fir Chriſtopher
Folvile, knight ?, #657
In 1534-3, the procurations and ſynodals were 58. 6d.
and the value of the rectory C. 5.
In 1573, George Chaworth, eſq. conveyed his por.
tion of the parſonage of Saxby, with Chaworth
manor, to George Sherard, eſq. of Stapleford.
In 1650, the rectory was returned worth L. 30. and
the incumbent as“ ſufficient.”
The preſent value in the king's books is C. 5.
The epiſcopal procurations are 14. 64,
PATRONS.
Randolph, carl of Cheſter and Lin-
coln, as guardian to his nephew
John le Scor,
T9 lady Alice de Sproxton, in
right of her dower.
{The lady Alice de Coleville.
Sir Roger le Brabazon 4.
Lawrence Hawberk, eſq.
81 Lawrence Hawberk, knt.
King Edward VI.
Sir John Chaworth.
Abigail lady Sherard, pleno jure 7.
John Richardſon 9, eſq.
Heneage, earl of Aylesford, who had
the alternate preſentation.
Bennet, firſt earl of Harborough.
Philip, fecond earl of Harborough.
Thomas Noel, eſq. and lord Robert
Manners, as truſtees.
Robert, fourth earl of Harborough,
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS,
Within the church there is not a ſingle tomb; nor
did the old church contain any thing remarkable. In
the notes of Mr. Wyrley, 1569, I find,
« Saxbie Wreko noſtro lavatur. Nulla teflera
gentilitii in templo cernitur *.“
In the church- yard:
1. On an altar- tomb:
« Here lie the bodies of
William and Catharine Pare, ſon and daughter
of William Pare by Anne his wife:
ſhe died May 18, 1732, aged 6 months;
he died March 30, 1733, aged 17 ycars.”
2. John Hickſon died Oct. 16, 1758, aged 76.”
2 See the Illuſtrations of the Sherard Pedigree, under Stapleford.
3- © To the memory of John Hall, gent.
He died June 2, 1785, aged 71 years.”
On the ſides :
John Pare died Jan. 1753, aged 31.
William Pare died April 26, 1754, aged 74.
Anne Pare, his wife, died Aug. 2, 1749, aged 56»
George Pare died Jan. 7, 1780, aged 53.
Catharine Pare died Nov. 26, 1760, aged 6.“
The return made to the houſe of commons, in 1786,
in anſwer to the enquiry reſpecting the charitable
donations in this pariſh, may be ſeen in p. 11.
® Thid, 3 Ibid,
Pominus Rogerus le Brabanzon, miles, preſentat ad eccleſiam de Pickwell, 3 kal. Octobris, et ad eccleſiam de Saxeby.
Reg. D'alderby, anno 17.
5 John de Waltham exchanged his rectory with Thomas de Hetherſete for the maſterſhip of the hoſpital or chapel of St.
Thomas the Martyr, of Beb, in the dioceſe of Norwich.
Reg. Cranmer, ſede Lincoln. vacante, fol. 405.
7 Saxby was at this time in ſettlement on this lady, as relict of William lord Sherard,
* Vicar alſo of Skillington, co. Lincoln; where he died, and was buried, 1728. F. P. 9 See p. 309.
12 Vicar alſo of Stapleford. He died April 18, 2463 ; and was buried at Coſton. See his epitaph, p. 145. Portraits-of Mr.
Bullivant and his fiſter are preſerved (1794) in the houſe of Mr, Bullivant, a reſpectable farmer at Sproxton.
12 Preſented te the vicarage of Tilton in January 1770. He had the curacy alſo of Teigh in Rutland, where be died, aud
was buried in that church- yard, at the end of the chancel, with this inſcription on the tomb:
6c To
the memory of the reverend
RogzRT LAMBERT,
many years Miniſter of this Pariſh ;
who departed this life
the 8th day of July, 1788,
aged 73 years.
He lived reſpected,
and died lamented.” Bak
22 Of Clare Halt, Cambridge, B. A. 1774; M. A. 1777; D. D. 1794; rector alſo of Rotherhithe, Surrey.
33 MS. in College of Arms, | K
+.* To the Rev. George Oſborne, B. A. the preſent curate of the church of Saxby, and one of the domeſtic chap
lains to lord Harborough, it would be unpardonable not to expreſs my hearty acknowledgements for the very friend!y
aſſiſtance he has given to my reſearches into the hiſtory of this pariſh, and of Stapleford.
SCALFORD,
*
; Wo * A -
, ; I , | X
8 » A 1.
in antient writings called Skeldeford and Scaldeſord, is
bounded on the North by Godeby Maureward ; on the
Eaſt by Wykeham; on the South by Melton Mowbray ;
and on the Weſt by Holwell. It is beautifully fitu-
ated on an eminence, four miles diſtant from Melton
Mowbray, the neareſt market-town ; 18 from Lei-
ceſter; and in the eccleſiaſtical diviſion of the county
is within the deanry of Framland.
Scaldeford is deſcribed in Domeſday-book as having
been held freely, in the time of the Confeſſor, by five
thanes. It then conſiſted of two ploughlands, employed
twelve ploughs; and the annual rent was ten ſhillings;
which, at the Norman ſurvey, was increaſed to ſixty
ſhillings, and was held by Robert under the counteſs
Judith. There were thirty acres of meadow; and in the
demeſne was a plough and a half. Five villans, with
eleven ſocmen and thirteen bordars, had fix ploughs“.
In the time of king Edward the Confeſſor, a joint
lordſhip, conſiſting of two ploughlands in Golteby
and half a ploughland in Scaldeford, contained fix
ploughlands and a half, and was of the annual value
of ſix ſhillings. The perſons who then held theſe
lands might remove whither they pleaſed without alie-
nating*. At the Norman ſurvey the value was
twenty-two ſhillings; and it was held by Radulf Pepin
under Robert de Buci, One plough was in the de-
meſne; and fix ſocmen, with one bordar, had two
ploughs. There were twenty-ſix acres of meadow 7,
The manor of Scalford belonged ſome time to Ro-
bert, the ſon of Vitalis, lord of Foxton, who gave the
church here and three virgates of land belonging to
it to the priory of Daventry 4. |
He alſo gave one carucate and a mill in free alms
to the priory of St. Andrew in Northampton 5 ; be-
fides which, they likewiſe purchaſed of him 10 yard-
lands and a quarter here; all which were confirmed
to them by David king of Scotland, chief lord of the
fee, temp. Henry I. |
„ David, Dei gratia, rex Scotorum, omnibus baro-
nibus & hominibus ſuis ſalutem. Sciatis me conceſ-
ſiſſe & confirmaſſe monachis eccleſie Sancti Andree
Northamptonie, ut ubicunque decimas dominii mei
plenariè eis habeant, tam in pecoribus, quam in om-
nibus fructibus terre. Confirmo igitur eis quicquid
habent in villa de Scaldeford; ſeilicet unum molen-
dinum, & unam carucatam terre, in liberam eleemo-
ſinam. Reliquam verò terram quam ibidem habent
ea libertate tenebunt, qua Robertus filius Vitalis, do-
minus ejuſdem ville, terram ſuam tenet, nec aliquam
conſuetudinem ei inde debent, ſicut ipſe confeſſus eſt
ante me & meos homines. Concedo igitur eis, ut
apud Extonam terram illam quæ vocatur Wiliges
frangatur & ſeminetur, & nullus eos iuquietare pre-
ſumat. Teſtibus, Michaele de Daneſel, & Roberto
de Brus, & Roberto filio Nigelli, apud Cerdelai 5.”
The abbot and convent of St. Mary de Pratis at
Leiceſter had property in this lordſhip, the gifts of
Robert of Scalford, of Hercbert who was rector there
before 1200, and of William Botiler ; as appears by
the following extracts from their regiſter : |
* Habemus in Schalford unam virgatam terre ex
dono Roberti de Scalford, quam Johannes Alderman
quondam tenuit,
** Habemus ibidem unam bovatam terre ex dono
Hereberti de Scalſord, de qui feoffavimus Radulphum
de Clipſton, reddend' nobis liberè annuatim 28.
* Habemus ibidem unam virgatam terre ex dono
predicti Hereberti, illam ſcilicer quam Radulphus
FT K. 5,
Freſiat tenuit, cum tofto & crofto, & omnibus perti-
nentiis ſuis, &c, | |
Habemus ibidem;exdonoWillielmile Botiler, unum
toftum quod Herebertus Preſbyter quondam tenuit.
« Habemus, ex dono ejuſdem, quondam toftum,
cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis, quod Radulphus Se-
grave quondam tenuit'.“
Henry Revell, lord of this manor in the time of king
Henry II, gave certain lands here and in Swin-
ford to the Knights Templars. From him it deſcended
to William Revell, to whom king Edward I. by his
letters patents, dated at Striveling Caſtle in Scotland
in 1303, granted liberty of free-warren in all his de-
meſne lands here, with liberty to Keep a weekly mar-
ket on the Wedneſday, and a fair yearly on the feaſt-
day of the Aſſumption of the Bleſſed Virgin.
His teſtibus; Hen' de Lacy, com' Linc'; Thoma
com' Lanc'; Rad' de Monte Hermer, com' Glouc' &
Hertf'; Humf' de Bohun, com' Heref' & Effex;
Guidone de Bellocampo, com' Warw'; Joh” de Bri-
tannià, jun'; Hug' le Diſpenſer; Willielmo de Ros,
de Hamelak; Joh' de Segrave; Rob' de la Warde,
ſeneſcallo hoſpitii noſtri; & aliis. Dat per manum
noſtram, apud Strivelyn, 30 die Junii *.” |
On the aid granted to King Henry III, in 1235,
towards the marrying of his ſiſter with the emperor
of the Romans, Robert de Beaviſevera and the prior of
St. Andrew's at Northampton paid two marks for one
fee held by them in Scaudeford under John le Scot, earl
of Cheſter, as part of the honour of Huntingdon .
Ralph Pepin held, about 1240, under Robert de
Buſli, 6 ploughlands at Godeby; and half a plovgh-
land at Scalford **, |
In the Itinerary of 1280, Scalford, Abkettleby,
and Holwell, anſwered collectively as one vill.
From the family of Revell the inheritance of this
lordſhip paſſed to the Hawwberks; and in 1305, it ap-
peared that Roger Beler, deceaſed, and Alice his wite,
held 11s. fd. rent ariſing out of certain of the free te-
nements of Simon Hawberk and Thomas de Arraby, in
Scaldetord, held of them by knight's ſervice **.
In 1346, William Orreby (on the aid then granted
for knighting Edward of Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt
ſon) was afleſſed 6s. 8d. for a ſixth part of one
knight's fee; the prior of the Hoſpital of H. John
of Jeruſalem in England 10s. for a quarter of one
knight's fee; the prior of &. Andreto of Northampton
6s. 8d. for a ſixth part of one knight's fee; and the
abbot of Gerendon 12d. for a fortieth part of one
knight's fee; all parcel of the honour of Huntingdon *®*.
In 1359, the property of the abbey of Leiceſter at
Scalford was demiſed to Geffrey Segrave, for the term
of 80 years, at a rent of 3s. 4d.
“ Mem', quod anno regni regis Edwardi tertii poſt
Conqueſtum 42, conceſſimus & ad firmam dimiſimus
Galtrido filio Willielmi Segrave, ad terminum q*rxx
anforum, unum toftum & unum croftum, quod qui-
dem toftum jacet inter duas venellas, & continet in
longitudine c & X11 pedes, & in latitudine q*t'xx &
xvi pedes. Et predictus eroftus jacet inter tenemen-
tum prioris Sancti Andree de Northampton ex parte
auſtrali & tenementum W. Jaye ex parte boreali, &
continet in longitudine ccccxx1111 pedes, & in lati-
tudine CXXxV111 pedes, reddend' 1118. 1vd, per annum.“
la 1376, George Rorocliſt, elei k, releaſe! to Law-
rence, ſon of Robert Hawberk, the reverſion of certain
lands and tenements at Scalford, which were at that
time held in dower by Agnes, mother of Lawrence *4.
_* * Robertus tenet de Comitifſi 2 carucatas terra in Scaldeford. Ibi 12 carucz fuernnt. Nunc in dominico 1 caruca &
dimidia ; & 5 villani, cum 11 ſocmanni & 13 bordariis, habent 6 carucas, Thi zo acre prati, Valuit 10 ſolidos, modo 69
ſolidos, Quinque taini liberè tenuerunt tempore regis Edwardi.” Domeſday, p. 236. b. 1.
* The ſame
Gerard at Harby, p. 209.
3 «6
privilege appears to have been extended to the holders of land at Abkettleby, p. 93 and to the portion held by
Radulfus Pepin tenet de Roberto 6 carucates terre in Goltebi, & dimidiam carucatz terræ in Scaldeford, Tempore
regis Edwardi erant ibi 6 carucz & dimidia. In dominico eſt una caruca; & 6 ſocmanni cum 1 bordario habent 2 carucas,
Valuit 6 ſolidos; modo 22 ſolidos. Ibi 2b acre prati. Has terras qui tenuerunt tempore regis Edwardi quo voluerunt ire
potuerunt,”” Domeſday, p. 234. b. 1.
1 Dugdale, Mon. Angl. vol. I. p. 672; ex regiſtro prioratùs de Daventry,
s Ibid vol. I. p. 682 ; ex regiſtro prioratüs de St. Andrew pen, Johannem Thayer.
Ibid, p. 680; ex autographo in Bibl. Cotton. 7 Charyte's Rentale, * Pat, 32 Edw. I. u. 19. & 32 Ecw. I. Ne 55.
? Teſta de Nevill, p. I.
# 19 Teſta de Nevill.
Rot, Aux, 20 Edw, III.
73 Charyte's Rentale.
1 Eſch. 19 Edw. II. N* 98. Leic, 2
14 Illuftrations of the Sherard Pedigree.
un T_T”
314 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
In 1380, it appeared that Roger Beler, deceaſed,
held 3s. 4d. rent of certain tenants in Scalford ; and
the ſame tenants held divers lands and tenements in
Scalford of the aforeſaid Roger, by the ſervice of the
rent aforeſaid, and a quarter of one knight's fee z
and it was held of the prior of St. John of Jerufalem
in England by fealty *.
In the family of Hawberk the lordſhip of Scalford
continued till 138 1, when Agnes, daughter of fir Law-
rence Hawberk, and heir-general of the family, became
the wife of fir Hugh de Calveley, of Calveley, co. Cheſ-
ter. This lady was married, fecondly, in 1402, to
Robert Sherard, eſq. of Stapleford; and after her death,
the Sherards and the Calveleys divided her lands.
In 1391, it appeared that Mary, wife of Roger
Beler (married firſt to John Serntclere), died ſeiſed of
35. 4d. rent in Scalford, originally held under the
families of Hawberk and Orreby ?.
Thomas Segrave was, about 1400, a tenant here, at
the old rent of the lands demiſed to his anceſtor by the
abbey of Leiceſter; and Simon Yaleth held alſo of that
abbey, for the term of his life, at a rent of 8s. the toft,
which had been given them by William le Botiler.
« Mem', quod ad firmam dimiſimus Simoni Valeth
de Scalford unum toftum, quod habemus ex dono
Willielmi le Botiler, ad terminum vite ſue, quod
en ond pom in longitudine a vis regiũ uſque ad aquam
reddend* per annum y1115. ut patet per indentutam.
„ Modo Thomas Segrave tenet 1 cotagium, 1 tof-
tum, x croftum, & reddit 2115. 11114,” +
In the ſubfidy of 1416 (when the county of Leiceſter
was rated at £4757. 125. 114d. ) Scalford paid C. 4. x 5s.
John Mallory, of Waltham on the Wold, eſq. in
1439, ſettled on his ſon Fobn lands and tenements in
the town and field of Scalford, &c. previous to his
marriage with Anne, daughter of Lawrence Sherard.
In 1441, John, fon and heir of Robert Orgar, of
Melton Mowbray, granted all his tenements in Scal-
ford to fir Thomas Beaumont, fir Laurence Berkeley, knt,
Laurence Sberard, eſq. and others“.
In the ſubſidy of 1445, Scalford was rated at C. 4.
31. ; and an abatement was made of 19s. 4d.
« In 1445, here dwelt one Geffrey Segrave, de-
ſcended from a younger houſe of the lord Segrave,
of Segrave, in this county, whoſe heir continueth
here yet to theſe days,
Pedigree of SEGRAVE, of ScarLrosD. |
Arms: Sable, a lion rampant Argent, crowned Or; a creſcent for difference. (Plate LIV. fig. 24.)
William Segrave, a younger branch of the knightly family of Segrave. „„ 6 0 0 5 0
Geffrey Segrave, of Scalford, occurs 1359 and 1370.
*
Thomas — 1% ==. dau. of.. . . by his wife Rebecca Nettle worth, of Nettle worth, co. Nottingham.
Geffrey Segrave, 1 daughter of Thomas Erdingham, of Stainburgh, co. York.
Ralph Segrave.—Cecilia Dimock. -
*
Nicholas Segrave. J ocoſa, fourth daughter of Rowland Digby, efq. of Welby. WW
3 * 1 T T1
1. John Segrave?, 2. Marmaduke Segrave, 3. Willlam Segrave, 4 Ralph==Margaret 5. Thomas,
of rnd, » oy of Queniborow, . of Helmeſley, co. | Pulleyne, \ Segrave. Dutheld, Rowland.
died Feb. 20, killed by Chriſto- York. lot De.
1586, . p. pher Bradley. 12 295 | vonſhire.
Anne, dau. and heir, married Joſeph Jackſon, of Gaytonby, co. York. = |
1. Edward 2. Charles Alice, dau. of John Marmaduke 4- Henry . . Thomas Howard, ſecond
Segrave. Segrave, Flower, of Whitwell, 5 ve. viſcount Bindon, K. G.
living 1606. | co. Rutland. 1606 died 1610.
1. Ralp rnelia, dau. of _ IEEE SY 1 Margaret. 4. Margery, died 1629.
Segrave. | Duport, of Shepeſhed. 3- Thomas. 2. Grace. 5. Grace, unmarried 1619-
r 5 4. Nicholas. 3. Ruth. 6. Anne. = Tho, Acclin. .
1. John Segrave. 2. Henry Segrave. :
In 1502, it appeared that Fohn Keble died ſeiſed of
certain lands and tenements in Scalford, held of the
king as of his dutchy of Lancaſter *.
Sir Walter Keble died July 31, 1522, poſſeſſed,
amongſt other property, of lands at Scalford ; leaving
Francis, his ſon and heir, two years old *,
On the th of October, 1 526, the prior and convent
of St. Andrew of Northampton demiſed, for a term
of 63 years, to Thomas Sherard, eſq. for a rent of £4. 6s.
all the lands and tenements they poſſeſſed at Scalford,
together with a water-mill, and all their holms,
pools, meadows, feeding grounds {paſcuts), paſtures,
woods, rents, wards, marriages, reliefs, heriots, eſcheats,
courts, views of frankpledge, waifs and ſtrays, an
acre of land lately held by Thomas Champernon, and
all other their liberties and appurtenances, either in
the town or common field of Scalford ; Mr. Sherard
undertaking the neceſſary repairs of the premiſſes for
the ſaid term, and paying the uſual perquiſites of the
court, then valued on an average at 12d. annually **.
In 1550, it appeared that George Willoughby, eſq»
The premiſes do not adjoin to any the quene's
highneſs' manors, caſtles, foreſts, or chaſes, reſerved
for their majeſties acceſſe ; nor be parcel of any
thauncient demeſnes of the crowne, nor of the dutches
of Lancaſter or Cornwall, What eſtate and intereſt
the tenaunt bathe therein is aboye declared,
There are neither parks, lede, nor mynes upon the
premiſſes, to thauditor's knowledge.
What woods or underwoods be thereupon, thaudi-
tor knoweth not. Ex. per Jo. Swifte, Auditor.
« 22* die Maii, 1557, rated for Thomas Chibnall.
The clere yerely value of the premiſſes vi li. 1x5. ;
which, rated at xx111 yeres purchaſe, amounteth to
exxII Ii. XVIII. The money to be paid in hand be-
fore theight of June next.
The kinge and quene's majeſties to diſcharge the
purchafer of all thinges and incumbrances made or
done by their majeſties, except leaſes. The purchaſer
to diſcharge the kinge and quene's majeſties of all
fees and repryſes going out of the premiſſes. The
tenure in ſocage. The purchaſer to have thiſſues from
the feſt of the Annunciation of our Lady laſt palt.
The purchaſer to be bounde for the woods.
The leade, bells, and thadvowſons, to be excepted.
Wi, Petre, Fraunces Englefeld, E. Waldegrave *
In 1558, fir Hugh Calveley, knt. died ſeiſed of this
manor, leaving George his ſon and heir, then 26 years
of age **.—Iilliam Smith, eſq. occurs, about 1567,
as an owner of property in Scalford '4.
died ſeiled of certain tithes in Scalford, held of the king
by the ſervice of a twentieth part of a knight's fee.
May 22, 1557, the poſſeſſions of the priory of
St. Andrew at dcalford being ſurveyed by © proper
officer, a return of the particulars was made, as
ſtared above; with the following certificate:
There are no more lands in Scalford aforeſaid,
parcel of the ſame poſleſſions. |
* Eſch, 4 Ric. II. N' 14, Leic, Burton, p. 242; and ſee 1 p. 3163 and more under Staple ford.
3 Eſch. 15 Ric. II. pars 1. M 5, * Charyte's Rentale. 5 Clabf.”20 Hen, VI. m. 18, * Burton, p. 242.
7 Sec his epitaph at Quenibgrow. A & bert Segrave died rector of Barwell Sept. 21, 1734, aged 71.
* Bfch. 18 Hen, VII. ® Co'e's Eſcheats, vol. I. (Harl. MSS. 756 ) p. 138. See more under Humberſton.
Harl. MSS. 606. p. 74 b. * Eſch, 4 Edw. VI. Harl. MSS. abi ſupra. 13 Eſch. 1 Eliz. m. 125.
Harl. MSS. 2017,—Arms: Qyatter'y, i. and 4. Argent, ſemé of croffes forme fitche, three hounds paſſant in pale Sable,
collared Or, &rir4; 2. Ermine, on a hevroh Gules, five plates, in chief a creſcent Gules, Gramm; 3. Argent, on a bead Sable,
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In 1575, the following note occurs in Wyrley's
MSS.“ Wilts Hawberk dns iſtius ville fuit.—lnter
Calveley & Sherard propter prioritatem contentio eſt,”
By an inquiſition taken in 1575, it appeared that
George Sherard, eq. died ſeiſed of two parcels of
land here, one of which had been held in 1346 by
the Knights Hoſpitallers, as a fourth part of a knight's
fee; and the other by the priory of St. Andrew at
Northampton, as the ſixth part of a knight's fee ; 'and
that both were part of the honour of Huntingdon *.
A fimilar return was made, at an inquiſition in 1594,
on the death of Francis Sherard, eſq.
Sir Philip Sherard, in 1612, held a meſſuage and
lands here in capile,
The manor in 1640 belonged to Malliam Sharpe, of
Rolleſton and Scalford, gent.“ from whom it paſſed to
the families of Hobart, Shittlewood, and Cumbrey, and
in 1765 belonged to Henry Cumbrey, gentleman ; who
ſold it to Charles fourth duke of Kutland for a conſider-
able ſum, the poſſeſſor of this manor being lord para-
mount of all the manors between Scalford and Lin-
coln, by the road called The Cliff Row (or 13 towns),
from Grantham to Lincoln.
The whole lordſhip contains about 2300 acres of
good land; and in an act which in 1765 was paſſed,
for dividing and incloſing the open and common fields,
Henry Cumbrey, gentleman, is deſcribed as lord of the
manorz John duke of Rutland, as patron of the vicarage;
Jobn Manners marquis of Granby, as impropriator;
and the Rev. Richard Welby, clerk, as vicar, entitled to
certain glebe land, conſiſting of three yardland, and to
all the tithe-wool and lamb, and the tithe of hay, and
all other the vicarial or ſmall tithes, ſome of them
uſually taken in kind, others by a modus; and the
ſaid Henry Cumbrey, the duke of Rutland, and the
vicar, with Joſeph Baggaley, Elizabeth Hubbard, ſpinſter,
Thomas Bowley, Nathaniel Stone, and others, were the
owners and proprietors of all the lands. Ten acres
were allotted for obtaining ſtone for the highways,
the herbage of which to be applied for the benefit of
the poor of Scalford ; who, under the direction of the
churchwardens and overſeers of the poor, are autho-
rized to ſtock the ſame piece with their cattle, and
to cut up the gorze and furze for their own uſe, un-
leſs the pariſh officers ſhall judge it better for the in-
tereſt of the poor to leaſe the ſame. One ſeventh of
the reſidue to be allotted to the impropriator and vicar,
in lieu of all payments whatever, except burial and
ſurplice-fees, of right payable to the vicar; the ſaid
allotment to be divided into 116 parts, of which the
impropriator to have 80, and the vicar 36.
The manor of Scalford is now the property of
Jobn-Henry, fifth duke of Rutland; who is alſo the
impropriator and principal proprietor in the pariſh.
The manor-houſe, which is ſituated on the North fide
of the town, is in the occupation of a farmer.
Near the church is Netherhall, the remains of it
alſo now a farm-houſe, formerly the property of the
Moores ; from whom it deſcended, by marriage, to the
Bowleys ; and from them, by marriage allo, to the Rev.
Thomas Beer, rector of Long Whatton, and ſome time
the excellent maſter of the tree-ſchool at Oſgathorpe.
In the town-ſtreet of Scalford is a ſpring, which
deſerves particular notice, on account of the immenſe
quantity of remarkable fine water which is conti-
SCALFORD 313
nually flowing from it into the Wreke il. From this
ſpring, upon an accurate meaſurement, 46 gallons run
per minute, = 2760 per hour, 2 64840 in 24 hours;
diebus communibus, throughout the year. It is not ex-
actly known whence the ſpring originates. When
carriages have ſometimes battered the road 10 or 20
yards above the mouth, the ground in thoſe parts has
broke in; and the inhabitants have been obliged fre-
quently, on theſe occaſions, to, repair the breaches by
laying drains towards the mouth of the ſpring 4.
In 1564, there were 46 families in Scalford.
In April and May i610, many perſons died here
of the plague, | |
The freeholders here in 1630 were, Fdward Dar-
ker, gent. Thomas Howet, gent. William Grallthorpe;
William Francis, and Roger Waldron.
At the general election in 1722, 22 freeholders
polled from this pariſh ; and 18 in 1775.
In the pariſh at preſent are 30 freeholders.
The number of families are 75; inhabitants 339.
The nett expence of the poor in 1776, L. 7 1. 45. 7d.
Medium of three years, 1783—1755, C. 115. 18. 7d.
The regiſter begins in 1558.
In the firſt twenty years are 184 baptiſms, 85 bu-
rials, and 28 marriages. |
In the twenty years ending in 1788 are 201 bap-
tiſms, 156 burials, and 31 marriages. 2h
Extracts from the regiſter, by Mr. Peck, in 1730.
May 29, 1616. William Binckes, vicar, buried.
He was ſucceeded by Edmund Bardſey.
July 13, 1619. Nevil Bardſey, the elder, eſq. buried.
Jan. 19, 1636-7. The ſteeple, a ſtone 1vire, fell
down in the night, and beat down part of the vicarage-
houſe, but hurt nobody 5.
1639. The ſteeple rebuilt as we now ſee it.
1650, July 19. Mr. Thomas Bent, clerk, buried.
1653-4, Feb. 27. Edmund Bardſey, D. D. buried.
1654, May 13, Anthony Bardſey, gent. buried.
1655, Aug. 14. William Coles, clerk, and Eliza-
beth Hartopp, married.
The ſaid William Coles writes himſelf vicar in 1664.
1674, June 28. Elizabeth, daughter of William
Brian, M. D. and Anne his wife, baptized.
1675, ++ ++ 15» Samuel, fon of William Brian,
M. D. buried.
1676, Nov. 22. Sarah, relict of Edmund Bardſey,
lately vicar of Scaldford, deceaſed.
1677, April 26. Martha, daughter of William
Brian, M. D. baptized.
1679, March 27. Mary Brian baptized.
1680, Aug. 5. William, ſon of William Brian,
M. D. baptized.
1685-6, William Coles, vicar, buried.“
5 In the civil war, a ſoldier came to levy contribu-
tions for the Roundheads at Scalford ; and ſceing a
man in green ſtockings in the church-yard, he called
to him, and bad him tell his neighbours they muit
raiſe him a ſum immediately. The other replied, © he
wondered he ſhould come to ſo poor a town as
Scalford on ſuch an errand.— Say you fo?” ſaid the
ſoldier : © then have at your green ſhanks :* and fired
a piſtol at him. Upon that the other, who had a fork
in his hand, leaped off the church-yard wall, and ran
up to the ſoldier, and ſtruck him to the heart with his
fork; fo that he died on the ſpot, and was buried there*.”
The CHURCH),
dedicated to St. Egelwin the Martyr ?, conſiſts of a
nave and two ailes embattled, a large chancel, and a
very ſmall North chancel, the church leaded, and the
chancel tiled ; a large porch *, over the door of which
are three niches, and one at each corner; a neatly pro-
portioned ſlender tower, with turrets at the corners, aud
under the embattlements a cornice of quatrefoils. See a
view of it, by Mr. Schnebbelie, 1791, plate LIV.
At the Weſt end of the nave, which is ſpacious and
lofty, is the ſteeple, a beautiful ſtone tower, built in
1639; wherein are three bells, thus inſcribed :
* Eſch. 3 Eliz. n. 8.
1. CELORVM CHRISTE, PLATEAT TIBI, REX so-
NVS 1STE, 1612.” 0
2. GoD SAVE THE QVEENE, 1595.”
3. Gop SAvE ovR CHYVRCH, 1616.“
On the South ſide of the ſteeple are two coats“:
1. Argent, two bars and a canton Gules, therein a
maunch Arg. Bardſey ; and underneath the date, 1639.
2. Argent, three bulls heads Sable.
In the North wall, on the inſide, betwixt the North
aile and its chancel, are two beautifully pointed arches
with flowered mouldings about four feet high; fig. 2.
> MS. Chetwynd,
„ Scaldeford belle ſuper montem locata eſt ; à quo manat fluviolus, qui ſtatim Wrekus erit.“ Wyrley, MS. 1569.
For this remark, and for ſeveral uſeful hiats in the deſcription of this pariſh, I am indebted to the Rev. Mr. Hoe, who
has long been curate here.
5 Anentry to the ſame purpoſe occurs in the pariſh regiſter of Hoſe, * Peck, MS.
In the Chronicle of Hugo Candidus, publiſhed by Joſeph Sparke, p. 39, we find, “ In Sceldeford Sanctus Egelwynus
Martyr ſepultus eſt; and no other Sceldeford, or Scaldford, occurs in the Villare Anglicanum. F. P.
* The porch is remarkably lofty ; and, as may be ſeen by the little window on the South fide, engraved, has been divided into
library, or pariſh-yeſtry, but not a ſchool,
an upper ſtory, to which a ſtair-eaſe led from the inſide of the church, removed of late years; and the room was probably a
9 Plate LIV. fig. 6, 7.
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316 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
The ſtone tranſept between the church and chancel
ſeems not very old. Above the arch, on the chancel
ſide, is the coat of Bardſey, as before, cut in ſtone.
Through the pillar in the wall, between the nave
and chancel, is a remarkable hole, or rather a paſſage,
about five feet from the ground (fig. 3.), probably
leading to the original ſtair-caſe of the rood- loft.
Six arches, ariling from columns with Saxon capi-
tals, with a clereſtory window over each arch, divide
the nave from the ailes; and between the arches,
on each ſide of the nave, are the arms of the twelve
tribes, not ill-painted in freico “.
The font is engraved in plate LIV. fig. 4.
In the North aile, are two curious arches and a
locker; in the chancel is another locker; and in the
South chapel a piſcina, as in fig. 30.
In the windows of this church Mr. Burton, in 1622,
deſcribes the following coats * :
1. Or, a lion rampant putpure. - Lacy earl of Lincoln.
2. Azure, ſemẽ of fleur de lis, Or. France, ancient.
3. Gules, three water - bougets Argent. Ros.
» 4. Gules, three lions paſſant guardant in pale,
* Ur. England.
5. Or, a lion rampant Azure. Percy.
6. Gules, three lions paſſant guardant in pale, with
Earl of Lancaſter.
7. Argent, a lion rampant Gules, a border Sable;
bezanté. Earl of Cornwall *.
8. Azure, a bend Argent, cotized Or, between fix
lioncels rampant Or. Bohun.
9. Argent, a maunch Gules. Toney.
10. Ermine, a chevron Gules. Touchett,
11. Gules, a lion rampant Ermine, crowned Or.
Hamelyn.
12. Azure, a feſs between three eſtoiles Argent.
13. Argent, a feſsGules between three calves Sable,
Calveley; creſt, a calf's head Sable, crowned Or;
under whick was written,
« Orate pro bono ſtatu d'ni Vugonis Calvelen, militis.“
14. Argent, a feſs, and two mullets in chief Argent.
Of the above 14 coats, two only (fig. 17, 18.) re-
mained in 1791. :
Mr. Peck thus deſcribes the painted glaſs which he
found here in 1730, of which very little now remains.
In the third window (from the bottom) 'of the
North aile, a mitred bifhop, with the paſtoral ſtaff,
veſted as when he uſed to ſing maſs, with theſe words,
D. Nicolaus.
In the ſecond window (from the ſteeple) on the
North fide of the nave, a biſhop with the paſtoral
ſtat; and one coat, Argent, a croſs Gules, Hugh Vere
of Addington, fig. 22.
In the third window (from the ſteeple) on the North
ſide of the nave, a ſaint with a paſtoral ſtaff, Sanda
Another ſaint, Sanftus Bartvlomeus.
Underneath, Orate pro bono ſtatuu . +
+ + + + + « Kateryne conſortis cue, qul . . «+ + + »
+ + + + + + fieri fecerunt. |
In the fourth window (from the ſteeple) on the
North fide of the nave, a ſaint; underneath, Sanfa
VICARS,
William, 1193.
Romanus, 1220.
Maſter William de Thurleby, chaplain, 1235.
John de Foxton, 1269.
John Oneley, 1534.
Richard Carpenter“, 1553.
Chriſtopher Bardſey, 1560.
William Binckes, buried May 29, 1616.
Edmund Bardſey*, D. D. 1617; died Feb.. , 1653-4.
William Coles, 1655; died 168 5-6.
Thomas Laxton, Aug. 31, 1694.
Richard Goodall, March 2, 1707. »
John Burman, Oct. 25, 1720.
Richard Welby, Dec. 14, 1726.
Richard Welby, Dec. 9, 1737.
Richard Stoup, LL. B.
William Peters“, LL. B. May 19, 1787.
Peter Thoroton, Jan. 24, 1789.
" Theſe were once painted op board, at the Weſt end, and under the elereſtory windows of the church at Glatton, in Hun-
tingdonſhire : but at preſent remain only thoſe of Iſſachar, Napthali, and Dan, over the Weſt gallery.
3 Founder of St. Robert's monaſtery at Knareſborough.
„ : Ibid: p. 445
In the certificate referred to under Howes, p. 221, Mr. Bardſey is thus deſcribed : ** Preſbyter, non conjugatus ; compe-
tenter doctus; reſidet ibidem; hoſpitalis ; deget ibidem ; non licentiatus, nec prædicat; duo bene ſicia habet.“ “ Sen p. 23/5
* Plate LIV. fig 8—21.
5 Rymer, Fad. tom. XIV. p 174.
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Barbara. The Trinity. The Virgin Mary with Chrift
in her arms. Underneath, Orate pro bono ſtatu
- + + + « lie Lc of
A woman in red, and 8 children in blue, pra ing,
In the fifth window (from the ſteeple), on the Nork
fide of the nave, a man in red, and five children in
blue, praying. Underneath, , . .. . . fecetunt,
In the fecond window (from the ſteeple) on the
Sourh fide of the nave, a man in red, praying,
In the third window (from the ſteeple) on the South
ſide; Saint Peter and Saint
In the fourth window (from the ſte-ple) on the
South fide, a man in red at a deſk kneeli
In the firſt window, from the bottom, of
alle, two ſaints,
In the Eaſt window of the South aile, Azure, a
chevron between three mullets Argent; fig. 23.
ln the 5th of Henry III. the prior of Daventry
was patron of the church of Scaldeford. The then
parſon was a certain Roman, The monks of Da-
ventry then received there of the church itſelf [a
pg of ] 20s, ever ſince the time of Herebert,
ome time parſon there 4.”
The Ordinatio Vicarie is preſerved in the regiſtry
of the biſhop of Lincoln,
In 1344, the procurations were, 78.6234. ; the church
was taxed at 25 marks, and paid 26. for Peter-pence,
The archdeacon of Leiceſter had alſo a penſion from
it of 5s.
King Heory VIII. granted licence to impropriate
the churches of Scaltord, Dunton Baſſet, Foxton,
and Rakedale, co. Leiceſter, “cum omnibus perti-
nentiis, decano & canonicis collegii Thome Wolſey,
cardinalis Eboracenſis, vocat' Cardinal College, in Ox-
ford. Teſte rege, apud Weſtmon', x Maii 3.”
And, in the 28th year of his reign, he again granted
to John biſhop of Lincoln, fir Thomas Audley, knt.
keeper of the great ſeal, and many other perſons of
ſtate and office, ſeveral manors, ad vowſons, rents,
profits, lands, tenements, and hereditaments, which
came to the king's hands by the conviction, attainder,
and condemnation, of cardinal Wolſey, to be held by
them, their heirs and aſſigus, for ever, to the uſe of
the dean-and canons of the college called King Henry
the Eighth's College in Oxford; among which are the
manors of Foxton and Lubbenham, co. Leiceſter; with
the ad vowſon and patronage of the churches of Scalford
and Poxton. Teſte rege, apud Weſtmon', 27 Sept.“
In 1834-5, the value of the living was £.8.
In 16560, Scalſord was returned as an improptia-
tion; the rectory worth /. 40. the vicarage . 30. ;
and the incumbent as “ ſufficient.“
The preſent value in the king's books is 4. 8. 48. 104d.
the certified value J. 56. 145.
The vicarage is now ſuppoſed to be worth ſome-
thing more than . 100. a year.
The epiſcapal procuratious are, for the rectory 25.
4d.; for the vicarage 15. 6d.; the archidiaconal 35. 3d.
The wake is kept on the Sunday next after the
feaſt of St. Michael.
Nn
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the South
The prior and con vent of Daventry.
Queen Mary.
George Aſhby, eſq.
James, earl of Caſtlehaven, and Edward Cary, eſq.
Counteſs dowager of Caſtlehaven, and Edward
Cary, eſq.
John, third duke of Rutland.
Charles, fourth duke of Rutland.
Ifabella dutcheſs of Rutland, and others.
+ See the Matridulus, p- Ii.
7 Rymer, Fœd. tom. XV. p. 340.
| | Mi ONT U-
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS,
In the chancel.
1. On a ſtone under the North window (now loſt):
u Pic jacet Jacobus Bardſey, arm. qui obſit Aug. 26, 1577.“
2. From another ſtone (alſo loſt) for Nevil Bardley,
eſq. 1619, tbe Chetwynd MS. preſerves this diſtich:
« @boracenſis eram, natus de ſtemmate Bardley,
De Bardſep, Lancaltr', armiger ; jam pulvere ſtratus.“
: 3- On a braſs plate :
Arms: Bardſey, as before; impaling, in a bordure
pezantẽ, a lion rampant ; with a double creſt ; that on
the man's ſide a wolf paſſant Or; that on the woman's
a martletz as in plate LIV. fig. 25.
„% HIC JACET JACOBVS BARDSEY, B. b.
FILIVS EDMVNDI BARDSEY, p. .
ET SAR VXORIS SU,
G OBIIT
27 oro. AN” ZZTATIS SVA 37,
Au“ AVTEM D'NI 1651.“
4. On a looſe braſs, with the arms of Bardſey :
« Hic IaceT EL1s : BarDsty Filla EDM:
BARDSEY : s. s. THEOL : Docr: ET SARA. Vxo:
Ejvs q 0811! vi Dig nove'” : An'o : E-
TATIS SV XZ NONO CVRRENTE : AN'o:
Dom: 1624.”
In the nave lies a ſtone with a braſs plate upon it
of a man in an ornamented gown, 1n the attitude of
prayer (ſee plate LVI. fig. 27). There were alſo
braſſes for an inſcription round about the ſides, for a
crucifix, for the figures of his wife and children, and
for labels from the man and woman's mouths; all which
are gone, except this label from the woman :
e deleras nos in tepore tentationis noſtre cum defecerit
virtus fira, dne.“
There is another very large blue ſlab, 8 feet 1 by
4 feet 2, without any inſcription, now almoſt deſtroyed.
In the South aile is the ſtone with an old croſs de-
lineated in plate LIV. fig. 5.
At the upper end of this aile, Mr. Peck found,
„ U
C111 » SOOT © o- - ma
quorum . .. They built the church, or this part ot it.
On another: EET propitietur Deus, Amen.
I. On a braſs plate in the wall of this aile ;
Arms: a chevron between three roundlets, each
charged with an eſcallop-ſhell ; creſt, an eagle's head
eraſed; in his mouth an eagle's leg erated at the
high : hg. 26.
*© HERE LYETH THE BODYES
OF EDWARD DARKER, GENT.
AND ANNE HIS WIFE,
WHOSE ISSVE WERE IN ALL 12 SONNES AND
DAVGHTERS, OF WHICH ARE NOW ONELY LIVEING,
GEORGE DARKER, HENRY, JOHN, ELIZABETH,
EDWARD, THOMAS, AND DOROTHY,
* SAID EDWARD DECEASED LIVED 85 YEARS,
AND DIED Y* 17 oF JVLY, 1651. MORS LUGRUM.”
2. On an old flat ſtone, lately remoxed ;
Here lies the body of Anne Moore,
the wife of John Moore, gent.
She departed this life the 18th of Nov. 1687,
| in her » + * year.“
3. Here lieth the body of Mr. John Moore,
ſon of Mr. John Moore and Anne his wife,
late of this town.
He departed this life Feb. 3, 1727, aged 47 years.”
4. © Here lieth the body of Mr. John Moore, ſenior,
late of this town.
He departed this life the 7th day of March, 1728,
in the 79th year of his age.”
5. © Anne Bowley, relict of Thomas Bowley,
of Long Whatton, in this county.
She was daughter of John and Anne Moore,
of this pariſh; and departed this life
September 1765, ætatis 70.”
6. To the memory of Thomas Bowley, of Hathern,
gent. ſecond ſon of Thomas Bowley, of,
Long Whatton, in this county, gent.
by Anne his wife, who was the daughter of
John and Anne Moore, of this pariſh.
He departed this life Aug. 17, 1782,
in the 75th year of his age.”
In the church-yard, by the ſteeple 4
« Here lieth the body of Navil Borcon; dead,;
And a ſtone uppon his head,
June 21, 1662.”
Nathan Wright died March 3, 1743, aged 843
and Temperance his wife died April 22, 1741, aged 77.
Thomas Wilſon died Dec. 25,1745. aged 80; and
Alice his wife died Sept. 11, 1746, aged 79.
William Dunſmore died Aug. 1, 1763, aged 74.
John Kirk died Oct. 29, 1770, aged 50.
Wiliiam Dunſmore died Aug. 21, 1780, aged 72;
and Sarah his wife died July 16, 1751, aged 40.
Job Leſter, ſenior, died Dec. 25, 1719, aged 73 3
and Hannah his wife, OR. 1, 1729, aged 70.
John Leſter died Feb. 8, 1769, aged 74.
John Shittlewood died July 5, 1760, aged 44; and
Anne his wife March 8, 1546, aged 34.
Dorothy, wife of William Shittlewood, died Nov.
25, 1783, aged 57.
CHARITABLE BENE FACT!ONS.
A cloſe, which yiclds yearly 19s. 6d. to the poor,
and the intereſt of a pariſh ſtock of £.18. ; and John
Moore, of Scaltord, who died ja 1728, out of lands
at Liddiugton in Rutlandſhire, gave 75s. to be diſtri-
buted in bread by the churchwardens and overſecrs
to the poor attending divine fervice on 'Trin;ty Sun-
day, and the ſame on the Sunday after St. I homas's
day, yearly. The return made to the houſe of commons,
in 1786, in anſwer to the enquiry reſp Qing the charii-
able donations in this pariſh, may be ſcen in p. 12.
RINGLETHORPE, |
antiently called Ricollorp and I glether p, and afterwards
Goldſmith's Grange, a (mall 1ncioled manor, adjoins
ro Scalford on the Weſt, and Waltham-field on the
North; is nearly equidiſtant from Scalford, Waltham,
and 1 horpe Ernald ; and forms a portion of the pa-
riſh of Scaltord, contributing its ſhare to all the rates
and levies both civil and eccleſiaſtical.
Raven, one ot the king's ſervants, held of the king,
at the time of the Norman ſure y, two ploughlands,
all but two oxgangs, in Ricoitorp, then ot the annual
value of ten thillings, though in the time of the Con-
feſſor it was only worth eight ſhillings. The land was
equal to two ploughs. One villan, with one border,
had half a plough. There were fix acres of meadow *.
Hugo de Grentemaiſnil held allo two ploughlands
and two oxgangs there, under the counteſs judiih,
worth ten ſhillings à year, as it had been in the Con-
fetfor's time. There had been two plough- ; and at
the ſurvey there were two villans, and a mul of four
ſhillings value, and eight acres of meadow *.”
Ringlethorpe was for many years a grange appen-
dant to the abbey of Gerendon?.
« + « . . Golaſmith, of Goldimith's Grange, married
- Joane, daughter of fir John Woudliord by Mabell,
daughter and heir of Geoflrey Felvile.
In 1467, died John Go!d/jmith, merchant ; whoſe
daughter and coheir, Colletta, married to 7obn Reping-
ton , eſq. of Amington; whole grand-daughter, Ka-
tharine, was married, in 1443, to Robert Burton, ot
Lindley, grandfather to the Hiſtorian of the county.
In 1551, it appeared that Francis Repingdon, de-
ceaſed, was ſeiſed of a certain meſſuage, called Rin-
gletborpe Grange, held of the king, i c, by the
{crvice of an hundredth part of one Knight's fee.
In 1612, Goldlmith's Grange was held in capite
John Villers; but, from the memory of the oldeſt in-
habitants of Scalford, it has been a ſingle farm-houſe;
which, with the farm, about zog acres, is now the
property of the duke of Rutland.
. Raven tenet de rege in Ricoltorp 2 carucatas terre, 2 bovatas minus. Terra eſt 2 carucarum. Ibi 1 villanus, cum x
bordario, habent dimidiam carucam. Ibi 6 acræ prati. Valuit 8 ſolidos; modo 10 ſolidos.“ Domeſday, p. 236. b. 2.
2 (6
dem H. tenet in Ricoltorp 2 carucatas terre & 2 bovatas. Ibi 2 caruce tuerunt, Nunc 2 villaui widem, & molinum
de 4 ſolidis, & 8 aeræ prati. Valuit, & valet, 10 ſolidos.” I bid. p. 236. a. 2.
4
See Appendix, p 146, and Cart, 4 Edw. III. abbati de Gerendon, u. 27.
„ Repington beareth, Gules, a feſs double danſey Ermine, between ſix billets Arge
attired Or.“ Burton, p. 119. See the plate, fig. 29; aud of this family, ſee Dugdale, Warwickſhire, vol. II. p. 1143
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in antient writings called Somarby, Somerdeby, Summer- one carucate of land in Somerby, of Robert de Pode-
debi, Summerdeberie, Sumerlidebie, is bounded on the rinton and Jordan de Li/le, by the yearly ſervice of two
North by Pickwell ; onthe Eaſt by Cold Overton; on bearded arrows, in lieu of all ſervice; that the ſaid
the South by Knoſſington; and on the Weſt by Burrow. Robert and Jordan held the aforeſaid land, with two
It is fix miles "diſtant from Oakham, the neareſt other carucares in the ſame place, of William de Maure.
market- town; 7 from Melton -Mowbray ; and 13 ward, by the ſervice of the fourth part of one knight's
from Leiceſter; and, in the eceleſiaſtical diviſion of fee; and that William de Maureward held theſe, and
the county, is within the deanry of Framland. divers other lands in divers other places, co. Leiceſter
Summerdebi, in the time of the Confeſſor, was of Philip Marmion, by the ſervice of one knight's fee,
held freely by A/wold, employed four ploughs, and and ſuit of court at his honour and caſtle of Tamworth,
produced a rent of fifteen ſhillings. At the Norman In 1296, it appeared that Nicholas de Segrave, de-
ſurvey, it was held, by Roger, under Henry de Ferra- ceaſed, had 6os. aflize rent of the freeholders in So-
riis, and was worth forty ſhillings. It then contained merby, of the fee of Philip, Marmion ; and that John
three ploughlands and two oxgangs. One plough de Segrave was his fon and heir“.
was kept in the demeſne; and five villans, with a In 1303, it appeared that Thomas de Nevile, de-
prieſt and two bordars, had two ploughs. There ceaſed, held certain tenements in Somerby of William
were twenty acres of meadow. Five ploughlands in Maureward, by the ſervice of the ſixth part of a
Little Dalby were alſo appendant to this manor *. knight's fee, paying 6d. a year; and that Theobald,
Ulnod held freely five ploughlands and three ox fon of Peter de Nevile, coufin of the aforeſaid Thomas,
gangs in Sumerdeberie in the time of the Confeſſor, ſon of Robert, brother of the aforeſaid Peter, was the
then worth ten ſhillings; which, being ſtill of the next heir of the ſaid Thomas“. |
ſame value, were held by Robert Deſpenſer at the In the ſame year, John de Hamelin and John de
Norman ſurvey. One plough was then in the de- Tateſbail held the third part of one knight's fee, with
meſne; and fix villans, with one bordar, had one the appurtenances, in Somerby, Burg, Dalby Parva,
plough. There were ten acres of meadow *. and Burton St. Lazarus, of Robert de Tateſhale, de-
In Godthorp were three ploughlands and a half of ceaſed ; and was worth 60s. ** Ir appears, by an aſſize
the fee of Pickwell and Sumerdebie, which, in the taken in 1323, that Robert Orger had legally recovered
time of the Confeſſor, were worth ten ſhillings, and the ſeiſin of his manor of Somerby, with damages,
had three ploughs. Ar the Norman ſurvey, the va- againſt Thomas de Nevile and others; but was ob-
lue continued the ſame; and there was then one plough, ſtructed in obtaining poſſeſſion *.
with two bordars, and three acres of meadow 3, In 1325, Roger Beler, deceaſed, and Alice his wife,
Among the dependencies on the ſoke of Rodeley, we held the manor of Somerby, and 6 virgates of arable,
find, in Sumerlidebie, one ploughland and a half, and and 16s. rent in the ſame town, of William de Maure-
ſix acres of meadow*; which was for ſome time poſ- ward; but by what ſervices was unknown .
ſeſſed by the Knights Templars; and, on the ſup- The ſame year, John de Segrave, deceaſed, and
preſſion of that famous order, ſome of their pro- Chriſtian his wife, held 615. rent in the part of Somerby
perty at Somerby devolved to the Mowbrays, having which was a portion of Cold Overton z and John de
been originally the donation of their anceſtorss. A Segrave, ſon and heir of Stephen, couſin of Fohn de
part of it, however, with the manor, was beſtowed on, Segrave, ſenior, was his next heir“.
their ſucceſſors the Knights Hoſpitallers (to whom in The Segrave Chartulary notices the following deeds.
1372 it produced a rent of 35s.). In right of this 1. A grant of William de Quadrimars, to Geffrey
portion, Mr. Babington, lord ot that ſoke, continues ſtill Putrell and his heirs, of a ploughland at Somerby,
to claim a manor, and hold a court, at Somerby ; of with tofts, crofts, &c. in the occupation of Robert
which the juriſdiction in 1695 extended to 24 houſes. Faber, Beatrice widow of Simon de Nevile, William of
In the Teſta de Nevill, about 1240, Sumerdeby is Pickwell, Henry Fitz Roger, and Henry Fitz William,
mentioned as a part of two diſtin tenures. That to be held of the ſaid William by homage and, by the
part which was of the fee of Tateſha!l contained three ſervice of two ferrorum fagorum.
ploughlands ; all but two oxgangs (3 caruc', min” 2 2. An aſſignment from the ſaid Geffrey to Stephen
bovat'), and contributed 224. to the ſheriff's aid, and de Segrave of all his intereſt at Somerby, to be held of
1:4. pro ſeld, The fee of Quatremars, which con- him by homage and the ſervice of two arrows barbed
rained one ploughland and fix bovates, paid 14d. to with iron (duarum ſagittarum barbatarum de ferro).
the ſheriſt's aid, and 3d. pro ſectd. 3. Elizabeth, the widow of Geffrey, afterwards
The whole lordſhip paid 12d. for frankpledge *, quitted claim to all her right of dower in this eſtate ®.
This manor antiently belonged to the Baſetts of A fee-farm rent of 19s. 74. payable by the free
Weldon ; and after the death of Ralph lord Baſſett, and cuſtomary tenants in Somerby, was granted by
ſlain at the battle of Eveſham? (on the barons ſide), parliament, in 1650, to the truſtees of the old hoſpi-
it was by the king, in 1265, given to Robert, the ſon tal in the Newark at Leiceſter *7.
of Robert lord Tateſball, who died in 1272. It was In 1329, it appeared that Joan de Driby, deceaſed,
afterwards divided amongſt the heirs general of this long before her death, gave her manor of Somerby,
family, who were married to Caly, Driby, and Oreby*. which was held of Henry earl of Lancaſter by kuight's
In the Itinerary of 1280, Somerby, Cold Overton, ſervice, to John de Driby her fon and heir“.
Little Dalby, Barrow, Withcote, and Newbold, an- In 1349, Jobn Driby, Adam de Clifton, and Adam
ſwered collectively as one vill. de Grimſton (on the aid then granted for knighting
In 1292, upon an inquiſition poſt mortem Philippi Edward of Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt fon), were -
Marmion, the jurats ſay, that Nicholas de Segrave held aſſeſſed 135. 4d. for the third part of one knight's fee,
„ Rogerus tenet de H. in Sumerdebi 3 carucatas terrz & 2 bovatas. Tempore regis Edwardi erant ibi 4 carucz. In
dominico ett una; & 5 villani, cum preſbytero & 2 bordariis, habent 2 carucas, Ibi 20 acrz prati, Valuit 15 ſolidos; modo
20 ſolidos. Huic manerio pertinent 5 carucatæ terræ in Dalbi.“ Dameſday, p. 233. b. 1. And fee under Little Dalby, p. 158.
> « Idem | Rotbertus Deipenſer] tenet 5 carucatas terræ & 3 bovatas in Sumerdeberie. In dominica eſt una carucata 3 &
villani, cum 2 bordariis, habent i carucam. Ibi 10 acre prati. Valuit, & valet, 10 ſolidos. Vinod liberd tenuit.“ Ib. p. 135. a. 1
3 « In Godtorp ſunt 3 carucatæ terræ & dimidia, ſoca de Picheunelle & de Sumerdebie. Ibi fucrunt 3 carucæ. 101 cit modo
1 caruca, eum 2 bordariis, & 3 acræ prati. Valuit, & valet, 20 ſolidos.“ Ibid. p. 235. b. 2. |
% In Sumerlidebi x carucatam terræ & dimidiam, & 6 acras prati,” Ibid, p. 230. b. 1. 5 See Appendix. p. 120.
o See p. xlvii. xlviii. Appendix to the Hiſtory of Leiceſter, p. 36. MS, Chetwynd. ®? Eſch, 20 Edw. I. N 36. Leic.
Eſch. 24 Edw. I. Ne 54. Leic. „ Eſch. 31 I dw. I. N* zo. Leic. | '2 Eſch, 31 Edw. I. N 40. Leic.
73 Paſch. coram Rege, 17 Edw. II. in Recept. Scaccarii, Rot. 48. 14 Eſch. 19 Edw. II. Ne 98. Leic.
1 Eſch. 19 Edw. II. N 88. Leic. 4 Appendix, Pp. 119. 17 See under the hiſlory of that hoſpital.
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FRAMLAND HUNDRED:]
lying in Somerby, Dalby Parva, and Erdeburgh, par-
cel of the honour of Chetter *, IF: Kan
In 1 349, it appeared that William Hakeluit, de-
ceaſed; held 163. 8d. ariſiag of certain free renements
ar Somerby, in capite, of Roger de Beler, knt.* 2 ;
In 1361, John ue Mowbray, lord of the Iſle of Ax-
holme, deceaſed, poſſeſſed a quarter of a knight's fee iti
Norton and Somerby, which the prior of Laund held 3,
In 1371, it appeared that Alice, who was the wife,
rſt; of { + . Hakeluyt, then of John Wardeden, de-
ceaſed, held 204. rent, with the appurtenances, in So-
merby, of Roger Beler . Lf
In 1378, it appeared that Ra/ph Baſſet, of Sapcote,
deceaſed, held certain lands in Somerby, as a member
of Bredon in the fame county 5. |
In 1380, it appeared that Roger Beler, deceaſed,
held the manor of Somerby, with the appurtenances;
alſo ſix virgates of arable, and 135. 4d. rent in So-
merby, of William Maureward . 85
In 1381, it appeared that Thomaſia, daughter and
one of the heirs of Roger Beler, knt. deceaſed, held
the manor of Somerby, as alſo ſix virgates of lands
and 13s. 4d. rent there, of Thomas Maureward 7.
Io 1387, it appeared that Baldwin Freville, knt.
deceaſed, held certain lands in Somerby, which the
heirs of William Maureward held“.
In 1391, Robert de Swillington, knt. deceaſed, held
the manor of Somerby of Thomas Maureward ?. :
By two inquiſitions, one taken 1412, the other in
1415, it appeared that Alice, who was the wife of
Ralph Baſſet, knt. died ſeiſed of certain lands in So-
merby, parcel of the manor of Bredon.
In the ſubſidy of 1416 (when the county of Leiceſter
was rated at (757. 12s. 114d.) Somerby paid 493.
In 1418, it appeared that Baldwin Freville, knt. de-
ceaſed, was ſeiſed of certain lands in Somerby ; and that
the heir of William Maureward lately held the ſame “.
In 1420, it appeared that Robert de Swillington
died ſeiſed of one ſite, two cottages, and fix virgates
of land, in Somerby, held of Thomas de Maureward '*.
In 1444, Anne Cheſelden died ſeiſed of 185. free rent,
with the reverſion of four meſſuages, one cottage, four
virgatesof land and meadow, andonecroft, in 2
In the ſubſidy of 1445, Somerby was rated at . 2.
95.; and an abatement was made of Zr.
In the MSS. of Mr. Carte is this extract from the
« Memoranda Marmaduci Lumley, ep' Lincoln”, 1450.
© In the name of Gode, and to his loveyng, Amen.
I, Thomas Cumberworth, knyght, the xx day of Feb.
the yere of our Lord wcccc and L, in clere mynde
and hole of body,. blefſed be Gode, ordain my laſt
wyll on this wiſe folowyng ; firſt, I gyft my ſawle to
God my Lorde and my Redemptur, and my wretched
body to be beryed in a chiſſe [ i. e. ſheet] w'hout any
kyſte [i. e. coffin], in the North ifle of the pariſh
kirke of Somerſby, be my wyfe : and I will my body
ly ſtill, my mouth opyn untied xxini owrys, and allo
laid on a bere, w't'outyn any thing theropon to cover
it bot a ſheet and a black cloth, with a white croſs of
cloth of gold; bot I will my kyſte be made and ſtand
grave. Alſo, I giff my bleſſed Lorde Gode, for my
mortuary, when I am beried, my beſt hors, and 4s.”
ceaſed, was ſeiſed of certain lands in Somerby 5.
In 1461, John Mowbray, duke of Norfolk, deceaſed,
was ſeiſed of a quarter of «ne knight's fee in Norton
and Somerby, which the prior of Laund held **,
In 1474, Jobn Beler, eſq. conveyed to fir William
Sutton, knight, fir William Truſſell, knt. Ralph Wood.
* ford, Philip Moton, William Aſhby, Robert Staunton,
Jobn Staunton, and Thomas Staunton the younger,
eſquires, and William Villers, chaplain, a meſſuage and
three bovates of land at Somerby, then held by Wilkam
Dalby ; a horſe-mill there, held by Richard Newby ;
and a meſſuage and croft, held by John Dalby ; with a
meſſuage and lands at Little Dalby, held by John Bur-
Rot. Aux. 20 Edw. III.
Ech. 45 Edw. III. Ne 54. Leie.
* Eſch, 4 Ric. II. N* 14. Leie.
* Eſch, 15 Ric. II. pars 1. N 62,
% Eſch. 1 Edw. IV. No 46. Leic.
by, and at my bureall giff it to him that fillis my .
In 1458, it appeared that Themas Ferrers, eſq. de-
Eſch. 49 Edw. III. pars 1. Ne 66.
5 Eſch. 2 Ric. II. Ne 8. Leic. See more under Bredon,
7 Eſch. 5 Ric. II. N* 11. Leic.
Eſch. 14 Hen. IV. N' 15. Leic.
** Eſch. 6 Hen. V. Ne 47. Leie. 13 Eſch. 8 Hen. V. N' 51. Leic. 1+ Eſch. 23 Hen. VI. Eich. 37 Hen. VI.
11 See the deed at large, p. 321.
** Cole's Eſcheats, vol. VII. (Harl. MSS. 756.) pp. 137. 387 3 & Eſch. 14 Hen, VIII; ex libro de Lovel,
"* Minutes of Bailiffs Accounts, 31 Hen. VIII. in Augwentation-Office,
. ** Now earl of Harborough ; who has a paramount manor here in right of the ſoke of Stapleford. See p. 332.
Vol. I. 4N
8 O M. S MD /. oy 11 gg
ton and Thomas Tom ſon; appointing Tremat Tomſon ahd
William Harley his attorneys, to deliver ſeiſin 7.
A proviſo in an ad of attainder, 1485, already cited |
in 227, extended to lands in Somerby,
In 1498, it appeared that... Danſay, deceaſed, |
was ſeiſed of certain lands and tenements in Somerby,
held of the king as of his honour of Lancaſter *.
Of lands at Somerby, given- to Brazen-noſe College,
Oxford, by ſir Robert Sutton, one of their founders,
and ſtated in the Firſt Fruits Office to bg of the value
of C3. 158. 51d. ſee under Melton Mowbray 19.
At an inquifition taken April 28, 1521, it appeared
that Henry Thwaytes, knt. died ſeiſed of the manor of
Bredon ; one third part of two meſſuages, four vir-
gates of land, and as. rent in Somerby; ant a third
part of divers lands in Dalby, Melton Mowbray, Ab-
kettleby, &c. ; leaving two infant daughters, F ances,
aged one year; and Katharine, two weeks old :e.
In this pariſh the nuns of Langley had ſeveral
farms, of the yearly value, at the diſſolution, of CI. 125.
The rectory of Somerby alſo belonged to the ſame
nunnery, and was of the annual value of C6. 6s. 8d.
In. 1578, this manor was in the hands of Charles
Lifter, eſq.“; and, at an inquiſition taken at Leiceſter,
April 6, 1585, it appeared that Charles Lifter, gent.
deceaſed, was ſeiſed of one cotrage, five tofts, two
gardens, one windmill, eight virgates and an half of
meadow and paſture, and 75. 41d. rent; and that they
were held of the queen, in capite, by the ſervice of
a_fortierh part of one knight's fee; that he died on the
18th of December laſt paſt; and that William Liſter,
his ſon and heir, was then aged 33 years and upwards*?,
William Liſter, eſq. who was patron of the advow-
ſon in 1622, married Elizabeth, daughter of John
Turvile, of Newhall-park. 7
The treeholders here in 1630 were, Thomas Green,
George Trigg, and Leonard Green.
Robert Green, a freeholder here in 1682, was ſum-
moned to a viſitation of the heralds, with Thomas
Green of Pickwell ; but no pedigree was then entered.
In 1760, an act was paſſed for dividing and incloſing
the open and common fields of Somerby, containing
about 1400 acres of good ſoil ; in which, Thcmas Green
the elder is deſcribed as lord of the manor; Henty
Munton, Thomas Twells, Wharton Partridge, and others,
as impropriators; and the Rev. William Brown, as
patron and incumbent of the vicarage, entitled (o a
certain part of the glebe land, and'1o all the tithe
wool and lamb, and all other vicarial titiies. Thomas
Green the elder, with the impropriators, the vicar,
the honourable' and reverend Robert Sherard 24,
George Thompſon, Then Green the younger, George
Coeſelden, clerk, Edward Cheſelden, gent. and others,
were then the owners of the common field. The al-
lorments to the vicar and impropriators were in lieu
of all glebe lands, tithes, and moduſes, except the
tthe of the homeſteads and the uſual ſurplice- fees;
and the patrons of the impropriation were ſubjected
to the repairs of the chancel, and ſuch cuſtomary
taxes as had been paid for glebe and tithes.
From the elder Mr. Green, the manor was purchaſed,
by the Rev. Charles Dickinſen, B. A. rector of With-
cote in this county, and of Carlton, co. Northampton
on whole*death, in 1786, it devolved, with the reſt of
his property here, to his widow, Elizabeth, daughter of
William Scott, eſq. of Market Overton ; and the whole
is now veſted in Edtvard Cheſelden, eſq. in conſequence
of his marriage (1793) with Elizabeth, the eldeſt
daughter of the Rev. Charles and Elizabeth Dickinſon.
In 1564, there were 38 families in Somerby.
Ar the general election in 1722, twenty-one free-
holders polled from this pariſh ; and twenty in 1975.
The trecholders reſident in Somerby in 1791, qua-
lified to ſerve on. juries, were Richard Healy, James
Meadows, and IWilliam Lane.
The nett expence of the poor in 1776 was £61.
195. 1d. From 1783 to 1785, no return was made.
3 Efch. 35 Edw. III. pars a, Ne 10.
* Eſch, 11 Ric. II. N' 29. Leic,
\' Efch. 3 Hen, V. N*' 60. Leic
'® Eſch. 14 Hen. VII. n .
22 MS. Chetwynd. 23 Eſch, 27 Eliz.
F .
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320 HISTORY And ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE:
3 The CHURCH, |
dedicated to All Saints, conſiſts of a nave, chancel,
and two ailes; the North aile being divided from the
nave by four pointed arches, with low cluſtered co-
- Jumns and ornamented caps; the South aile by four
pointed arches, quite plain, with ſquare ſupporters.
A North-eaſt view, taken by Mr. Schnebbelie in
79 „is given in plate LV.
The belfry, containing four bells, is between the
chancel and the nave. | :
In the chancel are three ſtone ſeats, which, with the
font, are given in plate LV. fig. 2, 3.
The church of Somerby, with one yardland, was
given by Milllam Pantulf and Burgia his wife to the
nunnery of Langley (founded by them), and was after-
ward appropriated to that religious houſe, and con-
firmed by Hubert archbiſhop. of Canterbury.
Tfolda Pantulf, in 1217, confirmed to the nunnery of
Langley the gifts of her grandfather William Pantulf,
particularly the churches of Somerby and Dalby.
In 1220, the nuns of Langley had the patronage
of this church, which they retained to their own ute.
William was then the vicar, who had been inſtituted
by biſhop Hugh Wells. The canons of Tamworth
VICARS,
. William, 1220.
Rowland de Tonga, 1286.
Robert Wright, 1534.
William Huddleſton , vicar alſo of Tilton, 1 560.
3 1617.
Leonard Lamb, 1633. 4
Thomas Barde, April 6, 1639,
Daniel Trigg, 1647.
Edward Trigg 5, 1049.
Henry Burrough, Nov. 20, 1669.
Francis Owen, May 21, 1683.
Gregory Heulon *, Feb. 24, 1719-18.
ſequeſtered,
William Brown (now patron 1794), July 11, 1759.
MONUMENTAL
In the nave.
under the deſk, a blue marble ſtone,
.
1. On the floor,
inlaid with the figures of a man and woman, now
gone ; at the feet, on a braſs plate:
git jacet Willielmus Wyatt, et Aliria ur” ejus, J. quidem
Willielmus objit vii* die menſis Auguſti anno Dni mevis,
tt Alicia obiit . . + . quor” aiab's propitietur Deus. Amen.“
2. © In memory of the Rev. GRECOGCORY HENSOR,
dean and rector of St. John's, Stamford,
and vicar of this church.
He died June the 10th, 1759, aged 69.
Qualis erat ſupremus indicabit dies.”
In the South aile.
On a black marble tablet at the Weſt end:
& In ſure and certain hope of the reſurrection to
Eternal Life, here lieth interred the remains
of Anne, widow of John Green, gent.
of Caſtle Bytham, in the county of Lincoln.
She died Oct. 27, 1779, in the 86th year of his age.
For to me to. live is Chriſt; and to die is gain.”
| In the North aile. ,
At the Weſt end, a braſs plate on a ſtone :
%
1. Arms: Argent, a Chevron between three croſſes
moline Gules, with a creſcent ; plate LV. fig. 4.
« Here lies the body of EDWARD CHESELDEN ?, gent.
eldeſt ſon of Edward Cheſelden, gent.
late of Burrough;
who departed this life the 8th of OR. 1922,
in the 41ſt year of his age.“
2. On a white mural tablet on the North fide :
“% Cloſe to this wall lieth the body of
GEORGE CHESFLDEN, junior, eldeſt ſon
of GzorGE CHESELDEN, ſenior; he died
December 9, 1715, aged 34.
Cloſe to the font lieth the body of
GEORGE CHESELDEN, ſenior, youngeſt ſon of
ger the ſeveral deeds under Langley.
viz, iſtud, & vicariam de Tilton,”
See above, his epitaph ; and that of his brother, p. 321.
.
* Matriculus, p. Ixii. a
In the Certificate referred to uuder Howes, p. 122, Mr, Huddleſton is thus deſcribed : ** Preſbyter, non conjugatis 3
mediocriter doctus ; non reſidet; non hoſpitalis; deget apud Tylton; non licentiatus, nec predicatus ; duo beneficia habet;
5 He ſigned the ſequeſtration againſt Burde. Ro
* Of Queen's college, Cambridge. He was alſo rector of St. John's, with St. Clement's united, in Stamford, co. Lincoln.
poſſeſſed two parts of the tithe of the lord's demeſne,
given of old time by William Pantulf, for which the
nuns of Langley paid a rent of 5s. * |
An award occurs between the vicar of Somerby
and the nunnery of Langley in 1258, made by an ar-
biter mediately choſen, between the nuns of Langley,
and the perpetual vicar of Somerby, concerning land
claimed by the vicar as belonging to his vicarage ;
each party ſwearing to the other, to perform the de-
cree of the arbiters ?.
The ordination of the vicarage is preſerved in the
regiſters of the biſhop of Lincoln. |
In 1344, the procurations were 75. 63d. ; the church
was taxed at 18 marks; and paid gs. for Peterpence,
In 1534-5, the ſynodals were 3s. 64.; and the va-
lue of the vicarage was C. 6. 14s. 4d.
In 1650, Somerby was returned as an impropria-
tion; the rectory worth £.40 ; the vicarage £+30«;
and the incumbent as no preacher.”
The preſent value in the king's books is C. 6. 165. 8d,;
clear yearly value £.41. 115.
The epiſcopal procurations are, for the rectory, 25.;
for the vicarage, 18. 6d. the archidiaconal, gs. 64.
PATRONS.
Prioreſs and convent of Langley.
Elizabeth Green.
.. . » Green, gent.
Anne Green, widow.
Elizabeth Green, widow.
Henry Munton and others. (See p. 319.)
INSCRIPTIONS.
EpwarD CHESELDEN, late of Ridlington, buried
in that chancel. He died Auguſt 24, 1728, aged 77.
Between GkOROE CHESELDEN, ſenior, and
GEORGE CHESELDEN, Junior, |
lieth the body of Dzzoran CRHESELDRN, relict of
GEORGE CHESELDEN, ſenior,
who died Feb. 2, 1735, aged 77.
Cloſe to the feet of GORE CutsELDEN, ſenior,
lies the body of EDwARD CHESELDEN,
eldeſt ſon of EpwarD CHESELDEX, late of Borough.
He died Nov. 10, 1721, aged 42.
Next to the above EDpwARD CHESELDEN
lieth the body of PxtBzs CuTaBerrt, formerly
relit of the above EpwWARD CHESELDEN,
and afterwards the wife of GRORGE CUTHBERT,
late of Boſton, in Lincolnſhire,
who died March 28, 1738, aged 49.”
3. On a black mural tablet, near the above:
„Near this place
lie interred the remains of
the Rev. EpwarD CHESELDEN, A. M.
rector of Weſt Charlton, in the county of Somerſet,
and one of his majeſty's juſtices of the peace
for this county;
he died June the gth, 1780, aged 58 years.
Allo to the memory 5
Janz CHESELDEN,
the wife of the above EDWARD CHESELDEN,
and daughter of the Rev. WILLIAM Dopp, A. M.
rector of Weſt Charlton, in the county of Somerſet,
and a prebendary in the cathedral church
of Wells, in the ſaid county ;
ſhe died Dec. 5, 1778, aged 55 years,
and was buried at Weſt Charlton.
The above Edward and Jane Cheſelden
left iſſue one ſon and one daughter;
who, in gratitude to their parents,
erected this ſtone to their memory.”
3 See p. 321.
7 Of this family, ice more under Allexton and Burrow. On
FRAMLANMD HUNDRED.)]
SOME R B V.
321
On an elegant mural tablet in the North aile of Bainton church, co. Northampton: ®
In memory of Roß RT Henson, Gent.
who departed this life June 30, 1755, aged 69.
In the year 1734 (when parties ran high)
pe was Returning Officer for the Borough of Stamford.
His conduct and integrity were ſuch,
thathenot only obtained the approbation, but applauſe,
of all wiſe and honeſt men;
Arms: Girony of ten, Gules and Argent, impaling a chevron between three croſs croſslets; plate LV. fig. 5.
bribes not being able to corrupt, promiſes to ſeduce;
nor threats to deter him from doing his duty.
BRI DO ET, his beloved wits,
daughter of WILLIAM CuEsEL DEN, Gent.
of Manton, in the county of Rutland,
who departed this life June 13, 1757, aged 71;
and was likewiſe interred here.”
On a braſs plate nailed on the door of the reading-deſk at Somerby :
4% JOHN . GOBERT , OF. COVENTRY , ESQ, BY.. HIS , LAST . WILL. AND, TESTAMENT , DATED. THE .
TENTH , OF, MARCH . 1623 , DID , GIVE , 600. POVNDS . TO, BEE , LAID, OVT ., IN , PVRCHASING . *
OF . LANDS, AND , TENEMENTS , FOR . EVER, TO , THE , VS8ES , AND. PYRPOSES., IN. THE. AID. WILL;
EXPRESSED . VIZ , FOR , THE . MAINTENANCE , OF , TWO , POORE , SCOLLERS , AT , OXFORD, AND.
CAMBRIGE . $IXTENE. POYNDS . YEARELY . VIZ . TO , EACH . OF , THEN. EIGHT , POVNDS.A.
PEECE , YEARELY , FORTY , SHILLINGS, YEARELY , TO . THE , POORE , or. SOVTHKILWORTH ,
AND . FORTY , SHILLINGS . To. POORE . OF , SOMERBY , IN « TE. COUNTY , OF, LECESTER.
AND . FOWRE , POVNDS , YEARELY , ro. THE. TOUNE-, OF , HATFEILD , BROADOAKE .'IN .
THE , COVNTY , OF , ESSEX, AND , THE , RESIDVE , OF , THE . PROFFITS , THEREOF , TO « BEE. O.
EVER. DISTRIBVTED . TO . POORE. PREACHING . MINISTERS . AND , THE , WIDDOWES ,
AND. CHILDREN . OF ,'POORE , MINISTERS, DECEASED. IHE. DISPOSING, OF, ALL, WHICH,
CHARITABLE, ACTS, HE, WILLED , TO , BEE , PERFORMED , BY , HIS. WIFE . DVREING , HER.
LITE. AFTER , HER , DECEAS, BY , THE , ELDEST , SON , OF , HIS , DEARE , DAVGHTER .
BAERINGTON , DECEASED, AND , HER ., RIGHT .
HEIE ES. FOR , EVER, »
ro. THE , PERFORMANCE , WHEREOF , LUCY , GOBERT . THE , RELICT , AND. EXECYTRIX . or. THE,
TESTATOR , LAID . OVT , 690, POVNDS« IN « THE , PYRCHASING . or. A « RENT , CHARGE . OF , THIRTYE « 5
POVNDS , r. ANN. FOR , THE, DISCHARGE », OF , TRE. SAID . Acrs. OF , CHARITY , WITH. WHICH , SHE ,
PERFORMED . TAE. BAME . DVREING , HER , LIFE , SINCE . WHICH , TYME , VIZ, IN, ANNO. 1661 , SIR , JOHN;
BARRINGTON , ELDEST , SON , AND , HEYRE , OF , THE , TESTATOR'S . DAVGHTER , BARRINGTON .
HATH . WITH . THE . SAID . 600. POVNDS . AND . SOME . PARTS. OF. TRE. PROFFITS. THEREOF ,
PVRCHASED . TRE. MANNOR , OP . KEERES . IN. Y*, THORP . ROOTHIN . IN . THE . COVNTY. . OF.
ESSEX . AD PROCVRED. THE . SAME . ro. BE. SETTLED. FOR. THE. SATISFACTION . or.
- THE . SAID . CHARITABLE . VSES .IN A D'N1. 1661.“
The return made to the houſe of commons from Somerby, in 1786, may be ſeen in p. 12:
1. Omnibus Chriſti fidelibus preſentes literas viſuris
vel audituris, Walterus, rector eceleſie de Bellagrava,
& decanus Leyceſtrie, ſalutem in Domino. Mo
fit univerſitati veſtre, quod cùm inter Willielmum,
perpetuum vicarium de Sumeredeby, ex una parte,
& prioriſſam & conventum de Langeley ex altera,
ſuper duabus virgatis terre quas idem vicarius, ex or-
dinacione Lincolnienſis epiſcopi, dicebat ad vicariam
ſuam pertinere, coram officiali venerabilis patris do-
mini Lincolnienfis epiſcopi, ſuſcitata fuiſſet materia
queſtionis, tandem dicto officiali committente nobis
ſuper hujuſcemodi negocio vices ſuas; iplis volentibus,
quod hujuſmodi cauſa judicio vel concordia, ne labo-
ribus & ſumptibus fatigarentur, confeſtim termin
retur, ſe noſtre ordinationi ſubmiſerunt, & promiſe-
runt, fide hinc inde data, quod ipſi firmiter obſervarent
quicquid nos ordinando vel definiendo ſtatuemus inter
eos. Nos autem, conſideratà neceſſitate dicti vicarii,
& paupertate dictarum monialium, & exilitate pro-
ventuum ipfius ecclefie, cum non conſtaret nobis quod
per dioceſanum alias fuiſſet ordinatum de predictis vir-
gatis, ordinando & definiendo pronunciamus, in
nomine Domini, amen! quòd predictus vicarius ha-
beat & teneat viginti-quatuor acras terre arabilis in
campo de Sumeredeby ad firmam, quoad vixerit, pro
duodecim denariis annui redditus predictis monialibus
ad feſtum Sancti Michaelis ſolvendis. Et, ne in fu—
trum poſſit oriri dubitacio de quibus acris noſtra or-
dinacio diſinicio facta fir, cas propriis decrevimus ex-
primendas vocabulis; ſcilicet, unam culturam, que
vocatur Briggebec, in qua continentur quinque acre
& dimidia; & unam culturam, que extendit ſe juxta
Maſſite, in qui continentur novem ſeliones, quorum
ſex jacent inter terram domini Walteri de Tattiſhale
quam Hugo Coyle tenet, & terram dicti Walteri
quam Henricus le Weſterne quondam tenuit; & tres
jacentes inter terram quam dictus Henricus quondam
tenuit; & ſichetam five ſicheta, & quatuor ſeliones
luper Qſolviſteneſiry; & duas fereras ſuper le Grob | and
diverse other lands J. Et, ne que coram nobis in hac
parte falubriter acta ſunt tractu temporis devocentur
in dubium, preſens ſcriptum, in modum cyrogratfi in
duas partes diviſum, & partibus traditum, ſigillorum
noſtrorum munimine, una cum ſigillis partium, robo-
ravimus; parte penes dictum Walterum remanente ſi-
giiſis noſtris & dictarum monialium munità; parte
verò penes prefatas moniales reſidente ſigillis noſtris &
ligillo predicti Walteri- roborati. Datum die Jovis
proximo poſt Aſcenſionem Domini, anno Gratie 1 258*,
Madox, Formulare Anglicanum, Form, CLXII. p. 88.
2. Sciant preſentes & futuri, quòd ego Johannes
Bellers armiger dedi, conceſſi, & hic preſenti carta
mea confirmavi, Wilto Sutton militi, Wilto Truſſel
militi, Radulpho Wodeforde, Willo Moton, Wilto
Aſheby, Roberto Staunton, Johanni Staunton, Thome
Staunton juniori, armigeris, & Wilto Villers capel-
lano, unum meſſuagium & tres bovatas terre, cum per-
tinentiis, in Somerby, in com' Leyc', modo exiſtentia
in tenura Willi Dalby ; necnon unum meſſuagium &
unum molendinum equinum, cum pertinentiis, in eddem
villa, modd exiſtentia in tenura Rici Newby ; & 1 meſ-
ſuagium & 1 croftum, cum pertinentiis, in villa prediQ,
odd exiſtentia in tenura Johannis Dalby; & unam
nentlis, in Dalby Parvi, in comitatu predicto, modò
exiſtentia in tenura Johannis Burton; & 1 croftum
in eadem villa, modo exiſtens in tenurà Thome Tom-
ſon; habenda & tenenda omnia predicta meſſuagia,
terras, & tenementa, molendinum, toftum, & crofta,
cum pertinentiis, prefatis Wilto Sutton, Wilto Truſſel,
Rado Wodeforde, Wilto Moton, Wilto Aſheby, Ro-
berto Staunton, Johanni Staunton, Thome Staunton,
& Wilto Villers, heredibus & aſſignatis ſuis imperpe-
tam, de capitalibus domiais feodi illius, per ſervicia
inde debita & de jure conſueta. Et ego vero predictus
Johes Bellers & heredes mei omni. predicta meſſuagia,
rerras, & renementa, molendinum, toftum, & crcfta,
cum pertinentiis, prefatis Wilto Sutton, Wilto Truſſel,
&c. heredibus & aſſignatis ſuis, contra omnes gentes
warantizabimus, & imperpetuum defendemus. Et
inſuper noveritis me pretatum Johem Bellers conſtitu-
iſſe, feciſſe, & in loco meo poſuiſſe, dileQos mihi in
Chriſto Thomam Tomſon & Will . meos veros
& legitimos attornatos, conjunctim & divisim, ad in-
trandum, vice & nomine meo, in omnia predicta meſſua-
gia, terras, & tenementa, molendinum, toftum, &
crofta, cum pertinentiis, & ad deliberandum inde ple-
nam & pacificam poſſeſſionem & ſeiſinam preſatis
Wilto Sutton, Wilto Truſſel, &c. ſecunddm vim,
formam, & effectum hujus carte; ratum & gratum ha-
biturus quicquid predicti attornati mei nomine meo
nent terre, 1 croftum & 1 toftum, cum perti-
fecerunt, vel eorum alter fecerit, in premiſſis, ſeu in
aliquo premiſſorum. In cujus rei teſtimonium, huic
preſenti carte mee ſigillum meum appoſui. Hiis teſ-
tibus; Rico Necle, uno 8 de communi
banco domini regis, Willo Pegge, Rado Kyngeſ-
ton, armigeris; & multis aliis. Datum apud So-
merby predictam, jexto die Novembris, anno regni
regis Edwardi IV. poſt Conqueſtum 132*˙ĩꝛ*ꝛꝛ
* Ibid. Form, CCCXLIX. p. 208.
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antiently called Sprotone and Spraſton, and in modern
pronunciation Sprawſton, is bounded on the North by
Saltby ; Weſt by Stoneſby and Coſton ; South by
Buckminſter; and on the Eaſt it ſeparates the coun-
ties of Leiceſter and Lincoln. {
It is ſeven miles diſtant from Melton Mowbray, the
neareſt market town; 23 from Leiceſter; and, in
the ecclefiaſtical diviſion of the county, is within the
deanry of Framland. X
In the time of the Confeſſor, Agar held Sprotone '
with ſoc and ſac. It then maintained fix ploughs,
and was valued at twenty ſhillings. At the Norman
ſurvey it was worth fifty ſhillings, and was held, un-
der the Counteſs Judith; by Hugo Muſard. One
plough was in the demeſne ; and ſixteen ſoemen, with
five villans and a prieſt, had four ploughs. There
was a mill of four ſhillings value; and-a meadow ten
furlongs long and two broad !.
Godefrid de Cambrai at the time of the Norman
ſurvey, held of the king 110 ploughlands in Spro-
tone, then worth twelve ſhilliogs; which, in the time
of the Confeſlor, had been valued at eight ſhillings,
and had two ploughs. Under Godefrid, ſeven ſoc-
men, with one villan and one bordar, had one plough.
There were four acres of meadow ; and a mill of five
ſhillings and four pence value“.
Warinus held under Mido de Credun three plough-
lands in Sprotone, worth forty ſhillings a year, which,
in the time of the Confeſſor, had been worth twenty
ſhillings. The land was equal to three ploughs; and
one was kept in the demeſne, two more being occupied
by two ſervants, two-ſocmen, and a villan. There
was a mill of four ſhillings value; and fifteen acres
of meadow ?. |
King John gave the manor of Sproxton to Acb ha
de Sproxton by the ſervice of the fourth part of a
knight's fee, and one mark in money *. This Achard,
progenitor to the family, Who, after taking their names
from the place, continued owners thereof for many
generations, gave two parts oſ the tithes of his de-
meſnes here to the priory of St. Andrew in North.
ampton 5, and a toft of land to the abbey of Croxton.
The manor of Sproxton, held under the earls of
Chefter and Huntingdon, was freed from all tolls,
pontage, paſſage, padagio, pannagio, ſtallagio, & tal-
lagio, de ſectis ſhirarum & hundred, de auxilio vice-
com”, de gildis, de negildis, & hidag', & brodwit, &
de fordwit, & de filkwyt, de murdro, & de denariis ad
murdrum pertinent”, &c. *
In villa de Sproxton ſunt 12 carucate terre, & re-
ſpondet de 4 carucatis terre domini Hugoni de Boby,
& ſunt de honore de Huntingdon ; & dominus Johannes
de Sproxton tenet 8 carucatas terre de eodem feodo.
8 carucate terre faciunt feodum 1 militiz ; quando
ſcutagium currit ad tres marcas quelibet carucata dabit
55. & queliber virgata 15d. & quelibet bovata 74d.
Hugo de Boby gave to fir Jobn de Sproxton a toſt and
eight ſelions of land there, which Hugo Deen had
held. Teſtibus; Stephano de Gant, no Philip de
Gant, Rogero de Dunhall, Rogero Bret, Johanne de
Stoneſby, Johanne Fabro, Thoma Curpenland, Gal-
frido de Morreys, & aliis *, *
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Qn the aid granted to king Henry III. in 1235
towards the marrying of his ſiſter with the emperor
of the Romans, Hugo de Boby paid one mark for a fee
held by him in Sproxton under Hugo Wat.
On the ſame occafion, John de Sproxton paid four
marks for two fees in Sproxton, Saxby, and Thorpe,
which he held under the fee of the earl of Chefler,
as part of the honour of - Huntingdon o; four marcs for
two fees in Pickwell, which he held under Robert de
Mowbray, He held alſo half a fee in that lordſhip
under 1/abella de Brus; and Hugo de Boby half a fee
under the heir of Hugo Wak. |
la the Teſta de Nevill, about 1240, Sproxton Boby,
containing four ploughlands, paid 32d. towards the
ſheriff's aid, and 12d. for frankpledge .
In 1256, king Henry IH. granted the manors of
Sproxton, Saxeby, and Pykewel; all co. Leic. to fir
John de Sproxton "*,
Hugo de Boby, an early benefactor to the abbot and
convent of Croxton, gave them, among other things,
the third part of Sproxton church,
Sir John de Sproxton alſo gaye 1 meſſuage, 4 cottages,
5 yardlands, and 2 parts of the advowſon of the
church of Sproxton, and common of. paſture for 12
oxen and 200 ſheep in a paſture there, to find 2 ca-
nons to live conſtantly on the ſaid lands, and to cele-
brate divine ſervice daily in the church of Sproxton,
and to pray eſpecially for the ſouls of the ſaid fir
John and Alice his wife, &c. ; and enjoined them to
live in the houſe he gave them“; which was con-
firmed to them by W. Brewes earl of Carrick and
Huntingdon, chief lord of the fee 5
The poſſeſſions of the abbey of Croxton in this
lordſhip are thus deſcribed in their original Regiſter.
_ * Habemus in Sproxton, de dono Achardi de Sprox-
ton, unum toftum in puram & perpetuam eleemoſi-
nam; quam Willielmus le Taylur tenuit.
Item habemus, de dono Johannis filii Johannis,
unum croftum in Sproxton, in puram & perpetuam
eleemoſinam; quod jacet ſubtus meſſuagium quod Ri-
cardus Carpenter aliquando tenuit. |
Item, de dono Ricardi Carpenter, totum jus &
clameum quod habuit in muris ſitis circa curiam gran-
gie noſtre, in puram eleemoſinam.
Item habemus, de dono Johannis filii Johannis, duo
crofta, cum libero introitu & exitu, in puram & per-
petuam eleemoſinam; que jacent ſubtus eroftum quod
habemus de dono ejuſdem Johannis.
Item habemus, de dono ejuſdem Johannis, in pu-
ram & perpetuam eleemoſinam, remiſſionem & quie-
tam clamationem de annuo redditu xxxq. in quibus
eidem tenebamur, pro x bovatis terre de frodo ſuo,
exceptis toftis in villa de Sproxton. ö
Item, habemus conceſſionem & confirmationem
ejuſdem Johannis · ſuper totum jus patronatùs duarum
partium eceleſie de Sproxton; & ſuper predictas x bo-
vatas terre, exceptis toftis; & paſturam ad ducentas
bidentes per majus centum, & quadraginta bidentes;
4 * * . * . * * .
& ad exitum ſepties viginti ovium maturantium, ul-
que ad feſtum S. Botulfi cujuſdam anni.
Item, habemus conceſſionem & confirmationem D.
Roberti de Brus ſuper predictas x bovatas terre & 1111
: « Jdem [Hugo Muſard] fenet de Comitiſsà 8 carucatas terrz de Sprotone. Ibi ſex carucz erant, Nunc in dominico 1 ca-
ruca; & 16 ſocmanni, cum ; vilanis & preſbytero, habent 4 carucas, - Ibi molinum de 4 ſolidis, & pratum 2 quarentenarum
longitudinis & tantundem latitudinis,, Valuit 20 ſolidos; niodò 50 ſolidos. Algar tenuig, cum ſack & ſock,” gPomel-
day, p. 236. b. 2.—Vide ante in Saxby; & poſtea in Stoneſby.
2 Godefridus de Cambrai tenet de rege 2 carucatas terre in Sprotone. Ibi fuerunt 2 caruce. Ibi 7 ſocmanni cum 1 villano
& 1 bordario habent 1 carucam. Ibi molinum de 5 ſolidis & 4 denariis, & 4 acrz prati, Valuit 8 ſolidos; modo 12 ſolidos.
Ibid. p 235. b 2.
3 <6 Warinus tenet XW. in Sprotone 3 carucatas terræ. Terra eſt 3 carucarum. In deminico eſt una; & 2 ſervi, & 2
dos.“ bid. p. 235. a. 2.
I Madox, Bar. p. 259.
Feſta de 3 p. l. Ibid. p. xlviii, ** Cart, 41 Hen. III. 42 Woodford Chartulary, p. 195. Croxton Regiſter.
ſochmanni, cum 1 villaneo, habent 2 carucas. Ibi molinum de 4 ſolidis, & 15 acre prati, Valuit 20 ſolidos; modo 40 ſoli-
5 MS, Chetwynd; ex Regiſtro Prioratùs Sancti Andree Northampton.
7 Croxton,Regiſter, p. 67.
5 Roper, MS. from deeds in the Exchequer.
toftos:
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.)]
toftos, & totum jus patronatùs duarum partium ec-
clefie*de Sproxton ; & ſuper paſturam ad ducentas bi-
dentes, & exitum xi. bidentium imperpetuum, & exi-
tum ſepties xx ovium maturantium, uſque ad feſtum
8. Botulfi cujuſlibet anni, ut predictum eſt,
Item, D. Robertus de Brus, filius ejus, confirmavit
nobis predictam [confirmationem | juxta enorem carte
patris ſui.
[tem habemus, in-eadem villa, de dono Hugonis de
Boby, unum croftum, cum ii ſelionibus, in puram eleemo-
ſinam, quod jacet juxta croftum noſtrum versus auſtrum.
Item habemus, in eadem villa, de dono Roberti filii
Gilberti, duas ſeliones terre, in puram eleemoſinam,
que jacent in holmo extra curiam.
Item, babemus conceſſionem & confirmationem Gil-
berti Clerici, filii ejuſdem Roberti, ſuper eiſdem ſeli-
onibus, in puram eleemoſinam.
Item, habemus ibidem annuum redditum vid. de
Willielmo Brun, pro libertate ſua.
Item, habemus cartam D. Edwardi, principis
Wallie, ducis Cornwallie, & comitis Ceſtrie, primo-
geniti Edwardi regis Anglie, approbantem cartas ſu-
pra memoratas “.“ |
In the Itinerary of 1280, Sproxton, Saltby,
Stoneſby, and Beſcalby, anſwered as one vill.
In 1293, a legal diſpute occurs, between Robert de
Sproxton complainant, and the lord William de Ros
defendant, concerning the manor of Sproxton ; which
the ſaid Robert aſſerted to have been granted to Ri-
chard de Sproxton, his great-graridfather [proavs) by
a charter of king John, for the ſervice of a fourth
part of a knight's fee, and the annual rent of one
mark. The lord Ros, on the contrary, maintaining
that the manor was held under him, and not under
the king, had frequently moleſted the ſaid Robert,
to his great inconvenience, and the diſheriſon of the
king; and particularly on the Monday after the feaſt
of St. John the Baptiſt, 1285, had ſeized upon ten
oxen and two affros as they were ploughing in Sprox-
ton-field ; and in like manner had continued his yex-
ations demands from year to year, and from day to
day; inſomuch that the ſaid Robert was totally pre-
vented from ploughing his ground, &c. to the damage
of (GO. &c. The lord Ros, in reply, aſſerted, that
William de Sproxton, the father of Robert, had held
the manor under the lord Robert de Ros, his father;
and juftified his proceeding, as being againſt his own
tenant, Whereupon iſſue being joined, the cauſe was
determined in favour of Robert de Sproxton ; and the
lord William de Ros was placed in miſericordia regis *.
„The laſt fir John de Sproxton had an only daughter
Beatrice, married to fir Roger le Brabazon, who
brought this manor to her huſband, though for ſome
time he did not quietly enjoy it *; for, being im-
pleaded for it by Iſabella the wife of John de Mul-
ton, and Agnes the wife of John de Caltoft, in 1296,
he obtained the king's licence to ſettle the manor of
Welt Allington, co. Lincoln, on the ſaid Iſabel and
* Peck, MSS. 4935 ; ex MS, in 4to, apud Belvoir, f. 22. b.
S PROXT ON.
323
Agnes and their heirs for ever (the ſaid manor being
held in capite); whereupon they, firſt by their deeds,
and after by ſine, 1302, releaſed all their right and
title to this manor and that of Pickwell, with the ad-
vowſon of the church of Pickwell, to the ſaid fir
Roger and his heirs for ever. Notwithſtanding which,
it is evident he was after p6ſſeſſed of the ſaid manor
of Allingron, or a conſiderable part of it*; for, after
the death of Beatrice his wife+, he gave to the abbey of
Newbo, co. Lincoln, all the lands and tenements he
held there of the fee of William Burdett ; for which
they obliged themſelves by oath to find a canon to ſay
maſs day by day for the foul of the ſaid Beatrice, and
of him the ſaid fir Roger, after his death, for ever.
This fir Roger, being a perſon learned in the
laws, was, in 1295, made chief juſtice of the common
pleas, in which office he continued till 1315 and,
having then for great age his writ of eaſe, was at the
ſame time conſtituted one of the king's privy council.
He died not long after, leaving this manor and other
large poſſeſſions to fir William de Brabazon kt. (nepoti
uo) ; but, whether he was his grandſon or the ſon
of fir William le Brabazon, knt. his eldeſt brother,
] am not certain; having ſeen ſome authorities that
induce me to believe the old judge died without if-
ſue*®. However, Beatrice his wife, by fine levied in
Eaſter term in 1296, paſſed all her right in this ma-
nor to him and his heirs for ever.
« Sir William Brabazon, heir to fir Roger, had iſſue,
by Jane daughter to fir William Truſſel of Cubleſdon,
co. Stafford, fir Jobn Brabazon, knt. who, by Agnes
his wife, daughter of fir Richard de Whatton (of
Whatton, in the Vale of Belvoir), chief juſtice of the
Common Pleas, left an only daughter and heir Joan,
married to William de Woodford ', whoſe deſcent is ſer
down in Aſhby Folevile *.”
In 1334, by an aſſize held at Burne, fir Milliam
Brabazon recovered ſeiſin of two meſſuages, three bo-
vates and an half of arable land, and three acres and
a half of meadow ground, in Sproxton, againſt Wil-
liam Aumary and others, with ten marks for damages 9,
In 1346, John Paynell of Boothby (on the aid then
granted for knighting Edward of Woodſtoc, the
King's eldeſt fon) was aſſeſſed for a quarter of one
knight's fee; and J7obn Brabazon 2035. for half a
knight's fee, both lying in Sproxton, and parcel of
the honour of Huntingdon o; and, in the ſame year,
Jobn Paynell had free warren here **, which was after-
ward confirmed to his ſon.
In 1369, John Paynell, of Boothby near Billeſ-
field, granted the manor of Sproxton to Henry de
Barton, canon of S. Peter's at York, and others *.
John de Boothby, rector of Boynton, in Yorkſhire,
was ſeiſed, as feoffee, of the manor of Sproxton, with
other manors and lands in the counties of Leiceſter
and Huntingdon, under a grant of fir John Paynell *.
In 1378, it appeared that William de Woodford died
ſeiſed of the wanor of Sproxton de domino principe .,
* See the whole proceedings in Madox, Baron. Angl. p. 259; ex Hil, Plac. coram rege, 22 Edw. I. Rot. 41, a.
Burton, in MS, Chetwynd, from the Woodford Chartulary.
Here mayeſt thou ſee and truly underſtand, how that fir Roger Brabazon purchaſed ten pound worth of land in Weſt
Allyngton, beſide the abbey of Newbo, and gave to that ſame abbey the ſaid ten pound worth of land in perpetual alms. And
then frere William Allyngton, at that time ſtanding abbot, and the convent of the houſe, have granted to the ſame ſir Roger
and to Beatrice his wife, for them and for their ſucceſſors for evermore, for to find of the coſts of the ſame houſe a convenable
chanoin, ſaying a maſs daily for the ſoul of rhe ſaid fir Roger, and for the foul of dame Beatrice, ſome time his wife, and for
the ſouls of all his kindred, his anceſtors, his ſucceſſors, of them and of all Chriſtian ſouls ; and alſo for to ſing and to ſay full
ſervice in the choir, for the obit yearly of dame Beatrice, ſome time his wife, that died the 16th day of March. And alſo in the
fame manner the ſaid abbot and convent granted for evermore, for to keep the year-day of the ſaid fir Roger what time that he
is deceaſed, with Placebo aud Dirige in the choir ſolemnly. And all covenants and grants of the abbot, for him and his ſuc-
ceſſors for evermore, truly, and yearly, and daily, for to be kept, the ſaid abbot was bounden and ſworn, in the oath of a prieſt,
and in the word of God, that this maſs and this obit ſhould.be truly kept. And upon this the ſaid abbot and his convent,
that were prieſts at that time, ſwore by the ſacrament, and received it. And ſo by the ſaid abbot and convent it was at that
tune granted, that all their ſueceſſors ſhould do the ſame oath to the end of the world, as thou mayeſt ſee by this deed of the
abbot and convent, ſealed with the, chapter ſeal.” The deed is inſerted at length in the Woodford Chartulary, p. 17).
By a petition of Roger Brabazon to the king and council, it appears that he held the manor of Eaſt Bridgeford, and with
it the adyowſon, in right of Beatrice his wife. Petitions, 9 Edw. II. n. 18.
* Theſe are ſtill the words of Burton, from MS. Chetwynd.— The old judge had Sen, Roger, who died before his fa+
ther. William, who inherited, was a nephew; the ſon of fir William, an elder brother. See p. 324.
a This William de Woodford was a ſcrjeant at law. By his wife he had lands at Uttoxeter in Stafferdſhire, MS. Vernon.
\, Burton, from MS. Chetwynd, 9 Paſch. 6 Edw. III. Rot. 19. Leic. '? Rot. Aux. 20 Edw. III.
. Cart. 20 Edw. III. n. 19. 2 Clauſ. 43 Edw. III.
Le Neve, MS. who refers to his great book of the county of Lincoln, in fir William Hayward's hand, in the pedigree of
Botheby and Paynell, pp. 299, 300; Which, in 1699, was in the hands of the then lord chancellor Somers,
Non de domino rege, forte de domina principifia, Johanna ſcilicet, matre regis, principifla Walliz.” F. Prex.
Vol. J. + O 1 by
324 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES of LEICESTERSHIRE,
by the ſervice of one knighr's fee, as of the honour
of Huntingdon ; and that Jobn de Woodtord was his
ſon and heir“.
In the ſubſidy of 1416 (when the county was rated
at 757 l. 12s 114d.) Sproxton paid 403. 64.
n that of 1445, Sproxton was rated at 21. 0s. 6d.
and an abatement was made of 5s. 6d.
The Woodford Chartulary* preſerves the following
hiſtorical particulars of Sproxton and its owners:
„ The abbot and convent of Croxton made over to
fir Achard of Sproxton, knight, a toft in the town of
Sproxton, called Doade Totr, to him and his heirs in
fee ſimple for evermore; as by deed atreſted, no date.
Sir John, ſon of fir Achard of Sproxton, knight,
and lord of Sproxton, purchaſed in fee ſimple of
Hugh de Boby a toft of eight lands ia Sproxton, in
exchange for other lands, there made over to the ſaid
Hugh, aud his heirs by his wife lawfully begotten ;
and, in failure of ſuch, to revert to the lord; by
deed atreſted ; no date.
Hugh of Boby gave to John Sproxton, his heirs
and aſligns, all his meadows at Green Gates, in the
field of Sproxton, in exchange ſor eight roods of
meadow lying in Croſteſheag, in fee ſimple. |
Here may ye ſee and truly underſtand, how that
Roger Brabazon, a man of law, and after he was
chief juſtice of England, and wedded Beatrice, the
daughter of John of Sproxton; and ſhe was heir to
John of Sproxton, that was another man of law;
and, after the deceaſe of the ſaid John of Sproxton
her father, ſhe was heir to the ſaid Roger Brabazon
her huſband; and ſhe made a feoftment by fine to
William of Sadyrgton, coulin to fir Roger Brabazon;
ſor, he enfeoffed the ſaid William in all his purchaſed
land, whereſoever he purchaſed any lands or tene-
ments in any county of England: and ſo the afore-
ſaid Roger and Beatrice his wife enfeoffed the ſaid
William of Sadyngton in all the lands and tenements that
the ſaid fir Roger and Beatrice his wife had in Sprox-
ton by the right of her father John Sproxton ; and
that Alice, the wite of the ſaid Juhn Sproxton, held
during the time of her life by name of her dowry,
as may be ſeen by a fine that follows. And after-
ward the ſaid William Sadyngton enfeoffed the ſaid
fir Roger Brabazon in all the 1aid lands and tenements
in Sproxton to him and his heirs in fee ſimple; and
the ſaid fir Roger gave the ſaid manor of Sproxton to
William Brabazon his nephew. And, if the ſaid fir
Roger Brabazon had not given it to William his ne-
phew, the ſaid William had been next heir to the
faid tir Roger Brabazon by the remainder in fee
ſimple ; for, he was his eldeſt brother's fon. And fo
the ſaid manor of Sproxton ſtands in fee ſimple to fir
Robert of Woodford ; for, he is right heir to the el-
der brother of fir Roger Brabazon, that was called fir
William Brabazon, as it was ſhewed in a fine 3, be-
tween William de Sadyngton querentem, and Roger
Brabaſon and Beatrice his wife, deforcientes, paſſed at
Weſtminſter, 1296, anno 25 Edw. fil. R. Henrici.
Here may ye lee and truly underſtand, how that
king Edward, of his ſpecial grace, gave leave“ to our
well-beloved in Chriſt Roger Brabazon, and Bea-
trice his wife,” that they might enfcoff John of Mel-
ton and Iſabel his wife, and John of Caltoft and
Agnes his wife, in the manor of Weſt Athelyngton,
with its appurtenances; 24 Nov.'25 Edwardi.
Agnes the wife of John Caltoft, and Iſabell wife
to John of Melton, filters, claiming to be heirs to
the manor of Sproxton, releaſed to tir Roger Braba-
ion, his heirs aud aſſigns, all right and claim to the
atoreſaid manor and its appurtenances, on the con-
ſideration of 200 marks of money, to them paid by
the ſaid fir Roger Brabazon by a fine paſſed 1302.
Here may ye ſee and underlland, how that fir
William Brabazon brought aſſize upon Stacy Folvile,
of certain meſſuages and tenements in Sproxton, that
the ſaid Stacy had entercd in againſt law. And the
ſaid Enſtace Folvile was in the exigent of felony for
laying of the Juſtice 4. And ſo they pleaded to have
abated the aſſize thereby. And the Prince wrote down
* Eſch. 2 Ric. II. N' 55. Leic,
Roger de Bakewell and Henry de Fenton, the then
Juſtices of aſſize for the county of Leiceſter, that they
ſhould proceed forth, notwithſtanding the exigent
that they would have abated the aſſize by; 6 Edw, III.
William of Asfordby, ſon of Gilbert, clerk, of
Sproxton, for 18 marks of ſilver, ſold and made over
to William, the ſon of fir John Dyve, knight, and to
his heirs and aſſigns, a meſſuage in Sproxton, and 34
acres and an half of arable Jand, and five roods of
meadow, the which Richard Penſon lately occupied;
by deed atteſted, without date. $i
John Dyve, ſon and heir of Henry Dyve, granted
to Agnes Dyve, widow of William Dyre, in fee
ſimple, the above premiſes, by deed without date:
whoſe eſtate fir John Brabaſon, knight, purchaſed
to him and his heirs in fee ſimple.
Agnes, late wife of William de Dyve, conveyed to
ſir William Brabazon, of Sadyngton, 46 acres of
land and meadow, an acre and a rood of meadow,
with the appurtenances, in Sproxton, to him and his
heirs, in fee fimple; 14 Edward II.
John of Saxby, parſon of the church of Norton,
and Agnes his ſiſter, conveyed to fir William de Bra-
bazon of Sadyngton, knight, a parcel of a toft, and
8 acres of land, with three roods of meadow, in
Sproxton; 14 Edward II,
Sir William Brabazon, knight, purchaſed to him and
his heirs, in fee ſimple, all the lands and tenements that
fir Richard Redemyld, the parſon of the kirk of
Sproxton, had of the gift of William Drake, and of
Simon "Thomaſon, and of Thomas of Sproxton, free-
holders there; by deed, 14 Edward IT. In this deed
Richard calls himſelf guondam rector; and it is wit-
neſſed, among others, by Robert, vicar of Sproxton,
William de Whytton, chaplain, &c.
William de Whytten, of Sproxton, made over in
fee ſimple to Roger the ſon of Roger Brett of Coſ-
ton, and to Agnes his wife, two meſſuages, and three
oxgangs and an half, in Sproxton, in tee ſimple; 30
Edw. I. Witnefles; fir Roger de Brabazon, then
chief juſtice ; Richard, parſon of Sproxton; William
de Muſſele, bailiff to fir Roger de Brabazon ; Roger
le Brett of Colton ; Richard the Carpenter, of Sprox-
ton ; and others.
Sir William Brabazon purchaſed of Roger Brett,
of Cofton, and Agnes his wife, two pence of free
rent, iſſuing out of two places, and of three ox-
gangs of land, with the reverſion of the ſaid lands,
which William MWhytton, prieſt, held for term of life;
14 Edward II.
A fine between William de Brabazon, plaintiff,
(per Robertum de Sadyngton paſitum loco ſuo ad lucran-
dum & perdendum), and Roger le Brett, a frecholder
of Coſton, and Agnes his wife, defendants; making
over to the ſaid William, for the conſideration of forty
marks of filyer to them paid, the reverſion of two
meſſuages, three ox-gangs and an half of land, after
the deceaſe of ſir William Whytton, prieſt, in Sprox-
ton; 16 Edward Il.
A fine, pafſed 20 Edward II. between Beatrice
Marcell, on the one part, and Roger Brabazon and
Beatrice his wife, confirming to the latter the right to
half a yard-land, with the appurtenances, in Kyleby.
William Jamyſone Arneys, prieſt, conveyed to
Euſtace Folvile, in fee ſimple, for evermore, two
places and a yard of land, and an ox-gang and an
half of land, in Sproxton, 4 Edward III; to whom br
Robert Woodford is heir, by the right of fir John
Brabazon, knight, his anceſtor. ;
William Brabazon made over to John his ſon, his
heirs and aſſigns for ever, a meſſuage and half a yard-
land, with the appurtenances, in Kyleby ; 7 Edw. III.
Sir William Brabazon, knight, made John of
Welleburn his attorney, to deliver ſeiſin, in his name,
to Jobn, ſon of the ſaid fir William, in two meſſua-
ges and three ox-gangs and a half, and in part of a tott
and three acres of land, and three roods of meadow,
and one virgate of land, with all his chattels and
followers, which Walter Brown held in villanage,
and of all maiſter Richard Redemyld's land, and in
Cotton MSS, Claudius C. 13.
3 It appears by this fine that Alice, the relict of lohn de Sproxton, held lands, to the amount of Czo a year and over, in
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SJ roxton, Saxby, and Pickwell.
3
+ This Juſtice was Roger de Beler; ſee p. 255.
four
FRAMLAND HUNDRED. ]
four other acres of land, in the town and fields of
Sproxton; 8 Edward Hi.
Here may ye underſtand, how dame Jane, the ..
daughter of fir William Truſſell, called, the rich
Truſſell, and ſhe was wife to fir William Brahaton,
lord of Sproxton. was enfeoffed by the ſaid fir William
Brabazon her huſband, in his life time, in the manor
of Sproxton; and ſurrendered, after her huſband's de-
ceaſe, to fir John Brabazon her ſon, the ſaid wanor,
with its appurtenances, reſerving to herſelf a yearly
rent or penſion of £20, per annum, to be paid quar-
terly; 20 Edwardi III. i
Here ſhall ye truly underſtand a pedigree, how nigh
a kynne fir Robert of Woodford, knt. and lord of
Sproxton, is to ſir William Truſſel, lord of Cubble-
fone and of Langport in Staffordſhire, and of Merſ-
ton Truſſel in Northamptonſhire. It is to have in
mind, that the faid fir William Truſſell had iſſue fir
John Truſſell, knt. his eldeſt ſon; and alſo fir Thomas
Truſſell, parſon of Lamport *, in Northamptonſhire.
And alſo the ſaid fir William had iſſue fir Lawrence
Truſſell, parſon of Merſton Truflell*, in the ſame ſhire;
and there is a fair chauntrie that the ſaid William
Truſſell lete make. And alſo the ſame fir William
Truſſell had iſſue a daughter, called Genet, married
to ſir William Brabazon, knt. of Sproxton, in Lei-
ceſterſbire. And the ſaid fir William Brabazon and
dame Jane his wife had ifſue fir John Brabazon his
ſon, knt. and lord of Sproxton. And the faid fir
John Brabazon had iſſue, by Agnes his wife, a daughter,
called Janet, that William of Woodford, eiq. of
Brentingby, wedded ; and had iſſue together John ot
Woodford, eſq. married to Mabille, daughter and
heir to Geoffrey Folvile, eſq. and lord of Aſhby
Folvile. And the ſaid ſoan and Mabille his wife had
iſſue ſir Robert of Woodford, knight, that now is.
And it is for to have in mind, that the ſaid ſir John
Truſſell, lord of Cubbleſton, brother to dame Jane
Brabazon, as it is remembered and ſaid above, had
iſſue many ſons, as thou mayſt ſee and truly under-
ſtand, by a fine recorded in che king's court.
A fine, recorded Michaelmas term at York, anno 11
Edward III. and at Weſtminſter, anno 13 Edward III.
between John Truſſell de Cubbleſton, and Richard
Longſpee, rector of the church de Warmingham, in
Cheſhire, defendant, whereby Richard Longſpee con-
veys the manors and advowſons of Langport and
Merſton Truſſell, after the deceaſe of the father fir
John Truflell, in remainder to his eldeſt fon William
and his heirs; and in default, to his brothers: John,
Fulk, and Waryn, ſeverally in remainder ; and in de-
fault, to his right heirs for ever.
It is to have in mind, that fir Lawrence Truſſell,
parſon of Merſton-Truſſell, in Northampton, went
on pilgrimage to Rome that ſame year, for it was
the year of Grace; and goed and came ſafe and
ſound, worſhiped be God !
Sir Lawrence Truſſell, of Merſton Truſſell, conſti-
rutes as his attorney fir John Brabazon, knt. wherein
he recognizes him as his ſiſter dame Jane Brabazon's
huſband, and his tre/cher nevewz as alſo of fir Tho-
mas Truſſell, and of fir John Truſſell, lord of Cub-
bleiton, No date.
A fine between fir John, ſon and heir of fir Wil-
liam Brabazon, of Sproxton, plaintiff, and John
Lewte and Albreda his wife, defendants, making
over to fir John, for forty marks of filver to them
paid, a place and 9 acres and an half of land, with
the appurtenances, in Sproxton ; 11 Edward III.
Here may ye ſee, and underſtand truly, that fir
William Brabazon, knt. was of Sadyngion, and Tho-
mas Brabazon alſo ; the which ſir William Brabazon
had iſſue John Brabazon and Thomas Brabizon, as
thou mayeſt ſce by divers fines and deeds of purchaſe,
that fir Roger Brabazon, the chief juſtice of England,
purchaſed in the lordſhip of fir William Ferrers, lord
at that time and earl of Derby, and lord of the caſtle of
Tuttebury, and of the foreſt of Nedewode, and of
2 13131346. Bridges, vol. II. p. 110.
S PRO NTT OF.
323
Utoxſather in Staffordſhire, as ye may ſee by the fol-
lowing deed 3, .
Fhe prince Edmund, fon of king Henry, made
over to William of Sadyngton, for thirty-ſix ſhillings
to him paid by the ſaid William, feoffee of fir Roger
Brabazon, a piece of land of 9 acres, with the ap-
purtenances, in Uttoxeter, reſerving a yearly rent of
four ſhillings and ſixpence, to be paid at the feſtivals
of St. John and St. Martin. No date.
John Lewte and Albreda his wife were bounden
in the ſum of 4o marks to fir John Brabazon, to
make a ſeoffment by fine to the ſaid fir John, in fee
imple, of al! the lands that he had, and Albreda his
wife had, in Sproxton. No date.
John Lewte and Albreda his wife gave to John
Brabazon, of Sproxton, all the lands and tenements
the which they had within the town of Sproxton and
without, with all their appurtenances; 11 Edward 111,
An indenture, executed between John Paynell of
Botheby, and John Brabazon of Sproxton, that the
ſame John Brabazon took to wife Matgaret the ſiſter
of John Paynell; and enfeoffed the ſame Margaret in
the manor of Sproxton, on agreement that the ſaid
John Paynell ſhould pay to the ſaid John Brabazon
£40. on the day the marriage ſhall be ſolemnized;
{ 20. at the feaſt of Chriſtmas ; £20. at Eaſter; and
£20. at the Michaelmas next enſuing ; 16 Edward III.
Here may ye underſtand, how the king gave to his
firſt-begotten ſon the ſchyre of Cheſter, with the ap-
purtenances, as ye may ſee more openly by this that
followeth : © Rex dedit filio ſuo primogenito comi-
tatum Ceſtrie, &c. cum pertinentiis, habendum & te-
nendum eidem filio ſuo & heredibus ſuis regibus
Anglie, una cum feodis militum tam forinſecis in
Anglia quam aliis, & advocationibus ccclefiarum, ab-
batiarum, prioratuum, hoſpitalium, capellarum, &
aliarum domuum religioſarum quarumcunque, liberta-
tibus regalibus, liberis conſuerudinibus, francheſſis,
dominiis, hundredis, feriis, mercatis, foreſtis, chaceis,
parcis, boſcis, warreniis, & omnibus aliis ad eundeng
comitatum Ceſtrie, terras, & cantredum, tam in Ang-
lia quam in Wallia & Marchia Wallie qualitercunque
ſpectantibus, adeo plenè & integre, & eiſdem modis
& conditionibus, ſicut dictus rex dictum comitatum
Ceſtrie, terras & cantredum, & feoda, cum pertinentiis
predictis, tenuit & habuit antequam gubernacula
regni ſui ſuſcepit, fine ullo retenemento.” Undated.
A letter of privy ſeal of prince Edward, addreſſed
to John de Poynton, gardein des fees de Cheſter ; given
at St. Edmonſbury, 12 Edward III.
Privy ſeal of Edward prince of Wales, addreſſed
to Thomas de Pydington, gardein des nos fees de
Cheſter; given at the Caſtle of Berkhamſtead, Octo-
ber 3, 15 Edward III.
Sir John Brabazon held this manor under Edward
prince of England, as of his bopour of Huntingdon,
as appears by letter of homage, 27 Jan. 24 Edw. III.
Ralph, rector of Garthorpe, and Henry of Herd-
by, prieſt, made over to John Brabazon, knight,
and to Maud his wife, and to the heirs and aſſigns of
the ſaid John, three meſſuages and three roods of
land, and an ox-gang and half of arable, &c. in
Sproxton, to the value of ſeven marks extentyd, in
yearly rent; 35 Edward III.
Sir William Curſon, knight, of Pykwell, releaſed
to William of Woodford, and Johanna his wife, and
to his heirs and aſſigns, all their right and claim to a
penny of rent iſſuing from the manor of Sproxton;
37 Edward III. |
A charter of king Edward III. reciting a charter
of king Henry III. proavi ſut, anno 18, reciting and
confirming the liberties and franchiſes that the tenants
that holden of the prince of England have, and
ſhould have, by right; and holden of him, as of the
honour of Huntingdon, by knight's ſervice ; as ſir
Robert of Woodford likewiſe does in all his lordſhip
of Sproxton, and in Aſhby Folvile, and all his an-
ceſtors time out of mind +,
1313-1340, Ibid. vol. II. p. 54.
3 The deed is preſerved in the Chartulary, with ſ-veral relative to Marſton-Truſſel and Luddington, in Northamptonſhire ;
Uttoxeter, in Staffordſhire; Hordelawe, in Derbyſhire ; Tilney, in Norfolk; and to Cubbleſdon and Longport, in Shropſhire,
This charter may be {cen at length in the Appendix to the town of Leiceſter, N XVI.
Here
.
326 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Here may ye ſee and truly underſtand a true pedi-
gree of the aunceſtres, ſometime lords of Sproxton;
that is to ſay, fir John Sproxton, knight, was com-
mon aunceſter, and the laſt of that name. And the
{aid John had wedded Alice, the daughter of fir Wil-
liam of Buckminſter, knight; and they had iſſue toge-
ther a daughter called Beatrice, that was heir to the
father of her, ſir John of Sproxton. And, after that,
ſir Roger Brabazon, knight, and chief juſtice of
England of the Commune Places, wedded the ſaid Bea-
trice, as thou mayeſt ſee truly in a fine, that the ſaid
Roger and Beatrice his wife enfeoffed by the ſame
fine Roger Saddyngton in the manor of Sproxton, in
fee ſimple, with the appurtenances, to him and to his
heirs for evermore. And as thou ſhalt truly under-
ſtand and know, that the ſaid fir Roger Brabazon
wedded Beatrice, daughter and heir to fir John of
Sproxton, knight, by a deed of the abbot and convent
of Newbo, how they are bounden perpetually for to
find a chanon daily to ſay maſs, and other divine ſer-
vice, to the end of the world, for the ſouls of the ſaid
fir Roger Brabazon and dame Beatrice his wife, and
all their aunceſtres, and heirs and ſucceſſors, and for
all Chriſtian ſouls. And the ſaid fir Roger and Bea-
trice his wife had iſſue together William Brabazon.
And William Brabazon had iflue John Brabazon,
knight. And John Brabazon had iſſue a daughter Jo-
hane, heir to the ſaid fir John Brabazon her father
of the lordſhip of Sproxton in fee ſimple. And then
after William of Woodford of Brentyngby wedded
the ſaid Johane, daughter and heir to the ſaid fir
John Brabazon, knight, and had ifſue John of
Woodford, eſquire, of Brentyngby. And the ſaid John
of Woodford, by Mabille his wife, daughter to
Geoffrey Folvile and heir, had iſſue fir Robert of
Woodford that now is. And the ſaid fir Robert of
Woodford, by Ifabel his wife, and daughter to fir
William Neville, knight, and of dame Elizabeth his
wife, had iſſue divers ſons and daughters, as now is
well known.
John of Woodford, during his nonage, was ward
to Edward prince of Wales, as you may underſtand
by indenture made between the prince and John Bo-
teler, that bought the wardſhip of the ſaid John of
Woodford. This indenture, dated Feb. 16, 44 Ed-
ward III. ſtipulates, that John Boteler ſhall pay to the
prince, for this wardenſhip and marriage, £40. at St.
John's Nativity; and £40. at Chriſtmas ; and after-
ward (20. each half- year; but that if, in due courſe.
of law, it ſhall be proved againſt the prince's title to
the ſaid wardſhip or marriage, that then ſuch of the
ſums of (40. and £40. (20. and £20. as may have
been paid in, ſhall be returned to John Boteler.
Edward prince of Wales granted by patent to
William Purefoy, Roger le Grelley the younger, and
John Boteler, the wardſhip of the lands and tenements
of the aforeſaid John of Woodford, for the yearly re-
ſerved rent of (40; Ott. 1, 44 Edw. III.
A writ of chancery to Thomas Hore, eſcheator of
Leiceſterſhire, to enquire if John of Woodford were
of the full age of 21; ſtating, that he was born at
Brentingby, and baptized at Wivordby church; da-
ted Jan. 20, 3 Richard II.
King Richard Il. ſent down his writ to Thomas
Hore, eſcheator of Leiceſterſhire, to deliver to John
of Woodford, fon and heir of William of Woodford
his father, ſeiſin and poſſeſſion of the manor of
Sproxton, with its appurtenances, having been ſiezed
into the hands of the late prince of Wales, in right of
the honour of Huntingdon, and now, upon his having
proved his age, releaſed, May 11, 3 Richard III.
Here may we ſee how that 'Thomas Hampton, feo-
dary of the lord Henry prince of Wales, received of
Robert of Woodford, now knight, by the hands of
John Boteler, of Eyton, fifty ſhillings, for a relief of
the ſame Robert, for half a knight's fee in Sproxton,
which the ſame ſir Robert held of him by Knight's
ſervice, 9 Henry IV.; and how that prince Edward
took the ſuit of dame Jane Brabazon, the wife of
ſir William Brabazon, for the 'manor of Sproxton
holden of the ſaid prince by knight's ſervice.
Sir. Robert Woodford, knight to my lord Henry
prince of England and of France, did homage and
ſuir for the manor of Sproxton, as for a whole
knight's fee that the ſaid fir Robert held of him in
Sproxton, as appears by privy ſeal of Henry, eiſnes
fils au noble Roi d'Engleterre et de France, Prynce de
Gales, Duc de Guien, de Lancaſtre, et de Cornwall, et
Cont de Cheſtre, addreſſed to his feodary of the county
of Leiceſter, to give him livery and ſeiſin of the ſaid
manor; dated 18 Feb. 10 Henry IV.
Sir Robert Woodford, knight, purchaſed of Ri-
chard Broun, knight, two parts of a tenement, and
60 acres of arable and meadow land, inherited from
William Broun his father, in the town and fields of
Sproxton, together with the reverſion of one third
part of the ſaid lands and tenement, after the deceaſe
of Agnes his mother, which ſhe held in dower, to
himſelf and his heirs; 7 Henry V.
Sir Richard Broun, of Sproxton, made William
Page, prieſt, his true attorney, to deliver ſeiſin to fir
Robert Woodford, knight, in two parts of a tene-
ment, and 60 acres of land, in the town and fields of
Sproxton; 7 Henry V.
Sir Robert of Woodford, knight, was ſeiſed in
his lordſhip as of fee of a meſſuage, and a yard-land,
and the fourth part of a yard- land, and of a croft in
Sproxton ; as by releaſe of fir Richard Broun.
Here is a remembrance, the abbot of Croxton
ſhewed at a daynge that fir Robert Woodford, knight,
held with him at Saltby, for divers claims of ſervys
as the ſaid fir Robert claimed of him for to be done,
to wit, homage and fealty, and two chanons yearly
and daily perpetually for to be cuchand and levand
in their dortur and grange of Sproxton, and ſaying
maſs and divine ſervys in the kirk of Sproxton; and
that for to be done truly, fir John of Sproxton, lord
of the ſame town, gave unto the abbey a place and
four cottages, and five yard-lands, and two parts of
the advowſon of the church of Sproxton, and certain
paſture to his oxen, called the Ox-paſture, and com-
mon in the paſture of Sproxton for 200 ſheep ; and
with this condition, that if there were any more ſheep
of the abbey found within that lordſhip of Sproxton,
that fir John of Sproxton, knight, and his heirs
and his aſſigns, ſhould take all the ſheep found in that
paſture of the ſaid abbey over 200, to take them to
the kitchen, and eat them, and do with them that they
liked ; as thou mayeſt ſee in the deed that fir John of
Sproxton gave unto the abbey the ſaid place and four
cottages, with five yard-lands, and two parts of the
advowſon of the kirk of Sproxton; the which deed
they will not ſhew, becauſe they will not do their
true ſervys that was their covenant and their charge
when it was firſt given them in perpetual alms, and
for the ſervys that is comprehended in their deed*.
Alſo fir John Eſton, then abbot of Croxton, ſhewed
a deed of confirmation by fir William Brewys,
knight, and earl of Carrick and of Huntingdon *, ot
the aforeſaid gift that fir John of Sproxton had
given unto the abbey; and gave them more number of
beaſts and cattle than fir John of Sproxton did: but
his grant was nought, nor is nought, for he had no
manner of land nor tenement in the town nor in the
field, and ſo might he in no wiſe grant a common of
paſture; and ſo they ſhall never have common of pal-
ture for his deed of confirmation; for he was nought
but chief lord as the prince is now, and all the lord-
ſhip of Sproxton holden of the ſaid earl of Carrick
and of Huntington by knight's ſervice. And this was
proved at Saltby, at a day that was taken between the
abbot and me and our counſel, for evermore. Avd
here is a note of the confirmation of the earl of Car-
rick and of Huntington, chief lord, and not lord in
meſne ; and ſo his grant of common of paſture was
urged nought for the abbot, as ye ſee here in this note“.
Sir Robert of Woodford, knight, and lord of
Sproxton, hath given, and for evermore hath releaſed
PALS |
William was the »epbew and heir, but not the ſor, of Roger, See before, p. 324.
The original deed, about the year 1270, is copied in the Woodford Chartulary, p. 194. Witneſſes; Stephen de Gaunt,
fc Philip de Gaunt, Roger Brett, Gilbert Avenell, and others,
William earl of Huntingdon, 1165; afterwards King of Scotland,
5
+ See this deed alſo in the Chartulary, P. 195:
with
FRAM LAND HUN DR TD. ]
with warrant, to the abbot of Croxton, and to his
fucceſſors, all the right ttt the ſaid fir Robert had, or
by any title of right might have, in all that entry, in
length and in breadth, as it lies before the gates of
the Grange of the abbots of Croxton; for which
ant the aforeſaid abbot and the con vent have granted
and promiſed with the oath of prieſthood, that is,
verbum Dei, that the ſaid fir Robert Woodford and
dame Iſabel his wife ſhall be in all their ſpecial prayers;
and yearly to the end of the world to keep their
obit-day with Placebo and Dirige, and a maſs in their
choir ſolemnly ; as appears from a releaſe of ſir Ro-
bert Woodford of the above premiſes, and the reci-
procal engagement of the abbot and convent ; no date,
The abbot and convent of Croxton releaſed and
quitted claim to fir Robert Woodford, knight, lord of
Sproxton, all manner of actions perſonal ; 4 Hen. VI.
Here may ye ſee, and truly underſtand, that Robert
Woodford, eſquire, borrowed and made cheviſſance,
that time that he went over the ſea with the lord
Souche to Calais, of five marks of one John Nede-
ham, of Hardelowe, in Derbyſhire. And the faid
Robert Woodford enfeoffed the ſaid John Nedeham,
and his heirs and aſſignees, in fee fimple *.
Here may ye ſee and truly underſtand, how that
Robert Woodford, eſquire, made a feoffment in all
his lands that he had in Leiceſterſhire, Lincolnſhire,
Staffordſhire, and Derbyſhire, what time that he went
over the ſea with king Henry the Fifth. But the feoff-
ment was made, and ſeiſin delivered, the roth day of
the month of July, the 1oth year of the reign of
king Henry the Fourth after the Conqueſt of England,
ſo as thou mayeſt ſee by the deed of feoffment that
follows; and therefore the ſtate and the feoffment
of Robert Woodford, eſquire, that he made to John
Nedeham, of Hardelowe, clerk, was nought, nor
ſtood in no ſtrength, becauſe that the ſaid Robert
Woodford ſtood not ſeiſed in his land in Hardelowe,
at the day of making the deed, and of the letter of
attorney that he made to the ſaid John Nedeham.
The former feoffment, in 1409, conveys the manors
of Brentingby, Wyfordby, Sproxton, and Garthorpe,
&c. to Mabell Woodford his mother, fir William Ne-
vill, kot. Thomas Derby, of Gaddeſby, Hugh Lan-
clyn, vicar of Rolleſton, John Kirkby, rector of Guip-
ton, Richard Saxby, rector of Wyfordby, and others * ;
who, in 1418, when Robert of Woodford, eſq. had
received the king's wages for the wars in France, re-
leaſed all the right that they had in the ſaid lands
and tenements. |
King Henry V. reigned nine years and more ; and
in the third year of his reign he won Hareflyght by a
ſiege; and on the Friday in the feaſt of St. Criſpin
and Criſpynyan, early. in the morning, be dubbed
Robert Woodford knight, and many others at that
ſiege being preſent; and anon, after that ſame Friday,
he fought manfully againſt a hundred thouſand of
Frenchmen at Agincourt, and had the victory of
them, and took the duke of Orleans, and other dukes
and great lords of France; and there were ſlain of
Frenchmen that day thirteen thouſand: and after he
won the cities of Roan and Caen, and all whole Nor-
mandy, and the city of Paris, and mickel of all France;
and he made his brother ſir John the duke of Bed-
ford regent of all France: and after that, at the
ninth year of his reign, he paſſed to God Almighty;
on whoſe ſoul Jeſu have mercy! Amen, |
Then reigned after him king Henry the Sixth, that
now is, his ſon; and he hath reigned, that is to ſay,
at the laſt day of Auguſt, 1449, and of his reign at
this day, twenty-eight years: Jeſu, grant him long life,
2 good proſperity, to Almighty God's pleaſure
men.“ |
In 1455, it appeared that Robert Woodford kt. de-
ceaſed, was ſeiſed of the manor of Sproxton ; and
that it was held of Edward prince of Wales.
It appeared alſo that Roger de Brabazon, knt. gave
* See the Chartulary, p. 221.
®* See this at length in the Chartulary, p. 220.
Vernon, MS. from an old parchment book which in 1739 was lem to him by Mr. Peck.
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the manor of Sproxton to
William de Brabazon, his nephew; who had iſſue;
Jobn de Brabazon ; who had ifſue,
Joon, his daughter and heir; which
illiam Woodford; and had iſſue,
John Woodford ; who had iſſue,
Robert Woodford, kt. aforeſaid. N n
That the ſaid Robert Woodford kt. was alſo ſeiſed
of one meſſuage; 110 acres of land, and 20 acres of
meadow, with their appurtenances, in Sproxton afore-
ſaid: and that Ralph Woodford was his [ conſangui-
neus] grandſon and heir“. l
« Sir Robert Weodford; by fine, ſettled upon his
youngeſt ſons the manors of Wyverby, Brentingby,
Sproxton, Thorpe Ernald, Burton Lazars, Knipton,
to diſinherit Ralf, the eldeſt ſon's ſon, becauſe of a
grudge: he had againſt the ſaid Ralph, becauſe the
... . W.... had married him againſt the faid Ro-
bert's mind; and, by counſel of his youngeſt ſons, he
did burn . . . . . . . evidences in Aſhby Hall; as old
men could reſtify. The ſaid Ralph, after bis deceaſe,
entered into the manor of Aſhby, and found a deed
by which the vicar of Aſhby and others were enfeof-
fed, by virtue of which he entered into the ſaid ma-
nors, and did void the fine. I Robert Woodford
do affirm that my father Ralph Woodford ſhewed me
the deed in his cloſet by rhe great chamber, and ſaid
that by that deed he held all his lands; and which
deed is in the poſſeſſion of my brother Matthew
Woodford, or elſe in my brother John's *.”
* Sir Robert Woodford, knight, deſcended from the
before. mentioned William, had iſſue Thomas (who died
in his father's life-time) lord of Aſhby, and five younget
ſons, among whom the ſaid fir Robert, in 1447, being
then very old, divided all his other lands; to them
and to their heirs male reſpectively, with ſeveral re-
mainders, as may be feen in the fine recited in Bren-
tingby.
Jo Jobn, the eldeſt of the ſaid five younger ſons,
he gave this manor of Sproxton, and lands in Wigen-
hall and Tilney, in the county of Norfolk, and in
Eaſton and South Stoke, in the county of Lincoln,
to him and his heirs male. | 1
To Maler, the ſecond ſon, he gave the manor of
Newbold Folvile, co. Leiceſter, in like manner. |
To Humfrey, the third fon, he gave the manor
of Brentingby, in the county of Leiceſter; and Jands
in Wiverby, Melton Mowbray, Thorpe-Ernald, Sta-
pleford, and Freby.
* To Ralph, the fourth ſon, the manor of Knipton,
with 16 meſſuages, 4 tofts, 12 yardlands, and 30 acres
of meadow in Howes.
*© Aud to a younger Jobn, the manor of Garthorpe.
„% By reaſon of which diviſion ſo made, that antient
family, which had continued long in great account
and reputation, wag in ſhort ſpace utterly decayed (as
I have heard), not any part of theſe lands (thus diſ-
poſed) being now in the tenure or name of any heir
male, deſcended from any of thoſe five brothers,
ſome of the male line being brought to a very low ebb
of fortune. The like inſtances may be given in this
kind of others in this county, and of too many in other
counties; ſome of which I have ſeen in the ſame ſtate
as Philip Comines writeth that he ſaw Henry Holland,
who married the ſiſter of king Edward IV. d,
en buis mendiaunt en Flaunders), begging from door to
door,
All the five younger ſons of fir Robert de Wood-
ford, before-mentioned, died without iſſue, except
Ralph, who, ſurviving them, came to the poſleſſion
of the manor of Sproxton, with thoſe of Brentingby,
Newbold Folvile, Garthorpe, and Knipton all which
he ſettled upon William his eldeſt fon, by deed dated
Feb. 18, 10 Hen. VII. (1484); after whoſe death,
this manor fell ro Matthew his ſecond ſon ; and after
his death, without iſſue, to John his nephew, who
alſo died without iſſue 5,” 57 a
On
Joan married
3 Eſch. 34 Hen. VI.
heſe are again the words of Burton, as corrected by himſelf in MS. Chetwynd,—Our excellent Hiſtorian adds,
wi j lamentable thing it is, to ſee a houſe fo rent in pieces, and the heir thereby diſabled to maintain the honokr or repu-
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328 HISTORY AX ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
On an inquiſition April 1, 1622, it appeared that
John Moreton died Aug. 21, 1521, eſſed of the
manor of Sproxton, then worth (C11. a year, held of
the Kings as of the principality of Wates, by fealty
only.
arable land, and four acres of meadow, at Melton, at
a rent of 40s. under fir Maurice Berkeley, by fealty ;
and under the ſame renure he held under fir Maurice
the manor of Wyfordby, at a rent of 5 marks; and
divers lands there under fir George Haſtings, by
fealty, a rent of 5 marks, and ſervice at the court of
Framland Hundred. His only daughter and heir,
Mary, was born after his deceafe, Feb. 15, 1521-21.
The Paynel!s of Boothby had poſſeſſion of the
eſtate of their anceſtors of Sproxton for *
hby
rations; for, in 1524, Geffrey Paynell of
died ſeiſed of a manor here, fir Thomas his ſon and
heir then 17 years of age |
In 1535, it appeared that fir Thomas Painell, deceaſed,
was ſeiſed of the manor of Sproxton, held of the
king, as of his caftle of Burne, by knight's ſervice ?,
In 1555, it appeared that Nicholas Berry, deceaſed,
was ſeiſed of certain lands in Sproſton, alias Sproxton,
held of the king and queen, as of their honour of
Huntington, by the ſervice of a quarter of one
knight's fee “. |
It appeared April 17, 1603, that chu Michell, de-
ceaſed, was ſeiſed of two meſſuages, three virgates of
land, meadow, and paſture, one cottage, and one
acre of land in Sproxton, held of the king in catite
by knight- ſervice 5.
In ſome part of James the Firſt's time, Thomas
Dodd held the manor of Sproxton ; which, in 1619,
was the inheritance of fir Charles Smith, of Aſhby Fol-
vile, knt. deſcended from the Woodfords.
Roger earl of Rutland, who died in 1622, poſſeſſed
a large portion of property at Sproxton, which is {till
enjoyed by the deſcendants of that noble family.
In 1771, an act was paſſed for dividing and inclo-
ſing the ſeveral open fields, &c. in the pariſh of Sprox-
ton; in which John duke of Rutland is deſcribed as
lord of the manor, and ſeiſed of the impropriate rectory
e held alfo four meſſuages, one virgate of
thereof; and Alice Bullivant, Thomas Faſt, Roger
Pocklington, Thomas Burgin, and others were then
the proprietors of the relidue of the lands in the faig
fields, common paſtures, common meadbws, hearh
and other conimonable lands, and entitled to the reſi-
due of the right of common thereupon and upon the
ſaid waſte ground. An allotment is firſt direted to
be made to the duke of Rutland as lord of the manor,
and a proper portion for ſtone and gravel-pits; and
then a compenſation to be made to the vicar for his
glebe and common right; after which, two fiſteentlis
to ve ſet out for the jmpfopriator and vicar from the
lands to be incloſed; and two ſeventeenths for ſuch
antient incloſures and homeſteads as were the property
of perfons entitled to common right; the ſaid allot-
ments to be divided into 97 parts, of which 78 for
the impropriators, and 29 for the vicar ; which are
to be in lieu of all tithes and payments, except for
burial in the church or church- yard, ſurplice- fees,
and other fees of right due and payable to the vicat
for the time being; and with a proviſo that the pro-
prietors of old incioſures, not having property in the
fields equal to the tithes of their old incloſutes, may
pay tithes as ufual for ſuch old incloſures, or aſfizn
part of their old incloſures in lieu of tithes,
The open fields, heath, &c. conſiſted of 49 yard-
lands (each 2 exgangs); and meafured at the incloſure
2222 4. 2 r. 16 p. including roads; of which was al-
lotted to the duke of Rutland,
; a. r. p.
as lord of the manor, 1 2 33
as impropriator, 204 2 12
as proprietor, 1361 3 18
Total I 563 o 23
To the vicar, in lieu of glebe, common: right, ard
tithes, 72 a. lr. 9p.
Two acres were ſet out for ſtone and gravel for the
roads; and 580a. or. 24 p- allotted to 24 frecholders.
The ancient incloſure, which conſiſted of a few tmall
homeſteads, appears not to have exceeded go acres,
of Sproxton, and entitled to the great tithes of corn ari An ill-conducied incloſure, which perhaps aduits
fing within the ſaid open and common fields, and, as, of no cure, is a check to the beſt ſtare of cultivation.
patron of the vicarage and church of Sproxton afore- One thing will ſtrike a ſtranger— that many of the
faid, and a proprietor of nearly three parts in five of
the faid fields, entitled to a right of common in
and over the ſame fields, and to the ſoil of all the
waſte-grounds in Sproxton aforeſaid the rev. 7obn
Walker, clerk, as vicar and incumbent of the vicarage
and church of Sproxton aforeſaid, entitled to certain
glebe-land within the ſaid fields, conſiſting of half a
yard-land, to right of common therein in reſpect of
ſuch land, to the tithe hay of fifteen yard-lands, par-
cel of the 49 yard-lands, to a modus, compolition, or
money-payment, of three pence per yard-land for the
reſt of the ſaid 49 yard-Jands, and to tithe of wool
and lamb, and all other the vicarial or ſmall tithes in -
kind, ariſing within the ſaid fields, paſtures, heaths,
and commonable lands, within the town and pariſh of
Sproxton atorefaid, and its precincts and liberties
public roads here, and at Saltby, are awarded over
the incloſures without regard to fences; and the tenant
has no protection of his property from the depreda-
tions of drove-cattle, or thoſe of his neighbour, when
the gates are left open, but by temporary ones erected
on each fide; and theſe are attended with great trou-
ble and expence. To lane out the roads, would cut
his field into awkward portions; once in twenty times
perhaps fairly, but often a rood or an acre froin a
corner; and even a facrifice of this fort at the diſ-
tance of 60 feet between the ditches would ſubject
him to the repair of the road—which was evideutly
one of the groſſeſt abſurdities.
Jobn-Henry duke of Rutland is the preſent lord of
the manor, and keeps court here. A fealty of 33. 4d.
is paid at the death of tenant or alienation.
«A
tation of his anceſtors ! That families have their times and periods, is moſt certain; yet wretched and vile are thoſe by whom
ſuch diſaſtrous accidents are wrought, Tis hard that the father of any family ſhould act as if he was not related to any
of his children but his eldeſt ſon; and I deny not that younger brothers ſ:ould be provided for; but fo, as that it may be
without prejudice to the dignity of the houſe, and injury to the heir, who is the propagator of the ſtock, and may leave a9
great and racenous a progeny, This I may illuſtrate by the following ſimile; as if a man, having a fair and faithful tree,
ſhould cut up the roots to give away, he ſhall nothing benefit the donee, and deſtroy and kill the tree; which if he crop and
diſpoſe of the upper boughs, thoſe may be ſerviceable, and the tree (thongh hindered for a while, yet) may afterwards fecover
its former ſtate, 80, if a man take the main fupporters from the houſe, as manors, farms, and tenements, he will by theſe
means bring utter ruin upon the family. But if he crop the upper branches to give the younger ſons, as annuities, rent-
charges, or leaſes for lives; though this be an eclipſe for a while, yet it will afterwards ſhine forth, and recover its former
dignity. For, what avails it to have honour deſcend to the heir, and little or nothing to maintain that = accordingly ?
Yet, Clemens Reynerus obſerves (Apoſtolat. Benedict. p. 220.) Sicut maxima corpora erebris minutifque diviſionibus & 11ct-
ſionibus abeunt in atomos individuaque corpuſcula ; ita generoſe familiz, que ſunt columina reipublice, tot hereditatum parti.
tionibus imminutæ, abeunt paulatim in plebeos.” And Nevizan the Civilian (Sylva. nupt lib. iv. fol. 354.) holdeth that,
« diminutis divitiis, diminuitur honor; nam dat cenſus honores, cenſus amicitias ;” and that, if a nobleman's cſtate is de-
cayed, he ſhall no more be arcounted noble, becauſe he cannot maintain that fate and title: and the Gloſs faith, Baro non
poteſt dici baro, niſi fit potens ad tenendum equos & arma;“ and therefore were John Nevill marquis Montacute, and his ſon
George duke of Bedford, juſtly deprived of all their honours by parliament, 17 Edw. IV. (1474); and the reaſon there give?
is, ** becauſe their eſtates and livelihoods were too weak to maintain a poſt anſwerable to thoſe great callings and titles 0
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honour ; and, for want of ſuch befitting eſtates, divers inconveniences happen in the countries in which zuch needy nobility
ſhall abide.” To conclude, therefore, with the ſame Nevizan : e Paria ſunt perdere vitam & perdere dominicum ; nam bon,
temporalia ſunt vita hominis; & per divitias decus & honor in familia conſervatur, & propter paupertatem familiæ ſordeſcunt.
Cole's Efcheats, 13 Hen. VIII. vol. I. (Harl. MSS. 756.) pp. 133. 378. See their pedigree under Wy fordby.
* See MS. Chetwynd. 3 Eſch. 27 Hen. VIII.
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This is one cr he ſe vente. towns in the Hundred
of Framland while pays fait anck fer vice to Francir
earl of Moira We holds d chr at Melton twice a
year as lord paramount of the Hndted. Octupiers of
certain tenements (not the Wee according to a ſuit-
roll delivered in, are obliged to attend, or pay a ſmall
fine. All houſes built upon the waſte pay an ac> --
knowledgement tc this cohrt 3 and 5s. is paid by the
conſtable annual, ar Michaelmas, to a perſon who -
rents what is called* Headlmd Money.
On the Weſtern fide of the lordſhip runs the antient” ©.
road from Nottingham to Stamford, now in} diſuſe 2
betwixt this and the town is'a bog (moraſs) of about -
an acre, which increaſes in height; it conſiſts of a
maſs of black vegetable earth, and, at the depth of
6 or 8 feet, of the branches and roots of trees inter-
mixed—hazel=nuts. in great abundance—-ogk,- and
birch-wood, &c. Sometimes large blocks of à petti-
faction of vegetable matter are met with and not
many years ſince, A pair of ſtag's horns were dug up
nearly perfect In many parts of the kingdom this
kind of earth, called peat-moſs or turf, is their only
fuel; but the uſe of it is not here known.
On the South-weſt ſide of the town has been a
fine ſheet of water, covering more than two acres of
ground: the embankments are perfect, aud have been
raiſed at a great expence. It was antient incloſure
ſurrounded by the open field, bears the name of The
Fiſh-pool, aud moſt likely belonged to the manſion of
the Sproxtons, Brabazons, Woodfords, Smiths, &c.
which manſion, from tradition, was ſituated on the
brow of the hill near the church, where foundations,
rubbiſh, and motes of à large extent, are yet viſible ;
and the ſituation has not been unpleaſant.
On the ſlope of the hills, extending hence to the
vicarage, may be diſtinctly ſeen Charnwood Foreſt, at
the diſtance of 30 miles, many noblemen and gentle-
mens” ſeats, and more than 30 pariſh-churches.
In 1564, there were zo families in Sproxton.
The freeholders here in 1630 were Robert Amys
and William Hubberd.
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At the” general ele in 52, 19 frecholders
polled from tflis pariſh ; and 1% in" 75 "a
Nett expence of the poor, 1.7 , 351. 145. 34, 1
Medium of three yeaths 178 555 741. 172 od.
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The levy for the poot i about ty. 3 d. in the pound.
de conſtable 6 ; a
hways's 3 5 ;
8 3 e 4 owt
The land tat at 45. raifes 35 f. 153: 64: E
* "Rents from 44. ro 0 pins aft acre average
ably about 123. 7 4
be quantity of ſheep kept betwixt 11 and 12
hundred. ah...
In the pariſh are the families of 1 clergyman; 15
farmers and graziers ; 15 day-labourers; 2 carpen-
ters; 2 ſhop-keepers, far gracerics; 2 victuallers
(ſell ale only); 3 ſhoemakers;. 1 tailor; 1 ſtone-ma-
ſon ; i blackſmith ;- 1 farrier; 1 weaver; 5 widows ;
and 3 fingle women, houſekeepers. . In all, 53 fami-
lies, 243 inhabitants, all of the church of England;
41 to a ſamily. 5 |
The annual average of deaths is about one in 44.
Extracts from the regiſter ; of which none remains
here older than 1640.
© Thomas Roſe of Sproxton was ſworn pariſh re-
giſter before me, on the 16th day of January, 16534
1LL. Har Torres.”
„ Francis'Lea and Elizabeth Eaſt were ſolemnly
married, by Will. Hartopp, juſtice, February 2r, 1653.
Benjamin Aunchman, clarke, buried Aug. 8, 1695.
1768, a Tom o' Bedlam buried Dec. 22.”
Baptifins, on an average, of 10 years, exceed 8.
Burials exceed 6.
One hundred years ago, baptiſms 5, burials 4.
In the laſt 10 years, baptiims near 9, burials 51.
' Amr increaſe of population.
Marriages from 1755 to 1794 (39 years) are 80
(17 by licence); 90 have writ their names; 68 have
made marks; and 2 have not ſigned.
The CHURCH,
dedicated to St. Bartholomew, ſtands high, and much ex-
poſed to the Weſt ; it is nearly a quarter of a mile from
any houſe, and double that diſtance from the greateſt
part of the town; yet the inhabitants ate remarkable
for their conſtant attendanee on divine worſhip.
It conſiſts of a nave and South aile leaded; a South
porch ; a chancel anfwering the nave; and a naked
rower-ſteeple, formefly adorned with large pinnacles,
of which a ſingle one remained in 1729, bat all are
now down. See a South-eaſt view of it, taken by Mr.
Schnebbelie, Sept. 29, 1791, plate LVI.
Within rhe tower are . bells, thus inſcribed:
1. T Laus Ones.
2. Jeſus Nazarenus rex Aubeurum.
Johannes Yorke me fecit in honors Beate Marie,
3. In honore Sei Apchardi.
A ſaint's bell has hung in the South window; and
the inhabitants have a tradition that it was ſtolen
and carried off in the night,
In this church Mr. Burton put down theſe arms:
I. Gules, on a bend, three martlets Sable. Brabazon.
2. Sable, three leopards“ heads giſant Gules three
fleurs de lis Argent. Woodford.
3. Quarterly, Woogford and Folvile.
4+ Woodford, impaling Brabazon.
5. Woodford ; impaling, Gules, a faltire Ermine.
6. . . fretty, impaling Brabazon. ;
The four firſt of theſe were gane in 1729; but
the fifth Mr. Peck found in the Eaſt window: of the
South aile z and under it the figure of the Virgin
ry in a Rate of pregnancy, with this label:
Exultate mecum pro infante in utero meo *.
* Sce plate L VI. fig. —6.
and the ineumbent as ** fu
A part of this figure is ſtill remaining, 1794.
The font is engraved in plate LVI. fig. 7.
"Of -rhe church of Sproxton one third part was
given by Hugo de Boby to the abbot and convent of
Croxton, during the archdeaconry of Baldricus , who
regularly gave inſtitution to one of their members
as far as that portion extended; but they never ob-
tained the biſhop's confirmation. The other two
thirds were given to them, in pure alms, by Ac bard
de Sproxton, and the right of patronage by John his
ſon; from which period they held the whole church
as an appropriation, under the authority of a papal
bull, and an eſpecial commiſſion from that court +.
In 1220, the abbot of Croxton is deſcribed as pa-
tron of the church of Sptoxton, having then the
third part of the tithes to his own uſe, The then
rſon was William, inſtituted by Hugh biſhop of
| 204 and had the two other parts entire. The
monks of St. Andre of Northampton then had there
two garbs of the tithes of the demeſnes of John de
Sproxton from of old 5,
The church was fully appropriated to the abbot
and convent of Croxton, 6 kal. June, 1310; and the
ordination of the vicarage (dated 17 Kal. May that
In 1344, the procurations were 75. 64d.; the church
was taxed at 9 marks, and paid 2 5: for Peter-pence.
In 1534-5, ſyuodals were 3s. 6d.; and the value
of the vicarage 61, 13s. 4d.
In 1650, Sproxton was returned as an impropri-
ation; the rectory worth 40 /.; the vicarage £20. ;
ient.
The preſent value ia the King's books is £7. 45. 41d.
+424 12+ year) is confirmed by the ſame deed *.
* « Myfriend Mr. Erancis Blomefield, of Fersfield in Norfolk, has a MS, ofthe 25 joys of the Virgin Mary in old Engliſh.
They begin tha * Ave Maria, &c. In the worſchep of the joy that
ye had hu that ye couſepved goddys Sone, thorow the
rertu of the Holy Gaſt,” Ex literis amici mei revetendi F. B. miſſis Dec, 1728.“
* Baldricus de Sigith, archdeacon of Leiceſter
by king Stephen clericus mens. :
F. Pxcx, Appendis, p. 139,
1158—1389, in the Great Regiſter of the dean and chapter of Lincoln, is called
$ See the Matriculus, p- El.
YReg. d'Alderby.
The
33 HIS TOR AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSUHIRE.
The epiſcopal procurations are, for the rectory
25 4d. ; for the vicarage 104. d.; the archidia-
conal 3s, 64, The clear yeatly value, at the end of
the year 1793, was 48F. 1 |
N VIC ARS. | |
Theobald, one portion of the vicarage, 1208.
Roger, ſon of Roger Albi of Leiceſter, one portion, 1209.
William, two portions, 1220.
William of Leiceſter, one portion, 1231.
Reginald of Melton, ſub-deacon, two portions, 12 38.
Humphrey of Waltham, 1241.
I Fry of Erneſby, ſubdeacon, two portions, 1245.
ichard of Redmile, 1288; living in 1320.
Robert occurs vicar in 1320.
Richard Lawe occurs 1534; died 1 547.
Thomas Fuller *, preſented July 29, 1547.
| — Wakey 3 occurs 1560.
Benjamin Churchman, preſented Aug. 17, 16791; died 1695.
William Dand *, Dec. 24, 1695.
William Holden 5, Aug. 15, 1704 ; died 1741-2.
Abraham Goſe, Feb. 16, 1741-2; died 1703.
John Walker, April 20, 1763; died 1787.
Daniel Kitchen, Jan. 3, 1988; died in 1791.
- William Mounſey, preſented in 1791.
MONUMENTAL
i In the chancel, againſt the North wall, going up
to the ſteps of the altar,” ſays Mr. Peck in 1729, © is
a ſtone figure; whether an altar, a credential table, or
a monument, is uncertain. The inhabitants have no
tradition about it.” A ſketch of it is here annexed, fig. &.
The Weſt end has the appearance of ſomedefaced letters.
On the floor, in the North aile, under the reading-
deſk, is an old free-ſtone with an inſcriprion round the
edge in black letter, too much defaced to be intelli-
gible. There remain on it two croſſes fleury ; on the
outer fide of each a ſhield with a plain croſs; and on
the other fide of one of them a ſhield barry of ten,
Argent and Sable, fig. 9.
On a ſmall ſtone on the North wall of the nave:
« Here lieth the body of William Dand;
buried July 12, 1720.”
On the wall of the South aile rwo tablets :
« Here | « Here
lieth the body of lieth interred the body of
John Bullivant, Daniel Bullivant,
who departed this life
April 30, 1761,
aged 50 years.“
who departed this life
June 20, 1788,
aged 44 years.“
Mr. Peck obſerves, that, in digging for graves
near the chancel, ſtone coffins without lids, hollowed
to the ſhape of the human body, have been often
foundꝰ. It is not unlikely they have been walled - out
by ſome more modern alterations of the church, which
evidently has been larger.” He adds, In the church-
yard is a flat grave- ſtone, very old, on which I could
diſcern letters, but not legible by reaſon of the ſtone's .
being very much decayed by rain and weather. The
inhabitants have a tradition that the perſon there bu-
ried was a famous warrior.”
A ſingle ſtone ſtill remains there; apparently the
baſe of a croſs (ſee plate LVI. fig. 10); in which,
according to tradition, was fixed a pillar, which was
taken away to anſwer the purpoſe of a foot-bridge.
In that humble fituation it lies acroſs a ditch on a foot-
INSCRIPTIONS.
*
The wake, formerly holden the Sunday following
the 15th of Auguſt, being the Afſumpiion of our
Lady, was, in 1793, by public advertiſement, ex.
changed to Whitſunday.
| PATRONS...
t Abbot and convent of Croxton.
\
Eleanor, counteſs-dowager of Rutland.
John eighth earl of Rutland.
John ninth earl of Rutland.
John third duke of Rutland.
Iſabella dutcheſs of Rutland, Henry duke
of Beaufort, and others.
flowered fancy-work is very bold and perfect, are re-
preſented, fig. 11, 12, 13. The head is a croſs in a
circle, exactly like many in Wales, Cornwall, and
Denmark. As it was not removed in the memory of
the oldeſt inhabitant, and Burton does not notice it;
it is poſſible it may have been trod under foot for
more generations than one. |
In a window of the new vicarage-houſe, 1794, are
preſerved two ſhields in painted glaſs, formerly in the
old vicarage-houſe, on one of which are the initials of
Richard Lawe, who died vicar in 1547; on the other
a part of the name of John Wakey, who occurs as vicar
in 1560; fig. 14, 15. fab e
The other monuments in the church-yard are head-
ſtones only. The names of Yuch as have exceeded
threeſcore years and ten are here given ; and, what
may not be a common circumſtance, they are more
than one fourth of the whole. |
Rev. William Holden, vicar, died January 27,
1741, aged 71.
Rev. Nicholas Stokes [| curate} A. B. aged 76.
75 Annis, died Aug. 13, 1742, aged 80.
ary, his wife, {died May 2, 17 56, aged 89.
Robert Annis, died Dec. 23, 1786, aged 85.
Sarah Annis, died April 25, 1782, aged 73.
George Wilburn, died April 4, 1785, aged 77.
Ann, wife of Sam. Eaſt, died Dec. 2, 1752, aged 82.
Thomas Bruſter, died Oct. 1, 1778, aged 75.
George Stevens, died Oct. 5, 1769, aged 75+
Elizabeth, his wife, {died Aug. 18, 1782, aged 85.
John Coates, died March 9, 1766, aged 77-
Eleanor, his wife, {died May 25, 1766, aged 82.
Alice Burgin, died March 7, 1794, aged 80.
Robert Coy, died Nov. 29, 1789, aged 75.
William Ingleton, ] died April 18, 1769, aged 81.
Mary, his wife, I died Sept. 29, 1756, aged 71.
Ruth, wife of G. Boulton, June 8, 1778, aged 77.
The return made to the houſe of commons, in 1786,
path to Saltby. It is near 8 feet high; the upper part in anſwer to the enquiry reſpecting the charitable
worn quite ſmooth; the other ſides, on which the donations in this pariſh, may be ſeen in p. 13.
He witneſſes, in that year, a deed of Richard of Redmile, who calls himſelf qzondam rector. See p. 324.
Reg. Cranmer, ſede Lincoln. vacante, fol. 406.
3 In the Certificate referred to under Howes, p. 221, Mr, Wakey is thus deſcribed ; ** Reſidet; non licentiatus, nec piæ-
dicat ; nullum aliud habet.“
4 He changed this vicarage for Saltby about 1704, or 1705, where be was vicar till 1716, when he reſigned Saltby for Granby:
5 Vicar alſo of Saltby in 1716, on the reſignation of Mr. Dand ; from which time the two livings of Saltby and Sproxton
have never been ſeparated. See p. 397. He was buried at Sproxton, Jan. 29. 1741-2. k
6 It is very probable that theſe coffins were once covered by the ridged lids, with or without eroſſes cut on them, ſo
frequently laid on the top of the churchyard-wall, as at Stilton in Huntingdonſhire, and Etton in Northamptonſhire, ** The
wall of the latter churchyard, as at Maxey and Baddington, is coped with oblong lids of old ſtone-coffins, with croſſes cut on
them. In ſeveral churchyards of the neighbouring pariſhes, ſtone coffins are frequently dug up, the tops or covers of which
are uſed for coping. They are often of a prodigious weight, and one particularly as heavy as fix men could carry. The .
are generally quite conſumed, and a hole for that purpoſe at the bottom of the coftin.” Bridges, II. 510. 7 Peck, Ms.
$TAPLEFORD,
in antient writings called Stableford, Stapelford, Stapil-
ferd, Stapulford, is about two miles from North to
South, and two miles and a half from Eaſt to Weſt.
It is fituated, as Mr. Wyrley obſerves, “ ad orientem
limitem Leiceſtrenſem, juxta rivulum qui ſtatim Wreko
commiſcitur 3” and is bounded on the North by Wy-
verby, Freby, and Saxby ; on the Faſt by Wymondham
and Edmondthorpe; on the Weſt by Burton Lazars
and Little Dalby ; and on the South by Whiſſendine,
in the county of Rutland. Ir is four miles diſtant from
Melton Mowbray, the neareſt market town; 19 from
Leiceſterz and, in the eccleſiaſtical diviſion of the
county, is within the deanry of Framland.
At Stapleford, in the time of king Edward the Con-
feſſor, the arable land was eſteemed ſufficient to main-
tain ſeventeen ploughs, the then annual value of the
lordſhip being four pounds ; which, at the Norman
ſurvey, was increaſed to en pounds, and held under
the king by Henry de Ferieres. There were fourteen
ploughlands, of which four were in the lord's demeſne;
where four ploughs were employed and four bond-
men. Twenty-three villans, with four bordars and
wwenty-three ſocmen, had thirteen ploughs. There
were two mills of eight ſhillings value, and a hnndred
and thirty acres of meadow '. Five ploughlands in
Saxeby, ſubordinate to the lordſhip of Stapleford,
were included in the above valuation *.
From Henry de Ferraris, to whom this manor was
iven by the Conqueror, it came to Rebert earl of
— and Nottingham, his grandion, who gave 40s.
a year, in the ſoke of Stapleford 3, to the monks of Bre-
don, a religious houſe of his own foundation.
Hugh de Ferrars granted afterwards to the ſame
priory, in free alms, within the ſoke of Stapleford, an
annual rent of 405. in exchange for the like ſum which
Robert de Ferrars his grandfather had given them
from his ferme at Stapletord. He gave them alſo the
mill at Stapleford; and in Saxby four virgates of
land, with the villans, and twelve-pence rent in that
town. Witneſſed by his brother William de Ferrars“.
« Stapleford was poſſeſſed by the Vidame of Char tres,
as I think by deſcent; for it is certain he was a Ferrars,
though he bore for his arms a bend between fix mart-
lets*, This Vidame, having taken upon him the
croſs, died beyond the ſeas ; whereupon king John
iſſued out his ſpecial mandate“ to Geffrey Fitz Piers,
chief juſtice of England, te give livery of his lands
2 to William third earl of Derby (being of his
ee) 7,” |
Though this lordſhip was in the number of thoſe
which were ſeized as Norman property“; yet, by the
prudent management of William de Ferrars, the fourth
earl of Derby, it was preſerved to his family; as we
learn by the following entry in the Teſta de Nevill :
Stapelford fuit terra Norm'; quando Normanni
perdiderint terras ſuas, venit comes de Ferreres, &
leuivit manerium de Stapelford; & valet per annum
20 libras9,”
In the ſame record, Stapleford is mentioned as con-
taining at that period ten ploughlands, which paid
65. 84. towards the ſheriff's aid; 12d. pro ſecld, and
75. tor frankpledge . LNG
F ' $3r-}Þ
S T A . 5
% William de Ferrars, earl of Derby and Nottingham,
gave 25. of yearly rent here to the Knights Hoſpi-
talers ; and afterwards, in the time of king Henry III,
gave the lordſhip of Stapleford to William de Veſcy in
frank marriage with Agnes his elde? daughter; which
Agnes afterwards granted it to Villiam de Veſey her
ſon, and to the heirs of his body lawfully begotten;
the remainder in fee to Edmund earl of Lancaſter. It
ſeemeth that William died not long after without iſſue;
and that the remainder came to the earl of Lancaſſer,
who (as the tradition goerh) built a caſtle there.“
The property of the abbot and convent of Crox-
ton at Stapleford is thus deſcrib-d in their Regiſter.
William de Ferrariis enfeoff-d Reger Baſſet in two
virgates of land, with i's appurt«nances, in Stpleford,
in conſideration of an annual rent of 2s. or a fore-
hawk in lien of it; and Roger Baſſet transferred his
right in the fame, on the like terme, to Willium ct
Hareflan ; who again transferred the land to Henry,
rector of Stapleford, for a rent of 16s. and foreign
ſervice. Henry, who died ſeiſed of the land, left it
to Roger his brother who enfeoffed Adam the clerk,
father of Matthew. This rent of 16s. with all ho-
mage, wards, reliefs, and other tervices, ariſing trom
the land, was given by the atoreſaid William de
Hareſtan, in pure alms, to the abbot and convent.
Robert Loveia, brother to the ſaid William de
Hureſtan, releaſed to the abbot and conyent all claim
he might have in the ſaid land; and William de Ter-
rars, earl of Derby, confirmed the gift, reſerving to
himſelf the annual rent of two ſhiltings ; which rent
was afterwards beſtowed on the abbey, by Robert de
Ferrars, earl of Derby, in pure alms *.
In the Itinerary of 12%0, Stapleford, Saxby, and
Freathby, anſwered collectively as one vill.
In 1283, it appeared on an inquiſition, that Agnes
de Veſcy held five bovates of land, with the appurte-
nances, in Stapleford, in trank-marriage, of the gift of
William de Ferrers, late earl of Derby, ber father “.
Robert de Ferrars, earl of Derby, releaſed to Ro-
bert de Chevercourt, for twice appearance in his court
yearly, all manner of ſuits, ſervices, and cuſtoms, of
his tenements in Stapulford.
John de Ferrers , as lord of the ſoke of Stapleford,
by a deed without date, releaſed to Payne Tib-tot and
his heirs all claim of action for depaſturing, his cattle,
from Eaſter-day to Trinity Sunday, on the meadow
called Weſtmer, in the open fields of Thorpe-Edmer
and Wymondham. The releaſe extends alſo to 7obn
Hamelyn, Richard de Caſterton, 7 Lomas de Arreby, Hugo
de Purle, the priorels of Stikeſwold, Henry le Bret,
William de Purle, and William. de Capie“...
Among the records of the Exchequer, in 1287, is a
grant of Oſbert de Bereford, in tail {cum taillamento),
to William his brother, of lands, &c. in the townſhips
of Wiſhau, Langley, Sutton, Curdwerth, &c. co.
Warwick; and Stapleford, co. Leiceſter **.
In 128g, it appeared that Agnes de Veſey, deceaſed,
held the mill at Stapleford of lord Edmund the
king's brother, by the gift of William de Ferrars,
late earl of Derby, in fraac-marriage, without doing
any ſervice; and that William de Veſcy, ſon of the
Henricus de Ferieres tenet de rege Stapleford. Ibi 14 carucatz terræ. Tempore regis Edwardi erant ibi :7 carucæ.
De hae terra ſuut 4 carucatæ in dominico ; & ibi 5 carucz & 4 ſervi. Idi 23 villani, cum 4 bordariis & 23 ſochmanns, habent
carucas. Ibi 2 molini de 8 folidis ; & 130,acrz prati. Valuit 4 libras ; modo 10 libras.” Domeſday, p. 233- a. col. 2.
In >axebi ſunt 5 carucatæ terræ pertinentes ad Stapeford. Pretium ejus in Stapeford.”” Ibid.
Ihe extent of this ſoke is deſcribed in p. 322.
From the Regiſter of Bredon, communicated by Robert earl Ferrers, 1794; by which it appears alſo that William prior
of Bredon exchanged a ſmall portion of lands at Saxby with John of Sproxton.
* See plate LX. fig. 1.
* Cart. 5 John, n. 29.
*
Burton, in MS, Chetwynd ; cited alſo by Dugdale, Warwickſhire, vol. II. p. 1091, ex autographo penes W. Burton, arte.
dee Holinſhed, p. 232. b.
* 9 P. xlviii. 5 70 bid.
Croxton Regiſter ; ſee the extracts in the Appendix, p. 87.
it Burton, in Ms. Chetwynd.
3: Pſch. 12 } dw. I. N 69. Leic,
'* Son of Robert carl of Derby; and, after his father's forteiture and deprivation, lord Ferrars of Chartley.
'* See the deed under Wymondham.
0 Eſch. 18 Edw. I. Ne 4. Leic. Aud ice Dugdale, Warwickthire, vol. II. p. 920.
Vol. I. 4Q | laid
332 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES of LEICESTERSHIRE.
ſaid Agnes, was her next heir, -and that he was at
that time more than thirty years of age *,
In 1297, it appeared that Clementia de Veſiy held
half a Knight's fee in Stapleford of Edmund earl of
Lancaſter, the king's brother, deceaſed; that William
Ganigy le Rous held halt a knight's fee in Stapleford
of the ſaid earl, by homage and 6d. a year rent; and
tnat it was worth 3. a year; that Ralph, the fon of
Matthew, held the tenth part of a knight's fee in the
fame place of the {11d earl; alſo that the ſaid earl
had divers lands in the ſoke of Stapleford aforeſaid,
which he held of the honour of Ferrars; viz. one vir-
gate of the gift of Robert Payne, worth 125. a year ;
two parts of a bovate, with the reverſion of the third
part, of the gift of Ivo Stock; which two parts were
worth 3s. 4d. a'year; 18s. 9d. a year rent of the
freeholdersz; a peund and an half of cumin; the
court there from three weeks to three weeks, worth
331. a year; alſo that the heirs of John le Mareſcall
held half a knight's fee in the ſoke of Stapleford
aforeſaid of the ſaid carl, by homage and ſuit of
court; alſo that fir William de Veſcy held two caru-
cates of land in demelye, and 10 virgates in villenage,
and four cottages in Stapleford and Saxby, of the
atore{aid earl; allo that the ſaid earl held the advow-
fon of the church of Stapleford aforeſaid ; and that
it was worth 20. a year to the parſon. He poſ-
ſeſſed alſo a renth part of a fee of the land of Abelawe
(ihe manor of Nether-hall probably) in Saxby; and
the churches of Thorpe-Edmere and W ymondham.
The portion of the churches of Coſton, Stapleford,
and Wymondham, were then valued at (4. a year *.
Dec. 1, 1308, the king granted to Thomas earl of
Lancaſler and Leiceſter, and his heirs, a weekly market
on Fridays, and a yezriy fair on the eve, day, and
marrow, of the Nativity of St. John the Baptiſt, at
their manor. of Stapleford, co. Leiceſter. ** His teſ-
tibus; venerabilibus paribus R. London”; J. Ciceſt';
W. Wigorn', epiſcopis ; Hen} de Lacy, com” Linc”;
Gilberto de Clare, com* Glouc' & Heref*; Adomaro
de Valentia, com' Pembr'; & Humfr' de Bohun, com'
Heret' & Etiex ; Rob' de Clifford; Joh' de Haſtings;
Rob' filio Pagani, ſeneſcallo hofpitii noſtri. Dat. apud
Weſtm', 1 die Decembr', per ipſum regem 3.”
In 1309, Reger de Derle and others, of Stapleford,
were impleaded by fir Jehn Hameiyn, for breaking
down a wall of his at Wymondham. The fact was
admitted by the ſaid Roger; but juſtified, as having
been done by him as bailiff of Thomas earl of Lan-
caſter, n whoſe ground, as lord paramount of Wy-
mondham, the wall had been erected %
The Woodford Chartulary preſerves theſe deeds :
„In 1315, John de Woodford, of Brentyngby, pur-
chaſed certain livelihoods in Stapulford of Robert the
ſon of Geoffrey of Stapulford, to him and his heirs in
tee ſimple; 10 Edward il. p
« The faid John of Woodford gave the aforeſaid
meſſuage, &c. to the aforeſaid Robert, reſerving to -
bimſelt an annual reht of 25s. 4d. ; and the reverſion,
for the default of heirs of the ſaid Robert, to the
ſaid John and his heirs for evermore ; 10 Edward III.
«© illiam, lon of Peter Chevercourt, releaſed to
Robert Peuirell and Alice his wile his right in certain
lands in Stapulford ; whoſe eſtate John of Woodford
pu:chalec, No date.
* Richard le Iten, of Donyngton ſuper le Heth,
and Agnes his wife, releaſed to the aforeſaid Alice
aud Robert their title in the ſaid lands. No date.
*© Robert, fon of the aforenamed Richard Ken, re-
Jeaſed ro the aforeſaid Robert and Alice his wife the
aſorefaid toft, &c.; whoſe eſtate John of Woodford
purchaſed. No ate.”
May 18, 1319, Thomas, earl of Lancaſter, in con-
fideration of the good and faithful ſervices done, and
to be done, by his dear and well-beloyed vadlet Roger
Beler, demiſed to him and his heirs, for the annual
rent of one penny, the bailywick and ſtewardſhip of
Stapletord, and all the franchiſes in the ſeveral town.
ſhips dependent on it, a bovate of land in Wymond-
ham and Edmondthorpe, 2cs. rent in the ſaid baily-
wick, and all manner of fines, amerciaments, and pro.
firs of court; reſerving to the lord the advowſon of
the charches, with the fees of knights, wardſhips,
marriages, and reliefs, This was confirmed by king
Edward II, at York, May 25 171 |
In 1325, it appeared that Roger Beler, deceaſed,
and Alice his wite, held the bailiwick and {tewardſhip
of the town of Stapleford, and the whole liberty
thereof, in all the towns and hamlets parcel of the
above-mentioned bailiwick, and one bovate of land in
the towns of Wymondham and Edmundthorpe; and
205, rent within the aforeſaid bailiwick, of the gift of
Thomas late earl of Lancaſter to the ſaid Roger and
his heirs, to hold of the ſaid earl, by the ſervice of
1d, a year at the feaſt of St. Michael, for all ſervices“.
The names of the lordſhips ſubject to the ſoke or
bailiwick of Stapletord, which for a long period of
years had been rented, and afterwards purchaſed, of
the crown, in right of the dutchy of Lancaſter, are,
Saxby, Wymondham, Edmondthorpe, Coſton, a moiety
ot Little Dalby, Somerby, Burrow, and Eaſtwell.
Among the MSS. of Mr. Le Neve is a memoran-
dum that there exiſts, among the archives of the Col-
lege of arms, a charier of Thomas earl of Lancaſter
aud Leiceſter, high-ſteward of England, confirming a
donation of the advowſon of the church of Stapletord,
by this Roger Beler, to the warden ot the chapel of
St. Peter at Kirkeby ſuper Wrethek “.; the ſaid ad-
vowſon being held under the duke of Lancaſter, and
having been exchanged with the king for the ad-
vowſor. of the church of Wick hain Broke in Suffolk“.
In 1330, king Edward III. granted the manor of
Stapleford, then valued at Ct. 85. 6d. a year, and
then late parcel of the poſſeſſions of Simon dg Bere-
Ford (which Simon had forfeited the ſame) ro Jobn
Nevill and his heirs males.
There was formerly another manor here, which
belonged to the anticnt family of Hawberk ; out of
which deſcended fir Hugh de Hawberk, knt. who
married Iſabella, the daughter of Theobald de Verdon
(the widow of Henry lord Ferrers of Greby), wha -
was lineal anceſtor to fir Lawrence Hawberk, knt. who,
in 1331, enfeoffed his manors of Stapleford, and Saxby,
co. Leiceſter, and Barrow in Rutland .
In 1344, it appeared that Margery, relict of Ralph
Fitz Matibeto, of Stapleford, held two meſſuages and
two virgates of land in Stapleford, for term of lite,
by leaſe, from Thomas de Medborne ; which Thomas
leaſed them to her and Kalph her huſhand, deceaſed,
for the term of their lives, to hold by the ſervice of
one roſe-flower, one pound of cumin, and 16g, a
ar 11.
In 1346, Henry Moton (on the aid then granted for
knighting Edward of Woodſtock, the King's eldeſt
ſon), was aſſeſſed 205. for half a Knight's fee lying in
S'apleford, Saxby, and Edmundthorpe, parcel of the
fee of Tutbury and Baſſet '*,
In 1364, Milliam Penſaye, vicar of Okeham, ſur-
rendered back to Laurence Hazwberk, grandſon of the
Lawrence already mentioned, his right in the manor
of Stapleford.
In 1366, the manor of Stapleford, with the town,
bailiwick, and ſeneſchally, were ſettled, by John duke
of Lancaſter, as part of the dower on Blanch his wife“
In 1371, Robert de Oxenforde, parſon of Gnypton,
releaſed all his right in Stapleford, to Robert Coll '*.
In 1372, Robert Tibetot, knt. died ſeiſed of 35. 3d.
ariſing out of a certain cottage in Stapleford, of Jobs
© MS. Roper; ex Rec. Paſch, 16 Edw. I. in Recept. Scaccarii, Rot, minor 2.
? Fich. 25 Edw. I. N. gr. Leie.
Cart. 2 I dw, II. N“ 39.
Roper, MS. Ses farther under Wymondham.
5 See the deed and confirmation in the Appendix to the Hiſtory of Leiceſter, p. 24+
7 See beſore, under Kirkby Beler, p. 226.
Cart. 5 Edw. III. 1 See before, p. 309,
7 0
See farther particulars in the Appendix to the Town of Leiceſter, p. 32.
The origina! grant remains in the poſſeſſion of the earl of Harborough,
o Eſch. 19 Edw. II. Ne 98. Leic.
peter Le Neve, ex autographo inter archivas Colleg. Armor. 1714.
1 Eſch. 13 Edw, III. N* 3
23 Sce Appendix to the HAiſtory of the town of Leiceſter, p. 2
9. Leic. 12 Rot. Aux, 20 Edw. III.
7. % Clauſ. 45 Edw. III. m. 9.
duke
FRAMLAND HUNDRED:]
duke of Lancaſter, as parcel of the manor of Edmere:
ttorpe, which cottage Roger Greycope held.
In 1376, Guy de Koucliffe, or Rencliffe, renounced to
the above-mentioned Lazrence Hawberk, all his right
in the manors of Stapleford, Saxby, and Barrow *.
In 1392, lands at Stapleford, Wymondbam, Leeſ-
thorp, &c. were given to the priory at Kirkby Beler
by Ralph Crumbevell and others“. | parks
By Agnes Hawberk *, a daughter of the aforeſaid
Lawrence, the manor of Stapleford was brought, in
1402, by marriage, to
Robert Sherard, eſq. a lineal deſcendant from Schi-
RAu D; who, in the reign of William the Conqueror,
held large poſſeſſions in the counties of Cheſhire and
Lancaſhre. To this Robert and his wife Thomas
Friſby and others, Nov. 28, 1403, releaſed all right
to their lands at Stapletord. Ic no where appears
when Robert died; but, in 1420, he witneſſed a con-
veyance of the fourth part of a meſſuage and yard-Jand
at Stapleford from Wiiliam Bezan io Robert Herlewin,
In the ſubſidy of 1416, when the county of Lei-
ceſter was rated at C. 757. 125. 114d. Stapleford paid
£3. 10s.
Lawrence Sherard, ſon and heir of Robert, was
ſheriff 5 of the county of Rutland in 1438, of Lei-
ceſterſhire and Warwickſhire in 1443 and 1444; and
had to wife Elizabeth, daughter and heir of ch H/ood-
ford, grandſon and heir uf fir Robert Woodford, of
Sproxton, in Leiceſterſhire, knr. by whom he had iſſue
ſour ſons, Robert, Geoffrey, Chriſtopher, and Milli m;
and a daughter Anne, married in 1449 to Anthory
Mallory, efq. of Walton on the Wold®.
In 1445, fir Lawrence Berkeley, knight, of Staple-
ford, being ſworn and examined, did atarm, that he
could diſpend thirty pounds by the year of old rents,
beſides all charges ?,
In the ſubſidy cf that year, Stapleford was rated at
£3. 165.3 and an abatement was made of 55.
Ia 1455, it appeared that Rovert Wodeford, knt. de-
ceaſed, was ſeiſed of two metiuages, two tofts, three
yard- lands, thirteen acres of meadow, and 100 acres of
paſture, in Stapletford, held of the king as of his
dutchy of Lancaſter, by fealty only *.
Robert Sherard, eſq. the eldeit ſon of Lawrence,
ſucceeding to the family eſlates, was ſherift9 of the
county of Rutland in 1452. He married Elizabeth,
daughter of Jobn Durant, of Cotteſmere, co. Rutland,
by whom he had one daughter, Joan, who died an in-
fant ie; and, dying without ſurviving iſſue, N
Geoffrey, his brother, a counſellor at law, was heir
to his eſtate. Re was thrice ſheriff ©* of the county of
Rutland, 1469, 1481, aud 1483 and ſeveral deeds
of his, from 1460 to 1489, occur among the Illuſtra-
tions of the Pedigree; by one of which, in 1467,
Fobn Coevercourt ſecures to him all the lands, &c. at
Stapleford, which had belonged to Robert Chever-
cour: his father, who had obtained the ſame by a
grant from fir John Calveley. Ile married Joyce,
daughter of Thomas Aſhby, of Loſeby, co. Leiceiter,
eſq. and by her (who died Sept. 10, 1492, and hes
buried with him at Stapleford), he had ſeven daughters
and ſeven ſons; of whom Thomas Sherard, of Staple»
ford, was heir; and Robert, ſecond fon, was of Lop-
thorpe, in the pariſh of North Witham, in Lincoln-
thire**, from whom the baronets of this family (now
extinct) were deſcended. A conveyance of Geoltrey
" Efch,.46 Edw. III. N? 54. Leic.
STAPLEFOR PB.
* See under Saxby, p. 309.
333
Sherard to his eldeſt ſon Thomas occurs in 1489. By
his laſt will, dated in 1492, he gave to his three
daughters all his goods and moveables, to be divided
between them and his two fons. “ Lego. Galfrido
filio Thome Sherard ti. & Thome filio dicti Thome
131. 44.; lego Wilko, Laurentio, & Roberto, filiis
meis, allodium meum perquiſitum .“
William Sherard, eſq. the youngeſt ſon of Lawrence;
was living at Staplcford in 1464; and had property
at South Croxton "4; and in fereral townſhips in Rut-
land. He had a ſon Thomas ; to whom Hugh She-
rerd, of London, releaſed all claim in 1521.
Thomas Sherard, eldeſt fon of Geolſrey, was ſheriff*s
of the county of Rutland in 1468 and 1480; and be-
came poſſeſſed of the manors of Teigh and Whiſſen-
dine, in the coumy of Rutland, and Stainſby and
Gunby, co. Lincoln, with other lands of inheritance;
by marriage with Margaret, daughter and ſole heir of
John Helwcll, eſq. In 1 5co, he built the antient part
of the preſent houſe; and in the ſame year put an
end to a difpute which had been for ſome time pend-
ing with Elias abbot of Croxton . |
On the diſſolution of religious houſes, it appeared
that the priory of Kirkby Beler poſſeſſed certain tithes
at Stapletord, which were leaſed ro Thomas Sherard,
eſq. at a rent of {5. 6s. 8d.; with the rectory, leaſed
to Richard Gyb/ſon, at . 135. 4d. including the glebe;
and that they paid an acknowledgement to the king,
as duke of Lancaſter, of a pound of pepper for their
lands and tenements at Stapleford *.
Aug. i8, 1544, it appeared that Richard Peck died
ſeiſed of certain lands in Stapleford, late parcel of the
poſſeſſions of the diflolved monaſtery of Brooke, co.
Rutland, held of the king in capite .
George Sherard, elq. ſon and heir of Thomas, re-
ſided at Stapleford when he purchaſed, in 1548, two
renements, with other houſes, lands, and gardens, from
John Beaumont, of Gracedieu, and Robert Mett of
Fritby, gentlemen. He purchaſed alſo from George
Chaworth, elq. in 157 3, one of the manors in Sax by;
and was ſheriff of the county of Rutland in 1545 and
1572, and of Leiceſter in 1567.
In this town,” ſays Burton, “of a long time,
hath been the antient family of Sherard, which houſe
yet continueth here to this day.“ This occurs in Bur-
ton's printed Hiſtoryz and from a MS, of his now
before me! I tranſcribe the following notes, originally
taken by Mr. Wyrley ** in 1569.
* In domo G. Sherard, apud Stapleford, com. Leic.
6 Sherard, of Stapleford, com. Leic. and of More-
hall, in the paryſhe of Whitſtonden, com. Rutland, of
an elder howfe com. Lancaſter, beareth for himſelfe,
Argent, a cheveron Geulz betwixt three torteauxes.
His creſt is a pecock's plume Golde. |
He beareth Hawberd, 1; and Woodford, 2; and
Margaret Helwell, daughter and heir of John Hel-
well, ſon and heir of fir John Helwell, knight.
© Hawberd bears, Argent, a bend Sable, therein
three annulets lynked thriſe, Or.
* oodford bears, Sable, three fleurdelice counter-
changed, in medio a leopard's head Geulz.
* Helwell bears, Argent, a chevron Geulz, therein
three bezants Golde, with a border of Geulz en-
grailed. Helwells were lords of Whitſtonden **, com,
Rutland, tempore E. II. E. III. R. II. H. VI. & ad
tempora E. IV.
7 See before, p. 230.
lu the Viſitation of 1619, Robert Sherard, eſq. is ſaid to have married Anne, one of the daughters and coheirs of fir Henry
Haxbterk, of Stapleford; the other coheireſſes being Med, the wife of Hugo Calveley ; and Mary, the wife of Normannus
dwimfard; but this, in all probability, is a miſtake, as Robert ſeems to have married but once, namely, to Agnes.
' 5 Fhller's Worthies, iu com, Rutland.
7 Burton, p. 26;. * Eſch, 34 Hen. VI.
" See the Illustrations of the Pedigree.
This appears from the probate of his will,
it Fuller's Worthies, in com. Rutlaud.
'* Illuſtrations of the Pedigree,
See the marriage-ſettlement among the Illuſtrations of the Sherard Pedigree.
9 Fuller's Worthies, in com. Rutland.
'2 Sce hereafter, p. 352.
'5 Fuller's Worthies, in com. Rutland,
1 Se the Nluſtrations of the Sherard Pedigree, Ne 19; and ee alſo, in the Appendix, an entry of this circumſtance in the
Regiſter of Croxton »bbey.
„ Bailifls Accompts, 31 Hen. VIII. in the Augmentation-Office,
Burton, MS. penes Sam, Lyſons, armig. F. A S. 1794.
1e Eſch. 36 Hen. VIII.
Ms. in the College of Arms,
be notes of Wyrley, which furniſh the above extract, ſupply the following illuſtration of the monument of Fillers, en-
graved under Melton Mowbray, plate XLVIII. p. 255 —* In ecclefia de Whytſtonden, alias Wiſſonden, in com. Rutland,
Bart. Fillers ; Sable, a feſſe Argent, and the ſame Ermyn and Erminee.
He married Margaret, the daughter and heir of
Francis Clarke ; who bare, Argent, a chevron Geulz, three lyke pales Geulz—Bart, Fillers; Quarterly, Or and Sable, a lyon
rampant Argent, blotted out, &c. Geulz and Sable.—illars creſt, a whea ſheaf Argent, cared Or, —Clarks': creſt, a marmo-
ſette's head Argent.“
66 Aſhby,
J
334 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE:
« Afpby, with whom Geoffrey Sherard married,
beares,. Azure, two barres Golde: it is Burdetis coat.
© Woodvile bears, Silrer and Gules, per feſs a
canton Argent, border Sables, beſanted Argent.
Calveley, Argent, a feſſe Geulz, between three
calves Sables.
* Brow, de Brow ſuper montem, Geulz, a cheveron
Argent betwixt ten roſes, 6, and 4, Argent.
„ Barkley, auld, Geulz, a chevron Argent betwixt
ten roſes, 6. and 4, Argent. |
© Barkley, Morice, miles, married Margaret, ſiſter
and heire of fir Thomas de la Laund, miles ; and had
iſſue by her Morice Barkley. Thomas Bylſam married
Fane, ſiſter and heyr of fir Thomas de la Laund. This
fir Thomas's widow was married to Thomas Bagot.
«« Leigh, Argent, un lyon rampant Guelz.
% Mabry, Gold, un lyon rampant Guelz furche.
„ Bello7ves, Geulz, un lyon rampant Argent.
« Fyndern, Argent, a cheveron engraille Sables, be-
twixt three fixed croſs crolslers Sables.
© Cheyny, Azure and Goid, cheqquer bar Sables,
therein two Santry croſſes Argent. 42
« Fo/lwell, Argent and Or, party per feſſe, a croſs
moline Geulz. |
„ Durant. Sables, a cheveron Argent betwixt three
roſes Argent !.“ | |
George Sherard, eſq. died Aug. 26, 1575; and, by
an inquiſition taken at Leiceſter in October, it ap-
peared that Francis Sherard, his ſon and heir, was then
37 years old. His poſſeſſions are thus enumerated : »
« A manor in Stapleford, &c. called Hazeberk or
Hawbert's manor, held of the king.
A manor there, called Nether-hall, held of the king,
as of the honour of Leiceſter, parcel of the dutchy of
Lancaſter, by free ſocage, and £23. 6s. 8d. yearly
rent; „& pro anſeribus, ſcil. pro quolibet anſere 44,
& pro ſecià curie 3d.“
The rectory of Stapleford, with the advowſon of
the vicarage, held of the king, under the manor of
Eaſt Greenwich, for C2. 135. 4d.
The manor of Saxby, called Chaworth's, held of
the king, as of the honour of Leiceſter, by the 2oth
part of a kaight's fee. |
Divers meſſuages and tenements in Saxby, held
under the manor of Eaſt Greenwich, by fealty only.
A manor in Scalford, called St. Andrew's, and an-
other, called the manor of St. Jobn of Jeruſalem, both
held by fealty *.”
Francis Sherard, eſq. who ſucceeded to the family
eſtates, married Anne, daughter of George Moore, of
Burne, in Lincolnſhire ; and died in 1594; leaving
a daughter Re, married to John Sherard, of Lob-
thorpe, in the pariſh of North Witham, eſq. and three
ſons; 1. fir Philip Sherard, knr. who died April 23,
1624, and was buried at Stapleford, leaving no iſſue
by his wife Iſabel, daughter of fir John Harpur, of
Swarkiton, in Derbyſhire, knight; 2. fir William, who
continued the line; and. 3. fir George, who died in
1651, unmarried,
Edmond Baſſe, gent. died July 29, 1630, poſſeſſed
of four meſſuages and half a virgate of land in Sta-
pleford, held under the dutchy of Lancaſter, at a
Yent of 25s. 6d. and 11d. for ſuit of court ; and of a
cottage in Stapleford, held under fir John Smith, at a
rent of 3d. and ſuit of court to his manor of Wiverby.
By Alice his wife he left Philip, aged 17 years and 10
months, three younger ſons, and a daughter Alice“.
William Sherard, elq. who had been one of the gen-
lemen penſioners under king James I, received the.
r . o
Of the arms here deſcribed by Burton, ſee in plate LIX
Woodvile, Calveley, Brow, and Barkley; and ia plate LX. fig
+ Folvile, and Durant. ”
2 Cole's Fſcheats, vol. V. (Harl. MSS. 760.) p. 407.
* Philipot's Catalogue of Knights.
honour of knighthood* from that monarch at Oatlands
July 3, 1622; and king Charles I, July 10, 1627,
created him lord Sherard, and baron of Letrym, in the
kingdom of Ireland. His lordſhip died April 1, 1640:
aged 52, and was buried near his father at Stapleford.
He married, about 1620, Abigail, eldeſt daughter and
coheir of Cecil Cave, eſq. third ſon of Roger Cave, of
Stanford, co. Northampton, eſq. by Anne his wife,
daughter and coheir of Anthony Bennet, of Green-
wich, eſq. and by her (who had. firſt been married for
a very ſhort time to Henry Treſham, eſq. ſon and heir
to ſir Thomas Treſham, of Newton, co. N orthampton,
knt.) had iſſue ſeven ſons and four daughters,
By an inquiſition taken at Leiceſter, 29 May, 1640,
it appeared that lord Sherard left fix ſurviving ſons ;
1. Bennet, his heir, 18 years old, Dec. 18, 1639; 2.
Philip ; 3. George: 4. Francis; 5. William, 6. Henry;
and two daughters, Abigail and Anne.
His poſſeſſionsꝰ are thus enumerated intheinquiſition :
A manor in Stapleford, called Nether-hall, &c.
held of the king in fee-farm, as of the honour of
Leiceſter, parcel of the dutchy of Lancaſter, by
tealty, and £23. 6s. 8d. yearly rent.
A manor in the ſaid demeſne, called Hawterk,
held of the king by the ſervice of 3. 8d.
* Two nie, two cottages, 593 acres of arable land,
33 of meadow, 294 of paſture, and 25. rent, in Sta-
pleford, held of the king, as of the manor of Eaf:
Greenwich, in ſocage.
Ihe appropriated rectory of Stapleford, with the
tithes, and advowſon of the vicarage, held by fealty.
IThe manor of Saxby, called Chaworth's, with other
lands there, held of the honour of Leiceſter, by the
tenth part of a knight's fee.
Ahe manor and advowſon of Gunby, with the ma-
nor and advowſon of Stainby, held under fir John
Grantham, knut. as of the manor of Beaumont fee.
Ihe manor and reQory of Tyghe, held of the
king, as of the honour of Leiceſter, by fealty, and a
rent of 3s. 4d. |
** The manor and rectory of Whiſſendine, with the
advowlon of. the vicarage, beld of the king, as of the
manor ot Eaſt Greenwich, in ſocage, with other lands
there, valued in the whole at £29. 125. 8d.
Lady Abigail Sherard, who ſurvived till 1659,
poſſeſſed uncommon abilities and unbounded benevo-
lence. The pariſh church of Whifſendine * in Rut-
land, where ſhe new-roofed the chancel, and that at
Stapleford 9, where ſhe entirely rebuilt the South aile,
bear teſtimony to her liberality. The anuals of the
grand rebellion bear witneſs to her loyalty ; as ſhe
was fined £500, Nov. 19, 1645, by the committee
of ſequeſtration, for what was then termed delin-
quency. She was a lady alſo of great taſte; an
admirer and collector of antiquities; and it was in
compliment to this turn, that ſuch particular pains
were taken, in 1633, to illuſtrate the fine pedigree of
the Sherards and their matches, with drawings of
their monuments, arms, and portraits 'in windows,
deeds, &c. now in the poſſeſſion of the earl of Har-
borough ; and which was exhibited to the Society of
Antiquaries of London, in 1735, by Smart Lethieul-
lier, eſq. together with two ſmall pendant oval medals,
having the buſt of this lady both in profile and full-
faced; and on the reverſe her arms in gold and in
filver gilt, made for her funeral v. A portrait of lady
Abigail Sherard, taken in 1622, when ſhe was juſt 22
years old, remains at Stapleford ; with one allo of ber
lord, and of Bennet their eldeſt ſon,
. fig. 20—27, thoſe of Sherard, Hawberd, Woodford, Burdett,
29, Helwell, Leigh, Malory, Bellers, Fyndern, Cheyney,
3 Tbid. vol. I. (Harl. M88. 756.) p. 129.
5 His will bears date the ſame day.
o He had property alſo at Little Dalby ; as appears by an inquiſition taken in 1634, after the death of Edward Hartotp, eſq.
who held a capital meſſuage there, with 6 cottages, 24 cloſes, 13 acres of wood, &c. with the rectory impropiiate; of which
the capital meſſuage, Dawſon's houſe, Gallowtree cloſe, and the 13 actes of wood, were held of the king by the 40th part of
one knights fee and 37. 6s. 8d.; the reſt under the lord Sherard by military ſervice, and a payment of 4/. 133. 44. Cole's
Eſcheats, vol. II. (Hail. MSS. 757.) p. 178. |
In this church the following memorial ſtill remains:
7 Ibid. vol. V. (Harl. MSS. 760.) p. 423.
: THE RIGHT HON, LADY ABIGAIL $HERARD NEW ROOFT TKIS CHANCELL, ANNO DOMINI 1640.
There are alſo« the arms of Sherard and Cave; with the mottoes, vIRkTUTIS PREMIUM KONOR ; and, EN VERTUE LA FORCE,
See pp. 339. 34m.
1
10 Gough's Camden, vol. II. p. 197; from the Minutes of the Society of Antiquaries.
* 0
**
grandſon of the honourable captain Philip Sherard,
for the hanging up ſuch hatchments as are due to his
PrRAMLAND Hundred] STAPLEF OR B.
( |
In 1650, the fee-farm'rent of the manor of Staple- pylton, of Wighill, efq;), and by her (who died Jan.
ford, (C23. 65. 84.) with ſeveral other rents in the 14, 1744-5) had iſſue four ſons and fix daughters;
county of Leiceſter, were granted to certain truſtees, ' whereof only three ſurvived him; Philip, who ſuc-
who aſſigned the ſame to the mayor of Leiceſter and his ceeded as earl of Harborough ;, Margaret, married to
aſſiſtants, maſtets of the old hoſpital in the Newark . Dr. John Gilbert (afterward archbiſhop of York 1757
Bennet lord Sherard married Elizabeth, only. daugh- —1761); and Mary, who died in 1764 unmarried.
335
ter and heir of fir Robert Chriſtopher, of Alford, in Philip, the ſecond fon, married Anne, daughter and
Lincolnſhire, knt. deſcended from judge Chriſtopher ; coheir of Robert -Thoroton, of Carr-Colſton; in Not-
by whom he had ifſue Chriſtopher, who died at Oxford *, tinghamſhire, M. D. author of the Antiquities of that
unmarried, in 1680-1; Bennet, late earl of Harbo- county, by whom he had iſſue twelve children, of
' rough, born in February 1677 ; and four daughters, which four ſurvived him, 1. Robert, 2. William,
1. An infant, who died unbaptized; 2. Abigail, born 3. Bennet, 4. Denton; but are all long fince deceaſed.
1675, died 1676; 3. Elizabeth, born 1679, married Robert, the eldeſt, by his wife Elizabeth, only daughter
to Edward lord viicount Irwin of the kingdom of and heir of Thomas Reding, of Godeby-Marwood,
Scotland, and ſecondly to the honourable John Noel, co. Leiceſter, eſq. had two ſons, Philip and Robert, and
oungeſt ſon of Baptiſt Noel, viſcount Campden, by fix daughters; whereof one daughter, Margaret, now
his fourth wife Elizabeth, daughter to Montague earl living, is the relict of James More Molyneux, eſq.
of Lindſey ; Lucy, ſecond daughter, married to John (who was member for Haſlemere, in Surrey, 1754.)
duke of Rutland, to whom ſhe was ſecond wife. The Philip Sherard, eſq. of Whiſſendine, eldeſt fon of
ſaid Bennet lord Sherard was choſen one of the Bennet, was choſen one of the repreſentatives for the
knights for the county of Leiceſter, 1678, 1679, county of Rutland in 1708; and in 1722 ſucceeded
1681, 1685, 1688, 1690; and was conſtituted cuſtos to the earldom of Harborough, By Anne, ſole daughter
rotulorum of the county of Rutland Avg. 28, 1690. and heir of Nicholas Pedley', eſq. (who died Feb. 16,
His lordſhip, who was a liberal encourager of the fine 1750, and was buried at Whiſſendine) he had fix
arts?, died Jan. 30, 1699; and was ſucceeded by his fon, ſons and eight daughters.
Bennet, lord Sherard, who was conſtituted lord lieu- Of the ſons, five lived to maturity, viz.
tenant and cuſtos rotulorum of the county of Rutland 1. Bennet, third earl; of whom preſently.
March 11, 1699; and was returned knight for the 2. John Sherard, eſq. fellow of Merton college, Ox-
county of Leiceſter 1701; and for the county of Rut- ford]; a batriſter at law; and in May, 1736, appointed
land 1713. On the acceſſion of George I, he was lieutenant of the yeomen of the guards. In the rebel-
created baron of Harborough, in the county of Lei- lion of 1745, he firſt propoſed, and was appointed lien-
ceſter, Oct. 19,17 14, with remainder to Phil yy Sherard, * renant-colonel of, the regiment of volanteers, of which
of Whiſſendine, co. Rutland. He was conitituted lord lord chief juſtice Willes was colonel, raiſed for the
lieutenant of Rutland Sept. 12, 1715; and was defence of his majeſty's perſon and government by
farther advanced to the dignity of viſcount Sherard the gentlemen of the law; and Gied April 25, 1746,
of Stapleford, with remainder to his two ſiſters, Ott. unmarried, aged 33. £
21, 1718+; and, on May 8 following, created earl of 3. Nobert, the preſent earl.
Herborough, with remainder to Philip Sherard before- 4. Daniel Sherard, eſq. born June 17, 1722, who
mentioned. And being in the ſame reign, May 3, died unmarried at Port-Royal, in the iſland of Jamaica,
1719, appointed lord warden and juſtice in Eyre North in June 1744, being then firſt lieutenant of his ma-
of Trent, he was alſo, Sept. 12, 1727, by king jeſty's ſhip the Falmouth, commanded by captain Colby.
George II, on his acceſſion to the crown, continued in 5. Philip Sherard, eſq. born March 1, 1926-7, who,
the ſaid office, and conſtituted lord lieutenant of the taking to a military lite, was appointed an enfign in the
county of Rutland, Sept. 16, 1727. He married firſt regiment of foot-guards April 6, 1743; promoted
Mary, daughter and ſole heir of fir Henry Calverly, of to be a lieutenant, with the rank of captain, Nov. 29,
Ayerholme, in the biſhopric of Durham, kut. who 1745 to be captain- lieutenant, with the rank of lieu-
died in 1502; and his lordſhip, from that time continu- tenant-colonel, March 24, 1755 to the command of a
ing a widower, died Oct. 16, 1732, aged 55. company, Nov. 18, 1755 ; to the rank of colonel, by
He was ſucceeded. in his eſtate and honours by brevet, Feb. 19, 1762; and was conſtituted third major
Philip, late earl of Harborough, ſon and heir of Ben- of the ſaid regiment June 12, 1765. He was appointed
net Sherard, of Whifſendine, co. Rutland, eſq. and ſecond major of ſaid regiment May 24, 1758; was pro-
moted to the rank of lieutenant-general Sept. 6,1777 3
ſecond ſon to Milliam the firſt lord; which Philip had and was afterward colonel ot the 69th regiment of oor,
the ſeat and eſtate at Whiſſendine by the gift of his and highly eſteemed iu the army for his bravery, In
father, and was regularly choſen one of the knights the campaign of 1762, he commanded in turn as
of the ſhire for the county of Rutland in the ſeveral major-general ; and at the affair cf the Brucker- Muhl
parliaments which met from 1660 to 1681. He mar- was at the head of the ſecond battalion of the firſt regi-
ried Margaret, daughter of Thomas Denten, of Hil- ment of Britiſh guards, and acquired great credit by
lerſden, co. Bucks, kunt. anceſtor to the late Mr. Juſtice his behaviour on that and many other occaſions. He
Denton, one of the judges of the Common Pleas, firſt died at Southwell, co. Nottingham, Sept. 14, 1790;
widow of John Poulteney, eſq. afterwards of colonel and was buried in the family vault at Whifſendine.
William Evre 5, ſecond ſon of William lord Evre; Four daughters alſo lived to years of maturity:
and had iſſue by her three ſons, Bennet, Philip, and 1. Lady Dorothy, married to the Rev. James Tortington,
Denton; and one daughter, Abigail, wife of John eldeſt ſon and heir of James Torkington, of Great
Pickering, eſq. He died in 1694. | Stewkley, in the county of Huntingdon, eſq.; 2. Lady
Bennet Sherard, of W hifſendine, eſq. ſat in the Con- Lucy, who died in 1781, unmarried. 3. 3 Suſan,
vention Parliament for the county of Rutland, as alſo in who died in December, 1765, unmarried. 4. Lady
the two ſucceeding parliaments in the reign of king Urſula, who died in September 1745, alſo unmarried.
William; and died in 1701. He married Dorothy, His lordſlup dying July 20, 1750 ;
_. daughter of Henry lord Fairfax (widow of Robert Sta- Bennet, third carl, ſucceeded ; who, June 27, 1748,
* See farther particulars under the hiſtory of that hoſpital.
Extract of a letter from fir Henry St. George, Clarenceux, to Gregory King, eſq. Rougedragon, in May 1681; 1
thought fit to let you and Mr. May know, that, the lord Sherard's eldeſt ton being lately dead at Oxford, I have given orders
quality, which 1 ſuppoſe are by this time ſent down, to be ſet up iu the
-
church at Stapleford, where the family is interred,”
3 In the employ of this nobleman, in 1695, died Jeremiah Van Fyden (whom the earl of Orford by miſtake calls Th, © a
portrait-painter of Bruſſels, who copied and painted draperies for fir Peter Lely; till, marrying, he ſettled in Northamptonſhire,
where he was employed, particularly by the earls of Rutland and Gainſborough, and the lord Sherard, at whole houſe he died
ow 1697, and was buried at Stapleford.” Anecdotes of Painting, 8vo. vol. III. p. 42 —See p. 339; and more of him under
elgrave.
* The patent is in the Rolls Chapel, Pat. 5 Geo, pars 2. On this occaſion, lord Harborough received the following letter:
My Lord, I have the honour to inform your lordſhip that I have received from Hampton-Court the warrant figned by his
majeſty for-creating your lordihip viſcount Sherard of Stapleford, with remainder to your lordſhip's two fiſters, the viſcouuteis
dowager Irwin, aud the dutcheſs of Rutland, and their iflve male. Permit me, my lord, to congratulate your lordſhip upon this
incieaſe of honour, ſo worthily beſtowed, I cannot but hope your lordſhip's own male heirs will for ever bar, the remainder
to your lordſhip's dignity ; and am, with the higheſt reſpect, &. &c. WirLiau JoxnEkt, Whiteball, Sept. 2, 1718.“
by, eſq. and Mary, to William Palmer, eſq.
* By colonel Evre this lady had two daughters; Margaret, married to Thomas Dan
wo ſon of fir Nicholas Pedley, of Huntingdon, knight, ſerjeant- at- law.
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Her ladyſhip died June 7, 1950, and was interred at
Stapleford; and July 3, 1957, bis lordſhip mar-
tied, ſecondly, Frances, daughter of the honourable
William Noel, chief juſtice of Cheſter, and afterward
one ofthe judges of the court of Common Pleas ; and
by her, who died on Sept. 15, 1760, had a daughter,
lady Frances, born April 12, 1759; married, April
15, 1776, to captain George Morgan, of the foot-guatds.
His lordſhip took to his third wife, March 31, 1761,
Margaret, daughter of Thomas Hill, of Tern, in Shrop-
ſhire, eſq. by whom, Jan. 23, 1767, he had a daughter,
ſtill-born, and a ſon, Benne lord Sherard,: who died
Feb. 21, 1768, aged about one year, and was buried
at Stapleford on the 27th. Her ladyſhip dying-ſoon
after her delivery; his lordſhip married, foorthly, Oct.
8, 1767, Elizabeth, eldeſt daughter of fir Thomas Cave,
ying Feb. 24, 1770,
without ſurviving male iſſue ; he was ſucceeded by his
eldeſt ſurviving brother, 8
Robert, the preſent earl of Harborough, born Oct.
21, old ſtyle, 1719, who, entering into holy orders,
had a diſpenſation in 1743 to hold the rectory of Teigh
in Rutland, with that of Weſton in Huntingdonſhire;
prebendary and canon reſidentiary of Saliſbury, 1757 ;
and prebendary of Southwell in Noninghamſhire,
His lordſhip in 1773 reſigned his eccleſiaſtical prefer-
ments, the prebend of Saliſbury excepted, which is
held for the benefit of a friend; and, in june that
year, by a very handſome letter from the governors
of the Leiceſter Infirmary, was requeſted to accept
the office of vice-preſident of that excellent inſti-
tution. He firſt married, May 17, 1762, Catharine,
eldeſt daughter and coheir of Edward 'Hearft, eſq.
of Saliſbury; who dying Feb. 5, 1765, without
iſſue, he, ſecondly, married, in January 1767, Jane,
daughter of William Reetve, of Melton Mowbray, in
Leiceſterſhire, eſq. by whom he has one ſon, Philip
lord Sherard, born Oct. 10 following (who married in
1791 Eleanor, the youngeſt daughter of the honour-
able John Monckton, of Fineſhade, by whom he has
two daughters; Lucy-Eleanor, born May 20, 1792 ;
and Anna-Maria, born 1794.) Lord Harborough, by
his ſecond marriage, had al ſo two daughters; lady Lucy,
born Oct. 1769 (married, in 1790, to fir Thomas Cave,
bart. member for the county of Leiceſter ; who died
Jan. 16, 1792, aged 26); and lady Jane, who died an
infant. The ſecond lady dying at Bath in November
1770; his lordſhip was, thirdly, marfied May 25,
1772, to Dorothy, daughter and heir of Milliam Roberts,
of Glaiſton, in the couuty of Rutland, eſq. and by this
lady, who died ar Briſtol, Sept. 16, 1781, had one
daughter, lady Dorothy-Sophia, born April 17, 1775,
who died Nov. 5, 1781. | |
In an act paſſed in 1772, for incloſing the open
fields, &c. of Stapleford, containing about 390 acres,
the earl of Harborough is deſcribed as lord of the ma-
nor, patron of the vicarage, owner of all the great and
ſmall tithes, and of all the lands in the ſaid liberties
intended to be incloſed, except about 18 acres, with
Ah right, then belonging to Gilbert Burton *, eſq.
as leſſee under the biſhop of Ey; and about two
acres, with common right, belonging to the vicar of
Stapleford. The commiſſioners, after ſetting out ſuch
part as is neceffary for highways, to allot to the earl
of Harborough one ſeventh of the reſidue, in full
compenſation for all tithes arifing out of the open
field ; and to the vicar ſo much as ſhall be worth £22.
a year, or. otherwiſe ſuch part of the old incloſed
lands as ſhall be of that yearly value; which allot-
ment, together with the vicarage-houſe, garden, an old
incloſure called Par ſon : Cloſe, and the ſum of £39- a
year, which had been uſually heretofore paid to the vicar
for vicarial- tithes of all the old incloſed lands within
the ſaid liberties of Stapleford, and for certain lands
in the liberties of Saxby belonging to the earl of
Harborough, to be taken in full compenſation for all
the glebe lands in the liberties of Stapleford and
Saxby, and for all vicarial tithes, moduſes, &c. atiſing
* 1 s
336 « HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES of LEICESTERSHIRE.
married Elizabeth, eldeſt daugbter of Ralph earl Verngy,-
put of auy of the lands within the ſaid liberties of
Stapleford and Saxby, or inhabitants thereof, other
than and except mortuaries and ſurplice-fees. The
reſidue of the lands and grounds, intended to be in-
Cloſed, to be allotted to the earl of Harborough,
and to Mr. Burton as leſſee, in proportion to the
value of their reſpeQive intereſts. The commiſſioners
are alſo authorized to ſet out and appoint public and
private foot-ways over any of the lands and grounds
intended to be incloſed z and alſo private, horſe, car.
riage, and drift-ways, to any of the allotments.
he manor, or ſoke, of Stapleford is within the
dutchy of Lancaſter, and is poſſeſſed by the preſent
lord under a grant renewed and confirmed in the reign
of Charles the Second. All the tenants and inhabi-
tants, refiant within the ſaid mahor, lordſhip, and
bailiwick, parcel of the dutchy of Lancaſter, by reaſon
of ſuch renancy and reſiancy, claim to be free and ex-
empt from all manner of toll in all fairs, markets, and
places whatſoever, except within the dutchy *.
The ſtrays that are taken up within the lordſhip of
Stapleford have been time immemorial, in conſequence
of the grant of a market, noticed p. 330, cried at a
very neat croſs juit without the park-wall ; as alſo at
a 3 gate in a field about a mile from the village,
where there is not the leaſt veſtige of any croſs; at
the town of Saxby; and at no other market town.
Mr. Healy, an antient inhabitant and native of Sta-
pleford, near 70 years of age, told fir Thomas Cave in
1756 (from the authority of tradition from generation
to generation), ** that the long bridge acroſs the river
Eye (which divides the lordſhip of Stapleford from
the precincts of Wymondham, Whifſendine, Saxby,
Freeby, Wyverby, and Brentingby, in its courſe to
Melton Mowbray), conſiſting of ſeven arches, was
built by ſeven brothers and ſeven ſiſters of the houſe
of Sherard ; and that of the ſeven brothers each con-
ſtructed one arch, and the ſeven ſiſters completed the
other part of the bridge, for the uſe of the publick ;
and that their generolity at that time has fixed a per-
petual expence on the proprietors of this manor, at
whoſe FR it has _ often repaired within his
Emory, without any levy or charge upon the pariſh
5 — purpoſe. At this bridge 2 a paſſable ford
for wheel-carriages through the water in his memory;
bur, for want and attention, or rather through negli-
gence ſomewhere, it is now choaked up for want of
proper ſcouring and cleaning, and the bridge (which
is a very good defign) much impaired, both by the
drift of water and dich which the floods bring down
upon it, and are ſtopped in their courſe. by the in-
creaſed narrowneſs 'of the banks, as well as by the
carriages and preſſures paſling over it ſince the ford
became impaſſable .“ 'The preſent earl, in the year
1773» rebuilt the bridge, about 40 yards from the
original fituation, with one large handſome arch, its
ſpan within being 32 feet.
The loreſhip, principally of old incloſure, conſiſts
chiefly of rich meadow and paſture grounds, with very
little arable, and no wood or heath.
The country is rather flat, thaugh not without riſing
grounds, eſpecially towards the adjoining pariſhes. |
The air, in ſummer, clear and dry in winter, ra-
ther moiſt ; but at all times healthy.
There are no mineral ſprings ; nor any trees, &c.
but what are of the common torts,
The greateſt part of the lordſhip conſiſts of a blue
clay ; but there is gravel to be found in beds two or
three feet deep in the low-grounds at the North-welt
and South- caſt extremities. 'The late celebrated na-
turaliſt, Mr. John Whiteburſt, of Derby, happening to
be at Stapleford when lord Harborough was digging
the foundation of his ſtone - bridge at the park-corver,
was ſhewn a confiderable quantity of ſea-ſhells of the
ſpecies of the cockle, that were at the time thrown
up by the labourers at a depth of fix or eight fect
below the ſurface of the earth. Hardly any of the
ſhells were larger than a field-bean. Mr. Whitehurſt
thought this circumſtance worthy of notice.
gon to George Burton, eſq. of Eltham in Kent, whoſe epitaph at Burton Lazars is printed in p. 250; and elder brother to
the late Philip Burton, eſq. whoſe epitaph at Eltham is alſo Dr in p. 268.
eve
% Near Stapleford, the ſeat of the earl of Harborough,
* Sir Thomas Cave, 'MS. 1956, bid.
ral beds of ſea-ſhells were lately diſcovered, incloſed in calcarious
earth, Theſe ſhells fill retain their native marine matter, though much decayed. The limeſtone frata in that neighbourhood
abound with different ſpecies of foſſil ſhells, in a petrified ate,” Enquiry into the original State and Formation the Earth,
ad edit. 1792, P. 51.
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In a 'meadow about half a mile up the river from
this ſpot, have ſince been found many other kinds of
ſea-ſhells of a very diminutive ze. 5
The breed both of oxen and ſheep has been much
improved amongſt the farmers by the unremitted at-
tention and liberality of the preſent earl * ; who, with
a view to that eſſential object, for many years gave
confiderable prizes to his tenants ; and by whom alſo
the drill-plough has been ſucceſsfully introduced.
The ordinary wages of labourers, one ſhilling a day.
In 1564, there were 24 families in Stapleford
and three in that part of Saxby which belonged to
the lordſhip of Stapleford.
Edmond Baſſe, who died in 1630, is the only frees
holder noticed in that year *.
At the general election in 1722, fix freeholders
polled, reſident in this pariſh 3 and in 1775 only one.
Nett expence of the poor in 1776, £19. 9s.
Medium of three years, 1783—1785, £15. 195. 9d.
Stapleford at preſent, 1794, conſiſts of fix farm-
houſes ; and 13 cottages, containing, in 24 fa--/ies,
exactly 145 perſons, not including the earl of Harbo-
rough's family, which in general conſiſts of about 18.
STAPLEFORD . HALL, fituated in the higheſt ground
of an extenſive park, well ſtored with deer, is a large
and handſome edifice, which has been built at three
different periods. f
The oldeſt part, which is about 75 feet in length,
was erected by Thomas Sherard, elq. in 1500 (as ap.
pears by the date on the Eaſt front of it, plate L VII.)
T. S. An' nA W* O'. |
Another inſcription adds,
„% WILLIAM LORD SHERARD, BARON OF LETRYM,
REPAIRED THIS BUILDING ANNO DOMINI 1633.”
On this front, to the lefr hand, are preſerved fix
| whole-length ſtatues of the founders of the family,
anſwering to the ſix branches of the pedigree ;
1. Schirard lord of Chettleton; 2. king William the
Conqueror; 3. Gilbert de Clare, earl of Glouceſter ; .
4. Bertram lord Verdon; 5. Walter de Lacy, baron of
Trim, and earl of Mer; 6. James le Brabanzon, the
Great Warrior. And on the right are fix fimilar
figures, uninſcribed ; one of them bearing in his hand
the family creſt; and each having under him ſome
peculiar device.
windows of the upper ſtory. All theſe are accurately
repreſented, more at large, by Mr, Bafire, in pl. LVIII.-
Againſt the ſame fide, in fingle ſhields, are the
eight following coats, as in plate LIX. fig. 20—27.
1. Argent, a chevron Gules, between three tor-
. teaux, Sherard.
2. Argent, a bend Sable, three annulets linked to-
gether, Or. : | Hawberk.
3. Sable, three leopards' faces jeſſant Gules three
fleurs-de-lis Argent. | Woodford.
4. Azure, two bars Or. Burdett.
5. Argent and Gules, per feſs a canton Argent,
border Sable, befanted Argent. Woodvile.
6. Argent, a feſs Gules, between three calves Sa-
ble. Calveley.
7. Gules, a chevron Argent, betwixt ten roſes,
ſceded and leaved proper. Brow.
8. Gules, a chevron between ten cinquefoils, Or..
Pot Berkeley, antient.
Over the gateway of the old ſtables (pulled down:
in 1771), on the ſide next the park, the Rev. Robert
Smyth, rector of Woodſton, in 1758, noticed the fix
following coats, cut in ſtone; ſee plate LX. fig.10—1 5,
It appears by Mr. Monk's General View of the Agriculture of the county of Leiceſter, p. 31, that lord Harborough has
been great expence to improve the breed of cattle in general; and that, for the benefit of his tenants, bis lordſhip gave
1577. for a bull ; $91. for a cow; and 70 guineas for a heifer; beſidei hiring rams at a great price from the firſt breeders.
The foundation was laid Oct. 19, 1956.
* Theſe are the arms of the father and mother of Elizabeth lady Sherard, wife to Bennet the ſecond lord; as appears by a
Lincoln, whereon are the effigies of a knight and lady, with this inſcription > -
at a
See more of him, p. 334+ .
noble monument in the chancel of Alford chureh, co.
| Here lieth the body of ſir
Robert Chriſtopher, knight; who
finiſhed this life on the 16th day
of February 1668, in the 63d
year of his age; and of dame
Elizabeth, his wife, who died
on the 21ſt day of November, .
The arms of Sherar#, impaling Cbriſſopher, are alſo againſt the wall of Alford
Sherard, impaling Azure, a lion's head eraſed within eight croſs crofslets in all Argent, Totbeby ; plate LX. fig. 17.—ln the ſame
plate, fig. 18, are the arms of Caftell of Glatton ; Gules, two bars
43 repreſented in the great parlour of Glatton-hall, See p. 353
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Three other ſtatues ſurmount the
4. The birth of our Saviour, as uſually repreſented.
1. A croſs patonce Ermine: . 3
2. Two bars, in chief three fleurs-de- lis. Sf. Lys.
3. A feſs indented; in-chief three fleurs-de- lis.
4. A chevron Ermine, between three lions gambs
erected and eraſed. _ | Wrotham:
5. A feſs dancette, Gules, three leopards' faces
Sable. Poulteney.
6. Argent, on a chevron between three moors' heads
in profile, couped at the ſhoulders Sable, two ſwords;
the points conjoined Argent, hilted Or. Moore of Yorkſh:.
The fame plate exhibits a North view of the Letryni
building; the Weſt front of the old hall-houſe ; and
the arms of Sherard and Cave, Bennet and Gouldvill,
Sberard and Moore, as they now are placed over the
entrance to the preſent ſtables,
Within the houſe, the modern part ;
built by the preſent earl in 1776, are the arms of
Chriflopher ; Argent, a chevron between three pine-
apples ſlipped Sable, a chief of the laſt; impaling,
Per bend indented, Azure and Or, two croſſes moline
counterchanged *; plate LX. fig. 16. |
On the Eaſt and North fronts of this building, and
on the North front of the houſe itſelf, are ſeveral
curious ſculptures, engraved in plate LIX, repreſenting,
1. Two combatants within the barrier, fighting with
large two-handed ſwords: One of them ſeems to be
related to royalty; as a queen; with two children, is
anxiouſly looking on the fight. In the oppoſite tower,
the wife and two daughtets are praying for the ſucceſs
of the other champion. The tumbler, the tabor-and-
pipe man, and the children wreſtlers, are perhaps only
introduced to fill up the field. |
2. The ſame heroes engaging on horſeback. The
one who wears the Sherard creſt appears to have a.
coronet on, inſtead of an helmet. Behind each of
the knights ſtands an eſquire on foot, each armed
With a lance, and one of them with the Sherard creſt.
1. The Annunciation; the angel Gabriel,
dreſſed with feathers, wings, coronet, and a
label, on which was inſcribed, Ave, gratii plena ;
Dominus tecum z The Bleſſed Virgin, in the atti-
3. J tude of prayer, under a canopy ; and a lily, the
emblem of virginity, placed between them.
2. The martyrdom of Thomas à Becker:
3. The viſitation of the Bleſſed Virgin to
| her couſin Elizabeth, -
| 8 The joint adoration of the ſhepherds and the
wiſe men. The former, known by their crooks, are
ſinging and piping. The latter are three in number;
two of them with crowns, and one without a crown
(as is generally repreſented), but carryiog a vaſe in
his hand. The angel is either attendant upon the
magi carrying their offering; or elſe ſinging to the
ſhepherds, from a ſquare label, Gloria in ercelfis. A
ſtar appears in the direction in which they are walking.
6. David brought from the ſheep (and his brothers
with preſents) playing before the ark.
| J. An angel, holding a ſhield with arms of Sherard.
The Aſſumption of the Bleſſed Virgin, as it is
uſually repreſented. It is poſſible, however, that it
may have been intended for the Aſſumption of ſome
lady of the Sherard family.
„The decollation of St. John, Herod and his
wife Herodias are at table. The-. daughter of the lat-
ter has the cup, out of which ſhe drinks the king's
health. They are putting the head upon a diſh,
whilſt the trunk is ſeen upon the ground.
10. St. Michael, — the fate of ſome ſoul.
1667, in the goth year of
| her age,
They had iſſue Elizabeth, their
only child, now wite of the
Right Honourable Bennet Lord
Sherard of Stapleford, in the
county of Leiceſter.” |
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338 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE:
The Bleſſed Virgin, with a chaplet in her hand, ſtands
on one fide, On the other, the Evil Spirits exert all
their force to weigh down the ſcale. Is
11. St Martin, dividing his cloak with his ſword
(for he was firſt a military man) with a poor beggar,
who aſked an alms of him at the gate of Amiens.
The three following relate to the hiſtoryof St. George.
12. The city of Sylené in Libya, with the king
and queen upon the towers, praying for the ſafety of
their daughter. 1 8
13. This royal maid, expoſed in the deſert, marked
by wild beaſts, &c. to be devoured by the dragon. The
animal which ſhe holds in a ſtring is not a lamb (the
emblem of innocence) as might be ſuppoſed, which
was equally to be devoured with the lady. At firſt,
the legend ſays, two ſheep were daily given to the
monſter ; till at length, ſheep becoming ſcarce, it was
found neceſſary to ſubſtitute a human being for one
of the ſheep.
14. St, George overcomes the dragon. At the
corner of this compartment are the arms of Thomas
Sherard and Margaret Helzell.
15. The Almighty is repreſented alone in the hea-
venly Jeruſalem, denoted by a beautiful city, of which,
by anticipation, St. Peter, with his keys, keeps the gate.
16. The creation of the angels, who are adoring
their Maker. h
17. Creation of the ſun, moon, and ſtars.
18, Creation of the winged animals.
19. Creation of the four-footed animals.
20. Creation of the human ſpecies, with Eve iſſuing
out of the fide of Adam.
The pictures within the houſe are not very nu—
merous; but ſeveral of them are good.
In the dining-room is a full length portrait of the
preſent earl, in his parliamentary robes, by Gainſbo-
rough, and in the library one of his late brother,
General Sherard *, by Hone; and ſeveral other family
pictures in other rooms, by artiſts of unequal fame.
The following remarks on the parochial regiſters of
Stapleford were made by Mr. Peck in 1726.
«© The old regiſter book of this pariſh is loſt,
There are two new ones, in both which things are
oſten entered confuſedly ; ſometimes twice over.
At the beginning is an account of the births, burials,
and marriages, in the noble houſe or family of the
Sberards of Stapleford, Then follows the parochial
regiſter, beginning 1624; in which are one or two
extracts from a more antient regiſter, mentioning the
baptiſmal entries of two of the Sherard family, under
the years 1624 and 1640, and atteſted as true copies
from the original by the vicar, Thomas Laxton, 1682.
61883. Philip, eldeſt ſon of Francis Sherard, efq.
and Anne his wife, baptized July 18.
1586. George, ſecond ſon of Francis Sherard, eſq.
and Anne his wife, bapized Sept. 7.
1588. William, third ſon of Francis Sherard, eſq.
and Anne his wife, baptized Aug. 1.
1591. Roſe, daughter of Francis Sherard, eſq. and
Anne his wife, baptized March 20.
1594. Francis Sherard, eſq. buried Dec. 14.
1597. Anne, wife of Fr. Sherard, eſq. buried Dec. 6.
1603. Sir Philip Sherard, knt. and Mrs. Iſabel
Harper, married Aug. 10.
1621. Dame Iſabel Sherard buried July 4.
1621. Bennet, eldeſt ſon of William lord Sherard
and dame Abigail his wife, baptized Nov. 30.
1622, Emelin, daughter of William lord Sherard . .
1623. Philip, ſecond ſon of William lord Sherard
and dame Abigail his wife, bapt . . . .
1624. George, third ſon of William lord Sherard
and dame Abigail his wife, bat |
Sir Philip Sherard, kat. buried July 8.
1630. Francis, fourth ſon of William lord Sherard
and dame Abigail his wife, baptized Feb. 12.
Anno . . . « William, fifth ſon of William lord
Sherard and dame Abigail his wife, bapt.. ..
Anno . . . . Henry, fixth fon of William lord
Sherard and dame Abigail his wife, bapt
1633. Elizabeth daughter of William lord Sherard
and dame Abigail his wife, baptized May 12.
1639. John, ſeventh ſon of William lord Sherard |
and dame Abigail his wife, buried Jan. 13. |
1640. William lord Sherard: buried April 3.
1647. William, ſon of William lord Sherard and.
dame Abigail his wife, buried Aug. 5.
1648. William, ſon of Philip Sherard, eſq. abd
Margaret his wife, baptized July 8; buried Nov. 18.
1649. Bennet, ſecond ſon of Philip Sherard, eſq.
and Margaret his wife, baptized Aug. 24.
1650. Philip, third ſon of Philip Sherard, eſa. and
Margaret his wife, baptized Sept. 24,
1651, George, fon of Francis Sherard and Anne
his wife, buried Jan. 9.
1652. Abigail, daughter of Philip Sherard, eſq.
and Margaret his wife, baptized Feb. 17.
- 1652, William, fon of George Sherard, eſq. and
Anne his wife, baptized June 14.
1653. Bennet, ſon of George Sherard and Anne
his wife, baptized June 14.
Jun Rudkin appointed regiſter, Jan. 17, 1653, by
me, © William Hartopp.
F- 5 33. John, ſon of John Cawdrey, clerk, baptized
eb. 6.
1655. Nicholas lord Knowles *, viſcount Walling-
ford, baron of Grays, and earl of Banburie, and the
honovrable lady Anne Sherard, married Oct. 4.
1655. Sir Henry Skipwith, nt. buried Nov. 7.
1655. Abigail, wife of William lord Sherard, bu-
ried Feb. 29. | |
1658. Lady Elizabeth, daughter to Nicholas lord
Knolles and lady Anne his wife, buried June 11.
1659. Thomas Milward, clericus, ſepultus Jan. 23.
Thomas Laxton, late of Emanuel college, in Cam-
bridge, maſter of arts, was inſtituted vicar of Staple-
ford, co. Leic. by the right reverend father in God
Robert lord biſhop of Lincoln, the ſeventh day of De-
cember, A. D. 1660, in the 12th year of the reign of
our ſovereign lord Charles II. And in the margin is
a memorandum, that he was kept eight weeks out of
the church illegally after his inſtitution, which was
the chief cauſe of this record. |
1663. Thomas, ſon of Thomas Laxton 3, vicar, '
and Anne his wife, baptized April 22, 1663.
1665. Mary, daughter of Thomas Laxton, vicar,
and Suſannah his wife, baptized May 28.
1665, Henry, fon of W. lord Sherard, buried Jan. 31,
1666. Chriſtopher, eldeſt ſon of Bennet lord She-
rard and dame Elizabeth his wife, born June 19, and
baptized July 9. a |
1667. Suſanna, daughter of Thomas Laxton, vicar,
and Suſanna his wife, baptized June 27.
1669. Mr. George Sherard's lady buried April 8.
1669. Jane, daughter of Thomas Laxton, vicar,
and Suſanna his wite, baptized May 6.
1669. Elizabeth, daughter of Bennet lord Sherard
and dame Elizabeth his wife, born Aug. 18; bap-
tized Sept. 10.
1670. George, ſon of William lord Sherard, buried
March 18. |
1672. Bennet, ſon of Thomas Laxton, vicar, and
Suſanna his wife, baptized July 3; and buried Sept. 9.
1675. Abigail, daughter of Bennet lord Sherard
and dame Elizabeth his wife, baptized Jan. 1; and
buried Dec. . . . 1676,
1677. Bennett, ſon of Bennet lord Sherard and
dame Elizabeth his wife, born Oct. 9, and baptized
Oct. 27.
1680. Francis, ſon of William lord Sherard, bu-
ried Oct. 17.
1681. The Rev. Mr. William North, rector of
Branſton, and Mrs. Ellinor Trubſhaw, married Nov. 24.
1681-2. Chriſtopher, eldeſt ſon of Bennet lord
Sherard, buried Feb. 28.“
From the ſecond regiſter, which begins in 1683.
« 1685-6, Lucy, daughter of Bennet lord Sherard
and dame Elizabeth his wife, born Jan. 11.
1686. Faith, Hope, and Charity, daughters of John
Dunſmore aud Aune his wife, baptized Dec. 11 ; and
buried Dec. 13. |
1687. Katharine Ingram, daughter of Edward lord
' 7 In this picture is a repreſentation of the battle noticed in p. 335.
* This Nicholas was never called to. parliament, See Dugdale, Bar. vol, II. p. 412. a.
This Thomas, the for, was afterwards vicar of Scaldford.
M. A. of Lincoln College, Oxford, 1685.
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Avg; 5 3 and baptized Aug, 29. |
1690-91. Thomas Laxtog, vicar, buried Feb. 2.
1695. Mr. Jeremiah Vandroyden was buried Sept. 17.
- 1695-6. William Sheffield) vicar, buried March 12.
1696. Bennet, ſon of Bennet lord Sherard, was
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Chriſtopher Sherard.. E
1698. Elizabeth, daughter of the honourable John
Noel, eſq. and the right honourable Elizaberh viſ-
counteſs Irwin, born Feb. 20; and baptized Feb. 21.
1699. The right honourable Bennet lord Sherard
died Jan. 15, and buried Jan. gr. pu: |
1700. Bridget, daughter of the honourable. John
Noel, eſq. and the right honourable Elizabeth, vil-
counteſs Irwin, born Dec. 15, and baptized Dec. 24.
1702. Mary lady Sherard.buried May 30:
1711. John Perry, vicar, died at the Batu.
1713. The right honourable Elizabeth, reli& of
Bennett lord Sherard, buried Dec. 31.
dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, was given to the
priory of Tutbury by Henry de Ferrars* ; and was
appropriated to that religious houſe very early in the
reign of Henry III. as appears by the regiſter of that
priory . Ih 1227, their prior was the patron -. The
then parſon was Henry de Derby, inſtituted by the then
biſhop of Lincoln, Hugh Walleis, paying to the ſaid
prior three marks of late, whereas He paid of old one
eaſe at Saxby 5, which uſed tobe ſerved three days in the
week by the mother-church. Moreover the ſaid prior
then received here. two garbs of the tithes of the de-
meſne from of old. The appropriation of the vicarage
to the prior and convent of Tutbury was confirmed by
biſhop Groſſeteſteꝰ; in whoſe pontificate, 1249, Roger
the chaplain was preſented by the prior of Tytbury “.
From the priofy of Tutbury the appropriation of
Stapleford was transferred to the warden and chap-
lains of Kirkby Wrethek, about 1324, by the intereſt
of Roger Beler, who has been charged « with haviog got
eſtates from other foundations for his own *,” :
In 1427, a diſpute was adjuſted, between Ivo fectot
of Pickwell, and the warden and chaplains of Kirkby
ſuper . Wrethek (who had then lately obtained the
church of Stapleford in proprios uſus) concertirig the
ilthes of nirie acres of arable land and nine acres of
meadow; in the common field of Leeſthorp, in a certain
place called Erleſdolei It was ſettled that Ivo ſhould
retain the tithes ſo long as he continued rector; and
pay to the warden and chaplains 35: 6d, a year; the
money to be particularly paid at Stapleford ?.
In the roll of 1344, the church of Stapleford is re-
corded as in the patronage of the prior of Kirkby, gui
habet in proprios uſus **, The procurations were then
75. 6d4.; and the church was taxed at 12 marks, and
paid 3s. for Peter-pence. | |
In 1534-5, the ſynodals were 55s. and the value of
the vicarage 12/. 135. 4d.
In 1650, Stapleford was returned as an improptia-
tion; the rectory worth
the incumbent as ** ſufhcient,”
*
he living is a vicarage; the emolument (which in
1756 was (60. a year) being now a regular money-
N ſettled by an act of parliament in 1772.
+ Epiſcopal procurations, for the rectory 33. 6d.; for
the vicarage 15s. 11d.; the archidiaconal, 35s. 6d.
The wake is kept on the Sunday after the feaſt
of St. James the Apoſtle. |
The arms in the old church at Stapleford, when Mr.
Wyrley viſited it in 1 569, were theſe : .
1. Gules, three lions paſſant in pale, Or. England.
2. The (ame, with a label of France. Earl Lanc.
£13-z clear yearly value, 484 105. 6d,
* See Appendix, N* XIX. p. 139. 3. Burton,
under another patronage.” Peck, MS.
dee under Kirkby, p. 225.
Vor, I, |
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The CHURCH;
pound of incenſe. This church had then a chapel of -
70. the vicarage {20.; and.
The preſent value in the king's books. is ſtated .
3:9
1718. The Rey. Mr. John Spriggs, .miniſter of
Braunſton, co. Rutland, and Mrs. Margaret Goodhead,
6 . — ... ˙
1719. The Rev. Mr. Edward Fane, rector of Ful-
berk, co. Lincoln, and Mrs. Catharine Storer, mar-
ried June 13. |
1726. Bennet“, ſon, of Francis Storer, vicar, and
Elizabeth his wife, baptized Nov. 21.
1728-9. Catharine, daughter of Francis Storer,
vicar, and Elizabeth his wite, baptized Feb. 24.”
By the Rev. John Butt, M. A. the officiating mi-
niſter at Stapleford, I have, amongſt many other valu-
able communications; been favoured with this addi-
tional remark : .
* - ' HUSSEIN IST. Bape. Bur. Mar.
« In 5 years; from 1580 to 1584, 59 — 33 — 16.
In 1030 to 1634, 80 — 60 — 14.
In 1680 to 1684, 23 — 45 — 5.
In 1730 to 1734, 10 — 1] — 5.
In 1780 to 1784, 25 — 17 — 7.“
3. Barry of twelve, Argent and Azure, an orle
of martlets Gules. Valance. _
4. Gules, a feſs between fix
Beauchamp. |
6. Clare earl of Glouceſter. I
6. Ermine, a lion rampant Gules, crowned Or,
within a border engrailed. Sable bezanty. Cornevall.
7 Azure, two bars Argent. Venables.
. Or, on a chevron Gules three plates.
9. Heltbell.
„ 1 #1
11. Azure, a lion rampant, erowned Or, charged
on the ſhoulder with a trefoil Sable. Dorell.
12. Sherard ; impaling Hacoberł.
13. Sherard; inpaling Wooeferd. ey
14. Sherard; impaling, Quarterly, .1. and 4. Ar-
gent, a lion rampant Sable, a chief Gules. 4/bby
4. and g. M . + :
15. er impaling Helwell.
16. Sherard; impaling Dorell.
17. Sberard; impaling Poultney.
18. Sberard; impaling Moore:
19. Finderne; | Ns
All theſe are engraved in plate LXI: fig. 1—19,
with a ſeries of family portraits, from the windows of
the old church, being fix lineal deſcents, beginning
with Robert Sherard and Agnes Hawberk, and ending
with Francis Sherard and Anne Moore.
The South aile, more modern than the reſt of the
church, was pulled down about 16430, and rebuilt ver y
ſpaciouſly, by dame Abigail Sherard, widow of William
the firſt lord Sherafd 5 of whom ſet p. 334.
Mr. Peck, who viſited this church in 1725, de-
ſcribes it as conhſting of a nave and wo ailes, all
leaded; and a, chancel, tiled; anſwering to the nave.
At the Weſt end of the nave was the ſteeple, a
lofty ſpire, on a. low embattled rower z which made
it diſproportionable. lu it were five pretty large
bells, not very tuneable, thus inſcribed :
PHILIP SHERARD GAVE THIS\BELL, 1652.
» Celorum Chriſte, placeat tibi, tex, ſonus iſte, 1015.
3. GOD SAVE His CHURCH. + XY
A A= z. Hex Judeorum, Fili Del, milezere me.
1617. | |
5. Nos — CONSTRUCTI AD LAUDPEM.DOMINI.
1611. |
In the church-cheſt was a cuſhion, made about 1640,
with theſe arms: Argent, a quatrefoil, Or; impaling,
Azure, fretty Argent, Cave; plate LXI. fig. 20.
The furniture for the adminiſtration of the holy
ſacrament was then principally of pewter, excepting one
old ſmall filver cup; to which the lady viſcounteſs Irwin,
ſiſter to Bennet firſt earl of Harborough, made an
Ft ef :
croſs croſſlets Or.
: Now D. D. rector of Harby, and a prebendary of Canterbury. See before, p. 313.
* Matriculus, p. Ixii.
5 4 The chapel of Saxby, here ſpoken of, it may be obſerved, was not the church of Saxby now ſtanding ; but refers to n
little village of the ſame name, formerly ſtanding within that part of the preſent village which was dependant oa Stapleford, and
fince depopulated ; for, the church of Saxby is meutioned, in the fame rall, as a diſtinct rectory, not a chapel of eaſe, and then
* Tutbury Regiſter,
Ib. p. 226, and Appendix, p. 322.
7 Reg. Gtoſſeteſte, ann. 15.
See p. lzviik
4 8 |
addition.
340 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
addition of one large ſilver cup and patten, on Which
were the arms, fig. 21; and this inſcription: “ The
gift of the right honourable the lady viſcounteſs Irwin
to the pariſh church of Stapleford, anno 1692.”
There was alſo a gold chalice, without any inſcription;
which Mr. Peck very properly ſuppoſed to belong
to the family; for, Bennet earl of Harborough, by a
codicil to his will, 1732, gave' his gold cup in the
ſhape of an acorn, to be kept by his family at Staple-
ford, for the uſe of the pariſh-church at the time of
adminiſtering the Holy Sacrament !.
The old church was taken down, and entirely re-
built of free Pone, in 1783, by the munificence of the
preſent earl ot Harborough.
On the outſide of the preſent building (of which a
view by Mr. Baſire is given in plate LXII. ) the fol-
lowing XXXVIII coats of arms, in ſingle ſhields, re-
preſent the ſeveral alliances of this noble family:
At the Weſt end, on the ſteeple, the arms of Hel-
well, Moodvile, Sherard, Reeve, Roberts, Hearſt, Brow,
Folvile ; as in plate LXII. fig. 1—8.
On the South fide, Cave, Bll Neel, Verney, Fairfax,
Denton, Caluerley, Chriſtopver, Bennet, Pury, Gylliott ;
fig. 9—20. |
VICARS
Henry de Eſton, 1222.
Henry de Derby archdeacon, 1227.
Roger the chaplain, 1249.
Vincent de Petri Caſtro, 1273.
Richard de Lutheburgh, 1287.
Thomas Hertford, 1534.
Richard Wylde, 1553 *.
William Pell, 15603.
Thomas Laxton, Dec. 17, 1660.
William Sheffield, July 10, 1691.
John Petry, July 25, 1696.
John Iſaac, Feb. 6, 1711.
Samuel Hearſt, Oct. 25, 1713.
Francis Storer *, May 14, 1717.
Daniel Bullivant 5, June 7, 1745.
Benjamin Bradley, Avguſt 15, 1768 reſigned 1774.
—
; Coronet, and 1783, the date |
In the tower, which is in the Gothic ſtyle, are ſix
bells with'chimes. f
On the North fide, Prieſ, Woodford, Burgh, Bar.
nack, Fitzhammon, Conſul, St. Hillary, Clare, Lacy,
Verdon, Hauberk, Eyton ; fig. 21—32: ' .
And at the Eaſt end, Brancheſter, Bruley, Danvers,
Biſett, Myſley, Brabazon ; fig. 33—38:3. with an earl's
t the building.
The inſide, conſiſting of a nave and chancel, is
beautifully elegant; and is very handſomely paved.
On the ſides of the nave are neat pews of oak; and
at the Weſt end is a commodious gallery for lord
Harborough and his family.
The aſcent from the nave to the chancel is by three
ſteps; and one more ſtep leads to the altar, which is
juſt completed by Brown of Derby, and is beaurifully
formed of marble, with. borders of black, ftatuary,
and dove colour. In rhe centre is a neat tablet, with
the emblems of Hope and Eternity, an anchor ſuſ-
pended on an encircled ſerpent; and at the top a
handſome urn. | f |
Under the chancel is the old family vault, now finally
cloſed; the vicinity of which ſuggeſted the above device,
The font is ro be a marble baſon raiſed on a pillar,
which will ſcrew into the floor when wanted, but nor
to be ſtationary.
-
4 | | |
7 Prior and convent of Tutbury.
Prior and convent of Kirkby Beler.
Queen Mary. 710
George Sherard, eſq.
Bennet ſecond lord Sherard of Le Trim,
pleno jure. MEG
Bennet third lord Sherard of Le Trim.
The ſame, as baron Harborough.
King George I. pro hdc vice.
Philip ſecond earl of Harborough.
Tho. Noel eſq. and lord Robert Manners,
Thomas Todington“, B. D. April 16, 1774; died Mar. 29 157. Robert fourth earl of Harborough.
John Torkington“, D. D. June 14, 1787.
THE MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS
in the old church are here collected chiefly from the
notes of Mr. Peck in 1725, and of Mr. Smyth in 1758.
Mr. Burton mentions a monument of ß
Mocdford, whereon the arms of Woodford ; and of Fi
derne, Argent a cheyron between three croſſlets, forme
fitche Sable“ “““
Fd
On the North ſide. of the nave, adjoining to the
ſkreen between the church and chance], ſtood an altar
tomb; on the top of which, on a flat marble ſtone,
were two fi in braſs of an armed knight and his
lady, their hands joined in prayer. He is in ſtrait
hair, plated armour, mail gorget, long ſword with a
croſs on the pummel, a greyhound at his feet. His
lady is in the long conic lappet head-dreſs of the time
ſhewing a coif behind; deep mittens, long belt reach-
ing to the ground. At the lower end of rhe Hopes
two ſmaller plates .; with the figures of ſeven ſons on
one of them, in hair and gowns ; the talleſt, with a
pouch, perhaps repreſenting the eldeſt fon and heir.
On the other, ſeven daughters with falling ruffles.
At the feet of the knight and his wife (ſee plate
L.XITI.) the following inicription on a braſs plate:
Vie jace't cdrp/a Galfr'i Sherard Armig'i, et Joille con-
4 kloztis ſue, filie Thome Aſsheby de Loveſbp,
: Sir T. Cave, MS. ex probat, teſtamenti. This cup has no inſeription on it.
aile by an iron palliſado.,
Armig' i, qui quidem Galfr'ug obiit . . . die mel... A® Ofii
| 2.3 m.cece.lixxxr .. . .;
et predicta Joiſia obiit ſexto-decimo die Septembris A“ dfi
+8 milliꝰo ccec.lxxxui.ſeda ,
quar* animar' et om'um FXpeanor* ** deus Propitietur, et
mmm dei pace Kequieſcant, - Amen.
On ſingle ſhields, at the corners, as in the plate:
I. Sherard. 2, Aſhby, as heirels of Burdett.
3. Woodford. 4. Finderne.
a =
When the South alle of the cburch was rebuilt in
1650, by lady Abigail Sherard, a ſpaciqus vault was
formed at the Eaſt end of it, as the burial-place for
herſelf and the family; which, within the church,
formed a chapel, ſeparated from the other part of the
Dyer the door of this chapel was inſcribed :
' DOMINUS DEDIT, -DOMINUS ABSTULIT:
$1CUT DOMINO PLACUIT, ITA FACTUM EST: |
Sir NOMEN DEI BENEDICTUM:
And in the middle of it, Within an iron palliſado,
under a canopy, ſtood a tomb of black and white
marble, having thereon the figures of au armed knight
* Rymer, Fœd. XV. 347.
3 In the Certificate referred to under Howes, p. 221, Mr. Pell is thus deſctibed : 60 Pre ſbyter, non conjugatys ; parv' doctus;
reſidet; hoſpitalis; nullum aliud habet; non licentiatus, nec prædicat; nullum aliud habet.“ OO *
Rector alſo of Saxby. See before, p. 312.
Rector alſo of Saxby. See p. 312.
- ©. One of the ſenior fellows of St. John's college, Cambridge; and rector alſo of Medbourn, where ſee his epitaph, +
7 Maſter of Clare Hall, Cambridge. In June 1787, he had a diſpenſation to hold this vicarage with the 1etory of Teig!
in Rutland; to which he was alſo preſented by the earl of Harborough. + i, 14
As both, theſe coats are on the fine braſs of Geoſſtey Sherard; is it not poſſible that Mr. Burton, or his informant, might
miſtake in aſcribing that monument to a Woodford ? Aren
The blanks were originally left ſo, the tomb having been ereQed in the huſband's life-time, 00 |
This word occurs on the braſs by a blunder, probably, of the maker, repeating the Two in numerals and at length.
11 Sic. | |
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tomb thre ſons in armour and a daughter, each kneel-
ing on a cuſhioi; another ſon on a cuſhion in the
middle of the tonib; at the top an infant daughter,
and another at the bottom, both in ſwaddling-cloaths.
On the North ſide of the tomb, in gold letters:
« Here lies interred the hody of fir William Sherard,
lord Sherard, baron of Le Trime in Ireland,
His moſt fingular
piety, bounty, courteſy,
humanity, hoſpitality, charity,
crowned his mortall life,' which (after he had enjoyed
L11 years) he changed for that which is
immortal, the firſt day of April, in
the year of our Lord God
MDCXL 3;
whoſe coming he here expects.
On the oppoſite ſide ;
« WILLIAM LORD SHERARD, '
THIRD SONNE OF FRANCIS SHERARD, ESQUIRE;
HAD ISSUE SEAVEN SONNES, FOURE DAUGHTERS}
BENNET, PHILIP, GEORGE, | | EMELIA, ABIGAIL,
FRANCIS, WILLIAM, HENRY, ANNE,
JOHN, ELIZABETH,
by his wife Abigail, eldeſt daughter of Cecill Cave,
eſquire, third ſon of Roger Cave, of Stanford,
in the county of Northampton, eſquire,
And this ſhee moſt affectionately dedicated
to his memory, for him, herſelfe,
and their children,”
At the Eaſt end, againſt the wall, this third in-
ſcription, on a ſmall plate of marble inſerted :
Here lyeth the bodies of Francis Sheratd, eſq.
(who was the ſonne and heire of George Sherard, elq.)
who departed this life the 1 3th day of December,
in the yeare 1594, aged 65 yeares;
and Anne his wife, the eldeſt daughter of
Gregory Moore, of Burne,
in the county of Lincolne, eſq.
by whom he had iſſue, three ſonnes,
Philip, George, William ; and one daughter, Roſe,
And here alſo lyeth the bodies of
ir Philip Sherard, kart.
- ths eldeſt rhe of Francis Sherard, eſq. and he's
lady Ifabel his wife, one of the daughters |
of fir John Harper, of Swarſton, '
in the county of Derby, knt. who died, without iſſue,
5 July 15, 1624, aged 37.“
Under the canopy, the arms of Sherard impaling
Cave; and alſo the arms of the two families with their
ſeveral quarterings ; as in plate LXV :
I. Sherard; of, twenty coats T
A. Sherard. 10
2. Hawberk. .
3. Or, fretty of 6x Gules. rd,
4. Or, a feſs Gules. Lacy.
7 Clare earl of Glouceſter.
6. Argent, eroſſlety fitche, and three fleurs de lis,
2, 1, Sable, within a border Gules. St. Hilary,
7. Gules, three reſts, 2, 1, Or. Conſull. |
8. Vert, a lion rampant, guardant, Or. Cotton.
9. Er mine, a feſs Gules. ey.
10. Argent, three borle-barnacles, * 1, Sable,
Barnack:
: 11. Argent, on a. faltire Sable five ſwans of the ſt
ur
. Woodford.
13. Ermane, a bet N Sable, langued proper.
Prieſt.
14. Gules, on a bend Or, three martlets Sable.
Brabazon. _
15. Sable, a chevron between three pick-axexerefted, |
&c. Ar ents Myſley. '
16, Vert, fix denn, 3, 2, I» Biſet.
17. Helwell.
, 18, Moodvile. ö ö
19. Gules, on a chevron Argent, three roſe of the
field. Brow.
20, Per feſs, Argent and On, a croſs moline, Gules.
Folvile. |
*
» * See plate LXIV. 2 Ibid.
It is thus on a the monument ; but & * have been T heir.
and his wife lying by his fide.” On either fide of the -
| _ Thevrons, Sable.
347
All theſe imple; II. Cave, wich hide quarteriigs * : :
1. Cave.
2. Sable, on a bend flory mY counterflory Or, three
eſcallops Gules.
3. Ermihe; on a bend Sable, three whales heads
eraſed, Argent. Gilli.
4. Gules, a chevron between three, mullets of
fix points Or. Danvers.
5. Argent, on a bend Sable, 0 ſeame ws Or,
winged Sable. Danvers alſo. |
6. Gules, two'bars Or, in chief” as many bucks”
heads caboſhed Or. Popham.'
As K. on a bend Gules, three chevronels Or;
Bl.
8. Argent, on a feſs between three martlets Sable,
as many mullets of the field. Purye.
9. Sable, a chevron Argent ves dene three bells,
Or. Bennet.
' Round the top of the citiopy, i in fingle ſhields;
were theſe matches. (See plate LXIII. fig. 1—14.)
1. Sherard; impaling, Per pale indented, Argent
and Sable.
2. Sherard; impaling, Argent, a mullet Sable,
pierced of the firſt. 4 enn.
3. Sherard; impaling, Vert, a feſs, and a chief
"_
4. Sberard; impaling, quarterly, Argent and Vert.
5. Sherard; impaling Brow.
6. Sherard; impaling, Argent, a lion rampant Sable.
Wakefare.
7. Cave; impaling Bennet.
8. Cave; impaling Cecil.
9. Cave; impaling, Per 8 Argent and Sable, a
lion rampant counterchan
10. Cave; impaling, rry of ſix, Or and Sable ;
over all, on 3 bend ae. the laſt, three eſcal-
lops Arg
11. R impaling, Ermine, a chevron Gules,
within a border engrailed Sable.
12. Cave; impaling, Argent, three foxes currant
in pale Sable. |
13. Cave; impaling, Or, a ſeſ between tuo
Liſle of Kent.
14; Gave; impaling, Argent, on a feſs Vert, three
/ lozenges Or.
And againſt the wall, quarterly, 1. Sherard ; 2.
Brom); in chief a file of. three, Azure; $ Woodvite;
4. Helwell . 3
Over the North wall of this chapel was a noble
monument of grey marble, being a tomb- ſtone with
two figures thereon as big as the life; the man fitting
in a reclining poſture, with his left arm repoſed on a
pillar, and his right extended and pointing to his lady,
ſitting on a pedeſtal near the wall, having an infant
on her knee. Behibd them runs up à pyramid of black
marble, having thereon the pictures of rack in *
file. Th front of the tomb below:
0 THE MEMORY' OF |
17265 fee KARL OF HARBOROUGH,
NL SURYEVING-80N ABD HEIR n BY
OF BENNET LORD/SHERARD/QF/STAPLEFORD,
BARON OF LETRIM IN THE \XINGDOM\ OF IRELAND;
I ELIZABETH, DAUGHTER AND COHE1R * |.
OF SIR ROBERT CHRISTOPHER,
OF ALFORD, IN THE-COUNTY-OF-LINCOLN, KNIGHT.
HE MARRIED MARV, DAUGHTER/AND COHEIR
or ein HENRY CALVERLEY, OF ARIHOLME, ,
IN THE BISHQFRIC OF DURHAM, KNT.
"BY WHOM HE HAD ISSUE ONE so,
WHO' DIED AN INFANT.
HE WAS MANY YEARS,
' AND TO THE TIME or nis DEATH,
LORD LIEUTENANT AND CUSTOS ROTU LORUM
OF THE SOUNTY OF RUTLAND,
LORD WARDEN AND JUSTICE IN EYRE NORTH OF TRENT ;
HE DIED THE 16") DAY or OCTOBER,
IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1732, AGED 55.“
Arms: Quarterly, 1, and 4. Sherard; 2, and 3.
Cbriſtopber. On an ineſcutcheon of pretence Sable,
an ineſcutcheon within eight martlets in orle, Argent, |
Calverley ; as in plate LXVI.
3 Sec plate LXIII. fig. 15.
by See p. 337» | E
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342 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Againſt the pillar, over the paliſado, on a neat
monument of white marble :
© NEAR THIS PLACE LYES
THE BODY OF JOHN PATTEN,
LATE GENTLEMAN TO BENNET
EARL OF HARBOROUGH, WHO DYED
THE 229 DAY OF AUGUST, 1753, AGED 57;
WHICH SAID BENNET EARL OF HARBOROUGH
ORDERED THIS MONUMENT TO BE ERECTED,
AT HIS OWN EXPENCE, IN
REMEMBRANCE OF H1S FIDELITY,
AND WITH SUCH SERVICE TO HIS LORD,
THAT WAS HARDLY TO BE
EQUALIZED, BUT NOT EXCEEDED,
BY ANY SERVANT WHATEVER.”
Within the New Cavrcn is no burial-place, ex-
cept that appropriated to the Harborough family;
which takes up the whole ground-plot of the church,
1. PHILIr SHERARD,
Earl of HARBORAOU OGH,
2. BENNET SHERARD,
Baron of LETRXYM,
and containing $52 compartments like ovens, not one
of which is as yet occupied.
In the middle, on the floor, is fixed the braſs plate
of Geoffrey and Joice Sherard; as in plate LXIII.
The elegant monument of William lord Sherard,
preſerved from the old church, is placed on the South
ſide of the preſent chancel, as faithfully repreſented
by Mr. Baſire in plates LXIV, LXV.; and the three
inſcriptions already noticed appear uniformly under
each other, in letters of gold, on black marble tablets.
Lord Harborough has, for the preſent, placed a
buſt of Benner the ſecond lord Sherard in a niche
over this tomb, which (we hope at a diſtant period) is
to receive a ſtatue of the Re · builder ct the church;
when the buſt will be placed on a pedeſtal on the
oppoſite ſide of the church, near the monument of the
firſt earl. On each fide of the niche his lordſhip has
placed buſts of his father and of his brother the late
earl; and under the three bulls are theſe inſcriptions;
3. © BEXNET SlERARDg
Earl of Han RBOROUGa,
buried buried buried
at Whiſſendine, January the 20th, in the Eaſt vault,
Augult to, 1699, 1770,
1750, aged 78.“ aged 60.“
aged 70.“
On the North fide of the chancel is preſerved the
fine monument of Bennet the firſt earl of Harborough
and his counteſs ; as ſhewa in plate LXVI.
The deaths of ſeveral perſons of the noble family
of Sherard are thus recorded on a neat marble monu-
ment againſt the wall of the church at Whiſſendine:
© NEAR
THIS MONUMENT
lyes interred the body of
Benner SHERARD, eſquire, eldeſt ſon of the
honourable PHiLiP SHERARD, Who was the
ſecond fon of WILLIAM Lord SHERARD, baron
of LETRIM in the KincDom of IRELAND. He many
years repreſented the county of RUTLAND 1n
parliament ; and departed this life in the year
1701. And alſo the body of the honourable
DoroTRY SHERARD, wife of the ſaid Bexxer
SHERARD, and eldeſt daughter of ihe right
honourable HEx&ry lord FaikFAx. She departed
this lite in December 1744, aged 90. They had
many children, who all died young, except four;
Puli late carl of HarzorovGi, aud three daughters;
ELIZABETH, Who died in the year 1727, aged 50;
MaRCARET, who married his grace Joux GiIBERET,
Lord Archbiſhop of York ;
and Mary, who departed this life
on the 15th day of Auguſt, 1763, aged 73,
whoſe body is interrcd near this place.
This monument was ſct up,
by the direction of the ſaid Mary SHERARD,
to the memory of her ſaid Father aud Mother,”
In the church-yard of the old church of Stapleford,
Joan, an infant daughter of Robert Sherard, eſq. was
buried ſome time before 1446, with mals and oblations
nad before, as the manner then was!.
There are at preſent no inſeriptions in the church-
yard worthy of notice.
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CHARITABLE BENEFAcrrORs.
« Bennet Sherard, earl of Harborough, by his will,
dated May 27, 1732, bequeathed an annuity, or
vearly rent, of £48. to iſſue out of his manors and
lands of Stapletord for ever, for the uſe of ſix poor
men ot the Church of England, who have lived ten
vears in the family; or poor reduced tenants, living iu
the rowns of Stainby, Gunby, Stapleford, Saxby,
Whiflendine, or Teigh; to be from time?o time no-
minated by ſuch perſon as ſhall enjoy his ſaid manor
and eſtate of Stapleford by virtue of his; ſad will.
They are to have eight pounds per annum apiece z and
mult not be leſs than 55 years of age. He directs
This appears by an entry in the Sherard Pedigree.
his truſtees, Thomas Bennet, of Welby, co. Lei-
ceſter, Joſeph Danvers, of Swithland, co. Leiceſter,
eſquires, tir Gilbert Pickering, of Langton, co. Lei-
ceſter, baronet, and Thomas Noel, of Walcott, co.
Northampton, efq. to ſtand ſeiſed of a houle and
ground in Stapleford, in truſt, for fuch tix poor men.
Their ſalaries to be paid halt-yearly; and once in
three years he orders them a blue cloth gown, He
farther directs his truſtees to expend, out of the profits
of his eſtate, a ſum not exceeding one hundred
pounds, in making fix habitable rooms in the ſaid
houſe convenient tor ſuch poor men to dwell in; and
the ſaid building to be always repaired and ſuppcr.ed
by ſuch perſon as ſhall enjoy his ſaid manor and
lands of Stapleford; and virefts an inſcripuon in
ſtone to be ſet over the door of ſuch houſe, reciting
this endowment; and charges his eltate ſor ever to
the uſe of it!.“
That the directions of this will were punctually com-
plied with, the following inſcription teſlifies:
„This place was, by che laſt will and teſtament of
Bennet late carl of Harborough, moſt charitably di-
rected to be converted into an hoſpital for ſx poor
men, of the Church of England, of not leſs than the
age of five and fifty years, to be choſen out of the
pariſhes ct Stapletord, Saxby, M hiſſendine, Teigh,
Gunby, or Stainby, who are each to receive (8. a year,
charged on this manor and lands in Stapkford, to be
paid to them and their ſucceſſors by half-yearly pay-
ments for ever ;—they are alſo to have blue cloth
gowns once in three years, to reſide here, and to be
nominated þy the lord of this manor ;—a ſum not ex-
ceeding £100. was appointed to be laid out by truſtees
tor making fix habitable rooms in this place, within
one year after his deceaſe z--which was finiſhed, at their
deſire, by Philip the preſent earl, in the year of our
Lord 1734.— The houſe removed, aud ſtipends 1n-
creaſed, 1783.”
The preſent earl, thinking the ſituation of the old
apartments to be unhealthy, has built a very handſome
houſe, at the expence of more than {10co. for the te-
ception of the poor almſmen * ; whoſe number he bas
increaled to eight, and extended the yearly ftipend of
cach to ten pounds, with an allowance of coal. The
original donation, I am happy to add, the benevolent
owner of Stapleftord purpoſes to enlarge to £144 3
which will be £18. to each perſon who is ſo fortunate
as to be received into this confortable aſylum toi in ·
duſtry and integrity in declining age.
The returns made to the houſe of commons, in 1786,
in anſwer to the enquiry reſpecting the charitable do-
nations in this pariſh, may be ſeen in pp. 12. 15»
* See T. Cave, MS, ex piobat, teſtament,
s 'This appears by the ſecond re.ucu made to the Houſe of Commons; fre p. 15,
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.«« PEDIGREE. of . WILLIAM Lord SHERARD, Baron LETRYM, extracted out of the Evidences
appertaining to the ancient Patrimony of this Family, remaining in the Poſſeſſion of the Right Honourable
William lord Sherard, Baron of Letrym in the Kingdom of Ireland; the Records in the Tower of London,
Ledger Books, Church Notes, ancient Monuments, Will Offices and others, old Pedigrees, Viſitacyons, Court
Rolls, the Booke of the Catalogue of Honor, and maoy venerable Proofs here inſerted; faithfully and carefully
collected out of the Originals; drawn, painted, lymned, written, and finiſhed, anno 1633, by me JoHN TAYLOR.“
„This Genealogie of the Right Honourable WILLIAM Lord SnERARB, of STAPLEFORD, in the countie of |
Leiceſter, Baron of LaTR TN in the Kingdom of Ireland, with the ſeveral Princely Trees and Honourable
Branches, hath byn faithfully and carefully viewed and peruſed, anno 1633, and the Proofs inſerted are
very exactly examined and teſtified, by me, Sir W1LL1am SGA, Knight, Garter Principal King of. Arms.“
On the left ſide of the original Pedigree, are the arms of William lord Sherard, with all the bearings properly
blazoned ; ſupporters, creſt, and motto, Hosris HoNoRI INVIDIA; and on the left of theſe arms is the
ſupporter of the Serard family, holding a ſtandard bearing the original arms of the Sherards;—On the right
fide, are the arms of William lord Sberard, with all the bearings, quartered with the arms of his wife Abigail
Cave, with one ſupporter and one creſt of each family, and the motto, EN VERTUE LA FORCE 3 and on the
right of theſe arms is the ſupporter of the Cave family, holding a ſtandard bearing the original arms of the Caves.
From the foot of the pedigree ariſe ſix trees; out of the roots of which ſtand ſix figures with their
ſtandards. Theſe figures are likewiſe upon the niches of the Letrym building. (See plates LVIII. LIX.)
I. SCHIRARD *, or SCIRARD, lived in England in the time of the Conqueror, and had great poſſeffions.
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2. Richard“, ſurnamed Launcelin, of his 1. Peter, lord of Chettleton, co.
3- Robert 3 was lord of the manor of
manor of Launcelin, co. Cheſter, Stafford, and Badington, co. Broomhall, and divers other
temp. king Stephen. Cheſter, temp. king Stephen. lands, co. Cheſter, temp. k. Steph.
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William Schirard, lord of Chettleton, &c. died 116 gap Walter, from whom the Sherards of Leiceſterſhire, died x 185.
Robertꝰ, ſon and heir, ſurnamed de Chettleton from his manor.— Humphrey, of Thornton, co. Cheer, died 11912
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1 Henry of Chettleton, ſon and heir. Thomas, of==. . . . . dau. of William
— — | Thornton. | Lemingham, 1192,
Matthew! of Chettleton, 1240, ſon ——— — — — —
and heir of ſir William Chettleton, Elizabeth, marr. Robert“, of Thornton, co. Cheſter, Anne, marr. fir Tho.
ſon and heir of Henry, married the co ſir Thomas eſq. married the dau. of Thomas Leighorne; co. Vork,
daughter of William Clyfton, eſq. Norris, knt. Brimingham, ö knt. 1273.
Will. of Chettelton of Anabella“, fiſter and heir William lord Sir Thomas Sherard, of- Joan, dau. of fir John
died without iſſue. of William Cheuelton. | Bromley. Thornton, co. Cheſter. | Entwiſele, knt. 1272.
John Bromley, lord of Badington, co. Anabella, wife of fir John Haukſton, Edmond Sherard, Mary, dau. of Tho.
Cheſter, as heit to his mother, took knt. lord of Wryne Hill, and ad fon, heir to his Groſvenor, of Che-
his mother'sarms, and left his father's. Betley, co. Stafford. brother, 1283. ſhire, ob. 1293.
William Sherard, married Anabella, dau. of John de Bredſhall, and had iſſue divers ſons and daughters died 1301.
" Thomas Sherard Þ . dau. of John William Shitard , . . dau. of John Aſhton, of Aſhon,
Ratcliff. f died 1304. Lancaſhire. |
Ifabel Sherard.= . « + + « Holford, William Sherard , married 5 William Sherard *, eſq . Elizabeth, dau. of
Margaret Brabazon... - 1328. Thomas Venables.
Sir Robert Sherard u, knt. 1343. P. . dau- and heir of Eyton.
2. Walter Sherard, living 1 381. 1. George Sherard, eſq. 137 $Joan, dau, of Rich. Berners. 3. John“, living I 381.
Robert Sherard 13 lord of the manor of Staplefſord- Agnes, or Anne, the dau, and coheir of fir Lawrence Hamberk, Ent.
in right of his wife, 1402; living 1417. | and relict of fir Hugh de Calveley, knt
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1. Margaret, widow of fir=Lawrence Sherard , of Stapleford, high. Elizabeth, dau. and heir of fir John Woodford,
Chriſtopher Folvile. ſheriff of the county 1442, 1443» 2 8 of Sproxton, died in 1447 ·
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4. William, I. Robert Sherard is, of 2. Geoffrey Sherard **, Joyce , dau. of 3. Chriſtopher, of Anne. John
of Saxby, Stapleford, ſon and heir, of Stapleford, counſel- | Thomas Aſhby, don, to whom Mallory,
gent. lived married Elizabeth, dau. lor-at-law, heir to his | of Loſeby, eſq. his brother Geoffre of Walton
1450. and heir of John Du- brother; died 1492. proved by deeds gave an annuity of and South
rant, of Cotſmore. 9 E. IV. and 3 2 yearly, by | Croxton.
: H. VI. Shedi » dated 28 Hen.
Joan, died within two hours after ſhe was born and chriſtened. | in 1490. VI.
2. William "3 4+ Robert Sherard, Anne, ad dau. of 1. Thomas Sherard , of Staple-—Margaret, oungeſt dau. and
3. Lawrence. of Lobthorpe. Rowland Digby, ford, eſq. marr. to his 2d wife ſole heir of John de Helwell,
of Welby. Anne, eldeſt dau. of. . . | ſon and heir of fir John de
| [See Pedigree IX. p. 353-] Dorell, and had iflue one | Helwell, firſt wife.
| | daughter by her.
2. George Sherard , of Stapleford, =Roeſia
„dau. of fir Tho. Anne, . Genter, heir 3. Thomas.
eſq. ſon and heir, high ſheriff | Poultney, of Miſterton, Ellys, of Wyham, apparent in 1500, |
1 567 ; died Aug, 6, 1575- kat. 1535. co. Lincoln. living 1524.
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2. Thomas 1: Francis, of- = Anne, 1. Helen, a. Margaret, mar. 3. Joyce, 4. Elizabeth, mar. 6. Margaret, mar.
Sherard, Stapleford, dau. of & Dorothy, Gilbert Berry, maried Will. Smith, of Will. Durant,
died ſon and heir, | Gregory both die of Eaſton, co. Edward Cunnington, ſon and heir of
without died 1594. | Moore, unmarried. Linc. and had Beresford, co. Linc. and
] eresfo John Durant,
iſſue. eſq: of - iflue james and died with- had iſſue Eliza - of Coteſmore..
Lincoln. - George. out iſſue. beth and Mary.
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1. John She —Roefa, Sir Philip Sherard, = Iſabel, dau. of fir 2. Sir George 3. Sir William She Abigail, dau. of
rard, of. - | born eldeſt ſon, born John Harpur, of Sherard, born rard, born 1588; | Cecil Cave, eſq.
Lobthorpe. | 1591. 1583; died at Bat- Swarkſton, co. 1586; died created baron of Le- | and coheir to
| terſea, April 23, Derby, kt. 1603; unmarried trym in Ireland, July } Ant, Bennet, of
' Agnes, 1624, 4 buried died 1621. in 1651. 10, 1627. Greenwich, eſq.
| at Stapleford, | | * [See the Pedigree, Ne VII. p. 346.]
5 | . Tue ſeveral Notes and Illuſtrations here referred to will be found in p. 347 & ſeqq,
Vor. I.
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344 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
n. GILBERT, earl of ANGIE, or EWE, in Normandy... . . . III. WILLIAM THE==Maud, av. of Baldwig,
CONQUERORY, | th earl of Flanders, ſur.
Richard 5 ſon of Gilbert, came into England with the Conqueror, 1066. named The Gentle.
1
Gilbert Fitz Richard , ſon and heir, firſt==Adeliza, dau. of Henry, the firſt of the name, king of England,
carl of Clare, died 1152. Cleremont. youngeſt ſon, died Ddc. 1, 1135.
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Richard Fitz Gilbert , 2d carl of Clare, Adeliza, fiſter of Robert Conſul, earl of.. . dau. of Robert Fitz
and lord of Tunbridge, in Kent; 5 carl Glouceſter **, baſe ſon. Hammond, lord of Car.
died 1156. of Cheſter, boile in Normandy,
I. Gilbert , carl of 2. Roger de Clare®, brother and==Maud, dau. and William Conſul, =Hawiſia, dau. of
Clare and Here- heir of Gilbert, was carl of Clare heir of James earl of Glou- | Rob. Boſſu, earl
ford, died ſ. p. and Hereford; died 1174. St. Hillary. ceſter. | | of Leiceſter,
Richard e, carl of Clare and Here-—Amicia, 2d dau. and Mabell, eldeſt dau. and Iſabel, 3 lohn, 4th ſon of king
ford, died 1218, and was buried | coheir, was buried in coheir, marr. Almeric dau. and | Hen. II. earl of Glou-
in the priory of Tunbridge. Tunbridge priory. de Montfort, earl of coheir. | ceſter in right of his
| | | Evreux in Normandy. | wife,
Gilbert de Clare *7, carl==lfabel, 3d dau. of William Marſhal the Walter de Burgh, earl of Ulſter in right of
of Glouceſter and elder, ſiſter and coheir of Anſelm earl . his wife, heir of Hugh Fortibus, carl of
Hereford. of Pembroke, marſhal of England. Ulſter,
Richard de Clare“, earl of Glouc. and Here ford. Maud, dau. of John Lacy, earl of Lincoln, conſtable of Cheſter, 1262.
Gilbert de Clare*?, earl of Glouceſter and Hereford. F Joan, dau. of king Edward I. called Joan of Acres, 1290.
Gilbert de Clare, eatl of Glouceſter Elizabeth, ſiſter and coheir of Gilbert, Theobald de Verdon, baron of Web-
and Hereford, was ſlain in the bat- marr. 1ſt, to John Burgh, earl of Ulſter; | ley, juſtice of Ireland 5 Edw. II.
tle of Streveling, without iſſue. 2dly, to fir Roger Denning. died 10 Edw. II. 3d huſband.
I. Joan Verdon, mar. 2. Elizabeth, mar. 3. Margery, coheir 4. Maud, : 5. Wabel, — Hugh Hawberk “,
Thomas de Furnival, Barth. Burgherſh, of Theobald de married to marr. 1ſt, Henry | knt. ſon of Simon de
of whom Talbot earl of Ewias, whichhe Verdon, wife of fir John Fitz lord Ferrers of | Hawberk, lord of
of Shrewſbury is de- held in right of his John Crophull, Allen, Groby. Scalford(ſee Pedigree,
ſcended. wife; died 1369. knt. _ Ne IV. and V); and,
| — — — — in right of his wife,
Sir William Hawberk, of Scalford.==Sibile, a7 o>.vi lord of Groby.
© | Lawrence Hawberk , of Scalford. Margaret, dau. of Thomas Alleſbury.
Robert de Hawberk, lord of Scalford. Agnes Barnack, daughter and heir of Walter Barnack, and coheir of Burgh.
Sir Lawrence Hawberk , of Scalford, Margaret, dau. of Cheney; firſt married ir John Calveley *3, knt,
knt. in 1497 ; 2d huſband. fir Chriſtopher Folvile, lord of all Saxby, 3d huſband.
Robert Shera.d, ad huſband, lord of the manor-Agnes Hawberk, daugh. and heir, by a deed-=Hugh Calveley, firſt
of Stapleford, in right of his wife, 1402. dated 1 Hen. VI. þ huſband, 1381,
— — :
[See Pedigree, N“ J.)] Sir Hugh Calveley, knt. ſlain at g Margaret, dau. and heir
| the battle of Bloreheath, 1459. of J. Done, of Utkinton.
IV. WALTER DE LACY 36. baron of Ewyas Lacy, V. BERTRAM ToD VERDON , baron of 7 "OY co.
at the coming of the Conqueror. Stafford, in the time of William the Conqueror.
Roger de Lacy, baron o Emma, ſiſter and heir of © Normannus de Verdon, lord of Webley, Secelina, daughter
Ewyas Lacy, Hugh de Lacy. co. Hereford. off
Gilbert de Lacy, baron of Ewyas Lacy. Bartram lord Verdon . baron of Webley, founder of the monaſtery : Roeſia.
n of Croxden, in Staffordſhire, 1170. +
1 9 £ mn
Robert de Lacy, died Roeſia, ſiſter and Hugh, ſurnamed Lacy, William de Verdon, Roeſia, foundreſs of the
Vithout iſſue, heir to her bro- | obtajned the county of baron of Webley. monaſtery of Grace-
her Robert. Meath in Ireland; ba-
ron of Meath, 1185.
dieu, co. Leiceſter.
Hugh Lacy, ſurnamed de Fortibus, Ella, dau. and heir of Walter de Lacy, Margaret, dau. of Bertram de Verdon,
baron of Meath, and earl of | William Longeſpe. baron of Trim, | St. Valerie. baron of Webley.
Ulſter, in right of his wiſe. and carl of Ulſter. | Re. |
4+. Walter de Burgh, Gilbert Lacy, of==Ifabel, dau. to= John Firzpearce, brd Nicholas de-F Joan, dau. of
earl of Ulſter in Meath, baron of | Reede Begot, zd of Berkhamſted, and Verdon, | Fitzpearce.
right of his wife, Trim, and earl | ſon of Hugh, chief juſtice of Eng- baron of
of Ulſter. earl of Norfolk. land, 2d huſband. Webley. |
Margaret, dau. and coheir of Gilbert Lacy, baron John de Verdon, baron :
of Trim, earl of Ulſter. 1 of Webley, co. Heref. Simon Hawberk “, lord of Scalford manor,
| [ , | as it appears by a deed without date;
Matilda, dau. to Edmund Theobald de Verdon, juſtice from whom deſcended lord Sherard.
de Mortimer, of Wigmore, | of Ireland, 5 Edward ff. and = — —-„— 4
Tiſter to Ro er Mortimer, baron of Webley. Robert Hawberk, lord of the manor of Scalford,
firſt earl of March, 1318. | proved by a deed without date.
Elizabeth, ſiſter and coheir g Theobald de Verdon, William Hawberk, lord of the manor of Scalford.
of Gilbert de Clare, earl | baron of Webley, _— —
of Glouceſter and Hert- | juſtice of Ireland, William Hawberk, lord of the manor of Scalford.
ford; married, firſt, to | 5 Edward II. died 5 ld |
ohn Burgh, earl of | 10 Edward II; Simon Hawberk, lord of Scalford, had two ſens,
Iſter ; 2dly, fir Roger | 3d huſband. | German and Hugh Hawbcrk. |
Dering? el 5 4 4 7
Iſabel, 5th dau. and coheir of Theobald de Verdon, widow=-Sir | x04 Hawberk, knight,
of Henry lord Fezrers “, of Groby.
1 1 See Pedigree, Ne II. above; and Ne VIII. p. 353.
, [ See Pedigree, |] and III. above; an P- 353+] Vi. JAMES
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FRAMLAND HUNDEED: ] STAPLEFORD. : | 365
VI. JAMES LE BRA BAZ ON, furnamed the Great Warrior, in the time of William the Conqueror:
John le Brabazon, of Beachworth, co. Surrey, temp. Henry I. and Henry II.
Adam le Brabazon, of Beachworth, lived 3 Henry III.
2 a '
Thomas le Brabazon, of Beachworth, died 2 Henry III. F Amicia, dau. and heir of John de Moſeley, co. Leic:
Thomas le Brabazon, of Moſeley, and of Eaftwell, co. Leiceſter.
Sir Roger le Brabazon,==Beatrice, ſiſter and heir of Manſell de Biſett, 53 Henry III;
of Moſeley. 2dly, to William le Gaunt and Albreda, 21 Edward I.
1. Sir William= . . 2. Sir Roger le Brabazon, Beatrice, dau. and heir of 2. Mat- Sarah. William Woodford 4
Brabazon. of Moſeley, and of | fir John de Sproxton, by thew. living in the time of
Eaſtwell, chief juſtice | Alice, dau. of fir William Edward I. of whom is
1295—131 5. of Buckminſter, knt. deſcended William lord-
— c Sherard.
| Roger, died in his father's life time.
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Sir William Brabazen, of Garthorp, Joan, dau. of William Alice, dau. and coheir of Hugh de Helwell ;
co. Leic. 12 Edw. II; and 6 Edw. III; | fir William Woodford, | Walter le Preſt“, of married, and had
lord of Sproxton, co. Leic. by the gift | Truſſell, of Melton Mowbray, co. iſſue; from whom
of his uncle. Lamport. Leic. | is deſcended Will-
— | | - liam lord Sherard,
Sir John Brabazon, of Sproxton, Agnes, dau. of Rich. Whatton, — — — —
of the Vale of Belvoir. Hugh de Helwell,
om — married, and had
Joan, dau. and ſole heir. Sir William de Woodford, iſſue; by a deed
Ty 8 pry 9 without date,
20 Edward III. —
— Robert de Helwell;
Walter Barnack, of Sproxton, . . . dau. and heir. proved by a deed %
in right of his wife. 4 without date.
En. 1 FELL ee 6
Walter Barnack. Ellen, dau. and coheir of Burgh William de Helwell ®, levied Richard Woodvile,
1 in the Marſh, a fine of the manor of made knight of the
— — Whiſſenden, wherein he Garter 28 Hen. VI;
Agnes Barnack, dau. and heir-Rohert de Hawberk, ſon mentions Robert his ſon, created earl of Ri-
of Walter Barnack, and co-] of Lawrence, lord of 18 Edward II. 1325. vers 4 Edw. IV:
heir of Burgh. Scalford.
[See Pedigree, Ne II. and III.]
Sir Robert de Helwell, of- Evat, dau. of Richard Woodvile *,==Jaquet, dau. of Peter
North Witham, knut. pc. baron of Wiming- | earl of St. Paul, wi-
"- - — T7 ton, and earl Ri- | dow of John duke of
Robert de Helwell “, iſt, Elizabeth; dir John de Helwell, 2d ſon of vers. | Bedford, regent of
living 1364. 2dly, Joan“; fir Robert, was canon ef St. France.
| living 1364. Peter's church in York.
John de Helwell . William de Helwell, Sir John de Woodvile, knt. Elizabeth, widow==Edward IV. ® king of
1364. 4th ſon, was ſlain with his of fir John Grey, England.
| father at Edgecott-field. of Groby, knt.
Sir John Helwell 49. lord of Whiſſenden, Anne, dau. and heir. Elizabeth 5?, ſole dau. and hei ir Hugh Brow **,
co. Rutland, knight in 1382. of fir Chriſtopher Folvile, Kknt.
| | knt, and lord of all Saxby.
John Helwell, of Whiſſenden,—Anne Brow, ſiſter and heir Robert Brow *?, ſon and heir,
to her brother Robert. died without iſſue,
Helwell, | Sherard, John, without ſecond | berford, one of dau. mar, Henry of Stanford, dau. and
youngeſt | of Sta- 3. Robert, I iſſue. daugh. | the prothono- Hunber, and in co.Northamp. | coheir of
Margaret Thomas 1. 1 Jo Agnes, william Cum- Elizabeth, eldeſt Sir T. Cave 54 —Elizabeth,
daughter. | pleford. | tories of the her widowhood knt. died Sept. | fir John
CommonPleas; ſold her part of 4, 1558. | Danvers,
George—=Roefia after mar. to W. land to Geoffrey 1 knt.“ |
Sherard. Poultney. Newport, eſq. Sherard. | | | 10
Francis Anne John Cumber ford, = Margaret, Roger Cave, Margaret, dau. of 8 4
Sherard, | Moore. who made ſale ß. of Stanford, Richard Cecil, of Anthony =. . . dau. of ko
| his land to Thomas elq. Burleigh, co. Bennett, of | Goldevill, of | . |
| Sherard ; died Northampton. Greenwich, | Great Chart, "Þ
5 without iſſue, | co. Kent. co. Kent, | 4 |
| ; > Cecil Cave, 3d ſon, of Stanford, „ dau. and heir of Anthony Bennet, of h 4 | |
i : co. Northampton, eſq. Greenwich, in Kent, eſq. 1
wWillam lord Sherard 1. Abigail Cave, daughter 2. Anne *, daughter Sir William Tufton, knt. and bart. brother _ ns
| bl and coheu? and coheir. to the carl of Thanet. 318
[See Pedigree, Ne VII. p. 346+] | | g
dhe ſurvived her huſband, and was buried at Greenwich, See Thorpe's Regiſtrum Roffenſe, p. 58.
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STAPLEFOR PB.
Inuſtrious and venerable Proors of the Genealogical Pedigree of the Right Honours
1
SHERARD of STAPLEFORD, Baron of LET VN in the Kingdom of Ireland, 1633; ſhewing exactly what Coats by
Ivheritance he may rightly quarter, being derived from mightie Kings, potent Earls, Princes, and many noble
and worthy antient Families, all branching and aſcending to the Perſon of the aforeſaid Lord SnRR ARD.
| Coats that the Lord SnzrAanD may quarter:
1. Hawberk ; 2. Verdon; 3. Lacy; 4. Clare; 5. St.
Hillary; 6. Conſull; 7. Fitzhammon ; 8. Barnake ,
g. Burgh ; 10. Woodford; 11. Prieft; 12. Brabazon :
13. Moefly; 14. Biſett; 15. Helwell; 16. Woodvill ;
17. Brow; 18. Fotvile ; 19. Cave; 20. Danvers; 21.
Bruly ; 22. Branchefter ; 23. Gilliott ; 24. Pury; 25.
Bennett ; 26. Chriftophber ; — Calverley; 28. Pedley.
1] This Scn1RARD, or Scirard, lived in the time
of king William the Conqueror; and held divers
manors and lands in the counties of Cheſter and
Stafford; amongſt others, the mayor and lordſhip
of Chettleton, in the county of Stafford, and the ma-
nor of Badington, or Bebington, and Bromhall, and
of Walley, and Maynes, and Willne, and divers other
lands and poſſeſſions, in the county palatine of Cheſter,
as it appeareth in the book called Domeſday. The
ſaid Schirard, in the time of Hugh ſurnamed Lupus
(firſt earl palatine of Cheſter after the Conqueſt),
gave to the abbey of St. Werburg within the city of
Cheſter (which was founded by the ſaid earl) the
church or chapel of Bebington, and four oxgangs
of land, and the tithe of that manor, and the tithe of
Bromhall, and of Walley, and of Maynes, and of
Willne, &c. as appeareth by the charter of the
foundation of the ſaid abbey of St. Werburg, dated
anno ab incarnatione Domini 1093; which charter
doth remain with Mr. John Woodnoth, of Shenton,
in the county palatine of Cheſter.
[2] Randall Launcelyn, the ſon of William Launce-
lyn, of Poulton Launcelyn, in the county of Cheſter,
the ſon of Robert, the ſon of Robert, the ſon of Richard
of Launcelyn, the ſecond ſon of Schirard, chat lived
in the time of William the Conqueror, &c. This
Richard, the ſecond ſon of Shirard, was a witneſs to
a deed of Hugh Lupus, the firſt earl palatine of
Cheſter, of whom that antient family of the Lance-
lyns of Polton Lancelyn, in the county of Cheſter,
did deſcend. He lived in the time of William Rufus.
[3] This Robert, the younger ſon of Scirard, had
iſſue Walter his eldeſt ſon ; who had iſſue Humphrey
his eldeſt ſon ; which Humphrey had iſſue Thomas
Shirard, of whom the Shirards of Leiceſterſhire are
| deſcended. From the Ledger-book of St, Werburg.
[4] Know all by theſe preſents, that I Robert de
Sherard, lord of Chettleton, have given unto Wil-
liam, ſon of William de Hawberk, all that land which
ſome time John de Hawberk held; and a farm
of William de Chettleton my father. With theſe wit-
nefſes; John de Hawberk, Walter his fon, William
de Bagenhold, Hugh de Chettleton, and others.
Out of an old book of the Viſitation of Ceſhire,
made by William Flower, alias Norroy King of
Arms, was taken part of the deſcent of Sherard and
Chettleton ; as Robert Sherard, the ſon of Thomas,
the ſon of Humphrey Sherard, of Thornton, in the
county of Cheſter, the ſon of Walter, the ſon of
Robert Sherard, The arms of Chettleton, alias She-
rard, were very antiently borne without the bordure.
Bromley and Egerton do both quarter the arms or
Chettleton, with a bordure engrailed Gules.
[5] Out of Mr. Rudiard's deeds. in the county of
Stafford. Robert Sherard, together. with fir William
de Chettleton, fir Robert Baniſter, and fir William
Withalt, knights, were witneſſes to a deed of Richard
Rudiard, being dated in the year of our Lord 1272,
and in the laſt year of king Henry III. See the two
ſeals, plate L. XVII. fig. 1. 2. |
[6] William de Chettleton, William Sherard, an
William Stanlowe, were witneſſes to a deed of Richard
Martin, chaplain; the which he gave to Richard the
fon of Thomas Rudiard, as of the gift of feoftment
of Thomas Rudiard, in Rudiard ; 1 Edward I. 1279.
Out of the Cloſe Roll, 3 Edward I. in the Tower
of London, Henry Shirard was coroner for Dorſetſhire.
Vol. I. 3;
Richard Sherard and William de Chettleton,
amongſt others, were witneſſes to a deed, - without
date, of Randolf de Rudiard, made to Henry his
ſon, for his homage and ſervice, for certain lands and
tenements in Bremard's Woods.
* By the Emperor. Right well-beloved, we greer |
you well, and defire you, and every of you, to accept
our well-beloved Richard Shirard ; unto the freedom
and liberty of the fellowſhip of Merchants Adven-
turers, without paying any hanſe ; and ſo doing ye
ſhall not only miniſter unto us right ſingular pleaſure;
but alſo bind us to ſhew unto you as-great pleaſure;
in that you ſhall at any time hereafter require of us.
Given under our ſignet at London, the 19th. of June.”
[7] Anabella Bromley, ſiſter and heir of William
Chertleton, gave the lordſhip of Chettleton to Ana-
bella her daughter; and thereof diſinherited John
Bromley, her ſon and heir. Of this Anabella fir Ralph
Egerton, of Wrenhill, co. Stafford, is deſcended.
[8] In the eleventh year of the reign of Edward,
the ſon of king Edward, it was agreed between An-
getine, the ſon of Robert de Martivaux, on the one
part, and John Shereherd, of South Luffenham, on
the other part ; that is to ſay, that the ſaid Angetine
did demiſe and grant to the faid John, for term of life,
all his lands and tenements in the towns of South
Luffenham, Morcot, and North Luffenham, &c. To
which were witneſſes, Geoffrey Sherard, Thomas
Sherehard, Henry de Gratefort, Simon the ſon. of
John of South Luffenham, &c. See two ſeals, fig. 3, 4.
[9] William Sherard was a witneſs, amongſt di-
vers others, to a deed of Robert Burgullion, abbot of
De la Croſſe in the county of Leiceſter, dated the
13th of Edward I, 1301. See the ſeal, fig. 5.
Hugh Sherard, ſon and heir of William Sherard,
and Margaret his wife, fiſter and heir to Roger Bra-
bazon; for ſix meſſuages, with the appurtenances;
and 1co acres of arable land, 40 acres of meadow,
60 acres of paſture, in Erpingham, in the county of
Rutland; the deed being without date.
{ 10] Know, all preſent and to come, that I William
Sherard, lord of Chettleton, knight, do give and
grant to Thomas de Rudiard, and his heirs, all my
lands and tenements in Teteſworth, lying in the town
and fields there. Theſe being witnefles; Gr John de
Dracott, fir John de Beresford, and fir Henry de
Rudiard, knights, and others. Dated at Teteſworth,
16 Edward III, 1342.
[ 11] Sir Robert Sherard, knt. the fon of William,
the ſon and heir of William, the ſon and heir of
William Sherard and Annabel Bredfall, is mentioned
in a deed of John Bredfall. The ſeal gone; the
deed bearing date the 16th year of king Edward III.
[12] We, John Sherard, of South Luffenham, rector
of the pariſh-church of Bircholt, in the .county of
Kent, and Walter my brother, do give and grant, and
by this our writing confirm, to William Rohell, of
South Luffenham, his heirs and aſſigns, all the lands
and tenements, rents and ſervices, to the ſame belong-
ing, which we have by right of inheritance in the
towns of South Luffenham and North Luffenham, in
the county of Rutland. Dated at South Luffenham,
the 4th of Richard II. Sealed with two ſeals.
[13] Thomas Friſby and others did releaſe unto
Robert Sherard and Agnes his wife, daughter and
heir of Lawrence Hawberk, and their heirs, all the
right which they had in the hands of the aforeſaid Law-
rence in Stapleford. Witneſs, Thomas Maureward, knt.
Dated the 28th of November, 4 Henry IV.
This indenture, made between Geoffrey Sherard,
eſq. late ſheriff of the county of Rutland, on the one
part, and John Dale, eſq. ſheriff of the lame, on the
other part, wi:nefſerh, that the ſaid Geoffrey Sherard,
late ſheriff, did deliver unto the ſaid John, at Oke-
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bam, in the ſaid county, the perſon of Robert Abſten,
the eldeſt ſon of John Abſten, of Preſton aforeſaid
the which Robert was priſoner to the ſaid N
Sherard. Dated 10 Henry IV. See the ſeal, fig. 6.
Robert Sherard, eſq. was witneſs to a deed of
Wilham Bezan, of Goutham, made to Robert Herle-
win, of Stapleford, of the fourth part of one meſſuage
and one yard-land. Dated 25 September, 12 Hen. IV.
14] James lord Audley, to all and ſingular to
whom this prefent writing ſhall come, ſendeth greet-
ing in our Lord God Everlaſting. Know ye that 1
have given and granted to our beloved and faithful
Eſquire Lawrence Sherard, for his good and diligent
ſervice made to us in his office of ſtewardſhip and
ſurveyor of the manors of Aſhwell in the county of
Rutland, and of Sapirton in the county of Lincoln,
Kc. &c. after the deceaſe and death of Elizabeth
Audley our mother, for term of life. Dated at Mar-
geton, near Derby, the 28th day of December, the
19th year of 19 Henry VI. See the ſeal, fig. 7.
This indenture, made between Lawrence Sherard,
of Stapleford, eſq. on the one part, and John
Mallory, of Walton on the Wold, eſq. on that
other part, witneſſeth, that it is accorded between the
ſaid Lawrence and John, that is to wit, that Anthony,
the ſon and the heir of the ſaid John, ſhall take to
wife Anne, the daughter of the ſaid Lawrence, within
a month after the feaſt of Paſch next for to come
after the date of theſe preſents; and that the ſaid
John give and make a ſure eſtate to the ſaid Anthony
and Anne, and to the heirs of their bodies between
them lawtully begotten, of the manor of Croxton,
with all manner of appurtenances belonging to the
ſame manor, within the rowns of Croxton, Baretby,
and Newbold ; and alſo of the reverſion of all the
lands and tenements that John Barbaur, of Jerking-
ton, hath for term of his life, in the town and the
field of Scalford, with all the appurtenances thereto
belonging ; which eſtates of the ſaid manor and re-
verſion ſurely ſhall be made by the ſaid day of mar-
riage ; and the ſaid Lawrence ſhall pay unto the ſaid
John Mallory £40. on the ſame day that the aforeſaid
eſtates be made, and £20. more at Candlemas then
next enſuing ; and (20. more at Candlemas that ſhall
be in the year of our Lord , ccce, xLI; for
which {4o0. more aboveſaid to the ſaid John Mallory,
in the form aboveſaid to be paid, the aforeſaid Law-
rence ſhall find fix or four ſufficĩient men, by obliga-
tion to the ſaid John Mallory to be bounden; and
the ſaid Lawrence ſhall give to the ſaid Anthony and
Anne { 10. a year, or the value of £10. by the advice
of Thomas Aſheby of Louſeby, and of William Villers,
of Brokeſby, eſq. to be paid within the days of the
obligations aforeſaid ; and alſo the aforeſaid John
Mallory ſhall give to the ſaid Anthony and Anne other
£10. or the value of {10. within the days of the ſaid
obligations, after the fight of the ſaid Thomas and
William; and the ſaid Lawrence ſhall make all the
coſtage at Stapleford at the day of the ſaid marriage;
and the ſaid John Mallory ſhall make all the coſtage
at Walton at their coming home; and alſo the ſaid
John Mallory ſhall leave to the inheritance of the
ſaid Anthony his ſon the manor of Tachbroke, in the
county of Warwick; and all the lands and tenements
that he hath in Claxton, in the county of Leiceſter ;
and the manor of Walton, with his purchaſed land.
Into witneſs of which thing the parties aboveſaid to
theſe indentures alternately have put their ſeals, By
theſe witneſſes; Lawrence Berkeley, of Wymond-
ham, Robert Woodford, of Aſhby Folvile, knights;
John Belers, of Kettleby, Thomas Aſhby, of Louſeby,
William Villers, of Brokeſby, John of Batler, of
Knightthorpe, Thomas Langton, of Langton, eſqrs.
and others. Given at Croxton, in the 14th day of
April, in the year of the reign of king Henry the
Sixth after the Conqueſt the 18th. ;
[15] Unto all Chriſtian people theſe preſent let-
rers to ſee or hear, we, abbot of Croxton, abbot of
Garydon, abbot of Leiceſter, prior of Kirkby, John
Langſtroth, maſter of Rotheley, prior of Bredon,
Geoffrey Shregeley, maſter of Burton Lazars, prior of
Charley, prior of Wolleſcroft, fir Edward Gray lord
Ferrers of Groby, fir William Tonſtall, fir Robert
Moton, fir Robert Woodford, fir Lawrence Berkeley,
knights, Bartholomew Brokeſby, John Belleris, Tho-
mas Berkeley, Everard Digby, Robert Brow, Thomas
Flower, John Brow, John Mayllory, Thomas Aſheby,
John of Stanley, Thomas Tonſtall, William Villiers,
Walter Kebull, Rees Hotoffe, John Danett, John of
Bothe, eſqrs. Anthony Maylory, Nicholas Jarvas, Ro-
bert Barnevill, Robert Bagoute, John Lane of Mel-
ton Mowbray, gentlemen, ſend greeting in God, with
whole and ſtedfaſt faith to you to the ſaid letters,
Foraſmuch as it is meritorious to knowledge the truth
in time of need, and damnable tq hold it : Therefore
unto your worthy diſcretion we make knowledge that
Robert Sherard, eſq. ſon and heir of Lawrence She-
rard, late of Stapleford, eſq. that now is deceaſed,
wedded a gentlewoman that was called Elizabeth
Durant, daughter and heir to John Durant, late of
Cotteſmore, in the county of Rutland, eſq. by whom
he had iſſue a daughter, the which was chriſtened and
called Joan, and of many divers. perſons heard loud
cry, ſo full born lived the ſpace of two hours of a
day and more, and then buried in the kirk-yard of
the pariſh-kirk of the ſaid Stapleford, and' with maſs
and oblations had before as the manner is. Where-
fore we require, exhort, and pray you, as far as ye
hear of theſe premiſſes, or any of them, true report
to bear, as we declare unto you by theſe preſents,
and by way of charity, avoiding peril of ſoul, and
to deſerve everlaſting joy, the which is ordained to
him that rules him after truth ; the which grant you
and us He that for truth died on the croſs. In the
witneſs of which thing to this preſent we have pur
our ſeals. Written on the 11th day of May, in the
year of king Henry the Sixth 24. See the ſeals,
fig. 8—1 8.
[16] Geoffrey Sherard, of Stapleford, in the county
of Leiceſter, eſq. bindeth himſelf, by a writing obli-
gatory, to Chriſtopher Sherard, of London, in £40.
ſterling, of good and lawful money of England, to be
paid to the ſaid Chriſtopher Sherard, as appeareth in
the ſaid obligation. Dated at Stapleford, the 28th
year of king Henry VI. a |
An indenture between Geoffrey Sherard, of Sta-
pleford, in the county of Leiceſter, eſq. of the one
part, and John Chevercourt, of Stanford, on the
other part, witneſſech that the faid John Chevercourt
bath made to the ſaid Geoffrey and Joyce his wife,
and to the heirs and aſſignees of the ſaid Geoffrey, a
full eſtate of all the lands and tenements, meadows,
and paſtures, with all the appurtenances, the which
the ſaid John Chevercourt had by inheritance after
the deceaſe of Robert his father, in all the fields and
tenements of Stapleford, Wymondham, aud Thorpe-
Edmere, which he had of the gift and feoffament of
Jenet, that was the wife of John Poutrell, of Staple-
ford, the 6th year of the reign of king Edward IV.
Know, all preſent and. to come, that we, Lawrence
Sherard, gent. and Beatrice my wife, the executrix of
the will and teſtament of John Mackworth, eſq. re-
ccived from Geoffrey Sherard, eſq. 10 marks ſterling,
in full payment of fifty pounds. Dated 4 Henry VII.
A deed of Geoffrey Sherard, made to Thomas
Sherard, of Stapleford, bearing date 5 Henry VII.
[17] This Joyce was daughter and heir of Thomas
Aſhby and Elizabeth his wife, who was daughter and
heir of John Burdett, of Newton Burdett and Louſeby,
in the county of Leiceſter, the ſon of William
Burdett, ſlain at Dundee, in Scotland, 40 Edward I;
who bore Azure, two bars Or, and is ſet up in Sta-
pleford church and houſe, as being the paternal coat
of Aſhby.
#18] Know, all men, by theſe preſents, that we,
John, by divine permiſſion, biſhop of thelſle, the fourth
Sabbath-day of our time, the 19th day of December,
anno Domini 1461, in the convent church of Blyde,
in the dioceſe of York, had licence from the revetend
father in God the lord William archbiſhop of York,
to our beloved in Chriſt, William Sherard, of Staple-
ford, in the dioceſe of Lincoln, to grant a 1
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eſtate. to the town of Croxtoh, in the county of I. ei-
ceſter. Sealed with the earl of Leiceſter's ſeal, ſig. 19.
Hugh Sherard, of London, gent. Know ye that
1 have releafed from my heirs. and affignees for
ever, and quit claim, to T homas Sherard, of Staple-
ford, co. Leiceſter, eſq. full and quiet poſſeſſion, to
him, his heirs, and aſſigus, for ever, all my right,
title, claim, intereſt, and demands, which I have, or
had, in any of the meſſuages, tofts, crofts, lands,
paſtures, meadows, and feedings, in the town of
Whitwell, Eyſton, Erpingham, and Market Overton,
and elſewhere, in the county of Rutland; the which
was ſome time William Sherard, gent. father of the
ſaid Thomas Sherard ; dated 13 Henry VIII. See two
of his ſeals, fig. 20, 21. |
FRAMLAND HUNDRED. ]
[19] Thegth of king Henry VII. fir Hugh Calveley
enteofteth Maurice de Berkeley, Thomas Sherard,
and others, in the moiety of the manor of Saxby ;
which, by the writing on the back ſide of the deed,
dated 1493, ſheweth it was in truſt for ſecurity for
payment of money to Thomas Sherard, &c.
To all Chriſtian people to whom this preſent wri-
ting ſhall come, George Sutton, maſter of Burton La-
Zars, fir Moris Berkley, knight, fir John Digby, knight,
John Villers, eſq. and Robert Brudenell, ſend greeting
in our Lord. Whereas divers variances and debates
have been long moved and had between the Rev.
father in God Elias the abbot of Croxton on th'one
party, and Thomas Sherard, of Stapleford, near Wy-
mondham, in the county of Leiceſter, eſq; on the
other party, of and for the right, title, and poſſeſſion
of an annual rent of 16s. at the feaſts of St. Michael
the Archangel and Paſch by even portions payable,
with the appurtenances, which the ſame abbot claimeth
out of two tofts and a croft, which ſome time were
called Pilynffas, and now be called Piſhal ; and out of
two yardlands, with appurtenances, in Stapleford
aforeſaid ; which tofts and croft, and two yardlands,
the ſaid 'Thomas Sherard now hath, and of and upon
the arrerages of the ſame: The ſaid parties have
compromiſed to abide by th'award, ordinance, and
Judgement, of us the ſaid George, Moris, John, John,
and Robert, to award, ordain, and decree of and upon
the premiſes. And we the ſaid arbitrators, taking
upon us the ſaid authority and power, calling before
us the ſaid parties, and hearing their tales and anſwers,
and other their allegations, with their evidences and
proofs concerning the ſame, by good deliberation and
aſſent of the ſaid parties, and at their ſpecial inſtance
and requeſt, award, ordain, and decree, in the manner
and form as hereafter ſhall enſue. Firſt, foraſmuch as
the ſame abbot hath to us ſhewed ſufficient evidences
and proofs that the faid 16s. with th* appurtenances, is
the verray right of the ſaid monaſtery ; and his pre-
deceſſors rightfully were ſeiſed of the ſame 165. rent,
with the appurtenances, by the hands of Lawrence
Hawberk, and after by the hands of dame Margaret
Calveley, ſome time wife of fir John Calveley, knight,
that were ſome time tenants of the ſaid tofts, croft, and
land, whoſe eſtate the ſame Thomas Sherard now hath
by inheritance to him deſcended ; we award, ordain,
and decree, that the ſame Thomas Sherard, his heirs
and aſſigus, ſhall from henceforth yearly content and
pay the 16s. rent, at the ſaid feſtivals, by even portions,
to the ſame abbot and his ſucceſſors, due out of the ſaid
tofts, croft, and land; and alſo the foreſaid Thomas,
his heirs and aſſigns, ſhall do, or cauſe to be done, by
recovery or otherwiſe, all ſuch things as the counſel of
the ſaid abbot and his ſucceſſors ſhall reaſonably de-
vile for the farther ſurery of the ſaid rent to be paid,
and at the coſts and charge of the ſaid abbot ; and
that the ſaid abbot ſhall releaſe to the ſaid Thomas
all the arrearages of the ſaid rent due afore this award.
Alio we award, ordain, and decree, that in caſe here-
after any other land or tenements be found in Staple-
ford aforeſaid in other mens' hands, which ought to
be contributory to the payment of the ſaid rent of
16s. ; that then the ſaid abbot and his ſucceſſors,
with their counſel, ſhall aid and give aſſiſtance to the
ſaid fir Thomas Sherard and his heirs, for the reco-
very of the ſaid land and tenements as the law will
A bond of Richard Sherard, à Edw. VI. for 2000. occurs among the Charters in the Britiſh Muſeum,
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ſuffer. And for theſe premiſes to be done on the part
of the ſaid Thomas, we the ſaid arbitrators award,
ordainz and decree, that the ſame abbot and his con-
vent, under their convent-ſeal, ſhall grant, out of
their lands and tenements in Kirkby and Melton, in
the ſaid county of Leiceſter, to the ſaid Thomas, for
his ſaid counſaill and gobd-Will to the ſaid monaſtery;
a fee of an annual rent of 135. 4d. term of his life
only, with a clauſe of diſtreſs for non-paytnent of the
ſaid rent; and to Geffrey Sherard; the ſon and heir-
apparent of the ſaid Thomas, a fee out of the ſame
lands in Kirkby and Melton, of the yearly ſum of
6s. 84. term of the ſaid Geffrey's life, with a clauſe of
diſtreſs for non-payment of the ſame; provided that
the ſaid fee of 6s. 8d. of rent be not due nor demand-
able during the life of the ſaid Thomas, but after
his death firſt to begin and to be demandable. In
witneſs whereof, we the ſaid arbitrators, and alſo the
ſaid parties to theſe indentures of this our award;
have put their ſeals, this 12th day of April, 16 Henry
VII. See the ſeals, fig. 22—28.
John Sherard, ſometime written Sherwood, was
biſhop of Durham 1483—1494; a great learned
man, an excellent poet, a Grecian, and ſo good a
lawyer, that he was ſolicitor of all king Edward the
Fourth's cauſes in the court of Rome. This biſhop's
arms was copied out of an old parliament roll of vel-
lum in collars, late in the cuſtody of Rafe Brooke,
York Herald of Arms, made of all the lords that ſat
in parliament, anno 1483, 1 Richard III.
Thomas Sherard, eſq. and Richard Sherafrd *, gent.
ſealed to a deed bearing dare the 1cth year of king
Henry VIII. See two ſeals, fig. 29, 30.
[20] John Beaumont, of Grace Dieu, in the county
of Leiceſter, and Robert Wyeth, of Friſby, gentlemen,
greeteth in our Lord God everlaſting. Know ye that
we have ſold to George Sherard, of Stapleford, in the
county of Leiceſter, eſq. two cottages or tenements,
and all other houſes, lands, and gardens, to the ſame
belonging, in Stapleford. Dated 2 Edward VI.
George Chaworth, eſq. the ſon of fir John Cha-
worth, knt. conveyeth all his manor of Saxby, with
the parſonage of the ſaid church, as it falleth to bis
turn, to George Sherard, of Stapleford, eſq. and his
heirs, anno Domini 1 573; the 16th of queen Elizabeth.
[21] Richard, ſon of Gilbert; earl of Angie or
Ewe, and Brion in Normandy, ſon of Geoffrey carl
of Angie, baſe ſon of Richard duke of Normandy,
came into England with William the Conqueror, who
gave him the towns and caſtles of Clare in Suffolk,
and Tunbridge in Kent, with divers other great ſcig-
nories in England. This Richard married Roeſia,
daughter of Walter Gifford, earl of Longueville in
Normandy ; which Roeſia held Standon in Hert-
fordſhire in the Conqueror's time; and had ifiue;
Gilbert; Roger, carl of Clare; Walter, a great
baron, and founder of Tintern abbey, 1131; and
Robert, lord of Woodham Water; and was after ſlain
in Wales 1136. Of whom deſcended lord William
Sherard, now living 1633.
The arms of Clare, earls of Glouceſter and Hert-
ford, being Or, three chevronels Gules, are depicted
in the church windows of Stapleford, Belgrave,
Blaby, and Loughborough, and in divers other
churches, carved both in wood and tone, &c.
[22] Gilbert Fitz Richard, fon and heir af Richard
aforeſaid, was the firſt earl of Clare, and married
Adeliza, the daughter of the earl of Claremont; and
had iſſue John the ſecond earl of Clare, who dicd
without iſſue; Richard earl of Clare, who ſome ſay
died before his father; Gilbert, ſurnamed. Strong-
bowe, earl of Pembroke; Walter and Henry de
Montmauritio ; and died in 1152.
[23] Richard Fitz Gilbert, ſecond earl of Clare
and lord of Tunbridge in Kent, married Adeliza,
ſiſter of Randolph earl of Cheſter ; and had iflue Gil-
bert, that died without iflue ; and Roger, who was
after earl of Clare and Hertford. Richard died 1 1 56,
86. G. 22.
| 24] Gilbert,
259 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE:
24] Gilbert, earl of Clare and Hertford after bis
father, married (as William Gemeticenſis faith). Eli-
zabeth, ſiſter of Waleran earl of Meulent ; and died
without ifſue, leaving his brother Roger ro ſucceed him.
[25] Roger de Clare, . brother and heir of Gilbert
aforeſaid, was earl of Clare and Hertford ; he mar-
ried Maud, daughter and heir of James St. Hillarie,
and had iſſue Richard earl of Clare and Hertford,
and others; and died in the year 1174. His wife
afterwards married William earl of Arundel. This
Roger was ſummoned to Weſtminſter 1163 by Tho-
mas archbiſhop of Canterbury, to do homage unto
him for the caſtle of Tunbridge 5 but, upon advice
with the king, this Roger declined to do the ſame, ſay-
ing, that the whole ſee did rather appertain to the
king in lay ſervice, than to the archbiſhop.
[26] Richard, earl of Clare and Hertford, ſon of
Roger, married Amicia, ſecond daughter and one of
the heirs of William earl of Glouceſter; and had
iſſue Gilbert, earl of Clare, Hertford, and Glouceſter;
Robert, ſecond ſon ; and Joan, wife to Rice Grigg,
prince of South Wales. He died in the year 1218,
and was buried in the priory of Tunbridge,
[27] Gilbert, earl of Clare, Hertford, and Glou-
ceſter, by his mother Amicia, after the death of his
two aunts without ifſue. He was witneſs to kin
Henry the Third's charter, which he gave in the »
year of his reign to the abbey of Peterborough, by
the name of Gilbert, earl of Clare, Hertford, and
Glouceſter ; and by his charter did give and confirm
to the monks of Tewkeſbury, for the health of his
own ſoul, and for the ſouls of earl Richard his father,
and the counteſs Amicia his mother, the church of
Hacklington, with all its rights and cuſtoms belong-
ing to the ſame. He confirmed to the ſaid monks the
gilt, of Robert de Clare his brother, of the farm-
houſe of Mileſcrofte, c. He married Iſabel, third
fiſter and one of the heirs of Anſelm Marſhall, earl
of Pembroke ; and had iſſue Richard, earl of Clare,
Hertford, and Glouceſter, and William de Clare ;
Ifabel, wife to Robert Bruſe ; Amie, wife to Baldwin,
carl of Devon, and others. He died at Penroſe in
Britanny, as the book of Tewkeſbury hath, in 1230,
and lieth rhere buried.
[28] Richard de Clare, ſecond earl of Glouceſter,
ſon of Gilbert, married, firſt, Margaret, daughter of
Hugh de Burgh, earl of Kent; by whom he had no
ifſue. His ſecond wife was Maud, daughter of John
Lacy, earl of Lincoln and conſtable of Cheſter, by
whom he had iſſue Gilbert, third earl of Glouceſter,
&c.; Thomas de Clare, ſteward of the foreſts in
Eſſex; Bevis, treaſurer of York-minſter ; Iſabel, a
nun at Barking ; Margaret, wife to Edmond, earl of
Cornwall ; Roſe, wife to Roger lord Mowbray. This
Richard died at Emeresfield, in Kent, 1262, and lieth
buried at Tewkeſbury.
[29] Gilbert de Clare, ſurnamed The Red, after
the death of Richard his father, was earl of Clare,
Hertford, and the third earl of Glouceſter. He mar-
ried two wives; the firſt was Alice, daughter of Hugh
le Brun, earl of Angoleſme, and the marchioneſs of
Aquitaine: he had iſſue Iſabel, wife to Morris lord
Berkeley. This Alice fell lunatic, and was divorced
from earl Gilbert.. After this he took to wife Joan,
ſurnamed of Acres, daughter of king Edward I. with
whom he had neither lands nor money, but only the
king's favour, which before he had loſt for refuſing
to. go with him to the aid of Guy, earl of Flanders,
againſt the French king, in 1287. This Gilbert de
Clare, carl of Glouceſter and Hertford, did, with
conſent of Joan his wife and Gilbert his ſon, con-
firm unto Roger de la Marr, knight, the cuſtody of
the foreſt and park of Hertford, He had iſſue, by
Joan his ſecond wife, Gilbert, Eleanor, Elizabeth, and
Margaret; died in Wales 12953 and was buried at
Tewkeſbury.
[30] WILLI Au, ſurnamed the CongqytRo (couſin
unto king EDwARrD tue Confeſſor in the third and
fourth degree), baſe ſon of Robert the ſixth duke of
Normandy, begotten of Arlet his concubine; who,
5
having overthrown and lain king Harold in battle,
was, upon Chriſtmas-day, im the year of Chriſt 1066,
crowned king of England; at which time the ſaid
William cauſed both the biſhops and noblemen- of
the realm to ſwear fealty to him before St. Peter's
altar at Weſtminſter ; of whom, by a collateral line
is deſcended William lord Sherard, baron of Letrim.
[31] Robert, ſurnamed the Conſul of Glouceſter
baſe ſon of king Henry I. begotten of Neſt; the
daughter of Rhice ap Tewder, prince of South
Wales, who was afterwards married to Girald de
Windeſore, conſtable of Pembroke caſtle, and an-
ceſtor of the earls of Kildare in Ireland, in the 11th
year of his father's reign was created earl of Glou-
ceſter. He affiſted and took part with Mauld the
empreſs his half-ſiſter, againſt king Stephen the
uſurper; which Stephen being taken priſoner, and
impriſoned in the caſtle of Briſtol, this Robert was
rery ſoon after taken priſoner by king Stephen's
forces; whereupon it was agreed the priſoners ſhould
be changed, the _ for the earl, and ſo both ſet at
liberty. He married Mable, daughter and one of the
four heirs of Robert Fitzhamon, lord of Corboil in
Normandy, Cardiff in Wales, and Tewkeſbury in
England; and had iſſue William earl of Glouceſter,
Roger biſhop of Wincheſter, Richard biſhop of
Baieux in Normandy, and Hamon, ſlain at Tholoufs
with William, king Stephen's ſon, 1160. He had
two daughters ; one, named Mabel, married to Aubre
de Vere ; the ſecond was Matilda, married to Ran-
dolph Gernomis, earl of Cheſter. This Robert built
the caſtles of Briſtol, and Cardiff in Wales, and the
monaſtery of St. James near Briſtol ; and died in the
12th year of king Stephen, and was buried in the
ſaid monaſtery 1146. And, as William of Malmeſ-
bury faith in his Reports of 1127, he had a baſe ſon,
named Bruin, which was marquis of Wallingford ;
which Bruin we do often find in record by the name
of “Bruin, filius comitis, lord of Wallingford.”
#32] The proof of this match of Hugh Hawberk,
with Iſabella, daughter of Theobald lord Verdon, who
died the 1oth of Edward II, being the widow of Henry
lord Ferrers of Groby, was extracted out of a book of
that moſt judicious and worthy antiquary, fir Samp-
ſon Erdeſwicke, knt. at his being in London, 1611,
by the ingenious and painful William Burton, of
Lindley, in the county of Leiceſter, eſq. who, with
great pains and coſt, ſet forth the Deſcription of Lei-
ceſterſhire, anno 1622.
In Harby church, in the hundred of Framland, are
the arms of Hawberk, very antient, in the windows,
being, Argent, on a bend Sable, three knots of rings,
Or; and Brabaſon, impaled with Hawberk; and,
quarterly, Argent, three wolves' heads eraſed, Gules
and Argent ; and Argent, three cinquefoils Gules, a
label Azure, impaled with Hawberk.
[33] An evidence made by Lawrence Hawberk,
eſquire, declaring a feoffment made to divers perſons
in truſt of his manors of Barrow, Saxby, and Staple-
ford, and of the advowſon of the church of Saxby,
bearing date 5 Edw. III. See four ſeals, fig. 31—34-
A deed of feoffment by Lawrence Hawberk to Wil-
liam Barnſey, parſon of Saxby, with the ſeal, fig. 33.
Lawrence Hawberk was ſeiſed of certain lands,
held of the fee of Ros, in Clauſton, in the hundred
of Framland, 20 Edward III. 5
[34] I, William Penſaye, vicar of the church of
Okeham, have given to Lawrence, the ſon of Robert
Hawberk, of Scalford, and Margaret his wife, and
to the heirs of the ſaid Lawrence, my manor of
Stapleford, with the rents and ſervices, &c. Dated at
Stapleford, 38 Edward III; ſee the ſeal, fig. 35-
uy de Roucliff, clerk, releaſed to Lawrence, ſon
of Robert Hawberk, and his heirs, all his right in
the manors of Stapleford, Saxby, and Barrow, Allo
he releaſed to the ſaid Lawrence the reverſions of
certain lands and tenements in Scalſord, which Agncs,
mother of the ſaid Lawrence, holdeth.
[35] A grant and ſurrender, by John Calveley, knt.
to Robert Chevercourt, of Stapleford, of ail his rig ht
and eſtate which he had in the third part of the
moiety
FRAMLAND HUNDRED:]
moiety of the manor of Saxby, with the appurte-
nances, Which he had of the gift of John Longueville
for tenure of life. Dated 18 Rich. II; fee ſeal, fig. 36:
[36] Walter de Lacy, in the time of William the
Conqueror, was founder of the houſe of Lanthony
in Monmouthſhire, and baron of Ewyas Lacy at the
coming of the Conqueror ; of whom deſcended Wal-
ter de Lacy, baron of Trim, and earl of Ulſter in
Ircland; and from him, by a collateral line, is de-
ſcended William lord Sherard, now living 1633.
The antient arms of Lacy, barons of Trim and
earls of Ulſter in the kingdom of Ireland, ſtand of
Jong continvance in the windows of the church of
Muſton, which is, Or, a feſs Gules.
[37] Bertram de Verdon, lord of Webley, a baron
of great account in the Conqueror's time. Of whom
deſcended Theobald the firſt lord Verdon, whoſe four
davghters and heirs, viz. Joan, eldeſt daughter and
coheir, married lord Furnivall, ear] of Waterford :
of whom deſcended William, the laſt lord Furni-
vall, whoſe daughter and heir, Joan, married Thomas
Nevill, in her right lord Furnivall ; and their daughter
and heir, Maud, was married to John lord Talbot,
firſt earl of Shrewſbury; of whom is deſcended the
earl of Shrewſbury, now living (1633). Elizabeth,
ſecond davghter and coheir, married Bartholomew
Burwaſh, knight of the Garter; Margery, third
daughter and coheir, wife of John de Crophull, of
whom is deſcended (ir Thomas Crophull, knight, that
had iſſue Agnes, his daughter and heir; wife, firſt,
to Walter Devereux ; of whom is deſcended the earl
of Efſex, now living (1633). Ifabel, the fourth
daughter, firſt married to Henry lord Ferrers of
Groby, of whom lord Grey of Groby is deſcended ;
her ſecond huſband was fir Hugh Hawberk, of whom
is deſcended Anne Hawberk, daughter and heir of
Lawrence Hawberk, wife to Robert Sherard, of Sta-
leford, eſq. of whom, by a direct line, is William lord
— Stapleford aforeſaid, baron of Letrym in
the kingdom of Ireland, deſcended.
John de Verdon held nine yardlands in Barleſton,
in the hundred of Sparkenhoe, in the time of king
Edward I, by the yearly payment of a palfrey.
The knights hoſpitallers of St. John of Jeruſalem
held lands in Peatling Parva, in the hundred of Guth-
laxton, of the fee of Verdon, in the time of king
Edward the Third, as it is in the regiſter of Merevale.
The Verdons were antiently lords of Newbold
Verdon, in the hundred of Sparkenhoe, in the county
of Leiceſter, ſo named by the Verdons lords thereof,
who bare for their arms, Or, fretty Gules.
Barton in the Beans, the greateſt your of this vil-
lage, was ſome titne the inheritance of the Verdons.
The lordſhip of Cotteſbach, in the hundred of
Guthlaxton, in the county of Leiceſter, did an-
tiently belong to the Verdons, barons of Alton, in
the county of Stafford; but went from them by a
daughter and coheir, married to Crophull, whoſe
daughter was married to Devereux, of whom the earl
of Eſſex is deſcended; |
[38] The manor of Belton, in the hundred of Weſt
Galcote, was the antient inheritance of Bertram lord
Verdon, and was given by his heirs to the nunner
of Gracedicu. In the North | fide of the chure
ſtandeth a very antient monument carved, with a
woman carved and painted, which was erected for
Roſe de Verdon, founder of Gracedien, with the
arms of Verdon, carved and painted; Or, fretty Gules.
* Toall ſingular people to whom this preſent writing
ſhall come. I, Roſe de Verdon, ſend greeting in our
Lord God everlaſting : Know ye that I have granted
to William Grendon, and to his heirs, all his liberties
in my wood of Whithaſton. Theſe being witneſſes,
fir Ralph de Normanvill, Robert Paynell, William de
Normaavill, Jordan de Brett,” &c. Nodate; but ſealed
with her, fig. 37. And lee under Belton.
The manor of Lutterworth, in the hundred of
Guthlaxton, was antiently the inheritance of lord
Verdon, where Rofe and her ſon Nicholas de Verdon
founded an hoſpital, and dedicated it to St. John,
Vor. J. f
STAPLEFOR D.
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temp. King John; as it appears by the records in the
City of London, fol. 186. |
| [39] A deed of Geoffrey, the. ſon of Geoffrey,
of Scalford, who releaſed to Simon Hawberk certain
lands in the town of Scalford. Dated the 11th.
The reſt is worn away, the deed being very old, and
the ſeal quite broken off. |
[49] This Henry Ferrers de Groby, deſcended
of William lord Ferrers of Groby, ſon and heir of
Robert carl Ferrers de Groby, lord of Charley and
Groby, the fon of William earl Ferrers de Derby,
lord of Charley and Groby, that married Margaret,
daughter and coheir of Roger Quincy, earl of Win-
cheſter and lord of Groby, the ſon of William earl
Ferrers de Derby, and lord of Charley in right of
his wife. He married Agnes, the ſiſter and coheir of
Ranulph, earl of Cheſter and lord of Charley, the
fon of William earl Ferrers, the firſt earl of Derby,
the fone of William earl Ferrers, the ſon of Robert
earl Ferrers, the ſon of Henry carl Ferrers, that
came in with William the Conqueror. Of this Iſabel,
widow of Henry Ferrers de Groby, is deſcended the
right honourable William Sherard, baron of Letrim.
[41] James le Brabazon, called The Great War-
rior, came into England with William the Conqueror,
of whom he was highly eſteemed, and rewarded with
great poſſeſſions ; from whom, by a collateral line, is
deſcended William lord Sherard, now living, 1643.
The arms of Brabazon are in many places of the
church windows in Aſhby Folvile, who bare for their
arms, Gules, on a bend Or, three martlets Sable.
The manor of Eaſtwell, in the hundred of Fram-
land, in the county of Leiceſter, for many hundred
years hath been the inheritance and chief ſeat of the
family of Brabazon, who bear for their arms, Gules
on a bend Or, three martlets Sable; of which houſe
was fir Roger Brabazon, one of the judges of the
Common Pleas in the reign of king Edward the Firſt;
who married Beatrice, daughter and heir of fir John
Sproxton, lord of Sproxton, in the county of Leiceſter ;
and it is now the inheritance of Edward Brabazon,
baron of Ardee, in the kingdom of Ireland, by lineal
deſcent from his anceſtors.
[42] The arms of Preſton, whoſe daughter and
heir was married to William Woodford, bearing Er-
mine, a talbot paſſant Sable, art very antient in the
windows of Aſhby Folvile.
'The arms of Woodford are very antient in many
places in the windows ot Aſhby Folvile church, im-
paled with Villers, and with Folvile and others; and
Woodford and Folvile quartered: Woodford bears
Sable, three leopards heads pafſant, Gules, three
fleur-de-lis, Argent, and in the windows of Edmond-
thorpe church.
Sir Robert Woodford, knt. in 26 Henry VI. gave
the manor of Garthorpe to John his younger 1on ;
which manor is held of the earl of Huntingdon by
fealty and ſuit of court in the hundred of Framland,
in the county of Lincoln. See the feal, fig. 38.
Out of the bundle of eſcheats in the Tower of
London, 33 Henry VI, fir Robert Woodford, Ent.
died ſeiſed of two mefiuages, wo tofts, and three yard-
lands, thirteen acres of meadow, one hundred acres of
paſture, with their appurtenances, in Stapleford, &c.
[43] Clarke, of Engham, and Wimark his wife,
paſſed a jury to William de Helwell, bearing date
the 32d year of the reign of Edward, the ſon of
Henry, king of England, lord of Ireland, duke of
Aquitaine, &c.
A deed of Adam de Taſkard of Cunwick, and
James de Helwell; dated 8 Edward III. Sealed; fig.
Robert, ſon of Hugh de Helwell, had a rel
made unto him by Richard de Helwell, of Stainby,
A deed of Robert de Helwell, ſon of lord William
de Helwell, 4 Edward 1; ſealed.
| [44] Robert de Helwell leaſeth to Chamherlein
and his wife and child, for their lives, a place, a cloſe,
and a yardland, in Whiſſenden. Dated 26 Edward
III. And William his ſon confirms the fame.
4 X | - [45] Joan
4
352 "HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES.or LEICESTERSHIRE,
[45] Joan Helwell, late wife of Robert Helwell,
grants to John Helwell, ſon and heir of fir John
Helwell, knight, her lands in Whiſſendon, Tyghe,
Staneſby, and Gunby, and elſewhere, 14 Richard II.
[46] I, John, the ſon of Robert de Helwell, have
given and granted to fir John de Helwell, canon of the
church of St. Peter of York, fir Anketill Malory,
knt. James de Kynton, rector of the church of Hedon,
&c. and to their heirs and aſſigus, all my lands and
tenements, rents and ſervices, free and bondſmen, the
which 1 have in the counties of Rutland, Leiceſter,
and Lincoln, &c. Dated at Staneby, the 20th day of
Auguſt, 42 Edward III.
John de Helwell, knut. made a letter of attorney to
give poſſeſſion to John de Helwell, and others, for
lands in Whifſenden and Teigh, in the county of
Rutland. Dated the 6th of Richard II.
[47] Richard Widevile, alias Woodvile, baron of
Wmington, married Jaquet, daughter of Peter, of
Luxinborough, earl of St. Pauls, the widow of John
duke of Bedford, regent of France; for which marriage
he was fined to pay to king Henry VI. the ſum
of {1000, becauſe he did it without the king's con-
ſent; yet, afterwards obtaining the ſaid king's fayour,
he was elected knight of the Garter the 4th of Au-
- guſt, and inſtalled the zoth of October, 28 Henry VI;
and on the 26th of May, the ath of Edward IV. he
was created earl Rivers, and mate high conſtable of
England. He had iſſue by the ſaid Jaquet, ſeven
ſons and fix daughters; viz. Anthony Woodvile, earl
Rivers after his faber death; Lewis, died young;
John, died young alſo; John, the fourth ſon, was
flain with his father at Edgecote- field; Lionel, fifth
ſon, was biſhop of Saliſbury (and father to Stephen
Gardiner by his concubine); Edward, fixth fon ;
Richard, ſeventh ſon, was earl Rivers after Anthony
his elder brother; Elizabeth, the firſt daughter, was
firſt married to fir John Grey of Groby, knt. and
afterwards to king Edward IV ; Margaret, was mar-
ried to Thomas Fitz Allen, ear! of Arundel; Anne,
third daughter, married, firſt, ro William Bourchier,
ſon of Henry earl of Eſſex, and afterwards to George
Grey earl of Kent, and, thirdly, to fir Edward Wing-
field, knt.; Jaquet, married to John lord Strange of
Knocking ; Mary, married to William Herbert, earl
of Huntingdon ; and Katherine, ſixth daughter, firſt
married to Henry Siafford, ſecond duke of Bucking-
ham, and afterwards to Jaſper of Hatfield, duke of
Bedford. This Richard, with John his ſon, were
taken out of the manor of Grafton by Robert of
Riddeſdale, captain of the rebels of Northampton-
ſhire, carried to Northampton, and there beheaded,
without any legal proceeding, in the year 1469.
[48] King Edward the Fourth received out of
France yearly fifty thouſand crowns, paid him in the
Tower of London, as tribute-money. He died ſud-
denly of melancholy ; of whom is deſcended king
Charles, our preſent gracious Sovereign, 1633, whom
God grant a long and proſperous reign over us!
[49] This John de Helwell, of Whiſſenden, is proved
by three ſeveral deeds, bearing dates as followeth :
2 Henry IV; 4 Richard II; and 17 Richard Il;
as alſo by the deed of entail, made to three ſons and
three daughters. Dated 12 Henfy. All ſealed.
[50] The proofs of the match of fir John Hel-
well, lord of Whiſſenden, in the county of Rutland,
knt. with Anne, the daughter and heir of fir Jobn
Woodvile earl Rivers, are collected out of two very
old pedigyees on vellum, in colours, remaining in the
poſſeſlion of the right honourable William lord She-
rard, and out of an old manuſcript, which 1 bad of
the reader of the church of Stapleford at my being
there in anno 1627. The arms of Woodvile are
carved and cut in ſtone, quartered with Sherard, Hel-
well, Brow, and Woodvile, and ſupported. by two
rains in two ſeveral places, with the ſame quarterings,
2 |
in many places about the outſide of the manor-houſe
and church of Stapleford, and painted on glaſs in
both places, for 200 years fince, or near upon, and
remain there ſtill to be ſeen to this day, 1633.
[51] Hugh de Folvile was ſeiſed of certain lands in
the manor of Claxton, in the hundred of Framland, in
the county of Leiceſter, as appears by an inquiſition
taken after his death, in the reign of king Henry III.
Philip de Folvile died ſeiſed of certain lands in
the manors of Rereſby and Sholdby, in the county
of Leiceſter, in the reign of king Henry III.
Know all preſent and to come, that I, William
Folville, ſon and heir of Thomas Folville, ſtands
bound by this preſent obligation ro Thomas Sherard,
eſq. in forty pounds ſterling, to be paid to the ſaid
Thomas, his heirs or executors, at the feaſt of St.
Michael the Archangel, &c. Dated the 2oth day of
June, 1442, in the 2cth year of king Henry VI.
... Newbold Folvile, in the hundred of Eaſt Gof.
cote, ſo called of the Folviles who were antient lords
thereof; from whom by marriage it came to the fa-
mily of Woodford, proved by a deed wherein fir Ro-
bert Woodford gave this manor to Walter Woodford,
his younger ſon ; dated 26 Henry VI.
[52] Sir Hugh Brow, knight, and Elizabeth his
wife, of the one part, and Hugh de Calveley, the
younger, of Calveley, and Anneys that was the
' daughter of Lawrence Hawberk, of Stapleford, on
the other part; witneſſeth, that the ſaid Hugh Cal-
veley and Anneys his wife, being bound in obliga-
tion, &c. to appear to the actions of fir Hugh and
Elizabeth, &c. at the feaſt of St. Lawrence, mentioned
in the ſaid obligation; and if the ſaid Anneys at that
time be of full age, then the ſaid lands and renements,
with the appurtenances, ſhall deſcend, after the death
of Margaret the mother of Lawrence Hawherk, fa-
ther of the ſaid Anneys. Dated at Stapleford, 5
Rich. II; ſee the ſeal, fig. 41. |
[53] A deed of feoffment, made by Robert
Brow, of Wodehed, eſquire, couſin and heir to fir
Chriſtopher Folvile, knt. to Humfrey duke of Glou-
ceſter, John Holland earl of Huntingdon, Lawrence
Sherard, eſq. and others, of all his lands, and of
Saxby, with the advowſon of the church; dated
6 Hen. VI; fee the ſeal, fig. 42.
[54] This. fir Thomas Cave, of Stanford, in
the county of Northampton, knut. died the 4th of
September, 1558, was fon and heir cf Richard Cave,
eſq. who died the 2oth of April, 1538; the ſon and
heir of Thomas Cave, eſq. who died 1495; the fon
and heir of Peter, eſq. the ſon and heir of Peter
Cave, eſq. the ſecond fon of fir Alexander Cave, kat.
ſon and heir of fir John Cave, knight, and Mary,
daughter and heir of Peter Gevill, of South Cliff, in
the county of Northampton ; the ſon and heir of fir
Alexander Cave, knt. the ſon and heir of Peter Cave,
elq. the ſon and heir of fir Alexander Cave, kat. the
ſon and heir of Peter, and coulin and heir to Alex-
ander Cave his uncle, dean of Durham, and preben-
dary of Holden, where he is buried; which Peter
was fon and heir of Geoffrey Cave, the ſon and heir
of Thomas, the ſon and heir of Brian Cave, ſon and
heir of Jordan Cave, brother of Wimarus de Cave,
who gave all his Jands in North Cave and South Cave
to Jordan aforeſaid, in the time of the Conqueror.
(55) This fir William Danvers, chief Juſtice of
the Common Pleas at Weſtminſter, was ſon and heir
of John Danvers, of Banbury, who lived in the reign
of king Edward IV. who married Joan, daughter and
ſole heir of John Bruley, the ſon of William Bruley,
lord of Waterſtoke; the fon and heir of Henry
Bruley, the ſon and heir of Thomas Bruley, the ſon
and heir of John Bruley, the ſon of John, the ſon of
Henry, the ſon and heir of Richard Bruley, eſq. who
lived in the reign of king Henry II. and had good
poſſeſſions in the county of Oxford.
—————__ çnnP—
From the Regilter-book of Stoke Newington, Middleſex.
Bennet, the fonne of Mr. William Sherard, was chriſtened the 18th day of December, in the. yere 1621-
Imlyn, the daughter of fir William Shearard, knight, was chriſtened the 2 iſt of November, in the yere 1622.
Pbilip, the ſonne of fir William Shearard, knight, was chriſtened the 35th day of November, in the hefe
of our Lord 1623,”
6
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VIIL Pedigree of HUBERT (or HAWBERK) of Srarfr rob.
(From the Viſitation of Leonard and Vincerit, 1619.)
Sir Hugo Hubert. . + . dau. of fir Thomas Corbett.
Sir Hugo Hubert, of=Anne, dau. of Thomas Walter Bernake. . . dau. of.. . . Wood ford.
Stapleford. Bretoft. | | 5p 227 | | |
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Fir Hugo Hubert, o ary, dau. of Thomas Walter Bernake.==Elianora, dau. and heit of... . Burgh.
Stapleſord. | Ayleſbury. | | X gl
| Sir Henry Hubert.—Johanna, dau. and heir of Walter Bernake.
Sir Hugo Calveley.—=Matilda, dau. Robert Sherard, eſq-=Anne, dau. and
Sir Norman Mary. dau. and
A. and coheir. of Stapleford. + coheir. Swinford. coheir.
IX. Pedigree of SHERARD, of Lor rnoxrs .
Anne, ſecond daughter of Rowland Dig eſq. Robert Shetard, of Lopthorpe. =Ellen Poole, of Wellcots, ſecond
g of Welby, firſt wife. 40 * : «2 wife,
Rowland Sherard, eſq. ane, dau. of Auguſtine Porter, eſq. Rofe. = William Thorold, eſq.
died Oct. 9, 1592. | of Belton, co. Lincoln.
1. Frances, dau. of John Harrington, -l. Sir William==2. Bridget, dau. of Kenelm Digby, 2. ſobn, Other
of Witham on the Hill, co. Linc. | Sherard, knt. eſq. of Stoke Dry, Rutland. 3- Simon, children.
1. Roſe, fiſter to Will. t. John Sherard;==2. Elizabeth, dau. to 2. William. 3. Kenelm. 4. Rowland. Four
lord Sherard. > |
elq. Richard Brownlow, of daughters.
r Belton, eſq. died Feb. a
Agnes, died unmarried. 6, 1658. |
Richard Sherard,=Margaret, dau. of 1. Mary.=George Mid- 2. Frances. =Roger Smith, 3. Audrey. Humphrey
eſq. died Sept. | Lumley Dewe, of dlemore, of of Withcok. Brooke, of
12, 1668. Biſhop Upton, co. London, | London,
| Hereford. _ merchant. M. D.
LT — * 1
1. Sir John 2. Sir Richard 3. Sir Brownlow==Dame Mercy Anderſon, 1. Alice. Sir John 2. Mary.
Sherard, bart.“ Sherard, bart. Sherard, bt. died | relict of fir Richard An- Brownlow, 3. Elizabeth, =
died unmar- died unmar- an. 30, 1736, | derſon, knt. and dau. of of Belton, Peter Whit-
ried Jan. 1, ried June 14, t. 69. the right. hon. John co. Linc. comb, of
1724, æt. 63. 1730. | Methuen, lord chancel» Braxted, Eſ-
lor of Ireland. | ſex, eſq.
— — — — a — — . I |
Sir Brownlow Sherard, bart. died Nov. 26, 1748, æt. 42, ſ. p. = Mary, daughter of fir Thomas Sidney, and coheireſs
| of the carl of Leiceſter. |
I. Elizabeth, married to John earl of Exeter. 5 | e
2. Alice, ſecond wife to Francis lord Guildford.
3. Margaret, died unmarried.
4. Jane, married to Peregrine Bertie, lord Willoughby of Ereſby.
5- Eleanor, firſt wife to fir John Brownlow, of Bruton, Somerſetſhire, afterward lord viſcount Tyrconnel.
d. Anne, died unmarried. 71 |
X. Pedigree of SHERARD, of Grartrtox*.
George Sherard, third ſon of William firſt lord Sherard, Anne Crockenbury, daughter of a. merchant in the city of
born 1626 ; died 1670. 8 |
London; died 1669.
*
—
1. William — — dau. and heir of Caſtell Sherard *,
2 Bennet. A daughter.
of Glatton and Folkeſworth.
| — ; i
Caſtell Sherard, eſq. of Glatton. Martha. dau. of Edward Ferrar, of Little Gidding.
1. Rev, Caite Jane, day. of Richard Caryer, eg. of 2. Bennet, died. 8 7 Catharine. 4+ Martha. = William
Sherard, M. A. | Godmancheſter, co. Huntingdon. |
| : Caldecott.
1. Rey. Philip, Caſtell-Sherard *, 2. Rev. George Sherard *. 3. Robert. 1. Jennetta 7. 3. Louiſa ”
M. A. born 1767. | 4. Caryer. 2. Charlotte-Willielmina. 4. Frances“.
This branch of the family, which is now extinct, took with it a large eſtate belonging to the Stapleford family. See a
complete collection of their epitaphs in p. 354.
* So created May 25, 1674, with remainder to his two brothers, .
* Of Sidney Suſſex College, Cambridge; B. A. 1755; M. A. 1759; rector of the conſolidated livings of Gunby and
Stainbyg co. Lincoln, 1776; and of Edmondthorpe, co. Leiceſter (p. 180). On this gentleman, as great grandſon to George,
third fon to William the firſt lord Sherard, is entailed the Iriſh barony in default of iſſue male in the Stapleford family.
* See in plate LX. fig. 19, the arms of Cafeell impaling Sberard; from a window in the great parlour at Glatton-hall.
Rector of Swineſhead, co. Huntingdon, 1792.
* Rector of Birlingham St. Peter, Norfolk.
Married to the Rev. Benjamin Clay, B. A. rector of Hockerton, co. Nottingham.
* Married to Charles Wale, eſq. of Shelford, Cambridgeſhire.
Married, Jan. go, 1795, to the hon. Newton Fellowes, of Eggtesford, Devonſhire, ſecond ſon to the earl of Portſmouth,
Epitaphas
354 HISTORY A ANTIOUIT1ES or LEIUERSTENSHIAR.
Epitaphs of the SnkRAnps at Non ru WiTHAM.
4. By the fide of the laſt; à neat monument of grey
1. Againſt the North wall of the chancel, on a Marble, with two Ionic pilaſters, urns &e, in the
{mall ſquare of black marble :
* Rolandus Sherard, de Lopinthorp, armiger,
obiens 9 die Oftob. A D. 1592.
Quod potuit dare terra, dedit, nunc debita poſcit z
Cedo libens ; cceli nunc mihi reſtat iter.
Quid dare terra poteſt homini ? bona corporis atque
Fortune, et ſobolis pignora chars ſum ;
Hæe habui, er longæ plaeidiſſima tempora vitæ,
Queis pax Angligenis aurea ſemper erat;
Nunc nihil hic video reſtare, quod amplius optem,
Deliciæ vitæ præteriere meæ.
Nec manus offticium, nec pes nunt pre ſtat, ut olim,
Nec ſolito clarent lumina more mihi.
Muſica nec ſolita dulcedine verberat aures;
Nec favet ad cantum debile vocis iter.
Brachia, quæ validos curvabant forti:er arcus,
Debita nunc ori vix alimenta ferunt. *
Cornipediſque alacer quondam qui terga premebam,
Nunc jaceo lecti triſte ſenilis onus.
Nec tamen iſta queror, nec torquent u dolores;
Matura at ſenii tempora cerno mei; |
Hoc ſolum mihi dulce manet, mens conſcia fecti,
Atque fides mentem concomitata bonam.
Chriſte, Deus, qui multa dabas, majora daturus,
Qui ſperem grates poſſe reſerre tibi?
Nil mihi nunc reſtat, niſi ut Aleluia eantem,
Immixtus ſanctis, cœlitibuſque choris ;
Et, cum plenus erit numerus, ceetuſque tuorum
Cum proprio rurſus corpore junctus ero.“
2. Againſt the South wall of the chancel, at the
upper end by the altar, on an alabaſter monument,
with an oval of black marble :
middle; and the arms of Sheard:
Here lyeth the body of
Sir John Sherard; 3
orp, in the county of Lincoln, bart.
ſon of Rich. Sher ard, eſq. and Margaret Dewe, his wife;
who departed this life the firſt of January, 1524,
in the 63d year of his age.
He was g gehtleman
of great ſenſe, honour, and merit;
but preferr'd a private and finple life to the cares of
5 . publick employ ments.
He was high ſheriff of the county of Lincoln
4 >, Nennt.
This monument was erected by his executors,
as a ſmall token of gratitude, in honour
to his memory.”
5. On tle Nofth wall bf the chancel, in the mid-
dle, a neat monument of grey marble, with two lonic
pilaſtets, urns, &c. a pediment, angels; &c. and the
arms of Sber ard: | |
| « Near this monument
lies interred the body ot
| Sir Richard Sherard,
of Lopthorp; in this county, batt.
He fiv'd a private life, and belor'd by all that knew him,
and as much lamented at his death.
He died in the 65th year of his age,
and ot the 14th day of June, 1730.
Honour'd' where known, endearing where allied;
Much lor'd he liv'd, and much lamented died.“
6. Againſt the ſathe wall, a tomb of- grey marble,
with a farcophagus thereon, and a canopy over it to
Arms: Sherard; impaling, Or, an ineſcocheon the top of the wall:
within eight mullets in orle Sable; Brownlow *,
Near this place
lyeth interr'd
the body of Elizabeth Sherard,
lately the wife, in ſecond marriage,
of John Sherard, of Lopthorp. eſq.
and daughter of Richard Brownlow, - '
of Belton, near Grantham, eſq.
She died on the ſixth of February, 1658
having had iſſue,
Mr. Richard Sherard, her only ſon,
who married Margaret, daughter to Lumley Dewe,
of Biſhop-Upton, in the county of Hereford, eſq.
and Mary, married to Mr. George Middlemore,
of London, merchant ;
Frances, married to Mr. Roger Smith,
of Withcock, in the county of Leiceſter $
And bn
Audrie, married to Humphrie Brooks,
of London, doctor in phyſick.“
Arms: Sherardz impaling Argent three wolves'
heads couped proper; Met burn 1. 15
In front of the romb-ſtone below:
* Among thoſe of his anceſtors,
lye the remains of Sir Brownlow Sherard,
of Lopthorp, in this county, bart.
He married dame Mary, reh& of fir Richard An-
derſon, of Pendley, in the county of Herford, bart.
daughter of the right hon. John Mechnen, chan-
cellor of Ireland, and ſiſter to fir Paul Methuen,
knight of the Bath, and one of his majeſty's moſt
honourable privy council. He was gentleman
uſher ef the ptivy chamber to their majeſties, Wil-
liam III. Anne, George I: and George II. He then
reſigned that poſt; and died one of the gentlemen
of the privy chamber.
His charity was diſtributed in ſo peculiar and happy
a manner, as to make him a loſs to mankind !.
Ob. Jan. 30, 1736
Etat. ſuæ 69.
3. In the chancel, againſt the North wall, at the 5-2
upper end, an alabaſter monument, having within an Et Patri, et Sibi.
arched niche a buſt of a man, his right elbow reſting . UT ES :
on three books, and the head doubled againſt hjs To ſhun the follies, vices, cares of life,
knee; his left hand on a Death's head.
Arms, Sherard; impali by
eraſed, 2. and 1, Argent; Dewe *.
Below the buſt, on a ſquare of black marble; -
| « Near this place lyeth the body f
10 Richard Sherard, of the hamlet of f
Lopthorp, in the county of Lincoln,
- Eſq. the only ſon of John Sherard,
eſq. who was the eldeſt fon of
fir William Sherard ; the which Richard
married Margaret, daughter of
Lumley Dewe, of Biſhops-Upton, in
the eounty of Hereford, eſq. and had
by her ſix children, namely, three
ſons, (viz.) Je hn, Ricbard, and
Brownlow, and three daughters,
viz. Alice, Mary, and Elizabetn. f
He died the twelfch day of
September, in the year of our Lord
1088.“
gee plate LX. fig. 20. * Ibid. fig. 21.
% Ile was of a humane diſpoſition, kind to his ſervants, difliked all extravagant expence, but very liberal of his
three ſheldrakes heads
Flle matried Mary eldeſt daught
And ptivate peace prefer to publick ſtrife:
To taſte below the ſweets of heav*nt A N
Gives us on earth th emoyments of che bleſt.
Thus thought the man, whom virtueus actions gave
Eaſe in the world, and refuge in the grave;
Who would not with to be hk kith terit'd;
And find in death, what he in life defir'd ?”
7. At the Eaſt end of the above tomb-ſtone :
« Here allo. refteth Sir Brownlow phemayd +, bart.
the laſt of this antient family.
| er 'of the hon. col.
Thomas Sidney, gtaud-daughter f
Robert earl of Leiceſter;
| and died withour iffue, leaving her an afflicted widow,
as ſhe had been a kind and moſt tender wife.
1:01:31. r "ep
affeftionare to her,
generous to his friends,
| benevolent to mankind.
He died at London, Nov. a6, 1748, anno ætatis 42.”
3 Ibid. fig. 23. a
or-
tune, ac well to his relations ard friends, as to numbers 01 a led objects; and in particular to St. George's Hoſpital, near
Hyde Park Corner.“ Gent. Mag. vol. VI. p. 111.
This genileman was an caly member of the Society y,,
oy
0
1736 for the Encouragement of Learning. Ibid. p. 257
STAT HERN.
* — 5
[ 358 }
1
in antient writings called Stafedirne and Stachethurne,
a conſiderable village in the Vale of Belvoir, is fituated
in an angle between the counties of Lincoln and Not-
tingham, nearly in a South direction from Belvoir
caſtle, juſt beneath the hill; and is bounded on the
North by Plungarz on the Eaſt by Eaton; on the
South by Eaſtwell; and on the Weſt by Harby.
It is eight miles diſtant from Melton Mowbray, the
neareſt market town ; 23 from Leiceſter ; and, in the
eccleſiaſtical divifion of the county, is within the
deanry of Framland.
In the reign of Edward the Confeſſor, this manor
was held freely by Leuric*, and was of the annual
value of forty ſhillings; which, at the time of the
general ſurvey under the Norman Conqueror, was in-
created to fifty ſhillings, being then the property of
Robert de Todeni, lord of Bottesford, to which manor
the ſac and ſoc of Stathern belonged. |
The lordſhip contained four ploughlands and a half
and three oxgangs, held by William ; and four other
ploughlands and ſeven oxgangs, held by Roger. The
Jand was equal to nine ploughs; two of which were
in the demeſne ; and twelve ſocmen, with two villans
and three bordars, had five others. There were forty
acres of meadow *.
This village came. afterwards by feoffment to the
family de Boſco Boardo, or Borard, who held it by
knight's ſervice of the Albinis lord of Belvoir.
William de Nemore, or de Boſco, gave the tithes of
his demeſne at Stathern, which was rated at fix ſhil-
lings, to the priory of Belvoir ?, |
It appears alſo that the family of Reignes (who af-
terwards obtained the whole manor) had a conſiderable
intereſt in it very antiently *; for Ralph de Reignes,
with Walter and William his brother, gave four bovates
of land here, with tofts and meadows thereto belong-
ing, in pure alms; exempt from all ſervice, except
the prayers of the convent and the benefits of the
place ¶ bene ſicia loci). The monks, by way of forward-
ing the grant, preſented to the ſaid Ralph five marks
of filver, and a bridle; and undertook to give him
annually the garment [pellicium) of a monk, with
boots [botis ) of 64. value. This deed was witneſſed by
William de Albini II. (who died in 1168); by Ce-
cilia'his wife; their ſon William de Albini III; Ro-
bert de Totenei, and many others“.
On the aid granted to king Henry III. in 1235,
towards the marrying of his ſiſter with the emperor of
the Romans, Simon Borard, of Stathern, paid one
mark for half a fee held under William de Albini.
In the Teſta de Nevill, Stathern is deſcribed, about
1240, as conſiſting of four ploughlands, which paid
324. towards the ſheriff's aid.
The above-mentioned Simon Borard held in Stathern
half a knight's fee, and the ſixtieth part of another, of
the lord of Belvoir, under whom Robert le Bret held
one knight's fee at Harby and Stathern“. |
The ſame Simon Borard gave divers lands here to
the priory and convent of Haverholm, in Lincolnſhire.
He gave alſo to the ahbot and convent of Croxton
fifteen ſelions of arable land, and all the meadow land
he poſſeſſed in Caſtlegate and Engehevedes,
The abbot and convent of Croxton had ſeveral other
parcels of lands, &c. as is thus lated in their Regiſter.
Gilbert Fitz Robert gave four acres and five ſelions.
A N
William le Sauvage, three bovates and two tofts,
cum corpore ſus.
John de Chavenei, who had given the laſt- mentioned
bovates, with four others, in pure alms, to the ſaid
William, confirmed his gift ; reſerving to himſelf and
his heirs an annual pound of cumin and foreign ſer-
vice; and added two virgates, with their tofts, which
Cecilia his mother held, with the capital toft, and two
others, which Hugo Cemetarius and Roger ſon of Mil-
liam Cemetarius held; with the ſervice of Haverholm
priory, 25. a year; of Miriel and his heirs, 8d. a
year; of Ralph de Croft, from a bovate in Plungar,
84. a year; and the homages, reliefs, and all other fer=
vices, of the ſaid Miriel and Ralph, and of their heirs.
He gave, beſides, elcven ſelions in Thornedeil, free
from all but foreign ſervice. All theſe were in ex-
change for five virgates of land, &c. held under him
in Lalleford ; which William le Sauvage had before
given to the abbey cum corpore ſuo.
They had two other tofts in Stathern, in pure alms,
the gift of the ſaid John; who gave them alſo an
annual rent of 2s. cum corpore ſuo, to be received
from William his nephew out of a virgate at Barkſton,
as a pittance on the day of his anniverſary ; and a
like annual 25s. for the ſame purpoſe, to be received
from the monks of Haverholm, which laſt ſum was
afterwards ſecured to them by Theobald de Bellhous ;
who, with bis wife Aveyſia, daughter of Jchn de
Chavenei, confirmed all their father's gifts in Stathern,
Barkſton, &c. freely and quietly, reſerving only the
foreign ſervice and the pound of cumin i.
John de Chavenei, and Geeffrey his father, gave to
the prior and convent of Belvoir * ſome lands at Bark»
ſton and Plungar; and the ſame John, by an undated
deed, about 12 50, gave to that priory a toft at Sta-
thern, held by Robert tbe Miller, ſituate between a toft
of Walter Fitz Alwin and one of William Fitzhugh.
Witneſſes; William de Albini ; Robert de Ropeſley ;
Hugh the pou of Wolſthorp, and others 9.
The familie of the Chaveneis of Leyceſterſhire
cam, as 1 have lernid, out of the quarters of Poiters in
Fraunce, wher there be yet gentilmen of the ſame
name. 'The firſt of them, as it is ſaide, cam ovt of
that parte with the Blak Prince, ſunne ro Edwarde the
3, after the batelle of Poiters, and had landes given
him in Leirceſterſhire. The name of Chaveneis leaſis
yet remainith not very far from Bever caſtelle. The
yerle of Rutheland hath them now, Chaveney that
was great with the Blak Prince had 4 ſuunes that
were of Richard the ſecunde parte, of the which 3
dyed in the quarelles betwixt Richard the 2. and
Henry the 4; wherapon old Chaveney gave parte of
his landes to Croxton abbey and to Newbow : and
Jening Chaveney ſuperviving his father had ſumme
parte. This man was graundfather to Chaveney now
living. The land is almoſt al gone. This familie
tooke name of a paroche in Northumbreland, wher
hath beene gentilmen of that name. Of later time
there hath becne menne of eſtimation of this name in
the town ſelf of Kendale, whereof one is. now in
the courte a penſionar to the kinge “.“
A writ being directed to the ſheriff of Leiceiler, in
1251, to enquire into the bounds of the free warren
ranted to Milliam lord Albini, father of Jabel, wife cf
Neben lord Ros; it appeared that the extent began
Leurie has been already mentioned under Bot tes ford, p. 86, as a free tenant, who had power to remove whither ſoever he
pleaſed without alienating his land; and he held Stathern under the ſame tenure ; which juſtifies a conjecture that Hees ford in
Domeſday, p. 234. a. 1. is an error (either of the preſs or the tranſcriber) for Notes ford. .
2 « In Stachedirne tenet Willielmus de Roberto 4 carucatas terrz & ) bovatas. Terra eſt g carucarum. In dominico ſunt
2 carucz ; & 12 ſochmanni, cum 2 villanis & 3 bordariis, habent 5 carucas, Ibi 40 acre prati. Valuit 40 ſolidos; modo 50
ſolides. Prædictus Leuricus liberè teuuit. Soca & ſaca pertinent ad Holesford { for ſan Beresford}. Domeſday, p. 234. a. 1.
3 In the Belvoir Regiſter, p. 84, the particular lands and furlongs which paid tithes to Belvoir priory are reeited.
Ex autographo in Bibliotheca Hattoniana,
7 Appendix, pp. 102, 103. * Appendix, pp. 5, 6.
Vol. I. +
5 See it in the Appendix, p. 7.
* Teſta de Nevill, p. liv.
9 Ibid, p. 8. ©. Leland, Itinerary, vol. IV. p. 9.
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356 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
from the river Deven, * inter campum de Gnipton,
& campum de Wolſtorp, ubi molendinum aquaticum
ſolebat eſſe quod vocabatur Holdmylne, & extendit
ſe per viridem viam inter campum Wolſtorp & Gnip-
ton, & extendit ſe ſurſum uſque ad portam bercariæ
domini de Bever, & poſtea extendit ſe verſus furcas,
& lic verſus Auſtrum uſque ad caput montis de Black-
berg, & poſtea ad viam Leiceſtr*, & fic per viam que
venit de Eyton uſque Staketherne, per mediam viam
uſque ad eceleſiam, & ab ecclefii uſque ad viam ante
portam Roberti de Maynard, & fic ad bercariam pri-
oris de Haverholme verſus . „ tic per
vidm deſcendendo uſque ad ſickettam de Ja Redlande,
& fic verſus Orientem uſque ad rivulum qui vocatur
Barkſton, & fic deſcendendo uſque ad pontem qui
vocatur Maneſbrigge, & ſic uſque viam que vocatur
Briggegate (alias Bergate), & ſic uſque Redmilde
Thorp, & de Redmilde Thorp uſque ad caput Aqui-
lonare de Slething, & de Slething uſque ad caput de
Caldewelle fike verſus Occidentem, & fic ad bercariam
prioris de Bever, & fic circuentem villam de Bever
uſque ad viam ducentem uſque ad pontem de Woll-
trop, & fic ſe extendit per aquam de Dyvene, uſque
ad molendinum predictum quod vocatur Hcldmulne .“
Joan, the daughter and heir of Simon de Borard,
was married, about 1275, to Thomas de Reignes, or
Reines, to whom ſhe brought this manor, and thoſe of
Clifton, co. Bucks, and Okeley, co. Bedford.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Stathern, Harby, and
Plungar, anſwered collectively as one vill.
In 1301, Lambert de Tiringham held half a knight's
fee in Stathern of Roger de Mowbray, deceaſed * ; and
in April 1305, fir Roger de Tiringham prelentcd a
prieſt ro the chantry of the Virgin Mary at Stathern,
as guardian to the heir of Ra/ph de Reignes* ; which.
Ralph bad given four virgates of land to the priory
of Haverholm.
In 1343, it appeared that William de Ros, of Ham-
lake, died ſeiſed of one knight's fee in Stathern, which
fir Thomas de Reynes, knt. held; and of one other
knight's fee in Stathera and Herdeby, which Jobn de
la Warre held +.
Amongſt the Leiceſterſhire deeds of Mr. Le Neve
was one, by which Thomas de Ros, de Denneſby,
granted the manor of Stathern, and his lands here,
and in Herdeby, to king Edward the Third, dated the
28th year of that king's reign; to which deed is a
fair ſhield of arms, on a ſeal of red wax, of a feſs
compony, between three water-bougets, and circum-
ſcribed, ** $1G6ILLUM THOMZ& DE Ros.” (See plate
LV. fig. 6.) The other deed recites that the king had
ſettled this manor on the ſteward of his bouſehold, and
his ſucceſſors, for defraying the charges of his offices.
In 1346, Joan, relict of John de la Warre (on the
aid then granted for knighting Edward of Woodſtock,
the king's eldeſt ſon), was aſſeſſed 20s. for half a
knight's fee lying in Herdby and Stathern ; Adam de
Steyngrave, 10s. for a quarter of one knight's fee in
Herdby and Stathern; the prior of the hoſpital of
St. John of Jeruſalem in England, 25. for a twentieth
part of one knight's fee in Herdby and Stathern;
Thomas Reynes, 20s. for half a knight's fee in Stathern;
and the prior of Haverholm, 105. for a quarter of one
knight's fee in Stathern ; all parcel of the fee of Ros.
= 20, 1352-3, it appeared that William de Ros, of
Hamlake, died ſeiſed of a thirtieth part of one knight's
fee in Stathern, held of the king in capite, which the
heirs of Thomas Neele and William de Herdeby held;
and that there was a certain ſpiney there, called Bever
Warren ; whoſe ſoil and paſture belonged to the towns
of Stathern, Plungar, and Barkſton, and were of no
yearly value; becauſe, if the thorns were cut away,
they could not' grow again, by reaſon of the cattle of
the villages there depaſturing ?. |
„In 1361, it appeared that John de Mowbray, lord
f the Iſle of Axholme, deceaſed, poſſeſſed the moiety
of one knight's fee in Stathern, which Walter de Ti-
* Ex Bundell, Inquiſ. in Turre London, Ne 57.
+ Eſch. 1 Edw. III. Ne 60. Leic. 5 Le Neve, MS.
* Eſch. 35 Edw. III. pars 2. N“ 10,
12 Pat. go Edw, III. pars 1. m. 22.
24 Clauf, 6 Hen, VI. 15 Eſch, 1 Edw, IV, N' 46, Leic.
Eſch. 29 Edw. I. Ne 47. Leic.
Rot. Aux. 20 Edw. III.
9 Eſch. 37 Edw. III. N“ 62. Leic.
*2 Effh. 20 Ric, II. Ne 86. Leic.
ringbam held; and the moiety of a knight's fee there,
which the prior of Haverholm held“.
In 1363, it appeared that Margery, wife of William
de Ros, of Hamlake, died ſeiſed of one knight's fee,
with the appurtenances, in Stathern, which fir Thomas
de Reynes, knt. held 9,
May 22, 1370, king Edward III. granted the manor
of Stathern, with its appurtenances (which manor he,
the king, had of the gift of ſir Thomas de Res, che-
valier, and whereof the then yearly value did not ex-
ceed 434. 4d.) to William de Beyford, for the term of
his life, in conſideration of his good ſervices done,
and to be done; to hold the ſame as Jobn de Magill,
deceaſed, before held them under the king “.
April 5, 1376, king Edward III. having before
granted the manor of Stathern, with its appurte-
nances, to William Beyford, for the term of his lite,
granted the fame to him and his heirs for ever. Teſte
rege, apud Weſtmon,' 5 die Aprilis *',
From fir Thomas de Reignes, before-mentioned, de-
ſcended fir Thomas de Reignes, knt. who lived about
1380; and left two ſons, John and Richard; which
Richard, partly by agreement, and partly by purchaſe,
came to the poſſeſſion of a moiery of the manor at Sta-
thern, and of the manor of Clifton Reynes, co. Bucks,
In 1396, Robert Hawberk, fon of German, who
was outlawed, was ſeiſed of 5s. rent in Stathern, ari-
ſing out of a bovate of land held by Thomas Fackſon .
In 1399, Thomas Morobray, late duke of Norf. lk,
died fetted of the moiety of one Knight's fee, with the
appurtenances, in Stathern *3,
In the ſubſidy of 1416 (when the county of Lei-
ceſter was rated at £7 57. 129, 114d.) Stathern paid 38s.
In 1427, fir John James, knt. releaſed all his right
in the manor ot Stathern, with the appurtenances, to
Thomas Horner “.
In the ſubfidy of 1445, Stathern was rated at Cr.
185s.; and no abatement was made.
In 1464, it appeared that John Merry, duke of
Norfolk, died ſeiſed of half a knight's fee in Stathern,
which John Foye held; and of half a knight's fee
there, which the prior of Haverbolm held '5,
May 13, 1472, king Edward IV. granted divers
lands and paſtures at Srathern to Thomas Troiſday and
Robert Trunke, pages of his chamber, for life“.
John Reignes had two daughters and coheirs; the
eldeſt of which, Crcely, had a moiety of this manor,
with the advowion of the church, and brought them
to Henry Street, her huſband ; by whom ſhe had an
only daughter Joan, the wife of John Anfly; whoſe
daughter and heir, Elizabeth, was married to William
Taillard; and his grandſon, fir Lawrence Taillard, kut.
in the time of king Henry VIII. fold his property at
Stathern to John the firſt lord Mzcrdaunt, of Turvey,
co. Bedford; from whom, in 1516, the advowſon,
with a moiety of the manor, and ſome quit-rents from
ſeveral cuſtomary tenants, were purchaſed by Henry
Hornby, D. D. and given to the maſter and ſellows of
Peter- Houſe College, Cambridge; who were already
owners of the other moiety of the manor, purchaſed
with money left to them in 1487 by John Warkworth,
D. D. maſter of the college.
The lands at Stathern which had belonged to the
abbey of Croxton, with thoſe of the priories of Belvoir
and Haverholm, were granted, in 1 541, by king Henry
VIII, to Thomas earl of Rutland.
In 1552, Francis Keble, eſq. died ſciſed of three
meſſuages in Stathera and Plungar, held of the king
by fealty, and the rent of 10s. a your 2.
Mr. Peck has tranſcribed the following proceſs, in
the court of Common Pleas, againſt Thomas Day,
Matthew Hopkynſon, Robert Rowſe, Thomas Rowſe, and
Thomas Pacchet, of Stathern, huſbandmen and la-
bourers, for a treſpaſs on the free-warren, ferarum fu-
gatione & aſportatione, in the chaſe of Belvoir ; by
which the earl obtained a verdi& for twenty pounds.
„Philippus & Maria, Dei gratia, rex & regina Au-
3 Reg. Dalderby, ep. Lincoln.
7 Eſch. 26 Edw. III. N“ 53. Leie.
1 Clauſ. 44 Edw. III. pars 1. m. 7.
13 Eſch. 1 Hen. IV. N 71. Leic.
4% Pat, 12 Edw. IV. pars 1. m. 13,
4 Ech. 6 Edw. VI.
glie,
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
glie, Francie, Neapolis, Jeruſalem, & Hibernie, fidei
defenſores; principes Hiſpaniarum & Cecilie, archi-
duces Auſtrie, duces Mediolani, Burgundie, & Bra-
bancie, comites Haſpurgie, Flandrie, & Tirolis ; om-
nibus, ad quos preſentes litere pervenerint, ſalutem.
naſterium, coram Roberto Broke, milite, & ſociis ſuis,
juſtitiariis noſtris de banco communi, termino Sancti
Michaelis, annis regnorum noſtrorum ſecundo & ter-,
tio, rotulo 403, continetur fic, Leic', Thomas Day,
nuper de Stathern in comitatu predicto huſbondman,
Mattheus Hopkynſon, nuper de Stathern in comitatu
predicto huſbondman, Robertus Rowſe, nuper de Sta-
thern in comitatu predicto huſbondman, Thomas Rowe,
nuper de Stathern in comitatu predifto laborer, &
Thomas Pacchet, nuper de Stathern in comitatu pre-
dicto laborer, attachiati fuerunt ad reſpondendum
Henrico comiti Rutlandie de placito, quare vi & armis
liberam chaſeam ipſius comitis apud Beavoyr Waren
in parochia de Stathern, fregerunt & intraverunt, &
in ea, fine licentia & voluntate ſui, fugaverunt, &
feras inde ceperunt & aſportaverunt, & alia enormia
et intulerunt, ad grave dampnum ipſius comitis, & cons
tra pacem domint regis & domine regine nunc, &c.
Er unde idem comes, per Johannem Syll attornatum
ſuum, queritur, quod predicti Thomas, Mattheus, Tho-
mas, & Thomas, viceſimo quinto die Martii, annis reg-
norum domini regis & domine regine nunc primo &
ſecundo, vi & armis, &c. liberam chaſeam ipſius co-
mitis apud Beavoyr Waren, in parochia de Stathern,
fregerunt & intraverunt, & in ea, fine licentia & vo-
luntate ſua, fugaverunt, & feras, videlicet, unum da-
mum maſculum & unam damam femellam, inde cepe-
runt & aſportaverunt, & alia enormia, &c. contra
pacem, &c. Unde dicit, quod deterioratus eſt &
dampnum habet ad valenciam viginti librarum. Et
inde producit ſectam, &c, Et predicti Thomas, Mat-
theus, Robertus, Thomas, & Thomas, per Johannem
Barton attornatum ſuum, venerunt & defenderunt vim
& injuriam quando, & c. Et dicunt, quod ipſi non
poſſint - + - + actionem predicti comitis predictam,
- + + + + . ipf1 ſint culpabiles de tranſgreſſione predicta
in forma qua predictus comes ſuperius verſus eos que-
ritur, unde predictus comes ſuſtinuit dampna occa-
fione tranſgreſſionis illius ad valenciam predictarum
viginti librarum in forma qua idem comes ſuperius
verſus eos queritur. Ideo conſenſum eſt, quod pre-
dictus comes recuperet verſus prefatos Thomam, Mat-
theum, Robertum, Thomam, & Thomam, dampna ſua
predicta, videlicer, predictas viginti libras per ipſos
Thomam, Mattheum, Robertum, Thomam & Tho-
mam, ſuperius cognominatos. Et iidem Thomas,
Mattheus, Robertus, Thomas, & Thomas, capiantur,
ccc. Et ſuper hoc idem comes gratias habuit in cu-
ria, remittit prefatis Thome, Mattheo, Roberto, Tho-
me, & Thome, dampna ſua predicta. Ideo idem
Thomas, Mattheus, Roberrus, Thomas, & Thomas, de
dampnis illis fint quieti, &c. Que omnia & ſingula,
ad requiſitionem predicti comitis, tenore preſentium,
duximus exemplificanda. In cujus rei teſtimonium
ſigillum noſtrum ad brevia in banco predicto figiltan-
dum deputatum preſentibus apponi fecimus. Teſte
R. Broke, apud Weſtmonaſterium, 289 die Novembris,
annis regnorum noſtrorum 2* & 3%. RoKEwope.”
Andrew Noel! held lands in Stathern, under leaſe
from queen Elizabeth, dated May 16, 1583 '.
Anne, one of the daughters and coheirs of Richard
Reynes, great grandſon to the Richard laſt-mentioned
in p. 336, was married to Thomas Low, who relided at
Stathern in 1624, under the guardianſhip of Francis
earl of Rutland *,
In 1645, William Norwich, eſq. of Stathern, was
fined £48. by the committee of ſequeſtration, for his
attachment to the royal caule.
The lordſhip of Stathern was deſcribed in 1790* as
containing about 2000 acres of open-field, moderate
land, with a few imall incloſures; and producing
wheat, beans, and barley. There was then a common
paſture in this pariſh; and thirteen cottages had a
right of paſturage for a cow, and to feed five ſheep
in the fallow field. There was likewiſe a right of
1 Leaſes in the Augmentation Office,
STAT HER MD
Sciatis, quod inter placita irrotulata apud Weſtmo-
Ms. Chetwynd.
357
half this value given to what is there called a toft-
ſtead. There were allo many gardens belonging to
the poorer dwellings ; but, notwitliſtanding theſe ap-
parent, and, we ſhould ſuppole, real advantages, the
poor of Stathern ate no objects of envy to the pooreſt
in the ſurrounding villages.
Since the preceding ſtatement was drawn up, ag act
of parliament has been paſſed, in 1792, for incloſing
the common field ; which deſcribes Stathern az con-
taining two manors, the one, with a certain piece of
woodland called The Common Wood, belonging to John-
Henry duke of Rutland; the other, with the advow-
ſon, to the maſter and fellows of Sr. Peter's College,
Cambridge ; -Thomas Parke, as re&or, entitled to
certain glebe lands, and to the great and ſmall tithes ;
and the duke of Rutland, with carl Howe, Philip Bur-
ton, eſq. Anthony Good, John Healey, and divers other
perſons, as owners of the lands in the common fields.
A fourtcenth part was allotted to the lords of the manor
for the ſoil; and a compenſation to the rector for his
glebe; who was to have, in lieu of all tithes, a ſe-
venth part of the remainder of the common field, and
a ninth part of the homefteads, gardens, and old in-
cloſures. Half the Common Hood was allotted to the
duke of Rutland in his own right, and the other half
as part of his compenſation from the common field;
and the reſt of the land divided in proportionable
ſhares ; with a ſaving of mortuarics, Eaſter-offerings,
and ſurplice-fecs, to the rector; alſo of all manerial
rights to the college and to the duke of Rutland; and
of the rights of the duke in Belvoir Chaſe.
In 1564, there were 53 families in Stathern.
The treebolders here in 1630 were Richard Rouſe,
James Rouſe, William Camite, and Gabriel Camite. --
At the general election in 1722, 33 freeholders
polled from this parich; and 24 in 1778.
The frecholders in 190 were 33.
Nett expence of the poor in 1776 was £80. 1 25. 9d.
Medium of three years, 1783—1785, £75. 35. gd.
In 1799, there were 432 inhabitants; the number
taken by the laſt perſon who carried about bread,
which was given for dole at a funeral; a cuſtom for-
merly common throughout this part of England,
though now fallen much into diſuſe. The uluat deri-
vation of the word dole, we are aware, is from delan,
becauſe dealt out; put the application of it in this
inſtance ſeems more properly to point out its original
in grief, from doleo. The practice was ſometimes to
bequeath it by will; but whether ſo ſpecified or not,
the ceremony was ſeldom omitted. On ſuch occaſions
a ſmall loaf was ſent to every perſon, without any
diſtinction of age or circumſtances, and not to receive
it was a mark of peculiar difreſpeR. |
The pariſh regilter begins in 1567; but many years
are omitted, and ſome pages are loſt.
The firſt twenty which could be fairly taken toge-
ther give 207 baptiſms, and 138 burials, The laſt
twenty (to 1790) give 298 baptiſms, and 143 burials.
No reQtor's name appears early in the regiſter.
In the year 1646 raged a peſtilential fever, which
carried off fifteen perſons in about ten days, and many
more in the ſucceeding month.
About 1697 are regiſtered, on a ſeparate paper,
the names of ſeveral Quakers, a very prevailing ſect
at that period; and under them fome perſon, with
more bigotry than judgement, had written,
„Qui ſupra ſeripſerint anathemate magis quam
fide digni;“ |
to whom replied ſome later miniſter,
* Qui ſupra ſcripſerit
laude dignus.”” l
The following entries occur in the regiſter :
© March 19, 1703. Collected by brief for the
Proteſtants in the Principality of Orange, C. 175. gd.
1694. For the Proteſtants in France, (I. 75. 4d.
1701. Collected for Lutterworth church in Lei-
ceſterſhire, £ 1. 35s. 3d. |
1695. For a fire in Warwick, C1. 6s. 9d.“
From the year 1711 the rectors have occaſionally
reprehenſione magis quam
3 Leiceſterſhire Collections, 1790, p. 1188.
imer mixed
*
358 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES-or LEICESTERSHIRE,
intermixed ſome obſervations on the perſons regiſtered,
of the following kind: |
e Incipit hic annus a funere Johannis Cornleii ſe-
cundi fabri bombardici 7s 7evv artificis palmarii, viri
ingenio ſingularis. Religio autem & mores poſſunt
tacere. E i on :
. 1713» Sarah Trentham, Roberti uxor, ſeptimanæ
circiter ſpatio, nupſit, parturiit, obiit, ſepulta eſt.
The CHURCH,
dedicated to St. Cut hlac, is large, and in excellent
repair. It has a nave and two ailes, ſeparated by
three fine arches, with a ſpacious well-bufle chancel,
and a ſtrong tower, at the corners of which are four
turrets. The roof is leaded, and that of the chancel
neatly and lately repaired. ah, if
Within the tower are four bells, thus inſcribed :
1. JYESUS BE OUK. SPEEDE.
2. Swetely tolling, I men do call,
To taſte on 'meats rhat feede the ſoul. 1607.
3. Glory be to God on high. 1613.
4+ My roaring ſounde doth notice give,
That men cannot here always lyve; 1607.
Mr. Burton puts down theſe arms at Stathern. See
plate LXVIII. fig. 7—10. |
Checky Or and Gules, a canton Ermine. Reignes“.
Gules, ' a chevron between three
eſcallops Or. PR Bees
Gules, a feſs-between three eſcal- Chamberlain.
lops Or. a
Sable, a feſs componé Argent and Gules be-
tween three eſcallops, Argent. : Shinwell.
Mr. Peck viſited this church March 24, 1728-9;
when theſe arms were all gone; but he then found,
In the upper window of the North ſide of the
North aile, the remains of four perſons kneeling at
as many deſks, in blue veſtures; underneath,
„State pro.. » Agnetis
The Eaſt window of the chancel is ſince new.
In the upper South window of the chancel is pre-
ſerved (1794) a figure, probably intended for St.
Guthlac. See plate LV. fig. 14.
And in the ſame window are ſome fragments of an
inſcription : all that can be made out is,
+ + + + + cancellam fieri fecit,”
The ſteps to the rood - loft are remaining; and there
is a ſmall piſcina inthe chancel. |
The emblems of the twelve tribes are painted in
freſco over the pillars, which ſeparate the ailes from
the nave.
On a pew is written, © W. C. C. W. 1607.“
The font is octangular, ornamented with arched
tracery. See plate LV. fig. 19. . :
In 1220, Simon Borard was patron of the church
of Stathern ; and the then parſon was Maſter Robert,
inſtituted by Hugh, the then biſhop of Lincoln.
In October 1302, a controverſy relative ro ſome
part of the tithes of Stathern, which had taken place
between Robert the then rector, and John the then
prior of Belvoir, was amicably ſettled at Knipton, by
the intervention of Roger de Martevall, archdeacon
of Leiceſter ; and the portion belonging to the priory
of Belvoir was preciſely aſcertained *. _
In 1344, the procurations were, 7s. 644.z the
church was taxed at 14 marks, and paid 25. for Peter-
pence, | a
In 1534, the eccleſiaſtical pay ments were,
To the rector, £16 o o
Procurations and ſynodals, o 11 ©
To the prior of Belvoir, O 13 4
To the warding of Belvoir Caſtle, o 2 6
To John Johnſon, the chantry-prieſt, 3 8 4
The chantry bere ſpoken of was founded by
Richard Borard, prieſt, for ane prieſt to ſing maſs for
ever within the pariſh church, and to pray for the
ſounder's ſoul; and the yearly poſſeſſions were valued
at will,
1714. Thomas Brampton hujus eccleſiz 45 cit.
eiter annos I:podzAcg, probus, integer, rectoribus fidelis,
parocis propterea odioſus, obiit anno ætatis 78.
March 4, 1727. Thomas Bugg, vir famofbs vel
potius infamus ob epotum, ſæpè ab eo hauſto ſingulo
cerviſiæ vas quatuor ſextariorum capax apud caftrum
de Belvoir, ibique vulgo dictum Bugg's Pint.“
at (5. 9. 6d.; f which the particulars are thus ſtated,
by John Hammond, Dec. 13, 1549.
I he Dovecote cloſe, the property of the C. 5s. d.
lord Scrope, and held by John Middleton, © 5 ©
From lands belonging to Chriſtopher
Nevill, in the occupation of Tho. Pacchet,
From lands belonging to the lord Scrope,
held by Agnes Flower, of Barneſton, |
widow, | oO Oo ©
The chantry-houſe, with an orchard
SS: © 'H
and garden {pomario & gardino) in the oc-
cupation of the chantry-prieſt during
pleaſure, -- 9 3 0
A tenement and ſmall cloſe, with three
bovates of arable and paſture land, held
by John Leeke, tenant at will, 8: ÞV
A tenement and dovecote, with a virgate
of land, held by Thomas Pacchet, tenant
A cottage and ſmall garden, held by
Hugh Alen, tenant at will,
Another cottage, with a ſmall piece of
land, called 4 Garden Platt, held by John
Rowſe, tenant at will, | £7
A meſſuage, with three bovares of ara-
ble, meadow, and paſture land, and com-
mon right belonging to the ſame, let on
leaſe to Nicholas Rowſe, by an indenture
of Richard Smyth, chantry- prieſt, dated
27 Feb. 30 Henry VIII. for a term of 12
years, | 9
A tenement, with all the arable lands,
meadow, feedings /paſcua), paſtures, cloſes,
and common right thereto belonging, on
leaſe to Thomas Daye, by an indenture of
the ſaid Richard Smyth, dated 4 Oct. 30
Henry VIII. for 21 years, p69
Total of the income, CA
The annual out-goings were,
To Peter Houſe college, Cambridge, o 2
To the court of Framland hundred, WH
To the king, by reaſon of the diffolution
of the late priory of Newbo, o 0 4
To Francis Keble,-eſq. o o 2
To the king, by reaſon of the diſſolu-
tion of the late priory of Haverholm, "ar
Total payments | e
5 5 8
My Lorde Protector's Grace's pleaſure is, that Au-
thony Uvedall ſhall have in ferme the premiſſes; and
therefor commandeth that a leaſe ſhall be made to
hym of the ſame, and for 21 yeres, under the ſcal of
th'augmentation courte, yielding to the king's majeſty
the ſame yearly rent, according to ſuch order as other
leaſes uſe to paſs in the ſame court; with this proviſo
to be contained in the leaſe, that, if at any time after
the ſcaling of the ſaid leaſe the 1aid Anthony Uve-
dall, bis executors or aſſignes, or any other for hym
or theym, or in his or their right, ſhall or do expel),
or put out of any of the premifles, any of the tenants
or fermors, having eſtate by indenture or by copie of
court-rowl, until ſuch time as their eſtates therein
Clear annual income,
This coat is ſet up for Reignes ; but in the reign of Henry VIII. was borne by Hugh de Talteſball, as appears from an old
roll in vellum and colours, made in that king's reign, formerly in the poſſeſſion of 8. Erdetwick, and afterwards of Sir Richard
St. George, Clarenceux. MS. Chetwynd.
See this agreement in the Appendix, p. 15.
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ſhall be tryed or adjudged to be voyde in any of In 1650, it was returned worth (50. and the ins
the king's highneſs courts of recordes, having autho- cumbent as © negligent.” ;
rity to holde plea of the ſame; or doe decaye, or ſuf- In 1750, it was eſtimated at £160. ; but, ſince the
fer to be decayed, any habytacion, or dwelling-houſe, incloſure, is worth £3 50. a yeer. a OP
or ferme, in or upon any of the premiſſes; that then, The preſent value in the king's books is £161 35.130. -
and from thensforth, the ſaid leas to be yoyde '.” The epiſcopal procurations are 4. 14 ; the archi-
In 1553, Richard Smyth, the laſt incumbent, re- diaconal, 1 17. £: |
ceived his yearly penſion of C5. The feaſt is always the Sunday fortnight after
The rectory is, by purchaſe, in the preſentation Eaſter; that is, Hock 8 3
of the Fellows of Peter Houſe, Cambridge. , unday 3,
RECTORS. PATRONS.
Magiſter Amaur “, 1213. | |
Richard de Boſco Borard, 1249, Sir Simon de Boſco Borard.
Robert, 1332. |
Nicholas, 1384. |
Ralph Ayniworth *, B. D. died 1569. 54
Anthony Rudd, D. D. 1579,
Roger Derham *, D. D. |
John 1 2 ; 2274s 3
Richard Cooke“, D. D. Nov. 24, 1690, | |
Andrew Perne *, M. A. 1705 ; died 7723. * and fellows of Peter Houſe
Chriſtopher Wardell e, M. A. April 20, 1726, | ege, Cambridge.
Chriſtopher Clarkſon “e, D. D. Oct. 22, 1731, | |
George Birkett '*, B. D. Sept. 1, 1940 ; reſigned 1745,
Chriſtopher Lonſdale *, M. A. July 22, 1745,
Thomas Parke, M. A. Oct. 22, 1783, 2
-
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
Wyrley, in 1569, ſays, © Omnia monumenta iſto Societatis Divi Petri diu ſocius, tandemque
angulo habitantium in monaſterio de Belvyer poſita ejuſdem Societatis munificentii, pro
ſunt ; ſed, ut monaſteria, ita fato perierunt preter ex- meritis tanti hominis, ad hanc villiam 2: ©
pectationem.Plungar habet nibil memorabile dignum, tralatus, poſtquam 14 annos ſeduld, & cum fructu,
villa ruſticorum.—RKedmild nullum dignitatis ſeutum in animarum curà navaſſet operam, animam
oſtendit. | 5 expiravit, relictà ſolidi in panibus charitate
There is at preſent only one monument within this pauperioribus eccleſiam parochialem
church; which is on the North fide of the chancel, frequentantibus hebdomadis fingulis in
black and” white marble, with a border of dove-colour, perpetuum diſtribuenda. Amicis charus,
and an inſcription for a rector, who appears to have omnibus gratus, nemini odioſus, fide
merited the high character there given of him: orthodoxus, pietate inſignis, ab omnibus
Arme:. . + on a pile, an annulet between per omnia imitandus, obiit 230 die Octobꝰ,
three crefcents. (Plate LV. fig. 12.) ar anno ætatis ſuæ 64, annoque Salutis noſtræ 1704.“
« Jacent hic reliquie viri admodum Upon the North wall is painted, in remembrance of
Reverendi Richardi Cooke, S. 8. another * learned and charitable rector,“ (for ſo his
Theol. Profeſſoris, qui venerandiſſimee death ſtands recorded in the pariſh regiſter), Ot, a
' Certificate of Colleges and Chantries in the Augmentation Office,
„Willis, Mitred Abbeys, vol. II. p. 115. Peck, MS. ; and ſee Hody, Hiſtory of Conyocations, p. 184.
4 After pofſefling the rectory twelve years, he received a confirmation of it in 1225: * Magiſtet Amaur, qui eceleſtam Sancti
Gudlaci de Stathern a 12 annis retro & amplius pacifice poſſedit & inconcuſſt, preſentatus per Simonem Borhard ad eandem
admiſſus eſt, Galfrido Britone reſignante quicquid juris habuit in eadem.“ | |
5 Fellow of Peter Houſe, Cambridge, in 1526; proctor of the univerſity in 1535 ; maſter of Peter Houſe, Nov. 1544; but
ejected by queen Mary, in 1553, for being married; and ſucceeded by Dr, Perne. His arms were, Gules, three battle-axes
Argent ; fig. 11, He is noticed in Blomefield's Collectanea Cantabrigienſia; p. 162.
Admitted a deacon Feb. 20, 1602 ; and prieſt the ſame day, He had licence to preach Dec. 11, 1604; and is mentioned
by Blomefield, p. 155, among the bene factors to the college, 7 Choſefi fellow Nov, 7, 1663; proctor in 169g.
probably a relation, if not a deſcendant, of Andrew Perne, who was born at Bilney in Norfolk, fellow of Queen's college, x 546;
of Peter-houſe, and proctor of the univerſity 1546; rector of Walpole 1549; and of Pulham 1550; chaplain to Edward VI. 1551,
and one of his Lent preachers ; prebendary of Weſtminſter 1552, which on the diſſolution of the chapter by queen Mary he
ceaſed to be; maſter of the college 1584; and dean of Ely 1557 ; alſo rector of Somerſham and Balſham, and vice chancellor
of the univerſity 1551, 1556, 1559, 1574, and 1580. He is much eenſured for conforming to the changes of religion in the
reign of Mary and Elizabeth; yet to him was committed the tranſlation of Eeclefiaſtes and Solomon's Song in archbiſhop
Parker's Bible; and he was much favoured by archbiſhop Whitgift, whom he had protected at Peter-houſe from cardinal Pole's
inquiſition, and whoſe chaplain biſhop Tanner, Bibl. Brit. p. 593, ſuppoſes he was. He died at Lambeth palace, April 26, 1589;
and was buried by the archbiſhop's orders in Lambeth church, where was, on a grave · ſtone over him, this inſeription, now gone:
„P. O. M. Hoc monumentum pietatis
Au baz PAN E, Sacre Theologie Doctori, & amoris ergo
cathedralis eecleſie Elienſis decano, | Ricuarpus PERNE: nepos poſuit.
collegii S'ri Petri in Obiit 26 die Aprilis, anno 1589,
Academia Cantabridgie Magiſtro, Soientia inflat, N
munifica bene merendi virtute inſigni, Charitas ædificat.“ |
literarum Mæcenati optimo. Bentham, Hiſt, of Ely, p. 228.
He built the library at Peter-houfe, and gave many books to it; founded two fellowſhips-and three ſcholarſhips 3 brought the
rivulet that runs dow the ſtreet thither; and gave legacies to ſeveral pariſhes, beſides being a benefactot to both univerſities,
as well by procuring them the ad of queen Bligabeth, to turn a third part of their revenues into barley. rents, by whio much
good has accrued to both univerfities, as in other benefactions. A commemoration” ſermot is preached” dy one of the fellows
for him at St. Mary's every Sunday before May-day, in the afternoom; at hieb the vice chancellor and heads of houſes aſſiſt,
and dine at Peter-houſe. Blomefield, Collect. Cantab. p. 90. His arms, granted to him 1679, were, Or, on a chevron between
| three pelicans' heads eraſed Azure, a ſtar of the field ; nearly as above given; and are repreſented with three mullets on the
chevron, under his portrait in the combination · room at Peter-houſe, with this motto, A&HGEYONTES A EN ATAIIH,
' ©4 Hibliotheca, libri, redditus, pulcherrima dona, |
| Pexve, pium Muſis te, Philomuſe, probant.” ' Ibid-p. 161.
See more of him in Mr. Denne's Addenda to the Hiſtory of Lambeth, p. 203-209; | | |
ln the will of Andrew Perne, dean of Ely, &c. dated Feb. 25, 1588, is this bequeſt : ** I give C20. towards building the Eaſt
end of Peter Houſe, with a fair gate in the middle like unto St. John's Gate-houſe.” —Q, was ſuch a gate ever erected?
Andrew Perne, M. A. of Peter Houſe, was taxer in 1609; probably the ſame perfon who was elected maſter of the Charter
Houſe Dec. 3, 1614. If he were the ſon of dean Perne, he is probably noticed in his father's will; and Richard Ferne, ſtyled
zepos in the inſcription on the grave-ſtone in Lambeth-church, might be the ſon of that ſon: Proctor in 1718.
Dr. Clarkſon publiſhed a Viſitation Sermon in 1733, at the requeſt of the biſhop; and a Funeral Sermon in 1737.
n Afterwards rector of Withcall, co. Lincoln. He was proctor in 1726.
un He was in the commiſſion of the peace for the county of Cambridge; and died, in June 1783, at Barbam near Linton.
So on the tomb; a bluuder, perhaps, of the ſtone - cutter.
Vol. I. | 42 chevron
{
chevron Gules between three pelicans* heads eraſed
Azure, with a mullet, Or, on the chevron for differ-
ence; fig. 13. Underneath, this motto:
“ Mihi res, non me rebus.” Hor. Ep. lib. I. Ep. 1.
being the coat of Andrew Perne, M. A. Tt
„ This Mr. Perne was a ſcholar of the famous Mr.
Leeds, maſter of Bury ſchool, the learned editor of
ſome of Lucian's Dialogues, &c. ; afterwards of Peter
Houſe, A. B. 1684; A.M. 1688; where he was at
length fellow, pupilmonger, and catechiſt of Little St.
Mary's church in Cambridge; then vicar of Cherry
Hinton; and at laſt rector of this church. By his laſt
will he left C40. to the poor of Little St. Mary's in
Cambridge; £20. to the poor of Brinkley, in Cam-
bridgeſhire, where he was born; C40. to the poor of
Stathern; and L100. to the new-building St. Peter's
college. He died Nov. 21, 1725, about five in the
afternoon. I preached for him in the morning. He
was buried Nov. 24; at which time I preached his
funeral ſermon *.”
Among the benefaQtors to the college are,
Johannes Perne, A. M. exſocius coll. unus e be-
dellis armigeris, dedit C45.
Andreas Perne, A. M. coll. exſocius, & rector de
Stathern, 100. |
Of an old interment in the church-yard, we find
this memorial in Symonds's Notes, 16433 among the
Harlcian MSS. Ne g11.
„ Stathern, 2 miles from Belvoyr caſtle, where
Dr. Derham lived, that received one Horner to be a
ſchool-maſter to four youths in his houſe. This
Horner maintained many atheiſtical opinions, dyed
ſuddenly, and his grave is (till to be ſeen in that
church-yard, bare and ſunk, without any graſs ever
that grew there ſince.”
Epitaphs in the church-yard :
Margaret Bugg, died Jan. 3, 1751, aged 81.
George Bugg, died June 28, 1768, aged 75.
William Wiſeman, died Feb. 5, 1740, aged 75.
William Wiſeman, died Sept. 8, 1769, aged 72.
Sarah Sumner, died July 24, 1782, aged 86.
Thomas Barnes, died May 31, 1737, aged 72.
Elizabeth Barnes, died Nov. 26; 1732, aged 69.
260 HISTORY AND ANTIOUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRR.
Elizabeth Dixon, died June 23, 1766, aged 50.
Sarah Daft, died March 31, 1774, aged 74.
Robert Daft, died June 6, 1782, aged 87.
Thomas Blankley, died May 30, 1758, aged 78.
Bridget Blankley, died April 30, 1761, aged 82.
Thomas Blankley, died Jan. 28, 1782, aged 72.
Gabriel Spoizer, died in December, 1743, aged 88.
"CHARITABLE BENEFACTIONS.
Againſt the North wall of the chancel hangs a
table thus inſcribed :
* I Richard Cooke, clerk, &c. Item, I give to the
poor of Stathern, in Leiceſterſhire, ſo much money ag
will purchaſe a yearly rent charge of two and fift
ſhillings of land of that yearly value, which 1 defire
my executor, with the advice of the rector and
churchwardens, to purchaſe and ſettle for ever on the
ſaid pariſh, within one year after my death. And I
deſire the rector for the time being, with the advice of
the churchwardens, to ſee that 12 penny loaves be
every Sunday given to 12 men or women, who were
that day preſent in the patiſh church aforeſaid the
whole time of morning- prayer and ſermon z and not
to any children, though their parents be fick. Dated
Dec. 12, 1702.” |
Forty pounds by the Rev. Andrew Perne, applied
towards a ſchool for the poor children, which is kept
in a ſeparated part of the chancel,
| On the South wall :
Sept. 8, 1664, given by Jane Sills to the poor of
Stathern, (10. |
1662, George Dixon, ſenior, gave 35s. a year to
the poor for ever.
Jan. 26, 1666, William Hand, of London, gave
40. the one half to the r, and the other half to
the repairing of the cauſe- ways; which ſaĩd money
is beſtowed in houſe and land at Carcolſton. |
June 3, 1699, Richard Guy, of Plungar, gave 10s.
a year for ever to the poor of Stathern, to be paid
at Chriſtmas yearly out of two oxgangs of land there.
The return made to the houſe of commns, in 1786,
in anſwer to the enquiry reſpecting the cbarjtable
donations in this pariſh, may be ſeen in pp. 13. and 15.
' Pedigree of BORARD, REIGNE, and TAI LA RD, of Sraruzzn. (From the Cazrwyxp MS.)
Simon de Boſco Boardo, lord of Stathern, co. Leic. ; Clifton, co. Bucks; and Oakely, co. Bedford. Juliana de Bellis: 1
Simon. de Borard, 1217. THawiſia de Wroxſole.
Simon de Borardas: « . . . . - dau. of Aſtelin * de Sydenham,
1. Simon. 3. Aſtelin. Joanna, heir to her- Thomas Reignes, lord of Stathern, Clifton,
2. Richard, ſ. p. 4. Robert. rother. and Okeley, in right of his wife.
Ralph Reignes, 131 3. Annabel, dau. of ſir Richard Chamberlain.
Thomas Reines *, 10 and 40 Edw. III. Cecilia, dau. of ſir John de Terringham, 10 Edw. III.
Thomas Keines 5, 3 Richard II. Joan, dau. of Baron Seton, of Scotland. | :
Catharine, ſiſter and oe Sir John A: ws dau. of Beby, 2. Thomas, 3. Richard- . . . dau- of
Walter Eſcudamow, 1ſt wife.
ad wife. . p · Reines. Maleverer.
Thomas, Dionyſius, Cecilia, heir + barn, Street, of Mel- Walter, Margaret, Thomas Reign . » dau. of
ſ. p. ſ. p. ber brothers, | burn, co. Cambridge. ſ. p. =Brandon. lord of Clifton. Frowick.
William, Henry, | J oanna, heir t John Anſtey. _ Thomas Reignes „ dau. of
f. P. | ſ. p. her brothers. of Clifton. gn Broughton.
prom 2s > T * 7 W p wy * 5
Jane, Mary, Elizabeth, dau. William John, Thomas, Richard Reignes, Matilda, dau. o
{. p. „up- and heir. 'T Tailard. ſ. p. J. p- of Clifton. 1 8 Booth.
Walter Tailard, died Alice, dau. and coheir of Mary, wife of Elizabeth, wife of Rob. Anne, dau. Thomas
before her father. Robert Foſter, of William Emery, of Tudding- coheir. Low.
| London. Duncomb. ton, co. Bedford.
Sir Lawrence Tailard, knt.=Ma areta, dau. of William Reignes Low, lord of Clifton and= . . . . . fiſter to fir
alienated the manor of Mordaunt, of Hempſtead, of part of Stathern. John Cuſley, knt-
Stathern to John lord cb. Bucks. 5 —
28 Mordaunt. 20+ 0 + Low, 1624. #
1 Peck, MS. A Mr. Andrew Perne, his ſon poſſibly, obtained the rectory of Abingdon in the Clay, ec. Cambridge, in 1742.
? Blomefield, pp. 162, 163.
+ Buried at Clifton, Bucks, with his effigies croſs-legged.
5 Buried alſo at Clifton, with a wooden effigies crols-legged.
3 She had lands, given by her father, at Tickmarſh, co. Northampton.
STONESBY,
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untiently called Stovenebi, Stoniſby, and Stonneſty, lies
about 5 miles South of Belvoir caſtle ; and is bounded
on the Eaſt by Saltby and Sproxton ; Weſt by Wal-
tham; North by Beſcaby ; South by Coſton. It is
ſix miles diſtant from Melton Mowbray, the neareſt
market-town; 22 from Leiceſter ; and, in the eccleſi-
aſtical diviſion of the county, is witlfin the deanry of
Framland. |
In the time of Edward the Confeſſor, this lordſhip
contained twelve ploughs, and the yearly value was
twenty ſhillings ; which, at the time of the Norman
ſurvey, was increaſed to ſixty ſhillings. It was then
held under the Conqueror by Wido de Credun ; and
confiſted of eight ploughlands. In the demeſue were
three ploughs and ſeven bondmen ; and four villans,
with five bordars and eleven ſocmen, had fix ploughs.
There were ſixty acres of meadow *.
Wido de Creon (who accompanied the Conqueror
into England) held ſeveral other lordſhips in this
county, and 61 in Lincolnſhire, the ſeat of his barony
being at Freſton in that county. 8 |
Alan de Creon, his fon, who was ſteward to king
Henry I. founded a priory of Benediftine monks at
Freſton, annexing it as a cell to the abbey of Croy-
land; to which he gave, inter alia, the church here,
and certain lands belonging to it; cum omnibus ſuis
decimis & conſuetudinibus .
From this Alan deſcended another Fido de Creon,
whoſe only daughter, Parnell, was married to William
de Longchampe ; who had iſſue by her Henry de Long-
champe; who, dying in 1274, left Alice his daughter
and heir, firſt married to fir Roger de Pedwardine, kat.
and after to Oliver de Vallibus, or Vaux *,
April 20, 1204, king John granted the lordſhip of
Stoneſby, parcel of the poſſeſſions of Robert-Fitz-
Parnell, late earl of Leiceſter, to Saer de Quinci, earl of
Winton +.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Stoneſby, Saltby, Beſ-
caby, and Sproxton, anſwered collectively as one vill.
The property of the abbey of Croxton in this lord-
ſhip is thus deſcribed in their regiſter :
* Habemus in Stonneſby, de dono Mydonis fili
Galfridi & Juliane ſponſe fue, unum toftum cum 2
acris terre, quas Galfridus Puer tenuit; & g acras
terre ex una parte ville, & 5 acras ex alia parte ville;
cum longa cultura juxta viam & 2 portionibus prati;
in puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam.
* Item, Alexander de Hunnington has predictas terras
cum prato, ſcilicet, donationem prediti Wydonis &
Juliane ſponſe ſue, nobis confirmavit, in puram elee-
moſinam. Iſtas terras cum tofto tenet Willielmus filius
Johannis de nobis, reddendo annuatim 10d. in die S.
Trinitatis; quos recipit cuſtos veſtiarii. Idem reddit,
pro terrà quam tenet de Johanne le Fol, 1ods.“
The Woodford Chartulary alſo preſerves theſe par-
ticulars relative to Stoneſby :
«* Ivo, ſon of John Chevercourt, of Wyverby, granted
to Fobn of Woodford, of Brentyngby, four ſhillings and
ſix-pence annual rent from lands in Stoneſby. Dated
' 13 Edward III. Witneſs Peter de Codyngton of
Thorpe, and others.
Sabina, wife of John Chevercourt, gave to her
ſon Ivo, and his heirs, the ſaid lands and tenement
in Stoneſby, 7 Edward III.
The ſaid Ivo, ſon of John Chevercourt, gave to
William of Stoneſby, and Margery his wife, for the
term of their lives, a meſſuage in Stoneſby, 10 Ed-
ward III. "RY
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The ſaid Ivo farther gave to William of Stonelby;
and Margery his wife, fur term of their lives, and one
year longer, two tofts in Stoneſby, 7 Edward III.
Witneſs, John Baudr', chaplain ; Andrew atte Grene,
and others.“ |
In 1372, this manor belonged to the Knights Hoſ-
pitallers of St. John of Jeruſalem, as appears by the
rentall of that order ſet down under Rodeley ; but,
whether they had ir from the Creons or the Long-
champes, we are not able to determine.
In the ſubſidy of 1416 (when the county of Leiceſter
was rated at C. 757. 125, 114d.) Stoneſby paid 3os.
In the ſubſidy of 1445, Stoneſby was rated at £1.
I05.z and an abatement was made of 4s; '
Elias Atterclyffe, abbot of Croxton, recovered for
the uſe of his abbey, from William A/lyne and Beatrice
his wife, two bovates of land, with the appurtenances,
in Stoneſby, and a meſſuage in Waltham, which to-
gether were worth 16s, a year; and a Cottage in
Stoneſby, with the appurtenances, of the annual value
of 25, 4d. 2 EN
At the diſſolution of religious orders, the abbot of
Croyland had a rent of 58. iſſuing out of lands at
Stoneſby?; and after that period the lordſhip came to
the Swillingtons by grant from the crown.
George Swillington ſold it to fir Andrew Noell, knt.
who died 5 Elizabeth; leaving Jobn, his ſon and heir,
then 25 years of age; and on an inquiſition, March 3,
1607, that fir Andrew poſſeſſed the manor of Stoneſby ;
with eight meſſuages, four cottages, one wind-mill, 40
acres, of land, 100 acres of meadow, two acres of paſture,
two acres of wood, 7s. 4d. rent, and the rent of two
capons, and two.pounds of pepper in Stoneſby, parcel
of the poſſeſſions of the late diſſolved hoſpital of St.
John of Jeruſalem in England ; purchaſed of George
Swillington ; and that they were held of the king in
capite, by the ſervice of a twentieth part of one
knight's fee 5. CE
In 1642 it was the inheritance of Arthur Noel, eſq.
who had it of the grant of fir Andrew Noel, his father.
Sir Eraſmus de la Fountaine, of Kirkby Beler, who,
in 1645, was fined £1000, by the committee of ſe-
queſtration for his attachment to the royal cauſe, poſ-
ſeſſed the tithes and ſeveral other eſtates at Stoneſby,
by purchaſe from Robert Markham, Lawrence Newton,
and others.
Of this gentleman, who died in 1672, ſome account
has been already given *. In his laſt will, dated Oct.
5, 1671, he ſays,
] direct my executor to be moſt punctual in the
diſcharge of thoſe ſeveral bonds which I ſealed lately
to my ſon John De la Fountaine, eq. or others for his
uſe and benefit, according to a hard bargain he then
forced me to make; and thereſore I have reaſon to
give him no other legacy.— To the right honour-
able viſcount Swords, I give C. 20, having diſburſed
_ ſeveral ſums in my life-time for him and his father, as
yet unpaid. —As to the rings and jewels of my dear
wife deceaſed, I give to my daughter Mary one of
the two big lockets ſer with large table diamonds in
the middle. To my daughter Suſanna, the other of
the ſaid lockets; and all the filver little houſehold
ſtuff ſent to me by my couſin Jabn Fountaine, eſq. of
Amſterdam, above 30 years ſince ; and my daughter
Beaumont's picture ſet in plain gold. To my daughter
Juliana, three lengths of the belt pearl, and a brace-
let, containing about 185 pearls, which my dear wife
wore about her arm; and the picture of Juliana
* 4& Wido de Credun tenet de rege 8 carucatas terra in Stovenebi. Tempore tegis Edwardi fuerunt ibi 8 carucæ. In
dominico ſunt 3 caruce & 7 ſervi; & 4 villani, & cum 5 bordariis & 11 ſochmannis, habent 6 carucas,
Valuit 20 ſolidos ; nzodd 60 ſolidos.“ Domeſday, p. 235 a. 2.
3 MS. Chetwynd; and ice Appendix, p. 47+
* Peck, MSS. 4935 ; ex codice MS, in 4to, apud Belvoir, fol. 20. a.
* Eſch. 5 Jac, I.
* Appendix, p. 46.
7 Firſt Fruits Office, a6 Hen. VIII.
Ibi 60 acre prati.
* Clauf, 6 John, m. 3.
* Appendix, p. 103.
o See before, p. 232.
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362 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE:
viſcounteſs Campden, ſer round about with 32 diamonds,
To my daughter Heſter, another ſuch bracelet; the
King's picture ſer in gold; and the old lord Campden's
icture. To my daughter Penelope, one of the leſſer
ockets, ſer all round with fawcett-diamgnds, and my
wedding-ring ſet round with diamonds. To my
daughter Anne, another of the leſſer lockets, and a
little pair of diamond pendants; and my own little
picture with a cryſtal cover, and a great pearl hang-
ing thereto. To my grand-daughter Mary Meres, be-
ing the god-daughter and bearing the name of my
dear wife, a length of the beſt pearl, containing about
65 pieces His grandſons Thomas, Jobn, and William
Meres, and grand-daughters Frances Meres and Juliana
'Tyrwhbitt ; his dear ſiſter the lady De Ligne, wife to
Eraſmus de la Ligne, of Harlaxton, eſq; his niece Mrs.
Mary Hobſon ; five 2 7 William, Jobn, Diordus,
Thomas, and Edward De Ligne; and his godſon Eraſ-
mus, fon of Eraſmus De Ligne; are all noticed with
peculiar regard by ſir Eraſmus ; who, beſides his poſ-
ſeſſions at Kirkby, had the tithes of Stoneſby and of
Waltham, and lands at Asfordby and Friſby, in this
county; ſome houſes in Pater-noſter-Rowand Seething-
Lane, London; the manor of Dovor, and lands at
Hornchurch and South Weald, in Eſſex; the manor
of Biggleſwade, co. Bedford, with lands at Holme,
Clifton, Langford, Henley, Southhill, Brome, Strat-
ton, and Old Warden, in that county; of all which
preciſe and curious ſpecifications are given in his will,
where his well-beloved ſon fir Thomas Meres“ is
appointed ſole executor. Sir Eraſmus, in an early
part of his will, defires © to be buried in the place
his executor might think moſt fir;”” and afterwards
eſpecially enjoins that above the ſum of . 500.
ſhould and might be expended on his funeral ; and
that C. 10. ſhould be given to the poor of Melton,
and . 5. to the poor of Kirkby.”
This lordſhip, on the death of fir Eraſmus, deſ-
cended to his ſon, John de la Fountaine, elq. who
died in 1708; and by his will, dated Jan. 17,
1706-7, directs his body to be“ decently buried, but
not chargeably, in the pariſh where he ſhall expire, to
avoid trouble, if his executors ſo think fit;” and gives
the principal part of his eſtates, in equal moieties, to
his couſin Andrew Noel, eſq. of Scraptoft, and his ne-
phew Nicholas Tyrwhitt. He left alſo many very con-
fiderable legacies to his other relations and friends;
£2000. to Chelſea Hoſpital ; £.2000. to Greenwich
Hoſpital; C. roco. toward the re-building of St. Pauls
cathedral; C. 20. to the poor of Kirkby, and the
ſame ſum to the poor of Stoneſby ; and to his three
fiſters, Penelope Tyrwhitt, Heſter Clarke, and Juliana
Tracy, he gave C. 100. each, © which I do out of
mere love and affection, they having had good portions
when married, and will be confiderable heireſſes if I
die without iſſue, which, by my firſt ſettlement at
marriage with the Attorney-general Palmer's daughter,
I could have hindered, but freely reſigned that ſet-
tlement again to my father many years after, to bring
an unkind difference (not to mention more of that
concern) to a quiet and amicable end; wherein I
may ſay, 1 hope, I ſhewed a more real ſubmiſſion and
duty (to all that knew my circumſtances) than my
father his affection ; who being wrought upon a very
ſhort time before his death by fir Thomas Meres ;
who, deſigning only his own advantage, overreached
him and all his children, to each one's loſs and great
injuſtice in dividing the eſtate unequally among them,
but to myſelf moſt eſpecially ; being my father's ſole
executor, of whom (beſides real eſtate of conſiderable
value left him) I bought all his perſonal eſtate, to
the value of . 2 500. much of it appraiſed by himſelf ;
and likewiſe he had many thouſand pounds, which my
father had at intereſt, that I knew of.” — By a codicil,
dated Aug. 20, 170), he mentions an intention that
he had, to purchaſe a houſe and neceſſary land about
it for his dear wife, ſhe having no houſe 6f her own
to live in after his deceaſe ; but, as he had not fo
done, he gave her £.2000./in gold in lieu of it, part
of that ſum which no one knew where it was lodged .
but herſelf and his couſin Matthew Johnſon, eſq.“
Sir Thomas Meres, who, in right of his wife, and
by the gift of her father, was the next poſſeſſor of
this lordſhip, died in 17157; and, by an undated will,
left his ſons, Thomas and John, executors ; bur, Tho-
mas dying before him, the will was ftrangely ſcrawled
over, the teſtator not having an opportunity af writing
the will out fair; and John, at the end of it, was
declared to be ſole executor. To his ſon Jobn, fir
Thomas gave all his lands, &c. at Stoneſby, To his
ſon William, an annuity of £50. To his daughter
Mary, C4200. His widow, with his brother, Robert
Meres, eſq. and nephew, Gilbert Dolben, eſq. were
appointed overſeers of his executors; and the Will
was proved, May 14, 1716, by fir John Meres ; who
continued owner of this lordſhip till his death in 14367,
« At Mr. — printer of the Stamford
Mercury, at Stamford, 1750, are portraits, done by
good hands, of Hans Holbein, by himſelf; and of lord
Monteagle, who difcovered the Powder- plot, half
length, on pannels; and of general Ireton ; bought
by him at Kirkby Belers, at Ne ſale of the houſehold
goods and furniture of fir John Meres of that place,
the laſt of the antient family of Meres, of Kirton in
Holland, Lincolnſhire ; which ſaid fir John had that
ſeat with the heireſs of Fountaine. It is a large houſe,
and had a park and good gardens +.”
Since the death of fir John Meres, Stoneſby has
paſſed through ſeveral hands fince. A part of the
eſtate, with the manor and patronage of the living, were
purchaſed by Fohn the third duke of Rutland; and are
now veſted in Jobn- Henry the preſent duke; the re-
mainder is in the poſſeſſion of about 24 freeholders.
In 1780, an 11 was paſſed for dividing and in-
cloſing, within the lordſhip or liberties of Stoneſby,
ſeveral open and common fields, common meadows,
common paſtures, and other commonable lands, con-
taining about 1100 acres; in which Charles duke of
Rutland is deſcribed as lord of the manor ; William
Reeve the elder, of Melton Mowbray, gentleman, as
impropriator of, and entitled to, the great tithes of
corn and hay ariſing within the pariſh of Stoneſby,
to divers parcels of land, and to right of common in
the ſame fields; the Rev. Anthony Shaw, clerk, as
vicar, intitled to the tithe of wool and lamband other
vicarial or ſmall tithes, ariſing within the ſaid open
and common fields, and the antient incloſed grounds
within the ring of the town of Stoneſby ; and the
duke of Rutland, Edmund lord biſhop of Ely, Gilbert
Burton, eſq. his leſſee, Edward Manners, eſq. Robert
Hotchkin, eſq. and others, as proprietors of, and inte-
reſted in, the reſidue of the ſaid fields, and right of
common. An equivalent is directed to be ſet out to
'the duke of Rutland for his manerial right in the
fields; two acres for the repair of roads; and a com- 2:44»
penſation to the vicar for his glebe. Of the reſidue,
one ſeventh to be allotted to the impropriator and
vicar for their right of tithe in the open field, with a
proportionable addition for tithes of old incloſures,
the vicar's proportion to be adjuſted by the commiſ-
ſioners. The proprietors of Lammas cloſes, if de
ſirous, are allowed to retain them if adjoining to their
homeſteads ; and the parcels known by the name of
The Church Graſs to be incloſed and fenced at the
general expence. Eaſter offerings, ſurplice-tees, and.
mortuaries, are reſerved to the vicar,
Mr. Reeve, of Melton, has a conſiderable property
at Stoneſby.
Wood, Faſti Oxon. vol. I. p. 273, gives a curious ascount of a John Fountgine, commonly called Turn-coat Fountaine, 2
barriſter at law, ſon of fir William Fountaine, of Seabroke, Bucks ; at firſt a Neuter, then a ſtrong Royaliſt, afterward a colonel
for the Parliament, made ſetjeant at law under Oliver 1656, a commiſſioner of the great ſez! 1659, and again a ſerjeant at law
after the Reſtoratica. He died in 1671. Another John Fountaine, who was alſo a ſerjeant ar law, died in 1671, and was
buried at Sall, in Norfolk. See his epitaph in Le Neve, vol, II. p. 147. —Kennet, in Hiſtorical Regiſter, p. 169, notices a Jo#n
Fountaine, who was called to the dignity of a ſerjeant at law in May 1660; but he obſeryes, at p. 186, that H. Fountaine was
one of the fourteen old ſerjeants, made during the uſurpation, that were recalled by the king's writ to that ſlate and dignity, the
firſt day of Trinity term, die Veneris, June 23, 1660; and he refers to Synderfin's Reports. |
See before, p. 228,
3 See before, p. 232.
+ Minutes of the Spalding Society, vol. IV. p. 56, Mr. Peck bought ſeveral pictures at the ſame fale; which are ſtill ( 1794)
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the poſleſſion of his daughter, M: 8 Smalley, of Stroxton, co, Lincoln; but it is not eaſy to aſcertain whom they repreſent.
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FRAMLAND HuNDRED:
On the South-eaſt fide of this town, near the ruins
of the manſion.of the De la Fountaines, is a very cu-
rious well; being a fine ſpring, the ſame in all ſea-
ſons, and ſerving the whole pariſh when others ceaſe.
On the curve of the arch is inſcribed, pviciys Ex
1PSO FONTE BIBVNTYR ; but no date, A ſketch of
it is given in plate LV. fig. 15.
The river Wreke takes its riſe between this town
and Saltby *. | |
Mr. Throſby mentions a plantation of oaks here,
planted about 50 years ſince, which even yet © are
but little grown, look ſtarved, and are but of ſmall
worth.“ '
The freeholders here in 1630 were, Henry Whiting,
dedicated to St. Peter, conſiſts of a nave, two ailes,
and a chancel anſwering the nave, all leaded ;- and
an embattled South porch.
At the Weſt end of the vave is a tower, of fine
ſtone ; under the embattlements of which is a coinice
of quatrefoils, and turrets on each corner. See a
South view of it, taken by Mr, Pridden in 1791,
plate LX VIII.
In the tower in 1729 were three bells, thus inſcribed:
1. Omnia fiant ad gloriam Dei, 1626,
2. Het campana, beata Saucta Trinitate, fiat,
3. TosiE Norris CAST ME, 1671 *, ,
Over the chancel door, on a ſhield, of IN
h 1667.
In this church Mr. Burton mentions theſe arms :
1. Gules, three lions paſſant guardant, Or. England,
2. Argent, a chevron Gules. Swillington.
Azure, three wolves” teeth 4, Or.
* plate LV. fig. 16 — 18.
All which were gone in 1729; but the laſt, which
Mr. Peck took to be the coat of Eyre of Knipton, is
et to be ſeen cut in ſtone on the North fide of the
eſtern door going into the ſteeple out of the
churck-yard. |
Ia the middle window on the North fide of the
nave were the figures of two perſons in blue, praying;
and in the upper window of the Eaſt end of the South
ale . +» et Avis uror . . . - Theſe are now gone.
VICARS
Andrew, 1220.
Gilbert de Clopton, 1237,
Robert de Morburn, 1288,
Anthony Hotchkis.
Elias Amiſon, or Anderſey 5, 1534 —1 560,
Anthony Folter, 1626; buried Feb. 15, 1643.
Robert Kelham, 1662 ; died in 1680,
ohn Aſh, May 30, 1681.
illiam North, 1717.
Richard Burgeſs, 1733.
Robert Jones, 1750.
Anthony Shaw *, Nov. 3, 1777 ; died in Auguſt, 1788.
Thomas Shaw, preſented in September, 1793.
$TONESBY, 511 268; «
Thomas Dudley, Lawrence Newton, and Edward
Carter (who was high-conſtable).
At the general election in 1722, nine freeholders'
polled from this pariſh ; and thirteen in 177 5.
The number of families are 36; inhabitants 1533
average deaths 3; fo that the mortality is one in 30.
Nett expence of the poor, 1776, { 17. 135.
Medium of three years, 17831785, £24. 125. 2
The oldeſt regiſter that can be found begins in
1626 . |
In the firſt twenty years 112 baptiſms, 98 burials,
and 28 marriages. In the twenty years ending in
1788, are 93 baptiſms, 60 burials, and 29 marriages,
The paſſage to the roodẽ loft remains.
There is a piſcina in the South aile, and a locker
in the chancel. | |
The font is octagopal, with flowers, &c. See 4
ſketch of it in plate LXV. fig. 20. |
in 1220, the prior of Freſton, co. Lincoln, was
patron of the church of Stoueſby; and then had it
(that is, the great tithes, appropriated) to his own
uſe, by the grant of Hugh, ſometime biſhop of Lin-
coln, The then vicar was one Andrew, inſtituted by
the ſame biſhop, who received, in 'the name of the
vicarage, the whole altarage, and tithe of the tithe,
over and above the glebe land of the church, paying
to the ſaid prior 25.
In 1344 the procurations were 7s. 644.; the vi-
| was taxed at 20 marks; and paid 2s, M. for Peter-
nce.
"The prior of Freſton had then alſo a penfion from
it of 2s. which paid no tithes. a
In 1534-5, the procurations and ſynodals were 36.
6d.; and the value of the vicarage £4. 146. 4d.
In 1650, the rectory was returned worth C50; the
vicarage £8.; and the incumbent as ** no preacher,
and ſcandalous.” ;
It is rated in the King's books at C5. os. Jid.; and
the preſent value of the living is about ( 50.
The epiſcopal procurations are, for the rectory 35. 6d.;
for the vicarage 15. 24.; the archidiaconal, 33. 6d.
, -
PATRONS,
Prior and convent of Freſton,
*
Abbot and convent of Croy land.
Edward Noel, eſq.
Sir Eraſmus de la Fountaine, knt,
John de la Fountaine, eſq.
Sir John Meres, knt. |
The heirs of ſir John Meres.
The King, by lapſe. *
The King again, by lapſe, q
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
On a ſtone in the chancel floor :
- Hic jacet Anthonius Potchkis, olim hujus eccleſie vicar,
All $f ..co->+ ++
In the nave :
1. On a blue flab by the pulpit are traces of two
ſmall figures of a man and his wife, the braſſes gone.
2. Near this place lie the earthly remains
of John Love,
—
who departed this life Dec. 3, 1783, aged 83.
Alſo here lies the body of Anne, the wife of
John Love, who died July 26, 1785, aged 77 years,”
3+ © Beneath this ſtone lie the earthly remains
of Mary. Raven, the wife of William Raven,
who departed this life Dec. 9, 1768, aged 21 years.
Alſo here lieth the body of Ruth,
daughter of John and Anne Love;
ſhe died April 29, 1984, aged 44 years.”
In 1563, Mr. Wyrley ſays, * Wrekus noſter inter Stoneſbie & Saltbi ſurgit. Fons ejus vocatur Hamons Well. Stonneſbie
Andrea Noell ſervit, ſed præteritis Stonneſbeis & Swillingtonis.“
* Excurkions, p. 143.
3 This laſt has ſince been re- caſt, and is now inſcribed, * Thomas Hedderley, founder, Nottingham, 1761.“
* Some imagine theſe to be three ſcythes ; and that they were ſet up for the-coat of Stoneſty. MS, Chetwynd.
5 In the certificate referred to under Howes, p. 221, Mr, Anderſey is thus deſcribed : ** Preſbyter, non conjugatus ; doctus;
non refidet ; non hoſpitalis; deget apud Wilford ; non licentiatus, nec prædicat; duo beneficia habet.“
* Mr, Shaw was preſented, in 1977, by the lord chancellor, by lapſe ; on whoſe death, in 1788, the Rev. William Mounſey
(the preſent vicar of Saltby and Sproxton) was preſented by the executors of the duke of Rutland; but William Reeve, eſq.
of Melton Mowbray, the impropriator, claiming a right to the patronage, no inſtitution took place till 1793.
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4. Here. lieth interred the body of Bridget,
daughter of Thomas and Mary Lee; |
ſhe departed this life June 10, 1772, aged 24 years.”
| In the North aile: |
1.“ Here lieth the body of Elizabeth, theawife
l of Mr. Thomas Wartnaby,
who departed this life March 10, 1761, aged 80 years.
Likewiſe Ruth, daughter of the above;
who died July 24, 1718, in her infancy.
In brief to ſpeak her praiſe, let this ſuffice,
She was a wife moſt loving, modeſt, wile ;
Her children's comfort, to her neighbours kind,
A worthy miſtreſs, and of liberal mind.”
2. * Here lieth the body of Mr. Thomas Wartnaby,
who departed this life Nov. 1, 1762, aged 80 years.
In this cold bed here conſummated are
The ſecond nuptials of a happy pair,
Whom envious Death once parted, but in vain—
For now himſelf hath made them one again.”
3. Here lieth the body of Mrs. Ruth Wartnaby,
the daughter of Mr. Thomas and Elizabeth his wife;
e died Nov. 6, 1711, aged 11 years.“
4. Here lieth interred the body of Frances,
wife of John Nix, reli& of John Wartnaby, of Great
Dalby, who departed this life Aug. 10, 1757,
| aged 44 years.”
5. * Here lieth interred the body of Thomas,
the ſon of Thomas Wartnaby and Elizabeth his wife ;
he departed this life June 5, 1734,
the 18th year of his age.
6. Here lieth the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Haywood,
the wife of Mr. William Haywood,
and daughter of Mr. Thomas and Elizabeth Wartnaby ;
ſhe departed this life Oct. 15, 1735, aged-26 years.”
7. © Here lie the earthly remains of John Haywood,
who departed this life May 11, 1719, aged 60.
364 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
And alſo of Eleanor, the wife of John Haywood,
| who departed this life March 31, 1758,
and in the 95th year of her age.“
8. © To the memory of Mr. William Haywood,
who died Aug. the 28th, 1770, aged 30 years.”
In the South aile: |
I. * Beneath this ſtone lieth interred the body of
Thomas Siſſon, who departed this life Dec. 21, 1771,
aged 74 years.”
2. Beneath this ſtone lie interred the remains of
Anne Siſſon; the wife of Thomas Siſſon ;
ſhe departed this life the 25th day of Auguſt, 1789,
aged 85 years,”
. © Here.lieth the body of Ann Prett,
wife of the late William Brett, of Upper Broughton,
and daughter of Thomas and Ann Siflon ;
ſhe died the 11th day of June, 1769, aged 32 years.”
4+ © Beneath this ſtone lie the earthly remains
g of John Smith;
he departed this life Dec. 30, 1774, aged 74 years.“
5. Here lieth the earthly remains of Thomas Smith,
who departed this life July 14, 1781,
in the 81ſt year of his age.“
| In the church-yard :
John Killingley died March 20, 1783, aged 71.
Charles Oſburn died April 6, 1761, aged 72.
Joſeph Linney died July 6, 1749, aged 50; and
Elizabeth, his wife, died- Jan. 16, 1725, aged 39.
Joſeph Linney died June 14, 1747, aged 80; and
Grace, his wife, died Aug. 17, 1737, aged 57.
The return made to the houſe of commons, in 1786,
in anſwer to the enquiry reſpecting the charitable
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THORPE
jn antient writings called Thorpe, Earls Thorpe, Thorpe-
Ernald, and, as in the modern orthography, Thorpe-
Arnold, is bounded on the North by Waltham; on the
Eaſt by Wyfordby ; on the South by Burton Lazars;
and on the Welt by Melton Mowbray. It is beauti-
fully ſituated upon an hill, about a mile and a half
diſtant from Melton Mowbray, the neareſt market-
town; 16 and a half from Leiceſter; and, in the ec-
cleſiaſtical diviſion of the county, is within the deanry
of Framland.
Its meadows are watered by the Wreke *,
At the time of the Conqueror's ſurvey, Hugo de
Grentemaiſnell poſſeſſed this manor (which originally
included the village of Brentyngby, and had a para-
mouncy over thoſe of Thurnby, Buſhby, and Hough-
ton“); and under him it was held by Walter, who allo,
held Waltham.
The lordſhip of Thorpe is deſcribed in the record
under two diſtin portions; one of them conſiſting
of fifteen ploughlands'; which, in the time of the
Confeſſor, had been worth twenty ſhillings a year, but
was increaſed to ſeven pounds. The land was equal
to two ploughs. In the demeſne were five ploughs
and two bondmen; and ſixteen villans, with eleven
ſocmen and eight bordars, had ſeven ploughs. There
was a mill worth five ſhillings and four pence a year;
and a meadow four furlongs ſquare ?.
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married to fir Roger. Corbet, chevalier; from whom is
deſcended Robert; from whom is deſcended Robgrt®.”
Robert de Baſu gave two parts of the tithe of his
demeſne here to the abbey of St. Ebrulßso; and Er-
nald de Bois gave the church of Thorpe-Ernald to the
abbey of Leiceſter **.
In the Teſta de Nevill, about 1240, one plough-
land and three bovates at Thorpe-Ernald paid 11d.
towards the ſheriff's aid.
In 1252, Ernald de Bois was appointed foreſter in
the South parts of England *. |
The property which the abbot and convent of St.
Mary de Pratis at Leiceſter poffeſſed in Thorpe-
Ernald is thus deſcribed in their Regiſter : .
* Habemus in Thorpe-Ernolde eccleſiam in proprios
uſus, cum decimis garbarum & feni, ex dono Ernoldi
de Boſco, & ex confirmatione regis Henrici Secundi;
& de vicario 45. per annum, ſicut patet in matriculo*?,
Habemus ibidem decimam garbarum feni, pro qui-
bus recipimus annuatim 8 I. a firmario noſtro, modò
Jobanne Wade de Melton; unde ſolvimus annuatim
priori de Schen 605. pro. 2 partibus decimarum gar-
barum de dominico, ut ſupra.
Mem”, quod quelibet virgata terre de Thorpe-Er-
nolde reſpondet pro decimà feni 44. Et ſunt in nu-
mero 24 virgate. Summa decimarum 88.
Item, habemus ibi 10 acras prati, pro decima feni,
The other portion, containing three ploughlands, dat nobis per Ernoldum de Boſco, pro decima prato-
worth three ſhillings a year under the Confeſſor, was
increaſed to twenty ſhillings. The land was equal to
two ploughs; and was fo occupied by eight villans
and three bordars “. |
Of townſhips called Thoppe, the well-known Saxon
appellation of a village, there are ſo many in this
county, that it is not eaſy to aſcertain them ?,
It ſoon, however, became neceltary ro diſtinguiſh
ſuch towns by ſome 1: ropriate wdjhundt, expreſſive
either of be name of the owner of of its celative
fituation. That which we are nov deſcribing was at
5ſt denominated Eurl Tore, tiom bing the pro-
perty of Hugs de Createmaijne!l ani his ec hors Carts
of Leiceſter; but, coming aticwards into ihe poitet-
fion of the family of De Beco, of which bete were
four Erniids in lineal deſcent ®. a circumtance oc-
calioned an alfſumpticon of ihe ue ot 7 vorpe-Ernald,
Alt the four Ernalds de Void were bceactattors to
the a5\ey of Leiceſter. They were orficers or ſtewards
of the antient earls of Leiceſtev, and founders of Bit-
tleſden abbey, co. Bucks; for, ſaith an old MS. © In
the time of king Stephen, Ernal de Boſco, ſteward of
Robert earl of Leiceſter, founded Bittleſden abbey ;
and begat Ernald; who begat Eruald“; who begat
another Ernald; who begat John and William, who
all died without iſſue, and [/abe/, married to fir John
Lovel*, knight; to whom he gave the manors of
Braunfield and Weſton in Arden, co. Warwick, and
other manors, together with the advowſon of Bit-
tleſden abbey ; from whom is deſcended Matilda, mar-
ried to William la Zouch of Haringworth; from whom
is deſcended Eudo; from whom is deſcended William;
who begat William la Zouch ; and Joan de Boſco, who
rum ſuorum dominicalium, ut patet in carja.
Item, habemus ibi unam acram prati pro decima
feni dat' nobis per Petrum de Ledyates pro decima
pratorum ſuorum, ut patet in cart3
Richardus Baſſe tenet ibidem m
cum omnibus terris dominicis, C
3 rodas, & duas virgatas terre
wong, cum columbario, & una ura que vocatur
Cootys; & cum 2 culturis in WyMby. Et redd' 405.
Robertus Watſon tenet 1 toftum & 1 croftum, vo-
car” Nedurholme, 2 virgat' terre nuper Roberti Co-
ſyngton. Et redd' libere 25,
Decima reddend' 2211. 28. 8d.
Terre dominicales, Rüpit' 411. 63. 8d.; modd 405.
Item, habemus ibi decimas de molendino.
Mem”, quod quondam habuimus advocationem pre-
dicte eccleſie runc, ex dono predicti Ernoldi ; & tunc
percepimus inde annuatim, per manus rectoris, nomine
penſionis, unam marcam, ut patet in cartà, & in re-
ſignatione domini Nicolai filii Reginaldi comitis Cor-
nubie tune; modo nil, quia in propriis uſubus.
Item, habemus ibi 1 acram prati vocat' Qmeacre,
pro decima prati Roberti le Warde.
Et ſciend', quod omnes alii parochiani dant argen-
tum pro decima feni, ſcilicet, pro qualibet virgata
terre 4d. ut ſupra. 2
Dona diverſorum, ſicut hie patet per cartas eorum.
Habemus in Thorpe-Ernolde eccleſiam, cum omni-
bus pertinentiis ſuis, ex dono Ernoldi de Boſco.
Habemus ibi, ex dono ejuſdem Ernoldi, unam bo-
vatam terre, cum tofto & crofto, & communem paß
turam ad 120 oves pertinentem; & 10 acras prati
in loco qui dicitur Redinwalds, intra pratum Adeline
48 acras,
& le Kyrk-
* © Thorp Arnould ad Zucheos quondam, nunc ad Willielmum Warinum ſpectat. Wrekus fluvius prata ſua madeſeit.“
Wyrley, MS. in the College of Arms. ;
* So ſays the MS, Chetwynd : and ſee the inquiſition hereafter referred to,
e Idem [Walterus] tenet de H. in Thorp 15 carucatas terræ. Terra eſt 10 carucarum.
ſervi; & 16 villani, cum 11 ſochmannis & 8 bordariis, habent 7 carucas,
In dominico ſunt 5 caruce & 2
Ibi molinum de 5 ſolidis & 4 denariis. Pratum 4
quarentenarum longitudinis & tantundem latitudinis, Valuit 20 ſolidos; modd ) libras.” Domeſday, p. 233. a. 1,
4 « Tdem tenet de H. 3 carucatas terre in eadem villi, Terra eſt 2 carucarum. Has habent ibi 8 villani cum 3 bordariis.
Valuit 8 ſolidos ; - modo 20 ſolidos.”” Ibid.
5 See the Diſſertation on Domeſday Book.
John Lovel died 3 Edw. III. Ibid.
% MS, Chetwynd, ex vet. Rot. in Bibl. Cotton.
*
* Burton, p. 294. 5
9 Ibid. ex libro MS, penes Henricum Grey, dominum de Groby, 1622, f. 114.
i Ibid, ex Regiſtro abbatæ de Leiceſt,
7 This Ernald was living in 1241. Burton,
> 4 Ernaldus de Bois factus foreſtarius in auſtralibus Anglia partibus loco Roberti Paſſelowe 1252.” Matth. Paris,
3 Sce p. Lil.
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Baſſet & pratum de dominico ſuo; reddend' arnuatim
1 libram piperis.
Habemus conventionem ſactam inter abbatem Leic'
& conventum, & Ernoldum de Boſco, pro cantaria in
capella ſua de Thorpe-Ernolde; in qua conceſſione
conceſſimus ei habere cantariam, ſub modo & forma
ut in eãdem compoſitione. |
Habemus ibi, ex dono dicti Ernoldi, 10 acras prati,
nomine decimarum feni, que ſunt propinque 10 acris
prati noſtri in Thorpmede. a
Habemus ibi, ex dono Petri de Ledyates, unam
dimidiam acram prati, nomine decimarum, pro prato
quad pertinet ad unam carucatam quam habemus de
dono
illielmi de Charnels; illam videlicet dimidiam
acram que jacet juxta pratum noſtrum uſque Orientem.
Habemus ibi, ex dono Willielmi de Charnels, unam
_ vigatam terre, cum crofto. Et pro hic conceſſione,
donatione, & confirmatione, nos reddidimus ei & quie-
tam clamavimus totum tenementum illud quod tenui-
mus de illo in villa de Neuton.
Habemus ibi, ex dono Ricardi Servientis de Thorpe,
unam acram terre in magno Nordole ; et unam acram
prati, ſcil* totam partem ſuam juxta dominicum pra-
tum Ernoldi de Boſco, quod vocatur Haudlondes.
Habemus ibi, ex dono Willielmi Charnels, & con-
firmatione Ernoldi de Boſco, redditum 25. per annum,
quos Ricardus filius Willielmi ſolebat ſibi reddere ad
officium ſacriſtarie, pro incenſo adveniendo ad miſſam
de Domina fingulis diebus. |
Habemus conceſſionem, donationem, & confirma-
tionem predicti redditùs 28. a Roberto filio Wilhelmi
Andreu de Thorpe-Ernold, exeuntis de uno meſſuagio
ad finem occidentalem uſque Meltonam; et de duabus
virgaris terre, & ſeptem acris prati, que jam ſunt in
polleffione ſua, &c. Et voluit & conceſſit, quod ex-
tunc bene liceat abbati Leyc', &c. per diſtrictiones
penes fe retinere, &c.
Habemus, ex dono Ernoldi de Boſco, communem
paſturam ad ſexies viginti oves, ut in cartà quarta
inter cartas fundatorum noſtrorum. Et per eandem
cartam dedit & conceſſit ut nos habeamus imperpe-
tuùm 10 averia, fcil' 8 boves & 2 vaccas, cum pro-
.Priis averiis ſuis, ubicunque paſcantur in propria paſ-
turà ſua, abſque ullo gravamine & inquietatione, ſicut
in carta Edwardi regis III. habentur.
Habemus cartam Edwardi regis, de confirmatione
predicte carte Ernoldi de Boſco.
Summa totius receptùs 1011. 28.
Reſolutiones; ſcilicet, priori de Schene, 605. ut
ſupra; et domino ville unam libram piperis, ut ſu ra.
Habemus confirmationem Edwardi lil ſuper com-
munam ſexies viginti ovium & 10 averiorum *,”
In another MS. we find the property thus expreſſed:
„ Habemus 20 acras prati ſimul jacentes ſuper le
Rede, de decima de Thorp, de dominicis domini; &
unam acram que vocatur Omeaker, pro decima prati
Roberti le Warde; & unam acram jacentem ſuper le
Rede juxta predictas 20 acras, pro decima prati Ade
de Codington.
In campo hyemali 16 ac. 3 r. o q.
In campo quadragefimali 16 ES
In warectis versus Grangiam de
Ringlethorp | 3:
Summa in omnibus his campis 48 7 Te
The abbot and convent of Croxton had allo ſome
'roperty here, as appears by their Regiſter :
« Habemus, de dono Johannis filii Gilberti de
Twyford, & Margerie ſponſe ſue, tres acras prati in
mori de 'Thorp, in puram eleemoſinam. Item, pre-
dicta Margeria conceſſit, confirmavit, & quietum cla-
mavit nobis, in libera poteſtate & viduitate ſua, totum
jus & clameum, quod habuit in tribus predictis acris
prati, Et inſuper habemus finalem concordiam in cu-
ria domini regiss.“
* Charyte's Rentale, p-. 139. .
5 Eſch. 5 Edw. I. Ne . Leic.
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366 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES of LEICESTERSHIRE,
In 1270, Roger de Quinci, earl of Minton, died
ſeiſed of fixteen knights” tees and an half in Thorpe,
Claybrook, Aylmerſthorp, Buſhby, Petling, and Bet-
grave, each worth twenty marks a year; aud all in
the tenure of Ernald de Bois *,
In 1276, Ernald de Bots, the laſt of that name, died
ſeiſed of the manor of Therpe-Ernald, beld mm cite
of the heirs of the earl of Winton; paying to them
yearly one brache (a bitch to hunt the hare with), at
the feaſt of St. Michael, and 124. in lieu of all ſer.
vice; Jobn de Bois, ſon of the ſaid Ernald, being his
next heir, and in his 24th year *,
The following bond will ſhew that fine wool was
an object of attention in the county of Leiceſter ſo
early as 12793 and is a curious ſpecimen of a bargain
between the wool-growers and merchants of that age.
* Jobannes de Boſro, Edmundus Truſſell. Iidem ve-
nerunt coram baronibus, & recognovit uterque ccm
in ſolid' ſe teneri Ricardo Gwidiconis, Henrico de
Podis, Waltero Munoneti, & ſociis ſuis, mercatoribus
Lucan', in ſex ſaccis bone lane de paſiuri Leyc', fine
coch'i & garib', mgragrifi *, ſcabie, putredine, & omni
vili vellere; pro quibus recognoverunt ſe recepiſſe
pre manibus pro quoliþet ſacco x1 marcas ; quan qui-
dem lanam albam, mundam, ficcam, un patam, &
ponderatam per pondus debitum & conſuetum Leyc',
ſolvent eiſdem mercatoribus, vel uni eorum, apud
Thorp, in com' Leyc', ad terminos ſubſcriptos ; vide-
licer, ad feſtum Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptiſte,
anno Domini 1289, duos ſaccos; & fic de anno in
annum duos ſaccos ad eoſdem terminum & locum,
quouſque predicti ſex ſacci lane eiſdem mercatoribus
perſolvantur. Et, niſi fecerint, conceſi-runt, pro ſe,
heredibus & executoribus ſuis, quod barones de ſcac-
cario de terris, ten', bonis, & catallis ſuis, ad quorum-
cunque manus devenerint, predictos den' ficri tac? 1,”
In the Itinerary of 1280, Thorpe, Brcntyngby, and
Waltham, antwered collectiycly as one vil.
In 1292, a ſuit took place berween William de B is,
plaintiff, and Peter de Helewell and John la Zuche,
defendants, concerning the manors of Thorpe-E: wal,
Brentingby, Buſhby, Belgrave, and Stretton aud two
knights fees in Great Peatling, Aylmerſthorpe, Kylcby,
and Cropſton, co. Leiceſter, and divers lands in W I-
ton, Wibtoft, &c. co. Warwick; which cnded in a
ſettlement of the whole on William d= Beis for life;
with remainder to William Zuch and Mud i- wilt,
and their heirs; remainder to the heirs of Maui; and
then to the right heirs of William de Bois“.
In 1295, it appeared that the town of Haletthorp
[re&tius Eariſthor p], was held in fee of the honour of
Winton ; that Jobs de Clinton held lands there of J
de Bois; John de Bois of the keirs of the earl; and
that the heirs held of the king, by the ſervice of a
ſixteenth part of one knight's tce ?,
In 1295, king Edward J. gave leave to master
Wiiliam de Bois (who held of him in capie) to enteo
Milicent de Montalt** (who alſo held ot him 2½ ch
in a moiety of the manor of Thorpe-Ernald, © tne
uſe ot her and her heirs, and their affigns **,
Accordingly in the ſame year, William de Bois, ha-
ving no iſſue, eafeoffed the 1aid Millicent in all his
lands in the counties of Leiceſter, Warwick, aud
Northampton; the tenour of which deed is thus cx-
preſſed :
6 Sciant preſentes & futuri, quod ego Willie mus
de Boſco dedi domine Milicente de Montealto ma cria
de Thorpe-Ernauld, Brentingby, Bufſeby, Stretton,
& redditum meum de Belgrave, cum pertin is; &
redditum Leiceſtr' & de Peatling Mana; cum ler-
vitiis Willielmi filii Edmundi True, & domine
Marg' Truſſe, & D. Johannis de Aungerviie, cum
pertinentiis & juribus ſuis, in com Leic', — Welton,
Bulkinton, Ruiton, Wolfareſhul, Wiken, Ecclcthall,
Cotton MSS. H. Galba F. III. p. 116.
3 Peck, MSS. 4935 ; e codice MS, in 24, apud Belvoir, fol. 6. b.
* Eſch. 55 Hen. III. Ne 36. Leic.
o See on this ſubject, 4 curious letter from my (earned friend Mr, Denne, wu p. 37%
From the original record among the Memoranda in the court of Exchequer, 17 Edw. I.
Fin. de diverſ. comitat. lev. Ebor. Quinden, Mich. 21 Edv. I; ſee Dugdale, Warwickſhire, vol. I. p. 61.
® Inq. 24 Edw. I. in Scacc,
2? This Milicent was ſiſter and coheir to George lord Cautilupe, and mother of William lord Zoush, who married Mu daughter
u Pat. 24 Ldw. I W 17.
Merſton,
pf Jobi Lovell by Jabel his wife, filter and heir of the laid William de bois, MS, Chetwynd,
6
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.] "'THORPE-ER,NA L D.
. Meriton, Wibitoft, cum pertinentiis & juribus ſuis;
in Folkeſhull, com. Warw.—Maneria de Braund-
feild, Houghton, & vilum franciplegii de Blaco-
veſley, cum pertinentiis & juribus ſuis, in com.
Northampt.; & libertatem venandi & capiendi duos
cervos, vel duas damas, tempore pinguedinis; tres
cervas, vel tres damas, tempore fermiſone, cum per-
tinentiis, in chaceã de Leiceſtr', viz, quicquid habui
in comitatibus illis, fine ullo relevamento, excepto
homagio & ſervitio unius feodi militis in Woleward,
quod Cecilia Muffegros tener in com. Warw',—
Habenda predicta maneria eidem D. Milicente, & he-
redibus ſuis, cum feodis militum, advocationibus ec-
cleſiarum, abbathiarum, prioratuum, ſectis curiarum,
bomagiis, & ſervitiis omnibus terris, catallis, & ſequelis
eorum, una cum feodo de Buckeſworth, D. Richardi
flii Simonis in com. Hunt'; & Jobannis Dive, in
North-Witham, in com. Linc. cum pertinentiis. Hiis
teſtibus; domino Willielmo Boutevil ; Petro de Wa-
kerley; Johanne de Deene; Laurentio de Preſton;
Johanne filio Williel mi de Deene, in com. Northampt';
dominis, Johanne de Angerville, Roberto Burdet, Ro-
berto de Champayne, militibus; Rogero la Zouch de
Lubbeſthorpe, Radulpho Danet, Willielmo Moton,
Johanne de Nevil de Wimeſwould, com. Leic'; do-
minis, Willielmo de. Caſtello, Thoma de Wolvey,
Roberto Bigot, militibus ; Roberto de St kes, Willi-
elmo Godfrey de Shulron, Johanne de Coventry, Ni-
cholao de Burbache, de com. Warw*. The ſeal, two
bars and a canton; circumſcribed, $161LLUM DOMINI
WILLIELMI DE Bosco.“ See plate LXIX, fig. 1.
In 1299, it appeared that Milicent de Montalt, de-
' ceaſed, held the whole manor of Thorpe-Ernald of
William de Ferrars, one of the heirs of Roger de Quinci
earl of Winton, by payment of one brachet at Michael-
mas, in lieu of all ſervice ;. that there were certain free-
holders in the towns of Brentyngby, Buſhby, Belgrave,
Cropſton, Stretton, Peatling Magna, Barneby, and Bab-
grave, all in the county of Leiceſter, and appurte-
nances of the manor of Thorpe-Ernald aforeſaid ;
who, by antient cuſtom, paid 7s. 6d. at the view of
frankpledge, yearly on the feaſt of St. Martin ; and
that William la Zouch, ſon and heir of dame Millicent
de Montalt, deceaſed, was then aged 22.
In 1306, fir Henry Charnels, knt, fon of fir William
Charnels, releaſed to fir John Nevile, of Stoke, all
their right to thoſe lands in Thorpe-Ernald which
were ſome time fir George Charnels', knight; and in
1317 and 1319 fir John Charnels, of Muſton, knt.
and fir Nicholas Charnels, knt. releaſed to fir John
Nevile all their lands in Thorpe-Ernald 3.
Nov. 20, 1313, the king granted to William la
Zouch and Maud his wife, and their heirs, liberty of
free-warren in all their demeſne lands at Weſton,
Buiketon, Ricton, Brancote, Wolfareſhull, and Folke-
ſhull, co. Warwick, and at Thorpe-Ernald, co. Lei-
ceſter. © Hiis teſtibus ; venerabilibus patribus, J.
Norwic', & J. Bathon' & Well, epiſc' ; Gilb' de
Clare, com' Glouc? & Hertf'; Adomaro de Valentia,
com* Pemb'; Hug? de Diſpenſer ; Rad” filio Willi-
elmi ; Bart' de Badleſmere ; & aliis. Dat per mane -
rium noſtrum apud Weſtm' 20 Nov. Per ipſum regem,
nuncio Edmundo de Malo laco +.”
In 1319, a difference concerning common of paſ-
ture, between William la Zouch, lord of Thorpe-Er-
nald, and the abbot and convent of St. | de
Pratis, was thus adjuſted : ;
Mem', quod: communa paſture, pertinens ad tres
virgatas terre & dim? quas religioſi viri abbas & con-
ventus de Leyc' tenent in Thorpernold, & communa
paſture ad 10 ayeria dictorum religioſorum, videlicet,
8 boves & duas vaccas, ubicunque, tam in gardino do-
Y Burton, p. 295» 4
*. Cart, 7 Edw. II. N* 27.
Rot. Aux, 20 Edw. III.
* Eſch, 25 Edw. I. Ne go. Leic.
$ Charite's Rentale, p. 139.
e Eſch. 26 Edw. III. N' 50. Leic.
mini quam extra, cum propriis bovibus domini ubicun-
que paſcentes fuiſſent, à domino W. la Zouche, domi-
no de Thorpernold, negatur; ac ſuper impedimento
predicte commune, quam dicti abbas & conventus;
tanquam de jure & de ſeiſini ſua, ſemper habere ſole-
bant, contra dictum W. mota fuiſſet querela; tandem
electis, ex parte dicti W. domino Johanne de Wy-
loughby milite, Euſtachio de Bryneby, & Johanne de
la Zouch ; et, ex parte dictorum abbatis & conventtis,
domino Thoma de Radchve reQore de Olney, Ricardo
de la Fountaine, ſeneſcallo Leyc', & Radulpho de
Gaddeſby; in quibus, ab utrãque parte, dictam contro-
verſiam decidendi fuerat conſ-nſum. Dicti pacis tax-
atores, apud Thorpernold, die Lune proxim4 poſt feſ-
tum Sancti Cedde epiſcopi, anno Domini « 318, ſcru-
tatis cartis & munimentis dictorum religioſorum, teſti-
monio etiam fade dignorum ſeiſine ĩpſorum religioforum
noticiam hujuſmodi coram dictis taxatoribus in medium
deducti: In hunc modum, per dictos electos ex parte
domini Willielmi, ejuſdem nomine, fuerat conſenſum;
videlicet, predicti retigiofi communam ſuam pro omni
genere animalium, ad totam terram ſuam quam in dia
villa nunc poſſident, libere & abſque impedimento
ballivorum ſuorum de cetero habeant, ſicut liberi te-
nentes habere debent vel conſueverunt. Item, quod
dicti religioſi habeant 10 averia ſua predicta cum
propriis averiis domini ubicunque paſcunt, tam in
gardino quam extra depaſcentia ; hòe duntaxat excep-
to, quod quum animalia domini hora prandii eſtate,
propter nimium calorem, in gatdinum accubandi tan-
tum, & non depaſcendi gratia, reducantur, tunc ani-
malia abbatis non intrabunt in gardinum, niſi poſt ho-
ram prandii ditta animalia domini in difto gardino mo-
ram fecerint maliciosè in paſcendo. Item, quod dicti
religioſi habeant ſexies viginti oves depaſcentes per
totam paſturam domini; & preter illos habeant oves
ſuas, fi habeant plures, pro commun ad terram ſuam
pertinente. Hoc concordia fuit pupplicata in gardino
dicti domini, die & anno predictis, coram dictis taxato-
ribus, & Willielmo Danet, Willielmo de Fodringheye,
Roberto de Croxton armigero dicti domini Willielmi, &
aliis pluribus de familia tus, &c. ut in veteri regiſtroꝰ.“
In 1343, it appeared that Henry de Ferrars died
ſeiſed of one knight's fee, with the appurtenances, in
Thorpe-Ernald, Aylmerſthorpe, Thurneby, Peatling
Magna, Buſhby, Bellegrave, Cropſton, Barneſby,
Babbegrave, and Atterton; which William la Zouch
of Haringworth held *.
In 1346, Hilliam la Zouch (on the aid then granted
for knighting Edward of Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt
ſon), was aſſeſſed 20s. for half a knight's fee in Bren-
tyngby and Thorpe-Ernald, parcel of the honour of
Leiceſter ?, W
In 1352, it appeared that Wilkam la Zouch of
Haringworth died ſeiſed of the manor of Thorpe-
Ernald, with the appurtenances, viz, Buſhby, Thurne-
by, and Brentyngby, held of the heir cf Henry de Fer-
rars by knight's ſervice ; and that Wi#liam la Zouch,
ſon of Eudo, ſon of the ſaid William la Zouch, was
his next heir, and then aged 30 years and upwards *.
In this year fir William la Zouch of Haringworth e,
lord of this manor, gave Jobn Woodford a receipt for
the payment of the ſervices due for his lands in
Thorpe and Brentingby.
In 1371, it appeared that William de Ferrars of
Groby died ſeiſed of ſeven knights“ fees in Thorpe.
Arnold, Aylmerſthorpe, Thurneby, Peatling, Buſhby,
Belgrave, Cropſton, Babgrave, Berneſby, Stretton,
Alverſton, Qutheby, and -Cleybroke z which William
la Zouch, of Haringworth, held “. |
In 1382, Wilkam la Zouch of Haringworth kor,
died ſeiſed of the manor of Thorpe-Ernald, with its
Sir T. Cave, ex Fragment. Chetwynd.
* Eſch. 11 Edw. III. Ne 55. Leic,
* © Haringworth is yn Northamptonſhire, and ſtandith on Weland water. The lorde Souche hath a right goodly manor
place, by the paroche chyrch of this village, buildid caſtelle like. The firſt courte wherof is clene doune, ſaving that A greats
peace of the gate houſe and front of the Waulle by it yet ſtandith, The ynner parte of this place is meately well maintaiuid,
and hath a diche aboute it. The waulles of this yaner courte be in ſum places imbatellid. And withyn this courte is a fair
chapelle, in the bodie wherof lyith one of the Souches byried, and a great flat ſtone over hym. There is a parke by this
manor place; and a fair lodge in it. 1 hard ſay that. this place hath bene long tyme yu the Souches handes, and that they
have countid it for one of theit chefeſt howſes,” Leland, Itin. vol. I. p. 14. | |
| *? Eſch, 45 Edw. III. N' 22: Leic,
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308 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE;
members, viz. Brentyngby, Buſhby, Thurneby, and
Houghton, which he held of Henry de Ferrars, by the
payment ef two brachets in lieu of all ſervice ; and
William la Zouch, of Bromfield, his ſon and heir, was
then 45 years old *.
In 1387, Henry de Ferrars of Groby died ſeiſed
of 19 virgates and a half of land in Thorpe-Ernald,
which William la Zouch of Haringworth held“.
In 1394, William la Zouch of Haringworth died
ſeiſed of a fifth part of the manor of Thorpe-Ernald,
which he held of the lord Ferrars by the ſervice of
two braches a year, for all ſervice, as of the honour
of Winton ; alſo of half a knight's fee in Thorpe-
Eri;ald, Evyngton, Oleby, and Wykingſton, which
Fohn Buſcy, knt. and his partners, held *.
In 14i 5, Wilkam la Zouch, Kknt. died ſeiſed of the
manor of 'Thorpe-Ernald, with all its members and ap-
purtenances, viz. Brentyngby, Buſhby, and Thurneby,
with the view of the frankpledge of Belgrave ; which
he held of the lord Ferrars of Groby, by the ſervice
of two braches for all ſervices; and it appeared that
William la Zouch, by his charter, granted to Jobn
Clifford one yearly rent of C5. 16s. 8d. out of the faid
manor of Thorpe-Ernald, for term of his life; and
William la Zouch, his fon and heir, was 14 years old 4.
In the ſubſily of 1416 (when the county of Lei-
ceſter was rated at £757. 125. 1114.) Thorpe-Ernald
paid 645.
In 1419, fir William la Zouch, knt. died ſeiſed of
the manor of Thorpe-Ernald, with its appurtenances,
held of the lord Ferrars of Groby 5.
In 1425, Elizabeth, wife of William la Zouch, knt.
died ſeiſed in dower (of the inheritance of William
la Zouch, kat. deceaſed, fon of William la Zouch
above-mentioned, deceaſed), of a third part of the
manor of Thorpe-Ernald, held of the heir of the carl
of Winton *, ;
ln 1444, William de Ferrars of Groby, knt. died
ſeiſed of 19 virgates and an half of land in Thorpe-
Ernald, which William lord Zouch of Haringworth
held of the ſame William ?.
In the ſubſidy of 1445, Thorpe-Ernald was rated
at C3. 45-3 and an abatement was made of 18s. 8d.
u 1564, there were 31 families in Thorpe-Ernald.
Ia the fame year, William Burgeys, alias Melton, re-
leaſed all his right in divers lands at Thorpe-Ernald
to Bartholomew Brokeſby*, eſq. Richard Byngbam, &c.
In 1449, Thomas Aſleley, eiq. releafed all his right
in certain lands in 1 horpe-Ernald to Richard Byng-
ham and John Broke ſby .
In 1457, Edward de Grey, knt. lord Ferrars of
Groby, died ſeiſed of 19 virgates and an half of land
in Thorpe-Ernald, which fir William de la Zouch of
Haringworth held *.
In 1468, William la Zouch, knt. lord Zouch and Sey-
mour, died ſeiſed of the manor of Thorpe-Ernald *.
In 1485, John lord Zouch of Haringworth was
w'th Richard III. at Boſworth, and ſo forfeired all his
lands ; and amongſt others Thorpe-Ernald.
The Woodford Chartulary preſerves the following
particulars relative to Thorpe-Ernald: | |
Lucas de Quadremars gave to William Charnells,
with his daughter Agnes in marriage, three yardlands
in Thorpe-Ernald, with two ſhillings free-rent ariſing
out of a meſſuage in the ſame town. Witness, Bald-
win de Charnell, and nine others.
A releaſe, by fir John Charnells, knt. of Muſton, in
the Vale of Belvoir with clauſe of warranty to
of Woodford, of all the right he might have in the ſaid
three yardlands, and in three bondmen ; 15 Edw. II.
Another releaſe, made by fir Nicholas Charnells,
knr. to John Woodford, of all the faid lands and te-
nements in Thorpe-Ernald, 13 Edward III.
Sir John Neil, knt. purchaſed eight acres of land
and a half, and a rood and a half, with the appur-
tenances, called Wilcokkes wong, butting upon the
Rigate aud Faycemold, in J horpe-Ernald, of William,
fon of Walter de Melton Mowbray ; whoſe eſtate
ohn of Woodford purchaſed by fine, 2 Edward II.
itne(s, Ralph Paynell, of Dalby ; Ralph Beler, of
Kettleby; Reginald Coram, of Stapleford; and others.
John of Woodford purchaſed a wong 1 )
of 30 ſelions, lying in Thorpe-Ernald field, from
Peter de Codyngton, of Thorpe-Ernald.
John of Woodford purchaſed 60 ſelions of. arable
land, lying in Thorpe-Ernald field, in a furlong next
Lytilmore. No date.
Ralph de Fryſſeby aliened to John of Broughton
chaplain of Sixteneby, a place and yardland in
Thorpe-Ernald, whoſe eſtate John of Woodford
purchaſed in fee ſimple ; 36 Edward III.
John of Woodford purchaſed from Robert le Ward:
half a rood land in Thorpe-Ernald field, upon Ernul-
ſtubbe furlong ; 14 Edward II. Witneſs, Adam de
Codyngton, Ralph de Codyngton, and others.
John of Woodford purchaſed a plot of land, called
a friſk, containing a rood, in the ſaid field of Thorpe.
Ernald, of William Peck, of Thorpe; 19 Edward II.
John of Woodford purchaſed of William Andrewe,
of Thorpe-Ernald, an acre of land in'the field there,
19 Edward II.; and of Hugh Gillemyn three roods
and three quarters in the ſaid field, 18 Edward II.
And the faid Hugh Gillemyn, of Melton Mowbray,
purchaſed of Robert de Garthorpe a rood and a half
and three quarters in Thorpe-field ; whoſe eſtate
John of Woodford purchaſed, Witneſs, Walter Preiſt,
Robert Aſhby, Robert Orger, Robert de Rotherby,
John David, all dwelling at Melton. |
And the ſaid Hugh Gillemin purchaſed of Robert
de Asfordbey and Johanna his wife a rood land in the
ſaid field of Thorpe-Ernald ; whoſe eſtate John of
Woodford purchaſed. -
William, the fon of Wyard Charnells, releaſed all
his right and claim to William the fon of William
Charnell, of eight ſhillings rent going out of certain
lands and tenements in Thorpe-Ernald; whoſe eftate
John of Woodford purchaſed by fine. Witneſſed by
Adam de Quatremars, Richard de Seal, William de
Charnell, John the clerk of Aylmerſthorpe, &c.
Henry Charnells, knt. granted and releaſed to fir
John Nevill, of Stoke, knt. his right and claim to all
thoſe rents, lands and tenements, that were George
Charnells', in Thorpe, whoſe eſtate John of Wood-
ford purchaſed ; 10 Edward II.
Ralph of Friſſeby granted a place and a yardland
in Thorpe to William Anſty, of Melton Mowbray, and
Margery his wife, for the term of their joint lives ;
the which land William of Woodford bought 26 Ed-
ward III. Witneſs, Walter Payle of Melton, Richard
Kent, John Stephens, William of Norton, Richard
Rofekyn, all dwelling at Melton.
John Woodford, of Brentingby, purchaſed of fir
John Charnells, of Moſton, knt. three places and
three yardland; 11 Edward II.
William Quatremars, fon of Lucas Quatremars,
granted to William Charnells, with bis fiſter Agnes in
marriage, three yardlands, and two ſhillings free - rent,
in Thorpe-Ernald, freely, without any manner of ſuit
or euſtom, ſalvo forenfi.” No date.
Ralph Noodſord, eſq. was ſeiſed of two meſſuages,
40 acres of land, with the appurtenances, in Bren-
tingby, which he held of John lord Zouch, as of his
manor of Thorpe-Ernald, by homage, fealty, and the
rent of 1d. and two pounds of pepper at Michaelmas,
and fervice of court twice a year, and the ſervice of
ploughing, &c. The faid John enfeoffed William Ma-
ryng, ſenior, deceaſed, for himſelf and heirs, in the ſaid
manor, On his death, in 1541, Thomas Waring, his ſon
and heir, then aged 17, entered, and died feifed of it“;
and it deſcended to William Waring, gent. as his kinſ-
man and heir, or couſin and heir of Jobs Waryng, bro-
ther of William Waryng, deceaſed. And Jobn Adcock,
who held the ſaid meſſuage. &c. not performing bis
ſervices; the ſaid William Waryog, gent. employed
-
Eſch. 5 Ric. II. No 62. Leie. ' 12 12 Ric. II. No 26. Leic. 3 Eſch, 19 Ric. II. Ne 52. Leic.
FPIch. 3 Hen. V. N“. 46. Leic, 5 Eſch 7 Hen. V. Ne 9 Leic, * Eſch, 4 Hen, VI. N 7. Leic.
7 Eſch. 23 Hen VI. * Of whom ſec pp. 255. 62; and plate LV. fig. 21. 9 Clauſf, 24 Hen. VI. m. 41.
% Appendix, p. 127. *r Eſch. 36 Hen. VI.
33 He bad property alſo at Cotterſtock in Nottinghamſhire, held under the abbey of Gereudon, See Thoroton, p. 29.
. 8
4 Eſch, 8 Edw, IV. Ne 53, Leie.
Richard
FRAMEAND libxp RE.
n Adcock traverſed the tenure ; but was caſt, and
adjudged to pay C8. 10s. for coſts and damages.
Io 1559, Thomas Waring died ſeiſed of the manor
of Thorpe-Ernald, held of the queen, as of her
dutchy ct Lancaſter, by half a knight's fee“. |
In the ſame year, John Smalley, of 'Thorpe-Ernald
and of the borough of Leiceſter, ſold ſome lands at
Thorpe-Ernald to Thomas Hartopp, of Button Lazars,
yeoman 3. |
At an inquiſition taken at Leiceſter, Sept. 24, 1583,
jt appeared that William Waring, gent. died ſeiſed of
the manor of Thorpe-Ernald; alſo of. 20 meſſuages,
14 cottages, 1000 acres of arable, 300 acres of mea-
dow, 1000 acres of paſture, and 503. rent; alſo of one
meſſuage, one garden, 100 acres of arable, 40 acres
of paſture; allo of a moiety of one meſſuage, one
garden, 100 acres of arable, 60 acres of meadow, 36
acres of paſture, two acres of wood; 100 acres of
gorſe | jampnorum] and heath, in Thorpe-Ernald; that
they were held of the queen, as of the duchy of Lan-
calter, by the ſervice of a moiety of one knight's fee;
that the ſaid William died April 12 then laſt paſt ;
and that Villiam Waring, his fon and heir, was then
aged 36 years and upwards 4.
At an inquiſition taken at Leiceſter, Nov. 4, 1592,
it appeared that William Waring, gent. died ſeiſed of
the manor of Thorpe-Ernald, veld of the dutchy of
Lancaſter, by the ſeryice of one Knight's fee; that he
died Aug. 4 then laſt ; and that Arnold Waring, his ſon
and heir, was aged 29 years, 5 months, and 28 dayss.
This Arnold Waring was atterwards knighted, and
poſſeſſed property at Melton, Brentingby, and Whiſ-
ſendine.
By Arthur Warirg, eſquire, his ſon (who poſſeſſed
the lordſhip of Toucton in Nottinghamſhire *), this
lordſhip was ſold, before the year 1640, to fir Martin
Lifter; from whom it deſcended tothe Liſtersof Siſonby.
Arthur Waring, ſon of the Arthur laſt-mentioned,
ſettled ſoon after at Stapleford ? in Nottinghamſhire ;
and from him is deſcended the preſent gallant naval
officer, fir John Borlaſe Warren, who was created a
baronet in 177 5, and honoured with the order of the
Bath in 1794-
By the laſt will of Mrs. Rebecea Wilkins, dated Jan.
24, 1712, a cottage in Thorpe-Ernald, in the occu-
pation of the widow Porter, with ſeveral cloſes in
Thorpe-Ernald, and all manner of tithes ariſing from
the ſame, are veſt. d in truſtees, for the uſe of an hoſ-
pital, fince built, under the direction of the ſame will,
at Ravenfton in this county *. _—
By John-Pate Lifter, eſq. this lordſhip was ſold,
about 1715, to John the firſt duke of Rutland; who
by will deviſed one part of the lordſhip to-his ſecond
ſon, lord William Manners, and the heirs male of his
body; the other to his eldeſt fon Jobn, the ſecond
duke of Rutland; who afterwards ſold the ſame to his
brother lord William, reſerving to himſelf a right of
preſeating to the vicarage ). wes
Jobn-Hlenry the preſent duke of Rutland is now in
poſſeſſion of the manor and great tithes, patron of the
living, and principal proprietor ; but the manor-houſe
is raſed to the ground, and ſcarcely a trace to be ſeen.
The lordſhip is old incloſure, and contains, as ap-
pus by a late ſurvey, 1740 acres of in general good
and; of which about 590 acres. belong to the truſtees
of Ravenſton Hoſpital; 302 to fir William Manners,
bart.; about 23 acres are glebe; and the remainder
(except a ſmall cloſe of three acres, the property of
a Mrs. Harris of Leiceſter), together with the manor
and right of preſentation to the vicarage, belong to
his grace the duke of Rutland. |
he whole lordſhip, upon rhe ayerage, is let for
208. Per acre. | 3
The antient regiſter, including the hamlet of Bren-
tingby, begins in 1558. A portion of the firſt 20
: Coke's Book of Eatries, P- $99 3 Trin. 8 Eliz. Rot. 1232 in com. bancd,
see the Pedigree of Smalley, under Newbold Folvile.
Thoroton, p. 209. Ibid. p. 212.
ges the particulars of this will, and a view of the hoſpital, under the pariſh of Ravenſton.
Sir T. Cave, MS, ex informatione Reuben Parke, arm. 17 505 a
THORPE-ERNALD:. 369
Richard Seywell, as his bailiff, to diſtrain eight cows.
years give 130 baptiſms, 64 yearly ; 117 burials; near
6; and 56 marriages; near 3 yearly : and the laſt 20,
65 baptiſms, 34 yearly ; 18 burials, not one; and 16
weddings, not one upon an average yearly. A ſtriking
inſtance of depopulation in the pariſh. |
Extracts from the regiſter : |
| © 1630. Iſaac Cooper, clericus, vicarius ſepultus
Mar. 23. 2
1640. Richardus Trigge, vicarius, ſepultus decimo
nono die Auguſti.
1642. Matthew Liſter, ſon of fir Martin Liſter;
baptized Sept. 25.” 371 5
Received the 6th day of Oct. 1702, of his Grace
the duke of Rutland, the ſum of £30. for ſour quar-
terly payments for the rent of my glebe land and
tithes, due at Michaelmas laſt paſt. Neither me nor
my ſucceſſors, vicars of Thorpe-Ernald; are ever to be
charged with the payment to any tax or levy whatſo-
ever, for or in reſpect of my faid glebe or tithes; And
the duke of Rutland's tenant for the time being is
always to pay the chief rent due to the crown for
the aforeſaid glebe. | EDUwWwARD BROWNE.
Tithes and glebe, C 103. 16s. 3 2 2
Received then of John Hartopp, eſq. by the hands
of Mr. Dilks; the ſum of £20. 5s, 4d. for four quar-
terly payments of tithes for land in Brentingby, due
at Michaelmas laſt. . E. Browne,
Mr. Burton paid £4: 53. 111d. for tithes of his
land at Brentingby.“ Th |
« Palmer and Cave—Aſpby and Bird—candidates.
Mem. that upon the 1ſt of February, 1714, the day
for the election of the knights of the ſhire, there
happened ſuch a terrible wind as never was known in
the memory of man.” ES a tile
No freeholder occurs here in the liſt of 1630.
At the general election in 1722, two frecholders
polled from this pariſh ; and the ſame number in 1775.
A Sunday-ichool has been here eſtabliſhed ; and,
for the number of inhabitants, is well attended.
Nett expence of the poor in 1776 £4. 6s. 1d.
Medium of three years, 178 3—1785, £18. 125.
Within the memory of man there were 20 teams in
Thorpe-Ernald. There are now but 13 families, and
only three teams.
As a convincing proof of the ſmall number of the
inhabitants of this village, only five houſes are rated
which are to pay their proportion of 68 towards
raiſing a man under the late bill for manning the
navy. Our ſurprize at the depopularion of this vil-
lage will' certainly ceaſe, when informed that little
more than 400 acres of land, out of 1740 which the
lordſhip contains, are occupied by its inhabitants;
and that the beſt part of the land, both in reſpe& to
quality and quantity, is let to tenants who reſide at a.
diſtance from the place. The conſequence is, not
only a want of inhabitants, but of decent and conve-
nient habitations, which from long neglect are become
almoſt ruins. Thus to account for the ſmall number
of inhabitants, 'a ſtranger might perhaps obſerve;
muſt give a very unfavourable opinion of the ſituation
of the place, and lead us to ſuppoſe that, however
the land may contribute to the benefit of ſtock, and
by theſe means to the purſe, the gir, marſhes, fogs, or
ſome ſuch unwholeſome cauſe, are detrimental to the
| health of the tenants, the majority of whom, there-
fore, wiſely . ſeek à better home. He muſt be a
ſtranger indeed to thi village who can for a moment
entertain ſuch an idea, as thete are few places in the
county which command more extenſive or varied views,
few ſituations which enjoy fa clear and uncontami-
nated an atmoſphere. Its proximity. to Melton Mow-
bray affords all the;advantages, and convenience of a
town reſidence z whilſt thoſe of the country are
amply contained within itſelf: and, as if Nature de-
ſigned this village to enjoy whateyer was conducive
to health, there is on the South-caſt of it, adjoining
a Eſch. 1 Eliz.
+ Eſch, 25 Eliz, Eſch. 33 Eliz.
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the road leading to Brentingby, a chalybeate ſpring,
the virtues of which, if more generally known, would
no doybt be generally eſteemed. Ir is in taſte and
quality like one ot the ſprings at Scarborough, which
ſeveral medical writers have reckoned equal to the ce-
lebrated German Spa. This ſpring is however totally
neglected, and even unobſerved by thoſe who often
pals it—a convincing proof how much ſeveral places
are indebted io faſhion, more than to the excellence of
their waters, for their noble and other viſitants.
So pleafing a ſituation, in deſpite of an old, incon-
venient, and almoſt ruinous parſonage, ſoon deter-
mined the preſent vicar to make this his reſidence.
Thole buildings which Time had confiderably injured,
and began to threaten with ſpeedy deſtruction, were
levelled, and the preſent houle * erected in 1792 at a
little diſtance from the ſite of the old houſe ; around
which plantations on a ſmall ſcale, intended to be en-
larged, are already formed; which, in the courſe of
a few years, promile to be an ornament to the coun-
try, and a convenience to their proprietor, by afford -
ing ſhelter to the houſe and grounds, which, from
their elevated ſituation, is too often wanted. A full
view of the grand and beautiful tower of Melton
church, of Kirkby ſpire, and the ſurrounding country,
the whole bounded by the dark and lofty Charley
Hills at a diſtance of above 20 miles, are plainly ſeen
from his fire-ſide; and from the adjoining grounds,
Burton Lazars, Brentingby, Dalby, — Hill, ex-
tended to Cold Overton, &c. &c. afford a proſpect
which muſt at leaſt pleaſe every beholder. Theſe muſt
in no inconfiderable degree compenſate for the many
hundreds which the premiſſes have taken, and will
require, to complete the improvements intended.
In 1794, in leveling ſome earth in the churchyard,
near the pedeſtal of the croſs, a ſmall ſilver coin was
found, ſuppoſed of Edward III; and two copper
coins near it, date unknown; and at a different time,
and in another place, a Grantham halfpenny, one of
the town-pieces of the laſt century.
The CHURCH,
dedicated to St. Mary, is ſmall, and conſiſts of a nave
and two ailes, which are leaded; and a chancel, an-
1wering the nave, which is tiled.
See a South -welt view of it, taken by Mr. Pridden
in 1793, plate LXIX. |
- At the Weſt end of the nave is the ſteeple, a low
tower, covered with wood ; wherein hang three ſmall
bells thus inſcribed :
1. Cum, cum, and pray. 1593.
2. Jeſu Nazarene, dier Judeorum, Fili Dei, milſerere mei,
1585. wow > C2
ED SAR CT. 6
Not many years ago the chancel was open to the
heavens; and the church altogether ſo much out of
repair, that the curate was under the neceſſity of per-
forming all the ſervice with his head covered. The
whole church was completely repaired in 1778.
On the font is a rude figure of a man, with a ſhield
on his left arm, with the figure of a croſs; and in his
hand a ſword encountering two monſters, See fig. 2, 3.
On the North fide of the chancel is a locker; and
in the Sonth aile another locker, with a piſcina, fig. 4.
In the upper window on the North &Tof the nave,
Mr. Peck in 1730 found, |
Party per feſs, Argent and Or, a croſs moline
Gules. Folvile fig. 5. :
Gules, ten bezants, with a canton Argent; fig. 6.
And in the middle window on the South ſide:
Gules, ten bezants Or. Zouch ; fig. 7. |
Mr. Burton alſo mentions (fig. 8—10); now gone;
Argent, two bars, and a canton Gules. Bois.
Gules, ten bezants, with a canton Ermine.
Sable, three leopards? heads giſant three fleurs-de-
lis Azure. Theſe are the arms of the manor of
Thorpe-Ernald; and were uſed ſucceſſively by Canti-
lupe, Nevile, and Woodford. ph VOIP
In the upper window of the North aile was the
picture of St. Catharine, with a wheel in her hand;
VICARS.
ö 1220.
Philip the chaplain, 1238. | |
Robert de Bitmeſwell, preſbyter, 1260.
John de Lutterworth, 1268. F
William Franceys, 1278. 1
James Willen“, 1534; died 1553.
Elias Freman *, 1553. aa
Iſaac Cooper, died 1630.
Richard Trigge, died KAR 1640.
„ 000,004 0&5 00485 ;
Thomas Briggs, M. A. 1684. |
Edward Browne, June 16, 2693; died Auguſt 1915.
. George White, 1715.
1 See a view of it in the right-hand corner of plate LXIX.
alſo the pictures of the Virgin Mary and the angel
Gabriel, with a label, Ave, Maria, plena gratia.
On a large flaggon, and alſo a patin :
„Deo O. M. & Eccleſiæ parochiali de Thorpe-
Arnald, M. L. 1668.“
On a large chalice:
% Deo & Eccleſiæ, pietatis ergo D. D. M. L. 1688.“
Ia 1220, the abbot of St. Mary at Leiceſter was
patron of the church of Thorpe; who then had it
(that is, the great tithes) to his own proper uſes from
of old. It had a chapel at Brentingby, which uſed
to be ſerved three days in the week by the mother
church. The monks of St, Ebrulf received then two
parts of the tithes of the garbs of the demeſne of
Ernald de Bois. The then vicar was inſtituted by the
then biſhop of Lincoln Hugh, and then paid him 3
penſion of 45. as of old. ;
| Ordinatio vicarie,
% Vicarius in eccleſia de Thorp-ernold habebit, no-
mine vicarie ſue, in eadem eccleſia, totum altaragium
in eãdem. Et ſolvet vicarius ſynodalia tantum. Er
habebit unam marcam nihilominus de abbate & con-
ventu per annum.“
In 1 344, the procurations were 75. 634. ; the church
was taxed at 25 marks, and paid 2s. for Peter-pence.
In 1534-5, the ſynodals were 5s.; a penſion to the
abbot of Leiceſter of {1. 6s. 8d.; and the value of
the vicarage was £8.
In 1650, Thorpe-Ernald was returned as an impro-
priation; the rectory worth £40.; the vicarage (30.;
and the incumbent as * no preacher.” i
The epiſcopal procurations are, for the rectory 25. 4d.
for the vicarage 15. 24. ; the archidiaconal, gs.
The ** is valued in the king's books at 6.
175. 84d. :
The wake is now kept on Whitſunday.
PATRONS,
|
| Abbot and convent” of St. Mery de Pratis
at Leiceſter,
3
Sir Edward Hartopp.
Sir Martin Liſter 4.
} Richard Liſter, eſq,
John, ſecond duke of Rutland.
Rector alſo of Wyfordby.
3 Jn the Certificate referred to under Howes, p. 221, Mr. Freman is thus deſcribed ; ** Preſbyter, non conjugatus ; compe ·
renter doctus; refidet ; hoſpitalis ; deget ibidem ; non licentiatus, nec predicat ; nullum aliud habet.“
* At Burwell, in Lincolgſhire, are =
monuments for this fir Martin Liſter and others of his family. Sce p. 376.
John
FRAMLAND HuNDRED.]
John Swan, Dec. 22, 1724; died 1740.
—
THORPE-ERNALD 371
PATRONS.
John Towne *, M. A. June 22, 1740; died March 15, 1791, $Jobn, third duke of Rutland,
John Cleathing *, M. A. 1791.
Iſabella, dutcheſs of Rutland, and others;
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
The ſtone, fig. 12, was found, a few years ago, in
the church- yard, about fix feet below the pedeſtal of
the croſs ; and, on the repair of the church, 1778, was
placed in a window on the South fide of the chancel.
On a grave-ſtone in the middle of the chancel, near
the entrance from the body of the church, is the
portraiture of a prieſt in his robes nearly defaced :
« Orate pro anima domini Jacobi Willen, viearii iſti
ecclie, qui obiit . . . . die menſis junii anno d'ni milleſimo
quingenteſimo [xiiii, cuj? a'ie propitietur deus, amen,”
Within the rails of the communion-table :
Here lieth interred the body of Edward Browne,
vicar of this pariſh, _ |
who departed this life the gth day of Auguſt,
Salutis 1715.
Anno #tatis ſuz 60.
On other flat ſtones in the chancel :
1. Here lieth the body of Jane,
the wife of the Rev. Mr. John Swan,
vicar of this pariſh,
who departed this life May 9, 1726.”
2. © Here lieth the body of the Rev. John Swan,
vicar of this pariſh ;
who departed this life March 29, 1740, aged 58.”
3. © Jane, reli of Edward Browne,
vicar of this pariſh,
who departed this life Feb. 5, 1739, aged 74.”
In the nave:
1, ** Here lieth the body of John Allſop,
who departed this life June 21, 1771,
in the 32d year of his age.”
2.“ Here lieth the body of Edward Baſs,
of Brentingby, in this pariſh, gent.
who departcd this life Sept. 16,
Salutis 1707.
ætatis ſuz 67.”
On a ſmall flat ſtone, at the foot of the reading-deſk,
is the figure ſhewn in the plate, fig. 13.
Anno
In the South aile :
Here lieth the body of Anthony Brewin,
of Brentingby, in this pariſh,
who departed this life Aug. 17, 1712, aged 65 years.
And alſo the body of Rebecca his wife,
who departed this life January 19, 1723,
aged 60 years.”
In the North aile:
1. At the upper end, a large flat ſtone, whereon
has been a portraiture, the verge circumſcribed :
Guillam de Wodeford de Brentingby et Jane ſa feme . . , ,
— MN.CCCC.Y.
2. Here lieth the body of Mrs. Dorothy Liſter,
She departed this life the 2oth day of Dec. 1659.“
3.“ Here lieth the body of John Morris, eſq.
He departed this life the 5th day of January,
in the year of our Lord 1659.”
4. Hic jacet corpus.
Here lieth the body of Mrs. Mary Liſter,
the daughter to Richard Liſter, eſq.
She was born the 2d day of September,
in the year of our Lord 1663 ;
and ſhe departed this life the 16th day of February,
A. Dom. 1664 ”
5. © Hic jacet corpus.
Here lieth the body of Mr. Martin Liſter,
| the eldeſt ſon to Richard Liſter, eſq.
He was born 26 April, in the year of our Lord 1650;
and he departed this life the 2d day of Nov.
A. D. 1665.“
6. On a flat ſtone, round the verge of which are
fragments of an inſcription (fig. 14.) for a Wodeford,
probably that of John the founder of the family * :
&« Here lieth the body of Richard Liſter *, eſq.
of Thorpe- Arnold, who departed this
life the 6th of January, and was buried the 11th,
anno Domini 1704.“
In the church- yard is the ſhaft of an old croſs.
On a white mural tablet in Litile Paunton church:
« Near this place are depoſited _
the remains of the Rev. John Yowne, A.M.
late rector of this pariſh,
who died March 15, 1791, aged 79 years.
Alſo the remains of Anne bis wife,
who died Jan. 31, 1754, aged 44 years.“
—_—
The retufn made to the houſe of commons, in 1786,
in anſwer to the enquiry reſpecting the charitable
donations in this pariſh, mzy be ſeen in p. 13.
Archdeacon of Stowe, a prebendary of Lincoln, and rector of Little Pauntoh, co. Lincoln, where he died, and was buried.
He was an eminent ſcholar, an affectionate parent, a ſincere friend, and an exemplary pariſh prieſt, He left three daughters
and one ſon. From a Life of Biſhop Warburton, which has juſt been given to the publick by a writer of firſt-rate eminence, I
am enabled to ſubjoin ghe following elegant teſtimony to the reſpectability of Mr. Towne, ** The private friendſhips of
biſhop Warburton were with men of learning and genius, chiefly with Clergymen of the Eſtabliſhed Church, and thoſe the
moſt conſiderable of his time, It would be invidious to give a liſt of theſe : I ſhall only mention, by way of ſpecimen, the
learned archdeacons of Stowe and Wincheſter, The former of theſe, Mr. Towne, was of his early acquaintance, when he
lived in Lincolnſhire, and much reſpected by him to his death. He was an ingenious and learned man, and ſo cotverfant in
the Biſhop's writings, that he uſed to ſay of him, he underſtood them better than himſelf, He publiſhed ſome defences of
the Divine Legation, in which, with a glow of zeal for his friend, he ſhewed much logical precifion and acuteneſs. The fol-
lowing is, I believe, an exact liſt of them : 1, * Critical Inquiry into the Practice and Opinions of the antient Philoſophers
concerning the Soul, &c. London, 1748,“ 8vo.—2. © Expoſition of the Orthodox Syſtem of Civil Rights, and Church Power;
addreſſed to Dr. Stebbing.” —3. © Argument of the Divine Legation fairly ſtated, London, 1751.“ —4. Free and Candid
Myſteries, London, 1766 —6. Remarks on Dr, Lowth's Letter to Biſhop Warburton, London, 1766,”
* Chaplain to his royal bighneſs the duke of Glouceſter,
3 See, under Brentingby, p. 374, the will of Alice the widow of this John, 1333, in which ſhe directs her body to be buried
in Thorpe church ; as does John of Woodford, her grandſon, 1403, who bequeathed 205, to the pariſh church.
* See a pedigree of this family in p. 376.
Vol. I. 5 C Pedigree
Examination of Biſhop Sherlock's Sermons, and Diſdourſes on Prophecy. London, 1456.”—g5. ** Diſſertation on the antient
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Pedigree of DE BOIS and LA ZOUCH, of Tnonrr
Paganus le Chamberlayne 32
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372 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
-ERnNaLD., (From the Chetwynd MS.)
I. bias. =
— -
William Grimbald.—= =. 1
de Grimbald. 2. Emma.==Ernald de Bois.
p —,
Ernald de Bois, died 1206. ;
Robert Grimbald. = ds Emald e de Bois, living 1242.==. ,
Roger de la Zouch, 1 Hen II . . $0 6%
W liam Grimbald. ; Ernaldde Bols , of Weſton=. 15
I. Alan de 2. Eudo de Milicent, ſiſter and coheir of in Arden, co. Warwick;
la Zouch, la Zouch, | George de Cautilupe, baron Robert Grimbald. died in 1276.
of Aſhby, of Abergavenny; after mar- 7 - _ 2
ried © Fe de Montalto; 1. John, b. 1252; 2. William, Iſabe) „Sir John Lovett
died 27 Edw. I.
"= Y
Joan, married to fir
Roger Corbett *,
Roger er * la 8
died 1295.
living 1295. heireſs, | died 200
William de la Zouch, of Haringworth, co. Northamp-= Maud.
ton, and Thorpe-Ernald ; died 26 Edw. III.
Eudo (or Ivo) la Zouch *; died before his father, 19 ) Edw. II. Jane, daughter and heir of William Inge.
William lord Zouch of Haringworth; died 5 Richard Il.>Ebabcth, dau. of William lord Ros.
\
William lord Zouch of Haringworth, and of Thorpe-Ernald ; died 19 Richard II e
Alan, died without iſſue.
1. William lord — dau. and heir
died 8 Edw. IV. | of fir Richard Lenthall, knt,
knt.
—
John lord Zouch, attainted = Joan, ſiſter and coheir of
1 Hen. VII. John lord Dinham.
—ͤ
Suſan, dau. and coheir of John lord Zouch, = Dorothy, dau. of fir
Will. Welby, of Hal-] reſtored; died 5 William Capell, knt.
ſtead, co. Lincoln. Edw. VI. firſt wife,
Codnor.
2. Sir John Zouch,
1 l
Mary, dau. of=2, Richard lord = Joan, dau. of fir
William lord Zouch, died 3 Hen. V. —Alice, dau. and heir of fir Richard de Maure, kn,
2. Sir John Zouch, Elizabeth, dau. and heir of Richard lord
| Grey of Codnor, co. Derby, aunt and
heir to Henry laſt lord Codnor.
＋
John Zouch, of Elizabeth, dau. of John St. John, of
Bletſo, kunt.
1
—
John Zouch, Margaret, dau. of Henry Wil-
knt, loughby, of Wollaton, co,
Nottingham.
George Zouch==Anne, dau. of John
kut— Cheney, 2d Zouch. John Rogers, kat. of Codnor. Gainstord, of Craw-
$} wife. | firſt wife. hurſt, co. Surrey,
[ T $ 1
Edward Zouch, Charles George lord Zouch, Margaret, dau. and coheir of John Zouch Eleanor, dau. of
knight marſhal, — died 11 Elizabeth. | William Selby, of Molton, of Codnor, | Richard W halley,
1624. | co. Lincoln, knt. 1 of Welbeck.
me 4 at. *
Edward lord Zouch of Haringworth, 4 err Zouch John Zouch, nt. Mary, dau. of . lord Berkeley.
Elizabeth, married to William Tate, of Delapre
Mary, re to
juxta N eſq.
Leighton.
* Slain, in his father's life-time, at the tournament of Ware, as appears
John Zouch, = The daughter of Low, of Den-
kat, | bigh, co. Derby.
by a plea cited in MS. by Mr. Roper from a Roll
of Pleas, temp. Edw. I. in the poſſeſſion of Oliver St, John, eſq. of Lincoln's Inn, fol. 138. From the ſame Roll, p. 222, is
taken the early part of this pedigree,
Father of Robert Corbet, who had a fon Robert. See Burton, p 283.
19 Edw. II. Eudo la Zouch indictatus pro morte Rogeri de Belleres ob metum dicti indictamenti trans fretavit ſine licen-
tia regis, & ea occaſione terre ejus captz fuerunt in manu regis, & idem Eudo obiit Parifiis eodem anno,” Rot. Turr, Lond. —
See before, under Kirkby Beler, p. 22 5.
ꝶ64ñůn .. — ——
*
„ The eg explanatory letter is referred to in p. 366.
* Though the underwritten comment on the curious wool- bond, given by
dred years ago, is open to ſundry objections, the ſurmiſes I have to propoſe m
the graziers of Leiceſterſhire upwards of five hun-
ay lead to a more happy conjecture,
Thus far is plain, that the good wool (lane bona which your countrymen ſtipulated to deliver to the merchants was to be
white and clean (alba et munda) ; and therefore the doubtful terms muſt be ſo interpreted as to preclude their tendering any
or uſed in marking the ſheep, or for any. other purpoſe.
** Of ingragrifi (perhaps miſread for nigragriſi) the two laſt ſyllables ( griſi),
wool ſpeckled by nature, or that had acquired any factitious hue, whether occaſioned by any liquor or unguent medicinaily applied,
I apprehend, denoted a grey or aſh colour (griſeus
color, & veſtitus unius coloris, ſcil. griſei, vel albi—Qyzdam griſcæ ſeu cineritie—lanca autem dormitorit vel de aibo effe debent,
vel de ruſticano griſeo.
and natural to the wool ? Ingrazate—roſa—Quz pomi granati colorem refert, unde vocis incarnat apud nos Etymon,
Cochi may be an abbreviation or of coccei, or of conchylii, and mean a compo
Concerning conchylii color—There are in Pliny's Natural Hiſtory theſe paſſages :
«« Lanarum nigrz nullum colorem bibunt,
tura,” Lib, viii. c. 48,
& Caonchylii color tertius eſt qui propriè conchylii intelligitur multis modis ;
ſaturatior, alius in malva, ad purpuram inclinans, alius in viola ſerotina, conchyliorum vegetiſſima.“
Pufreſne Gloſſ.); and query, may not the prefix ingra have been deſigned to expreſs what was inherent
Dufreſne.
ſition of a ſcarlet, a purple, or a violet coloured call,
De reliquarum infectu ſuis locis dicemus in conchyliis marinis, aut herbarum na-
unus in heliotropio, & in aliquo ex his plerumque
Lib. xxi. c. 7.
Garth may or may not be from Garantia, thus defined and explained by Dufreſne : ** Rubia—Gall. Garanc. Sandiæ herba tinc-
turz, quam vulgus varantia vocant, Garaneus color in equis qui ad rubiam ac
That the ewes might not bring forth any ſpeckled lambs, the followin g precaution was, according to Virgil, to be "= regarded:
„ Illum, autem, quamvis aries fit candidus ipſe,
Nigra ſubeſt udo tautum cui lingua palato,
Rejice ne maculis infuſcet vellera pullis
Naſcentum.”* Georg. lib. iii. 587 — 590.
8. D. April
cedit.”
29, 1795»
BRENT-
L 373 1
N
in antient writings called Brantingby, Brentby, and
ſometimes Newtown, and Nova Villa, is ſituated on
the river Eye, and near the Wreke *, and is bounded
on the North by Thorpe-Ernald and Freby ; on the
Eaſt by Wyverby ; on the South by Stapleford ; and
on the Weſt by Melton Mowbray. Ir is two miles
diſtant from Melton Mowbray, the neareſt market-
town; and 16 from Leiceſter; and, in the eccleſiaſ-
tical diviſion of the county, is within the deanry of
Framland.
« Wilts de Cantelupo dilecto & fideli ſuo Rado de
Charnell, ſalutem & dilectionem. Tenore preſentium
vobis ſignificamus, quod, &c. fine dat. (Seal, three
fleurs-de-lis, circumſcribed, s10. w. DE CANTELUPO,)
„Nota, quod inter teſtes carte de libertatibus ba-
ronibus conceſlis dat 1215, eſt quidam Wilts de Can-
tilupo de Nova Valla * |
In 1231, William la Zouch of Haringworth, co.
Northampton, knt. deceaſed, held Brentingby, as a
member of Thorpe-Ernald 3,
Ernald de Bois gave two yardlands here to the
prior and convent of Kenilworth, which they fold
about 1216 to Stephen, ſon of Hugh de Brentingby.
To this Ernald, Brentingby at that time belonged,
as a member of Thorpe-Ernald manor, and came with
that, by marriage, to the lord Zouch of Haringworth+.
The lands at Brentingby of the abbeys of Croxton
and Leiceſter are thus deſcribed in their reſpective
regiſters. That of Leiceſter ſays,
« Habemus in Brentingby capellam pertinentem ad
matticem eccleſie de Thorpernold, que debet de-
ſerviri tribus diebus in eldomate, ut. patet in matri-
culo epiſcopi, in his verbis: Ecclefie de Thorp
patronus abbas Leyc'; et habet capellam Brenteby,
que conſuevit deſervire tribus diebus in ebdomate per
matricem eccleſiam, &c,” .
Er habemus ibi decimas garbarum & feni, cum
una virgata terre, de dote eccleſie, in duabus culturis
in campis ibidem, que virgata terre aſſignatur vicario
pro augmentatione fu.
Et recepimus, pro decima feni, de qualibet virgaia
terre, 3 d. Et ſunt in illä villa 24 virgate terre.
Modo vicarius ibidem habet totam decimam garba-
rum, feni, lini, & canobi: modo decima feni redd'
65, 84, Et redd' nobis annuatim 5 marcas; inde nos
allocamus ei 465, 8 d. pro augmentatione fag, Summa
recept' 66s. 8d. |
Reſolut', ſcil', vicaric 465. 8d. pro augmentatione
ſua, 2d voluntatem noſtram 5.”
The Regilter of Croxton ſays,
6 Habemus in Brentingby, de dono Hugonis de
Eaſton, unam virgatam terre, cum tofto & crofto,
quam fcilicet Willielmus filius Aylwoldi tenuit,
cum eodem Willielmo, & totà ſequelà ſui, in puram
& perpetuam eleemoſinam, ſalvo torinſeco, ad inveni-
endam unam lampadem in eccleſià noſtra. Iſta virgata
terre ſolebat reddere Roberto filio Y vonis unam libram
cumini, vel tres obolos, & faciendo forinſeca, ut car-
ta ipſius Roberti teſtatur. Item hanc virgatam terre,
cum tofto & crofto, dominus Ernaldus de Boys nobis
confirmavit, in liberam & perpetuam eleemoſinam; &
remifit nobis omnimodam ſeam curie, falya forin-
ſecd, ac etiam viſum franciplegii; ita qudd nec ipſe,
vel heredes ſui, pro prediCta terra, de nobis vel te-
nentibus noſtris, quicquid exigere vel extorquere po-
tuerint preter ſcutagium domini regis; falva ſibi & he-
redibus ſuis uni hbia cumini per annum, Pro viſu
„ Brentingbie Wrekum adjacet.“ Wyrley.
3 Eſch. 5 Ric, II. N* 62. Leic.
* Eſch. 27 Edw. I. Ne go. Leic.
Chartulary : | ur
Here beginneth ©. true regiſter, copyed ont ot
I N & BY;
franciplegjii, ad feſtum Sancti Michaelis tahtim, noſ-
trum quam tenentium noſtrorum, ratione predicte
terre. |
Item Robertus filius Willielmi de Brentingby de-
dit nobis tres acras prati, in territorio de Wautham,
quod vocatur Wautham-Hevydlond, in puram elee-
moſinam. Dedit etiam & remiſit nobis unam libram
cumini, quam eidem reddere ſolebamus, pro predi&a
virgata terre & forinſeco, in liberam, puram, & perpe-
tuam eleemoſinam; quam predidtus Hugo dedit nobis.
Item Willielmus filius ejuſdem Roberti hanc do-
nationem & remiſſionem nobis carta ſui confirmavit.
Item ſciendum, quod Willielmus filius Aylwoldi
tenet predictam virgatam terre de nobis, ad voluntitem
noſtram; redderido annuatim 105. (ſcilicet, ad An-
nunciationem beate Marie, 40 d.; ad Martini, 40d.;
ad Baptiſte, 40 d.)
Item, dominus Willielmus de Boſco, filius & heres
domini Arnoldi de Boſco, confirmavit nobis toinm te-
nementum quod Willielmus Aylwold tenuit in Bren-
tingby, in liberam, puram, & perpetuam eleemoſi-
nam, ab omnibus ferviciis ſecularibus. Et ſciendum,
quòd illud tenementum ſolebat ſolvere ſcutagium, &
domino Ernaldo de Boys unam libram cumini, vel 1d.
per annum.“
In the Itinerary of 1280, Brentingby, Thorpe, and
Waltham, anſwered collectively as one vill.
In 1295, Milliam de Bois enfeoſſed dame Milicent de
Montalt in the manor of Brentingby 7. |
In 1299, it appeared, on an inquiſition, that in Brent-
ingby (an, appurtenance of the manor of Thorpe Er-
nald), there were five freeholders, who, by anticnt
cuſtom, paid 7s. 64. at the view of frankpledge
yearly at the feaſt of St. Martin; and that Willkkam la
Zouch, the ſon and heir of dame Millicent de Montalt,
deceaſed, was then aged 22. ht pn rt
John Nevile de Stokes, chevalier, a rendu, &c.
a Monſ. Johan de Charnel touts les terres en le vill
de Brentingby pres Melton Mowbray, &c. Ces teſti-
moynes; Haſculfus de Whitwell, Reginaldus de
Thurnderley, John de Waldeſherfe, James le Canti-
low, & aultres; 6 Edw. II. Seal, in an eſcocheon,
three fleurs-de-lis, circumſcribed, $16. john. DE NEVILE.
In 131s, fir Jahn Nevile, of Stoke, knt. was ſeiſed
of Brentingby, being then certified to hold it of the
ſaid lord Zouch by three parts of a knight's fee“.
Aug. 7, 1316, king Edward I. granted ro fir Fehr
Nevile, of Stoke, and his heirs, liberty of free- warren
in all their demeſne lands at Bientingby. ** Hiis teſ-
tibus; venerabilibus patribus W. archiep' Cantnar,
totius Anglie primate ; W. Covent” & Litchf', & ].
Norwicen', epiſcopis; Joh' de Warenna, com' Surrie;
Adomaro de Valentin, com' Pembrochie ; Humf' de
Bohun, com? Heref”? & Eſſex ; Radulfo ſilio Willielmr;
Bart' de Badleſmere; Joh' de Crumbewelle, fenef-
1
callo hoſpitii noſtri ; & "! "or +- |
This fir John and Elizabeth his wife ſold Brentingby
in 1317 to Fobn dr Weodford ; ha, having merfied
the daughter and coheit of Wetter Pre, of Melton
Mowbray, ſettled here, and was the firſt of this
family that had any concerns in this county, as ap
pears by the following entries in the Woodford
4 TY.
fynes, and deeds ſealed in wax, how that old John of
Woodford **, the age or that he paſſed out of this world,
was fiye ſcore years and ſeven. And he Was a gentle
5 „
1
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Roper, MS. referring to the collections of fir Thomas Cotton, baronet.
| * MS. Chetwynd.
® Peck, MSS. 4935; e codice MS. in 24*, apud Belvoir, fol, 6. a.
Cart. 10 Edw. II. N' 52.
$ Charyte's Rentale.
) See the deed, under 'Thorpe-Ernald,/p.1366C{
10 From a MS. in the Britiſh Muſeum, (Claudius, A. XIII. intituled, “ Regiſtrum Cartarum de omnibus Maneriis, Terris,
&c. Fohanni de Weodfurd, olim de Abby Folvile, in comitatu Leiceſtriz, Armigero, ſpectantibus “ on which is written, ( Ex
dono Samuelis Roper, de Heancure, in com. Derb. arm. anno 1670. At the beginning of. this MS, are the arms eagraved
in plate LXXII. fig. 6,
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374 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
man's ſon beſide Saliſbury ; and came -unto Melton
Mowbray, and wedded a merchant's daughter. there,
and his heir. And he purchaſed divers lyffelods in
Melton aforeſaid, and in Brentyngby, Burton Saynt
Lazars, Thorp-Arnold, and Wyverdeby, as it appeareth
and ſheweth in this true regiſter that followeth, both
the purchaſes by fine and by deed.
Furſt is fot to wytte, how the aforeſaid John of
Woodford purchaſed the manor of Brentingby of a
knight, called fir John Nevil; the which fir John
Nevil and his anceſtors were poſſeſſed in the ſaid ma-
nor lineally by deſcent of heritage rime out of mind,
and of the arms that belong to the ſaid manor ; that
is to Witte, he beareth, Sable to the field, and three
fleurs de lice Silver, returned into three leopards
heads of Gules. And in this ſame coat armour was
this ſame John of Woodford with king Edward at the
getting of Caleys, and at the taking of the king of
France at the battle of Poyters. And the ſaid John
of Woodford was nine-years blind or ever he paſſed
out of this world. And he lyggis buried at Thorp-
Arnold beſide Melton; on whole ſoul Almighty God
have mercy and pity, Amen.
The aforeſaid John of Woodford purchaſed to him
and his heirs, in fee ſimple, of the aforeſaid fir John
Nevill, the manor of 8 and eight meſ-
ſuages, and two tofts, a windmill, two plowlands, and
five yardland, and fix and thirty acres of meadow,
four-pence halfpenny of free-rent, and a farthing of
free · rent, and a pair of gloves, with a pound of cum-
min, homage and fealty, ward and marriage, when it
happeneth by death after any of the ſaid freebolders.
And alſo the ſaid freeholders ſhall, after their deceaſe,
y to the heirs of the manor of Brentingby the beſt
beaſt that they have, in the name of the haryote ;
and that ſhall be choſen by the heirs cf the manor of
Brentingby foreſaid before their principal or any
other bequeſt.
This John, having attended king Henry III. at the
| taking of Calais and the battle of Poictiers, died at
the age of 107, and lies buried at Thorpe-Ernald ;
leaving Wilkam de Woodford, his ſon and heir, who
was an eminent lawyer, and much enlarged his patri-
mony, having added the manors of Wyfordby and
Knypton to it by purchaſe, and thoſe of Sproxton
and Garthorpe by marriage with Jane, daughter and
heir of fir Jobn Brabazon. ; a
A fine of the purchaſe of the manor of Brentingby
by John of Woodford, from ſir John Nevill of Stoke
and Elizabeth his wife, in the eleventh year of the
reign of the Middle Edward, at Weſtminſter, in the
Utas of St. John the Baptiſt, before William Barford
and Gilbert Rowbery, and other juſtices.
Alſo a releaſe from Thomas Nevill, ſon and heir of
the ſaid fir John Nevill, knight, unto the ſaid John. of
. Woodford, and well enſealed under the ſeal of his
arms, of all the right that he might have in the ſaid
manor, with the appurtenances, &c. Witneſſed by
Robert de Waltham of Melton, William Kirkby of
the ſame place, Peter de Codinton of Thorpe-Ernald,
Robert Chevercourt of Wyfordby, and others, at
Brentingby, die Veneris prox” poſt feſtum Sancti Am-
broſii, 7 Edward III.
Sir John Nevill purchaſed a place and a plough-
land, that is to ſay, four yardlands in Brentingby,
from Ralph de my of Panaton, by fine, in the
4th year of the firſt Edward, the ſon of king Henry,
or (60. ſterling. .
Alſo David prior of Kenelworth, and the convent
of the ſame priory, at the prayer and counſel of their
brethren, chanoins of the priory of Brooke, that is a cell
of Kenilworth, ſold two yardlands in Brentingby to
Stephen, ſon of Hugh de Brentingby, for fix marks
of ſilver, and a penſion of 20 ſhillings yearly to the
priory of Brooke, as appears by the deed recited, ſealed
with the convent ſeal of Kenelworth.
John of Woodford ſold and alienated the manor of
Brentyngby, and all his lands, &cs in Thorp-Arnold,
® Woodford Chartulary, p. 64. b.
* Clauſ. 45 Edw. III. m. 9. |
* Rot, Aux. 20 Edw. III.
Wyverby, and Stapulforth, to /Yilliam of Woodford,
his own ſon, in fee ſimple ; and elſe had they been
alienated to fir Arnold Boys, knight, and lord of
Thorp-Arnold. And the ſaid William of Woodford
purchaſed them of his father by deed, 35 Edward III;
witneſs, Roger Beler, knigit, John Brabazon, knt.
James Beler, knt. Richard Ruſkyn, &c.
It farther appears, by the receipt of Henry de Mor-
ton, the feodary of fir William Zouch of Harringworth,
lord of Thorp-Arnold, dated 26 Edward III. that in
that year fir William Zouche, lord of Thorp-Arnold,
received from old John of Woodford, of Brentyngby,
eſquire, fifteen ſhi!lings, for an aid, granted to him
by the king, of all the freeholders who held of him by
knight's ſervice, for making of his eldeſt fon knight.
And alſo the ſame fir William received from John of
Woodford fifteen ſhillings more, of the like reaſona-
ble aid, for the marriage of his eldeſt daughter, as
for three fourths of a knight's fee.
Next follows an acquittance of homage and fealty
done to William lord la Zouch, of Totteney and
Harringworth, by John of Woodford, eſquire, for the
renements that he held of him by knight's ſervice in
Brentingby and in Thorpe-ArnBbld, 8 Richard Il.
Another acquittance of homage and fealty done to
the lord la Zouche, by fir Robert Woodford, knight,
for certain lands held by knight's ſervice in Brentingby
and Thorp-Arnold, dated 7 Jan. 7 Henry V.“
The will of Alice, daughter of Walter Preeſt of
Melton, and wife to John de Woodford, 1333:
In Dei nomine, amen. Ego Alicia Wodtord, uxor
Johannis de Wodeford de Brentingby, in feſto Sancti
Andree Apoſtoli, anno Domini milleſimo ccc trice-
fimo-tertio, condo teſtamentum meum in hunc modum.
Imprimis, lego animam meam Deo & beate Marie &
omnibus ſanctis; & corpus meum ad ſepeliendum in
ecclefia parochiali de Thorp-Ernald. Et coram corpore
meo melins animal meum nomine principalis. Item,
lego pueris meis quadraginta libras ſterlingorum.
Item lego, ad errogandum pauperibus in die ſepulture
mee, decem libras ſterlingorum. Item, lego RiTto Al-
wold de Brentyngby decem ſolidos. Et fi quid reſi-
duum fuerit de bonis meis non legat', do Johanni ma-
rito meo, & ipſum conſtituo executorem meum.“
This will was proved at Melton, 13 kal. Jan. 1333,
before the Official of the Archdeacon of Leiceſter *.
In 1346, William la Zouch (on the aid then granted
for knighting Edward of Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt
ſon) was aſſeſſed 205. for half a knight's fee in Bren-
tingby by Thorpe-Ernald, parcel of the honour of
Leiceſter *,
In 1352, William la Zouch of Haringworth, de-
ceaſed, held Brentley Brentingby] as an appurte-
nance of Thorpe-Ernald *.
In 1371, Robert de Oxenforde, parſon of Knipton,
releaſed all his right in Brentivgby to Robert Coll, of
Melron +,
William de Woodford had iſſue Jobns, who was un-
der age at the time of his father's death, whereupon
be became ward to prince Edward, commonly called
The Black Prince; but, having made proof of his
age, in 1379 had livery of his lands. He married
Jabel, daughter and heir Geffrey Folvile, with whom
he had the manors of Aſhby and of Newbold Folvile,
with lands in Gaddeſby (belonging to the ſaid manor
of Aſhby), in this county ; the manor of Tye Folvile,
in Rutland; and divers lands in Wigenhale and Tyl-
ney, co. Norfolk.
In 1387, Henry de Ferrars of Groby, knt. died
ſeiſed of the manor of Brentingby, which William la
Zouch of Haringworth held é. |
In 1395, William la Zouch of Haringworth died
ſeiſed of half a knight's fee ia Brentingby, which
John Woodford held 7.
Jobn de Woodford died in 1401, leaving Robert,
his ſon and heir, then 18 years old.
In Dei nomine, amen, Die Mercurii proxima
poſt feſtum Aſſumptionis beate Marie Virginis, anno
3 Eſch. 26 Edw. III. N' go. Leic.
John, ſon of William de Woodford, was born at Brentingby, 32 Edw. III; and baptized in Brentiogby church by John
Walker, rector of Wyfordby. Woodford Chartulary.
2 Eſch. 11 Ric, II. Ne 26 Leie.
4
1 Eich. 19 Ric. II. Ne 52. Leic.
Domini
*
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
Domini milleſimo ccecꝰ primo, ego Johannes Wod-
ford de Brentyngby condo teſtamentum meum in hunc
modum. Imprimis, lego animam meam Deo Omni—
potenti, & beate Marie Virgini matri ſue, & omnibus
lanctis ejus; & corpus meum ad ſepeliendum in ec-,
cleſia parochiali de Thorp ; & melius animal meum
nomine principalis. Item lego eccleſie parochiali de
Thorp 205. Item eccleſie parochiali de Wyvordby,
ad fabrica campanilia, 10 marcas. Item eccleſie de
Gnypton 13s. 44. Item fratribus minoribus de Gran-
tham 206. Item Waltero Priories 135. 44. Item Johi
Mervyn juniori 13s. 4d. Item Roberto Saweſſon
135. 44. Item Johi Howet ſeniori 13s. 4d. Item
Hugoni Merwyn 135. 44. Reſiduum vero bonorum
meorum do & lego Mabille uxori mee, quam facio &
confirmo executorem meam, ad diſponendum pro ſa-
jute anime mee, ſuſtentatione vel relevatione proge-
nitorum meorum, ſicut prius noverit me meltori modo
per eam velle provideri *,”
The probate of this will was granted, in St. Martin's
Church at Leiceſter, by the Official of the Archdea-
con, Auguſt 27, the ſame year; and an acquittance
made to Mabell of her adminiſtration, April 22, 1402.
In 1415, William la Zouch, knt. died ſeiſed of Bren-
tingby, as an appurtenance of the manor of Thorpe-
Ernald *.
In the ſubſidy of 1416 (when the county was rated
at C. 757. 12S. 114d.) Brentingby paid 323.
In 1419, William la Zouch, knt. died ſeiſed o
certain lands and tenements in Brentingby, held of
the lord Ferrars of Groby *,
In 1444, William de Ferrars of Groby died ſeiſed
of the manor of Brentingby, which William la Zouch,
of Haringworth, held 4.
In the ſubſidy of 1445, Brentingby was rated at
£1. 1258.3 and an abatement was made of 8s. 8d.
Robert de Woodford, who was knighted after his
father's death, died in 1447; having firſt, by a regu-
lar fine 5, fcttled almoſt all his eſtate on his five
younger ſons, giving this manor and that of Wytfordby
to Humphry Woodford his fourth fon; and leaving
nothing to Jh, the eldeſt, but the manor of Aſhby
Folvile, which was part of his mother's inheritance.
Notwithſtanding the ſettlement, it is evident that
this manor (with that of Wyfordby) came to the heirs
of John Woodford, the reſt ſeeming to die without
iſſue ; and deſcended, with Aſhby Folvile, from Morton
to Smith,
In 1455, Robert Woodford, knt. died ſeiied of the
manor of Brentingby, held of John la Zouch, knr. *
In 1457, Edzcard de Grey, lord Ferrars of Groby,
died ſeiſed of the mauvor of Brentingby, which fir
Wilkam de la Zouch of Haringworth held 7.
In 1468, William la Acuch, knt. lord Zeuch and
Seymour, died ſciſed of the manor of Brentingby *.
The abbey of Croxton had ſome lands here, which,
after the diffolution, were granted by king Henry VIII.
to Thomas earl of Rutland, in 15429. :
Aug. 18, 1544, it appeared that Richard Peck died
ſeiſed of certain lands in Brentingby, late parcel of
BRENTINGSY:
375
the poſſeſſions of the diſſolved monaſtery of Brooke;
co. Rutland ; held of the king in capite.
In 1559, Thomas Waring died ſeiſed of two meſ-
ſuages, one cottage, 100 acres of land, four acres of
meadow, and 100 acres of paſture, in Brentingby,
held of the queen in capite, by the ſervice of a twen-
tieth part of one knight's fee“; and in the ſame year,
Walter Devereux viſcount Hereford died ſciſed ot the
manor of Brentingby, Orton on the Hill, and Over
Seile, held of the queen in capite, by the ſervice of half
a knigfit's fee“; and of the manor of Newbold Ver-
don, held by Knight's ſervice 3,
Sept. 24, 1583, William Waring, gent. died ſeiſed
of two meſſuages, one cottage, 100 acres of land, 40
acres of meadow, and 100 acres of paſture, in Bren-
tingby, held of the queen in capite, by the ſervice of
a twentieth part of one knight's fee *. |
Nov. 4, 1592, William Waring, gent. died ſeiſed of
two meſſuages, one cottage, . . . « acres of land, 40
acres of meadow, and 100 acres of paſture, in Bren-
tingby, held of the queen in capite, by the ſervice of
a twentieth part of one knight's fees.
In 1642, this lordſhip was the inheritance of ſir
Thomas Smith, knt. younger brother to ſir Charles
Smith, of Aſhby Folvile, by the grant of fir Francis
Smith, knt. his father; and in 1654 was held in truſt by
fir Milliam Dudley, of Claxton, and #;0ſmus en ich, eſq.
Sir Jobn Hartopp, bart. was owner of this manor
and eſtate of Brentingby for a conſiderable time; bur,
leaving only two daughters and cohcirs, they ſuc—
ceeded to the inheritance here; the eldeſt of which
married Dr. Dallow, a phytician in London; and the
other married Joſeph Hurlock, eſq.“è.
On the death of Mrs. Dallow, the manerial rights.
and greateſt part of the eſtate became the property of
Famund Cradock- Hartopp *?, eſq. in right of bis wife;
who alſo in her right ſucceeded, on the death of Mr.
Hurlock, to the eſtate at Freathby.
Mr. John Simpſon lives in the manor-houſe, which
is prettily ſhaded by a grove or plantation of trees.
He happily enjoys a competency from induſtry, at an
age when numbers do but begin to think “.
The lordſhip is a rich incloſure of long ſtanding ;
and is ſuppoſed to contain about 600 acres : bur ſome
of the property betwixt Brentingby and Wyverby is
not preciſely known.
Part of Brentingby pays to Thorpe-Ernald church,
and part to Wyverby ; and Brentingby and Wyverby
join in the conſtable accounts and maintenance of the
oor.
F In 1564, there were 8 families in Brentingby.
Chriſtopher Mouſon was the only frecholder here
in the liſt of 1630.
At the general cleQion in 1722, four freeholders
poiled from this hamler ; aud two in 177 5.
Brentingby contains only 6 families.
Nett expence of the poor of Brentingby and Wy-
verby in 1776, was £10. 8s. 1d.
Medium of three years, 1783—1785, (13. J. 1d.
Te CHAPEL
dedicated to St.. , conſiſts only of a nave,
which has a ſmall tower with two little bells, thus
inſcribed :
1. Ave Maria.
2. Ave Maria, gratia plena.
There is no wake obſerved here.
The reading-deſk is made higher than ordinary,
and ſerves allo for the pulpit,
In this chapel are neither arms or monuments **; as
the inhabitants are buried at Thorpe-Ernald.
See a view of it, taken by Mr. Pridden in 1791,
plate LXIX ; and in the ſame plate, fig. 14, is a
ſketch of the font.
* Woodford Chartulary, p. 60. a.
3 Eſch. 5 Hen. V. N' g. Leic. 4 Eſch. 23 Hen. VI.
„ Eſch. 34 Hen. VI. 7 Eſch. 36 Hen. VI.
This grant is in the Augmentation Office.
1 Iuq. 1 Eliz. 1% Eſch. 25 Eliz.
10 Eſch. 36 Hen. VIII.
15 Eſch. 34 Eliz.
A terrier of the glebe lands, and other tithes, lying
and ariſing out of Brentingby- field, and beiong-
ing to Mr, Edward Browne, vicar of Jhorpe-Ar-
nald, in the county of Leiceſter, taken Nov. 8,
1700.
Imprimis, one cloſe called The Parſon's Clo;e, lying
South from a clole called The Old Cloſe, Eaſt from
another called Bellam's Cloſe, North from that cloſe,
called The Middle Cloſe, and Weſt from Wyverby
open common, containing by eſtimation twenty aud
three acres.
Item, one piece of meadow ground, lying upon
Wifordby Moor, next to Wiverby Goſſe, and con-
* Eſch. 3 Hen. V. N* 46. Leic.
5 Which ſee at large in the Appendix, N* XX. p. 139,
s Eſch. 8 Edw. IV. N 53. Leic.
„ Eſch. 1 Eliz.
1 Ibid,
1s Sir T. Cave, MS. 1764. |
7 See an account of this gentleman and his family, p. 280; and add another ſon, William-Edward, born Dec, 2, 1794.
* Throſby, Excurſions, p. 140.
Vol. I. | 5 D
10 Nullum in templo ſcutum videtur.“ Wyrley.
taining
376 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRX.
taining by eſtimation two acres and a half, ward Morriſon the ſum of — 3
Item, paid yearly by fir Jobn Hartopp Item, paid yearly by Mr. Baſs the ſum
the ſum of — „ 37 8
Item, paid yearly for Mr. Jacomb's Item, pigs, apples, and other ſmall tithes, are paid
lands the ſum of 13 5 © by the tenth proportion.
Item, paid yearly for the lands of Ed-
Pedigree of WOODFORD, of BrenTixcBY.
Arms as deſcribed in p. 370. (See Plate LXIX. fig. 10.)
Walter Preſt, of Melton Mowbray.== LS +0 b
John de Woodford, 1317, lived 107 _ Alice, dau. and coheir, 2. Lettice, wife to ſir James Beler, of Eye Kettleby.
ob. 1333.
Walter. Willlam de Woodford, heir to his brother 1 3 57. Janette, dau. and heir of ſir John Brabazon, knt.
Sir John de Woodford, ward to the Black Prince, Mabell, dau. and heir of Geffrey Folvile,
43 Edw. III. ob. 1401. | of Aſhby Folvile; a widow in 7 Hen. IV.
Sir Robert de Wood-—lfabel, dau. of fir Wil- Joan, wife firſt of Agnes, wife Elizabeth, wife of
ford, nt. ob. 1455, | liam Nevile, of Rol- Goldſmith, of Goldſmith's of Thomas Lawrence Sherard,
ætat. 73. leſton, co. Nott. mar- Grange, and after of ſir Chetwood, of Stapleford, eſq.
ried 4 Hen. IV. Robert Berkeley, knut. knt.
g 3
1. Thomas Woodford, Alice, dau. of fir 2. ohn Woodford, ſenior, of Sproxton. Mabel, wife of Simon
of Aſhby Folvile, Lawrence Berke- 3. Walter Woodford, of Newbold Folvile. Hareby.
died before his father. | ley, of Wymond- 4. Humphry Woodford, of Wyfordby. . Elizabeth, wife of Ro-
ham, knt. Ralph Woodford, of Knipton. bert Hill, of Hound-
P— | 8. John Woodford, junior, of Garthorpe. hill, co. Stafford.
Ralph Woodford. Elizabeth Villers. Beatrix. |
Margaret.
{See more of this family under Aſhby Folvile.] Alice,
Pedigree of LISTER, of TnoxrE-ERNALD; March 14, 1681-2.
Arms. Quarterly : 1. Ermine, on a feſs Sable, three annulets Or. 2. Azure, a chevron between two mullets in
chief, and two arrows Or; a mullet in baſe Gules. 3. Argent, a water-bouget Sable, between four fleurs-de-lis Sable.
4. Argent, on a bend Sable, three roſes Or. (See Plate LXIX. fig. 11.)
Brigett, dau. of Bartholomew Pigot, William Liſter, of Mydhope and Thornton, Anne, dau, to Roger Mydhope, of
of Aſton Rowen, co. Oxon. | co. Ebor. elq. T Skipton in Craven.
1 7 —
4+ Sir Matthew Liſter, of 3. Martin Liſter, 2. Michael Liſter,=... 1. Lawrence Lifter, of--Everild, dau. of John
Burwell, co. Linc. knt. of Thorpe- of Frier-head, Thornton, in Craven, | Sayer, of Richmond-
M. D. preſident of the Ernald, ob. in Craven, co. co. Ebor. eſq. 0 ſhire.
college of phyſicians, ſ. p. Ebor. ob, circa r
and phyfician in ordi- 1610. | Sir William Liſter, Mary, dau. of fir Henry
nary to Henrietta-Ma- of Thornton and | Bellers, of Newborough,
Tia, queen of England ; Mydhope, co. co. Ebor. knt. and bart.
died ſ. p. Ebor. ob. 1650. A
Suſanna, dau. of.. . Temple, of- Sir Martin Lifter, fir Mary, dau. of Richard lord Dorothy, Roſamond,
„ co. Bucks, widow of fir | ſettled in Bucks, and | Wenman, of Tame Park, died un- died young,
Geoffry Thornhurſt, of . . . , | after at Thorpe-Ernald, | co. Oxon, ob. circa 1635, married.
in Romney-Marſh, co. Kent, | died 1670, ætat. my firſt wife.
2d wife. 67. 1
2. Michael Lifter, of Burwell, co. Lincoln, married the 1. Richard Lifter, of- Eleanor, dau. 1. Mary, married
widow of — Peirce, and had iſſue. ' Thorpe-Ernald, | of fir Robert John Morris, eſq.
3. Martin Liſter, born about 1638 ; of the city of York, born 10 June, Meredith, of of Iſleworth, co.
M. D. 1681; married, and had iflue. (See p. 377.) 1628; and in 1681 | the kingdom Middleſex; after-
4. William Liſter, of the city of Weſtminſter, married, one of his majeſty's | of Ireland; wards married to
and left iſſue. juſtices of the peace, | born Aug. Captain Clarke, of
5. Matthew Lifter, of the city of Weſtminſter, born at and colonel of the | 18, 1029. * + + + „ CO. Surrey.
Thorpe-Ernald 1642; married the daughter of Mr, Mild- regiment of foot in 2. Dorothy, died un-
may. of Heſton, co. Middleſex, but had no iſſue in 1681. the trained bands | © married Dec. 20,
4. Suſan, widow of George Gregory, of Nott. gent. of Leiceſterſhire, 1659.
5. Frances, widow of Mr, Cabs — of and one of the de- 3· Agnes, born Jan.
co. Lincoln. puty-licutenants 1630, wife of fir
6. Jane, widow of Hugh Allington, of.. . ., co. Linc, there. William Hartopp,
7. Barbara, died unmarried. of Burton Lazars,
8. Penelope, born Feb. 25, 1651. bart.
1. Martin Liſter, born 2. Richard Liſter *, born 3 William Liſter, Dorothy „ born 26 Mary, born
26 April, 1650; ob. 12 Sept. 1657; in 1681 born 13 Avg. July, 1660; died 2 Sept. 1663;
2 Nov. 1665. ſon and heir apparent; 1666. April 1710. died 16 Feb.
capt. lieut, to the lord Ros. following.
* Of this gentleman, who was high-ſheriff in 1692, ſee under Siſonby, p. 283.
Married Jan. 16, 1682, to the Rev, John Hall, clerk ; afterwards to William Franks, eſq. Sept. 27, 1694. Mrs, Hoſe, 3
reſpectable deſcendant of this Dorothy Liſter, and wife of Mr, Seth Hoſe, furgeon, is ſtill living at Melton.
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
BRENTINGBY,
377
ILLUSTRATIONS of the PEDIGREE of LISTER:
[A] Matthew Liſter, a younger ſon of a family of
that name, was born at Thornton in Craven, in Vork-
ſhire, where his anceſtors had a large eſtate. He
was bred to phyſic; obtained his doctor's degree at
the univerſity of Bafil in Germany; and, according
to the teſtimony of fir Edward Wilmot, made great
improvements in the ſcience; his recipes being at
this time preſcribed, almoſt without alteration, in all
caſes to which they are applicable. Sir Hans Sloane
had in his poſſeſſion theſe receipts of his, which are
now much eſteemed by the faculty. He was bred
fellow of Oriel college ; afterwards became a retainer
to Mary the incomparable counteſs of Pembroke
(whoſe eſtate he managed for her beſt advantage);
phyfician to queen Anne, the royal conſort of king
James1*; phytician in ordinary to king Charles I,
from whom he received the honour of knighthood
at Oatlands, Oct. 11, 1636; and at length became
preſident of the College of Phyſicians in London, and
one of the prime phyſicians of the nation. He died
at Burwell, near Lowth, in Lincoluſhire, about 1657,
aged 92; and was there, Mr. Wood ſuppoſes, buried*.
It does not appear that any of his works were ever
publiſhed. An original portrait of him is in the poſ-
ſeſhon of George Gregory, eſq. of Harlaxton, whoſe
grandfather cauted an engraving to be made from it
by P. Van Somer in 1646.
Nearly related to him, or at leaſt of the ſame fa-
mily, were Edward Liſter, M. D. a native of Wake-
field in Yorkſhire, who died at London (where he had
practiſed many years) March 27, 1620; and Joſeph
Liſter, his brother, M. D. of the city of York ?.
[B] Sir Martin Liſter, knight, ſon of fir Matthew,
was an officer of the militia ; and at Harlaxton is pre-
ſerved a very rich and curious belt, which he wore in
that character. His portrait is alſo there; from
which Mr. Gregory had an engraving made by R.
White in 1626. Sir Martin was the ſecond huſband
been maid of honour to Anne of Denmark, queen of
James I. and eſteemed one of the greateſt beauties of
the court. Whilſt ſhe was in that ſtation, the king
preſented her, with his own hand, to fir Geoffrey
Thornhurſt ; and an original portrait of her in her
wedding-habit, by Cornelius Janſen, is in the poſſeſſion
of Mr. Gregory. John Churchill, duke of Marlbo-
rough, offered a conſiderable ſum for this picture,
and lord Wilmington was very deſirous of purchaſing
itz but neither of them could procure it. An en-
graving from this was alſo made by R. White, 1626:
[C] Dr. Martin Liſter, third ſon of fir Martin
Litter, was born, about 1638, in Buckinghamſhire, in
which county his father had ſettled, when he married
lady Thornhurſt, before he purchaſed Thorpe-Ernald.
He was educated under his great uucle fir Matthew
Liſter, and was atterwards ſent to St. John's college,
Cambridge; obtained the degree of B. A. in 16583
and at the Reſtoration, in 1660, being a zealous loy-
aliſt, was appointed fellow by a royal mandamus.
Two years after this he proceeded XI. A.; and, ap-
plying himſelf to phyfici, travelled tor improvement
to France about 1605 aud ſettled at York in 1670,
where he followed his profeſſion with great ſucceſs.
In the younger part of his life, he ſpared no pains
in ſearching after natural and antique curioſities, tra-
velling into ſeveral parts of England, particularly
the North, for that purpoſe ; but, his health being
impaired after twenty-ſix years ſpent in this purſuit,
and the buſineſs of his profeſſion engaging much of
his time, he confined himſelf to a more ſedentary. life;
but, {till continuing to employ his leiſure-hours on
{ubjets of Natural Hiſtory and Antiquity, he was
choſen F. R. S. and in that learned body became very.
remarkable, by the great number of papers he com-
municated to them, in Meteorology, Hydrology, Mi-
neralogy, Botany, Zoology, Anatomy, Pharmacy, and
Antiquities ; a liſt of which, as printed in the Philo-
of Suſannah Temple, lady Thornhurſt; who had ſophical Tranſactions, is given below“.
Durivg
7 Sec a teſtimony of his relative to the death of king James I. in Kennet's Complete Hiſtory of England, vol. II. p. 470.
2 Wood, Ath. Oxon, vol. I. Faſti, p. 150,
3 This article |» principally taken from Mr, Granger, who received ſeveral anecdotes of the Liſter family from Mr. Edward
Gregory, of Harlaxton, an ingenious young gentleman, whoſe anceſtors were nearly related to it,
Account of an t likely to yield an acid liquor, vol. V. p. 2067. Note of Pliny about the bleeding of the mulberry tree,
and of the ſycamore, ib. 2069, On the manner of ſpiders projecting their threads, ib, 2:04,—Inquirics and experiments touch-
ing the motion of ſap in trees, VI. 21 19,—Some obſervations touching colours, in order to the increaſe of dyes, and the fixation
of colours, ib. 2132.—An obſervation concerning certain inſet-huſks of the kermes kind, ib. 2165. Account of a kind of fly
that is viviparous, ib. 2170.—A ſet of curious inquiries about ſpiders, and à table of the ſeveral forts of them to be found in
England, amounting to at leaſt 33, ib,—An account of an inſect feeding upon Eenbain, the horrid ſmell of which is in that
creature ſo qual.fied thereby as to become in ſome meaſure aromatical ; together with the colour yielded by the eggs of the
ſame, ib. 2176.— The kind of inſect hatched of the Fngliſh kermes, alſo the uſe of theſe purple inſect huſks for tinging, toge-
ther with a compariſon made of this Engliſh purple-kermes with the ſcarlet-kermes of the ſhops, ib. 2196.—On vegetable
excreſcences, ib. 2254.—Obſervations upon that kind of waſps, called veſpæ ichnenmones; eſpecially their ſeveral ways of
breeding, and, among them, that odd way of laying their eggs in the bodies of caterpillars, &c. ib. 2279,—Confirmation of
Mr. Ray's obſervation about muſk-ſcented inſets, adding ſome notes upon Dr. Swammerdam's book of inſets, and on that of
Steno concerning petriſied ſhells, ib. 2219. 2281.—A letter enlarging his obſervations about ichneumon worms, ib. 2284.—Some
additions, ib. 3202,—1 bid, ib. Diſcovery of another muſk-ſcented inſect, ib. An inquiry concerning tarantulas, ib. — An ac-
count of veins obſerved in plants analogous to human veins, ib. 3052. Account of a ſtone cut out from under the tongue of a
man, VII. 4062.—Letter concerning animated horſe-hairs, rectifying a vulgar error, ib, 4064.— Enlargement and correction
of his former notes upon kermes; and withal inſinuating his conjectures of cochineil's being a fort of kermes, ib. 5059 —A
deſcription of an odd kind of muſhroom yielding a milky juice much hotter upon the tongue than pepper, ib. 5r16.—A farther
account concerning the exiſtence of veins in all kinds of plants; together with a diſcovery of the membranous ſubſtance of
thoſe veirs, and of ſome acts in plants reſembling thoſe of ſenſe; and alſo of the agreement of the venal juice in vegetables
with blood of animals, &c. ib. $131.—Anatomical obſervations and experiments concerning the unalterable character of the
whitenets of the chyle within the lacteous veins ; together with divers particulars obſerved in the guts, eſpecially ſome ſorts of
worms found in them, VII. 6060,—Letter taking notice of Mr, Wallis's remarks on his obſervations on the veins of plants,
ib A deicription of certain ſtones figured like plants, and by ſome obſerving men eſteemed to be plants petrified, ib. 618 1.—
A letter concet hing the firſt part of his table of ſnails, together with ſome queries relating to thoſe inſets, and the tables
themſelves, IX. 96.—Obſcrvations and experiments made for the Royal Society, ib. 221,—Obſervations on the aftroites or ſtar-
ſiones, X. 254.—Relation of ſome odd worms vomited by children, ib. 391,—Obfervations made at Barbadoes, ib. 399 —An
account of an experiment made for altering the colour of the chyle in the lacteal vein, XIII. 6.—An account of a Roman mo-
nument ſound in the biſhoprick of Durham, and of ſome Roman antiquities at York, ib. 70.—Relation of a man bitten with a
mad dog, aud dying of the hydrophobia, ib. 162, —Obſervations upon Roman antiquities at York, ib. 238.—Some probable
thoughts of the whiteneſs of the chyle, ib. 242.—On the uſe of the inteſtinum cecum, XIV. 457,—Obſervations of the mid-
land falt-{prings of Worceſterſhire, Staffordſhire, and Cheſhire, ib. 489. —A way (which ſeems to be the true method of Nature)
of diſtilling ſweet and freſh water from the ſea-water by the breath of ſea- plants growing in it, ib,—The breath of the ſea-plants
probably the material cauſe of the trade or tropick winds, ib.—Of the nature of earthquakes, ib. 5 12.—Obſervations con-
cerning the ſpontaneous firing of the pyrites, ib. 51 5.—Obſervations concerning thunder and lightning proceeding from pyrites,
ib. 517. Account of bees breeding in caſes made of leayes, ib. 592. Account of a viviparous fly, ib. Letter on the projegſen
of the threads ot ipiders, ib. Account of ſome very aged perſons in the North of England, ib. 597. — An ingenious propoſaFfor
a new ſort of maps of counties, together with tables of ſands and clays, ſuch chicfly as are found in the North parts of Eng-
land, ib. 739.—On the rifing and falling of the quickſilver in the barometer, ib. 790.— Experiments about freezing, and the.
difference betwixt common freſh-water ice and that of the ſea-water: alſo a probable conjecture about the original of the
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378 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
During his reſidence at York, he publiſhed,
1. © Hiſtoriz animalium Anglie tres tractatus, &c.
Lond. 1678 4.“
2. ©* John Gaedartius of Inſects, &c. 1682.” 4to.
3. The ſame book in Latin.
4. De fontibus medicatis Angliæ Exercitatio nova
& prior, Ebor. 16822.
is friends prevailed on him to come to London
in 1683; and, on the 5th of March, 1683-4, he was
declared M. D. at Oxford, by virtue of the chancel-
lor's letters ſent to the members of the venerable
convocation then aſſembled, partly running thus:
« He was lately a praQtitioner of phyſic at York, now
here in London ; a perſon of exemplary Joyalty, and
of high eſteem amongſt the moſt eminent of his pro-
feſſion for his excellent ſkill and ſucceſs therein, and
hath given farther proof of his worth and knowledge
by ſeveral learned books by him publiſhed. He hath
entertained ſo great an affection for the univerſity of
Oxford, that he hath lately preſented the library with
divers valuable books, both manuſcript and printed;
and enriched the new Muſeum with ſeveral altars,
coins, and other antiquities, together with a great
number of curioſities of Nature, whereof ſeveral can-
not be matched for any price ; which yet he declares
to be but an earneſt of what he farther intends, &c.
The diploma for his creation was ſealed, March 11 ;
and very ſhortly after he was elected a fellow of the
College of Phyſicians.
Purſuing ſtill his favourite ſtudies, he publiſhed,
I. © Hiſtoria Conchyliorum liber primus, qui eſt
de cochleis terreſtribus, Lond. 1685,” folio. This
book, which is the moſt valuable of his works 3, con-
fiſts chiefly of engravings from the drawings of his
two daughters, now in the Aſhmolean Muſeum, was re-
publiſhed in 1770, by Mr. Huddesford, in two volumes
folio, under the title of“ Synopſis Conchyliorum.“
2. Tractatus de Scarabeis Anglicanis, premiſſa
Inſectorum Angliz Tabula generali+,” 4to.
% Exercitatio anatomica, in qua de cochleis max-
ime terreſtribus & limacibus agitur, &c. 1694,” 8vo,
4+ ** Cochlearum & Limacum exercitatio anatomica;
accedit e variolis exercitatio, 1695,” 2 vol. 8vo. |
5. ** Eonchyliorum Bivalvium utriuſque aquæ ex-
ercitatio anatomica tertia, &c. 1696,” 4to,
He publiſhed his medicinal obſervations, under the
title of © Exercitationes Medicinales, 1697 3” and
next year, attending the earl of Portland in an embaſſy
to the court of France, ſtayed at Paris about fix months;
and, on his return, publiſhed an account of his jour-
ney, containing obſervations on the ſtate and curioſities
of that metropolis. Theſe, being thought minute and
trifling for a man of letters, produced a pleaſant tra-
veſtie from Dr. William King, the famous Civilian.
In 1705, he publiſhed * De Opſoniis & Condi-
mentis, five Arte Coquinaria, Libri Decem 5.” This
alſo Dr. King attacked.
In 1709, he was appointed ſecond phyſician in or-
dinary to queen Anne; an honour he enjoyed not
long. He died Feb. 2, 1711-12, oppreſſed with ag,
and infirmities ; and was buried at Clapham, in Surrey
with the following inſcription on a mural tablet:
Near this place is buried the body of
Martin Liſter,
doctor of phyſic, a member of the
Royal Society, and one of
queen Anne's phyſicians
who departed this life
the ſecond day of
February 1711-12.”
On an adjoining tablet :
“ Hannah Liſter,
dear wife!
. died the firſt of Auguſt, 1695,
and left (ix children
in tears,
for a moſt indulgent mother.”
nitre of Egypt, XV. 836.— Account of a ſtone grown to an iron bodk'n in the bladder of a boy, ib. 882.—Letter to Mr, Ray
concerning ſome particulars that might be added to the ornithology, ib. 1159, —Anſwer to Mr. Dale's three queries relating
to ſhells, XVII. 641,—Account of tranſparent pebbles, moſtly of the ſhape of ombriz or brontiæ, ib. 778.— The manner of
making ſteel, and its temper ; with a gueſs at the way the ancients uſed to ſteei their picks, for the cutting and hewing of
porphyry, ib. 865.—Deſcription of certain ſhells found in the Eaſt Indies, ib. 870,—An account of the nature and differences
of the juices, more particularly of our Engliſh vegetables, XIX. 365.—Account of ſeveral plants which may be uſefully culti-
vated for producing graſs or hay, ib. 412.— An account of the long worm which is troubleſome to the inhabitants of Fort St.
George in the Eaſt Indies, ib. 417,—The anatomy of the ſcallop, ib. 567,—Of a venomous ſcratch with the tooth of a por-
poiſe, its ſymptoms and cure, ib, 726.— His opinion of Dr, Clarke's obſervations on the polypus of the lungs, ib, 779.—
Account of two boys bit by a mad dog, XX. 247.—An objection to the new hypotheſis of the generation of animalculæ in
ſemine maſculino, ib, 337.— Account of coal-borings in Yorkſhire, XXI. 73.—Remark on Dr, Cay's account of the virtues of
the oſtracites, ib, 81.—On the origin of white vitriol, and the figure of its cryſtals, ib. 331,—On pondered blues paſſing in the
lacteal veins, XXII. 819.—Wood alſo refers, for other productions of Dr. Liſter, to the © Philoſophical Collections,“ No 4.
See Phil. Tranſ. N“ 139.
* Ibid. N* 144. This was reprinted at London in 1684, in 8vo, with additions; and to it was ſubjoined “ De Fontibus
Medicatis Angliz Exercitatio altera,” dedicated to the Univerſity of Oxford, |
Having had the ſatisfaction, when in France, of ſeeing a copy of this book in the king's library; he preſented that mo-
narch with a more complete copy of it, ſoon after his return from Paris, in 1699. The work appeared originally in detached
and ſeparate parcels, and at different times. Some of theſe were printed off without any names or deſcription of ſhells ; others
had both: then a new impreſſion was made of the former, and deſcriptions, &c. added. Theſe detached pieces the Doctor
preſented to his friends, or let a few of them go into public ſale, But it is plain that no regular method was obſerved in this
affair; for, of numberleſs copies which were extgnt, very few were perfect in every part. The plates of ſhells were depoſited
in the Muſeum at Oxford; and Mr, Whiteſide, keeper of that Muſeum, about the year 1721, took off a few impreſſions of the
work, which are the moſt perfect of any before the edition of 1770; but they had ſtill many faults. In 1769, the book having
become ſo very ſcarce, that a copy tolerably perfect ſold for £20.; the Curators of the Oxfqd preſs determined to print a
new edition of it, and committed the care of it to Mr, Huddesford, then keeper of the Muſeum ; whoſe edition conſiſts of
1059 plates, excluſive of the anatomical ones, |
+ See Bibl. Aſhmol. N 1455. f
5 « The Art of Cookery, in Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry, with ſome Letters to Dr. Liſter and others, occaſioned
principally by the Title of a Book publiſhed by the Doctor, being the Works of Apicius Cœlius, concerning the Soups and
Sauces of the Antients; with an Extract of the greateſt Curioſities contained in that Book, 1708.” Of Dr. Liſter's book no
more than 120 copies were printed in 170g; but it was republiſhed at Amſterdam, in 1709, by Theodore Janſ. Almeloveen, under
the title of Apicii Celii de Opſoniis & Condimentis, five Arte Coquinaria, Libri Decem. Cum Annotationibus Martini
Liſter, & Medicis Domeſticis Sereniflime Majeſtatis Reginz Annæ, & Notis ſelectioribus, variiſque Lectionibus integris, Humel-
bergii, Barthii, Reineſii, A. Van Der Linden, Editio Secunda,” Dr. Aſkew had a copy of each edition.
24 —
WALTHAM,
n antient writings called Waktham and Waltham on
the Mold is à conſiderable village, ſituated in a
wholeſome air on the turnpike-road which leads from
Grantham to Leiceſter; and is bounded by Godeby
Marwood, Saxby, Wyfordby, Thorpe-Ernald, and
Caldwell. It is five miles from Melton Mowbray,
the neareſt market · town; ten miles and three quarters
from Grantham ; and nineteen from Leiceſter; and,
in the eccleſiaſtical diviſion of the county, is within
the deanry of Framland. ; |
Ibis townſhip acquired its firſt name from weald,
woody, and ham, a town*; and its ſecond, from the
Saxon pold, a hill, mount, or high place * ; which Dr.
Johnſon; from biſhop Gibſon, explains thus: Wold,
whether fingly or jointly, in the names of places, ſig-
nifies a plain 6pen country, from the Saxon Pols, a
plain, and a place without a wood * ;” which ſtrictly
anſwers the nature of the place called Zork Wolds to
this day; and pretty nearly correſponds with the
Walls of Leiceſterſhire; which may be called a line of
hilly plains, or downs *, in the North part of the
county, extetidirig Weſt and Eaſt, from about Diſhley
Grange near Lovghborough; along Preſtwold, Burton
on the Wolds, Wimeſwold, Walton on the Wolds,
Dalby on the Wolds*, to Waltham on the Wolds“;
which is, therefore, the woody town at the extremity
of the wolds. 2” |
The lordſhip of Waltham; containing fixteen
ploughlands and a half, is deſcribed in Domeſday as
part of the ample poſſeſſions of Hugo de Grentemaiſnell;
under whom it was held by Walter. In the time of
the Confeſſor, the annual value had been three
pounds, which at the ſurvey was increaſed to fix
unds. The land was equal to eleven ploughs.
Two were employed in the demeſne; and twenty-four
ſocmen, with one villan, and one bordar, had fix
ploughs; and one knight, with ſeven bordars, three
bondmen, and one bondwoman, had one plough and
a half. There were alſo in the lordſhip an hundred
acres of meadow land ?. 8
Mido de Credun is recorded alſo in Domeſday, as
holding two ploughlands and a half in Waltham,
with ſac and ſot, and half a ploughland without the
ſac and ſoc. The ſtock of this portion of land is in-
cluded in the preceding valuation *.
From Hugo de Grentemaiſnell the lordſhip of
Waltham devolved to the earls of Leiceſter; for, we
find that, about the year 1160, Robert Boſſu, earl of
7 Fealbbam, habitatid ſylveſtris, quod in foreſid vel ſylvia fit ſita.“ See Fuller's Waltham Abbey.
Pray ton, in his Polyolbion, deſcribes,
W A kb T H AM
379 3
Leiceſter, gave the tithes of his demeſnes here to the
abbey of St. Ebrulf*. x 2
Jabel daughter of Robert Baſſu, and Simon earl of
Northampton her huſband, gave two carucates, and
paſture for 300 ſheep here, to the monaſtery of Nun-
eaton '* ; which grant was confirmed by the earl her
father **, who had founded the nunnery in the'reign
of king Stephen, and confirmed- all the donations
which were made to it. He confirmed alſo two vir-
gates of land in Swinford given by Richard Malore,
and 25. rent of a houſe in Leiceſter, held of bim by
Guy Broadleas ; and alſo half a virgate of land which
the ſaid Richard poſſeſſed in the lordſhip of Nuneaton ;
which monaſtery was ſo far indulged by Boniface VIII.
that he exempted them from payment of tithes for
ſuch lands as they either ſhould till or graze with
their own cattle, propriis expenſit ſuis **, *
All theſe gifts were again confirmed by the earl
and counteſs of Northampton, and by Simon Senliz
their ſon. |
Ralph de Muriel gave four bovates at Waltham to
the priory of Belvoir *; which, when Jabel counteſs
of Northampton was poſſe ſſed of the honor dominii de
Waltham, ſhe confirmed to the prior, being the ſame
which Harlevinus Francigena held.
Gervaſe Paynel! gave to the priory a confirmation of
this grant ; and Simon Sentiz the younger, earl of
Northampton, confirmed alſo his mother's grant“.
Roger de Quincy, ear] of Winton, freed the prior
of Belvoir from all frank pledge and ſervice owing to
his court of Leiceſter, due from two virgates of land
in Waltham held of his fee“.
In 1270, Roger de Quinci, earl of Winton, died
ſeiſed of one Knight's fee in Waltham, which Philip
d' Aubeni anſwered for; and the abbot of Crexton held
the ſame in pure alms .
In 1279, the records of the Exchequer notice that
* Mauritius de Creon & Wido nepos ſuus debent 5
marcas ut loquela ** de Waltham, quam habent verſus
Gervaſium Painel ; (it coram rege. Gervaſius Painel
debet 5 marcas, ut habeat placitum in curia regis de
terra Waltham verſus Mauritium de Creon *?.”
In the Itinerary of 1280, Waltham, Thorpe, and
Brentingby, anſwered collectively as one vill.
The greateſt part of this town. belonged to the neigh-
bouring abbey of Croxton; to whom king Henry III.
granted a weekly market here on the Tburſday
and an annual fair on the 8th of September.
Burton, p. $4.
* Two neat and dainty rills, the little Snyte and Deane,
| That, from the lovely Oulds, their beauteous parent, ſpring:” | |
Fexpewveld is an billy tract of country, but bare of wood, and called the Nod, running from a place fix miles North of Lei.
ceſter, known by the name of gebill, along the Foſs- road for about twelve miles towards Newark upou Trent. Carte, Hiſt.
vol. II. p. 269. b. p. 281.
The word Welds, or Olds, provincially pronounce
d Oli, has given much ſcope to the ingenuity of the criticks on Shakeſpeare,
In illuſtrating a couplet of Edgar, in King Lear, Act II. Scene V.
« Saint Withiold footed thrice the Wold ;
4 He mer the night - mate, and her nine fold ;” |
which Dr. Farmer, with the lagacity that marks his criticiſm beyond any of his compeers, reads thus:
& Saint Withold- footed thrice the ads,
| He met the night-mare, and her nine foles,” 1
* Dunum ſignifies a flat country, the downs; but a flat country may be bigh. G. A. |
3 Otherwite called Wold or Od Dalby.
At Waltham and at Walton the alliteration has preſerved the N. G. A.
7 « Walterus tenet de H. 16 carucatas terræ & dimidigm in Waltham. Terra eſt 11 carucarum. In dominico ſunt 2 caruce ;
& 24 ſochtnanni, cum 1 villano & 1 bordario, habent 6 carucas. Ibi 1 miles, cum 7 bordariis & 3 ſervi, & 1 ancilla, habent r
carucam & dimidiam. Ibi 100 acre prati. Valuit 3 libras; modo 6 libras.“ Domeſday, p. 233. a. col, 1. i
% Wido de Credun tenet in Waltham 2 catucatas terre & dimidiam, cum ſaci & ſoch, & dimidiam carucatam tertæ fine
ſack & ſoca. Ilujus terra pecunia ſuperius eſt annumerata.“ Ibid, p. 235. a. 2.
» Vet. Rot. in Bib. Cott, And ſee the Appendix to the Hiſtory of Leiceſter, p. 14.
Vet. Memb. pen. Dec. et cap. Lich.
Suit, or action.
See Appendix to the Hiſtory of Leiceſter, p. 15.
m Wadland z Ms. ex Rot. memb. peues Decem. & cupit Litchfield,
15 See this deed in the Appendix, p. 33 and the earl's ſeal, plate V.
1 Belvoir Regiſter,
14 Thid,
1 Belvoir Regiſter,
27 Eſch. 55 Hen, III. N* 36. Leic,
9 Magu. Rot. a6 Hen. II. Rot. 7. Warw. & Leic. Madox, Exchequer, p. 66.
** 4 Mercatum, quod pertinet ad abbatiam de Croxton, ſolebat teneri per diem Veneris; de cetero teneatur per diem Jovis.“
Fin Hen. III. M. 3. Clauſ. 4 Hen. III. m. 15.
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380 HISTORY axd ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
King Edward I. alſo gave them liberty of free-
warren *. _
The Regiſter of Croxton furniſhes ſeveral curious
particulars relative to this townſhip. . |
Robert Fitz-Parnell earl of Leiceſter (who in the
Regiſter is ſtyled earl of Winton) was lord of the ma-
nor of Waltham, and Had under him the following
free tenants, who were all pares in libertate.
Henry le Fnight, Who held three ploughlands.
Guido.
Bernard, who had two ploughlands and a water-
mill. | |
The earl held nine ploughlands in his demeſne;
two of which, joining to Ringlethorpe-mere, he gave
to the abbey of Gerendon, with 30 acres of meadow
in the mere, for which the reQor of Waltham re-
ceived annually a tithe of 4s. One carncate he gave
to the nuns of Faton z and held the reſidue in demeſne,
A diſpute between king Henry II. and the earl of
Eeiceſter proceeded to ſuch a length, that the earl
was directed to go into foreign parts, where he con-
tinued eighteen years before a reconciliation took
place; and on bi; return brought with him a noble
knight, named Philip de Albintaco, who is repreſented
to have been armis decoratum & expertum. This is a
circumſtance in the life of Fitz Parnell, which none
of the hiſſorians have noticed; and accounts for his
having in the early part of his life been“ ſcarcely
heard of but in the field of Mars *.”
On viſiting his manor of Waltham, the earl found
it not fo entire as he had left it; the homagers of the
king ar Caldwell and Wykeham having poſſeſſed them-
ſelves of divers parts of it. His inheritance, having
been thus invaded, he applied to the king for redrefs ;
who heard him complacently, and directed his bailiffs
to ſee that reſtitution was made. But the earl, mindful
of the paſt, and dreading future inconvenience, did
not chuſe to accept the royal boon, till it was con-
firmed to him by the grand aſſize of the county;
' + which he accordingly obtained. Deſirous of confer-
ring ſome favour on his gallant friend, he gave fir
Philip D'Aubeney two ploughlands in Waltham, with
a meſſuage, ſituated near the fountain at the door of
the rector's houſe, which had formerly been held by
Guido and Bernard; and after a ſhort time, at the
expreſs recommendation of king John, the ear] in-
creaſed his gift' by beſtowing on fir Philip and his
heirs the whole of his manor of Waltham, with all its
appurtenances, to be held by the ſervice of one knight's
fee; and the grant was confirmed by the king. This
grant fir Philip transferred in pure alms to the abbot
and con vent of Croxton, on the ſame ſervice; which
was confirmed by king Henry III.
The abbey had alſo, from the ſame benefactor, 15
acres and a half of meadow land for the tithe of the
meadow in his demeſne; of which 6 acres and a half
were-it> Oſbornewong, and g acres near the meadow
which belonged to the nannery of Eaton.
Margaret, counteſs of Winton, widow of Sayer de
Quincy, and filter of earl Robert Fitz Parnell, con-
firmed all the above gifts, with a reſerve only of ſuch
foreign ſervice as belonged to half a knight's fee.
Roger de Quincy, earl of Winton, confirmed alſo the
former gifts, and gave up the ſervice of half a knight's
tee which his mother had reſerved ; remitting in ge-
neral- all foreign ſervice, and view of frankpledge ;
on receiving an annual acknowledgement of 25.
Robert 'Herlewin held in fee, under the prior of
Belvoir, two virgates, with the appurtenances,
Five ploughlands were held by the abbot of Croxton,
one by the nuns of Eaton in demeſne, and one
ploughland was held in villenage by divers tenants.
The nuns of Eaton paſſeſſed alſo the advowſon, to
whieh three-virgates of land were annexed. |
John le Mareſcall, fon of Robert, held freely under
the abbot of Croxton nine bovates, ſeven of which
he kept in his own hands, and the other two he lett
: Cart, 32 Edw. I. n. 52.
to Henry Mareſcall. He paid for the whole 125. 4
year, and foreign ſervice. 4 8
The abbey had two acres of meadow, called Calv.
acre, in Waltham rede, the gift of Ralph Gray, of
Great Paunton ; and 4s. of annual rent for a term of
40 years, the gift of John le Mareſcall, from a virgate
of Jand and a meſſuage held by Henry le Mareſcall.
Richard, ſon of Hugo the Smith, held one bovate
freely in Waltham, which acre was in villanage. He
had this, for himſelf and his heirs, in exchange for a
bovate in Beſcalby, and paid far it a rent of 15. 10d.
and foreign ſervice. N
Alan de Newile held four bovates, for a pound of
pepper and foreign ſervice, | |
The rent received by the abbot from the free-
tenants, including the public oven (cum furno) was
284. 84d. and a pound of pepper. He had beſides
the profit of the market and fair, with the perquiſites
of courts, miſerrcordid, & gratiis z foreign ſervice from
all the tenants in villanage, at his own pleaſure, for
which he was anſwerable to no one; and all the women
in villanage paid him Merchet* and Lothermnt *,
The villagers /cotiarii), tenants at will, paid on an
average (ſecundum inajus & minus) 295. a year, in all
£4+ 75.3 and 36 virgates were held by divers rufici,
each of which paid 125. a year.
The whole rental, from the free-tenants, ruſlici,
villagers, and the oven, was annually £'27. 175. 24d.;
which, when the Regiſter was written, had ſomewhat
increaſed, plus mode, but how much is not expreſſed.
The abbot of Croxton was bound to pay to the
earl of Leiceſter for frankpledge, for his whole de-
meſne at Waltham, two ſhillings a year; 129. after
the firſt great court held at Waltham after Eaſter,
and 124. at Michaelmas. Theſe payments were to
be made in the town of Leiceſter, and no where elſe,
by ſome one of the convent who had aſſumed the ha-
bit, by a canon or a convert {per canonicum five con-
verſum). But particular proviſion was made that the
convent ſhould not ſuffer for any negle& of their meſ-
ſenger; and juriſdiction was allo given them over
the effects of felons, on condition that the guilty per-
ſon ſhould be delivered up within eight days to the
bailiff of the earl, or of his ſucceſſors lords of Groty,
to be tried in their proper court.
The tenants of the abbot in villanage were bound
to exonerate the land which the abbot held in de-
meſne from all ſcutage to the king, unleſs exempted
by ſpecial favour. But the tenants aſſerted, that
when any tax was to be levied by the king's autho-
rity within the lordſhip of Waltham, ſcutage ex-
cepted, the free-tenants, as well as the others, were
to be equally aſſeſſed; yet, contrary to that uſage,
John Mareſcall and Alan de Nevil withheld one far-
thing (quadrantem) from every bovate of their land
which they had been formerly accuſtomed to pay.
In like manner the abbot's cottagers paid all taxes
impoſed on them; but thoſe of John Mareſcall paid
nothing; nor dared they pay, leſt they ſhould incur
the diſpleaſure of the ſaid John.
Sletbengs was to be ſhut up, or put in defence (ia
defenſum from the Purification of the Bleſſed Virgin
to the feaſt of St. Peter and Vincula. This had been
the cuſtom from the time of Philip D' Aubeney; but the
ſteward of the nuns. of Eaton requeſted to have pal-
ture in Slethengs till the fcaſt of the Annunciation.
All the holms in the lordſhip were formerly in
like manner put in defence till the Purification ; but
the time was extended till the Annunciation, on ac-
count of the abbot's ſheep, which were depaſtured
in the holm, with thoſe of the nuns and the rector,
from the Purification to the Annunciation,
On the 25th of June, 1236, an agreement was
concluded at Leiceſter, between Ralph abbot of Crox-
ton, and Ida prioreſs of Nuneatan, in the preſence of
R. de Lexington, Oliver de Valleton, and others the
king's juſtices itinerant, concerning a ſpinney in the
2 See ſome memoirs of this earl under the Hiſtory of the Town of Leiceſter, p. 91.
3 Bracton (lib, II. c. 8.) defines Marchet, ** conſuetudo pecuniaria, in mancipiorum filiabus maritandis.“ In the manor of
Diener, in the county of Carmarthen, every tenant at the marriage of his daughter pays 205; to the lord, which in the Britiſh
language is called Gwabr M:rcbed, i. e. a Maid's Fec, Jacob, ſub voce Marchet.
* Idem quod Lierwi, vel Litherzyith;: ab A. S. Loda, Lodix, culcita lecti, et Wire, mulcta. Skinner, Lierwit exp. mulcta,
quæ olim jure exigi potuit ab illo qui domini alicujus 1erram compreſſerat, q. d. mulcta adulterit ſeu fornicationis, Ibid- The
A. S. Liden fignifies wicked.
IDS |
lordſhip
FRAMLAND HUN DRED. ]
to the prioreſs and her convent, in recompence for a
ſpinney which they had demoliſhed, ſixteen roods of
a ſpinney belonging to their own demeſne ; ſituated,
in breadth, between the abbot's demeſne in the South,
and that portion of ſpinney which formerly belonged
to the prioreſs, but was in future to be the abbot's;
and extending in length from the boundary of Stoneſby
field to the boundary of Fretheby field; to be held
by the prioreſs and her ſucceſſors: for ever, as freely
as any part of their demeſne, ſo that they might at
any time cut or crop any part of the ſaid ſpinney ;
reſerving, however, both, to the abbey and the priory
the commonage of paſture throughout the whole
ſpinney. [be prioreſs, in like manner, releaſed to
the abhot, for herſelf and her homagers, all right to
that part of the ſpinney which had been the ſubject
of diſpute, reſerving the right of common. on the
whole lordſhip ; and with a proviſo that the averie
of the prioreſs ſhould have a right to enter on the
paſtures and fields as early after harveſt as thoſe of
the abbot ; poſ? ſena levata & blada aſſartata.
The paſture of Waltham was meaſured (either in
1238 or 1244) by Re bert lord of Brentingby, Roger
Beler of Kirkby, and others; when it appeared that
every virgate was capable of maintaining four head
of cattle, or averie, 45 ſheep, one ſow with her litter,
one hog, and four geeſe with a gander ; and once in
every year, at the feaſt of St. Mark in winter, all
beyond that number were to be removed. TS:
The whole lordſhip contained 19 ploughlands j but
uſually anſwered only for 16.
Ar a general aſſemblage of the inhabitants of
Waltham, on Midſummer-day, 1287, each one upon
oath declared that the church of Waltham was ſeiſed
of five bovates of land; which Jobn Gines, formerly
rector, during the whole time of his incumbency,
held by five tenants, who performed for the ſame
certain ſervices to the church, but that he retained no
part of that land in his own poſſeſſion. Theſe five
tenants h 8
longed to their land in common with the reſt of the
townſhip; but had no commonage in their particular
parcels; namely, in Brinothyrne, Sleything, and Weſt-
field; two of which were reſerved for the mainte-
- nance of the oxen of five ploughs belonging to the
-abbot of Croxton and the oxen of one plough be-
longiag to the prioreſs ; the third for the ſole uſe of
the abbot. T0 . d !-4
After the death of Gines, Clement de Leytton, the
next rector, took the five bovates from the tenants
into his own occupation, tilled them with his own
plough; and ſoon after placed his cattle {averie) in
the two parcels before - mentioned with thoſe of abbot
Geoffrey, who cauſed them to be impounded ſeveral
times; but the rector conſtantly redeemed them by
regular ſureties (per vadimonia & plegios ), till a com-
promiſe was made, that the cattle of the {aid Clement
mould have common with thoſe of the abbot during
pleaſure, but not from any right; which continued
for thirty years till the death of abbot Geoffrey, and
for three more during the time of abbot William.
At length, Clement the rector died, within one month
after the death of abbot William, in 1277; and Wil-
liam de Verny was inducted into the rectory, who,
during his firſt year, put no beaſts into the ſaid two
parcels of ground. Ia the ſecond and third years he
put in beaſts and horſes, in comman with thole of the
abbot, from the feaſt of the Invention of the Holy
Croſs, without any hindrance or impounding ; but
afterwards, for ſeven years, was conſtantly moleſted
in the uſe of the ſaid paſture, and his cattle im-
pounded, by the bailiffs of the abbot, up to the day
of the preſent meeting.
One of the bovates. in. diſpute. held by Hubert
Mareſcall under the lord of the manor, and ſituate
in Waltham ficid amongſt thoſe of abbot William, was
given to the church of Waltham, by Huge, for the
maintenance of a lamp to burn daily during maſs, and
three wax-tapers at the three altars of the church.
Fill. Plac. 3x Edw. I. in Recept. Scaccarii,
* Eſch, 45 Edw. III. N* 22, Leic.
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WA Lr HA N.
tham, which the abbot of Croxton held 3.
as much commonage of paſture as be-
* Eſch. 14 Edw. III. N* 24. Leic.
5 Eſch. 11 Ric. II. N* 26. Leic.
4 | of 4 381
.
-. Ralph the Clerk, of Waltham, in ihe ti %
contention ; the abbot and convent agreeing to 2008 R 174 altham, in the time of king
ichard, bought of fir Henry le Knight,
f-Newport-
Pagnel, then lord ot Newport
| of a fourth part of the villata
Waltham, one toft and a 45 of land, to be $i
by the ſaid Ralph and his heirs, under the church of
Waltham, on the tenure of finding one creſſet to
burn conſtantly in the ſaid church in the day and
night of every feſtival. Ralph held the ſame man
years; and after him Robert his ſon, who, whillt
Terald was rector, regularly performed the accul-
tomed ſervices ; but, dying without heirs, the land
eſcheated to the church, and was accordingly ſeiſed
by Gunfrid, then rector, and annexed to the demeſnes
of the church, by , conſent of the prioreſs of Eaton,
and the ſervice aforeſaid withdrawn. After ſome time,
Gunfrid demiſed the ſaid land to Arnold for a rent of
12d.; after whoſe death, //ilkam his ſon held it till
the time when Clement became rector, who took the
land into his own poſſeſſion, and was the immediate
predeceſlor of William the preſbyter; who, in 1287,
claimed of right the privilege of common, which
Clement, who was the abbot's nephew, had enjoyed
as a favour; but was denied it on the ground of a
general admeaſurement of the whole common, which
had been made about 50 years before,
In 1302, the abbot of Croxton recovered five
pounds damages from Roger de Saule and others, for
non-payment of toll (Therlond in the fair of the ſaid
abbot in his town of Waltham. |
In 1349, Henry de Beaumont, earl of Boghan, died
ſeiſed of the moiety of one knight's fee in Waltham,
held of the king in capite, as of the right of Alice
his wife *, I% |
In 1343, Henry de Ferrers died ſeiſed of the moiety
of one knight's fee, with the appurtenances, in Wal-
In 1371, William de Ferrers of Groby died ſeiſe
of half a knight's fee in Waltham, which the abbot
of Croxton held . 2 772 . 2
In 1387, Henry de Ferrers of Groby, knt. died
ſeiſed of half a knight's fee in Waltham, which the
abbot of Crexton held. |
In the ſubſidy of 1416, when the whole county was
rated at {757. 128. 114d. Waltham paid 685.
In 1444, William de Ferrers of Groby, knt. died
ſeiſed of halb a knight's/ fee in Waltham, which the
abbot of Croxten held. IS:
In the ſubſidy of 1445, Waltham was rated at /;.
85. od.; and an abatement was made of 12s; -
In 1457, Edward de Grey, knight, lord Ferrers of
Groby, died ſeiſed of half a knight's fee in Waltham,
"which the abbot of Croxton held 7.
Such of the lands at Waltham as. belonged- to the
ſeveral religious foundations above mentioned, after
the ſuppreſſion of the houſes to which they belonged,
devolving to the crown, were, by king Henry VIII. in
1541, granted to Thomas Manners, earl of Rutland.
Sir Eraſinus de la Fountaine had the tithes and other
property at Waltham, which he bought of Henry
Rickards and others
The whole lordſhip contains about 2400 acres ;
the land in general but indifferent. | |
In an act paſſed in 1766, for dividing and incloſing
certain open arable fields and common paſtures, in the
pariſh of Waltham on the Wolds, containing toge-
ther about 2000 acres, John duke of Rutland is de-
ſcribed as lord of the manor, and patron of the rec-
tory, of Waltham, and as owner and proprietor of
far the greateſt part of the lands lying within the
ſaid patith, ſome of which were then already incloſed,
and parts of which, incloſed as well as unincloſed
lands, were freed and exempt from the payment of
tithes ;. and alſo entitled to certain tithes, called Sheen
Tithes; and the Rev. William Raftall, as rector of
the pariſh-church of Waltham, entitled to all the
great and ſmall tithes (except as before excepted)
and to certain moduſes payable, out of ſome of the
then incloſed lands in lieu of tithes, and alſo entitled
to certain glebe lands within the ſaid fields and paſ-
tures; and George Noble was then owner and propri-
etor of all the remaining lands lying within the faid
Eſch. 17 Edw. III. Ne 59. Leic.
* Eſch. 23 Hen, VI. “ Eſch. 36 Hen. VI.
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open arable fields and common paſtures in the Taid
ariſt. . An allotment was, in the ficſt place, directed
15 be made in full eempenſation to the fector for his
glebe; who was beſides to have a ſeventh part of
the remainder of the common field, in lieu of all tithes,
great and ſmall, moduſes, and ali other payments,
except ſutplice-fees, Eaſter-offerings, and mcrtuaries;
and the duke of Rutland, as 'lord of the manor, to
have one ſixteenth of the open fields in Neu'of his
right of ſoil ; and an adequate portion beſides in lieu
of his Sheen Tithes. |
In this pariſh are ſtill the foundations of ſome old
building, ſuppoſed a nunnery, from a lane and inclo-
ſhare which are near to it, formerly called Nun's Lane
aud Nurs Cleſe ; but this is conjecture, and unſup-
ported by any known tradition or memorial. It was
probably, however, a grange to Nuneaton *,
There is ſtill one cloſe, however, named The Bell
Cloſe, fo called from the rent's being applied in paying
the ſalaries of the clerk and ſexton; the latter for
ringing a bell at four o'clock in the morning and
eight in the evening. In the conteſted elected in 1775,
they voted as freebolders in the county in conſequence
882 — 384 HISTORY AU ANTIQUEYTES or LEIGESTERSHIRE,
bf receiving theit ſalaries from the rents of this cloſe;
+ not known When this wis given, br who was the
onor.
In 1564, there were 44 families in Walikam.
There are now 91 families, and 403 inbabitatits.
No freeholder occurs here in the lif of 1630.
At the general election in 1722, ſeven freeboldery
polled from this pariſh ; and four in 1773. |
Nett expence of rhe poor in 1776, £80. 18s. 114,
Medium of three years; 1783—1785, £87. 125,
The pariſh-regiſter began in 1564; and gives, for
twenty years from that time, 194 baptiſms, and 146
burials.' The laſt twenty years, ending in 1788, have
a remarkable, and almbſt ſingular coincidence, viz.
192 baptiſms, and 146 burials.
The ſmall market which uſed to be here is now
wholly diſcontinued; but there is ſtill a fair held,
upon the 19th of September, for horſes, hdrned cattle;
hogs, and goods of all forts. On the fait-day every
one Who chooſes to brew is allowed to ſell ale; and
many brew it to give away *.
A Waltham halfpenny, of Henry Darker, 1668, is
engraved in plare LXX. fig. 13.
The CHURCH,
dedicated to St. Mary Magdalen, is a large and antient
building, conſiſting of a lofty nave on four pointed
arches, with octagon pillars, and four clereſtory win-
dows on each fide; two ailesz and a North and South
croſs, all leaded. See a North view of it, taken by
At the Weſt end, till lately, was a fire-place.,
"Many of che columns, which ſeparate the nave from
the ale, are highly ornamented, as will appear from
the flight ſketches, plate LXX. fig. 1, 2.
ln the middle of the church, between the chancel
and the nave, is the ſteeple, a high ſtone ſpire upon
a low tower, wherein are five middling bells, very
tuncable, chus inſcribed : | |
1. Laudo Deum verum. Henry Penn * made me, 1726.
2. Surge, age. Henry Penn made me, 1726.
J. |
- God fave the Church, our Queene, and:Realme,
and fend us Peace in Chriſt, amen.
5. Thomas Baker, John Greathead, churchwardens,
1728. F 0 .
1 this church Mr. Burton mentions theſe arms.
(See plate LXX. fig. 3—6.) 8
1. Quarterly s I Kgl. 5
| Azure, ſeme de fleurs de lis, a lion
2. Quarterly 35 rampant, Or. if
| * 8 ö Azure, three garbs 0
Sable, a croſs engrailed Or;
3. Nee, f Gules, a croſs moline Argent.
4. Goles, three water-bougets Argent. Ros.
All which are now gone; but in the roof wood-
wotk of the nave is a greater curioſity, being the
coat, engraved fig. 7, four times repeated; which
Mr. Peck took to be the arms of the nuns of Nun -
eaion, who probably built that part of the nave.
Here are thtee beautiful ſtalls, baving blank ſhields
CITES.
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Gunfrid. _ . |
John Gynes, of de Ginges, 1220,
for arms over hem, fig. 8. The piſcina in the chan-
e Leytton, ſubdeacon, 1239; died 1277.
William de Verny, 1277.
Michael Carpenter, 1534. |
Simon Kelham , 1.5609, | ;
John Bringeſt ſigus the regiſter as rector in 1567.
1 Set before under Eaton, p. 174.
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cel is ſtopt up ; but one remains in the South aile.
The font is given in fig. 9; with thoſe of Harby
and Howes, fig. 10, 11.
In this church, under every arch, a garland is ſuſ-
pended ; one of which is cuſtomarily placed there
whenever any young unmarried woman dies.
In 1791, there remained, by the pulpit, an hour-
glaſs in an iron frame mounted on three high wooden
brackets; fig. 12.
The chancel is very large, and till within theſe four
or five years the communion-table was in the middle,
and ſeats round it; under which grew in the moſt
flouriſhing condition large quantities of the Aſplenium
ſcolapendrium, or hart's-tongue, though none of this
plant can be trac:d without the walls, or about the
ton.
ln this church is a gallery for the uſe of the ſingers
and others. |
lu 1220, the nuns of Eaton were patroneſſes of the
church of Waltham. The then parſon was John de
Ginges, inſtitured by the then biſhop of Lincoln, Hugh.
The monks of St. Ebrulf had then a moiety of the
tithe-ſheaves of the demeſne of the abbot of Croxton.
In 1344, the procurations were, 75. 644.; the church
was taxed at 14 marks, and paid 25. for Peter-pence.
Ia 1534-5, the procurations and ſynodals were 11s.
1d. ; a penſion to the priory of Freſton of C1. 1 and
to the priory of Melton 45.3 and the value of the
rectory (18. 9 50
In 1650, the rectory was returned worth (100. and
the incumbent as no preacher.” :
Richard Lifter, eſq. had the right of preſentation in
1687, on a leaſe from Joby earl of Rutland, for gg years.
The rectory is rated in the king's books at (19. 55. ;
and is now worth about £300. a year. 3
I The epiſcopal procurations are, 15. 4d.; the archi-
diaconal, 115. 1d.
An annual penſion alſo of CI. 47. is paid to
| PATRONS,
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- > Þt was kept up in 150, when Wyrley viſited this town; which lie calls 4 Waltham ſur le Would, que nundlinum habet.“
Sic teſtamur, Sept. 19, 171, J. Nichols, J. Pridden, J. Schnebbelie, J. B. Nichols.
+ «« Pefore 1726, there were here but four bells; but then they caſt the great bell into two ſmall ones, which was dons by
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bdegot a jaw-ſuit this preſent ſummer, 1729. However, Penn came off victor; and then went to his inn to take hore, and
died ſuddenly.“ 6 27 MS. | | | | | l
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petenter doctus; refidet ; non hoſpitalis ; deget ibidem ; non licenciatus; predicat in precinQ” cur'; dy
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Edward Higginbotham 1, 1607
William Hill, March 13, 1666.
Immanuel Bourne“, Feb. 12, 1661 ; died 1672.
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WALTHAM.
; died in Feb. 1609-10,
385
Thomas Barcroft, pro ble vice.
John, eighth carl of Rutland, pleno
Edward Holland *, M. A. June 24, 1673; died 1687. jure,
William Whatton 4, Feb. 8, 1687.
Edward Browne, March 7, 1689.
Edward Holland, May 19, 1692. .
Richard Burgis 5; B. A. Oct. 31, 1722.
Matthew Bradford *, LL. B. Aug. 14, 1745-
William Raſtall 7, D. D. March 18, 1750.
Bowyer-Edward Sparke s, M. A. June 22, 1789.
MONUMENTAL
All over the chancel are ſtones, whoſe inſcriptions
in general are worn out. |
One of theſe, on a coarſe alabaſter ſtone, has,
« Pic jacet Anus Henricus | 15
$0 ++005000 in Uni, m. ccce. ii
tujus anime propitietz Deus, Amen.“
Another, in the centre of the chancel, is engraved
in plate LXX. fig. 14, from a a. by Mr. Schneb-
belie. It is of blue marble, remarkably large; 10
feet 2 inches long, and 4 feet 8 inches wide, and has
been richly inlaid with braſs. |
The inſcription, as far as can now be traced, is
« HIC JACET DOMINUS . 0
QUONDAM RECTOR ISTIUS ECCLESIE, QUICANCELLA
% Ye ff -@ I. *
Ax Nos QUI OBIIT « . + JANUARIT,
ANNO DOMINI M' QUINGENTESIMO .....
CUJUS 4 +06 « |
ATE P'PITIET” DEUS. AMEN,”
In various parts of the church are inſcriptions up-
on blue flat ſtones, which have moſt of them an in-
laid white border, after the manner of Godeby and
ſome neighbouring pariſhes.
On the chancel floor, near the upper end :
1. A ſtone for Edward Holland, rector,“ who
died in 1687 ; the inſcription moſtly worn out.
a. Here lieth the body of
RicgAR PD BuRGEs, M. A.
late rector here,
who died May 12, 1745.”
On flat ſtones in the nave, under the tower :
1.“ Here lieth the body of William Baker,
ſon of Chriſtopher Baker and Mary his wife.
He departed this life the 19th day of November,
| anno Domini 1741, aged 28 years.”
2. © Here lieth interred the body of Mary,
the wife of Chriſtopher Baker,
who departed this life Nov. 8, 1735, aged 57-
Here alſo lieth interred the body of
the ſaid Chriſtopher. Baker, who departed this life
the 14th day of November, 1745, aged 66 years.”
3. * Here lieth interred the body of John,
the ſon of Chriſtopher Baker, by Mary his wife,
who departed this life the 1oth day of June, 1733,
in the 25th year of his age.
Here alſo lieth interred the body of Thomas,
the ſon of Chriſtopher Baker, by Mary his wife,
who departed this life the 8th day of April, 1748,
| in the 48th year of his age.”
4+ Here lieth the body of William Wartanby, gent.
| who departed this life November 11, 1733,
in the 48th year of his age.”
5. Here lieth the body of Barnatt,
wife of George Huddleſtone, gent.
and reli of William Wartanby, gent.
ſhe departed this life March 1, 1739, aged 41 years.”
On flat ſtones near the pulpit :
6. % To the memory of the Rev. Mr. Dixon.
He died January 5, 1781, aged 46 years.”
SS ET SS I ˙ WW BD
6 % „„ „ *
Fa
Wo
Richard Liſter, gent,
John, third duke of Rutland.
5 Iſabella, dutcheſs of Rutland; &c,
INSCRIPTIONS.
7. Here lieth the body of George Alcock, gent.
who departed this, life March 10, 1724,
in the 81ſt year of his age.“
In other parts of the nave :-
; | 8, "x Here lieth the body of Mary, |
wife of George Alcock, gent. who departed this life
the 31ſt day of December, 1739, aged 48 years.”
9. © Here lies interred the body of
Mtr. Joſeph Noble, who departed this life
February 15, 1711, in the 47th year of his age.
N Alſo Anne bis wife, :
who died December the 12th, 1785, aged 94.”
10. © Here lieth the body of George Noble,
who departed this life March the 19th, 1725,
in the 66th year of his age.”
11. Here lieth the body of Mary,
the wife of George Noble, who departed this liſe
May 5, 1713, in the 51ſt year of her age.“
12. * In memory of George Noble, gent.
| Who departed this life February the ad, 1777,
in the 77th year of his age.”
13. ©© Here lieth the body of Mrs. Mary Hurſt,
widow of John Hurſt, gent.
who departed this life October the 5th, 1768,
in the 88th year of his age.” |
14. © Here lieth the body of Anne,
the daughter of Francis and Elizabeth Yates,
who departed this life Jan. 30, 1750-51,
aged 1 year and 5 months.“
15. © Here lieth interred the body of William Love,
who was clerk of this pariſh and ſchoolmaſter 30 years.
He died, juſtly regretted, Auguſt 24, 1761,
in the 59th year of his age.”
On flat ſtones in the North croſs :
1. © Here lieth interred the body of John,
the ſon of John and Mary Friſby:
He died in his minority, the 29th of October, 1723.”
2. To the memory of Mr. John Friſby,
who departed this life the 28th day of October,
in the year of our Lord 1784, aged 83 years.
Alſo of Mary, the wife of Jobn Fritby ;
ſhe departed this life the ſecond day of July,
in the year of our Lord 1661, aged 55 years.“
3- © Here lieth interred the body of Thomas Friſby,
ſon of Thomas Friſby, by Elizabeth his wife,
who departed this life the 5th day of November,
in the year of our Lord 1744, aged 40 years.“
4. In memory of
J
Elizabeth Friſby, Thomas Friſby,
relict of Thomas Friſby, who departed this life
who departed this lite the 27th of February,
the 7th day of May,
anno Domini 17 39,
aged 67 years.
In the church - yard.
1. On an altar-tomb, at the Eaſt end of the chancel:
Here lie the remains |
anno Domini 1719,
aged 47 years.”
po
Buried at Bottesford (where he was ſome time curate, ſee p. 92.) Feb. 14. Of whom, ſee ſome memoirs, in p. 386.
3 Mr. Holland was prebendary. of Buckden in the church of Lincoln, where he was inſtalled Aug, 30, 1670,—< He ſhot
himſelf in his own ſtudy.” Peck, MS. | * Afterward rector of Knaptoft.
Re Of Sidney Suſſex college, Cambridge; and vicar alſo of Croxton. See under that pariſh, p. 149. He was a native of
ewmarket, | |
Rector alſo of Collingham, co. Nottingham, by diſpenſation, dated Aug. 5, 1745 7 Of whom ſee ſome account in p. 386.
To this gentleman the learned world has lately been indebted for an elegant tranſlation of Grey's Elegy into Greek,
ol, 1, [W
386 HISTORY AND A NT1QUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
of Edward Holland, clerk, M. A.
| late rector of this pariſh,
who departed this life the 23d day of July,
anno Domini 1722, aged 56 years.
To whoſe memory his daughter, Catharine Scotr,
wife of John Scott, of London, gent.
- dedicates this tomb.“
2. On another altar-tomb :
To the memory of
George Huddleſtone, gent.
who died the 6th day of September, 1743,
in the 4oth-year of his age.
Alſo of George Huddleſtone, gent.
who died the 16th day of May, 17 54,
in the 25th year of his age.”
On vpright ſtones :
Thomas Kirke died June 10, 1773, aged 79.
Thomas Foreman died Feb. 8, 1768, aged 75.
{rms wife of Thomas Foreman, died Dec. 13,
1780, aged 84. |
Thomas Exton died March 12, 1783, aged 81.
| dar wife of Thomas Exton, died in April
1783, aged 85. |
Henry Hewardine died April 20, 1753, aged 74.
George Wortley died Oct. 26, 1788, aged 82.
William Taylor died Jan. 20, 1773, aged 70.
Joſeph Johnſon died OR. 6, 1756, aged 73.
Robert Johnſon died Aug. 21, 1785, aged 70.
CHARITABLE BENE FACTIONS,
Upon the. wall, at the Eaſt end of the nave :
e Mr. Edward Bunnis hath given the intereſt of
£15. for ever, to be dealt to four of the pooreſt wi-
dows that come to church. He departed this life
September 30, 1691. 3
« Mr. Joſeph Noble hath given the intereſt of
£20: for ever, to educate four poor children at ſchool,
e departed this life Feb. 15, 1711.“ =
On a board againft the Eaſt fide of the North Croſs :
* Thomas Baker gave to this pariſh Z1 — ever,
to be put out to intereſt, and the intereſt- money to
pay for the education of two poor boys of 'this pa-
riſh until they can read and write.”
The return made to the houſe of commons, in 1786,
in anſwer to the enquiry reſpecting the charitable
donations in this pariſh, may be ſeen in p. 14.
Immanuel Bourne, M. A. was, as we learn from fa-
mily information, the eldeſt of twelve ſons of the Rev.
Henry Bourne, who became vicar of Eaſt Haddon,
co. Northampton, 1595, and was buried there 1649.
The eleven younger ſons (and daughters, if there
were any) are ſuppoſed to have died young, or at leaſt
without iſſue, as far as is known to the oldeſt exiſting
deſcendants. of Immanuel. This family ſeems to be
a collateral branch of that which ſettled at, Ufford, in
Northamptonſhire; as the Bournes of Derbyſhire
have always borne the ſame arms with a ſmall varia-
tion. Immanuel was born Dec. 27, 1590; entered
at Chriſt Church, Oxford, 1607, but whether in the
condition of a ſtudent, commoner, or ſervitor, Wood
knew not; took the degrees in arts, that of M. A.
being not completed till 1616. About that time, by the
favour of Dr. William Piers, canon of Chriſt Church,
and rector of St. Chriſtopher's church near the Ex-
change in London, he became preacher there, and
was patronized in his ſtudies and calling by ſir Samuel
Tryon, knt. an inhabitant in that pariſh. In the year
1621 he was inducted into the rectory of Aſhover, co.
Derby, of which the advowſon had been purchaſed
either by his father or himſelf. He was afterwards
preſented to the rectory of Waltham on the Woulds,
co. Leiceſter, 1656, by John earl of Rutland; and
ſubſequently became rector of Ayleſton in this county
by the ſame patronage 1669, when he refigned the
living of Aſhover to his eldeſt fon Obadiah Bourne;
from whom are derived three families ſtill exiſting in
Derbyſhire and Yorkſhire ; and the living of Aſhover
is now poſſeſſed by one of his grandſons, who is the
: Sce Bridges's Hiſtory of Northamptonſhire, vol. I. p. 506.
3 Several of the family of Raſtall ſettled at Newark. The
cury there, died Jan. 9, 1791, |
2
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4 8
a *
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fifth rector of the name without interruption. Im-
manuel Bourne, dying at Ayleſton, co. Leiceſter,
where alſo he was buried, comes within the pale of
this hiſtory. |
During Immanuel's reſidence at Aſhover, he was
much reſorted to by the Puritanical party; and, when
the grand rebellion broke out, ſided with the Preſ-
byterians: but, being moleſted by the loyal party at
Aſhover, went to London, where he became preacher
to a congregation in St. Sepulchre's church, and was
much admired by the brethren.
Mr. Bourne, who was well read in-the fathers and
ſchoolmen, was author of the following publications:
1. Several Sermons; 1. The Rainbow, a Sermon
preached at Paul's Croſs, June 10, 1617,” 4to. 2.
« The Godly Man's Guide, Lond. 1620,” 4to. 3.
« The true Way of a Chriſtian to the new Jeruſalem: -
or, a threefold Demonſtration, &c. Lond. 1622,” 4to.
4. Anatomy of Conſcience, &c. Aſſize Sermon at
Derby, Lond. 1623,” 4to. | |
2, * A Light from Chriſt, leading unto Chriſt, by
the Star of his Word: or, a divine Directory for
Self-examination and Preparation for the Lord's
Supper, &c. Lond. 1645,” 8vo. In another edition,
or another title, printed in a thick octavo, the ſaid
book has this title, A Light, &c. or the rich Jewel
of Chriſtian Divinity, &c, ; Way of Catechiſm or
3. Defence of Scriptures, and the Holy Spirit
ſpeaking in them, as the Chief Judge of Controver-
ſies of Faith, &c. Lond. 1656,” 4to.
4. © Vindication of the Honour done to the Ma-
iſtrates, Miniſters, and Others;“ printed with the
fence, &c. and both contained in a Relation of a
Diſputation at Cheſterfield in Derbyſhire, between
ſome Miniſters and James Nayler, an erring Quaker.
The ſaid Defence and Vindication were both an-
ſwered by George Fox, a ringleader of the Quakers,
in his book, intituled, The great Myſtery of the
great Whore unfolded, &c. Lond. 1659,” fol. p. 127.
5. © Defence and Juſtification of Miniſters' Main-
tenance by Tythes, and of Iufant Baptiſm, humane
Learning, and the Sword of the Magiſtrate, &c. in a
Reply to a Paper ſent; by ſome Anabaptiſts to the
ſaid Emanuel Bourne, Lond. 1659,” 4to,
6. Animadrerfions upon Anthony Periſons (Par-
ſons) great Cafe of Tythes.“ Printed with the De-
fence and Juſtification, &c. 105
7- A Gold Chain of Directions, with Twenty
Gold Links of Love, to preſerve Love firm between
Huſband and Wife, &c. Lond. 1669,” 12 mo, dedi-
cated to his patron John lord Ros.
What other matters he wrote (ſays Wood) I know
not, nor any thing elſe of him, only that he, dying
Dec. 27, 1672, was buried in the chancel of the
church at Ayleſton before · mentioned; and that ſoon
after was a little inſcription. put over his grave,
wherein it is ſaid that he died in the 82d year of bis
age 2 |
William Raſtall was educated at Peter Houſe,
Cambridge; B. A. there 1745; and M. A. 1749;
but took his degree of D. D. at Jelus College at the
commencement in july 1766. June 6, 1765 (being
at that time chaplain to biſhop Warburton), he had a
diſpenſation to hold the rectory of Waltham, with
Cromwell, eo. Nottingham, to which he was pre-
ſented by the duke of Newcaſtle. | He was preben-
dary of Normanton in the collegiate church of South-
well; vicar general or commiſſary of the twenty-eight
towns compriſing what is called the juriſdiction of
Southwell ; and maſter of St. Leonard's Hoſpital in
Newark; in which town he died Nov. 3, 1788; and
was buried at Claypole, co. Lincoln. te was father
of William Dickinſon Raſtall, eſq. of Lincoln's:lon,
who, in 1787, publiſhed & The Hiſtory of the Col-
legiate Church of Southwell ;” and of Miſs Raſtall,
U 5 to fir Richard Heron, batt.) who on the 3d ot
ay, 1792 (ſee p. 149) was married to Dr. Samuel
Beilby, vicar of Croxton, co. Leicelter, and of Folk-
ſtone, co. Yorkſhire ; and who died April 23, 1795 *
® See this epitaph under Ayleſton.
Dialogue.“
widow of Mr. Thomas Raſtall, an eminent ſarge6n and apothe-
* Gent, Mag. vol. LXV. p. 441.
| WITHCOTE,
—
—" ew» *
.
in antient writings called Wicote, IVicoc, Withcock,
Withicock, Whitcock, Wocock, and M iſcumbe, is pleaſantly
ſiruated in the Eaſtern extremity of the county ; and,
whilſt the monaſteries of Laund and Ouſton exiſted,
was nearly equidiſtant from each; and formerly en-
joyed the protection of Sauvey caftle, which ſtood
within its precincts *,
It is bounded on the North by Knoſſington; on
the South by Laund ; on the Weſt by Hallted ; and
on the Eaſt it borders on the county of Rutland. It
is ſix miles diſtant from Oakham, the neareſt market
town; nine from Melton Mowbray ; 15 from Leiceſter;
and, in the eccleſiaſtical diviſion of the county, is
within the deanry of Framland.
From Bellegrave to Ingreſby a 4 miles, partely
by corne, paſture, -and woddy ground. Thens to
Wiſcumbe ? a 4 miles, by corne, paſture, and wood, a
4 miles. From Wiſcumbe, partely through woddy
ground of the foreſt of Leefield, and ſo on to Ruthe-
Jandeſhire by woddy firſt, and then al champain
ground, but exceding riche of corne and paſture, to
Uppingham, a market toune, a 4 miles 4.”
The lordſhip is noticed in two different parts of
Domeſday book ; one of which ſtates, that Robert
Diſpenſer held a ploughland and a half in Wicote,
which Jay waſte ; and that there were two acres of
meadow in that portion of the lordſhip, with a wood
one furlong and a half long. The annual value of
the whole was twelve pence 5.
The other entry ſays : Aldwold holds of Goisfrid de
Mirce one ploughland and a half in Wicoc. There
was one plough. Now there is one villan; and there
are two acres of meadow, and five acres of wood.
It was, and is, worth five ſhillings. Theſe two lands
that is, Wicoc and lands juſt before mentioned under.
albi] are exchanged for Turcheleſtone, as the ho-
magers of Goisfrid ſay. Alwold held them freely“.
It appears by theſe extracts that Alwold, who had
been the Saxon owner diſpoſſeſſed at the Conqueſt,
continued to hold his old inheritance as a tenant to
Goisfrid de Wirce ; who obtained his property here,
and in three other lordſhips, Staunton, Norton, and
Newton, by exchange for the lordſhip of Thurleſton.
Under Norton this is more fully exprefſed : ** Hanc
terram dedit rex W. Goisfrido pro commutatione ville
quæ vocatur Turchileflone.”
From Geffrey de Wirce, this lordſhip deſcended,
with the reſt of his lands, to the Mozwbrays “.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Withcote, Cold Over-
ton, Somerby, Little Dalby, Burrow, and Newbold,
anſwered collectively as one vill.
In 1361, Jobn de Mowbray, of the iſle of Axe-
holme, died ſeiſed of one Knight's fee in Norton and
Withecock, which Jobn de Norton held.
Withcote is not noticed in the ſubſidy of 1416 ; but
in that of 1445 was rated at 175.; and an abatement
was made of 33. 4d. |
in 1461, Jobu Mowbray, duke of Norfolk, died
ſeiſed 7 half a knight's fee in Norton and Withecock,
which Jobn de Norton held“.
* Withcote was long ſince divided into two manors
one of which, called A/hbye's Manor, having continued
for ſeveral generations in that family, was, 8 Henry VII.
S 0
b
[1492], given by William Abby, of Loſeby, eſq:
to William Smith, alias Heriz, with Catharine Aſhby
(his daughter) in marriage. The other (formerly called
the Ring's Manor) was in 1462 granted by king
Henry IV. to John de Daunton for his life; and was
afterwards purchaſed by the before-mentioned William
Smith, alias Heriz, a younger branch of the antient
family of Heriz, of Wiverton, co. Nottingham, as ap-
pears by a genealogy extracted from an antient vellum
roll in colours, and proved by antient evidence 2.”
William Smith, gent. was lord of Withcote in 1495
and preſented John Hamond in that year to the rec-
tory. He died in 1512, leaving one ion Jahn; and his
widow was afterwards married to Roger Ratcliffe, eſq.
6 From Borow Hills to Launde a v mile. Almoſte
half a mile er I cam to Launde, I paſſed by Maſter
Smithes houſe, made freſch by Mr. Radcliffe, that
married Smith's daughter.“ Mr. Radeclif builded
here a right goodly houſe upon Smithe's ground, that
now dwelleth yn it, and hath married a ſiſter of the
Caves, I take this to be one of the faireſt houſes in
Leirceſterſhire, and to be the faireſt orchardes and gar-
dines of thoſe quarters: but it ſtandith lowe and wete,
and hath a pole afore it: but all the vaine thereabout
is goodly paſture. Launde priory is hard there by**.”
Jobn Smith, eſq. married Dorothy Cave, daughter
of Richard Cave, eſq. of Stanford, and ſiſter of Fran-
cis Cave of Bagrave, one of the king's commiſſioners
for taking the ſurrender of the religious houſes; in
which ſervice Mr. Smith appears to have had fome
connexion, if we may judge from the following letter
from him to his brother Cave:
« My hartie commendations to you premyſed ;
this is to advertyſe you that uppon Wenyſday laſt I
receyved your letter; and, ſyns the receyte therof, I
have indevored myſelf to the beſt of my power ac-
cording to th'effet therof. And as concernyng the
priory of Laund; I have cauſed two honeſt perſons to
vewe the demeynes of the ſame. And wheras the
ſaid demeynes, withe Whatboro felde, were wont
and accuſtomyd to kepe this tyme of the yere two
thowſand ſheipe, or very nere, ther be at this daye
ſcant fyve hunderd ſheipe, of the wiche l ſuppoſe the
one half of them be not the prior's. And whereas the
ſaid prior was accuſtomyd to kepe uppon his comynes
in Loddyngton feld fyve hunderd ſheipe, ther is at
this daye not one ſheipe. And wheras the ſaid prior
was accuſtymed to have uppon his comyns in Fryſby
feld a flocke of ſheipe, ther is at this day non.
And, as concernyng beeves, all tate beeves, except a
very few for the howſe, be fold; and mych of the
ſtuf of howſhold is conveyd away; wiche ſheipe,
beefs, and howſhold ſtuf, was fold and conveyed be-
fore the laſt going of the prior to London, and in
the tyme of his beyng ther; but, ſyns his comyng
home, I cane not lerne that he hathe made away any
catall, except certeyn of the beſt mylche kyne he
hade, and one bull, wiche I am informed he cawſed to
be conveyd, the firſt nyght that he cam from London;
to Loddington. And as concerning the plate, the
prior told me thate he hade made it away a good
whyll ago, to the intent to have redemyd his howſe if
it wold have bene, except the juells and plate of
% Wythecote placid? inter duo monaſteria collocatur ad orientalem partem Leyceſttiz, Wreko flumine latibitur. Tho-
mam Smyth dominum agnoſcit.” Wyrley, MS. 1591.
3 From Leland's original MS.; in the margin of which Mr. Burton wrote Withceck.
2 Of this caſtle, ſee p. 388. | |
* Lelarid, Itin. I; p. 22—2g.
dem ¶ Robertus] tenet in Wicote 1 carucatam terrz & dimidiam. Hwc vaſta eſt, Idi 2 acrzprati, Silva 1 quaretitetiz
& dimid' longitudinis, & 1 quarentene latitudinis. Valet 12 denarios.“ Dome ſday, p. 235+ a. Is N 85
* « Aluuoſdus tenet de G{ oisfrido] in Wiebe 1 carucatam terræ & dimidiàam. Ibi fult 1 caruca, Modd eſt ibi 1 villatus, &
2 acrz prati, & 5 acre ſilvæ. Valuit, & valet; 5 ſolidos. He duz terr® Dalbi & Wirce] ſutit de commutatiohe Turchileſtonez
ut homines Gſoisfridi] dicunt. Aluuoldus liberè tenuit.“ Ibid. p. 245. b. 2.
7 MS. Chetwynd.
* Eſch. 35 Edw. III. pars 1. N' 10.
9 Eſch. 1 Edw. IV, No 46. Leie.
io MS. Chetwynd. See three diſtinct pedigrees of the Smiths, vnder Edmondthorpe, pp. 184, 183.
32 Ibid; 1; 20,
t Leland, Itiny V. 93.
ol. I,
8 G
chirche,
388 HISTORY AV ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
chirche, wiche I am informed remayns ſtyll. And
as for his horſes, he told me that he had gyven to
dyvers of hys ſervants every of them a gelding, fo
that I thynke ther remayne but a fewe good. And,
as concerning leyſes, 1 thynck ther be non letten
owt of the demeynes, except it be tythis, wiche I
thynck were grantyd but uppon condicon, as I ſup-
poſe the parties, if thei be well examyned, wyll
confeſſe. And as concernyng Loddington, I under-
ſtand ther be dyvers leyſes graunted of certeyne clowſes
and of the mylls, the wiche I thynke were lykewyſe
letten but uppon condicon, wiche ſeyſes were granted
before the prior goyng to London ; but, as I am in-
formyd, thei weer not all delyvered till the prior's co-
myng whom aaf Syns the prior's retorn from
London, I thync
withſtanding I have pertyt knowlege that the prior
hathe bene fore in hand with his brether ſyns his co-
myng whom, to have a leaſe ſealyd of all his purcheſed
land in Alityd and other grounds adjoinyng, for one
of his kynneſmen, wherunto his brether wyll not agree
as yet, becawſe hit is unreſonable, as his brether re-
port. This is all that I can ſeye at this tyme ; but,
as I lern, fo I ſhall certyfy you. I truſt I ſhall lern
more agaynſt the kyng's commyſſyoners comyng; as
knoythe our Lorde, who kepe you! From With-
coke, the xx11 day of December, by your loving
brother Joun SMYTHE !.“
The abbey of Ouſton had certain lands in With-
cock, for which they paid to this John Smith a cer-
tain annual rent of 25. at the time of the diſſolution *.
The ſame abbey allo paid to the prior of Laund, for
other hands there, the yearly ſum of 25. 6d. i
John Smith had ten ſons and two daughters. He
died in 1545; and was ſucceeded by his eldeſt ſon
Roger *; who about :575 fold Withcote to his brother
Ambroſe Smith (fourth ſon of John), who had gained
a fortune by trade in Cheapſide, London, where he
was ſilk-man to queen Elizabeth.
Ambroſe died in 1584, leaving three ſons, Henry,
Francis, and fir William. He left alio four daughters ;
of two of whom we find theſe memorials :
Dame Margaret, daughter of Ambroſe Smyth,
e ther were no leyſes ſealed ; not-
wife to fir Thomas Wilkes of Rickmerſworthe, in the
countie of Hertford, knight, had iſſue, by the ſaide ſir
Thomas, Margaret, their only child and heire as ver
apparant, of the age of iiij mbneths and xj daies.
Ihe ſaide dame Margaret at the age of xxxiiij yeares
or thereaboute departed this life at Rickmerſworth
aforeſaide, on Fryday, the xiiijth of May, 1596;
whoſe funerall was ſolemniſed, accordinge to her
eltate, the viijth of June followinge, in the pariſh
church of Rickmerſworth. The chicfe morner at her
{aide funerall was Joane Smyth, widow, mother of the
ſaide dame Margaret; and the iiij aſſiſtants were Eli-
zabeth Calthorpe + her ſiſter, Anne Harriſon, Anne
Crowther, and Jane Worſley. The penon of her
armes was borne by Edward Vaughan, gent. And
there ſerved at the ſaid funerall Tho. Lante, Perculis ;
and Richarde Lee, alia, Clarentius king of armes,
who was the ſole director of the funerall, In witnes
whereof we have hereunto ſet our hand, the daie and
yeare of the ſaid funerall. To. Wirkxss,”
On a beautiful tomb, on the South fide of the choir
of St. Clement Eaſtcheap, London, is this epitaph :
„Deo & poſteris.
Benedictus Barneham, filius junior Franciſci Barne-
ham *, ſenatoris, & quondam vicecomitis London?
cum ĩiſdem honoribus quibus pater ſumma cum laude
in hac urbe functus fuiſſet. Et ex Dorotbed, uxore
chariſſimà, filià Ambroſii Smith, unius è filiis Joannis
Smith, de Nococłk, in com. Leiceſtriz, armigeri ;
quinque filias, Elizabetham, Aliciam, Dorotheam,
Brigettam, & Benedidtam, ſuperſtites & heredes reli-
quiſſet; quarum minor natu Benedicta, paulò poſt
hunc erectum tumulum diem obiit. Ipſe quod à terra
accepit, hic terræ commendavit. Quad verò è ccelo,
Iztus lubenſque Chriſto reddidit, ſummumque ſui de-
ſiderium omnibus bonis ob eximiam prudentiam, doc-
trinam, eloquentiam, & preclara in hanc urbem me-
rita reliquit. Vixit annos 39. Obiit Aprilis die tertio,
anno Domni 1598.”
The hiſtory of Mrs. Barneham, who ſoon after be-
came the wife of ſir John Pakington, of Weſtwood,
Worceſterſhire, is worth preſerving. In a MS life of
her ſecond huſband 5, written by Mr. Tomkins, a pre-
of Withcocke, in the countie of Leiceſter, eſquire, late bendary of Worceſter, a gentleman of good credit, we
; ' | are
= Cotton MSS. Cleopatra. E. IV. p. 216. b. * Bailiff's Accompts, 31 Hen. VIII. in the Augmentation - oſſice.
3 ln the King's Remembrancer's Office, we find an entry of that date, De Rogero Smith, occꝰon' ad oſtend' quatre manerium
de Withecocke in manum reg næ ſeiſiri non deb” ratione alienationis.“ Paſch. Rec. 3 Eliz, Rot. 57; and another, fifteen years
later, De Ambroſio Smith & aliis, oec'on' ad oftend* quare maner' de Withicock, alias Whitcock, in manum reginæ ſeifiri non
deb', &c.” Paſch. Rec. 18 Eliz. Rot. 7.— Roger Smith, high ſheriff in 1599, was, however, ſtyled of Withcock.
4 Wiſe of Martin Calthorpe, of Antingham, co. Norfolk.
5 On a fair tomb, on the North ſide of the choir of the ſame church, made into the wall: “ Franciſci Barneham, civis,
ſenatoris, vicecomitis Londinenſis ; Alicieque uxvris ſuz, è Bradbrigeorum familia, æternæ memoriæ. Vixit annos LX.
Obiit X Maii, MDLXXVI. Filios genuit, 1. Martinum, 2. Stephanum, 3. Antonium, 4. Benedictum.“
s « Sir John Pakington, who was bred at Chriſt-church, Oxford, under the tuition of Dr. Lewis, dean of Glouceſter,
became a great favourite of queen Elizabeth, and one of her privy council. She firſt took notice of him in her progreſs to
Worceſter, when ſhe invited him to attend her Court, where he lived, at his own expence, in great ſplendour and reputation,
with an equipage not inferior to ſome of her greateſt officers, though he had no other honour beſides that of Knight of the
Bath, which'was conferred on him in the life-time of his father, He was remarkable for his ſtature and comely perſonage, and,
by his ability in all manly exerciſes, had diſtinguiſhed himſelf to that degree, that he was generally called by the name of Luſty
Pakington ; of which, among many inſtances, it may not be amiſs to mention this one: he entered into articles to ſwim againſt
three noble courtiers, for {3000. from the bridge at Weſtminſter, to the bridge at Greenwich; but the queen, by her ſpecial
command, prevented the putting it in execution. I find him likewiſe among perſons of the firſt quality, that, for the honour
of the queen, tilted at Weſtminſter, at a ſolemn tournament (her majeſty preſent), on the anniverſary of her acceſſion to the
crown, Nov. 17, in the 24th year of her reign. It could not be otherwite imagined, but that by this expenſive life great debts
muſt be contracted, which in time would bring him into difficulties. Of this he was fo ſenſible, that he took a ſudden and wiſe
reſolution of retiring into the country, and, as he ſaid himſelf, ** feed on bread and verjuice, till he had made up his extrava-
gances.” The queen ſoon had notice of it; and therefore, taking into conſideration theſe his ill circumſtances, which the
zeal for her ſervice had brought him into, gave him a grant of a gentleman's eſtate, in Suffolk, of C. 8 or. goo per amum, be ſides
goods and chattels, which had eſcheated to the crown : but fir John, after he had been in the country ta take poſſeſſion, found
too great a tenderneſs in his nature (notwithſtanding the bad condition of his affairs), to behold the miſeries of that diſtreſſed
family without a due regard and compaſſion for them; and the melancholy ſpectacle of. the ſorrow ful lady and her children 10
eſſectually wrought upon him, that, with the greateſt generoſity, he repaired immediately to Court, and humbly beſought her
majeſty to excuſe him from enriching himſelf by the calamities of that gentleman, who fell by a combination of his enemies ;
and would not leave the queen till he had obtained his requeſt. Soon after, he left the Court; but, before he parted from the
town, took care to ſatisfy all his creditors; and then, with great reputation and honour, began his journey into the
country, being handſomely attended with ſervants and tenants, to the number of fixty, well mounted and accoutred, who came
purpoſely out of the country to pay him this compliment, and waited at the Court-gates, while he was taking leave of the
queen. After his ſettlement in the country, her majeſty was not unmindful of him; for ſhe, to repair his fortune, granted
him, for ſixty years (in the 25th year of her reign), for his faithful and acceptable ſervices heretofore done (ſtyling him her
truſty and well-beloved ſervant), ſeveral lordſhips, manors, and lands, that were come to the crown by forfeiture, &c. in Devon-
ſhire, Glouceſterſhire, Leiceſterſhire, Lancaſter, and Cornwall, Somerſet, Hertfordſhire, Yorkſhire, Surrey, Cambridgeſhire,
Carmarthenſhire, Middleſex, London, Wiltſhire, Monmouthſhire, Eſſex, and Buckinghamſhire ; the names of which lands aud
manors, with their former owners, are particularly mentioned in the patent; alſo, when the earl of Pembroke was made lord-
preſident of the Marches of Wales, and lord-lieutenant of the adjacent counties, he was put, in the ſame patent, lieutenant of
Worceſterſhire; and, upon the vacancy of the office of cu/fos rotulorum, that was likewiſe conferred upon him. She alſo made
him bow-bearer of Malvern-chace, one of the beſt in England, which he held till he had finiflied his noble park at Hampton-
Lovet ; and then, that chace being at too great a diſtance from his dwelling, he obtained her majeſty's leave to diſpoſe of bog
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are told that he met with a beautiful young widow in
London, and a great fortune, being the daughter of Mr.
Humphrey Smith of Cheapſide, ſilkman or mercer
to Q. Elizabeth, of an antient family in Leiceſterſhire.
She had been before married to Benedict Barneham, eſq.
an alderman of London, who left her a very rich widow;
and that conſideration, together with her youth and beauty,
made it impoſſible for her to eſcape the addreſſes even of
the greateſt perſons about the Court: but ſir John was
the only happy man who knew how to gain her, being
recommended by his worthy friend Mr. William Sea-
bright, town-clerk of London, who had purchaſed
the manor of Besford, in Worceſterſhire. This lady
had by ber firſt huſband (rhe alderman) four daughters,
who were very young when they loſt their father, and
therefore needed a faithful friend to manage and im-
rove their fortunes; in which truſt ſir John acquitted
himſelf ſo honourably, that they had £10,000, each,
for their portion, when they came to marry ; an im-
menſe ſum in thoſe days. One of theſe ladies was
wedded.to lord Andley * ; another to fir Francis Ba-
con, lord viicount St. Albans; a third to fir William
Soames ; and the fourth to ſir William Conſtable.
Lady Pakinton ſurvived her ſecond huſband, and was
ſo noted tor her riches, that it was difficult for her long
to eſcape the ſnares laid for her by the Court, to engage
her in another marriage.
She had firſt the lord Kilmurry, who lived about
two years; then ſhe inarried Thomas earl of Kelly, one
of king James's favourites.
By fir John Pakiogton ſhe had one ſon, John,
and two daughters; Mary, the youngeſt, was wife of
fir Robert Brook, of Nacton, in Suffolk, knight; and
Anne, the eldeſt, married fir Humphry Ferrers, of
Tamworth caſtle, knight; and, ſurviving him, was
afterwards the iecond wife of Philip Stanhope, earl
of Cheſterfield. She had by him one ſoa, Alexander,
father to James, the firſt earl Stanhope.
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preacher at St, Clement's church, without Temple
bar, whoſe excellent ſermons, ſo often printed, do pubs
liſh ſufficiently his fame and worthineſs to the world;“
and whom Dr. Fuller, in his Worthies, mentions as
„commonly called filver-tongued” Smith;“ adding;
but I refer the Reader to his Life, writ by me at
large, and prepoſed to his printed Sermons ;” which;
as it is charaQeriſtic, and not very commonly met with,
I ſhall make no apology for copying at large.
What is true of the river Nilus, that its fountain
is hid and obſcure, but its fall or influx into the mids
land fea eminently known, is applicable to many
learned men, the places of whoſe births generally are
either wholly concealed, or at the beſt uncertain,
whilſt the place of their death is made remarkable;
for, as few did take notice of their coming out of
their attiring-houſe, ſo their well ading on the ſtage
commanded all eyes to obſerve their returning thereunto.
*« Bur this general rule takes not place in the preſent
ſubject of our pen, Mr. Henry Smith, born at With⸗-
cote in Leiceſterſhire, of gentile extraction; which
here ſhall not be inſiſted on, ſeeing he that is rich of
himſelf needs not to borrow any luſtre from another
yet were it the more allowable for us to dwell a while
on the honour of his parentage, ſeeing he himſelf
would not ſojourn thereat, declining all notice of
ſuch accidental advantages. |
“He was bred in the famous univerſity of Oxford;
where firſt he was condus before he was promus x and
filled himſelf, that he might in due time pour out to
others. Nor did he proceed a Divine per ſaltum, as
too many now-a-days; I mean, leaping over all hu»
mane arts and ſciences, but furniſhed himſelf plenti-
fully therewith. On the other ſide, he was none of thoſe
who in the univerſity, withering on the ſtalk, grow on,
and, out of idleneſs, bury their talents in the ground,
putting them out becauſe they will not put them out,
extinguithing their abilities becauſe they will not em-
ploy tnzm; but he was reſolved to improve his utmoſt '
in the miniſterial calling, for the glory of God and
converting of fouls. Here he triumphed over that
temptation wherewith many had been overcome.
He was in her favour even to the laſt of her days, as appears, as well from other teſtimonies, as from a grant ſhe made him for
eight years (in the 40th year of her reign, he paying into the exchequer C40. per onrun ), that none ſhould import into the
kingdom, or make ſtarch, but by leave of him or his aſſigns; and, if they did, they ſi15.4!d be puniſhed with the utmoſt ſeverity,
as contemners of her royal prerogative : which brought him in, without doubt, a very conſiderable revenue. He was conſtantly
the firſt named in all commiſſions of importance, and was the principal director in the government of his county, none being
thought more worthy of an entire confidence, by the queen and her council, than hinileit, And, as he took all imaginable care
to anſwer their expectation by his diligence and fidelity, ſo he was not wanting to convince his country that their intereſt was
always at his heart, By his affability and obliging behaviour, he acquired the good opinion of his equals and interiors ; and by his
courage and reſolution, on all proper occaſions, he had rendered himſelf awful even to thoſe that were above him: a memorable
proof of which he gave his country, when he executed the office of ſheriff; for, the lord chiet-baron Periam having committed
a gentleman at the ailizes, fir John, fitting in his ſheriff's ſeat, called to him to ſtay, telling the judge, he would aniwer for his
forthcoming ; neither could he be diſſuaded, by all the menaces he received f.om the bench, from adhering to his reſolution,
boldly alleging in his defence, that the gentleman was bis priſoner, and he, as ſheriff, was accountable for him. This brave
reply very much increaſed the eſteem His country had for him, and gained a general applauſe throughout the kingdom. His
prudence and conduct vid not only extricate him out of thoſe difficulties in which his Court-life had involved him, but, in a ſhort
time, put ſo much money into his pocket, that he was enabled to become, what he intended to be, a great builder, He bought
at one time ſo much timber of the earl of Leiceſter out of the foreſt of Wire which borders upon Worceſterſhire and Shrop-
ſhire, that the very marking them at 4d. a tree, one with another, amounted to {48. This account was received from fir
ſohn ; who was a perſon of too much honour to allow himſelf the leaſt liberty in his diſcourſe inconſiſtent with the ſtricteſt
truth. Many of thoie trees he buried under ground, thinking thereby to keep out the freſh ſprings that broke-in upon
his brine-pits ; but that undertaking did not anſwer his expectation: and the expence which his falt-pits and coſtly
buildings had obliged him to hindered him- from making an addition to his eſtate by purchaſe, which would undoubtedly
have extended to a good part of the ſhire wherein he lived, had he thought fit to have employed his money to that pur-
poſe, As he had been at great expences in building his houſe very ſumptuouſly, ſo he was defirous that every thing about it
ſhould be as noble; therefore he cauſed a large pool, or canal, of 122 acres, to be made in his new park of Weſtwood, and
brought a brook, or river, to run into it, cut through a conſiderable extent of ground. After he had finiſhed his ſtately ſtrue-
ture at Weſtwood (a very delightful habitation in the midſt of a wood, whence it took its name), he invited the earl of Nor-
thampton, lord preſident and his lady, to a houſe-warming ; and, as his lordſhip was an honourable and jovial companion, a
train of above an hundred knights and gentlemen accompanied him, who ſtayed there ſome time; and, at their going away, ac-
knowledged they had met with ſo kind a reception, ** that they did not know whether they had poſſeſſed the place, or the place
them.” The delightful ſituation of his habitation was what they had never before ſeen ; the houſe ſtanding in the middle of a
wood that is cut into twelve large ridings, and, at a good diſtance, one ring-riding through all of them, and the whole encom-
paſſed with a park of ſix or ſeven miles, at the farther end whereof, facing the houſe, is the pool, or canal, before mentioned,
which gives a noble luſtre, the trees gracing the water, and the water the woods, His moſt magnificent entertainment
was that which he gave king James and his queen, with the greateſt train that ever accompanied them, at Ayleſbury,
when his majeſty bonoured him with a viſit, after his arrival from Scotland, and before his coronation. Upon this occafion, he
ſet no bounds to his expence, thinking it a diſparagement to be out- done by any fellow - ſubject, when ſuch an opportunity of-
fered ; and the king and the whole Court acknowledged they never met with a more noble reception, At length this great man,
having lived to ſee his children's children, departed this life, at his houſe at Weſtwood, in the ſeventy-ſeventh year of his age,
and was interred near his father, at Ayleſbury, on the 18th of January, 1625. A year before his death, he was ſeized with a'fit
of the gout which diſtemper at laſt put an end to his life; otherwiſe, he was very happy in a ſtrong and excellent conſtitution
of body, Mich had never met with any ſhock till about the year before Queen Elizabeth died ; and then ſhe did him the honour
to order her own phyſicians to attend him, deſigning to have taken him again to court, which her death prevented,” Tomkins.
This life is very flightly mentioned by Dr. Naſh in note D. on the pedigree of Fakington; Wore, I. 353.
'* A miſtake for Ambre/e, | * Mervin Touchet, lord Audley, and earl of Caſtlehaven.
From whom the Baronets of that name at Heydon in Eſſex.
Eraſiaus Sinith, third fon of Fobn, ſettled at Huſ-
bands Boſworth, in this county ; and was the father
of Henry Smith, whom, under Wirhcote, Lurton
calls“ tliat learned and eloquent Divine, ſome time
Plentiful
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390 HiSTORY and ANTIQUITIES 6r LEICESTERSHIRE: .
Flentiful was bis eſtate for the preſent z and, for the
future, he was heir apparent to a large patrimony *.
Preaching was preſented unto him by ſome as fit for
the refuge of a younger brother, not for the choice of
an heir: hls rich relations might better have advantaged
him in the lucrative profeſſion of the Law; but he was
ſo far from falling or ſtumbling, that he did not ſtop at
- theſe carnal conſiderations, but eafily trampled upon
them. But a greater ſcruple troubled him, as unſatisſied
in the point of ſubſcription and the lawfulneſs of ſome
ceremonies: He was loth to make a rent either in his
own. conſcience or in the Church; wherefore he re-
ſolved on this expedient, not to undertake a paſtoral
charge, but cgntented himſelf with a LeQurer's place
at St. Clement Danes without Temple-bar. |
It may be truly ſaid of him, He was one peace-
able in Ifracl;” for, notwithſtanding his aforeſaid
ſcrupling at conformity, and diſtaſting the violent
preſſing thereof (as by ſome prog in his book may
appear), he could unite with them in affections from
whom he difſented in judgement. He diſdained rail-
ing and inveCtives (the ſymptom of a ſick wit); and,
if he chanced to fall on a ſharp reproof, he wrapped
it up in ſuch pleaſing expreſhons, that the perſons
concerned therein had their ſouls divided betwixt love
and anger at the hearing thereof. |
« William Cecil, Lord Burleigh, and Treaſurer of
England, to whom he dedicated his Sermons , very fa-
vourably reflected upon him; and he was often the
{kreen who ſaved Mr. Smith from ſcorching, interpo-
fing his greatneſs betwixt him and the anger of ſome
Epiſcopal Officers : and it is enough to prove the emi-
nency of Mr. Smith, that ſo great a Stateſman as this
Lord Treaſurer ſet a character of his pecaliar reſpect
upon him. Indeed that Lord was as thorough-paced as
any in England for the body of Epiſcopal Government,
but not for the Wens thereof, when ſome quiet Non-
conformiſts were proſecuted to perſecution by vexatious
informers. In which caſe he often endeavoured to
qualify the matter; and reſcued them from their vio-
lent adverſariess Mr. Travers, not unacquainted
with Mr. Smith (all know the nearneſs of the Temple
to St. Clement Danes), often taſted of this Lord's be-
nignity on that occaſion.
4 To return to Mr. Smith. He was commonly called
Z the filver-tongued Preacher; and that was but one
metal below St. Chryſoſtome himſelf. His church
was ſo crowded with auditors, that perſons of good
quality brought their own pews with them, I mean
their legs, to ſtand thereupon in the alleys. Their
ears did ſo attend to his lips, their hearts to their
ears, that he held the rudder of their affections in his
hand, ſo that he could ſteer them whither he was
pleaſed ; and he was pleaſed to ſteer them only to
God's glory and their own — Take one inſtance
of many of, the great prevalency he had with his au-
ditory : He-preached a ſermon on Sarah's nurſing of
_ Iſaac; and thereupon r- that general doctrine,
That it was the duty of all mothers to nurſe their own
children; allowing diſpenſation to ſuch as were unſuf-
ficienced by weakneſs, want of milk, or any avouch-
able impediment. He 2 the application, without
reſpect of perſons, high or low, rich or poor, one or
other; taxing them for pride or lazineſs, or both, who
Smith who received the
would not do that office to the fruit of their own womb:
It is almoſt incredible how many perſons of honout
and worſhip, ladies and great gentlewomen (with
whom his congregation was conſtantly crowned), were
affected herewith ; ſo that I have been informed from
ſuch whoſe credit I count it a fin to ſuſpect, that they
preſently remanded their children from the vicinage
round about London, and endeavoured to diſcharge the
ſecond moiety of a mother, and to nurſe them whom
they had brought into the world. I confeſs, ſome con-
ceived Mr. Smith, becauſe a bachelor, an incompetent
judge hereof, as unacquainted with feminine infirmities;
ſo that as St. Auguſtine, on another account, was called
durus pater infantum, ſo Mr. Smith might be termed durus
doctor matrum. However, if all things be impartially
conſidered, no juſt cauſe of exception can be found
either with the doctrine or application.
„ The words of the wiſe,” ſaith Solomon (Eccleſ.
Xit. 11.) © are like nails faſtened by the maſters of
the afſemblies.” And certainly this Smith had as
great a dexterity as any in faſtening them in the judge-
ment of his hearers by his ſolid reaſons, fancies by
his proper ſimilitudes, memories by his orderly me-
thod, and conſciences by his home applications, |
« Some fifteen years ſince I conſulted the Jeet (L
mean ſuch who paſſed for old men in the pariſh of St.
Clement Danes); but could recover very little 'of
them either of che time or manner of his death, fave
that they conceived his diſeaſe was a conſumption: [
peruſed alſo the church-regiſter, and found it filent
concerning the date of his death; for which this
reaſon was alleged, that, a little before his departure
out of this life, he departed the city, to bave the be-
nefit of country air. But, by the exacteſt proportion
of time, his death may be conjectured to have been
about the year 1600. Tromas FuLLER.”
Of a character ſo remarkable, let us take alſo the
account of Anthony Wood: |
Henry Smith was matriculated as a member of
Lincoln College in 1575, thus, Henricus Smith Lei-
ceſtrenſis generoſus, ætat 15. What ſtay he made
in the ſame houſe, or whether he was the fame Henry
benefaction of J. Claymond,
in Brazen-Noſe College, 1574, or took the degree of
B. A. it appears not. Sure it is, that, having ſome
eccleſiaſtical employment conferred upon him, he was
abſent from the univerſity for ſome time 3; and at length,
in 1583, did take the degree of B. A. as a member
of Hart-hall *, being then eſteemed the miracle and
wonder of his age, for his prodigious memory, and
for his fluent, eloquent, and practical way of preach-
ing. Afterward he became leQurer of St. Clement
Danes without Temple-bar, near London ; where,
being much frequented by the Puritanical party, he
was by them eſteemed (as he was by the generality)
the prime preacher of the nation, which his Sermons,
taken into the bands of the people, did ſhew. Some
of them were printed in 1591, 92, and 93, while he
lived; but, after his death, 40 or more were collected
into one volume, and printed at London in 1594*.
Among them are, 1. ** A Preparative to Marriage ;”
2. Treatiſe on the Lord's Supper ;” 3. Exami-
nation of Uſury ?; 4. Benefit of Contentation ;”
5. * Affinity of the Faithful ;” 6. © Chriſtians' Sacri-
4 4 Sit Roger Smith, of Edmondthorpe, in the county of Leiceſter, was his younger brother.“
2 « Nobilifimo viro Gulielmo Cecilio, equiti aurato, baroni Burghlienfi, ſummo Angliz theſaurario, & Cantabrigienſi Aca-
demi cancellario, Henricus Smithus hec pignora in grati animi teſtimonium conſecravit.”” a
In this interval he was employed in the church of Huſbands Boſworth, as appears by the ſubſcription of his name in 1682
to A Declaration made to the Lords Judges, how he ſaw, and how he left, Robert Dickins of Mansfield;” a viſionary who
pretended to have the gift of prophecy, but whom by ſound argument Mr. Smith brought back to his ſober ſenſes ; and preached
on the occaſion a ſermon under the title of The loſt Sheep is found.” The ſeveral queſtions which be put co Dickins,
figned, ** Henry Smith of Huſbands Boreſwell, at the commandment of the right worſhipful his uncle, Mafter Brian Cave, high
ſheriff of Leiceſterſhice,”” are printed with the Sermons, Now Hertford college.
s &« The poore Man's Tears. - Opened in a Sermon preached by Henrie Smith; treating of Almes · deeds and releiving of the
Poore,” was publiſhed ſeparately in 2592, 16“. |
6 «6 The Sermons of Maſter Henry Smith gathered into one volume, printed according to his corrected Copies in his life-
time. Whereunto is added God's Arrows againſt Atheiſts.” Theſe were republiſhed in 1675, under the title of The
Sermons. of Mr. Henry Smith, ſome time Miniſter of St. Clement Danes, London, together with other his learned Treatiſes;
all now gathered into one volume. Alſo the Life of the reverend and learned Author, by Tho. Fuller, D. D.“ |
7 The matter of theſe Sermons, the Author tells us in a Preface, was * fit for the City;“ adding, ** 1f I cald take but
this one weed out of the Londoners garden, Lyere anſwered for my health and my firength ſpent amongſt them“ In a Pre-
face to two Sermons, which be calls The Art of Hearing,” he ſays, ** This I know by trial, even of thoſe which were accountet
among the beſt and antienteſt Hearers in London, that they might learu more in æ month, than they have gathered in twenty 7 F
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fee ;“ 7. © Trial of Spirits;? 8. © Wedding Gar-
ment; 9. Way to walk in;“ 10. © Pride of Ne-
buchadnezzar ;” &c. There hath alſo been printed,
of late times, 1675, a quarto volume, containing LIII
Sermons, beſides diſcourſes, prayers, letters, &c. ;
among which is © God's Arrows againſt Atheiſts, &c. ;”
which hath been tranſlated and printed in Latin at
Oppenheim, 1614, 8'*; all written by Henry Smith;
among which are thoſe numbered that were printed
in 1594. This perſon was in very great renown
among men in 1593; in which year, if I miſtake
not, he died, aged 34; but where he was buried,
the Regiſter of St, Clement's before mentioned tells
us not; for, his brother, who lived to about the time
of the Reſtoration of king Charles II, did aſſure my
friend, that he retired, for health's ſake, out of the
ſaid pariſh, and died in another more remote.”
He was ſuſpended for preaching againſt the Book
of Common Prayer*; and, in his farewel-ſermon, called
The Petition of Moſes to God,” he warns his ſuc-
ceſſor of the difficulties he is likely to encounter:
% How ſhould I encourage Joſhua which ſucceedeth
me? Shall I tell him, all will ſpeak well of him?
or ſhall I tell him, none will flander him? No. For,
if he be as righteous as Chriſt, yet ſome of the Scribes
and Phariſees will ſeek to perſecute him. If he will
live in quietneſs, he muſt not utter all the counſel of
God, though God command him. Nor muſt he re-
prove ſome fins; for, then he ſhall be thought to bear
envy againſt ſome perſons. Nor muſt he keep com-
pany with the Godly; for, then he ſhall be accounted
a partaker. Nor muſt- he deny the company of the
wicked; for, then he ſhall be accounted a Preciſian,
a Puritan, and I know not what, But thou wilt ſay,
© What then? Is there no comfort for Joſhua ?* I
anſwer, © Yes ; and that is, it may be, after ſome three
or four yeats' labour and travail, he ſhall win ſome
two or three unto Chriſt, which ſhall extinguiſh all
rief; for, God will one day reward him for his la-
| and glorify him in heaven. But, if Joſhua
ſhould be in trouble, as he cannot almoſt otherwiſe
chuſe if he keep a good conſcience, and reprove the
mighty under his charge, then he ſhall ſee moſt of the
reat ones will quite forſake him, which now ſeem to
— him; and they will ſee him perſecuted like
Chriſt, and ſtand afar off like Pilate, and waſh their
hands, as though they were innocent, when it is in
their power and authority to amend it. If he ſtand
out like a valiant ſoldier and prevail, then all will
draw unto him: but, if he faint for lack of ſtrength,
although he weep like Peter, yet none will pity him.
Therefore ſtand you to him both in proſperity and
adverſity. Love him and obey him in all righteouſ-
neſs, as the Jews did their Joſhua. And here I deliver
you unto him; and with my love, leave, and good
will, 1 give him my poſſeſſion, my labour, and my
twelve months? travels.”
He now contented himſelf with preparing his Ser-
mons for the preſs: © Becauſe ſickneſs hath reſtrained
me from preaching, 1 am content to do any by
writing. Happy is that author which is in ſtead of
others; that, after his book is read, men need read
no more of that matter. I go upon a theme which
many have traverſed before me prolixly, or curſorily,
or barrenly. If I have performed by ſtudy any more
than the reſt, let my reader judge, and give glory to
him which teacheth by whom he will. What I have
endeayoured, myſelf do feel, and others know. We
are ignorant of many things, for a few that we under-
ſtand : but I have been always aſhamed that my
writings ſhould weigh lighter for want of pains, which
\WiITHEOTE
is the bane of printing, and furfeiteth, the tedder:
Now. I ſend thee like, a bee to gather honey out YT
flowers and weeds. Every garden is furniſſied w
either; and ſo is ours Read, pray, and meditate:
Thy profit ſhall be little in any book; unleſs thou
readeſt alone, and unleſs thou tecordeſt after, 4s the
Bereans did the fermons of Paul, It is one of the
births of my fainting i therefore take it with a right
hand; and, if thou findeſt any thing that doth make
thee better, I repent not that others importunity hath
obtained it for thee. Farewell! As Jacob bleſſed
his ſons when he left them, ſo now I muſt leave wy
fruit to others: I pray to God to bleſs it, that it may.
bring forth fruit in others, and be the ſavour of life
to all that read it.” |
Willam Smith, a younger ſon of the Smiths of
Withcote, married Anne ſecond daughter of Williani
Orme, eſq. of Hanch-hall, in the pariſh of Langdon
St. James, co. Stafford. By Atine his wife, daughter
of Thomas Brudenell, of Staunton Wyrile, eſq. he
had one ſon, Francis Smith, who died without iflue ?;
Henry Smith, eſq. eldeſt ſon and heir of Ambroſe;
died in or ſoon after 1605; leaving an only ſon Henry,
who dying in 1623, was alſo ſucceeded by an only ſon,
Henry Smith, eſq. who was elected one of the re-
preſentatives for the county in November, 1640, and
reſided here in 1648; but, unfortunately, having en-
gaged in the contelt againſt king Charles the Firſt;
was one of the judges of the ſham court of parliament;
which condemned that Monarch 14.
Of Mr. Smith's conduct during the civil war, no
particulars are tranſmitted to poſterity, He was pro-
bably rather a paſſive than an active partizan of the
cauſe he eſpouſed, till the period in which he became a
judge; and by an expreſſion in the following ſpeech,
made after his ſurrender, Oct. 16, 1660, he appears
to have been forced into the ſervice againſt his incli-
nation: |
* My lord, 1 ſhall not deſire to ſpend your lordſhip's
time. What I have done, I did it ignorantly, not know-
ing what I did. I ſhall not deny the matter of fact; but,
as to that I pleaded Not Guilty before, it was in relation
to that which I am ignorant of, the law of the nation.
have not been bred to it. I humbly deſire your lord-
ſhip to conſider, that what I did was done ignorantly,
not knowing the law. I do coufeſs that I fat in the
Court; I do not remember that I figned or ſealed:
There are thoſe about me that were able to call one
who was then in authority, whom I dared not diſobey; if
fo, I had been in danger alſo, I can ſpeak it ſeriouſly;
that, from the firſt to the laſt. of theſe unhappy
wars, | have been a man of trouble and ſorrow. I have
been (as many wiſer men have been) run upon error.
My lord, I know not what I have done. I pray that
this Court will be pleaſed to be a mediator for me;
and that this petition may be received on my behalf.
(He then delivered a petition to the Court.) I can re-
joice for this happy Settlement that is again in the
nation; and declare chearfully humble ſubmiffion to -
that Government; and defire the Lord will blefs and
preſerve his Majeſty and the Parliament in theſe
nations. My lord, I rendered myſelf according to the
proclamation. I can ſay no more 5.”
What became of Mr. Smith after this period, we
are no where informed. He eſcaped the ignominy
which was the fate of ſeveral of his affociates* ; but
forfeited his eſtate. He married. .. daughter of
Charles Holland ; and is ſuppoſed to have had one
daughter 7. 4 | 7 ;
The lordſhip of Withcote, on Mr. Smith's attain-
der, having eſcheated to the crown, was given by king
* This is particularly addreſſed, by a ** Preface,” to his late auditors, the congregation of Clement Danes; hom he conjures
to hear him when writing, as they cannot hear him when ſpeaking, | |
® See Strype's Life of Biſhop Aylmer, p. 154; and Critical Dictionary, vol. II. p. 513.
3 This appears from a copious monumental inſcription on the family of Orme in Langdon church,
4 Catal. Judicum in Ex Baowwn. -
5 The exact and moſt impartial account of the iudictment, arraignment, trial, and judgement (according to law), of Nine
8 ; : \
and twenty Regicides, p. 254.
s The regicides executed were, Thomas Harriſon, John Carew, Thomas Scot, Gregory Clement, John Jones, Adrian Scroop,
John Cook, Hugh Peters, Daniel Axtel, Francis Hacker, Miles Corbet, Colonel Okey, and Colonel Barkſtead, All the others were
puniſhed by impriſoiiment and confiſcation.
7 Richard Green of Wykin, an elder brother of Henry Green of Rolleſton, married Elizabeth, daughter of Henry Smith,
of Withcote; but it does not appear with certainty which of the
Vor. I;
5 H
Henry Smiths this was.
Charles
Charles II. to Joby Wilmot earl of Rocbeſter, who would
have reconveyed it to fir Edward Smith *, baronet, for a
very reaſonable conſideration, as it had been hereto-
fore the eſtate of his anceſtor; but he ſuperciliouſly
rejected the offer, and thought the poſſeſſion of an
een ſo forfeited would remind him and his poſte-
rity of that ac&which had occahoned it; and, on
his refuſal, the earl fold it to Matibew Johnſon, eſq.
clerk of the parhament, father to Grey Johnſon, efq.
who died in 1942 unmarried, leaving one ſiſter, pro-
prietor of this lordſhip ; on whoſe death, in 1754, it
deſcended, in conſequence df an entail, to Edward
Palmer e, eſd.'; who dying, in 1770, without iſſue,
it became the property of fir 70h» Palmer, the preſent
baronet, then one of the knights of the ſhire for the
county of Leſceſter Who is now lord of the manor,
patron, and fole Nr of the lordihip; which is of
conſiderable extent} all of old incloſure, a very rich
ſail, and well wooded. n |
The old caſtle of Sauvey (of which ſee p. 394.)
was within the precincts of this lordſhip. *
The hall-houſe, how occupied as a farm, and a few
ſcattered cottages, ate the whole of the village.
In the hall-houſe are ſome very large rooms, which,
though not furniſhed, are kept clean by a careful
tenant. "Mp
The CH
dedicated to St. . . . , was begun by William Smith,
eſq. and finiſhed by Rager Ratcliffe, elq. who married
his widow. |
This beautiful little fabrick, reſembling an elegant
college chapel, is adorned with large pinacles, very
perfect Gothic; richly emboſſed, and croſſes at the
top. See a view of it, taken by Mr. Pridden in 1793,
plate LXXI. |
In the centre pinnacle, at the Weſt end, is one
Mmall bell. ,
The inſide is extremely neat; the floor very com-
pact and clean; free-ſtone, and ſmall ſquare black
tiles. The roof is painted; and the windows curiouſly
adorned with the portraitures of prophets and apoſtles
in coloured glaſs; which have been much damaged,”
and ſome of them imperfectly put together with frag-
ments. Under them are the arms of the above-men-
tioned William Smith, Roger Ratcliffe, and Katharine
Ashy, widow to them both; and of John Smith (ſon and
heir of the ſaid William) and Dorothy his wife; which
are alſo cut in ſtone at the upper end of the chancel.
The arms of Ratcliffe are cut in ſtone, both ou the
North and South doors, on a ſhield, as repreſented in
fig. 4. On the North door alſo are thoſe of Aſbby,
as in fig. 5; and on the South thoſe of Smith, fig. 6.
On the South fide, within the chureb, on the firſt
window from the door, are theſe arms :
Ratcliffe, as before ; impaling, Azure, a feſs Argent
between three bezants Or ; fig. 7 | |
Ratcliffe ; impaling the ſame ſix coats as in fg. 2.
Ratcliffe'; impaling eight coats; 1. Azure, two
torteauxes proper on a fels . . ..—2. as 1. in fig. 2.—3.
28 2—4. as 3-— 5s Azure, a chief Argent; Mowftrell.
6. as 4.—7. a8 5.—8. as 6. See fig. 8.
Gules, on a chevron Or, between three bezants,
as many crofles patee ſitchẽe Sable; Smith ; fig. g.
In the ſecond window, goibg to the altar:
Portraits of St. Philip; St. Bartholomew ; and
another Saint, with a label, Jn Deo gaudebo,
Over theſe, and in general over thoſe in all the
windows, are repeated the arms of France and England
quarterly, the roſe, fleur de lis,” and a portcullis.
hs In the third window :
Simeon, with a label, Exultat, &c. ;' St. Thomas
beſt in the collection), and St. Chriſtopher,
In the fourth. window:
David, Joel, and Ozias.
(he
39 HISTORY any ANTIQUITTES or LEICESTERSHIRE
In a bow window of a ſmall room (which probably
was once a private oratory) is a very delicate an
charming crucifix, and the following paintings on glas,
all in good preſet vation. 5
A repreſentation of Chriſt between the two thieves.
Mary and John, with anorher diſciple. "A
. 25 eagle riſiog from a mount within the keep' of
Caſtle, : | 1
A red roſe proper, ſurmounted by a regal gr.
A fleur de lis Or, ſurmounted by a regal eG.
Argent, on a bend ___ Sable, an annuſet
Or; Ratchfe; plate LXXI. fig. 1. eee
The ſame arms; impaling fix coats; — t. Argen
a lion rampant Sable; a chief Gules; Afbby of aſoby
2. Azure, two bars Or; Abby, as heir of Burdett j_
r,
.
—3. Argent, a chevron Azure, between three Wer-
bougets Sable.—4. Azure, on two bats Sable, fit
bezants Or; and three like bezatits in baſe.— g. Ar
ent, a lion rampant Gules; Chetwode of Cheſter, -
5. Argent, a croſs engtailed between four Ermide ·
ſpots Sable. See fig. 2. n
France and England, quarterly ;
the, 4. REES:
In'1564, there was only one Fathily ia Withcote ;
and no freeholder occurs in the lift of 1640, bf 1775.
Nett expence of the poor in 1776, 3l. 1. 2d.
Medium of three years, 1783=—i 785, 20, 58. od.
URCH,
On the North fide of the church.
In the firſt window returning from the altar:
Daniel, St. Andrew, Micaja.
3 In the fecond window:
St. Peter; St. James Major; St. Simon.
8 In the third:
Three Saints, well preſerved ; but the names gone
dons In the fourth: f
France and England, twice repeated; the roſe with
regal crown, &c. |
The ſix coats undermentioned were cut on the font;
ſee the plate, fig. 15—20.
1. A crofs engrailed, - _
2. A bend, between a roſe in chief and fleur
de lis in baſe. p
3. Three blank eſcocheons.
4. A feſs; in chief 3 lozenges.
5+ A chevron between three mullets of ſix points.
d. A cinquetoil pierced.
As the manor of Witheote was divided into two
moieties, ſo alſo was the advowſon of the church;
which, in 1220, was ſhared by the abbot of Ouſton and
the prior of Laund. Hugo was then the rector, in-
ſtituted by Hugh biſhop of Lincoln. And it is noted
in the Matricuſus, that this church had not then the
right of ſepulture; and that it paid 13d. for ſynodals *.
About the year 1260, the following declaration was
made relative to the right of ſepultute at Withcote.
Sententia definitiva inter rectores de Withecot &
Pikewell, de jure ſepulture & obrentionibus *,
In nomine: Patris & Filii & Spiritus Sancti, amen.
Omnibus Chriſti fidelibus preſentes literas inſpectu-
ris, magiſter Radulphus de Sempringham 5 falutem in
Domino. Cum. ea que in judiciis aguntur perpetue
firmitatis robur debeant obtinere, meritd in ſeriptis
ſunt redigenda, ne tranſitu temporis ea que ſemel ter-
minantur iteratis refragationibus denuò ſuſcitentur,
univerſis ac ſingulis innoteſcere me, auctoritate domini
.. cancellarii Oxon', judicis a domino pap delegatis
mihi totaliter vices ſuas ſub alienatione committeati,
& in ſolidum, in causa que vertebatur inter magiſtrum
Johannem rectorem eccleſie de Withekot actorem ex
uni parte, & Theobaldum rectorem de Pikewell reum
ex altera, ſuper ſepultura quorundam parochianorum
ecclefic de Withekot, & obveutionibus ratione ſepul-
® Sir T. Cave, MS. ex informatione Edw. Smith, de Edmondthorpe, armigeri. p
At the death of Mr. Palmer, a conſiderable property deſcended to his ſiſter, Mrs. Elizabeth Dickinſon, ill living at Belton
in Rutland, 1795, and, enjoying health and ſpirits in her ggth year, The late worthy rector of Withcote was her ſon.
3 See the Mattigulus, p. Ixil.
+ Cotton MSS. Nero, C. III. fol, 186. The ſeal is loſt,
Rector of Thurſtanton, in this county, 1332; and dean of Lichfield 1254—1280,
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ture debitis lite fegitime conteſtati, teſtibus hominuni
productis ac diligenter examinatis, atteſtationibus
publicatis &. inſpectis, auditis allegationibus utriuſque
partis & intellectis, ordine judiciario in omnibus ob-
ſervato, procedentem caufam eandem ſufficienter ex-
aminaſſe, ac ejuſdem merita equi lance ponderäſſe.
Demim, cam conſtaret mihi judicialiter de jure ac-
toris, nec aliquid ex parte rel fuifſer probatum, quod
actoris intentionem de jure communi fundatam ac pro-
batam poſſit elidere. Habito concilio juriſperitorum
ac fide dignorum, ecclefie de Withecok jus ſepeliendi
parochianos, . de quorum ſepultura agebatur, cum ob-
ventionibus ratione ſepulture debitis, definitive adju-
dicavi, ſuper dampnis ab actore petitis ad preſens ob
regiam prohibitionem ſuperſedendo; reſervatà tamen
eidem pro loco & tempore petitione eorundem. Ad
majorem hujus rei evidentiam, ſigillum domini can-
cellarii, cujus auctoritate ſeſus ſum in hac causa, una
cum ſigillo meo, appoſui huic ſcripto. Daturn in ec-
cleſi beati Petri Oxon” versùs Orientem, tertio idvis
Aprilis, pontificatùs domini Gregorii pape anno xv*;”
GV CARS.
Hugo, 1220,
John de Barthon ', ſubdeacon, 1235, |
John de Barton, probably the ſame, 1238,
Robert de Redmile, 1205s
John de Muſgrave, 1286,
Robert de Gravenhowe, 1287,
William Sotherey, reſigned 1495,
John Hamond, Jan. 22, 1495,
Martin Folliott, 1534,
Robert Martin, Feb. 28, 1676,
Richard Hill 4, July 23, 1706; died OR. 26, 1723,
James Morris, Feb. 16, 172 3-4,
Edward Breton 5, Feb. 10, 1727; died June 27, 1735; '
Charles Dickinſon ©, B. A. May 26, 1735,
Samuel Topp, M. A. Feb. 18, 1787 3 died May-24/1792-
Richard Colton, M. A. 1792.
393
In 1344, the procuratibnb were 25. 3d. the chuick
was taxed at fix marks, and paid 8d. for Peter- penco.
This advowſon, and certain lands here, which had
been leaſed to Roger Radcliffe, eſq; were granted to John
Haryngton, eſq. in fee, 30 Hen. VIII.
In 1534- 3, the proturations and ſynodals were
25, Od. .
A penſion was paid to the prior of Laund of 23. 84. j
and the value of the reftory was 61. 135. 44.
Withcote is not noticed in the Certificate of 1 560, +
referred to under Howes, p. 221.
In 1650, the rectory was returned worth C1 f.;
and the incumbent as * ſufficient,” _
The preſent value in the king's books is 6. gs. 44d. ;
clear yearly value (20. e
The epiſcopal procurations are, 25. 4d.; the ar-
chidiaconal, 18s. 9d.; and a payment of 25. 4d. to
the repreſentative of the priory of Laund. |
The preſent income of the rectory is only £20. per
annum, paid as a modus.
PATRONS;
Abbot of Ouſton, and prior of Laund;
in two medieties. ©” +:
Robert Groſſeteſte, biſhop of Lincoln.
\
| Abbot and convent of Ouſton:
William Smith, gent.
pon, Johnſon, eſq.
Jeffrey Johnſon, eſq.
Edward Palmer, eſq.
Jen John Palmer, baronet;
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
The Chetwynd MS. mentions monuments within
Gules, three piles Argent; on the ſhield a ſem&e of
the chancel for Roger Ratcliffe, eſq. and Catharine martlets Argent, Cooe ; fig. 12.
Abby, and John and Dorothy Smith ; none of which
now remain ; having probably all. been deſtroyed in
the thorough reparation which this little church under-
went in 1744.
Mr. Wyrley's MS. mentions this epitaph :
here lyeth John Smith, elg. ſometime of Wpthcok, and
[1545] Dorothee his wife, daughter to Richard Cave of ,
Stanford, eſquier. Note, that ſhe wag livinge at the makinge
hereof, and married to a ſecond Huſband Yemp Pole; who
dying, ſhe remained a widow. Ann. 1582.
Burton alſo has preſerved theſe arms:
Ratcliffe impaling Aſhby ; fig. 10.
Smith; impaling, Azure, fretty Argent, Cave; fig. 11,
Mr. Wyrley's MS has the arms of Smith and Cave;
and alſo,
Argent, a lion rampant Sable, and a chief Gules ;
Aſhby of Laſely; fig. 21: and,
Argent, a chevron between three creſcents Gules ;
Poole, of Dalby on the Woulds, and of Radborne in
Derbyſhire ; fig. 22.
At the upper end, againſt the North wall, there
ſtill remains a ſmall free ſtone, which bas evidently
been at ſome time part of a larger monument, on which
is an angel holding a ſhield with the arms of Smith, as
before, in chief a martlet for difference; impaling,
Records at the Augmentation Office.
On a ſemicircular cornice above the angel is written,
© LYVE TO DYE:—DYE TO LYVE.”
At the bottom : | a
4 Vere lieth the body of Ambroſe Smith Eſquire, who died
the 27th of July, in the
peaz of ouz Lozd God 1584; whoſe ſoule we hope Gov
hath received to his mezxcp.”
In the chancel are three modern monuments :
1. On the South fide the communion table, between
the two ends, South and Eaſt, a neat monument of
grey marble, with two urns on the cornice at top :
Arms: Argent, on a bend Gules, three pheons Or ;
ton Ermine ; Jobnſon; impaling, Azure, a chev-
*ron engrailed between three creſcents Argent; Palmer,
fig. 13. "op
of 3 lyeth the body of Matthew Johnſon, eſq.
who had his education under ſir Geffrey
| Palmer, attorney-general to king Charles
the Second; and, by grant from his majeſty, was
clerk of the parliaments 26 years.
He died the 13th day of December, 1723, in the
88th year of his age. . |
Here alſo lyeth the body of Margaret,
wife of the ſaid Matthew Johnſon,
daughter of Edward Palmer, eſq.
and Elizabeth his wife, eldeſt daughter
2 « Ad collationem epiſcopi, auctoritate concilii.”* Reg. Groſſeteſte, anno 1.
3 % Teſtibus; domino J. de Sano Egid', magiſtro R. de Raveningham, canonicis Lincoln“; domino J. de Dyham, capellano;
magiſtris H. de Akholt, & J. de Groſſeteſte, R. de Burgo, S. de Canell, N. Greco, J. de Eſton, clericis, 6 kal' Sept”, Pont 4.“
e held alſo the perpetual curacy of Ouſton ; where ſee his epitaph. |
5 Curate alſo of Ouſton ; where ſee his epitaplh.
6 Rector alſo of Carlton in Northamptonſhire, and curate of Ouſton. He died Dec. 24, 1786; and was buried at Ouſton
where ſee his epitaph. See alſo under Somerby, p. 319.
7 Of Emanuel college, Cambridge; B. A. 17913; M. A. 1781. He was vicar of Scraptoft, and perpetual curate of Ouſton,
See Gent, Mag. vol. LXII. p. 483.
Rector alſo of Houghton on the Hill.
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9 HISTORY ANο ANTIQUITIES.0: LEICESTERSHIRE,
of the ſaid fir Geffrey Palmer: ſne
departed this life the 19th day of September, 171 5,
ben 2) in the 67th year of her age.
They had two ſons, Geffrey and Matthew;
and two daughters, Frances and Elizabeth
| all living.“ |
2. On the oppoſite ſide, nder monument, exactly
| 2s the laſt;
Arms: Johnſon, as before, ſingle. Creſt, a demi-
griffin Gules, collared Ermine, holding between his
claws a pheon Or, fig. 14 :
Here lyeth the body of Geffrey
Johnſon, eſq. eldeſt fon of
. Matthew Jobnſon, eſq. and
Ml.argaret his wife. He died
the zoth day of March, 1742, in the 64th
\ + year of his age.
Here alſo lyeth the body of
Mrs. Elizabeth Johnſon,
laſt ſurviving ſiſter of the above
Geffrey Johnſon, eſq.
She died the 3oth of March, 17 54,
in the 67th'year of her age.“
3. On a mural tablet:
c Neat
1 this place
(in full aſſurance of a glorious reſurrettionꝭ
lie interred |
the remains of
Edward Palmer, eſq.
He was primitively religious,
a faithful member of the church of Evgland,
a ſincere lover of his country, |
and efninently diſtinguiſhed
Ez for
generoſity, hoſpitality, and charity;
a ſound ſcholar,”
and adorned with exery qualification
becoming a gentleman and a Chriſtian.
He departed this life
July the 17th, 1770,
in the ſeventy-third year
of his age.”
In the church-yatd are no inſcriptions.
The return made to the houſe of commons, in 1786,
in anſwer to the enquiry reſpecting the charitable
donations in this pariſh, may be ſeen in p. 14.
SAUVEY CASTLE
not mentioned by Mr. Burton, ſtood upon the bore
ders of Rutland, near unto the priory of Laund; and
was built by the Baſſets, who were alſo founders and
patrons of that priory . It appears alſo from Dugdale,
that it ſtood near Ouſton abbey *, in the confines of
Leiceſterſhire 3, in the part towards Rutland ꝰ, in the
Eaſtern nook of this county 5.
In 1215, William de Huntinfield was conſtituted go-
vernor of Sauvey caſtle 5; but, taking part with the
rebellious, was the ſame year diſplaced, and Hugh de
Nevill appointed governor in his room 7”. f
In 1216, William de Fortibus II, earl of Albemarle,
was made governor of Sauvey caſtle *.
Upon the death of king John, ſtanding firm to
king Henry III. the ſaid William had the cuſtody of
Sauvey caſtle continued to him by that prince 9, In
1216, he was one of thoſe great men, who, on the
king's behalf, laid ſiege to the caſtle of Mountſorrel,
then held on behalf of the rebellious barons by Henry
de Braibroc. So likewiſe at the raiſing of the ſiege of
Lincoln caftle, by the overthrow of their whole army,
was one of the chief commanders on the king's part.
But, having by this courſe of life got much plunder,
„ MS. Chetwynd. * Dugdale, Baron, I. 64. a.
Id. II. 7. a.; from Pat. 14 John, m. 8.
* 1d. I. 64. a.; from Matthew Paris, 296. n. 30, and 40.
19 Matth. Paris, 293. 295, 296. 300. 310.
* Id, 671. b.; from Pat. 4 Hen, III. m. 4.
14 Id. 376. b.; from Pat. 33 Hen. III. m. 4.
1% Id. 773. b.; from Pat. 45 Hen, III. m. 8.
he could not refrain from that ravening practice;
which being diſcovered by the king, he took the cuſ-
tody of Sauvey caſtle away from him; whereupon, he
flew out into open rebellion -
In 1217, Fouke de Breant was conſtituted governor
of Sauvey and Rockingham caſtles 1. |
In 1219, Stephen de Segrave was made governor of
Sauvey caſtle *. |
In 1225, Hugh de Nevill was again conſtituted go-
vernor *?,
In 1247, Philip Marmion was made governor “.
In 1252, Reginald de Mohun the ſecond was made
governor *5, -
In 1260, John de Placitis, earl of Warwick, had
the ſhrievalty of Warwick and Leiceſter, with the
caſtle of Sauvey, committed to his truſt 16.
From all which it appears, that in the barons' wars
Sauvey caſtle was reckoned a fort of great truſt and
importance. Soon after which wars, the ſaid caſtle,
it may be preſumed, was demoliſhed,
Its ruins were ſcarcely viſible in 1622 7 and it is
more than 100 years ſince an able antiquary obſerved,
that not a trace of it then remained 8.
3 1d. 773. b. Id. 671. b.
7 Id. I. 289. b.; from Pat. 47 John, m. 15.
9 Id. ib.; from Pat. 1 Hen. III. m. 17.
1 Bar. I. 744. a.; from Pat. 2 Hen. III. m. 7.
Id. 288. b.; from Pat. 10 Hen. III. m. 2.
45 Id. 497. b.; from Pat. 37 Hen, III. m. 23.
17 MS. Chetwynd.
$ 14, 376, d.
1 i Nota, quod vetus caftellum de Calceto vel Cauſey [Sauvey] hie ſtum fuit, cujus jam periere etiam ruinz,” Roper, MS.
' WYFORDBY,
395 1
W * 1 ©
in antient writings called Wywordeby, Wivordebie, and
Wyverby, is bounded by Freathby, Stapleford, Bur-
ton, Brentingby, Waltham, and Thorpe-Ernald. It
is ſituate on the Wreke*, three miles diſtant from
Melton Mowbray, the neareſt market town; 18 from
Leiceſter z and, in the ecclefiaſtical divifion of the
county, is within the deanry of Framland,
Wivordebie, in the time of the Confeſſor, was of
the annual value of twenty ſhillings, and employed
five ploughs. It continued of the ſame value at the
time of the ſurvey, when it was held by Richard
under Roger de Buſli, and contained flve ploughlands,
four oxgangs and a half. One plough was then em-
ployed in the demeſne; and four bondmen, and twelve
villans, with eight bordars, had five ploughs and a
half. There were fourteen acres of meadow, and two
mills of four ſhillings value“. | i
This village was by the Conqueror given to Roger
de Buſly, baron of Tikhill in Yorkſhire, who was alſo
lord *
caſtle, and founded a priory in the time of king Wil-
liam Rufus; to which he gave (inter alia) by his
foundation charter, two parts of all his tithes in
Saltby, Gatthorpe, and Beſcaldby, in this county;
Turold de Chevercourt (or de Capricuria) being a wit-
neſs to the deed*; which Turold was enfeoffed
in this manor, and that of Carleton, co. Nottingham;
by the ſaid Roger, both which he held in 1085. To
whom ſucceeded Afridus filius Turoldi ; who had
iſſue Walter de Chevercourt, to whom king Henry I.
granted the following charter : |
Henricus, rex Anglie, juſticiariis Nottinghamſhire
& Ledeceſterſhire, & baron de Blythe, & fidelibus
ſuis, Francis & Anglis, ſalutem. Sciatis me conceſſiſſe
Waltero de Chevercourt totam terram patris ſui
Alfridi, cum omnibus pertinentiis, in boſco & plano,
pratis & paſcuis, & aquis & ſtagnis, & omnibus locis
quam frater ſuus G. ei dedit, & jure hereditario con-
ceſſit. Et volo & Ps quod teneat eandem terram
bene & in pace, liberè & quietè, ſicut pater ſuus un-
quam melius tenuit; & fi quis de terra illa, eum in
placitum impoſuerit, precipio ne placitet niſi coram
baronibus meis de honoge de Blyth, Teſtibus; epiſc'
Galfrido Ciceſtrenſi, & Humfr' de Bullyan archĩepiſ-
copo Rothomagenſi 4.”
This Walter was (as I gueſs) younger brother to
Ralph de Chevercourt, who was lord of Carleton,
and founded a ſmall monaſtery in his park there in
the time of king Henry II. |
The following deed 1s in the MSS, of Mr. Roper,
from an antient Chartulary in his poſſeſſion, p. 54.
8. de Capricuria omnibus hominibus & amicis
ſuis, Francis & Anglis, S. Notum fit vobis me dediſſe
& conceſſiſſe Radulpho filio Hugonis, nepori meo, pro
ſervicio ſuo, dimidiam carucatam terre in Wiverby,
ſibi & heredibus ſuis, tenendum de me propter unum
8 ſorum quam mihi reddet ſingulis annis, vel
uodecim denarios ad meum placitum. Ad augmentum
hujus terre predicte, dedi ei & mulieri ſue culturam
ad toftos, tenendam de me ita liberè & quiete ſicut
egomet teneo de domino Stapul fordie, &c. Johannes
vero filius meus eadem conceſſit. Teſtibus; Joleph ſa-
cerdote, Willielmo ſacerdote, Simone Nees Gerardo
de Capricuril, Henrico de Erderna, Roberto Calam,
Roberto filio meo, Samuele de Freby, Willielmo Gurra.
% Wyverbie Wreko flumine lavatur.” Wyrley, MS.
Blyth in Nottioghamſhire, where he had a
\
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Mr. Roper's MS. goes on thus: CN:
« Patet per eundem librum, fol. 32. dominum Ro-
bertum Chevercourt habuiſſe duas filias, ſorores Jo-
hannis Cheverecourt, qui habuit maneria de Wi-
vordebie, Frithby, Stapleford, &c. coheres: Johanna
primò nupta Johanni Phillipot de Helperingham,
poſtea Johanni de Shepey ; & Alicia, temp. Fdw. III.“
In the Teſta de Nevill, about 1240, Wivordeby,
containing one ploughland and a half, paid 12. to-
wards the ſheriff's aid, and 12d. for frankpledge.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Wyverby, Melton Mow-
bray, and Burton, anſwered collectively as one vill.
In 1298, . Robert de Chevercourt died ſeiſed of the
manor of Wiyordeby, as an appurtenance of the ho-
nour of the caſtle of Tickhill, by homage and the ſer-
vice of one knight's fee, and by ſuit of court at Tick-
hill; and John his next heir was aged 30%
In 1301, John de Chevercourt held half a knight's
fee in Wifordby under Roger de Mowbray, deceaſed”.
That the abbey of Croxton had ſome property here,
appears by the following extracts from their regiſter.
© Habemus, de dono Roberti Chevercourth de
Wywordeby, decem acras prati, in territorio de Wy-
wordeby, libere, quietè ab omni ſervitio cuicunque
pertinente. |
Item habemus, de dono Gilberti Avenel, novem
acras-prati in Rubea Mora, in territorio de Wywer-
deby, in puram eleemoſinam; et unam acram prati,
reddendo pro illa ſolà acri, fibi & heredibus ſuis;
24: ad feſtum Sancti Johannis Baptiſte.
Item, Gilbertus Avenel, filius Willielmi Avenel;
confirmavit nobis predictam acram prati in puram
eleemoſinam, et etiam predictam aliam acram prati ;
et remiſit 2 d. predictos, in liberam & perpetuam
eleemoſinam. 3
Item Rogerus, fllius Ade de Wartnethby, & Ma-
tilda uxor ſua, filia Hugonis Chavyn, confirmaverunt
nobis, & quietum clamaverunt nobis, predictas novem
acras prati; et annuum redditum 38. predictorum no-
bis conceſſit. 2 |
Item, Robertus de Chevercourt remiſit nobis torum
jus & clameum quod habuit in decem acris prati ja-
centibus in Rubea Mora, quas habemus de dono Gil-
berti de Avenel, in liberam, puram, & perpeiuam
eleemoſinam, ab omnibus fervitiis ſecularibus.
Item, Matildis Chaveni, filia & heres Willielmi
Chaveni, confirmavit nobis predictas decem acras prati
in Rubea Mori*.” | | |
The abbey of St. Mary de Pratis had al ſo, ex
dono Roberti Chevercourt, in Wyforby, duas culturas
terre in campis ejuſdem, cum pertinentiis ſuis, que
vocantur Thorpelines, ſcilicet, extendentes ſe juxta
culturam Ernoldi, & jacentes ultra Hungurfurlong ;
quarum una continet 11 ſeliones, & altera 9 ſeliones;
et ipſas colimus. Habemus ibidem, ex dono ejuſdem
Roberti Chevercourt, totum pratum ſuum in Wyforby,
quod vocatur Ham, & quod jacet inter pratum Er-
noldi de Boſco, & pratum Willielmi Calums.“
The deſcendants from Walter de Chevertourt were
owners. of this manor till 1352; when Alice, the
daughter and coheir of Robert de Chevercourt, ſold it,
with the advowſon of the church, and the homage
and ſervice of the abbot of Yaudy, to William de
Weodford of Brentingby; Joan her fiſter having paſſed
away her moicty to the {aid Alice the ſame year “.
* « Ricardus tenet de Rogero Wivordebie. Ibi ſunt 5 carucatæ terte, & 5 bovatz & dimidia. Tempore regis Edwardi
erant ibi 5 caruce, In
prati; & 2 molini de 10 ſolidis.
* Regiſtr, de Blyth, p. 104. 4 Ms, Chetwynd.
Vol. I.
In domitico eſt una; & 9 ſervi & 12 villani, cum bordariis, habent g; carucas et dimidiam.
Valuit, & valet; 20 ſolids.” Domeſday, p. 234. b. 2:
a Ibid.
* Peck, MSS. 4935; e codice MS. in 24*, apud Belvoir, fol. 5. b.
51
Ibi 14 acre
| © Ibid, ' Eſch, 29 Edw. I. Ne 4. Leic.
9 Charyte's Rentale, * Woodford Chartulary.
| Pedigree
396 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Pedigree of CHEVERCOURT, of Wrronpsy. (From the Chetwynd MS.)
Thuroldia Capracuria, or Chevercourt, held Wifordby and Carleton, 20 Con. 8 2 =» g
*
Alfrid, temp. Henry I SIP. BY
Ralph de Chevercourt, of Carleton, « . .
temp. Hen. II. WEB
2 db...
Jordan de Chevercourt. Alice, daughter of Randle, the ſheriff of Nottingham.
G. de Chevercourt, died without
iſſue.
Watter de Chevercourt, of=.
Wifordby, temp. Hen. II, |
S. de Chevercourt. .
3. Ankle; wife of - 1, Lettice, the wife Ralph de Chevercourt, 2. Iſabel, the wife John de Chevercourt. Robert.
died without iſſue, ,
Robert St.
Quintin.
of Ranulph de
Newmarſh.
of Robert de
Turneaux.
*
Robert de Chevercourt, Alice.
* 8
Robert Chevercoutt. „52 0 „ 66 32
John de Chevercourt, of Wyfordby, 13 Edw. II. T Sabina, dau. and heir of Alan de Stoneby, a widow, ) Edw. III.
5 H. IIl. and 35. H. lil.
7
Ivo Chevercourt,
10 and 18 E. III. widow, 23E. III.
Julian, 2d wife. Robert de Chevercourt, lord of W
6 6 Edw. III. died 21 Edw.
fordby, = Alice, 1ſt Ralph Chevercourt,
I. wife. 28 Edw. III.
Alice, dau. and coheir, ſold
Wyfordby, 26 Edw. III. 26 Edw.
In 1346, Robert Chevercourt (on the aid then
granted for knighting Edward of Woodſtock, the
king's eldeſt fon) was aſſeſſed 20s, for half a knight's
fee lying in Burton, Freathby, and Wyfordby ;
Wifordby being parcel of the honour of Tickhill,
and Burton and Freathby parcel of the fee of Mow-
bray: The whole was part of the three knights fees
which - John de Chevercourt held“.
In 1371, John de Mowbyay, of the Ifle of Axholme,
died ſeiſed of one knight's fee in Wyfordby, which
n de Chevercourt held“.
In 1399, Thomas Mowbray, late duke of Norfolk,
© 4 ſeiſed of the moiety of one Knight's fee in Wi-
fordby *. - |
In 1401, John Woodford died ſeiſed of fix meſſuages
and fix virgates of land, with the appurtenances, in
Wifordby, held of Thomas, ſon of Thomas, late duke
of Norfolk +. . © IK
In the ſubfidy of 1416 (when the county of Lei-
ceſter was rated at {757+ 125. 114d.) Wyfordby paid
235. In that of 1445, Wyfordby was rated at 235.;
and an abatement was made of 37.
Sir Robert de Woodford, knt. in 1457, by the fine
mentioned under Brentingby *, ſettled this lordſhip,
with the advowſon of the church, on Humfrey, his
grandſon. |
In 1455, it appeared that Robert Woodford, knt.
died ſeiſed of the manor of Wyfordby ; and that (ex-
cept four carucates of land, parcel of the ſgid manor,
held of the king, as of his duchy of Lancaſter, by
fealty only) it was held of Jobn duke of Norfolk 5,
Humphrez Woodford dying without iſſue, chis lord-
ſhip came to Ralph his brother. |
In 1461, John Mowbray, duke of Norfolk, died
ſeiſed of one knight's fee in Wytordby, which Ra
Woodford held; on whole death, the lordſhip de-
volved to John de Woodford his nephew; and after-
ward, for want of iſſue, reverted to the heirs of the
eldeſt brother Thomas. |
The Woodford Chartulary preſerves the following
deeds relative to this townſhip: -»
S. de. Capricuria gave to Ralph his nepos, the ſon
of Hugh, half a carucate of land in Wyvordeby,
with a reſerved rent of twelve pence to himſelf and
his heirs. Teſtibus; Joſepho ſacerdote, Wilta ſacer-
dote, Simone clerico, Gerardo de Capricuria, &c.
John de Capricuria his ſon alſo joined in the grant.
Henry the Firſt, king of England, gave to Walter
Chevercourt all his lands freely, as his, father held
them, in the counties of Leiceſter'and Nottingham.
No date to this grant.
Jobn de Nevif, of Stoke, releaſed all claim to a
meadow, called Yng-croft, to John Chevercourt, ſon
and heir of Robert, 2 Edw. II. Teſtibus; Roberto de
Gaddeſby, Reginaldo Bozunde Stapleford, &c. 2 Edw. II.
Another releaſe of William, the ſon of Robert of
Rot. Aux. 20 Edw. III.
* Eſch. 3 Hen, IV. Ne 23. Leic.
7 ich. 1 Edw. IV. Ne 46. Leic.
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John de Shepey, ad huſband, = Joan, dau. and = John Phillipotts, of Helpringham,
; . g 0 iT kane,
an ox-gang of land in Wyvordeby ; whoſe eftate John
8 Eſch, 35 Edw. III. pars 3. Ne 10. |
5 See it in the Appendix, p.
* See the proceedings at large, Term, Mich. Leiceſter, 26 Edw. III. in the Woodford Chartulary, p-. $1,
coheir.
Brentingby, to Robert Chevercourt, of the ſaid Yng-
croft. Teſtibus; Wilto de Derby de Stapulford, Ro-
berto de Sando Petro de eidem, Roberto de Ferrers
de eũdem, Reginaldo clerico, & aliis. No date.
Ernold de Boſco releaſed the aforefaid Yng-croft
to Robert Chevercourt; whoſe eſtate John of Wood-
ford purchaſed. Teſtibus; Wilto filio Seneſcalli de
Stapulford, Petro de Coſington de Thorpe Ernold,
& aliis. No date. 4 | |
Robert Chevercourt, of Wyfordeby, gave to
Hugh Marven, of the fame town, a meſſuage and half
Woodford purchaſed. Teſtibus; Johe de Wodeford
de Brentingby, &c. 6 Edw. II. :
Richard Cok, receiver of the caſtle and honour of
Tykhill, acknowledges to have received of Robert
Chevercourt twenty-fix ſhillings and eight 4 * ſcu-
tage, for part of a knight's fee held under the honour
of Tykhill; 14.Edw. II; and oo libras argenti in
aver ſolutione decem librarum de relevio fuo, for two
ights' fees held by him after the death of his father
John, of the bonour of Tykhill, 7 Edw. HI.
The faid Richard Cok gave another acquittance,
for ſix pounds of filyer, ro John Chevercourt, for
three ſcutages on one Knight's fee held under the ho-
nour of Tykhill ; 18 Edw, III.
Jobanna, late wife of Robert Chevercourt, of Wy-
vordeby, was dowered in all the lands, rents, and poſ-
ſeffions of the aforeſaid Robert, her late huſband, de-
ceaſed ; and, after a commiſſion of inqueſt upon oath,
and ſurvey and admeaſurement, taken by order of
queen Philippa, in the preſence of fir Ralph de Fer-
rers, knt. and John Ymworth, the queen's eſcheator,
her third part of the ſaid lands and poſſeſſion were
ſet out ſpecifically, and awarded to her in poſſeſſion,
at, Wyvordeby, 11 Edw. III. |
John Amory, of Burton, gave Robert Chever-
court, of Wyvordeby, a meſſuage, fix acres of land,
and half a rood of land, in Wyvordeby, 20 Edw. II.
Alice, the daughter of Robert Chevercourt, reco-
vered two parts of the manor of Wyvordeby, by aſ-
fize taken 26 Edward III.“
Johanna, wife of John Philipott of Helpringham,
releaſed to Alice daughter of Robert Chevercourt all
the manor of Wyvordeby, with its appurtenances, and
the advowſon of the church, homage, ſuits, ſervices,
&c. . Dated at Helpringham, 26 Edw. III.
. William of Woodford purchaſed the manor, &c..
of Alice. Teſtibus; Rogero Belere milite, Johanne
Brabazon milite, Johanne de Wodeford, Roberto
Hawberk de Scalford, Johanne Palmer de Melton,
Roberto Poutrell de A Johanne de Eftwell
de eadem, & aliis; 26 Edw. III. | | "IP
Ivo, ſon of Jobn Chevercourt, releaſed to the ſaid
William Woodford all right and title in the ſaid ma-*
nor of Wyvardeby. Teſtibus; Johanne Walker,
3 Eſch, 1 Hen. IV. N- 71. Leic.
* Eſch, 34 Hen, VI.
| rectore
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
rectore eccleſie de Wyrordeby; & aliis. . Dat” apud
Brentingby, 28 Edw. III. |
Ralph Chevercourt, of Wyvordeby, releaſed his
right and title to the ſaid manor, &c. to the ſaid Wil -
liam, 38 Edw. III. 3
By the next deed it is proved, that Hege land in
Burton is held of the manor of Wyvordeby. No date.
John, the ſon and heir of William de Woodford,
was taken as a ward to prince Edward, 43 Edw. III;
and made a. proof of his age at Melton Mowbray,
before Thomas Hore, eſcheator, in the third year of
king Richard, by virtue of the king's writ *.
John Entley, eſcheator of Leiceſterſhire, took an
inqueſt at Waltham, by virtue of the king's writ, after
the death of John of Woodford, for the ward of Ro-
bert, the ſon of the ſaid John of Woodford, April 6,
3 Henry IV. |
A covenant made between Mabille de Wodeford
and Robert her fon, whereby ſhe accepts a life-eſtate
in all the lands, tenements, rents, and ſervices, being
part of the Woodford eſtate, within the pariſhes of
Gnypton, Melton Mowbray, Thorpe, &c. and the ad-
yowſons of the churches of Wyvordeby and Gnypton
every third turn, to have and to hold, for the term of
her life, as a dower, and in lieu and ſtead of her
thirds of all the rents and ſervices, renewing from all
the lands, tenements, and poſſeſſions, belonging to
John Woodford, her deceaſed huſband, within the
townſhips of Wyvordeby, Brentingby, Burton,
Fretheby, Stapulford, Garthorpe, Sproxton, and
Stoke. Witneſſed by Walter matter of Burton, John
arſon of Gnypton, &c. Dated at Brentyngby, 7
lacy IV. |
The maſter and brethren of the houſe of St. La-
zarus in Burton acknowledge to hold certain lands in
Burton under the manor of Wyvordeby. No dare.
Sir Robert Woodford, knight, recovered of Wil-
liam Roll a plot of ground and a willow in Wyvor-
deby, by the yard of the ſaid William, on a writ of
| aſhze; 11 Henrici Regis. |
A deed of releaſe of Yng-croft, made to fir Robert
Wodeford, knight, by John Poutrell. Teſtibus;
WV FOR DB X.
397
Waltero magiſtro de Burton, Laurentio Berkeley,
Roberto Sherard, Thoma Aſheby, Johe Goldeſmith
de Melton, & aliis; 1 Hen. V. ee "20
Geoffrey Poutrell ſold to the ſaid ſir Robert Wode-
ford certain lands and tenements in Wyvordeby; as
appears by his letter of attorney, empowering David
Preſton, clerk, and Richard Saxby, rector of Wy-.
vordeby, to act for him. The purchaſe-deed dated
5 Henry VI. 6
Thomas Chaunſeler, of Melton Mowbray, ſold to
fir Robert Wodeford a croft and three lands in Wy-
vordeby. Teſtibus; Johe Sergeant de Wyfordeby,
Wilto Chaunſeller de Fretheby, Robto Bagot de Sta-
pelford, Thoma de Walchman de eadem, & aliis ;
12 Hen, VI. | | |
Henry, biſhop of Wincheſter, and cardinal, as one
of the feoffees of king Henry V. gave a general
diſcharge and acquittance to fir Robert Woodford,
knight, of homage and fealty owing to k ing Henry VI.
for all his lands and tenements in the counties of
Leiceſter and Nottingham ſhires ; dated from his
manor of Southwark, July 6, 19 Henry VI.
On an inquiſition taken April 15, 1522, it appeared
that John Morton, who had married Margaret, daughter
of William Woodford, of Aſhby Folvile, died Aug. 21,
1521, poſſeſſed of the manor of Sproxton, then worth
110, a year, held of the king, as of the principality
of Wales, by fealty only; the manor of Brentingby,
held of the lord la Zouch by fealty ; and the manor
of Aſhby Folvile, held of the king by knights ſervice.
He held alſo four meſſuages, one virgate of arable
land, and five acres of meadow, at Melton, at a rent of
40s. under fir Maurice Berkeley, by fealty ; and under
the ſame terms he held under fir Maurice the manor
of Wyfordby, at a rent of 5 marks; and four cloſes
there, under fir George Haſtings, by fealty, a rent of
five marks, and ſervice at the court of Framland =.
His only daughter and heir Mary was born, after
his deceaſe, Feb. 15, 1521-2; and died in 1563,
ſeiſed of this lordſhip, leaving George Smyth, her ſon
and heir.
Pedigree of MORT ON. |
Thomas Morton, eſq. outlived his wife.—Margaret, daughter and heir of William Woodford.
I. John Morton, eſq. Elen, dau. of John
died Aug. 21, 1521. Roper, eſq.
ſen.
1 William,
3. William,
1. Cecilia. 2. Agnes. 3. Elizabeth.
jun. | |
'
Mary, a poſthumous dau. and heir, aged 2 months in April 15224
June 21, 1603, Simon Hull, gent. died ſeiſed of one
meſſuage and three. virgates of meadow and paſture,
in Wyfordby, held of the king, as of his honour of
Tickhill, parcel of his duchy of Lancaſter, by the
ſervice of a fortieth part of one Knight's fee; and
Jobn Hall, bis fon and heir, was aged 4 years 4.
The above-mentioned Jobs Smyth had iflue fir
Francis Smyth, of Aſhby, knt. who gave the inheri-
tance, of this manor to fir Thomas Smyth, kat. his
younger ſon, lord thereof in 1642 5.
Sir Jobn Hartepp, bart. was afterwards owner of
this lordſhip; from whom it has ſince deſcended, as
ſtated under Brentingby, p. 374, to Edmund Cradoct
Hartopp, eſq. who is now the greateſt proprietor, lord
of the manor, and has the patronage of the living.
This is a ſmall lordſhip of old incloſure; the land
good; the ſoil a+ blue clay; part flat, part a little
upon the deſcent; FCG 4:8 et ad.
Tradition ſays, there has been a manſion-houſe here.
In 1564, there were but four families in Wyfordby.
At preſent there are eleven families in the pariſh ;
tized May 31.
and the total number of inhabitants is 54.
Men ſervants'_ wages from eight to ten pounds;
women ſervants, two pounds fifteen to three pounds
ten ſhillings. |
Brentingby and Wyfordby are one pariſh with re-
ſpect to the poor.
The name of Hubbard appears in the earlieſt part
of the regiſter, which begins in 1857; and their de-
ſcendants continue in the pariſh to the preſent time.
« 1730. William, fon of William Flint, was bap-
N. B. This infant was to have been
baptized James ; but the godmother through miſtake
named him to me William; and as he has a brother
named William alive, probably he may be called
James.“
For the firſt ten years of the regiſter, 34 baptiſms,
15 marriages, 13 burials. |
-For the middle period of ten years, 21 baptiſms,
30 burials, 5 marriages.
For the ten years, ending in 1789, 10 funerals, 16
births, 8 weddings.
* See before, under Brentingby, p. 374. The depoſitions at large are in the Woodford Chartulary.
* Inq. 13 Hen. VIII; Cole's Eſcheats, vol. I.
* Eſch, 1 Jace I. 5 Ms. Chetwyud.
*
*
(Harl. MSS. 756.) p. 36.
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5
HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIESor LEICESTERSHIRE.
The CHURCH,
' dedicated to St. 1 conſiſts of a nave, two ſmall
ailes, and a chancel, all which ate leaded, except the
chancel, which is flated, and ſome part of the nave,
which js tiled. -
- Two views of it, one taken by Mr. Schnebbelie in
1791, the other by Mr. James Baſire in 1793, are
given in plate LXXII.
At the bottom of the nave,” ſays Mr. Peck, © is
the ſteeple, the ſmalleſt ſtone ſpire that I ever ſaw;”
wherein hang two little bells, wh are thas inſcribed:
1. Ave Maria, gratia plena, E
2. T S. R. F.
1 font, which is octagon, qng dearly pan, fy
ngraved, fig. 3; and the piſcina, fig. 4.
here remains here alſo a ſmall Belt
The fears are almoſt all open ones.
Length of the ry — 12 yards.
Breadtn — — ' 13 |
Length of the chancel .
Breadth — — 4
In this church Mr. Burton puts down theſe coats :
1. Or, a feſs vaire Argent and Azure; Solers..
RECTOR 8.
Robert, 1220.
Ralph de Wivordeby, 1244.
Robert Boryn, ſubdeacon, 1248.
John de Chevercourt, a
tp? & fe te Os
$,4.4.6:<# 40. 3384
| john Walker, 1359.
Richard Saxby, 1426.
John Willen, 15 34+
Thomas Cowper „ 1560.
John Hutchin, died rector 1626 3,
Thomas Briggs *, died rector 1644. |
Robert Lord, ſequeſtered 1644. a 4
Iſaac Cooper, died rector 1645 5, +6
Wilkam Clowdeſley, died rector 1655%.
Robert Harrifon ?, 1663 z died Sept. 21, TOs,
John Foxcroft*, M. A. Nov. 25, 1692.
John Cooper, Jan. 17, 1901-2.
2. Or, a feſs Azure.
Both which are now gone.
On a ſilver flagon and a paten:
Deo et EKccleſiæ de Wifordby,
PD. D. Thomas Briggs, LL. D. & Cancell. Ciceſt.
filius Thome Briggs quondam Rectoris hujus Eccleſiæ,
anno Salutis 1677.“
In 1220, the patron of Wifordby church was Ro-
bert de Chevercourt. The. then parſon was Robert,
inſtituted by Hugh biſhop of Lincoln.
In 1344 the procurations were 5s.; the church was
x ! Taxa at 9 marks; and paid 9d. for Peter-pence.
In 14093, John of Woodford bequeathed ten marks
m the church of Wyfordby, towards the maintenance
of che fabrick and the bells
In 1560, the rectory was returned worth £20. and
the incumbent as * no preacher.”
This rectory is valued in the king's books at 6.
In 1716, the value was £78; and an 1760, about
£140.
Mr. James Turner, vicar of Garthorpe, was curate
here in-1749-
The wake is obſerved on Whitſunday.
PATRONS.
Robert de Chevercourt.
} Sir Bernard de Chevercourt.
John de Chevercourt.
Sir Francis Smith, knt.
Sir Thomas Smith, knt,
Charles lord Carington.
Sir John Hartopp, bart.
Thomas Willey e, M. A. June 14, 76; died. _ Joſeph: Hurlock, eſq. and Thmody Date, M. D.
James Wood te, M. A. Oct. 20, 1776.
lizabeth Dallowe, widow.
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MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
Beneath the feats Weſt of this ſtone
lies Deborah, the dau — ax of William Dilke, gent.
ary his wife;
who died Sept. —— — in the igth year of her age.“
“On the South ſide of this ſtone lies the body
of Anne, the daughter of Mr. William ORs
by Anne his wife;
who died Nor, 7, 1769, aged 19 years.”
«© Eaft of this ftone lies Hannah,
the daughter of William Dilke, gent.
Anne his wife;
who died Feb. 27, 1761, in the-14th year of her age.”
In the nave:
Here lieth the body of William,
the ſon of William Dilke, of Brentyngby, ent.
| by Anne his wife; |
who departed this life June 27, 17 57s
in the 24th year of his age.“
90 Here | lies interred the-body of Elizabeth,
f daughter of William Dilke, gent. by Anne his wife; |
who departed this life the gth of ' _'
in the 24th, year of her age.”
* See his will under Brentingby, p. 375-
© North from this ſtone * the body
of Mrs. Anne Cooper, mother to Anne Dilke,
late of Brentingby;
ſhe departed this life Jan. 6, 1771, aged go.”
&« Here lieth the body of Mr. William Dilke,
only ſon of John Dilke, gent.
of Cold Newton, in the county of Leiceſter;
who died July 12, 1731, aged 63.
% Alfo Elizabeth his wife,
daughter of Edward Cheſelden,
of Burrow, in the ſaid county, gent.;
who died July 18, 1724, aged 50.
1 Here lieth interred
the body of Mrs. Anne Dilke,
Vite of William Dilke, of Brentingby, gent.
who departed this life March 25, 1741, aged 24 25.
s Here alſo let interred
the body of William Dilke, of Brentingby, gent.
who departed this life the 23 ft day of Fed. 1760,
in che 53d year of his age.”
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In the certificate referred to under Howes, p. 221, 1 e is thus 6cfiribed begebe, non ae see 3 com-
petenter doctus; reſidet; hoſpitalis; deget ibidem; non licentiatus; nec prædicat; nullum aliud habet.“
Buried June 3.
Pariſh Regiſter,
© Buried'Dec, 17
„ Ibid.
ar Buried OR, 27. Ibid.
7 Buried Sept. 23.
Buried Dec. 13, Ibid,
Ibid,
©» Tt does not . when he died: probably he did not reſide, or was buried in ſome other place. The entries in the
7 during the incumbeney vf Foxcroft are very neat, He publiſhed three ſingle Sermons, 1695, 1696. |
eee alſo of Edmondthorpe. See p. 180.
1 Of st. Joan's college Cambridge 3 ſince D. D. ſenior fellow and ſenior burſar of that college, He has juſt been preſented
Pf: 1 ut ſociety (Feb, $795) to the rectory of Marſton ans, in * ; which he holds by diſpenſation with Wyfordby.
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in antient writings ay, Wymundeſham, —
and Wymand's Town *, is bounded on the North by
Coſton; on the South by Edmondthorpe ; on the
Weſt by Stapleford ; and on the Eaſt by Witham in
the county of Lincoln *. It is about ſeven miles
diſtant from Melton Mowbray, the neareſt market-
-- town; 18 from Leiceſter; and, in the eccleſiaſtical divi-
ſion of the county, 1s within the deanry of Framland;
In Domeſday Book, the principal part of Wy-
mondham, then a joint manor with Edmondthorpe,
as has: been already noticed 3, was the property of
Henry de Ferrariis; of whom, and of his deſcendants,
ſo far as they were connected with the Hundred of
Framland, a full account ſhall be given at the end of
this pariſh ; (ſee p. 408—412.)
There was, however, another diſtin lordſhip in
Wymondham, which employed two ploughs in the
time of the Confeſſor, when the owner might remove
whitherſoever he pleaſed, without alienaring *. It then
was worth two ſhillings a year; and, at the time of
the ſurvey, being increaſed to thirty millings, was held
by Ansfrid under Robert de Buci. One plough was
uled in the demeſne; and five villans and four ſoc-
men, with two bordars, had three ploughs. There
were thirty acres of meadow 5.
It appears from the regiſter of the priory of Tut-
bury, that William de Ferrars, earl of Derby,
conſiderable part of his property at Wymondbams, i in
the time of king Henry II. to Hamelin; and appro-
priated the churches of Wymondham, Stapleford, and
Edmundrhorpe, to the prior and convent of Tutbury ;
who, as appears by the faid regiſter, had-alſo a grange
here; to which Dioniſia, widow of Geffry Fitz-Richard,
releaſed all her right in favour of the priory.
In the Teſta de Nevill, about 1240, Ralph Hamelin!
had four plonghlands at Wymondham, which paid
32d. to the ſheriff's aid ; Richard le Moyne, in another
place, called Richardus Manac bus, had three plough-
lands and a half, which paid 28s. ; Hugh Purle and
William Coarnells had three ploughlands, which paid
25d. ; and Reginald Pepin had 9 oxgangs. The whole
lordſhip paid 13d. for ſuit. |
In the Itinerary of 1280, Wymondham and Ed-
mondthorpe anſwered collectively as one vill.
The property of the abbor and convent of Croxton
at Wymondham is thus ſtated in their regilter :
Ralph Hamelia gave them a croft and three ſelions
of land; and William Hamelin gave four ſelions of
land for ever, in exchange for a parcel of land
called Peckholm.
They had alſo an obligation from William Achune-
ville and his heirs, to pay an annual rent of 184 for
a meſſuage demiſed to him.
Henry de Purley gave a boyate of land, with a rofe
and croft, and eight acres of meadow, held in the
field of Wymondham and Thorpe.
Hugh Purley, his ſon, releaſed all claim in Pekeſholm ; ;
confirmed to them the above-mentioned eight acres,
all which lay in Eſtmere on Mikeldeyl;
them beſides a bovate at Wy mondham and Thorpe.
There was one Wymand, ſon of Witlaf king of the dicks,
for part of his maintenance, and ſo gave name to the place. Peck, MS.
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Jobn, the ſon of Jobn the Smith, gave one ſelion id
the fields of Wymondham and Thorpe, between
Halgate and Wodegate, near the lands up John Hawe.
lin and Walter de la Grene !. .
In 1290, William Hamelin gave thud tnbakges and
eight bovates of land, 1 in. Saxelby, Wymondham, and
Thorpe, to a certain capellan, to celebrate in the cha-
pel of St. Mary, on the South fide of the 'pariſh
church of Wymondham aforeſaid, to hold to him the
ſaid capellan and his ſucceſſors; which lands were
then held of lord Edmund, the king's brochef, At the
rent of 6d. a year '.
In 1297, it appeared that John Hamelin, Hugh de
| Purle, and William de Cbarnels, held half a knight” 3
fee, and the tenth part of one other knight's fee, in
Wymondham, of Edmund earl of Lantaſter, the king's
r ay by homage and ſuit of court; alſo
that fir am de Hamelin held half a knight's fee
in Wymondham aforeſaid, of the ſaid earl, by homage
and ſuit of court; alſo that the faid eat held the
advowſon of the church of Wymondham aforeſaid,
and that it was worth (C13. 6s. 84. a year to the
parſon .
Feb. 12, 1303, king Edward I. gtanted to John
Hamelin and his heirs a weekly market on Thurſdays ;
Aua yearly fair on the eve and day of St. Peter and
Paul, to be held at their manor of Wymondham, in
the county of Leiceſter. Teſtibus; Thoma comite
Lancaſtrie ; Rado de Mont Hermer, comite Glouceſtrie
& Hertf“; Humffo de Bohun, comite Heref* & Ef-
ſex; Guidone de Bello Campo, comite Warw'; Joke
Britannia juniore ; Hugone le Diſpenſer ; Robto filio
Rogeri ; Joke de Segrave; Robto de la Ward, ſeneſ-
callo hoſpitii noſtri; & aliis. Dat) per manum nol-
trum apud Dumfarnelyn *.
In 1309, ſir Jobn Hamelin, of Wymogdbam, 4 im-
pleaded Roger de Derle and others, of Stapleford,
for breaking down a wall at Wymondbam, which fir
John Hamelin declared was built upon his own free-
hold; but was afferted by Roger de Derle to be upon
the waſte ground of Thomas earl of ng 0 NIN
Derle was then ſteward *.
In 1328, “ Juratores' "Sun, quod -non elt al
dampnum regis nec aliorum, ſi rex concedat Jobanni
Hamelin quod ipſe meſſuagium & unam virgatam
terre, cum pertinentiis, in Wymondham, 1 in com. Leic.
dare poſſet cuidam capellano, divina in capella 8. Petri
de Burgh imperpetuum celebraturo; & quod viginti
libre terre & redditùs, cum pertinentiis, in Wymond-
ham, tenentur de comite Lancaſtrie, per ſervitium'mi-
litare, & decem libre terre, cum pertinentiis, in Bar-
rowe ſuper Sore, tenentur de Henrico de Wies
milite, per ſervitium 6d. per annum.
Thomas lord Berkeley, of Coſton '* in this county,
who married Jaan, — of William Ferrars earl
of Derby, had four ſons, 1. Maurice lord Berkeley;
2. Thomas;' 3. John; 4. James. Thomas, the ſecond
ſon , on whom his father beſtowed the lordſhip. of
Coſton, obtained Wymondham alſo by marriage with
a daughter and heireſs of fir John Hamelin. . 5
and thiv town being in that province; probably he had it
„ Wymondham, in nn ad Ruthelandos orientali Leiceſtriæ, Mauritium Barkeley a habet, cujus eft habitatio,
Wyrley, Ms.
3 See under Edmondthorpe, p. 175.
Weg
* « Has uA. ui tenuerunt tempore regis Edwardi quo voluerint ire potuerunt.“ Ibid. * latter phraſe. ie ane
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manner applied to
30 ſolidos.“ Domeſday, p. 234. b. .
veral other manors belonging to Robert de Buei.
» Ansfridus tenet de Rogero 3 carucatas terrz in Wimundeſham.
minico eſt une 3 & 4 villani & 4 ſochmannis, cum 2 bordariis, habent 3 carucas,
Tempore regis Edwardi erant ibi 3 'caruce;
* 5
Ibi zo acre prati.
Valuit 30 der mods
o See the arms of the different branches of the family of Ferrars, whilſt lords of Wymondham, plate LXXII, fg. .
? Arms; Gules, a lion rampant crowned Or; fig. 8.
9 Inq. ad quod dampnum, 18 Edw. I.
i Cart. 32 Edw. I. n. 75.
Vol. I.
Appendix, p. 140.
e Efch. 25 Edw. I. N. 51. Leie.
1 See Appendix, p. 139.
' 24. Arms, Gules, a chevron between ten eroſſes patée Or; fig. 9. 5
He varied the 3 arms, ba ee the croſſes wn r= fig. 10.
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400 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
„ The family of Berkeley was known before the
Norman Conqueſt ; ſoon after which, the Engliſh, in
imitation of their invaders, began to give themſelves
the appellation of the place of their reſidence ; and
this family called themſelves Berkeley, from the name
af the caſtle where the chief of the houſe refided,
Many records and hiſtories of the ſeveral reigns ſince,
that æra ſpeak of the rank, eminence, and ſervices of
the Berkeleys, and all their vatious changes of eſtate
and. condition, as the ſmiles or frowns of good and
bad fortune affected them at different periods of time;
and of all which, fir William Dugdale, in his Engliſh
Baronage, has given an ample narrative. To his la-
borious work I muſt refer my Reader, if his curioſity
urges to a farther enquiry into ſuch anecdotes.
< It is to be obſerved, that when property is once
gained in any particular place, by purchale, marriage,
donation, or any other means, many cauſes contribute
to the enlargement of it; and a family, newly poſ-
ſeſſed of lands in a province, like an infant colony,
gradually enlarges its poſſeſſions in the neighbouring
laces. Thus, Themas lord Berkeley, who ſucceeded
is father in 1281, marrying Fane, one. of the daugh-
ters and coheirs of Roger de Quincy, earl of Win-
chefter, had with her the manor of Coſton, in this
county, for her portion. This is one inflnce of an
acquiſition by alliance, In the ſame reign, as mentioned
above, Maurice Berkeley became lord of Wymondham,
by marrying the heir general of Hamelin, the former
lord. And many other inſtances there are to ſhew that
matrimony was a matter of money, as well in the days
of our fore-fathers, as in the preſent times.
The Berkeleys had a conſiderable intereſt in many
parts of Leiceſterſhire ; and a great property always
contains a kind of magnetic virtue, attracting the
reſpect and obſervation of the multitude ; and ſome -
times (perhaps too often, when public virtue is not
the companion of wealth) draws down even royal
complarſance in the form of honours, or honourable
employments ; for example, in 1338, Thomas lord
Berkeley was joined in commiſſion with Richard earl
of Arundel, to array and arm all able men in fix
different counties of this kingdom, the county of Lei-
ceſter being included in that number. To give one
proof more of the growing increaſe of their territories
in this county, I muſt obſerve, that Wiliam lord
Berkeley, having no iſſue, and being diſpleaſed with
his brother Maurice, on account of his marriage with
an inferior perſon, by indenture, bearing date Dec. 3o,
1488, ſettled upon the then king, and the heirs male
of his body, the caſtle of Berkeley, and 12 manors
in Glouceſterſhire, with three advowſons; two ma-
nors in Somerſetſhire; and four in Warwickſhire ;
with many others in different counties, but particu-
larly eight manors in Leiceſterſhire: a ſufficient de-
monſtration how often, when a foundation is once
laid by gaining a ſpot of property in any place,
greater and numerous eſtates are ſuperſtructed upon
a ſlender poſſeſſion *.” |
In 1346, John Tiptoft, Geoffry de Caftreton, and
John de Berkley (on the aid then granted for knighting
Edward of Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt ſon), were
aſſeſſed 3os. for three parts of one knight's fee; Jahn
de Berkley, 35. 4d. for a twelfth part of one wr
one
knight's fee; the prior of the hoſpital of St. Jobn of
Jeruſalem in England, 25. for a twentieth part of one
place as a peer, 1 Henry II.“
Rot. Aux. 20 Edw, III.
Cart. 21 Edw. III.
* Eſch. 46 Edw. III. No 54. Leic.
4
knight's fee; the prioreſs of Stikeſwold, 5s. for half
a quarter of one knight's fee; all in Wymondham
and Thorpe, parcel of the fee of Tutbury 3.
A releaſe of John de Ferrars to Payne Jibbetot
and others, of all claim of action for depaſturing cat-
tle in a meadow ed Weſimor, in the common field
of Wymondham and Edmondthorpe “, has been al-
ready noticed under Stapleford, p. 331.
In 13472 king Edward ms oo ted to John de Berke-
ley, ſon of Thomas, and to Nis heirs, liberty of free.
warren in all their demefne lands at Wymondham and
Coſton. Hiis teſtibus; Johanne archiepiſcopo Can-
twarien(*; R. London', W. Winton' epiſcopo, theſau-
rario noſtro; magiſtro Johanne de Offord, decano «
Lincoln', cancellario noſtro; Henrico de Percy ; Rau-
dolpho de Nevil ; & aliis. Dat' per manum cuſtodis
Anglie, apud Redinge 5.” |
In 1355, Henry duke of Lancafter obtained per-
miſhon from king Edward III. to beſtow the advow-
ſons of Wymondham, Thorpe Edmere, Higham Fer-
rers, Raundes, and Preſton,” with the manors of In-
gleſham, Wolaſton, Cheddeſworth, and Kynemersford,
on the warden and chaplains of the hoſpital of St.
Mary at Leiceſter, which had then been lately founded
by Henry earl of Leiceſter his father b.
In 1379, Robert lord Tibetot had lands here of con-
ſiderable value, which came by marriage to Roger
lord Scrope of Bolton, and was afterwards purchaſed
by the Berkeleys ?. |
In 1372, Robert Tibetot, knt. died ſeiſed of three
cottages and three virgates of land in Wymondham,
held of John duke of Lancafter, by knight's ſervice ;
which premiſes in Wymondham were parcel of the
manor of Edmerethorpe *.
In 1403, it appeared that Roger le Scrop, knt. de-
ceaſed, held, jointly with Margaret his wite, the ma-
nor of Wymondham ; and that it was held of the king,
as of the honour of Leiceſter, by knight's ſervice 9.
In the ſubſidy of 1416 (when the county of Lei-
ceſter was rated at £757. 125. 114d.) Wymondham and
Thorpe conjointly paid £9. 65s. In that of 1445, they
were rated at the ſame ſum, and an abatement was
made of C. 12s.
In 1466, William Purley died ſeiſed of one cottage,
two meſſuages, and four virgates of land, in Wy-
mondham, held of the king in capite, by the ſervice
of a quarter of one knight's fee; alſo of three meſ-
ſuages, and fix virgates of land, in Wymondham,
held of the king, as of his honour of Tutbury and
Tickhill ; William Purley was his fon and heir “.
Sir Lawrence de Berkeley died in 1485; and was
ſucceeded by his ſon fir Thomes Berkeley, knt. who.
married Petronel, daughter of William Brokeſby ; and
dying 1488, a monument is erected to his memory in
the church of Wymondham ; as alſo for ſir Maurice
Berkeley his ſon.
Nov. 20, 1515, Robert Colville died ſeiſed of three
meſſuages, two cottages, and 180 acres of land, in
Wymondham and Thorpe-Edmere, held of the king,
as of his manor of Stapleford, parcel of the duchy of
Lancaſter, by the fourth part of a knight's fee ©,
Sir Maurice Berkeley, died Nov. 30, 1522, ſeiſed
of the manor of W ymondham, with its appurtenances
in Wymondham and Thorpe-Edmere, held of the
king, as of his honour of Tutbury, by the ſervice of
a quarter of one knight's fee“. He had four tene-
ments and 140 acres of land in Edmondthorpe ; one
That this family was denominated from the great manor of Berkeley, co. Glouceſter, all our genealogiſts agree; as alſo
that it deſcended from Harding, a younger ſon of the king of Denmark; or, as others write, a ſon of Ednothus, of an antien-
and noble family of the Saxons, eminent in the days of Edward the Confeſſor, who married a daughter of the king of Dent
mark, by whom be had this Harding, who died at Briſtol in 2116, and was buried there. Robert Fitzharding, his fon, was mayor
and governor of Briſtol, as his father had been; and, aſſiſting king Henry II. with great ſupplies of money in his wars againſt
king Stephen, had, in reward for his ſervices, the barony of Berkeley by gift from that king, who took it from Roger lord of
Durſley and Berkeley, who aſſiſted king Stephen againſt him. This Robert Fitzharding, or Robert lord Berkeley, took his
",
2 Theſe are the remarks of fir Thomas Cave. See a pedigree, and a farther account of the family, pp. 413, 414.
The releaſe is printed at length in the Appendix, p. 140; and the ſeal engraved, plate LX. fig 23.
o Pat, 29 Edw. III. pars 1. m. 22.
9 Eſch. 5 Hen, IV. N' 25. Leic.
* In. 8 Hen. VIII; Cole's Eſcheats, vol. I. (Harl. MSS. 756.) p. 162.
* Inq. OR. 30, 15 Hen. VIII; Cole's Eſcheats, vol. IV. (Harl. MSS. 759.) p. 146. See alſo the inquiſition after the
death of this Maurice, as couſin and one of the heirs of Thomas Daberland, kat. couſin and one of the heirs of Leonard lord
Wells, and the lands he died ſeiſed of, Cole's Eſcheats, vol. I. p. 384. And ſee the inquiſition for Ayneſbury manor, Hants,
dated 8 April, 14 Henry VIII. Ibid, vol. IV. Harl. MSS. 759. P. 143. 140. | |
7 Sec under Edmondthorpe, p. 176.
% Eſch. 6 Edw. IV.
tenement,
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
tenement, two cottages, and 80 acres, in Burton La-
zars; and five cottages, with 400 acres in Melton,
held under Maurice lord Berkeley, as parcel of the
priory of St. John of Jeruſalem ; John his ſon being
then two years old. He held alſo the manor of Oke-
ley, co. Stafford.
John Berkeley dying unmarried, the lordſhip of
Wymondham became veſted in his uncle William
Berkeley, eſq. who, by Mary his wife, daughter to Tho-
mas Baud, of Somerby, co. Lincoln, eſq. had iſſue
Maurice Berkeley, eſq.
Fobn lord Scrope de Bolton died June 22, 1549,
ſeiſed of the manor of Edmondthorpe, &c. with ſeven
meſſuages, three cottages, 400 acres of arable, 100 of
meadow, 100 of paſture, four of wood, &c. in Wy-
mondham and Edmondthorpe, held of the king as of
the honour of Tutbury, parcel of the dutchy of Lan-
caſter, for gs. 9d. He held alſo the advowſon of
Medburne, and divers lands there, of the king in ca-
pite, by the tenth part of a knight's fee. And fir
Henry Scrope, his fon and heir, was aged 15 years
and 40 days“.
April 28, 1543, George Purley died ſeiſed of a ca-
pital meſſuage in Wymondham, with three other
meſſuages, two cottages, and ſeven virgates of land
there and at Thorpe, held under the king as part of
the manor of Stapleford, part of the dutchy of Lan-
caſter, by ſuit of court, and one fourth part of a
knight's fee; Francis his ſon being then 12 years old.
In 1570, Maurice Berkeley, eſq. was cited, to ſhew
by what title he held the manors of Wymondham and
Edmondthorpe 3.
The lordſhip, which is large, and the land in general
good, was incloſed by Mr. Berkeley, in 1596.
At an inquiſition taken at Melton, before Thomas
Holbeche, eſcheator, Dec. 20, 1600, it appeared that
Maurice Berkeley, eſq. died ſeiſed of the manor of
Wymondham ; that he was ſeiſed alſo in demeſne of
the manor of Wymondham, with other eſtates there;
and that he was farther ſeiſed, die obitus, in uno hor-
reo, & tribus clauſuris terr', &c. in Wymondham,
part of the poſſeſſions of the late diſſolved monaſtery
of Croxton, held of the queen as of her manor of
Eaſt Greenwich; alſo of 15 meſſuages, 30 cottages,
20 gardens, one water-mill, one windmill, 80 acres
of land, 600 acres of meadow, 1000 acres of paſture,
60 acres of wood, 700 acres of gorſe and heath, and
1 34. 4d. in Wymondham and Edmondthorpe, held of
the queen, as of the honour of Tutbury, by the ſer-
vice of a quarter of one knight's fee; that he died
April 22 laſt 5. |
This Maurice, by Mary his wife, daughter of
Fchn Hall of Grantham, was father of Henry Berkeley,
eſq. born about 1570 ; who, in 1605, had a grant
and view of frankpledge in Wymondham, and other
towns, co. Leiceſter s. He was created a baronet,
June 29, 1611 ; but, no male iſſue exiſting from him,
by his wife Catharine, daughter of Nicholas Beaumont,
of Coleorton, eſq. the dignity became extinct.
He had ſome time before fold his eſtate here to fir
William Sedley, bart, of Southfleet and Aylesford, in
* Inq. at Harborough, Sept. 8, 4 Edw, IV; Cole's Eſcheats, vol. III. (Harl. MSS. 758.) p. 28.
® Cole's Eſcheats, vol. I. (Harl. MSS. 956.) p. 171.
WYMONDHAM.
401
Kent; who had been high ſheriff of Kent in 1 590»
and was created a baronet in 1611. Previous to the
3 of Wymondham, the Friery at Aylesford
ad been the fair habitation of fir William Sed-
ley, painfully and expenfively ſtudious of the common
of his country, as both his endowed houſe for
the poor, and the bridge there, with the common
voice, do teſtifys,.” He died in 1619; and the Sedleian
Lecture of Natural Philoſophy at Oxford was founded
in 1621 in purſuance of his will. |
Sir John Sedley, bart. who died ſeiſed of the manor
of Wymondham and Purley, Auguſt 13, 1638 7, was
a benefactor both at Southfleet and at Wymondham,
as appears by the note below“, and by the following
extract from his will, dated Oct. 5, 1637.
e And I do further deviſe and appoint, that four
hundred pounds of my perſonal eſtate ſhall be by
my executors laid out in the purchaſe of lands, tene-
ments, or rent-charge, to be ſettled for ever, for the
maintenance of a ſchool-maſter in Wymondham, in
the county of Leiceſter, to teach the children of that
pariſh, upon divers perſons inhabiting the ſaid town,
and their heirs, for the ſaid pious and charitable pur-
poſe, with condition for my heirs to re-enter- into
the ſame, in caſe at any time hereafter any other ſhall
be ſchool-maſter there than ſuch as ſhall be nomi-
nated by my heirs; for, my mind is, that my heirs,
and no other, ſhall have the appointment, placing,
and nomination, of the ſaid ſchool-maſter, from time
to time for ever.” og
The endowment of this ſchool, being two yard-
land in the pariſh of Melton of £36. per annum, and
a rent-charge of £3. per annum out of a certain bouſe
in Melton, called The Blue Bell, were purchaſed, in
1662, by dame Elizabeth Sedley, of Southfleet, widow.
There was originally a truſt of the inhabitants;
who are all dead ; and the truſt is dropped, as there
are now no feoffees. The foundation, however, is
ſtill maintained, as an Engliſh and writing ſchool ; all
the children of the pariſh being free as ſoon as they can
read the Pſalter. The building joins the churchyard.
Sir John Sedley was ſucceeded in his title and
eſtate, ſucceſſiggly, by his ſons, 1. fir Henry, and 2.
ſir William; who both dying without iſſue, their pro-
perty deſcended to a third and poſthumous ſon,
Sir Charles Sedley, bart. the celebrated Wit of the
laſt century, who was born at Aylesford early in 1639;
and at 17 years of age, after a proper foundation of
grammar learning, was ſent to Oxford, where he was
admitted a fellow-commoner“ of Wadham college, in
Lent Term, 1655-6; but, coming ſoon after, by the
death of his brother, into poſleſhon of the title and
family-eſtates, he left the univerſity without taking
any degree, and, retiring into the country, lived pri-
vately, either at Wymondham (where we find him in
1657) or at Aylesford, out of humour, as it ſhould
ſeem, with the governing powers, till the Reſtoration
of Charles II. when he came to London, to join in
the general jubilee, the gaiety of which was both
agreeable to his years, and exactly ſuitable to his
taſte and temper.
See before, p. 176. * Eſch. 43 Eliz.
5 See the Originalia in the lord Treaſurer's Remembrancer's Office, 7 Pars Original. 3 Jac. I. Rot. 63.
* Dr. Holland, in his Additions to Camden,— Sir William Sedley, about 1607, in part as executor to his brother John,
and the reſt at his own charge, erected an hoſpital at Aylesford for ſix poor perſons, each to be allowed 101, a year. The build-
ing and lands are ſaid to have coſt 1800“. He alſo beſtowed much charge on the bridge there,” Kilburne's Survey.—Over the
two centre doors of the hoſpital are the arms and creſt of Sedley, Azure, a feſs wavy between three goats heads eraſed Argent,
Creſt, on a ducal crown Argent a goat's head Or. (Plate LXIII. fig. 11.)—On the pediment is a ſun-dial, and under the arms
the following inſcription : . This houſe was founded by the right worthy ſir William Sedley, knight, heire and ſole executor
unto his brother John Sedley, eſquire, for the relief of ten poore perſons, with like allowance for ever; fix at the charge of
the ſaid John Sedley ; and the reſidue of the ſaid fir William Sedley, Finiſhed primo Aprilis, anna. Domini 1607, annoque reg
regis noſtri Jacobi quinto. Gloria ſoli Deo.“ An account of this hoſpital was communicated to Mr. Thorpe, and inſerted by
him, with a perſpective Yew of the hoſpital, in his Antiquities in Kent,“ p. 66,
7 Cole's Eſcheats, vol. V. (Harl. MSS. 763.) p. 267 ; Inq. 10 Nov. 14 Car. I. " See p. 420,
9 Mr. Wood tells us, he had been credibly informed, that fir Anthony Weldon, author of The Court and Character of
King James,” at the beginning of the Long Parliament, communicated the MS. of his work to the lady Elizabeth Sedley (mo-
ther to fir William and fir Charles), accounted a very ſober and prudent woman; who, after peruſal, laid the vileneſs of it ſo
much to fir Anthony's door, that he reſolved never to make it public; © which, perhaps, continues Wood, “ is the reaſon
why a certain writer (W. Saunderſon, in the proem to his Reign of King James I, 1655.) ſhould ſay, that, with ſome regret of
what he had maliciouſly written, he did intend it for the fire, and died repentant, though ſince ſtolen to the preſs out of a
lady's cloſet.” The ſecond edition, 1651, is dedicated to the ſaid noble lady, Elizabeth Sedley.
©2 Sir William Sedley, the ſecond brother, was then living; otherwiſe, by the ſtatutes of archbiſhop Laud, Charles Sedley
would have had a right to have been admitted as a nobleman inferioris ordinis, | 10
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402 HISTORY AND -ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSH IRE.
He appeared in public at a period when, the court
of king Charles II. having taſted che ſweets of a de-
liverance from anarchy, there ſoon appeared in it
men of ſuch perfection in wit, languages, ſenſe, and
learning, and thoſe among the higher ranks, as no
age had before ſeen. Among the nobility were rec-
koned, the duke of Buckinghain, the earl of Dorſet,
the marquis of Halifax, the lords Roſcommon, Or-
rery, Rocheſter ', Cavendiſh, and others; and among
the gentry, fir John Denham, Mr. Waller, Mr. Go-
dolphin, afterwards lord Godolphin, fir Henry Sa-
vile, fir Charles Sedley, fic Fleetwood Shepherd, and
Mr. Butler. |
Sir Charles had ſuch a diſtinguiſhingly polite eaſineſs
in his manner and converſation, as ſet him higher in
the royal notice and favour than any of the courtiers
his rivals, notwithſtanding they all aimed at the ſame
turn, and ſome of them even excelled in it. In the
view of heightening their pleaſures, ſir Charles,
among the reſt, did not neglect to exert his talents in
writing. The productions of his pen. were ſome
plays, and principally amorous poems, in which the
ſoftneſs of the verſes was ſo exquiſite, as to be called,
by the duke of Buckingham, Sedley's Hitchcraft *.
Captain Ayloffe, who in 1707 wrote a Preface to a
volume of fir Charles Sedley's Works, ſays, ** From
our author, Ovid might learn to love, and Martial to
paint mankind. As he lived in the molt glorious
reign of wit and mirth, ſo was he one of the glories
of it: aud, if his untainted love to his country had
not commanded his molt precious hours, we had been
bleſt, doubtleſs, with more of his productions: but
this we muſt ſay for his honour, and to diſcharge a
debt in us, that his wiſdom was our ſecurity, as his
wit will ever be our delight. Sir Charles Sedley had
that felicity of thought, that ſolidity of judgement,
that he could alter, but rarely mend. If there is any
thing that ſuits not with the gravity of ſome nice or
rather ſupercilious pretenders to reformation, it is
hoped the generous will impute them to the freedom
of thofe happy days, when he was young, and the
kingdom bleſt in a long-wiſhed for return of their
natural prince: fo I leave the judicious and ingenuous,
the candid and the gay, to be charmed and improved:
the captious and cenſorious, to the ſerpent and the
file. The affinity between fir Charles Sedley and me
gave the firſt honour of his acquaintance ; and his own
candour and indulgence continued me in it, during
that interval of peace we have ſince enjoyed. His
character is too well known to be endeavoured to be
drawn by me; my vanity 1s not great enough to un-
dertake ir. His own merits have ſhewa him to the
world. He was a man of the firſt claſs of wit and gal-
lantry ; his friendſhip was courted by every body ;
and nobody went out of his company bur pleaſed and
improved. Time added but a very little to Nature;
he was every thing that an Engliſh gentleman could
be. Sir Charles was a gentleman that needs no com-
mendation; he is beyond cenſure; and I am glad of
this opportunity to pay my laſt devoirs to ſo deſer-
ving a relations.“
The fire of ſit Charles's fancy began to ſpread
itſelf to ſuch a degree, and ſo early, that though he
was but a young man, the king ſingled him out for
the beſt genius of the age, and frequently told his
familiars, that Sedley's ſtyle, either in writing or diſ-
courſe, would be the ſtandard of the Engliſh tongue.
He was for ſome years ſo much applauded in all con-
verſation, that he began to be the oracle of the poets;
and it was by his judgement every performance was
approved or condemned; which made the king. jeſt
with him, and tell him that“ Nature, had given him a
patent to be Apollo's viceroy.” Lord Rocheſter bears
1 Wilmot earl of Rocheſter was owner of the neighbouring lordſhip of. Withcote ; ſee p. 392.
teſtimony of this, when he puts him foremoſt amon
the judges of poetry. | He was alſo a good friend to
his brother poets z and, among others, was particu-
larly inſtrumental in bringing Charles Montague, af-
terwards earl of Halifax, into the notice of the world.
It happened by fir Charles in reſpe& to the king,
as was ſaid of cardinal Richelieu, that they who re-
commended him ſupplanted themſelves, and after-
wards enyied him ; but with this difference between
the cardinal and fir Charles, that the latter was never
ungrateful, When he had a taſte of the court, as
the king never. would part with him, ſo he never
would part with the king; and yet two things hap-
220 to his damage in it: his eſtate was never the
etter for the court; and his morals much the worſe.
Diſſoluteneſs and debauchery were the characteriſtics
of the times; and it was fir Charles's ambition to
diſtinguiſh himſelf among the foremoſt in the faſhion.
In June 1663, lord Buckhurſt, fir Thomas Ogle, and
fir Charles Sedley, were convened at a tavern in Bow-
ſtreet, Covent Garden, and, being enflamed with ſtrong
liquors, went up to the balcony belonging to that
houſe, and gave great offence to the 3 in
the ſtreet; which done, Sedley ſtripped bimſelf naked,
and preached to the people in a groſs and ſcandalous
manner: whereupon a riot being raiſed, the mob
became clamorous, and would have forced the door
next the ſtreet; but, being oppoſed, the preacher
and his company were driven from the balcony, and
the windows of a room into which they retired were
broken by the mob. The frolic being ſoon reported
abroad, and perſons of faſhion being concerned in it,
it was the more aggravated. Sir Charles Sedley, con-
feſſedly the hero, was ſentenced to pay { 500. to his
majeſty ; and, to go completely through the part he
had begun, gave the Judge himſelf ſome highly in-
decent language; who thereupon aſked him, it he had
ever read a book called“ The Complete Gentleman?”
He replied, “ that he had read more books than his
lordſhip.” However, ſome time before the day ap-
pointed for payment, fir Charles defired Mr. Henry
Killigrew and another gentleman to apply to his ma-
jeſty to have the fne remitted ; which, it is ſaid, they
promiſed ; but, inſtead of ſupplicating in their friend's
behalf, begged the money for themſelves, and did not
abate him a fiogle farthing. By ſuch ways as theſe,
fir Charles found his eſtate much hurt ; yet did he nor
ſeek to repair it by aſking favours of his majeſty, the
uſual reſource of favourite courtiers. He is ſaid, in-
deed, to have received ſome marks of the king's
bounty. But the temper of that prince is well known;
be knew not how to deny an unportunate craver,
though he hated his forwardneſs; neither could he
remember, to any good purpoſe, the ſilent indigence
of his friend, though he applauded the modeſty of it.
After this, however, he took a more ſerious turn;
began to apply himſelf to the ſtudy of politics; and
ſoon became a member of the houſe of commons,
being choſen a recruiter + of the long parliament, in
this reign, to ſerve for New Romney.
In 1665, when the plague raged in London, he
fled thence for ſecurity to his manſion-houſe at W y-
mondham, where he kept ſo hoſpitable a houſe, that
his neighbours and tenants were in great concern
when (after the diſtemper ceaſed) he returned to Lon-
don again; but, to comfort them, the merry Baronet
aſſured them, that whenever the plague ſhould be in
London again, he would certainly pay them another
viſit.
He continued during this period a repreſentative
for New Romney; was again returned for that port
in. the parliament which met in 1678, 1679, and
1681; and was a frequent ſpeaker during the reign
% There were no marks of genius or true poetry to be deſcried,” ſay the authors of the Biographia Britannica; “ the art
wholly conſiſted in raiſing looſe thoughts and lewd deſires, without giving any alarm, and fo the poiſon worked gently and irre-
ſiſtibly. Our author, we may be ſure, did not eſcape the infection of his own art, or rather was firſt tainted himſelf, before he
ſpread the infection to others.” An ingenious modern writer, however, ſpeaks much more favourably of ſir Charles Sedley's
writings. le ſtudied human nature, and was diſtinguiſhed for the art of making himſelf agreeable, particularly to the
ladies ; for, the verſes of lord Rocheſter, beginning with, Sedley has, that prevailing gentle art, &c. ſo often quoted, allude not to
his writings, but to his perſonal addreſs.”
Langhorne's Effuſions, &c.
3 A ſmall portrait of fir Charles Sedley, engraved by Vandergucht, was prefixed to a new edition of his Works in 1722.
That is, he was choſen to fill up a vacancy which had happened (by the death of fir John Barclay) in the courle of
that parliament, after its firſt meeting in 2661,
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of James II. whoſe attempts upon the conſtitution
he vigorouſly withſtood. When the defeat of the
rebels under the duke of Monmouth made it neceſ-
ſary, in the language of the court, to have a ſtand-
ing army, it was oppoſed ſtrongly by the gentle-
men of the country party, among whom were the
carl of Dorſet and fir Charles Sedley,
bore a great ſway in the houſe of peers, and the
other in that of the commons. Their intereſt was ſo
conſiderable in both, eſpecially fir Charles Sedtey's,
that the king, foreſecing it would be a work of the
greateſt difficulty to gain their conſent for the pay-
ment of more troops than were upon the eſtabliſh-
ment of the laſt reign, contented himſelf with drop-
ping the purſuit of it, by a diſſoſution of the parlia-
ment. In the ſame ſpirit, our baronet was very active
in bringing on the Revolution. This was thought
more extraordinary, as he had received favours from
James; but that prince had taken a fancy to fir
Charles's daughter (though it ſeems ſhe was not very
handſome), and, in conſequence of his intrigues with
her, he created Miſs Sedley counteſs of Dorcheſter *,
This honour, far from pleaſing, greatly ſhocked fir
Charles. However libertine himſelf had been, he
could not bear the thoughts of his daughter's dif-
honour; and, with regard to this her exaltation, he
only conſidered it as rendering her more conſpicuoufly
infamous. He therefore conceived a hatred for the
king ; and from this, as well as other motives, readily
Joined to diſpoſſeſs him of the throne. A witty ſay-
ing of Sedley's, on this occaſion, is recorded, I am
even with king James, in point of civility : for, as he
made my daughter a counteſs, ſo I have helped to
make his daughter a queen;” meaning the princeſs
Mary, married to the prince of Orange. T he counteſs
of Dorchefter was afterwards married to fir David
Collier, knight, created baron Portmore 1999, and
earl of Portmore, grandfather to the preſent earl.
She died at Bath, OR. 26, 1717.
Sir Charies lived many years after the Revolution,
in full poflethon of his wit and humour; and was
again returned for New Romney to four ſucceſſive
parliaments, 1690, 1695, 1698, and 1700,
He married, when very young, Catharine, third
daughter of John earl Rivers, by whom he had one
daughter, Catharine ; but, this lady ſoon after retiring
to a convent (where ſhe continued for the remainder
of a long life, and ſurvived her huſband), he conſoled
himſelf by marrying a ſecond wife, Mrs. Catharine
Ayſcough, of Yorkſhire. A ſon whom he had by
this lady, knighted by king James II, and diſtinguiſhed
by the name of Sir Charles Sedley, junior,” died in
one of which
IM O N D H A N.
4583
June, 1791 ; and the baronet dying Aug. 26, that
year, the title became extinct. .
His works, which bear great marks of a ſtrong but
licentious genius, were printed in 1722, in 2 vols. 8 vo.
They conſiſt of Poems on ſeveral Occaſions; à Tranſ-
lation of the Paſtofals of Virgil; and a Proſe Verſion
of one of Cicero's Orations for M. Marcellus; ſome
Speeches in Parliament; and the fix following Dra-
matic performances :
1. The Mulberry Garden“, a Comedy, 1668.”
2. © Antony and Cleopatra, a Tragedy, 1677.”
3. Bellamira?, or the Miſtreſs, a Comedy, 1687.“
4. © Beauty the Conqueror; or the Death of Mark
Amody...--...--
5. ** The Grumbler, a Comedy.” |
65.“ The Tyrant King of Crete, a Tragedy.”
It is rather extraordinary, that of fo faſhionable a
man there ſhould have been no portrait publiſhed
during his life. A ſmall one by Vandergucht accom-
panies the poſthumous edition of his works.
From the family of the Sedleys + this portion of the
lordſhip paſſed to that of Tufton earl of Thanet, who
already poſſeſſed Colton by purchaſe from fir John
Sedley in 1621, and probably bought Wymondham
during the diſtreſſes of his ſon fir Charles, who cer-
tainly ſold his nomination of the ſchoolmaſterſhip, in
1699, toRob.Goodale, of Wymondham, for {5 3. 15.
Edward Golby, who died April 4, 1641, held the
third part of 11 acres in Wymondham and Edmond-
thorpe by fealty and the cuſtom of the manor “.
From the Tvftons this portion of the lordſhip of
Wymondham was again conveyed to fir Richard Ellys,
of Nocton in Lincolnſhire, bart. ; who married firſt a
daughter and coheir of ſir Thomas Huſſey, of Doding-
ton, co. Lincoln, eſq.; and, ſecondly, Sarah, daughter
and coheir of Thomas Gould, of Iver, co. Bucks, eſq.;
but, dying Feb. 14, 1741-2, without iſſue by either
lady, deviſed Wymondham to his widow for life, with
Temainder to Mr. Hobart, ſon of John lord Hobart his
c
gſin ; but ſhe marrying, Dec. 3, 1745, to her ſecohd
huſband fir Francis Daſpwoed, baronet (to whom the
anfent title of baron Le Deſpenſer * was decreed by
the houſe of peers in 1763, on the death of John
earl of Weſtmoreland, being a female barony), the
lordſhip of Wymondham came by her refignation into
the immediate poſſeſſion of Mr. Hobart; and about
1774 was purchaſed from the earl of Buckinghamſhire
by the earl of Harborough, who is the preſent owner.
The manſion-houſe is now converted into a farm,
and few ſigns left of the antient diſpoſition of the
gardens and convenierices about it. The principal
0
Mr. Granger mentions two portraits of this lady, one as © Madam Catharine Sedley,” from a painting by Lely ; the other,
„Madam Sedley,” from Wiffng ; and a third, as © Counteſs of Dorcheſter,” publiſhed in 1688, from a painting by Kneller.
Lord Orford has alſo a portrait of her by Dahl.—She was a woman of a ſprightly and agreeable wit, which could charm with-
out the aid of beauty, and longer maintain its power. She had been the king's miſtreſs before he aſcended the throne; and
was, not long after, created counteſs of Dorcheſter. The king continued frequently to viſit her, which gave great unecaſfineſs
to the queen, who employed her friends, and eſpecially the prieſts, to perſuade him to break off this amorons correſpondence.
They remonſtrated to him the guilt of ſuch a commerce, and the reproach it would bring on the Catholic Religion. She, on
the contrary, employed the whole force of her ridicule againſt the prieſts and their counſels; but without ſucceſs. They, at
length, prevailed with him to forſake her; and he is ſaid to have ſent her word, either to retire into France, or to have her
penſion of 4000l. a year withdrawn. It was then, probably, that ſhe repented of having been the royal miſtreſs :
Vet Vane could tell what ills from beauty ſpring ;
And Sedley curs'd the form that pleas'd the king.”
The counteſs, who (as appears from Dalrymple's Memoirs) was a ſpy to government, and in danger of being impeached for
treaſon in the reign of William, underſtood dreſs, and was expenſive in it to a degree of extravagance. She had two natural
children by king James II; a ſon, who died an infant; and a daughter, named Catharine Darnley, firſt married, March 19, 1
to James earl of Angleſey; from whom being divorced by act of parliament, ſhe was afterwards married to John Sheffield, duke of
Buckingham; by whom the had two ſons, Robert marquis of Normanby, who died in 1714; and Edward the late duke of
Buckingham, who went a volunteer under his uncle, the duke of Brunſwick, to Germany; whom he ſerved as aid-de-camp at
the ſie ges of Fort Keel and Philipſburgh; and died at Rome, of a conſumption, Oct. 30, 1735, aged 19. The dutcheſs died
in 1742, at Buckingham Houſe in St. James's Park (now the Queen's Palace); and was buried with her huſband and her two
ſons in Weſtminſter Abbey, where their effigies are ſtill preſerved in wax-work.
This garden, formerly adjoining to St. James's Park, and ſuppoſed to be the fite of what is now the Queen's Houſe, is
mentioned in ſeveral other comedies of the laſt century; and Dr. King, in his © Art of Cookery,” ſays,
| A princely palace on that ſpace does riſe, |
„Where Sedley's noble Muſe found Mulberries.“
3 At the acting of this play, the roof of the playhouſe fell down; and, what was particular, very few were hurt but himſelf.
His merry friend fir Fleetwood Shepherd told him, “there was ſo much fire in his play, that it blew up the poet, houſe, and
all,” He told him again, No: the play was ſo heavy, it broke down the houſe, and buried the poet in his own rubbiſh *
* See a pedigree and farther hiſtory of this family, pp. 415, 416. | |
Since that period, the ſchool-maſter, or his heir, has regularly conveyed and ſold the nomination, The preſent maſter
bought it of Mrs. Shaw, widow of his predeceſſor.
* Cole's Eſcheats (Harl. MSS. 411.) p. 250,
7 His lordſhip died Dec, 11, 17813 and his lady Feb. 2, 1769, without iſſue. * Sir T. Cave, 1768, ex informatione varid.
Vol. J. s L one
«a®
404 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES os LEICESTERSHIRE.
one is a good old portal, or gate, ſtanding facing the
churchyard, with a good-proportioned pediment and
cornice on fluted columns, and leading to the ſite of
the old houſe, through a piece of ground which was
a bowling-green, and is now almoſt entirely demo-
liſhed. This antiquated beauty is now ſomething
damaged by the ſeverity of Time; and pity it is (as it
ſtill has charms enough to procure itſelf an admirer)
that it is not either repaired, or ſet up in ſome other
place to which it would be an ornament, as well as in-
debted for its own preſervation.
Wymondham is an ald town, very much ſurrounded
with walls; and the inhabitants ſtill poſſeſs an exemp-
tion originally granted to the dutchy of Lancaſter,
{© In virtue of a conſtat under the ſeal of his ma-
jeſty's dutchy, whereby it appears that the tenants,
reſiants, and inhabitants, of the manor of Wymond-
ham, parcel of the dutchy of Lancaſter, in the county
of Leiceſter, are exempt from payment of toll, and
other duties, in all fairs, markets, towns, and villages,
and places whatſoever, not within the ſaid dutchy, I
do hereby certify is a tenant refiant and inhabitant of
and within the ſaid manor of Wymondham, and is
hereby entitled to ſuch exemptions. Dated the firſt
day of Augult, 1788.”
A view of frankpledge, with the court-leet and
court-baron of the right honourable Robert earl of
Harborough, as lord of the ſoke of Stapleford, is regu-
larly held at Wymondham in and for the ſaid manor,
There is a conſiderable quantity of vervain, pele-
tory of the wall, and polipody, growing about this
village; and it abounds wich quarries of walling-ſtone.
In 1564, there were 43 families in Wymondham.
The number of houſes in Wymondham at preſen
is 59; the inhabitants about 250. |
No freeholder occurs here in the liſt of 1630.
At the general election in 1722, four freeholders
polled from this pariſh; and fix in 1775.
Nett expence of the poor in 1776, (C34. 3s. 8d.
Medium of three years, 1783—1785, £110. 15, 4d.
The expence in 1794 was C135.
Extracts from the Regiſter.
The number of baptiſms for five years at three
different periods, from 1 538. For the firſt five years the
number of baptiſms are 26; the next five years 42 ;
and the laſt and third 23. Taking the number of
burials from the ſame period, 1538, in the firſt five
years there are 19 burials ; in the ſecond term of five
years 20; in the third 29.
1538, William Gulſon occurs parſcn of Wymond-
ham. No more entries of the parſons till,
1578. Rychard Adcock, parſon of Wymondham
and Edmondthorpe ; buried Feb. 27.
1581. Nathaniel Gulſon, D. D. (ſon of William
| Gullon above-mentioned), parſon of Wymondham ;
buried Feb. 24. 0 |
1584. William Gulſon (fon and ſucceſſor, pro-
bably, to Nathaniel, the laſt incumbent), occurs par-
The C H
dedicated to St. Peter, is a good old fabrick, conſiſting
of a nave, two alles, a South and North croſs, and a
chancel anſwering the nave, all which arc leaded. See
a view of it, taken by Mr. Bafire in 1793, pl. LXXIII.
At the Weſt end of the nave is the ſteeple, which
is hexagon, riſing from a broad, ſtrong, plain tower,
embattled.
The windows of the ſteeple are handſome, with
beautiful embelliſhments. |
Within the tower are ſix pretty large bells, excel-
lently tuned, and thus inſcribed :
1. God ſave the Ring, 1611,
2. Sir Henry Barkle, baronet, and lady Katheren his wife,
gave me, and moulded us all, 1611.
3. Sir Yenzy Berkle, baronet, 1611.
4. The ſame as the third.
5. Sit Henry Berkeley, baronet, . M. W. M. 1627.
6. Sir Yenry Berkeley, baronet, 1611.
Q if parſon of Wymondham ?
2
2 Relict of fir William Sedley, bart.
ſon by an entry of a child baptized. _ _ |
1594. Mr. Thomas Baylye, of the age of a hun-
dred years, was buried the 26th day of October, 1632,
Several entries ate in this regiſter of the births,
marriages, and burials, of many of the pariſhioners
of Thorpe (i. e. Edmondthorpe) ; but without any
particular reaſon aſſigned till the following one. |
1596. John Teilby was buried March 14. He,
being of Thorpe pariſh, was buried here at the re-
queſt of Matthew Paley, curate of Thorpe Edmere ;
and the ſaid John Teilby's executors agreeing with
William Gulſon, then parſon, viz. paying 124.
1598. John Spencer, of Thorpe pariſh, buried
here at the requeſt of his wife, and with the leave of
Mr. George Briam, agreeing with Mr. William
Gulſon, parſon, for 124d.
1647. Nathaniel Gulſton, D. D. buried Dec. 11.
1650. Abraham Allen occurs rector, by baptizing
of a child.
Mr. William Gulſton, miniſter of the Word of
God, was buried the fixth of February, in the year of
our Lord God 1654. |
1663. John Stephens occurs miniſter of Wymond-
ham, by a baptiſm ; and was buried Oct. 5. 1670.
1670, Mr. Francis Alderman, miniſter of the
Goſpel, buried Dec. 13.
1673. Samuel Haughton occurs curatus, by bap-
tiſm of a child; and, g
1694. Joyce, widow of Samuel Haughton, reclor,
buried Feb. 13.
1697. At this year is this entry; “ Thus far paid
by Ellis Perrey, now entered Albine Thorne,
1737. Richard Leigh, rector, buried July 5.
From the beginning to the end of this regiſter, a
great many births, marriages, and burials, of perſons
of the pariſh of Ed mondthorpe, are entered; but op-
poſite to ſuch entry is always a memorandum of the
perſon mentioned, as a pariſhioner of Edmondthorpe.
The firſt entry of the family of Berkeley.
1562. Urſula, daughter of Mr. Morris Berkeley,
baptized April 24.
1563. Eleanor, ditto, June 20.
1563. Urſula Berkeley, buried January 31.
1563. Hall Berkeley, fon of Maurice Berkeley,
baptized Nov. 20.
1566, Henry and Nicholas, ſons of Morris Berke-
ley (the owner of this lordſhip, and Coſton and
Thorpe), baptized Sept. 1.
1568. John Berkeley, ſon of ditto, baptized July 18.
1569. Morris Berkeley, ſon of ditto, baptized Jan.
22 ; and buried April 19.
Edward Berkeley, eſq. brother to Mr. Mor-
ris Berkeley, buried Nov. 10.
1600. Morris Berkeley, eſq. buried April 22.
1619. The lady Berkeley, wife to ſir Henry Berke-
ley, baronet, lady of this town, buried Jan. 16.
1649. The lady Sedley died here this year.
1657. A ſervant of fir Charles Sedley's buried.
URCH,
Oa the five largeſt bells are theſe arms :
Quarterly, 1. and 4. Gules, a chevron, between ten
cinquefoils Argent, Berkeley; 2. and 3. Gules, a lion
rampant Ermine crowned Or, Hamelin; impaling,
Azure, fleurette, a'lion rampant Or, Beaumont 3,
The two great bells hang above the other four, the
ſteeple being too narrow to contain them all abreaſt.
The windows are light, well proportioned, and in
good and decent repair.
The roof of the nave is remarkably lofty for the
ſize of the building, and in good repair. |
The pillars between the ailes are ſmall and neat ;
but the capitals are heavy, and project too far. Some
of them are enriched with roles and imagery z others
are perfectly plain and unwrought.
The top of one of the pillars is engraved in the
annexed plate, fig. 2; and the font, with its kneeling
ſep, fig. 3.
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In the chancel, on the fide of the rails, in the wall,
are three very plain Gothic arches or pillars, the
remnants of the antient ſtone ſeats,
Between the body of the church and the chancel
has been (as uſually was) a rood-loft ; the ſtaircaſe-
door and ends of the tracings in the wall ſtill remain-
ing on each fide of the aile.
On the ſkreen going into the belfry is written,
Ex dono Thome Waite et Johannis filii, 1638.
Over the poor's box is a remarkably neat braſs
plate, with admonitory ſcriptures.
In 1741, during the reſidence of the Rev. Mr.
Stokes (then rector of this pariſh, and now of Blaby)
in this town, a handſome gallery was erected at the
Weſt end of the middle aile, ſupported by Doric pil-
lars, with their frieze and architrave, by the contribu-
tions of the town and neighbouring gentlemen ; fir
Richard Ellys, Mr. Smith of Edmondthorpe, and Mr.
Stokes, contributing very bountifully ; and alſo a new
pulpit and reading-deſk of oak, at the pariſh expence.
In this church Mr. Burton notices theſe arms“:
I. Hamelin.
2. Berkeley modern.
3. Berkeley, impaling Hamelin.
4. Sable, three leopards' faces Gules, jeſſant de
fleur de lis, Argent. Woodford.
5. Sable, three acorns erect and fructed, Argent.
Peter Le Neve, eſq. in his MS Baronetage, gives
theſe quarterings of Berkeley of Wymondham ; fig. 1 5.
Quarterly: 1. Berkeley modern; 2. Hamelin; 3.
Argent, a feſs dancette between three billets Gules,
De la Laund; 4. Or, a lion rampant, Sable, Welles ;
5. Gules, a feſs dancette between fix croſs croſslets
Argent, three and three, Engaine ; 6. Barry of ſix,
Ermine and Gules, three creſcents, Sable, Waterton.
Creſt, a boar's head couped Argent, collared and
muzzled Gules, collars ſtudded Or.
And ſir Thomas Cave noticed the following eſco-
cheon in the church, fig. 16.
Quarterly; 1. Azure, a feſs wavy between 3 goats'
heads eraſed, Argent, fir Charles Sedley, bart.; 2. Azure,
on two bars Argent, a martlet between two croſs
eroſſlets Sable, on a chief Or, a trefoil between two
fleurs de lis, Gules; 3. Ermine, on a chevron en-
grailed, Gules, 3 eſcallop-ſhells, Sable; 4. Hamelin;
impaling Argent, on a bend Sable, three owls Argent,
Savile.
4 Mr. Baker“, a late inhabitant of this town, has,
for his own amuſement and ſatisfaction, painted the
perſpective view of the inſide of àa church and chancel,
with a vaulted roof adorned with pannels of roſes.
Whatever genius the operator was bleſſed with (for
certainly he had one), his works would rather have
become a theatre than a place of worſhip. In the
chancel Mr. Baker's pencil again appears; the Eaſt
end and each ſide within the communion-rails being
lined with his colouring in the repreſentation of a
ruſtic baſe, with fluted Doric pilaſters, bearing a cor-
nice and pediment. His hand was not quite ſo happy
here as in his delineation in the church; however, I
doubt not but his intention was to beautify as much
in one place as the other; and ir is ſome pleaſure to
find there are thoſe who mean well, eſpecially as we
lee in theſe days but little pains or care beſtowed
either in ornamenting or even repairing the pariſh
churches of this kingdom.“
In 1220, the prior of Tutbury was patron of the
churches of Wymondham and Edmondthorpe.
The parſon of Wymondham was Robert de Wy-
mondham, inſtituted by R. the archdeacon, during the
vacancy of the ſee of Lincoln; the vicar, William de
" See plate LXXIII. fig. 8. 10. 12, 13, 14.
WYMONDHAM.
465
Aucunuall, inſtituted by the ſame, who paid to the
parſon 20s, The two parſons of Edmondthorpe and
Wymondham divided the tithe of the garbs x þ either
church between them by equal portions :. The ſaid
prior received two parts of the tithe of the blade of
the demeſne of Wymondham and Thorpe ab antiquo.
There were no certain diſtin bounds between the
two pariſhes 5: though they were diſtinct before a cer-
tain compoſition was entered into between the two
rectors, by authority of judges delegates.
In 1344, the procurations were 7s. 634.; the
church was taxed at 16 marks, and paid 2s. 6d. for
Peter-pence.
In 1355, Henry duke of Lancafter was empowered
by king Edward III. to give the advowſon of Wy-
mondham to the newly-founded chapel of the hoſpital
of the Virgin Mary at Leiceſter é.
In 1534-5, the procurations and ſynodals were 1 35.
0 ; a penſion to the prior of Tutbury of 85s. 4d.; to
obert Hall, the chantry prieſt, £4. 13s. 4d.; and
the value of the rectory £11. 6s. 84.
In the account of the Crown's Receiver for the late
priory of Tutbury, 1 540, in the Augmentation Office,
he charges himſelf with the receipt of 8s. 4d. for a
portion of tithes within the pariſh of Wymondham ;
as alſo for all and ſingular oblations and tithes there,
which appertained to the ſaid priory; all which he
ſtates to be demiſed to Robert Annez, rector of the
pariſh church of Wymondham aforeſaid, by conven-
tual ſeal at Tutbury priory, dated 13 Auguſt, 29 Hen-
ry VIII. for the term of his life, if he ſhould fo long
continue rector there.
The above rent was afterwards paid by the rectors
of Wymondham to the crown till July 6, 1697, when
it was ſold, inter alia, by the truſteęes- for the ſale of
fee-farm rents, to Hancock, Warner, and Digby ; who,
by indenture dated May 3, 1699, granted the ſaid
rents to Reginald Marriott; by whom, May 13, 1727,
they were conveyed to Anthony Barnadiſton, eſq. in
whoſe heirs they are now veſted.
The commiſſioners' return in the Augmentation
Office, of colleges and chantries, 1546, reſpecting Wy-
mondham, is rather ſingular; it is as follows :
The free chapell of Wymondham.
.. . Hunt holdythe and occupythe all the lands
aud tenements to the ſame belonging, as he ſeythe,
paying to the chauntry preſt yerely one penny.“
In 1553, John Hunt was diſcharged of £19. 85. 6d.
demanded of him as the annual rent of lands and te-
nements in J/ymondham and Sawyſby, belonging to the
late chantry of W ymondham ?.
[n 1636, a terrier was taken of the tithes due ro Wy-
mondham rectory, and of Wymondham pariſh, with an
account of the diviſion of the tithes. Of this Mr. Ball,
the preſent rector, has a copy, from the original at Lei-
ceſter, in 30 folio pages; but it is in an imperfect ſtate.
The rector of Edmondthorpe has alſo a copy of it.
In another terrier, taken in 1708, is an account of
& ground not known to have been tithed;“ which,
by ſome obſervations in the poſſeſſion of Mr. Ball,
appears to have been in ſeveral places incorrect ; and
the pretended right to exemption has been ſet afide.
A third terrier was taken in 1745, which conſiſts of
14 quarto pages, loolely written.
Mr. Ball commenced a ſuit in Chancery againſt ſe—
veral tenants, &c. for the recovery of the Eaten tithes;
which on July 13, 1770, was decided by arbitration ;
which ſet aſide the modus; the tenants (on behalf of
themſelves, and of their then landlord the hon. George
Hobart) agrecing to pay 2s. in the pound for the
Eaten tithes ; 45. per acre for turnips; and 2s, for ſuch
* Mr. Baker, who thus bedizened the church walls, was a common houſe-painter in the pariſh, who was ſuffered to paint
in the church whatever he thought proper at his own expence.
Of the diviſion of tithes at preſent, ſee under Edmondthorpe, p. 279.
3 Sir T. Cave, MS,
5 Mr, Ball pofletles a ſchedule, written on five folio pages, containing“ the names of all the pariſhioners of Wymondham
the antient houſes before the laſt incloſure ; and the antient meadow-ground in the Weſt More, belonging to any of the farm-
houſes and cottage-houſes in Wymondham pariſh ; the new incloſed ground proportioned, allotted, and ſet forth upon the new
iucloſure, or fince, to every particular houſe, for to belong unto the pariſh of Wymondham, and now at this preſent uſed and
occupied-as part and parcel of the ſaid pariſh; the glehe-lands taken in exchange, and new belonging to the parſonage of
Wymondham, and the antient common-ground between both pariſhes upon the ſaid laſt inclofure incloted, and now agreed to
be known in ſeveral between the parſons of Edinondthorpe and Wymondham, and to whether of them they ſhould appertain,
and the tithe thereof to be payable.” Mr. Ball has a ſimilar ſchedule for the pariſh of Edmondthorpe; but it is not perfect.
® Rot. 19 Edw. III. p. 1. m. 22.
Trin. Rec, 1 & 2 Phil. & Mar, Rot. 31.
cloſes
406 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
cloſes as had not been accuſtomed to pay tithes ; the
rector (till taking the tithe of hay and corn. The
Buttermilk grounds, which formerly claimed an ex-
emption from tithes, now pay tithes to the rectar of
Wymondham only.
ln 1650, the rectory was returned worth {60; and
the incumbent as“ ſufficient.”
lt was valued in 1760 at C100; is rated in the
king's books at C120; and is now ſuppoſed to be
worth about #200,
The epiſcopal procurations are, 35. od.; the ar-
chidiaconal, I 15. 14.; and a penſion to the heirs of
Mr. Barnadiſton, paid formerly to the priory of Tut-
bury, of 85. 4d.
RECTORS.
Robert de Wimondham *, 1220.
Robert de Dobrigge, ſubdeacon, 1232.
Ralph de Chaddeſden, 12355.
Hugo Hamelin, 1286; died 1316,
Richard Hellan 4, 1316.
Walter Pjers occurs in 1397 5.
Robert Derby exchanged this rectory for Lambeth, 1409, with
Thomas Gordon, preſented March 8, 14096.
Richard Dyngdele, 1414 7. N
Robert Annez, or Ames, was rector in 1534.
William Gulſon, 1538.
Richard Adcock *, 1560.
Nathaniel Gulſon, D. D. buried 1581,
William Gulſon occurs 1 584.
John Cartwright“.
Nathaniel Guliton, D. D. 1632; died 1647.
Abraham Allen, Jan. 10, 1647-8.
William Gulſton (Q. if rector?) died 1654.
Jacob Smith, OR. 29, 1660.
John Stephens, March 18, 1664.
William Lloyd, Oct. 29, 1669.
Richard Hamys, Nov. 9, 1669.
William Goodall, June 4, 1670.
Samuel Haughton, 1673.
Henry Williamſon, 169 . .
Richard Leigh, March 11, 1707.
The parſonage-houſe is neat, and was built by Ro-
bert Leigh, rector. In it is a very neat oak ſtaircaſe.
The wake is now kept the Sunday following the
feaſt of St. Peter; hen the church is alwavs ſtrewed
with ruſhes; and the pariſh-clerk is paid 1s. 64. out
of a farm, for what is called Church-graſs.
There is a ſinging-feaſt held here on every Monday
in Whittun-week, when the clergyman gives a ſermon
to the Society of Singers. This cuſtom has been in-
troduced ſome time; but how long cannot be recol-
lefted with any certainty.
The return made to the houſe of commons, in 1786,
in anſwer to the enquiry reſpecting the charitable
donations in this pariſh, may be ſeen in p. 14.
PATRONS.
_
{ Prior and convent of Tutbury.
Queen Elizabeth.
King James I.
Ing Charles I,
King Charles II.
William Gulſton, clerk, pleno jure.
King Charles II.
William Gulſon, clerk.
King Charles II.
King William III.
Queen Anne.
Edward Stokes “, M. A. Aug. 10, 1737; reſigned 1748. .
Dillingham Boſwell u, M. A. Aug. 16, 1748; died 1761. June George II.
Thomas Ball, M. A. Oct. 27, 1761, (the preſent rector 1795). King George III.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS
The South croſs was the appropriate burial-place
of the Hamelins, Berkeleys, ad Sedleys.
& At the South end of the croſs aile was the tomb
of an old knight in a coat of mail, and croſs-legged, as
mentivired by Mr. Burton, for one of the Hamelms **
but the tomb, whiclf is in the form of a wedge, being
broader at the thoulders than the teet, had in 1768
neither eſcutcheon of arms nor inſcription '3,”
his fine croſs-legged figure of fir Jobn Hamelin
(ſee fig. 17) which had long lain negle&ted on the
floor, has, on a late repair of the church, by the laud-
able attention of the earl of Harborough, been effec-
tually preſerved ; and is now fixed upright, ſecure
from future injury, againſt one of the walls.
© Within one of the pews in this aile is a large flat
ſtone on the ground, in the form of a wedge likewiſe,
on which remains part of an old inſcription, but ſo
much imp ired, that none of the letters are legible.
In the ſame pew, on the floor, by way of pavement,
lies a flar ſtone, without any inſcription now viſible ;
and from the form of it, as well as of others before-
mentioned, I ſhould imagine it had been the top of
ſome ſarcophagus, and may have been removed hi-
ther from its original place for the convenience of
repair wanting in the pavement. On the ſurface of
the ſtone is carved a large croſs, ſet on three ſteps
at the foot of it. The top of the croſs traverſe or
head is not ſet ſtraight acroſs the beam or upright;
* The arbitrators on this occaſion were, on the part of the rector, Mr. Alban Floar, of Leeſthorp; on the part of Mr. Ho-
bart and his tenants, Mr. Thomas Oldknow, of Nottingham. The agreement was ſigned by Mr. Ball, and alſo by the following
tenants : Thomas Bullivant, William Pawlett, William Barlow, Robert Hurſt, Richard Taylor, Richard Day, Mrs. Auſtin, Francis
Ward, Thomas Gann, Suſanna Andrews, William Exton, Thomas Edgſon, Thomas Williams, Samuel Dickman, John Cardell.
2 William de Aucunuall was at the ſame time vicar.
3 « Teſtibus ; Joh' Northampton', W. Stow, & G. Huntingdon”, archidiaconis ; magiſtris Walenſ' & R. de Kaden, J. de
Crake, & Thoma de Aſk, canonicis, Lincoln”, 8 kal. Junii.”
Reg. Groſſeteſte, Pont. 1.
Nobilis vir dominus Thomas comes Lanc' & Leyc', ſeneſcallus Anglie, preſentavit Ric'um Hellan ad ecclefiam de Wy-
mundeſham, vacantem per mortem Hugonis Hamelin, ultimi rectoris ejuſdem, 4 kal. Junii, 1316.” Reg. Dalderby, ann. 17.
* In 1397, he was a witnets to the will of John of Gaunt, See the Hiſtory of the Town of Leiceſter, p. 241.
Reg. Arundel, pars 2. fol. 57. b.
7 6 28 Junii, 1414, apud Lameth, emanavit commiſſio archid' Leiceſtr', ſeu ejus officiali, ad inquirend* de & ſuper patro-
natu eccl' de Wymundham, Line* dioc'; & de meritis Ricardi Dyngdele, preſentati domino ad eandem per dominam Katerinam
Anglie, filiam Karoli regis Franciz, matrem regis Angliz & Franciz, & dominam Hiberniæ, ipfius eccleliz, ut aſſerebat, patro-
num, & it eventum, &c. ad admittend' & inſtituend' eundem Ricardum ad eandem.” Reg. Chicbley, fol. 210. b.
Ia thp Certificate referred to under Howes, p. 221,
Mr. Adcock is thus deſcribed: . Preſbyter, non conjugatus; doctus;
reſidet; hoſpitalis ; deget ibidem ; non licentiatus, nec prædicat; duo beneficia habet.“
9 3 Feb. 11 James I. Next avoidance granted to John Cartwright, clerk, by king James, as duke of Lancaſter.
10 Jan, 23 Charles. Abraham Allen, preſented by king Charles, as duke of Lancaſter, vice N. Gulſton.
It is very clear from the records in the Dutchy-office, that Wymondham was regularly preſented to under the dutehy ſeal
until 6 Edward IV. But there is no account of any preſentation of it from that time till 11 James and 28 Charles. The
living. has ſince been preſented to under the great ſeal,
'® See an account of this remarkable old gentleman under Blaby, where he is ſtill the valuable rector, 1795.
* Vicar alſo of Great Wigſton, See his epitaph, p. 401.
2 «© Um monumentum cum crure ſuper crurem, quod incolz ferunt eſſe de quodam viro nominato Hamelin.“ Wyrley, 1591.
13 Sir T. Cave, MS,
5
but
Framiaxd HUNnDaeD.
but is twiſted with embelliſhed work, as ſuited the
fancy, 1 fuppoſe, of the carter; though gentlemen
who, are verſed in antiquity can perhaps give ſome
more rational account of this kind of variegated
crofſes, if I may ſo call them. (See fig. 18.) This
ſuperior part ĩs more worn than the other part of the
croſs, ſeemingly being the conſtant feat of ſome perſon
whoſe feet may have occaſioned this decay in the fi-
gure ; otherwiſe I would have affixed a plainer draught
of it. On one fide of the croſs is a kind of poig-
nard or dagger; and on the other ſome figure has
been cat, but nothing except a hollowneſs in the
ſtone now remains. This croſs bears no reſemblance
to one erected in the church-yard ; if it did, I ſhould
have conjectured the perſon, whoſe tomb this had
been, had built it; and repreſented the like on his
tomb as a relative memorial of that deed *.”
Within this croſs aile, at the end adjoining to the
South aile, is an altar tomb of alabalter, fig. 19,
whereon are cut with a chiſſel the eftigies of a knight
and lady, with their arms; the whole in a great degree
obliterated ; but round the top-ſtone or cover of the
tomb remains this inſcription :
„ Hic jacent Thomas Berkeley, miles, qui obiit . . . .
- + die menſis Wau, anno dfii JY*CCCC®LXTXUATY?,
et Petronilla uror ejus, que obiit quintodecimo die menſis
Septembris, anno du CCW. . . . . quor' a''abs
Pyirietuz deus. Amen.“
The ſides and returns of this tomb are adorned
with eſcutcheons and niches, but no arms or coats
now remain diſcernible ; though doubtleſs they were
originally charged with the intermarriages, &c. of the
family of the deceaſed; one of which was Berkeley,
impaling, Barry of ſix, Nebulee, Argent and Sable, a
canton Gules, Brokeſby of Saxulby ; fig. 20.
Within a pew, on a large flat blue ſtone on the
floor, have been two figures in braſs, of whom the
woman now only remains, fig. 21 ; but round the
verge is the following inſcription :
„ Of your charite pray for the ſout of Sur Morys
Berkeley, knt. and dame Margery His wyfe z which ur
Morys deceſled the xxui day of Marche, in te. +
+ + + + + + Dame Margere deceſſed in the pere of ö
Lord God 1521, on whois ſoule Phu Have mercy, Amen.“
At each corner have been eſcutcheons' of arms; but
the plates are all now- loſt, except one, as ſhewn in
the engraving, which bears the coat of Biron, three
bendlets enhanced Gules.
Over this, painted againſt the wall, was formerly
Berkeley ; impaling, Azure; a wolf ſaliant, Argent;
langued proper; fig. 22.
This end of the croſs aile is now called The Chapel;
and the family of Mr. Day, a ſubſtantial inhabitant of
the place, are buried in it.
Om a flat ſtone in this chapel is inſcribed :
& Frances-Martha Day, the
daughter of Richard and Frances Day,
who died July 5, 1768, in her infancy.
Alſo Richard Day, the ſon of
Richard and Frances Day.
He died Aug. 5, 1769, in his infancy.
In memory of Jane,
1 Sir T. Cave, MS,
| Vor. I.
W VI MON DH A I.
Daughter of ſir John Biron, knight.
* Ath, Oxon. vol. II. p. 684, Hutchins, Hiſt. of Dorſetſhire, ed. 1774, vol. I. p. 321.
407
the daughter of Richard and Frances Day,
who departed this life Feb. 17, 1787,
aged 19 months.“
Inſcriptions for two other perſons of the family of
Day haye been removed from the inſide of the wall
to the ouiſide, where they are now firmly fixed.
On a ſmall braſs plate in the chancel :
* Here lieth the body
of Suſannah, the wife
of John Twyter, who
departed this life the
28th of Jan. anno Dom. 1506,
aged 51. She left one daughter Lucy,”
„In memory of Thomas Hollingworth,
who died the 3d of Auguſt, 1734,
aged 66 years.
Elizabeth Derry died Feb. 20, 1720.
Elizabeth Derry died Sept. 8, 1733.
On che top of an old croſs in the churchyard is a
dial. |
In the church of Dean, Bedfordſhire, on a ſmall
braſs plate, ſilvered over, and faſtened into one of the
pannels of a pew under the pulpit, is this inſcription;
% Bencath lies the body of
the Rev. Dillingham Boſwell,
who was late vicar of Wigſton thirty years,
and rector of Wymondham fifteen years;
and many years in the commiſſion of the peace
for the county of Leiceſterſhire,
and alſo for the county of Bedford;
of exemplary piety, and every way worthy of
and becoming the ſtations of life he filled.
He departed this life on the 1ſt of Auguſt, 1761,
in the 57th year of his age, greatly lamented.”
* 2
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111 —
William, ſon of Nathaniel Gulſton, D. D. was
born at Wymondham ; educated at Grantham - ſchool
for three years under Mr. Stokes, the then maſter
there; after which, being 17 years of age, he was en-
tered a ſub or proper-ſizar in St. John's college, Oct. 4,
1653, baving.for his tutor Mr. Baker, at that time
one of the ſenior fellows there. He took the degree
of M. A. 1661 ; was afterwards S. T. P. and at length
chaplain to Frances dutcheſs of Somerſer, by whom
he was in 1669 preſented to the rectory of Simondſ-
bury, co. Dorlet*, Being nominated to the ſee of
Briſtol by king Charles II. he was conſecrated at
Lambeth, on the gth of February, 1678; but conti-
nued to hold in commendam his rectory of Simonſbury ;
and, dying at his parſonage April 4, 1684, was bu-
ried on the 18th day of the ſame month, in the
chancel of the pariſh church. Before his advance-
ment to the ſee of Briſtol, he gave intimation of an
intention to annex ro it this rich rectory, of which
he had purchaſed the perpetual advowſon ; but, on
his promotion, forgot his promiſe. His ſon, Seymour
Gulſton, M. A. who was afterward rector on his own
preſentation in 1695, ſold the advowſon to Robert
Biron, of Frampton, efq.; and, dying in 1706, was
buried with his father 4.
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20% HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Memoirs of the Family of Frrrars, or de FERRARIISs, Earls of DERBY, &c.
as far as they were connected with the Hundred of FRAuLAN D.
The firſt of rhis family that ſettled in this realm was
HENRY DE FER®tRs, fon to Gualcheline de Ferrers,
a Norman. Whether he accompanied duke William at
his firſt entrance hither is hard to ſay ; for, it is evi-
dent, that Stuteſbnrie (now called Turbury), given him
{inter alia) by the renowned conqueror, belonged ta
Hugh de Abrincis, a Norman alſo ; and therefore, if
he came in afterwards, it was certainly before the ge-
neral ſurvey of this realm, begun by that King about
the fourteenth year of his reign; he being then one
of the commiſſioners appointed for that great ſervice .
That he was a perſon of much eminence both for
his knowledge and integrity, there is no doubt; other-
wiſe, it is not likely he ſhould have been truſted in ſo
high and weighty an employment: neither of leſs
power and wealth, as may be ſeen by the lands he then
offeſſed ; which were, twenty lordſhips in Berkſhire;
in Wiltſhire three; in Eſſex five; in Oxfordſhire ſe-
ven; in Warwickſhire fix ; in Lincolnſhire two; in
Buckinghamſhire two; in Glouceſterſhire one; in
Herefordſhire two; in Flintſhire three; in Norting-
hamſhire three; in Leiceſterſhire thirty-five; in Derby-
ſhire an hundred and fourteen; and in Staffordſhire
ſeven, beſides the caſtle and borough of Tutbury ;
one of which ſeven was Chebſey, whereunto that part
of Stafford appertained, wherein the king appointed a
caſtle to be built, inſtead of that which was then de-
moliſhed. Near unto which caſtle of Tutbury he
founded a good monaſtery for Cluniac Monks, and
amply endowed it with lands and revenues; Berta his
wife firſt giving the whole town of Dubbridge, and
afterwards the manor of Eſtanfort, thereto. He like-
wile gave to the monks of Abendon, in Berkſhire,
the tithes of Laking. 8
To this Henry tucceeded his ſon Robert-. He
commanded the Derbyſhire men in the famous battle
of the Standard; and, for his good ſervice on that oc-
caſion, was advanced to the earldom of Derby; but
died the year following, 1139 ;
Leaving Robert his ſon and heir ; who ſtyled him-
ſelf © Robertus Comes Junior de Ferrariis ;” and
likewife Comes Junior de Nottingham.” |
Which Robert, in 1141, (6 Steph.) gave to the
monks of Tutbury all his tithes in Newborough.
He likewiſe gave the church of Bredon, co. Leic,
with the tiches of his tenants in Tonge, Anderſkirk 3,
and Wivelſtone, as allo the chapels of Worthington
and S1raunron, with the tithes of Newbold and Ditheſ-
worth, of his fee, unto the canons of Noſtel in York-
ſhire; which church of Bredon became thenceforth a
cell to that houſe “.
cf Derby, afterwards tranſlated to Derley, in that
county, for canons of St. Auſtin's order; as alſo the
abbey of Merevale, co. Warwick, for Ciſtercian
monks, which he endowed with great poſlc{huns, and
wherein he was buried, being wrapped up in an ox-hide.
He likewiſe confirmed to the monks of Gerendon,
co. Leiceſter, the lordſhip of Hethcor, given to them
by his anceſtors *; and beſtowed on them one meſſuage,
with twenty acres and an half of land, lying in New-
Bigging, Wolſtancote, and Hertingdon; with the
moiety of a meadow, called Over-Meadow, in Lee;
another in Bradbourne, called Heye; aud another,
called Swetedoles: alſo fix acres of land in Penewyk ;
and four oxgangs in Newbold, with certain rofts and
crofts there: and, with William his fon, gave Newton
and Cortes to the monks of Cumbermere in Cheſhire.
' See the Difſ:rtation on Domeſday Book, p. xxxiv,
Moreover, he founded the priory -
. taigne, his own brother.
In Lombard-ſtreet, London, is a common oſtery
called The George, of ſuch a ſign. This is ſaid to have
belonged to Kobert earl Ferrers, and was his London
lodging in Lombard-ſtreet; and that, in the year
I175, a brother of the faid car], being then privily
flain in the night, was there thrown into the ſtreet “.
To this Robert ſucceeded Milliam earl Ferrers, his
ſon and heir; who, in 12 Henry II. upon collection
of an aid to the king, paid fixty-cight marks. He alſo
confirmed all thoſe grants to the monks of Tuthury,
which had been made by Robert his father and Robert
his grandfather ; and farther gave unto them one ox-
gang of land in Merſton, upon the day that he cauſed
the body of lHenry de Ferrers his anceſtor to be re-
moved into the church of Tutbury, on the right hand
of the high altar. Moreover, he gave to the Knights
Hoſpitalers the churches of Torrok and Stetbing in
Eſſex, with divers lands in Paſſenham. This William
married Margaret, daughter and heir to William Pe-
verel of Nottingham; and left iſſue by her two ſons,
Robert and Walcheline.
Robert took to wife dibilla, the daughter of William
de Braoſe, of Brecknock ; and; for the health of her
ſoul, as alſo of the ſoul of Berta her mother, daughter
to Milo earl of Here ford, gave to the monks of Dore,
in Herefordſhire, all Oxmeode. He alſo founded a
priory at Woodham, commonly called Woodham
Ferrers, in Eſſex. |
By Sibilla he left iſſue Wilkam ?, his ſon and heir;
and two daughters; Miliſent, the wife of Roger lord
Mortimer, of Wigmore ; and Agatha, who, being
a concubine to king John, had by him a daughter,
called Joan, married to Lewellin prince of Wales.
Which William earl Ferrers not only confirmed to
the monks of Gerondon the incloſed grounds to Heth-
cote, with paſturage for an hundred ſheep there, which
his father had given to them; but added another piece
of incloſure adjoining thereto, with paſturing for two
hundred ſheep more, at ſixſcore the hundred; as alſo
for five kine, one bull, and fix oxen *: and in 1 Ric. I.
gave to the monks of St. Dennis in France, for the
health of his ſoul and the ſoul of Sibil his wife, one
wax-taper yearly, price thirteen pence; as alſo a ſtag
and a boar in their proper ſeaſons, to be ſent annually
thither at the feaſt of St. Dennis by the meſſengers of
him the ſaid carl and his heirs: and likewiſe ro the
monks of Lenton all his right to the church of Wood-
ham in Eſſex; which he ſpecially gave for the health
of the ſouls of thoſe who were with him at the burning
of Nottingham, at the time, as it ſeems, when his father
made ſuch ſpoil there, as is before exprefled.
lle alſo gave to thoſe monks of Lenton the tithes
of all his aflarts in the foreſt of High Peak.
But this William was ouſted of thoſe his earldoms
of Nottiagham aud Derby by king Richard I. in the
firſt year of his reign, as it ſeems; for, upon that
king's firſt arrival in England, after king Henry the
Second's death, it appears, that he beſtowed thoſe
earldoms, with divers others, upon John earl of Mor-
Howbeit, long it was not
that he continued ſo diſpoſſeſſed; for, he attended that
king in his Holy Land ; and there departed this life
at the ſiege of Acon, 1190, leaving iflue William * his
ſon and heir; who in 3 Ric. I. paying one hundred
pounds for his relief, had livery of his lands.
At the coronation alſo of king John, in the church
of St. Peter at Weſtminſter, on Aſcenſion-day, he Was
* Arms : Six horſeſlioes Sable, pierced Or; 3. 2. 1; ſee plate LXXIII. fig. 4.
3 « This was formerly a village; and ſeems by its name (being antiently written Andreſkirkton, Andreſkirk, and Andreſchirch)
to have been a church-town. At the time of the general ſurvey, it was included in Tunge ; and, with that, was by the Con-
queror given to Henry de Ferraris, whole grandion, Robert earl of Nottingham, granted the tithes here to the priory of Bre-
don at its foundation. William Ferrers earl of Derby gave them five vi. gates of land here.
After which, they obtained divers
others here from Robert de Tattcſhall and Iſolda Pantulf; and, having purchaſed and procured moſt of the reſt from William
de Bredon, Thomas Bany, John Paſſevaunt, and other inferior freeholders, they depopulated the village, and converted it into
demeſne ;, ſo that for many ages the very name as well as fite of it is loſt in oblivion.”
5 See the Hiſtory of Gerendon abbey.
+ See the Hiſtory of Bredon priory.
Ms. Dugdale.
Stowe, London, p. 83.
7 Arms: Vaire, Or and Gules; on a border Azure, eight horſeſhoes Argent; fig. 8.
ge the Hiſtory of Gerendon abbey,
9 Arms: Vaire, Or and Gules ; fig. 6,
preſent ;
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
preſent : and on the 7th of June following, being ſo-
lemaly created earl of Derby by a ſpecial charter then
dated at Northampton, he was girt with the ſword by
the king's own hands (being the firſt of whom in an
charter that expreſſion was uſed) ; having likewife
thereby a grant of the third penny of all the pleas
impleaded betore the ſheriff throughout that whole
country, whereof he was earl; to hold to him and his
heirs in as ample manner as any of his anceſtors en-
joyed the ſame ', By another charter, dated 11 July,
the ſame year, he had a grant from the king, to himſelf
and his heirs, in fee farm, of the manors of Wirkeſ-
worth and Efteburne {vu{go Aſhburne), together with
the whole wapentake of Wirkeſworth ; paying to the
exchequer ſeventy pounds ſterling, at Michaelmas and
Eaſter, by even portions; and about the ſame time alſo,
in conſideration of to thouſand marks, obtained another
charter from the King of the manor of Hecham (now
called Higham-Ferrers), co. Northampton, with the
hundred and the park; as alſo of the manors of Bliſe-
worth and Newbottle in the ſame county (which were
part of the lands of William Peverel of Nottingham,
whoſe daughter and heir, called Margarer, was his
grandmoth-r), upon condition, that he ſhould releaſe
unto the king his whole right and claim in all other
the lands that did belong to the fame William Peve-
rell, whoſe right heir he was; to hold to him and his
heirs for ever, by the ſervice of one Knight's fee.
Whereupon he quitred his title to all the reſt of the
caſtles, foreſts, and lands of the fame William Peverell.
In 2 John, he obtained a grant of the lordſhip of
Drakelow, co. Derby, with the ſervice of William de
Greleley ; namely, a bow, a ſheaf, and twelve ar-
rows. And in 5 John, he obtained a grant, in fee
ſimple, of the manors of Wirkeſworth and Efſe-
burne, with the wapentake, which he before held in fee
farm ; for which he gave five hundred marks: and the
ſame year procured the king's ſpecial mandate to
Geffrey Firz-Piers, the juſtice of England, for livery
of the lands in Stapleford, co. Leic. which belonged
to the Vidame of Chartres, and were of his fee;
which Vidame died in his voyage to the Holy Land “.
In 6 John, he had a grant of all the lands in Lei-
ceſterſhire, belonging to Walter de Tibetot, which
were of his fee; Tibetot then adhering to the king's
enemies; and in 15 John, a grant of the houſe in
St. Margaret's pariſh, London, which had belonged
to Iſaac the Jew of Norwich, on the tenure of at-
tending the king at dinner on certain feſtivals, with
his head uncovered, without a cap ; but with a gar-
land of the breadth of his little finger“.
In 16 John, he was conſtituted governor of Hareſham
caſtle in the county of Derby. |
In 17 Henry III. having taken to wife Agnes, one
of the liſters and coheirs ro Ranulph earl of Cheſter,
he accounted fifty pounds for the relief of thoſe lands
of her inheritance ; and, the next enſuing year, hid
livery of her purparty, which lay berwixt the rivers
of Ribble and Merſey ; for which he and ſhe were
bound to pay. yearly a goſhawk, or forty ſhillings,
mto the king's exchequer, as had uſually been.
In 19 Henry III. he was again made governor of
Bolſover caitle, co. Derby; and, the ſame year, ob-
tained licence to aſſart and impark his woods at Wood-
ham within the foreſt of Eſſex.
In 26 Henry III. he gave one hundred pounds fine
to the king for livery of thoſe three wapentakes of
Lancaſhire, lying betwixt Ribble and Merſey ; viz.
Weſt Derby, Leland, and Saltford, which had been
ſeized into the king's hands for certain miſdemeanors
of his bailiffs ; and, for the health of the ſoul of Ag-
nes his wife, and his anceſtors fouls, he gave to the
monks of Tutbury the tithes of all his paunage, veni-
ſon, honey, and rent, ariſing out of his foreſt of Duf-
field ; as alſo the town of 1 hornihull, and ninety-twwo
acres of land near Adgarley. But in 31 Henry III.
(10 kal. Oct.) he departed this life, having been long
afſlicted with the gout; his counteſs dying alſo in the
ſane month. They lived man and wite at leaſt ſeventy-
five years, if my author miſtaketh not; for, he af-
: See the grant, p. 412.
3 See before, under Stapleford, p. 331.
Ams: Azure, lix garbs Or; 3. 2, 1; plate LXXIII, fig. 5.
WYMONDHAM. _
firmeth, that St. Thomas of Canterbury celebrated
the marriage betwixt them, who died in 18 Henry II.
But I have ſeen an autograph, mentioning their mar-
rtage to have been in 1192, 4 Ric. I.; which falls
ſhort thereof no leſs than twenty years.
This earl William had a brother, called Robert,
who ſerved king John with five knights (himſclf ac-
counted) in that war with his barons in 17 John: for
which reſpect he had a grant of the lands of Roger de
Creſley, lying in the counties cf Buckingham, Nor-
folk, and Suffolk; and the ſame year gave a fine of
five hundred marks for licence to marry Joan, the
daughter and heir of William de Bocland; and to en-
joy all her lands, lying in the counties cf Bedford,
Hertford, Bucks, Oxon, and Berks: of which ſum
he was acquitted two hundred marks in 18 Joan.
He was alſo one of thoſe who met in the tourna—
ment heid ar Blithe in 7 Henry III; for which his
lands were ſeized: and in 8 lleniy III. he had the
honour and caſtle of Lancaſter committed to bis
charge. Bur farther I cannot ſay cf him than that he
died without iſſue; whereupon William earl of Derby,
his brother, became his heir, as is already obſerved.
Il now come to Wilhkams+, fon and heir to the laſt-
mentioned earl William.
This William, in 32 Henry III. (it being the next
year after his father's death), doing homage, had livery
of Chartley caſtle; as allo of all other lands of his
mother's inheritance: and the fame vezr fat in the
parliament held at London, where the king made fo
ſtout an anſwer to the demands of his inpetuous barons,
Moreover, he obtained the king's precept to the
ſheriff of Lincolnſhire, to be aiding ro him in diſtrain-
ing his tenants, by military ſervice ard other, for per-
formance of their ſervices due to him for the lands of
his inheritance in that county. The like mandate he
had to the ſheriff cf Lancaſhire for the enjoyment of
ſuch lands berwixt Ribble and Merſey as his uncle Ra-
nulph, carl of Cheſter, formerly poſſeſſed.
He alſo purchaſed from Joha de Verdon certain
houſes, with a garden and court, lying in that ſtreet
called Sholande, within the city of London ; which
houſes, &c. Roeſia de Verdon, mother of the ſame
John, had of the grant of Michael Beler.
Farthermore he obtained a charter for free warren,
to himſelf and his heirs, in all the demeſne lands
throughout his lord{hips of Liverpool, Weſt Derby,
E verione, Croſſeby, Waverere, Salford, Bowelton,
Penelton, Buttulton, Sweinſhurſt, Boureton-Wod, and
Chorles, co. Lancaſter; Eſſeborne, Underwood,
Bredlow, C ffide cote, Benitlege, Thorpe, Mapeltone,
Penewicke, Alſope, Eytone, Buntendone, Wedneſſeg,
Sniterton, Heke-Narton, Caldelaw, Crumbeford, Mi-
dilton, Kertinton, Hopton, Wirkefworth, Bonteſhall,
Yptone, Mulnfield, Matlock, Willardeſſeg, Hertin-
done, Croudecote, Bueſtanes, Nedham, Wildon,
Skerneda), Hordlow, Heyttone, Duffeld, Alrewaſte-
leg, Beaurepeyre, Makeney, Winleg, Holbrok,
Suwode, Heyhege, Cortelege, Raveneſdale, Holand,
New-Bigging, aud Screpton, co. Derby z Tutbury,
Rolveſton, Mercinton, Uttokſhather, Y oxhale, Bar-
tane, Tatenhull, Hambury, Falete, Cotes, Draycote,
Hore- Cros, Tunſtal, Borſchalenge, Condelege, Cer-
telege, Stowe, Welton, HuQteſdon, Heywood, Am-
brictone, and Greulege, co. Stafford. He gave to the
canons of Derby the church of Bolſover, co. Derby;
which grant Robert and William, his two ſons, after-
wards confirmed.
He had a brother, called Thomas, unto whom Agnes
their mother gave the caſtle and manor of Chartley,
which were of her inheritance, Whereupon the
king by his letter ſignified unto him, that, if he did
not deliver them up accordingly, the ſheriff of Staf-
fordſhire ſhould compel him thereto. |
About this time he entered into articles of agree-
ment with the king, that Robert, his ſon and heir,
ſhoulti marry Iſabel, the daughter of Hugh le Brun,
earl of Angouleme; and that ſhe ſhould be endowed
of the manor of Stamford, co. Berks; and Percy, co.
Northampton; as alſo, that, if this Robert ſhould die
From the records of ſir Thomas Greſley, hart. ; who died June 5, 1699, Kt. 71.
* Sce the extract fiom Blount in p. 412.
before
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410 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
before him, then he ſhould make good unto the
ſame Iſabel lands. In conſideration whereof, as a
portion for her, the king covenanted to give two hun-
dred pounds per annum ſterling, to be received out of
his exchequer, at Michaelmas and Eaſter, by even
Portions, out-of that ſum of four hundred marks per
annum, which he had formerly given to the ſaid Hugh
le Brun, to be paid thence.
In 35 Henry III. he procured a ſpecial grant from
the king of ſuch officers, for conſervation of the peace
betwixt Ribble and Merſey, as Ranulph earl of Cheſter
formerly had ; which officers were maintained at the
charge of the inhabitants. And in 36 Henry III. he
obtained. the cuſtody of his daughter, Agatha Ferrers;
1 N that ſhe ſhould not marry without the king's
icence. But the next year, Eudo la Zouch gave a
fine to the king of one hundred and fifty marks for
leave to marry her, in caſe her father would aſſent
thereto, At that time alſo, in conſideratiou of four-
ſcore marks fine, due to the king by William de Vaux,
for marrying Eleanor, another daughter of this earl,
without licence, the king accepted of twenty-ſix
marks per annum from John do Vaux, his brother and heir.
This earl William, being fore afflicted with the
gout, even from his youth (as his father had been),
and by reaſon thereof drawn from place to place in a
chariot, was, through the heedleſsneſs of the driver,
overthrown from a bridge at St. Neots, co. Hun-
tingdon, having his limbs ſo broken with the fall, that
he died upon the ninth kalends of April, 1254 (38
Henry III.); and had ſepulture in the abbey of Mere-
vale. It is ſaid, that he was a diſcreet man, and well
verſed in the laws of the land.
By Sibil his firſt wife, one of the daughters and co-
heirs to William Mareſchal earl of Pembroke, he left
iſſue ſeven daughters; Agnes, married to William de
Veſci ; Iſabel, to Gilbert Baſſet, of Wiccombe, co.
Bucks, and afterwards to Reginald de Mohun ;
Maud, firſt to William de Kime, ſecondly to William
de Vivon, and laitly, to Emerick de Rupe-canardi ;
Sibil, to Francis de Bohun of Midhurſt; Joan, firſt to
+ ++ + + + « Aguilion, and afterwards to John de Mohun
of Dunſter; Agatha, to Hugh de Mortimer of Chel-
merſh; and Eleanor, firſt to William de Vallibut, ſe-
condly to Roger de Quinci earl of Wincheſter, and
laſtly to Roger de Leyburne: and by Margaret his
ſecond wife, one of the daughters and coheirs to
Roger de Quinci earl of Wincheſter, had iſſue two
ſons; Robert, who ſucceeded him in his earldom of
Derby; and William, who ſeated himſelf at Groby,
co. Leiceſter, | |
Which Robert was in minority at his father's death ;
whereupon, the queen and Peter de Savoy gave ix
thouſand marks for the cuſtody of his lands, until he
ſhould come of full age. He had the hard hap to be
the laſt earl of this great family; for, no ſooner did
he arrive to man's eſtate, but he met with a diſcon-
rented nobility, which, under many ſpecious pre-
tences, infuſed into him all principles of diſloyalty.
In 47 Henry III. when the flames of civil war be-
gan to break out, none was more ready to increaſe
them than he: yet he was not then ſo firm to the ba-
rons, as that they could repoſe much confidence in him.
But certain it is, he did much miſchief ; tor, having
got a multitude of ſoldiers at his heels, he entered
Worceſter ; deſtroyed the place there called the
Jewry; plundered the religious houſes, as well as
others; and made great ſpoil in the king's parks
thereabouts.
To retaliate which outrage, the king ſent Edward
his eldeſt ſon into the counties of Stafford and Derby
with a great, power; where he waſted his lands with
fire and ſword,. and demoliſhed the caſtle of Tutbury.
Yet all this did not reclaim him; for, he then ſtruck
in with Montfort earl of Leiceſter, and Clare earl of
3lonceſter, and all thoſe other rebellious barons, ſoon
after in arms againſt the kiug ; who, joining their
ſtrength together, boldly encountered the royal army
at Lewes in Suſſex ; where, having the better of the
day, the king and prince were both made priſoners '.
After this, Clare harbouring great diſcontent towards
Montfort for taking the whole ſway of the realm to
himſelf, and earl Robert chiefly favouring Clare,
Montfort ſeized on him. Nevertheleſs, when Clare,
in order to the king's reſcue, ſtoutly adventured him-
ſelf againſt Montfort and his adherents in the battle
of Eveſham, this carl did not at all appear with him ;
but, wh might and main, acted elſewhere otherwiſe
what he could; ſo that, after that important overthrow
of Montfort and his partakers at Eveſham, and the
decree called Dictum de Kenilworth, whereby he,
with Montfort and ſome few beſides, was excepted
from compoſition, when others had the favour to re-
deem their lands for a certain pecuniary mul& (which
decree, being ratified by Ottobon the pope's legate,
was publiſhed at Weſtminſter, Oct. 13, the feaſt-day
of St. Edward's Tranſlation ;) being in perſon called
into the court before the King, and charged with divers
high crimes, not daring to adventure that judgement
which he cafily foreſaw would be pronounced againſt
him, he wholly ſubmitted himſelf to the king's mercy.
Whereupon, in conſideration of a cup of gold, ad-
orned with precious ſtones (obtained from Michael de
Tony, for which he mortgaged his manor of Pivy in
Northamptonſhire), and for fifteen hundred marks, to
be paid at four ſeveral payments within a twelvemonth's
ſpace, the king pardoned all his former miſdemeanors,
and 8 to ſecure him againſt prince Edward
and all others towards whom he had done wrong at
any time during the troubles, until the fifth of De-
cember, 50 Henry III. (as by a ſpecial patent, bearing
that date, appeareth); upon this condition, that, if he
ſhould at any time tranſgreſs again, then, without hope
of favour, to be wholly diſherited. For the ſtrict per-
formance of which agreement he obliged himſelf not
only by a ſpecial charter then freely ſealed to the
king, but by his corporal cath at that time given.
But of this pardon he had no benefit, partly by
reaſon that the before ſpecified ſum was not paid ac-
cordingly, and partly in regard of his ſecond de-
fection; for, the next ſpring afterward, he again made
head in the Northern parts of Derbyſhire, contrary
to that his oath, with a powerful army, Whereupon
Henry, eldeſt fqn to the king of Almaine, advanced
0 him with a great ſtrength; and at Cheſterfield,
er a ſharp conflict, wherein many were ſlain, routed
all his forces. Of thoſe which eſcaped, he himſelf,
being one, was hid in a church under certain ſacks of
wool; but, by the treachery of a woman, was ere
long diſcovered, and brought priſoner to London.
Whereupon, in the parliament held the ſame year
at Weſtminſter, he was totally diſherited, and Edmund
the King's ſon inveſted with his earldom of Derby, as
my authority faith, and as thoſe who have written
of our Engliſh earls do affirm : but, that he really was
created earl of Derby, though he had poſſeſſion of
the greateſt part of this Robert's lands, and exerciſed,
perbaps, the power of earl in that county, I am not
ſatisfied z in regard I cannot find, that the ſame Ed-
mund had any patent of creation to that honour, as
he really had to thoſe of Leiceſter and Lancaſter ; nor
any other perſon, until Henry of Monmouth, who
was grandſon to this Edmund, and advanced to the
title of duke of Lancaſter. *
Edmund, though he really had no grant of the title
of earl of Derby; yet, upon the twenty- eighth of
June next enſuing, he obtained a grant from his fa-
ther king Henry III. of all the goods and chattels
whereof this ear] Robert was po clled upon the day
of the ſkirmiſh of Cheſterfield ;- and, upon the 11th
of July following, another grant, of the honour of
Derby, and all the caſtles and lands of him the ſaid
Robert; to hold during pleaſure. "Theſe grants were
confirmed by letters patent, dated Jan. 21 *.
It ſeems, that this earl Robert continued in priſon
far the ſpace of three years, or thereabouts; for, of
his enlargement I find no mention until the beginning
of March, 53 Henry III. But then there was ſuch
mediation made for him, that the king accepted 'of
ſecurity, whereby he might receive fatis faction for
This ſubject is fully diſeuſſed under the Hiſtory of the Earls of Leiceſter,
7 See their ſeveral grants in the Appendix to the Town of Leiceſter, pp. 41, 42.
3
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thoſe miſdemeanors which had been by him committed
in the turbulent times before mentioned; and therc-
upon he directed his precept to the ſaid Edmünd, to
make reſtitution to him of his lands. |
Hereupon (out of all doubt) it was, that the agree-
ment betwixt them became fo ſoon after made;
that this Edmund, to quit all. his intereſt in thoſe
lands, ſhould receive fifty thouſand pounds, at one
entire payment, upon a certain day, For payment
whereof, earl Robert procured theſe to be his ſureties ;
Henry, fon to Richard, king of the Romans; Wil-
liam Valence, earl of Pembroke; John, earl of War-
ren and Surrey; William de Beauchamp, earl of
Warwick ; Roger de Somers; Thomas de Clare;
Robert Waleraund; Roger de Clifford ; Hamon le
Strange; Bartholomew de Sudley ; and Robert de
Briwer (all great barons); to be bound. Unto whom
he granted (by way of counter-ſecurity) all his caſtles
and lands, excepting Chartley in Staffordſhire, and
Holbroke in Derbyſhire. Which ſum being not paid
\ accordingly, thoſe his ſecurities paſſed over their title
therein unto Edmund and his heirs for ever.
Notwithſtanding all which, this Robert, being diſ-
ſatisfied, by his bill in the king's bench, exhibited on
the quindenes of the Paſſover, 53 Henry III. com-
plained, that, by reaſon of thoſe his N in
the time of the late troubles, and then laid to his
charge, the king had given to the before-ſpecified
Edmund all the lands and tenements of him the ſaid
Robert, lying in the counties of Stafford, Derby, Lei-
ceſter, and Lancaſter ; excepting the caſtle and manor
of Chartley, co. Stafford ; end the town of Holbroke,
co. Derby ; and that, though he had always been
ready to ſtand to the decree called Dictum de Reril-
worth, and to redeem his lands according to the tenor
thereof, nevertheleſs that the ſaid Edmund did Bill
unjuſtly detain them. And renewing his plea in the
ſame court, 2 Edw. I. he alleged that, thongh he had
heen ever ready to ſtand to the decree called Dictum
de Kenilworth, and to redeem his caſtles and lands ac-
cordingly; nevertheleſs, that the king had beſtowed
them all, excepting the caſtle of Chartley, co. Staf-
ford, and town of Holbroke, co. Derby, upon the
before - ſpecified Edmund; and that he the ſaid Ed-
mund did thereupon detain them from him.
Whereupon Edmund, being called to ſhew what
reaſon he had fo to do, this Robert inſtancing that he
had offered him ſeven years” value for them, anſwered,
that he did not hold himſelf obliged to reſtore them,
in regard that the decree called Diftum de Kenikoorth
was not made when he the ſaid Robert came to him,
and covenanted to pay him fifty thouſard pounds for
che redemption of them, and for his enlargement from
priſon; as allo, that the ſaid ſum of fifty thouſand
pounds was by agreement to have been paid upon the
quindenes of St. John Baptiſt, 53 Henry Ill. And
moreover, that he the ſaid Robert then brought Henry
ſon to the king of Romans, William de Valence earl
of Pembroke, and others, who undertook for the
payment thereof accordingly. And likewiſe, that,
tor their indemnity, he did at that time mortgage all
his lands and tenements, with condition, that, if the
money were not paid accordingly, then his ſuteties
tould paſs thoſe lands to him and his heirs, until that
whole ſum ſhould be paid at one entire payment.
And he farther ſaid, that the money being not ac-
cordingly paid, nor any other ſatisfaction given, thoſe
his ſureties did accordingly paſs thoſe lands unto him;
and that he had poſſeſſion of them accordingly ; ex-
hibiting the deed made by the ſaid Robert umo them,
which fully impowered them to do what they had ſo done.
But thereunto Robert replied, that this deed was
by him ſo made and ſealed at Cyppcham, upon the
feaſt.dav of the Apoltles Philip and James, $53
Henry III. at ſuch time as he was a priſoner there; and
that, being before in the king's priſon at Windſor, he
was carried thence to Cyppeham, where he ſo ſealed
the ſame, as a priſoner, and for fear of corporal mi-
chief. And moreover, that, when he had ſo done,
be was taken thence by armed men, and conveyed
with a ſtrong guard to the caſtle of Wallingford ;
where he remained ſor three weeks after in reſtraint,
Vol. I.
1 b
until prince Edward
his liberty). | has ne
Wheretnto Edmund rejoined, that this allegation of
his being a priſoner was not of any validity, ingggard
that, after he had ſealed that deed, he came before
Mr. John de Chiſhul, then king Henry's chancellor ;.
and, acknowledging what he had done, cauſed it to
be inrolled in the rolls of the chancery : ſo that, it
being thereby done, as in the preſence, of the king,
his chancellor repreſenting the king; or in the court
before his officers, who make record thereof ; it could
not be ſaid to be done as a priſuner, every man being
there free to expreſs his mind fullv. 3
But to this Robert again replied, that, though he
did not deny the ſealing of that deed in the preſence
of John de Chiſhull, it ought not to prejudice him
any more than his doing thereof in priſon; for, he
ſaid, chat the very day he ſealed it at Cyppeham,
John de Chiſhull came thither to him with that wri-
ting, he then being in a certain chamber there in ſtrict
cuſtody ; and, demanding of him whether it was his
act and deed, or not? he then, for ſear, acknow-
ledged it ſo to be. And that farther, aſking him,
whether he was willing it ſhould be inrolled in the
rolls of chancery ? he did, by reaſon of the like
fear, aſſent thereto; and moreover added, that, as to
his being then a priſoner, he referred himſelf to the
trial of the country, or to the ſame Mr. John de Chi-
ſhull (then chancellor), affirming that he did thenge-
forth continue a priſoner; until the king cauſed his en-
largement, as aboveſaid offering to ſtand or fall
the king's teſtimony therein. And he farther alle
that his acknowledgement of that deed ought not to
have the force of a record, and conſequently to ob-
lige him, in regard it was not made in open court,
but in the preſence of the chancellor only, who was
then at a great diſtance from the court; and had nei-
ther roll nor clerk there to record the ſame ; for, that
he came to him in his chamber when he was a pri-
ſoner, an!] not as the king's chancellor, but as a pri-
yate perſon. |
Whereupon, Edmund again anſwered, that there
was no neceſſity of any trial thereof by the country,
nor the teſtimony of the chancellor, or the king's
judgement therein; tor as much as he acknowledge),
that he did it in the preſence of the then chancellor,
and that it was thereupon inrolled, &c. as abovWaid.
But, notwithſtanding all the arguments, the court
diſmiſſed his ſuit; ſo that he could have no remedy
for the regaining thoſe his lands. Whereupon, he
loſt Turbury caſtle, and other vaſt poſſeſſions, which
Edmund, then earl of Leiceſter and Lancaſter, and
his deſcendants enjoyed. .
But this was not all; he likewiſe loſt lis earldom,
All that ] have farther ſeen of this Robert is, that,
by his letters patent, bearing date at Yoxhal!, on
1 veſday next after the feaſt-day of St. Fabian and
St, Sebaſtian, 46 Henry III. he gave liberty unto fic
Waker de Ralegh and his heirs, inhabiting at Ur-
toxeter, co. Stafford, to hunt and courſe the fox and
hare within the precincts of his foreſt of Needwood, in
that county, with eight braches and four greyhounds.
To which branch his ſea] of arms is aflixed; wherein
it appears, that upon his ſhield and the capariſons ot
his horſe (waving the border of horſeſhoes given by
his anceſtors) he bore only Vaire Or and Gules'; which
arms were afterwards continued by his poſterity.
Likewiſe, that he gave to the canons of St. Tho-
mas juxia Stafford, tor the health of the ſouls ot
Mary and Alianore, his wives, and to the end his
body might be there interred when he ſhould happen
to die, two meſſuages in Chartley, co. Stafford, with
17 acres of land; and the advowſon of the church of
Srow juxta Chartley. |
This Mary was daughter to Hugh le Brun, eatl of
Augoleſme (niece to king Henry III.); Sut married
very young, he being but nine, and ſhe no more than
eight years of age: howbeit, by her he had no iſſue.
The other (Alianore) was daughter, as ſome ſay, to
Ralph lord Baſſet; by whom he had iſſue John his
ſon and heir. Which Alianore, ſurviving him, com -
menced her ſuit againit Edmund ear} ot Lancaſter,
117
(aſterwards king) 400 procure
: See plate LXI1I. fig. 6.
5 N | the
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>
the king's brother, ) Edw. I. for her dowry of. her
Huſband's lands; viz, Tutbury, Scroptone, Rolleſtone,
Meercintone, Calling wood, Utrockeſhather, Adgarſley,
and Newborough, co. Stafford; Dufficld, Machiney,
CerWey, Winburne, Southwood, Hetleg, Beaure-
paire, Holand, Edreſkay, New Bigginge, Alrewaſ-
lege, Spondone, and Chatedene, co. Derby; and
Liverpool, Weſt Derby, Croſby, Waverton, Magna
Hale, Burgeon, Salford, and Hardaſſell, co. Lan-
caſter: whereunto Edmund anſwered, that he claimed
nothing in Spondone and Chateſdene; and for all the
reſt, he ſaid, that Robert de Ferrers, her late huſ-
band, did in chancery acknowledge all thoſe lordſhips
to be the right of his ſureties, who undertook for the
yment of fifty thouſand pounds for his redemption,
by reaſon of his tranſgreſſions committed in the time
of king Henry, father of the then king; and that,
becaule he failed in payment of that mohey, thoſe his
ſureties paſſed the lordſhips abovementioned to him
the faid Edmund.
She, therefore, diſcerning that nothing could be
got in ſtriftneſs, releaſed unto him the ſaid Edmund
all her right of dower in thoſe lands; and ſoon after,
9 Edw. I. obrained from him, the lordſhip of Gum-
ceſtre (commonly called Godmancheſter), co. Hunt-
ingdon; to hold during her life.
I come now to John, ſon to this laſt-mentioned
Robert.
This John, about 26 Edw. I. addreſſing himſelf
dy an humble petition to pope Nicholas the third, re- realm.
2 ®»
©
;
1. Carta regis Johannis, qua concedit Willielmo de
© Ferreriis comitatum de Derbii, cum tertio denario.
Johannes, Dei gratis, rex Anglie, dominus Hi-
bernie, &c. Sciatis nos reddidiſſe & conceſſiſſe, &
7 2 carta confirmaſle, dilecto noſtro Willielmo de
ariis, comiti de Dereby, tertium denarium de
omnibus placitis placitatis per vicecomitem in toto co-
mitagu de Dereby, tam in Dereby quam extra, unde
ipſe comes eſt, ficut unquam aliquis anteceſſorum ſu-
orum illum melidsKabuit ; tenendum ſibi & heredibus
ſuis de nobis & heredibus noſtris in perpetuum. Et
ipſum tanquam comitem propria manu gladio cinximus.
Teſtibus; W. Londun', & H. Sar', epiſcopis; G. filio
Petri, com' Efſex'; Ranulpho, com' Ceſtrie; W. Ma-
reſc*, com' de Pembroc'; Wiito de Braioſo; Willa,
filio Alani. Datum per manum H. Cant' archiep',
cancellar' fri, apud Northton', octavo die Junii, regni
noſtri anno primo l.
& devintum London' ſecum duxit.
2. Rex Johannes conceſſit Willielmo de Ferratiis,
comiti de Derby, domum, que fuit Iſaac Judei de Nor-
wico in Londonia, in parochia Sancte Margarete.
Tenend' de nobis & heredibus noſtris per tale ſer-
vitium, ſcil. quod ipſe & heredes ſui ſer vient coram
nobis & heredibus noſtris ad prandium omnibus feltis
annalibus, quando feſtum celebrabimus, capite diſ-
cõoperto ſine capello, cum una garlanda de latitudine
minoris digiti ſui vel heredum ſuorum pro omni ſer-
vitio. Dat' 27 Juni, 15 regni“. |
3. The following fragment was found in the Dutchy-
office, written upon a piece of vellum very fair; the
writing ſeemingly of the 14th or 14th century 3 :
„ Bellum de Eveſham erat die Martis, quarto die
Harl. MSS, N' 84, fol. 21. ; ex Rot. Cart. Antiq. N' 20.
* Blount'sMntient Tenures, p.
# Records in the Dutchy office, Bag. . . N 53.
41> HISTORY and Ax riovin IES or LEICESTERSHIRE;
thirty years: wherefore he humbly beſought his holi-
neſs, that, foraſmuch as he could not raiſe ſo great a
dition, were willing to furniſh him with ſo much
' Avguſti, anno Domini 1265, & anno regni regis
8 libro Magno Ducatis Lancafirie,
reſented to his holineſs, that Robert de Ferrers, his
ather, late earl of Derby, in the war betwixt ki
Henry III. and his barons, adhering to them, was
taken priſoner by the king's forces, and uſed fo ſe-
yerely, that he could obtain no liberty, unleſs he
would paſs all his lands, then extending to the value
of three thouſand pounds per atinum, to Edmund
the king's fon and his heirs, to hold and enjoy until he
the ſaid Robert and his heirs ſhould pay unto the ſame
Edmund fifty thouſand pounds upon one day. And
that the ſaid Robert, more affecting his liberty than
his lands, had granted them on thoſe conditions; ſo
that they had been enjoyed by the ſaid Edmund, and
Thomas his ſon, earl of Lancaſter, for more than
ſunf of money, unleſs he might repofleſs thoſe lands ;
aud that, whereas divers prelates and other ſpiritual
perſons, being really ſenſible of this his hard con-
money for the preſent payment of that ſum, in caſe
they might be permitted ſo to do; that, conſidering
the penalty of a certain conſtitution then lately ſer
forth by his holineſs to the contrary, he would
vouchſafe by his apoſtolic authority to diſpenſe there-
with. But, though this took no effect, he had good
eſteem from the king for the next year following : he
attended him into Scotland; and ſoon after that was
ſummoned to parliament amongſt the barons of this
Henrici III. 49. Eodem anno, in craſtino Tranſlationis
Sancti Edwardi, idem dominus rex Henricus tenuit
parliamentum apud Weſtm'; in quo ſtatutum fuir,
quod omnes, qui partem Simonis comitis Leiceſtrie
uſque in finem fovebant, exheredarentur.
« Quidam verd exheredatorum fuas poſſeſſiones,
dari pecunia, redemerunt. | |
*« Robertus comes de Ferrariis ſub tali pacto fuit
reſtitutus, ut, fi forte quoquo tempore refidmaret + ſine
ſpe reſtitutionis, foret exheredandus; & ad hoc te-
nendum, tam per ſacramentum preſtitum corporale
quam per cartam ſuam, ſe domino regi gratis obligavit.
Anno Domini 1266, in partibus Borealibus apud
Cheſterfield, Robertus comes de Ferrariis, contra ſa-
cramentum ſuum, cum copioſo exercitu vagabatur ;
contra quem dominus Henricus primogenitus regis
Almanie dirigebatur, qui eundem comitem devictum
« Eodem anno, rex Anglie tenuit Natale Domini
apud Weſtm'. Completo feſto Sancti Edwardi proxime
ſequente, convencfunt proceres ibidem ad parliamen-
wm, de ſtatu regni tractaturi; & exheredatus fuic
Robertus comes de Ferrariis juxta formam ſue obli-
gationis, inveſtituſque Edmundus filius regis eodem
comitatu & comitatu Leyceſtrie. Deinde ad obſi-
dendum caftrum de Kenilworth unanimiter ſe para-
verunt.
* Roberttis comes de Ferrariis proprium dominum
regem, videlicet, ſuum dominum Henricum, infeſtavit
fine causd, non tanthm ſemel, ſed ſepids; & precipue
chm eſſet pax domini regis per regnum proclamata.
*« Ipſe "vers Robertus pauper obiit, nichil preter
podagram poſſidens hereditatis.“
4
+ Sie, Qu?
FaAAkAkb HbwbREB. ) W Y MO N DH AMW. 47
Pedigree of BERKELEY, of Wrymonpnan and Cos rox. 12 0 a
Harding, ſon of- Lyneda, a woman | Robert duke of Normandy. _
the blood royal of noble bit. A - — .
of Denmark. 2 De Eſmend. Godiva. _ William the Conqueror.
| - — — — Roger de Berkeley, lord of a Mn. 7
Sir Robert Fit: va. the - caſtle of Berkeley, a W Rufus. Henry.
har ding, firſt | Saxon nobleman, related to | 4 .
lord of Berke- Je Edward the Confeſſor. Geoffrey earl Matilda,
ley. 5 E 7 — 2 | of Anjou. | empreſs, _
Ty 8 — | Roger lord Berkeley of Durſley. 1 — 5 | = #4
| yy — | Henry II. |
Maurice“ lord of Berkeley, ice. Helena. Robert. 1 8 Ria 7 7
uu the ſurname of ISL. — Richard N _ John.
rkeley. — — —
* MA a Richard, earl of Poiftou==Sancia, dau. of Raymond Beranger,
Robert? lord Thomas * lord- = Joan, daugh. of and Cornwall, king of
laſt earl of Provence; and ſiſter
Berkeley, Berkeley, 2d | Ralph de Gomer, the Romans, and em- to Eleanor queen of Henry III.
ob. ſ. p. ſon, died in | lord of Wotton. peror elect. ,
1243-, ET _ |
| * - A. Edmond carl of Cornwall. Margaret, dau. of Richard de
r — 5 —— Clare, earl of Glouceſter.
Maurice * lord Berkeley, died in 1279. lſabel. | |
ſlain in a tournament Cofton, jure uxoris, in 1287 ; died Margaret, dau. and coheir of Roger de Quenci
Maurice lord Berkeley, Thomas“ baron of Berkeley, lord ofs Jane, daughter of William Ferrers earl of =» and
at Kenelworth*%. — July 23, 1321; buried at 1. earl of Winton; and lady of Coſton , co. Leic.
i. Maurice? lord Berkeley, Eva, dau. of Eudo 2. Sir Thomas=lfabel, dau- and 3. John Berkeley, 4. james
; died May 31, 1326; lord Zouch of Berkeley, knt. | heir of fir John of Stoke. Berkeley.
buried at Briſtol. 1 Haringworth. lord of Coſton Hamelin, lord
by his father's | of Wymondham,
— —
Thomas lord Berkeley ?, from whom
ift.
the earl of Berkeley is deſcended. -
Sir John de Berkeley 10, knt. lord of Cofton—]Joan, living in 1368.
and Wymondham. ( -
8 Sir John Berkeley, died in 1374. Elizabeth.
4 a 14-5
1. Sir John Berkeley, knt. living 140 3. Ilſabel. 2. Thomas , died in 1374. 3. Lawrence; living in 1374.
Sir Lawnace Berkeley, of the counties of Rutland and Leiceſter, ſlain in- Joan, ſiſter of fir Robert Woodford, knt.
EP : France, 1458. R |
* 1 * 1 ey mn
Sir Thomas Berkeley, Petronell, dau. of Will. Elizabeth. wife to fir William Huſſey, Alice. = Tho. Woodford, eſq. - *
A knt. ob. 1488. 1 Brokeſby, elq. lord chief juſtice of England, 1486. of Aſhby Folvile®*
Sir Mauri& Berkeley, of Wymondham, knt,-
Margaret, dau. of fir John Byron, knt. of Over Colwich, co. Nott.
f | died 1522. | and widow of fir William Atherton, of Atherton, Lancaſhire, „
3 — 3 8 |
John Berkeley, = Anne, dau. of fic Sir Thomas Margaret, eldeſt dau. and coheir ** of Thomas De la Laund, by
died ſ. p. John Huſſey. Berkeley, | Katharine, 4th dau. and coheir of Lionel lord Willes of Hol-
5 | knt.; land, by Jane, dau. and heir of fir Robert Walerton. |
1. Maurice Berkeley, of- Margaret, dau. of fir John 2. William Berkeley, of- Mary, daugh. of Robert Baude, of
. Wymondham. © F Harrington, bart. .Wymondham, d. 1536. | Hornby, co. Lincoln. -
Tho. Berkeley, eſq. of Elizabeth, fiſter and heir"? Aatried, 1. to Maurice Berkeley, eſq. Mary, dau. of John
Wymondham, died Robert Pakenham “, clerk of the Green Wymondham, died I Hall“, of Grantham,
5. Cloth ; 2. to Richard Leveſey. 1600, aged 70.
1. Hall Berkeley, TIES... Henry Berkeley, Katharine, dau. of 3. Nicholas, a Urſu Eleanor, bapt.
bapt. 1 50 3 Mynne, baptized 1565; Nich. Beaumont, twin with Hen- bo. 1562; 1563; married
5. John, ob. I. p. firſt wife. created abaronet of Coleorton, eſq, ry, bapt. 1563, died 1565. to—— Wing-
1611. Dying and relit of An- 4 Maurice, born figld. P
, ſ. p. the title be- thony Byron, 2d 1569; died the *
came extinct, wife. ſame year.
ne founded the monaſtery of St. Auguſtine in Briftol (now the cathedral) in 1146, and afterwards became a canon there...
Over a gate near the college was this inſcription : **+ Rex Henricus ſecundus, & dominus Robertus, filius Harding, filii regie
Daniz, hujuſce monaſterii primi fundatores extiterunt.” He alſo repaired and enlarged tke caſtle of Berkeley, which, ia the
1
records of thoſe times, is ſtyled the honour of Berkeley, and is ſaid to be the only caſtle in England, except that of Arundel, ud
which till retains its feudal privileges. He took his ſeat as peer 1 Hen, II; died 1150, aged 75; and was buried in his mo- | 1 Y
naſtery, where, on the South ſide of the beautiful Lady chapel, is ſtill to be ſeen his monument, the figures of himſelf and ' FAY
wife, as engraved in the Sepulchral Monuments of Great Britain, vol. I. plate VV, p. 28. bi
'
* He gave 1000 marks to the King, as a fine for the confirmation of his right to the honour of Berkeley; and was the firſt ih
who took the name of Berkeley, and laid aſide that of Hatding. He founded the hoſpital of Lorwing, and that of the Holy
Trinity at Long Bridge, in Glouceſterſhire. He died 1 Richard I. 1189 ; and was buried at Brentford in Middleſex ; leaving fix
ſons, of whom the two youngeſt accompanied William king of Scotland on his return into that country after his impriſonment
in England, aud became the anceſtors of many antient families in Scotland, Ireland, and France. |
* He attended king John in his wars in France; but, when that king by his exactions and oppreſſions drove the nobles into
rebellion, he joined the other great barons of the realm who took up arms, and extorted a confirmation of their rights and pri- | i
vileges, by compelling Johu to fign that charter, which laid the firſt foundation of our civil liberty. When the king afterwards # Tl
overpowered the barons, he was among thoſe whoſe eſtates were forfeited to the crown, and he did not recover them till the |
ſubſequent reign, when, 1 Henry III. the whole were teſtored to him, except his caſtle of Berkeley, on his paying a fine of
266/, He married Juliana, daughter of William de Pont PArch, and niece of the earl of Pembroke, protector to Henry III;
but died without iflue 1220. He founded the hoſpital of St. Catharine in Briſtol, Tanner, Not. Mon. p. 480. '
* Thomas lord Berkeley, to whom the caſtle was reſtored 8 Henry VIII, was the firſt who charged his coat with the ten
trofſes ; whereas before they bore only the chevron, as appears at St. Auguſtine's over the veſtry-door, From the augmen-
tation in the arms of this lord, it ſeems probable that he was infected with the ſuperſtitious heroiſm which prevailed in that
age, of :arrying arms againſt the intidels in the holy land; which is the more probable, as ono of his ſons was a Knight Tem-
plar. He married Joan, daughter of Ralph de Somery. lord of Campden, and died in 1243. He was buried in the South aile
of the choir of Briſtol cathedral with his wife Jane, and both their figures are engraved in plate LXXIV, here annexed, from
the Sepuichral Monuments, vol. I. p. 44 He was a co-founder of a priory of Carmelite Friers in the ſuburb of Glouceſter.
Tanner, Not. Mon. p. 151.
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4% HISTORY N ANTIQUITIES or-LEICESTERSHIRDS
At the time of his father's death, Maurice lord Berkeley was attending the king in his wars of Gaſcony. This lord en-
tertained xing Henry III. at the caſile of Berkeley ; Attended the king in his wars againſt Llewellin prince of Wales; and
ſerved fixteen times in perſon in the king's wars. He married Iſabel, daughter of Edmond. earl of Cornwall, fon of Richzrd
earl of Poiftou and Cornwall, king of the Romans, and emperor elect, who was brother of Henry III. king of England but
N ace reſtrain him from joining the other barons in their rebellion againſt the king, for which his lands were
ind 0 M after reſtored; and he held them by the ſervice of three knights“ fees. Like moſt.of his anceſtors, he en-
riched the cee St. Auguſtine's wich great bens factions. He died April 4, 1281, leaving behind him a! character of
great courage, turbmence, and oppreſion, His eldeſt fon Maurice being Nin, with many others, in one of ole tournaments
at Ke elworth, which, on actount of their ſanguinary conſequences, were anathemiatized by the church, his property devolved
on Thomas his ſeond ſon, 477. hamage and had livery of his lands the ſame year. V |
In an antient whore = iſtory of the Berkeley family, in the polſeſſion of John Berkeley Burland; eſq. is the following
- accotſit of this tournament : ** Anno 1279, doininus Rogerus de Mortuo Mari (Mortimer), vir nobilis & in armis ſtrenuus de
Londonlis temovir cum centum militibus prudenter armatis, & tatidem dominabus coram eis cantica lætitiæ canentibus uſque
, Kegelworthgy& ibidem per tres dies continuos tenuit haſtiludia ſua in amis. Hic luſus — vocabatur, es quod tbeus in
auf tudebag milites fortifſima clauſuri per gyrum vallatus fuit.” Wt -
„ Tboms the ſecond lord Berkeley was one of the braveſt ſoldiers of his time, He lived in his caſtle with a princely mag
ficence, andthad 200 perſons in his train, under the different titles of kniglits, eſquiires, Yeomagy oonts, and pages. He was
a principal actor in moſt of the battles of Edward the Firſt's reign, and for his ſervices un 2 grandfather; the earl of
Cornwall, againſt the Welſh, had a ſpecial grant to hunt Rags in the foreſt of Mendip and chace 6f Kingſwood, and was ac.
uitted of 100 marks due to the king as a relief of his barony, In 1292, he was appointed ont of the commiſſioners at the
| ves tohvention at Norham, in Northumberland, to decide on the claims of the different competitors for the crown of
Scotland; under the ſanction of which the ſhadow of royalty was conferred by the ambitions Edward on the unfortunate
John Baliol, and the independence of Scotland was from that day annihilated. In 1494, lord Berkeley was appointed
- ambaſſador to treat of a truce with the king of France, and the — following was made conſtable of England. In 3 s Ed-
ward 1; he went amhaſſador to the þope: In i Edward II. he marched againſt Robert Bruce, who, taking advantage of the
weakneſs of the king and the diſſenſions of the barons, had aſſumed the title of king of Scotland; and, in 1314, he was ſum-
moned to join the whole military force of England, to the number of 1c0,000 men, which Edward led in perſon to the frontiers
of Scotland, where Robert Bruce, with an army conſiſting of 30 000 only, marched out to oppoſe them, and totally defeated
the Fngliſh army in the fatal battle of Bannockburn. According to the Scots hiſtorians, 50,000 men were left dead on the
field, amorg whom was the duke of Glouceſter, nephew to the king, with many other great lords, and 700 knights, The lord
Berkeley was among the priſoners, and found in Robert a generous and humane conqueror. After a ſhort time he was re-
ſtored to his liberty, on paying a conſiderable. fine for his ranfom. In 1321, he joined with the other great barons of the
kingdom in their oppoſition to the unfortunate and miſguided Edward, but died on the 23d of July, in that year, and was
buried in St. Augultine's abbey, to which he had been a great benefactor, and where a monument remains, with his effigies
end that of Joan his wife, as repreſented in plate LXXIV, | |
* Maurice had been ſummoned as a baron to parliament in his father's life-time, He had alſo been appointed governor of
Glouceſtery and was gevernor of Berwick 8 Edward II. when the ſuperiority of the Scots made that command the moſt dan-
gerous and difficult of any in the kingdom. He raiſed in his own neighbourhood, and in South Wales, of which he was juſti-
ciary, 1300 men for the king's ſervice, commanded by his two fons, Thomas and Maurice. At the time of his farher's deatti
he reſided in the dutchy of Aquitaine, of which he was appointed high ſteward by the title of the king's beloved kinſman ;"”
and on his return joined with the other barons in a conſpiracy to overthrow the Spencers (the favourites of Edward); whoſe
lands they laid waſte, and in the enſuing parliament procured a ſentence of perpetual exile and forfeiture againſt them. But, tho
year following, the king having gained an advantage over the barons, recalled the Spencers, and declared their opponents traitors ;
the lord Berkeley was ſeized, all his eſtates confiſcated, and himfelf committed a priſoner to Wallingford caſtle, where he died
and was buried in 1326; but his body was removed to St. Auguſtine's abbey on the reſtoration of his family, His monument in
Briſtol cathedral is engraved, with that of his fa her, mother, and great grandfacher, in plate LXXIV. He built a priory at
Holmes, co. Somerſet. Tanner, Not. Mon. p. 476. ! x: a
9 He was impriſoned, together with his father, and not releaſed till the fortunes of the king ſunk before the forces of the queen
and Mortimer. His lands were reſtored to him in the firſt year of Edward III. and the depoſed king was committed priſoner
to his cuſtody ; but being ſuſpected of treating him with more gentleneſs than was agreeable to the ſavage mind of the queen
and her paramour, and not being deemed an inſtrument fit to he truſted with the bloody purpoſe they meditated, he was com-
manded to deliver up the cuſtody of his caſtle and royal priſoner to John lord Maltravers and Thomas Gourney, by whom this
murder was perpetrated with circumſtances of the moſt horrid cruelty. This lord lived with greater magnificence than ny of
his anceſtors. He attended Edward III. in moſt of his wars; was preſent at the battle of Creſſy, and at the taking of Calais;
and was one bf the chief commanders at the glorious battle of Poitiers, where he took ſo many priſoners, that with their
ranſom he built the caſtle of Beverſtone. He died in 1361, and was buried at Berkeley where his monument, with his figure;
and that of his wife, are ſtill to be ſeen, as engraved in the Sepulchral Monuments, vol. I. plate XLIV. p. 114; with three
{maller figures, ſuppoſed of their children who died in their infancy, See a collateral pedigree of the lords Berkeley, under
Melton Muwbray, p. 2643, 2
t” John lord of Wysondham was created a knight banneret 34 Edw. I. 1303. Anſtis, on the Order of the Bath, p. 5, Ap-
ndix. | , |
* Elizabeth, his daughter and heir, was married to Richard fourth earl of Warwick, See p. 143. -
12 Joan, her only ſiſter and coheir, was married to Thomas Denton. They had a brother, Thomas, who died without iflue.
73 The other daughters of lord Willes were, 1. Eleanor, married firſt to Thomas lord Hoo, afterward to fir James Lawrence;
* Cecilia, martied to fir Robert Willoughby ; 3. Margaret, married to Thomas Dymocke.
14 She was married, ſecondly, to Everard Aſhby, eſq. of Loſeby, co. Leic.
1; Viſitation of Kent, 1619; Harl. MSS. 1106. p. 174.
6 Father of Robert Pakenham, of Lordington, co, Suffolk ; who, by a daughter of Clement Chicheley, had two ſons,
Clement and Henry.
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Elizabeth, dau. and John Sedley, of Southflect, Kent, Elizabeth, dau. of John Cotton, = Agnes, dau. and heir of
heir of Roger Jenks, eſq. auditor of the Exchequer temp. | of Hamflall Rid ware, co. Staf- John Wyborne, of Hol-
iſt wife. Henry VII. 111 Re ford, ad wife, well, Kent, zd wife.
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eſq. high-ſheriff of Kent x 547 ; | Roger Grene, of Lon- of Morley, . nun at Dartford.
died 1597. I don, ſheriff. Norfolk [2]. | &
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1. John Sedley, of- Anne, dau. of 2. Robert Sedley, Elizabeth, g. Nicholas. 2 ek Frances, married to
Southfleet, eſq - 5 Joh. Culpeper, of Southfleet. daugh. of - (Set Pedigree IB.) Tho. Hyde, eſq.
high ſheriff of Aylesford, George Elizabeth, married
Kent 207 died | Kent, eſq. [4] ; Darrell. to John Culpeper,
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and Aylesford, high ſheriff || Nevill baron Abergavenny, eſq. died un- Sedley, Darrell. 2. Dorothy.
of Kent, 1590; created a ba- | and dau. and heir of Ste- married of South;
ronet 1611; purchaſed Wy- | phen Darrell, eſq. 1605 [5]: fleet [6}, |
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born 1621; Sedley, bart. Sedley, bart. dau. of John earl Rivers, 1ſt | bart, a poſthumous ) cough, of York-
died un- born 1622; born 1630 John earl wife; retited to a mo- fon, born in 1639; ( ſhire, ad wife ;
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of Dorcheſter Jan. 20, 1685. carl of Portmore. Sir Charles Sedley [ 11], knt. Frances, gd dau. of
— — —— died, before his father, | fir Richard Newdi-
1. David lord Milfington, 2. Charles, ad Juliana, ducheſs June 17, 1701. gate, of Erdbury;
died in his father's life · time. of Portmore. | dowager of Leeds. | Iso. Warwick.
William-Chatles, zd and Leſley, ſiſter to Charles Sedley, eſq. created - + dau. aud heir
preſent earl of Portmore. | the counteſs of baronet July 10, 1702{ 12}; | of . . . . Collinge, of
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Elizabeth, matried- Sir Robert Burdett, of Sir Charles Sedley, bart. of Nuthall L141] Elizabeth, day. of William
in 1739; died Foremark, co. Der- died Aug. 23, 1778, f. p. Frith, eſq. {15}.
Avg. 23, 1747» by, bart. born May — —
aged 25. 28, 1716. [76 A daughter and- Hon. Henry Vernon, brother to lord Vernon, who
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2. Elizabeth. bury, Wilts. 5. Frances.
1. Robert Burdett, eſg. =o 3 Sedley Burdett, eſq. periſhed . 'F +
born Jan, 17, 1768. in the Rhine, Oct. 1793.
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[BJ] Nicholas Sedley, third ſon of William Sedley, Jane, dau. and heit of William Iſaac [15 .
elq. of Southfleet, Kent. | of Patrickſbourne, Kent. i
Ifaac Sedley, of Great Clere, Kent, and of Ranworth and Foulden, Sl . + + - dag. and heir ef. . Holditcliy
in right of his wife, knighted Dec. 16, 16063 created a, baronet Sept. 14, of Dudlington, Norfolk, cfq. of an au-
1621 ; high ſheriff of Kent 1626. — tiont family there. |
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aulden, and purchaſed St. Clere's of Sheiton, Norfolk, eſq. Thomas Wiſeman, of
in Ightam pariſh, Kent, 984 Rivenhall, Eflex, Ent.
. » . Sir Lane Sedley, ily{ 28], dau. 2, Sir John Sedley, of $& Mary, lanes 4 1 mart. to
farſt | of St. Clere's, bart. of . « . Marſh, Clere's, bart. on the death | Nicols, of Remſing, «>. » Vane;
Sir ohn Sedlcy, told Ranworth Jl pe | LED * 1 marr. to Robert Houghton, 2. Elitabetti, married to fir
wife. 24d wife, of his nephew in 1702. | Kent; died in 104. 3: Elizabeth, mat. ;
| | — — — 1 is 10 John Gib-
» « + + + » married, firſt, to fir Sir Charles Sedley, 1. Mary, married to borne, gent.
Charles Houghton; and, bart. died unmar- , George T — —
adly, 40 fir Geo. Pretyman, ricdQQ.170e[ 9]; of St. Clere 3. Sir George Sedley,= „ Francis:
of Lodington, co. Leic. bt. burixd at m. 4, Frances, unnar- bart. of. , near; Sh :
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Lewes, Suſſex; died unmarried. bart. April 24, 1737, aged 71,1. p. 0 74
[1] See his epitaph, p. 416. 1 | | a | 9 > 12 | . | 6 1
[2] He married the daughter and heir of. Mounteney, of Mountneys-Iag in Eſſex, whoſe ſori Mittin married Bridget, |
daughter of fir John Pettus, bart.; and was father to John ey, who married Elizabeth; daughter of fir William Spring,
bart. from whom deſcended Thomas Sedley, LL. D. member for Lymington, ps We Ce
ſ 4 See his epitaph, p. 416. _ | '
[4] Third ſon of William Culpeper, of Aylesford, Kent, by Cecilia, daughter af Jotin Batrett. He matried Joan, daughter
of William Wettenhall, of Eaſt Peckham, Kent; eſq and Anne his wife; daughter of fir James Craveu, knt.
[5] See his epitaph, p. 416. He obtained from queen Elizabeth a- grant of the fite of the priory of Aylesford, which he
NS 0 to his brother William. Bibl. Top. Brit, N' VI. p. 1. Mr, Haſted, in his Hiſtory of Keut, vol. 1. p. 26g, miſled by
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446 HISTORY and -ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE. |
Epitaphs illuſtrative of the Sedley pedigree. et obiit 8 die julii,
1. On an altar monument in the South chapel of anno Domini 1605, ætatis ſuæ 44.
Southfleet, Kent, are the effigies of a man and wo- Nunc deflenda mea valeant ſolatia vitæ,
man, with two labels; on one theſe words, Sandta Cum fueras idem qui mihi frater eras. _
Trinitas, unus Deus; on the other, Miſerere nobis. Alſo Nos una conjunxit amor; conjunxit in unum
the efhigies of three ſons and two daughters ; and Una domus; reddunt triſtia fata duos,
round the verge of the ſtone, on braſs, this inſcription: At quos disjunxit, rurſus conjunget in unum,
„Hit jatent Johannes Sedley, unus auditorum domini reis Quum tumulus cineres conteget iſte meos.
de Scaccaria ſuo, et Elizabeth, uror eius. Qui pay Ja- Interea, ſummi cum ſis novus incola cœli,
hannes objit., . . die. .. anno domini EC CC Hoc noſtri in terris pignus amoris habe.
et dicta Elizabeth obüt x* die Januar, anno domini Mo
2. On the ſame monument, on a braſs plate: | 3
: At Digſwell, Herts, on a mura} monument:
« Hic jacent ſepulti Johannes Sedlen de Southfleet, in co- + — r : ; |
e Iota, ror, ens, Sia-Yehannig © William Sedley, the ſon of Richard Sedley,
Gulielmus Sedley, eques et batonettus, mœrens poſuit,”
Colepeper de Aylesford, in didu comitatu, armigeri, Qui qui- of n = 15 key * 1 eſq.
dem "Johannes ZSedley obüt xii die Augufti, none | His firſt wife — 4 «
T3033 "Wm ante 4” Men nes dome 2.564. daughter of Henry Beller of London, eſq.
3. On the South wall is a large and beautiful mo- by whom he had iflue
nument, with the effigies of a man lying at full length Anna, Elizabeth, Suſanna, and Mary, his coheirs,
in armour, and this inſcription : She died April 1, 1647.
* In obitum ornatiffimi viri Johannis Sedley, armi- His ſecond wife was Mary, daughter of
geri, qui natus eſt 4* die Junii, 15641, fir Robert Honeywood, of Charing, in Kent.“
Kimber's account of the Baronets of Southfleet, ſuppoſes this gentleman to have been the ſon of his brother Richard. Sedley,
eſq. of Digſwell, Herts ; of whom ſee the following note.
| [6] Afterwards of Digſwell, Herts, of which county he was high ſheriff in 1624. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John
Darrell, of Calehill, Kent, eſq. by whom he had, 2. William Sedley, who married Anne; daughter of Henry Boteler, of Lon-
don; and ſhe dying in 1649, he married, ſecondly, Mary, daughter of fir Robert Honeywood, of Charing, kat. He died in
1658; and, was buried at Digſwell. See his epitaph, p. 205. 2. John. 3. Anne, married to Edward Maddiſon, of the Mid-
dle Temple, London, eſq. 4. Elizabeth, married to George Tooke, or Tucker, of Melton, Kent.
I] Sir John Sedley died at Mount Maſcall, in North Cray pariſh z and was buried at Southfleet. He founded a free-ſ{chool
at Southfleet, which was augmented by his daughter Elizabeth. See Thorpe's Antiquities, p. 248, 249; and plate XVI. p. 109.
Sir John Sedley, by will, dated Oct. 5, 1627, gave 40o/. to be laid out by his executors in land, to be ſettled on divers perſons,
inhabitants of Southfleet, and their heirs, to the end that the profits ſhould be for ever employed for the maintenance of a
ſchool-maſter, to be named by his heirs. He gave alſo 100l. apiece to Merton and Magdalen coileges, Oxford,
Mrs, Elizabeth Sedley gave gool. to the ſetting up a ſchool, to which her father had given,
Dame Eiizabeth Sedley, executrix to both theſe, built a ſchool-room, and added to it a piece of ground (which hath been
fince planted, and is now an orchard) ; and by her will, dated March 23, 1645, appropriated part of a ſum, given to her ſon
fir William Sedley, for the diſcharging of a legacy of 400l. given by her huſband fir John Sedley for a ſchool in Southfleet. Sir
William Sedley made a declaration in writing of the truth of the premiſes, but no proviſion for the performance of them; only
he continued the ſalary at 30/. per amum, Sir Charles, his brother, did actually buy houſes and lands, in order to ſettle them
according to his father's will; but, upon ſome diſguſt, laid it aſide, and ſunk the. ſalary from 30l. to 241. per mum, and from
24). 0 201, © Dame Anne Sedley, relict of fir Charles, ſhut up the ſchool, and refuſed to pay any ſalary for ſome years. The
pariſh were at the expence of a law-ſuit to recover it; but, before it came to a final iſſue, a compromiſe was made by the media-
tion of friends; and the falary of 20/. per annum has been duly paid ever ſince by her heirs in the Southfleet eſtate.
This account of the ſchool was given by the curate of the pariſh (Mr. Price) to the biſhop of Rocheſter in 1724.
On a ſtone tablet over the porch of the ſchool, a neat brick building near the ſtreet, is this inſcription :
This ſchool, founded by the piety of fir John Sedley, bart. anno Domini 1637,
augmented by Mrs. Elizabeth Sedley his daughter anno Demini 1639,
finiſhed and maintained by fir Charles Sedley, bart. his ſon, whom God long continue, anno Domini 1657. Amen.“
[8] Second fon of Henty Savile, of Bradley, co. Ebor. eſq. He was provoſt of Eton, warden of Merton college, Oxford,
and founder of the Aſtronomy profeſſorſhip in that univerſity. He married Margaret, daughter of George Ducras, of Cheſhunt.
[9] Of this fir William it is ſaid, that, when a young man, he lived very high in London, with his friend Robert Dormer,
of Rouſham, in Oxfordſhire, eſq. (whoſe wife was Anne, one of the daughters of fir Charles Cotterell, maſter of the ceremo-
nies) ; and they endeavoured who ſheuld ontvie each other in gallantry, and in ſplendid coaches.
[10] Relict of George lord Chandos of Sudley caſtle. She was married, thirdly, to George Pitt, of Stratford Say, eſq.
= Knighted by king James II; and diſtinguiſhed by the name of ** Sir Charles Sedley, junior,” In Le Neve, Monu-
menta Anglicana, vol. I. p. 33, he is by miſtake called Baronet.
[12] From the circumſtance of his father's birth, this gentleman obtained the title of baronet by a new creation.
[13] This lady died April 20, 1738; leaving behind her the character of deſerving, but not defirous of, praiſe ; whoſe ceconony
was ſuch, that ſhe ſupported grandeur without extravagance, and avoided profuſion, without reflexion ; who had all the good
endowments of wife, mother, or friend: the tears of her friends were the livelieſt marks of the affection they bore her, and
the lamentations of the poor ſhewed the extent of her charity.
[14] He was elected one of the repreſentatives in parliament for the town of Nottingham in 1747; and had the honorary
title of LL. D. conferred on him in 1749, at the opening of the Radcliffe Library. He left the greater part of his property to
his ſon-in-law, Mr. Vernon; and Kirkby Beler (ſee p. 232:) to his great nephew, Sedley Burdett, eſq.
(15] Daughter of William Frith, eſq. and Mary his wife (grand-daughter of Richard Sclater, eſq.). By this marriage fir
Charles Sedley obtained the manors of Hayford and Harleigh.
[16] This truly reſpectable baronet (who is till living 1795) married to his ſecond wife lady Caroline Manners, widow of the
late fir Henry Harpur, bart. of Caulk, co. Derby, and daughter of John ſecond duke of Rutland (ſee p. 68). She died at Fore-
mark in 1969 but left no iſſue.
[17] Edward Iſaac, of Patrickſbourne, was ſheriff of Kent in the 11th year of queen Elizabeth. In Philipott's Villare Can-
tianum, p. 63, it is mentioned, that a daughter of William Iſaac firſt matched to Sydley, and ſecondly to fir Henry Palmer.
18] Re- married to Leonard Peckham, of Yaldham, in Kent, .
Sir Charles Sedley having been for ſome time before his death of weak underſtanding, and under undue influence; bis
laſt will, dated Oct. 18, 1701, was declared null and void; and in 2705-6, an act of parliament was obtained for ſettling in
truſtees his manor of St. Clere, &c. Haſted, vol. II. p. 248. |
[20] In 1729, before he came to the title, we find him captain (Edward Sedley being then licutenant-colonel), and at the
time of his death major, of the Red Regiment of the Militia of the City of London. He died, after a long illneſs, at his
lodgings at Tottenham Court; and his eſtate, for want of a male heir, deſcended to a niece.
ADDITIONS
L 4170 J
ADDITIONS from the Regiſter of TUTBURY PRIORY *; relative to CosToNy
STAPLEFORD, WYMONDHAM, EDMONDTHORPE, BEsCaBY, T'wycross, &c.
ECLXEXXXV. Carta Wiltmi de Ferrariis, comitis
Derbeye, pro Cosrox.
Omnibus hoc ſcriptum viſuris vel audituris, Wilfns
de Ferrariis, comes Derbeye, ſalutem in Domino.
Noveritis me conceſſiſſe, pro me & heredibus meis,
quod homines mei de Caſton, qui priùs tenuerunt
terras ſuas in Caſton per firmas, auxilia, & alias con-
ſuerudines, ad voluntatem dominorum, teneant de ce-
tern, & eorum pueri ſucceſſivè poſt illos, five eorum
propinquiores prelentes qui pueros non habuerunt,
rerras ſuas de Caſton, cum pertinentiis, de nobis, per
certum forum denariorum per annum, cum quodam
incremento quinque felionum de dominico 1bidem
conceſſo Rogero. filio Hugonis pro virgata ſui plene
perficienda ; ſcilicet, unam quinque virgatam terre
pro duabus marcis argenti, & unam quinque bovatam
terre pro uni marc argenti, & unam quinque dimi-
diam bovatam terre pro dimidia marca argenti per an-
num, bene & in pace, & integre tenendas & ha-
bendas, quamdiu idem manerium de Caſton in manu
meai & heredum meorum fuerit, ſeu de quibuſcunque
aliis quos contigerit idem manerium, vel partem ma-
nerii, habere de dono vel ballio noſtro, ſive ratione
cultodir”, reddendo inde nobis annuatim quartam par-
tem firme ad Paſcham, ad Nativitatem Sci Johannis
Bapiiſte quartam partem, ad feſtum Sci Mickis quartam
partem, ad Natale Domini quartam partem, pro
- omni ſecular) ſervicio & exactione, ſalvo forinſeco
ſervicio in omnibus; & ſalvis nobis duabus ſectis curie
de illis ad duas magnas curias noſtras per annum;
una, ſcilicet, proxima poſt Paſcham, & alia proxima
poſt feſtum Sci Michis, infra ſocam de Stapilford.
Similitèr ſequuntur in dicto manerio de Caſton, de
curil in curiam, ad ſanguinem fuſum & hucheſium infra
dictum manerium, cum acciderit ; & ad omnes alias que-
relus per iplos vel alios ſuper aliquem de ſeipſis, donec
per judicium curie loquele & querele ille terminentur;
ita quod, qui ex illis tenens unam virgatam terre ceci-
derit in milericordia noſtrà, dabit nobis pro miſericordia
ſua x11 denar*, & tenens bovatam terre & dimidiam
1x4, & tenens unam bovatam vid. preterquam in placitis
ſanguinis, hucheſii, & verberature; quod fi quis in
ils convictus fuerit, amercietur, per conſiderationem
curie, ſecundum quantitatem delicti ſui, voluntate
ballivi, & ſecundòùm poſſibilitatem delinquentis; de-
ſervata ſemper in omnibus delictis infra & competente
emendatione injuriam paſſis. Et poſt mortem uniuſcu-
juſque dabunt nobis de catallis defuncti, nomine le-
gati & hereiheti, ſive de catallis ipſius qui terram poſt
mortem defuncti tenebit; ſcilicet, ad virgatam terre
dimidiam marce, ad bovatam & dimidiamquinque ſolidos,
& ad bovatam XL denarios ; & pro marcheto filiarum
ſuarum ad virgatam terre 11 ſolidos, ad unam bovatam
& dimid* xv111d. & ad unam bovatam xiid.; ita quod
nos omnes, ut predictum eſt, non poterimus aliquo
modo aliquid ſervicii vel ſervitutis plus exigere de
predictis hominibus, ut prediaum eſt, de cetero, nec
ipſos de predictis terris ejicere, dum predicta ſervicia
pro predictis terris facere ad plenum voluerint. In
eujus rei teſtimonium, hoc ſcriprum pro me & here-
dibus meis, ut predictum eſt, ſigilli mei munimine
roboravi. Hiis teſtibus; Roberto de Punchordon,
Pagano de Sco Philberto, Thoma Makerel, Galfrido
de Gondray, Roberto de Mercinton', Rogero tunc
perſona de Stapilford, Henrico tunc perſona de Sta-
pilford, Johanni de Crokeſton', Robto le Moyne, &
altis. Dat' apud Beureper, die Lune proxima ante
Nathalem Domini, anno regni regis Henrici filii regis
Johannis xxxv11®, |
CCLXXXXVII. Inquiſicio de Coſton.
M. Wiltmus Wakerly de Coſton, M. Thomas
Clerke de eidem, M. Johes Nordy de eidem, M.
Wiltmus Bool de eadem, M. Willmus Fretheby de
Stoneſby, M. RiCus in the Lane in eadem, M. Hugo
Clerke de Sproxton, M. Jokes Cooke de eidem, &
multi alii, examinati de quibus terris & tenementis
quidam magiſter Wiltus Foreſter quondam fait ſeiſitus
in villa de Coſton, & que terras & tenementa prior &
conventus de Tuttebur' recuperavit vershs predictum
Wiltmum Forefler per breve dni regis; dicunt per con-
ſcientias ſuas, quod fuir quondam unus gentilis nomine
Johannis Tamworth, qui habuit omniaterras & tenementa,
porciones & decimas, in villa & campis de Coſton, que
ante illud tempus unquam fuerunt prioris & con-
ventiis de Tutteburia; ſet utrùm habuit in feodo ad
terminum vite, vel annorum illius, eſt incognitum;
Et etiam dicunt, quod proxime poſt poſſeſſionem pre-
dicti Johis Tamworth prefatus Wi.tus Foreſter fuit ſei-
ſitus de omnibus tert is & tenementis, porcionibus &
decimis predictis; versds quem prior de Tutteburia
qui tune temporis fuit cepit quandam actionem per
breve dni regis, & recuperavit omnia terras & tene-
menta & porciones predicta. Pretereà dicunt, quòd,
omni tempore, exiſtentibus omnibus terris & tene-
mentis, porcionibus & decimis predictis, tam in ma-
nibus predicti Johis Tamworth, quam in manibus
prefati magiſtri Willmi Foreſter, quidam Thomas
Clerke fuit ſeiſitus de uno capitali meſſuagio in Coſton
erga cimiterium, & tribus bovatis terre nunc in mani-
bus prioris de Tutteburia exiſtentibus; ac etiam de
uno meſſuagio & quatuor cotagiis, cum pertinentiis
ſuis, ex parte Auſtrali rectorie; & de uno meſſuagio,
cum pertinentiis ſuis, vocato Wedowe- place; & de
uno meſſuagio, cum pertinentiis ſuis, vocato Milne-
place, nunc in manibus Wiltmi Leveryngton exiſ-
tentibus. Et dicunt, quod poſt mortem prediQi
Thome, quidam Willielmus Mouſeley & Johanna
uxor ejus, filia predicti Thome, fuerunt ſeiſiti, & pa-
cificam ſeiſinam continuerunt tota vita eorum; & pre-
dictus Wiltus obiit, & predicta Johna cepit quendam
virum nomine Johannem Walpole, & obiit ſeiſita.
Et pretereà dicunt, quòd quidam Willielmus Bate,
nomine prioris de Tutteburia, per unum annum in-
tegrum proximum poſt mortem prefate Johanne, in-
tra vit in omnibus terris & tenementis in Coſton pre-
dictis, de quibus prefata Johanna obiit ſeifita z & poſtea
prior de Tarteburia tradidit ad firmam omnia terras &
tenementa ſua, porciones & decimas, in villa predictà,
cuidam Rogero, quondam perſone eccleſie de Coſton,
qui occupavit predicta capitale meſſuagium & 1111 co-
tagia, cum pertinentiis ſuis, ex parte Auſtrali recto-
rie, durante tora vita ſua, de quibus prt fata Johanna
obiit ſeiſita. Et dicunt ulterids, quod predicti Wiltus
Mouſeley & Johanna uxor ejus habuerunt quandam fi-
liam & heredem, nomine Johannam, que cepit in vi-
rum Willielmum Leveryngton; qui Wiltus & Johanna
uxor ejus nunc clamant predictum: capitale metina-
gium, in manibus prioris predicti exiſtens, ut jus
prefate Johanne, ev quod Wiltus Mouſeley & Johanna
uxor ejus, parentes prefate Johanne uxoris Willi Le-
veryngton, inde obierunt ſeiſiti.
CCLXXXXVIII. Carta de Coſton.
Omnibus Chriſti fidelibus ad quos preſentes litere
pervenerint, Willielmus Foreſter clericus ſalutem.
Cum venerabilis vir Johannes, prior prioratùs beate
Marie Tutteburie in com' Stafford, petierit & clama-
verit certa terras & tenementa, cum pertinentiis ſuis,
in Colton; & quinque partes decimarum dominii de
villa predictà, cum ſuis pertinentiis, in com' Leyceſ-
trie; & certa terras & tenementa, cum ſuis perti-
nentiis, in Wymundeham, Stapleford, Saxby, &
Thorpe-Edmere; quinque partes decimarum Qnii
de villis ſupradictis, cum ſuis pertinentiis, in com”
Leyceſtrie prediQt', versùs predictum Wiltum, ut de
jure prioratùs ſui predicti, & parcellam fundacionis ejuſ-
dem prioratùs, ut de dono & fundacione Henrici
quondam comitis de Ferrariis, & Uni honoris de Tut-
teburia, cum apoſtolicà confirmacione, & ſentenciis
* Theſe Extracts are from a fine · tranſeript of the Tutbury Regiſter, communicated by the Earl of Leiceſter. The numerals
refer to the deeds as marked in the original,
Vor. I.
502
apoſtolicis
418
apoſtolicis ſuper eiſdem collatis; quas quidem terras,
tenementa, & decimas ſupradictas, cum ſuis pertinen-
ciis, ego dictus Wiltmus per modicum tempus minds
joſtè occupavi: Et ſuper hoc predictus prior nunc
tandem, poſt petitionem & clameum predicta in omnibus
terris, tenementis, & decimis ſupradictis, cum ſuis
pertinentiis, in omnibus predictis villis, intravit, &
ſeiſitus eſt ut de jure prioratùs ſui predicti: Sciatis
me dictum Wiltum vidiſſe & cognoviſſe jus & poſſeſ-
honem predicti prioris modo ſupradicti, & per pre-
ſentes remiſiſſe, relaxaſſe, & in perpetuum quietum
clamaſſe, predicto priori & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, totum
jus meum & clameum quod habeo, habui, ſeu quovis
modo habere potero in futurum, in omnibus terris,
tenementis, & decimis ſupradictis, cum ſuis perti-
nenciis; ita quod nec ego diftus Wiltus, nec aliquis
- alins nomine meo, aliquid jus vel clameum in terris,
tenementis, vel decimis ſupradictis, cum ſuis perti-
nentiis, de cetero exigere ſeu vendicare poterimus; ſet
per preſentes ſimus excluſi in perpetuum. In cujus
rei teſtimonium, preſentibus ſigillum meum appoſui.
Dat' ultimo die Maii, anno regni regis Rici Secundi
poſt Conqueſtum quintodecimo.
STAPLEFORD, WYMONDHAM, and EDMONDTHORPE-.
XII. Robertns, Dei gratia, Lincoln” epus, univerſis
catholice eccleſie filiis ſalutem. Juſtis religioſorum
fratrum de Tuttebir' petitionibus annuentes, eceleſias
de Stapleforde, de Wymundham, & de Thorp, cum
omnibus pertinentiis ſuis, in perpetuam eis eleemoſinam,
ſicut carta Wiitmi de Fer rariis teſtatur, confirmamus,
& ligilli noſtri atteſtatione communicavimus; al
tamen in omnibus Lincoln” eccleſie dignitate, & cle-
ricorum, videlicet, quod Symon habet in eccleſià de
Stapelford, Rogerus in eccleſia de Wymundham, &
Galfridus in eceleſià de Thorpe, quamdiu eaſdem poſ-
ſidere voluerunt. Teſtibus, &c.
XXV. Robert biſhop of London confirms a gift
made to the priory of Tutbury of two parts of the
tithes in the demeſnes of Stapleford, Wymundham,
and Thorpe; and five parts of the tithes in the de-
meſne of Coſton. |
XXVI. William biſhop of Lincoln confirms the
nomination, made by the prior and convent of Tut-
bury, of Roger de Sumerford to be rector of Staple-
ford, on condition of the ſaid Roger's paying to the
priory an annual penſion of three marks.
X LIN. Robert biſhop of Lincoln confirms a pre-
ſentation, made bythe prior and convent of Tutbury, of
Ralph de Chaddeſdeue to the rectory of Wymundham.
LI. Charta Roberti comitis junioris de Ferrariis.
(As much of this as relates to Leiceſterſhire will be
found in the Appendix, p. 139.)
LX. Univerſis ſancte matris eccleſie filiis ad quos
preſens ſcriptum pervenerit, Willielmus de Ferrariis,
comes Derbeie, ſalutem in Domino. Noverit uni-
| verlitas veſtra me, pro ſalute auime mee & Agnetis
uxoris mee, & omnium anteceſſorum & heredum me-
orum, conceſſiſſe, & hac preſenti carta confirmäſſe,
Deo & eccleſie beate Marie de Futteſbur', & monachis
ibidem Deo ſervientibus, donaciones eis factas ab ante-
ceſſoribus meis, & corum baronibus & hominibus; &
maxime eccleſias de Torp & Wimundeham, cum om-
nibus pertinentiis ſuis; & eccleſias de Stapelford
& de Colton, cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis. Ut hec
mea confirmacio rata & inconcuſſa futuris temporibus
permaneat, preſentem cartam ſigilli munimine robo-
ravi. Hiis teſtibus, &c. |
L XVII. Domino & ſpirituali patri ſuo venerando
Roberto, Dei gratia, Lincolnienſi epiſcopo, & uni-
verſis ſandte Dei eceleſie filiis, tam clericis quam laicis,
Willielmus de Ferrariis ſalutem. Sciatis me dedifſe
eccleſias de Stapleford & de Wymundeham & de
Torp, cum omnibus ſuis pertinenciis, in eleemoſinam
perpetuam, eccleſie Ste Marie de Tuttefbur*, & mo-
nachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, pro ſalute anime mee
& omnium anteceſſorum meorum. Teſte domino
Bernardo abbate STi Ebrulfi, &c. |
LXIX. Wiltmus comes de Ferrariis omnibus ho-
minibus ſais, tam Francis quam Anglicis, ſalutem.
* Noverint omnes ram prefentes quam futuri, me
conceſſiſſe & ratam habere donacionem quam Wilkmus
de Ferrariis fecit monaſterio beatiſſime Dei gegetricig
5
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EXTRACTS FROM THE TUTBURY REGISTER.
Marie Tuttebur', & monachis ibidem Deo ſetvient;.
bus, de eccleſiis, videlicet, de Stapelford & Wy-
mundeham & Torp, cum omnibus ſuis pertinenciis,
tam in terris & decimis, quàm in redditibus & ob-
verſionibus, & libertatibus. Hanc igitur donationem,
pia devocione prefati Wiltmi cognati & hominis mei
factam, & auctoritate Lincoln' epi corroboratam, li-
terarum & ſigilli noſtri teſtimonio ſignatam confirmo,
prohibens in quantum ad me pertinet, nè quis hoc
pietatis opus, Deo racionabilitèr oblatum, turbare,
diminuere, vel infringere preſumat. Teſte, &c.
CXXXI. Henry de Ferrers and Margaret his wife
grant to the priory of Tutbury the tithes of the ſking
of all bucks (coriorum de cervis) killed by his dogs.
CCX. Dyoniſia, widow of Geffrey Fitz Richard,
for the conſideration of 40 pence, releaſes to the priory
all her claim of dower to the grange at Wymondham.
CCXXVI. Robert Harekin, for the conſideration
of 20 ſhillings, releaſes to the priory all chaim to a
croft at Wymondham, which they had purchaſed 4:
Gurdino filio Richeri.
CCXXXIV. Galfridus filius Richeri aſſigns to the
convent a piece of ground at Wymondham, between
his meſſuage and the high road leading to Stapleford.
CCCXXXIII. Prince Edmund, the king's ſon, earl
of Leiceſter and Derby, grants to the priory of Tut-
bury an annual oblation of 4s. 6d. which had been
cuſtomarily given by all the former earls of Derby,
* uſque ad diem quo Robertus de Ferrariis, quondam
comes Derb', captus fuit in conflictu de Cheſterfeld.“
CCXXXIX. Alan Fremon, ſon of Geoffrey of
Thorp, grants to the priory, in pure alms, 54 ſelions in
Thorp and Wymondham; the limits of all which are
particularly ſpecified in the deed, and one of which
abutted on Coſton croſs, next the land of the lord
Henry de Tibetoſt.
CCCX. Amongſt the“ Advocationes eccleſiarum
quæ ſpectant ad donationem prioris de Tutteburia ;”*
In Archid' Leyc', in decanat' de Framland,
Eccleſia de Stapleford, preter penſionem & portio-
nem, 29 marc'.
Penſ* quam prior de Tuttebur' percipere ſolebat in
eadem 2 marc',
Item portio quam idem prior percipere ſolebat in
eadem decimis garbarum, 2 marc”, 38. 4d.
Eccleſia de Coſton, preter portionem, 23 marc'.
Ratio decimarum de dominico quam prior de 'Tut-
tebur' percipere ſolebat in eadem 2 marc'.
Eccleſia de Wymundeham 16 marc”.
Eeclefia de Thorpe Edmere 35 marc”.
De quibus eccleſiis de Wymundeham & Torp prior
de Tuttebur' percepit nomine penſionis 2 matc', di.
BEScABx. |
CLXXVI. Richard de Curci, at the requeſt o
his wife Alice, gave to Jordan de Furches three parts
of the lordſhip of Beſcaby, to hold by the third part of
a knight's fee. In return, the ſaid Jordan gave, by the
hands of Elias de Saltby, a horſe valued at ſeven
marks; and to Alice de Curci, by the hands of Robert
de Cruce de Bingham, gave tea marks and a gold ring.
TwyYcRoss and LANGLEY.
CXIX, William Fitz Herbert, with the conſent of
his ſon William, gave to the priory of Tutbury two
bovates of land at Twycrofs, which had belonged to
Roger the ſon of Grimaldus.
CCXXXIII. William Fitz Herbert, with the con-
ſent of his ſon John, gave two other bovates, which
had been held by Henry Fitz Linds.
CCXCIII. Geoffrey de Bewmes, prior of Tutbury,
and his brethren, granted to Richard Fitz Herbert and
Pretioſa his wife a virgate of land at Twycroſs, which
had been held by William Fitz Dean. Witneſſes, fir
Henry de Appleby, Henry Owen, Henry Fitz Her-
bert, Henry de Temple, and Richard his ſon, &c.
CCXXXXIv. An acknowledgement from Richard
Fitz-herbert of half a mark annualyent for the ſame.
CCCVII. An acquittance from the prior of Tut-
bury to the prioreſs of Langley, for 30 marks, being
ſix years payment of an annual penſion of 5 marks;
dated 20 March, 17 Hen. VI. |
ADDITIONS
ADDITIONS Ax D
P. 4. b. I. ult. add, Mr. Ray has a ſimilar diſtich:
When the clouds are upon the hills,
They'll come down by the mills.”
P. 13. Robert Hampſton was preſented to the vi-
carage of Abkettleby in 1579 *.
P. 18. Margaret de Tibtoft died in 1379.
P. 19. b. I. 27. r.“ burials 81.“
A ſmall part of the lordſhip of Bark ſton had been
many years incloſed. The ſoil is in general good.
P. 20. John Batty was vicar of Barkſton and
Plungar about 1560; and John Cheſſee in 1579 *.
P. 22. © The name of Belvoir was likely to be
given to this place after the Conqueſt ; and peradven-
ture went then under another name, or was part of
Bottesford, or ſome other place mentioned in Domeſday-
book; by which it appears that Robert de Todeni and
Beregarius his ſon, and Ralph, whom I take to be
Robert's brother or ſon, held land in moſt counties in
England, eſpecially hereabouts. See Domeſday-book
in Hartfordſhire, Yorkſhire, Leiceſterſhire, Oxford-
ſhire, &c.“ S. Ror ER. | |
P. 22. Leland thus deſcribes this neighbourhood :
* From Notingam to Bever 'a xii long miles.
Firſt I paſſid by low medowe and ſam moriſch grounde
by the ſpace of a 3 miles, and then by other 3 miles
by an highe ſoile, but not hilly; and about this 3
miles end I cam to a praty broke or ryveret, caullid
Myte, that rifith above that place a vi miles or more
by Weſte, and thens goith an eight miles lower into
Trent not far above Newark to'vne. And cumming
nere toward Mite brooke, I lefre about a mile on the
lifte honde Aſlacton village in Notinghamſtire, wher
Thomas Cranmere, arcnebisſhop of Cantorbyri, was
born, and where the heire of the Cranmers, a man
ſcant of xL marks landes by che yere, now dwellith.
Then paſling a 2 miles by metely hygh and good
ſoyle, 1 cam to a villag caullid Thens 4
good miles to Bever, partely by marſche, medowe,
and paſture, and corn grounde. From Notingham to
Bever all by champaine ground in fite 3.”
„I never ſaw fairer medows then thereabout on
bothe ripes of Trent. Notingam on the right hond
vi miles from Trajectus, and Newarke on the lifte
hond a iiii miles. Newark to us rip. citer Trentæ.
After that I cam a litle beyond Trent, I ſaw al cham-
paine grounde undecungue within fight, and very litle
wood, but infinita frugum copia, To Langer village
a iiii miles, wher hard by the chirch is a ſtone howſe
of the lord Scropes embatelid like a caſtel. Half a
a knighres manor place, wherabowt I ſaw great and
mervelus fair medows. Chaworth place is caullid
Warton Haulle. From Langer by veri fair medows
and corne ground to Smithe, a brokelet that ther di-
vidith Notinghamſhire from Leyrceſtreſhire, a iii
miles. Nere beyond this brooke I paſſid thorough
Clauſon village in Leyrceſtreſhir. From Clauſon to
Melton a iii good miles by good corne giound 4.”
Marke \ an ſuch parte of Leirceſterſhic as is lying
by South and Eſt is champaine, and hath litle wood.
And ſuch parte of Leirceſterſhire as lyith by Weſt and
North hath much woodde 5.” |
P. 26. b. I. 39. r. fin 1233. c
P. 27, Note, I. 2. r.“ a bend Gules.“
P. 41. b. 62. r. Plate XVI.“
P. 45. A copy of the epitaph on fir Rich. Manners,
in Dugdale's hand-writing, thus ſupphes the chaſms:
I. 1. Yeze lpethe. |
7. February. |
9. bye altar ende.
Ibid. Note, r.“ 3 Part. Originalia, 1 Edw. VI.
P. 46. Henry earl of Rutland, a nobleman of great
valour, had a command in the North againſt the Scots
- * Rymer, Feed, vol. XV. p. 788.
4 Leland, vol. V. p. 9 . 6 5 Ib. vol. I. p. 24+
mile or I cam to Langer I cam by fir John Chaworthe,
* Ib, pp. 743. 788.
CORRECTIONE.
in 1547; and the Engliſh, after the fatal overthrow giren
to the Scots“ army at Muſſeborough, having poſſeſſed
themſelves of the tower of Hadington; and tortified it;
the Scots, having taken breath, endeavoured all they
could to recover it. The place was relieved once by
the earl of Shrewſbury, and at another time by Bows;
but the earl of Rutland, in the Autumn, marching
to Hadington with 3000 landſkenets, and ſome troops
drawn out of the frontier garriſon, and wiſely con-
ſideriug the place was not tenable without an army to
cover it, and a vaſt expence to the government; and
the rather, becauſe the adjacent country had been
miſerably ravaged, ſo that the town could not be
ſupplied with proviſion' without much difficulty and
danger; he raſed the walls, fired the town, carried off
the ſtores and artillery, and then retired without any
manner of loſs to Berwick. King Edward, in 1 548,
was pleaſed to make this earl conſtable of Nottingham
caſtle, and chief juſtice of Sherwood foreſt; and next
year he was conſtituted warden of the Eaſt and middle
Marches. towards Scotland. And the marquis of
Northampton being appointed in 1551 to go upon a
folemn embaſly into France, and to preſent that king
with the enfigns of the moſt noble order of the Garter,
the earls of Worceſter, Rutland, and Ormond, were
appointed to accompany the marquis. This noble
earl, who is ſaid to have had the firſt coach ever made
in England, was ſo accompliſhed in the liberal arts and
ſciences, that he was the admiration of all that pro-
feſſed them; and was eſteemed in his time one of the
moſt learned amongſt all the Engliſh nobility. Yer
he was ſo far from glorying in it, or taking any pride
in his knowledge, that he uſed to ſay, that as amongſt
wiſe men he way certainly the wiſeſt, who thought he
knew leaſt; ſo, among fools, he was the greateft who
thought he knew moſt. In diſmantling Had&inoron
abovementioned, he ſhewed good huſbandry for his
prince; and, ſome taking upon them to blame him
for quitting a garriſon in the enemy's country, he
anſwered : The ſhow was not worth the candles;
and that he who would greaten his young maſter
muſt do it by ſparing his coffers; for, a king without
money was one of the moſt contemprible things in
the world.“ When he ated as a ſoldier, he had the
ſame care of his army as of his family, and treated
them as his children; which made the troops follow
him with alacrity as an indylgent parent, becauſe
they loved him for his juſtice and good- nature, valued
him for his clear courage, and had an entire confi-
dence in his conſummate wiſdom. He had too much
valour not to love war, and wiſhed his country too
well not to deſire an honourable peace. When he
put on the ſtateſman, he was grave, ſedate, and art-
fully ſubmiſſive ro other men's opinions; by which
means 'his' own generally prevailed. This iltuſtrious
perſon was ſuperior to any temptation, and abhorred
the licence and levity with which he ſaw too many
tainted. He had a very good underſtanding, a clear
inſight into ambiguous affairs, an induſtry not to be
tired, and a generoſity not to be exhauſted. He was
free from all thoſe paſſions and affections which at-
tend vulgar minds, and was guilty of no other ainbi-
tion than knowledge, and to be reputed a lover of his
country and all good men, and an enemy to injuſtice
and oppreſſion, He was a deſpiſer of thoſe arts which
render men popular; and yet, he was courted by all
parties, and kept up his reputation and eſteem with
them all, without joining with any. He was ſo rigid
an abſerver of eſtabliſhed laws, that he could not en-
dure the leaſt deviation from them; and thought no
miſchiefs ſo intolerable as the preſumptions of ſome
miniſters, who broke poſitive rules for reaſons of ſtate,
To ſpeak of this noble lord's integrity, and his high
3 Leland, Ttin, vol. I. p. 213.
Jiſdain
418 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
diſdain of any thing which might look towards cor-
ruption, would father be an injury than a commenda-
tion; ſeeing he was ſo perfectly diſintereſted, that he
expected no other reward either from his prince or the
people but to be well thought of. His natural temper
was not liable to any ſudden tranſports of anger, but
could bear contradiction without being moved or put
out of his bias. He was always very ſteady in pur-
fuivg what he propoſed : o himfelf, and had a courage
not to be frightened with any oppoſition, his mind and
underſtanding being always preſent in the article of
danger. Finally, be had ſuch an affetion for his
country, that he could have none for France. He
had the dexterity to ſee into their inſides when he was
among them ; and was wont to ſay, that their fami-
harity was treachery ; their friendſhip diſſimulation;
and that, like cowards, they muſt be kept under, or their
neighbourhood would be intolerable. Henry, his fon
and heir, was a nobleman alſo of great accompliſhments
either for peace or war. He was created M. A. in
1566; and in 1586 was one of the commithoners for the
trial of Mary queen of Scots.
P. 4. The lady Elizabeth Cecil lyes buried in
Weſtminſter abbey ; where you may fee the remains
of a plain decayed tomb, more by reaſon of the
brittleneſs of the ſtone of which it is compoſed, than
its antiquity. You may {till diſcover the figure of a
woman at full length, leaning on her arm, in a cy-
preſs veil, having neither inſcription, paintings, car-
vings, or other imbelliſhments, but a coat of
arms, wherein Cecil, with quarterings, impaling
Manners, is to be ſeen“.“
At Uffington, in Lincolnſhire, on the South wall
of the chancel, at the entrance, is a marble monu-
ment, with the effigies of two perſons kneeling, in
black, againſt each other; behind her, the figure of
a daughter, and him of a ſon, if not two; but only
the pedeſtal of this remains ?.
At top, over their heads, in letters of gold:
„% In LAURENTIUM STANTON, ſacre theologiæ
doctorem, decanum Lincolnienſem,
qui obiit Septembris 175, ætatis ſuæ 66",
anno Domini 1613.”
On the ſlate, lower, theſe lines:
« Ecce] fub hic Doctor recubat Laurentius urnk,
Stantonus, ſacris multùm devotus 'lizers, |
Edvardo Rutland” comiti, fratrique Johanni,
Chriſtophoro Hattono, qui cancellarius olim:
Reginz Elizæ ſervus, regiſque Jacobi.
Lincolnienſis erat Protomyſta decem tribus annis.
Minor ſum cun&tis miſerationibus tuis &
veritate tua, quam expleviſti ſervo tuo;
nam cum baculo meo tranſivi Jordanum
| hunc; & nunc regredior cum duabus
{ turmis. Gen. xxxii. 10.“
Uader her:
& Duxit in uxorem Courtnzo ſanguine natam,
Agnetem Doley, triplici qui prole beatus;
Filius unus & alter erat, ſimul una puella,
Et pater & proles tumulo conduntur in iſto:
Quem ſua fida ſibi conſtruxit nupta ſuperſtes,
Donec erit tempus quum contumulentur in unum.“
Arms at top: Quarterly, 1. and 4. Vaire, Argent
and Sable, on a crots crofflet fitchy Or; Stanton.
Hic pius ag:
noſcit quis fu-
it, unde decus.
2. and 3. Or, a lion rampant, Sable, armed and
langued Gules; Doley.
P. 49. Concerning Francis earl of Rutland we find
the following entry in * Laud's Diary, p. 10.
« 1623, March 22. Diſnal day The accident
of my lord of Rutland giving Not Content to the form
conſented to in the parliament-houſe ; being the only
voice diſſenting. |
© Memoirs of Illuſtrious Perſons, 1711, p. 7—11.
3 From the MSS. of the Rev. Robert Smyth of Woodſton;
* Memoirs of Hluſtrious Perſons, p. 16,
pembroke was then lord chamberlain; and one of the family of Pyott was then high ſheriff of Staffordſhire, whoſe de-
ſeendant Charles Pyott, eſq. of Canterbury, lent me this letter to copy, 1746. Suppoſing the fact to be true, that the
burning of brakes or fern will cauſe it to rain, I apprehend it may be accounted for thus, The air is à fluid property ceuding
to an equilibrium; in which caſe, where-ever there is any extraordinary local rarefaftion, as in the preſent bubneſs there mult
be, a flow-moving cloud may be drawn or determined that way ; and there, for the ſame reaſon, may pour down'its load. . Se
this A greatly confirmed by Monſ. Bernier, tom, IV. p. 130,” Dr. Feet, Ms.
ward publicly profeſſed that religion 4.” 0
owne intereſt as well as of his made will invite the
John, was married Sept. 24, 1669, to Mr. Anthony
This earl died at Biſhops Stortford. Of the mar-
riage of his daughter Catharine with George Villiers
the great duke of Buckingham, Mr. Wilſon relates
the following circumſtances: © That the duke, having
tempted her, and carried her to his lodgings in White.
hall, kept her there ſome time, and then returned
her to her father; upon which the ſtout old carl ſent
him this threatening meſſage : That he had too
much of a [gentleman to ſuffer ſuth indignity; and,
if he did not. marry his daughter, to repair her ho-
nour, no greatneſs ſhould protect him from his juſ-
tice.” That Buckingham, who perhaps made it his
deſign to get her father's good-will this way, ſhe being
the greateſt match in, the kingdom, had no reaſon
to miſlike the union; and therefore he quickly ſalved
up the wound before it grew into a quarrel.” The
fame author adds concerning this young lady, that
ſhe was bred a Papiſt by her mother; but that after
her marriage ſhe was echverted (as was pretended) by
Dr. White, and grew a zealous Proteſtant; but that,
like the morning dew, it quickly vaniſhed; for, the
good old counteſs of Buckingham never left working
by her ſecret inſtruments, the Jeſuirs, till ſhe had
placed her on her firſt foundation. But, what de-
ference ſoever is to be paid to Mr. Wilſon's autho-
rity in this caſe, we find no where elſe that the du-
cheſs of Buckingham owned herſelf a Roman Catho-
lic while her firſt huſband lived; but, being married
a ſecond time to Randolph Mackdonald, earl, after-
wards marquis, of Antrim in Ireland, ſhe thencefor-
Among the MSS. of the Rey. Dr. Pegge is the
following curious letter:
Bac. Hr, Belvoir, Aug. 1, 1636.
* His Maiie, taking notice of an opinion enter-
tayned in Staffordſhire that the burning of ferne doth
bring down raine; and, beeing deſirous that the country
and himſelfe may enjoy fair weather as long as hee
remaines in thoſe parts; his ma- hath com̃anded mee
to write unto you, to cauſe all burning of ferne to
bee forborne untill his made bee paſſed the country;
wherein, not doubting but the conſideration of their
country to a ready obſervance of this his ma co-
Hand, I reſt your very loving friend,
PEMBROKE & MONTGOMERY 5%
To my very loving friend the high
ſheriffe of the county of Stafford.“
P. 59. In 1676, when a bill paſſed, with an oath in
it to this effect, I A. B. do declare, that it is not
lawful upon any pretence whatever to take up arms
againſt, the kiog,” &c.; the earl of Rutland voted
againſt it by proxy, as did ſeveral other peers.
P. 62. The firſt duke of Rutland had, perhaps,
a more numerous family and attendance than any
nobleman in the kingdom. In buck-hunting ſeaſon,
himſelf and ſervants were always cloathed in green.
The ſecond duke was baptized Sept. 25, 16766.
P. 67. Sir John Manners, kt. was buried in St. Tho-
mas's chapel in the church ofAllhaliows, London Wall.
P. 68. Lady Dorothy, ſecond daughter of earl
Cowper, afterward earl of Shafteſbury; and lady
Elizabeth, the fifth daughter, Sept. 12, 1669, to james
lord Anmneſley, afterwards earl of Angleſey.
Ibid. In Pollingford church, Suffolk, is this epitaph:
« Sacred to the memory of
the honourable Mrs. Arabella Golding,
wife of George Golding eſq.
daughter of Car. N afterwards lord viſc. How ;
and the lady Anne his wife,
ſixth daughter of the right hon. the earl of Rutland,
who departed this life.
in ſtedfaſt hope and full aſſurance
8 Ibid. P · 13.
and ſee Willis's Cathedrals, vol. II. p. 79.
EKlnipton Regeſter. :
0
. A „ «> 2 N S & ms .. 2 de 54 2288 2 | 2 *
ADDITIONS To FRAMLAND HUNDREB. 419
ok a bleſſed reſurredion; vam wanſuram faciendam, Kc. in remiffonem pec;
through the merits of her bleſſed Saviour; catotum meotum & omnium parentum meorum; qu
in life admired, in death lamented; ſigilli impreſſione corroboravi, & per unum cuſtellum
baving been quem fuper majus altare poſui, coram priote & con-
pious, meek, humble, ventu, & Robto filio Drogonis, & GitSto Malecunei,.
* 1 onate, charitable, generous, & Petro de Baſeford, & Robro de SEX Mariä, &
and, in all things worthy imitation ' | Robto Tornatpre, & Rico Coco; & poſtea ad Broch-
in an accompliſhed lady, tonam, coram iſtis Alberto & Gawford, fratribus meis;
8
1 exemplary; . + hee donum laudantibus; Warino pteſbytero de all!
an obedient daughter, affeflionate wife, and ſineere friend. Brochtonà; & Wilto de Crannilli, Goii Turulſo, ac
> Born 1674; died 1720.” Wero Clerico Alwin.“ as
P. 69. An intelligent friend, who viſited Belyoir a _ 2- © Sciant preſentes & futuri, quod ego Adam,
few years ago, obſerves, * chat the more modern part filius Elie, amore Dei & penitentia duQus, recognovi
was built in 1668, the picture-gallery ſtill later;” and & reddidt priori & monachis de Lentonꝰ totam terram
adds, There is a good whole-length figure of John meam de Brochton » quam carta RiTi Buſſel dat eis,
Manners marquis of Granby, who married Catharine & teſtatur eos habuiſſe infra villam & extra, tali con-
daughter of William lord Ruſſel, by J. BeptiftaClefter- ditione quod ipſi eam monachi conceſſerunt, ad te-
man, 1703. The late lord Granby alſo, when 16, nendum de eis tota vita mel, pro quinque ſolidis an-
before he was bald, is a ſweet face by Liotard. nuatim perſolvendis; & poſt deceſſum meum reddam
P. 84. b. 1. 40. William Heagh was admitted in illis toram terram illam, liberam & ſolutam de me &
fraternitatem at Belvoir ; ſee Appendix, p. 24. heredibus meis, excepto ſervitio forinſeco, quod per-
P. 85, I. 58, for“ coupled,” r. © couped.” _ ſolvent heredibus meis; fi Brochtonam tenueruntz &,
P. 90. Divers cottages, lying in Bottesford, parcel ad confirmatibnem hujus rei, faciam eos habere cartam
of the chantries of St. Mary and St. Peter, were let albi Alberti Buffel ad confirmandam donationem fratris
to George Serzon, by queen Elizabeth, 1583, for a ſui ſuper eaſdem terras. Teſtes ſunt, Wiltus de He-
ſhort term of years, at the yearly rent of 31. 14s. 6d.*. Tiz, Wiltus de Villers, Robrus filius Radi, Adam de
P. 97. Of Robert Creſſey, ſee p. 298. Mortein. Et ego Adam, cum eadem terra, reddo
Dr. Anthony Marſhall preached a Viſitation- Sermon meipſum, five in vita, fire in morte, ad monachatum
at Melton in 1667; ſee p. 289. | Bl recipiendum ?. 10 5
P. 98. Mr. Stevens was alſo rector of Weſton on 3. Notum fit tam preſentibus quàm futuris, qudd
the Clay, co. Nottingham. l | ego Ritus Buiſſellus dedi Deo & monaſterio Ste Tri-
&« Bottesworth, emporiolum ihter Nottinghamenſes nitatis de Lenton' eccleſiam de Brochtona, cum ca-
& Lincolnienſes, in angulo extremo in Leiceſtria lo- pe}}4 que eſt in eadem villa, cum gardino quod eſt
catur. Et, ne Dene fluvium ingratum videatur Lei- ſubtùs eam versds meridiem; & medietatem curtis
ceſtrenſibus, iſtam villam ſalutat, & alumno ſuo & mee, &c. Teſtes ſunt horum, Adam capellanus,
regioni ſuæ valedicit, poſtquam nomen ſuum Denton Robcus Malebiſſe, Aſſur de Nottingham; Anſketillus,
in Lincolnia impoſuit.” Thus far Mr. Wyrley, who frater ejus; Waltus Forcard, Swanus, & Adam, ar-
mentions in the church © Simonis Danonis monumen- migeri ejuſdem Rici ; Edwardus de Lenton, Gaufridus
tum in vitro;“ and an old monument of a lady Molendarius 9.”
(the figure engraved p..37), with ten ſhields, having n. 1. J x; we te fe nets
on them alternately the — of Ros, and, Ermine, a . 113. 1.74.8 s to be paid
P. In 1612, Thomas Brokeſby held a meſſua
feſs; and © the old monument with a mantle and mail,” and T0 dikes — 2 tae F
deſcribed p. 98; which, he adds, © was removed out Samuel Ray (or Wray) died June 12, 1631, ſeiſed
of Belvoir abbey z”” as were three others, © one of f a.mefſuape and 84 acres of land in Nether Brough-
marble, the brals picked out; and two of alabaſter, ton, held of the king in capite by knights ſervice; and
the ſcocheons defaced, only it might be ſeen part of f 66 other acres of land there; with common of
the creſts to be peacocks.” paſture 10.
P. 108, add: Hugo de Vadel, clerk, was preſented © p. 19. J. 77. I. * on the Woulds.“
to the rectory of Braunſton, Il kal. Aug. 1318, by Ibid. note, I. 12. r.“ Garendon Park.“
Les w wy wo __ EIN of a P. 121. Anthony Evans was preſented to the rec-
entation by a ſuit againſt fir Roger de Morteyn, John ry of Brouęhton, ful | „ b II
de Braneſley, William Catermars, Henry Danet, and Poet. F
William Morteyn“. | 62. Robert Suti ſee v. a
Michael James, rector of Braunſton (preſented by p. 3 * Miu "John þ > Jenn held Page.
king Henry), exchanged with William de Bertelet, Backmiuſter in capite. OR |
vicar of Wylughby, dioc' Cov' & Lich", June 25, 1491+. Bed ſton held lands there, which he ſold to
John King was preſented to the rectory in 1574 5. Francis Care | H
W. Gery, D. D. was killed in 1668 ; ſee p. 289. Roger Jordan held lands there, aud at Sewſterne.
FBraunſton pulchrè juxta caput Dene locatur. Dene Jobn Weyſlow, of Gatthorpe, yeoman, ſon of Tho.
noſter emanat è fonte propè Eſtwell; &, feſtinans Ea- Wenſlow, of Edmondthorpe, died 10 May, 1617,
* x OC In, Eu FRE 1 . ſeiſed of a croft and lands in Buckminſter, held of the
c in Lincolniam 1 1 5 i . : $
tune Leiceſtriam viſit, & juxta Botteſworth valedicit. 3 yo 1g Tongs rage orig Neko 42
th: gr Sn nihil dignum habet note. In Fames Raven died 20 Oct. 1633, ſeiſed of a tene-
eadem ora eſt.” ment and lands at Sewſtern, held by knights ſervice
P. £10. The MSS. of Mr. Roper ſupply the three leaving James his ſon and heir . 9 5 1 ;
following deeds, relative to the property of the priory. PFyancie Preman, gent. died June 23, 1634, leaving
of Lenton in the townſhip of Nether Broughton: 5 daughters, Frances, Olivia, Sibilla, Maria, Mildredd ;
t. “ Sciant omnes fideles preſentes & fututi, qudd and Fobn his ſon and heir. He had two meſſuages in
ego Ricus Buſſellus dedi in eleemoſinam finaliter, pro Buckminſter, and one in Sewſtern, with lauds ia both
mea & omnium anteceſſorum meorum animabus, ſex
[ places, held of the king in capite 13.
bovatas terre, de meo dominio de Brochtonſ, priori Jobn Stepbenſon, who married the daughter of
Humffo & conventui Ste Trinitatis de Lentoniz Francis Foreman, died Feb. 5, 1640, ſeiſed of lands
ſuperaddens unum toftum, ad fratribus meis cariflimis at Sewſtern . |
1 Leaſes in the Augmentation-Office,
* MS, in the College of Arms, p. 40. The arms on this monument are, three whales heads eraſed, couped ed Argent,
3 Reg, Reynolds, archiep? Cant; ſede Lincoln” vacante. : m 1 3
* Reg. Chichley, ſede Eincoln' vacante, p. 190. a. | 5. Rymer, XV. 742; from Pat. 17 Elz. p. 1. m. 2.
Ex libro de Leaton, fol. 110, penès 8. Roper. This deed is of the time of Henry I. | ? Ibid.
* This R. Buſſell gave likewiſe 12.0xgangs of land, with divers 4ordarii, &c. 9 Exlibro de Lenton.
% Eſch. 15 Sept. 5 Car, Cole's Eſcheats, vol. III. (Harl. MSS, p58) p. 147. |
Ing. 22 Sept. 25 Jac,—Cole's Eſcheats, III. (Harl. MSS, 758) p. 96.
*+ Cole's Eſebeats, vol. H. (Harl. MSS. 757) p. 322. 13 Ibid, vol. II. (Harl. MSSs 757) P. 188.
80 "ey April, 18 Car, Cole's Eſcheats (Harl. MSS, 411.) p. 272.
Vol. I. ;
.
*
P. 12 . l. 13. Of Matthew Bayly, ſee p. 298.
Anthony Wood records Henry Wilkinſon as hold-
ing a conventicle at Buckminſter ',
Certain lands and tenements at Sewſtern and in
Wymondſwold, put in feoffment for an obit in the
church' there, were afterwards leaſed by queen Eliza-
beth to Cope, for 21 years, 15068 *. :
Divers lands and farms at Sewſtern, as alſo a wind-
mill there, belonged to the priory of Kirkby Belers
at the diſſolution .
P. 127, The following is a liſt of the ages of 64
perſons, collected from the grave-ſtones at Buckminſter:
94 41 10 79 18
79 66 49 64 80
59 70 77 SO 20
59 71 55 62 84
67 29 66 55 72
17 75 81 76 28
55 75 23 77 63
29 50 23 65 21
59 69 wy „
76 79 17 23 8441 ears.
48 32 31 23
67 73 18 33
63 59 78 48
45 25 86: 64
From 10 to 20 inclufive, 7
to 30 10
to 40 3 Average of 64 perſons
to 50 ; nearly 54 years.—N. B.
to 60 | there are other grave-
to 70 11 | ſtones in the church-yard,
to 80 14 | but the inſcriptions are
to 90 4 | obliterated; and children
above go 2 | under 1 vear old are not
5 included.
64
P. 132. Such lands as the monaſtery of Croxton
had in Long Claxton were granted by Henry VIII. in che
zoth year of his reign, to Thomas earl of Rutland +.
The ſoil in this parith is in general good.
Ernald vicar of Claxton 1226, and W. Warner
vicar 1366, were admitted in fraternitatem at Belvoir 5.
Of Criſtopher Fridwyy, vicar 1562, ſee p. 298.
Long Claxton, vulgo Clawſton, juxta Snyt fluvium,
ubi Leyceſtrienſibus valedicit, & Nottinghamiam ſa-
lutat intratque. Capella in boreali latere eccleſiæ
conditur, in qua jacet monumentum cum crure ſuper
crurem, ſcuto ſuper ſcutum, hoc mores. In fencitra ca-
pellæ iſtum clariorem quoque ſcutum. Duo monumenta
in vitro ſtant manicis viridis, ſtolis albis (antiquo more
valdè) tres ſagittas rubras: deſuper, hac inſcriptione:
Dis Will's Bozoune.
a Diis Will's Botuzell.”
P. 140. © Sir John de Segrave was patron of the
church of Cold Overton, 4 id. Oct. 2311. John
occurs rector in 1359 7.
William Chapman was rector in 1562; ſee p. 298.
P. 143. Rogus le Bret de Coſton reddit ad scëm
inij“r ſagitras barbillatas ꝓ quadam terra qd de rege
tener in capite in Coſton Leyceſtr' *,”
P. 145. Thomas Marſar was preſented by queen
Mary to the reftory of Coſton, Sept. 9, 1556, va-
"cated by the death of the laſt incumbent ?.
Gilbert Wetherall was rector in 1562; fee p. 298.
John Lowthorp, of St. John's college, Cambridge,
was author of a Letter to the Biſhop of Sarum, in
Anſwet to his Paſtoral Letter, for which he was ſen-
tenced to be degraded, &c. 1690. He was afterwards
librarian to the duke of Chandos, at whoſe ſeat at
Canons he died Szpt. 2, 1724; and was buried,
Sept. 5, at Chelſea.
P. 147. In 1245, Aaron of York and Aaron ſon
of Abraham, for themſelves and other Jews, gave.
* Ath, Ox. II. 849.
* Grants in the Augmentation-Office,
420 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or. LELCESTERSHIRE.
- grounde, bur all champaine and litle woode.
Grants in the Augmentation-Office,
forty marks to have the verdict of Bertram de Ci.
P. 141. Of Colonel Hewer, fee hereafter unde? Stretton,
P. 149. Henry de Herdebi was vicar of Croxtou 1260,
Henry de Waltham, 1267. |
Walter the chaplain occurs in Appendix, p. 7.
Ot Richard Ward, vicar in 1362, ſee p. 298.
P. 1 50, col. 2, inſtead of J. 19—19, read thus:
On a table monument in the church yard:
* Here lieth the body of Mrs. Alice Stevens,
wife of Mr. Edward Stevens,
and daughter of Mr. George Henton,
of Ragdale in this county,
by Flizabeth his wife;
who died Nov. 19, 1758, aged 63.“
P. 151. © The erle of Rutheland hath, in ex-
change tor other Jandes of the kinges, Croxton abbey.
l From Beavoire caſtelle to Croxton 2 miles;
and from Croxton I rod a 6 miles farther to a litle
through fare, caullid...... . by good paſture and corn
Then I
rode a fix miles farther by like grounde, and there 1
enterid to the cawſey of Wathelinge-ſtreate, that
there goith betwixt Ankeſter and Staunforde: and
thens a 3 mile to Caſtelleforde- bridge, fill apon the
greet creſte of Watheling-ſtreate, by champaine
grounde, corn, and gras, but litle or no wooden.“
* Remembre that Croxton abbay water, riſing at
Croxton, cummith into Eye water per ripam auſtralem
about a mile or more above Melton !.“
© Chaveney, that was great with the Blick Prince,
had 4 ſunnes that were of Richard the ſecunde partie;
of the which 3 dyed in the quarelles betwixt Richard
the 2 and Henry the 4; wherapon old Chaveney gave
parte of his landes to Croxton abbayand to Newbow s.“
Among the parliamentary proceedings preſerved in
the printed Rolls, is this petition : |
« Margeria Kiriel petit, quod ipſa poſit dare abbati
& conventui de Croxton unum meſſuagium & quatuor-
decim acras terre in Croxton-Kyriel,
Item, Johannes filius Ade de Beſcoldeby petit,
quod ipſe dare poſſit eidem abbati unum meſſuagium
& medietatem unius bovate terre in Brocton.
Item, Wiitus de Hugetord petit, quod ipſe octo
marcas redditùs in Skeffington. Unde inquiſitio.
*«Reſp*. Habeatinquifſ' tecundum novam formam “.“
P. 153. In 1243, the abbot of Croxton held in Bur-
ton and Thingdon, in Northamptonſhire, the ſixth part
of a knight's fee of the old feoffment “s.
P. 157. William was abbot of Croxton in 1190.
Robert de Spalding occurs as a monk ia 1310-11.
„ Robert Derby, the laſt abbot of Croxron, was
preſented thereunto April 22, 26 Henry VIII. by
Thomas (the ſixth of that name) lord Berkelev, be-
longing to his preſentation by inheritance; and, in the
record, he commandeth the prior and convent to re-
ceive and obey him as abbot. The noble family of
the Berkeleys may well give an abbot's mitre fot the
creſt of their arms, becaule ſo loving their nation, and
buildiog them ſo many ſynagogues. Hence it was,
that, partly in right of their anceſtors, partly by their
matches with the co-heirs of the lord Mowbray and
Segrave, in the vacancies they had a right of nomi-
nation of an abbot in the following foundations :
1. St. Auguſtine's in Leiceſterſhire, 2. Burton La-
zars in Leiceſterſhire. 3. Byland, or Bella-!aunda,
in Yorkſhire. 4. Chaucomb in Northamprouthire.
5. Combe“ in Warwickſhire, 6. Croxton“ in Lei-
ceſterſhire. 7. Ebworth in the Ifle of Axholme in
Lincolnſhire. 8. Fountaines'*, 9. Kirkby in Lei-
ceſterſhire. 10. Newburge in Yorkſhire “.“
P. 158. The following records relate to Little Dalby:
© Rogerus filius Samplonis petit versùs Hugonem
de Ferrers xv bovatas terre in Parva Dauby, &c.; &
unde quedam Muriel auteceſſor ſua fuit, ſeilicet, tem-
pore Henrici regis, avi regis nunc; & de ips2 Muricl
3 Bailiffs Accompts in the ſame Office.
5 Appendix, p. 24.
The arms ſketched by Wyrley are thoſe of Dene and Bozun, as in Plate XXXT. fig. 9, 10; but thoſe of Dene are with a
variation, being, Or, three chevronels Gules.
Reg. Pole, f. 43. a.
** Lelaud, tin I. p. 115. 12 Ibid. vol. V. p. 93.
7 Reg., Iſlip, fol. 158. b.
, Madox, Hiſt, of Exchequer, p.,155; ex Mag. Rot, 30 Hen. III.
'3 tbid, vol. IV. p. 6.
* 2 Edw. I. Memoranda.'
14 Rot. Parl. I. 36. N 216. dorſ. Leic'.
Bridges, MS. ex Inquiſ. de feodis milit* de honore Burgi, com. Northt', 28 Hen. III.
1% Whereof the Mowbrays were founders,
Founded by the Kriols, but devolved to the Segraves.
Though founded by Thurſtan, archbiſhop of York; yet much augmented by the Mowbrays.
9 Fuller's Church-Hiſtory, book VI. p. 326.
deſceudit
deſcendit jus ejuſdem terre cuidam Sampfoni, ut filio
& heredi; & de ipſo Sampſone iſti Rogero qui nunc
petit. Et Hugo dicit, quod Wills Perrers, pater
ſuus, cujus heres ipſe eſt, ſicut implacitatus de pre-
died terra apud Dunſtapel per Henricum de Ferrers,
& concordati fuerunt per cyrographum; & deſicut
predictus Rogerus & anteceſlores ſui fuerunt plene
etatis & infra Angliam, & nullum clameum predicto
cyrographo appoſuerunt. Petit judicium, &c. .
P. 163. The following certificate of biſhop Olicer
Sutton, of the preſentation and inſtitution of a rector
of Little Dalby, is extracted from the regiſters of
that prelate:
4 Univerſis preſentes lizeras inſpecturis, Oliverus,
pmifſ* divina Lincoln' epiſcopus, ſalutem in Auctore
lalutis. Univerſitati veſtre notum ſacimus per pre-
ſentes, quod, examinato Regiſtro de admiſſionibus
clericorum ad beneficia eceleſiaſtica tempore bone
memorie ani Rici, proximi preueceſſoris noſtti, in
dioceſ' Linc”, inter cetera, compertum eſt in eodem,
quod 4 de Crek ſubdiaconus, ad preſentationem
prioriſſe & conventùs de angele, per eundem pre-
deceſſorem noſttum admiſſus cxtitit ad eccleſiam de
Parva Dauby dicte dioceſis, tunc vacantem; & rector
canonice inſtitutus in ea, In cujus compertionis teſti-
mon ium, ſigillum noſtrum preſentibus eſt appenlum.
Dat' Lincolnie, kalendis Novembris, A. D. 1298 *.
P. 159. Edward Hartopp, cſq. died July 9, 1634,
ſeiſed of a capital * and other conſiderable
property at Little Dalby s.
John Brown was preſented Aug. 1, 1424.
Of Elizeus Sare, vicar in 1562, ſee p. 298.
The rectory of Little Dalby, of rhe clear yearly
value of £6. 13s. 1d. was at the diſſolution in the
hands of Ihomas Villiers, eſq. by virtue of a leaſe
from the prioreſs and nuns of La gley-
P. 167. b. |. 54. r.“ might be, and has been.”
P. 169. Divers lands in the pariſh ot Eaſtwell, be-
longing to Gerendon abbey, were leaſed to William
Brahazon, z Hen. VIIL tor tour years, at the rent of
. 138. 44.
42 f J f B Bekam, rector in 1562, ſee p. 238.
P. 170. l. 17. On this line Mr. Aſhby obterves,
that the Danes knocked down churches rather than
prayed in them, dead or alive. See Douglas, Nenia
Britannica, pp. 20. 52. 89.
P. 175. © Thorpe Edmund, five Hamons. thorpe, ab
' Hamone Tibetofte fe nominarum, in angulo ad Ruthe
landos orient:li Leiceſtrie. Aliis placer 1 horpe-t"d-
mere. In cancella, unum wonumentum veterinum
ſtola alba veſtitum, notatum iſta 1alrorii ingretara s,
manicis viridibus, & annulis armatum, fuum ſcutum
manibus elevans, & flexis genibus offerens imagini
beate Marie.“
P. 179, I. 3, r. In 1355; and add to the rectors:
William Owayne, 1273.
William de Alkmundbur', 1286.
John de Caleys, 1288.
Baldwin Moton, reſigned 1559.
Richard Hadcocke, preſented Nov. 1, 1559.
P. 192. The rectory of Garthorpe belonged to the
priory of Kirkby Beler; and, 31 Hen. VIII. was
under leaſe to Richard Croſſe, clerk, at the yearly
rent of £2. 13% 4d.
The college or chapel of Noſeley had lands and te-
nements in Garthorpe, to the yearly value of £9. 35. 8d.“
P. 198. Of William Wilſon, rector of Godeby in
1562, ſee p. 298.
P. 204. In the latter end of 1723, Mr. Peck, in a
letter to Maurice Johnſon, eſq. apologizing for an ap-
parent neglect in his antiquarian purſuits, obſerves,
« that (beſides a family and pariſh to look after) the
preceding ſummer, by reaſon of remove, repairs, &c.
had been ſpent in other cares;” and mentions his in-
tention of making a journey to Whaddon Hall, to
his friend and maſter Browne Willis, eſq. whoſe ama-
nuenſis he had formerly been tor ſome time,”
* Placita de ann. 31 Hen, III. in . Scaccarii, Rot. 24.
® See the particulars ſtated under Stapleford, p. 334.
5 Miniſters Accompts in the Augmentation- Office.
7 Bailiffs Accompts in the Augmentation-Office.
Ra
ADDITIONS r FRAMLAND HUNDRED. ' | 421
On two' adjoining tablets in Stroxton church, co. Line.
1. © Here reſt, in ſure hopes of a bleſed retur- -
rection, the dear remains of that much-
lamented mother, and nivft pious of her ſex,
Mrs. Anne Peck, reli& of the rev.
Francis Peck, M. A. prebend ary of Lincoln, 10
rector of Godeby in the county of
Leiceſter. She departed this life
= 22d day of January, 1781, aged 83 years.”
„Near the remains of her much-loved and
| lamented Gſter directed her own to be.
interred Mrs. Hannah Curtis, daughter of
Mr. Robert Curtis, gent. by Mary his wife
of Stamford, ia the county of Lincoln.
She departed this life June I, 1785, aged 86,”
P. 207. The following Eulogy on Peter Wyche, Eſq,
F. R. S. and one of the Chairmen of the Committee
of Agriculture in the Society for the Encourage-
ments of Arts, ManufaQures, and Commerce, was
publiſhed ſoon after his death.
© The memory of men who have been viluadle
members of ſociety ſhould with honour be tranſmitred
10 poſterity. Permit me to condole with you on the
great Joſs we have lately ſuer-d in the death of Peter
Wyvche, eſq.; a man in his life-time defervedly be-
loved, at his death fincere!y lamented. His merit was
not like the blaze ot a meteor, which ſhines for a
moment, and is i--7 no more; but it reſembled the
permanent light and warmth we are daily bleſſed with
from the ſun, deſigned o give birth to, nouriſh, and
ſupport, whatever could be cf real uſe to man. A
citizen of the world, his enlarged mind was not con-
fined in the excrtion of his great talents. He was
prejudiced againſt no religion, attached to no narrow
opinion, and an enemy to no country. Ingenuons,
modelt, and concealed merit, in whomſoever it was
found, was always welcome to him; he cheriſhed it,
he encouraged it, and recommended it to notice. He
was a plealing and affable patron, and a candid and
ſincere friend. No man could be better adapted to
perform the duties of his office, as chairman of a
committee, than Mr. Wyche; he had great know-
ledge, and had had much reading and 'experience in
matters that related to agriculture ; he patiently heard
what every member of the committee had to ſay; and,
as he had an excellent memory and power of retention,
and a judgement capable ot ſeparating the pure metal
from the droſs and alloy, his judgement was often
aſked, and greatly depended on, in moſt derermina-
tions that were made. He might, indeed; with great
truth be called one of the fathers and firſt promoters
of the Society of Arts, of which he was always a moft
utetul member: to him alone is entirely owing the
correſpondence which the Society carries on with our
American colonies 3 to him alone do we owe the
thought of cuitivating burnet, as an artificial paſture.
To the hoſpital inſtituted for the maintenance of ex-
polcd and deſerted young children, he was a zealous
friend; he gave a conſtant aud religious attendance at
the houſe, and ſacrificed a great deal of his time to
promote the weitare of the poor helpleſs toundlings,
which are the objects of that moſt excellent charity.
He was in his nature perſeveting; ſeldom attempting
any thing without bringing it co perfection. Indefati-
gable in his reſearches and obſervations, he did not
hide rhe candle under the buſhel, but was of a re-
markably communicative ditpotition. England owes
him much; the Society more: his loſs is to be la-
mented as a public concern; yet his virtues are to be
had in remembrance, and his good deeds conveyed to
lateſt poſterity. As he was poſſeſted of a very hand-
ſome independent fortune, his actions could not be
ſwayed by any motives of ſelf-intereſt; influenced en-
tirely by his general benevolence and love for man-
kind, and che particular affection he bore his country,
he needed no other incitement for all the good he did.
The great qualities this. friend of - mankind CR
2 Madox, Form, Anglic, XIX. p. 10.
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4 HISTORY inp ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
had ſuch a thick veil of modeſty caſt over them, that
they might eaſily paſs vonoticed by a common obſer-
ver; but to a cutious eye they appeared in a very dif-
ferent light: new and uncommon talents daily aroſe
to view; and his great knowledge was, like the fra-
grance and beauty of the roſe- bud, diſcloſed by flow
degrees. He was one of the very ſmall number of
men whoſe converſation could never cloy a diligent en-
quirer into Nature; in him we had a conſtant op-
' Portunity of indulging the love of novelty, that paſ-
fion ſo inherent to mortals; for, ſo various and ex-
tenſive was his knowledge, that it could not eaſily be
exhauſted, even by conſtant communication. How
vabapppy is it for the world, that ſo few are poſſeſſed
of that curioſity, which is ſo truly laudable, of ſearch-
ing, for the benefit of mankind, into the ſecrets of
Nature! and it is more particularly ſo, as by that means
the good and uſeful qualities poſſeſſed by Mr. Wyche
were thoroughly known only to a few; but the few
who enjoyed ſo much happineſs Knew how to ſet a
toper value on them. He lived not in vain; he was
mduſtrious, aſſiduous, and conſtant in his reſearches
and enquiries: what others would have deemed a la-
bour became habitual to him; nay, even neceſſary,
as a kind of recreation and amuſement to his ever-
active mind. His ideas were all methodiſed; and,
though he was a man of few words, he ſaid all that
was neceſſary on every ſubje& he took in hand: if
he had not grace in his delivery, if his ſentiments
were not cloathed in the moſt elegant dreſs, yet did he
never ſpeak without the ſtricteſt attention of his audi-
tors; never was he attended to by them, but it muſt
be their own faults if they did not receive inſtruction.
By what has been ſaid it is evident, Mr. Wycbe poſ-
ſeſſed rather uſeful than ſhining talents. He ſought
not praiſe, but rather ſhunned it: to reflect that he
had done his country ſervice was to him reward ſuffi-
cient. He wiſhed not to be too much known; not
through any indolence in bis diſpoſition, but becauſe
he was ſenſible that fame always carries with it a cer-
tain portion of envy; and of this paſſion he by no
means deſired to be the object. I could not ſay leſs
reſpecting what I may call this good man's public cha-
rater. In his private life he was to the full as ami-
able: he was the tender huſband, the fond rational
father, and the humane maſter. He ſpent his days
with a certain uniformity, which to moſt would have
been irkſome; but to him, whoſe attention was not to
be engaged by common objects, it was neceſſary; he
knew the value of time, and fully enjoyed all the
pleaſures of contemplation. In the latter part of his
life, though no enemy to chearfulneſs in others, he
was incapable of partaking of true, unmixed, joy.
His ideas were generally pre-occupied by one melan-
choly. object; this occaſioned that ſhade of forrow
which =—_ overſpread his countenance: and can we
be ſurprized at it, when we reflect that its firſt cauſe
was the death of his eldeſt fon? a hopeful youth, en-
dowed with every amiable quality, the worthy ſon of
ſuch a father, a blooming branch, from which there
was every reaſon to expect a large ſtore of uſeful and
delicious fruit; but the hopes of the world were
blaſted, and the father's ſoul deeply wounded: be was
reſigued, but he could not be chearful, under his
loſs. Though an enemy to no religion, he was very
ſtrict in the practice of that of the Church of Eng-
land, which he profeſſed; he was a conſtant attendant
on the public worſhip, and no leſs regular in his pri-
vate devotions. Being no advocate for faith without
good works, his charity to the poor was extenſive,
who loſt in him a friend and generous benefactor: the
diſtreſſed objects, who often taſted his private bounty,
now give ample teſtimony of their grief by their
daily rears. Mr. Wyche's goodneſs was no way oſ-
tentatious; for, his chief aim was to glide eafily
through life, almoſt unnoticed. His charities he
concealed as much as poſhble; neither would the
world have known how truly humane and beneficent
he was, but for his conſtant enquiries after perſons in
diſtreſs, on whom he might exerciſe his favourite in-
1 Bailifs Accompts, in the Augmentation-Office, 31 Hen, VIII.
3 Peck, MS. f.omr Records at Belvoir,
s Miniſters Accompts, in the Augmentation-Office,
6
Tollerton, co. Nottingham.
clination. He ſeldem fmiled but when he had con-
ferred a favour on the poor; and the innate, though
almoſt inviſible, pleaſure theſe benefactions gave him
was all the reward, all the return, he wiſhed for. He
was plain in bis apparel, and temperate in his diet:
and, after paſſing a life which may, with great. juſtice,
be exhibited as ,an example worthy of imitation to
poſterity, he died November 1, 1763. This great
man retained to the laſt thafe valuable talents which
had made him ſo uſeful in life. A little more than a
week before bis death, he attended the Committee as
chairman; and, though indifpoſed, he weur through
the buſineſs of the evening with his accuſtomed pre-
ciſion. In his perſon, be was of a middle fize; and
frequent contemplation had given his countenance an
air of feriouſneſs, which might eaſily, by ſuch as did
not know him, be miſlaken for reſerve. His aſpect
was mild, his manners gentle; and, though he had
not made the ſtudy of politeneſs any part of the buſi-
neſs of his life, he was affable, good-natured, and
engaging in his converſation and addreſs. In ſhort,
both in his public and private character he merited
and enjoyed the approbation and eſteem of all who
were ſo happy as to be acquainted with him. If I
have done juſtice to a worthy man's memory, I am
content. Of flattery I cannot be ſuſpected, as I with
not to be known.
Nov. 12,
176g,
P. 212. Divers lands and tenements at Harby, to
the yearly amount of £5. belonged, at the time of the
diſſolution, to the priory of Gracedieu *.
Within an embattled ſtone rower, with four pinnacles
at the corners, are four middling bells, thus inſcribed:
1. Jhefus be my ſpede, 1610.
2. God ſave his church, 1610.
3. Gdd ſave his church, 1701.
4. Glory be to God on high, 1614.
On a ſaint's bell is inſcribed, James Pubezt.
William lord Ros of Hamlak preſented to Herdeby,
as patron, 5 id. June, 1328. |
ln x366, Gilbert Baker of Harby, and in 1373
Nicholas, were admitted in fraternitatem at Belvoir.
Aug. 25, 1424, an exchange occurs, between W.
Tipper, rector of Harby, preſented by Henry Crounhale,
locum-tenens of brother W. Halle, prior of the hoſpital
of St. John of Jeruſalem in England—and Hugh
Pack, perpetual vicar of Rokeſden *.
In 1420, John Barbour occurs rector 3.
Of Richard Thorpe, 1 562, ſee p. 298.
Thomas Daffy was rector, 1647.
Anthony Harwood died rector in 1703. He was
rector alſo of Corby in Northamptonſhire, where
he reſided much, and left behind him a good character
for hoſpitality and charity. On a flat ſtone in the
middle of that church is this ſhort inſcription :
Mr. A. Harwood, rector of Corby,
died the 12th of May, 1503, aged 89.“
John Major, M. A. rector 1703, was rector alſo of
A BroTHER Mun ef the
Socikrx of Arts,”
The arms of Hawberk Mr. Peck found, June 9g,
1729, in the upper end of the North aile of Harby
church, being the only coat there left.
The wake is kept on the Sunday next after the Al-
ſumption.
P. 2x8. Certain lands in Harefon belonged to
Croxton monaſtery, and were granted, 30 Hen, VIII.
to Thomas earl of Rutland and Eleanor his wife“.
Richard Brown was rector in £562 3 ſee p. 298.
. 220, Wyrley ſays, * Haſſe nulla gentilitii ſcuta
t.“
The manor of Howes belonged to Croxton mona-
ſtery; and was of the yearly value, including its rents,
of zal. 16s. 104d. It paſſed, along with moſt of the
poſſeſſions of the ſaid abbey, to Thomas earl of Rut-
land and Eleanor his wife, 30 Hen. VIII.“.
Tho. Milner obtained the vicarage of Howes, on
the death of Fho. Kirkman, March 22, 1494-
* Reg. Chichley, ſede Linc' vacante, p. 244+ 4
* Bailiffs Accompts, in the Augmentation Office,
P. 235.
*
P. 235. © Knipton inter duos fluviolos locatur, ad
borealem-orientalem Leiceſtrenſis *.”
The monaſtery of Croxton had poſſeſſions in Knip-
ton, which were granted, along with the ſite of that
religious houſe, to Thomas earl of Rutland and lady,
Eleanor his wife, 30 Hen, VIII.“.
P. 237. b. l. 32. r. Gules, a bend Azure.“
Ibid. Againſt the South wall of the chancel of Teigh
church, Rutland, on a blue marble, is inſcribed :
«Here lies * Mary, the
the body of the wife of the REV.
REV. MR. Cx RIAN Ms.
BANBURY, RECTOR CyrRIAN BAN BUR,
of this pariſh, who died
who died July May the 5, 1696,
the 15, 1703, aged
aged LXVIII. xXLVIII.
ON THE LEFT SIDE THIS STONE LIES
THE BODY OF M* LUCY BANBURY,
' DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE-NAM'D M*
CYPRIAN BANBURY AND MARY HIS WIFE, |
WHO DIED APRIL 21, AGED 57.”
Arms: A feſs embattled and contre- embattled; be-
tween three eſcallops, Banbury.
P. 259. There is a tradition at Melton,” ſays a
worthy friend there, “ that fir Richard Raines, who
left a charity for boys of that town, was a native, and
went to London, got a fortune, was knighted, and
retnembered his place of birth; but this 1s very
vague.” —'This hint having led to a farther enquiry, I
can now ſtate, that fir Richard Raines was Doctor of
the civil 3 law, and judge + of the Prerogative court
of Canterbury in 1689, 1 William and Mary, and
one of the principal encouragers of antient Northern
literature; in taſtimony of which, he liberally ſub-
ſcribed towards the printing of the two firſt volumes
of Dr. George Hickes's ſtupendous work,“ The The-
ſaurus.” Sir Richard continued in office till his death,
which happened Dec. 27, 1710, at Greenwich 65.
P. 259. Therev. John Henley, of St. Andrew, Hol-
born, and Mary Clifford, were married at Stratford,
Bow ?, Feb. 1, 1725-6.
A print of Orator Henley chriſtening a child has
lately been engraved by Mr. Ireland from a ſketch by
Hogarth, probably in 1745, when the Orator was
about 50. As no real picture of him is known to
exiſt, this print will be acceptable to collectors.
P. **262. b. 1. 32. r. Or, a croſs engrailed Sable.”
P. 263. fixth deſcent, r. © Maurice.”
Henry Hudſon, of Melton Mowbray, died of the
plague; and was buried at Iſleworth, Sept. 1g, 1665 8.
. 268, In Walcot church, Bath, is this inſcription:
« To the memory of the rev. George Burton,
A. M. rector of Elden in the county of Suffolk,
who died at Bath, Nov. 3, 1791, aged 74.”
P. 265. Burton Lazars is a large rich incloſure; of
Hartopp's, Mr. Burton's, and the church of Ely's.
In the Teſta de Nevill, about 1240, one plough-
land at Burton is mentioned to be of the fee of Tate-
ſale; Peter Burdet had one ploughland, which paid
14d, towards .the ſheriff's aid ; William Aumari had 6
bovates; Burton Pantulf paid 84. towards the ſhe-
riff's aid; and the whole lordſhip 64. for ſuit 9.
Thomas Hartopp, of Burton Lazars, knt. and John
Jacombe and Edward Palmer, gentlemen, fervants
of the ſaid Thomas Hartopp, were parties to a deed
relative to lands at Rotherby, in 1654.
P. 267. Sir William Hartopp, of Burton Lazars,
was one of the repreſentatives in parliament for the
town of Leiceſter in 1667. In a ſaticical pamphlet
publiſhed in 1677, it is ſtated that * he had a penſion
of (200. a year; was promiſed the office of clerk of
the kitchen; and that he threatened to ſue the town
* Wyrley, MS. 1591.
Vin. Abr. XI. 94. pl. 4. Id. 427. pl. 7. marg. & calc.
Le Neve's Obituary, ann. cit. ap. Mon. Angl. V. 209,
9 See p. xlviii,
13 Harl. MSS, 2043.
Vol. I.
10 Palmer, MS. p 7.
ADDITIONS To FRAMLAND HUNDRED.
P. 264. Mrs. Margaret Hudſon, daughter of fir ,
which, in 1753, the three chief eſtates were fir John
* Miniſters Accompts in the Augmentation-Office.
423
for his wages, becauſe he knew they wiſhed to chooſe
him no more.“ .
P. 276. a. The Parliamentary Rolls of 1314-1 5 furniſh
the following documents relative to the ſubordination
of the hoſpital of St. Giles to that of Burton Lazars.
© Ad petitionem Magiſtri & Fratrum de Burton Sci
Lazari, quibus cuſtodia hoſpitalis Sce Elene extra
London', quod eſt de fundatione reg”, aſſignatur in
allocationem quadraginta marcarum quas dicti ma-
giſter & fratres ad Scaccarium regis ſolebant recipere
annuatim; ſuggerentis ſe R. quod diverſi redditus
infra libertatem London' eiſdem magiſtro & fratribus
detinentur, in ipſorum grave dampnum, unde dius
E. pater regis nunc miſit theſ' et baronibus ſuis de
Scaccario per breve ſuum, quod ipfi venire facerent
coram ipſis aliquos probos homines de civitate predicta,
qui redditus illos detinent, et quod ipſis jtiſtitiam fieri
facerent: et ſimiliter dictus rex qui nunc eſt miſit per
di verſa brevia ſua, quod negotia illa eſſent debite ex-
pedita, ſuper quibus nondum ſunt aliquam juſtitiam
aſſecuti. Reſponſum eſt per conſilium: Quia Hoſpi-
pitale eſt de advocatione regis, mandetur per breve
majori & vicecomitibus London', quod ipſi mittant
unum de ſervientibus ſuis civitatis illius cum magiſtro
& fratribus hoſpitalis predicti, ad auxiliand' eis ad
diſt ingend' tenentes ſuos in London” & 1uburbio ejuſ-
dem, cum per pſos magiſtrum et tratres fuerint ſuper
hoc requiſiti. Et ſi idem ſerviens invenerit aliquos
reſiſtentes in hac parte, non permittentes ipſos juſti-
ciari ſecundum legem, &c. tune eos attachiet, ita quod
eos habeat coram rege ad certum diem, tam regi quam
ipſis ſuper hec reſponſ': et certificent regem d no-
minibus reſiſtentium, & de toto facto ſuo. Et habeant
ibi hoc breve “.“
On a ſubſequent day in the ſame parliament, the
maſter and brethren © Hoſpitalis Militie de Sancto
Lazaro de Jeruſalem in Anglia commorantium“ ob-
tained, by petition, a confirmation of their antient
grants“.
Ibid. b. 1. 27. An agreement was entered into be-
tween William le Herbereour, of Chaddeſdon, and
the maſter and brethren of Burton Lazars, concerning
three acres of arable land in pitario de Spondon; to
which was affixed the ſeal of the ſaid William; a feſs
between three horſeſhoes. |
Ibid. I. 35. r. Windham in Norfolk.“
Hoſpital' de Burton Lazars 336 6 or
Inde reprif? — — 70 15 10
Et remanetur _ £-265 10 24
Radcliff was maſter of Burton Lazars, 30
Hen. VIII; ſee under Buckminſter, p. 122.
P. 278. b. I. 2, for“ Edward,” r. Edmond.“
Ib. 1. 19. ruinous Eaſt wall.”
P. 280. Among the ſufferers by the parliamentary
ſequeſtrators, was Henry Styan, of Freathby, gent.
Pythagoras faith, loyal ſubjects are to their king as
the wind is to the fire; for, the ſtronger that the wind
is, the greater is the fire: ſo, for his fincere affection,
he paid the ſum of C27. 6s. 64. ;
P. 288. b. 1.31, for“ Margaret,” r. Anne.”
Thomas Purefoy, eſq. died 10 March, 1 Mary, ſeiſed
of the capital meſſuage of Muſton, heid under the earl
of Rutland, He held alſo the manor of Welleſburne,
with the Hoofield, Broadmede, &c. .
Leonard Coxſon was preſented by queen Elizabeth
to the rectory of Muſton, July 16, 1559.
P. 296. Certain lands at Plungar, belonging to
Croxton monaſtery, were granted, ſoon after the diſſo-
lution of that houſe, to the earl of Rutland, 30 Hen. VIII.
P. 297. Walter Agaz, vicar of Plungar, was ad-
mitted ad fraternitatem at Belvoir in 1226; Appen-
dix, p. 24.
Richard [layton was preſented to that vicarage in
1450, by John Stafford, archbiſhop of Canterbury; to
whom the preſentation had devolved by lapſe.
: Chamberlaine's Angliz Notitiz, 1691.
Wanley's Index to the Thetaurus,
From the Regiſter of that patiſh,
From the Regiſter of Iſleworth. Her mother was daughter of fir Edward Bromſield, bart. whoſe family lies buried there,
„ Rot. Parl. vol. I. p. 323. |
'* Cole's Eſcheats, vol. II. (Harl. MSS..757.)
"* Tbid, p. 343.
Grants in the Augmentation- Office.
. April
424
April 19, 1456, Robert Proketour was in like
manner preſented by abp. Bourchier; who alſo, Aug.
4, 1466, preſented John Adonell.
P. 298. Note, l. 1. r. 1557.” .
P. 302. The right of patronage of the church of
Redmile was ſettled in 1258. See Appendix; p. 13;
and fee, in p. 14, an agreement, in 1292, for cele-
brating the anniverſary of Robert de Redmile, rector.
P. 307. Mr. Smith's fine, it appears, was larger
than I have ſtated it. In one of the Harleian MSS,
(2043. p. 42. b.) is this entry: © Joſeph Smith, of
Saltby, clerk. This vicarage is valued in the king's
books at twelve pounds. He would not yield to the
pragmatical rebellious party, ſecing that their drift
was to extirpate the Law root and branch, alter the
whole frame of purity, and leave neither King,
Church, nor Gentleman. For the which he paid { 500.”
P. 317. James Bardſey took the degree of B. D.
Oct. 17, 1643 “. ;
P. 319. The patron of the advowſon of Somerby in
1654 was Charles Liſter, gent. who married a daughter
of George Turvile, eſq. ſecond ſon of fir William Tur-
vile, knt. The ſaid Mr. Liſter (who ſold the Somerby
eſtate) bore, on a feſs Sable, three mullets. |
rom Oſbert de Bereford the lordſhip of Stapleford
deſcended to William de Bereford his brother, who,
8
ADDITIONS ro FRAMLAND HUN DRED.
16 Edw. II. was a knight; and, 2 Edw. II. chief juſ-
tice of the common pleas ; againſt whom there were
heavy complaints by Saveri, a great baron. He
died in 1328, leaving Edward his fon ; who, in a li-
cence from king Edward III. to fortify his manor-houſe
at Langley, co. Warwick, is ſtyled Dilectus Clericus
noſter, though he was a Knight ?. ;
The abbeſs de la Pre in Northampton had a penſion
from Stapleford of 354. from Guthlaxton of 145.,
and from Aſhby in Gdfcote hundred of 16s. 4,
P. 349. William Sherard, late of London, was
bound in a recognizance of 4 20. to appear before
Thomas prior of St. John of Jeruſalem, and other
juſtices of Middleſex, 11 Henry VIII.“
P. 357. Emanuel lord Scrope of Bolton, earl of Sun-
derland, died 30 May, 1630, without lawful ifſue,
ſeiſed of two meſſuages, four cottages, five gardens,
with orchards (pomariis), 600 acres of land, &c. at
Stathern and Barkſton *.
P. 359. Robert Slyngyſbye reſigned the rectory of
Stathern in 1557; and Thomas Howden was preſented
to it that year, July 30, by John lord Mordaunt 7,
P. 369. There were 31 families in Thorpe-Ernald
in 1564; and at Withcote only one family, the cot-
tages not being noticed in the return *.
P. 387. Pedigree of HOLLAND, of WaLTt#am; from the Viſitation, of 1683.
Arms: Azure, a lion rampant guardant between ſemes of fleurs de lis Argent.
William Holland, of Burwarton, co. e oe daughter
1. Thomas Holland, of Burwarton, +
aforeſaid.
of Edward Swalman, of the Inner Temple, one of
the juſtices in the Marſhes of Wales.
2. Richard Holland, of Nineton, Mary, dau. of . . . . . . Rockald,
co. Salop, gent. died 1677 ;
of London, merchant.
aged 76.
2. Hannah, daugh. of Grace, dau. of John Brad =. Edward Holland, rector of 2. Thomas, died 3. Mary, died
Thomas Briggs, vicar bury, of Houlton Hall, co.
of Wyfordby, ad wife. Derby, gent. 1ſt wife.
Waltham on the Woulds,
aged 46 in 1683.
an infant. young.
— —
1. Edward, afterwards M. A. and rector of Waltham.
See his epitaph, P · 308. a
P. 388. The following monumental memorials of
the family of Bourne are in the church of Aſhover.
1. On a free - ſtone ſlab on the North fide of the
altar, the letters run with lead:
« Here lieth the body of ANNE WicLYE,
wife of Joſhua Wiglye, gentm. 8
to Immanuel Bourne, late rector of this church,
who departed this life May the 197 1674.”
2. On a heavy and ill- executed mural monument
on the North fide of the altar :
3
Hic jacent propinqui,
OzaDiau Bourne, M. A.
Patronus et Rector
fidelis ;
& Elizabetha conjux illi
non immerito chariſſima
Piam animam efflavit hæc
Aprilis 11“,
anno Salutis humanæ 1710,
ztatis ſuæ 64“.
Ille ipſam ſubſecutus eſt Januarii 19,
anno proxime ſequenti,
ætatis ſuæ 81“.
Monumentum hoc juſtæ gratitudinis ergo
poſuerunt filii.“
3. On a marble ſlab near the middle of the chancel:
. © (FEORGIUS a
filius
Obadiæ et Rebeccæ Bourne,
* Wood's Faſti, vol. II. p. 35.
Taxatio Eccl. Decan. 8. Petri, 1220.
® Inq, 27 Sept, 7 Car, Cole's Eſcheats, vol. III. (Harl. MSS. 757.) p. 57.
* See p. Ixviii,
Father of John Lynch, D. D. dean of Canterbury, who was
| Johu Lynch, LL. P. now archdeacon of Canterbury,
2. Epiphanius.
*
Wer“
* See Dugdale's Warwiekſhire, II. 920.
5 Madox, MSS, 4626. p. 140.
1. Dorothy. 2. Grace, 3+ Mary.
obiit Julii primo, 1748,
Etatis viceſimo primo,
magnæ ſpei juvenis.“
4. On a marble ſlab, within the rails of the altar:
„ LAURENTLIUS BOURNE, |
de Marſh Green,
chirurgus haud fruſtra
inter primos habitus,
ob. 19 Decembris
A. D. 1749, t. 73.
Martha conjux pia
ob. 12 Februarii,
„ A. D. 1751, #t. 65.
Maria filia ob. 10e Martii,
A. D. 1743, æt. 24.
| Near this place lies interred
REeBecca, wife of Ozavian Bovknx, A. M.
rector of this pariſh, and daughter of
John Lynch 9, eſq. of Grove, in Kent,
who departed this life Aug. 31, 1 ætat. 62,
As her life had been Ma to the
amiable qualities of an affectionate wife,
a tender parent, and a fincere friend,
all heightened and improved by a principle
of religion; ſo her death was greatly
lamented by all who knew her, but by
none more juſtly than her diſconfolate
huſband, who ere&ed this monument to her
memory, and ordered that, at his death,
his bones ſhould be laid near her,”
3, Pat, 1 Edw, III. m. 16.
7 Reg. Pole, ſede Linc* vacante, p. 47+ 4+
father of fir William Lynch, K. B. who died 1785, and of
A BRIEF
[ 425 ]
A BRIEF INDEX to FRAMLAND HUNDRED;
to be canceled and enlarged hereafter.
\
Ablettleby, 9. 20.
Ad quod dampnum, 7.
Adams, John, 145.
Air, ſingular appearance in, 30a.
Albini pedigree, 27.
. Alleyne, John, 203.
Allyngton, Wieſt, 323.
Apparitions, ſuppoſed, 301.
Appropriations, 12.
Arms, antient manner of bearing, 10.
— in church windows, 177.
Arraby pedigree, 172.
Aſhby of Loſeby, 355
Aſtroites, or ſtar-ſtones, go. 235.
Avenell family, 234.
Aynſworth, Ralph, 359.
Baker, a church- painter, 40g.
Bardſey, James, 317.
Barkflon, 17. |
Barneham, Benedict, 389.
Beler, Roger de, 225—pedigree, 27 8—
—John, a grant of, 321.
Belle Mere, 196. ;
Belvoir, its antient hiſtory, 22 —ſiege of,
$1—preſent ſtate of, 569 pictures,
e e 78 - neighbourhood
eſcribed, 417.
of priors, 81.
Bennett pedigree, 285.
Berkeley family, 139. 143. 400---char-
tulary, 143—pedigree, 413---monu-
ments, 40). 414.
Beſcaby, 308.
Bevrere, Drogo de, 137.
Bon Compagnon, 32. N
Rorard Fates 360.
Boſco, Ernald de, 365—pedigree, 372.
Boſwell, Dillingham, 407.
Boteler pedigree, 172.
Bottesford, 86. 419.
Boundy, Peter, 180.-
Bourne, Immanuel, 386.
family, epitaphs, 424.
Bowden pedigree, *262.
Bozon pedigree, 132— William, 134.
Brabazon family, 166—pedigree, 171.
Adam, his will, 167.
fir Roger, 323.
Bravwnſion, 107.
Brentngby, 373.
Brett family, 144.
Broughton, Nether, 109.
Buckminſter, 122. 420.
Burley, fir Richard, 34.
Burſcough, bp. 63.
Burton, George, memoirs of, 268.
Philip, memoirs of, 268.
Burton Lazar, 265. 423.
== boſputal, 272—maſters, 276.
Carte, Samuel, 168.
Caſtle-guard, 10.
Cavendiſh, William, 125.
Cawdrey, Zachary, 259.
Cecil, lady Elizabeth, 47. 418.
Certificate of 1562, 221. 298.
Champernon pedigree, 132.
Chantries, 2.
2 family, 287—their wills, ib.
288—pedigree, 295.
Ca Hills, %
Cheſelden family, 319, 320.
Chevercourt family, 395---pedigree,
396..
Claxton, 1 30. 420.
Codington, Henry de, 88.
Cold Overton, 137.
Cooke, Richard, 360.
Ciſton, 143. 417.
Crabbe, Czeorge, 65.
Criol pedigree, 146. 148.
Croſi-hill, *20.
Croxton, 146. 420.
— abbey, 151—abbots, 257.
Cur! pedigree, *262.
Cyrillus Lucaris, 20).
— priory, 75—plan of, 99—liſt
| gg
Daffy, Thomas, 302. wy
Dalby, Little, 158. axev
Daynge, 326.
De la Warre barony, 148—pedigree,
211—wills of the family, 210, 211.
Deciner, 176. |
Deene pedigree, 122:
Deincourt, Roger, 79.
Derham, Dr. Roger, 359-
Dickinſon family, 319.
Digby pedigree, *261.
fir John, 262.
| fir Simon, 262.
Dorcheſter, marquis of, 59.
— counteſs of, 403.
Dowell, John, 9259.
Draper pedigree, 263.
Dugdale, fir William, 59.
Duncombe family, 119.
Eaſi-thorpe, 104.
Eaſtwell, 166.
Eaton, 168.
Eamondthorpe, 135.
Ellys, ſir Richard, of Nocton, 403.
Eſcheators, 7.
Eſcuage, 10.
Eſpec pedigree, 27.
Etton, ſtone coffins at, 330.
Eyekettleby, 277.
Eyre family, 167.
Fairs, 3.
Fardell, John, 96.
Felton, Dr. Henry, 61.
Feriers, Henry de, 143-
Fern, the burning of, ſuppoſed to
bring down rain, 418.
Ferrars family, 143. 408.
Fitzharding pedigree, 303.
Fleming, Abraham, 9.
Samuel, gr.
Fountaine, de la, fir Eraſmus, 231—
— his will, 361. a
John, his will, 362.
Framland Hundred, 7.
Court, 329.
Frankpledge, 7 ·
Freby, 279.
Free warren, 9.
Freman, John, 91.
Frewen Pedigree, 142.
Garbet, Prudence, 257.
Garthorpe, 186.
Gaunt pedigree, 303.
Gabert, John, his charities, 321.
St. Giles Hoſpital, 276. 423.
Godeby Marwood, 194.
| Goldington pedigree, 132.
Goldſmith's Grange, 317.
Gonſon, Chriſtopher, 254.
Granby, 84.
Green family, 319.
S Stephen, ao. 121.
Gulſton, bp. 40).
Guthlac, St. 174.
Hamelin family, 399—fine monu-
aas
orough, carls of, ; N
1 335+ 33
—— Jeffrey de, 212.
NN Robert, 212.
areſion, 214.
—— pedigree, 217.
Harte 2 281. £ 2
Hartopp family, 10). 123.
— fir Thomas, 159. 423.
ſir William, 423.
of Little Dalby, pedigree, 1 59.
——— — — of Freathby, Brentingby,
Wyfordby, and Burton Lazars, pe-
digrees, 128. 2679. 280.
Hayes pedigree, 271.
Headland money, 329.
Henley, Simon, *259.
——-— Orator, ibid. 423.
Hewſon, Gregory, 320.
Highmore, converſation-picce by, 148.
Hillary, Henry, 233.
R or from, *20.
Holland pedigree, 424.
Holt, 16.
Holwell, 15. *20.
- mouth, or ſpring, 15. *20,
Houby pedigree, 224-
Howes, 218.
Hubbard, John, 213.
Hudſon pedigree, 264-
Incloſures, ill-condutted, 328.
Indulgences, 230.
Jacomb, Samuel, memoirs of, 270.
-- Thomas, memoirs of, 270.
Jeffreys pedigree, 114-
_ Taka, memoirs of, 115.
ephſon, Serjeant, 200.
ja king, poiſoned? 152,
Johnſon, Matthew, clerk of the parlia-
ment, 392.
Kegworth court, 134.
Kerchevall, Samuel, 141.
Kirkby pedigree, 224.
— — John de, 259
Kirkby Beler, 222.
-— priory, 230.
Knewſtubb, Henry, his diary, 289.
Knipton, 233.
Lacy pedigree, 264.
Lambert, Robert, 312.
Laund abbey, plundered, 387.
Le Deſpenſer, Francis lord, 403-
Leiceſterſhire, general deſcription of, 1.
Leproſy, 272.
Letrym building, 337.
Lewes priory, 240—monks, ib.
Lincoln, bp. letterto 1d. Cromwell, 78.
Lifter pedigree, 376.
— fir Matthew, 377.
fir Martin, ibid.
Dr. Martin, ibid.
Longmate, Barak, 182.
Lowne, or Heath, 157.
Lowthorp, John, 145. 420.
Luttrell family, 303.
Lynch, Dean, 424.
Manners pedigree, 67.
Lord Robert, 65.
fir William, 123.
Manufactures, 5.
Margidunum, 20, 120.
Markets, 3
Marlor, John, 19.
Martyn, Profeſſor, 160.
Maſon, Thomas, 193.
Maureward pedigree, 194.
Melton, William de, 25 |
Melion Mowbray, 239—tormerly ſent
members to parliament, 242—its
loyalty, 246—market, 248—manor-
oven, 249—fine church, 250—cha-
ritable foundations, 248. 258—
—ſchoolmaſters, 258.
Meynell family, 139.
Milton's life, 202.
Minors, often inſtituted to livings, 96.
Moat- hall, *20. |
Moraſs at Sproxton, 329.
Moreton, bp. 53.
Morton pedigree, 397.
Mounſey, William, 103. 307.
Mowbray family, 138. |
pedigree, 263.
family, memoirs of, 292.
Muſlon, 286. :
Neale, John, his will, *19.
-= pedigree, 11.
Newb2 abbey, 323.
. Normanton, 105.
— fair maid of, 93.
Nun's Lane and Nun's Cloſe, 382.
Orchis Marie, 15.
Or/ton, 85.
Painted glaſs at Withcote, fine, 392.
Pakington, lady Dorothy, memoirs
of, 388.
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Palfrey ſilver, 8. 18.
Palmes pedigree, 293.
Parithes, when firſt ordained, 16.
Parjon Adams, I 45+-
Pate pedigree, 283.
Fayncll pedigree, 303.
-—— of Boothby, 323.
Pearce, Edward, 103.
Peck, Francis, memoirs of, 200. 421.
his will, 204—epitaph, 42 1.
Pegge, Dr. Samuel, 151. 418.
Pembroke, carl of, 418.
Perne, Dr. Andrew, memoits of, 359.
Peters, William, 71. 92. 237-
Philips, James, 144.
Pipe Hl., 168.
Plukney Dale, 124.
- # lungar, 290.
Powell pedigree, 8 5.
Puritan Divines, 170.
Radnor, earl of, 123.
Raſtall. Dr. William, 286.
Ratcliffe of Withcote, 387.
Reanes, fir Richard, 259. 423.
Kedmile, 299.
Regiſters, parochial, enjoined, 20.
Reigne pedigree, 360.
Religious houſes, 2.
Richardſon, William, 192.
Kinglethorpe, 317.
Rix, William, 115.
Rohaud pedigree, 132.
Kos pedigree, 279—monuments, 23.
20, 30. 35. 37. 41. 42.
8 264.
Ruſſel, lady, 61. |
Rutland, ferics of earls and dukes of,
42—66. |
— Henry earl of, 417.
-» Francis earl of, 418.
Sacrarium, 197.
Salitby, 303.
= — beath, a
Sanderſon, bp. memoirs of, 293.
Sauvey Caſtle, 394+
Saby, 308.
Scalford, 20. 313.
Scaridale pedigree, 217.
Corrections
P. 1. b. I. 2. r. © venerabili.”
P. 3. Hungerton and Wivell were two churches
united in one rectory; but both churches are now de-
ſtrtyed, and the hamlets annexed to Denton and
Stroxton pariſhes.
P. 6. 7. The ſeveral references in the notes ſhould
all be to“ Plate IV,” and the circumſcription of
fig. 8. is loſt,”
P. 8. b. I. 12. r. portionem.“
Schnebbelie, Jacob, 108. 140.
Scrope family, 18.
Sba- fight, memorable, 236.
Sedley family, 401 —pedigree, 415.
— {ir William, 401.
ſir John, ib.
ſir Charles, memoirs of, ib.
Segrave family, 137 —pedigree, 3: 4+
Serjeant pedigree, 262.
Serge, 129.
Shakeſpeare illuſtrated, 202, 379.
Shetard family, 334.
pedigree, 347
— lady Abigail, .
of Gina, — on 353.
of Lobthorpe, pedigree, 353
epitaphs, 354.
Sherifs toth, 8. 124.
Siſonby, 282.
Smith, fir Roger, 180.
family, lord Dacre's account of,
I182—three pedigrees, 184, 185.
——- of Withcote, 387.
— Humphrey, ot Cheapſide, 388.
— Henry, lecturer of St. Clement's,
memoirs of, 389.
— - Henry, a Regicide, 391.
-Joſeph, 307. 424.
Soke of Stapleford, 331. 336.
Somerby, 318. |
Sondes, lord, 189.
Oproxton, 322.
St. John family, 139.
Stanton, Dr. Lawrence, 418.
Stapleford, 331. 418.
Stathern, 355.
Stilton cheeſe, 5.
— ſtone coffins at, 330.
Stoneſby, 361 fine ſpring, 363.
Storer, Dr. Bennet, 213.
Stuteville pedigree, 303.
Styan, Henry, 423.
Sutton, 84.
Swillington pedigree, 227.
Tailard pedigree, 360.
Tatteſhall pedigree, 17.
Thorpe Ernald, 365. 424 —vicarage, 370.
Tide-winds at Claxton, 134.
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BRIEF INDEX To FRAMLAND HUNDRED.
Tiptoft, lady Joice, 40.
Tithes, when firſt noticed, 16.
Todeni ie Fordur, his coffin, 23. 79.
pedigree, 27.
Towne, Archdeacon, 377.
Tufton family, 144. 403.
Turner, Sergeant, 139.
pedigree, 142.
- George, 237.
John Frewen, 139.
—— Tobias, 164.
—-_— William, 193.
Turvile, William, 135. |
Tutbury, extracts from, regiſter, *4179,
Twycrolſs, *418.
Vernon, Dr. 291.
Walter, rector of Belgrave, &c. $21.
Waltham, 379.
Watſon, bp. of Lincoln, memoirs, 125-
lord Rockingham, 188.
Welly, 284.
Well Dale ſpring, 20.
White, bp. go.
Wilcox pedigree, *262.
Wilmot, John, earl of Rocheſter,
92. 402.
Wilſon, Bernard, 97.
Wirce,' Geoffrey de, 232. 239.
Withcote, 387. 424.
Wolds, Woulds, or Oulds, 379.
Wilſthor pe, 83.
Woodford pedigree, 376.
Alice, her will, 374.
- John, his will, 375.
Robert, knighted, 327.
Waoodwell Head, 177.
Wool of this county famous, 4. 366.
Wright, John, 170.
Tho. almanack-maker, 173.
Wyche family, memoirs of, 205.
Peter, 20). 421.
Wyfordby, 395.
Wymondhbam, 399. *,418.
Yeulgreave church, *20,
Zouch, Eudo de, 225.
| lords, of Harringworth, 367:
pedigree, 372.
in the APPENDIYX.
P. 13. J. ult. r. he 1277.” a
P. 16. a. I. 57. r.“ heredibus.“
P. 20. Strike out the firſt note.
P. 45. b. 1. 46. Fill the blank with“ ſororem.“
P. 98. b. Il. 21. r.“ Willielmi.“
P. 120. a. r. Williel mo.“
Ibid. b. Strike out the four laſt lines.
| of 127. b. l. 4. Is 6&6 ſexti.“
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1. Cart. 26 Hen. III. 1242, m. 1.
Rex, archiepis, &c. ſalkm. Sciatis nos dediſſe, et
hac cartà fir confirmäſſe, Bertratno de Crioll, ꝓ ho-
magio et ſervicio ſuo, maneriũ de Croxton, in comitat
Leiceſtr', cum pertinent” omnibus, in Unicis, villena-
giis, & ſervitiis liberor* hominũ, pratis, pafcuis, et in
omnibus aliis rebus ad manerium illud pertinentibus,
abſque ullo retenemento, pro viginti quatuor librat'terre
cum pertin', in partem excambii pro manerio de Ket-
telberne, quod eidem Bertramo prius dederimus, et
quod poſtea dedimus Petro de Savid'; et pro cujus
excambio ꝓficiend', dedimns eidem Bertramo ſexdecim
librat' terre cum pertinent” in Croxton et Lechton;
ita quod plenè et integre habent quadraginta libratas
terre cum pertinentiis in Croxton et Lechton, pro
pdicto manerio de Ketelburne; habend' et tenend'
de nobis et heredibus noſtris, fibi et heredibus ſuis,
libere, quietè, pactfice, integrè, honorifice, et hereditario
imperpetuum; reddendo inde nobis et heredibus noſtris
per annum unum par calcar' deaurat' ptii ſex denar*,
vel ſex denar', ad feſtum STi Michaelis, pro omnibus
ſerviriis, tallagiis, ſectis curie, conſuetudinibus, et de-
mandis; ita quod nos vel heredes noſtri habere vel ex-
igere poterimus de pᷣdicto Bertramo vel heredibus
ſuis, ꝓ pᷣdicto manerio de Croxton cum pertinent', ſe-
cundum quod pᷣdictum eſt, cuſtodiam, maritagium, tal-
lagium, relevium, ſect cur”, vel aliquid aliud, niſi ſo-
lummodo p̃dictum par calcar' deaurat' pret' ſex denar”,
vel ſex denar', p omni ſervitio imperpetuum ; niſi
manerium illud reddiderimus rectis heredibus per vo-
Jantatem nfam, vel per pacem. Et ſi contingat quod
nos vel heredes noſtri illud reddere voluerimus rectis he-
redibus per voluntatem ram, vel per pacem, conceſ-
ſimus ei quod nos vel heredes noſtri non diſſeiſimus
inde ipſum Bertramum vel heredes ſuos donec eis
fecerimus rationabile excambium ad valenciam ejuſ-
dem manerii. Quare volumus, &c. Hiis teſtibus,
W. Ebor' archiepo, W. Karliol' epo, H. Elienſis epo,
W. Wigoru epo, R. comite Cornub' et Pictav', W.
Mareſcall' cem' Pembrock, R. de Quency comite
Winton', II. de Bohun comite Heref*, R. le Bigod
com* Norf', W. de Cantilupo, Johe filio Galffi,
Willo de Eboraco, prepoſito Bever, Jolie de Pleſſet,
Galfro Diſpenler; Jeremia de Croxton, Henr' de Ba-
thon', Rogero de 'Thurkelby, et aliis. Dat' p manu
uram apud Wimon, 20“ die Aprilis.
| 2. Cart. 13 Edw. I. 1285: Ne 136.
Rex, archiepis, &c. ſaltm. Sciatis nos concel-
Hſe et hac carta noſtri confirmiſſe dilecto et fideli
noſtro Robto de Tateſhale, quod ipſe et heredes ſui
imperpetuum habeant libera warenni in omnibus
Unicis tetris ſuis de Hollewelle et Ketelby, in comitat'
Leiceſtr', dumtamen terre ille non firit infra metas
foreſte noſtre; ita quod nullus intret terras illas, ad
fugand' in eis, vel ad aliquid capiend* quod ad wa-
renna pertineat, ſine licendià et voluntate ipſius RoÞti
vel heredu ſuor?, ſuper forisfacturam noſtram decem
librar*?: Quare volumus et firmiter pcipimus, pro no-
bis et heredibus noſtris, quod pᷣdẽus Robtus et heredes
ſui imperpetuùm habeant liberam warennam in omnibus
dnicis terris ſuis pdCcis, dumtamen terre ille non ſint
infra metas foreſte noſtre; ita quod nullus intret ter-
ras illas, ad fugandum in eis, vel ad aliquid capiend'
quod ad warennam pertineat, fine licencia et volun-
tate ipſius Robti, vel heredum ſuorum, ſuper foris-
Vol. I. APPENDIX,
faguram ram decem librar', ſicut dens eſt. Fig
teſtibus, venreabil' patre Robto Bathon' et Wellen
epo, cancellar* noſtro, Edo fratre noſtro, Edmundo
comite Cornub?®, Gilbto de Clare comite Glouc' er
Hertford, Henr* de Lacy comite Lincoln', Rogero le
Bigod comite Norf* mareſcallo Anglie, Jofie de
Vefcy, Robro Ribetot, Joke de Vallibs, Robto filio
Jokis, & aliis. Dat' per manum nram apud Briſtol,
22 die Septembris. |
3. Pat. 20 Ric Il. 1397, pars 3. m. 23.
Rex, omnibus ad quos, &c. ſalutem. Sciatis quod
de gratia noſtra ſpeciali, & pro quadraginta libris
ues dilectus nobis in Chriſto prior monaſterii de
aunde, Lincoln” dioceſis, nobis ſolvit, conceſſimus &
licenciam dedimus, pro nobis & heredibus noſtris,
quantum in nobis eſt, eidem priori & conventui ejuſ-
dem loci, quod ipſi eccleſiam parochialem de Apketelby,
in comitatu Leiceſtr*, Lincoln? diocefis (que de patro-
natu & advocatione proprio ipſorum prioris & con-
ventus exiſtit, & cujus patronatus five ad vocatio de
nobis tenetur in capite ut dicitur) appropriare, &
eandem ecclefiam parochialem fic appropriatam in pro-
prios uſus tenere poſlint, priori & conventui & ſucce(-
oribus ſuis, in relevamen onerum; & ſuſtentationem
prioris & conventus predictorum, ac pro augmento di-
vini cultus ibidem, ad inveniendum unum canonicorum
de con ventu monaſterii predicti, ad motum predicti
prioris pro tempore exiſtenꝰ duntaxat revocabilem, ſeu
per eum ad id deputandum, ſingulis divina diebus in
quadem capellà five cantaria in eccleſià monaſterii
illius per nos de novo conſtitutà ſeu fundatà, pro ſa-
labri ſtatu noſtro & Iſabelle regine Anglie conſortis
noſtre chariſſime, ac pro anima Anne regine Anglie
defuncte, & pro animabus patris, matris, & avi noſtro-
rum, progenitorum noſtrorum, & omnium fidelium de-
functorum, celebraturum, juxta ordinationem predicti
prioris in hac parte faciendum imperpetuum; quod-
que prior pro tempore & conventus predicti curam
parochianorum ejuſdem eccleſie parochialis poſſint
etiam per unum idoneum canonicum predicti monaſte-
rii pro tempore exiſtentem, ad ſolum motum dicti pri-
oris pro tempore exiſtentis facere deſerviti. Teſte rege
apud Weſtm', 20 die Maii. Per ipſum regem.
4. Ordinatio Vicarie de Abkettleby, 1403.
(E libro inſtitutionum dai Henrici Beaufort, quon-
dam Lincoln' epi, qui cepit preeſſe ecclie B.
Marie Lincoln' A. D. 1398.)
ohes Pavener, de Rereſby, capellanus, pᷣſentatus per
priorem et conventum prioratùs de Landa, ad ecctiam
pochialem de Ketilby, Lincolnu' dioceſeos, in proprios
uſus ut aſſerunt canonice obtinentes, ad vicariam ecctie
pochialis Þdiftam primo autoritate epalr ordinatam et
dotatam, cujus ofdinationis tenor ſubſcribitur, vacan-
tem; ad quam, 9? die Aprilis, A. D. 1403, apd Li-
dytigton fuit admiſſus, et vicarius ppetuus cum onere
ſonaliter miniſtrandi et continue reſidendi, ſub debito
jutramenti p ſe ad ſancta Dei erangelia, juxta formam
conſtitution* dominor* Otonis & Ottobonis quondam
ſedis apoſtolice in Anglia legator' in hoc caſu editar
preſtiti, inſtitutus canonicè in eadem, juravit canoni-
cam obedientiam, ut in forma conſtitutionis ſcriprum
fuit, Archidiacono Leyceſtrie, ſeu ejus officiali ad
inducendum eundem, &c. Imprimis ordinatum eſt
quod dictus Johes Pavener vicarius qui jam eſt, et
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ſucceſſores ſui in eũdem ecctia perpetuis temporibus
miniſtraturi, habeant pro manſo ſuo avlam rectorie
difte ecctie in villa de Ketylby pᷣdict', ſcituat', cum
cameris eidem aule contiguis, una cum aliis domibus
inibi edificatis, a via (viz.) regia uſque ad finem au-
le pdicte in longitudine ex parte auſtrali, et in latitu-
dine ex parte boreali, uſque ad finem occidentalem
granarii dicte rectorie, et fic linealiter uſque ad angu-
lum granarii loci pᷣdicti, et in latitudine a meſſuagio
Jokis Thorp de eadem ; refiduo dicte vicarie, cum
liberis introitu et exitu, pro ſe et eor' ſervientibus,
vehiculis, et animalibus, ex parte vie regie, pfatis priori
et conventui et eorꝰ ſucceſſoribus ſpecialiter reſer-
vato. Habebit etiam idem vicarius et ſucceffores ſui
unam virgatam terre in campis de Ketylby, et aliam
virgatam terte in campis de Holwell, infra fines &
limites ꝑochie pᷣdicte notorie jacentes, et de gleba ec-
elie pᷣdicte exiſtentes, ac unum pratum vocatum Legoſe
in Holwell-wold, undecimque rodas prati vulgariter
nuncupati Le Well dole in eodem wold, ac deci-
mam feni in Ketylby-wold, unam peciam prati vocati
Rudyng, et decimam prati de le Sykes de Holwell,
necnon decimas lane, agnor”, lactis, et lacticinii, ac mi-
nutas decimas, mortuariaque et alteragium, ac deci-
mam molendini ventritici de Ketylby pᷣdict', ad dictam
eceliam qualitercunque ſpectanꝰ. Solvent inſuper idem
prior et conventus et ſucceſſores ſui pfato vicario
qui pro tempore fuerit, in ſupplementum pᷣmiſſor', duas
marcas argenti, pcipiendas apud Ketilby pdi& annu-
atim ad duos anni terminos, (viz.) in feſto Michaelis
Archangeli unam marcam, et in feſto Peſche alteram
ꝑtem; invenientque dicte vicarie vicarii temporibus ſuc+
ceſhonis, ſuis ſumptibus et expenſis, unum capellanum
in capella de Holwell antedi& tribus die bus in ſepti-
mana divina ſervitia celebratur'. Et ſolvet vicarius
qui jam eſt, ac ſolvent ſinguli ipſius ſucceſſores, ſyno-
dalia duntaxat ab eadem ecctia debita et conſueta.
Refiduum vero fructuum, reddituum, et proventuum
ad dictam ecctiam qualitercunque provenientium iidem
rior et conventus ac eorꝰ ſucceſſores pcipient & ha-
bunt; oneraque alia omnia et ſingula ad eandem ec-
eliã incumbentia ſupportabunt; ac quatuor ſolidos
argenti ſingulis annis inter pauperes dicte ecctie ꝑochi-
anos, de fructibus ipſius ecctic, de eor' expreſſo con-
ſenſu, diſtribuere tenebuntur, &c.
25 Apr. 1723, Concordat cum dotatione originali.
f Thom. Porter, N. P.
Ira teſtamur, Gulielm. Sliford.
Ne II. BELVOIR; p. 20.
Foundation Charter, and other Deeds, &c. relative to BELvoiR Priory, &c.
1. Conventio * inter Paulum * ecclefie S. Albani ab-
batem & Robertum de Belvedier ?*, de fundatione
celle B. Marie de Belvero; [circa 1076. ]
HEC eſt conventio inter abbatem Paulum & Ro-
bertum de Belvedier. Robertus inceperat ecclefiam
Sancte Marie juxta caſtellum ſuum; quam quia ipſe,
ſeculi curis obſtantibus, ad perfectum pro velle ſuo
producere non poterat, conſilio domini L.“ archie-
piſcopi, conceſſit illam eecleſie Sancti Albani, Anglo-
rum protomartiris, in cellam, tali pacto, quod abbas
Paulus eam perficeret, & poſt ibidem quatuor ex con-
ventu monachos ſtatueret, qui ſuicepto beneficio, pro
anima Roberti comitis & Willielmi regis, ejuſdem-
que Roberti & uxoris ſue A. 6 necnon & filiorum &
parentum ſuorum Dominum exorarent.
Qua ex re effecti ſunt uterque Robertus & A.? ejus
uxor in capitulo fratres eceleſie Sancti Albani, ple -
niter ut monachi ; concedentes, ut poſt obitum eorum
apud Sanctum Albanum corpora illorum ſepelirentur,
fi in Anglia morirentur, vel apud eceleſiam Sancte
Marie, quam juxta caſtellum ſuum fundaverunt ; &
hoc tamen non niſi liceatia abbatis eceleſie Sancti Al-
bani. Dederunt etiam & conceſſerunt finguli, poſt
mortem eorum, ubicunque morirentur vel ſepelirentur,
rtionem totius ſue ſubſtantie eccleſie Sancti Albani
& Sancte Marie in poteſtate abbatis & fratrum.
Beneficium autem quod Robertus, concedente A.
uxore ſua, prefate ecclefie Sancte Marie tunc ad pre-
ſens donavit, hoc eſt (ſed poſtea plura fe daturum ex
conventione ſpopondit) ; nam omnium terrarum quaſ-
cunque per Dei adjutorium, & conceſſum regis, in
ſuum dominĩium adquirere quoquomodo 2
& conceſſit decimas eidem eceleſie Sancte Marie. Im-
primis itaque dedit ad preſens villam unam que vo-
catur Horingwald 9, cum omnibus ad eam pertinen-
tibus, tam libere & quiete ſicut ipſe habebat illam a
rege. Juxta caſtellum etiam ſuum conceſſit & dedit
quatuor carucatas terre, cum pratis ad illas pertinen-
1 Pugdale, Monaſt. vol, I. p. 327, ex regiſtro cartarum abbatie de 8. Albano in Bibl. Cottoniana, fol. 120 corrected by
Peck's MS, in the Britiſh Muſeum, N* 4936.
* Paul, abbot of 8 Alban's, died 1077.
7 Adelais. Adele.
far from Belvoir.
i* In Rutland.
74 Wolſthorp near Belvoir.
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3 Robert de Todeneia, lord of Belyoir, died Aug. 3, 1090.
* Lanfranc was archbiſhop of Canterbury from 1070 to 1089.
9 Horninghold, in Leiceſterſhire.
:: Wilbarſton in Northamptonſhire ; though it is conjectured that there bas been a Wyberflor formerly in Lincolnſhire, not
A ſmall hamlet adjoining Hungreton, mentioned in the next page.
tibus, & _ acras terre juxta eccleſiam, ad con-
ſtruendas officinas, ceteraſque domos monachis neceſ-
ſarias, & hominibus eorum, quietas & ſolutas ab om-
ni conſuetudine ſicut ipſe tenebat eas à rege. Dedit
etiam et conceſſit decimas vinearum ſuarum omnium,
& ſedem molendini in proxima aqua, & conceſſit de-
cimas decem villarum ad preſens, ex ſuo videlicet
dominico, annone omnium rerum, de quibus decima
danda eſt & datur, ſemota quidem tertia parte preſ-
byteri ville,
He ſunt ville, quarum decimas tunc ad preſens de-
dit & conceſſit, & ſicut ſcriptum eſt, poſtea ſe da-
turam ſpopondit. In Hortuna itaque dedit decimam,
& unum hominem cum ſuo orto & terram ad unum
bovem. In Frantuni verd & Sapertuna dedit deci-
mas & unum hominem tantum, cum ſuo orto, & ter-
ram ad unum bovem. In Riſenduna dedit decimam,
& unum hominem, cum ſuo orto & terram ad unum
bovem. In Stochis ** autem & Wiberteſtona ** de-
dit decimas, & unum hominem, cum ſuo orto, & ter-
ram ad unum bovem. In Segetuna ** dedit decimam,
& oo acras terre (quatuor ex una parte, & quatuor
ex altera parte ville), & hortum tantum. In Med-
burna, in com. Leic. dedit decimam tantum. In Wi-
welli '3 dedit decimam, & terram decem boum, &
unum hominem, cum ſuo orto. In Uutaneſtorp **
decimam. |
Has terrulas dedit, & conceſſit eſſe liberas & qui-
etas ab omni conſuetudine, precipiens & concedens
ut in unaquaque villa habeat eccleſia prata adjacen-
tia ſupradictis terrulis, & paſturam ſicut ipſe dominus
Robertus habet ad ſuum opus. Hujus doni & con-
ventionis teſtes ſunt iſti; Beringerins domini Roberti
filius, Robertus de Aquila, Ivo de Tigerivilla, &
filius ejus Beringerius, Aſcelinus de Vals, Willielmus
de Boiſrohand, Rogerus Calvus, Ricardus de Lintod,
& Willielmus filius ejus, Odardus de Hottot, Wal-
terus filius Willielmi de Walterivilla. Ex hominibus
Beringeri Radulfus de Tuito, Reginaldus de Altona,
5 Robert Moreton earl of Cornwall. $ Adelais,
i® Stoke Wivell in Lincolnſhire.
I Gilbertus
FRAMLAND HUNDAED.]
Gilbertus de Branſtona, Odardus de Lintod. Ex ho-
minibus Sancti Albani, Turſtanus dapifer, Uubaldus,
Amalgerus, Aſchetillus cocus. Hugo de Laſp,
Serlo camerarius, Willielmus Longus.
Mortui verd A. uxore Roberti, conceſſit Ro-
bertus ecclefie Sancte Marie, pro anima uxoris ſue,
unam carucatam terre in Sapertuna *, eadem conven-
tione & quietudine qua dederat alia ſuperius, con-
ſenſu & voluntate filiorum ſuorum Willielmi & Gal-
fridi, cor am ſupradictis teſtibus.
Defuncto etiam poſt aliquantum temporis inter-
vallum Roberto, Willielmus * filius ejus, & heres
honoris, renovavit apud Sanctum Albanum, in ca-
pitulo fratrum, conventionem patris & matris ſue, &
confirmavit, & conceſſit eccleſie Sancte Marie, &
Sancti Albani, omnia quecunque pater & mater ejus
antea dederant & conceſſerant, deſiderans & poſtulans
dari & concedi fibi in eceleſià Sancti Albani eandem
ſocieratem, quam pater ejus & mater habuerant.
Qua devote ſuſceptà, donum parentum pariter &
ſuum confirmavit, prids in capitulo, deinde ſuper
altare Sancti Albani, & poſtea ſuper altare Sancte
Marie poſuit, concedens ſeipſum eccleſie Sancti
Albani plene fratrem, & monachum, dans & conce-
dens eccleſie Sancti Albani & Sancte Marie ſuam +
portionem totius ſue ſubſtantie, poſt ſuum obitum,
ubicunque moriretur; & ſi in Anglia contigiſſet
eum mori, delegit apud Sanctum Albanum, vel
apud eccleſiam Sancte Marie juxta caſtellum ſuum
ſepeliri, & hoc licentia abbatis eccleſie Sancti Albani;
erat enim frater eccleſie eadem conventione, qua pa-
ter ejus fuerat. Poſtea Willielmus conceſſit eceleſie
Sancte Marie terrulam illam, quam tenebat Walran-
nus prebendarius ſuus in Hungretona *, & decimam
omnium denariorum ſuorum qui ſibi reddentur de
terra ſua, quoquomodo reddantur fibi vel ſuis here-
dibus ſemper in poſterum. |
2. Carta Simonis [ Senliz 5] comitis Northamptonie,
de quatuor bovatis terre in Waltham in com. Leic'?.
Symon comes, omnibus fidelibus tam preſentibus
quam futuris ſalutem. Sciatis me conceſſiſſe & preſenti
cartà mea confirmaſſe Deo er eccleſie S. Marie de
Belveer, & monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, pro
ſalute mea omniumque anteceſſorum & heredum me-
orum, in puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam, qua-
tuor bovatas terre in Waltham, cum omnibus perti-
nentiis ſuis, quas Herlewinus Francigena tenuit liberas
& quietas . . . . . ab omni conſuetudine & exactione,
& ab omni penitus ſeculari ſervicio, quod ad domi-
num regem & ad me pertinet, ſicut carta
comitiſſe matris mee teſtatur. Teſtibus Ricardo de
Luvetot; Matildis de S. Licio, uxore ejus; Willi-
de Claptuna; Ricardo Frumentio; Rogero de Haer;
Radulpho de Luvetot; Rogero filio Humfridi;
Willielmo camerario comitis; Gaufrido cyrogra-
phiſta; Rogero clerico, Roberto Furmentia, & Ri-
cardo de Somervilla 5.
3. Carta Willielmi de Albineio * [ Britonis dicti] de
donatione ecclefie de Redmelina, in com. Leic' e.
circa 1155.)
ciant omnes tam fururi quam preſentes quod ego
Willielmus de Albineio, aſſenſu Willielmi filii & he-
redis mei, et Matildis uxoris mee, et Cecilie matris
mee, necnon et Radulphi de Albineio fratris mei,
hominumque meorum, conceſſi et dedi, Deo et eccle-
ſie Sancte Marie de Belvere et monachis ibidem Deo
Adele. 4 Saperton, in Lincolnſhire.
hamlet z and Wivell contains but few houſes,
Simon de Senliz was living in 1100, 1 Hen, I.
e Sec the ſeal belonging to this deed, in plate V. fig. 1.
Simon de Senliz earl of Northampton,
1 See the ſeal, plate V. fig. 2.
fol. 37. |
13 Ib. fol. 1. N Ibid. fol, 34. b.
BELVOIR PRIOR V.
elmo de Albeneio, & Rogero fratre ejus; Waltero
5 A hamlet in Lincolnſhire, adjoining to Wivell, mentioned in p. 2.
Gregory, eſq; of Lenton, the preſent high ſheriff for Nottinghamſhire, 1791,
William de Albineio I. (Brito) died in the beginning of the reign
From Peck's MS, 4936 ; ex ipſa originali carta pergamena apud Belyoir, 25 Aug. 1752.
ſervientibus, pro ſalute anime mee, necnon et pro
ſalute omnium anteceſſorum, omniumque parentum et
amicorum meorum, eccleſiam de Redmwelini, cum
omnibus pertinentiis ſuis, jure perpetuo peſſidendum.
Volo igitur ut monachi jam dicti loci memoratam ec-
cle ſiam cum pertinentiis ſuis omni tempore libetè te-
neant, quiete et honorifice, ſicut liberam decet elee-
moſynam. Quod et ſcripti mei aiteſtatione con-
firmo, ne in poſterum ab aliquo immutetur. Teſtibus
Roberto, capellano; Thoma, preſbytero, de Wil-
bardſtun; Johanne, dapifero; Yweno de Albineio;
conſtabulario; Gaufrido de Chauvenni, Oſmundo de
Chauvenniz Willielmo de Vallibus; Simone filio
Willielmiz Radulpho filio Willielmi; Alardo de
Santo Hilarioz Radulpho filio Holdewi .
4. Carta W. de Albeneio
Willielmus de Albeneio Brito, omnibus fidelibus,
clericis & laicis, ſalutem. Sciatis, me conceſhiſle &
confirmafſe eceleſie Sancte Marie de Bellovidere, &
monachis ibidem Deo fervientibus, manſuram illam,
que fuit capella mea, cum domibus & terris que ad
eam pertinent, pro ſalute anime mee, & uxoris mee,
& puerorum meorum, & omn:um anteceflorum meo-
rum. Et hoc idem conceſſit femina mea, & filii mei.
Teſtes, Robertus Brito, Iwarinus Ridel, & Godefridus
Clement, & Iwainus de Albineio, & Gaufridus de
Chalvennio, & Radulfus de Arches, & Urſellus de
Craſmore, Rogerus Capellanus, & Alanus Capellanus,
& Radulfus filius Oſur.
5. Carta Roberti de Toteneia [ Roberti de Totenei
primi filii quarti] de triginta ſticcis anguillarum in
Aburna *?*. |
Notum fit omnibus, tam preſentibus quam futuris,
quod ego Robertus de Toteneia concedo, Deo, &
Sancte Marie de Belvoir, & monachis ibidem Deo
ſervientibus, pro ſalute anime mee, & patris & matris
mee, & fratrum meorum, ceteriſque amicorum meo-
rum, & pro animabus omnium predeceſſorum meo-
rum, triginta ſticcas anguillarum in Aburni, villa
mea, de redditu anguillarum molendini mei, quas
recipiet ſingulis annis, die Sancti Mathie. Et hanc
donationem concedit & ſua carta confirmat Williel-
mus de Albeneio frater meus, & dominus. Et ſunt
teſtes hujus donationis hii, Galfridus clericus de
Aburna, Willielmus de Albeneia, Rogerus Bigot,
cum aliis, &c.
6. Carta Agnetis de Toteneil ¶ filie Roberti de To-
teneia primi, & uxoris Huberti de Ria] de una
bovata terre in Aflackheby, & duabus partibus
decime de dominio ibidem .
Notum fit omnibus filiis ſancte Dei eceleſie, quod
ego Agnes de Toteneio confirmo donationes eleemo-
ſinarum quas pater meus Robertus de Toteneio, &
mater mea Adelais, dederunt eceleſie Sancte Marie
de Belvoir ; & nominatim teſtimonium perhibeo &
confirmo donacionem de uni bovatà terre in Aſclak-
heby, & duabus partibus decime de dominio, ſcilicet,
in bladis, in vitulis, in agnis, velleribus, caſes, in
porcellis, in apibus, & pomis, & in omnibus rebus
de quibus decima ſolet dari. Hoc autem ſpecialiter
confirmo quia fit de matrimonio meo.
7. Carta Henrici de Ria *5 de decimis de Aſlakebi, Sai -
toun, & Hortune **, |
Henricus de Ria, omnibus S. eccleſie Dei filiis.
Notum fit vobis me conceſſiſſe & dediſſe S. Marie de
3 William de Albineio, 4 Fortd, unam.
A houſe is there lately built by George de Ligne
called Hungerton Hall; the only houſe in that
7 From Peck's MS. 4936; ex ipſa originali carta pergamena, apud Belvoir, 19 Aug. 1731.
of Hen, II, He married Matilda the daughter of
19 From Peck's MS. 4936 ; ex autographo, carta originali pergamena, apud Belvoir, Sept. 13, 1732. |
un Dugd. Monaſt, vol. I. p. 330. ex regiſtro de Belyoir penes Matheum Hales de Hoſpitio Lincolnienfi armigerum, 1629,
"5 Henry de Ria was living in 1146, 13 Steph.
Belvoiz, |
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9 —
lth. te. Q LO oth >
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4 APPENDIX To rARHEZ HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Belvoir, & monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, omnem
decimam de maneriis meis dominicis, ſcilicet, de Aſla-
kebi, de Saitoun, de lortune, cum appenticiis eorum,
ſemori tertiã parte preſbyteri; & in unaquaque iſta-
rum villarum unam bovatam terre, cum homine &
ſao orto, ſicut Robertus de Toteneio avus, & Hu-
bertus pater meus, cum Agnete matre mea, eas dede-
runt et benigne conceſſerunt, ita libere & quiete, in
perpetuam eleemoſinam, eis, pro ſalute anime mee, &
avi mei, & patris mei, & omnium parentum, cari-
tative concedo, & ſigilli mei corroboratione confirmo.
Et fi alique terre de dominio diſtincte ſint, & alicui
date ad tenendum in feudo, quicunque terras teneat
illas, decima eidem eccleſie perpetualiter remaneat ',
8. Henricus de Rya idem, Reginaldo de Warenna,
de decimis de Aflackeby a.
Henricus de Rya Kariſſimo amico, Reginaldo de
Warena, falutem & amorem. Mando vobis, & ob-
nixè precor, quatinus pro amore Dei, & Sancte Marie,
& omnium Sanctorum, & mei, monachos de Belveer
in omnibus locis manuteneatis. Sciatis bene, me
conceſſiſſe & warentizalie donationem Roberti avi
mei, & Agnetis matris mee, & mei, decime de do-
minio de Aſlacheby, monachis de Belveer, Deo &
Sancte Marie ſervientibus, ſcilicet, duas partes in
bladis, in vitulis, in agnis, in velleribus, in caſeis, in
porcellis, in apibus, in pomis, & in omnibus rebus de
quibus decima ſolet dari. Valete, & faciatis illis mo-
nachis habere decimas quietas, ne ampliùs deterio-
rentur inde.
9. Carta Simonis de Roppeſle de tribns toftis et
ſex bovatis terre in Claxton, in com. Leic'?,
Notum fit omnibus fidelibus in Domino tam pre-
ſentibus quam futuris, quod” ego Simon de Roppeſle
et Sibilla mater mea concedimus Deo & S. Marie de
Bello-vide, et monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, pro
anima patris mei Rodberti de Roppeſle, et pro ſa-
lute animarum noſtrarum, et parentum noſtrorum
futurorum *, et pro animabus omnium predeceſſorum
noſtrorum, ſex bovatas terre de dominio noſtro in
villa de Claxtone; et tres thoftas, cum pratis, et
cum omnibus aliis rebus ad eas pertinentibus, et
communem paſturam, in perpetuam eleemoſinam
poſſidendas, ſolutas et liberas, et quietas ab omni
impedimento et ſeculati ſervicio. Et preter hoc ce-
teram eleemoſinam quam predeceſſores noſtri in ea-
dem villa predictà eidem eccleſie dederunt, ita libe-
ram et ſolutam et quietam ab omni ſeculari ſervicio
facimus, ac preſenti carta confirmamus, ut unquam
aliqua eleemoſina fit, five fieri poteſt. Et hane ſei-
licet eleemoſinam et libertatem facimus nos principa-
liter pro anima cari noſtri Rodberti de Roppeſle, et
pro ſalute Willielmi de Albeneia, qui hanc donatio-
nem et libertatem ſua preſenti carta confirmat. Et
monachi debent, pro hac eleemofina et pro hac liber-
tate, conventum ejuſdem loci in perpetuum de uno
monacho accreſcere. Hujus eleemoſine et hujus liber-
tatis hi ſunt teſtes: Gamellus capellanus, Radulfus
capellanus ; Hugo de Roppeſle ; Ricardus de monaſ-
terio, et Thomas filius ejus; Hugo de Wulleſtorp,
Rodbertus nepos Lemmari prioris; Willielmus de
Albeneia; et Rogerus, et Rodbertus, et Radulphus,
fratres ejus. Helyas de Albeneia, et Gaufridus de
Chaveini, et Iwenus frater ejus. Oſmundus de Cha-
veini, Radulfus le Boſcher, Adam filius Oſberni,
Willielmus Dapifer, Hugo de Sumerdebi, Nicholaus
filius Adami de Claxton, et Ricardus frater ejus,
Thomas filius Oſberni de Stoches, Aſchetillus cho-
cus, et Rannulfus nepos ejus; Oſbertus Meſſer “.
10. Confirmatio Willielmi de Albeneia* [II. Bri-
tonis dicti, ac etiam Meſchines] de toftis et bovatis
terre predictis in Claxton ex dono Simonis de
Roppelle 7.
Notum fit omnibus fidelibus in Chriſto tam futuris
* The ſeal is loſt,
Philip de Kyme was living in 1177, 23 Hen. II.
1 Peck, MS. 4936 ce codice antiquo MS, apud Belyoir, Apr. 19, 1731.
7
quam preſentibus, quod ego Willielmus de Albenei4
concedo, et hac preſenti cartà mea confirmo, dona-
tionem illam et libertatem illam; quas Simon de
Roppeſle et Sibilla mater ejus dederunt Deo, et 8.
Marie de Belveer, et 3 ibidem Deo ſervien-
tibus; pro anima Rodberti, hominis mei, de Rop-
peſle; et pro ſalute anime mee, et pro auimabus om-
nium familiarium ſuorum, tam preteritorum, quam
futurorum; ſcilicet, ſex bovatas terre et alias clee-
moſinas quas predeceſſores eorum dederunt in villa
de Claxton Deo et S. Marie de Belveer, cum toftis
et pratis, et cum omnibus aliis rebus ad eas pertinen-
tibus, et communem paſturam, in perpetuam elee-
moſinam poſſidendas, ſolutas et liberas, et quietas ab
omni impedimento et ſeculari ſervicio; que ſex
bovate terre predicte, cum tribus toftis et pratis ad
eas pertinentibus, debefit precipue eſſe de dominio de
Claxton, Et ego volo et firmiter precipio, ut mo-
nachi iſtam eleemoſinam et iſtam libertatem in bono
et pace, et liberè et ſolutè, honorifice in perpetuum
poſſideant. Et monachi debent, pro hac «<leemofini,
et pro hac libertate, con ventum eternaliter de quodam
monacho adaugere. Hujus confirmationis et conceſ-
ſionis hi ſunt teſtes: Rogerus Bigot, Gauftidus de
Chaveni, Rogerus de Muſtune, Radulfus Boſchier,
Gilebertus de Braci, Oſmundus de Chaveni, Aveinus
de Albeneia, et Elias frater ejus, Gamellus capel-
lanus, Rogerus clericus de Redmilne, Ricardus de
Meeſe, Johannes filius Radulfi, Radulfus Brito *.
11. Carta Johannis de Folevile de uno tofto in
Claxton, in com, Leic? 9,
Omnibus Chriſti fidelibus preſens ſcriptum viſuris
vel audituris Johannes de Folvile de Claxton, ſalutem
in Domino. Noverit univerſitas veſtra me dediſſe,
conceſſiſſe, et hac preſenti Earia mea confirmaſſe Deo
et eccleſie B. Marie de Belvero, et monachis ibidem
Deo ſervientibus, unum toftum in villa de Clax-
ton, cum omnibus pertinentiis, ad extremitatem ville
occidentalem; ſcilicet, illud toftum, quod Walterus
le Boye quondam tenuit; habendum et tenendum
dictis monachis in puram et perpetuam eleemoſinam,
ita libere ſicut aliqua eleemoſina alicui eecleſie libe-
rius conferri poteſt, cum liberis introitibus et exitibus,
libetum et quietum ab omni ſervicio feculari; nichil
mihi vel heredibus meis reſervans preter pias mona-
chorum ibidem commorantium orationess Ego vero
dictus Johannes et heredes mei dictis monachis dictum
toftum in puram et perpetuam eleemoſinam in em-
nibus ſicut predictum eſt contra omnes homines et
feminas warantizabimus, aquictabimus, et defendemus
in perpetuum. Et ut hec mea donatio, conceſſio,
carte confirmatio, rata et ſtabilis permaneat, preſenti
ſcripti ſigillum meum appoſui. his teſtibus, domino
Baldewino tunc vicario de Claxton ; magiſtro Hugone
de Segbrocz; Waltero de Plungar; Willielmo
Braunche de Claxton ; Willielmo filio Alexandri de
eadem; Radulpho de Folyille de eadem; Henrico
de Sileby; et aliis “.
12. Carta Philippi de Kyma **, de ſepties viginti kyr-
vis turbe annualiter e mariſco de Kyma; [circa
1177, 23 Hen. II.] “ |
niverſis S. matris eccleſie filiis tam preſentibus
quam futuris, Philippus de Kyma, ſalutem. Notum
ſit vobis, me, pro ſalute anime mee, et Hawiſie
ſponſe mee, et liberorum noſtrorum, et omnium nol-
trorum, et pro animabus patrum et matrum noſtro-
rum, anteceſſorum, omniumque noſtrorum, dediſſe,
conceſſiſſe, et hãc preſenti caria confirmaſſe Deo et
eccleſie B. Marie de Beauver, et Johanni priori et
ſucceſſoribus ſuis, et conventui monachorum ibidem
Deo ſervientium, in puram et perpetuam eleemoſinam,
ad fodiendum ſingulis [ annis] perpetuo ſepties viginti
kyrvas turbe in mariſcho meo de Kyma, juxta
aquam que extenditur a Kymà uſque ad terram He-
kyngtone, qui parte aque predicte predict: prior et
* Dugd. vol. I. p. 330. ex Reg. prædict. fol. 34. b.
3 Peck, MS. 4936; ex ipſa originali carta pergamena apud Belvoir, 4 Si
William de Albini II, alias Meſchines, died June 8, 1168, 14 Hen, II. |
7 Peck, MS. 4936 ; ex ipſa originali carta pergamena apud Belvoir, 18 Aug. 1732.
9 Peck, MS. 4936; ex ipſa originali carta pergamena apud Belvoir, 14 Aug. 1732,
Sic, 5 The ſeal is loſt.
5 The ſeal is loſt,
19 See the teal, Plate V. fig. 3.
ſucceſſores
ſucceſſores ſui elegerunt ut propinquiori loco et eis
commodiori ad illas operandum et educendum. Teſ-
tibus, Rogero priore de Kyma, Willielmo filio meo,
magiſtro Radulpho de Kymi, magiſtro Ricardo de
Kyma canonico de Lincolnia, Alano capellano, Jo-
hanne clerico, Willielmo de Beauvois, Helia de
Brunne, Ranulpho de Milles, Willielmo de Kele,
Ricardo de Beauver, Reginaldo Renell, Rogero de
Puntol, et Reginaldo fratre ſuo, Willielmo Revel.
13. Carta Johannis filii Walteri de Daiencourt, de
und caracuta terre in Grenebi, in com. Nott.
Johannes de Daiencurt omnibus fidelibus, tam pre-
ſentibus quam futuris, ſalutem. Sciatis me conceſſiſſe,
& preſenti carta mea confirmaſſe, in puram & perpe-
tuam eleemoſinam, Deo, & eccleſie Sancte Marie de
Belveer, & monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, pro
ſalute propria & uxoris mee, & pro ſalute animarum
patris mei Walteri, & Oliveri fratris mei, necnon &
pro animabus omnium parentum & amicorum meo-
rum, unam carucatam terre in Grenebi*, cum omnibus
pertinentiis ſuis, in toftis & croftis, in pratis, & paſ-
cuis, & chaveſeis, & in augmento acrarum, in villa
& extra, ita plenariè & integrè poſſidendam, ſicut
pater meus Walterus eis dederat, & ego, & ſicut
melids vel plenarids habuerunt tempore patris mei
Walteri, vel die quo Henricus tertius fuit coronatus,
liberam & quietam ab omni ſeculari ſervitio, conſue-
tudine & exactione, nihil mihi inde reſervans impoſ-
terum, vel heredibus meis, niſi orationes fratrum pre-
dicti loci, Hiis teſtibus, Daniele decano de...,
Richardo Furmento, Radulfo de Daiencourt, Fulcone
del Alvei, Ricardo Pateric, Roberto filio Galfrido de
Stanton, Rogero de Daiencourt, Jordano de Sancta
Maria, Serlone de Pleſeleche, Symone filio Richardi,
Euſtachio de . . « « « + « , Mayritio de Crenwele, Ri-
chardo de Hortona, Adam de Sancta Maria, Radulfo
filio « . , Roberto de Frumenton, Radulto de Bar-
cheſton, Benedicto de Flameſtoda, Henrico, Richardo
diſpenſatore.
14. Carta Oliveri filii Johannis Deincurt, confirmans
donationem diverſarum terrarum in Grenebi et
Sutton, in com. Nott. ex dono anteceſſorum
ſuorum, ad ſuſtentandum monachum unum in
prioratu de Belver . [ 1223, 7 & 8 Hen. III.]
Omnibus Chriſti fidelibus, tam preſentibus quam
futuris, ad quos preſens ſcriptum pervenerit, Oliverus
Deincurt, ſalutem in Domino. Sciatis me conceſſiſſe,
et hac preſenti cartà mei confirmifſſe Deo et ecclefie
S. Marie de Beuver, et monachis ibidem Deo ſervi-
entibus, pro ſalute anime mee, et uxoris mee, et
liberorum meorum, necnon & omnium anteceſſorum
et ſucceſſorum meorum, in liberam, puram, et perpe-
tuam eleemoſinam, omnes terras et poſſeſſiones in
Grenebi * et Sutton 4, quas idem monachi habent, et
hactenus tenuerunt in villis predictis, ex dono vel
confirmatione anteceſſorum meorum ; cum omnibus
pertinentiis ſuis, infra eandem villam et extra, in
toftis et croftis, in pratis et paſturis, in viis et in
cheveſeiis, et in omnibus aeſiamentis, ita plenarie,
libere, et integre, habendas, tenendas et poſſidendas,
ſicut aliqua eleemoſina plenius & liberius teneri poteſt
vel debet. Et volo ut monachi predicti habeant et
teneant terras predictas in perpetuum bene et in
pace, honorifice, et quietas ab omni ſeculari ſervicio,
conſuerudine, et exactione, nichil mihi vel heredibus
meis in poſterum reſervans niſi retributionem a Deo
et orationes fratrum loci prenominati. Et ipſi mo-
nachi fecerunt unum monachum eternaliter perman-
ſurum, ſicut continecur in cartà anteceſſoris mei. Has
terras et poſſeſhones prenominatas, cum pertinentiis
ſuis, ego Oliverus De Heincurt et heredes mei wa-
rantizabimus et defendemus in perpetuum contra
APPENDIX To TEE HISTORY oy LEICESTERSHIRE. 3
omnes gentes. Et ut hec mea conceſſio et confirmatio
rata, ſtabilis, et inconcuſſa permaneat, illam figilli mei
appoſitione corroboravi. Hiis teſtibus, Willielmo
Laubeny, et Odinello et Roberto filiis ejus; Willi-
elmo de la Londe; Ada de Bella Aquaz Gerardo de
Fanecurt; Johanne de Chaveny ; Hugone de Char-
nell; Waltero de Hotot ; Waltero de Monte Aureo .;
Willielmo de Barkeſton ; Roberto de Ayleſburn ; et
multis aliis 5. Infra, manu perantiqua, ] Facta fuit
iſta confirmatio anno incarnationis Domini m*cc*xx111*.
15. Carta Gaufridi de Chaveni, de uti bovata terre
et uno tofto in Barkeſton *.
Sciant omnes tam preſentes quzm futuri, quod ego
Gaufridus de Chaveni, aſſenſu Cecilie uxoris mee, et
Johannis filii et heredis mei, conceſſi et dedi Deo et
eccleſie S. Marie de Belveer, et monachis ibidem Deo
ſervientibus, unam bovatam terre. juxta terram Ro-
berti Francigene, in villa de Barcheſtuna ; et unam
toftam, quam tenet Ricardus, cum ipſo Ricardo, er
Erdrun uxore ſua, et liberis quos habet ex ea. Hanc
taque donationem facio pro ſalute propria, necnon,
et pro ſalute omnium parentum et amicorum meorum,
tam vivorum quam defunctorum, et precipue pro
anima domini mei Willielmi de Albineio, qui mihi
eandem terram donavit. Quare volo ut monachi te-
neant predictam terram, cum predictis hominibus, li-
beram penirus, et immunem ab omni ſeculari ſer-
vicio et exactione que ad me vel ad heredes meos
pertinet, excepto forinſeco ſervicio; ad quod ſervi-
cium perficiendum adjicio jam dicte eceleſie quatuor
ſeliones juxta ortum monachorum in eadem libertate
qua · et cetera eis ſunt conceſſa. Teſtibus Roberto
capellano caſtelli; Rogero de Wolleſtorp; Hugone
diacono; Gamaliele; Roberto de Albineio; Yveno
de Albeneio; Rogero de Gniptuna; Radulfo filio
Anſgoti, et Roberto nepote ejus; Ricardo Vilain;
Ricardo, Willielmo, Henrico, et Radulfo, famulis
prioris; Radulfo piſtore; Anſketillo coco, Jero-
nimo; et Ricardo filio Willielmi arangeri “.
16. Carta Johannis de Chaveigni, de tribus acris in
territorio de Barkeſton *. [Sans date. ]
Sciant preſentes et futuri, quod ego Johannes de
Chaveigni dedi, conceſſi, et preſentis carte mee at-
te ſtatione confirmavi, Deo et eccleſie B. Marie de
Belveir, et monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, dona-
tionem illius culture que jacet in Scoigate, que
continet tres acras, et ad jus meum ſpectare videtur ;
quam pater meus, ante obitum ſuum donavit, et
poſtmodum cum corpore ſuo preſentata fuit. Et fi
plus terre in eadem cultura inveniatur, eam pro ſa-
lute anime mee, et patris mei, et anteceflorum meo-
rum, predicte eceleſie et conventui, in puram et per-
petuam eleemoſinam, quictam clamavi, nichil mihi
vel heredibus meis reſervans, preter orationes. Hiis
teſtibus, Willielmo de Chawurtes', Ricardo Ridel,
Hugone Copfi, Hugone de Chavurtes, Stephano de
Coltona, R.. . . filio Willielmi, Rogero capellano
de Plungare, Roberto de Barcheſton, Radulpho de
Barcheſton, Roberto nepote ejuss + + . « clerico
de Plungare, Symone nepote prioris, Ricardo dif-
penſatore, et pluribus alus .
17. Carta Johannis de Chaveigni de quieta clama-
tione Roberti filii Gladewini de Barcheſtona,
hominis ſui **., | Sans date.]
Sciant preſentes et futuri, quod ego Johannes de
Chaveigni dedi, conceſſi, et preſentis carte mee at-
teſtatione liberum et quietum clamavi, de me et de
heredibus meis, Robertum filium Gladewini de Bar-
cheſtona, nepotem ſcilicet Auguſtini monachi, et he-
redes ſuos, cum catallis ſuis, Deo et eccleſie S. Marie
de Belveir, et monachis ibidem Deo ſervieutibus,
* Granby, co. Nottingham ; which gives the title of marquis to the family of Manners,
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3 Peck, MSS. 4936 ;. ex ipſa originali carta pergamena apud Belvoir, 25 Aug. 1732,
* Granby and Sutton are both on the edge of Nottinghamſhire, near Belvoir caſtle.
* Peck, MSS. 4936; ex ipſa originali carta pergamena apud Belvoir, 1731.
* Peck, MSS, 4936; ex originali carta pergamena mutilata penes ducem de Rutland, 173t,
Ihe ſeal is loſt,
5 The ſeal is loſt,
7 The ſeal is loſt,
9 1, e. Chaworth,
Peck, MSS. 4936; ex ipſa origingli carta pergamena apud Belvoir, 1731.
B
pro
5 APPENDIX To rut HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE.
pro ſalute anime mee, et pro ſalute anime patris mei,
et anteceſſorum meorum. Pro hac conceſſione dede-
runt mihi prior et conventus de ſubſtantia predicte
eccleſie x et ix ſolidos. Hiis teſtibus, Symone de-
cano de Stapelford; Willielmo perſona de Herdeby;
Ywaino de Albonei;; Petro filio Malgeri de Botles-
ford; Radulpho de Barcheſtona; Symone de Ber-
chamſtede; Roberto filio Radulphi ; Johanne fratre
ejus; Ricardo diſpenſatore; Johanne filio Reinfridi ;
Willielmo janitore ; et pluribus aliis *.
18, Carta Iweni de Albeneio & Gaufridi de Cha-
venni de eccleſia de Plungard *. | Sans _
Sciant tam preſentes quam futuri, quod ego Iwe-
nus de Albeneio & Gaufridus de Chavenni, frater
meus, conceſſimus ecclefic B. Marie de Belver, &
monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, pro ſalute ani-
marum noſtrarum, & pro animabus avunculi noſtri
Willielmo de Albini & Willielmi filii ejus, & om-
nium parentum & anteceſſorum noſtrorum, eccleſiam
de Plungard, cum omnibus rebus ad eam pertinenti-
bus, in perpetuam & liberam elemoſinam. Hanc do-
nationem baculo quodam ſuper altare B. Marie op-
tulimus, aſtante conventu ejuſdem loci, & Willielmo
de Albini, & filio ejus Willielmo, Johanne de Bothes-
ford, Hugone filio Maugerii, Willielmo pincerna, &
nonnullis aliis teſtibus hujus rel *,
19. Carta Radulphi de Hotot, de una bovatà terre,
& tofto in Plungare . | Sans date. |
Univerlis S. matris ecclefie filiis tam futuris quam
preſentibus Radulphus de Hotot falutem. Univerſi-
tati veſtre riotificetur me conceſſiſſe, & hac preſenti
charta confirmaſſe, Deo & ecclefie 8. Marie de Bel-
voir & monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, pro ſalute
anime mee, & pro ſalute anime patris mei & matris
mee, & omnium parentum & anteceflorum meorum,
& pro anima Willielmi de Albenei, domini mei,
unam bovatam terre in Plungare, illam ſcilicet
quam Galfridus filius Herevici ante obitum ſuum eis
donavit; cum toftà quæ appellatur Middelcrofte ; &
totam partem illius terre juxta Weſtwelle, que ad jus
ipſius Galfridi ſpectare videbatur; & illud pratum
precipuè quod eſt juxta diviſus de Barkeſtone; ſicut
melius & liberius predictus Galfridus vel anteceſſores
ſui de me vel meis anteceſſoribus, ſalvo ſervicio meo,
illam tenuerunt. Ut hec conceſſio firma fit & ſtabilis
perſeveret, ſigilli mei atteſtatione corroboravi. Ieſ-
tibus hiis, magiſtro Radulpho de Huntingdon, Ada
clerico, Mulgero de Stauntona, Iwayno de Albenei,
Johanne de Chaveigni, Rogero de Gniptona, Waltero
fratre ejus, Ricardo de Kayham, Galfrido filio
Holder, Johanne filio Ywanis, Ricardo de Chaveigni,
Radulpho fratre ejus, Radulpho de Barkeſtona, Ri-
cardo diſpenſatore, Roberto filio Radulfi, Johanne
filio ejus.
20. Carta Rogeri de Hotot, de duobus ſelionibus
terre in campo de Bottesford 5.
Notum fit omnibus ad quos hoc ſcriptum perve-
nerit, preſentibus & futugis, quod ego Rogerus de
Hotot, filius Radulfi de Hotot, dedi, conceſſi, & pre-
ſenti carta mea confirmavi, in liberam, puram, & per-
petuam eleemoſinam, Deo et eccleſie S. Marie de
Belvero, & monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, pro
ſalute anime mee & anteceſſorum meorum, duas ſeli-
ones de terri mea de Bottesford, que jacent in ſe-
cunda quarentenf a Caldewellefic ; unus ex una parte
vie que ducit ad Beauver; & alius ex alia parte ejuſ-
dem vie juxta terram Hugonis prepoſiti. Et ego &
heredes mei warantizabimus predictis monachis pre ·
dictam terram inperpetuum contra omnes gentes.
Hiis teſtibus, Radulfo de Hotot, Willielmo de Stod-
ham, Waltero de Hotot, Roberto de Huntendonn,
» The ſeal is loſt,
7
Waltero de Monte aureo, Thoma de Wimbigge, &
Johanne fratre ejus; Ricardo le Warenn, Johann
de Saxindale, & multis aliis “. 4 :
Ly
21, Carta Ricardi filii Mathei de Belvero de quatuor
ſelionibus in territorio de Botelesford, ad
cmendationem facriſtarie. ¶ Sans date l.)
Omnibus S. matris ecclcſie filiis ad quos preſens
{criptum pervenerit, Ricardus filius Mathei de Bel.
vero, falutem in Domino. Sciatis me, pro ſalute
anime mee, et pro animabus anteceſſorum meorum et
ſucceſſorum, dediſſe, conceſſiſſe, et hàc preſenti carts
mea confirmaſſe, Deo et eceleſie B Marie de Belvero,
in puram et perpetuam eleemoſinam, ad emenda-
tionem ſacriſtarie, quatuor ſeliones ſimul jacentes,
duas acras continentes, in territorio de Bottisforde, in
uno loco qui vocatur Wite- clay, inter terram quon-
dam Fulconis de Hotot a parte Orientali, et terram
quondam Walteri filii Gregorii a parte Occidentali;
habendos et tenendos, de me et heredibus meis, Deo
et ſacriſtarie eccleſie B. Marie de Belvero imperpe-
tuum, liberè, quiete, pacificè, honorifice, et eleemo-
finarie, ficut aliqua eleemoſina pura et perpetua alicui
eccleſie liberius et honorificentius conferri poteſt,
abſque omni ſervicio ſeculari, exactione, conſuetudine,
ſea et demandà, mihi vel heredibus meis vel ſucceſ-
ſoribus meis pertinenti; nichil mihi reſervans ſeu
heredibus meis preter pias monachorum ibidem com-
morantium orationes. Ego vero dictus Ricardus et
heredes mei five ſucceſſores quicunque fuerint pre-
dictos ſeliones prenominate ſacriſtarie, in puram et
perpetuam eleemoſinam, in omnibus per omnia, ſicut
prenominatum eſt, contra omnes gentes warrantiza-
bimus, acquietabimus, et defendemus in perp=-tutim,
Et ut hec mea donatio, conceſſio, et preſentis carte
confirmatio rata et ſtabilis permaneat, huic ſcripto
ſigillum meum appoſui. Hits teſtibus, domino The-
obaldo de Bellhuus; Alexandro de Neville de Red-
mild; Roberto de Plungar; Henrico de Seleby ;
Rogero de Denton; Roberto filio Herberti de ea-
dem; Symone de Hungarton; Gilberto de Harſton;
Thoma de Steyneſby in Wullſtorp; Waltero ſutore,
de eadem; et aliis *, |
22. Carta Henrici filii Petri de Botlesford de x11
denaratis annui reddittis, [Sans date v.)
Notum fit omnibus ad quos preſens ſcriptum per-
venerit, preſentibus et futuris, quod ego Henricus,
filius Petri, dedi, conceſſi, et preſenti carii mea con-
firmavi, Deo et eccleſie S. Marie de Belver, et mona-
chis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, in puram et perpetuam
eleemoſinam, pro anima Petri patris mei, et Hugonis
fratris mei, et omnium anteceſſorum meorum, et pro
ſalute propria, et omnium ſucceſſorum meorum,
duodecim denaratos annuos, reddendos a me et here-
dibus meis, ipſis monachis, ſinę ulis annis in perpe-
tuum, ad duos terminos, ad Paſcha videlicet, et ad
feſtum S. Michaelis, ad utrumque terminum ſex de-
narios. Et ſciendum, quod fi ego vel heredes mei ab
hac ſolutione deceſſerimus terminis ſupradictis; om-
nino conceſſimus et nos in hac parte ſuhjecimus, ut
dominus Willielmus de Albeny tertius et heredes ſut
ad ſolutionem dictorum duodecim denariorum me et
heredes meos imperpetuum remo occaſione diſtrin-
gant. Ut autem hec donatio rata et ſtabilis perpe -
tualiter perſeveret eam ſigilli mei appoſitione ro-
boravi. Hiis teſtibus, Wiilielmo de Albeney tertio;
Willielmo de Albeney, Odinello, Nicholao, et Ro-
berto, filiis ſuis; magiſtro Simone de Talington ;
Rogero Bozun ; Willielmo de Stanton; tugoue de
Charnell ; Waltero de Hottot ; Thoma de Wynebys;
Waltero de Monte aureo; Willielmo de Barkiſton ;
et multis aliis o.
2 Peck, MSS. 4936 ; ex ipſa originali carta pergamena, apud Belvoir, 1731.
3 Sec the ſeal to this deed, plate W. fig. 4.—“ Nota, Carta hc (icone famine in ſigillo non obſtante, non eſt mulieris,
« ſed viri carta. Ille Hiwenus, Iwanus, vel Aveinus, teſtis eſt cartæ Simonis de Roppeſle & confirmations
« Albineia de dono ejuſdem Simonis mouachi de Belvero ſupra, & allis cartis,” F. Peck.
Willielmi de
* Peck, MSS. 4936 ex originali carta pergamena apud Belvoir.
$ Peck, ibid, ex ipſa originali pergamena apud Belvoir, Aug: 17, 1732.
7 Peck, MSS. 4936; ex ipſa originali carta pergamena apud Belvoir, 18 Aug, 1722.
® Peck, MSS, 4936; ex ipſa originali carta pergamena apud Belvoir, 18 Aug. !732.
* See the ſeal, plate IV. fig. 5.
# Sce the ſeal, plate W,. fig. 6.
22 The ſcal is loſt,
23. Carta
FRAMLAND HUuNDRAED.]
23. Carta ejuſdem Henrici filii Petri de Botlesford
de pena fi defierit ſolutione redditus,
Omnibus hanc cartam viſuris vel audituris, Henri-
cus filius Petri de Botlesford, falutem eternam in
Domino. Noveritis me debere ſolvere annuatim
priori et monachis de Belyero x11 denarios, ſecundum
tenorem carte mee, ad duos terminos anni; ſcil. ad
Paſcha vi d.; ita quod fi dicta pecunia a me non
fuerir infra octo dies ſoluta, reddam, vel heredes mei
reddent, duodecim denarios, ſex pro redditu, et ſex
nomine pene, poſt lapſum octo dierum; & ad feſtum
S. Michaelis vr d.; ita quod fi non ſuerint dicti denarii
infra octo dies perſoluti, ſolvam, poſt lapſum octo
dierum, dictos ſex denarios, & alios ſex denarios,
nomine pene. Et obligavi me, fide media, pro me et
heredibus meis, me ſoluturum predictam pecuniam
predicto modo; renuncians omni juris remedio tam
forinſeci quam ſecularis, ſubjiciens me juriſdictioni
judicum imperpetuum ad compellendum me, ſi neceſſe
fuerit. Et in hujus rei teſtimonium huic ſeripto ſi-
gillum meum appoſui. Hiis teſtibus, Ricardo capel-
lano de Hareſtau; Waltero capellano de Crokeſtunn ;
Waltero capellano de Stakedirne ; magiſtro R. de
Melif; Andrea de Muſton; Johanne de Saxendale ;
et multis aliis.
24. Carta Willielmi de Stodham de xx ſelionibus
terre in campo de Botelesford. [ Sans dare *. |
Notum fit omnibus ad quos preſens ſcriprum per-
venerit, quod ego Willielmus de Stodham dedi, con-
eeſſi, et preſent cartà meà confirmavi Deo et eccleſie
B. Marie de Belver, et monachis ibidem Deo ſervien-
tibus, in liberam, puram, et perpetuam eleemoſinam,
viginti ſeliones de terri meà in campo de Botlisfort;
quos, viz. juxta viam que dicitur Scougate; et duos
juxta terram Johannis Sturmin; et tres juxta terram
Roberti de Huntendown ; et unum qui dicitur Luſi-
aker; et unum alium qui dicitur Lufi-half-aker ; et
unum qui abuttat ad Caldewelleſic ; et decem ſeliones
qui ſimul jacent contra terram domini Willielmi de
Albeny, que dicitur Hardewic. Hanc terram totam,
ſicut dictum eſt, dedi dicte ecclefie in liberam eleemo-
ſinam liberè et quietè in perpetuum poſſidendam. Et
ego et heredes mei warrantizabimus terram eandem
eidem eccleſie, ſicut liberam eleemoſinam noſtram, in
perpetuum contra omnes gentes. Hanc autem dona-
tionem feci pro ſalute mea, et Alicie uxoris mee, er
liberorum et omnium amicorum meorum; et pro ani-
mabus Willielmi filii mei, et Alicie filie mee, et om-
nium anteceſſorum meorum. Hiis teſtibus, Johanne
de Chavene; magiſtro Roberto de Blas, magiſtro
Roberto nepote ſuo; Willielmo et Henrico capella-
nis de Botlesford ; Roberto de Huntendown; Waltero
de Hotot; Waltero de Monte aureo; Willielmo de
Barkiſton; Radulfo de Bernevill; Alano clerico;
Johanne de Saxindale z et multis aliis *3
25, Carta Hugonis Wade de duabus acris terre in
campo de Bottlesford, | Sans date +. ]
Sciant tam preſentes quam futuri, quod ego Hugo
Wade dedi et conceſſi et hac carta mea confirmavi
Deo et S. Marie de Beuver, et priori et monachis
ibidem Deo ſervientibus, conſenſu uxoris mei et he-
redum meorum, duas acras terre in campo de Bot-
tlesford; videlicet, quatuor ſeliones in Muſtondale
juxta Johannem Sturmin verſus Aquilonem, in pu-
ram et perpetuam eleemoſinam. Et ego Hugo et he-
redes me warrantizabimus predicte domui predictam
terram contra omneis homines. Et, ut donum meum
firmum et ſtabile permaneat, hoc preſens ſcriptum
figilli mei munimine corroboravi. Hiis teſtibus, Ni-
cholao de Albini, Willielmo capellano domini Willi-
elmi de Albini, Willielmo de Stodham, Hugoue de
Charnell, Thomas de Wimbiſs, Waltero de Monte
aureo .
* The ſeal is loſt.
Ser the ſeal, plate TV. fig. 5.
3 The ſeal is loſt,
BELVOIR PRIORY: -
26, Carta Willielmi filii Ranylfi de Lutipati de duo-
bus ſelionibus terre in campo de Muſton, in com.
Leic'. [Sans date “.] . 4
Omnibus Chriſti fidelibus hoc. ſcriptum viſuris vel
audituris, Willielmus filius Ranulfi Lutipati, ſalutem
in Domino. Noverit univerſitas veſtra me, pro anima
patris mei, et matris mee, et anteceſſorum meorum
defunctorum, conceſſiſſe, et hac preſenti cartà med con-
firmaſſe, Deo et cccleſie 8. Marie de Beauver, in pu-
ram et perpetuam eleemoſinam, duos ſeliones ſu-
per Turneclif, juxta culturam domini prioris, quos
pater meus eſcambiavit cum domino Rogero priote
pro uno ſellione in Holm- forlong; habendos et te-
nendos liberè, integrè, et quietè, imperpetuum. Et ut
hec conceſſio atque mutatio rata et ſtabilis perſeveret,
hoc preſens ſcriptum ſigilli mei appoſitione roboravi 7.
27. Carta Johannis filii Johannis de Sartino de uno
ſelione in campo de Muſton, ad emendationem
ſacellarie. | Sans date +] 5 |
Sciant tam preſentes et futuri, quod ego Johannes
filius Johannis de Sartino dedi, conceſſi, et preſenti
cartà confirmabi, Deo et ecclefie B. Marie de Belvero,
et monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, ad emendati-
onem ſacellarie, unum ſelionem terre in campo de
Muſtone, jacentem ſuper Bretlond; illum ſcilicet
quem Andreas de Muſtone dedit patri meo; haben-
dum et tenendum eiſdem monachis, cum omnibus per-
tinentiis ſuis, in liberam, puram, et perpetuam elee-
moſinam. Ego vero predictus Johannes et heredes
mei predictum ſelionem, cum omnibus pertinentiis
ſuis, eiſdem monachis, ad uſum ſacellarie memorate;
contra omnes homines et feminas warrantizabimus iu
perpetuum et defendemus, ſicut liberam, puram, et
perpetuam eleemoſinam. In cujus rei teſtimonium
preſentem cartam ſigilli mei impreſſione roboravi 9,
Hiis teſtibus, domino Radulfo de Charnell, Nicholao
de Muſtone, Alexandro coco de Belvero, Ricardo
filio Mathei, Rogero Petyt, Simone Pecke, Galfrido
Kingileſe, Willielmo Hubert, Thomo elerico ipſo-
rum prioris et conventils, et aliis,*9
28. Carta Radulfi de Raynes, & Walteri et Wil-
helmi fratrum ejus, de quatuor bovatis terre in
Stachederna . |
Radulfus de Raines, & Walterus & Willielmus
fratres ejus, omnibus fidelibus tam prefentibus quam
futuris, ſalutem. Notum fit univerfitati veſtre, nos,
pro ſalute propria, neenon & pro ſalute omnium pa-
rentum & amicorum noſtrorum, tam vivorum quam
defunctorum, conceſſiſſe, & preſent cartà confirmaſte
Deo, & eccleſie Sancte Marie de Belveer, & monachis
ibidem Deo ſervientibus, quatuor bovatas terre, & in
liberam dediſſe eleemoſinam, cum toftis & ptatis ad
eaſdem bovatas pertinentibus in eiſdem locis, & cul-
turis, quibus dimenſe, & ſicut dimenſe in noſtrà pre-
ſentia fuerant, & predictis fratribus noſtro aſſenſu
aſſignate in villa de Stachederna imperpetuum. Pro-
inde volumus quatinus predicti monachi poſſideant to-
tam memoratam terram, liberam & quietam ab omni-
bus querelis, conſuetudinihus, & exactionibus, & ab
omni ſeculari ſervitio. Nos autem eam, ſicut liberam
eleemoſinam noſtram, contra omnes homines waranti-
zabimus & defendemus, nihil inde nobis reſervantes
niſi orationes fratrum & beneficia loci, In cujus
rei memoriam, hujus ſeilicet donationis & libertatis,
ſupradicti monachi, mihi Radulfo pellicium monachi,
eum botis quibuſdam ſex denariorum ſingulis annis
perſolvent. Preterea ſciendum, quod memorati fra-
tres dederunt mihi quinque marcas argenti, ut liberids
& libentids fieret iſta donatio, & unam loricam. Teſ-
tibus, Willielmo de Albeneio ſeniore & Cicilia uxore
ejus, Willielmo juniore filio eorum, Rogero Bigot,
Roberto de Toteneio, Radulfo de Albeneio, Roberta
de Ropeſleia, Eudone de Albeneio, & Gaufrido fratre
®* Peck, MSS. 4936; ex ipſa originali carta pergamena apud Belvoir, 1) Aug. 1732.
Peck, MSS. 4936; ex ipſa originali carta pergamena apud Belvoir, 25 Aug. 1732,
Peck, MSS. 4936; ex ipia originali carta pergamena apud Belvvir, 25 Aug. 1732.
7 See the ſeal, plate IV. fig. 8; the circumſcription is at length,
* Peck, MSS. 4936 f. ex ipſa originali carta pergamena apud Belvoir, 9 Sept. 1742:
39 Pugdale, Mon, vol. I. p. 328, b. ex autographo in Bibliotheca Hattoniaua.
See the (cal, plate M. fig. 9.
ejus,
-
2
—
2 ů ů ů ——· ů —ꝛ12 — — -
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B APPENDIX TO THE HISTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE.
ejus, Roberto Britone, Gamaliele preſbytero, Roberto
clerico, Rogero de Burgo, Waltero Herdebi, Hugone
filio Godefridi, Gaufrido janitore, Thoma de Horn-
ingewald, Henrico de Botesford, & Waltero fratre
ejus.
29. Carta Johannis de Chaveni de una tofta in
Stakederna, in com, Leic”. [Sans date *,]
Omnibus S. Matris eccleſie filiis, ad quos iſte litere
pervenerint, ſalutem. Noverit univerfitas veſtra me
dediſſe et conceſſiſſe, et hac preſenti carta mea con-
firmäſſe, Deo et S. Marie et monachis, apud Belver
manentibus, unam toftam in Stakederna, in puram
et perpetuam eleemoſinam, pro ſalute mea, et ante-
ceſſorum meorum, liberam et quietam ab omni ſer-
vicio ſeculari et exactione; illam videlicet toftam
quam Robertus molendinarius tenuit, que eſt inter
rofram Walteri filii Alwini, et toftam Willielmi filii
Hugonis. Hanc autem eleemoſinam warrantizabo erga
omnes homines, ſicut liberam eleemoſinam. His
teſtibus, Willielmo de Albeni, Roberto de Ropelei,
magiſtro Roberto de Bleis, Hugone preſbytero de
Wulſtorp, Ricardo diſpenſatore, Ricardo filio Willi»
elmo arangeri, et multis aliis *.
30. Carta Rogeri, filii Willielmi, filii Rogeri de
Offinton, de uno meſſuagio in vico de Colgate
apud Stanford, in com. Linc', Deo et B. Marie
dato, cum monachus ibidem ille Rogerus profeſſus
eſt *, | Sans date.]
Omnibus Chriſti fidelibus ad quos preſens ſcriptum
pervenerit, Rogerus filius Willielmi, filii Rogeri
de Offinton, ſalutem in Domino. Noverit univer-
ſitas veſtra, me dediſſe, conceſſiſſe, et preſenti carta
mea confirmaſſe Domino et eccleſie B. Marie de
Belvero, et monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, meſ-
ſuagium illud, cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis, in
villa de Stanford, quod Willielmus, filius Rogeri
de Offinton, pater meus, emit a Willielmo filio
Siwardi Werpeloc, mihique per cartam ſuam dedit;
habendum ipſis monachis et tenendum libere, quiete,
et honorifice, reddendo inde annuatim per at-
tornacionem meam Willielmo filio Williclmi de Of-
finton, fratri meo, et heredibus ſuis, ad feſtum Aſ-
cenſionis, octo denarios ; et, ad feſtum S. Petri quod
dicitur ad vincula, unum denarium, pro omni fer-
vicio et exactione in perpetuum, ſecundum formam
carte quam adeptus ſum a predicto Willielmo, fratre
meo, et quam iple monachis tradidi in perpetuum
habendam. Hanc donationem feci ego Rogerus, pro
ſalute anime mee, Domino et predicte eccleſie S.
Marie; quia ei vivum et mortuum me devovi ; et ubi
vivus et mortuus per Dei gratiam remanebo. Hiis
teſtibus, Willielmo capellano de Talinton; magiſtro
Simone de Talinton; Clemente de Stanford, viſitario;
Ricardo filio Salvici, et magiſtro Alexandro filio ejus;
Willielmo de Stodbam, et Johanne filio ejus; Wal-
tero de Montort; Willielmo de Barkeſton; Willielmo
Paſcheden; Ricardo de Redmild ; Martino de Talin-
ton, ſerviente; Henrico de S. Albano; et multis
aliis *.
31, Renunciatio decimarum feni in yilla de Howes a
priore et conyentu, ad uſum abbatis et conventls
de Croxton, in com. Leic', Junii 22, 1228, 12
Hen. III.“
Notum fit omnibus S. Matris ecclefie filiis ad quos
reſens ſcriptum pervenerit, quod ita convenit inter
Heliam abbatem et conventum de Croxton ex parte
una, et Martinum priorem et conventum de Belvero ex
altera, anno gratie M. cc. xxVIII. die S. Albani, apud
S. Albanum, viz. quod, cum dicti prior et conventus
de Belvero, jure parochialis eccleſie ſue de Howes,
: Peck, MSS, 4936; ex ipſa originali carta pergamena apud Be!voir, 25 Aug. 1732.
3 Peck's MSS. 4936 ex ipſa originali carta pergamena apud Belyoir, Aug. 14, 1732.
5 MS, cl. Gale, fol. 13. b. N
Peck, MSS. 4936 ; ex ipſa originali carta pergamena penes nobiliſſ. ducem de Rutland, Sept. 18, 1731.
* The ſeal is loſt,
The ſeal is loſt.
* Peck, MSS. 4936; ex autographo, carta originali pergamena penes nobiliſſ. ducem de Rutland, Sept. 18, 1731.
1 The teal is loſt,
peterent, a predictis abbate et conventu de Croxton,
decimas feni de pratis, et incrementi animalium que
habuerunt in dominico eodem tempore in villa de
Howes ; et dicti abbas et conventus de Croxton ſe tueri
conarentur per privilegia ſua, in preſentia D. Willi.
elmi tunc temporis de S. Albano abbatis exhibita ;
utriſque partibus ibidem preſentibus (abbate ſcilicet
de Croxton, et priore de Belvero), pro ſe et conven-
tibus ſuis, de confilio virorum prudentium et juriſ-
peritorum, et de conſenſu prenominati abbatis de 8.
Albano, renuntiaverunt predicti prior et conventus de
Belver petitionem predictarum decimarum imperpe-
tuum. Et, ut eccleſia conventualis de Croxton de
cetero predictarum decimarum gaudeat immunitate,
prefati abbas de S. Albano, et dicti prior et conven-
tus de Belvero, in hujus rei teſtimonium, preſenti
ſcripto ſigilla ſua appoſuerunt.
32. Carta Willielmi de Albeneio tertii*, de donatione
ſpinarum in warrena ſua de Beauver . [Sans date.]
Omnibus Chriſti fidelibus ad quos preſens ſcriptum
pervenerit, Willielmus de Albyniaco tercius, ſalutem
in Domino. Noverit univerſitas veſtra, me, pro ſa-
lute anime mee, -necnon et anteceſſorum meorum five
ſucceſſorum, dediſſe, conceſſiſſe, et hic preſenti carta
mea confirmaàſſe Deo et eceleſie S. Marie de Beauver,
et monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, in puram et
perpetuam eleemoſinam, ſpinas et omnes alias arbores
creſcentes in placeà ſubſcripta in warrena meã de
Beauver; viz. ab Oggeberdeſwelle, deſcendendo uſ-
que Gathamelgate, ſicut via ſe extendit; et ab eo-
dem Oggeberdeſwelle ſicut ſemita ſe extendit, ad ter-
ram Gervaſii de Arnhale juxta Kilpollie ; habendas
et renendas libere et quiete, fine omni impedimento :
ſalvis, mihi et heredibus meis, leporibus, feſantis, et
perdicibus. Ego vero prenominatus Willelmus de
Albyniaco tercius et heredes mei hanc donationem
et preſentis carte mee confirmationem prenominatis
monachis de Beauvoir, contra omnes homines, imper-
petuum warantizabimus. Et, ut hec mea donatio et
confirmatio rata et ſtabilis perſeveret, hoc ſcriptum
figilli mei appoſitione roboravi. Hiis teſtibus, domino
Willelmo de Inſula; Roberto Albiniaco, Radulpho de
Trihamton, Rogero Bozon, Willelmo de Kalfingtorp,
Thomi de Wynebys, Willelmo de Barkeſton, Ful-
cone de Hotot, Roberto de Hotot, Radulpho de
Barcheſton, et multis aliis *.
33. Carta Willielmi de Albeneio tertii, de donatione
eccleſie de Redmild 9, [Sans date.]
Univerſis S. Matris eccleſie filiis tam futuris quam
preſentibus Willielmus de Albeni falutem. Noverit
univerſitas veſtra me dediſſe & conceſſiſſe, & hac pre-
ſenti cart confirmafſe, Deo & eccleſie Sancte Marie
de Belver, & monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, in-
tuiru caritatis, & pro anima patris mei & Margarete
ſponſe mee, & omnium anteceſſorum meorum, eccle-
fam de Redmilda, cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis, in
puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam, habendum & tenen-
dum liberè & quiere, nichil nobis vel heredibus meis
reſervatam, preter eorum orationes. Et ut hec con-
ceſſio firma ſit & ſtabilis perſeveret, ſigilli mei appo-
ſitione eam corroboravi. Hiis teſtibus, Symeone de-
cano de Stapleford; Willielmo, Hugone, David, ca-
pellanis; Thoma de Hotot, Roberto de Stanſtona,
Johanna de Crivil, Petro filio Malgeri, Radulfo filio
Symonis, Roberto de Steniwath, Ricardo filio Petri,
Roberto de Huntetona, Johanne de Hale, Roberto
Luvet, Henrico Mareſcallo .
34. Carta Willielmi de Albineio tertii de una garbi
ex qualibet acri totius dominii ſui apud Belver,
Woolſtorp, Wivell, Botesford, Offington, & Stoke
[Albani], ad anniverſarium ſuum & Margarete
* The ſeal is loſt,
W. de Albeni III. died May 6, 1236.
5 uxoris
Frantand HUN RR.
uxoris ſue celebrandum, & c. in recreationem debi-
lium & infirmorum, data. { Sans gp, 1232
Univerſis ſancte matris eccleſie filiis ad quos pre-
ſens ſcriptum pervenerit, Willielmus de Albenayco
tertius ſalutem. Ad univerſitatis. veſtre notitiam volo
pervenire, me, pro ſalute anime mee, & Agathe uxoris
mee, & precipue pro anima Margerie quondam ux-
oris mee, necnon pro animabus predeceſſorum & ſuc-
ceſſorum meorum, dediſſe Deo, & eccleſie Sancte
Marie de Belvero, & monachis ibidem Deo ſervien-
tibus, in puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam, de qua-
libet acra terre totius dominii mei, in omnibus terri-
toriis de Belvero, de Wiſtorp, de Wiwell, de Boteleſ-
ford, de Erſkynton [ Offington ], & de Stokes, unam
garbam de quolibet genere bladi, tam frumenti
quam filiginis, ordei & avene, fabarum & piſarum,
five alterius leguminis, ſecundum quod de predictis
acris annuatim proveniet quolibet anno imperpetuum ;
de me & heredibus meis, fine contradictione & clamio,
vel quolibet impedimento heredum meorum, vel ali-
quorum aliorum ad quem vel ad quos predictum do-
minium pervenerit, utputa cauſa cuſtodie, vel cauſa
legati, vel aliqua alia de cauſa (quod Deus avertat)
per manus ſupprioris & precentoris qui pro tempore
fuerint percipiendam; ita quod ſex ſolidi de dito
blado pervenientes attribuabuntur ad anniverſaria
Margerie quondam uxoris mee, & alii ſex ſolidi ad
anniverſarium meum (cum mihi contigerit in fata
diſcedere) ſingulis annis * N honorificè fa-
cienda, Et ſi quid reſiduum fuerit per manus pre-
dictorum, ad recreationem tam debilium quam infir-
mor um conſervabitur, ita quod per eoſdem (ſecundum
quod fieri poteſt honeſtè) in cibariis & potibus pro-
curentur; de qua predictà garba predictarum terra-
rum ſunt in poſſeſſione. Ego autem Willielmus &
heredes mei hanc donationem noſtram, ſicut preſeripta
eſt, contra omnes gentes imperpetuum warantazabi-
mus. Et fi contigerit, quod abbas S. Albani, vel
prior de Belvero qui pro tempore fuerint, vel aliquis
alius, predictas garbas in alium locum, vel aliud dare
vel aſhgnare voluerint; licitum fit heredibus meis
eaſdem fine contradiQtione aliqua revocare. Ut igitur
hec mea donatio, &c. Hiis teſtibus, Willielmo de
Albineio quarto, Odinello, Roberto, & Nicholao,
filiis meis a.
35. Carta Willielmi de Albiniaco tertii, de dotatione
Hoſpitalis de Newſtede * ; goin 1232. ]
Univerſis ſane matris eccleſie filiis ad quos preſens
ſcriptum pervenerit, Willielmus de Albiniaco tertius
ſalutem in Domino. Noverit univerſitas veſtra me,
divine pietatis intuitu, dediſſe, conceſſiſſe, & hac pre-
ſenti carta me confirmaſſe, in puram & perpetuam
elemoſinam, de aſſenſu Willielmi de Albiniaco pri-
mogeniti mei & heredis, & aliorum etiam heredum
meorum, pro ſalute anime mee, & Agathe Truſſebut
uxoris mee, & pro animà Margarete quondam uxoris
mee, & pro animabus omnibus omnium anteceſſorum
& ſucceſſorum meorum, Deo, & hoſpitali quod fun-
datum eſt in honore Beate Marie ſemper Virginis ad
pontem de Waſs, inter Stamford & Offington, &
fratribus ibidem Deo ſervituris, & Ade ejuſdem
hoſpitalis magiſtro & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, ad preſen-
tationem meam & heredum meorum, quotiens prefato
hoſpitali vacare contigerit, per dioceſanum loci, qui
pro tempore fuerit canonicè inſtituendis, ſcilicet lo-
cum in quo capella Beate Marie fita eſt, cum tota
curia adjacente, & totum molendinum meum de Of-
fington, cum ſectà, tam dominici mei, quam ſervien-
tium curie mee & tenentium meorum, & cum omni-
bus aliis ad dictum molendinum pertinentibus, ita
integre ſicut ego vel aliquis anteceſſorum meorum
unquam melits & liberids dictum molendinum tenui-
mus, cum totã etiam terra ſubſeriptà; ſeilicet, unam
acram terre contra montem de Wykelthwait verſüùs
Orientem; & dimidiam acram ſuper eundem montem,
& tres rodas ' verſts Randell ; - & duas acras apud
» ++ + + + «y & tres acras & dimidiam in Eſthawe ; &
BELVOIR/PRIONY.. - . — S
dithidiam. acram ad Bilnebec; & duas acras in Weſt-
hawe, & quinqve acras in Welfiwude ; et unam
acram extra villam de Offin verſts Occidentem,
& octo acras in Erleſhage, & unam ad crucem de Tal-
lington, & unam acram in Senholingford, & unam
rodam ſuper Clemmont, & tres rodas in Wecelonde, &
tres acras ad Stocwell, & tres rodas ad Thurmodeſwell,
& ſeptem acras in Mikelhawe, & unam actam in angulo
de Erleſhage, & dimidiam acram ad. meram, & dimi-
diam ad Northcroft, & dimidiam acram apud Litleber,
& dimidiam acram juxta Renteloſs, & tres rodas ad
Flichegge, & unam rodam ad Berewes, verſus
Auſtrum, & duas acras ultra Stordes, & unam acram
in Wolſuwoode, & unam acram ſuper Edtiewonge,
& unam acram ultra Stongate, & dimidiam acram in
Weſtmedwe, & dimidiam acram apud Coricrofte, &
unam acram in Ateſchuett, & unam acram in Wite-
gate, & dimidiam acram ſuper Bemwoode, & tres
rodas juxta Berwes verſòs Orientem, & tres rodas
ſuper Berwes, & unam rodam juxta Berwes verſts
Auſtrum; & dimidiam acram apud Hulvergate, &
dimidiam acram juxta villam de Offington verſùs
Auſtrum; & unam rodam ſuper Peſelond, & unam
acram & unam rodam quam Belym dedit, & unam
acram & unam rodam ad Stocwell, & dimidiam acram
atte-Bec, & tres rodas apud Wetelond, & unam
rodam apud Preſtewonge, & unam acram apud Milne-
ſtede, & tres rodas Underclif, & dimidiam acram
ad crucem de Talington, & dimidiam acram atte-
Holegate, & dimidiam acram ad Corelycrofte, &
unam rodam atte-Bec, & dimidiam acram apud Little-
Bec, & unam rodam juxta Berwes verſds Orientem, &
tres rodas verſùs Bec, & tres rodas juxta Preſtewange,
& dimidiam acram apud Bruttingeſdic, & dimidiam
acram apud Holgate, & unam rodam apud 'Thirlpol-
hill, & tres rodas atte-Lunde, & unam rodam Five
acres, & dimidiam acram apud Chercheſwro, & unam
rodam in Hefortewod, & dimidiam acram in eodem
loco, & duas rodas in Edicheſwange, & dimidiam
acram in Cutteſhawe, & totam terram infra Berwes,
quam Petrus le Chivalier de me tenuit, & unam
acram prati & dimidiam in Lithetholm, & duas acras
retro Querenholm, & unam rodam in Mers, & unam
acram in Senholm, & tres rodas in Wrongedaites, &
dimidiam acram in Weſtmers de Talington, & unam
rodam in Mikelholm de Talington, & tres rodas in
Horſholm de Talington, & unam rodam in Eſtmers
de Talington, & unam rodam in Oſtwardeholm, &
tres rodas in Derlinge, & dimidiam acram in Sen-
holm juxta Sithaker, & dimidiam de prato Bald-
Maunſell apud Wrounge-Date, & unam rodam in
Mers, & unam acram in Mikilholm de Talington, que
fuit Rogeri le Cnute juxta pratum Domini, & pratum
juxta molendinum quod vocatur Fowrpenholm, et
unum toftum quod Gunwara Gogel aliquando tenuit.
Conceſſi etiam & confirmavi eidem hoſpitali, &
fratribus & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, de aſſenſu eorundem
heredum meorum, decimam totius panis qui expen-
ditur in curia mea, vel heredum meorum, ubicumque
fuerit familia mea, vel ipſorum heredum meorum,
poſt deceſſum meum; five decimum quarrarium bladi
quod expendetur in pane in dictà curia mea, vel ip-
forum heredum meorum poſt deceſſum meum; & to-
tam decimam de carnibus & piſcibus provenientem de
pr ferculo quod ſimiliter expendetur ſingulis die-
us in curia mea'vel heredum meorum poſt deceſſum
meum; fimiliter & decimam totius cere, que prefato
modo expendetur. Preterea conceſh dicto hoſpitali,
& premiſſis fratribus, de aſſenſu eorundem heredum
meorum, paſturam ad centum oves in dictà villa, & ad
ſex boves, & ad ſex vaccas, & ad duos tauros cum
dominicis bobus meis, vaccis, & tauris meis; quare
volo, (&c.) Et hec omnia predicta, ego Willielmus
& predicti heredes mei, contra omnes prefato hoſpi- -
tali & prefatis fratribus & ſucceſſoribus ſuis in perpe-
tuum warantizabimus. Ad hoe proviſum, de aſſenſu
meo & Willielmi heredis mei, tunc preſente, & ma-
giſtro memorato, pro ſe & pro fratribus ſuis tune
* Peck, MSS, 4936; ex MS, cl. Gale, fol. 166. b. Pauca hujus carte occurrunt in Mon. Ang. vol. I. p. 330. F. PRcx.
2 The ſeal is loſt,
3 Pugdale, Monaſticon, vol, II. p. 445 ; ex vetuſto exemplari pends Johannem Vincent, generoſum, anno 1652.
g 6 .
aſſenſum
to APPENDIX ro Tux HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE.
aſſenſum prebente, accedente nihilominus de ſpeciali
mandato venerabilis patris Hugonis ſecundi Lincoln-
enſis Epiſcopi, Roberto archidiacono Lincoln', runc
ejuſdem Domini Lincoln” officiali, & quantum in ipſo
approbante, quod magiſter qui prefato hoſpitali pro
tempore predicto modo preficietur ſacerdos fit & ca-
nonicus regularis alicujus domus, qui honeſte & ap-
probate fir religionis, & quod ſimiliter canonicum
habeat ſecum reſidentem, & continuo in prefata ca-
pella pro vivis & defunctis divina celebrantem ; & ut
ad id exequendum miniſtros habeant neceſſarios &
idoneos; qui quidem canonici vivent ſecundùm re-
gulam Sancti Auguſtiai ; & le Heſpitales, in quantum
predicti hoſpitalis ſuppeditare poſſunt, facultates hi-
Jariter exhibebunt & libenter. Proviſum etiam ſpeci-
aliter, quod inter alia hoſpitalis officia, ſeptem pau-
wo debiles & infirmi, qui ſunt bone opinionis &
oneſte vite, ſuſtententur de bonis ejuſdem hoſpitalis;
ſcil. in victualibus & veſtimentis neceſſariis, ad quo-
rum uſus ſeptem lectuli, in quibus decumbere valeant,
cum pannis & ſuppellectilibus ad hoc neceſſariis, in
domo ad hujuſmodi ibidem deputato perpetuò rema-
nebunt. Et fi forte devotione ſeu largitione fidelium
prefati hoſpitalis in poſterum excreverint facultates,
de aſſenſu meo & heredum meorum, auctoritate &
ordinatione dioceſani intervenientium, augeatur ibi
opera pietatis, & creſcat numerus predictorum pau-
perum & lectulorum. Et ut hec mea donatio &
conceſſio, & taliter facta proviſio, futuris, temporibus
ſtabilis perſeveret, eam preſenti carta mea ſigilli mei
munimine roboravi, pro me & heredibus meis, quan-
tum ad patronum duxi confirmandum. Hiis teſtibus;
Domino Roberto de Heiles archidiacono Lincoln';
magiſtro Willielmo de Watepoll officiali ejuſdem;
Alexandro & Philippo de Stanford, & Denes, tunc
decanis; Helya, Alano, Willielmo, capellanis; Odi-
nello de Albiniaco, Philippo de Weſtney ; Ricardo
de Cotes, Rogero Bozun, Bartholomeo de ſanto
Hylario, Willielmo de Aldedeleia, militibus; Au-
— de Nevilla, Hugone de Bobi, Willielmo filio
illielmi, filii Rogeri, & allis.
36. Alia Carta ejuſdem Willielmi “.
Univerſis ſancte matris eccleſie filiis hoc ſcriptum
viſuris vel audituris, Willielmus de Albiniaco tertius,
ſalutem etiam in Domino. Noverit univerſitas veſtra,
me divine charitatis intuitu, et pro ſalute mea, ante-
ceſſorum & ſucceſſorum meorum, dediſſe, conceſſiſſe,
& hac preſenti charta mea confirmaàffe hoſpitali ad
pontem infra Stanford & Offingtonam, quod ego fun-
davi in honore Beate Marie Virginis, & fratribus ibi-
dem Deo & Beate Marie ſervientibus, & infirmis ibi-
dem moram facturis, in puram & perpetuam elemo-
finam, tres bovatas terre in territorio de Offington,
cum prato & paſtura, & cum omnibus pertinentiis &
libertatibus ad predictas bovatas terre pertinentes, &
unum toftum in eadem. villa, ſcil. illud quod Gone-
wara Gognel aliquando tenuit, & redditum trium ſo-
lidorum & trium denariorum, cum novem gallinis, &
tribus gallis, ſingulis annis percipiendis; ſcil. de terra
Richardi de Middleton novem denarii; de Willielmo
Cok duodecim denarii, & tres gallinas & unum gal-
lum; de Willielmo filio Thurſtani duodecim denarii &
tres gallinas, & unum gallum ; & de Willielmo Snell
ſex denarii, & tres gallinas & unum gallum ; & mo-
lendinum de Offington, cum ſectà totius ville de Of-
fington, ſicut ego unquam meliùs habui ; & redditum
quadraginta ſolidorum in villa Chaufunt, de terra
quam Will. filius Hamonis mihi dedit pro.. . & ſer-
vicio + + . & redditum quinque ſolidorum in villa
de Focceford de terra illa quam dedi Waltero filio
Dagun de Nouwerc. Ad hoc eis conceſſi totam de-
cimam domus mee de pane & cerà, & de primo fer-
culo tam de carne quam de piſce ſingulis diebus; &
paſturam ad centum oves, & ad ſex boves, & ad ſex
vaccas, & ad duo averia, cum propriis averiis meis de
Offington. Sciendum igitur, quod numerus fratrum
talis eſſe debet, duo ſacerdotes divina celebrantes,
: Dugdale, vol. II. p. 446; ex MS. Vincent,
quorum unus fingulis diebus pro fidelibus defurttis
celebrabit, & aliis ſecundum quod tempus expultult;
& unus diaconus, & unus clericus, dictis facerdotibus
miniſtrantes; erunt etiam ibidem parati treſdecim left
ad opus infirmorum de terra mea vel aliunde ſecundùm
quod mihi & trarribus ibidem Deo & Beate Marie
Virgini miniſtrantibus videbitur expediri. Hee omnia
vero predicta, cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis & liberta-
tibus, ego Willielmus de Albiniaco & heredes mei, ſe-
pedicto hoſpitali & fratribus ibidem Deo & Beate Marie
Virgin ſervientibus, contra omnes homines imper-
petuum warantizabimus. Hiis reftibus ; Willielmo
de Albiniaco juniore, Odinello de Albin, Nicholao
de Albini, Roberto de Albini, fratribus; Rogero Born,
Willielmo de Kasſkingron, magiſtro Simone de Da-
lington perſona, magiſtro Radulpho de Kotingham,
Ricardo Mocor, Thoma de Wineb Waltero de
Monti aureo, Ric. clerico, Martino de T alington,
Willielmo de Barkefton, & multis aliis.
*
37. Confirmatio Willielmi de Albiniaco quarti ſuper
fundatione prefati Hoſpitalis *.
Univerſis ſancte matris eceleſie filiis ad quos pre-
ſens ſcriptum pervenecit, Willielmus de Albiuizco
quartus, ſalutem. Noveritis me, pro ſalute anime mee,
& pro ſalute anime nobilis viri, domini Willielmi de
Albiniaco patris mei, & animabus Margerie d*Um-
franvile, matris mee, & Albrede uxoris mee, & Iſa-
belle uxoris mee, & anteceſſorum & ſucceſſorum meo-
rum, conceſſiſſe, & hac preſenti carta mea confirmifſe
Deo, & eccleſie Sancte Marie de Novo-loco, ad pon-
tem de Uffintun, et cananicis meis ibidem Deo fervi-
entibus, qui ſunt de fundatione dicti nobilis viri Willi-
elmi patris mei, totum illum Novum locum ad pontem
de Uffintun, ſicut muro & foſſato clauditur, cum
pertinentiis, necnon & omnem donationem, terras,
homines, poſſeſſiones, redditus, & libertates, cum om-
nibus pertinentiis & eſiamentis, infra villam et extra,
a dicto domino Willielmo patre meo, & a quocunque
vel quibuſcunque donatoribus predictis canonicis &
ſucceſſoribus ſuis collatas, & impoſterum de feodo
meo conferendas; tenendum & habendum predictis
canonicis & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, liberè, ſolutè, & pa-
cifice, integre, & quietè imperpetuum, ſicut carte do-
natorum ſuorum teſtantur; et cum omni utilitate que
inde, aliquo tempore, poterit evenire. Preterea, di-
vine pietatis intuitu, do & concedo de mea gratia &
libertate, pro me, & Albreda uxore met, & Iſabella
uxore mea, & pro anteceſſoribus & ſucceſſoribus
noſtris, hanc libertatem prefate eccleſie Beate Marie
de Novo-loco, ut cum prior prefate ecclefie defecerit,
canonici ejuſdem loci liberam habeant electionem, &
cum eligerint, patrono don:ts preſentetur electus:
et interim, donec priorem habeant, ipſa domus, &
omnes redditus & poſſeſſiones ejuſdem domiis, cum
omnibus pertinentiis & libertatibus, in manu & cuſ-
todia canonicorum ejuſdem loci ſint; & omnes reddi-
tus & exitus, & omnia bona prefate domùs, in ulus
pauperum, & profectum eceleſie predicte, liberè, pa-
cifice, & honorifice, per ipſos canonicos expendantur.
Ego vero Willielmus & heredes mei predictam con—
ceſſionem & preſentis carte mee conſirmationem, cum
omnibus ſupradictis & pertinentiis, predictis cano-
nicis & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, ficut liberam, puram & per-
petuam elemoſinam meam, contra omnes mortales
warantizabimus, manutenebimus, & defendemus im-
perpetuum. In cujus rei ſecuritatem huic ſcripto
ſigillum meum appoſui. Hiis tellibus, &c.
38. Alicie de Waterville donatio monialibus S. Mi-
chaelis extra Stanford *.
Univerſis Chriſti fidelibus ad quos pteſens ſcriptum
8 ego Alicia de Waterville, domina de
axra, ſalutem in Domino. Noverit univerſitas
veſtra, me, conſilio & aſſenſu D. nepotis mei Willi-
elmi de Aubeni, dediſſe, eonceſſiſſe, & hac preſeuti
carta mea confirmafſe, Deo & ecclefie S. Michaelis de
Stanford, & monialibus ibidem Deo ſervientibus,
2 Dugdalc, ibid. ex Regiſtro de Belvoir, penès prenobilem comitem Rutlandæ.
3 Peck, Annals of Stanford, Book VIII. p. a5.
unam
FRAMLAxD Hundred] BELVOIR PRIOR .
unam virgatam terre in villa de Aſſele, cum omnibus
pertinentiis ſuis, quam D. Willielmus de Aubeni fra-
ter meus mihi dedit in libero maritagio ; illam ſci-
licet, quam Willielmus clericus tenuit in eidem villa;
in puram & perpetuam eleemoſynam, liberam & qui-
etam ab omni ſervicio & exactione ſeculari z pro ani-
ma mea, & pro anima Cecilie filie mee, & pro. ani»
mabus anteceſſorum & ſueceſſorum meorum; ad per-
cipiendam medietatem beneficii terre illius in die an-
niverſarii mei, & aliam medietatem in die anniverſarii
filie mee Cecilie. Et ut hec donatio & concetho rata
& in poſterum valida permaneat, ego eam ſigilli mei
munimine corroboravi. Hlis teſtibus; Matheo, Ni-
cholao, Waltero, Hugone, & Andrea, capellanis;
Gilberto Scrop, Roberto de Tichenis, Roberto filio
Stephani, Richardo clerico, & multis aliis“.
39. Confirmatio Willielmo de Aubeni *.
Univerfis S. Matris ecclefie filiis ad quos preſens
ſcriptum pervenerit, Dominus Willielmus de Aubeni,
ſalutem. Sciatis me conceſſiſſe, & hac mea preſenti
carta confirmaſſe, Deo & eccleſie 8. Michaelis de
Stanford, & monialibus ibidem Deo ſervientibus,
unam virgatam terre in villa de Aſſele, cum omnibus
pertinentiis ſuis, quam Willielmus ciericus tenuit in
eadem villa de feudo meo; quam virgatam Alicia de
Albeni (que uit uxor Aſcelini de Waterwilla) predictis
monialibus dedit & conceſſit, & ſua carta confirmavit.
Quare volo, ut predicte moniales ptedictam terram
cum pertinentiis ſuis liberam & quietam ab omni
ſeculari officio, quod ad me vel ad heredes meos per-
tinet, habeant & teneant, ſicut puram & perpetuam
eleemoſynam, & ſicut carta prenominate Alicie teſta-
tur & confirmat illis. Haiis teſtibus, Roberto de Brai-
broch, Henrico filio ejus, Radulto filio Symonis, Hu-
gone de Charnel, Willielmo capellano, Gualtero ca-
pellano, Nicholao de Aubeni clerico; fhagiſtro Al-
bino, Roberto de Huntendune, Willielmo de Seint
. + + ler, Willielmo de Oucton, & multis aliis*,
40. De controverfia de decimis de Botlisford, et de
decimis feody de Stodham, et quomodo quievit ;
Martii 1252-3 *. | |
Noverint univerſi ad quorum notitiam preſens ſcrip-
tum pervenerit, quod cum controverſia ſuper decimis
majoribus et minoribus de dominico dominii de Botlis-
ford, et etiam ſuper decimis feodi de Stodham in
arochià de Botlisford provenientibus, mota fuiſſet,
inter priorem et conventum de Belvero ex parte una ;
et dominum Nicholaum, tectorem eccleſie de Botlis-
ford ex alterà; anno gratie 12 50, die Sabbati prox-
ima ante feſtum S. Gregorii, eodem anno, coram do-
mino Rogero Bozun tune temporis ſeneſcallo domini
epiſcopi 8 magiſtro Willielmo de Hag-
wortheam, rectore eccleſie de Muſton ; magiſtro Ro-
berto Noryn; domino Gilberto rectore eccleſie de
Gnipton ; et multis aliis; de conſenſu et conceſhone
utriuſque partis, amicabiliter, ſub hac forma, conſen-
tiendum eſt; viz. quod predicti prior et conventus de
Belvero (ut contentio inter predictas partes pacifice-
tur, et pax habeatur et conſervetur omnibus diebus
1 Sce the ſeal, plate V fig. 10.
it
vire predicti Nicholai reQoris eccleſic de Botlisford)
duas partes decimarum percipient, et predictos Ni-
cholaus rector tertiam partem decimarum percipiet;
ſcilicet, de cultura quod vocatur Toftis; et de tribus
culturis ſub Normanton, de dominico D. de Botlis-
ford; et de culturi juxta pontem, butante contra le
Cliff; et de Milnecroft verſus Muſton, butante ſuper
Huſmilne ; et de cuitura que vocatur Redwong, ja-
cente ver ſus Redmilde (exceptis quatuor foreris, de
quibus foreri: predictus Nicholaus rector totam deci-
mam percipiet); et de cultura que vocatur Sandwong
(excepti decima unius ſelionis, de quo ſelione pre-
dictus Nicholaus rector totam decimam percipier); et
de ſelione jacente juxta fontem; et de cultura que
vocatur Kinecroft ; et de cultura que vocatur Pace-
wong, jacente in campo de Normanton 5 et de cul-
tura que vocatur Colevill micle wong, butante ſuper
viam de Botlisford extendente verſus Muſton; et
predict prior et conventus ſimiliter percipient medie-
tatem decimarum tantum, et predictus Nicholaus
rector aliam medieratem, decimarum de duodecim ſeli-
onibus in cultura que vocatur Sikewong, jacentibus
propinquis Normanton ; et de reſiduo +juſdem cul-
ture predicti prior et con ventus percipient medieta-
tem decimarum tantum, et prediftus Nicholaus rec-
tor aliam medietatem. Item predi& prior et conven-
tus integre percipient” totam decimam provenientem
de culturis dominii de Botlisford jacentibus ſub Bel-
vero, ſcilicet, a cruce ſtante in via verſus Redmild
uſque petram ſitam ſub predicto prioratu, et a pre-
dictà petra uſque viam de Belvor verſus Muſton; et
de cultura que vocatur Herdwyke duas partes deci-
marum percipient. Item predicti prior et conventus
percipient duas partes decimarum minutarum prove-
nientium de curia domini de Botlisford ; ſailicet, de
vitulis, porcellis, lana, agnis, et cafeis ; et de pomis
veteris gardini domini de Botlisford tantum. Item
predicti prior et conventus de Belvero, pro duabus
partibus decimarum feni quatuor culturarum prati
({cilicet Cole-deyle, Long-deyl, Thache-deyl, Over-
thache-deyl, de dominico domini de Botlisford), et
pro decimis feni quindecim acrarum prati (de pratis
predictorum prioris et conventũs de Belvero in pratis
de Botlisford), conceſſerunt predicto Nicholao rectori
ecclefie de Botlisford, ut habeat ſervitio perpetuo duo
cotagia, cum pertinentiis, in villa de Botlisford, red-
dentia 4 ſolidos per annum ante portam predicti Ni-
cholai reQoris, que Halle-Contug et Thomas filius
Petri le Crop aliquando tenuerunt. Item prediftus
Nicholaus rector, de culturis que vocantur Coupelond
et Divenewong, Templewong ; de cultura contra
domum Michaelis de Normanton 5 de cultura verſus
le Clif, verſus Muſton ; de Hodwong ſuper le Hill;
de Tyrſpitwong, de Swarckton wong, et de Catwad-
londe totam decimam integre percipiet. Inſuper pre-
didi prior et conventus de Belvero conceſſerunt pre-
ditto Nicholao rectori et eccleſie de Botlisford omues
minutas de boſcaria ſui firi infra limites parochie de
Botlisford, et de omnibus mobilibus ſuis ibidem de-
gentibus, et paſcentibus et cubantibus; una cum
arreragio et denariis 8. Petri, et obventionibus et
oblationibus ſubtenentium ſuorum ibidem degentium.
Item ſacriſta de Belvero pro medictate decinie garba-
rum de toto feodo de Stodham, in campo de Botlis-
ford ipſum contingente, percipiet tertiam partem de-
cimarum de cultura domini de Botlisford; ſcilicet, a
petra fita ſub predicto prioratu uſque viam de Belvero
verſus Muſton, que tertia pars continet viginti et
duas acras terre, quarum predictus Nicholaus rector
decimas percipere conſuevit. Et de culturi que vo-
catur Herdwyke, continente octo acras terre, et unam
rodam, percipiet predictus ſacriſta tertiam parrem de-
cimarum, quam predictus Nicholaus rector percipere
conſuevit. Er de cultura, quam dominus de Botlis-
ford tenet de feodo de Stodham, butante ſuper Sike-
bec, et continente viginti acras terre; et de octo ſeli-
onibus butantibus ſuper Saltebec in fine verſus Bel-
* Peck, Annals of Stanford, Book VIII. p. 26.
3 The ſeal affixed to this deed is given from a drawing by Mr. Peck; whoſe explanation of it is already printed in our ac-
count of Belvoir Caſtle, p. 23. On the reverſe was alſo the ſeal engraved in plate V. fig. 11 ; the inſcription on which, Mr.
Peck conjectures, ſhould be read. Crux Sigillum ; Signum Crucis.“
* Peck, MSS, 4936; ex ipſa originali carta pergamena apud Belvoir, 18 Aug. 1732,
I
verum,
—
5 gate uſque ad Redmyldthorp;
12 APPENDIX TO THE HISTORY OF LEICESTERSHIRE.
verum, et continentibus quatuor acras terre et unam
rodam ; et de decem ſelionibus a via extendente ver-
ſus Belverum uſque ſelionem domini Henrici de Nor-
mantone capellani, et continentibus quatuor acras
terre; et de ſeptem ſelionibus circa viam verſus Bot-
lisford et viam tranſverſantibus; cum ſelionibus inter
vias buttantibus ſuper culturis domini, et continentibus
quatuordecim acras terre, et unam rodam, ſcilicet, in
le Wyrte-cleyf, et de Middil-Forlong ſuper le Wyte-
cleyf, continente duodecim acras terre et dimidiam
_ acram; et de Je Nather-middil-Forlong ſuper le
Wyte-cleyf, continente undecim acras terre; et de
le wenge in le Wyte-cleyf, continente octo acras
terre et unam rodam; totam decimam predictus ſa-
eriſta recipiet; ita ſcilicet, quod ſacriſta de Belvero
annuatim de quinquaginta acris terre tantum totam
decimam integre percipiat, de decimis quas ſepe-
dictus rector Nicholaus percipere conſuevit. Item
predictus Nicholaus rector ecclefie de Botlisford, pro
decima feni de feodo de Stodham ad ſacriſtam de Bel-
vero pertinente, ſolvet ſervicio perpetuo duas libras
cere annuatim eidem ſacriſte, ſcilicet ad Nativitatem
B. Marie.
vero aliquam terram vel pratum, vel aliud quid, ex-
emptione vel ex collatione alicnjus, vel aliquo alio
titulo, infra limites parochie de Botlisford adquiſi-
erint; nullas decimas, preter predictas, poſſint exi-
gere vel retinere; ſet ſine conſtitutione et contradic-
tione eas integre eecleſie de Botlisford perſolvant.
Et utraque pars (ut pax inter predictas partes refor-
mata illibata conſervetur, et ſuper omnibus contro-
verhis lis conquieſcat), corporali ſacramento, ad om-
nia predicta fideliter obſervanda, ſe obligavit; et om-
nibus impetratis, placitis, querelis, demandis, contro-
verfiis motis, tam in foro ſeculari quam in foro eccle-
fiaſtico, de omni tempore tranſacto uſque ad diem pro-
nominatum in quo pax futura reformata eſt omnino
renunciavit. Et ad majorem hujus rei ſecuritatem,
huic ſcripro penes predictum Nicholaum rectorem re-
ſidenti prior et conventus de Belvero impreſſiones
ſigillorum ſuorum appoſuerunt. Et predictus Nicho-
laus rector ecclefie de Botlisford ſcriptum penes pre-
dictum priorem et conventum de Belvero reſidens im-
preſſione figilli fui muni vit. 7
41. Excellentiſſimo domino ſuo, D. Henrico, Dei
gratia, illuſtri regi Anglie, &c. Vicecomes Leic* &
Warr”, ſalutem, & tam debitum quam devotum in
omnibus obſequium *; 1257.
Noverit Excellentia veſtra, me per preceptum veſ-
trum diligenter feciſſe inquiſitionem per quas metas
& diviſas Willielmus de Albeniaco, pater Iſabelle
uxoris Roberti de Ros, cujus heres ipſa eſt, & prede-
ceſſores ſui, habuerunt warennam apud manerium
ſuum de Beuver, & pertinentia ad idem manerium;
& per quas metas & diviſas habuiſtis warennam illam
dum predicta Iſabella fuit infra etatem, & in cuſtodia
veſtra, viz. per Stephanum de Gaunt, Robertum de
Paynell, &c.; qui omnes dicunt ſuper ſacramentum
tuum, quod warenna de Beauver incipit apud Divene
inter campum de Gnipton & campum de Ulſthorp,
ubi molendinum aquaticum ſolebat eſſe, quod vocatur
Aldemulne; et extendit ſe per vitidam viam inter
campum de Ulſthorp & Gnipton ; & extendit ſe uſque
ad portam bercherie domini de Beauver; & inde ex-
tendit ſe verſus furcas; & ſic extendit ſe verſus
Auſtrum ad caput montis de Blakeberge; & poſtea
deſcendendo uſque ad viam Leic', & uſque ad viam
que venit de Auſtro uſque ad Staketherne, per me-
diam villam uſque ad eccleſiam; & ab ecclefia ante
portam Roberti Maynard ; & fic ad bercheriam pri-
oris de Haverholm verſus Boream; & fic per viam
deſcendendo uſque ad rivulum de la Redland ; & ſic
verſus Orientem uſque ad rivulum de Baſkerton ; &
ſic per rivulum uſque Maneſbrigge ; & de Maneſ-
brigge uſque ad viam de Brigge-gare & de Brigge-
de Redmyldthorp
uſque Northend de Slethenge, & uſque caput de
See the ſeal, plate V. fig. 12.
3 Ex rotulo cartarum 36 Hen. III. m. 9. in Turre London”,
Er ſi predi& prior et conventus de Bel-
%
Caldewelle-ſiche verſus Orientem ; & uſque berche-
riam prioris de Beauver; & fic circuente villam de
Beauver uſque ad viam ducentem uſque ad pontem
de Ulſtorp; & fic per aquam de Divene uſque ad
vetus molendinum predictum.
42. Charta Liberæ Warennz ; 1257. |
Rex, archiepiſcopis, &c. ſalutem. Sciatis » nos
conceſſiſſe & hac carta noſtra confirmaſſe dilecto &
fideli noſtro Roberto de Ros & Iſabelle uxori ejus,
quod ipſi et heredes ſui in perpetuum habeant libe-
ram warenham apud manerium ſuum de Belver &
pertinentia ad idem manerium, per metas & bundas
per quas Willielmus de Albiniaco, pater predicte
llabelle, cujus heres ipſa eſt, & predeceſſores ſui,
warennam illam habuerunt, & ſicut eam habuimus
dum predicta Iſabella fuit infra etatem in & cuſtodia
noſtrà; ita quod nulſus intret warennam illam ad
fugand' in ea, vel ad aliquid capiend' quod ad waren-
nam pertineat, fine licentia predict Roberti & Iſabelle
vel heredum ſuorum, ſuper forisfacturam noſtram
decem librarum. Quare volumus & firmiter preci-
pimus quod predicti Robertus & Iſabella & heredes ſui
habeant in perpetuum liberam warennam apud ma-
nerium ſuum predict & pertinentia ad idem mane-
rium; ita quod nullus intret warennam illam ad fu-
gand' in ef, vel ad aliquid capiend' quod ad wa-
rennam pertinent, fine licentià & voluntate predicto-
rum Roberti & Iſabelle, vel hered' ſaorum, ſuper
forisfacturam noſtram decem librarum. Hiis teſtibus,
&c. Dat' per manum noſtram apud Clarendon, tertio
die Juli *,
43. Magiſter et fratres Militie Templi dant toftum &
duos ſeliones terre apud Normanton, in parochia
de Botisford, in com. Leic', in perpetuum excam-
bium cum D. Henrico de Colevile milite, pro qua-
dam placea & uno ſelione ibidem 4,
Amo Dom. 12 58, ita convenit inter fratrem Ame-
deum de Moreſtello, magiſtrum Militie Templi in An-
glia, & fratres ſuos, ex /una parte, & Henricum de
Colevile militem ex altera; viz. quod predicti ma-
giſter & fratres, de communi confilio & aſſenſu capi-
tuli ſui, in Paſchà, apud Dynneſle 5, conceflerunt &
dimiſerunt, & hoc preſenti ſeripto confirmaverunt pre-
dicto Henrico & heredibus ſuis, unum toftum quod
fuit Ricardi filii Nigelli in villa de Normanton, jacens
inter venellam aule & culturam predicti Henrici; &
unum ſelionem jacentem inter toftum Roberti filii
Hugonis & culturam predicti Henrici, & abuttantem
ſuper viam regiam verſus Occidentem ; & ſuper fore-
ram Johannis filii Pagani verſus Orientem; & unum
ſelionem qui fuit Ricardi filu Nigelli jacentem ſuper
le Reddelandes, inter terram predicti Henrici ex utra-
que parte, & abuttantem ſuper terram Aſceline vidue
verſus Occidentem, & ſuper terram Alicie vidue de
Botilsford verſus Orientem; habenda & tenenda pre-
dicto Henrico & heredibus ſuis liberè, ſolutè, quietè,
benè, & in pace, cum pertinentiis, in perpetuum ex-
cambium, ſolutum & quietum ab omni ſervicio ſecu-
lari, exactione, conſuetudine, ſectis curiarum, & de-
mand3, pro quadam placea in predictà villa de Nor-
manton, jacentem inter tofrum Willielmi fabri &
toftum Willielmi filii Nigelli, & abuttantem ſuper
viam regiam verſus Occidentem, & ſuper culturam pre-
dicti Henrici verſus Occidentem ; & continentem in ſe
in longitudine quatuordecim rodas & treſdecim pedes,
& in latitudine ſeptem rodas & novem pedes; & uno
ſelione jacente inter terram Ricardi filii Nigelli & ter-
ram Willielmi fratris ſui, & abuttantem ſuper viam
que vocatur Croftegate verſus Orientem, & ſuper vi-
am regiam verſus Occidentem; quam quidem placeam
& ſelionem prefatus Henricus conceſſit & dimiſit, &
hoc preſenti ſcripto confirmavit predictis magiftro &
fratribus ; habendam & tenendam eiſdem magiſtro &
fratribus, & eorum ſucceſſoribus, in perpetuum ex-
cambium, & liberam, puram, & perpetuam eleemo-
ſinam, ſolutam & quietam ab omni ſervicio, exactione,
Ing. 36 Hen. III.
4 Peck's MSS. 4937 ex ipſa originali carta pergamena apud Belvoir, 11 Sept. 1732.
5 Temple Dynetley in Hertfordſhire,
| 3
conſuetudine,
FrRaMLAnD HUNDRED.]
conſuetudine, ſectis curiarum, & demandà; ita quod
predictus Henricus & heredes ſui predictam placeam
& predictum ſelionem, cum periinentiis, predictis ma-
giſtro & fratribus & eorum ſucceſſoribus contra omnes
gentes warantizabunt, defendent, & acquietabunt in
perpetuum; ita quod occaſione predicti excambii in
deceſſu predicti Henrici vel heredum ſuorum aliquid
nomine obitũùs non poterit exigi. Et ad majorem hu-
jus rei ſecutitatem ſigillum predicti capituli! & ſigil-
lum predicti Henrici huic ſcripto bipartito alternatim
apponuntur. Hiis teſtibus; fratre Henrico capellano,
fratre Ricardo filio Johannis, fratre Rogero de Sca-
meleſby, fratre Simone de Clifford, fratre Willielmo
de Merden, fratre Ricardo de Thorneton, fratre Ro-
berto de Sutton tune preceptore Bruerie *, & aliis.
44. De controverſia de preſentatione eccleſie de
Redmild, et quomodo quievit; Pentecoſt' 12589.
- Notum fit univerſis, quod cum Robertus de Ros
et Iſabella uxor ejus in ecclefiam de Redmild (poſt
mortem Rogeri de Tremeleye quondam rectoris ejuſ-
dem) vacantem, impedimento juris patronatùs prioris
et conventus de Belvero, die Jovis proxima ante Pen-
tecoſten, anno gratie 1258, ſe intruſerunt, et preſen-
tationi dictorum prioris et conventùs magiſtrum Ro-
rum de Leyceftria ad eandem preſentancium, pro
jure patronatùs, ſe oppoſuerunt ; tandem, die Mer-
curii, in feſto Pentecoſtes, anno memorato, apud
Belverum, contentio inter partes, ſuper dio jure,
ſub hac forma conquievit ; viz. quod predicti Robertus
& Iſabella (inſpectis cartis & confirmationibus ante-
ceſſorum ſuorum, necnon & dominorum Cantuarienſis
& Lincolnienſis archiepiſcopi & epiſcopi, quas memo-
rati prior et conventus de patronatu dicte ecclefie
habuerunt), juri patronatüs & impedimento quod
contra memoratos priorem & conventum deylto oppo-
ſuerunt, pro ſe & heredibus ſuis per cattam ſuam
imperpetuum renunciaverunt. Et, pro dicta renunci-
atione, & bono pacis, dictus prior, pro ſe & conventu,
eiſdem Roberto & Iſabelle triginta quinque marcas
apud Belverum, preſtito corporali facramento, ad
duos terminos ſolvere promiſit; viz. die Lune prox-
ima poſt feſtum S. Petronille Virginis viginti marcas,
& ad feſtum S. Michaelis quindecim marcas. Pro-
miſerunt inſuper di&i Robertus & Iſabella, preſt ito
corporali ſacramento, quod in primo adventu juſtitiay
riorum doi regis apud Leyceſtriam, de omnibus placitis,
quatenus in eis eſt, pro ſe & heredibus ſuis, jus pa-
tronatùs dicte eccleſie memoratis priori & conventui,
ſecundum tenorem coilocationum, confirmationum,
cartarum ſuarum & anteceſſorum ſuorum, necnon &
dictorum Cantuarienſis & Lincolnienſis archiepiſcopi
& epiſcopi, que dicti prior & conventus inde habent,
incirographari procurabunt, ſub pena viginti librarum;
ita quod dicti prior & conventus licentiam concordandi
impetrabunt, & ſcripturam cirographorum acquieta-
bunt. Et ſi fortè idem Robertus, dum incirographa-
tioni predictarum, de medio fuerit ſublatus (quod ab-
fic) dicta Iſabella, in defectu dicti Roberti domini ſui,
incirographatiovem, ſub form predictà, fieri procu-
rabit. Ad hec dicti Robertus & Iſabella ſubjecerunt
ſe juriſdictioni civilis judicis, ordinarii vel extraordi-
narii, eccleſiaſtici ſeu ſecularis, ut poſſit eos compel-
lere per cenſuram eccleſiaſticam, fine, ſtrepitu judiciali,
vel aliter (prout elegerit) ad ſupradiftorum plenariam
obſervationem, obligando eiſdem omnia bona ſua, mo-
bilia & immobilia, ubicumque fuerint inventa; ut li-
.ceat eis, in defectu conventionis non obſervate, propria
autoritate (non exſpectatà judiciali), i hoc elegerint,
diſtringere, & ſibimet ipſis recompenſationem damp-
norum conventionis non obſervate inſolutam poſ-
ſidere; renunciandi in hiis ſingulis regie prohibi-
tioni, & omni juris remedie tam canonici quam civilis,
& precipue privilegio cruceſignatis indulto, ſeu in
poſterum indulgendo. Ad majorem autem ſecurita-
* See this ſeal, plate V fig. 13. The other ſeal is loſt,
BELVOIR PRIORY:
\
13
tem habendum, ad preces & rogatum dictorum Ro-
berti & Iſabelle, domini Nicholaus rector eccleſie
Botlisford, Rogerus Bozun, Simon de Aſlacton, non
ſolàm interceſſerunt, ſed, ex defectu conventionis non
obſervate, ſub pena, ſubjectione, obligatione, renun-
ciatione premiſſis, principales debitores ſe conſtitue-
runt, et quilibet eorum in ſolidum. Et ſciendum,
2 preſens inſtrumentum (poſt incirographationem
actam ut predictum eſt, & partibus traditam, ſine
aliqua contradictione dictorum prioris & conventũs,
memorato Roberto, vel ejus certo atturnato, tradetur ad
cancellandum. In cujus rei teſtimonium ſigna dic-
torum Roberti & Iſabelle, una cum ſignis dictorum
fidejuſſorum, prefato ſcripto ſunt appenſa. His teſ-
tibus, ad hoc rogatis; magiſtro Johanne de Franeſam,
magiſtro Roberto de Redmild, magiſtro Rogero de
Ladington, Alexandro Bozun, Willielmo de Hun-
tendona, & aliis 4. |
45. Conventio inter Radulphum priorem & conven-
tum, de anniverſario ejuſdem Radulphi; Feb.
1264-5
Uniyerſis Chriſti fidelibus preſentes literas in-
ſpecturis vel audituris, Radulphus prior de Belvero &
ejuſdem loci humilis conventus ſalutem in Domino.
Ad notitiam veſtre univerſitatis volumus per venire,
quod nos, de licentia venerabilis patris domini Rogeri
miſeratione divina abbatis S. Albani, eonceſſiſſe &
aſhgnaſſe unum molendinum ad ventum de Claxton,
& unam bovatam terre, cum meſſuagio que fuit Ra-
dulphi de Foleville, in eadem villa; & unum meſſu-
agium in Wiſtorp, quod Thomas de Phancurt tenet
a nobis, ramtam in vita ſua, pro 35. per annum; &
unum meſſuagium in Graneby, quod Alanus capel-
lanus tenet in feodo a nobis per 25. per annum; &
unum meſſuagium quod Robertus cemetarius tenet in
eadem villa, pro 18d. per annum; ad faciendum an-
niverſarium predicti Radulphi prioris noſtri de 10
ſolidis, & ad inveniendum quatuor tunicas de pretio
165. ad opus conventiis per annum; & reſiduum ad
ſuſtentationem mapparum & ciphorum in refeQorio,
necnon ad veſtimentorum grabatorum ad opus hoſ-
Pitii, Et ſciendum eſt, quod prior noſter qui pro
N fuerit inveniet, ad predictum molendinum
poſtem & axem tantum cum neceſſe fuerit; & de
prenominatis redditibus alii defectus ejuſdem molen-
dini debent ſuppleri. Hec autem omnia recipientur
& diſponantur, per manus ſupprioris & ſacriſte qui pro
tempore fuerint. In cujusd rei teſtimonium, ſignum
noſtrum, una cum ſigno memorati domini Rogeri ab-
batis noſtri, fecimus apponi. Dat' apud Belverum,
in capitulo noſtro, die Lune proxime ante feſtum Va—
lentini martyris, ann gratie 1264. -
Y
46. Litere Roberti Küecdby, archiepiſcopi Cantua-
rienſis, ſuper inſpœionem > muninientorum prioris
& conventus, de appropriatione cccleſiarum de
Claxton, Howes, Plungard, Barkeiton, Talmone,
Auburne, & Horningwaud *.
Onmibus preſentes literas inſpecturis, pater Ro-
bertus, permiſſione divini, Cantuarienſis archiepiſco-
pus, totius Anglie primas, ſalutem in Domo.
No-
verit univerſitas veſtra, quod nos, in vifitatione noſtra
metropolitica faQta in dioceſi Lincolnienſi, A. D. 1277,
inſpectis & examinatis munimentis & privilegiis pri—
doris & convenitis de Belvero, ſuper cccleſiis de Clax-
ton, Howes, Plungard, Barkeiton, Lalintone. Au-
burne, & Horniogwaud, eis appropriatis, in dioceſi
predict; reputamus priorem & conventum predictos,
ſuper appropriatione & retentione dictarum eccleſi-
arum, ſufficienter eſſe munitos. In cujus rei teſtimo-
nium preſentibus literis ſigillum noſtram apponi fe-
cimus. Date apud Newnham 7 juxta Bedefordiam,
A. D. 1267, conſecrationis noſtre anno quinro s.
* Preceptor of the preceptory of Temple Bruer, or the Temple on the Heath, between Lincoln and Ancaſter, whereof ill
remains a handſome ſquare tower, and the lite of the round church, till called the Juult, from the vault under the pavement.
Many curious particulars relative to this preceptory are preterved by Mr. Peck (Harl. MSS. Ne 4937.) from an original Ms.
which, in 1730, was in the poſſeſſion of Nevil King, eſq; at that time lord of the manor of Aſheby, co. Lincoln,
3 Peck, MSS. 4936; ex ipſa carta pergamena apud Be!voir, 1731.
5 Peck, MSS. 4936; ex MS. cl, Gale, fol. 166, b.
Peck, ibid.; ex ipſa origiuali carta pergamena apud Belvoir, Aug. 18, 1732,
Vol. I. APPENDIX.
* The ſeals are loſt,
T The ſeal is loſt.
37. Catia
7 Newnham priory.
14 APPENDIX ro THt HISTORY of LEICESTERSHIRE,
47. Carta Willielmi Horn, de uno obolo redditis in
; Muſton; Dec. 29, 1282 *,
Willielmus Horn de Muſton, Willielmo de Thor-
ſtanton manenti in Moſton, ſalutem in Domino ſempi-
ternam. Scias me dedifle Deo et eccleſie B. Marie
de Bzuver, et monachis ibidem Deo ſetvientibus, unum
obolum annui redditùs, quem obolum anteceſſores
tui mihi reddere conſueverunt pro uud acrà terre in
campo de Moſton jacente. Et volo et mando tibi,
quod tu de cetero ſolvas illum obolum dictis mona»
chis, et eorum ſueceſſoribus; quia nichil juris inde
mihi vel heredibus meis retinui, preter preces et
orationes, In cujus rei teſtimonium, has literas meas
tibi tranſmitto patentes, datas apud Belverum, die
Lune proxime poſt feſtum tranſlationis S. Thome
Martyris, anno Domini 1282 *.
48. Carta Thome de Winebys de ſex denaratis red-
ditüs in villa de Botelesford ; Maii, 1286.
Sciant preſentes et futuri, quod ego Thomas de
Winebys dedi, conceſſi, et preſenti carta mea con-
firmavi Deo et ecclefie B. Marie de Beuver, et mona-
_ chiis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, ſex denaratas redditùs
cum pertinentiis in Botelesford, in quibus Johannes le
Mongk michi tenebatur ſingulis annis ad feſtum Nati-
vitatis S. Johannis Bapiiſte, pro medietate unius meſ-
ſuagii quam eidem Johanni vendidi; ſcilicet de illo
meſſuagio quod ab ejuidem religiolis teneo in eadem
villa; habendas et tenendas dictas ſex denaratas red-
ditùs, cum pertinentiis, memoratis religioſis, in liberam,
puram, et perpetuam eleemoſynam inperpetuum. Et
ut illad factum meum firmitatem perpetuam in poſ-
terum optineat, preſens ſeriptum ſigilli mei impreſ-
ſione roboravi. Hiis teſtibus; Thoma de Hottot,
Willielmo de Winebys, Radulpho de Hottot de Bot-
lisford, Roberto de Plungarth, Roberto Howder de
eadem, Thoma de Schulthorp clerico, et aliis. Data
apud Beuver, menſe Maii, anno Domini 1286 ˙.
5
49. De celebratione anniverſarii D. Rogeri abbatis
de S. Albano, necnon et de beneficiis ſuis prio-
ratui de Belvero; Aug. 2, 12888.
Univerſis 8. Matris ecclefie filiis preſentibus et fu-
turis ad quos preſens ſcrĩiptum pervenerit, frater Ro-
gerus prior de Belvero, et ejuſdem loci conventus,
eternam in Domino ſalutem. Conſiderantes dilectionis
prerogative bonitatem, ac beneficiorum merita venera-
bilis patris noſtri domini Rogeri divina gratia abbatis de
S. Albano, quibus nos et domum noſtram de Bel vero
perpetuis temporibus inſignivit, ad ipſius corporis et
anime commodum et honorem, quantum poſſumus et
debemus, affectuoſius aſpiramus. Unde, cooptrante
nobis Dei clementia, promittimus, ac nos et ſucceſſores
noſtros obligamus inperpetuum; quod, notificato nobis
die obitùs ſui, ſingulis annis celebrabitur anniverſa-
rius cjus in hunc modum; viz. habebit Placebo et
Dirige, cum miſſaà matutinali, in conventu, prout
moris eſt, ſolempni, in principalibus anniverſariis pro
aliquo defuncto fieri. Habebit etiam, ab unoquoque
facerdote, unam miſſam, et a ceteris, qui interioris
ordinis ſunt, Pſalmos penitentiales cum Letanya.
Prior autem, qui pro tempore fuerit, providebit fra-
tribus unam bonam et decentem pitanciam, 1n recom-
penſatione ſui laboris, preter ſua generalia conſueta,
Et triginta pauperibus dabit ſingulis unum panem
baſtard, eodem die quo celebrabitur dictus anniverſa-
rius. In quorum laboris et beneficii, ut premiſſum
eſt, in prioratu noſtro de Belvero imperpetuum com-
penſandoram recompenſatione, contulit memoratus
dominus abbas eccleſie noſtre prenominate ſexdecim
marcas argenti. Ad hec autem tenore preſentium
promittimus, quod toto tempore vite ſue, ſingulis an-
nis die Jovis proxima poſt feſtum B. Dionyfii, una
celebrabitur miſſa pro eo de Spiritu Sancto, ſolemp-
niter in conventu; ad quam erit ſecunda collecta,
© Omnipotens ſempiterne Deus, miſerere famulo tuo.“
Supradictam vero pitanciam confratribus et pauperis
bus annotatam, idem prior inveniet; et in vit4 ipſius
abbatis, ſicut ſuperitis expreſſum eſt; quilibet ſa-
cerdos celebrabit unam miſſam; et ceteri inferioris
ordinis Pſalmos, ut dictum eſt ſuperius. Et ad per-
petuam rei memoriam preſentes literas, tam ſigilli me-
morati D. abbatis, quam communis ſigilli capituli
noſtri, appenſione fecimus communiri. Datum et ac-
tum in capitulo noſtro apud Bel verum, in octavis Na-
tivitatis 8. Johannis Baptiſte, anno Domini 1288.
50. Carta Thome Bouche, de x111 ſelionibus, &c. in
Barkeſton, Oct. 1, 1288 *,
Sciant preſentes et futuri, quod ego Thomas Bouche
dedi, conceſſi, et preſenti carta mea confirmavi Deo et
eccleſie B. Marie de Bel vero, et monachis ibidem Deo
ſervientibus, pro ſalute anime mee, et animarum libe-
rorum meorum, treſdecim ſeliones terre arabilis ine
Barkeſton, illos ſcilicet quos habui de dono Johan-
nis de Mazon ; ſimiliter et unum quaterantem ? annuĩ
redditùs ad feſtum Nativitatis 8. Johannis Baptiſte,
provenientem de uno ſelione terre quem Walterus
Rudde tenet in eadem villa ; habendos et tenendos,
cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis, eiſdem religioſis, in li-
beram, puram, et perpetuam eleemoſynam. Et ut
iſtud factum meum firmitatem perpetuam optineat, pre-
ſenti ſcripto ſigillum meum appoſui. Hiis teſtibus ;
Willielmo de Brennegruſt, Willielmo Hardi, Willi-
elmo Chaveni, Ricardo fratre ejus de Barkeſton, ma-
giſtro H. Howder de Redmild, Roberto le Porter de
eadem, Thoma de Scolthorp clerico, et aliis. Data
apud Belverum, primo die Oftobris, anno Domini
. ce. octogeſimo oftavo *,
51. De terris quas Rogerus prior recuperavit eceleſie
in villa de Aſlacton [ in com. Nott.] Placita coram
Thoma de Weyland et ſociis, juſticiariis de banco
apud Weſtmonaſterium, in craſtino animarum, anno
regni R. Edwardi filii R. Henrici xv1?, incipiente
ſeptimo decimo. [ Nov. 3, 1288 9.]
Frater Rogerus prior de Belvero, per attornatum
ſuum, petit verſus Radulphum Schyrewynd unum
meſſuagium, et medietatem unius bovate terre cum
pertinentiis (exceptis tribus acris terre) in Aſlacton;
et verſus Simonem de Burton, medietatem unius bo-
vate terre cum pertinentiis (exceptis duabus acris
terre) in eadem villa; quam clamat eſſe jus ecclefie
ſue de Belvero; et in quam 1idem Radulphus er
Simon non habent ingreflum, niſi poſt dimiſſionem
quam Simon quondam prior de Belvero, predeceſſor
predicti prioris, inde fecit Roberto Gocevine ad ter-
minum qui preteriit, et que poſt terminum ad prefa-
tum priorem reverti debet. Et Radulphus et Simon
veniunt et defendunt jus ſuum, quando, &c. Et di-
cunt, quod predictus Simon, predeceſſor, non dimiſit
predicto Roberto predictum tenementum ad aliquem
terminum, necnon in feodum. Et de hoc ponit ſe
ſuper patriam. Et prior ſimiliter. Ideo & dies in
craſtino purificationis B. Marie; poſtea a. die Paſche
in unum menſem, anno R. nunc 17“, venerunt jurati,
qui dicunt ſuper ſacramentum, quod predictus Simon,
predeceflor, dimiſit predicto Roberto predictum tene-
mentum ad terminum qui preteriit, et non in feodum.
Ideo conſideratum eſt, quod predictus prior recupe-
ret inde ſeyſinam ſuam verſus Radulphum Schyre-
wynd et Simonem. Et iph in minima,
52. Conceſſio prioris et conventùs magiſtro Roberto
de Redmyld, rectori ecclefie parochialis ibidem,
eum in fraternitatem accipiens, et anniverſarium
ejus inperpetuum, ratione cujuſdam ſervitutis gra-
viſſime ab eodem redempto, gratitudinis ergo, ce-
lebrare promittens ; Maii 2, 1292.
Anno ab incarnatione Domini 1292, ſecundo men-
ſis Maii, ad memoriam ſempiternam. Magilter Ro-
bertus de Redemyld, rector ejuſdem ecclefie, ranquam
" Peck, MSS. 4936 ; ex ipfa originali carta pergamena apud Belvoir, Aug. 25, 1732+
Sce what remains of this ſeal, plate V. fig. 14.
Peck, MSS. 4936; ex MS, cl. Gale, fol. 18. b.
Sic MS Peck, Forſan, quadrantem.
Peck, ibid.; ex MS, cl, Gale, lol. 16. a.
ene
Peck, MSS. 4936; ex ipſa originali carta pergamena apud Belvoir, 1732.
* The ſeal is loſt,
Peck, ibid., ex originali carta pergamena penes ducem de Rutland, 1731.
* The ſeal is loſt,
0 Peck, ibid.; ex MS, cl. Gale, fol. 16, b.
gratus
»f 4
Framiand fiudpbRED.] BELVOIR PRIORY. 3
atus Deo et ecclefie B. Marie de Belvero, quandam
2 graviſſimam que aliquando fieri ſolebat per
cuſtumarios de Talington ad manerium domine Ifa-
belle de Ros de Offington, viz. in arruris, hertiatuſis,
meſſionibus, cariagiis feni et bladi, et aliis conſimi-
libus verſus dictam dominam et heredes ſuos, ad pro-
motionem domiis de Beaver, inperpetuum redemit
per triginta ſolidatos annui redditũs (quos contulit
predicte domine in recompenſatione predicte ſervitu-
tis) provenientes de quodam tenemento, quod habuit
in villa de Barkeſton et Redemyld. Et quia gratis
gratia fieri debet, frater Rogerus de Hanrede tunc
prior de Belvero et ejuſdem loci conventus, de vo-
juntate et aſſenſu domini J. Dei gratia, abbatis de S.
Albano, predictam gratitudinem et eccleſie ſue pro-
motionem reſpicientes, ptedictum magiſtrum Rober-
tum in omnibus beneficiis que in perpetuum fient in
domo de Beuver (viz. in miſſis matutinis, vigiliis,
Jejuniis, orationibus, et eleemoſynarum largitionibus),
participem fecerunt, et in capitulo fratrem ſuſcepe
runt. Conceſſerunt etiam eidem magiſtro, quod,
omni die quoad vixerit ſpecialem pro ſe habeant col-
lectam in miſſà matutinali, que cotidiè celebrabitur ad
majus altare. Poſt mortem verò ejus, principale an-
niverſarium habebit die obitùs ſui in perpetuum, viz.
Placebo et Dirige, et miſſam folempnem in conventu
que cantari ſolet pro defunctis. Et viginti pauperes
eodem die, pro ejus anima, erunt refecti; ita quod
unuſquiſque pauper unum panem habeant de pretio
unius quadrantis et duo allecia, Conventus vero eo-
dem die, pro ſuo labore, per manus facriſte qui pro
tempore tuerit, debet procurari. Et ad iſta inveni-
enda predictus prior et conventus decem ſolidos ad
ſacriſtariam aſſignarunt, provenientes de quodam te-
nemento quod prior de Haverbolm tenet de nobis in
villa de Stakethirne, et Gerardus Murdalz. Ut au-
rem predicta in omnibus, ſicut premiſſum eſt, robur
habcant ſecuritatis et illeſa obſerventur, nos predictus
prior cum toto con ventu promiſimus, ſub religione
fidei noſtre, quantum in nobis eſt, fideliter in perpe-
tuum obſervari; ſententiam majoris excommunica-
tionis in perſonas omnium temerè contravenientium in
hiis ſcriptis, pulſatis campanis, accenſiſque candelis,
in pleno capitulo noſtro ſententialiter ferentes; et ro-
gantes ut maledictionem Dei Patris omnipotentis, glo-
rioſe Virginis Marie matris ejus, et Omnium Sancto-
rum incurrant. Fiat, fiat, Amen.
53+ Carta prioris et conventus Euſtachie de Fanecurt,
domine de Wiwelle, eam in fraternitatem accipiens,
et, ratione ſuorum beneficiorum, anni verſarium cjus
imperpetuum, gratitudinis ergo, celebrare promit-
tens; Julii.. . 1292 *.
Univerfis Chriſti fidelibus preſens ſcriptum viſuris
vel audituris, Rogerus prior de Belvero, et ejuſdem
loci humilis coaventus, ſalutem in Domino. Conſi-
derantes pie devotionis affectu beneficiorum collatio-
nem, que domina Euſtachia de Fanecourt, domina de
Wywelle, erga nos gerit et contulit, nobis poſſeſſiones
noſtras infra dominium ſuum exiſtentes, in perpetuam
eleemoſy nam confirmando; nos, animadvertentes,
quod gratis gratia fieri debet, de voluntate et affeniu
venerabilis patris domini Johannis d:vina gratia abbatis
de S. Alband, ipſam dominam Euſtachiam in omnibus
et ſingulis beneficiis et orationibus que de cetero fient
in domo noſtrà de Beuver, ſuſcepimus imperpetuum.
Concedentes eidem, quod in tota vita ſua, die quem
eligere volucrit (viz. in vigilia S. Margarete Virginis)
quolibet anno habebit mitlam ſolempnem pro ſe in
conventu de Spiritu Santo, Poſt mortem vero ejus,
principale anniverſarium celebrabitur die obitùs ſui
in perpetuum ſolempni mitſa que cantatur pro de-
functis; cum cetcris que ad anniverſarium pertinent.
Quo die quadraginta pauperes, pro ejus anima, erunt
refecti, ita quod unuſquiſque pauper habeat unum
panem de pretio unius quadrantis, et duo allecia.
Conventus etiam codem die, pro labore ſuo, hono-
Peck, MSS. 4936; ex MS, cl, Gale, fol, 1. a.
rifice debet procurari in eſculentis et poculentis per
manus ſacriſte qui pro tempore fuerit. Et a pre-
miſſa invenienda, tam in vita ſua, quam poſt mortem,
ego dictus Rogerus prior, de voluntate dicti domint
abbatis et conventus, _— decem ſolidos argenti
provenientes de uno meſſuagio et una bovata terre
que Radulphus Scherewent aliquamdo nobis tenuit in
Aſlaketon. In cujus rei memoriam ſempiternam, nos
dicti prior et conventus preſenti ſeripto ſigillum noſ-
trum commune appoſuimus ; ſententiam excommu-
nicationis in omnes preſens factum infirmiantes impo-
nendo. Fiat, fiat, Amen. Datum in capitulo noſtro
apud Belver, die Sabbati proximo ante feſtum B.
Margarete, anno Domini 1292.
54 Carta Alicie quondam uxoris Thome Bouche, de
tenemento quodam in Barkeſton, donationem ejuſ-
dem a ſuo viro confirmans; julii 1292 *.
Pateat univerlis per preſens ſcriptum, quod ego
Alicia quondam uxor Thome Bouche, in legitima vi-
duitate mea, remiſi, quietum clamavi, et preſenti
{cripto confirmavi religioſis viris, priori et conventui
de Belvero, totum jus et clameum quod me contingit
vel contingere poterit, nomine dotis, de libero tene-
mento quod fuit predicti Thome quondam viri mei in
Barkeſton; quia volo et concedo, quod prefati reli-
gioſi teneant et poſſideant quicyuid impetraverunt de
predicto Thou quondam viro meo tanquam liberam
eleemoſynam in perpetuum. In cujus rei teſtimonium
has literas meas eiſdem religioſis viris feci patentes.
Datum apud Belverum, menſe julü, anno regni R.
Edwardi viceſimo.
55. Carta prioris et conventùs de ſuſtentatione unins
cerei ad miſſam B. Marie, coram altare ejuſdem
Virginis; Jan. 6, 1298-9 3.
Univerſis S. Matris eccleſie filius, ad quos preſentes
litere pervenerint, frater Johannes prior de Belvero
et ejuſdem loci conventus, ſalutem in Domino ſempi-
ternam. Noveritis nos, unanimi aſſenſu et voluntate
venerabilis patris noſtri domini Johannis, divina gratia
abbatis de S8. Albano, aſſignaſſe per preſentes unam
acram terre et unam rodam, quas ſcilicet dompus
Rogerus de Henrede, quondam prior, comparavit de
Johanne Darel de Belvero eleemoſynarie noſtre de
Belvero imperpetuum; ita quod cleemoſynarius, qui
pro tempore fuerit, invenier et honorificè ſuſtentet
unum cereum ad miſſam S. Marie quolibet die arden—
tem contra altare ejuſdem. In cujus rei teſtimonivin
ſigillum di&i venerabilis patris noſtri, uno cum figilio
noſtro communi, preſentibus eſt appenſum. Dar
apud S. Albanum, die Epiphanie Domini, anno ejuſ-
dem 12:8, Et volumus quod dompnus Robertus de
Burgo, | qui | iſtud beneficium diligenter procuravit,
habeat cuſtodiam difte acre «et rode dum in couventu
de Belvero trahit moram.
56. Concordia inter priorem et conventum et reAo-
rem de Stakedern, de decimis de Stakederne, in
com. Leic'; Oct. 1302 *. 5
Per preſentes literas cirographatas pateat univerſis,
quod cum aliquantulum dubium eſlet collectoribus de-
cime in parochia de Stakedern, de quibus culturis et
ſelionibus et placeis prati collectores rectoris eccletie
de Stakedern, et religioſorum virorum prioris et con—
vents de Belvero, decimam ad diftam eceleſiam ſpec-
tantem, et ad predictorum religiolorum vicorum mo»
naſterium pertinentem, concorditer in eadem parochia
colligerent et unirent : Nos Robertus, rector predicte
eccleſie, et Johannes prior loci predicti de Belvero,
pro hujuſmodi dubio auferendo; quia inventum eſt,
tam per factum bone memorie Ricardi Borard quon-
dam rectoris eccleſie de Stakedern et aliorum prede-
ceſſorum, vivamque per vocem majoris partis paro-
chianorum totius parochie ſupradicte, quam per dic-
torum religioſorum martirologium, et alia eorum mu-
nimenta, de quibus culturis, ſelionibus, et placeis
Peck, ibid ; ex ipſa criginali carta pergamena apud Belvoir, 1731.
Peck, ibid.; ex MS. cl. Gale, fol. 9. b.
* Peck, ibid.; ex ipta originali carta pergamena apud Belvoir, 26 Aug. 27322.
prati,
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IJ 7
16 APPENDIX To THE HISTORY by LEICESTERSHIRE;
prati, dicti religioſi decimam ab antiquo aſportave-
runt pacifice, et habuerunt uſque ad diem confectio-
nis preſentium, fine cujuſquam contradiftione ſeu im-
pedimento; nos hujuſmodi culturas, ſeliones, et pla-
ceas prati continuando eorum religioſorum pacificam
ee in poſterum, ut fimiliter decima reſidua
n parochia predict ad dictum rectorem fine aliquo
dubio pertineat, de noſtro utroque expreſſo conſenſu,
redigi fecimus in hiis ſcripris ſub eo qui ſequitur te-
nore. Hec ſunt particule decime cujuſcunque gene-
ris, bladi et fabarum, et piſarum et feni, ſpectantes
ad priorem et conventum de Belvero, a tempore quo
non extat memoria; viz. due partes decimarum om-
nium particularum ſubſequentium. De una virgata
terre quam Simon ad fontem tenuit. Item, de una
virgata terre, quam Henricus Winter tenuit. Item,
de uni virgata terre, quam Robertus Faber tenuit.
Item, de uni bovari terre quam Hugo ad le Berke
tenuit. Item, de crofto dicti Hugonis. Item, de
Cokkecroft, Item, de unã dimidia bovatà terre quam
Nicholaus le Blount tenuit. Item, de Olivercroft.
Item, de Hollewelle croft. Item, de tribus ſelionibus
jacentibus ſuper le Milnewong, de terra prioris de Ha-
verholme. Item, de tribus ſelionibus jacentibus ſuper
culturam de Tumbirhill, de terra dicti prioris. Item,
de tribus ſeſionibus jacentibus ſuper Plungarde toftes,
de terra dicti prioris. Item, de tribus ſelionibus jacen-
tibus ſuper Bretland, de terra dicti prioris. Item, de om-
nibus culturis Johannis Mainard, excepta una cultura,
que jacet ſupec le Folde-furlong. Item, de crofto
Nicholai . . . . ating. Conſentiamus et ordinamus
per preſentes, quod collector diftorum religioſorum
dicto rectori, et collector dicti rectoris diftis religi-
oſis, ſingulis annis, die S. Petri ad vincula, vel ſaltem
die Dominica precedente tempus hujuſmodi decime
colligende, corporale preſtet ſacramentum de fideliter
colligendo diftam decimam in forma prenotata, In
cujus rei teſtimonium preſent; litere ſigilla noſtra, ha-
bito confilio amicorum noſtrorum, cum deliberatione
animi, alternatim ſunt appenſa. Et ſigillum venera-
bilis viri magiſtri Rogeri de Martivall tunc archidia-
cono Leyceſtrenſi apponi procuravimus utrique. Date
et acte apud Belverum, in parochiali eccleſia ejuſdem,
die Mercurii proximi poſt S. Luce Evang. A. D.
1302. Et nos dictus R. archidiaconus utrique litere
cirographate ad inſtantium partium predictarum co-
ram nobis perſonaliter comparentium, ſigillum noſ-
trum appoſuimus apud Gnipton, eodem die Mercurii,
A. D. ſupradicto, in teſtimonium premiſlorum *.
57. Inquiſitio poſt mortem WillielmiRoſs de Hamelak.
Edwardus, Dei gratia, &c. vicecomiti Leiceſtrie
ſalutem. Inquiras ſi fit ad dampnum noſtrum aut ali-
orum {i concedamus Willielmo de Roſs de Hamelak
quod ipſe centum acras ſpineti in manerio ſuo de Bel-
vero foſſato & muro includere, & parcum inde facere ;
& ſpinetum illum fic incluſum, & parcum inde fac-
tum, tenere poſſit ſibi & herebibus ſuis in perpetuum.
The jury return, that it would be no damage to
the king or others—Quod f1 idem dominus rex con-
cedat predicto Willielmo de Roſs, quod ipſe predictas
centum acras ſpineti in manerio ſuo predicto foſſato &
muro includere, & parcum inde facere, & ſpinetum
illud fic incluſum, & parcum inde factum, tenene poſ-
ſet ſibi & heredibus ſuis in perpetuum. Dicunt etiam,
quod ſpinetum pred” eſt pertinens ad manerium ſuum
de Belvero; quod quidem manerium, cum pertinen-
tiis, & cum aliis terris in diverſis comit', tenetur de
domino rege in capite per ſervitium duorum feodorum
militum & dim'; inde dictum ſpinetum eſtimatur,
quando ſocagium domini regis currit ad 408. valet 6d.
Dicunt etiam, quod predicte centum acre ſpineti va-
lent per ann' 108. in omnibus exitibus. In cujus rei
teſtimonium, huic inquiſitioni dicti juratores ſua ſigilla
appoſuerunt. Dat' apud Redmild, anno 34* Ed-
wardi regis.
38. Scriptum Willielmi de Ros, domini de Bel vero,
de appropriatione eccleſie de Wulſtorp, in com.
Linc', eccleſie B. Marie de Belvero; 1308 *.
: The ſeals are loſt.
The teal is loſt,
i 2
Reverendo in Chriſto ſohanni, divini gratia, Lin-
colntenſt epiſcopo, et omnibus ſucceſſoribus ejus, uni.
verſiſque S. Matris eceleſie filijs ad quos preſens ſcrip.
tum pervenerit, Willielmus de Ros, dominus de Bel -
vero, ſaſutem in Domino ſempiternam. Noveritis me,
ro ſalute anime domini Roberti de Ros patris mei, et
ſabelle matris mee, et pro ſalute anime mee, Ma-
tildis uxoris mee, et liberorum noſtrorum ; magiſtri
Nicholai fratris mei, et omnium predeceſſorum noſtro-
rum et ſucceſſorum; dediſſe, conceſſiſſe, et per pre-
ſens ſcriptum confirmaſſe jus et advocationem eccleſie
de Wulſtorp, cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis, tam in
decimis quam in terris, eceleſie B. Marie de Belvero,
et monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus; volens et con-
cedens per idem ſcriptum quod (quam citius a domino
Papa, ſeu domino epiſcopo Lincolnienſi, vel ab aliquo
alio qui nunc ſunt, vel qui pro tempore futuro fue-
rint, cujus ſeu quorum intereſt, prior de Belvero,
ſen monachi ibidem Deo ſervientes, dictam eccleſiam
de Wulſtorp, in proprios uſus, canonicè poterint im-
petrare), licitè illam eceleſiam teneant eis appropri-
atam, pacifice, quiete, et imperpetuum, fine aliqua
contradictione mei vel heredum meorum, ſeu aſſigna-
torum noſtrorum ; et ita libere ſicut aliqua eccleſia
in proprios uſus alicui religioſo ſeu religioſis concedi
poterit, ſeu teneri ab eiſdem ; nichil ſecularis ſervicii
ſeu commodum nobis in di&a eceleſià reſervando, nifi
preces dictorum monachorum, et premia que ſperare
poterimus merito in futurum. Proviſo quod dicta ec-
cleſia debitis obſequiis in aliquo non defraudetur ; ſet
de propriis obventionibus et ſubſtantiis ejuſdem ec-
clefie canonice deſerviatur. In cujus rei teſtimonium
preſenti ſcripto ſigillum meum appoſui. Hiis teſti-
bus; dominis Roberto de Ros, Johanne de Rog,
Willielmo de Bernak, Johanne de Charnelis, militi-
bus; Willielmo de Beringhurſt de Barkeſton; Ro-
gero Wade de Botelisford ; Ricardo de la Grene in
Redemilde; Roberto Baſſet de Wolſtorp, clerico ;
Willielmo Baſſet, de eadem ; et multis aliis. Datum
apud Belverum, die Dominica proxima ante feſtum
S. Dionyſi martyris, anno Domino ucecꝰ oftayo *,
59. Carta Regis Edwardi Tertii, donationes Albineiorum
hoſpitali de Newſtede recitans & confirmans; 1329.
Rex omnibus ad quos, &c. ſalutem. Donationem,
conceſſionem, & confirmationem, quas Willielmus de
Albiniaco tercius per fcriptum ſuum fecit Deo & hoſ-
pitali Beate Marie ad pontem de Waſſe inter Stan-
ford & Uffi ncton, & tunc fratribus ejuſdem hoſpitalis,
in liberam, puram & perpetuam elemoſinam, de loco
in quo capella beate Marie ibidem ſita eſt, cum totà
curia adjacente; & de toto molendino de Offincton,
cum ſedtà tam dominici ipſius Willielmi, quam ſervi-
entium curie ſue & tenentium ſuorum, & cum omni—
bus alüs ad dictum molendinum pertiuentibus, & de
ſexaginta & quinque acris terre & dimidia & decem
acris prati & dimidia, jacentibus in diverſis locis &
culturis in Offington & Talington ; & de toti terra
infra Berwes, quam Petrus le Chevaler tenvit, & de
prato yours molendinum, quod vocatur Forurpen-
holm, & de uno tofto quod Gunwara-Gogel aliquando
tenuit in Offington ; & de paſtura ad centum oves in
dicta villa, & ad ſex boves, & ad ſex vaccas, & ad
duos tam.s cum dominicis bobus, vaccis, & tauris
ipſius Willielmi. Donationem (&c.) quas idem Wil-
lielmus per ſcriptum ſuum fecit prefatis fratribus in
puram & perpetuam elemoſinam de tribus bovatis
terre in Offington, cum prato & paſtura & omnibus
pertinentiis; & de redditu trium ſolidorum & trium
denariorum cum novem gallinis & tribus gallis, ſin-
gulis annis percipiendis in Offington ; & de redditu
quadraginta ſolidorum in villa de Chaufunt, & de
redditu quinque ſolidorum in villa de Botrleford,
(&c.) Conceſſionem inſuper & confirmationem quas
Willielmns de Albiniaco quartus, per cartam ſuam,
fecit canonicis dicti loci, in liberam, puram & perpe-
tuam elemoſinam, de toto illo Novo-loco ad pontem de
Otfington, ſicut muro & foſſato clauditur, cum perti-
nentiis, & de omnibus donationibus, terris, homini—
bus, poſſeſſionibus, redditibus, & libertatibus, cum
* Peck, MSS. 4936 ; ex ipfa originali carta pergamena apud Belvoir, Aug. 14, 1732.
* Dugd, Mon, Ang. vol. II. p. 446 ex Pat. ti Edw. III. p- 2. m. 20.
omnibus
FrRAMtandD HoxnDaed.].
omnibus pertinentiis & aſiamentis, infra villam & ex-
tra, a Willielmo patre ſuo, & à quocumque & a qui-
buſcumque donatoribus predictis canonicis & ſucceſ-
ceſſoribus ſuis collatis; & de libera cleQione prioris
eccleſie predicte; & de dictà domo & omnibus reddi-
tibus & poſſeſſionibus ejuſdem, cum omnibus perti-
nentiis & liberratibus in manu & cuſtodia canonico-
rum ejuſdem, interim, donec priorem habcant reman-
ſuris; & de omnibus redditibus, exitibus, & bonis
prefate domiis per ipſos in uſus pauperum & pro-
fectum eccleſie predicte expendendis (&c.) ; ratas ha-
bentes & gratas, eas pro nobis & heredibus noſtris,
quantum in nobis eſt (&c.) confirmamus (&c.) In
cujus (&c. ) T. Rege apud Staunford, xxv die Junii.
60. Carta Wiliielmi domini de Kyma, donationem
D. Philippi de Kymi anteceſſoris ſui de ſepties vi-
ginti kyrvis turbe e mariſco de Kyma annualiter
habendis, recitaus et confirmans*; 1330. |
Omnibus Chriſti fidelibus ad quos preſentes litere
pervenerint, Willielmus de Kyma, dominus de Kyma,
ſalutem. Noveritis nos inſpexiſſe cartam D. Philippi
de Kyma, anteceſſoris noſtri, in hec verba. Tunc re-
citat prout ſupra, p. 4.] Quam quidem donationem
et conceſſionem nos predictus Willielmus, pro ſalute
anime mee et Johanne uxoris mee, et anteceſſorum
et heredum noſtrorum, dicte eceleſie B. Marie de Beau-
ver, et Johanni Kendale priori et conventui ejuſdem
loci, et ſueceſſoribus ſuis, in puram et perpetuam
eleemoſy nam, conceſſimus, ratificamus, et confirmamus
imperpetuum per preſentes; ita quod bene liceat
predictis priori et conventui, et ſucceſſoribus ſuis
imperpetuum, predictas ſepties viginti kyrvas turbe
in mariſeho noſtro de Kyma, juxta aquam que exten-
ditur a Kyma uſque ad terram Hekyngton, qua parte
aque predicte predicti prior et ſueceſſores ſui, ut
propinquiori loco, et eis commodiori, fingulis annis,
eligere voluerint, fodere, operari, ſiccare, in italkum *
ponere, cariare, educere, et commodum ſuum pro
voluntate eorum annuatim inde facere imperpetuum,
abſque aliquo impedimento ſeu contradictione noſtri
ſeu heredum noſtrorum. In cujus rei teſtimonium
preſentibus hiis ſigillum noſtrum appoſuimus. Hiis
teſtibus; domino Willielmo de Roos, domino de
Hamelak; domino Petro de Skreviby; domino Jo-
hanne T urvey; domino Philippo de Kyma, perſona
eccleſie de Waynflete; Henrico de Stallingburghe, et
aliis. Data apud Golthawe, dic Dominica, in feſto
S. Trinitatis, auno regni R. Edwardi Tertii a Con-
queſtu quarto,
61. Conventio inter conventum et Johannem de
Kendale ejuſdem nuper priorem, de celebratione
anniverſarii dicti Johannis ab eiſdem; 13303.
De aſſenſu et voluntate venerabilis patris domini
Ricardi abbatis de S. Albano, et ejuſdem loci con-
vents, et ex aſſenſu et voluntate conventùs de Bel-
vero, conceſſum eſt fratri Johanni de Kendale *, quon-
dam priori de Belvero, quod habeat ſingulis annis,
die obitùs ſui, in conventu, Placebo et Dirige et Ex-
ultabunt, et miſſam matutinalem ; et, a quolibet ſa-
cerdote, unam miſſam; et, ab hiis qui inferioris ſunt
ordinis, quinquaginta pſalmos. Idem Johannes, ex
aſſenſu dictorum abbatis et conventùs, aſſignavit ca-
meram ad uſum conventùs de Belvero; et augmen-
tavit ad cotutas dicti conventus ii ſolidos; viz. ad
quamlibet cotutam xiid. ut per cartam dicto con ventui
de Belvero inde confectam plenius poteſt apparere.
Anima dicti Johannis, et anime omnium fidelium de-
functorum, requieſcant in pace. Amen.
62. Placita inter priorem, et Elenam et Matildam, ſo-
rores Alani de Abketilby, cum viris ſuis, de certo
meſſuagio in Staketherne, in com. Leic';z 13319.
Memorandum, quod quidam Walterus de Statherne
capellanus perquiſivit unum meſſuagium in Statherne
* Peck, MSS, 4936; e codice MS, (prioratui olim ſpectante) penes nobiliſſimam ducem de Rutland, 1731.
* Q. Aalliam, the ſame as Halla, a ſtall for ſale,
4 John de Kendale, prior, was living in 1330.
Vor. I. APPENDI . E
BELVOIR PRIORY:
17
de priore de Belvero in feodo, tenendum de pred icto
priore et ſugceſſoribus ſuis per ſervicium trium dena-
rio um. Qui quidem Walterus feoffavit de dicto
meſſuagio quandam Johannam concubinam ſuam, et
Aliciam filiam predictorum Walteri et Johanne; te-
nendum dite Johanne et Alicie, et heredibus dicte
Alicie, de predicto priore, per pre'':i&um ſervicium.
Deinde, vivente dia Johanna, dicta Alicia cepit
quendam Alanum de Abketyiby in virum. Et dicta
Alicia fecit fibi quandam cartam, ad hoſtium eccleſie,
de dicto meſſuagio, fine aſſenſu dicte Johanne. Didta
vero Johanna, hoc percipiens, clauſit hoſtia dicti meſ-
ſuagii; et tenuit dictum meſſuagium ; nec permilit
dictum Alanum aliquam ſey ſinam ibidem habere,
nec in dio meſſuagio intrare, quouſque fregerant
dictam cartam. Et ulterius, predicti Alanus et Alicia
jurant, quod nil clamant in dicto meſſuagio in vita
dicte Johanne, nifi ad voluntatem dicte Johanne.
Poſtea dictus Alanus procreavit unam filiam, nomine
Ifabella, de dia Alicia. Et poſtea predicti Alanus et
Alicia obierunt, vivente Johanna. Et poſtea dicta
Johanna obiit ſeyſita de difto meſſuagio. Poſt cujus
mortem dicta Iſabella intravit in dicto meſſuagio, ut
filia et heres dicte Alicie. Er cepit in virum quen-
dam Walterum Moraund ; per quem habuit exitum.
Pretextu ejuſdem exitùs, dictus Walterus Moraund
tenuit dictum meſſuagium, poſt mortem uxoris ſue,
per legem Anglie. Ita quod diQtus exitus, vivente
dicto Waltero, obiit. Ita poſt mortem dicti Walteri,
predictus prior ſeyſivit dictum meſſuagium, tanquam
eſketam ſuam, pro defectu heredis de fanguine dicte
Alicie, que fuit Baſtard. Poſtea venerunt quedam
Elena & Matildis, ſorores predicti Alani, cum viris
ſuis (Johanne le Brweſter de Wymundham, et Symon
de Rolgarth de Denton), et tulcrunt quandam aſſiſa:n
verſus predictum priorem. Que quidem aſſiſa tran-
ſivit in forma que ſequitur: ** Aſſiſa capta apud
Leyceſtriam, coram Roberto de Thorp, Henrico de
Fenton, et Rogero de Barwell, Juſtitiariis, ad omnes
aſſiſarum juratarum certificationes coram quibuſcun-
que juſtitiariis arrainiatas in com. Leyc' captas aſſign',
die Lune proxime poſt feſtum S. Ambroſii, anno
regu R. Edwardi III. a Conqueſtu 4.“ Aſſiſa venir
recognitura, ſi Johannes prior de Belvero, Rogerus
filius Willielmi [fili] Roberti de Statnerne capella-
nus, Laurentius de Gouteby, Johannes de Herdeby
de Statherne, et Robe:tus de Herdeby in Statherne
injuſte et... + - difleyſyverunt Johannem le
Breweſter de Wymundham er Elenam uxorem ejus,
et Symonem de Rolgarth de Dentetoue et Matildam
uxorem <jus, de libero tenemento {uo in Staketherne,
poſt primam, &c. Et unde queruntur, quod difley-
ſyverunt eos de uno meſſuagio, novem acris terre, et
unam acram prati, cum pertinentiis, &c. Et prior et
alii non venerunt. Set quidam Willielmus Hauberk
reſpondit pro eis, tanquam corum ballivus; et pro
predicto priore, tanquam tenente de uno meſſuagio
de tenementis predictis. Et dicit, quod iple invenit
eccleſiam ſuam ſey ſitam de mefſuagio illo, et fic tenet
meſſuagium illud abſque aliqua juri ſeu diſſaiſid cis
inde facienda, Et predicti Laurentius et Robertus
quoad reſiduum tenementorum predictorum dicunt,
quod illud reſiduum non eſt niſi quinque acre terre
unam acram prati. Et predictus Robertvs, ut tenens
de tribus acris terre, et quoad tenentias ſuas, dicit,
quod ipſe nullam injuriam ſeu diſſaiſiam eis inde fe-
cit. Et de hoc ponit ſe ſuper aſſiſam. Er Jobanres
et alii ſimiliter. Ideo capiatur inde aſſiſa. Recogni-
tores veniunt, qui dicunt fuper ſacramentum, quod
predicti prior, Rogerus, Laurentius, et Robertus, non
diſſeyſyverunt predios Johannem, Elenam, Symo-
nem, et Matildam, ſicut queritur. Ideo confideratum
eſt, quod predicti prior, Laurentius, Rogerus, et Ro-
bertus, eant inde fine die. Et predicti Johannes,
Elena, Symon, et Matildis, nil capiant per aſſiſam
*
iſtam ; ſer ſint in mia pro falſo clamore.
3 Peck, MSS. 4936; ex MS. cl. Gale, tol. 15. a.
5 Peck, MSS. 4939; ex MS, cl, Gale, fol. 15. a,
3. Compoſitio
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*
13 APPENDIX: TO Tax HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE:
63. Compoſitio inter priorem et conventum et D.
Robertum de Selby rectorem eccleſie de Saperton,
de decimis ibidem conventui debiris; 1 366-7 *.
Preſcus indentura inter religioſos viros priorem et
conventum de Belvero, ordinis S. Benedicti, Lincoln'
dioceſis, ex parte und; et dominum Robertum Selby,
rectorem eccleſie de Saperton, Wigorn' dioc', ex parte
altera; ad perpetuam rei memoriam facta, teſtatur.
Quoc! cum dicti prior et conventus ac eorum prede-
ceſlores habuerint, et de jure ſufficienti titulo perce-
periut duas partes decimarum, tam majorum quam
minorum, provenientium de dominicis terris dicti
rectoris de Saperton, necnon unum locum cum omni
jure dicto loco pertinenti pro dictis decimis repo-
nendis; verum quia conſiderato periculo quod ex
diſtantia locorum et perceptione decimarum utrique
parti vereſimiliter poterit futuris temporibus immi-
nere, eo quod dicta perceptio inter partes ſupradictas
litis materiam poſſet miniſtrare, * exceſſivis;
partes predicte, volentes pericula et incommoda hu-
juſmodi precavere, unanimiter conſenſerunt in forma
que ſubſequitur, utriuſque ecclefie pace et commodo
conſideratis, equoque libramine ponderatis ; viz. quod
predicti prior et conventus conceſſerunt, pro ſe et
ſucceſſoribus ſuis, et ad perpetuam firmam. dimiſerunt
prefaro domino Roberto rectori eceleſie antedicte de
Saperton, et ſucceſſoribus ſuis in eadem ecclefia im-
perpetuum, omnes et ſingulas decimas predictas, una
cum loco diftorum religioſorum pro dictis decimis de
predittis dominis terris provenientibus reponendis;
ordinato pro xvi ſolidis viii denariis ſterlingorum ſin-
gulis dictis priori et conventui de Belvero, vel eorum
certo attornato ſufficienti acquietancia liberante, in
prioratu de Walyngtord, Sarum dioc', in teſto S. Bar-
nabe apoltoli, ſeu infra menſem proxime ſequentem
polt idem feſtum imperpetuum fideliter perſolvendis;
incipiente prima ſolutione ad feſtum S. Barnabe
apoltoli proxime ſequentis poſt datum preſentium; et
fic de anno in annum imperpetuum. Vult etiam et
concedit dictus rector, pro ſe et ſucceſſoribus ſuis im-
perpetuum, quod fi contingat ipſum ſeu aliquem ſuc-
ceſſorum ſuorum in ſolutione dicte annue firme, loco
vel tempore predictis, ſeu ad aliquem terminum ſupra-
dictum culpa ſeu mora ejus precedente deficere ;
quod extunc bene liceat dictis religiofis et eorum ſuc-
cefforibus poſſeſſionem diftarum decimarum ſua aucto-
Titate propria reaſſumere; et de eiſdem, ut de ſuis,
libere diſponere et ordinare, preſenti compoſitione
non obſtante; quouſque idem rector ſeu ſucceſſores
ſui de ſolutione predifia eiſdem religioſis viris ſatis-
fecerint; et nichilominus liceat venerabili patri Wi-
gornienſi epiſcopo et ejus ſucceſſoribus qui pro tem-
pore fuerint, ad ſolam affertionem dictorum religio-
forum, vel eorum procuratoris unica monitione prece-
dente, rectorem dicte eccleſie de Saperton in hujuſ-
modi ſolutione deficientem, excommunicare, et ip-
ſum fic excommunicatum denunciare, donec huic pre-
ſenti compolitiont paruetit cum effectu, et dictis reli-
gioſis cum ſuis expenſis et intereſſe, arbitrio dicti ve-
nerabilis patris, et juramento diftorum religioſorum
vel eorum procuratoris, taxandum et limitandum ſatis-
fecerit, In cujus rei teſtimonium figillum commune
dictorum prioris et conventus de Belvero, una cum
ſigillo dicti domini Roberti Selby, rectoris ecclefie de
Saperton, preſenti indenture alternatim ſunt appenſa.
Datum apud Belverum, in feſto Epiphanie Domini,
anno ejuſdem Domini 1366.
64. Confirmatio Will' epiſcopi Wigorn'?.
Willielmus permiſſione divina Wigornienſis epiſ-
copus omnibus et ſingulis quos ſequens tangit nego-
tium, vel tangere poterit quomodolibet in futurum,
ſalutem in omnium Salvatore. Literas patentes per
modum indenturarum confectas, ex parte religioſi viri
domini prioris de Belvero Linc' dioc', et dominum Ro-
bertum Selby, rectorem eccleſic parochialis de S4-
perton?, noſtre dioceſls, de quibus in iphs literis plena
fit mentio nobis preſentatis, recepimus, ſub hac forma,
* Prelens indentura inter religioſos virus,“ &c. [Tum
recitat pro ſupra, de verbo ad verbum. Et tune
ſubſequitur: ] Nos igitur predictam compoſitionem et
conienſum mutuum paritum predictarum quantum ad
nos et oflicium noſtrum attinet gratas habentes, et
compoſitionem et conſenſum hujuſmodi, tenore pre-
ſentium, confirmamus, perpetue firmitatis robur eiſ-
dem quantum in nobis fuerit tribuentes. In cujus
rei teſtimonium ſigillum noſtrum fecimus hiis apponi.
Date apud Henbury * in Salſo Mariſco *, primo kal.
Junii, anno Domini 1367, et noſtre tranſlationis quarto®,
*
65. Memorandum, quod conſimilis indentura inter
priorem et conventum de Belvero ex parte una, et do-
minum Thomam de Gotere rectorem eccleſie parochi-
alis de Riſendun magna, dioceſis Wigornienſis, ex
parte altera, de verbo ad verbum, in confideratione
ſumme xxx. ſterlingorum loco decimarum, eodem
loco aſſervata eſt. Data apud Belverum in feſto Epi-
phanie, et a Willielmo epiſcopo Wigornienſi ſub
ſigillo ſuo confirmatum apud Henbury in Salſo Ma-
ritco, decimo kal. Junii, 1367; cui, quorym intereſt,
hic ſatis erit referre.
66. Teſtamentum Willielmi del Wardrope, 1375 7.
In Dei nomine, Amen. Ego Willielmus del Ward-
rope de Helmeſlay, die Mercurii in ſeſto 8. Ambroſii,
anno Domini 1375, condo teſtamentum meum in
hunc modum. In primis, lego animam meam Deo
omnipotenti, B. Marie, & omnibus SS. & corpus meum
ad ſepeliendum in cemeterio omnium 88. de Hel-
meſlay; et in remiſſione omnium peccatorum meorum
unum equum, nomine mortuarii. Item, lego in
vigiliis & pulſatione campanarum vii d. Item, lego
in cera comburendam in cemeterio omnium S8. de
Helmeſley iis, Item, lego vicario de Helmeſlay 1iis.
Item, lego domino Johanni filio Stephani 115. Item,
lego fabrice B. Petri | Ebor'] iis. Item, lego fa-
brice ecclefie de Helmeſley xii d. Item, lego lumi-
nari S. Crucis & B. Marie, infra dictam eccleſiam,
iis. Item, lego ad porticum ejuſdem eccleſie iis.
Item, lego Ponti de Ry iis. , Item, lego domino de
Kirkham v5. Item, lego & do, omnibus expenſis meis
funerariis & ad diſtribuendum pauperibus, xxxs.
Item, lego in 1x miſhs pro anima mea & animabus
omnium fidelium defunctorum x5, Datum apud
Helmeſlay, die & anno ſupradictis.
67. Indentura inter executores magiſtri Joh. de Bel-
yer, et conventum, quod prior et conventus inve-
niant unum monachum vel ſacerdotem celcbratu-
rum in capella S. Sithe intra prioratum per 5 an-
nos, et alterum ſacerdotem celebraturum in ecclefia
parochiali de Belver per 6 annos, et diſtribuant
68. 8 d. pauperibus de Belver annuatim per 7 an-
nos, et 65. 8 d. annuatim etiam per 7 aunos con-
ventui pro pietancia, et 5 . annuatim per 6 annos
pauperibus de Belver, pro anima prefati Johannis;
Sept. 7, 1391 *.
Hec indentura facta inter magiſtros Petrum de
Dalton (theſaurarium eccleſie cathedralis B. Marie
Lincolnie), et Johannem de Kell (canonicum ejuſdem
eccleſie), Willielmum de Stapultorde (perionam ec-
cleſie de Wykenby, et Willielmum de Gretrewell
(capellanum), executores teſtamenti magiſtri Johan-
nis de Belvero, canonici ejuſdem eceleſie, ex parte
unaz ac priorem et conventum de Belvero, ordinis
S. Benedicti, Lincolnie dioceſis, ex parte altera, teſ-
tatur; quod, licet prefati prior et conventus, per
quoddam fſcriptum ſuum obligatorium, teneaurur et
obligentur predictis magiſtris Petro, Johanni, Willi
elmo, et Willielmo, ad certos diem et locum, prout in
. MSS. 4936 ; ex ipſa originali carta pergamena apud Belvoir, Aug. 16, 1732.
eck, ibid, —William Wittleſey, biſliop of Worceſter 1363—1368; afterwards archbiſhop of Canterbury.
3 It may be proper to obſerve, that both Saperton and Great Riſendun, are in the county of Glouceſter, which, at the time.
theſe agreements were ſigned, was a part of the dioceſe of Worceſter, ;
4 The biſhops of Worceſter had a palace at Henbury ; which, at the time of Domeſday, was famous for its ſalt-works,
5 Henbury contains much marſh ground; and a place thete is {till called“ The Biſhop's Moor,
® See what remains of the ſeal, plate V. fig. 15.
7 Peck, MSS. 4937 ; ex atteſt” probatꝰ ejuſdem teſtamenti in carta pergamena apud Belvoir, Aug. 18, 1732.
3 Peck, MSS. 430; & codice MS, prioratui de Belvoir olim ſpectanti, penes nobiliſſ. ducem de Rutland, 1731.
4 dict
*
FuAMLAV b fiubspä xb. BELVOIR PRIORV.
1 1 1 |
ditto ſcripto obligatorio plenius continetur; tamen
redicti magiltri Petrus, Johannes, Williclmus, et
Willielmus, volunt et concedunt per preſentes, quod
prefati prior et conventus, et ſucceffores ſui qui pro
tempore fuetint, omnia et ſingula onera ſubſequentia
ſuppleant er perficiant ; videlicet, imprimis, quod in-
veniant unum monachum vel fecularem ſacerdotem
celebrantem in capeyya Sancte Sithe de Belvero, per
quinque annos immediate et continue ſequentes polt
datum preſentium, pro animabus dicti magiſtri Jo-
hannis et aliorum in dictà ultima voluntate conten-
torum. Item, quod inveniant unum alium ſacer-
dotem ſecularem celebrantem in eccleſia eorum paro-
chiali de Belvero, per ſex annos continuo incipientes
in feſto S. Michaelis archangel, anno Dom. 1392,
juxta ultimam voluntatem predictam. Item predicti
prior et conventus diſtribuant. annuatim, per ſeptem
annos, pauperibus ejuſdem ville de Belvero, die
S. Olwaldi R. vis. viii d. Item, quod prior prefatus
et ſucceſſores ſui, quolibet anno ſeptem annorum
predictorum, die 8. Oſwaldi predict, ſolvat con-
ventui ſuo, pro pietancia, vis. viii d. Item, quod pre-
fati prior et conventus diſtribuant, quolibet die Ve-
neris per ſex annos proximè et plenariè ſequentes
poſt diem S. Oſwaldi predicti Inno Dom. 1392,
pauperibus vide ville vd. pro anima prefati Johannis,
et aliorum in dicto teſtamento nominatorum. Item,
quod predicti prior et conventus faciant publicari
diſtributiones predictas pauperibus faciendas, in ec-
cleſià eorum parochiali predifta. Et quod tunc dic-
tum ſcriptum obligatorium centum librarum pro
nullo habeatur, alioquin in ſuo robore per omnia
perſeveret. In cujus rei teſtimonium, parti iſtius in-
denture penes prefatum priorem et conventum re-
manenti, prefati executores ſigilla ſua appoſuerunt.
Alteri vero parti, penes dictos executores refidenti,
prefati prior et conventus ſigillum ſuum commune
appoſuerunt. Data in domo capitulari de Belvero,
in vigilia Nativitatis B. Marie, anno regni R. Ricardi
ſecund ix vo. Et eſt ſumma recepta, pro conditionibus
premiſſis adimplendis, Iv f. xvis. vid.
68. De appropriatione eceleſie de Norton; 1391.
Juratores dicunt quod non eſt ad dampnum dai
regis, nec aliorum, ſi dis rex concedat priori de
Belvero, quod ipſe eccleſiam de Norton, in com. Leic',
ſibi appropriare, & in proprios uſus tenere poſſit. Er
advocatio ptedicta tenetur de dno rege ut de honore
Ceſtrie, fed per quod ſervicium ignorant ',
69. Teſtamenti Margarete domine de Ros, ſepulte
(è tenore ejuſdem uti auguror) Belveri, prioratui
quantum attinet; 1439 *.
ltem, lego meum optimum animal, nomine princi-
palis, ſecundum conſuetudinem. Item, lego unam
cupam argenteam & deauratam, pro corpore domi—
nico imponendi, ad ſummum altare prioratus pre-
dicti. Item, lego, iu die ſepulture mee, priori ejuidem
prioratus 68. 8d.; & cnilibet monacho <uidem do-
mus 35. 4d.; & capellano eccleſie parochialis ibidem
35. 4d. Item, lego 40 li. pro plumbo emendo ad
cooporationem dormitorii & refectorii prioratũs pre-
dicti. Ita tamen quod prior & conventus ejul-
dem prioratùs, ac ſucceſſores ſui qui pro tempore
fuerint, invenient ibidem duos monachos cotidie cele-
brantes; unum, viz. in capella S. Nicholai, & alterum
in capella Sancte Sithe, pro anima mea, & animabus
omnium benefactorum & amicorum meorum, ac
omnium fidelium defunctorum, per quinque annos in-
regros immediate poſt obitum meum ſequentes &
plenarie completos. Item, lego 10 marcas ad orna-
mentum capelle B. Marie ibidem; ita viz. quod dicti
prior & conventus, ac ſucceſſores ſui qui pro tem-
pore fueriat, habeaut cotidie unam collectam pro
anima mea, ſcilicet iſtam, © Domine, pro tua pie-
tate miſerere anime ancille tue & famule tue,“ &c.
per quinque annos preſcriptos; & eandem collectam
* Ad quod dampn. 15 Ric. II. 1391. Peck, MSS. 4936.
19
preſcriptam, poſt predictos quinque annos, fi placue-
rit, intuity caritatis, prolixius continuari. Item
lego, in quoliber die anniverſarii mei, durantibus
ſeptem annis, priori dicti priorarüs 38. 4d. & cui-
libet monacho ejuſdem domùs 20d. & capellano ec-
clefie parochialis 20d. Item volo, quod prelegata
eceleſie & prioratui predictis, una cum integra ſumma
pecunie predicte, que ſe extendit ad 5611 68. 4d. in
die obitùs mei tradantur, fine dilatione & libenter, in
* cuſtodia priori & con ventùs prioratùs predicti, ſol-
venda & diſtribuenda per priorem & ſuppriorem ibi—
dem, qui pro tempore fuerint, per quinque predictos
annos, juxta voluntatem & ordinationem meam pre-
fcriptam. Ita tamen quod predicti prior & conven-
tus obligant ſe & ſucceſſores ſuos in difta ſumma 56 li.
128. 4d. ad omnia predicta, in forma preſcripta, per-
implendum, vel ad refolvendum executoribus meis
tantam ſummam in qua deficerint inde inſolvendam
ut per ea celebrando_ ſecundum meam ordinationem
preſcriptam. |
70. Confirmatio Thome domini de Ros; 14303.
Omnibus Chriſti fidelibus ad quos preſens ſcriptum
pervencrit, Thomas dominus de Roos, de Hamelake,
de Truſſebout, & de Beauver, ſalutem. Sciatis quod,
per nos inſpeQtis cartis, fcriptis, donationibus, colla-
tionibus, confirmationibus, ac quietis clamationibus,
factis Deo & eccleſie Beate Marie de Beauvoire, &
monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, per nobiles pro-
genitores & anteceſſores noſtros, videlicet, Robertum
de Toteneio, Willielmum de Toteneyo filium ſuum,
Agnetem de Toteneio +, filiam dicti Roberti de To-
teneyo, Henricum de Rya filium Huberti de Rya,
Agnetem de Toteneyo, Willielmum de Albeneio pri-
mum, Willielmum de Albeneio ſecundum, Willicl-
mum de Albeneio tertium, Willielmum de Albeneio
quartum, Ywynum de Albeneyo, Heliam de Albe-
neio, & uxores eorundem, Iſabellam filiam domini
Willielmi de Albeneio, que fuit uxor domini de Roos
(Roberti de Roos) domini de Beauvoire & de Hame-
lake, de certis parcellis feodi & dominii de Beauvoire,
prout in eiſdem chartis, &c. parcellatim plenius con-
tinetur : Nos dictus Thomas dominus de Ros, (&c.)
omnia premiſſa confirmamus, (&c.) Hiis teſtibus,
Thoma Chaworth, Johanne Creſſy, Hugone de
Aneſlay, militibus, (&c.) Dat' in caſtco noſtro de
Beauvoire, 23 Aprilis, anno octavo Henrici VI.
71. Conventio inter magiſtrum Will' de Kelñ, rec-
torem de Herdeby, in com' Leic', et priorem et
conventum (conſenſu D. abbatis S. Albani), de
modo celebrationis anniverſarii predicti magiſtri
Willielmi, poſt obitum ejus, per conventum de Bel-
vero.
Quia magiſter Willielmus de Keln, rector eccleſie
de Herdeby, promiſit domui de Belvero, poſt mortem
ſuam, medietatem omnium bonorum que habuerit
tempore mortis ſue, pro obitu ſuo imperpetuum fa-
ciendo, ſecundum ordinationem D. abbatis S. Albauo
faciendum: nos J. Dei gratia abbas de S. Albano
ordinamus, quod fi medietas bonorum dicti Willielmi
excedat viginii marcas, et dicta ſumma pervenerit ad
manus prioris et conventùs domùs ſupradicte; dicti
prior et conventus faciant, ſtatim poſt mortem cjut-
dem, nomen ipſius Willielmi per totam profeflionem 5
noſttam deferti; et pro animà ejus fiat, ſicut pro
anima confratis noſtri; et in perpetuum, ſemel in
anno, die anniverſarii obitùs ſui, mifſam, ab omnibus
commonachis dicte domiis, faciant celebrari. Si vero
medietas excedat quadraginta marcas, et ipſa ſumma
ad eorum manus pervenerit, ordinamus quod, preter
predicta, dicto die anniverſarii, in perpetuum diſtri-
buant inter pauperes ad portam dicte domũs tres
panes monachales, duas lagenas melioiis cereviſie, et
duo fercula carnis vel pitcis (prout dies carnis vel
piſcis acciderit), pro anima ejuſdem; omnia predicta
confirmantes in hiis ſcriptis.
Peck, ibid.; è codice MS. olim ad prioratum eundem ſpectantem; 1731, penes nobilifimum ducem de Rutland,
Dugd. Monait, ex regitlro de Belvoir penes Matheum Hales de hoipi::o Lincoluienſi arnige: um, 1629, fol. 3. b.
* Vide Cart, 7 Edw. III. n. 36.
5
3 The difterent cells belonging to the abbey of St. Alban's were, Tinmouth, Hatfield Peverel, \Wym: ndbam, and B-lvoir,
Mr. Peck was alto of opinion, that Redburn, Tiatern, and Wallingford, might be added to the liſt, |
2
72.
29
72. Exoneratio prioris a curſu miſſe B. Marie Vir-
ginis per patrem abbatem, cum recompenſatione
conven: ui de Belvero ob ejuſdem novum onus ſuper
iis eveniens. | |
Dilectis filiis noſtris priori et conventui de Belvero
ſalutem, gratiam, et benedictionem. Maturi penes nos
deliberatione premiſſd, ordinavimus, et imperpetuum
obſervari volumus, quod prior noſter de Belvero, pro
ſe et ſucceſſoribus, à curſu miſſe B. Marie Virginis a
modo exoneretur. Et ideo (in recompenſatione oneris
quod con ventui noſtro de Belvero, ex hujuſmodi ex-
oneratione, noviter evenire ditoſcitur), per preſentes
ordiuamus et ſtatuimus, quod prior quilibet dicti loci
ſummam xx ſolidorum conventui pro ſpeciebus con-
ceſſa, per vi ſolidos viii denarios augeat annuatim;
ſic quod xxvis. et viii d. inter ipſum conventum omni
anno dividantur. Feliciter in Domino valeant dies
veſtri. Scripta apud S. Albanum, xvi die menſis
Juli *,
73. Juramentum Prioris.
Ad majorem futuri temporis certitudinem, formam
Juramenti quod ipft priores in prima ipforum crea»
tione preſtabant, hie duximus inſerendum; que
talis eſt*,
Ego A. prior de Belvero, juro, quod ab hac hora
(ut antea) ero fideliter obediens tibi, —_
gratia, abbati de S. Albano, tuiſque ſuccefloribus
canonicè intrantibus. Privilegia et immunitates mo-
naſterii S. Albani, et cellarum ejuſdem, pro viribus
manutenebo et defendam; nec alicui hiis priviligiis
ſeu immunitatibus obviare ſatagenti conſilium, auxi-
lium vel favorem clam vel palam preſtabo. Poſſeſſi-
ones et jura ad predictum prioratum de Belvero ſpec-
tantes non vendam, nec alienabo, nec impignorabo z
nec de novo in feodi firmam niſi quatenus jura et
conſtitutiones dit monaſterii S. Albani concedam ;
nec fine veſtri ſpeciali licentia (vel capituli, tempore
vacationis) predictum prioratum ultra ſummam in
dictis conſtitutionibus limitatum alligabo. Poſſeſſi-
ones, redditus et jura dicti prioratus indebite alienata,
diſtricta, vel occupata, prout commodè potero, repe-
tam, et ad jus et proprietatem procurabo reduci.
Nec etiam, veſtra ſine licentia (vel capituli, tempore
vacationis) petita et optenta, corrodiam vendam. Ad
eccleſiam vel eceleſias, aut vicariam vacantes non pre-
ſentabo; nec maneria vel eccleſias ad firmam dimit-
tam. Neque ſilvas vendam vel deſtruam. Pro aliis
non fidem dabo; nec aliquem ina .., tam; ficut
Dominus me adjuvet, et hec Sancta Dei Evangelia.
74. Juramentum ſupprioris.
Ego A. juro quod ſigillum commune prioris de
Belvero, in quantum ad me ſpectat, fideliter cuſto-
diam; nec aliquid ſcriptum predicto ſigillo, niſi qua-
tenus in conſtitutionibus monaſterii noſtri S. Albani
permittitur, vel alias per abbates monaſterii noſtri de
S. Albano, aut tempore vocationis ejuſdem loci per
capitulum ſpecialiter conceſſum fuerit, ſigillari con-
ſentiam, aut, in quantum reſiſtere poſſum, permittam.
Alienationibus rerum ejuſdem prioratus, impignorati-
onibus, infeodationibus, vel quibuſcunque aliis con-
tractibus ipſis prioribus in prefatis conſtitutionibus
prohibitis, clam vel palam, conſilium vel conſenſum
non preſtabo; ſet pro viribus impediam et reliſtam
eiſdem; et, ſi debito modo reſiſtere non potero, hec
omnia abbati monaſterii S. Albani, vel tempore vaca-
tionis ejuſdem loci capitulo, fine mora diſpendioſa, in
quantum poſſum referam . . . , ſicut me Deus adju-
yet, et hec Sancta Dei Evangelia.
8 3. Scedula Oratoria “.
Oremus omnes, dilectiſſimi, pro ſtatu univerſe ec-
clefie ; pro domino noſtro papa, cardinalibus, archi-
epifcopis, epiſcopis, abbatibus, prioribus, et aliis ec-
cleſiarum prelatis, reftoribus et dofAoribus populi
Chriſtiani; et ſpecialiter pro omnibus prelatis et mo-
nachis ordinis noſtri; er ſpecialids pro omnibus reli-
x" See the ſeal, plate V. fig. 16. * Peck, MSS 4936; ex MS. cl, Gale, fol. 180. a,
p
APPENDIX to THt HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE
gioſis ex ſpeciali devotione monaſtetio 8. Albani et
nobis conſideratis; ac pro omnibus qui fraternitatem
monaſteru S. Albani, vel hujus celle, ſuſceperunt;
ut Deus eos a molis preſervet et gubernet, ad aug-
mentum cultus divini. Sed ſpecialiſſimè rogemus pro
paſtore et abbate noſtro, et conventu iſtius ecc eſie,
et omnibus monachis noſtre profeſſionis; ut Deus eis
remittat omnes offentas, et eis gratiam infundat diguè
penitere in hac vita ; concedatque abbati noſtro gra-
tiam diſcrete regendi et utiliter proficiendi in cur
ſibi promiſſi ; conferatque Spiritus Santas, omnibus
monachis noſtrè profeſhonis et aliis ſubditis abbatis
noſtri, voluntatem benè obediendi et humilitatis vir-
tutem proſequendi; et utriſque fervotem religioſè
virendi, bene contemplandi, vitam eternam continue
promerendi ; ad quam vitam eos producat qui fine
fine vivit et regnat. Rogemus etiam pro noſtro rege
ct regina, ducibus, comitibus, baronibus, et omiibug
proceribus, tranquillam pacem hujus regni conſervan-
tibus; pro omnibus benefactoribus, familiaribus, pa-
rochianis noſtris, nobis etiam bonum procurantibus ;
et pro omni populo Chriſtiano; ut Deus eis donet
gratiam in preſenti, et gloriam in futuro. Pro om-
nibus etiam qui in laqueis diaboli, vel in corporalibus
infirmitatibus, five iu tribulationibus, detinentur ; ut
Deus eos liberet et conſervet. Pro Terra etiam
Sanaa ; ut Deus eam de manibus inimicorum eripiat,
et eam ſtabiliat per inhabitationem Chriſtianorum.
Pro frudibus etiam terre; ut Deos cos multiplicet,
ad populi ſui commodum et juramen. Pro quibus
beneficiis Te Deum omnis populus laudet et glori-
ficet. Et Tu, Deus pius et miſericors Dominus, nos
et eos producas ad illam felicitatem que permanebit
in ſecula ſeculorum. Amen.
Oremus etiam pro animabus omnium prelatorum
eceleſie Dei et monachorum noftri ordinis defuncto-
rum. Et ſpecialiter pro animabus Adriani pape;
Johannis de Hertford ; Hugonis, Ricardi, Michaclis,
Thome, et Johannis“ abbatum, et omnium abbatum
monaſterii 8. Albani, priorum et monachorum noftre
profeſſionis. Et ſpecialiùs pro hiis qui plus pro ſancte
religionis continuatione, et profectu ecclefie inſuda-
runt. Pro animabus etiam illorum religioforum in
monaſterio S. Albani et nobis conſideratorum; et eo-
rum qui fraternitatem in monaſterio S. Albani, vel
hujus celle, et inter nos, ſuſceperunt; vel quorum
corpora in hoc prioratu, necnon in monaſterio S. Al-
bani, vel in aliis cellis noſtris, requieſcunt, vel quo-
rum nomina in libris noſtris obituariis intulantur : ut
Deus eos a penis liberet er abſolvet. Et ſpeci2liſffime
rogemus pro anima Roberti de Thotney fundatoris
noſtri; et pro animabus regis Offe, fundatoris mo-
naſterii S. Albani; et aliorum advocatorum noſtro-
rum, regum et reginarum Anglie, cunCtorumque be-
nefactorum noſtrorum, qui nobis dederunt ecclehas,
terras, poſſeſſiones, et dominia, libertates, libros, veſti-
menta, vel alia jocalia, ad iſtius loci et diverſorum lo-
corum noſtre profeſſionis relevamen. Pro etiam pa-
trum, matrum, fratrum, ſororum, parentum, amico-
rum, familiarium, benefactorum, parochianorum, noſ-
trorum, et omnium Chriſtianorum, qui in purcatorii
pietatem divinam in penis expectant; ut Deus cle-
mens eas omnes animas prenominatas a loco penarum
eripiat, et eas cum electis ſuis feliciter producat ad
vitam et gloriam ſempiternam.
75. Statutum quoddam de annualibus robis mona-
chorum; 1269 *.
Anno Domini 1269, 16 kal. Aprilis, ſtatutum eſt
per dominum Rogerum abbatem & conventum de 8.
Albano, quod monachi profeſſionis ejuſdem, five in
monaſterii S. Albaui five in cellis reſidentes, ubi—
cunque in poſterum die S. Michaclis moraudi caula
ſteterint, tanquam illius loci monachi robas ſuas de
anno ſequenti ibidem plenarie recipient, licet per pre-
ceptum domini abbatis ab illo loco ad alium in illo
anno fuerint tranſlati; ita viz. quod ei, de monaſterio
iſto ad cellam aliquam, vel de cella ad monaſtœtium,
3 Peck, ibid.; ex eodem MS. fol. 4. bs
From the name of the laſt abbot in the ſucceſſion here, this prayer was compoſed after the death of John Moot, vv died
in 1405.
5 Peck, MSS. 4936; ex codem MS, fol. 12, b.
vc]
1
FRAMLAND HoxpRED.] BELVOIR
vel de cella ad cellam, tranferantur ſecum duos
froccos, unum ſcilicet novum, et alium uſitatum, in-
zegrum tamen, & non dirutum; & duas cucullas
novas, & unam uſitatam, deſerant. Hoc iden injun-
gendum eſt clericis ordinem noſtrum conſervientibus z
ita quod omnia nova ſint.
76. Statutum de ceni monachorum die Dominick pri-
ma Septuageſime, et die Dominica prima Adventts
Domini *.
Anno Domini 1277. Statutum eſt a domino Wil-
lielmo de Huntyndone, priore de Belvero, et ejuſdem
loci conventu approbatum, quod die Dominica prima
Septuageſime, ad cenam duo fratres unam habeant
gallinam, et hc de ſingulis preter generale. Similiter
Dominica Adventiis Domini, ex antiqua conſuctudine,
percipere conſueverunt. Set quia labilis eſt humana
meinoria, hic de novo recitatur, ne oblivioni tra-
deretur. Quicunque banc conſuetudinem contradix-
erit, vel autu temerario contraire preſumpſerit, vel
titulum fraudaverit, ſeu malitiosè deleverit, maledic-
tione Omnipotentis Dei, et Virgiuis Marie, necnon et
Omnium Sanctorum, ſe noverit incurſurum. Fiat,
Gat, Amen.
Hunc librum dedit dominus Willielmus de Hunt-
ingdon, quondam prior de Beuver, Deo et eccleſie B.
Marie ejuſdem loci; quem qui abſtulerit, ſeu titulum
deleverit, aut proditum retinuerit, anathema ſit;
Amen *.
77. De conſuetudine fratrum apud ſanguinis emiſ-
fiouem *,
Item, alia conſuetudo ejuſdem prioratts, quod ſi quis
frater, pro infirmitate ſeu aliqua alia neceſfitate, extra
termiuum ſuum ſanguine minutus fuerit, et nocte ſe-
quente feſtivitas aliqua noſtri loci evenerit; ſine ali-
cujus licentia ad tuum libitum de matutinis licitè
remanebit, Si vero feſtivitas x11 leftionum qualiſ-
cunque contigerit, remanendi licentiam poſtulabit.
78. De eadem conſuetudine 4,
Approbata et ab antiquo uſitata conſuetudo apud
Belverum, quod ſanguine ex certo termino minuti
tres dies habebunt tam refeRionis quam ſolatii; ita
quod fine alicujus licentia, quotieſcunque prelatus
domus comederit extra refectorium, reteciantur, five
{it dies carnis, five piſcis, ad libitum eorum fiat. Et
ne in poſterum commachinatio vel alicujus malevoli
contradictio oriarur, . . « + . to communicato, tam
prioris, quam totius ejuſdem conventts aſſenſu, in
noſtro martirologio iſtud intitulatur.
79. Statuta quedam de diverſis rebus a priore et con-
ventu inter fe amicabiliter facta; et a patre abbate
approbata, 23“ Mail, 1284 5.
Anno Domini 1284, 10 kal. Junii, conceſſit vene-
rabilis pater dominus Rogerus®, miteratione divina,
abbas monaſterii S. Alban, quoddam ſervarium con-
ventui de Belvero, quod eſt extra gardinum verſum
Aquilonem, contiguum crofto Palefridi vocato, et
abuttat ſuper viam verſus Orieutem. Allignavitque il-
lud ſpecialiter ad opus infirmorum fratrum, per manus
ſupprioris et precentoris qui pro tempore fuerint,
cuſtodiendum et diſponendum. Precipiendo etiam de-
crevit, ad perpetuam rei memoriam, irrefragabiliter ob-
{ervandum, iſtud in martirologio intitulari; quod qui-
dem ſervarium dominus R. prior ejuſdem loci dicto con-
ventui prius aſſignaverit, de conſenſu fratrum expreſſè.
Item, codem die confirmavit et ratificavit idem abbas
quoddam donum dicti prioris, viz. de una ſelione
terre, quam dictus prior dederat eleemoſinarie dicte
domui; que quidem terra jacet extra gardinum ver-
us Orientem, et abuttat ſuper regiam viam que ducit
apud Wiſtorp. Item eodem die ſtatutum eſt per do-
minum abbatem predictum, quod prior habebit totum
herbagium totius gardini, quod eleemoſinarius habere
conſueverat, ſub bac formaz quod prior qui pro
tempore fuerit adjiciet annuatim xiid. ad mandatum 7?
Ebern. in cena Domini; ita ſeilicet, quod prior
abeat tres pauperes, ſypprior vero duos, et elee -
moſinarius tres, et ceterorum fratrum quilibet unum.
Item, die predicto proviſum eſt a dicto conventu, et
a domino abbate approbatum, quod prior qui pro
tempore fuerit dabit quolibet anno con ventul quatuor
ſotinas die inventionis S. Albani, duas ſcilicet ex una
parte, et duas ex alter; quas dare tenebatur de anni-
verſario Radulphi prioris. Statuit etiam idem abbas,
quod nullus ſotinam percipiet, niſi per apnum inte-
grum ſteterit in domo predict infra terminum ad per-
cipiendum aſſignatum. Exceptum tamen elt de noviciis,
qui, licet annum vel eo amplius in religione comple-
verint, tamen non percipient donec ad facerdotii gra-
dum promoti fuerint, vel per quinquennium ad minus
in religione ſteterint; quos ſi contingat aliquos eſſe
in termino percipiendi, contingatque dilationem ultra
terminum aſſignatum fieri per dimidium vel annum
integt um, qui ſupervenerint non prejudicabunt pri-
oribus; ſet eundem ftatum ſervabunt die quo confer-
rantur, quem, die quo conferri debuiſſent, obſervare
tenebantur. Item ſtatutum eſt irrefragabiliter obſer-
vandum, de conſenſu difti conventus expreſſè, et a
domino abbate predicto approbatum et confirmatum,
quod cameraxius, qui pro tempore fuerit, dabit annu-
atim conventui robas competentes ad feſtum S. Mi-
chaelis vel antea. Quicunque vero his intitulatis
malitioſè contraierit, vel titulum fraudulenter deleve-
rit, ſeu quocunque modo imperpetuum predictam per-
turbare auſus fuerit, maledictionem Omnipotentis Dei,
et glorioſe Virginis Marie, Omniumque SS. incurrat.
Fiat, fiat, Amen.
80. De domino Willielmo de Belvero ſecundo', priore
egregio, et actis ejus bonis.
Dominus Willielmus de Belvero ſecundus, quon
dam hujus eccleſie prior egregius, qui prioratum in
ſeptingentarum triginta trium librarum, vis. viiid.
debito invenit, et (Deo viſitante) in toto alienavit z
et capellas S. Marie et B. Nicholai, ac arbores extra
prefatum prioratum, et alia infinita benefacta fieri et
plantari ſatagebat; et domum verò per triginta tres
annos divina gratia illeſam ſervavit. Set poſt eoſdem
autem de vita aQtiva plenius, ac ſenio detentus, op-
tanſque pro tranſactis vite contemplative operam dare;
cum voluntate venerabilis domini 'Thome abbatis
noſtri, et totius conventùs aſſenſu, fine laudabili ceſ-
ſavit, et domum abſque debito alicui demittens, in
burſaque optinens xil. quas ſucceſſori aſſignavit.
Quo ceſſante, etiam in camera ſua propria in infir-
maria per ſe de novo conſtructa, per duos annos in-
tegros pauſavit. Qui vero denique poſt dictos annos,
viz. ſexto decimo kalendas Septembris (cujus me-
moria in benedictione eſt) diem ſuum feliciter cum
gaudio claufit extremum .
81. Litere prioris et conventis D. Thome Lovel,
militi, et Ifabelle conſorti ſue, eos in fraternitatem
et participationem operum bonorum omnium con-
vents, in vita pariter, et in morte, recipientes.
Frater Robertus , humilis prior domis five prioratùs
B. Marie de Belvero et ejuſdem loci conventus, ſedi
apoſtolice nullo modo ſubditi et ſubjecti, ordinis S.
Benedicti, Lincolnie dioceſis, dilectis nobis iu Chriſto
venerabili viro domino Thome Lovel, militi, et Iſa-
belle conforti, ſalutem; et poſt hujus vite momentanea
ad gaudia introire ſine fine manſura. Quamvis lex
caritatis divine omnibus Chriſti fidelibus generaliter
nos obliget et debitores efficiat, illis tamen ſpecialiùs
nos aſtripger, qui ad nos noftrumque ordinem ma-
joris devotionem benevolentie habere oſtendunt. Ea-
propter, exigentibus proprie devotionis veſtre meritis,
quam ad nos et ordinem noſtrum habere dinoſcimini,
in fraternitatem noſtri loci et prioratùs vos recipimus,
in vita veſtri pariter et in morte, plenam participati-
onem omnium bonorum ſpiritualium, que, operante
Domino, per nos et ſucceſſores noſtros inperpetuum
in prefato prioratu, que die nocteque fieri conſueve-
* Peck, MSS. 4936; ex MS. cl, Gale, fol, 12. a. * 1bid, ib. fol. 12. b. 3 Ibid. ib. fol. 12. a. * Ibid. ib.
5 Peck, MSS. 4936 ; ex MS, cl. Gale, fol. 12. b
7. Maundy, Sce Du Cange iz voce 9.
Twenty-fourth abbot, from 1263 to 1290.
s Sctauzm of Du Cange. Soutane or tunic, which be rather conhnes to women.
9 This was probably William Heron, contemporary with Thomas de la More, abbot of St, Alban's,
De eo vide etiam in Obituario, xvi kal. Sept. id eſt, xviü die menſis Auguſti.
Only one Robert occurs in the liſt of priors; and he was R. Eſeby, 1499, in the reign of Hen, VII. See p. 22,
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22 APPENDIX To THz HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRP,
rint, viz. in matutinis, miſfis, veſperis, ceteriſque
horis canonicis; in jejuniis, vigiliis, diſciplinis, ora-
tionibus, peculiaribus eleemoſinis, ac ceteris ommibus
et ſingulis beneficiis ſpiritualibus, quantum de Dei
| Miſericordia confiſi poterimus, concordi voluntate et
unanimi aſſenſu, vobis plenariter concedendo pariter
et largiendo; adjicientes vobis Ne. de gratia ſpe-
ciali, ut, cum obitus veſter in noſtro prioratu fuerit
denunciatus, fiat pro vobis, ſicut pro noſtri capituli
confratribus et ſororibus defunctis, er poſt mortem
Deo recommendatis, inter nos fieri conſuevit. In cu-
jus rei teſtimonium has literas vobis fieri fecimus
patentes, ſigillo noſtro communi diligentius config-
natas. Datas in domo noſtro capitulari, &c.
82. Sigillum prioris & conventùs B. Marie de Belver,
4 Apr. 1499. (14 Hen. VII.) Roberto Eſeby tunc priore *.
83. De libris quos contulit D. Ricardus de Luton
prioratui, necnon de anniverfario ejuſdem domini
Ricardi, poſt mortem, ibidem celebraturo.
Memorandum, quod ſubſeriptos libros contulit do-
minus Ricardus de Lutona Deo et eccleſie 8. Marie
Virginis de Bel vero, et monachis ibidem Deo ſervienti-
bus; viz. unum Pſalterium, unum Gradale, unum Tro-
parium; in uno volumine. Item, unum E. Paſtorale;
unum Aſpiciens; unum Proceſſionale; unum Diurnale;
et unum Conſuetudinarium; in diverſis voluminibus.
Item, unum librum, in quo continetur Tractatus de
Grammaticà; Predicationes ſuper Omelias totius anni;
Proverbia Auctorum. Item, unum librum, in quo
continetur Allegoriſmus. Compotus. Inſtitutio Novi-
tiorum. Eſopus. Tractatus de Septem Sacramentis.
Caſus in quibus Sacerdos non poteſt abſolvere pro-
prium parochianum. Ars Chilindri. Modus tempe-
randi Colores et faciendi. De virtutibus Simplicium
Medicinarum. Antidotarie ſynonyme practice multe,
varie et probate. Pro hoc beneficio, de aſſenſu er
voluntate venerabilis patris domini Johannis, D. G.
abbatis de S. Albano, conceſſerunt prior et conventus
de Belvero predicto Ricardo, quod, poſt hujus vite
terminum, die obitùs ipfius, ſingulis annis, habebit
in conventu Placebo et Dirige, et miſſam matuti-
nam; et a quolibet ſacerdote unam miſſam; et ab
aliis qui inferioris ſunt ordinis quinquaginta pſalmos.
Anima dicti Ricardi, et anime omnium fidelium de-
functorum requieſcant in pace; Amen, Amen, Amen.
Et licet hoc anniverſarium non fit principale, tamen
a precentore conſuerudo fingulis - annis in capitulo
recitabitur. Anima dicti Ricardi requieſcat in pace.
84. Mandatum Henrici de Ria*.
Henrici de Ri * Willielmo clerico x.. . pre-
poſito ſuo ſalutem. Mandando vobis firmiter pre-
cipio, quatenus monachis de Belveir terram ſuam in
Lectonà, cum homine ſuo Suein nomine, decimamque
in Hoſelochebi + habere faciatis, & tenere bene & in
pace permittatis; nominatimque decimam de pome-
rio meo ; ſicuti avus meus Robertus de Toteneio eis
in perpetuam elemoſinam donaverit; nec eis ultra
aliquam contumeliam inde inferre preſumatis, ut me
& meum pacem Ciligitiss Vale. |
85. A declaration of Richard Bevyr (one of the laſt
monks, November 20; 1538, touching the con-
vent's right to the vicarage of Claxton, as alſo the
condition of the priory at the ſuppreſſion of the
monaſteries, and ſome years before *.
Foraſmuch as yt ys convenient and neceflary for
every man to declare the trewth in all cauſys of con»
ſcience wher he hath intereſt; I Dane Rycharde
Bever, otherwys Rycharde Wyn, born in Baldock,
monke, and made prieſt in prioure Randyll's days, in
the monnaſtery of Bever, and ther beyng won of the
covent contyneally, contyenenyng all maſter prioure
Hamttyl's tyme, ſo forth contynwally untyll the date
hereof and after; doo affirme, and tak on my conſcy-
ence and fidelyte, that maſter prioure Hamttyll, and
the convent in hys tyme, never gave voſance or ad-
yocation of the vycorage of Claxton to Mr. Torvey .
but won, and that was abowt the begynning of hys
beyng prioure ; the whych voſance Maiſter Torvey,
on certain conſyderatyons hym movyng, about too
yers after, wp. => into our chapter $6. and ſur-
rendered and delyvered it up again to maiſter pri-
oure and the convent, and then was made brother
of our howſe, wyth other pleaſures done to hym,
And the ſayd voſance was never after delyvered owt
of owr howſe agen by the convent of hus the con-
vent, neither in maiſter prioure Hamttyll's days, nor
after, ne no other prioure's days. Wherfor, yf hit
be abrode ayen in (any) perſons hands, it was dely-
vered forthe only by maiſter prioure* withowt con-
cent of the convent. And hyt ys to be knowne, that
maiſter Hamttyll was prioure of Bever abowt 1x years.
And the number of the convent (byſyde the prioure
of Beyer) in hys tyme, and in other prioure's tymes
after hym, was never above three or four at the
moſt. And there was none of the convent conty-
newally contynewyng all Mr. Hamttyll's tyme, from
hys begynnyng to his latter ende, but only I; for
all the other were then ſikk, and removed to and fro
atte the wyll of my lord abbate of Synt Albance.
And for an affyrmacyon of thys to be my owne
dede, I have ſubſcrybed my name, and ſeyled hyt
wyth my owne bare, thys 20 day of November, in
the yere of our Lord God 1538. Beryng wytnes,
Hary Dalby, John Baſsle, Wyllyam Corchwre. Alſo,
for a forther evydens thys to be my ded, the father
of owr howſe hath putte hys common ſeylle ad
cauſas, in the day and yere aboveſayd ?.
86, Bona prioris de Belvero, in comitatu Leiceſtrie,
ad decimam taxata 8.
I. Prior habet in decanatu de Gertre.
1. Ecclefiam de Horningwold, que LF. 5s. d.
taxatur ad ſeptem marcas, 4 13 4
Inde decima, 0 9 4
2. Item habet unam portionem in eccle-
ſia de Medburn, que taxatur ad O 13 4
Inde decima 62
II. Idem habet in decanatu de Framland,
1. Portionem in eccleſia de Barſton,
que taxatur ad 92: .2
Inde decima 9 3
2. Portionem in eccleſi de Botlesford,
que taxatur ad ; o 13 4
Inde decima © 3 &
3. Portionem in ecclefia de Redmyld,
que taxatur ad 1
Inde decima, 9 © ©
4. Portionem in eccleſia de Stakthern,
que taxatur ad o 6 00
Inde decima o O 8
5. Ecclefiam de Barkſton, que taxatur
ad x1 marcas v6 0
Inde decima o 14 8
6. Eccleſiam de Plungarth, que taxatur
ad v marcas, 1
Inde decima | D 13 4
7. Eccleſiam de Howghes, que taxatur
ad vil marcas 3 6 8
Inde decima o 6 8
8. Eccleſiam de Claxtone, que taxatur |
ad XXV111 marcas 18 13 4
Inde decima 117 4
Summa fotalis portionum & ecclefiarum 4117 8
9
Inde decima 4 3
—
Peck, MSS. 4036; carte cuidam affixum, apud Belvoir, Aug. 16, 1732. See plate V. fig. 16. :
* Indorſed, in a coeval hand, © Henrici de Ri de terra de LoQtuni, & decimà Allaſcheſbi,” Part of the ſeal remains,
affixed to a cantel cut from the bottom of the charter, It repreſents a knight on horſeback, Madox, Formulare Anglica-
num, p. 29
4+ 8
Henrici de Ri4 reddit compotum de C. 11. 134. 4d. pro placito quod fuit inter eum & archiepiſcopum. Magn. Rot. Pip.
5 Steph. Rot. 10 Nortfolc. 5
Aſlakeby. See two other deeds of his, p. 3, 4.
$ Peck, MSS. 4936 ; ex ipſa originali carta pergamena apud Belyoir, Aug. 15, 1732.
Sic. This ſcal is loſt.
4
7 See this ſeal, plate V. fig. 17.
* Peck, MSS. 4936 ; ex MS. cl, Gale, fol. 8. a, 16. a. & 267, b.
my Nota,
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.]
Nota, Eccleſia de Redemyld valet preter penſionem
X1111 marcas.
Penſio prioris in eadem 11 marc”,
Portio prioris in eadem in decimis v3.
Nota etiam, Ecclefia de Offynton * valet preter
penſionem L1x marc', xis. 111d.
Penſio prioris in eadem 118.
Prior habet in Belvero & Wiſtorp, in terris &
redditibus xLIIIIS. 1IIId.
Idem habet in Denton, in redditibus x1115.
Idem habet ibidem ad pitanciam, x118.
Idem habet a Wiwell & Hungarton, ad pitan-
ciam, in redd' x115.
Idem habet in eadem, ratione decimarum, Xx5.
Idem habet in Roppeſle, in decimis garbarum, xX 8.
Summa viII. xvid.
87. Nomina fundatorum, ac etiam advocatorum, nec-
non & benefactorum *.
Memorandum, quod in capitulo in Beuver jacet
Robertus de Totneyo fundator illuſtris; &, juxta
eum, Willielmus de Albeneyo primus, ſcilicet Brito,
in parte boreali. Item ante hoſtium capituli con
Symon de Ropſley ; &, juxta eum, Oliverus de Den-
curth jacet in parte auſtrali. Item in veteri eccleſia,
ante crucem, jacet Willielmus de Albeneyo ſecundus,
ſcilicet Meſchynes ; &, juxta eum, Adeliza uxor ſua
in parte auſtrali ; & ſecunda uxor ſua, nomine Cecilia,
Jacet ſub limite * veteris eccleſie. Item Williel-
- mus de Albeneyo tertius jacet apud Novum-locum,
& cor ejus ſub muro contra ſummum altare de Beu-
ver, à parte boreali decenter reconditum. Item Wil-
lielmus quartus jacet ante magnum altare ejuſdem
eccleſie, & cor ejus apud Croxton. Item in parte
occidentali, prope capitulum, jacet Odenellus de Al-
beneyo; &, juxta eum, jacet Matildis de Umframvill
mater ejus; & juxta eam, verſus borealem, jacet Al-
breda Biſeth, uxor Willielmi quarti; & inter eam &
murum capituli jacet Richardus de Staunton, rector
ejuſdem eccleſie. Item Robertus de Roos jacet apud
Kyrkham, & viſcera ejus ante ſummum altare de
Beuver (juxta corpus Willielmi quarti de Albeneio,
ex parte auſtrali), qui obiit xvi die kalend. Junii
anno Domini M cc Lxxxv. Item Iſabella de Roos,
uxor Roberti de Roos, jacet apud Novyum-locum
juxta Stamford, obiitque anno Domini M cce 1“.
tem Willielmus ee Roos, filius ejus, jacet apud
Kyrkham. Item Matildis de Vaus, uxor dicti Willi-
elmi, jacet apud Penteney, & viſcera * in capella
Sancte Marie, ſcilicet in pariete. Item Matildis, uxor
2 domini de Roos, jacet in pariete inter capellam
ate Marie, & preſbyterium ſumptuoſè ſculpta.
Item jacet dominus Rogerus de Gravele, rector ec-
cleſie de Woleſtorp, ſub feneſtrà dicte capelle, in
rte auſtrali, honorifice. Item jacet Thomas Wante
inter clauſuram Sancte Catherine & dicte capelle.
Item in medio dicte capelle verſus gradum, jacet do-
minus Willielmus de Beuver, prior egregius. Et
juxta eum dompnus Willielmus de Beuver frater
ejus, ac ejus ſucceſſor, ex parte boreali; & juxta
eum dominus Lambertus, quondam ſubprior de Beu-
ver. Item ad hoſtium capelle Sancte Cithee jacet
Rogerus, frater dicti prioris; ac etiam infra, nepos
ejus. Item Gilbertus Sutere * jacet ad finem altaris
ſumme eccleſie parochialis de Beuver, ex parte
auſtrali. Item Margeria uxor ejus jacet ſub feneſtra
prefate eceleſie parochialis ex parte auſtrali.
4 88. De quibuſdam benefactoribus .
Urcellus de Criſmevill dedit huic eccleſie terratn
de Denton, et obiit tertio die menfis Januarii.
Willielmus de Nouveriis dedit huic eecleſie eccle-
iam et alia tenementa in Houes, et obiit quinto de-
cimo die menſis Januarii. Rogerus, quondam vicarius
de Auburn, dedit nobis cifum argenteum, et falar
argenti, et cifum de murra cum pede argenteo; et
obiit primo die menſis Martii, Willielmus de Albi-
neio primus dedit huic eccleſie eccleſiam de Barkeſ-
2 In com. Line.
Peck, MS. 4936; Dugdale, Monaſticon, vol. I. p. 3283 ex quodam
num Brudenell, Videſis etiam Lelandum, Itin. tom. VIII. p. 70.
3 pariete, Dugdale. + Leland,
* Videlis Obituarium, p. 25. & ſeqq.
? Harl. MSS. No 2044. p- 53. 5
BELVOIR PRIORY. of
ton ; et obiit viceſimo primo die menſis Martii. Phi-
lippus de Kimi dedit huic eccleſie turbariam in ma-
riſco de Kimà et obiit quarto die menſis Aprilis.
Willielmus de Albeniaco tertius dedit infirmarie garbas
acrarum, et obiit ſeptimo die menſis Maii. Robertus
dedit huic ecclefie quatuor bovatas terre in Clakeſtona,
et obiit viceſimo quarto die menſis Mai.
Schropſchir dedit viginti marcas ad opus clauſtri, et
obiit etiam viceſimo quarto die menſis Maii. Eren-
ginius dedit huic ecclefie duas bovatas terre in Turri-
martona, et obiit undecimo die menfis Junii. Willi-
elmus de Albini ſecundus dedit huic eccleſie eccle-
ſiam Wleſtorph, er eccleſiam de Redmild, et obiit de-
cimo octavo die menſis Junii [14 Hen. II. 1168}.
Robertus dedit huic eccleſie quatuor bovatas terre in
Muſton, et obiit octavo die menſis Julii, Ivo dedit
huic ecclefie eccleſiam de Clayeſton, cum xi bovatis
terre, et decimas totius ville; et obiit oftavo decimo
die menſis Julii. Oliverus de Ainecurt dedit huic
eccleſie unam carucatam terre in Grenebi, et obiit
viceſimo tertio die menſis Julii. Dominus Willielmus
dominus de Roos dedit eccleſie de Bever quadraginta
libras, et obiit primo die menſis Septembris, annoque
Domini 1415. Symon de Ropeſlei dedit huic ec-
cleftie ſex bovatas terre in Claſtone, et ſex toftas in
villa de Belvero. Johannes Grene de Grantham dedit
nobis centum ſolidos, et obiit quinto decimo die men-
ſis Septembris. Rogerus Crophull dedit unum pan-
num ſericum, et obiĩit decimo ſexto die menſis Sep-
tembris. Johannes Belt de Boſton dedit huic eccleſie
quinque marcas, et obiit octavo decimo die menſis
Septembris. Willielmus de Stodham dedit huic ec-
eleſie viginti ſeliones in campis de Botiesford, et
obiit viceſimo ſecundo die menſis Octobris. Euſtachia
de Fanecurt, domina de Wiwelle, ſoror et benefadtor
noſter, obiit die tertio menſis Novembris. Nicholaus
dedit huic eccleſie unam acram terre in Redemild, et
obiit ſexto die menſis Novembris. Gaufridus dedir
unam bovatam terre in Stakedern, et obiit viceſimo
quinto die menſis Novembris. Dominus Odinellus de
Albiniaco dedit decem marcas ad conſtructionem refec-
torii, et obiit viceſimo ſexto menſis Novembris. Ro-
bertus de Roppeſle, junior, dedit huic eceleſie unam
bovatam terre, et obiit viceſimo nono die menſis No-
vembris.
89. Anniverſaria diverſa celebrata in prioratu de Bel-
ver 7; videlicet, inter alia, .
Robertus Stoniſby et Elizabetha uxor.
Simon Hawberge.
Elizabetha Babington.
Willielmus de Albineio, qui dedit eceleſiam de
Barkeſton huic eccleſie.
Philippus de Kyme, qui dedit turbariam in mariſco
de Kymi.
Willielmus de Albineio, qui dedit garbas de Kyma,
&c. |
Walterus de Lovetot.
Robertus de Roos, dominus de Belvero.
Johannes de Chauveny, miles. .
. Offa Rex Anglorum, Sancti Albani monaſterii fun-
ator.
Robertus de Toteneyo, fundator hujus eccleſie.
Dominus Willielmus de Roos. |
Dominus Thomas dominus de Roos; frater noſter,
Dominus Willielmus dominus de Roos, qui dedit
40 libras de bonis ſuis eccleſie, obiit 1414.
Willielmus Rex Anglie.
Mabilla comitiſſa, ſoror noſtra.
Rogerus Crophull, qui dedit panum ſervitium.
Willielmus de Albeney, fundator eccleſie de Wy-
mondham.
Annabella uxor domini Henrici de Grene.
Nigellus de Aubeni.
Odinellus de Aubeni, frater noſter principalis.
Robertus Bardolf.
Willielmus Markham et Johannes frater.
Domina Jocoſa Plumpton.
5 Sutor, MS, Gale, fol, 179.
regiſtro prioratts de Belvero penes Thomam domi-
Dominus
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24 APPENDIX To THz HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Dominus Johannes dominus de Roos, et Willielmus
frater, fratres prioris.
Johannes Penreth.
Thomas Tailard.
Willielmus Bernarke.
Dominus Willielmus Latimer.
Dominus Thomas Roos, dominus de Beaver.
Domina Beatrix Babington.
Domina Margareta domina de Roos, ſoror noſtra.
Mr. Thomas Delaware, dominus Delaware.
Dominus Radulphus de Newmarch, miles.
Henricus de Albeni.
Beatrix mater Galfredi de Muſchamp.
Henricus Maynard.
Simon de Roppeſle, qui dedit ſeptem bovatas in
Clauſton.
Willielmus Mouſe et Johanna uxor, pater et mater
fratris noſtri Roberti de Eſeby.
Amicia ſoror prioratiis, uxor Nigelli de Albeneio.
Willielmus de Borrhard.
Johannes Rex, &
Stephanus Rex.
Matildis Bernaſſe, uxor quondam Jacobi domini Roos.
Euſtachea de Fannacart, ſoror principalis.
Robertus de Roppele, qui dedit unam bovatam terre.
Johannes Diſney. |
Willielmus de Albineto tertius, et Margareta uxor
ejus, xii ſolidos de garbis in Ancaſar.
go. Admiſſi in fraternitatem *.
1226, Dominus Robertus, perſona de Offynton ;
Dominus Stephanus, perſona de Depyng z
Dominus Ernaldus, vicazius de Claxtone ;
Johannes Purle, & Alicia uxor ejus;
Magiſter Johannes Pſhay ;
Dominus Johannes Brampſton, vicarius de Bar-
ſtone ; et,
Dominus Walterus Agaz, vicarius de Plungarth ;
fad fuerunt fratres noſtri capituli in feſto S. Luce
Evangeliſte anno regni R. Henrici tertio 109.
Henricus Chamberleyn & Alicia uxor ejus re-
cepti fuerunt in fraternitatem hujus domùs anno ejuſ-
dem regis 11“.
Memorandum, quod in craſtino Aſſumptionis B.
Marie Virginis, A. D. 1309, nos prior de Belvero &
ejuſdem loci. conventus, recepimus Gilbertum de
Cheſtreton, mercatorem de Graham, in fraternitatem;
gui gratioſè contulit c5. ad conventum. Et, quando-
cunque in fatu deceſſerit, faciemus pro anima ejus
ſicut pro uno de commonachis noſtris. Et dies ejus
ſcribetur in preſenti martirologio. Et obitus ejus
cum obitu monachorum deferretur per brevitarium
noſtrum per domos religioſos Anglie, & Scotie, &
Wallie, & Y bernie.
Memorandum, quod A. D. 1366, in feſto Ordinati-
onis S. Gregorii pape, receptus eſt Wills Hamſterle
in fraternitatem hujus domus.
Item, Willielmus Warner, vicarius de Clayxtone,
receptus eſt in fraternitatem hujus domiis, anno ſu-
pradicto, in craſtino S. Jacobi apoſtoli.
Item, Gilbertus rector de Hertbi rece ptus eſt in
fraternitatem hujus domus, anno ſupradicto.
Anno Domini 1373, Robertus Meuvus receptus
eſt in fraternitatem hujus domũùs.
Eodem anno, in felto S. Andree, domina Dio-
niſia Sothil. | |
Et in craſtino S. Mathei apoſtoli, Elizabet. Venur,
& Johannes Palmere.
Item, Thomas Wayte & dominus Johannes Wayte
frater ejus.
Item, dominus Nicholaus rector de Hartby.
Et dominus Willielmus rector de WIſthorpe.
Item, Gilbertus Sutor, & Margeria Prat uxor ejus.
1385. Galfridus Segrave.
Johannes Nottingham & Elenora uxor ejus.
Dominus Henricus Medborn.
Dominus Willielmus Gower.
Dominus Johannes Roos, dominus de Belvero; et
Robertus T hornborugh, ejus armiger ; recepti ſunt in
1— hujus domiis, anno Dom. 1385, 7 idus
ail,
Memorandum, Willielmus Barforth & Katerina
uxor ejus recepti ſunt in fraternitatem hujus domũs,
feria ſecunda in ebdomada Pentecoſtes, anno regni
Henrici Quinti 5, 1417. |
Memorandum, quod anno Domini 1422, feria ſe-
cunda poſt Dominicam in Palmis, recepti ſunt in fra-
ternitatem hujus prioratũùs,
Domina Margareta, domina de Roos;
_ Galtridus Paynell, cum domina Margareta uxore
ejus; |
Johannes Roos, armiger ;
Agnes Gedyngton.
Anno Domini 1423, receptus fuit in fraternitatem
hujus prioratùs dominus Henricus Roſe, vicarius de
Melton.
Anno Domini 1426, recepti ſunt in fraternitatem
noſtram Ricardus Hunton & Alicia uxor ejus.
Et Hugo Goodchepe, cum Johanne uxore ejus.
Et hec receptio ultima fuit facta in feſto 8. Mathei,
anno ſupradicto.
Memorandum, quod anno Domini 1429, in ebdo-
mada proxima poſt Quaſimodo Geniti, receptus fuit
in fraternitatem hujus domiis dominus Adam de
Santon, rector de Sowthykam. |
Eodem anno, in vigilia Nativitatis B. Marie, re-
cepte ſunt in fraternitatem hujus prioratis Johanna
Goodjoone & Emma Hereford. |
Memorandum, quod anno Domini 1430, Dominica
tertia Quadrageſime, recepti fuerunt in fraternitatem
* priorattis ; imprimis,
omina Alianora domina de Roos, cum filiis ſuis ;
viz. Thoma primogenito ſuo, et domino de Ros; &
Ricardo; cum Margareta filia ſua,
Item, Matildis Hylton, filia baronis de Hylton.
Item, Robertus Hooton, generoſus.
Item, Johanna Linylbery ; & Alicia Bolton.
Quibus donet Deus gratiam in preſenti et gloriam
in futuro. | | |
Item, anno Dom. 1430, recepti ſunt in fraternitatem
hujus prioratüs Willielmus Atwell & Johanna uxor
ejus; et dominus Thomas Wrygth.
Acta ſunt hec feria tertia poſt Dominicam in
Palmis, anno ſupradicto.
Item, in vigilia Epiphanie proxime ſequente, ad-
miſſus fuit Rogerus filius diftorum Willielmi & Jo-
hannis. .
Item, eodem die Willielmus pater & Matildis ma-
ter dicti Willielmi Atwell.
Item, Robertus Burle pater & Matildis mater
Johanne uxoris ejuſdem Willielmi.
Item, Willielmus, Johannes, Alicia, filii [& filia}
dictorum Willielmi & Johanne Attewell. |
Item, anno Domini 1430, in feſto S. Marcelli
pape, receptus fuit in fraternitatem hujus prioraciis
Willielmus de Garthe armiger.
Anno Domini 1431, feria fecunda in ebdomadi
Pentecoſtes, recepti tuerunt in fraternitatem noſtram
Willielmus Coke de Howes, & Alicia uxor ejus.
Johannes Beauver & Margeria quondam uxor ſua
recepti fuerunt in fraterni:atem noſtram feria ſecunda
poſt Dominicam in Palmis, anno Dom. 1433.
Eodem anno 1433, in feſto Cathedre S. Petri,
recepti fuerunt in fraternitatem hujus prioratus do-
minus Thomas Chaworth, miles, & domina Yſabella
uxor ejus, cum filiis & filiabus eorundem. Quibus
donet, Altiſſimus vitam & gloriam ſempiternam.
Anno Domini 1434, in teſto Exaltationis 8. Crucis,
recepti fuerunt in fraternitatem hujus prioratus Ris
cardus Hawe & Matildis uxor ejus.
Memorandum, quod anno Domini 1435 receptus
fuit in fraternitatem magiſter Johaunes Marſhall *, ca-
nonicus eceleſie Lincoln.
Et eodem anno receptus fuit in fraternitatem hujus
rioratlis magiſter Willielmus Hull, rector eceleſie de
Muſton, una cum Johanne Hull tratre ſuo.
* Peck, MSS. 4936 ; ex MS. cl, Gale, fol. 2. a. b. 6. b. 13. a. 179. b.
He was then prebendary of Brampton ; exchanged in 1438 for Lowth, which he held till 1445, as appears by the fol-
lowing epitaph in Lincoln cathedral ;
Pic jacet Magiſter Johannes Marſhall, quondam Canonicus Keſidentiariug iſtius Eccleſie,
qui objit 12 Junii, A. D. 1445, cujus anime propitietur Deus.
Ut Kota palleſcit cum folem lenſit adeſſe ;
Sic homo vanelcit, nunc eft, nunc delinit elle.
Amen.
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Prima dies menſis, & ſeptima, truncat ut enſis.
Hi omnes. Robertus Stoke, quondam prior de
Bynham. Willielmus. Simon. Radulfus. Ro-
bertus. Aluredus ſacerdos. Oſbernus conver-
ſus. Orgarus. Martynus, quondam prior hyjus
eccleſie ; panem et potum.
Hi omnes. Gillebertus converſus. Clemens.
Gaufridus. Henricus. Radulfus ſacerdos. Jo-
hannes ſacerdos. Reginaldus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Ervinus ſacerdos. Randulfus; pa-
nem et potum. Et Robertus converſus. Et
Johannes. Bartholomeus. Willielmus. Wal-
terus. Robertus ſacerdos. ;
Hi omnes. Rogerus ſacerdos. Gaufridus ſacer-
dos. Ricardus ſacerdos. Gilbertus ſacerdos.
Thomas ſacerdos. Willielmus ſacerdos. Et
Awonius ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Henricus.
Hi omnes. Alduinus. Et Gregorius ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Walterus ſacerdos. Adomarus ſacer-
dos.
Hi omnes. Audonus. Et Walterus. Rogerus ſa-
cerdos.
Hi omnes. Rogerus. Walterus. Adam; panem
et potum. Johannes ſacerdos. Ricardus ſa-
cerdos.
Hi omnes. Galianus. Walterus. Johannes; pa-
nem & potum. Stephanus ſacerdos. Hi omnes.
Robertus prior S. Albani, ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Turkillus converſus. Radulfus. Si-
mon. Willielmus; panem & potum. Johannes.
Gilbertus ſacerdos. Et Petrus ſubdiaconus.
Johannes. Clemens ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Laurentius. Gilbertus. Radulfus
converſus. Robertus. Ricardus. Johannes
ſacerdos. Willielmus. Et Milo ſubdiaconus.
Gilbertus. Rogerus. Johannes ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Valerianus monachus & ſacerdos.
Johannes ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos. Tho-
mas ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos. Robertus
ſacerdos. |
Hi omnes. Valerianus ſacerdos. Et Alla con-
verſus. Radulphus ſacerdos. Johannes Heland.
Georgius.
Hi omnes. Elyas. Johannes Hatfield. Johannes
ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Leonninus ſacerdos. Aldredus dia-
conus. Johannes converſus, monachus. Jo-
hannes ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Gaufridus converſus. Ricardus ſacer-
dos. Et Walterus diaco:;us, monachus. Phi-
lippus ſacerdos. Thomas ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Geroldus monachus converſus. Et
Ricardus ſacerdos. Thomas ſacerdos. Ricar-
dus ſacerdos. Humfredus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Robertus. Et Ranulfus ſacerdos ;
monachi. Reynerus ſacerdos. Symon ſacer-
dos panem et potum. Alanus ſacerdos. Hen-
ricus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Hugo, Gaufridus, & Thomas ſacer-
dos, monachi. Ricardus diaconus. Stepha-
nus. Johannes Whethamſtede, abbas [S. Al-
bani.
Hi — Leſtanus abbas. Ulfus. Et Willi.
elmus ſacet dos. Et Oſbertus diaconus.
Hi omnes. Gaufridus. Et Ricardus ſacerdos.
Willielmus ſacerdos. Robertus ſacerdos. Wil-
lielmus novicius. Philippus ſacerdos. Willi-
elmus ſacerdos. Robertus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Et Gervaſius ſacerdos. Hugo diaco-
nus. Stephanus ſacerdos. Adam ſacerdos.
Ricardus ſacerdos. Robertus Funde vale.
Hi omnes. Rogerus converſus. Simon ſacerdos;
panem & potum. Thomas ſacerdos. Williel-
mus ſacerdos. .
Habet dies xxxi. Luna xxx.
1. Et Adelina & Ydonea, ſorores noſtre.
2
10.
11.
13.
14
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
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G |
Robertus Stoniſby & Elizabet' uxor ejus.
Et Urcellus de Criſmeville, qui dedit huic ec-
cleſie terram de Denton 3 panem & potum-
Alicia de Clacſtona,
Ricardus de Fenn. Et Alicia ſoror.
Ricardus frater. Johanna ſoror.
Margareta Goflan.
Hi omnes. Symon de Borrohard. Margeria uxor
ejus. Et Simon. Ricardus. Ricardus.
Thomas Mote. Johannes Barton. Willielmus
Atwell, frater noſter. Et Matildis Atwell,
ſoror noſtra.
Et Leonninus frater noſter, & uxor ejus Sele-
hifa, & filii eorum. Johannes Bol ſuu.
Willielmus, Johannes; fratres noſtri. Alicia ſoror
noltra.
Et Bernardus abbas Rameſienſis.
Willielmus de Nouveriis, qui dedit huic eccleſie
eccleſiam & alia tenementa in Howes,
Willielmus Brito. Et Berengarius ; fratres noſtti.
Radulfus. Gelebrode.
Et Aluredus pincerna. Et Eftia uxor ejus. Et
Nigellus. Elizabeth Rooſe, ſoror noſtra.
Johannes Sleford, capellanus.
Katerina Bolton.
Et Robertus comes, frater noſter.
Henticus
Gedyngton.
Edmundus.
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26.
27.
31.
Hi omnes. Johannes diaconus. Willielmus ſacer-
dos. Robertus Maydeforde. Robertus Owneſby
. facerdos. |
Hi omnes. Kinelaus. Gocelinus. Et Jocelinus
ſacerdos. Walterus diaconus. Walterus con-
verſus. Willielmus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Gaufridus. Robertus. Nicholaus ſa-
cerdos; panem & potum. W. diaconus. Si-
_ ſacetdos. Willielmus. Willielmus ſacer-
os.
Hi omnes. Hermannus. Hugo. Radulſus ſacer-
dos. Adam. Rogerus diaconus. Willielmus
ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Petrus. Willielmus. Et Hugo ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Robertus. Et Matheus. Aſchetillus
converſus.
Hi omnes. Sanſon. Ricardus. Herveus. Ste-
phanus. Johannes. Alanus ſacerdos. Williel-
mus ſacerdos.
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10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
Hi omnes. Florentius. Vvenus, & Henricus.
Adam. Willielmus ſacerdos. Johannes Growte
ſacerdos. Henricus.
Hi omnes. Henricus. Robertus ſacerdos. Wil-
lielmus ſacerdos. Ricardus Waltham.
Hi omnes. Willielmus; & Ricardus converſus;
& Andreas ſacerdos. Robertus ſacerdos. Jo-
hannes ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Simon prior hujus eccleſie; panem &
potum. Et Willielmus Patricius. Hugo. Ro-
bertus ſacerdos. Ricardus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Gregorius Daniel. Et Ricardus ſacer-
dos. Willielmus converſus, monachus. Ricar-
dus. Willielmus ſacerdos, monachus. Ricar-
dus. Willielmus ſacerdos. Thomas Rooſe,
ſenior.
Hi omnes. Aluredus. Johannes ſacerdos. Jo-
hannes ſacerdos.
. Hi omnes. Ivo. Walterus. Et Gregorius. Ni-
cardus ſacerdos. Simon. Et Godetridus con-
verſus. Willielmus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Ricardus. Et Benedictus. Robertus.
Edwardus Serſdon ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Vincentius. Rogerus. Et Godwynus.
Johannes. Johannes ſacerdos. Thomas ſacer-
dos. Johannes. Abraham ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Alanus ſacerdos; panem & potum.
Johannes diaconus. Robertus ſacerdos. Ro-
bertus Hawe ſacerdos.
Robertus ſacerdos. Ricardus Myſſyndene.
Hi omnes. Gregorius. Gabriel. Et Robertus
ſacerdos. Radulphus ſacerdos. Willielmus
Wynſlow ſacerdos. Antonius Cowche ſenior.
Symon ſacerdos. Thomas ſacerdos. Thomas
Wynterton ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Wiilielmus Ludo. Lambertus Judo-
cus. Alexander ſacerdos. Walterus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Hugo. Et Hugo ſacerdos. Williel-
mus Aubbard converſus.
Hi omnes. Jacobus ſacerdos. Et Aſchanius con-
verſus; panem & potum. Nicholaus ſacerdos.
Willielmus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Hugo. Hubertus. Ricardus. Et S.
Adam ſacerdos. Sacrus ſacerdos. 8
Hi omnes. Johannes. Et Hugo ſacerdos. Et Mi-
chael converſus. Johannes Langley, quondam
prior hujus ecclefie. Johannes ſacerdos. Wil-
lielmus acoletus.
Hi omnes. Aſketillus. Et Henricus ſacerdos.
Adam ſacerdos. | |
Hi omnes. Radulfus. Aſketillus. Johannes. Et
Johannes ſacerdos. Et Radulfus converſus.
Alanus ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Helias. Robertus. Et Willielmus ſa-
cerdos; panem & potum. Et Hamundus ſub-
diaconus. Willielmus ſacerdos. Johannes ſa-
cerdos. Willielmus ſacerdos. Johannes.
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27.
29.
30.
Et Hawis. Adam. Agties, Robertus ſacerdos,
frater noſter. Et Simon Hauberk. Helias.
Willielmus. |
Simon. Simon. Robertus. Henricus. Johannes.
Robertus. Margeria Bever, ſoror noſtra. Jo.
hannes. |
Willielmus. Robertus. Willielmus. Radulfus.
Rogerus. Willielmus.
Johannes. Johannes. Ricardus. Malynet. Agnes.
Agnes. Agnes Blab . . . . . Elizabet Babyng-
ton. Willielmus frater noſter.
31. Alicia de Ros. Willielmus Barbor.
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12.
20.
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22. Hi omnes. Radulfus ſacerdos. Willielmus ſacer- 22.
dos. Willielmus Fenyngle ſacerdos. Robertus | |
Hayward ſacerdos. |
23. Hi omnes. Robertus. Thomas. Hubertus. Et 23.
Petrus; panem & potum. Ervinus converſus.
Et Reginaldus ſacerdos; panem & potum.
Johannes abbas. Johannes ſacerdos. |
24. Hi omnes. Willielmus abbas. Hugo. Abſalom 24.
ſacerdos. Ernaldus. Et Walterus converſus.
Robertus ſacerdos. | |
25. Hi omnes. Rodericus. Gaufridus abbas. Auve- 25.
nus ſacerdos. Gaulfridus Wyntyr ſacerdos.
26, Hi omnes. Walterus prior S. Albani. Hugo. 26.
Robertus ſacerdos. Willielmus.
27. Hi omnes. Johannes diaconus. Bartholomeus 27.
ſacerdos. Willielmus ſacerdos.
28, Hi omnes. Leofridus. Odo. Robertus. Oto ſa- 28.
cerdos. Alfredus diaconus. Hugo. Thomas
ſacerdos. Thomas. Johannes. |
MARTIUS.
Primus madentem, dirumpit quarta bibentem. Habet dies xxxi. & Luna xxx.
1. 1. Rogerus, quondam vicarius de Auburn, qui dedit
[Deeſt folium in codice Mſ.] nobis cifum argenteum, & falaiium ar
enti,
& cifum de murra cum pede argenteo *
noſter. Elizabetha Reynolds ſoror noſtra.
2. 2. _— Willielmus Hamſterle. Robertus Bar-
dolf.
3. Et Serlo, abbas de Gloceſtria,
4. Nicholaus, frater noſter. Et Cecilia, ſoror noſ-
ter. Et alia fratres.
5. Mariota. Johannes. Ricardus.
6. Et Anna, ſoror noſtra. Johanna ſoror. Robertus
Burley, frater noſter; & Matildis Burley, ſo-
ror noſtra. Wyllielmus frater noſter. Jo-
hannes. Alicia.
7. Et Robertus, frater noſter; & Gunnora uxor
ejus. Agnes, ſoror noſtra. Thomas.
8. Et Gundoltus, Rofenſis epiſcopus. Et Winocus,
frater noſter Johannes Palmer, qui obiit anno
Domini M.cccc.xxxi.
10. Thomas de Belvero, frater noſter. Willielmus
Markham. Et Johannes frater ejus. W.
Patwyn.
12. Johannes Byer. Margaria. Henricus frater.
13. Hugo, frater noſter. Et hic eſt anniverſarius dies
parentum omnium monachorum profeſſionis S.
Albani principalis, A. Johanna.
14. Et Acharius, abbas de Burgo. Agnes Whytley,
ſoror noſtra. W. Smyth.
15. Hawyſya, ſoror noſtra.
17. Gilbertus Kendale. |
18. Robertus, frater noſter. Et Robertus de Riſton,
clericus.
19. Magota.
20, Et Petrus de Valloniis, frater noſter, fandator
eccleſie de Bynham. Domina Jocoſa Plumton.
| Johannes Bever, frater noſter.
21, Et Willielmus de Albeneio primus; qui dedit
huic ecclefie eccleſiam de Barkeſtcn. Panem
& potum. Principalis | ejus dies anniverſarius]
A- Et Henricus. Johanna Belver, ſoror
noſtra.
22. Dominus Johannes dominus de Roos; & Wil-
lielmus frater ejus; fratres noſtri.
23. Simon Scleche, frater noſter. Elizabetha ſoror.
24. Johanna Scleche, ſoror.
25. Willielmus, pater Johannis quondam prioris hu-
jus ecclefie. Matildis. Iſabella foror.
26, Thomas Byere.
27. Et Waſco, frater noſter. Reginaldus de Infir-
maria. Margareta Croſton, ſoror noſtra.
30. Hugo, frater noſter.
31. Alicia.
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21.
22.
Hi omnes. Willielmus. Paulus. Radulfus. Ri-
cardus. Et Thomas ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Willielmus. Ricardus; panem &
potum. Et Thomas ſacerdos. a
Hi omnes. Ricardus, Et Thomas ſacerdos. Jo-
hannes. Willielmus. Johannes Pontyſbery.
Johannes Bolton.
Hi omnes. Macharius; panem & potum. Hen-
ricus Dunſtanus. Garinus. Et Gaufridus.
Robertus ſacerdos. Willielmus ſacerdos,
prior de Wallingford. Rogerus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Paganus. Ricardus converſus. Jo-
hannes diaconus. Edmundus ſacerdos. Ri-
cardus, chambin. Robertus Eſby, prior
hujus eccleſie.
Hi omnes. Godefridus abbas. Walterus. Jo-
hannes. Thomas ſacerdos. Willielmus con-
verſus. Simon ſacerdos. Willielmus Hall ſa-
cerdos, prior hujus eceleſie. Thomas ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Wibertus ſacerdos. Robertus conver-
ſus, Petrus. Walterus ſacerdos. Johannes ſa-
cerdos. Willielmus. Veylum ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Ricardus. Et Willielmus ſacerdos.
Elyas. Radulfus ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Adam ſacerdos. Eadwinus converſus.
Petrus ſacerdos. Ricardus ſacerdos. Johannes
Palmare & Margareta uxor.
Hi omnes. Godefridus. Symon. Symon. Et
Oliverus ſacerdos. Petrus. Et Ricardus con-
verſus.
Hi omnes. Laurentius abbas. Symon ſacerdos;
panem & potum. Turgiſus converſus. Ni-
cholaus. Johannes ſacerdos. Johannes Roth-
bury, archidiaconus Sarum.
Hi omnes. Johannes. Johannes ſacerdos. Mi-
chael abbas S. Albani. Rogerus Torperley.
Hi omnes. Hugo. Rogerus. Gilbertus. Wal-
terus. Philippus. Simon. Et Rogerus ſacer-
dos. Ricardus. Johannes. Johannes Hornar.
Robertus Dalton.
. Hi omnes. Hubertus. Auguſtinus. Willielmus.
Et Johannes ſacerdos. Et Aluredus converſus.
Bartholomeus ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos.
. Hi omnes. Petrus. Albinus. Ricardus. Et Ro-
gerus. Johannes ſacerdos. Robertus Kiling-
worthe ſacerdos. Johannes.
Hi omnes. Thomas ſacerdos. Adam ſubdiaconus.
Reinerus. Ricardus. Henricus. Et Rogerus
converſus. Nicholaus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Henricus prior de Tinemuc. Henri-
cus. Gaufridus. Ricardus. Willielmus ſacer-
dos. Chriſtianus. Radulfus. Rogerus conver-
ſus. Symon de Walden, quondam prior de
Tinemuc.
Hi omnes. Ambroſius. Robertus. Et Robertus.
Ricardus ſubdiaconus. Oſbernus converſus.
Willielmus acolitus. Johannes ſacerdos.
Johannes ſacerdos. Dompnus Thomas Brad-
defeld.
Hi omnes. Johannes de Hertford, abbas de $.
Albano; panem & potum. Willielmus. Ni-
cholaus. Henricus. Willielmus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Leofricus abbas. Thomas. Ricardus.
Gabriel. Willielmus. Willielmus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Samuel ſacerdos. Thomas ſacerdos.
Johannes Thornton, doctor. theologie.
Hi omnes. Hubertus. Johannes ſacerdos. Ro-
bertus ſacerdos. Willielmus Lythyng. Tho-
mas Barnard,
Hi omnes. Gilbertus; panem & potum. Et Ra-
dulfus. Willielmus ſacerdos. Ricardus. Wal-
terus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Moiſes. Heodericus. Et Ricardus.
Lucas. Johannes ſacerdos. Rogerus ſacerdos.
Johannes Wodell, ſubdiaconus.
. Hi omnes. Nicholaus, prior quondam de Tyn-
tann. Robertus. Ricardus. Et Jordanus ſa-
cerdos. Johannes ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Willielmus. Willielmus. Et Williel-
mus. Willielmus ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos.
Habet dies xxx. & Luna xxix.
1. 8 Alicia. Stephanus. Johanna. Johanna
Tor.
2. Alexander. Henricus. Willielmus. Walterus.
Margeria. W. Beyche.
3. Johannes. Willielmus, frater.
4. Philippus de Kima, qui dedit huic eceleſie tur-
bariam in mariſco de Kimà; frater noſter;
panem & potum.
5. Et Willielmus, frater noſter. Chriſtiana Dyve.
7. Willielmus, frater noſter. Rogerus.
8. Adam de Brantefeld, perſona de Berneye. Ro-
bertus, frater.
9. Et Albreda, uxor Hugonis de Higirvil. Ed-
wardus rex Anglie a Conqueſtu iiii““.
10. Rogerus. Iſabella. Jacobus. Johannes. Iſabella.
J. Malehyrſt, ſoror. Elizabetha, ſoror.
11. Johanna. Thomas.
12. Robertus. Johannes, frater.
13. Juliana.
14. Et Terelina, ſoror noſtra. Thomas Dalton.
Willielmus Dalton. Margareta.
15. Et Hugo, frater noſter. Robertus.
16. Et Cecilia, ſoror noſtra. Willielmus. Robertus
capellanus.
17. Willielmus, frater noſter. Et Mariota ſoror
noſtra. Johannes. Johanna, ſoror. Johanna.
Avicia, ſoror.
18. Rowlandus.
19. Elizabetha.
20. Johannes Roos. Et Hubertus de Rio, frater
noſter. Emma, ſoror noſtra.
21. Johannes abbas. Willielmus. Emma. Robertus.
Mariota. Thomas Wayt, frater noſter.
22, Iſabella. Joh. Burnan.
23. Et Adelredus, rex Anglorum. Ricardus, frater
noſter. Radulfus de Lymſey, fundator eccleſie
de Herteford, frater noſter.
24. Et Adilida, filia regis. Et Agelwinus niger, fra-
ter noſter,
25. Matildis. Margareta. Beatrix. Augnes, ſorot
noſtra.
26. Nicholaus, perſona de Botlisford. Ricardus
Hunton, frater noſter. :
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30.
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10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
Hi omnes. Willielmus. Walterus. Hubertus.
Haimo acolitus. Hamelinus converſus.
Robertus. Simon. Johannes ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Williclmus prior de 8. Albano. Ro-
landus converſus; panem & potum. Willi-
elmus ſacerdos. Andreas, prior hujus eccleſie.
Willielmus. Walterus ſubdiaconus.
Hi omnes. Garinus abbas; panem & potum.
Edwardus ; panem & potum. Thomas ſacer-
dos ; panem & potum.
Hi omnes. Irmennaldus. Willielmus. Rogerus.
Nigellus. Euſtachius. Rogerus. Robertus
ſacerdos. oo
BELVOIR PRIORY:
27. .
28.
29.
30.
Amicia. Johannes. Thomas. __ Fryfſell.
Johannes, Emma. Willielmus. Alicia, Williel-
mus.
Alicia Renham, ſoror.
Et Matildis regina. Agnes. Margaretta, ſoror.
M A 1.0 © ,
Tertius occidit, et ſeptimus ora relidit.
Hi omnes. Johannes. Johannes; panem & po-
tum. Robertus. Robertus. Et Benedictus ſa-
cerdos; panem & potum. Matheus ſacerdos.
Willielmus ſacerdos. Rogerus ſacerdos. Wil-
lielmus. Johannes ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Radulfus. Alexander ſacerdos. Gal-
fridus ſacerdos. Willielmus Wells, prior de
Wallingforde, ſacerdos.
Nicholaus de Flamſtede ſacerdos, prior S. Al-
bani. Johannes acolitus. Robertus Whytley
ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Robertus. Johannes. Et Radulfus
ſacerdos. Johannes Henney ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Alexander. Johannes. Thomas. Jo-
hannes. Et Willielmus. Ricardus. Johannes.
Gilbertus ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos. Jo-
hannes Penreth ſacerdos. Thomas Taplard
ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Rogerus prior hujus eceſeſie; panem
& potum. Willielmus. Godefridus. Et Ste-
phanus ſacerdos. Leovricus. Et Willielmus
converſus. Henricus ſacerdos. Adam ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Walterus. Oſbernus. Henricus.
Gaufridus ſacerdos. Johannes. Roland ſacer-
dos. Johannes Banburgh, prior de Wa-
Llyngford i, ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Paulus. Et Rogerus ſacerdos. Ricar-
dus converſus. Robertus. Willielmus. Willi—
elmus. Robertus; panem & potum. Robertus
ſacerdos. Walterus ſacerdos. Johannes ſa-
dos.
Hi omnes. Tancredus. Simon. Et Willielmus
ſacerdos. Willielmus Norwych ſacerdos. Tho-
mas ſubdiaconus. Georgius Colt ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Ricardus. Johannes. Ricardus. Et
Willielmus ſacerdos. Teobaldus converſus.
Johannes ſacerdos. Ricardus Certeſeye ſacer-
dos. Johannes Benett ſacerdos. Ricardus Po-
tuſgrave ſacerdos. Thomas Baldok diaconus.
Hi omnes. Ricardus. Et Willielmus ſacerdos.
Rogerus converſus.
Hi omnes. Nicholaus. Gregorius. Et Radul-
phus ſacerdos. Turgiſus. Et Walterus con-
verſus, Willielmus. Willielmus ſacerdos.
Reginaldus ſacerdos. Thomas Lutone diaco-
nus.
Hi omnes. Wibertus. Et Radulfus. Thomas ſa-
cerdos. Willielmus ſacerdos. Nicolaus Dun-
ſtabyll ſacerdos. 5
Hi omnes. Rogerus ſacerdos. Stephanus ſacer-
dos. Thomas diaconus. Willielmus novicius.
Henricus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Eadricus abbas. Robertus ſacerdos.
Thomas ſacerdos. Nicholaus ſacerdos. Ni-
cholaus Ware.
Vol. I. Arp ENDIx.
I.
2.
3
Habet dies xxxi. Luna xxx.
Alanus Flemyng. Margareta Dawſon, ſoror
noſtra.
Willielmus Garth & Johanna uxor ejus. Mar-
garita.
Et Nigellus de Albonoie. Johannes Weſt. Jo-
hanna Atwell. Alicia Felde.
4. Et Rogerus, fi ater noſter. Et Mariota de Auy-
munderby. Willielmus Adcocke. Johanna
Dalowe, ſoror.
5. Et Walterus Alvinus, frater noſter. Henricus Ka-
6.
byry, frater noſter. Alicia Bakar.
Et Remigius, epiſcopus Lincolnie. Et Iſabella,
ſoror noſtra.
7. Willielmus de Albeniaco III, qui dedit infirmarie
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
gar bas acrarum; panem & potum. Anniver-
{arius principalis. Walterus. Et hic eſt dies
anniverſarius omnium abbatum eccleſie S.
Albani; omnium monachorum profefſionis
ejuſdem; omnium religioſorum illorum mo-
naſteriorum cum quibus abbates monaſterii 8.
Albani, vel priores noſtri inierint aliquod fe-
dus ſpirituale; Roberti de Toteney, funda-
tor is hujus eceleſie; omnium regum Anglie ;
& omnium benefaRtorum noſtrorum defunc-
torum, anniverſarius Principalis. . tamen
11 Aug. infra.]
Et Rogerus frater noſter.
Et Albreda & Edeta, ſorores noſtre. Robertus
ſacerdos, frater noſter. Et Willielmus.
Et Hoſto. Et Forne; fratres noſtri. Et Alva,
ſoror noſtra. Willielmus Bernak. Robertus.
Johannes. Thomas; frater noſtri. Et Alicia.
Johanna, ſoror noſtra.. Johannes Saltby.
Auguſtinus.
Dominus Adam Santon, rector de Hykam, fra-
ter noſter. Johannes.
Et Matildis, ſoror noſtra. Willielmus Mowſe,
frater noſter. Mariota Mowle, ſoror.
Magiſter Johannes Preſtun, monachus, ſacerdos,
frater noſter. Avicia, ſoror.
Et Seni, frater noſter. Katerina Chatyrtun.
29
25. Hi
30 APPENDIX To TAE HISTORY of LEICESTERSHIRE.
16. Hi Sed Ricardus abbas. Ricardus. Robertus.
17.
18.
19.
20.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
3
Robertus. Et Walterus ſacerdos. Henricus
converſus. Henricus Wallaſine ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Sanſou ſacerdos. Thomas ſacerdos.
Willielmus ſacerdos. Johannes ſubdiaconus.
Thomas ſub.ſiaconus. Willielmus. Johannes
Pacok ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Willielmus. Fa Willielmus ſacerdos.
Erfaſtus converſus. Henricus ſacerdos. Tho-
mas ſacerdos. Ricardus ſacerdos. Jobannes
Beyer ſacerdos. Will: dmys converſus.
Hi omnes. Willielmus Walyngforde, abbas 8.
Albani. Eugeranius, prior S. Albani. Al-
bertus. Ricardus. Juſtinus. Robertus. Ro-
bertus. Johannes. Robertus ſacerdos, Johan-
nes ſacerdos. Andreas diaconus.
Hi omnes. Leonninus. Willielmus. Et Johan-
nes ſacerdos. Rogerus convyerſus. Elias ſacer-
dos. Ricardus facerdos. Ricardus Cauſton ſa-
cerdos.
Hi omnes. Radulfus, abbas [de] Abboteſbie. |
Thomas facerdos. Germanus. Henricus. Et
Adam ſacerdos. Thomas. Rohertus. Rolan-
dus Breton ſacerdos. Henricus Ma . . . ſa-
cerdos.
Hi omnes. Ricardus ſacerdos. Brichinarus; pa-
nem & potum. Hubertus. Et Hugo converſus.
Willielmus ſacerdos. Gilbertus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Alquinus. Et Robertus A , . . ab-
bis. Rogerus ſacerdos ; panem & potum. Ri-
cardus Hoddiſdon ſacerdos. Johannes Bernet.
Thomas Robertſon. Willielmus Wiſbich ſa-
cerdos.
Hi omnes. Herveus. Willielmus ſacerdos; pa-
nem & potum. Ricardus ſacerdos. Adam ſa-
cerdos. Dunſtanus. Thomas. Willielmus ſa-
cerdos.
Hi omnes. Gaufridus facerdos. Willielmus con-
verſus. Nicholaus diaconus.
Hi omnes. Rogerus. Benedictus. Robertus. Jo-
hannes ſacerdos. Thomas ſacerdos. Johannes
ſacerdos. J. Maynard, bacaularius, ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Macharius ſacerdos. Thomas aco-
litus. Helias ſacerdas; panem & potum.
Thomas ſacerdos. Johannes , . + de
Hathfild ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Aufridus. Radulfus. Gaufridus.
Dyoniſius ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos. Et Jo-
hannes ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos. N. Boſ-
ton ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Auguſtinus. Gilbertus. Alanus.
Robertus. Radulfus. Et Ricardus, Williel-
mus facerdos. Willielmus ſacerdos. Johannes
ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Richerus. Et Willielmus. Willielmus
ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Gervaſius. Nigellus ſacerdos. Wido
converſus. Galtridus ſacerdos. Radulfus ſa-
cerdos. Johannes. Johannes ſacerdos.
| J UNC
Denus palleſcit, quindgnus, fedeta neſcit.
Hi omnes. Ricardus; panem & potum. Et Ur-
banus ſacerdos; panem & potum. Acharius.
Hugo. Et Godraannus converſus. Walterus
ſacerdos, prior de Heriford. Robertus ſacer-
dos. Robertus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Almarus. Adam; panem & potum.
Helias. Ricardus. Hugo; panem & potum.
Willielmus ſacerdos. Willielmus By well ſa-
cerdos. Robertus ſacerdos. Johannes aco-
litus.
Hi omnes. Freſbertus. Paganus. Willielmus.
Rogerus. Vngerus ſacerdos. Archillus conver-
ſus. Rogerus ſacerdos; panem & potum.
Hi omnes. Alfgarus. Aluredus. Et Radulfus
ſacerdos. Willielmus. Pewrus, Hugo. Et
Willielmus converſus. Ricardus lacerdos.
Willielmus ſacerdos. Willielmus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Simon ſacerdos. Deoderjcus. Ricar-
dus. Et Walterus converſus. Willielmus ſa-
cerdos.
4
16. Wilfielmus, Et Johannes.
17.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23•
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
4.
U
Et Walterus de Lovetot, frater noſter. Et Ro-
bertus de Ros, dominus de Beauver.
Et Girardus, frater noſter. Et Brichtina, ſoror
nostra. Et Johannes de Chareney, miles.
Johanna.
Et Gaufridus de Chaveney, frater noſter. Et
Ricardus facerdos, monachus.
Johanna Bramanger.
Johaona Stalker.
Et Gerardus, epiſcopus, Iſabella.
Henricus. Thomas.
Robertus, qui dedit huic eccleſie jiii bovatas terre
in Clakeftona. Et. , ſacerdos
Schropſchir, qui dedit ad opus clauſtri xx
Marcas.
Emma.
Et Hugo, frater noſter.
Et Turfleda, ſoror noſtra.
Et Lanfrancus, archiepiſcopus. Dominus Willi-
elmus Latymer.
Elizabeta.
Margareta.
8.
Habet dies xxx. & Luna xaix,
Magiſter Willielmus de Doun, archidiaconus
Leyeeſtrie.
Elizabeta Wyner.
Johanna, ſoror.
Thomas, frater.
Rieardus. Conſtantia, Johannes.
FraMLanD Hod NE R.]
6. Hi omnes. Willielmus. Et Alanus facerdos.
Symon. Johannes ſacerdos. Rogerus ſacerdos.
Willielmus ſacerdos. Johannes Aldfield ſacer-
dos: Ricardus ſucerdos.
Hi omnes. Adam ſaterdos. Willielmus novicius.
Ricardus. Ricardus. Bartholomeus —
Adam ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Robertus ſaoerdos. Nicholaus con-
verſus. Thomas ſacetdos. Magiſter J.
Hi omnes. Radulfus Serto. Et Willielmus ſa-
cerdos. Godetridus diaconus.
Hi omnes. Gaufridus. Et Mathias ſacerdos.
Petrus 5 panem g porum. Et Henricus ſub-
diaconus. Ricardus. Johannes. Johannes. Ri-
cardus. Reginaldus. Johannes. Willielmus
ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Thomas. Et Adam facerdos. Symon
ſacerdos. Adam ſacerdos. Johannes novicius.
Hi omnes. Nicholaus. Salomon ſacerdos; Ail>
__ fFidus Et Tartinus converſus. Robertus ſa-
cerdos. Johannes _—_— Willielmus Alne-
wyk. Thomas Lory
Hi omnes. Ervaldus. Unmanue, Et Alanus ſa-
cerdos. Adam ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos.
Willielmus facerdos. Galfridus facerdos. Jo-
hannes ſacerdos. Ricardus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Regiualdus. Leowardus. Radulfus.
Laurentius. Et Radulfus ſacerdos. Gaufridus
diaconus. Reginaldus. Et Willielmus conver-
ſus. Thomas lacerdos. Willielmus Norwyche.
Robertus, doctor in decretis.
Hi omnes. Radulfus. Et Valerianus ſacerdos.
Gaufridus converſus. Ricardus ſacerdos. Ra-
nulfus facetuos. Willielmus ſacerdos. Ricar-
dus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Samuel novicius. Et Andreas ſa-
cerdos. Fredericus. Johannes converſus. Ri-
cardus. Robertus ſacerdos. Simon ſacerdos.
Thomas ſacerdos. Johannes ſacetdos.
Hi omnes. Johannes. Johannes ſacerdos. Oſber-
tus converſus. Henricus ſacerdos. Johannes
Smyth ſacerdos. Willichnus Barne ſacerdos.
Johannes ſacerdos. Andreas ſacertlos. Johannes
ſacerdos. Walterus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Ricardus. Et Audonus; panem &
potum. Willielmus ſacerdos. Johannes ſacer-
dos. Willielmus ſacerdos. Thomas, doctor in
decretis.
. Hi omnes. Walterus ſacerdos. Ricardus facerdos.
Hi omnes. Gaufridus converſus. Johannes ſa-
cerdos. Thomas ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Godwinus ſacerdos. Fulcherus con-
verſus. Johannes diaconus. Ricardus Roſcel.
Hi omnes. Willielmus. Johannes. Willielmus
ſacerdos, Gillibertus converſus. Jacobus, no-
VICIUS.
Hi omnes. Radulfus. Silveſter, Tholomens ſa -
cerdos. Robertus diaconus. Radultus Puer.
Willielmus. Johaunes ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Algarus. Wido. Alexander; panem
et potum. Robertus. Johannes, Robertus ſa-
cerdosz panem & potum. Robertus Dannard.
Thomas Porter.
Hi omnes. Girolfus. Et Gaufridus ſacerdos.
Ricardus novicius. Rogerus. Johannes ſacer-
dos. Johannes Blewberry ſacerdos.
. Hi omnes. Wigodus. Ernulfus. Ricardus ; pa-
nem & potum. Matheus. Adam ſacerdos. Joel
diaconus. Thomas ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Johannes ſacerdos. Et Jacobus ſub-
diaconus. Thomas Brakysford. Elyas, prior
de Walyngforde. Stephanus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Joſeph ſacerdos ; panem et potum.
Marinus diaconus. Willielmus ſacerdos. Ri-
cardus. Willielmus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Alfredus ſubdiaconus. Rogerus.
Johannes. Alanus ſacerdos.
Wut PRIORY.
6. Johannes Herman, frater aller.
7. | Elizabetha Wyllyams.
8. Adam, frater noſter, & uxor ejus. Emma, Wil-
lielmus. Dominus Edwardus Wodeſtok, prin-
ceps.
Domtmat Thomas de Roos, dominus de Beauver.
Et Aldeva, & Briſtina, & Matildis; ſorores noſtre.
11+ Et Erenginius, Hates noſter, qui dedit hvic ec-
eleſie duas bovatas terre iti Turimartoni,
Henricus, rex Anglorum.
Robertus, frater noſter. Magiſter Jobannis Pope
ſacerdos, doctor theologie.
*
14. Johannes Newman, frater noſter. Iſabella Pope.
Johannes, frater. Willielmus Styrropp.
15. Thomas Ardeyne, frater noſter. Avicia, ſoror.
Et Yſabella de Ros, ſoror noſtra; anno Do-
mini acc ci A ·
16. Johannes.
Et Ricardus, monachus de Winchecumbe. Ma-
giſter Thomas de Kirton. Johanna, ſoror.
Et Willielmns de Alboni ſecundus; qui dedit
huic eccleſie eccleſiam de Wheſterph & ec-
cleſiam de Redmilde; panem et potum A.
Principalis anniverſarius.
Et Vitalis, abbas Weſtmonaſterii. Et hie eſt dies
anniverſarias fratram ejuſdem monaſterii.
Willielmus ſacerdos. Alicia. Johannes. Jo-
hannes Breton.
Et Ricardus, frater noſter. Robertus.
Et Robertus de Totenio, junior; panem & potum.
Et Hugo, frater noſter. Edwardus (Ill.) rex
Ang. Gaufridus. |
Yſabella. Gilbertus Faber, frater noſter. Domi-
nus Willielmus Reynolds, quondem rector de
Herdebi, frater noſter. |
Et Aliza & Sabina, ſorores noſtre 3 panem &
potum.
17.
18.
19.
Et Ricardus i Lovetot, frater noſter. Domina
Beatrix Babyngton, ſoror noſtra. Edmundus
Stryngar, frater.
Ciricus, & Hubertus, & Radulfus; fratres. Gil-
bertus de Ceſtirton, frater noſter.
26. Et Maugerus. Et Erumburgius. Et Walterus
de Nouvers. Et magiſter Robertus de Rade-
milde, frater noſter.
Et Robertus, monachus & ſacerdos. Rihilda.
Chriſtiana; ſorores noſtre.
Wido, Willielmus, & Simon, fratres noſtri.
Johannes. Illeſabet.
Et Berengerius de Rotheñ, & n uxor
jus, Deo ſana.
Johannes Wiewell. Willielmus. J. Goode, fra-
ter,
30.
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JULIUS.
1.
2,
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4
8.
11.
WY
13.
14
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
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JUL 1.8
Tredecimus mactat, ibi decimus Iabefactat.
W. Albon, abbas. Godricus, Ngo. Radulfus.
Herbertus. Johannes. Robertus. Johannes.
Nigellusconverſus. Thomas Reppyth ſacerdos.
Henricus. Martinus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Auguſtinus. Et Radulſus converſus.
Samſon. Willielmus ſacerdos. Thomas Sud-
beri ſacerdas. a !
Hi omnes. Willielmus ſacerdos.
verſus. Johannes. Thomas ſacerdos. Petrus
diaconus. Nicholaus ſacerdos. Johannes. Jo-
hannes. Reginaldus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Þurgarus facerdos. Alffinus diaconus.
Hugo. Et Ricardus converſus. Johannes ſa-
cerdos. Ricardus Riche ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Radulfus abbas. Gaufridus. Willi-
elmus. Et Walterus. Robertus. Stephanus.
Ricardus ſacerdos. Robertus.
Hi omnes. Gaufridus ſacerdos; panem & po—
tum. Arfaſtus converſus. Willielmus W yrtyr-
ſill ſacerdos. . |
Hi omnes. Ricardus. Et Adam ſacerdos. An-
Creas diaconus. Gaufridus. Robertus. Ricar-
dus. Willielmas ſacerdos. 0% |
Hi omnes. Agelricus. Adam. Alexander ſacer-
dos. Petrus converſus. Willielmus. Williel-
mus ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos. Ricardus
ſacerdos. |
Hi omnes. Galfridus ſacerdos ; panem & potum.
Willielmus ſacerdos. Thomas Olyver ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Radulfus. Reynerus. Hubertus ſa-
cerdos. Egelvinnus converſus. Nicholaus ſa-
cerdos. W. Eſtwyke ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Symon abbas. Johannes. Sanſon
ſacerdos. Hugo diaconus. Robertus, prior de
Redburne, ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Walterus ſacerdos. Robertus ſubdi-
aconus. Johannes ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos;
panem & potum. 6
Hi omnes. Rey mundus prior. Robertus. Gre-
gorius. Philippus. Et Ricardus ſacerdos.
Walterus converſus, frater. Andreas. Ricar-
dus diaconus. Willielmus ſacerdos. Ricardus
ſacerdos. Ricardus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Warinus. Willielmus. Ricardus. Jo-
Robertus con-
1.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
hannes ſacerdos. Radulfus converſus. Hugo
ſacerdos. Robertus ſacerdos.
cerdos. ä
Hi omnes. Auguſtinus. Godwinus. Ricardus
diaconus. Johannes. Daniel. Adam ſacerdos.
Fulcredus converſus. Rogerus ſacerdos. Ni-
cholaus Bonde ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Johannes abbas. Rogerus. Williel-
mus ſacerdos. Warinus converſus. Alanus ſa-
cerdos; panem & potum. Willielmus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Rogerus. Andreas ſacerdos; panem
& potum. Wylliam Malaſtere. Wylliam
Ruſchbrooke.
Willielmus ſa-
Hi omnes. Samanus. Mathias. Et Ricardus
ſacerdos. Bernardus diaconus. Ricerdus ſa-
cerdos. Andreas ſacerdos. Willielmus novi-
cius. |
11: omnes. Robertus. Rogerus. Andreas, Ri-
cardus ſacerdos. Humtridus converſus. Wil-
lielmus ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos. Ricardus
ſacetdos. Robertus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Philippus. Willielmus. Hugo. Sy-
mon ſacerdos. Willielmus ſacerdos. Edmundus
Veſey. 2555 |
Hi omnes. Achetillus ſacerdos. Alanus diaco-
nus. Oſberius ſubdiaconus. Ricardus diaconus,
Hugo ſacerdos; panem & potum. Johannes,
Johannes. Galfridus novicius. Nicholaus ſa-
cerdes. ö
16.
17.
18.
19
20.
21.
Bj
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APPENDIX To TiO) AISTORYd LEICESTERSHIRE:
" is
-- * Habet dies xxxi. & Luna xxx.
Et Helyas de Alboni, frater noſter. Magiſtet
Johannes Preſton, monachus S. Auguſtini,
Cantuarie, frater noſter, a |
Willielmus, frater noſter. Et Cecicia, ſoror noſ-
tra, Dominus Johannes Freman, rector de
Botisford.
Domina Margarita domina de Roos, ſoror noſ-
tra. eee
Magiſter Thomas; dominus de la Ware.
Johannes, frater noſter.
Hi omnes. Henricus ſecundus, rex Anglie. Jo-
hannts. Ricardus. Johannes. Thomaſina.
Edwardus [primus], rex Anglie.
Et Robertus, qui dedit huic eceleſie iiii bovatas
terre in Muſton, frater noſter; panem & po-
tum. Nicholaus Dimok, rector de Redmild.
Chriſtiana, ſoror noſtra. Alanus Foggart, fra-
ter noſter.
Et Walterus, ſrater noſter.
Henricus. Iſabella uxor ejus. Robertus. Johanna,
uxor ejus. Johannes Halle, frater noſter.
Et Matildis, ſoror noſtra. Alicia. Pavor. Kate-
rina. Dioniſia, ſoror noſtra.
Robertus ſacerdos. Thomas. Willielmus. Pau-
lus. Johannes. Johannes.
Et Adeliza, ſoror noſtra.
Robertus, filius Reginaldi. Johannes, frater.
Johanna, ſoror. Katerina. Emma, ſoror.
Auguſtinus. Beatrix. Avicia. Thomas, frater.
Et Ivo, qui dedit huic ecclefie eccleſiam de
Clayeſton, cum xi bovatis terre, & decimas
totius ville; panem & potum A. Robertus.
Jacobus, frater noſter.
Et Gunnora, ſoror noſtra. Robertus ſacerdos,
frater noſter. Dominus Willielmus de Burgo.
Dominus Ricardus Aleyn, vicarius de Claxton.
[Obiit ucccxxviii. )
Et Hugo, frater noſter. Eva, ſoror noſtra. Gil-
bertus, frater noſter.
Margareta, uxor Radulfi de Addrelea. Dominus
Radulphus Newmarche, miles. Johanua Boyk,
ſoror noltra. :
Alicia Zowche, uxor domini Willielmi de
Zowche, domini de Zowche 3 anno Domini
MCCCCXL,
23. Hi
*
FRAMLAND HunDatep.] - - - BE L v G1 R PRIORY,
23. Hi omnes. Robertus facerdos. Ricafdus ſacer ·
dos. Thomas Pyngken.
24. Hi omnes. Euſtachius, abbas Malmeſburi. Ni-
cholaus ſacerdos. Nigellus converſus. Nicho-
laus ſacerdos. | 55
25. Hi omnes. Robertus, prior de Tynemuc. Ans-
fridus. Odardus. Willielmus. Henricus ſa-
cerdos. Walterus ſacerdos, Willielmus. Jo-
hannes ſacerdos. Johannes, prior [de] Hat-
feld. Ricardus ſacerdos.
26. Gilbertus ſacerdos. Hugo ſacerdos. Johannes.
Johannes Stringar ſacerdos. |
27. Hi omnes. Tochi. Et Gaufridus. Laurentius;
panem & potum. Willielmus ſacerdos. Jo-
hanna. Johannes Reppys ſacerdos. Hugo
Eyton ſacerdos.
28. Hi omnes. Robertus ſacerdos. Walterus con-
verſus; panem & potum. Edmundus Stukey
ſacerdos.
29. Hi omnes. Ricardus. Henricus ſacerdos. Gre-
orius converſus. Reginaldus. Johannes. Et
obertus ſacerdos.
30. Hi omnes. Egelricus. Ricardus ſacerdos. Piro-
tus converſus. Walterus ſacerdos. Hugo
get ſacerdos. 2
31. Hi omnes. Dioniſius ſubdiaconus. Walterus ſa-
cerdos. Willielmus ſacerdos.
& VF: 0.0
Prima necat fortem, ſternitque ſecunda cohortem.
1. Hi omnes. Radulfus ſacerdos.
2. Hi omnes. Leofwinus. Odo. Willielmus. Et
| Godwinus ſacerdos. Gilbertus converſus.
3. Hi omnes. Ricardus. Willielmus, Et Gaufridus.
Gilbertus ſacerdos. Edmundus ſacerdos. Jo-
hannes Warder ſacerdos.
4. Henricus. Johannes ſacerdos. Ricardus ſacerdos.
5. Hi omnes. Robertus ſacerdos. Reynerus novi-
cius. Radulfus. Radulfus converſus. Ro-
gerus. Willielmus. Johannes ſacerdos. Jo-
hannes ſacerdos. Willielmus Riſon ſacerdos.
6. Hi omnes. Jeronimus. Hubertus. Iwenus. Ra-
dulfus. Walterus. Et Walterus ſacerdos. An-
drew Derloue ſacerdos.
7. Hi omnes. Hamo. Et Simon ſacerdos; panem
& potum. Urbanus diaconus. Lucas puer.
Et Nicholaus Well ſacerdos.
9. Hi omnes. Robertus. Johannes converſus. Ro-
bertus ſacerdos. Euſtachius. Walterus ſacer-
dos. Johannes Eyton ſacerdos.
9. Hi omnes. Rogerus ſacerdos. Modbertus con-
verſus. Petrus. Adam ſacerdos. Johannes
converſus.
10. Hi omnes. Johannes. Bartholomeus ſacerdos.
Samuel converſus. Johannes ſacerdos. Petrus.
Willielmus ſacerdos. Johannes converſus. Jo-
hannes ſacerdos.
11. Hi omnes. Siwardus. Berlewinus. Radulfus.
Robertus ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos. Jo-
hannes ſacerdos. . ſacerdos.
12. Hi omnes. Radulfus. Gaufridus. Thomas. Jo-
hannes. Johannes ſacerdos. Ricardus ſacerdos.
Stephanus. Ricardus ſacerdos.
13. Hi omnes. Radulfus, quondam prior de Tine-
mutha, Thomas Alwoode. Stephanus ſacer-
dos. Philippus ſubdiaconus. Reynerus con-
verſus. Robertus. Willielmus ſacerdos. Wil-
lielmus diaconus.
Vol. I. ArrENDIx.
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Fe Oliverus de Ainecurt, / qui dedit huic ecclefie
carucatam terre in Grenebi, frater noſter; pa-
nem ¶ porum A.
a
23
24.
25. Ei Walterus, frater noſter. Johannes le Blunt.
Johannes. Adam. Agnes. Johanna.
26. Et Offa, rex Anglorum, fundator monaſterii S.
Albani, Anglorum prothomartiris.
27. Johannes; & Beatrix, uxor ejus.
28. Et Toli, frater noſter. Henricus. Margareta.
Mariota, ſoror noſtra.
29. Et Adam, frater noſter. Johannes. Edwardus.
Willielmus ++ ++ © « « Elizabet Grene, ſoror.
30.
31. Dominus Nicolaus, rector de Redmyld, frater
noſter.
*
8
Habet dies Xii. & Luna xxix.
2. Beatrix, ſoror.
3. Johannes.
4. Hi omnes. Robertus de Toteneio, fundator ejus
eccleſie ; panem & potum; principalis anni-
verſarius. Henricus de Alboneio A. Gau-
fridus. Johannes de Burgo.
5. Willielmus. Gilbertus. Willielmus. Magiſter
Johannes be Belvero. |
6. Hi omnes. Beatrix, ſoror noſtra. Mat. Gaufri-
dus de Muſcamp. Ricardus Hawe. Dominus
Willielmus de Ros, frater noſter. Dominus
Johannes de Roos, frater noſter.
7. Et Aluricus, frater noſter. Johannes. Margeria,
ſoror. Robertus. Johannes.
8. Dominus Willielmus de Roos. Domina Johanna.
Katerina Ruſchbroke.
9. Alicia, ſoror.
10. Et Matildis (mater Willielmi de Albini), ſoror
noſtra. Thomas.
11. Et Leoſchillas, frater noſter. Et hic eſt dies an-
niverſarius omnium abbatum ecclefie S. Al-
baniz omnium monachorum profeſſionis ejuſ-
dem; omnium religioſorum illorum monaſteri-
orum, cum quibus abbates monaſterii S. Al-
bani vel priores noſtri inieriat aliquod fedus
ſpirituale; Roberti de Toteney, fundatoris
hujus eccleſie; omnium regum Anglie; &
omnium benefactorum noſtrorum defunctorum.
[Vide tamen 4 Aug. & 7 Apt. ſupra, ]
12. Et Aneſbertus, archiepiſcopus. Thomas de Sta-
nebi. Et Willielmus, frater noſter.
13. Margeria. Henricus, frater. Johannes Caver-
ham, frater noſter. Thomas Fyſchburne, con-
feſſor de Schene, fratet noſter.
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14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
40.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26,
27.
28. H
29.
30.
31.
1. Hi omnes. Durandus. Jeronimus;
Hi omnes.
Et Johannes ſacerdos. Johannes. Willielmus
ſacerdos. Robertus ſacerdos. Joannes Sne-
tiſham diaconus. Laurentius Myſſenden. Sy-
mon ſacerdos. +
Hi omnes. Thomas ſacerdos. Adam diaconus.
Serlo converſus. Petrus ſacerdos.
Wellys ſarerdos. Thomas Auncell.
Hi omnes. Radulfus. Robertus; panem & po-
tum. Et Symon ſacerdos. Bernerius. Rogerus
converſus. Ricardus ſacerdos. Johannes ſa-
cerdos. |
Hi omnes.
ſacerdos. Thomas Chadyngton ſacerdos. Wil-
lielmus de Belvero, prior hujus eccleſie, qui
fecit capellas B. Marie & 8. Nicholai fieri,
ac arbores circa prioratum plantavit mille, ac
centum marcis prefatum alienavit locum.
Hi omnes. Petrus. Et Willielmus ſacerdos. Ra-
dulfus ſacerdos. Thomas diaconus. Johannes
Thomas
ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Walterus. Et Alexander ſacerdos.
Robertus ſacerdos. Willielmus ſacerdos. Ra-
dulfus Roos.
Hi omnes. Mathias. Et Hugo ſacerdos. Ro-
gerus. Robertus. Johannes. Willielmus. Ro-
rus. Johannes. Johannes Langton, prior
de Tynemuthe, ſacerdos. Willielmus con-
verſus.
Johannes. Johannes. Johannes. Johannes. Adam.
Willielmus. Willielmus Baron facerdos.
Hi omnes. Bartholomeus. Et Aluredus ſacerdos;
panem & potum. Henricus ſubdiaconus. Ro-
bertus ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Herbertus. Johannes. Et Willielmus
ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos. Johannes Eſley.
Brianus Darel. .
Hi omnes. Petrus, abbas de Utibi. Gaufridus
con verſus. Thomas ſacerdos. Johannes ſubdi-
aconus. Willielmus Carleyll ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Ranulfus. Vincentius. Alexius Ru-
elanus. Et Willielmus ſacerdos. Radulfus
converſus. Robertus ſacerdos. Ricardus ſa»
'cerdos. Et Martynus ſacerdos.
Eudricus. Et Thomas ſacerdos.
Thomas Wendove ſacerdos. Humfridus con-
verſus. Johannes. Willielmus Langton, abbas
de Shreweſbery, ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Walterus; panem & potum. Ro-
gerus Fabianus facerdos. Radulfus. Et Mari-
cius converſus. Willielmus. Johannes ſacer-
dos. Johannes. Willielmus. Willielmus.
i omnes. Walterus. Euſtachius. Thomas.
Sy mon. |
Hi omnes. Eadmarus. Gaufridus. Alexander.
Leonardus ſacerdos. Walterus diaconus.
- Waſtal ſubdiaconus. Ricardus con-
verſus.
Hi omnes. V.. .. ſacefdos. .. . .; panem
& potu m... . « Willielmus ſacerdos. Jo-
hannes diaconus. Henricus ſacerdos. Johan-
nes Bywell, prior hujus ecclefic. Henricus
acolitus.
Hi omnes. Rogerus ſacerdos. Willielmus ſacer-
dos. Thomas ſacerdos. Rogerus ſacerdos.
Willielmus ſacerdos. Thomas ſacerdos.
Antonius. Et Edwardus. Petrus.
14.
15.
16.
17.
30.
31.
3
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34 APPENDIX To Tix HISTOR Wor LEICESTERSHIRE.
Hi omnes. Walterus abbas. Gaufridus. Mio.
Et Gaufridus. Ricardus; fratres noſtri. Con-
ſtantia, comitiſſa Britannie, ſoror noſtra. Et
Philippus.
Robertus. Ricardus. Willielmus. Et Johanna.
- Agnes.
Johannes. Edwardus. Thomas. Walterus.
Willielmus, frater. Johanna. Dioniſia. Eli-
zabet', ſoror. Agnes. Helena.
Thomas Hoord; Thomas, vicarius de Awburne;
Dominus Thomas dominus de Roos, frater noſter.
Et Johannes de Aencourt, frater noſter; panem
& potum. Johannes.
Andreas Morgan. N. Aprigan, frater.
Johannes Clarke, frater noſter. Johannes, frater.
Johanna, ſoror.
Margeria, Deo ſancta. Avicia, ſoror.
Cecilia Garlond. Willielmus Sallomon.
Et Adam, frater noſter .
Et Didolel, frater noſter.
Johanna Fermarye, ſoror noſtra.
Et Adeliza, foror noſtra; panem &
Dompnus Johannes Spede, ſacerdos.
Magiſter Willielmus Burton. Edwardus. Weyls-
meys.
SEPTEMBER
Tertia Septembris, & denus fert mala membris.
| em &
pocunt. Turgivus. Hugo. Alexander, Gil-
bertus. Henricus. Walterus. Ricardus. Mar-
tinus ſacerdos. Gocelinus ſubdiaconus. Willi-
elmus ſacerdos. Thomas Holdgrave ſacerdos.
Johannes ſacerdos.
2. Hi omnes. Willielmus. Johannes. Simon. Jo-
3. Hi omnes.
bannes ſacerdos. Johannes Tulle. Johannes
Hertford ſacerdos. 52
Johannes. Michael. Willielmus.
Johannes. Johannes ſacerdos.
Johannes novicius. Johannes Martyn
Gaufridus.
Petrus.
ſacerdos.
3.
Habet dies xxx. & Luna xxx.
Et Emma, ſoror noſtra. Magiſter Johannes ſa-
cerdos. Dominus Willielmus Gower. Domi-
nus Willielmus dominus de Roos, qui dedit
ecclefic de Beyer xl. et qui obiit anno Domini
MCCCCXlili., |
Willielmus Mowſe. Johanna, uxor ejus. Pater
& mater fratris Robert Eſſebi, prioris de
F. Belvero. b x
Simon. Johannis.
4. Walterus
FRAMLAND HuNDRED.)
4.
6.
7.
Walterus ſacerdos. Simon ſacerdos. Johannes
Brygtwell ſacerdos. Thomas acolitus.
Hi omnes. Philippus Lambertus. Walterus ſa-
cerdos, Johannes ſacerdos. .
Hi omnes. Walterus ſubdiaconus. Willielmus
ſacerdos. Thomas ſacerdos. Nicholaus Gyllot.
Thomas Bradfylde. Thomas Redepath, mo-
nachus, ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Oſbernus. Rolandus. Johannes. Et
Walterus ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos. Phi-
lippus ſacerdos. Willielmus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Gillebertus. Et Williel mus ſacerdos.
Gaufridus converſus. Dominus Hugo abbas:
Ricardus ſacerdos. Ricardus ſacerdos. Tho-
mas Blaknall.
9. Hi omnes. Leoffinus ſacerdos. Rogerus diaconus.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
156.
16,
17.
19.
20.
22.
2.3»
24.
28.
26.
27.
Benedictus converſus. Robertus ſacerdos.
Hugo ſacerdos. Ricardus ſacerdos. Prior de
Wyſmundham ]. Thomas ſacerdos. Johannes;
Rogerus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Leourinſus. Simon. Lammarus. Et
Walterus ſacerdos; panem & potum. Willi-
elmus converſus. Gaufridus. Robertus. Ro-
bertus ſacerdos; panem et potum. |
Hi omnes. Thomas. Matheus. Patricius. Et
Johannes ſacerdos. Petrus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Henricus ſacerdos. Rogerus. Henu-
tamus diaconus. Lambertus converſus. Ro-
gerus diaconus.
Johannes ſacerdos. Radulfus ſacerdos. Jacobus
Bak worth ſacerdos. W. Halywell ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Ormariis diaconus. Ricardus ſubdia-
conus z panem & potum. Petrus. Reginaldus.
Willielmus. Thomas Newlande. Galtridus ſa-
cerdos. Thomas Waryn ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Johannes. Rogerus. Thomas. Ste-
phanus ſacerdos. Thomas, abbas S. Albani.
Thomas ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Bernardus ſacerdos. Walterus. Et
Truſtanus converſus. Thomas Hampton, acco-
litus. Willielmus Snowell.
Hi omnes. Thomas. Walterus. Alanus. Ro-
bertus. Johannes. Johannes ſacerdos. Johan-
nes ſacerdos. Johannes. :
Hi omnes. Ricardus. Ricardus. Et Rogerus ſa-
cerdos; panem et potum. Petrus ſubdiaconus.
Johannes Levyſden. Johannes Noreyt ſacer-
dos. Willielmus Oſtero Pavor ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Radulfus. Petrus. Gregorius. Wil-
lelmus. Johannes ſacerdos. Nicholaus ſacer-
dos. :
Hi omnes. Hugo. Et Walterus ſacerdos. Lau-
rentius diaconus. Admundus converſus. Ra-
dulfus ſacerdos. ., Ricardus Veſſy acolitus.
Marianus Moyn ſacerdos. Simon Poepe ſa-
cerdos.
Hi omnes. Radulfus ; panem et potum. Ro-
gerus prior; panem & potum. Saerus. Tho-
- mas. 1 ſacerdos. |
Hi omnes. Johannes. Thomas. Humfridus. Et
Ricardns facerdos. Roberrus diaconus. Odo
converſus. Ricardus ſacerdos. Ricardus ſacer-
dos, frater,noſter. . . . . . . ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Willielmus. Thomas. Williclmus
ſacerdos, Willielmus Redyng. >
Hi omnes. Salomon. Rogerus. Alexander.
Robertus ſacerdos. Henricus ſubdiaconus.
Willielmus; panem & potum. Johannes ſa-
cerdos. Rogerus ſacerdos. Thomas ſacerdos:
Thomas ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Wiffinus abbas. Herleminus. Ro-
gerus. Jacobus. Daniel. Jacobus. Williel-
mus; panem & potum. Johannes facerdos,
Robertus ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos. .
Hi omnes. Nicholaus. Michaelis. Willielmus
ſacerdos. Thomas Walden. Johannes Har-
drede ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Radulfus. Et Johannes ſacerdos.
Willielmus converſus. Nicholaus ſacerdos.
Thomas.
4.
5.
6.
10:
11.
12.
13»
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
—
23.
24.
25.
BELVOIR BRIORY. "7
Hi ebnen, Willielmus de Albiniz quartus ; |
panem & potum.
Johannes, puer. x
Et Amicia, uxor Nigelli de Alboneio, ſoror
noſtra. |
Et Hugo, frater noſter. Avicia, ſoror. Johanna:
Henricus Maynard. Thomas Harding. Thomas
ſacerdos. Willielmus Lythyng, frater noſter.
Et Magiſter Ywenus, frater noſter. Helena!
Sab. Dioniſya Martyn.
Johanna Smith. Margeria Lythyng, ſoror noſtra.
Et Willielmus [II.] rex Anglorum. Mabilla co-
mitiſſa, ſoror noltra.
Et Rogerus Bigot. Willielmus Berford, frater
noſter. |
Margareta Dawker, ſoror noſtra. Et A. frater:
-
Et Symon de Ropeſlei, qui dedit huic eccleſie vi
bovatas terre in Claſtone, & vi toftas in villa
de Belvero ; panem & potum. Et Radulfus,
frater.
Et Adeliza, ſoror noſtra. Ricardus, frater. Ro-
gerus Crophull. Thomas Fyſchburn, frater
noſter.
Et Ricardus, filius regis, frater noſter. Et Ma-
tildis, ſoror noſtra. Johannes Weſt. Johannes
Grene de Grantham, qui dedit nobis c 8.
Rogerus Crophull, qui dedit unum panum
ericum.
Johannes Mowſe, frater noſter. Johanna Ba-
byogton; et Helena; ſorores noſtre. Johanna.
Elizabet. Whinfrida. |
Et Adelbreda, uxor Petri de Valoniis, ſoror
noſtra. Johannes Bell de Boſton, frater noſter,
qui dedit huic ecclefie quinque marcas.
Thomas. Thomas. Johannes, fratres noſtri. Ag-
nes, ſoror noſtra.
Hi omnes. ia, uxor Willielmi de Albeney
III; panem & potum; principalis anniverſa-
rius. Cujus anniverſatius fiet. D{edit] vis. de
garbis EW" V*Y A-
-
Willielmus Haryſun; frater. Willielmus Warſ-
dall.
Magiſter Reginaldus de S. Albano. Agnes:
Willielmus, fratet;
Et Edwardus. L eoflinus; fratres noſtri. Ricardus
Wynſlow ſacerdos.
26;
27.
Johannes, Henricus, frater.
28. Hi
Katarena Loreng.
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36 APPENDIX ro Tax, HISTORY. or LEICESTERSHIRE.
28,
©
29.
30.
10.
11.
15. Hi omnes. Radulfus.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
Hi omnes. Nigellus. Walterus ſacerdos. Tho
mas. Johannes Aſton, Alanus acolitus. 8
Hi omnes. Humfridus. Nigellus ſacerdos. Ri-
cardus, prior de, Thinemuthe. Frater Thomas
+ + + + « facerdos. Alexander ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Johannes. Robertus. Gillebertus.
Alanus ſacerdos. Benedictus diaconus. Gau-
friduns . . Willielmus ſacerdos. Hugo
ſacerdos.
28.
29.
30.
©:C:T:O B
Tertius & denus eſt ſicut mors alienus.
Hi omnes. Alron. Hillarius. Reginaldus ſacer-
dos.
Hi omnes. Thomas. Hugo; panem & potum.
Hugo. Henricus. Et Johannes. Thomas ſa-
cerdos; panem & potum. Thomas ſacerdos.
Willielmus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Rogerus. Remundus. Henricus. Et
Rogerus ſacerdos; panem & potum. Johan-
nes. Johannes ſacerdos. |
Hi omnes. Galienus. Germanus. Radulfus. Pe-
trus ſacerdos; panem & potum. Jacobus
Newwerke.
Hi omnes. Benedictus. Walterus. Et Walterus
ſacerdos. Et Willielmus diaconus. Johannes
Chylton ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Ricardus. Donatus ſacerdos. Nicho-
laus diaconus. Robertus ſubdiaconus. Ro-
gerus. Lucas ſacerdos. Laurentius ſacerdos.
Barnardus.
Hi omnes. Johannes ſacerdos. Walterus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Walterus ſacerdos. Godefridus con-
verſus. Willielmus Bryt, prior de Bynham.
Hi omnes. Airardus. Petrus. Walterus. Hen-
ricus. Willielmus. Rogerus. Robertus Net-
telham ſacerdos. Michael ſacerdos. Ricardus
ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Johannes; panem & potum. Willi-
elmus ſacerdos.
Adam ſacerdos. Adam ſacerdos. Johannes
ſacerdos. Thomas ſacerdos. Ricardus ſacerdos.
Johannes. Willielmus.
Hi omnes. Lucas. Et Gilbertus ſacerdos. Ala-
nus converſus; panem & potum. Johannes
ſubdiaconus. Willielmus Wolſton ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Walterus. Thomas ſacerdos. Johan-
nes Walſyngham ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Radulfus. Walterus ſacerdos. Ri-
cardus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Johannes; panem & potum. Adam
ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos.
Bartholomeus ſacerdos.
Edmundus converſus. Johannes ſubdiaconus.
Thomas. Johannes. Johannes. Johannes.
Willielmus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Nigellus. Et Rogerus ſacerdos. Mat-
theus. Petrus converſus ; panem & potum.
Simon ſacerdos. Nicholaus Limez.
Hi omnes. Raduljus ſacerdos. Robertus de
Waltham, quondam prior de Binham. Jo-
hannes ſacerdos. Thomas ſacerdos. Stephanus
ſacerdos, prior . . , . .
Hi omnes. Walterus. Alanus. Elyas ſacerdos.
Johannes ſacerdos. Johannes acolitus.
Hi omnes. Macarius. Robertus. Ricardus. Ala-
nus ſacerdos. Johannes abbas. Johannes
Kendale, prior; panem & potum. Petrus.
Johannes ſacerdos. Jobannes Eyton ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Rogerus. Johannes. Vincentius,
Donatus Gumbertus; panem & potum. Wil-
lielmus ſacerdos. |
Hi omnes. Hugo ſacerdos. Adam converſus.
Hugo. Euſtachius ſacerdos. RobertusOſworthe.
Hi omnes. Herbertus. Thomas; Amalricus, Et
Godefridus ſacerdos. Radulfus ſacerdos. Lam-
bertus ſacerdos ; panem & potum. Henricus.
Johannes.
t Robertus converſus.
LY
6.
10.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
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20.
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Et Headwinus de Scaliers, frater noſter. Do-
minus Robertus Roos, miles. Dominus de
ES Ec |
Et Robertus converſus ; panem & potum. Da.
Olyver. Willielmus Herford, pater domini
Jo annis Beauyer » Alicia. ;
Radulfus,
E R. I
HFabet dies xxxi. & Luna xxx.
Et Adeliza, ſoror noſtra. Johanna, ſoror noſtra.
Et frater Thomas de Thorp.
Dorothea.
Robertus capellanus, frater noſter. Agnes,
Et Emma, uxor Hugonis Silvein, ſoror noſtra.
Agnes. Agnes Weddill, ſoror noſtra.
Et Robertus de Roppeſlei, frater noſter. Gal-
fridus Seigrave, frater noſter. Thomas, frater.
Et Ricardus, frater noſter,
Willielmus Cawates, frater.
Et Beatrix, ſoror noſtra. Johannes. Johannes;
Agnes. Johannes. rt
Et hic eſt dies anniverſarius occiſorum in bello
apud Haſtingum.
Sara.
Robertus. Gelibrode.
Et Walterus de Borrohard ; panem & potum.
Et Johannes, rex Anglorum. Johannes. Jo-
hannes. Elizaber'.
Et Robertus, frater noſter. Johannes.
Et Radulfus archiepiſcopus. Et Robertus,
comes Legerceſtrie; fratres noſtri. .
Johanna Freynd, ſoror. Matildis, ſoror noſtra.
Et Willielmus de Stodham, qui dedit huic ec-
cleſie xx ſelliones in campis de Botlesford,
frater noſter; panem & potum. Johannes.
Wyllielmus. Johannes. 8
Et Stephanus, rex Anglie, frater noſter. Willi-
elmus Sterrop. Johannes, frater. Florentia.
24. HI
\
FaamLand Hounnatd.]
24. Hi omnes. Symon. Gilbertus. Et Thomas ſa-
cerdos. Walterus ſacerdos. Johannes Thornton.
r 5. Hi omnes. Wido ſacerdos. Robertus. Johannes
Drye. Willielmus Shepey ſacerdos. Thomas
ſacerdos.
26. Hi omnes. Willielmus. Willielmus. Matheus.
Et Johannes ſacerdos. Elyas diaconus. An-
dreas ſubdiaconus; panem & potum. Johan-
nes ſacerdos. Johannes.
27. Hi omnes. Robertus. Fulco ſacerdos. Symon
ſubdiaconus. Wadbaldus converſus. Johannes.
Simeon ſacerdos. Henricus. |
Hi omnes. Eadfridus ſacerdos. Gilbertus ſacer-
dos. Stephanus ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos.
Johannes ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Robertus. Symon; panem et potum.
Johannes. Robertus. Et Willielmus, prior
+ + + + + nie. Walterus. Dominus Tho-
mas Ramryge abbas.
Hi omnes. Robertus. Willielmus; panem &
potum. Sylveſter ſacerdos. Elyas ſacerdos;
panem & potum. 6
Hi omnes. Fulcho; Us & potum. Oſbernus;
—— & potum. Ricardus; panem & potum.
icardus. Et Adam ſacerdos.
29.
30.
31.
N OV E
Scorpius eſt quintus, & tertius ad mala cinctus.
Hubertus. Willielmas. Albertus.
Thomas. Reginaldus ſacerdos. Reynerius
converſus. Willielmus ſacerdos. Ricardus
Thorpe ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Radulfus. Ricardus. Willielmus.
Willielmus ſacerdos. Rogerus, abbas 81 Al-
bani; panem & potum; principalis | anniver-
ſarius]. Et Thomas ſacerdos.
3. Hi omnes. Willielmus. Adam ſacerdos. Ricar-
dus ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos.
1. Hi omnes.
4. Hi omnes. Ailmarus. Et Clemens ſacerdos.
Humfridus converſus. Johannes novicius.
Rogerus ſacerdos. Rogerus ſacerdos. Johan-
nes ſacerdos. Willielmus diaconus.
5. Hi omnes. Baldricus. Henricus. Robertus ſa-
| cerdos. Ailguinus converſus ; panem & po-
tum. Symon. Philippus. Willielmus ſacerdos.
Alexander ſacerdos.
6. Hi omnes. Gilbertus. Adam. Symon. Gaufri-
dus ſacerdos. Johannes Caldcor ſacerdos.
7. Hi omnes. Anketillus abbas. Iſenbertus. Hugo.
Petrus; panem & potum. Turſtanus; panem
& potum. Et Willielmus ſacerdos. Ricardus
diaconus. Robertus ſacerdos.
8. Hi omnes. Rogerus; panem & potum. Et Adam.
Henricus ſacerdos. Magiſter Symon Sotherey,
profeſſor theologie, prior hujus loc', &
poſtea prior S. Albani.
9. Hi omnes. Laurentius ſacerdos. Willielmus aco-
litus. Turchillus. Nicholaus converſus; pa-
nem & potum. Johannes Gregorius ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Agelvinus. Thomas. Willielmus.
Et Willielmus ſacerdos. Benedictus ſubdia-
conus. Willielmus diaconus. Gregorius ſa-
cerdos. |
Hi omnes. Paulus abbas, reſtaurator eccleſie S.
Albani. Johannes abbas. Radulfus. Williel-
mus; panem & potum.
Johannes ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Winemerus converſus. Johannes aco-
litus. Adam ſacerdos. Thomas. Johannes.
Johannes. Martinus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Walterus. Willielmus. Adam ſacer-
dos. Jacobus. Et Johannes converſus. Willi-
elmus ſacerdos. |
14. Hi omnes. Petrus. Ricardus ſacerdos. Walterus
diaconus. Thomas Bowys ſacerdos.
11.
12.
13.
Var. I. ArrRNDix.
BELYOtR PRIORY.
Rogerus converſus. -
37
Matildis Bernak, quondatti uxor dominr Jacobi
de Ros. Thomas.
Dominus Ricardus de Byry, epiſcopus Dunel-
mie. Anabilia, ſoror noſtra.
24
25,
26. Et Amicia, ſoror.
Et Clarenbaldus, frater noſter. Chriſtina, ſoror
noſtra.
27.
28. Et Alfricus. Rogerus. Emma, uxor ejus. Ri-
cardus nepos ejus; fratres noſtri.
Thomas Bolron, frater noſter. Alicia, ſoror noſ-
29.
| tra. Dominus Gerorgius de Roos.
30. Johannes frater. Johanna, ſoror.
Et Willielmus Peverel, junior. Magiſter Johan-
nes Perſhay, frater noſter.
31.
M B E N.
Habet dies xxx. & Luna xxx.
1. Willielmus de Albineio, fundator ecclefie de
Wymundham. Jacobus... ...
2. Et Matildis regina, ſoror noſtra. Et eſt comme-
moratio omnium animarum. Nicholaus, frater.
3. Euſtachia de Fanecurt, ſoror noſtra; principalis
[anniverſarius]; panem & potum. Et habebir
omni die ejus anniverſaria pnam collectam ad
miſſam S. Marie .. . + Johannes, fra-
ter. Et dominus Thomas, quondam vicarius
de Horningwald, frater noſter.
Et Brunneva, ſoror noſtra. Alicia Hunton.
5. Johannes Wynterburn.
6. Et Nicholaus, qui dedit hnic ecclefie unam
acram terre in Redmild, frater noſter. Johan-
nes, frater. |
7. Orate pro bono ſtatu Willielmi Brome, & Ag-
netis uxoris ejus, & omnium filiorum & fili-
arum ejus; & pro anima Marjorie, quondam
uxoris ejus; & pro animabus omnium fide-
lium detunctorum.
8. F
9. Et Robertus, frater noſter.
& Alicia uxor ejus. Avicia.
Willielmus Coke,
10. Et Berengarius, frater noſter. Et Burna, uxor
ejus, ſoror noſtra. Margeria ſoror.
Er Walterus, frater noſter. Rogerus de Gravele,
frater noſter.
11.
12. Amicabilla, uxor domini Henrici de Grene.
13. Johannes. Rogerus Curteys. Iſabella.
14. Johannes. Elizabet' Sawmon, ſoror. Margareta.
* Sie.
K 15. Hl
38 APPENDIX To Tux HISTORY
Hi omnes. Brientius; panem & potum. Et Mi-
lio ſacerdos. Gilbardus conyerſus; panem &
potum. Rogerus ſacerdos. Willielmus Run-
ham.
Hi omnes. Symon. Hubertus. Gilbertus ſacer-
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26,
27.
28.
29.
30.
2.
10.
dos. Gaufridus diaconus. Auguſtinus con-
verſus; panem & potum. Ichannes ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Johannes. Helyas. Willielmus. Et
Willielmus ſacerdos. Radulphus ſacerdos.
Willielmus ſacerdos. Edmundus Albon ſa-
cerdos.
Hi omnes. Willielmus ſacerdos. Alexander con-
verſus. Thomas ſacerdos. Ricardus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Helgodus abbas. Ricardus. Et Ro-
bertus. Radulfus ſacerdos. Willielmus ſacer-
dos. Robertus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Petrus. Willielmus. Johannes ſa-
cerdos. Ricardus ſacerdos. Hamo ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Lefricus. Symon; panem & potum.
Fulco. Walterus. Johannes, quondam prior
S. Albani, ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Achelricus. Samſon ſacerdos. Ro-
bertus ſacerdos. |
Hi omnes. Germanus abbas. Radulfus; panem
& potum. Willielmus. Et Walterus ſacerdos.
Johannes Tucke ſacerdos.
Thomas. Wyllielmus. Willielmus Weke ſacer-
dos.
Hi omnes. Thomas. Ricardus; panem & potum.
Gerardus ſacerdos. Et Gaufridus, Henricus
ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos . . Wyttynton,
Hi omnes. Ricardus. Rogerus. Gilbertus fa-
cerdos. Furmerus. Willielmus converſus.
Willielmus ſacerdos. Henricus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Stephanus. Henricus. Willielmus.
Et Gaufridus. Johannes ſacerdos. Johannes
ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Gaufridus. Radulfus ſacerdos. Du-
randus. Et Robertus converſus. Ricardus
Bever.
Hi omnes. Rogerus ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos.
Godwinus converſus ; panem & potum.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Et Aluricus archidiaconus. Et Henricus [III.
rex Anglie.
Et Hurnbernus. Johannes de Merſton, frater
noſter; principalis anniverſarius; panem &
potum A. Dominus Johannes, rector de
Hardeby. | ;
Et Henricus. Reginaldus, frater noſter. Johan-
nes, frater.
Theobaldus. Martinus. Johanna ſoror.
Agnes, ſoror noſtra. Thomas. Johannes. Ed.
wardus. Johannes, frater. Avicia. Johanna,
Et Matildis. Avicia. Robertus.
Et Orannus, frater noſter. Et Albreda Biſet,
uxor Willielmi de Aubeni i", qui dedit
ad novum opus eccleſie xv marcas; princi-
palis anniverſarius A; panem & potum.
Margareta, ſoror.
Jacobus. Elena. Margareta, ſoror noſtra. Et Do-
minus Johannes Hatfeld, prior de Belvero.
Nigellus de Aubeni. Et Gaufridus, qui dedit
unam boyatam terre in Stakedern.
Odinellus de Aubeny, frater noſter ; principalis
anniverſarius; panem & potum A. Hic eſt
dies anniverſarius domini Odeyein de Albi-
niaco, qui dedit x marcas ad conſtructionem
refectorii. Et . . + . « ipftus dies anniverlarius
imperpetuum per manus prioris, qui pro tem-
pore fuerit principalis, vi kalendes Decembris.
Johannes Leget, frater.
Hi omnes. David, frater noſter. Johannes, frater.
Et Robertus de Roppele, junior, qui dedit huic
eccleſie uuam bovatam terre; principalis anni-
verſarivs; panem & potum &. Et prior faciet
anniverſarium de illà bovatà terre. Et Adeliza,
ſoror noſtra. Agnes Hawe.
Ruelanus, Robertus de Valoniis ; fratres noſtri.
Margeria Beaver, ſoror.
D E C. E MB EEK.
Septimus exanguis, viroſus denus ut anguis.
Hi omnes. Gotranus converſus.
Hi omnes. Walterus. Johannes ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Cola. Ricardus ſacerdos. Johannes
Thorntowne.
-
Hi omnes. Kinewardus. Ricardus. Ruellus.
, Gaufridus. Ricardus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Antonius. Anketillus. Thomas. Et
Radulfus. Ely as. Symon. Willielmus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Nicholaus. Nicholaus Sygiſmundus.
Et Walterus. Radulvus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Redgarus. Herbertus. Willielmus.
Willielmus. Walterus ſacerdos. David dia-
conus. Thomas ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Oſbernus; panem & potum. Gil-
bertus. Aluredus. Et Adam. Henricus ſacer-
dos. Johannes Kent ſacerdos. Magiſter Jo-
hannes Peyton.
Hi omnes. Gabanus ſacerdos. Odardus diaco-
nus. Ailricus g@gpverſus. Willielmus ſacerdos.
Johannes Hey worth ſacerdos. 4
Hi omnes. Petrus. Et Petrus, prior S. Albani.
Rogerus puer. Johannes Thornton.
4
Is
9.
Habet dies xxxi. & Luna xxx.
Et Henricus II.] rex Anglorum, frater noſter.
Johannes Cranow. Johannes.
Iſabella Gayer, ſoror. David. Adamus.
Et Adelina, ſoror noſtra. Radulfus Gore de
Graham; pro cujus anima fiat memoria an-
nuatim; & die anniverſario habeat Haſtu *
ex conſenſu Rogeri tunc prioris, & aſſenſu to-
tius conventus. Katerina, Ethedreda; ſorores.
Thomas de Wythene. Elizabet Cranwell; Mar-
gareta; ſorores.
Johanna Acum, ſoror noſtra. W. Dandy, frater.
Alicia Eſt, ſoror.
Et Willielmus capellanus. Alicia. W. Lawley,
frater. 5
Margareta. Johannes Bonuell. Agnes Kyrke.
Et Chriſtiana, Deo ſana ; et Adelida, filia re-
gis; ſorores noſtre. Radulphus. Gouphyll,
quondam rector de Wolſtorp, frater noſter.
Ricardus Taylour. Johanna, Delicia.z ſorores.
I Os
It is not clear whether this word is haffam, or any other.
11. Hi
Framtand Hunpard:) BE LVOIR PRIORY.
11.
12.
13.
15.
16.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23»
24+
25.
26.
27.
30.
31.
14.
17+ |
18,
29.
Hi omnes. Eadmundus, converſus. Martinus ſa-
cerdos. Willielmus. Martinus.
Hi omnes. Rogerus. Willielmus ſacerdos. W1-
fricus. Et Robertus converſus. Hugo Hurde
ſacerdos. b .
Hi omnes. Ranulfus.
Johannes ſacerdos. |
Hi omnes. Petrus. Everardus Lucas; panem &
potum. Willielmus ſacerdos. Johannes Stoke,
abbas, ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Mauricius; panem & potum. Gau-
fridus. Et Bartholomeus ſacerdos. Willielmus
converſus. Ricardus ſacerdos. Thomas ſacer-
dos. Magiſter Johannes Reves, profeſſor the-
ologle; quondam prior huj us ecclefie, ſacerdos.
*
Et Robertus converſus.
Hi omnes. Radulfus, quondam prior hujus ec-
clefie, cujus anime propiciatur Deus; x53. Hen-
ricus diaconus. Arterus converſus. Johannes
ſacerdos. |
Hi omnes. Radulſus. Johannes. Gilbertus. Ro-
bertus. Et Ricardus ſacerdos. Rogerus dia-
conus. Giſlebertus converſus. Johannes dia-
conus. ;
Hi omnes. Alanus. Johannes. Et Radulfus ſa-
cerdos. Martialis ſubdiaconus. Willielmus
ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos. Johannes ſacer-
dos. Johannes Gyldforde, quondam prior hu-
jus eccleſie, ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Alexander. Agilmarus, abbas de
Burgo. Thomas. Walterus. Gaufridus ſa-
cerdos.
Hi omnes. Manaſſes. Willielmus. Robertus
ſacerdos. Hamo ſacerdos. Johannes ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Radulfus. Hildebertus. Thomas.
Ricardus. Walterus ſacerdos.
cerdos. Johannes ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Alferus. Adam. Ricardus. Et Tho-
mas. Willielmus. Alanus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Godwinus. Radulfus. Alelinus ſacer-
dos. Willielmus ſacerdos. Johannes Lythyng
ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Godefridus. Robertus ſacerdos.
Adam Poleyn, quondam prior de Wymund-
dam. Willielmus Blakeney. :
Willielmus ſa-
Hi omnes. Ricardus. Alexander. Ricardus.
Walterus. Et Walterus ſacerdos. Thomas
ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Radulfus. Walterus. Symon ſacer-
dos. Adelmus converſus. Willielmus ſacerdos.
J. Scleche ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Godericus. Maricius. Thomas. Et
Willielmus ſacerdos. Anketillus. Samuel dia-
conus; panem & potum. Martinus converſus.
Johannes ſacerdos. Johannes Wollys ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Remigius.
Petrus diaconus; panem & potum. Nicholaus.
Ywenus ; panem & potum. Gaufridus con-
verſus; panem & potum. Johannes ſacerdos,
Hi omnes. Radulfus. Nigellus. Alexander.
Thomas. Walterus Cauntyrbery ſacerdos.
Robertus ſacerdos.
Hi omnes. Ricardus. Alexander. Hugo ſacer-
dos. Rogerus. Robertus ſacerdos.
Warengerius ſacerdos.
13.
14.
20.
22.
23.
24.
25.
| 26,
27.
29.
30.
31.
39
7
Radulfus Weſt de Gretford. Et Agnes, uxor
ejus. Dominus Robertus Ros, miles.
Johannes Sparow, frater noſter. Agnes uxor
ejus, ſoror noſtra. Johanna.
Et Eulalia, ſoror noſtra. Johanna Erley.
Magiſter Willielmus de Newerke, Robertus
Kendale, Johannes; fratres noſtri.
Katerina,
Katerina.
Matildis.
Willielmus. Johannes Diſay.
Alicia, Et Ricardus capellanus,
Thomas Hawe, frater noſter. Johannes Babyng-
ton, frater noſter.
Et Willielmus, frater noſter.
Mans u jetus.
Margeria, ſoror noſtra. Robertus.
Et Radulfus, frater noſter. |
Et Ricardus, frater noſter, Agnes Henbery, ſo-
ror. Robertus Stoneſby, armiger. |
Et Normannus, frater noſter. Et Margarita,
Deo ſancta. Johannes, frater noſter.
Thomas. Et Margeria, Margareta. Duciſſa
Clarentia, ſoror.
N* 111,
40 APPENDIX To rnI HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE
Ne III.
Benefactions to various Religious Houſes by the Family of ALBINIH of BtLvoik,
I. TuoaxEv Monaſtery, in Cambridgeſhire.
1. Willielmus de Albeneio Brito, omnibus homi-
nibus ſuis clericis & laicis, & omnibus fidelibus ſuis
Francis & Anglis, ſalutem. Stiatis me & Ceciliam
uxorem meam & Willielmum filium meum conceſſiſſe
eccleſie de 'Thorneia, & monachis ibidem in ea Deo
ſervientibus, unam carucatam terre in manerio meo de
Stokes, & j toftum quod fuir equarii, & totam terram
quam Hugo tenuit in Pippewelle, in boſco & plano,
& omnibus que ad eam pertinent, in elemoſinam, pro
ſalute noſtra & anteceſſorum noſtrorum & omnium
fidelium, ita quod teneant ſolute & quiere, & abſque
omni conſuetudine, & ſicut ulla ecclefia quietiùs & li-
beriùs & honorificentins tenet elemoſinas ſuas. Teſ-
tibus; Rogero & Roberto filiis meis, &c. & Warino
Ridel, & Olivero, & Iwan, & Gaufrido; nepotibus
meis; & Roberto Brito, & Godefrido Clement, & Ra-
dulfo filio Willielmi, &c. *
2. Alexandro, Dei graria, Lincolnienſi epiſcopo, &
omnibus fidelibus ſancte eccleſie, Willielmus de Al-
benei Brito, ſalutem. Sciatis me dediſſe & hic pre-
ſenti carta mea -confirmaſſe in elemofinam Thornenſi
eceleſie terram de Pipewell, que eſt de feodo de Bel-
lovidere, quam Hugo, miles, tenebat, cum omnibus
pertinentiis ſuis ; & in Stokes, manerio meo, unam ca-
rucatam terre de meo dominio; & hoc bene, hono-
rifice, liberè ab omni conſuetudine, per conceſſionem
Cecilie uxoris mee, & Willielmi filii mei, qui eſt
heres meus, &c. Et hujus donationis teſtes ſunt, Ala-
nus capellanus, & Rogerus clericus, & tres nepotes
mei, Oliverus filius Galfridi, & Iwanus, & Gaufridus
de Gabivin, & Warinus Ridell, Robertus Brito, Go-
defridus Clement *,
II. SaBRIDGwoR TE Cell, in Hertfordſhire.
Willielmus de Albini Brito, omnibus miniſtris ſuis
& hominibus Francis & Anglis de Sebricteſwurth, ſa-
lutem. Sciatis quod eccleſia de Sabrict' & omnia ad
eam pertinentia ſunt in manu mea: et ideo volo ut
monachi qui ibidem Deo ſerviunt & omnia ſua ſint
in pace, & nullus eis injuriam vel torturam faciat;
et fi quid ortum fuerit de eis unde calumniari vel im-
placitari debeant, volo ut remaneat donec coram me
querela fiat; et de monachis, & de hominibus eorum,
& de decimis, & de aliis rectitudinibus que juſtè ec-
cleſie facere debetis, volo ut faciatis, nec aliquid re-
maneat, ſicut me diligitis, & ut pro vobis faciam &
gtates ſciam *.
III. Inter donationes abbatie de Exaqv1o, in ducatu
Normannie .
Ex dono Rogeri de Albineio, & Gulielmi patris
ejus, ecclefiam de Folgeriis, cum decimis & elemo-
ſinis eidem pertinentibus, & partem eccleſie de Gine-
foſſa, quam Oſmundus clericus tenuit, cum pertinen-
tiis ſuis, & totam terram illam, quam idem Oſmundus
tenuit in Kercavilla, & in Francavilla, & Ixiiii acras
terre in Liner villa, & quicquid filii Ranulphi Eſpec
tenuerunt de honore Albineii in Alno & in Aſtella,
five in ecclefta, five in terra, & decimam ferie Sancti
Chriſtoferi, & de foro Albineii, & in Machefis unum
ortolanum, cum terra ſua, & 4 Avicia uxor
predicti Rogeri dedit in Monte Fameloſo, & in Meſ-
nillo Ogis.
Clens, & Roberti fil:i ejus, & Aeliz ſilie ipſius Ro-
berti, eccleſiam Sancti Patricii de Clens, & eceleſiam
Sancte Margarete de Baudrevilla, & eccleſiam de Pro-
s Dugd. Mon. Angl. vol. L P- 32
® Ibid. fol. predicto, cap. iii.
Et ex dono ejuſdem, & Anſchetilli de
bail, cum omnibus decimis, & elemoſinis eidem per-
tinentibus de honore Albineii, & libertatem & quie-
tanciam ab omni ſervicio & redditu, ſicut carta dona-
toris teſtatur; ſcilicet in terrà de Monte Catonis, &
in quidam terri apud Criencis.
IV. Bzaviitu Monaſtery, in Bedfordſhire.
1. Prima charta priorattis de Bello- loco, Roberti ſcil.
de Albeneio *. |
Hec eſt donatio & confirmatio celle de Noddry.
Robertus de Albencio, gratia Dei, & aſſenſu conſilio-
que Secilie matris ſue, necnon ſuorum fidorum homi-
num & amicorum, dedit Deo & Santo Albano, ec-
cleſiam Sancte Marie, quam Radulfus heremita con-
ſtruxerat in heremitorio de Noddry; dedit, inquam,
& confirmavit ipſam eccleſiam Sancto Albano in cel-
lam, cum omnibus ad eam pertinentibus, que, videlicet,
hic ſcripta ſunt. Imprimis, heremitorium de Noddry
totum, in aſſartis, & boſco, & ceteris que ad illud
pertinebant die qua Henricus de Albineio, pater hujus
Roberti, fuit vivus & mortuus, cum boſco, quod ipſe
Robertus & mater ſua Secilia dederunt ſupradicte ec-
cleſie quando dedicata ct, in dotem, cum molendino de
Turnehale, cum terra & prato ad illum pertinentibus,
& cum boſco quod poſtea addiderunt, & una inſula
prati, que eſt inter predictum molendinum & domum
que ad illud pertinet; item eccleſia de Nelebroc,
quam prius dederat Nigellus del Waſte, & poſtea
Henricus de Albineio conceſſerat, cum una hida terre,
& dimidia virgata; iſtà libertate, quod pecunia viva
campeſtris de propria curia monachorum de Nelebroc
paſcentur cum dominica pecunia domini, & habebunt
quietum paſnagium porcorum ſuorum illinc ; item,
decem acre terre de Stepehell, quas ipſe Robertus
obrulit ſuper altare memorate ecclefie de Noddri in
die feſti Sancti Machuti. Item, eccleſia de Rinethella,
cum omnibus ad eam pertinentibus. Item, eccleſia
de Clophella, cum duabus virgatis terre, & ceteris
omnibus que ad cam pertinent, preter illa que ſunt
monachorum de Warengeford, id eſt, due partes to-
tius decime de dominio domini ; & in boſco de Clop-
hella paſtio quadraginta porcis, {ine paſnagio. Item,
in Clophella five Caenho, paſtura decem bobus cum
dominicis bobus domini, & centum ovibus cum do-
minicis ovibus domini, & communis paſtura cetere
22 monachorum, ſi quam habuerunt, vel ipſi, vel
omines illorum; necnon manſio quedam de dominio
domini juxta monaſterium de Clophella, quam mo-
nachi ſibi ,iphs edificent. Item, quindecim acre terre
propter ſervitium capelle de Caenho, tribus diebus
in hebdomadi. Item, una virgata terre, nm dimidia
unius cotlandi tota, ſicut fuerat Walteri Fabri, quam
Radulfus filius Roberti vendidit monachis pro qua-
tuor marcis argenti, & una marca auri, & uni ſue, &
ſex ſummis bladi, & juraverunt ſuper altare ipſe, &
filius ejus Ricardus, quod nunquam deinceps pro illa
terra aliquid a monachis requirerent. Item, dimidia
virgata terre que fuit Wincardi, cum ipſo Wincardo.
Er ſi aliquando, Dei aſpitatione, ipſe dominus Ro-
bertus, vel aliqui ex hominibus ejus honoris, dede-
rint predicte cccleſie, five de terris ſuis, five de alis
rebus, hac eadem confirmatione firmum erit & ſtabile.
Et ipſe quidem Robertus & Nigellus frater ſuus, &
Secilia mater eorum, eſſecti ſunt fratres eccleſie Sancti
Albani pleniter ut monachi ejuſdem eceleſie. Hoc
etiam ſciendum, quod homines monachorum Modri-
enſium erunt quieti ab operibus tam regis quam do-
mini, niſi ipſi monachi fponte voluerint eos preſen-
tare, Hec omnia, cum omnibus ad eam pertinentibus,
5 ; ex Regiſtro Thornienſis, quarta pars libri, fol. i. cap. ii.
3 Madox, Hiſtory of the Exchequer, p. 82 ; ex autograph. in archivis Ecel. Colleg. Weſtmonaſt.
* Dugd, Mon. Ang. vol. II. p. 970. Pat. Norm. 8 Hen. V. n. 21.
5 Ibid. vol. I. p. 325 ; ex Regiftco abbatie 8. Albani, in Bibl. Cottoniana, fol. 128. b.
2
dedit
FramtanD HUN RED.
dedit & confirmavit ipſe dominus Robertus, Deo &
ſanto Albano, in capitulo ſancti Albani, & poſt capi-
tulum obtulit ſuper m
tellum, foluta & quieta
um altare, per unum cul-
omnibus conſuetudinibus
& ſervitiis regs & ſvis, & ſucceſſorum ſuorum, om
nibus aliis rebus, preter ſervitium Dei pro anima ſui,
& pro animabus patris & matris, & aliorum parentum
ſuorum: Coram abbate Galfrido, & monachis; & teſ-
tibus hiis; ſcilicet, Willietmo filio Nigelli, Willielmo
Travailt dapifero, Richardo ſcriptore, Radulfo Mal-
ferus, Radulfo filio Roberti, & Richardo filio ejus,
Rogero de Standend, Rogero de Pelocheſhell, Ail-
berto de Eleneſton, ex parte ejuſdem Roberti. Ex
arte autem ſancti Albani, Thoma preſbitero de
33 Rogero de Crocaſlei, & Ricardo filio ejus,
Johanne de Chidwic. | |
2. Alia charta Roberti de Albeneio *.
Notum fit omnibus ſancte eccleſie filiis & fidelibus,
tam futuris quam preſentibus, quod ego Robertus de
Albeneio, Deo inſpirante, conceſſi ecclefie ſancte
Marie Magdelene de Bello- loco, quam in parco meo
de Turnehall conſtitui, & monachis quos ibi ad ſer-
viendum Deo collocavi, pro ſalute anime mee, & ani-
me patris & matris mee, & fratrum & ſororum, &
parentum & amicorum meorum, libere, & ſolute, &
quietè ab omni ſeculari ſervicio & exactione, in feodo, ·
& perpetui elemofini, terram que vocatur Tubar-
deſleie, & boſcum de Haſeldeni, ficut parcum anrea
fuit clauſum, vel ad boſcum ipſorum monachorum
de Bello-loco, & totum dominium meum de Walhege,
& totam terram juxta Eugeweram, et nemus eorum
uſque ad terram Ailwini Bolt, ſcilicet, uſque ad
caput foſſati terre ipſius, & totam terram Ailwini
Bolt, & manſionem & domos ejus, & decem acras in
excangio pro virgulto meo de Clophell, & totam
Treubruge croftam in omnibus, ficut Azo prefbirer
eam melius tenuit, & communem paſturam ville; &
iterum ex alterà parte aque ſecus boicum de Caelp,
totam terram A terra Oſmundi uſque ad incifionem,
& viginti acras quas habui in meo dominio de terra
Camelton, & pratum quod adjacet, & totam terra
Warini de Wacy, quam mater mea eis ante dederat,
& meſſuagium ejus, cum duobus riffleris circumjacen-
tibus. Item, reſumpto ab eis eodem meſſuagio Wa-
rini, quia mihi necefſarium erat, dedi eis in ex-
changiam Corucroftam viciaam ſuis edificiis. Item,
pro duodecim acris boſci quas recepi ab ipſis mona-
chis in Walteſhou, dedi eis in exchangium xii acras
terre colende, ſcilicet, predictum meſſuagium Warini
ro ſex acris, & alias ſex acras in campo meo de Clop-
ella. Item, in Helebrok terram à boſco uſque ad
eccleſiam, & aqua que ab curia deſcendit ad eandem
eccleſiam uſque ad Sibbenoram, & totum ab eodem
boſco extra cloſum uſque ad culturam que eft
juxta eccleſiam, & croftam Sigodi filii Samari, &
croftam Uhteredi, & croftam Alwardi de Bromi, &
veteres terras, & montem veterem juxta, & pratum
quod fuit Richardi filii Radulfi ad bromam, et Jun
quod preſtitum fuit Turgodo de dominio Domini
quod adclaufit, & xvi acras de terra Warini, & unam
acram terre quam Herbertus de Amethulla dedit, &
ſeptem acras de dominio ad Cotes, quas Edwardus
tenet, & dimidiam virgatam que fuit Ailmari Rufh in
terris & pratis, & Tornecroftam. Hec omnia dedi
& confirmayi Deo & ſanto Albano, & monachis de
Bello-loco, in feudo, & elemoſinam, libera, & quieta,
& ſoluta ab omni ſervitio, & omnibus conſuetudi-
nibus regis & meis, & ſucceſſorum meorum, & ab
omnibus aliis exactionibus preter ſervitium Dei. Hiis
teſtibus; Nicholao archidiacono, Simone capellano,
* Dugd. Mon. vol. I. p. 326; ex codem regiſtro, fol. 129.
BEAULIEU aw NEWHOUS,
4t
Richardo de Merſton, Willielmo Travail, Radulfo
Pirot, Stephano de Pulletheſhell, Roberto preſbytero
de Clophella, Willielmo de Sancto Celeri, Hugone
fiſio Nigelli, Willielmo de Flicte, Radulfo filio Ro-
berti, & Richardo filio cjus.
V. Nzwnovs Abbey, in Lincolnſhire.
Carta Helie de Albeniaco, & Hawiſie ſponſe ſue, de
toto jure ſuo in tertia parte eecleſie de Saxelbi .
Capitulo Lineolnie, & omnibus ſancte Matris ec-
clefie filiis, Francis & Anglicis, futuris & preſentibus,
Helias de Albeniaco, & Hawifia ſponſa ſua, & Oliverus
& Radulfus filii ſui, ſalutem. Notum fit vobis uni-
verſis, nos dediſſe & conceſſiſſe, & preſenti carti con-
firmaſle Deo & eecleſie 8. Marie, & S. Martialis
apoſtoli de Nehus, & fratribus ibidem Deo ſervien-
tibus, jus noſtrum, quod habemus in ecclefi3 Sancti
Botulfi de Saxolebi; ſcilicet, tertiam partem ejuſdem
eccleſie, que pertinet ad feudum noſtrum, cum omni-
bus appenditiis ſuis, in terris, pratis, paſcuis, & ma-
reſcis, & omnibus eccleſiaſticis beneficiis; necnon &
viginti acras prati, de noſtro demenio, in Driholm,
que eſt ex auſtrali parte de Foffedic, in puram & per-
petuam elemoſinam, liberam, & quietam, & ſolutam
ab omni ſervitio & exæctione ſeculari, pro anims
Willielmi de Albeniaco, qui nobis feudum iſtud de-
dit; & pro animabus patrum & matrum noſ rarum, &
omnium anteceſſorum noſtrorum, & pro ſalute noſtra,
& animarum noſtrarum, & filiorum & fliarum noſ-
trarum. Sed & hane donationem preſcriptam Hawiſia
ſponſa mea fideliter fifmnavit tenendam, & hoc fponte
ſua. Teſtibus; magiſtro Hamone cancellario de
Nichol; Roberto decano de Staintun; magiſtro
Malgero ; Herbra do decano de Lincolne ; & Bricio
& Roberto, preſbiteris de Lincolne; Clemente
preſbitero; Hugone de Bajocis ; Laurentio prefbi-
tero de Burton; Gilleberto clerico de Lincolne ;
Gocelino ; Rogero & Adam, monachis de Cruiland ;
Willielmo Burnet, canonico de Sempringham; Alu-
redo de Pointun; Jacobo de Munbogum ; Gaufrido
de Shaveni, & Johanne & Alano-filiis ſuis; Nigello
de Sapentun; Ace de Senlice; Willielmo Alſelin;
Rogero fratre Alvaredi de Pointun ; Willielmo Ber-
ner; Waleranno, Willelmo. . . . .;; Alvaredo
de Hedington; Audoeno fratre meo, Ernifio de
Novilla; Willielmo de Mortun; Ofſberto filio Mau-
ritii de Schilingetun.
VI. BropnoLmE Priory, in Nottinghamſhire.
Ex cartà Regis Edwardi ſecundi, donatorum conceſſi-
ones recitans & confirmans *,
Donationem & conceſhonem, quas Radulfus de
Albeniaco, per cartam ſuam, fecit Deo & S. Marie, &
fratribus & fororibus de Brodholme, de toto co quod
fuit de feodo ſuo in pomerio juxta cimiterium ec-
clefie S. Botulphi de Saxelby ; & de quadam planicie
terre, jacente inter curiam earundem fororum &
nemus ſuum, in liberam, puram & perpetuam elemo-
ſinam. Donationem, &c. quas Sarra filia Petri de
Gouſla, per cartam ſuam, fecit predictis ſororibus de
Staynhil, Barnewode, & Southwoode; & de omnibus
terris, & omnibus pratis, & tota paſturi, & omnibus
tenementis, que habuerunt ex meridiana parte Foſſe-
dik. Et de tribus bovatis terre, cum omnibus per-
tinentiis ſuis in Saxelby; et de omnihus terris & om-
nibus pratis, & de omnibus donatiogibus, quas Petrus
de Goyſla pater ſuus, & Agnes de Camvilla mater
ſua, & Henricus frater ſuus, prefatis ſororibus dede-
_ & conceſſerunt in liberam & perpetuam elemo-
nam.
® Tbid, vol. II. p. 590 ex ipſo autographo in Bibl. Deuveſians.
$ Ibid. p. 646. Pat. 12 Edw. II. p. 1. m. 9. Vide Pat. 4 Edw, III. m. 42.
Vor. I. Arp ENDIx. 0
L | | Foundation
4 APPENDIX ro THx HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE:
IV. Foundation of the Monaſteries of KiRxHaM, RIEVALX, and WARDON,
by Sir WALTER ESPEC. |
I. Kraxnan Priory, in Yorkſhire.
1. Carta fundationis prioratùs de Kirkham *.
- Turſtino, Dei gratia, Ebor' archiepiſcopo, & Gal-
frido eadem gratia Dunelm' epiſcopo, & ſuccefforibus
eorum, Walterus Eſpec, & Adelina uxor ejus, ſalu-
tem. Sciatis nos conceſſiſſe, & dediſſe Deo & ecceleſie
S. Trinitatis de Kirkham, & canonicis ibidem Deo
ſervientibus, conſenſu Henrici regis Anglorum, &
conſenſu noſtro, & auxilio ee ne potum me-
orum, filiorum videlicet ſororum mearum, & pro
animabus patrum & matrum noſtrarum, & omnium
rentum & benefactorum noſtrorum, & omnium fi-
delium defunctorum, in liberam & perpetuam elemo-
ſinam; videlicet, totum manerium de Kirkham, in
boſco & plano, in terris & aquis, in pratis & paſcuis,
in paſturis & molendinis, & omnibus omnind eidem
loco pertinentibus. Et eccleſiam parochialem de
Kirkham, cum una carucata terre, & omnibus eidem
eccleſie pertinentibus. Et ecclefiam de Helmeſlac,
cum una carucata terre, & omnibus eidem eccleſie
pertinentibus; & nominatim tres toftas, ſcilicet, tof-
tum canonicorum, & toftum preſbiteri, & toftum Al-
dredi; & ecelcſiam de Kirkeby in Crandala, cum
una carucatà terre, & omnibus eidem ecclefic perti-
nentibus; et eccletiam de Gartani, cum una carucata
terre, et omnibus eidem eccleſie pertinentibus z &
nominatim campum, quem vocant Flattum S. Micha-
elis, & totam villam de Weſthone, cum ſeptem caru-
catis terre, & omnibus eidem ville pertinentibus, in
boſco & plano, in terris & paſcuis, & omnibus om»
nino rebus. Et totam villam de Whitewelli, cum
novem carucatis terre, in boſco & plano, in pratis
& paſcuis, & omnibus eidem ville pertinentibus. Et
in Sextendala octo carucatas terre, cum omnibus ei-
dem terre pertinentibus; & decimam denariorum de
firmis meis, & de malis maneriorum meorum; & no-
minatim de vil:4 & molendino de Hewſom, & piſca-
tionem aque de Derwent circa Hewſon, & meas do-
mos de Eboraco; et decimam Lyntonie de meo do-
minio. Et idem canonici habebunt decimas cervo-
rum, & porcorum, & caprearum, & ferarum ſilveſ-
trium, que vel ego vel poſteri mei capiemus; - & vo-
latilium, que capientur per meas riveras : et proprii
porci canonicorum, et hominum ſuorum, qui nutriti
ſunt in hiis ſais terris ſupranominatis, erunt in boſco
de He!meſlac, quieti de paſnagio; ſcil. canonici ha-
bebuar inde paſnagium : et animalia & pecora eorun-
dem canonicorum ibunt ubique cum animalibus &
pecoribus meis, & heredum meorum, in eàdem paſ-
tura; & ubi ego & heredes mei accipiemus boſcum,
ad noſtcas neceſſitates, ibi & canonici accipient. Er
homines canonicorum habebunt ubique communem
paſturam cum hominibus meis. Preterea conceſſimus
& donavimus eiſdem canonicis in Northumberland,
totam villam de Carram ſuper Twedam fluvium, & ec-
cleſiam ejuſdem ville, cum omnibus eidem ville &
eidem eccleſie pertinentibus, in terris & aquis, in
pratis & paſcuis, in paſturis & molendinis, in diviſis
& conſuetudinibus: et unam manſuram in Werch ;
& toram villam de Tytclintona, cum omnibus eidem
ville pertinentibus in boſco & plano, in pratis & paſ-
cuis, & in diviſis & conſuetudinibus ; & eccleſia n
de Hildretune, cum omnibus eidem eceleſie pertinen-
tibus; & eccleſiam de Newton in Glendala, cum om-
nibus eidem eccleſie pertinenriBus : et omnes meas
dominicas decimas, et nominatim decimam denariorum
de cenlu terrarum mearum in Northumberland : et
duas partes decime de dominio de Wyndrom, & de
Boeltune, & de molendino de Hoeltune ; & ſi dedero
alicui homini aliquam de terris ſupranominatis, ſem-
er decima remanebit eccleſie 8. Trinitatis de Kirk-
0 llec omnia ſupradicta conceſſimus & donavi-
! Dugd. Mon. vol. II. p. 105; ex regiſtro de Belvoir penes comitem Rutlandie, Cart. Antiq. V. Vide Cart, 10 Edw. II.
n. 33 5 & Pat. 10 Edw. III. p. 1. m. 8
-
* Dugd. ibid p. 106; ex cartulario de Rivalx, in Bibl, Cotton, fol. 134. b.
ficut alii canonici regulares liberiùs, melids, & quie-
de Kirkham, cum una carucata terre, & omnibus ei-
mus predictis canonicis in elemoſinam ſolam, & qui-
etam, ad tenendam ita bene, & quietè, liberè, & ho-
norifice, ficut unquam meliùs & liberids habuimus &
tenuimus, cum omnibus liberis conſuetudinibus ; &
tids tenent in totà Anglia z et concedimus ea quieta
eſſe de omnibus terrenis ſervitiis que nobis & ſucceſ-
ſoribus noſtris pertinebant, ſalva dignitate 8. Petri
Eboraci, & eccleſie Eboracenſis, & archlepiſcopi
ejuſdem ecclefie, & falvi dignitate eceleſie 8. Cuth-
berti Dunelmenſis, & epiſcopi ejuſdem eccleſie. Hiis
teſtibus; Willielmo de Buyſſy, & Jordano de Buyſſy,
& Rogero de Buyſſy, filiis Hawiſie ſororis mee pri-
mogenite; & Galfrido de Trailli, & Willielmo de
Trailli, & Nicholao de Traille, & Gilberto de Tra-
illi, filiis Albrede ſororis mee ſecunde; & Everardo
de Roos, & Roberto de Roos, filiis Audeline, ſororis
mee junioris. Et Theodorico preſbitero & vicario de
Helmeſlac; & Waltero capellano, & Huberto capel-
lano, Briano clerico, & Drui de Haram, & Thoma
fratre ejus, & Roberto de Sproſton, & Roberto Len-
veſiz, Petro de Sourdevalle, & Willielmo fratre ſuo,
Roberto de Barkerthorp; Waltero de Canci; Wil-
lielmo de Barnevile; Willielmo de Staingrive, Wil-
lielmo Lovel, Alano filio Pagani, Hugone Camin,
ohanne Inglay, Roberto de Botelleſdon, Hugone
nefacio, 4.0 de Bulemere, Will filio Serlonis,
Beringay arbaliſtario, Oſberno pincerna, Goldwino
de Huſum, & Hugone Leuveſeiz, Willielmo de Ha-
rom, Luca Walter, Stephano Murdak, & Roberto
de Weburg. |
2. Secunda Fundatio Prioratiis de Kirkham “.
Sciant preſentes & futuri, quod ego Walterus
Eſpec dedi & conceſſi canonicis de Kirkham eceleſiam
dem ecclefie pertinentibus. Et eccleſiam de Garton,
cum uni carucata terre, & cum omnibus eidem ec-
cleſie pertinentibus, & nominatim quem Flattum ſancti
Michaelis vocant. Et eccleſiam de Kirkebi Cran-
dale, cum una carucati terre, & cum omnibus eidem
eccleſie pertinentibus. Et eccleſiam de Helmeſle,
cum una carucata terre, & cum omnibus eidem ec-
clefie pertinentibus: et tres toftas, ſcilicet, toftam
canonicorum, & toftam preſbiteri, & toftam Aleredi:
et in Kirkham xxiv acras terre, que ſunt inter beſcum
& aquam de Derwent, & meum novum 3 &
.maniuram quam Radulfus preſbiter ibi habuit. Et
roprii porci canonicorum ibunt in boſcum meum de
Kirkham, line panagio cum ſuo nutrimento, & ſege-
tem ſuam ad molendinum meum molent fine multura,
& decimum denarium habebunt de firma molendini.
Preterea conceſſi eis ſeptem carucatas terre de Wine-
ſtowe, cum toto inſtauramento quod fuerit in eadem
villa poſt deceſſum meum, nifi in vita mea eis dare
voluero. Et pro decimà quinque carucarum de Til-
leſton, & pro decima iv carucarum de Grif, & pro
omnibus que canonicis pertinebant, que modo habent
abbas & monachi Rievallis, donavi eis meuin pur-
priſum de Kirkeham, & domos meas & molendinum,
& prata mea, & omnia que habui inter boſcum &
aquam, & piſcationem de aqua de Kirkham & de
Huſum; & totam villam de Witewille, cum novem
carucatis terre, ip boſco & in plano, & in omnibus
que ville pertinent, & in Sextendale iv carucatas
terre; & poſt deceſſum meum alias iv carucatas, quas
habeo in manu mea de octo que ſunt in eadem villa,
niſi in vita mea eis dedero; & hoc cum toto inſtau-
ramento quod ibi erit in illa die. Et apud Helmeſle
ibunt animalia & pecora canonicorum, cum anima-
libus & pecoribus Walteri Eſpec, io una paſtura ;
& ubi Walterus accipiet boſcum ad ſuas neceſſitates,
ibi & canonici accipient: et homines canonicorum
babebunt
FRAMLAND IIuNdDRZD.I KIRK HAM and RIEVALX. 4
habebunt communem paſturam cum hominibus ville,
& porci canonicorum & hominum ſuorum qui nutriti
ſunt in hiis terris ſuis ſupranominatis erunt in boſco
de Helmeſle fine panagio; ſet canonici habebunt pa-
porcorum, & caprearum & ferarum ſilveſtrium, M
Walterus & poſteri ſui capient, & ſimiliter volati
que capientur per ſuas riverias, & decimas denariorum
de firmis ſuis, & de mala maneriorum ; & nominatim
de Huſum, & de molendino de Huſum, quod factum
eſt apud Fudeſton ſuper ripam aque de Derwente :
et meas domos de Eboracoz & decimam Lintonie ;
& in Northumberland totum manerium de Titlington,
& eccleſiam de Hilderton, cum omnibus eidem eccleſie
pertinentibus. Et eccleſiam de Newton in Clendale,
cum omnibus eidem eccleſie pertinentibus, & totam
terram Ulf killi clerici, Et eccleſiam de Karram ſuper
Tweedam fluvium, cum omnibus eidem eccleſie per-
tinentibus, & totam villam de Karram, cum omnibus
eidem ville pertinentibus, in terris & aquis, in pratis
& paſcuis, piſcariis, molendinis, & in diviſis, & in
conſuetudinibus ejuſdem ville. Et totam terram UIF-
killi clerici, quam de me tenebat in eadem villa,
ficut alii liberi homines ejuſdem ville per eaſdem de-
viſas. Et omnes meas dominicas decimas, & nomi-
natim decimam denariorum de cenſu terrarum mea-
rum de Northumberland. Et fi dedero alicui ali-
quam ex terris illis, ſemper decima remanebit eccleſie
S. Trinitatis de Kirkham. Hec omnia ſupradicta
conceſſi & donavi priori & canonicis 8. Trinitatis de
Kirkham, ita bene & quiete, liberè & honorifice, ſicut
meliùs & liberids unquam habui, cum omnibus liberis
conſuetudinibus, & ſicut canonici ejuſdem ordinis li-
beriùs & quietius habent. Et concedo ea eſſe quieta
de omnibus terrenis que mihi & ſucceſſoribus meis
pertinent, ſalvà dignitate eceleſie ſancti Petri Eboraci,
& archiepiſcopi ejuſdem eccleſie; & ſalva dignitate
eccleſie S. Cuthberti Dunolmie, & epiſcopi ejuſdem
eccleſie. Hiis teſtibus, &c.
nagium; & canonici habebunt decimam trum, oh
3. Concordia inter Priorem de Kirkham & Williel-
mum de Ros, ſuper chaciam ejuſdem Prioris in
terris dominicis prefati Willielmi in boſcis de
Hamelak *.
Notum fit omnibus ad quod preſens ſcriptum per-
venerit, quod cum placitum aliquando motum eſſet,
ber breve Domini Regis, inter Hugonem priorem de
irkham perentem, & W. de Roos defendentem, de
Chacia habenda in boſcis & moris de Hamelak ;
- amicabiliter in hunc modum conquievit, die Sancti
Martini, anno gratie MCCLx1; videlicet, quod dictus
Willielmus de Roos conceſſit & dedit pro ſe & here-
dibus ſuis, priori & conventui de Kirkham imperpe-
tuum, unum toftum in Pockle, liberum ab omni ſer-
vitio; conceſſit etiam, quod idem prior & conventus
liberum habeant tranſitum, tam per boſcos quàm
r moras ipſius domini Willielmi de Hamelak, &
eredum ſuorum ubicunque, excepto parco: Dabunt
etiam dictus dominus Willielmus & heredes ſui im-
perpetuum dictis priori & conventui, & eorum ſucceſ-
ſoribus, pro decima venationis ſue, tres feras compe-
tentes. Dedit etiam & conceſſit idem dominus Wil-
lielmus, pro ſe & heredibus ſuis, dictis priori & con-
ventui, ſingulis annis c 5. Sterlingorum pro decima de
mala maneriorum ſuorum; quam quidem decimam
dicti prior & conventus habuerum de dono domini
Walteri Eſpec, fundatoris domus ſue in Kirkham,
prout in carta feofamenti ſui, quam exinde habent,
plenids continetur, ſolvendos eiſdem vel attornato ſuo
de camera ſua ſingulis annis apud Hamelak, ad duos
anni terminos, ſcilicet, quinquaginta ſolidos ad feſtum
Sancti Martini in yeme, & Wage ad Pente-
coſten. Heredes autem dicti domini Willielmi ſolu-
cionem predictorum cs, ſupradictis canonicis, vel eo-
rum attornato, in modo ſupradifto tenebuntur facere
imperpetuum. Pro bac autem donatione & conceſſione
prefati prior & conventus relaxaverunt, & quietum
clamaverunt, pro ſe & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, dicto domino
Willielmo de Roos & heredibus ſuis imperpetuum,
totam chaciam, quam in curia domini regis erga dictum
dominum Willielmum de Roos aliquando petebant, in
boltis & in moris ipſius Willielmi de Hamelak ; ita
quod nulla ratione de cetero aliquam chaciam exigere
vel habere poterint. Omnia autem ſupradicta, ficut
ſuperids ſpecificantur, dictus dominus Willieimus de
Roos & heredes tvi prefatis ptiori & conventui; &
eorum ſucceſſoribus, warrantizabimus, adquietabimus,
& defendemus imperpetuum. In cujus rei teſtimo-
nium, tam dictus prior, quam diftus dominus Williel-
mus de Roos, huic ſcripto, in modum cirographi
confecto & partito, ſigilla ſua mutuò appoſuerunt, &c.
II. RIEVALX Abbey, in Yorkſhire,
I, Rievallenſe coenobium .
' Regnante in Anglia illuſtri rege Henrico, filio
Willielmi cognomento Baſtard, &c. monaſteria con-
ſtruuntur, &, ſopiris preliis, ſanta ubique religio di-
latatur, Floruit per idem tempus felicis recordati-
onis beatus Barnardus, abbas Clarevallenſis, vir mag -
nificus, & in Dei rebus ſtrenue agens, &c. Muho-
rum ſiquidem monachorum pater, monaſteria non
pauca conſtruxerat, & miſhs expeditionis ſue militi-
bus jam finitimas occupaverat regiones, &c. Hic in-
ſtinctu divino de nobili ſua Clarevallenſi vines quan-
dam bene ſpei plantationem ad Anglicanas partes di-
rexerat, querens fructum in gente il!a, ſicut ubique
terrarum, &c. Suſcepti cum honore a rege & regno,
in provincia Eboracenſi nova jaciunt fundamenta,
conſtituentes abbatiam que Rievallis nominatur, &
hec prima plantatio ordinis Ciſtercienſis in terriiorio
Eboracenfi, &c.
Anno Domini mcxxx11, Gualterus Eſpec, vir mag-
nus, & potens in conſpectu regis & totius regni, mo-
nachos Ciſtercienſis obſervantie directos a Barnardo
abbate Clarevallis recepit, & poſuit in ſolitudine
Blachomour ſects aquam Rie, a qui cenobium
eorum Rievallis dicitur, cum quibus miſſus eſt Guli-
elmus primus abbas corum, vir conſummate virtutis
& excellentis memories.
2. Fundationis & fundatorum hiſtoria !.
Dominus Walterus Eſpecke, miles ſtrenuus & de-
corue, in etate juvenili uxorem duxit quandam, nomine
Adelinam, que concepit, & peperit ei unum filium,
nomine Walterum, ſimilem patri ſuo; qui formoſus
factus adoleſcens, multum delectabatur in equis velo-
cibus equitare. Contigit ut quadam die, cum equum
velocem aſcendiſſet, & ipſum ad currendum ultra
vires urgeret, apud par vam petrinam crucem, verſus
Frithby *, equus ſuus graviter ceſpitavit; et ille
ſubito de equo cadens, collo ſuo fracto, vitam finivit
temporalem. Quod cum rumor infortunii ad patrem
ſuum perveniſſet, conſternatus dolore nimio, delibe-
ravit de heredibus ſibi diſponendis. Licet precipuè
quando vir conqueſtus erat, & armorum actibus, quic-
quid habuit, acquiſivit. Invocata igitur Spirits
Sancti gratia, amicos ſuos conſuluit, preſertim Willi-
elmum Gartonenſem rectorem, & avunculun ſuum,
cujus conſilio plurimum acquievit. Qui igitur coalu-
luit ut de parte terrarum ſuarum Chriſtum faceret
heredem ; quod ad finem uſque perduxit, fundans
tria monaſteria, Et primo monafterium de Kickhain
viii kal. Marcii, feria quart, anno Domini Mcx x11,
anno regni regis H. Primi xx11, & prelulatus Thur-
ſtani Kbor' archiep' anno quinto, Et idem preſul
primum priorem Willielmum, videlicer, ſopradictum
tunc canonicum, iaſtrutum in domo fant Otwaldi,
ordinavit & conſtituit in paſtorem, adjuncto ſibi uno
ſocio de eũdem domo; qui quidem Willielmus prior
rexit prioratum in domo de Kirkeham per unum an-
num, menſes tres, & duos dies, et fic quinto nouas
Julii ab hac luce ſubtractus eſt, & ad vitam migravit
eternam feœliciter regnaturus. Et ad ſuſtentationem
ejuſdem domũùs, & onus hoſpitalitatis ſupportandum,
Pugd. Mon. vol. II. p. 107; ex Regiſtro Cartarum Hoſpitalis 8. Leonardi Eboraci, in Bibliotheca Cottoniana, fol. 30. b.
I did. vol. I. p. 727; ex MS, de origine monaſterii de Fontibus in Bibl. Arundeliaua, p. 1.
* Lel. Coll. vol. II. p. 310.
fuxta prioratum de Kirkham in com. Ebor,
» Dugd. Mon, vol. I. p. 797 ; ex MS. in Bibl. Cotton, Vitell, F. 4.
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44 APPENDIX To Tre HISTORY 0» LEICESTERSHIRE.
Cliveland ſuper elivum montis, & ſubtus clivum, per
rivulum qui vocatur Willeſmeſbec, & eſt diviſa inter
me & Johannem de Engelram, RED ad ſupradictam
idem Walterus dedit jus patronatùs ſeptem eccleſia-
rum ipſum appropriandarum eiſdem, in proprios
uſus habendum, 1 terras, redditus, ac poſſeſſiones, ad
ſummam mille & centum marcarum, in 15
Eboraci & Northumbrie. Poſtea fundavit mona
rium Rievallis, A. D. Mcxxxt. Et poſtea fundavit
monaſterium de Wardon, A. D. mcxxxvi. Vixit
autem idem Walterus, poſtquam fundavit monaſterium
de Kirkham, triginta annis, miles ſtrenuus & circum-
ſpectus. Tandem dictus dominus Walterus, ſenio
confractus, armis militaribus valefecit, Willielmum
heredem habens de corpore ſuo legitime procreatum;
reſiduum verò terrarum ſuarum diviſit inter tres ſoro-
res ſuas, ſibi jure hereditario ſucceſſuras, quarum no-
mina hec ſunt; Hauwiſa, Albreda, Adelina. Pri-
mam duxit in uxorem Willietmus Buſcye, ſecundam
Nicholaus de Traylye, & tertiam Petrus de Roos ;
ſed Adeline ſorori ſue inter cetera dedit ſpecialiter ad-
vocationem de Kirkham & Rievallis; et poſtea ſumens
habitum monachilem apud Rievallem, ibidem inter
monachos per biennium converſans vitam finivit tem-
poralem, jacens ibidem in ſua eccleſia humatus vii
idus Marci, anno Domini MCL111; cujus anime pro-
pitietur Deus, Amen.
« Pro reorum venia Kirkham domus bona,
« Rievallis deinceps, & hec tria, Wardona
« Eſt fundata primitds à dictà perſona,
“ Pro quorum meritis datur illi trina corona.“
3. Carta Walteri Eſpec, de fundatione abbatie
Rievallis *.
In nomine ſancte & individue Trinitatis, Walterus
Eſpec, univerſis ſancte catholice matris ecclefie filiis
falutem. Notum fit omnibus vobis, me dediſſe &
conceſſiſſe, conceſſu Henrici is Anglorum, & con-
filio Adeline uxoris mee, Deo K ecclefie ſaucte Marie
de Rievalle, in manu Willielmi abbatis, & fratribus
ibi Dco ſer vientibus, & pro Dei amore, & ſalute ani-
me regis Willielmi Anglorum, & pro falute Henrici
regis Anglorum, & omnium parentum ſuorum,
& pro ſalute anime patris mei & matris mee, &
pro animà Hugonis de Wildecher, & pro anima pa-
tris & matris, uxoris mee, & omnium parentum &
anteceſſorum noſtrorum, novem carucaras terre; ſci-
licet, terram de Grif, ubi ſunt quatuor carucate, &
terram de Tilleſtona, ubi ſunt quinque carucate, cum
omnibus appenditiis & rebus eiſdem terris pertinen-
tibus, in boſco & plano, in paſtura, & pratis, &
aquis, & omnibus aliis locis, bene & in pace, & ho-
norifice, & liberè, & quietè de omnibus conſuetudi-
nibus, & auxiliis, & aſſiſis, & occaſionibus, & placitis,
& querelis, & omni terreno ſervicio, inperpetuum te-
nendas; his diviſis; ſcilicet ab eo loco ubi Sparragata
venit ad Riam, omnem aquam uſque ad Fangadala,
& inde per Fangadala, ſicut diviſe ſunt inter me &
Steintone, uſque ad magnam viam que venit de
Wildheris, & inde ſupra clivum montis, quantum
mee diviſe tenduntur verſus Cliveland, & ſubtus cli-
vum montis a monte qui vocatur Traneſhof, per
vallem que dicitur Landeſmere, uſque ad aquam que
currit per Bildeſdala. He ſunt diviſe a parte Occi-
dentis.
gata per eam, ' uſque ad illam viam qua itur de Grif
ad molendinum de Sproxton, & inde per viam qua
itur inter duas haias, ſcilicet, illam de Grif & me-
diam haiam uſque ad Sartun, & inde totam vallem
uſque ad parvam haiam de Thilleſtone. Inde inter
planum de Thilleſtone & oram nemoris uſque ad
quandam ſoſſam è contra, ubi Depadala & Lithlebec
conveniunt; & inde totam vallem Lithlebec uſque ad
Randeſpade, & inde per magnam viam uſque ad fur-
cam viarum, & inde per viam a dextra ſuper Sund-
heſdala, uſque ad acervum lapidem qui vocatur Ba-
cheler, & inde recto ductu ſuper Thripleidala uſque
ad magoam viam que venit de Thurchileſti, & per
illam viam, quantum mee diviſe tendumur verſus
Ex parte vero Orientis, a ſupradiQta Sparra-
aquam que currit per Bildeſdale. Et preter hec con -
eis omnia aiſiamenta ſaaſtin manerio & foreſta
de Helmeſlac, ſeilicet materiem & ligna ad ſuos
ios uſus, & paſcua & pannagia ab omni conſue-
tudine quieta, in omnibus boſcis meis de Helmeſlac,
ficut ego ipſe liberids & quietids habeo ad meum
33 opus. His teſtibus; Thoma prepoſito de
everlaco, Arnaldo ſacerdote de Beverlaco, Gode-
frido capellano, Henrico de Munford, Waltero ca-
pellano, Euſtachio filio Johannis, Roberto capellano
Walteri Eſpec, Galfrido clerico de Warträ, Ivone,
Pagano, Hugone, Willielmo, Clemente fratribus ejus.
Teſtimonio etiam & conceſſu nepotum meorum, ſci-
licet, Willielmi de Buiſci, & Jordani, & Rogeri, qui
ſunt filii ſororis mee Haawiſie, primogenite patris x
matris mee; & nepotum meorum Gaufridi de Trali,
& Willielmi, & Gilberti, & Nicholai, filiorum medie
ſororis mee Albree; & nepotum meorum Everardi
& Roberti *, filii ſororis mee Adeline poſtgenite. Teſ-
timonio quoque & conſilio meorum hominum; ſei-
licet, Willielmi de Steingrif, Roberti Lenveiſet, Dro-
gonis de Hirum, Roberti de Sproxton, Petri de Sur-
devals, Willielmi Luvelle, Johannis Elgelram, Wil-
lielmi filii Amfrei, Willielmi de Surdevalle, Rogeri
de Flameville, Hugonis Camin, Teſtibus etiam vi-
cinis meis; ſcilicet, Henrico de Muntfort, Stephano-
de Meinill, Gervaſio de Sneit, & Benedicto filio ejus,
Rogero de Hiltune, Auſchetino filio Willielmi filii
Achelini; & multis aliis meis vicinis, & amicis. Hanc
abbatiam Rievallis fundavi ego Walterus Eſpec, con-
ſilio & conceſſu Turſtini archiepiſcopi Eboracenſis,
conceſſu etiam & conſilio Henrici regis Anglorum,
domino papa Innoceatio, auctoritate apoſtolica hec
omnia con te, |
4. Carta Roberti de Ros, ſenioris*, confirmans donati-
onem Walteri Eſpec avunculi ſui, diviſas ceenobii .
exhibens, addenſque ligna, paſcua, & pannagia, in
forreſta de Helmeflac | circa 1150 +}.
In nomine ſane et individue Trinitatis Robertus
de Ros, univerſis ſancte catholice matris eccleſie filiis
ſalutem . Notum fit omnibus tam preſentibus quam
futuris me conceſſiſſe et confirmifſe donationem Wal-
teri Eſpec avunculi mei, quam dedit Deo et ecclefic
8. Marie Rievallenſi, et monachis ibidem Deo ſer-
vientibus, pro anima ipſius avunculi mei, et pro
anima patris mei et matris mee, et fratris mei Eve-
rardi, et omnium anteceſſorum meorum; ſcilicet,
tercam de Grif, &c. | ut ſupra, uſque ad ** proprium
opus.“ ] Hiis teſtibus ; Henrico ¶ Murdac] Eboracenſi
archiepiſcopo, Roberto Buttevillano archidiacono,
Magiſtro Lauremio, Thoma Sottowain, Nicholao de
Trailli. Rogero priore de Bridlingetun ; Gregorio
*canonico ſuo; magiſtro Gervaſio; Ada de Brus;
Johanne filio Richardi filii Euſtachii; Roberto cle-
rico, nepote domini Roberti de Ros; Rogero capel-
lano; Willielmo Barathe ; Willielmo de Stainegrifa;
Petro de Surdeſvall, et Willielmo fratre ſuo z Willi-
elmo Falvel, dapifero; Willielmo de Heirun ; Ste-
phano filio Bonaficii; Ernaldo del Chemine; Wil-
lielmo Criſpino ; Stephano, nepote domini Robert de
Ros; Petro de Goſle; Waltero, nepote Stephani
Pincerne ; Hugone filio Willielmi ; 7 filio
Fordrech; Firmino de Lundoniis ; Willielmo filio
Barbotti; Petro de Laceles; Hugone Diſpenſario
Thomi de Ros; Willielmo Conſtantino; Petro filio
Alani; Thoma de Emveiſet; Otin; Thoma Pre-
dican; Rogero le Emveiſet, et Drogone fratre ſuo;
Evrardo Herbergur; Hoche, cantore; Stephano,
filio Gero; Erniſio le Waite ; Willielmo piſtore ;
Thocca pincerna; Roberto Reigno; Magno de
Neotun ; Radulfo la Wiate; Willielmo, pedagogo
Evrardi de Ros; Cilſi Ruflel ; Hugone, gardinario*.
* Dugd, Mon. vol. I. p. 729 ; ex Regiſtro abbatie de Rievalx, in Bibl. Cotton, Julii, D. 1. fol. 24. a, Vide Cart. 1 Edw, III.
n. 30; & Pat, 6 Edw. III. part. 2. m. 13.
3 Peck, MSS. 4937 ; ex ipſa originali carta pulcherrima et rariſſima pergamena apud Belvoir ; ſans date.
See the ſeal, plate V. fig. 18,
; 3. Sigillum
De Ros.
* Obiit Henricus Murdac, teſtium unus, Oct. 14, 1152,
3
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5. Sigillum Willielmi abbatis et Eonventiis Rye+ | Petrug de Roos duxit Adelinam Eſpeck, et genvif
vallenſis , cuidam ſcripto appenſum, dato apud H
ex ca quendam Robertum de Roos, qui quidem Pe-
lake, die Veneris, in cfaſtino nativitatis B. Johannis trus ſepultus eſt in monaſterio abbatie Rievallenſis ;
Baptiſte, A. D. 1372 *.
6. Iſte ſunt poſſeſſiones perenn@ 4
Anno Domini MpxL1, dedit nobis W alrFus Eſpee
Bildeſdale cum pertinentiis ſuis. ON
Everardus de Ros dedit nobis ſartum de Helmeſley
& communam de Pokeley.
uy dono Walteri Eſpeck ix carucatas terre Rie-
vallis.
7. Cyrographum inter nos & Kirkeham 4.
Hec ſunt illa que conceſſimus & donavimus mona-
chis de Rievals de poſſeffionibus noſtris, pro amore
Dei, & ſalute animarum noſtrarum, & pro communi
ſocietate ſtatuendA inter nos & ipſos, pro pace & ho-
norte prioris noſtri, & pro voluntate & deſiderio ad-
vocati noſtri; videlicet, Kirkeham, cum eccleſià &
edificiis noſtris, & cum gardinis et ortis, et molen-
dinis noſtris, & omnibus in eodem loco conſiſtentibus,
3 unum horreum quod inde transferemus, &
witewella, & Wiveſton, & quatuor carucatis terre
in Sextendali, quas advocatus noſter adhuc tenet in
manu ſui, & de noſtro inſtauramento, uni caruci, &
c oves, tali conditione, quod advocatus noſter dabit
nobis totam Lintoniam & Hwerfleſtorp, cum omnibus
ejuſdem ville pertinentibus, & ipſe eas nobis adquie-
tabit ex omni calumpnia, & liberas faciet ex omni
ſervicio, Et prior noſter & ſui auxiliarii edificabunt
nobis ecclefiam, capitulum, dormitorium, refectorium
de Spuor ſufficienti magnitudine, & alias quaſcumque
domos neceſſarias de alia materie, ſcilicet, infirmito-
rium, cellarium, hoſpicium, piſtrinum, ſtabulum, gra-
narium, horreum ; & ibi nobis firmabunt bonum mo-
lendinum fi fieri poteſt ſine nimiis expenſis; ecclefiam
cooperient de ſcindula, & regulares officinas clauſtri
de Ros. Cartas autem & confirmationes Lintonie &
omnium poſſeſſionum noſtrarum adquirent nobis. Pri-
vilegium etiam domini pape nobis impetrabunt ſine
noſtro labore vel expenſa, ad tenorem illius privilegii,
quod nobis magis placuerit, & ſit canonicum in hic
dioceſi. Sciendum etiam quod in manu noſtri cum
eceleſià parochiali de Wiveſton unam carucatam terre
retinemus, que ad prefatam ecclefiam pertinet, & in
qua ipſa ecclefia ſtar; id eſt in mord. Decimas etiam
ſuas nobis dabunt monachi ubicumque terras excolu-
erint in ipſa parochia, & in Hwitewella, & in domi-
niis advocati noſtri; videlicet, de omnibus rebus
unde decima dari ſolet, nifi rationabili conſideratione
et ex noſtro conſenſu eas adquietare voluerint. Omnia
mobilia noſtra nobiſcum diſcedentes à Kirkham au-
feremus, id eſt, cruces, et calices, libros, et veſtes, et
omnia que ad ornatum eccleſie pertinent, necnon et
feneſtras vitreas coloratas nobis retinemus, pro quibus
illis albas faciemus. Tintinabulum unum eis rema-
nebit quale voluerimus. Vaſa etiam et utenſilia et
inſtrumenta domui neceſſaria quecumque inventa fue-
rint, five in Kirkeham five in Hwitewella, nobis lice-
bir pro noſtrã voluntate transferre. Hoc quoque ſci-
endum eſt, quod nec a loco noſtro volumus diſcedere,
nec priorem noſtrum amittere, donec ea que inter nos
conſtituta ſunt ad predictum finem perducta fuerint.
Et f forte infra annum locum mutaverimus, res et
redditus ecclefie noſtre ſicut modo ſunt per annum in-
tegrum in manu et poteſtate noſtri erunt ad debita
noſtra acquietanda. Similiter etiam res et redditus
Lintonie in manu monachorum ad conſtruenda edi-
ficia noſtra. Hec omnia prout inter nos conſlitutum
eſt, ipſi ad finem debitum perducere ſatagent, ſalvis
eorum conventionibus quos in terris noſtris ſupradictis
invenerint. Sciendum quoque quod omnes canonici
et fratres de Kirkeham, qui in preſenti vivunt, tantum
habebunt in capitulo et ordine Ciſtercienſi, quantum
ejuſdem ordinis monachus.
8. Succeſſio dominorum de Roos poſt maritagium
Petri domini de Roos Adeline ſorori Walteri
Eſpeck. ,
* Plate V. fig. 20, 21. ;
3 Dugd, Mon. vol. I. p. 729.
Vol. I. ArrENDix.
qui Robertus, duxit Sibillam de Valomis in uxorem,
& genuit ex ea Everardum de Roos ; qui Everardus
duEit quandam Roſam, et genuit ex ca Robertum de
Rod, dictum Furſan ; qui Robertus duxit in uxorem
Iſabellam filiam regis Scotie, & genuit ex ea Williel-
mum de Roos gc, Robertum. Dictus vers Robertus
Furſan levavit caſtra de Helmeſley & de Werke, &
Templariis dedit Ribſtane; et poſtea diviſit terras ſuas,
& dedit Willielmo filio ſao & heredi caſtrum de Heme»
me ſley cum pertinentiis ſuis, & ad vocationem monaſte-
riorum de Kirkham, Rievalle, & de Wardona ; & Ro-
berto filio ſuo dedir caſtrum de Werke cum pertinen-
tiis ſuis, & cum baronia in Scotia, ad tenendum de
Willielmo fratre ſvo & heredibus ſuis per ſervictum
militare ; et poſtea dictus Robertus Furſan factus eſt
Templarius, & Londini eſt ſepultus. Wilkelmus de
Roos duxit in uxorem Luciam, & genuit ex ea quen-
dam Robertum de Roos, qui quidem Willielmus fe-
pultus eſt in monaſterio de Kirkham in medio coram
ſummo altare. Robertus filius ejus dux't in uxorem
Iſabellam heredem d'Albany, et genuit ex ea Willi-
elmum de Roos, & ſepultus eſt apud Kirkham in
tumbã marmorea ex parte auſtrali. Willielmus filius
ejus duxit in uxorem Matildam de Vaus, heredem me-
dietatis terrarum Johannis de Vaus, & genuit ex ca
Willielmum de Roos, & ſepultus eſt in eodem mo-
naſterio de Kirkham in tumba marmorea ex parte
boreali. Willielmus de Roos filius ejus duxit in
uxorem Margeriam de Badileſmere, & genuit ex ea
Willielmum, Thomam, Margaretam, & Matildem, &
ſepultus eſt apud Kirkham in mauſoleo lapideo juxta
magnum altare ex parte auſtrali. Willielmus filius
ejus duxit in uxorem Margaretam filiam domini Ra-
dulphi de Nevill, qui moriebatur in terra ſanQa fine
herede, ibique ſepelitur; cui ſucceſſit Thomas frater
ejus, qui quidem Thomas duxit in uxorem Beatri-
cem filiam Radulphi comitis Staffordie, & genuit ex
ea Johannem, Willielmum, Thomam, & Robertum,
Elizabetham, & Margaretam; qui quidem Thomas
de Roos obiit apud Uffington verſus terram ſanctam,
& ſepultus eſt in monaſterio Ryevallis in medio chori;
qui quidem Johannes filius ejus duxit in uxorem Ma-
riam de Orebe . . . . .. comitis Northumbrie, qui
deceſſit {ine herede maſculo apud Cypreſſe peregrinans
verſus terram ſanctam, & ſepultus eſt apud Ryevallem
in auſtrali parte chori juxta magnum altare. Cui
ſucceſſit Willielmus frater ejus, qui duxit in uxorem
Margaretam filiam domini . de Arundell, &
genuit ex ea Johannem, Willielmum, Thomam, Ro-
bertum, & Ricardum, Beatricem, Aliciam, Margare-
tam, & Elizabetham; qui Willielmus obiit apud Bel-
verum primo die Septembris, anno Domini mccex1111,
& ſepultus eſt in medio chori prioratùs ibidem. Cui
ſucceſſit Johannes primogenitus & heres ejuſdem
Willielmi, qui duxit in uxorem Margeriam filiam &
heredem Philippi de Spencer, qui Johannes obiit in
Francia, fine herede de corpore ſuo, cum quo obiit
Willielmus frater ſuus in vigilia Paſche, anno Domini
MCCCCXX1, qui Johannes ſepulrus eſt apud Belverum
ex parte boreali chori ibidem juxta patrem ſuum.
Cui ſucceſſit 'Thomas trater ejus, qui duxit in uxorem
Elianoram filiam domini Ricardi de Bellocampo de
Warwick, ex qua genuit 'Thomam, qui natus eſt nono
die menſis Seprembris, anno Domini MCCccxxvirt, &
anno regni regis Henrici ſexti poſt conqueſtum An-
glie ſexto; qui Thomas duxit in uxorem Philippam
primam filiam domini de Tiptoft, unam de heredibus
ejuſdem, & ſororem comitis de Worceſter, qui obiit
apud Novum Caſtrum, anno Domini Meccerxxt.
Qui Thomas genuit Edmundum, Alianoram, Iſabel-
lam, Margaretam, & Johannem, qui Edmundus obiit
ſine prole apud Enefeild, anno Domini Mpvrir, xx111
die menſis Octobris, & ſepultus eſt in ecclefia paro-
chiali ejuſdem. Alianora prima filia domini de Roos
fuit nupta Roberto Manners, militi; de qua idem
Robertus genuit Georgium, Edwardum, Elizabetham,
& Ceceliam, Qui Georgius duxit in uxorem Annam
Peck, MSS. 4937 ; ex charta originali apud Belvoir, Aug. 19, 1732.
L Dugd, ibid, P- 731. M
* Dugd, ibid. p. 728. Leland, Itin. vol, I. p. 22
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Sellengeri, militis; que Anna duciſſa fuit ſoror regis
16 APPENDIX To Tux HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE.
ligna ad proprios uſus ſuos, & pannagium, & herba.
gi, & paſcua, quieta ab omni conſuetudine, ficut
Edwardi quarti. Et Georgius genuit ex Anna uxore Walterus quietids habuit ad ſuum opus proprium.
* ſui Thomam, Oliverum, Anthonium, Ricardum, Jo-
kannem, Elizabetham, Cathermam, Elianoram, Cece-
liam, Margaretam, &c. & cum illuſtriſſimo rege Hen-
rico octavo fuit ad Franciam, & tempore guerre Fra-
vem corporis accepit infirmitatem, & in redeundo
obiit in menſe Octobris, anno Domini DX III. Et
ſepultus Londini, in ecclefii monialium de Haliwell.
2 *
9. De Liberis D. Thome II. domini de Roos“.
Memorandum quod anno Domini 1427, anno regni
R. Henrici VI. 6“, natus fuit Thomas primogenitus
domini Thome domini de Roos apud caſtrum de
Cunnieſborowe, in craſt ino Nativitatis B. Marie Vir-
ginis . In cujus nomine valeat in eternam.
Memorandum, quod anno Domini 1428, anno
regni regis Henrici VI. 77, in craſtino SS, Martyrum
Perpetue & Felicitatis *, natus fuit Ricardus filius do-
mini Thome domini de Roos, apud caſtrum de Bel-
vero“.
Anno Domini 1429, natus Ricardus, filius Thome
domioi de Ros, apud caſtrum de Belvero.
Anno Domini 1459, nata fuit Margareta, filia
Thome domini de Ros, apud Blakeney, 1 die Julii“.
III. Wax pon Abbey, in Bedfordſhire.
1. Conſirmatio fundationis per regem Stephanum *,
Stephanus Rex Anglie archiepiſcopis, &c. ſalutem.
Scitote me conceſſiſſe, Deo, & eccleſie ſancte Marie
de Eſſartis, & monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, qui
de abbacia Rievallis exierunt, ut ibi abbatiam faciant,
totam eſſartam de Wardona, & de Sudgivela, & to-
tum illud boſcum de illis duabus villis, per illas di-
viſas & metas, quas Walterus Eſpec, qui hec eis do-
navit, illis fecit & ſtatuit, & ſicut cartà ſui confirma-
vit. Et preter hoc concedo eis omnia aifiamenta ſua
in omnibus boſcis ipſius Walteri, ſcilicet, materiem &
Quare volo, &c. Teſtibus; Turſtino archiepiſcopo
Eborum, & Alexandro epiſcopo Lincolnie, &c. & R.
de Ver, & M de Curci, & Willielmo Marc, & Hu-
BigSto, Waltero Eſpec, & Gaufrido de Trailli,
K Wis omnibus nepotibus & heredibus Walteri tunc
viventibus apud Eboracum, anno Incarnationis Do-
minice millefimo centeſimo tricefimo quinto, & regui
mei primo in Chriſto perfecto feliciter.
2. Confirmatio donationum per regem Ricardum
1 primam .
Ricardus, Dei gratif, rex Anglie, dux Normannie,
Aquitannie, comes Andegavie, archiepiſcopis, &c.
ſalutem. Sciatis nos conceſſiſſe, & preſenti carti noſtri
confirmafle, in puram & perpetuam elemoſinam, ab-
batie de Wardona, & monachis ibidem Deo ſecun-
. dim ordinem Ciſterc' ſervientibus, imprimis locum
ipſum in quo abbatia fundata eſt, cum omnibus per-
tinentiis, grangiam quoque de Rueye, grangiam de
Parco, grangiam de Putho, cum tori terri que dicitur
Rode, in Middelton, grangiam de Middelho, cum
tots cultura que dicitur Raveneſho, que jacet pro cen-
tum acris per perticam regis prangiam quoque de
Ramhale, & grangiam de Molebroke cum tori terra
quam habent in Preſtelia, grangiam de Lundholde-
ſheye, glangiam de Weſtwardon, grangium de Ode-
ſeth 8 terra quam habent in Duntone, gran-
giam quoque de Bradefeld cum Fildene woda, grangiam
de Burnedene, cum totà tertà quam habent in Ber-
wham, grangiam de Linermere, & totam terram quam
habent in Stainford, & in Sucginel, & in Chickfaund,
cum omnibus pertinentiis ſupradictarum grangiarum,
et omnia alia tenementa & poſſeſſiones & libertates
ſuas, ſicut rationabiles carte anteceſſorum noſtrorum,
vel aliorum donatorum, venditorum, eſcambitorum,
vel cirographa teſtantur. Quare volumus, &c. Dat
per manum magiltri Rocelini, tune agentis vices can-
cellarii noſtri. Apud Rupem-Andel, xi die Novem-
bris, anno regni noſtri x.
Benefactions to various Religious Houſes by the Ross Es and their Anceſtors.
I. Fazsrax Priory, in Lincolnſhire.
1. Carta Alani de Creun de fundatione priorattiis ”.
Notum fit omnibus videntibus & audientibus hec
ſcripta, quod ego Alanus de Creun, & uxor mea
Muriel, filiuſque meus Mauricius, pro animabus pa-
trum & matrum noſtrorum, parentum quoque & pre-
deceſſorum noſtrorum, & pro redemptione animarum
noſtrarum, conceſſimus, & ſuper altari ſancti Guth-
laci, Crolandie, donationem in elemofina de hiis re-
bus fecimus; eccleſiam ſcilicet Freſtonie, cum omni-
bus ſuis decimis & conſuetudinibus, & terram * ec-
cleſie, & croftum juxta ecclefiam, & v tofta in Freſ-
tona, & 1111 bovatas terre de meo dominio, de quo
quinta cum prato addidimus etiam poſt liberationem
regis Stephani, preſente domino Codtride abbate,
ſolutas, quietas, & liberas ab omni ſervicio, geldo,
conſuetudiue, & ab omni exactione, & paſturam pe-
coribus ſuis, cum noſtris in omnibus locis. Eccleſiam
de Butterwyke, cum omnibus ſuis decimis & conſue-
dinibus; eccleſiam vero de Toft, cum omnibus ſuis
'decimis et conſuetudinibus, & cum tofto Elaucardi,
& cum duabus bovatis terre, quietis & liberis, ficut
prediximus, conceſſimus, poſt Reinaldum, quocunque
modo cam dimiſerit, five morte, five aliqua occaſione.
Peck, MSS. 4936; ex MS. cl, R. Gale, fol. 18. b.
* Leland, Itin. vol, VIII. p. 71.
Eccleſiam verd de Warneburni, cum omnibus ſuis
decimis & conſuetudinibus, & cum terris & boſco
ad eccleſiam pertinente. Ecclefiam etiam de Sto-
neſbya, cum terris eidem eceleſie pertinentibus, &
cum omnibus ſuis decimis & conſuetudinibus. Eccle-
ſiam de Burtona, cum omnibus ſuis decimis & con-
ſuetudinibus, & cum terris eccleſie, ſeilicet, tribus
bovatis terre, cum prato, & unam de noſtro dominio,
cum prato & paſtura, ficut prediximus; & in eadem
villa totam terram que fuit Ade clerici noftri, ſcilicer
totam terram Obbe clerici, & totam terram que fuit
Hardingi filii Elmeri, & totam terram que fuit Oſ-
berti filii Gippi, & totam terram que fuit Godrici
filii Alurune, pro ſex bovatis terre, cum croftis &
pratis eiſdem terris pertinentibus, & ſervicium & ter-
ram Johannis de Abervilla, quam de nobis tenuit in
Dembelby, ſcilicet, ſex bovatas terre. Conceſſimus
etiam pretereà decimam omnium reddituum denario-
rum totius terre noſtre, & decimam denariorum de
feria de Botelveſtan. Has omnes eccleſias, cum de-
cimis, & redditibus, & conſuetudinibus eccleſiaſticis,
& terris predictis, concedimus eſſe ſubjectas eccleſic
8. Jacobi Freſtonie, celle S. Guthlaci, libertate qui
prenotavimus, jure perpetuo. Horum omnium pre-
ſeriptorum donationem in elemoſinam fecimus. In-
* Sept. 9. March 8, 1428-9.
* Dugd. Mon. vol. I. p. 784 ; Cart. 14. Edw. I. n. 12. per Inſpex. Vid. Annal. Norwie. in Bibl. Cotten.
® Dugd. Ibid.
- Dugg, ibid. p- 4433 ex vetuſto exemplari Ms. penes Richard, Towaley, de Nocton Parke, in com. Lincoln. armig.
primis,
FRAMLAND HuxpRTD.] FRESTAN AND RIBSTANE. 47
primis, pro animabus patris & matris Henrici regis
Anglie, & pro redemptione anime ſue, & pro vita
& incolumitate heredum ſuorum, regnique illorum
pace & ſtabilitate, cum emendationibus & incre-
mentis que faciemus, Deo annuente, & divina gratia
nobis inſpirante. Et quicquid homines mei de feodo
meo dederint, vel dabunt in elemofina conſenſu meo,
concedimus & confirmamus; & f1 quiſpiam has obla-
tiones vel donationes, ſuadente diabolo, minuere vel
deſtruere preſumat, perpetuo anathemate feriatur, nifi
digne ſatisfecerit. Hujus rei teſtes ſunt Robertus ab-
bas T horneye, &c. |
2. Carta Alani de Creon, de tribus hidis terre in
Crudeſhale, cum ecclefia de Sourhwarburne *,
Domino ſuo et patri Henrico, Dei gratia, Wynto-
nienſis epiſcopo, Alanus de Croun, quicquid domino
& patri . . . . . . . Notum fit venerabili primatui
veſtro, & omnibus, tam preſentibus quam futuris,
has literas audientibus, quod ego Alanus de Croun,
conſilio & conceſſione Mauricit filii mei, et Willielmi
filii Rogeri, nepotis mei, conceſſimus et dedimus tres
hidas terre in elemoſinà, in Crudeſhale, cum eccleſia
de Warnburne, & cum una virgata terre quas anti-
quitùs dedimus eccleſie ſancti Jacobi apoſtoli Ho-
landie, & monachis meis ibidem Deo ſervientibus,
dimidiam hidam, ſcilicet, que fuit - Blakemon, quam
Emma foror mea habuit, & duas hidas et dimidiam
hide propinquiores jacentes, circa hidas Blakemon,
exccpta terra Godfridi, cum hominibus, manſuris, &
edificiis, fine retenemento alicujus rei vel conſuetu-
dinis, & boſcos & paituras eiſdem hidis pertinentibus,
ſolutus, quietas, & liberas, ficut decet & debet clemo-
tina dari & conllitui, et nominatim paſturam de
Hare appultre conceſſimus & dedimus predictis mona-
chis in elemoſinam; & harum ſiquidem donationem
rerum, eccleſie, ſcilicet, Warneburne, et virgate
terre, & trium hidarum terre de Crudeſhala, & paſ-
turam verſus Habburnam, confirmavimus per char-
tam noſtram. Preſentibus viris religioſis, Edwardo
abbate de Crolandia, Davide abbate de Brunn, &c.
et multis aliis tam clericorum quam laicorum. Si quis
igitur in diebus noſtris, vel poſt mortem noſtram (ſua-
dente diabolo) hanc elemoſinam patrimonii noſtri
impedire, vel minuere, five deſtruere voluerit, ana-
thema ſit, et cum Dathan & Abiram ſit pars ejus in
inferno, niſi reſcipiſcat, & ad dignam ſatisfactionem
veniat, Amen, Amen, fiat, fiat, fiat.
3. Genealogia fundatoris *
— Monſieur Alan de Croune, le primer foundour de
Friiton, et Muriele ſa femme; des queux vient,
Monſieur Maurice * de Croune, ki eſpouſa une Cla-
rice; dez queux vient,
Monlieur Wythe de Croune, ki eſpouſa une Iſa-
belle ; des queux vient, |
Dame Petronil de Croune, fille & heir a Monſieur
Withe ſon pier, qe priſt a baron monſieur William
Longechaumpe. Le quel monſicur William engendra,
de meiſme le Petronill,
Monfieur Henre de Longechaumpe ; & puis la dit
Petronill priſt autre baron, monſieur Oliver Vaux; le
quel engendra de dit Petronill John de Vaux, a qi il
* Dugd. Mon. vol. I. p. 443 ; ex vetuſto exemplari MS, penes Richard, Townley, de NoQton Parke, in com, Lincoln. armig.
* Dugd. ibid,
*
dona le 'manoir de Freſton en taile, pur ceo que
Henre * ſon primer fitz per William ſon primer baron
fuiſt heir del entier.
Et monſieur Henry de Longechampe ſuſdit priſt a
femme Sibile, la fille monſieur Thomas Heringande,
et de lui engendra dame Alice Longechampe, ſans
autre iſſeu, per ont el fuiſt droit heyr a monſieur Henri
ſon pier. La quel dame Alices priſt a baron mon-
ſieur Roger Pedwardin, come apiert per la genealogie
de lez aunceſtres de Pedwardin.
Monſieur Roger Pedwardyn; de qi vient,
Monſieur Wauter, fitz & heir a monſieur Roger
ſuſdit; le quel monſieur Wauterꝰ eſpoſa deux femmes;
Lune femme Thaugharat, ſoer a Thelwell; lautre
femme Maude, la fille monſieur John Lyogayne ; de
quel i] engendra, |
Monſieur Roger? Pedwardin la ſecunde; qi priſt a
femme Alice fille a monſieur Henri Longechampe ; de
quel il engendra,
Monſicur Rogers Pedwardyn le tierce ; quil priſt
a femme Augnes fille a monſicur Philipp Darcy; de
quel engendra,
Alice? la fille. Et puis monſieur Wauter '? Ped-
wardyn fitz & heir; qi priſt a femme Iſabel] fille
monſieur Robert Hilton; et de lui engendra,
Monſieur Robert Pedwardyn et Wauter ſon frere;
dt meſme monficur Robert priſt a femme Elizabeth
fille a monſieur Edmond Pierpont, et de lui engendra,
Wauter Pedwardyn, eſquier, fitz a Robert Ped-
wardyn, chivaler, eſpouſat Katerme, file a Johan In-
gilby de Rippeley, pres a Knareſburgh, en le counte
Deverwyke, fitz et heir a Thomas Ingilby, chivaler,
et juſtice de la leve Dengleter. Sur la quele Kate-
rine Ingilby, levant dit Wauter engenderat Roger,
Thomas, Margaret, Katerine, Joane, Anne, & levant
dit Katerine la mere moruſt.
Et apres la mort del dit Katerine, levant dit
Wauter **, eſpouſat Katerine la file de John Mark-
ham de la counte de Notingham, juſtice de la. ley
Dengleterre. La quele Katerine fuſt primerment
eſpouſe a Mathew de Leeke, elquier, et apres a John
de Flete de Frampton, home de la ley Dengleterre.
Er le dit Roger eſpouſat Bettrice la file as ditz
Mathew & Katerine Markham. Et Aliſaundir fitz
as meſmes Mathew & Katerine eſpouſat Margarete la
file as avant ditz Wauter et Katerine Ingilby.
II. Preceptory of R1BstTaNe, Yorkſhire 13.
Carta Roberti de Ros de manerio de Ribſtane, cum
advocatione eccleſie villule de Waletord.
Omnibus Chriſti fidelibus, ad quos preſens ſcrip-
tum pervenerit, Robertus de Ros ſalutem in Domino,
Noverit univerſitas veſtra me, divine pietatis intuitu,
& pro ſalute anime mee, & omnium anteceſſorum
meorum, dediſſe, & hac preſenti carta mea confir-
maſſe, Deo & beate Marie, & fratribus militie templi
Salomonis, manerium meum de Ribſtane, cum advo-
catione ecclefie ejuſdem ville, & villulam de Wale-
ford, cum molendinis ejuſdem villule, cum omnibus
pertinentiis ſuis & libertatibus, & omnibus liberis
conſuetudinibus, aiſiamentis in omnibus rebus & lo-
cis, infra villam & extra, ad predictum manerium
Nota quod Clauſ. 17 Joh. membrana 24. Rex reddidit Petro de Croun terras que fuerunt Mauritii de Croun, patris ſui,
in Hamma, Walton, & Ewell, in comitatu Surreye, tenendas de nobis ſicut Mauricius pater ſuus de nobis tenuit,
+ Et idem Henricus, filius & heres domine Petronille de Croun, obiit die Martis proxima poſt feſlum nativitatis beate Marie
Virginis, anno gratie MCCLXXI1I, Et legavit corpus ſuum abbatie de Swincheved, & cor ſuum ecclefie de Burton-Pedwar-
dyn, ad ſepeliendum in capella ante altare beate Marie Virginis.
5 Que quidem Alicia de Longo- campo obiit xy die menſis Mali, anno Domini Mcccxxx ; & jacet in boreali parte capelle
beate Marie ia eccleſia de Burton-Pedwardyn,
® Wantier Loyde, Anglice Theent, alias dictus Wauter Pedwardyn.
Qui quidem Rogerus eccleſiam de Burton-Pedwardyn, cum capella beate Marie, integetrimè conſtruxit, excepto le South -
ile, cum capella ſancti Nicholai epiſcopi conſtructa per parochianos ejuſdem ville,
Qui quidem Rogerus obiir x die Februarii, anno Domini mcccLxv111 ; qui perquifivit quandam bullam continentem 500
& 20 dies indulgentie bene factoribus eceleſie et capelle de Burton, ut in dicta bulla conſpicientibus plenius apparebit,
9 Le quel Alice fore le dit Wauter priſt a baron John de Warbelton.
32 Qui quidem Walterus obiit xi die Junii, anno Domini ucecev.
i Qui quidem Robertus obiit xxvi die Aprilis, anno Domini mecccxxxt1, anno 10 Hen, VI,
* Qui quidem Walterus obiit xiiii die Auguſti, anno Domini MccccxxIx,
#3 Dugd, Mon, vol, II p. 557 ; ex autographo in turrl 8. Marie, Ebor. . |
| | pertinentibus,
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rtinentibus, fine ullo tetenemento, & aded integre
icut ego illud unquam integriùs eum ejus omnibus
pertinentiis tenui ; habendum & tenendum in perpe-
tuum, eiſdem fratribus militie templi, in puram, libe-
ram, & perpetuam elemoſinam, tam liberè, quiere,
& ſolute, prout aliqua elemoſina poteſt liberids, me-
lids, & quietids, confirmari alicui domini religiosè.
Hoc autem donum feci Deo, & S. Marie, & prefatis
fratribus militie templi, cum corpore meo, & ad ſuſ-
tentationem ſaucte terre Orientalis. Et ego & here-
des mei predictum donum, cum ejus pertinentiis,
predictis Kania milicie templi, contra omnes gentes
Warantizabimus, adquietabimus, & defendemus im-
perpetuum. Ut igitur hec mea donatio, conceſſio, &
preſentis carte mee cnnfirmatio, perpetue firmitatis
robur optineat, preſentem cartam ſigilli mei impreſ-
fione corroboravi. Hiis teſtibus; Roberto de Vete-
riponte, Martino de Pateſnull; Johanne filio Roberti,
Briano de Inſula, Willielmo de Inſula, Ricardo
Duket, Roberto de Cokefeld, Willielmo de Tame-
tone, Willielmo de Barton, Waltero de Saureby,
Waltero de Wyldeker, Ada de Lyntone, Roberto de
Garton, & multis als.
III. Oos ros Abbey, in Leiceſterſhire.
Carta Willielmi de Ros, domini de Beauver, donati-
onem Petri de Lincolnia militis de quibuſdam terris
in Hungirtone & Thorpe confirmans '.
Omnibus Chriſti fidelibus ad quos preſens ſcriptum
pervenerit, Willielmus de Ros, dominus de Beauver,
ſalutem in Domino ſempiternam. Noverit univerſitas
veſtra, me, pro ſalute anime mee, & Matildis uxoris
mee, & omnium anteceſſorum & ſucceſſorum meorum,
conceſſiſſe, & hac preſenti cartà me confirmaſle, pro
me & heredibus meis, Deo & eccleſie Sancte Andree
apoſtoli de Ofolveſton, & canonicis ibidem Deo ſer-
vientibus, in liberam, puram, & perpetuam elemo-
ſinam, totas terras, tenementa, & redditus, cum om-
nibus pertinentiis ſuis, fine aliquo retenemento, que
dicti canonici habent de feodo meo, ex dono Petri de
Lincolnia militis, in Hungirtone & Thorpe juxta
Barkeby ; habendum & tenendum dictis eceleſie ca-
nonicis, & eorum ſucceſſoribus, in liberam, puram, &
rpetuam elemoſinam, ſicut aliqua elemoſina, purius,
iberids, & quietids, viris religioſis dari vel concedi po-
terit. In cujus rei teſtimomium preſenti ſcripto ſigil-
Jum meum appoſui. Hiis teſtibus; domino Rogero
Brabazoun juſliciario domini regis, domino Johanne
de Bray, domino Johanne de Diggeby, militibus;
magiſtro Nicholao de Ros, Roberto de Stokton, Jo-
hanne de Stokton in Erdburgho, Ricardo de Key-
thorp in Twyford, & aliis.
IV. PexTExey Priory, in Norfolk.
1. Carta domini Roberti de Vallibus de fundatione
prioratus de Penteney, in agro Norfolcienſi“.
In nomine ſane & individue Trinitatis, Patris, &
Filii, & Spiritus Sancti, Amen. Omnibus catholice
fidei, & S. Matris Eccleſie filiis, tam modernis quàm
futuris, preſens ſcriptum viſuris vei audituris, Rob'
de Vauz ſalutem in Domino ſempiternam. Noverit
univerſitas veſtra me, ad honorem Trinitatis, & hono-
rem glorioſe virginis Marie, & beate Marie Magdalene,
& pro ſalute anime mee, & Agnetis uxoris mee, &
omnium parentum meorum, conceſſiſſe, dediſſe, & hac
prion: carta mea confirmaſſe Deo & ecclelie ſancte
arie Magdalene de Penteney, & canonicis ibidem
Deo ſervientibus, & imperpetuùm ſervituris, totam
inſulam que vulgo dicitur Eya, & totam villam de
Penreney, cum omnibus pertinentiis, ad eam pertiuen-
tibus, ſcilicet, in homagiis, terris, & redditibus, in
mareſcis, aquis, & piſcariis, in ſtagnis & vivariis,
paſturis, & molendinis, & precipue molendinum
quod dicitur Brygmylne, cum molendinario ſuo, cum
aquis & pratis ad illum pertinentibus; & duas ſalinas
meas, unam apud Lynne, & alteram apud Wotton;
et totum redditum Fulconis de Congham; & totum
48 APPENDIX To THx HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE.
le fart de Heremiragio de Walney, & Offefſeye, &
Shortwood, cum pertinentiis ſuis z & apud Wadyng-
ton totam terram illam que dicitur Crundale, circa
quindecim acras; & terram Ric' Textoris in Wa-
dyngton ; ſcil, tresdecem acras; & molendinum apud
Shoteſham, cum terra Rad' filii preſbiteri ; ſcilicer,
quindecim acras terre cum pertinentiis ſuis ; et advo-
cationes ecclefiarum terre mee; videlicer, eceleſie de
Thorſton & de Chedeſton, & de Keteringham, &
Sancti Botolphi de Shoteſham, de Houghton, & om-
nium Sandtorum de Magna Shoteſham, cum omnibus
libertatibus, conſuetudinibus, & apenditiis ſuis ; ha-
bendum & tenendum illis, & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, in
liberam, puram, et perpetuam elemoſinam. Et ego
dictus Robertus & heredes mei warantizabimus omuia
predicta inſulam, villam, cum pertinentiis; homagiis,
terris, & redditibus, mareſcis, molendinis, ſalinis, le
ſart de Wolney, cum Offeſſaye, & Shortwood, cum,
pertinentiis, & advocationibus ecclefiarum cum ap-
penditiis ſais, dictis canonicis & eorum ſucceſſoribus,
contra omnes gentes imperpetuum: Hiis teſtibus, &c.
2. Confirmatio Willielmi filii Roberti de Vallibus
ſuper eiſdem 2,
Notum fit univerhs ſancte matris eccleſie filiis, tam
prelentibus quam futuris, quod ego Willielmus de
Vaus, filius Roberti de Vaus, conceſſi, & he preſenti
carta mea confirmavi Deo, & eccleſie beate Marie
Magdalene de Penteney, & ejuſdem loci canonicis,
omnes illas donationes quas Robertus de Vaus pater
meus eiſdem dedit; ſeil. totam villam de Penteney,
cum omnibus omninò ad eadem pertinentibus, cum
ter ris, homagiis, redditibus, ſilvis, pratis, paſturis,
mareſcis, molendinis, ſtagnis, vivariis, & cum omni-
bus pertinentiis ſuis ; & nominatim Brygmylne, cum
molendinario, & terra ejus; et advocationes eccle-
ſiarum terre mee; ſcil. Je Thorſton, de Cheddeſton;
omnium Sanftorum de Magna Shoteſham ; S. Bo-
tulphi de Shoteſham, de Keteryngham, & de Houton,
& cum le ſairt de Wolney, cum Offeſſerie, & Short-
wood, & molendinum illud de Shoteſham, cum terra
Radulphi filii preſbiteri, ſcil. quindecim acras terre,
& duas ſalinas, unum apud Lynne, & alteram apud
Wotton, cum pertinentiis, & apud Wotton totam
terram que dicitur Crundalle, circa quindecim acras:
et preterea dedi, conceſſi, & hic preſenti cartà mea
confirmavi dicte ecclefie & dictis canonicis quatuor
ſolidos annui redditùs, in villa de Wotton, de Willi-
elmo JR & heredibus ſuis percipiendos, de
terra ſua de Wotton ; habendum & tenendum illis,
& ſucceſſoribus ſuis, in liberam, puram, & perpetuam
elemoſinam. Et ego dictus Wil!” & heredes mei wa-
rantizabimus predictam villam cum pertinentiis, advo-
cationes ecclefiarum, &c. Et ut hec mea conceſſio
rata ſit & ſtabilis, preſentibus ſigillum meum appoſui.
Hiis teſtibus, &c.
3. Nomina fundatorum de Penteney. Memorandum
"hy de fundatoribus de Pentency *,
Primus fundator fuit Robertus de Vallibus, qui
venit cum Willielno duce Normannorum in Angliam;
qui quidem Robertus tres genuit filios ; ſcilicet, Wil-
lielmum, Oliverum, & Henricum. Secundus funda-
tor fuit dictus Willielmus, qui ſocceſſit patri ſuo, qui
genuit Robertum, Adam, & Willielmum ; qui qui-
dem Willielnus fuit prior de Penteney, Lertius pa-
tronus fuit dictus Robertus filius Wiilielmi ; qui pla-
res genuit filios; ſcilicer, Willielmum, Oliverum,
Johannem, Philippum, Rogerum, & Hugonem, &
quendam Willielmum. Quartus patronus fuit Ro-
bertus filius dicti Roberti teitii patroni, qui obiit ſine
liberis. Quintus patronus fuit Oliverus, filius dicti Ro-
berti, qui genuit Robectum, Willielmum & Johannem,
& Oliverum. Sextus patronus fuit Robertus filius dicti
Oliveri. Septimus patronus fuit Willielmus frater
dicti Roberti, cui ſueceſſit frater ejus dominus Jo-
hannes de Vallibus: obiic autem ille Johannes de Val-
libus anno ab Incarnatione Domiui uc. octogeſimo
* Dugd. Mon. vol. II. p. 278; ex autographo in officio armorum, |
* Dugd. ibid, vol. II. p. 19; ex cod, MS, penes prenob. comitem Rutland. apud caſtrum de Belvoir, Vide Pat. 24 Hen. VI.
P- I, m. Gs 3 ibid,
2 |
* Ibid.
octavo,
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octavo, cni ſucceſſerunt due filie ejus; ſcilicet, Pe-
tronilla & Matilda. Petronilla fuit nupta Willielmo
de Nairford, & genuit Johannem primogenitum ſuum.
Matilda fuit nupta domino Willielmo de Roos, & ge-
nuit Willielmum primogenitum filium ſuum: et poſt
Willielmum ſucceſſit Thomas frater ejus. Et poſt,
obitum Johannis de Nairford, filii Willielmi de Nair-
ford, ut ſupradicta eſt, ſucceſht ei Thomas frater ejus;
& poſt Thomam- ſucceſſit Johannes filius predidi
Thome, qui moriebatur ad bellum in Francia ; cui
ſucceſſit filia ejus K.. . . . que obliit ſine liberis,
& cepit velum caſtitatis. Et poſt obitum predicti
domini Thome de Roos, ſuccelßt dominus Johannes
filius ejuſdem, qui obiit ſine liberis. Et poſt obitum
predicti Johannis, ſucceſſit Willielmus frater ejus;
cui ſucceſſit Johannes filius ejuſdem. Et poſt obitum
predicti Johannis ſucceſſit Thomas frater ejuſdem.
Et poſt obitum predicti Thome, ſucceſſit dominus
Thomas filius ejuidem, anno regni regis H. VI. 199.
V. BLaKeney Priory, in Norfolk“.
In the-21ſt of Edward I. John Stormer and Tho-
mas Thomer, copyhold tenants of William de Roos,
lord of the town, and Maud his wife, did fealty fot
lands and tenements, they held of him here and in
Cley ; and after they gave part of theſe lands, 13
acres and 4 to God and the Virgin Mary, that the
Carmelite friers, by the king's licence, and that of
fir William Roos, might inhabit therein for ever,
arid might build a chapel and other neceſſary build-
ings thereon, the ſaid friers being bound to pray for
the good eſtate of the ſaid fir William Roos and his
lady Maud, on pain of excommunication, and to
have and to hold that lord and lady, and their heirs,
for their principal founders, who gave them 100
marks, to build their church and houſes, and promiſe
to build their hall, with a kitchen and chambers
proper and convenient for the reception of thein and
their heirs, with liberty for them, at all times, of
free entrance and exit whenever 'they ſhall rhink
proper to come and lay there; the ſaid fir William
and his heirs repairing the ſame, and was finiſhed
anno 1321. In the gth of Edward II. they had a
patent to purchaſe one acre of Nicholas le Bret, to
enlarge their manſe. Sir Robert de Ros, fir Robert
Bacon, and fir John Bret, were benefactors in the
ſaid reign, as was John Calthorp, eſq. The patron-
age of it deſcended to the earls of Rutland.
In 1518, there was the gild of St. Ann in this
friery. The ſite of this houſe, with the Eaſt and
Welt cloſes, Kyll cloſe, Tanner's acre, and Hollyn's
cloſe, the ſtallage, ſhops, cellars, fair, mercate and
cuſtoms here, were granted February 6, in the 33d
of Henry VIII. to Willium Read; who in the ſaid *
year had licence to alien it to Richard Greſham, and
Richard had licence for the ſame, in the 36th of that
king, to Peter Scotrow ; John, his ſon and heir, had
livery of it in the 4th of Elizabeth, Cecilia Scot-
tow aliened it ro Thomas Barker, who held it about
the 18th of Elizabeth. After this, on September 1,
in the 2d of king James, . . . . . Oldman conveyed
it to. . . Chadwick,
VI. Bol rox Hoſpital, in Northumberland.
Carta Roberti de Ros, de fundatione *.
Omnibus ſancte matris eccleſie filiis hanc cartam
viſuris vel audituris, Robertus de Ros ſalutem in
Domino. Noverit univerſitas veſtra, me, pro ſalute
anime mee, & omnium anteceſſorum & ſucceſſorum
meorum, dediſſe, conceſſiſſe *, & hac preſenti cart mea
confirmafſe Deo, & beate Marie & hoſpitali ſancti
Thome Martyris de Bovelton in Northumbecland, &
tribus fratribus & capellanis, & treſdecim leproſis
maſculis tanthm, & ceteris fratribus laicis in eodem
hoſpitali imperpetuum Deo ſervientibus, totam vil-
lam dicte Bovelion, cum molendino & cum omnibus
pertinentiis ſuis, infra villam & extra, fine aliquo
retenemento ; et molendinum de Mindrom, cum toi
ſecta ſud, & omnibus pertinentiis; & dimidiam caru-
* Blomefield, vol. V. p. 902. |
BLAKENEY AND BOLTON. 49
catam terre in Palexton, cum omnibus pertinentiis
ſuis, quam Will de Palexton vendidit mihi, ſicut
carta ipſius Willielmi teſtatur. Et duas boyartas terre
cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis in villa de Killum, quas
predictus Willielmus mihi vendidit, & quas Robertus
Niger tenuit ; & ſervicium duarum bovatarum terre
in Polexton, quas Rogerus de Coppegrave. tenet 1n
feodo & hereditate. Et in Lincolnienſi dioceſi totam
villam de Stroxton bene Graham, & ececleſiam ejuſ-
dem ville, cum on ns pertinentiis earum, fine aliquo
retenemento. Et omnes terras, cum pertinentiis ſuis,
quas habui in duabus Pauntons, juxta Stroxton, que
terre pertinent ad dominium ejuſdem ville de Strox- '
ton, & molendina mea de Stroxton & de prenominatis
Pantonis. Et in Eboraſyre totam terram meam, cum
pertinentiis ſuis, quam Brianus Grandys mihi vendidit
in Cluel & in Swaneſland, cum palturi ſufficiente tre-
centis ovibus juxta Humbriam, ſicut carta ipſius Briani
teſtatur. Et in Nidelton juxta Dalton unum molen-
dinum ventriticum, cum pertinentiis ſuis, Et in Gar-
ton unum toftum & unum crofrum, quod Reinerus
de Garton mihi vendidit. Hec omnia ſupraſeripta
dedi, conceſſi, & hic preſenti cartà mea confirmavi
predictis fratribus in liberam, puram, & perpetuam
elemoſinam, ita liberè & quiete, ſicut aliqua elemoſina
liberids & quietids dari poteſt. Preterea noveritis
me, pro tranquillitate & indempnitate prediftorum
fratrum conſervandis, dediſſe, conceſſiſſe, & hic pre-
ſenti cartà mea confirmifſe prefatum hoſpitale libe-
rum, ſolutum, & quietum de me & heredibus meis
imperpetuum; ita quod nec ego, nec heredes mei,
nec homines mei, dominatione vel poteſtate aliqui,
vel aliquo alio modo, aliquod jus vendicabimus nobis
in predicto hoſpitali, hoſpitandi, vel perendinandi, vel
aliquo diſponendi ; et prediQos frattes liberos ſerva-
bimus à perendinatione hominum, equorum, canum,
avium noſtri vel heredum noſtrorum. Et ſciendum
eſt quod magiſter predicti hoſpitalis ſibi & capellanis
& predictis tratribus ordinate, liberè & licitè in victu
& veſtitu, de elemoſinis collatis & conferendis, neceſ-
ſaria miniſtrabit, & omnia que ſuperfuerunt de ipſis
elemoſinis, in ſuſceptionem pauperum & peregrino-
rum miniſtrabit. Ad hee ſciatis me conſtituiſſe ab-
batem Ryvallis & priorem de Kyrknam precipuos
cuſtodes predicte domus, ex conſenſu con ventuum
ſuorum, tam in magiſtro ibidem eligendo, ordinaudo,
quam in eeteris rebus corrigendis in eadem domo,
tam in capite quam in membris, per ſeipſos vel per
vices eorum gerentes; nec alter corum fine altero in
eadem domo aliquid diſponere preſumat. Cum au-
rem magiſter prediQi loci obierit, vel magiſtratum
forte reſignaverit, vel ad aliquam aliam placeam voca-
tus fuerit, predicti abbas & prior magiſtrum, ſcilicer
capellanum, loev ejus, ſubrogabunt, quemcumque ad
hec ydoneum invenerint, infra domum illam vel extra,
dum tamen habitum ejuſdem domus habeat. Si vero
aliquis magiſtrorum enormiter deliquerit, & poſt
primam, ſecundam, & tertiam ammoaitionem contu-
max, rebellis, & incorrigibilis repertus fuerit, per |
predictos abbatem & priorem ab officio ſuo amoyea«
tur, vel a domo illa penitùs eliminetur, fi tamen ip-
ſam demeruerit, & alius qui dignus fuerit loco ejus
ſubrogetur. Ego autem & heredes mei manutenebi-
mus, warantizabimus, defendemus & acquietabimus
predictum hoſpitale & omnes ſupraſcriptos libera,
quieta & abſoluta ab omnibus ſerviciis & exactionibus
& conſuetudinibus, tam regiis quam aliis, verſds reges
& omnes dominationes, & omnes homines, in liberam,
puram, & perpetuam elemoſinam, & predictum boſpi-
tale in omnibus ſervabimus indempne. Hiis teſtibus ;
magiſtro Stephano, Cantuarienſi archiepiſcopo; do-
mino Waltero de Grey, Eboracenſi archiepiſcopo
domino Ricardo de Mariſco, Dunelmenſi epiſcopo ;
domino Hugone de Welles, Lincolnienſi epiſcopo;
magiſtro Rogero. de Inſula, decano Eboracenſi z ma-
2 Willielmo de Thorney, decano Lincolnienſi;
illielmo abbate Rievallis; Adam abbate de Mel-
roos; Willielmo abbate de Valle Dei; . . abbate
de Alnawyke; cum multis aliis. ö
* Dugd. Mon. vol. II. p. 458; ex cod. MS, apud caſtellum de Belyoir, in armario comitis Rutlandie, 1644.
* Vide Clauſ. 11 Hen. III. m. 13.
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BELVOIR; A Pindaric Ode upon BELVOIR CASTLE,
the Seat of the Earls of RuTLanp, written in the year 1679*,
ACRED Muſe, the Queen of Wit,
Born and belov'd of mighty Jove,
Take thy harp, and touch the ftrings,
While melting airs and numbers move;
Sing godlike words for godlike things.
Call thy Siſters all, that fit
By flowery banks of Helicon ;
All their ſtores and treaſures get,
And their artful garbs put on;
All from extaſies do flow,
Or ſlumbers on Parnaſſus' hill;
All that raptures can beſtow,
All lofty fancy and deep judgement know.
Learned rage, poetic fire,
Such as the Sibyl doth inſpire,
And her diſtorted limbs doth fill,
When the furious God doth come :
Make ready the Pindaric ſteed,
The fiery headſtrong horſe :
Hot and fiery though he be, |
And, in his unbridled courſe,
Over rocks and mounts doth roam,
And th' unſkillful rider throws,
That cannot fit his headlong ſteed ;
Belvoir's height will tame his rage;
Belvoir's hill his pace N
Belvoir] neighbour to the Sky,
That with light doth deck its ens,
All his proudeſt force will need,
Though he be with ambroſia fed,
And of Helicon drinks high.
Belvoir 's a ſubject hizh and great;
Not ſuch as mighty Pindar choſe,
An Iſthmian or a Pythian game,
A charioteer, or wreſtler's fame.
Bolder flights and fiercer heat
Are requir'd to reach that ſeat,
Than his Olympian victors could beget;
*T'will taſk ev'n Pindar's rapid foul to match the lofty head.
Haſte, Belvoir calls; my Muſe, away,
If fear doth not thy footſteps ſtay,
And, conſcious of th' amazing height, thou, trembling,
doſt delay.
2 II.
Th' invoked Muſe with comely ſtate drew nigh;
And, with a raviſhing look,
Half anger'd and half pleas'd, thus ſpoke :
© No more, fond Youth, ſuch needleſs helps invoke ;
For barren ſubjects only fit, ;
Where Fiction — the room of Truth ſupply,
And, what it wants in worth, make out in wit.
Belvoir hath glory of its own,
A genuine worth, not borrowed from
The daub of rhetorick, or ſcum
Of heated brain and laviſh tongue;
But his own glory from 's own worth hath ſprung,
And, like the Sun, he's his own praiſe alone.
And, fince moſt other places owe their name,
Not to their own, but to the Poet's fame;
From them while other ſeats their glory take,
This ſhall the Poet make:
The very fight ſhall thee inſpire
With generous thoughts and active fire,
Till thy deep admiration break
Into the rage of a divine and a refiſtleſs flame.
Truth is thy guide; the ſubject needs not art,
Nor the weak helps that Learning can impart.”
This ſaid, there fell upon my ſoul a dew,
Like that prophetic flumbers doth compile ;
And my extatic ſoul in raptures flew
In regions far remov'd, and took a view
Of all the glories of the wondrous Iſle.
Thrice walk'd my guide and | the fairy round,
| Which from th' exalted height did thow,
Curiouſly drawn in miniature below,
The ſacred graces of — nds land ; 5
Till, near 1 reat's cry ream + on hallow'd ground,
Ihe airy Gueſt did make her ſtand,
III.
1 Hee there!” cries out my beauteous Guide,
(And then new joy did o'er her viſage glide)
4+ Belvoir, Art's maſter- piece, and Nature's pride,
„ Firſt printed in the Harleian Miſcellany, vol. LV. p. 627.
+ Belvoir Cafſtic may be ſcen io various points of yiew from
t This muſt be taken with ſome regard to
peath the Caſtle, while there is a comparative
the river Trent, and has a very ficiking and majeſtic appearance.
tic licence; there are, however, frequently, clou
renity about it ; this is more common on the Eaſtern fide, where the view is open.
"Y .
High in the regions of etherial air,
bove the troubled atmoſphere,
Above the magazines of hail and ſnow,
Above the place that meteors breeds,
Above the ſeat where lic the ſeeds,
Whence raging ſtorms and tempeſts grow,
That do ;nfeſt the troubled world below t.
See with what comely ſtate
It unconcern'd o'erlooks the humble plains,
And, from its eminence, commands
The fruitful vale, and far out ſtretched lands:
As bleſſed ſouls, from a bright ftar, do deign
To take a view of mortal woe,
The ſcene of miſcries below,
And ſee men hurl'd
By ſportive Fate about the buſy world.
See with what beauty tis o'erſpread ;
How the exalted head
Looks down with ſcorn on hills balow.
So high and fair, that it a piece of Heaven doth ſhow,
80 looks the Sun, when from his Eaſtern bed
New ris'n from Tethys bluſhing red,
Attired in his beſt array,
Such as he dances with on Eaſter-day,
He above a diſtant hill,
And doth the waking world with glory fill ;
Such, bleſſed place, art thou, but fairer fill 1
IV.
Nor art thou alone for pleaſure fit;
Soft eaſe and melting charms
Th! enjoyments o? th' luxuriant land;
Thy ſtately head was deſtin'd to command.
Mars oft from hence hath ſounded his alarms ;
Safety and Joy together meet,
Soft Peace and rougher War do greet; ;
Thou'rt charming to thy Friends, and awful to thy Foes.
'T was here the Roman Eagle choſe to reſt ;
"Twas on this rock ſhe built her neſt;
Hence could her conquer'd realm ſurvey ;
Here ruled with unbounded ſway,
And, when ſhe pleas'd, flew down, and took her prey.
Here Margidunum's ſtately caſtle ſtood :
The finking Romans laſting ſtay,
Glatted ſo oft with Britiſh blood, *
Oft they attempted it in vain,
As oft they back again were driven :
vey people ! that not fought
With Romans, that the world did gain,
But with a rock more ſtrong than they ;
And juſtly vain th' attempt was thoug
As was the Giants, that defign'd at Heaven.
V.
The early ſeeds of war, thus ſown,
Mix'd ev'n with its firſt foundation,
Up into glorious deeds have grown ;
Deeds not unworthy the great Founder's name ;
Deeds writ in bloody characters i' th book of Fame.
Not all the ſweets that there conſpire,
Not the unbounded floods of joy,
Streams of delight and luxury,
Which all the fruitful ſubjeR lands ſupply,
Could ever damp the fire
Of martial rage and generous gallantry.
When this ſad land did ſwarm with monſters more,
Than ever Libyan deſerts bore,
Or {prung from Afric's parched ſhore,
By unnatural conjunctions, like them, bred ;
When Rage and black Rebellion
Had, like a fatal inundation,
The miſerable land o'erflown; |
When the many-headed Hydra did command,
And Majeſty profaned was by every commoh hand,
How did this, fenc'd with generous rage and facred loyalty,
. Exalt th' illuſtrious head
| Above the foaming ſea |
Unmoyv'd it dar'd the raging flood,
Bore the impetuous ſhock,
Like an eternal rock it ſtood,
And all the waves on its unmoved baſis broke.”
VI.
With ſuch diſcourſe ſhe did beguile the way ;
Words, that I ever could have liſten'd to;
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APPENDIX ro Tux STORY or LEICESTERSHIRE, gr |
Words, that, like refreſhing dew,
O'er all my thirſty ſoul were ſpread,
Till the beneath the Caſtle's ſtately head
Our pleaſing courſe did ſtay,
When, lifting up my eyes to take a view,
A ſudden dread upon my ſoul did fall,
My ſtartled ſenies did enthrall ;
Such as within the ſoul doth riſe,
When the immortal beings do ſurpriſe, ©
With their unlook'd-for preſence, human eyes.
Amaz'd, aloud | cry'd:
„ Tell me, O tell me. "ew 4 beauteous Guide,
To what bleſs'd foul is giv'n
That neareſt place of all the world to Heay'n ?
Do bleſſed Spirits there refide ? |
Do there inferior Deities abide,
When they with heavenly joys are cloy'd?
Or is t the court of the Almighty Powers,
Where they can ſee from the exalted towers,
A mixed ſcene of human miſery ?
W here they debate |
The fall of Realms, and Kingdoms fate;
| And whence are ordered all
The various accidents that men befall.“
. VII.
Smiling the Muſe reply'd:
« A mighty Prince here makes abode,
Born of illuſtrious blood,
So great, ſo generous, ſo good,
All but a God.”
« Happy,” cried l, © thoſe bleſſed men, that do
To thoſe celeſtial manſions riſe |
Where, like the Birds of Paradiſe,
They feed on heavenly dew * !
VIII.
Exalted Place! how muſt quick wit,
With nimble courſe. through all thy members run,
That under th' influence doſt ſit
Of brother Angel and of neighbour Sun !
W hat benign aſpeR, and what gentle ray,
Each Conſtellation will diſplay |
What influence will -ach Planet give
Jo thoſe that on their confines live!
While the ſame beams, on others caſt, do grow
Languid and weak i“ th* journey down below.
Gn ſuch ſtupendous heights 'tis Prophets ſleep,
When they a commerce with kind Angels keep.
Throw, Galileo, throw thy tubes away : h
Here, as we pals,
The naked eve can all the Heaven ſurvey,
Without the help of thy imperfe@ glaſs.
See the Satellites that circle ſove,
Red Mars's belt, and Vulcan's horned love;
dee metcors, while they breeding are,
And ſullen ſtars, ere they to th' World appear.
And cannot only read,
But ſee the very influence the Stars do ſhed.
==
Bleſs'd place] that on the confines ſtands
Of the two kingdoms. Earth and Heaven,
In doubt to whom the juſt right ſhould be given.
So, 'twixt two potent lands,
Some ſtately fort, in former ages built,
Equally — and ſtrong,
Claimed by hoth, by both , I
Unknown to whom it doth belong,
The even balance ſlides to neither fide,
But ſtands the fatal cauſe why floods of blood are ſpilt.
Doubtful to which thou ow'ſt thy birth,
Doubtful of which thou art a part,
This, we are ſure, thou art
The loweſt place of Heaven, or higheſt place of Earth.
Would thoſe bleſs'd times return again,
When Gods deſcended to converſe with men ;
When humble ſwains could entertain
The Deities on every flowery plain ;
This ſor their intercoprſe a place was fit,
Where men half way the Gods might meet ;
The pleaſures of both regions gain,
aſte of Heaven, yet be on Earth;
And, joining, t a mix'd nature give a birth,
A race of men like gods, or gods like men.
|; > 4
„Go on then,” ſmiling, cry'd my Guide;
is a juſt heat that doth thy breafi inſpire ;
And, while it warms with active fire,
Up to the Hill's proud top aſpire,
And bleſs thy fight with the World's chiefeſt pride.
My bleſing with thee go.“
This faid, inſenfibly the hill we round;
* Poetics again; or, for © heavenly dew,” read, „ Bacchus rich
„Here the poor are cloath'd, the hungry fed,
Add alto that
And yagrant want may claim th' al bread,”
A ſpiral line up to the ſummit led,
And with a pleafing cheat |
il'd th' aſcent, and unknown pleaſure bred,
We climb'd the hill, yet went on even ground.
Each ſtep, as circling round we went,
A proſpect of new pleaſures did preſent ;
Now, o'er the fruitful Vale, we wondering ſtood;
Strait hanging o'er the neighbouring wood.
The ſoftneſs of the Vale doth now delight,
When at next ſtep we chang'd the ſcene,
And a new ſcene of joys did intervene ;
The neigbouring hills do entertain our ſight,
And in their ſhady, rural dreſs,
Do repreſent a civil wilderneſs.
All objects from below now leſſen d ſhow,
Fields ſhrink to acres, towns to houſes grow ; -
The vaſt extended plain is a ſmall compaſs now.
So ſome bleſs'd ſoul, by Angels borne above,
Sees the dear native land he once did love,
And other mighty realms below
Into narrow limits grow :
(And, as in maps we find,
Small ſpace unto large kingdoms is affign'd,
But realms by ſpots, rivers by lines defign'd).
So ſtill, as higher up he flies,
Kingdoms ſhrink into little ſpots of gtound,
And ſtraight thoſe too are flown ; | x
The whole earth then but a ſmall point is found,
And that ſoon diſappears too, and is gone.
XI.
The ſtately fabrick near,
Whoſe look our ſouls with vaſt defires ſupplied,
With haſty zeal. we trod the circling way,
When my obliging Guide
My mind from the deep admiration took,
And thus, in mournful accents, the long filence broke :
« Tis not long fince,” and then there fell a tear,
«© This ſtately fabrick in its ruins lay.
Not many luſtres paſt, in thoſe black times,
When, to be great and excellent, were crimes ;
When, to be good, was cauſe enough to fall,
And, to be eminent, was capital.
When Charles, becauſe he was a King, muſt die,
Guilty of no one crime, but Majeſty
When brutiſh fury did aſcend the throne,
And all the marks of greatneſs tumbled down,
This look'd too kingly to be let alone.
It fell, but none e er in a nobler cauſe,
For its Religion, for its Prince, and Laws:
Glorious its ſtately head in ruins lay,
That the ſame fate with royal greatneſs ſhar'd :
'T had been diſgrace not to have been a prey,
T” have been by ſuch deftruQtive villains ſpar'd.
XII.
As ſome Commander, compaſs'd by his foes,
A ſtranger both to fear and flight,
Himſelf and army doth mantain the fight,
And zeal againſt their numbers doth oppoſe ;
Fearleſs doth ſee his limbs before him 40
His mangled members ſtrow the ground;
He the great oak unmov'd is found,
Tho” robb'd of his graceful branches all.
Till the ſad news doth circle round,
His Prince, for whom he fought, is ſlain :
Then ſcorning life, which he did juſt maintain,
Upon his enemies ſwords he flies,
And bravely, in the bed of honour, dies.
This ſeat, for Loyalty, a bulwark ſtood,
Did ſee its beauteous towers in pieces torn,
Now this, now that part into ruin borne ;
But when the killing meſſage did arrive,
And did through a the hollow ruins ſound,
That Charles the. juſt, the great, the good,
Fell, to inhuman rage, a ſacrifice ;
Diſdaining to ſurvive
Its much-loved Prince's n.
It gave a groan that ſhook the Hill around,
It groan'd, and fell, and down in ruins lay,
Filling the ſad ſolemnities of ſuch a woeful day.
XIII.
Unpity'd, long in duſt its glorious head,
With murther'd majeſty, lay dead ;
Till Virtue in a female breaſt did glow, .
(Virtue that from our bloody ſhore was fled)
And tender Pity in her ſoul did grow.
To MounTAGUE's great ſtem ſhe owes her birth,
Than which no tree in all Dodona's grove
Wider its branches doth extend,
More noble boughs doth lend,
To beautify the land and ſea, |
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For wiſdom, juſtice, or for loyalty; |
Norte doth more beauteous ſcyons ſend,
More eminent for faith or love,
T” enrich each corner of the Britiſh earth. |
prope em this glorious ſtem, with generous ſcorn,
Niſdaining borrow'd fame, |
And glory ſpringing from a Father's name,
With her own acts ſhe did her Anceſtors adorn,
She view'd the ruins with a pitying eye,
Saw grifly Horror o'er the chaos lie,
Brooding upon deformity.
She ſaw it, and her ſoul took fire,
And ſwell'd with juft revengeful ire;
The mighty Monſter's death ſhe vow'd,
And the deliverance of the captive crowd; _
And ftraight the vaſt defign laid in her noble breaft.
Belvoir's great Genius the juſt work allow'd,
And, of the Foundrets proud,
His low-laid head, in his deep caverns, bow'd :
And from 's dark grave, where long he had been chain'd,
Aroſe, and the auſpicious omen bleſs'd,
While ſtranger Joy did on the ruins reft :
As the creation ſmil'd,
When light ſprung up, Heaven's eldeſt child.
Meanwhile, ſhe leave from her great Lord obtain'd,
(And who could ſuch a pious boon deny?)
1 he mighty labour undertook,
The weighty bars in ſunder broke,
And adamantine chains in pieces ſhook.
Thebes once, from the Mufician's lyre,
A wondrous building did acquire;
They with their lutes did charm ; and ſhe,
With an enlivening and creating look,
Tue jarring parts to harmony and due proportion ſtruck.
As once the all-powerful Deity
Made him an heaven, where he himſelf might be.
Women, for foundreſſes, two ſeats do own;
Of modern times the glory one;
Of antient days th' other the crown;
Belvoir and Babylon.“
XV.
Wich ſmiling pleaſure led,
Which, with freſh joys, our footſteps did entice
We circled round the wondrous hill, till we,
Like an enchanted viſion, ſee f
The hanging gardens, Nature's paradiſe ;
Where ſhe doth laviſh-out her ſtore,
As if, grown prodigally careleſs, ſhe,
To furniſh this, had left the whole world poor.
Each ſtep with new-hatch'd joys was ſpread,
In various ſhapes and habits dreſt ;
Each bough a new-fledg'd pleaſure bore,
Hopp'd lately from the ſpicy neſt “.
XVI.
Here all things whiſper'd out delight,
By Heaven's near neighbourhood made bright,
With fiercer beams darting etherial light.
From hence the ſweeteſt proſpect lies,
That e'er e eyes;
A ſcene, or civiliz'd, or rude,
or buſineſs, or for ſolitude :
A ſilent hill, and ſhady grove ;
A ſlowery mead, and fertile field,
For buſineſs one, and one for love.
But every ſtep ſuch Joys doth yield,
Such thick-ſown pleaſures crouding come,
And enter the poſſeſſed mind,
Th' aſtoniſh'd eyes no leiſure find
On foreign ſights abroad to roam.
Loft thus in admiration and joys,
Our thoughts o'erpower'd with the diſtracting beams,
Behold——with pleaſant fury ſtreams break out 1,
And wander in meanders round about ;
Calling the ſoul home in a ſweet ſurprize.
Amaz'd, we ſce the ſportive ſtreams
In thouſand gayful poſtures move,
Unbid, with active motion riſe, |
And, with a new ambition, court the ſkies.
In various numbers gently rove,
Dance to the muſick of the ſpheres,
Wanton and play their ſhort-lived date,
Aſpire at Heaven, but fall in tears,
And imitate the general dance of Fate.
XVII.
Water! th' unruly tyrant, to whoſe rage
Th' Almighty only ſets a bound:
Whoſe reſtleſs waves do never ſleep,
But ſtorm the rocks that overlook the deep ;
Which knows no pity, whom no prayers aſſuage;
See what is ſaid on the 2 in the deſcription of the Caſile.
+ The Water-works (an
Some young Levia
it might be added the water itſelf) are ſeen no more.
$2 APPENDIX To THz HISTORY ogg LEICESTERSHIRE.
Whoſe deafening noiſe forbids the Gods to hear,
When ſucking wretches their petitions rear, ;
But ſees them and their uſeleſs prayers together drown'd,
Water ! the headſtrong element, whoſe force
The mighty bars of Nature own,
And yield to his unreſiſted courſe 3
At whoſe ftern ſtrokes, when rocks and mountains
groan,
And proftrate fall to his dominion :
Like a tame lion here *tis learn'd to play:
And, all the former fierceneſs gone,
Another nature doth put on,
Crouches ſubmiſſively below his port,
Fawns, and, in lowly poſtures, ſeems to pray;
And what our terror was, becomes our ſport.
The active ſtreams in antic figures riſe,
Now mildly play, then fiercely rage,
Now they with hoſtile waves engage,
Now, reconcil'd, more gently move,
Meet, and embrace, and melt in love;
Now journey upward to the ſkies,
A path unknown to all that race,
And now, grown wiſe,
Contented with an humbler place,
Now ceaſe, as though bound up with rigid froſt,
And now again with uſual vigour reign;
Now their fluidity ſeems loſt,
And now a fury in each drop again.
Now anger'd, and now pleaſed be,
And, by ſweet interchange, make a bleſs'd yariety.
XVIII.
Delighted with the murmuring noiſe,
That from the purling ſprings did riſe,
Inviting to ſoft eaſe ; -
The fountains all at once to torrents grow,
And rapid ſtreams from ſecret caverns flow.
As though ſome river, from the mother ſeas,
Its devious wandering courſe had led
In gloomy paths below the ground,
Under vaſt rocks and weighty mountains bound ;
Till, tired with long night,
Struggling from the dark, loathed bed,
And 2 for the wiſh'd-for light,
Had here a paſſage found,
And, 2 unbridled rage and force, from the confinement
ed. |
Th embatled ſtreams to Heaven aſpire,
As though they ſtorm'd its adamantine bound;
Or that they meant once more to fight
Their antient foe the element of Fire.
With winged ſpeed they thither fly,
And fill the dry
And thirſty regions with ſtreams, that ne'er
Before did dangerous inundations fear ;
Not when the fin-bred Deluge flow'd,
That all before it frow'd ;
When th' Ocean tore its bounds, and forc'd its way,
In ſpight of ſtruggling Nature's power ;
And all the world was but one ſea ;
Secure, they never peril knew before.
Th' amaz'd inhabitants, with juſt affright,
Th' acrial Beings took their flight,
And left th' unhabitable coaſt,
In dreaded ſtreams and torrents loft.
Trembling, they to Heaven's arched roof aſpir'd,
And from Earth's dangerous neighbourhood retir'd;
XIX.
Bleſs'd engine made for general good,
For great and glorious lis defign'd,
That with thy ſwift impetuous flood,
Ill-boding meteors canſt diſperſe ;
That threaten ruin to the Univerſe, .
And, with ill-pointed beams, do rage on human kind.
Thy aid (hall tottering States defire,
Thy help declining Monarchs require,
To uench the next malevolent ſtar,
Or ar- fire comet; that, from far,
With flaming beard or tail appears,
Prognoſticating famine, plague, or war,
Unto ſucceding years;
Thy ſtreams can the prophetic fires put out,
And ſcatter all the poiſon'd beams the ſpacious Heaven
throughout,
XX.
Wich curious eyes ſurveying all about,
Whence ſuch a wonder ſhould ariſe,
A fountain I eſpy'd,
By Art and Nature beautify'd,
And ftraight I thought,
than was there, that ſpouted rivers out.
With
FRAMLAND HuNDRED.]
When drawing nearer, with ſurprize,
I faw the liquid chryſtal ſtor d
With numbers of the finny race *,
That with ambitious eyes did gaze
Upon their kindred, ſhining in the ſkies ;
The ſportful dolphin, and the kingly whale,
The backward crab, and ſouthern fiſh,
To whom learn'd ages did afford
A manſion in the ſtarry plain;
While theſe, with new defires inflam'd, do wiſh
Their ſhining ſcales, deck'd with etherial beams,
That envy'd honour to obtain,
Which their no more deſerving kindred gain ;-
Heaven's mighty cataracts with joy they ſee,
And all the ſcaly progeny
Of wide Eridanus; whoſe ſtreams
Down all Heaven's arched yault with fury fall.
Tbe neigbouring Heaven they think a ſea,
Th' expanded æther a wide ocean;
And, ſcorning the narrow compaſs where they're pent,
Deſign to leap to the ſeas above the firmament.
Ambition 1s a heavenly ray,
That works the ſoul to mighty deeds ;
A beam of the eternal day,
That great acts in exalted tempers breeds;
Ne'er did it ſtoop before ſo low,
To actuate that heavy kind;
That cold dull offspring ne'er, till now,
Such an enlivening warmth did find.
Aſpiring fiſh ! to you will ſure be given,
Among the Conſtellations, place ;
Since you 're the firſt of all the watery race,
Of that dull unambitious kind, e'er climb'd ſo near to
Heaven. |
XXI.
From hence our eyes, with pleaſing joys beguil'd,
Do upon various objects rove,
Breeding delight and love;
Till a ſurprizing wonder bid them ſtay:
Statues + that did ſuch charms diſplay
A mixture they appear'd of death and life;
As though theſe enemies had been at ſtrife,
Which ſhould the empire ſway,
Which moſt its nature ſhould to them bequeath :
But equal power, conferr'd in equal beams,
The ſtatues ſeem'd the copula,
To tic two wide extremes ;
Unite in one two mortal foes,
And the vaſt gulph 'twixt life and death to cloſe :
And, as of both compil'd,
Shew'd a dead life, or living death.
The ſtately mien and features grace,
The charms of an inviting face,
A ſwelling breaſt, and lively eye,
Proportion, ww and ſymmetry z
The graceful poſtures, ſuch as may
Perſuade the eye to be deceiv' d,
Convincing ſymptoms all of life do gire ;
Beſtow but motion, and you'll ſay they lives
So near to life, they all its ſweets obtain,
Yet are ſecured — its pain.
So well life 's imitated there,
Children of Art, they greater value bear,
Than if they Nature's real offspring were;
Such ſweetneſs in their being couch'd doth lie,
That, to give life, would do them injury,
And they would eurſe th' officious hand that them of death
bereav d.
XXII.
With a bewitching viſage, one
tors with ſoft love inſpires ;
And, from the cold and rigid ſtone,
Break raging uncontrouled fires :
A look ſo raviſhing and ſweet
Doth tender paſſions hide within;
And, could it ſoften into fleſh and ſkin,
With equal flame t would ardent paſſions meet.
Another, with a look ſevere,
Doth a more rigid virtue bear ;
The raſh beholder bids withdraw,
And on wild love doch ſtrike an awe ;
Doth ſeem to ſpeak, but a vaſt gulph 's between,
And the ſound's loſt i th' diſtant air,
And never reaches ourdeluded car :
Nature is perſonated here ſo well
In every lovely feature's grace,
A good phyfiognomiſt could tell
Their fortune by the lines drawn in their face.
Such paſſions from the rock's cold offspring move,
On this head ſee the modern Hiſtory of the Caſtle.
BELVOTR CASTLE. *
It doth no wonder now appear, |
That once Pygmalion did a Statue love.
XXIII. ,
Deucalion once, as ſtories tell,
Loſt mankind did by ſtones reftore :
They, backward caſt, groan'd as they fell,
And did to ſhape and to proportion ſwell ;
And, influenc'd by th” enlivening heat,
Each limb did its due form and virtue get.
Such ſtatues did they once appear,
Their looks ſuch beauty gilded o'er,
The moment juſt before they breath'd,
Erelife had motion to each part bequeath'd.
Such ſtatues did Meduſa make,
Such natural poſtures did they wear,
When Gorgon's look condens'd them into ſtone; -
When they the ſame ſhape kept, their former nature gone,
And if old Fame may be believ'd,
(Promiſcuous mint of truth and lies),
Theſe ſtatues once with fame and beauty liy'd,
Did furious paſſion in each boſom move,
— "Themſelves averſe from love,
Soft fleſh without, but ſtone within ;
Until by Love's enraged Queen,
The rebels, that her empire did deſpiſe,
Her juſt avengement bore,
Changed to ſtone, the ſame with their obdurate hearts
before,
XXIV.
Hence circling up the maze, that did beguile
The ſteepneſs of the Hill;
As men, that up a mountain crawl,
Look back with joy and fee the ſubject vale,
And ſecure pleaſures of the humbler ground ;
With buſy eyes we view'd the proſpect round.
When the long-pondering Muſe at laſt thus cry'd:
* Caſt down thine eyes, and ſee
BoTTEsForD ; a lovely ſcene of beauteous woe,
Sorrow ſo ſweetly dreſs'd,
That Death, the ghaſtly Prince of Terrors, there
Doth a majeſtic grandeur ſhow,
And through his blacks doth beautiful appear,
Bottesford | the great retiring-room of Fate,
Where, BELvorR, thy great maſters lie,
In tuneful praiſe they rel,
Embalm'd with fame to long eternity.
Tir'd with the honourable weight
Of princely grandeur and majeſtic ſtate,
From their bright orb to thee,
Like falling ſtars they glide,
And in thy vaults their wearied glories hide. |
BoTTESFORD | where Death triumphantly doth fir,
And, grinning with a ſmile, doth joy to 2 %
The glorious ſpoils of his great victory.
The — crowd, as he walks by,
TT his ſcornful eye, P
He unconcern'd mows down ;
Wretches for dark oblivion fit,
That are undiſtinguiſh'd thrown _
Among the worthleſs heap of deſtiny.
But as an hero, that ſome noble foe
Doth by auſpicious valour overthrow,
O'er his fall'n trunk doth proudly ſtride:
So Death with comely pride,
Not able his exulting joy to hide,
With gloomy wings broods o'er the princely buſt;
| Jealouſly guards the noble duſt,
And with inflamed eyes doth his reſentment ſhew f.
XXV. |
Seed-plot of worthies ! from thy womb
What crowding troops of gallant ſouls will come!
At the laſt ſhining day, when all
From ſleepy graves creep at the call,
Thy active heroes firſt ſhall riſe,
Stretch their ſtiff limbs, and rub their drowſy eyes:
And at th' enlivening trumpet's noiſe
Start up, and think a battle nigh,
Cry Io, Io, Victory!
Graſp their keen ſwords, and lead the trembling legions
on.
Others annihilation ſeem to bear,
And doubly dead their dull ingredients are
Changed to common earth :
A new influx of being muſt
Enliven their unactive duſt,
And giv 't a ſecond birth.
Theſe ſuch fierce vigeur do retain,
The ſeeds of life within remain,
Waiting the reſurrection.
+ Ibid, :
t In juſtice to the Author of this poem, whoſe images are not always happy, the fiye concluding lines of this ſtanza ought to be pointed out
as containing a bold and poctical Prulopoparia.
Vol. I. ArrRNDIx.
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Struggling, the fatal bounds they beat
Impatient of ſo long a ſtay, _
Ready to riſe before the final day;
Ferment and ſwell with unextinguiſh'd bcat.
Bound by th' immutable decree,
Unwilling they yield to its eternal tie,
And, that once broke, they of themſelves would riſe to
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| XXVI.
Was there an art that could diſplay
The different ſhapes of bad and juſt,
The colours they are varied by,
With reaſon's intellectual eye:
Was there a balance that could weigh,
Which princely, which plebeian duſt:
What hidden glories had this ſeat diſclos'd,
To our dull thoughts and groſſer ſenſes loſt !
Unſeen here numerous treaſures lie ;
For who can qualities of bodies ſee,
Or th' effluviums that from them are thrown,
The ſubtle chains with which the loadſtone draws,
Or th' influences heavenly motions cauſe,
Not known till try'd, and ſcarce beliey'd when known
How would a lighten'd mind, or well-purg'd eye,
Sce Fame and Glory hovering here,
Beauteous and fair,
As Virtve's offspring i“ th' idea are
How would it ſpy
Beauty and Honour in each atom roll ;
Each particle tranſcendent bright ;
Each fiery atom like a ſoul; |
Each duſt as pure as common ſouls appear
uch quinteſſential parts compoſe the pureſt orbs of light.
XXVII.
All the long line of Britiſh Al BAN“,
Renown'd and ancient as the iſle,
Ancient beyond imperfect hiſtory ;
Whoſe anceſtors its treaſure firſt poſſeſs'd,
Firſt ranſacked her virgin breaſt,
When midft the waves ſhe roſe the Ocean's pride,
Ere her diſorder'd briny locks were dry'd.
All martial Roos's fiem could lend,
Loaded with flame and warlike ſpoil ;
All that from greater MAnNERs did deſcend,
In whoſe bright line united grow
The ſcatter'd glories of the other two,
That with new deeds doth their old fame outdo.
Here the related Heroes meet,
And in dumb ſhew each other greet :
Never a braver number did
Proud Mauſoleums deck, or Pyramid.
To you ſhall future ages bow,
Your urns ſhall veneration find,
By wiſe-Apollo's counſel led,
Here future ages ſhall conſult the dead ;
While Cæſar's mighty duſt each wind
Doth round the world in wild diſorder throw,
Sleep on, bleſs'd Heroes, in your quiet bed,
While your eternal flame doth live :
Though Time your monumental marbles eat,
Time that ev'n tyranniſes o'er the dead,
Your laſting honour ſhall ſurvive,
While worth and valour merits fame,
While Virtue ſomething is beſides a name.
In eaſe alive let others buried be,
Their time in vice ignobly wear,
And paſs forgot, as though they never were,
Or known for nothing but for infamy ;
You in your tombs a glorious life enjoy,
f we may call that life which is eternity.
XXVIII.
RuTLAND | a title never borne
But hy a prince of kingly blood:
PLANTAGENET's great name it did adorn,
The branches of that ſpreading tree
By civil wars cut down. ;
EpwarD, Yorx's mighty Duke, the title grac'd,
Who ſwell'd with fire and martial gallantry,
To trembling France with conquering HxER V paſs'd,
At Agincour: the ſhouting troops led on ;
With warlike acts help'd on that victory,
Which rigid Fate ne'er ſuffer'd him to ſee ;
With''s royal blood the fatal field he dy'd, .
And, that in ſomething worthy it might pride,
He mix'd his with the French degenerate flood,
RicHARD, his nephew, the bright honour bore ;
The ſcourge of France, and caſy Hzexrx's doom;
No King, a Monarch could o'ercome,
And kept the power, the title did reſtore.
At Wakefield bloody battle ſlain,
Cut off in his juſt hopes of reign,
His ſons revengers of his blood remain.
Offspring and Father he of Kings,
Himſelf uncrown'd ; and from his Daughter ſprings
No leſs a glory; that fam'd race
That RuTLAnd's title now do grace,
Succeeding him in blood and in exalted place,
But who, ſweet EpmunD, with dry eyes,
RuTLand's young Earl, can ſee thy fate,
The dire effects of curs'd inteſtine hate?
Thy father's crimes fell heavy on thy head:
By giddy chance become the victor's prize,
Thou proſtrate fell'ſt at the proud conqueror's feet,
With ſuppliant hands, and bended knees, didſt pray
Thy tender years might mercy meet :
Unmoy'd the cruel CLirrorD ſtood,
With barbarous rage threw all thy tears away,
And with an unrelenting look
Thy ſobbing, ing, boſom ſtrook,
While his keen ſword drank deep of thy heart's blood.
Backward thou felPR, cover'd with thine own flood ;
Thy trembling tongue yet muttering prayers,
And thy ſwell'd eyes drowned in death and tears.
XXIX.
From theſe deriv'd, Heir to their fame and blood,
MannwEexs' illuſtrious Family + ſucceeds.
THOMAs, renown'd for ſkill and warlike deeds,
Quartering the Engliſh arms with 's own ;
He, BELvoi, thy proud head, in ruins thrown,
Did with reſplendent glory rear,
To be again tore down
In future times, by a more unnatural war,
Thou and thy Maſters, deſtin'd all to be
Scourge of Rebellion and Villainy,
And worſt effects of their curs'd rage to bear.
Twice roſe th* unquiet North; as often he
A bulwark *gainſt the Rebels ſtood,
And from their hands their impious arms did tear;
HExRV his ſon, heir to his Father's fame,
Made rebel Scotland tremble at his name,
And the affrighted crowds with terror fly :
Did like a Guardian Angel ſtand,
With prudent valour hover'd o'er,
Secur'd the undiſturbed land
From all the barbarous rage and power
Of Scotch perfidious villainy.
Enwan p, his ſon, did early valour ſhew, +
Adorn'd the ſtem whence he did grow,
And was in tender years thought fit
Two great rebellious Earls to meet,
And from their foil eternal fame to get :
Born to great acts which envious Death oppos'd,
And immaturely the bright ſcene of warlike actions clos'd.
His brother — ſucceeding, the ſame fate
With the ſame glory did upon him reſt:
Scarce could he round him take a view,
While honour boiled in his breaſt,
And his high ſoul to gallant deeds addreſs d;
When Death, the foe of all that's brave and great,
O'er his deſigned fame a gloomy curtain drew,
XXX.
Roc ER, his ſon, ſucceeded, who well knew
The riches, policy, and ſtore,
The arts and cuſtoms, thate ach country bore ;
With curious eyes th' intrigues of ſtate did view;
With diving policy did find
What grave Spain thought, and giddy France deſign'd ;
Unlock'd their ſecrets, bury'd in deep night,
And brought the ſtruggling new-hatch'd plots to light.
Ireland his wiſdom and his valour ſun /
And Denmark in his embaſly did pride,
Immortal Sidney's daughter was his bride,
And the world griey'd uſe he childleſs dy d,
For wonders had from ſuch a bleſs'd conjunction ſprung.
Heir to his wit, his brother Fx ancis roſe,
Who Europe's famous Courts had paſs'd,
With worthy honour by all Princes grac'd :
France, Italy, and Spain, had made his own,
And lad new wit to th' heavy German ſhown.
Him peaceful JaMes for truſty actions choſe,
To's care his precious jewel did repoſe,
He princely CHaRLes did from Spain's long enchantment
looſe.
The Author here begins to trace the potignes of the lords of Belyoir to the time of the Civil War in the reign of Charles I, In the 36h
c
1eterogeneous maſs of factions which aroſe at that unhappy period 1 various in their purpoſes, but
united in th. ir attacks ; or, as the Poct expreſſes it, „like jarring Devils miſchievouſly true!“
+ With Thomas Earl of Rutland beyin the full-length piAures in the gallery which leads from the Chapel they follow in the order here
mentioned, and cud with the portrait of the late Duke, who died iu Licland in 2788, wake deflendss!
The
FRAMLAND HUVDRE D.]
The honour GEORGE his brother bore,
When peaceful times had bridled fury's rage,
And round our pr ne 0 a pacific ſhore,
Under a bleſſed king.
In hoſpitality he ſpent his age,
And him to 's quiet grave did ſhouting praiſes bring,
Joux, Happon's Lord, the honour did poſſeſs,
Bulwark of the declining ſtate, f
The Rebels furious hate:
Who, when they found they could not move
Him with their rage or with their love,
On 's ſtately Caſtle did their fury rate,
And to dead ſtones their malice did expreſs.
Th' illuſtrious 2 ſucceeds; on whom do fall
Th' united glories of them all;
Which yet, like accents of a ſmaller ſound,
I th' greater noiſe of his loud fame are drown'd;
Tell me, Apollo, God of Wit,
Upon whoſe head doth more in triumph fit
f The glories virtuous acts do bring.
Or from long ſeries of Worthies ſpring.
XXXI.
As thoſe that ſearch the head of flowing Nile,
With tedious fruitleſs toil,
As it through ſpacious realms doth flow,
Bleſſing the ſmiling ſoil, |
Still find it fam'd, renown'd, and great,
Until their curious ſearch doth tern. iuate
In boundleſs lakes or mountains of the moon ;
So, glorious MAnNERs, they
That ſeek the godlike head from whence you ſprung,
As through the ages back they paſs along,
Diſcern the ſhining path and ſparkling way,
As far as maimed Hiſtory leads,
Crowned with fame and honourable deeds ;
Until at laſt
Searching the gloomy ſhades of ages paſt,
The glorious tract doth the enquirer bring
To th' offspring of ſome god or godlike king.
Proud of the relation, other families
Bring their additional ſupplies :
All the entrancing grace
Of Tornty's and AL BIN 's race;
All it from Roos's glory could receive,
Or kingly bold PLANTAGENET could give ;
All Lovgs and all PAs ros could beſtow,
Could from great NxvIL or from HoLtczovr flow
All it from learn'd, lamented SIDNEY got,
Or was from KnzveT or from Tur ron brought;
All excellencies that combine
In MounTAGut's “ and Noer's loyal line;
The beauteous boughs here all in one entwine.
So ſome fam'd river through vaſt regions flows,
And, as it cuts its noted way,
The leſſer ſtreams their joyful tribute pay,
And in its waves their name and nature loſe ;
Till, grown with their acceſſion great,
Meeting ſome chryſtal virgin bride,
The banks too ſmall its ſwelling waves to hide,
In ſeveral channels doth its ſtreams divide,
And, with majeſtic tate,
Empties its numerous waves into the boundleſs ſea.
XXXII.
Up to the top with various pleaſures led,
While on the ſeat we fix our greedy eyes,
That raviſhing pleaſure in our boſoms bred,
With ſwelling joy Jove's pleaſed daughter cries :
« *Tis not alone for ſhew and empty ſtate,
As ſtars, that fair and beauteous ſhine,
But yet have no inhabitants within :
A mighty Lord dwells here, worthy of ſuch a ſeat,
Worthy a manſion next the Deities;
As high, renown'd, and fair as this;
As gallant ſouls brave bodies actuate,
This in its neighbourhood to Heaven doth pride;
But he's to Heaven's inhabitants ally'd ;
Kings are to-Gods akin,
And he from kingly blood derives his ſparkling line.
The glorious Patron he 6f Arts and Arms,
Of filent Learning, and War's loud alarms ,
Attended on by both in comely ſtate.
Learning doth flouriſh at his ſmile,
Who to ſcorn'd arts new value doth create,
Who with rewards doth ſweeten artful toil,
And, like a God, what's due to virtue pay.
So the bright ſun, after a fruitful ſhower,
Looks down with an enlivening ray,
Smiles on a clod, and there grows up a flower.
| The gown and ſword both own his power;
Arts hom his generous fayour thrive, and Arms his nod
obey.
For theſe alliances and collateral branches of the Manner family ſee the pedigree, in the Hiſtory of Bel voir.
BELVOIR CASTLE.
XXXIII.
A ſoul he hath as bright and fair
As e' er th' Almighty's breath did make
As deeply we: hy doth the great image bear;
As largely doth partake
Of Heaven's perfections, that he
Seems but a ray of the divinity. |
Goodneſs doth in his eſſence dwell ;
He's in himſelf and in his being brave.
Rewards on ſome their virtues do beſtow,
And ſome their loyalty from intereſt have:
Like heavenly juſtice he doth flow,
Not influenc'd from accidents below,
Not made by changeable occurrents ſo;
Ever the ſame, fix'd and unchangeable,
Leaves not a gallant Prince for popular noiſe,
(A Prince that merits well of all are good,
Of all where worth and valour 's underſtood),
Not mov'd with fears and groundleſs jealouſies,
He doth what honour fays is juſt ; |
And wiſer Heaven with the event doth truſt.
Above rewatds, fears and deſigns above,
He Virtue doth for Virtue love,
XXXIV.
A ſteady loyalty doth poize his ſoul,
Immoveable, as is th' eternal Pole,
That undiſturb'd doth ſee
The Heaven and Earth about it roll ;
Fix'd, as th' immutable decree,
Whom no united force can ſhake,
Nor the ſtrong chain of rigid Fate can break;
From changes and mutations free,
Changes, that ſigns of imperfections be;
Weak individuals here below do change,
Where diſcord and confuſion range;
But, like to Heaven's eternal frame,
The pureſt eſſences are {till the fame.
Nature by ſettled laws her courſe doth lead;
Nature and he
In the ſame even, ſteady path do tread ;
Alike in peaceful order twine,
Motions alike, juſt, quiet, and divine; ,
Should either change, all would confufion be.
The Fixed Stars thus the ſame diſtance keep,
And watch the drowſy world while mortals ſleep ;
Without whoſe influence, the Learn'd believe,
No individual could one moment live ;
For, from th' irregular planets* motions,
All the mutations that infeſt the troubled world below.
XXXV.
Thy ſteps, great Prince, thy brother Angels tread,
yal to their eternal head;
Heaven is a monarchy.
They pride in truth and loyalty,
In loyalty and truth, the tie
And knot of perpetuity, e
That binds in one the diſtant parts of wide eternity ;
They ever ſerve, and ever praiſe,
With glory crown'd, and endleſs days.
Faction once into Heavea did creep:
Its watchful eyes, that never ſleep,
Did not the reſtleſs monſter from its manſions keep.
Rebellion once rag'd i” th* etherial plain,
When Lucifer led on the armed train,
When liſted Angels did with Angels fight, |
With lightning cloath'd and fierceſt beams of light,
But what dire vengeance did purſue
The rebel tr „that, ſcatter'd, flew
Through all the orbs, to ſeek for aid in vain !
When flaming thunderbolts were at them thrown,
And they from Heaven to Hell, _ tumbled down.
Ever, juſt Heaven, ever beſtow
Such a reward on curs'd Rebellion ;
Rebellion ! that even Hell will not admit,
But rule doth in that gloomy region fit ;
Rebellion! from whoſe poiſon Hell was bred, 4
And well its curs'd effect doth know,
That firſt in Lucifer's proud breaſt did grow,
And which he doth in factious boſoms ſhed.
Obedience is the Angels“ fame,
From whence they 've their exalted name.
»Tis kingly rule 's the crown of Heaven's bright head,
And order that preſerves.the world's great frame
For Anarchy and Chaos are the fame.
| XXX VI.
He ſaw the monſter, giddy Faction, riſe,
Bred of reports and waiſper'd lies,
And fed with clamour'd fears and jealouſies ;
Teeming black broods, which one another tear,
And down their forward elder brethren bear,
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And undermine what they but now did rear,
„ blood from feſter'd ſore ;
| ith meagre look, deform'd and thin,
Hiding dark plots and diſmal thoughts within ;
Foaming Religion out and Property,
The trumpet of ſucceſsful villainy;
Odious and filthy to diſcerning eyes,
Though gilded all with fair pretences o'er :
An heterogeneous maſs,
Of different intereſts and defigns combin'd,
By an enchanted bond together join'd.
One, Malice and Revenge ſpurs on;
Another, Conſcience and prepo s Zeal;
And this, unlimited Ambition.
Some Folly and Temerity do move ;
Some, Rage; ſome, Fear; ſome, Curioſity ;
And ſome, the Party's Love;
And ſome, Deſire of Change, they knew not why.
Some, Friends; ſome, Intereſt engag d;
Some, Democratic Principles enrag'd ;
All curs'd, yet differently vile,
. As various vices do one Hell compile.
Some, a new-model'd government would have,
And ſome, the wounds o' th' old would heal;
CY Some, their beloved commonwealth do crave ;
Some, popular ſway ; ſome, anarchy ;
And ſome would not root up the tree,
But would the boughs cut down.
Some would their Prince lead bound in iron bands ;
Some would not kill, but would cut off his hands ;
Would have his riches, power, and ſtrength engroſs'd,
And jointure him i' th” people's love;
All would his royal Brother and his friends remove,
And, as th' Philiſtines did to Samſon do,
Deride him ww his eyes were out, and when his ſtrength
was loſt.
XXXVII.
Monſter, whom diſagreeing — glue,
In looks, deſigns, and intereſts different ſtill,
Yet ſure to their firſt principle of ill,
Like jarring Devils miſchievouſly true.
From various ſeeds and projects ſown,
A many-headed Monſter grown
The very ſhape of Anarchy,
Of deſpicable compounds made,
The ſcorned common crowd,
Of brutiſh rage and heady fury proud;
The dregs and lees of all that 's bad.
Thunder thus doth from weak ingredicats grow,
From vapours hatched in the world below ;
So earthquakes do from compounds ſwell,
Unſeen and unaccountable,
'That ſhake the world, and cities overthrow.
XXXVIII.
Fearleſs the dreaded monſter he oppos'd,
With rancour'd malice ſwell'd;
With thouſand hands and thouſand arms upheld,
That, through him, ſtruck at Majeſty,
As witches murder in gie:
A loathſome ſpawn, as e'er
Th' Egyptian ſhore diſclos'd,
Or Pharaoh's table did with flimy traces ſmear ;
As black, as numerous, and bold as they,
And with more deadly poiſon fill'd ;
Sworn enemies to all that's good and great,
And daubly foes to him,
Whoſe loyalty and virtue was a crime,
And ſubject of their endleſs hate:
When he ſtood candidate,
Never deſert did ſuffer more, nor malice more did ſway,
Like brave Coriolanus, he
Look'd down with ſcorn on their low villainy,
Too good for their eſteem.
Traitors and fools their favourites grow;
Degenerate ſlaves that crouch and fawn,
With baſe ſubmiſſion proſtrate low
To ſweaty boor and ſordid clown.
Proud of their hate, and glorying in their rage,
He ſpurn'd the hell-bred brood:
Spight of their force dar'd to be good ;
Alone did with their crowds engage,
Champion for Heaven, bis Prince, and for Religion,
XXXIX.
His heauteous half adds glory to the feat,
Which more its keeping ſuch a gem doth prize,
Than the vain praiſe of being great, 78
Or the next neighbour to the ſkies.
High in her birth, but in her foul more high;
Highly from her illuſtrious lineage nam'd,
But more for virtue and for beauty fam'd ;
Much ſhe of goodneſs hath, and much of wit,
Her look at once doth raviſh and ſurprize;
Where modeſty and gallantry do fit,
Greatneſs of mind and pleaſing candour meet ;
Humble, yet great ; obliging, good, yet wiſe ; \
Wit doth dart from her tongue, and charms fly from her
eyes.
Did you but this ſeraphic viſion ſee, -
You 'd think a ſtar had loſt its way,
A ftar of all the Heaven moſt bright,
And on that elevated mount did tray,
The neareſt manſion. to the ſphere of light ;
Or that an Angel, of the higheſt degree
In all the heavenly Hierarchy,
This for its e had choſe ;
Condens'd a body of the pureſt air,
With æther mix'd, unſullied and fair,
And heavenly dew that doth bright gems produce
Materials as fine as thoſe
That common ſouls compoſe.
If drawn by pencil and by hand divine,
Upon the ſoul of new-made man did ſhine,
His glorious Maker's portraiture ;
Sure 't was more exquiſitely drawn in her:
In her fair ſoul, where great and good do meet,
And all that doth a virtuous ſoul, or Deity, befit.
So extremely like th' original,
That they would pardonable be,
That ſhould to their devotion fall,
And offer at her altar as a Deity.
Heaven's treaſures ſure exhauſted are,
That hath ſo great a jewel loft ;
Or elſe of wondrous plenty boaſt,
That could ſo bright a beauty ſpare.
XL.
Learning ſhe gets at one ſurvey ;
The ſtubborn ſciences, which we
With ſharp aſſaults and tedious ſieges gain
(A mighty Cæſar's victory),
At one look yield to her unbounded reign,
What cannot Wit and Beauty ſway ?
And all their treaſures to her power ſubmit,
In ſplendid triumph borne.
She the conqueſt of one rebel art doth ſcorn;
An army ſhe doth captive hold,
Enrich'd with all their ranſack'd worth;
Like Heaven doth at one fight behold
All fruitful Time e'er did or ſhall bring forth.
XLI.
See but her draughts, and you 'd believe
She Painting's art from the Almighty ſtole ;
Others do bodies paint, and ſhe the ſoul.
Vigour and life in each doth live.
Nature, whoſe ſhop the univerſe doth ſtore
With all the maſs and crowd of things;
From whoſe unbounded treaſure ſprings
The beauteous metal fin'd from rugged ore;
Where models of all creatures lie,
The different moulds where they are caſt,
The patterns they are forged by,
And native forms each ſpecies hath embrac'd :
Not wondrous Nature, that hath grac'd
The world with all its beauteous ſtate,
E'er from her hand more lively figures ſent :
Not when, on ſome uncommon fabrick bent,
She taſks her art and diligence to create
Some monarch that the univerſe muſt ſway,
Rugged, uneven, her draughts appear,
Diſtorted and deform'd they be,
Few that a juſt proportion 4
Or glory in due ſymmetry:
Hence her next models ſhe may take,
Freſh patterns for her's worn away;
And beauties for ſucceeding ages make ;
Beauties that ſhall engage
To due acknowledgement the future age,
And in high extaſies the Artiſt's ſkill diſplay,
Her worth 's the fatal Rubicon,
In her perfection
The terminating pillar lies,
To which e'er human worth can riſe,
As far as earth can journey to the ſkies,
As near as mortals can be to the Deities.
XLII.
Siſter to her, another glorious ſtar,
Siſter in all that's good,
In virtue, beauty, and in blood,
With welcome rays doth beautify that ſphere ;
Like thoſe that to the wondering world appear,
At ſome auſpicious Monarch's birth, |
Scattering thick joys on the exulting earth ;
As fair, as good, and as benign as they;
The admiration of all eyes, and flame of every heart.
Th' aſtoniſh»d crowds, with juſt ſurprize,
. 3 Homage
FRAMLAND HUN DR Ep.]
Homage at humdle diſtance pay,
Admire, but dare not love. |
See a bright world with conquering beauty riſe,
In ſublime regions move, |
And dare not hope to reach her high deſert :
But afar off, as Perfians pray,
Proſtrate on earth adore the Sun above.
Unhappy ſtate
Of thoſe are eminently good and great
None can deferve them here below,
They muſt to Heaven for a fit lover go:
So, among all the winged choir,
Th' unequal'd Pheenix doth no object find,
HI hat may her heart to paſhon fire,
To her own ſpicy neſt and her own ſweets confin'd,
XLIII.
Sprung from brave Nokr's loyal line;
NoEL, that Rebels rage defy d,
Did in allegiance pride,
In his great Maſter's ſervice liv'd, and in his ſervice dy'd.
She Heaven's beſt gift was ſent to be |
A juſt reward of loyalty,
A preſent worthy of a Deity.
Such treaſures do in her combine,
Her beauty, that doth charm all eyes,
Is the leaſt accompliſhment that ſhe enjoys: 4
She that retrieves our Nation's ancient fame, |
And proves that th* Engliſh had from Angels looks their
name.
In her all wide perfeQtions greet,
Virtue would look ſo raviſhing and ſweet,
Should ſhe a human ſhepe put on.
And, if the foul doth, as the Learned tell,
The body form where it muſt after dwell,
Never a fitter pair did meet ;
Never did ſoul a fairer body find,
And never body had a fairer mind :
So ſweet a concord reigns, that they can give
Solution of the wondrous tie,
The unaccountable connexion,
That doth the fiery ſoul to th' earthly body bind.
So ſweet the bond, ſo ſoft the chain,
So free from raging paſſions reign,
'The world will cafily now believe,
The ſoul is harmony. |
XLIV.
Care of the Gods | their higheſt favourite;
In whom the ſcatter'd rays of light
And beams diſperſed through the world unite:
The true Pandora the |
On whom each Deity
A gift conferr'd, and every gift a grace;
One deck'd the mind, the other the face ;
One wit, another beauty did beſtow ;
This wiſdom, and that gallantry ;
is virtue mix'd with candid clemency;
And this diffuſive goodneſs that with ſkill doth flow.
What every God excels in ſhe hath found :
Allexcellencies join'd in one,
'That were to paſt or preſent ages known,
Her glorious eſſence do compound.
Thus ere the infant world was grown,
The wide-diſperſed rays of light
O'er the confuſed mals were toſt,
In gloomy clouds and pitchy darkneſs loſt ;
But, when the rallied troops did meet,
From their united forces role the Sun.“
| XLV.
This ſaid, thrice bowing low, ſhe led me in,
And open'd all the boundleſs ſtores “,
Brought thither from far diſtant ſhores,
All that each different realm can ſhow ;
Extremes there meet, the Eaſt and Weſt combine,
Remoteſt nations neighbours grow,
And the far diſtant Poles do in one point conjoin;
All that comes from the frozen North,
Or parched Southern mines bring forth;
All that the Eaſtern treafure pays,
Where the ſun lends his early rays,
Or fartheſt coaſts where he 's undreſt,
And lays his weaty head in Thetis' breaſt ;
The rarities rich China ſend, _
Fair Bantham, Goa, and Japan
The treaſure Weſtern caverns lend,
Dug by the miſerable American ;
All the black Negro dives for in the deep,
Gems, that from heavenly dew condens'd are got :
All that luxurious Afia doth keep,
All rarities that come
Vol. I. AvezNDIN
BELVOIR CASTLE.
* See the Hiſtory of * Calle, p. 69.
From Turk iſh or from Perfian loom,
From Taurus and old Bagdat upon camel: brought ;
Not the looſe Poet, when he did deſcribe |
The ſhining palace where the Sun does reſt,
Though with the richeſt furniture 't was dreſt,
That e'er was weaved in the fruitful brain,
And rich conceit of all th' infpired tribe,
Could ſuch a pitch of towering fancy gain,
To reach the wonders that this doth contain,
Though Art and h iction he to 's help did call,
Though 't was but an idea, and invention all.
XLVI.
How oft my unprepared eyes
Did at th' unlook'd-for brightneſs cloſe ;
As men, that from dark dungeons riſe,
Grow with the Sun's unuſual glory blind !
How oft did my ſurprized mind
Itſelf i“ th' labyrinth of wonders loſe !
Sometimes I thought 't was but a dream,
And all the treaſure that I ſaw
Was but the ſcheme |
That my diſtracted mind did draw,
Bred from the vapours of the night,
That did awhile my wande ing thoughts delight,
But far away, with ſleep, would take their flight.
As feveriſh eyes paint beauteous objects near,
Which, when we grow onrſelves, do diſappear ;
So a poor peaſant, that did never know
More treaſures than the fruitful field doth ſhow;
That ne er ſaw prarls or gems, but thoſe
The morning dew doth upon flowers repoſe ;
Such wou'd his admiration be,
Should he be brought to fee
1hꝗ7 e unutterable ſtore,
Unſeen, unthought. unheard of him before,
Of ſome rich Eaſtern Prince's treaſury,
Dread and ſurprize upon his ſoul would fall,
And he would think *t deceit, and an impoſtor all,
XL VII.
Each room hath all perfections got,
That wideſt wiſhes could create;
Order, proportion, riches, greatneſs, ſtate,
Nor is cofvenienicy juſtled out, 8
Conveniency, that 's firſt by prudence ſought,
To whom all elſe ſhould be ſubordinate.
Nor do reiterated pleaſures cloy ;
Variety, that gives a taſte to jo,
And reliſhing ſweetneſs doth diſpenſe,
Around doth in agreeing diſcord fall.
Each room hath a peculiar excellence;
All beauteous, yet of different beauties all;
One with Earth's pureſt metals ſhines,
The precious entrails of deep hidden mines;
The fatal cauſe of blood and war,
The ghaſtly Dzmons that in battles ſtalk,
Such as i' th' mines from whence they *re dug do walk,
Treaſure ! the deadly heat that brings
The fiery thirit that nothing can aſſwage ;
Hydropic drought ! the laſting plague that haunts ambi-
tious Kings ;
Here it hath the right uſe, and ſerves for ſhow,
For ſhow that hath no real worth, but what
It hath from our depraved fancy got.
Such plenty every where is 1pread,
You 'd think the hill was all one mine,
Or that 't were Peru's magazine,
Or that the Indies there were brought to bed.
Not Iſrael's peaceful mighty King,
That made his land o'erflow with ſtore,
That flow'd with honey and with milk before ;
Though he did gold from diſtant Ophir bring,
Though all that his unſkilled times did know,
Egypt's beloved daughter's houſe could ſhow ;
Could for its treaſure this contemn, |
Though he made filver like the ſtones in mountaino
Jeruſalem.
XLVIII.
This next is rich in art as that in ſtore!
Art, that doth varniſh Nature o'er,
And whate'er doth utiformed come
From Nature's fruitful wotnb,
Doth in myſterious cloathing lap,
And licks the formleſs embryo to ſhape.
Here curious art in every place doth reign,
Runs, like the ſoul, through every part;
Surprizing wit doth here divert,
Here 's ſubile fancy in a pleaſing vein,
And there 's the wild invention of a fruitful brain,
In thouſand ſhapes it doth appear,
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88 APPENDIX To Tur HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Now this, now that di
Now viſible it doth draw near,
Now, in meanders loſt, *tis gone ;
Now in its matchleſs beauty ſeen,
ſguiſe it doth put on,
Then hides itſelf, yet ſets tranſparent ſhades between.
All arts, in colder regions bred,
Where ſolid judgement bears a ſway,
And down light frothy wit doth weigh ;
Or thoſe from hotter climates led,
Where the near ſun, with kindly heat,
Doth warm the brain, and active wit beget,
. Ripens the thoughts, th* invention doth ſublime,
Concodted in their warmer clime; |
All that from learned Greece do come,
From ancient or from modera Rome ;
All ſoft delights, that do comply
With caſe, with fate, and luxury;
The lovely ſtrangers here ate all with comely order met;
Thar, ſhould a barbarous inundation reign,
Worſe than the plague the North did once diſplay,
And Learning under deſolate ruins lay,
From hence the circle of the arts might
| XLIX.
That deck'd with china and rich porcelane ;
China “, in former ages made,
And lo in earth's deep caverns laid, |
Where 't doth 8 and hardneſs gain,
And value above richeſt metals hold;
As, under weighty mountains, gold,
Concocted by the Sun's enlivening heat,
In ſecret manſions doth its virtue get; |
China, by provident parents, buried low,
Where it unviſited doth fleeping lie,
Until ſome ages are lid by,
Then dug, it treaſure doth for great-grand-children grow.
L.
Here 's tapeſtry ſo lively made+,
In ſuch due ſhades and living colours laid,
In the beholders breaſt they move
The paſſions that they ſent.
Sometimes a bloody battle ſtrikes the eye,
And Death in thouſand ſhapes doth rove,
You 'd think the living men, on ſlaughter beat,
Did join, and fight, and fall, and die :
While ftreams of blood from wounds do ſeem to fall,
And caſt a dread and horror upon all:
When landſcapes ſoon of ſoft delight,
4 Such as the innocent country yields,
Compoſe and ſmooth the ſoul from the affright;
| 3 And then we re in the flow'ry fields,
2 And taſte the undiſturbed joy
Did o'er the world in golden ages fly.
| The lively actions, there are ſhown,
Make deep impreſſion on the breaſt ;
The ſame the ſympathizing ſoul doth own,
1 In the ſame garb and paſſions dreſt,
They wind up the ſou), or kt it down.
retricy'd again.
LI.
| This doth the quinteſſence of Painting { ſhew :
©. Painting ! that firſt in Paradiſe began,
i When the Almighty Being drew
4 His image on the ſoul of man.
| e Painting ! the wondrous art,
T hat can eternity impart,
Beyond the power of Hiſtory ;
Hiſtory, where they a being have.
But one degree removed from the grave.
in ſome few letters they are ſeen,
The poor mauſoleum where they he,
As fading as their compound is, the air.
Here in proportion, features, and in mien,
They live, are ever young, and ever fair,
Entire; not ſublimated to a name.
Phyſic can ray 4 vn ſinking frame,
And make the ſhaking fabrick live:
Hiſtory can patch a broken fame,
And undeſerv'd applauſes give:
*Tis only Painting that can truly ſave
From the abyſs that ſwallows all, the grave;
Where, undiſtinguiſh'd, all are thrown
L' th* gloomy ſhades of dark oblivion,
W hither paſt times, and once brave men, are gone.
LII.
If it to learned ſouls permitted be
Tue actions of ſucceeding times to ſec ;
What joy would it impart !
* See the Hiſtory of Belvoir Caftie, 57 69.
t Arthur Young, Eſq. in oge of his
5
How would it Zeuxis and Apelles pleaſe,
And the learn'd ſoul of m 41 Praxiteles,
To ſee th' improvement of their once- lov'd art
By Titian, Angelo, and Rubens' name,
And Lely, laſt in time, but firſt in fame!
Zeuxis with grapes the filly birds deceiv'd,
That, fearleſs, to the boy ill - drawn did fly ;
Here Painting doth deceive man's curious e
And draughts are real living men believ'd. -
Such life in every well- ſhap d limb doth play,
An awful dread doth on beholders fall,
And teverend fear their doubtful hearts doth ſway,
That know them noble, think them living all.
How would Apelles his fam'd Venus flight,
Should he be bleſs'd with ſuch a fight,
Each one far more than was his Venus bright !
Unfit was he to pourtray Beauty's Queen,
That ac'er had Engliſh beauties ſeen :
This ſeat in nine ſucoeſſive Earls doth pride,
To England's greateſt famihes ally'd;
Painting here gives them life, and they
Do it with immortality repay,
And give a value to the art that nothing can decay.
LIII.
„This is the happy room,” cry'd out my guide,
Where the bright Angel doth repoſe,
That all the glory on this ſtate beſtows,
Shines through, and gilds the fabrick that doth her iacloſe.
Here ſhe doth hide
Her facred beauty from the ſhades of night :
The greateſt gift indulgent Heaven could give,
Or the admiring earth receive.
All things around her do with beauty ſhine,
And glorious from reflection grow;
She with a dazzling ſplendour makes all fine,
A worth no earthly treaſure can beſtow.
Heaven by the preſence of the Gods grows fair,
From thencedoth gain its fam'd felicity ;
And would a deſpis'd manſion be,
Were not that glorious conſort there,”
M LIV.
Hence to another ſphere we paſs'd,
With richeſt treaſures ꝙ grac d;
The lovely offspring of that happy Lord,
The brighteſt gems Heaven can Nord 5
The richeſt can be given
To his beſt-loved favourite. |
Trifles before my ſick eyes invite,
The gifts of Earth ; theſe of indulgent Heaven.
Heaven, by its impreſs, claims them for his own;
Seal'd with Heaven's ſignet each doth bear,
In ftarry letters writ,
The image 4 eternal mind doth wear.
A blooming glory in their looks appears,
Sweetly becoming infant years :
Like flowers half ripe, that ſhow
The future glories that in them will grow,
Then ſweeter than when wider blown.
A lovely dawning, not ſo bright,
But yet more pleaſing than the ah light:
Such as Aurora doth diſplay,
When ſhe foreſhews a glorious day.
LV.
Epitomes of worth] how ſoon
Will noble blood in gallant actions ſhine !
Break out in rays divine;
And, like an actuating ſoul,
With divine luſtre through each motion run!
A charming wit and mien unfold,
And every infant act with infus'd grace controul !
Stupidity and dulneſs once did rule
In the world's tender years, ere ſhe-
Was crept out of her infancy,
Divided *twixt the innocent and fool ;
When wit a monſter was, and knowledge thought
The dangerous path that firſt deſtruction brought,
Shunn'd for Eve's fatal curioſity ;
When ignorance ſecur'd from cares and fears
Long-bearded boys, and children of an hundred years.
Here natural wit and gallantry appeart,
Born with the ſoul : the ſeeds flown there
A native inbred worth do bear,
Not from long cuſtom grown,
Or tedious experience known ;
Not borrow'd, not acquir'd, but their own.
Wonders do through each look and action run;
Yet, ſince ſuch parents them their being gave,
+ Ibid. .
ours, ſpeaks with much indifference of the Pictures which are the ſubjefts of this and the followin
Kanzaz there were, however, even at that time ſeveral capital pictures ; but the preſent collection is magnificent ſar beyond the former, an
merits all the Traveller or the Poet can ſay of it. See the Catalogue of Pictures in Belvoir Caſtle, p
71.
$ Ia chis and the three following fans 18, the nurſery and the younger part of the family are the blech of the Poet's panegyrick,
Nature
FraxLakd Huxpared) _ BELVOIK CASTLE.
Nature a prodigy had done,
Had they not been ſo fair and brave.
Heaven to great ſouls peculiar love doth own,
And hath a nearer way to knowledge ſhown ;
Stamps a great upon the mind,
That is for gallant deeds and for high place deſign'd.
For Princes muſt have eagles eyes,
And bouridleſs judgement, every act to poiſe :
To them indulgent Gods have ſhown
The principles Heaven's monarchy doth own, |
For they are friends of Heaven, and they re the Gods“
allies;
| LVI.
Low at thy foot my humble Muſe doth flow,
Illuſtrious Roos, that doth inherit
Thy Mother's beauty and thy Father's ſpirit :
In thy wide ſoul embracing grow
Intrancing ſweetneſs and commanding merit.
Thou leap'ſt o'er childhood, nor doſt know
The innocent follies others do; |
But manly wit through all thy acts doth flow;
In every thing, but years, a man.
Angels at once up to perfection grow,
Nor by time's tedious ſteps their knowledge gain:
Thou like them fair, and like them wiſe,
At once to the top of knowledge doſt attain,
Leaving th' ignoble crowds ſtruggling behind in vain.
A ray of Heaven in thy high blood doth dwell,
And doth thy ſoul to mighty actions ſwell,
A ſecret God in every particle,
Who fair ideas in thy foul doth ſow,
Doth virtuous maxirris in the compoſure ſtrow-w,
That to an harveſt of great deeds will grow.
Virtue 's entaild on thee by long deſcent,
From Heaven, with thy due honours, ſent ;
Th' inheritance thy anceſtors impart ;
Virtue in thee is nature, but in others art.
Methinks I ſee, |
When thy bright ſoul was ſent below,
How Heaven upon the beauteous product ſmil'd :
With divine worth and ſplendour fill'd;
And an unuſual effence lent,
A nearer nature to his own. |
And, as through ſhining orbs it paſs'd
To lofty Belvoir down,
Each conſtellation bleffings ſent,
Met and embrac'd the heavenly gueſt.
Nature herſelf, with ſuch a treaſure =_re
In ſmiling joys her thanks expreſs'd ;
And Belvoir's Genius his white locks with flow'ry chap-
lets dreſs'd.
Live, noble Youth, thy Parent's joy,
And thy proud country's fame;
And with thy own eclipſe thy Anceſtors* great name;
And, if Parnaſſus' ſteeps inſpire
The Poet with prophetic fire,
My enlighten'd eyes do ſee
Thy acts all ancient fame outdo;
To untrod paths aſpire,
And a new ſhining path to honour ſtrow ;
Till, to the top of excellence attain'd,
The utmoſt point of human glory gain'd,
Thy active ſoul, ſcorning the tie
Of dull mortality,
The world too ſmall a compaſs for thy heart,
From ſubject earth thou it change thy courſe,
Aſpire above, and take even Heaven by force.
. ; LVIII.
Hence to the Chapel * did our footſteps ſlide;
From Heaven's great Favourites to his Court;
Deck'd with tlie gems immaculate vows do bear,
With ſacred incenſe and unſpotted prayer;
Where Heaven's great King diſdains not to reſide.
The ſervice ſo divine and votaries ſo fair, |
To the eternal feat ſo near,
Ann do think themſelves in Heaven when there.
rayers thence with winged ſpeed do paſs,
No need of Lucian's whiſpering-place.
A chorus of bleſs'd fouls the place tid crown,
And bleſſings in full ſtreams deſcended down.
Such beauteous ſuppliants there reſort,
You'd think one God did to another pray,
Goon, bleſs'd ſouls, ſucceſs your vows repay,
While guardian Angels round you ſtay,
And ſteal the ſpoken word away,
And patterns — the accents take,
tf The room immediately joining to the Chapel is the
as
59
To ſweeten the new ſong that they muſt make.
And, oh ! how they rejoice
To be the bearer of the voice,
And echo'd back again with a melodious noiſe!
While Heaven with ſtrict attention hears;
And turns his crowd of eyes to ears :
For what can he deny
To the neareſt patterns of his Deity ?
| LIX.
Hence to a ſtately room + we came,
That did the faireſt proſpect yield
Of any place beneath a ſtar; |
O'erlook'd the glories of the enamel'd field,
And ſtately towns that diſtant countries'bear,
From hence the greedy eye
O'er the extended Vale did glide,
The Vale that in a crowd of towns did pride,
That interſpers'd, like beds of flow'rs in gardens, lie ;
At once can ſee the frame |
Of lofty Lincoln and fair Nottingham.
The ſpacious ſcene and fight for conqueſt vie :
The proſpect is as boundleſs as the eye.
From hence,“ my fair Inſtructteſs cried,
The bright intelligence that moves this ſphere;
And all the beauteous nymphs that here refide;
Can, from the windows, ſee the rouſed deer
Affrighted at the fatal noiſe
Of his purſuing enemies;
Swift as the wind
With ſubtle courſe his eager foes avoid ;
Wander in curious labyrinths about,
In ſecret mazes ſtrive to loſe
That fate which ever ſticketh cloſe,
Nor will be left behind ;
See all the artifice and wiles,
The open ſpeed and hidden guiles,
With which his art awhile beguiles
Death, that his footſteps. doth purſue;
And in his hidden mazes finds him out:
Where'er he goes he ſtill is in their view,
And equally in vain his ſkill doth try,
From certain death, or from theit gent, to fly:
As guilty men, by terrors driven,
Wander about, but cannot go out of the ſight of Heaven.
E.
Scarce had ſhe ſpoke,
When, from a Wee ſhade,
A joyful cry of buſy hounds there broke,
That rous'd a ſtag f, in a dark thicket laid,
With ſecure ſhades and ſilence compaſs'd round;
By 's treacherous footſteps found.
Unhappy creature ! that 's betray'd by thoſe,
In whom he did his only truſt repoſe
His foes approaching, from his reſt he ſtarts;
Shakes, and lifts up his lofty head;
His head with dreadful weapons garniſhed;
And awful look, that ſtrikes a dread,
The outward ſhow of gallant hearts.
What contradictions Nature doth intwine !
What ill-mix'd contrarieties combine
Courage without, and trembling fear within,
Attentive to the cry,
Sometimes of war he thinks, ſometimes of flight;
Of ſwiftneſs now, and now of fight;
And now he undiſcover'd hopes to lic
In the dark manſions of the lent grove.
A thouſand ſchemes his terror doth compoſe ;
Now this defign, and now a new doth riſe,
Drcſs'd up in pleafing probabilities,
Till a more moving one the room ſupplies.
At laſt, the chilling noiſe approaching nigh,
And, fear increaſing, all are flown,
The fabricks all are tumbled down,
And terror every thing doth difapprove.
Fear, ghaſtly fear, the long diſpate doth end,
And all his force and courage he to ſpeedy flight doth
bend,
| LXI.
The eager dogs their unſeen foe purſue,
Led by ſtrange magic force;
Where the curious ſight is loſt, and where
No tracks or footſteps do appear,
No marks left in the yielding ground, or in the parted air ;
By a magnetic influence, they find
A ſtream of ſubtle atoms left behind, |
Inviſible as are the ingredients that compoſe the wind.
And running up th' aerial clue,
* Thence he viſits the Chapel, and ſpeaks of it in a ws, wn which if the Critic * excuſe, the Chriſtian certainly cannot.
ong Gallery, wherein aret
rom ſeveral other rooms, Nottingham or Lincola may be ſeen, and in ſome fituations both
he family pictures; from the window at the end of it, as well
places.
* Jo woos, is now no more; the Belvoir-hunt is now of the Fox excluſively : the beauty of the view, however, remains the ſame; and
ures of the Chace (to thoſe who enjoy them) are probably equal.
Conducted
Go APPENDIX To THz HISTORY or. LEICESTERSHIRE.
ConduQed by that fine-wrought thread,
Through all the mazes of his wandering courſe,
Through all the winding labyrinths they 're led.
The charms of mighty love are known,
And powerful force of ſympathy ;
But here ev'n enemies are drawn,
By unaccountable antipathy.
| LXII.
Next following theſe a gallant troop is ſeen
Of men all cloath'd in green *,
The new-made livery of the verdaut field;
Mounted on ſteeds that do devour the way,
With courſe as ſwift as quickeſt thoughts do yield,
When they to fartheſt regions ſtray.
The ſplendid train an Hero led,
With ſuch a port, and ſuch a mien,
You'd think Divinity was couch'd within.
Unuſual excellence his form o'erſpread,
Through every well-ſhap'd member ran,
And promis'd ſomething more than man.
His fiery horſe, proud of the glorious weight,
With winged ſpeed and comely ſtate,
Through all the ſpacious plain did fly,
With all the ſymptoms of exulting joy.
Struck with deep reverence, cry'd I,
% What divine form doth there that conſort grace,
That looks like one of the celeſtial race? |
Sure ſuch the ancient Hero was ;
Such were the Demigods of old,
By eloquent Greece in laſting ſtories told ;
Ere they for worth like his
Left the unworthy world and commenc'd Deities,”
« 'Tis,” cry'd my guide, ** the far-fam'd Lord
That doth this ſtately fabrick own,
By his preſence equal to a God, but greater in's renown :
W ho, ſtooping from his height, doth deign
Sometimes to taſte the pleaſures of the plain ;
As Gods from Heaven come down,
And change for joys that lower ſeats afford.”
LX'II.
Meanwhile, the lofty flag in vain
His wandering courſe doth ſteer through all the plain,
In vain he ſtrives to break Fate's rigid laws,
In vain with fubtle courſe t' avoid
Thoſe foes which after him he draws
By chains inviſible unto him ty'd.
Reſtleſs, through untrod paths he's borne,
Death ever ſounding in has car.
As guilty men, by an ill conſcience torn,
Are driven on headlong by unruly fear,
Beneath a thicket's ſhade he liſtening ſtays,
And hopes his foes and all ill fate are gone.
But they, through all the winding ways,
By characters inexplicable read,
The ſecret courſe his wary fect did tread ;
And drawing nearer do renew affright,
And ſcatter his abortive hopes in flight.
Sometimes he flies for ſhelter to the groves,
The conſcious manſions of his ſecret loves:
But every ſhade echoes the chilling noiſe,
Augments his fear, and doubles his ſurprize.
Now his old friends, the herd of deer, he tries,
Hopes in their number he unknown may ſcape;
But they, his former fame forgot and gone,
Their adoration once and fear,
With threatening horns forbid him to draw near.
Now to the civilized plain
His wandering courſe doth rove,
But all alike do treacherous prove ;
Death in each different place is bred,
Swift as his courſe it flies, and hovers o'er his head,
At laſt decreaſing ſtrength to rage doth grow,
Courage from his deſpair doth riſe,
And, ſwell'd with fury, he doth wiſh for now
Th' approach of his inſulting enemies.
Standing at bay, his much-ſought life he guards,
And '« foremoſt eager foes with death rewards ;
Till, tir'd with flaughter'd crowds, ſunk with their
weight,
Yielding to inexorable fate,
In comely ſtate he dies,
Incircled round with heaps of enemies.
LXIV.
Through numerous ſtately rooms we paſs'd,
And cach ſo beauteous did. appear,
Such deep amazement on the foul did caſt,
* The livery of the Bclvoir-hunt is now ſcarlet.
Too bright for human eyes, and high
'Twas thought none other could like that be fair;
Till che next did with equal worth ſurprize, -
As full of wonders and entrancing rarities,
Each did the ſoul with admiration fill, |
And ere the heighten'd ſpirits had leave to fall,
New wonders from new objects did diſtil,
All beauteous, and inflaming beauties all.
So a poor anchoret, that his days hath ſpent
In the recluſes of a lonely cave,
That never knew what pride or riches meant,
But thꝰ earth his food, his drink a fountain gave:
As he, by Angels born above,
Through all the glorious orbs doth move,
With the aſtonthing glory rent,
His wide-diſtended foul doth fly,
And break in admiration, love, and joy.
Of ſuch fights ſure tis holy men rehearſe,
When their prophetic ſpirits borne above,
Of Saints and Angels ; how they did converſe
With Seraphim and all the Choir of Love.
Such did th' inſpir'd Apoſtle find,
When he among the orbs was caught;
Viſions above a mortal's thought,
he earthly mind;
LXV.
Diſtracted with the ſight,
With numberleſs variety
That made a confus'd light;
As crowds of ſtars do make the galaxy ;
* What words,” cry'd I, ©* bleſs'd Muſe, are fit,
If any can deſcribe an infinite)
hat new-found eloquence is requiſite,
Since. Art and Learning is too poor,
Nor can in all its boundleſs ſtore,
Its curious wardrobe, whence are brought,
In wondrous hieroglyphic letters wrought,
The garbs that do all objects fit, and every wandering
thought ;
Not art, with all's improved ſkill, can ſpin
Expreſſions fit to cloath theſe wonders in?
«© Admire and filent be,“
The prudent Muſe reply'd,
* Attempt no impoſhbility.
Not all my Siſters” ſkillthe taſk could do,
In that untrodden path could go, |
Not though Apollo's ſelf ſhould de the guide.”
LXVI.
This ſaid, up to the roof my guide me led,
And with bold feet its lofty top we tread + :
While divine ardour in our ſouls was bred,
And breathings of celeſtial influence fir'd
The ſoul, with neighbourhood of Heaven infſpir's...
Reſtleſs it ſcarcely in our breaſts would ſtay,
But fain would journey that ſhort way,
To the bleſs'd coaſts of everlaſting day.
Divine ideas from the pure ther riſe,
So pure, untainted, and ſo high,
An Angel would not bluſh to own them his,
Another ſoul ſeem'd in our breaſt to move,
A ray from the bright ſun of light and love.
If ſouls, as learned men ſuppoſe,
When from the body's fetters looſe,
Tainted with matter that they hugg'd below,
Unfit as yet to Heaven to fly,
In higher regions of the air do ſtay,
And purge their droſs and earthy parts away ;
Thence to ſome neighbour ſtar aſcend,
And itill, as purer they do grow,
To higher orbs of light their courſe do bend ;
Till * fire, unbound, active, and free,
ith winged ſpeed do riſe,
Sublim'd and fully purified to reach the ſkies ;
The bleſſed ſouls that here their dwelling make,
Necd not ſuch tedious gradations take ;
Unſullied with the miſts that fall below,
From their pureair they may untainted go,
With higheſt rank of Angels ſtay,
And be no more allicd to earth than they.
LXVII.
From hence, with ſecret pride,
Our eyes o'er all the humble Vale did glide.
Now on the paradiſe below
Our pleaſed eyes do dwell ;
The hanging gardens, that do ſhew
Thoſe joys ſoft Greece and Rome's delights excel,
And all luxurious Babylon did know,
+ The Poct, having brought us from the gardens into the Caſtle, and through the ſeveral apartments, carries us to the top cf the building,
and leaves us, where indeed Pindaric poets are very apt to leave us, in the miſts and clouds which he has raiſed about him. The ſubject, how-
ever, merits the endeavours of the Poet, and claims the admiration of the Viſitor ; the view is extenſive and magnificent; the fituation of the
Caſile is fipgular ; the Connoiſſeur will meet with much to entertain him; and the Hiſtorian and Antiquary will be amply rewarded for their
various reſcarches. 4"
2 .
Sometimes
—
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.}
Sometimes on the rude mountains tops we rove,
The ſcene of innocence and untaught love,
W hoſe brows. with wild inhabitants abound,
Under whoſe ſhades, their heads with ivy bound,
Pan and his hairy Sylvans dance the round.
Straight when we turn our eye,
The cultivated Vale new ſweets diſplays,
Its head with corn and flow'ry meads arrays,
Th' effects of toil and artful induſtry,
The one doth Nature's naked form impart,
The other doth expreſs 't improv'd by Art.
Hence the bold doth diſtant countries trace ;
With daring unconfined race,
Contracts the way, and viſits every place;
Until at laſt
(Objects fill leſſening as they re farther plac'd)
Tons ſpringing up in crowds,
Appearing from afar,
On ſome far diſtant coaſt,
Its bold and daring flight
Is with a pleafing error loſt,
In miſts, and bluiſh clouds,
| On hills that ſuch appear,
Where the deſcending heaven on earth doth ſeem to light,
BELVOIR CASTLE.
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| LXVIII.
Pheœbus, God of heavenly fire,
Father of the tunefal lyre,
God of Light and God of Wit,
Head of the inſpired choir ;
Say if, in all thy glorious way,
(And round the world thou circleſt every day),
In all the journies thou doſt go,
A ſeat like this thy unwearied courſe doth know,
Where all that conſtituteth fair and great,
Order, conveniency, and ſtate, *
All the world's ſcatter'd.excellencies greet,
And all the different lines as in a center meet.
And, when thou doſt confeſs the world too poor,
I dare thy wit's unbounded ſtore
The room cf bankrupt Nature to ſupply,
And fancied worth to make, as rich and high
As thy eternal mind can fly
*4
That gilds with everlaſting rays the higheſt ſky.
en, God of Wit, how wilt thou find
Thy proudeft flights left far behind,
And of BET vorr unworthy be!
All wonders paſt or preſent times can tell,
Bleſs'd place, in thee do lie;
And thou art left of all the world the only miracle !
APPENDIX, No. VII.
BELVOIR CASTLE, by Mr. PECK, 1727.
To his GAR JOHN Dvxz of RUTLAND.
W HEN rich, unconquer'd Venice from afar
(Seeming to ſtrangers, at their firſt approach,
Not founded on the earth, but rather ſet
All on the waves and ſurface of the deep,)
Learn'd Sannazar beheld, his Muſe took fire,
And, call'd by her ſweet voice, up Neptune roſe,
And to the Thunderer, who appear'd above,
Thus faid in ſcorn : © If, unto Venice, Rome
You can prefer; i Tybury, to the ſea;
Each city view; Min, you muſt own, built that,
But Gods erected this x. From out the fea
Sprang Beauty's Goddeſs; and from out the ſea
Wand the flireſ of all cities, ſprings.”
Nor more; but ſhook his trident 3 -
And down replung'd his chariot in the ſea,
So likewiſe, when that celebrated Scot
Had all the world, its various cities, men,
And manners, France alone excepted, view'd ;
Beholding that fair realm and folk ſo gay,
Paris, their huge great capital, therein
The ſtately Louvre, and their monarch grand +,
Alike he fir'd, and in a rapture ſaid,
„ The world has no ſuch people, prople ſuch
A city, city houſe, fe maſter ſuch as this t.
In Sannazar the thought is vaſtly bold,
Imagin'd finely, happily expreſ#'d,
And with, what much delights, a glorious pomp
Of choice machinery, finely introduc'd.
The Scot for no machinery ſtays, but thought
On thought ſhoots out ſurprizing ; giant-like,
He Pelion upon Offa heaps, and mounts
A mighty Coloſs on the top of all.
So when the Romans rais'd that wondrous hill,
Where Margidunum, (cat of heroes old,
Once ſtood $ ; the Albinis, ſucceeding them,
On one great work another heaping, built
A Caſtle marvellous; whence all around
The eye delighted views the country, runs
O'er various ſcenes of ſeats, of churches, towns,
Woods, hills, and other objects; and the tongue, inſpir'd
By what theeye ſuggeſts, all the long day
Finds ſubject new for grateful talk; while you,
Fit owner for a place ſo eminent,
Maſter of all the plenty, all the joys,
It and this world can give, to ev'ry one
Moſt courteous, affable, and free (more wonderful
® « Si pelago Tybrim prefers, urbem aſpice utramque,
Illam homines dices, hanc potuiſſe des,”
+ Heary IV. who built the Louvre, |
} © Non orbis gentem, non urbem gens habet ulla,
Urbſve domum, dominum nec domus ulle parem.”
OL, I, APPENDIX»
Camden places Margidunzm at Belvoir; and the hill is plainly b moſt probably Roman. F. P.—On this head,
In ſo forgetting what you are) of wealth,
And all that man is vain, regardleſs; ſee
Ev'n thence (O envy'd, and ſcarce equal'd fight !)
Manors full five times five, and more, your own !
All theſe things then confider'd, as beheld
At once, ſcarce any ſubje@ can outdo,
In ſite, houſe, proſpects, lordſhips, and demeanor, you.
BELVOIR.
SINCE various topics various fancies moye,
F'en let my verſe diſcover what I love.
Be this attempt in numbers to repeat
The ſubſtance of an antiquarian treat ;
The ſubje&, BeLvors, as its Caſtle, Lords,
And other relatives, due ſcope affords.
The theme is copious, or I judge amiſs ;
TH' occafion led me to 't was briefly this.
As I was mufing fat, upon a day,
A gentle friend came galloping ſo gay,
Tell me,” ſaid I, now whither do you ride?“
„Where you,” reply'd he, now muſt be my guide.
Me you muſt hence the way to Belvoir ſhew,
For not a ſtep beyond your houſe I know ;
And once you promis'd me, that, if I came
— you (a promiſe now I needs muſt claim),
ou 'd ride with me to ſee that noble pile
(So much the talk and glory of our Iſle) ;
Shew me what proſpects its rich Hill diſplays ;
What ſtorms its Caſtle ſhook in antient days;
What wealth now boaſts; and open from records
The lives and actions of its gallant Lords.”
This in a breath—to which I only ſaid,
« To wait on you, you need not me perſuade,
You ever ſhall be chearfully obey'd.“
Greetings thus paſs'd, we mounted in a trice,
And ſoon approach'd the ſtately edifice.
When, lo! my thoughts I could no more contain,
But burſt out, as I overlook'd the plain:
Hard is the art of entertaining, where
No pleaſant ſcenes to hint a thought appear.
But when I reach, or but attempt this hill,
(While what I view my eyes with rapture fill),
So many things are ſtraight call'd up within,
That where I almoſt know not to begin;
My raviſh'd Muſe in fancy Pindus climbs,
And every ſtep I take her flight ſublimes.
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62 APPENDIX To rn HISTORY of LEICESTERSHIRE.
Then, wondrous BVTOIR, to thy ſpacious Vale,
Sweet Caſtle, and thy fartheſt proſpects, hail !
Fair, lofty, happy, almoſt heay'nly place,
How does thy Majeſty the vallies grace !
O could I make my verſe conform to thee,
Rich as thy vale, and as thy proſpects free,
With thy own beauteous fields each thought ſhould vie,
Each flight be as unbounded as my eye ;
Wide o'er th' admiring world thy glories ſpread,
And pierce the clouds with thy fair Caſtle's head.
But, fince you alk, come on, my gentle friend,
With patient ear your old attention lend ;
Then, while with grateful admiration you
From ev'ry point the matchleſs landſcape view,
(Since Hearing what antiquities were found,
In field or village buried under ground;
What abbies were to ſudden ruin brought;
W hat battles in the ſeveral war-times fought ;
What changes houſe or place hath undergone ;
Or other noted act there once.was done;
Or elſe what lord or ſcholar lives there now;
What rarities their ſeats or churches ſhow ;
As ſuch things when related charm the ear,
And make each proſpect to the ſight more dear);
] readily ſhall now myſelf apply
To ſpeak of all theſe as we towns deſcry &.
The bee, when winter 's paſt, forſakes his bow'r,
Flies far abroad, and gleans from every flow'r;
But here your eye ſupplies the want of wings,
And I ſhall cull for you the choiceſt things,
Which I from books or travels, ſuch as mine,
Can pick for this my favourite deſign.
May you then, viewing and comparing, find
Something in all like honey to the mind.
There CRoxTon PARK, where once an abbey ſtood
Retir'd, and almoſt cover'd up with wood.
There once an Abbot liv'd, in ſcience ſkild,
But chiefly in the ſimples of the field.
He, when that Monarch died, embalm'd King John,
And there (though church and convent both are gone) |
Laid up his bowels in a cheſt of ſtone.
That cheſt, had fortune almoſt any where
Lodg'd in an old religious bouſe, but there;
I ſhould agree, from what L ve heard and read,
As their remains then rarely better ſped,
Upon the gen'ral, fatal overthrow,
When monaſt'ries were laid in ruins low,
Neglect of dead Kings might on living hogs
Confer, to make a trough for them and dogs.
As third King Richard's quondam coffin, ſeen
At Leiceſter yet, to water horſes in.
Or as the Corfefior's more ſacred font,
Prophan'd with like, or haply worſe, affront
At Iſlip, till by pious Browne reliev'd,
And ſet with flow'rs, and for a flow'r receiv'd,
O {ſtrange uncertainty of worldly things,
Diſperſing thus abroad the duſt of Kings !
Alive they ev'ry earthly wight outbrave,
But cannot, dead, ſecure a httle grave !
Yet ſtranger ſure that Chriſtians ſhould abuſe
The font devoted to baptiſmal uſe + !
But BeLvoiR then was happy in a Lord,
Who all baſe uſage of ſuch things abhor'd ;
And who, from tundry abbies, therefore ſent
To Bottesford one or other monument ;
Where, to his honour, they remain, and tell
This conſequence, if I can rightly ſpell,
That, bad the royal cheſt then been there, how
It had as ſurely been at Bottesford now.
But, as it 's not there, it may be ieply'd,
The drift of all your argument 's deny'd.
No—had that worthy Earl, to ſhew his love
For Kings, reſolv'd it ſhould to Bottesford move,
I ſce not yet how all his kind reſpect
That honourable purpoſe could effect :
Since ſooner ſtill a deal, perhaps, it might
Be all to pieces burſt through fire's deſpight.
For in third Edward's days a caſual flame,
W hich all reſiſtance mock'd, and overcame
Almoſt whatever charity had pour'd
On abbey, church, or offices, devour'd,
Conſum'd each ornament the ſtructure grac'd,
And laid in aſhes goodly lodgings waſte.
Small reaſon then have we to think it were
So late as at the diſſolution there.
And, if not there, impoſſible it ſhould
Be then abus'd, or mov'd from whence it ſlood,
The fire ſcarce o'er, when lo ! the Convent wept
Its main ſociety, together ſwept
Away by peſtilence; two only left
To mourn themſelves of houſe and friends bereft ;
To whom they paid that ſorrowful regard,
And, warn'd by their deaths, for their own prepar'd.
Then, one. began the fabric to repair ;
The other novices for monks to rear ;
That, both misfortunes thus at length ſupply'd,
Time might their lofſes with thoſe comforts hide.
Amidſt his cares the Chief ſome hindrance met;
Appointed, to his violent regret,
Collector of the tenths ; but ſoon releas'd
For fear the building's progreſs ſhould have ceas'd ;.
Or rather, leſt the tenths ſhould there be loſt,
When gather'd to the King and Pontift's coſt,
For, if the Pontiff only ſent for tenths,
The King took tithe before they took it hence.
At other times they privately agreed
To fleece both lay and churchmen in their need.
Thateach by turns ſhould raiſe a ſeeming broil,
Demand a 1 and then divide the ſpoil.
Vet now, if there was in it no cajole,
The Pope had on the King beſtow'd the whole.
Such grants to Princes Rome doth ſeldom give,
Without ſecuring an alternative.
But, in this deſert place, the danger lay,
Leſt thieves ſhould intercept the golden prey .
For ſoon the loneſome abbey might be robb'd,
And ſtill the King of all the treaſure bobb'd.
In him it was but prudence then to will,
The Pope's truſtee ſhould be a man of 9
To ſee the _ brought ſafely to his mill.
And there I leave it freely to be ground. ;
The moral 's very eaſy to be found, |
Kings have their mills, and all the world turns round,
Where once the ruins, now a beauteous view,
(Old things are gone, and all, behold ! are new),
Inſtead of rubbiſh, you have there a ſeat,
Though little, yet moſt elegantly neat.
The offices, to make the whole deſign
Both fair and uſeful, with piazzas join,
A building regular, perform'd with art,
Of what great RUTLAND can do, ſhewing part z
There he, when nothing will fetch others down,
So much they doat upon the noiſy town,
Often retires from all the pomp of wealth,
And thinks his time not loſt, recruiting health.
There EaTon church, where Lucifer 's pourtray'd
In glaſs, as if he fitting knelt and pray'd ;
On whom a faint, drawn by him, doth diſpenſe
Of laſhes ſuch a ſmart benevolence,
He looks, from what appears ſo well laid on,
As if much diſcipline he *d undergone ;
And ſtill, oh dreadful flogging ! as much more
Ex pected yet to feel, ere all was oer;
Seeming, in that his odd, untoward ſcrape,
For fear, to beg and chatter like an ape.
They ſay, that, when a lady's form he choſe,
With red-hot tongs St. Dunſtan pinch'd his noſe.
But there goats' feet, bats wings, a ſatyr's ſhag,
And features grim, are all he has to brag. |
Beneath, the coat which Pl:ffington once bore,
And, in one by it, Azure, three crowns, Or.
Below, an old inſcription, but defac'd ; }
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W hereof no more than Dymmoc to be trac'd ;
The reſt of purpoſe with a chiſel ras'd.
Tradition is, there buried lay a dame,
Whom they the miſtreſs of a nunnery name.
Yet of a nunnery there no author ſpeaks,
Save one, who Waltham, juſt by, their gift makes, |
Which yet another for Nuneaton takes.
That matter | pretend not to decide,
But leave it to be farther ſearch'd and try'd ;
Yet think, whoe'er that picture might erect,
He did it to demonſtate his reſpe& |
For Guthlac, or ſome yet more rigid faint,
Whoſe rebel fleſh they like a devil paint,
Till, well ſubdued by penance and the whip,
He got 0'th' carnal fiend the maſterſhip.
1 here HARRY, birth-place of an honeſt Friar,
Whom, for his book, all ages may admire,
In ſcorn of wealth he exercis'd his wit, . YL
Nor did he ever act but as he writ.
He would not let this world his ſoul bewitch,
Nor be a Biſhop leſt he ſhould be rich.
With rapture, had they but coeval liv'd,
The Cynic would have ſuch a one receiv'd.
Let Kings be gone, methinks, I hear him ſay,
But if my tub will hold two, thou ſhalt ſtay ;
Here dwell, and number out thy days with me; 1
Content, if men philoſophiz'd like thee,
Would make them bleſt amidſt their poverty ! J
* Tt has been already obſerved in the Hiſtory of Belvoir, p. 79, that this Poem of Mr. Peck's (if Poem it may be called) is here preſerved
merely on account of the local information it conveys, It was left by its author imperfeQ; and the towns that are mentioned are not arranged
in the order that might be expected from the map, but, alphabetically, thoſe in Leiceſterſhire firſt, and then the neighbouring counties,
+ Several of the autient fonts in Leiceſterſhire have wet with a ſimilar profanatiop.
4 Sec p. 98.
There
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There KnieToON, where in ſandy beds they find
The dark, five-pointed, ſmall Aſteria * ſhrin'd ;
A ſtone, which, put in vinegar, no reſt
Can have, nor yet bear any acid's teſt.
Strange it ſhould move at all; but ſtranger far,
To move progreſſive both and circular.
98 the acid ſome effluvia draws,
Which, when they ſhoot abroad, that motion cauſe,
For, when the ſtone e'er moves, ſmall bubbles riſe ;
A fight ſuch efflux almoſt verifies.
We ll fay then that the force wherewith they flow
In the ſharp liquid makes them both ways go.
There, as, by England's courteſy, the fire
May, from his heirs, in caſe his wife expire,
For his own life, ev'n all her lands detain,
Of ſuch ſtrange favour let who will complain.
There long ago died Hillary the fon,
For grief the ſame was by his father done.
O money ! how the thirſt of thee involves
Mankind with ftrife that amity diffoves !
Friendſhip through thee to cruel malice turns !
Where heat ſhould warm, a fire devouring burns;
Through thee the neareſt kindred kindred quit,
And cut the bands which ſhould affections knit;
Through thee all Jove is by the roots uptorn,
And he who graſps thee moſt has moſt to mourn !
There SALTBY HEATH, where horſes often try
Their ſwiftneſs, and in running ſeem to fly,
The ſignal giv'n, they in a moment tart,
Amaz'd at their own fleetneſs onward dart,
And, when the jockeys free let go the reins,
Shot like an arrow, ſtretch along the plains ;
With ſuch celerity they ſcour away,
Themſelves fo far off inſtantly convey,
No other quadrupede ; bird, eye, or thought,
May rather for their parallel be brought.
As when the ſwallow hunts his food, not high,
But juſt above the ground you ſee him fly;
Our eyes, in order to enjoy the more,
Of ev'ry proſpect ſkim the ſurface o'er;
Thought vaſtly quicker comprehends the whole,
And, like the nimbleſt racer, quick acquires the goal,
Oft travellers o'er that wide plain by night
Perce ive a meteor on themſelves and horſes light,
Whoſe lambent, pale flame all about them ſticks,
And frights them ſtrangely with its harmleſs tricks.
So many fancies it will ſometimes ſhew,
That even no phoſph'rus can its tricks outdo.
Nor muſt the church by me be quite unſung,
Since there his aſhes reſt from whom I ſprung.
And there a famous abbey bell they have,
Whoſe deep note toll'd the dead man to his grave.
A pious, good, old prieſt he was, and trod,
As well as taught, the righteous ways of God.
Lie ſoft upon him, Earth; let none moleſt
The reliques of thy Vicar, gone to reſt !
There SeroxTON, which, with ſeveral lordſhips more,
The Woodfords may by ſharing loſt deplore.
Six families from one the grand-fire thought
To raiſe, but thereby all to ruin brought ;
For, ſplitting into many the eſtate,
Each branch the good man fancied would be great.
So rivers, when divided, turn to rills,
Which all are but a ſort of watry volatils,
Whoſe ſtreams to waves, whoſe waves to droplets fink,
And end in exhalations, ſunny drink !
Thus Sproxton, where the Woodfords long poſſeſs'd
Great means,: and liv'd with love and honour bleſt.
There CoLTswoRTH, where, to ſhew how Wits deſign
Inſcriptions quaint, and much in little twine,
With only two words on 't a graveſtone lies,
« Walker's Particles,” —epitaph conciſe.
There great Sir Iſaac Newton firſt drew breath,
Who, with his learning, conquer'd all but Death.
In him ſuch new and various knowledge met,
Earth loſt aſecond ſun when he was ſet.
Others, who ſpend a tedious lite to ſift
One thing, found all was his by Nature's gift,
Bleſt man ! he never wanted to be told
Either what Nature belp'd, or what controul'd,
Earth in his curious mind he over-ran,
And quickly found that journey but a ſpan,
Then riſing. Phoebus-like, aſcended high,
And drove his glorious progreſs through the ſky,
There, as he gevtly rode, at leiſure ſaw,
With eyes of ſcience, ev'ry orbit's law.
To him the wand'ring planets, as they roll'd,
Their ſecrets, by their ſev'ral motions, told;
Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn, ſpecially,
How their ſatellites around them fly
Whilſt they, with Merc'ry, Mars, and Venus, run,
Each its elliptic race about the Sun; |
To him the diſtance of thoſe planets hence,
* For Aria, and this property of them, ſee under the article of NATURAL HISTORY.
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And from each other, clear as plaineſt ſenfe:
To him the fix'd ſtars by their beams diſclos'd
Why Providence on them had reſt impos'd ;
To him the path of comets was as known,
As if he had their oblong orbir flown.
Some, in theſe mighty points thus ſatisfy'd,
With Sol himſelf would farther ſcorn to ride;
So high in knowledge were they mounted up,
To nothing would their future ſearches ſtoop ;
But, though the way 's a labyrinth untrod,
From him, would boldly on to viſit Goo.
Not ſo great Newton—He with awe beheld
Such ſplendors thence as all his courage quell'd.
When he ſtood only to obſerve the way,
Sun behind ſun ten thouſand ſpaces lay, |
And each ſtep glitter'd with more glaring day.
Light out of light in ſwift proceſhon grew,
And, as his eye attempted more to view, |
To meet it fiercer rays and brightneſs flew,
Brightneſs ſo piercing, that he quickly found
His dizzy head with rapture turning round,
His bones and marrow ready to diſſolve,
His ſoul itſelf with extaſy convolve ;
Philoſophy and man to earth were toſt,
And Heaven's ſtrong beams in God's effulgence loſt.
There DEN Tow, where a work the Romans made
Their legions ſome time pitching there diſplay'd.
A floor it was ; yet no mean ornament,
None had ſuch pavement fave the Gen'ral's tent.
The matter, bricks, colour'd, glaz'd, ſmall, and ſquare,
Set in ſuch light, and ſhade, and order rare ;
The ground compos'd a figur'd, flow'ry check;
A piece might ev'n a prince's parlour deck.
hen firſt found out, the neat moſaic lay,
Though vaſtly old, as freſh-as yeſterday,
A ſight by many ſeen, admir'd by all;
And what one juſtly might a beauty call.
At laſt, ambitious to prevent its wrong
From weather, or the ſtill more dang'rous throng,
The rev'rend owner of that happy field
Wherein that muſive wonder lay conceal'd,
After two artiſts had employ'd their ſkill
Who ſhould his copy with moſt likeneſs fill,
Caus'd it, ſince it ſo long had open lain,
To be ſecurely cover'd up again
Reſerving wiſely to ſucceeding years
What this age for antiquity reveres.
The Mellys, there long ſettled, thence have ſpread,
And once their antient ſtock a Phoenix bred :
A Proteſtant recluſe, who riches ſpurn'd,
And ev'n a hermit in the city turn'd.
Full forty years the ſaint his chamber kept,
And never with a loaded ſtomach ſlept.
Fleſh he ne'er eat, wine never drank; ſmall-beer,
Bread, gruel, milk, and fallads, all his cheer.
His reading, praying, meditating, alms,
More yet his precious memory embalms,
From him the family had once a fame;
Nor now leſs noted, it I might but name |
The great, good actions of a living dame.
But 1 forbear though here to think I'm led
On what the Angel to Cornelius ſaid.
There HaRLAxToN, where, turning up the ground,
A plowman once a golden helmet found:
That glorious head-piece, as the curious thought,
Was thither by the wealthy Romans brought;
Haply by ſome of their great gen'rals loſt,
Who prov'd the Britiſh valour to his coſt.
Whoſe-e'er at firſt, it was a Queen's at length,
And, worn by her, to beauty added ſtrength.
So ſweet yet terrible Bonduca's charms,
Who ſtopp'd the progreſs of the Roman arms.
Thoſe hills, the Peat sf Derby, chief among:
Whoſe wonders are by Hobbes and Cotton ſung :
Two wonders of the Peak themſelves. The firſt |
With Atheiſtic learning, and its worſt
Of earthly fruits, pale cowardice accurſt!
The ſecond raſhly choſe, O wit unbleſt !
To loſe his fortune rather than his jeſt !
When hoſpitality of old prevail'd,
And tenants with their landlords oft regal'd,
No King but VERN:N would thoſe hills accept;
Who, for the noble table which he kept,
Highly deſerv'd the paſture without peer,
Which fatten'd faſt as he diſpens'd his cheer.
There GRansr, where the pious Did cours dwelt,
And all abroad their alms and off*rings dealt.
Few neighbouring monaſt'ries in ſtory live,
To which they did not ſome rich bounty give. _
Now honour'd that from it great RUTLAND takes
The ſecond name his princely title ſpeaks.
His eldeſt ſon thence ityl'd above an earl;
So next the topaz ever ſhines the pearl,
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By it lies Sur ron, therewith maſtly join'd; .
Like ManntRs now with LEXING TON combin'd,
There GRAx TAM, famous for its ſtately ſpire,
So lofty, few, if any, dart up bigher.
T here Wulfran, Symphorian, Etrytha bleſt,
Three once-acknowledg'd Saints, together reſt.
O'er all the burg once thunder, wind, and rain,
Pour'd, blew, and bellow'd, with dire hurricane;
A noiſome ſtench deſcended with the blaſt,
W hence it the horror of all ſtorms ſurpaſs'd.
The frighted, almoſt ſuffocated throng,
In crovds aſſembled then at evening ſong,
Of life itſelf ev'n ready to deſpair,
Fled gaſping out of church for want of air.
A vaulted chapel in the chancel, where
(Imagin'd Popith from its Popiſh air)
The celebrated vicar's altar-ſtone
Is, ignorantly, for a relique ſhewn.
I th' church a monument for Gabriel More;
Who left two thouſand pounds to foreign poor.
Below, a charnel-houſe, the dead man's cell,
An awful fight, corre&ting proud looks well;
Where piles of ribs, ſculls, ſhanks, and every bone,
Are built up like the King of terrors' throne.
The Angel Inn, part of that antique ſhell
Where once the Templars did reſpected dwell.
Their buſineſs was, Chriſt's fepulchre to guard,
And thither pilgrims in their paſſage ward.
What yet remains affetts the ſtranger's eye
Both with its oddnefs and its ſymmetry.
Oft ſhall you ſee them ſtop, ſurpriz'd to find,
A houſe ſo wondrous out o' th' way deſign'd ;
Then ſoftly ride on, as it were, to chew
The cud on thoughts arifing from the view.
There Fox, that venerable prelate, born,
Whoſe Free- ſchool doth the borough yet adorn ;
He Corpus Chriſti college built, and made
| Freſh coffins for the dead at Winton laid.
His breath there alſo Biſhop Still firſt drew,
Who all the refuges of logic knew.
A place it is become, with much ado,
A rebel garriſon in forty-twe.
But valiant Cavendiſh ſoon diſpoſſeſt,
With ſword in hand, the vermin of their neſt ;
Their force in pieces, like a tempeſt, ſhook,
And, whom the ſtorm deſtroy'd not, priſ'ners took.
Of the Free-ſchool once Cibber was the top,
Egregious mimic of a nauſeous fop |
Rich droll ! he never more deſerves a clap
Than when he calls his brother monkey, Fap.
Cloſe by the market-place a pretty grove,
Retir'd and private as the walks of Love;
From it a door into the Forum made,
W hence that way Urbs, and this way Rus diſplay d.
A burg once larger—where now Stukeley lives,
And oft his mind to deep reſearches gives ;
His various journeys done, reviews each thought,
Again o'er Britain travels in his thought, }
And tracks the antient works the Celtz wrought.
O learned Leech, thrice happy be thy ſpeed,
Thy former book, if poſſible, exceed
Aud ne'er let me approach thy ſtudious bow'r,
But friendly greet it, and beſtow a flow'r.
There ASLACTON, where learned Cranmer born,
Whoſe famous exit doth hislife adorn.
At firſt indeed, ſo weak is fleſh and blood,
Ferth, like a poor recanting wretch, he ſtood ;
Defire of life ev'n drew him to den
The truth, and with his worſt of foes comply;
But, when he had that action better weigh'd, g
Of fire and death itſelf ev'n not afraid, }
He ſoon rettacted what he once had ſaid.
* [ grieve, ſaid he, that I e' er ſo forſook
' Chriſt's word, and Roman gloſſes for it took.
Now I revoke it all, and freely give
My body to the fire that truth may live.
But firſt my right hand, which ſubſcrib'd my name
To Popiſh errors, ſhall endure the flame.”
Nor more - but when the fire began to burn,
So little did he from its fury turn,
He boldly ſtretch'd his arm when it drew near,
And therein held it, with a front fo clear,
No ſenſe of pain did in his looks appear ;
Off both right hand and arm the fire had fetch'd,
Ere yet th' approaching flame his body reach'd.
So when his ſword the noble Roman drew,
And but a lord for King Porſenna ſlew ;_
He burnt his right hand for his error's fake, .
And ſhone yet greater by his own miſtake.
But greater he, who, when he 'd burnt his hand,
Next his whole body with the ſame command,
Same chearfulneſs, ſubmitted to the fire,
Aſtoniſh'd all who did before admire;
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Joux Duke of RUTLAND was then Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaſter,
Ev'n foes his brave, undaunted ſoul confeſs'd,
And friends, for faith confirm'd, the martyr bleſs'd.
His heart untouch'd, amidſt the aſhes found,
Told that his end was with acceptance crown'd.
So when Elijah to the realms above
Went, as the man whom God did moſt approve ;
Chariot and horſes, all of brighteſt fire,
In flames convey'd him to the heav'nly choir;
Up he aſcended, and Elifha cry'd,
© For thy conductor thou haſt Jacob's guide.
There Ct1rTon, good Sir Gervaſe Clifton's ſeat, -
With woods of his own planting richly great;
Delighted with ſuch works in youthful prime,
He now enjoys the fruit of well-ſpent time ;
Embower'd in his own leafy umbrage walks,
Or, with a friend, in open viſtas talks ;
What pleaſure, pains, and years, it took to make
The fields around him ſuch a landſcape take !
Bleft man ! the Patriarchs ſo employ'd their youth,
Like him convers'd in innocence and truth;
Enjoy'd the goodly works their own hands made,
With rapture paſs'd through ev'ry well-form'd glade, }
Or, more retir'd, partook the inmoſt ſhade.
Within the church you ſtill his antient race,
By their ſucceſſive tombs, with pleaſure trace;
Whereof one largely fpeaks the owner's worth,
Calld formerly the be -bred man o' th' North:
Who was in Parliament a knight o' th' ſhire
When ſames the firſt and ſecond Charles reign'd here;
Although between them almoſt forty year
Thus the white days of James, the wars of Charles,
The reign of Oliver, the pomp of carls,
The reſtoration of the Martyr's Son,
He ſaw, and, when he had-life's progreſs run, }
Died ere his country's golden days were done.
Happy the man, whom, ere new tempeſts come,
A good old age thus gathers to his tomb
There CL1psTon, for a royal congreſs fam'd,
Long fince by Scotch and Engliſh ſhouts proclaim'd.
And well might they with joy each other greet,
To ſee in peace two Britiſh lions meet,
The Engliſh, then from priſon juſt return'd,
Whoſe abſence all his ſubjects long had mourn'd;
The Scot, to ſee him hearty, ſafe and ſound,
Once more arriv'd on his own native ground,
And, like a friend, expreſs his — rare,
Attended by his brother came, and there
Two thouſand marcs, a welcome preſent, gave
To tl Engliſh, then as moneyleſs as brave;
To whom the Engliſh, in like courteous ſort,
Granted, whene'er he ſummon'd him to court,
As ſoon as he ſet foot within his land,
Each ſhreeve ſhould wait on him through his command,
With all his county's poſſe in array,
More ſafely to conduct him on his way;
The like returning : and that, with the ſhreeve,
Each biſhop alſo ſhould attendance give.
Nay, that a liv'ry meet for his expence,
In coming, ſtay, and ev'n returning hence,
Freely to him and his he thenceforth vow'd,
Should by himſelf and heirs be all allow'd.
There CoLsTon-BAssET, from Ralph Baſſet nam'd,
O'er England once for pow'r and juſtice fam'd,
Him, though a perſon but of meaneſt race,
Firſt Henry did with higheſt honours grace;
Whereof the chief, that he ſhould freely fit
As judge in ev'ry court himſelf thought fit.
And well he knew, who that indulgence gave,
The honeſt to diſtinguiſh from the knave.
Beau-clerc in books and men alike was {kill'd,
And this his favourite with honour fill'd,
Who, ev'n the leaft of all the vulgar throng,
With all his pow'r, was ne'er diſpos'd to wrong.
But now no he is long ſince gone
To Heav'n, and, like Aſtræa, from us flown
O where ſhall we his godlike equal find,
To ev'ry juſt and gen'rous act inclin'd !
I know not truly, ſave I freely bring
To match him the Mecenas I would ſing.
Of Baſſet's juſtice now inheritor
Is Lancafter's impartial Chancellor“.
There too vile Hacker had both lands and ſcat,
A wretch, if any, with all crimes replcte,
For he as judge upon his maſter ſat,
He fign'd the warrant for his cruel fate.
His ſteps (as if the King did ſlowly move,
And he, forfooth, the ſluggard muſt reprove)
He, at the door, firft haſten'd with a blow,
And, Sir, it's time you ſhould to Whitehall go.“
A little privacy, and then I come.” i
The King withdrew into an inner toom,
Hoping a little privacy to have,
When he another louder notice gave.
He
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i fe by that ſecond warning thinks me ſlow :
Open the door, my friends, and let us go!?
To Whitehall paſs'd, all wonder'd at the ſtay; e
But Hacker not the cauſe of that delay.
At length he gave his third Jearh-boding knock !
A ſtroke might any but the monarch ſhock, |
Thus gvarded from his chamber to the block.
„Tell Hacker to go out, I follow now!“
And muſt ſuch innocence to malice bow ?
Three times Death call'd him thus, by Hacker's liand,
To murder, which with guilt involves the land.
And, leſt he ſhould attempt the blow to ſhun,
Hacker yet watch'd him cloſe to ſee it done.
But as ſour ſavuc$oft ſweet banquets blaſt,
So him juſt vengeance overtook at laſt, |
And with a witneſs paid his treaſons paſt,
Dead, he the undeſerved favour found
To have his quarters, which ſhould elſe have e)
The bridge and gates, committed to the ground.
There now Earl Strafford has a manſion neat,
Which he, for change, makes ſometimes his retreat.
3 Charles's friend can memory give,
is noble anceſtor ſhall ever live;
And dove- eyed Peace ſure freely will beſtow
Like honour on himſelf her Plenipo *.
Holux PiERroivr there, thrice noble Kingſton's ſeat,
With buildings high magnificently great.
What pity then that he, who bravely rais'd
Thoſe lofty works, which even now are prais'd ;
That he, for ev'ry virtue ſo renown'd,
Inſtead of reſcue ſhould have murder found !
nut Fate decreed, that he, the good Earl nam'd,
For nothing, that | ever heard of, blam'd;
Who, ſave his country's, had nb enemy;
He, by the error of his friends, ſhould die ;
Elſe ſure he had a man immortal been,
And we the builder with the building ſeen !
There KELHAaM, where the Trent becomes a twin,
And meets again to take the lordſhip in ;
The rich incloſure, thence an iſland made,
Feels fatneſs round it by the ſtream convey'd.
There Leſley quarter'd, and King Charles receiv'd,
hen he (O action ever to be griev'd !)
Himſelf ſurrender'd to the faithleſs Scot ;
Whereof the iſſue their eternal blot. a
Juſt by it SouTHWELL minſter, which eſcap'd
(O wonder |!) when ſo many for it gap'd !
The ſeveral riſques it ran Lea's pillar ſhews ;
Made to denote its advocates, not mark its foes.
Of late in danger from a ſudden fire;
Though little damag'd fave a Weſtern ſpire,
There, digging for a grave, the ſexton found
A long ſtone coffiii, deeply ſet i“ th' ground;
W herein a noble corple lay booted, dreſt
In riffue, with a chalice on his breaſt;
His ſkull tranſparent ! by his fide a wand, |
Emblem, no doubt, of his once great command.
But who he was, alas! we cannot ſay,
Time, old and envious, having ſwept away
Name, epitaph, and memory; and all,
For want of them, muſt needs be myſtical +.
Ihere NoTT1>SGHAM, a town for pleaſure made;
Yet all the week a buſy, ſtirring trade;
Chiefly for coke, coal, malt, and ale; the laſt
In beauty elſewhere not to be ſurpaſs'd.
There once two burgs ; a French and Engliſh one;
Though now but little of the Franc is known.
There eight and twenty youths, the flow'r of Wales,
A cruelty whereat my courage quails)
ing John truſs'd up at once, and raging fwore,
Could he but catch, to hang as many ſcore.
There born the man f, who, ſkill'd in Goſpel lore,
Firſt wrote the Harmony of all the Four;
A well -· judg'd work, in method form'd to right
Both fact and parable with their own light,
The Caſtle, noted for a rocky hole,
Through which on Mortimer third Edward ſtole ;
% O ſpare my earl,” Queen Iſabella cry'd,
« Spare him, my gentle ſon!” —but Fate deny'd.
His ſtandard, many ages after, there
King Charles the Martyr happen'd firſt to reat.
(111 omens, at the ſetting up, foretold
The piteous doom for his fad lot enroll'd;) i
Through ſundry hands, and times as various, paſs'd,
Become Newcaſtle's ſplendid ſeat at laſt. |
Deep in the rocks below are caverns cut,
Where once old Troglodytes their refuge put.
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From whoſe ſtrange vaults the place call'd Grot!ingham
Of old, as if we ſhould ſay Nottingham, }
A town which from its grottos takes its name.
Search it throughout, the realm doth ſcarce afford
A town with more and better houles ſtor'd.
There friendly Benet, there ſage Hardy, dwells,
Expert in op'ning what a medal tells. |
The churches three; the chief, St. Mary's, like
Cathedrals, doth our love and wonder ſtrike.
St. Peter's, for its bells, rich altar-ſtone,
And painting of the Lord's laſt ſupper, known:
St. Nich' las, in the wars call'd civil ſpilt;
But new and neatly ſince with brick rebuilt.
hence long-liv'd Finch, rich, happy, wiſe, now takes;
'erv'd, the title which his carldom ſpeaks. ;
He Burley on the hill, a ſumptuous pile;
Built in the modern, lightſome, airy ſtyle.
The Northern adit ſtrikes you with a court;
Only of that before St. Peter's ſhort ;
Whereof the area ſo beſet with greens;
In winter it the very ſpritig convenes. _ |
The houſe ſhews well the greatneſs of his mind ;
Magnificence with due proportions join'd.
His book, of what deep learning he's poſſeſs'd,
Who bravely cut the haughty Arian's creſt 5.
His happineſs, the oliye-branches, which
His table with their number ſo enrich.
There NEwARK, where a wealthy biſhop made
So ſtout a fort, that, of his faith afraid;
King Stephen in another him confin'd,
From food debarr'd, till that his men reſign'd.
In the ſame caſſle died King John; a gueſt,
Who came to lodge a night, and cares diveſt ; |
Thoughtleſs of meeting there Death's cold arreſt.
There once a babe, through ſhame or indigence,
Was found expos'd, and left to Providence;
On whom ſome Yorkſhire clothiers in the night,
Conducted by his crying, chanc'd to light.
Who, ſeeing what diſtreſs their ears had trac'd;
With arms of charity the child embric'd ;
Convey'd him from the cold field to the town,
And jointly educated as their own.
Whereby at length the foundling poor became
A worthy clerk, and, through his learning's .
Firſt ſtateſman, then ambaſſador; the name
Of Magnus took, and gratefully bequeath'd
To Newark much for benefits receiv'd.
For ſchool and choir to him the burghers owe : |
Such alms from alms themſelves do ſometimes flow !
But all the town's old glories are ſurpaſs'd,
By freſher in the civil wars amaſs'd.
As when great Charles's Queen there ſhew'd the way;
How higheſt dames there huſbands ſhould obey,
As when the word the to her ſoldiers gave,
Was, to his honour, © Cavendiſh the brave.”
As when tlie burg wept that young hero ſlain
(A mourning afterwards renew'd again).
As when its money, like a lozenge fram'd,
Its loyalty to all the world proclaim'd.
As when it ſtoutly held out till reliev'd
By fearleſs Rupert, who at once atchiev'd |
What all mankind impoſſible believ'd.
As when the King ſtay'd till ſurrounding foes
Impriſon'd there had almoſt ſhut him cloſe.
As when no bell for ſervice could be rung,
But whizzing bombs were at the windows flung.
As when Clay dreamt his thrice- repeated dream,
Whoſe true event is ſtill an annual theme.
In later days, immortal, happy Blow,
(There born, and firſt church-muſic taught to know);
Shew'd how he could the paſſions all controul,
And either rouſe or pacify the ſoul.
There OuThore, ſometime Hutchinſon's abode z
Whoſe many ill acts his one good explode.
Well did he when the church he there rebuilt ;
But ill when Thimbleby's life-blood he ſpilt;
Ill when a judge he on his maſter ſate;
Ill when of council to the mongrel ſtate.
Yet all the puniſhment he met with here
Was but a priſon for his mad career ;
Wherein his glaſs of days at length ran out,
And Heath all-conqu'ring quell'd his courage ſtout.
His body, unto Outhorp then convey'd,
Was in a yault of his own building laid.
And therein let it ever reſt for me
Living, as you may by his actions ſee, }
The world had few more turbulent than he. J
* The Earl of Strafford was one of the Queen's Plenipotentiaries at concluding the famous treaty of Utrecht in 1713.
+ Of this corpſe ſee Peck's Deſid. Cur. VI. No, xvii.
uding to the
OL. I. APPENDIX,
Q% Dr. John Lightfoot, whom all other writers make born at Stoke on Trent in Staffordthire, in 1602.
* | arl of Nottingham's well-known Letter to Mr, wa in defence of the Athavaſian Creed.
This
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There ScrzTow, fam'd for-Whalley's goodly tomb,
As he for honour nipt in early bloom.
Above, theugh at a diſtance, Fortune's lure,
The coronet whereof he thought himſelf ſecure ;
His patent ready, lo | the King dies ! he
Of earldom balk'd, thence call'd the Patentee |
This werld alike with all thoſe plays the jilt,
Whoſe proſpects are on ſandy bottoms built.
For when misfortunes, like croſs winds, begin
To whiſtle with their rough ungrateful din;
To ſearch each new foundation how it ſtands,
Upon the wiſe man's rock, or vain man's ſands ;
Whene'er ſuch winds ſet up their angry roar,
And diive the floods to combat with the ſhore,
Down falls each ſtructure which their fancies rais'd,
By rugged blaſts of unſeen ſtorms effac'd ;
All their fair views are tumbled into heaps,
Each airy caſtle into ruin leaps.
And yet, the tempeſt or miſcarriage o'er,
Vain man will ſtill be forming, raiſing more
New ſchemes his working, reltleſs head projects,
And fancies new his vanity erects;
Plods on, though diſappointments ſtill return,
Sure in his next attempt the like to mourn ;
Thus all his projects meet a common fate,
He ſees his folly, and repents too late.
Repents—but ceaſes not to work again,
And labour, though he labour yet in vain !
So the conceited wretch who verſes builds,
Charm'd with the views his fancy'd merit yields,
Though ſligbts, he finds, are all the recompence,
Of numbers ill beſtow'd and ſquander'd ſenſe ;
Yet ſtill deluded with the fond conceit,
To be in fame, if not in fortune, great,
Knows not to end, ſuch magic is in verſe,
Till all the atchievement to deck his hearſe |
Is only it, the ſtory to rehearſe.
There WoLLAToON, with divers turrets grac'd,
A ſtately hall, and to advantage plac'd ; }
Sir Francis Willoughby that ſtructure rais'd.
The ſummer-houſe moſt others doth ſurpaſs,
Pannel'd and ciel'd throughout with looking-glaſs ;
W hence walkers underneath appear above,
Atev'ry ſtep upon their heads to move.
Thereof appris'd, 14 all entrance fly,
Leſt, while they jim below, impend on high,
Some wag or other ſhould pretend to ſee
(Though he may ſtare his eyes out firſt) their knee.
Enchanting Modeſty ! how doſt thou ſhine !
Irradiate ev'ry radiance feminine !
Of all the charms the charmiag'ſt women ſhew
Thy bluthes have the moſt bewitching hue!
"Thou captiv'ſt more in lab'ring to conceal
Only the cov'ring of thy foot and heel |
Than all the beauties Helen could reveal.
Of the ſame family the Sailor “, froze
To death amidſt the dreadful Northern ſnows;
By icy cliffs, ſome fix'd, ſome looſe, he paſs'd,
But found his ſhips within them lock'd at laft ;
O'er the bleak land, or haply ſea congeal'd ;
Then each way ſent, to ſpy if aught conceal'd
To him and his deſpairing friends might give
Hopes to ſurvive the winter they muſt live
Conſtrain'd in that drear clime; but nought appear'd,
No town, no houſe, no living thing that chear'd
Their downcaſt fouls ; the winds grew yet more high,
The ſnows fell faſter now, and all muſt dic.
O worthy traveller, though ill repaid !
With more ſucceſs a voyage ſhall be made,
And quickly, by thy countrymen ; whoſe ſails
Shall ſpread on ſeas where thee all progreſs fails ;
When thou in Death's cold arms art froze to reſt,
They ſhall, on like adventures new addreſs'd,
Thy luckleſs road more fortunate purſue,
And open all wild Muſcovy to view.
There Woot sTHoRy, once a church and then a fort,
At length a wretched heap, of times the ſport ;
For now though pity'd, heretofore diſdain'd,
By hot-brain'd Rebels in their rage profan'd,
ade ſtrong with cannon planted on its tow'r
To rattle Belvoir with an angry ſhow'r,
Itſelf was ruin'd by the furious jar,
And all to pieces clatter'd in the war.
But firſt the caſtle-walls and turrets felt
«Almoſt like ruin from that batery dealt;
Yet bravely the beſieged ſtill withſtood
Each ſturdy onſet of the rebel brood ;
Repaid each roaring cannon with a ſhot
As loud as theirs, and as intenſely hot ;
Whereby, on heaps of wounded heaps of ſlain
Lay dead and dying all about the plain.
Thereat the Rebels ſhock'd awhile drew back,
Afraid to venture on a freſh attack ;
Meantime the Caſtle doubled ev'ry guard,
And warm reception for their gueſts prepar'd.
They with recruited force at length drew on,
And, fluſh'd with aid, a new aſſault begun.
Then Death, in all its grim terrific forms,
Flew feaſting far and near; ſtorms-follow'd ſtorms,
Fire upon fire, and wrath on wrath let go
Each way the vengeance of a deſp'rate 2 ;
Whole ſhoals of vermin there chain'd bullets ſwept ;
And here the crazy walls no longer kept
The brave remaining Loyaliſts ſecure,
Who ſhew'd indeed what courage could endure,
Till, to a few reduc'd, they all embow'r
In their laſt, ſafeſt refuge, Staunton tow'r ;
For yet that ſtronger place of ſhelter left,
Which could not ev'n by hotteſt balls be cleft ;
Its thick, impenetrable coat defy d
All force, and entrance to all rage deny'd.
Balls thereat ſhot, with violent rebound
Flew from its fide, and bounc'd to lower ground,
So Siſyphus, when he hath hoiſted high
His huge ſtone to his journey's end well nigh,
Perceives his nerves all ſtrain'd, his ſtrength all gone,
His burden from him near the ſummit flown ;
And ſtorming ſees it, by no hindrance pent,
Trundle adown the ſlopy, deep deſcent.
Stark mad the enemy freſh councils call,
And finding now the firmneſs of that wall,
Reſolve, though all the reſt was but a heap
Of ruins (far from being purchas'd cheap)
By outward force that part could ne'er be took,
And therefore ſhooting ſhould be thence forſook ;
Now inward fraud, or nothing, muſt ſupply
(Ah what is ſtrong enough for treachery !)
What otherwiſe were labour all in vain,
And here corruption, of all forts the bane,
Unto their aid ſtept in, the tow'r was took,
Like gudgeons, by the bungler's golden hook ;
The brave were thus betray'd to ſcoundrel foe,
Whoſe triumphs baſeneſs for their valour ſhew.
* Sir Hugh Willoughby knight, third ſon of Sir Henry Willoughby knight, frozen up in the Northern ſeas, 15533. Dugdale's Warwick-
maire, p. 757.
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FRAMLAND HUuNDRED.]
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APPENDIX, No. Vl.
t. HONORI SACELLUM: A Funeral Poem to the Memory of the Moſt Noble
JOHN DokE of RUTLAND, 1711,
©« Cum Virtus occidit orbi
% In cœlo exoritur.“
E ſacred Nine, can ſorrow tune your choir,
You, whom both joy and grief alike inſpire ?
ow potent muſt your wondrous numbers be,
That can make harmony and tears agree |
Nay, and a yet more myſtic power t' aſſume,
Beyond the grave, and ev'n before the womb,
Th' unborn and dead you join; at whoſe command
PasT, PrxrseENT, and To Come, walk hand in hand;
Whilſt yourenlighten'd Janus“ eyes can fee
To both the poles of wide Eternity.
Hark ! from th' illuſtrious Rur LAvp's Belvoir walls,
Your duteous airs that hallow'd ſubject calls;
A theme that can your utmoſt proſpect lead
Through the vaſt Tux, to chant that Worthy dead.
Look back firſt 1' his great Anceſtors” rich duſt,
Lodg'd in their urns of venerable ruſt ;
And, reading thoſe recorded Heroes through,
Here his divine original review,
Then handed through his own bright glories down,
Their tranſmigrated virtues all his own,
Behold the beauteous copy drawn ſo true,
And chant the fragrant breath of life he drew ;
And laſt, look up above, for a ſurvey
Of the bright joys of his immorral day ;
Around this ſpacious field to make your tour,
The Muſe's wing too high can never ſoar.
Thou then, UW ANA, faireſt of the Nine,
Be this great ſubject's inſpiration thine.
This taſk to undertake, begin and read
The RuTLAxD monuments of their great Dead,
Inſcrib'd with their own pens of ſteel ; ſo long
Enroll'd in honour : here ſet out thy ſong.
When Britain, long a canton'd orb of pow'r,
Two ſceptres her divided monarchs bore,
How, when the Caledonian's haughty pride,
Too rough a neighbour on the Albion fide,
The angry Thiſtle, from her coarſer bed,
*Gainſt th' envy'd Roſe rais'd her aſpiring head,
Have the great RUTLAND chiefs, call'd to adorn
The Engliſh annals, the dread thunder borne, |
To ſcourge th' ambition of the tow'ring thorn,
Yes, the original RuTLANDd fame to track
Ev'n up to a long train of ages back,
How have we ſeen them drive the hunted foe,
Back ev'n to his trembling walls of Edinb'rough “*.
Nor wonder that a hardy Manners draws
So keen a ſword, arm'd inthe Sovereign cauſe,
In his King's cauſe his courage all inborn,
His chaplets of thoſe bays ſo proudly worne,
A genuine warmth the puſhing Hero brings,
When his own veins claim the rich blood of Kings.
Let wanton Heraldry's profuſer grant
In common fields her random trophies plant;
Her beaſt of Mars, and bird of Jove diſplay,
In her creation works of ev'ry day.
The lys and lions which ſo nobly gild
The ſhining chief in the great Mannexs ſhield,
Are gems of honour, bear a price more high
In the illuſtrious RUTLAND's armory.
The RuTLanDs, to enrich their coronet,
Here thoſe concentring native glories met, }
All ſtems from a divine Plantagenet +. |
Juſtly th* All-wiſe Diſpenſer from a mine
So ſacred did the RUTLAND birth refine,
All of a piece ſublime creations ſhine.
Where could high Heay'n its favours worthier place ;
When, ſprung from royal founts, ſome darling race |
Imperial ſtamps its own divineſt image grace ?
Diſdain'd it ſhould to vulgar veins retire ;
No common clay ſhould lodge ſuch bright Promethean fire.
As Albion with no little pride beheld
Such guardian arms upraiſe her ponderous ſhield,
A ſoul ſo truly great reſolv'd t' inſpire, | |
Beneath her ſtandard ſuch their ſwords they drew,
How pleas'd did She their equal courage vie w;
Heroes no leſs in her great councils too,
As Sovereignty her Delphic worthies calls
To her oraculous ſenatory walls,
Albion and Albion's ſovereign right 1 eſpouſe,
Who like Eighth Henry's noble RuTL and roſe ;
Roſe to reclaim the brighteſt jewel torn
From Albion's crown aſpiring Rome t' adorn,
By her uſurping mitred tyrants worn,
A work which ev'n her ſceptred ſlaves before
Durſt ne'er attempt; her abje& chains of yore |
Bigoted Cowardice ſo tamely wore.
For the firſt blow in this great cauſe ſo warm
Who's like the daring RuTLAanD's leading arm;
When taking up, t his deathleſs fame's record,
A pen t more bold than his forefather's ſword,
He bid th* uſurper her ſtol'n plumes reſtore,
Sent the ſubſcrib'd reſumption mandate o'er, }
And the defiance flag to her proud Vatican bore,
But ſay, my Muſe, through the long RuTLAnd line
Did all this inborn, hardy virtue ſhine ?
Yes, how has that warm ſpark their breaſts inſpir'd,
That dread Bellona ev'n their nonage fir d!
How has recorded hiſtory renown'd
A conquering RUTLAND Boy with laurels crown'd !
As the bold Michael arm'd with vengeance rode,
Led his bright hoſt, the chieftain of a God ;
So by the fair vicegerent of high Heav'n,
Her royal ſtandard to her RuTL and giv'n,
(Such th' Albion great Eliza's favours ſhin'd)
Ev'n her young ward $ with her bold Suſſex joyn'd,
Commiſhon'd chiefs they led her thouſands forth
To clear th' engendring clouds in her dark North ;
To ſcourge two rebel heads, Northumberland's
And her revolting Weſtmorland's arm'd bands.
Oh Treaſon, whence thy root ! could there be foes
Againſt the bright Eliza's glory roſe ?
But, oh! the daring inſolents ſo huſh'd,
Like bold Alcides cradle ſerpents cruſh'd,
With this fair fruit from his young brows rich ſweat,
The juvenile victor his dread miſtreſs met,
And his firſt orifons of duty paid,
Low at her feet his early laurels laid.
But did great RUTLAND from fo fair a train
Of Worthies, his bright anceſtry's long reign,
Look backwards, only a paſt age review ?
No, his bleſt eyes with equal proſpe& too,
All pleas'd, look'd forward to the promiſing
Bright glories of his GRansy's growing ſpring,
Deck'd with each grace—But hold, forbear to raiſe
Thy airs, bold Muſe, to his exalted praiſe, |
His tender, unfond ear forbids thy lays.
However, puſh thy daring ſong at leaſt
To chant the the glories of his Union feaſt ;
His GRAN BY] in that ſacred labour join'd,
Two wedded Kingdoms' nuptial knot to bind;
What worthier hand in that great work could ſhine,
Than a bright ſtem from that victorious line,
W hoſe ſwords ſo oft for Albion's honour puſh d,
So often the Albanian inſults huſh'd ;
A work beyond the weaker Gordian bands
Tied by their rougher reconciling bands.
Their ſhort pacific labours only ſtood
Till overborne by the next rolling flood
Look, Albion, up to a diviner ſcene,
Thy ever halcyon North now all ſerene ;
The very elements of diſcord ceaſe.
This RuTLAanDd Hero ſeal'd eternal peace.
Such his bright retroſpection, and no leſs
His fair foccetion hopes his veins to bleſs,
This now long ſleeping head, great RUTLAND, 'twixt
This circling view the central glory fix'd,
* Robert lord Ros, famed and preferred for his ſpecial ſervices againſt Scotland, 27 Henry VI. Thomas Earl of Rutland, joined with
the duke of Norfolk, general of an army of 20,000 men againſt Scotland, who in 8 days burnt 20 towns and villages, 34 Henry VIII. &c.
Henry earl of Rutland, no leſs vigorous in repelliog the invaſions from Scotland. ;
+ From George lord Ros, father of Thomas fk earl of Rutland, who married the daughter of Anne ducheſs of Exeter, ſiſter to king Ed-
ward IV. See their funeral monuments at Windſor in the Hiſtory of Belvoir, Plates XVI. XVII. p. 41, 42,
t Thomas earl of Rutland, 22 Henry III. then fitting in parliament, a leading votet againſt the pepal ſupremacy, and a ſubſcriber to the
declaration ſent over to pope Clement, &c.
$ Edward earl of Rutland, 11 Eliz. at 20 years of age, then in ward to the queen, made lieutenant-general to the earl of Suſſex, then ſear
againſt the rebellious carls of Weſtmorland and Northumberland.
|| One of the lords commiſſioners for the Uaion.
Now
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Now draw his life; that beauteous ſcene diſplay'd,
To paint him living beſt can mourn him dead.
To that vaſt bulk let proud Auguſta riſe,
Albion's too overgrown metropolis ;
Hither let humbler ſpirited greatneſs creep,
In poorer hireling roofs their cells to keep.
Thus to unhoſpitable walls retire,
With their lean ſlaves and their cold kitchen fire,
Their feaſts all lie in pageantry ; behold
Their grandeur only ſhines in thin-beat gold,
Vain of a gaudy coach and well-trapt ſteed,
Their only pride's the gazing eyes to feed.
Honour thus meanly coop'd in ſuch cramp'd walls,
So far beneath their great originals,
Their antient palaces, the once proud tow'rs,
Grac'd with their truly noble anceſtors,
In thoſe now-naked, all-deſerted piles,
Of well-fed mouths no more th' harmonious fmiles ;
Meer neſts for daws, their only chattering choir
The muſick which the empty walls inſpire.
Oh, Albion, can thy nobleſt heads to all
This poor degeneracy of glory fall?
So rare true worth treads thy declining tage,
A RUTLAND but the product of an age.
Nay look, my Muſe, to a ſublimer ſphere,
Behold a yet ev'n prouder train appear, |
The miniſt'ring hands call'd at th high helm to ſteer.
Precarious grandeur all; a volatile
Creation of the breath of pleaſure, till }
Made or unmade at Pow'r*s leaſt fluctuating will.
Nay, in their beſt diſplay, the Favourite,
The Courtier, all ev'n at their tow'ring reg |
But ſtars in galaxies, meer ſparks of light.
And is it only to this fainter wreath
That the fond Great aſpire ! far, far beneath, |
The odours from a RUTLAND chaplet breathe?
RuTLAND, his nobler grandeur to ſupport,
Not pent t' a narrow canton of a Court:
His radiant conſtellation all bis own,
Not made a part, th' attendant on a Throne,
But ſingly fill'd a Court himſelf alone.
Oh BeLvoir, happy BELVOIR, to diſplay
The choirs that hail'd the morn, and bleſs'd the day,
All charm'd, my Muſe the ſcenes of joy recalls,
When ev'n the Genius of thy honour'd walls,
Of thy illuſtrious Rur Ax juſtly proud,
T' his homag'd lord his tow'ry forchead bow'd.
Such his diftufive ſpreading glory flow'd,
Magnificently great, profuſely good,
RuTLAND, who ev'n his very {miles a feaſt,
Warm'd where he ſhin'd, and where he grac'd he bleſs'd.
Like old oraculous Dodona, found
Sure th' inſpir'd groves thy caſtle tow'rs ſurround, }
A grateful tongue his praiſcs to reſound.
Nay e'vn the neighbouring Trent his wat'ry head;
Amaz'd, upraiſing from his ſedgy bed,
Charm'd with the muſick of the echoing plains,
All pleas'd he ſaw the ſmiling nymphs and ſwains
Baſk in the ſun, or wanton in tlie ſhade, ,
The warmth or umbrage their great RuTt:AnD made;
And _— down from his own narrower ſhore,
On all the ſtreams his flowing urn could pour, }
1” Auguſta's wider ſtrand a tale of wonders bore.
All pleas'd, Auguſta heard that name reſound,
But ſigh'd to think her own whole proſpect round |
No match to ſuch unequal'd grandeur Land.
What heralds can exalted virtue want? |
Oblig'd mankind, all ſongs ſuch worth muſt chant ;
From heads of honour down to th' humble ſwain,
All join'd in the great RuTLAxÞD's homaging train.
The gracious ſmiles from that auſpicious brow
Cheer'd ev'n the labouring hind; and ſped the plough.
In duteous gratitude to their great lord,
Like the old Perſians to their Bright Ador'd;
Such the devoted hearts, and knees ſo true,
Their RuTLANnD's hoſpitable glory drew.
But whilſt his table and his heart ſo ſpread;
His warm magnificence his thouſands fed ;
No leſs was his providing care addreſs'd
To found and furnith his eternal feaſt,
For, oh! no hand Cer held the ſcales more ev'n
Betwixt an enjoy'd world and ſtudied Heay'n.
Riches, alas, no birdlime twigs could bring
To check his piety, but lent her wing ; |
No humbler knee, as his rich bleſſings flow'd,
More duteous payments made t' a lending Gop.
Nor vice nor vanity, thoſe waſteful peſts,
That bluſhleſs build too oft their harpy neſts
Within the nobleſt roofs, no entry found
To BELvork gates, all barr'd that hallow'd ground J
Here ſovereign Virtue ſat ſerenely crown'd.
Thou fall of Angels, Pride, hadit thou been driven,
Shame of both worlds, ſhut out from earth and heav'n
As far as from the RuTLANnD walls, nor there
Proud Lucifer, nor prouder Lewis here,
Had 'gainſt the univerſal peace conſpir'd.
No luſt of power. had then th' aſpirer fir'd ;
Nor had ambition's juſt avenging blow
There rous'd a Michael, here a Marlborough,
As ſuch his ſtrining life, that life reſign'd,
Death here no king of terrors, no, to find |
A ſick' ning body with his healthy mind,
Not daſh'd with fears, but all prepar d for joys,
He hangs out the white flag ev'n there where he deſtroys.
Th' undaunted RuTLAND thus his ſhaft outdar'd,
Ev'n to receive the blow his breaft he bar'd ;
Look'd up t eternity all eagle-ey d;
He in that nobleſt lift of Heroes dy'd.
2. Elegy on the Death of BrxipGtT Ducheſs of RUTLAND, 1734.
Heeres heredem, velut unda ſuperyenit undam.”
ROM earthly climes ſince lov'd Aſtrea 's flown,
F To ſeek her Father's ſhade in realms unknown,
he beſt fond partner of her hopes and fears,
Retires to Belvoir, and conceals his tears.
O ſacred ſhade ! from higher ſeats deſcend,
To ſooth the cares of huſband, father, friend.
When (like the ſwan) your dying notes were ſung,
And ſofteſt accents faulter'd on your tongue.
Young Granby, ſhock'd with parting ſcenes of woe,
Scorn'd life itſelf and ev'ry joy below.
Such empty vanities can pleaſe no more,
Can thoſe, alas ! his Mother's hreath reftore ?
Oh ! that, like Pope, my trembling pen could tell,
How much both vine and branch and fruit excell :
Strongly inſpir'd I'd tune the mournful tale,
Round Trenta's ſtreams, and Belyoir's weeping vale.
Thoſe ſtreams which erſt were ſwell'd with loyal blood,
And the bold force of civil rage withſtood !
When Newark's fiege ſpread valiant Sutton's name,
A-theme which ſtill employs the voice of fame.
But now the tim'rous river murmuring creeps,
By ſtately cuins down to Humber's deeps ;
Through iſles adjacent whiſp'ring as ſhe goes,
This ſad demiſe; the ſource of all her woes.
Condoling ſhores hence furniſh ſlaw relief ;
By war unconquer'd, yet o'erwhelm'd with grief.
O blaze of innocence | rob'd in beams of light |
Too ſoon conſum'd by burning faſt and bright,
If (as on earth amid the pleaſing ſound
Of muſick, a relieving pauſe is found)
5
The heavenly hymns an intermiſſion know,
Attend, bleſs'd Saint, thy lord's complaint below,
Whoſe tears ſhall ſtill bedew thy graceful urn,
Till join'd with thee above he leaves to mourn.
Learn, wond'ring man ! of low and high degree,
No pitch of virtue from the grave is free ;
Death ſtrikes (like thunder burſting from a cloud)
The humble valley and the mountain proud.
And lightning bolts aſſail the tow'rs which riſe,
Fearleſs approaching neareſt to the ſkies.
But Virtue's precepts all our cares controul,
And ev'n in fires and tempeſts calm the ſoul.
This taught the patient, ſecret pangs to bear,
When breathing, Farewell, lord and children dear!“
Singly engag'd with dangers, fee the brave
Laments, reſigning, whom he begs to ſave.
Thus he, who triumph'd o'er the ſanguine field,
Where legions fell, and vanquiſh'd nations yietd,
Bewail'd the world and empires vainly won ;
lags conqueſt, was the moſt undone.
Live, nobler Duke! compos'd in ſtorms of fate,
Where paſſive valour makes the hero great.
Drums and the pomp of war may cowards raiſe,
Buoy'd up with hope, and fill'd with empty praiſe,
True courage to ſupport the prize you've loſt,
Is more than he or Sweden's Hog could beaſt.
'T heſe ſaw their thouſands fall without one ſigh,
You fear not death, yet pity thoſe that die, 1
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APPEN
FrRaMLand Huxbit b.] BELVOIR GAS TI. E.
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The wonderful Diſcoverie of the Witchcrafts of MarGARET and PHILLIP FLOWER;
Daughters of Joan FLowER, neere BEVRR CASTLE; executed at Lincolne,
March 11, 1618; who were ſpecially arraigned and condemned before Sir
HENRY HoBART, and Sir EDWARD BRoOMLEY, Judges of Aſſiſe, for confeſſing
themſelves Actors in the Deſtruction of HENRY Lord Rossk, with their damnable
Practices againſt others the Children of the Right Llonourable Francis Earle
of RUTLAND.
Together with the ſeverall Examinations and Confeſſions of
ANNE BAKER, JOAN WILLIMOT, and ELLEN GREENE, Witches in Leiceſter-
ſhire “.
AFTER the right honourable Sir Francis Manners
ſucceeded his brother in the earledome of Rutland;
and ſo not onely tooke poſſeſſion of Beaver caſtle,
bur of all other his demearies, lordſhips, townes,
mannors, lands, and revennues, appropriate to the
ſame earledome ; hee proceeded ſo honourably in
the courſe of his life, as neither diſplacing tenants,
diſcharging ſervants, denying the acceſſe of the
poore, welcoming of ſtrangers, and performing all
the duties of a noble lord, that he faſtened as it
were unto himſelfe the love and good opinion of the
countrey, wherein he walked the more cheerefully
and remarkable, becauſe his honourable counteſſe
marched arme in arme with him in the ſame race;
ſo that Beaver caſtle was a continual pallace of en-
tertainment, and a daily receptacle for all ſorts both
rich and poore, eſpecially ſuch auncient people as
neighboured the ſame; amongſt whom one Joane
Flower, with her daughters Margaret and Phillip,
were not only relieved at the firſt from thence, but
quickly entertained as chair-women, and Margaret
admitted as a continuall dweller in the caſtle, looking
both to the poultrey abroad, and the waſh-houte
within dores; in which life they continued with
equall correſpondency, till ſomething was diſcovered
to the noble lady, which concerned the miſdemeanour
of theſe women. And although ſuch honourable per-
ſons ſhall not want of all forts of people either to bring
the newes, tales, reports, or to ſerve their turne in
all offices whatſoever ; ſo that it may well be ſaid of
them, as it is of great kings and princes, that they
have large hands, wide eares, and piercing ſights to
diſcover the unſwept corners of their remoteſt con-
fines, to reach even to their furtheſt borders, and to
underſtand the ſecrets of their meaneſt ſubjects ; yer
in this neither were they bulie-bodies, flatterers, ma-
licious polititians, underminers, nor ſupplanters one
of another's good fortune; but went ſimply to worke,
as regarding the honor of the earle and his lady,
and ſo by degrees gave light to their underſtanding to
apprehend their complaints. Firſt, that Joane Flower
the mother was a monſtrous malicious woman, full of
oaths, curſes, and imprecations irreligious, and for
any thing they ſaw by her a plain Atheiſt : beſides,
of late dayes her very countenance was eſtranged,
her eyes were fiery and hollow, her ſpeech fell and
envious, her demeanour ſtrange and exoticke, and
her converſation ſequeſtered ; ſo that the whole courſe
of her life gave great ſuſpition that ſhe was a noto-
rious witch; yea, ſome of her neighbours dared to
affirme that ſhe dealt with familiar ſpirits, and terti-
fied them all with curſes and threatning of revenge,
if there were never ſo little cauſe of diſpleaſure and
unkindneſſe. Concerning Margaret, that ſhee often
reſorted from the caſtle to her mother, bringing ſuch
proviſion as they thought was unbefitting for a ſer-
vant to purloyne, and coinming at ſuch unſeaſonable
houres, that they could not but conjeEture ſome miſ-
chiefe betweene them, and that their extraordinary
ryott and expences tended both to rob the lady, and
to maintaine certain deboiſt and baſe company which
frequented this Joane Flower's houſe the mother, and
eſpecially her youngeſt daughter. Concerning Phil-
lip, that ſhe was lewdly tranſported with the love of
one Th. , Simpſon, who preſumed to ſay, that ſhee
had bewitched him; for hee had no power to leave
her, and was, as he ſuppoſed, marvellouſly altered
both in minde and body, ſince her acquainted com-
pany : theſe complaints began many yeares before
either their convigtion or publique apprehenſion :
notwithſtanding, ſvch was the honour of this earle
and his lady; ſuch was the cunning of this mon-
ſtrous woman in obſervation towards them: ſuch was
the ſubtilty of the divell to bring his purpoſes to
paſſe ; ſuch was tne pleaſure of God to make tryall
of his ſervants; and ſuch was the effect of a damna-
ble woman's wit and malitious envy, that all things
were carried away in the ſmooth channell of liking
and good entertainment on every fide, . until the earle
by degrees conceived ſome miſlike againſt her; and
ſo, peradventure, eſtranged himielfe from that fami-
liarite and accuſtomed conferrences hee was wont to
have with her, untill one Peate offered her ſome
wrong ; againſt whom ſhe complained, but found
that my lord did not affect her clamours and mali-
cious information, untill one Mr. Vavaſor abandoned
her company, as either ſuſpicious of her lewd life, or
diſtaſted with his owne miſliking of ſuch baſe and
poore creatures, whom nobody loved but the carle's
houſhold ; untill! the counteſſe miſ-conceiving of her
daughter Margarer, and diſcovering ſome undecen-
cies both in her life and negle& of her buſineſſe,
diſcharged her from lying any more in the caſtle, yer
gave her 408. a bolfler, and a maitreſſe of wooll z
commanding her to go home, until the ſlackneſſe of
her repayring to the caſlle,. as ſhee was wont, did
turne her love and liking towards this honourable
earle and his family into hate and rancor: whereupon,
deſpighted to be ſo neglected, and exprobated by
her neighbours for her daughter's caſting out of
dores, aud other conceived diſpleaſures, ſhe grew paſt
all ſhame and womanhood, and many times curſed
them all that were the cauſe of this diſcontent, and
made her ſo loathſome ro her former familiar friends,
and beneficiall acquaintance.
When the divell perceived the inficious diſpoſition
of this wretch, and that ſhee and her daughters
might eaſily bee made inſtruments to enlarge his
kingdome, and bee as it were the executioners of his
vengeance, not caring whether it lighted upon in-
nacents or no, he came more neerer unto them, and
in plaine termes, to come quickly to the purpole, ot-
Their portraits, in wood, accompany the original publication, which was © printed at London, by G. Eld, for I. Barnes,
« dwelling in the Long Walke, neere Chriſt Church, 1619,” 4to.—The whole pamphlet is here preſerved, as a moſt
ſtriking proof of the then prevalent opinion on the ſubje& of Witchcraft, The examinations were taken by magiſtrates of the
firſt conſequence in the neighbourhood,
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fered them his ſervice; and that in ſuch a manner,
as they might eaſily command what they pleaſed : for
hee would atrend you in ſuch prety formes of- dog,
cat, or rat, that they ſhould neither be terrified, nor
any body elſe ſuſpicious of the matter. Upon this
they agree, and (as it ſhould ſceme) give away their
ſoules for the ſervice of ſuch ſpirits as he had pro-
miſed them; which filthy conditions were ratified
with abhomunable kiſſes, and an odious ſacrifice of
blood, not leaving out cert. ine charmes and conjura-
tions with which the divell deceived them, as though
nothing could be done without ceremony and a ſo-
lemnity of orderly ratification, By this time doth
Sathan triumph, and goeth away ſatisfied 40 have
caught ſuch fiſh in the net of his illuſions : by this
time are theſe women divvels incarnate, and grow
proud againe in their cunning and artificiall powet, to
do what miſchiefe they liſted, By this time they have
learnt the manner of inchantations, ſpells, and charmes.
By this time they kill what cattle they liſt, and, under
the covert of flattery and familiar entertainment,
keepe bidden the ſtinging ſerpent of mallice, and a
venomous inchnation 40 miſchiete. By this time is the
earle and his familie threatened, and muſt feele the
burthen of a terrible tempeſt, which by theſe wo-
men's divelith deviſes fell uppon him, he neither ſuſ-
ecting nor underſtanding the ſame. By this time
both himſelfe and his honourable counteſſe are many
times ſubject to ſickneſſe and extraordinary convul-
ſions; which they taking as gentle corrections from
the hand of God. ſubmit with quietneſſe to his mercy,
and ſtudy nothing more then to glorifie their Creator
in Heaven, and beare his crofles on earth.
At laſt, as mallice increaſed in theſe damnable wo-
men, ſo his family felt the ſmart of their revenge and
inficious diſpoſition ; for his eldeſt ſonne Henry lord
Roſſe ſickened very ſtrangely, and after awhile died;
his next, named Francis lord Roſſe accordingly, was
ſeverely tormented by them, and moſt barbarouſly
and inhumanely tortured by a ſtrange ſickneſſe; not
long after the lady Katherine was ſet upon by their
dangerous and divelliſh practiſes, and many times in
great danger of life, through extreame maladies and
unuſuall firs, nay (as it ſhould ſeeme, and they af-
terwards confeſſed) both the earle and his counteſſe
were brought into their ſnares, as they imagined,
and indeed determined to keepe them from having
any more children. Oh, unheard of wickedneſſe and
miſchievous damnation 1 Notwithſtanding all this, did
the noble earle attend his majeſty, both at Newmar-
ket before Chriſtmas, and at Chriſtmas at Whitehall,
bearing the loſſe of his children moſt nobly, and
little ſuſpecting that they had miſcarried by witch-
craft, or ſuch like inventions of the divell, untill it
pleaſed God to diſcover the villanovs practiſes of theſe
woemen, and to command the divell from executing
any further vengeance on innocents, but leave them
to their ſhames, and the handes of juſtice, thar they
might not onely be confounded for their villanous
practiſes, but remaine as a notorious example to all
ages of his judgment and fury, Thus were they ap-
prehended about Chriſtmas, and carried to Lincolne
jayle, after due examination, before ſufficient juſ-
tices of the peace, and diſcreete majeſtrates, who
wondted at their audacious wickedneſs. But Joane
Flower the mother, before her conviction (as they
ſay), called for bread and butter, and wiſhed it
might rever goe through her if ſhe were guilty of
that whereupon ſhe was examined; ſo, mumbling it
in her month, never ſpake more wordes. after, but
fell downe and dyed as ſhee was carried to Lincolne
goale, with a horrible excruciation of ſoule and body,
and was buried at Ancaſter,
When the earle heard of their apprehenſion, hee
haſted downe with his brother S* George, and ſome-
times examined them himſelfe, and ſometimes ſending
them to others; at laſt left them to the triall of law,
before the judges of aſſiſe at Lincolne; and fo they
were convicted of murther, and executed accordingly,
about the 11th of March, to the terror of all the be-
holders, and example of ſuch diſſolute and abhomina-
ble creatures. And becauſe you ſhall have both cauſe
to glorifie God for this diſcovery, and occaſion to
apprehend the ſtrangeneſſe of their lives, and truth
of their proceedings; I thought it both meete and
convenient to lay open their own examinations and
evidences againſt one another, with ſuch apparent
circumſtances, as doe not onely ſhew the cauſe of
their miſlike and diſtaſting azainſt the earle and his
family, but the manner of their proceedings and re-
venges, with other particulars belonging to the true
and plaine diſcovery of their villany and witchcraft.
The Examinations of ANNE BAKER, JOANE WILLIMOT, and ELLEN GREENE, as
| | followeth, &c.
The Examination of Anne Baker, of Bottesford, in
the County of Leiceſter, Spinſter, taken March 1,
1618, by the Right Honourable Francis Earle of
Rutland, Sir George Manners, Knight, two of his
Majeſtie's Juſtices of the Peace for the County of
Lincolne, and Samuel Fleming, Doctor of Divi-
nitie, one of his Majeſties Juſtices of the Peace
for the County of Leicelter aforeſaid.
- She ſaith, that there are foure colours of planets,
blacke, yellow, greene, and blew, and that blacke is
alwaies death; and that ſhee ſawe the blew plannet
ſtrike Thomas Fairebarne, the eldeſt ſonne unto
William Fairebarne, of Bottestord aforeſaid, by the
Pinfold there, within the which time the ſaid Wil-
liam Fairebarne did beat her and breake her head,
whereuppon the ſaid Thomas Fairebarne did mend ;
and, being aſked who did ſend the planet ? anſwered
it was not I, |
Further thee ſaith, that ſhee ſaw a hand appeare
unto her, und that ſhee heard a voyce in the ayre
ſaid unto her, Anne Baker ſave thyſelfe, for to-mor-
row thou and thy maiſter muſt be flaine; and the
next day her maiſter and ſhee vere in a cart together,
and ſuddainely ſhee ſaw a flaſh of fire, and ſaid her
prayers, and the fire went away, and ſhortly after a
crow came and picked upon her cloathes, and ſhee
ſaid her prayers againe, -and bad the crow go to
whom hee was ſent, and the crow went unto her
maiſter, and did beat him to death, and ſhee with
her prayers recovered him to life; but hee was ſicke
Gylle's houſe, her child being
a fortnight afrer, and ſaith, that if ſhee had not had
more knowiedge then her maiiter, both he and ſhee
and all the cattell had beene Qlaine.
Being examined concerning a childe of Anne Stan-
nidge, which ſhee was ſuſpected to have bewnched
to death, ſaith, the ſaid Anne Stannidge did deliver
her childe into her hands, and that ſhee did lay it
upon her ſkirt, but did no harme unto it; and being
charged by the mother of the childe, that upon the
burning of the haire, and the paring of the nailes of
the ſaid childe, the faid Anne Baker came in and
ſet her downe, and for one houre's ſpace coulde
ſpeake nothing, confeſſeth ſhee came into the houſe
of the ſaid Anne Stannidge in great paine, but did
not know of the burning of the haire and nailes of
the ſaid childe; but ſaith ſhe was fo ficke that ſhe did
not know whither ſhe went.
Being charged that ſhee bewitched Elizabeth
Hough, the wife of William Hough, to death, for
that ſhee angred her in giving her almes of her fe-
cond bread, confefleth that ſhe was angry with her,
and faid ſhe might have given her of her better
bread, for ſhe had gone too often on her ertands, but
more ſhe ſaith not.
This examinat confeſſeth that ſhee came ro Joane
ficke, and that ſhee
intreated this examinat to look on the child, and to
tell her whether it was forſpoken or no, and this exa-
minate ſaid it was forſpoken; but when the ſaid
child died ſhe cannot tell. i
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Frartt.and Howpard) B R LVOIR GAS TL E.
And being aſked concerning Nortley carrying of his
child home unto. his owne houſe, where the ſaid Ani
Baker was, thee aſked him, who gave the ſaid chili
that loafe, he told her Anthony Gill ; to whom this
examinate ſaid, hee might have had a child of his
owne if hee would have ſought in time for it ; which
words ſhee confeſſed ſhee did ſpeake.
Being blamed by Henry Milles in this fort : A fire
ſet on you! I have had two or three ill nights! To
whom ſhee made anſwere, You ſhould have let me
alone then!“ Which ſhee confeffeth. |
The ſaid Ann Baker, March 2, 1618, confeſſed,
before Samuel Fleming, doctor of divinitie, that,
about 3 yeares agoe, ſhee went into Northampton-
ſhire, and that at her comming back againe, one
Peake's wife and Dennis his wife, of Belvoyre, told
her that my young lord Henry was dead, and that
there was a glove of the ſaid lord buried in the
ground; and as that glove did rot and waſt, ſo did
„the liver of the ſaid lord rot and waſt,
Further ſhe ſaid, March 3, 1618, before S* George
Manners, knight, and Samuel Fleming, doctor of
divinity, that the hath a ſpirit which hath the ſhape
of a white dogge, which ſhee calleth her good ſpirit.
SAMUEL FLEMING, teſt,
The Examination of Joan Willimot, taken the 28 of.
February, in the 16 Yeare of the Raigne of our
Soveraigne Lord James, over England, King, &c.
and over Scotland the 52, before Alexander Am-
cotts, Eſquire, one of his Majeſties Juſtices of
the Peace of the ſaid Parts and County.
This Examinat faith, that Joane Flower told her
that my lord of Rutland had dealt badly with her,
and that they had put away her daughter, and that,
although ſhe could not have her will of my lord him-
ſelfe, yet ſhe had ſpied my lord's ſonne and had ſtricken
him to the heart. And ſhe faith, that my lord's ſonne
was ſtricken with a white ſpirit, and that ſhee can
cure ſome that ſend unto her, and that ſome reward
her for her paines, and of ſome ſhe taketh nothing.
She further ſaith, that upon Fryday night laſt, her
ſpirit came to her, and told her there was a bad wo-
man at Deeping, who had given her ſoule to the di-
yell ; and that her ſaid ſpirit did then appeare unto
her in a more ugly forme than it had formerly done,
and that it urged her much to give it ſomething, al-
though it were but a peece of her girdle, and rold her
that it had taken great paines for her ; but ſhe ſaith
that ſhe would give it nothing, and told it that ſhe
had ſent it to no place but onely to ſee how my lord
Roſſe did, and that her ſpirit told her that he ſhould
doe well.
The Examination of the ſaid Joan Willimot, taken
the ſecond Day of March, in the Yeare abovelaid,
before the ſaid Alexander Amcotts.
This examinate ſaith, that ſhee hath a ſpirit which
ſhe calleth Preity, which was given unto her by
William Berry, of Langholme, in Rutlandſhire, whom
ſhe ſerved three yeares; and that her maſter, when
hee gave it unto her, willed her to open her mouth,
and he did blow into her mouth; and that preſently
after his blowing, there came out of her mouth a
ſpirit, which ſtood upon the ground in the ſhape and
forme of a woman, whiche ſpirit did aſke of her her
ſoule, which ſhee then promiſed unto it, being willed
thereunto by her maſter. Shee further confeſſeth,
that ſhee never hurt any body, but did helpe divers
that ſent for her, which were ſtricken or foreſpoken;
and that her ſpirit came weekely to her, and would
tell her of divers perſons that were ſtricken and fore-
ſpoken. And ſhee faith, that the uſe which ſhee had
of the ſpirit, was to know how thoſe did which ſhee
had undertaken to amend ; and that ſhee did helpe
them by certaine prayers which ſhe uſed, and not b
her owne ſpirit ; neyther did ſhe imploy her ſpirit
in any thing, but onely to bring word how thoſe did
which ſhe had undertaken to cure. |
And ſhee further ſaith, that her ſpirit came unto
her this laſt night (as ſhe thought) in the forme of a
woman, mumbling, but ſhe could not underſtand
what it ſaid. And being aſked whether ſhee were
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not iti a dreamè or flambet hen ſhee thought ſhee ſaw
it, hee ſaid no, and that ſhe was as waking as at this
preſent. ALEXA N DIR AMCOTTS,
Tromas ROBINSON, teſt.
The Exaninatlon of Joaue Willimot, of Goadby, in
the County of Leiceſter, Widdow, taken the 17
of March, 1618, by Sir Henry Haſtings; Knight,
and Samuel Fleming, Doctor of Divinitic; two of
his Majeſties Juſtices of the Peace of the ſaid
County of Leiceſter;
She faith, that the tould one Cooke's wife, of
Stathorne, in the ſaid county, labourer, that John
Patchett might have had his child alive, if he would
have ſought forth for it in time, and if it were not
death-ſtricken in her wayes, and that Patchet's wife
had an evill thing within her, which ſhould: make
an end of her, and that ſhe knew her by her girdle.
She ſaith further, that Gamaliel Greete, of Wal-
tham, in the ſaid county, ſhepheard, had a ſpitit like
a white mouſe put into him in his ſwearing ; and that
if hee did looke upon any thing with an intent to
hurt it, it ſhould be hurt, and that he had a marke
on his left arme, which was cut away ; and that her
owne ſpirit did tell her all this before it went from her.
Further ſhe faith, that Joane Flower, Margaret
Flower, and ſhee, did mett about a weeke before
Joane Flower's apprehenſion in Blackborrow-hill, and
from thence home to the ſaid Joan Flower's houſe;
and there ſhe ſaw two ſpirits, one like a rat, and the
other like an owle; and one of them did ſuck under
her right eare, as {hee thought; and the ſaid Joan
told her, that her ſpirits did ſay that ſhee ſhould
neyther be hanged nor burnt.
Further ſhe Nth, that the ſaid Joan Flower did
take up ſome earth and ſpet upon ir, and did worke
it with her finger, and put it up into her purſe, and
ſaid, though ſhee could not hurt the Lord himſelfe,
yet ſhe had ſped his ſonne, which is dead.
H. HAasTixGs, SAMUEL FLEMING.
The Examination of Ellen Greene, of Stathorne, in
the County of Leiceſter, taken the 17 of March,
1618, by Sir Henry Haſtings, Knight, and Sa-
muel Fleming, D. of Divinitie, two of his Majeſ-
ties Juſtices of the Peace of the ſaid County.
Shee faith, that one Joan Willimot, of Goadby,
came about ſixe yeares ſince to her in the Wowlds,
and perſwaded this examinate to forſake God, and
betake her to the divel, and ſhe would give her two
ſpirits, to which ſhee gave her conſent, and therupon
the ſaid Joan Willimot called two ſpirits, one in the
likeneſſe of a kitlin, and the other of a moldiwarp ;
the firſt the ſaid Willimot called puſſe, the other He,
hiffe, and they preſently came to her, and ſhe de-
parting left them with this examinate, and they leapt
on her ſhoulder, and the kitlin ſuckt under her right
care on her neck, and the moldiwarp on the left fide
in the like place. After they had ſuckt her, ſhe
ſent the kitlin to a baker of that rowne, whoſe name
ſhee remembers not, who had called her a witch and
ſtricken her, and bad her ſaid ſpirit goe and bewitch
him to death : the moldiwarpe ſhee then bad go to
Anne Dawſe of the ſame towne and bewitch her to
death, becauſe ſhe called this examinate witch, whore,
jade, &c. and within one fortnight after they both dyed.
And further this examinate ſaith, that ſhe ſent
both her ſpirits to Stoneſby, to one Williſon, a huſ-
bandman, and Robert Williman, a huſbandman's
ſonne, and bad the kitlin goe ro Williſon and bewitch
him to death, and the moldiwarp to the other and
bewitch him to death, which they did; and within
tenne dayes dyed. Theſe foure were bewitched
while this examinate dwelt at Waltham aforeſaid.
About three years ſince, this examinate removed
thence to Stathorne, where ſhe now dwelt. Upon a
difference berweene the ſaid Willimot and the wife of
John Patchett, of the ſaid Stathorne, yeoman, ſhee
the ſaid Willimot called her this examinate to goe
and touch the ſaid John Patchet's wife and her
childe, which ſhee did, touching the ſaid John
Patchet's wife in her bed, and the childe in the
gtace · wife's armes, and then ſent her ſaid ſpirits to
ö bewitch
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bewitch them to death, which they did, and ſo the
woman lay languiſhing by the ſpace of a moneth and
more, for then ſhee dyed ; the childe dyed the next
day after ſhe touched it. ES
And the further faith, that the ſaid Joane Willi-
mot had a ſpirit ſucking on her under the left flanke,
in the likenefſe of a little white dogge, which this
examinate faith that ſhe ſaw the ſame ſucking in bar-
ley-harveſt laſt, being then at the houſe of the ſaid
| Joane Willimor. |
And for herſelfe, this examinate further faith,
that ſhee gave her ſoule to the divell, to have theſe
ſpirits at her command; for a coufirfnation whereof
ſhe ſuffered them to ſuck her alwayes, as aforeſaid,
about the change and full of the moone.
H. HasTINGs, SAMUEL FLEMING.
The Examination of Phillip Flower, Siſter of Mar-
garet Flower, and Daughter of Joane Flower,
before Sir William Pelham, and Mr. Butler, juſ-
tices of the Peace, Febr. 4, 1618, which was
brought in at the Aſſizes as Evidence againſt her
Siſter Margatet.
She faith, that her mother and her fiſter maliced
the carle of Rutland, his counteſſe, and their chil-
dren, becauſe her fiſter Margaret was put out of rhe
ladies ſervice of laundry, and exempted from the
other ſervices about the houſe, whereupon her ſaid
ſiſter, by the commandement of her mother, brought
from the caſtle the right-hand glove of the lord
Henry Roſſe, which ſhe delivered to her mother,
who preſently rubd it on the back of her ſpirit Rutter-
kin, and then put it into the boyling water ; afterward
ſhee pricked it often, and buried it in the yard, with-
ing the lord Roſſe might never thrive ; and ſo her
ſiſter Margaret continued with her mother, where
ſhee often ſaw the cat Rutterkin leape on her ſhoulder
and ſucke her necke.
Shee further confeſſed, that ſhee heard her mo-
ther often curſe the earle and his lady, and thereupon
would boyle feathers and blood together, uſing many
divelliſh. ſpeeches and ſtrange geſtures.
The Examination of Margaret Flower, Siſter of
Phillip Flower, &c. about the 22d of January,
1618, |
She ſaith and confeſſeth, that aboute foure or five
years ſince her mother ſent her for the right-hand
glove of Henry lord Roſſe, afterward that her mother
bade her goe againe into the caſtle of Beaver, and
bring downe the glove, or ſome other thinge of
Henry lord Roſſe; and ſhee aſkt, What to doe? Her
mother replyed, To hurt my lord Roſſe. Whereupon
ſhee brought downe a glove, and delivered the ſame
to her mother, who ſtroked Rutterkin her cat with
it after it was dipt in hot water, and fo prickt it of-
ten; after which Henry lord Roſſe fell ſicke within a
weeke, and was much tormented with the ſame.
She further faith, that finding a glave about two
or three years ſince of Francis lord Roſſe, on a dung-
hill, ſhe delivered it to her mother, who put it into
hot water, and after tooke it out and rubd it on Rut-
terkin the cat, and bad him goe upwerds; and after
her mother buried it in the yard, and ſaid, A miſchiefe
light on him, but he will mind againe.
Sbee further ſaith, that her mother and ſhee, and
her ſiſter, agrecd together to bewitch the earle and
his lady, that they might have no more children; and
being demanded the cauſe of this their mallice and
ili will, ſhee faith, that aboute foure years ſince the
tounteſſe (growing into ſome miſlike with her) gave
her forty ſhillings, a bolſter, and a mattreſſe, and
bad her lye at home, and come no more to dwell
at the caſtle ; which ſhee not onely tooke in ill part,
but grudged at it exceedingly, ſwearing in her heart
to be revenged. After this, her mother complained
to the earle againſt one Peake, who had offered her
ſome wrong, wherein ſhe conceived that the earle
tooke not her part as ſhe expected; which diſlike,
with the reſt, exaſperated her diſpleaſure againſt
him, and ſo the watched an opportunity to be re-
venged ; whereupon ſhe rooke wooll out of the ſaid
mattreſſe, and a paire of gloves, which were given
her by Mr. Vavaſor, and put them into warme wa-
ter, mingling them with ſome blood, and ſtirring it
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together ; then ſhe tooke the wooll and gloves out of
the water, and rubd them on the belly of Rutterkin
her cat, ſaying, The lord and the lady ſhould have
more children, but it would be long fir deaf
Shee further confeſſeth, that, by her mother's
commandement, ſhee brought to her a peece of a
handkercher of the lady Katherine the earle's daugh-
ther, and her mother put it into hot water, and then
taking it out rubd it on Rutterkin, bidding him flye,
and go; whereupon Rutterkin whined and cryed mew;
whereupon ſhee ſaid, that Rutterkin had no power
over the lady Katherine to hurt her.
The Examination of Phillip Flower, the 25 of Fe-
bruary, 1618, before Francis Earle of Rutland,
Francis Lord Willoughby of Erſby, Sir George
Manners, and Sir William Pelham.
Shee confeffeth and ſaith, that ſhee hath a ſpirit
ſucking on her in the forme of a white rat, which
keepeth her left breaſt, and hath ſo done for three
or foure yearesz and, concerning the agreement be-
twixt the ſpirit and herſelfe, ſhe confeſſeth and faith,
that when it came firſt unto her, ſhee gave her ſoule
to it, and it promiſed to do her good, and cauſe
Thomas Simpſon to love her, if ſhee would ſuffer
it to ſucke her, which ſhee agreed unto ; and fo the
laſt time it ſuckt was on Tuelday at night, the 23d
of February.
The Examination of Margaret Flower, at the fame
Time, &c.
Shee confeſſeth, thay ſhe hath two familiar ſpirits
ſucking on her, the one white, the other black-ſpor-
ted ; the white ſucked under her left breſt, and the
blacke-ſpotred within the inward parts of her ſecrets.
When ſhee firſt entertained them, thee promiſed them
her ſoule, and they covenanted to doe all things
which ſhe commanded them, &c.
Shee further faith, that about the 30 of January
laſt paſt, being Saturday, foure divells appeared unto
her in Lincolne gayle, at eleaven or twelve a clocke
at midnight: the one ſtood at her feete, with a
blacke head like an ape, and ſpake - unto her, but
what ſhe cannot well remember, at which ſhee was
very angry, becauſe hee would ſpeake no plainer, or
let her underſtand his meaning ; the other three were
Rutterkin, Little Robin, and Spirit; but ſhee never
miſtruſted them, nor ſuſpected herfelfe, till then.
There is another Examination of the ſaid Margaret
Flower, taken the fourth of February, 1618,
tending to this Effect:
That, being aſked what ſhee knoweth concerning
the bewitching of the earle of Rutland, his wife, and
children, ſhee ſaith, that it is true, that herſelfe, her
mother, and fiſter, were all diſpleaſed with him,
eſpecially with the Counteſſe, for turning her out of
ſervice, whereuppon ſome foure yeare fince her mo-
ther commanded her to goe up to caſtle, and bring
her the right-hand glove of the lord Henry Roſſe,
the earle's eldeſt ſonne ; which glove ſhe found on
the ruſhes in the nurcery, and delivered the ſame to
her mother, who put it into hot water, prickt it often
with her knife, then tooke it out of the water, and
rubd it upon Rutterkin, bidding him height and
goe, and doe ſome hurt to Henry Lord Roſſe;
whereupon hee fell ſicke, and ſhortly after dyed,
which her mother hearing of ſaid it was well; but
after ſhe had rubd the glove on the ſpirit Rutterkin,
ſhe threw it into the fire and burnt it, &c,
Theſe examinations, and ſome others, were taken
and charily preſerved for the continuing of ſufficient
evidences againſt them z and when the judges of aſſiſe
came downe to Lincolne about the firlt weeke of
Marche, being Sir Henry Hobert, lord chiefe juſ-
tice of the common pleas, and Sir Ed. Bromley, one
of the barons. of the exchequer, they were preſented
unto them, who not only wondred at the wickedneſs
of theſe perſons, but were amazed at their practiles
and contracts with the divel to damne their own
ſoules; and although the right honourable earle had
ſufficient griefe for the loſſe of his children, yet, no
doubt, it was the greater to conſider the manner and
how it pleaſed God to inflit on them ſuch a faſhion
of viſitation ! |
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X.
Foundation of CHñAxTRIES, &c. by the Ross Family, at S12Tzore, BorrEsrox p, Sr. PAur's, and Pl VAsTEKD E.
1. Bull of Pope Adrian IV, addreſſed, about 1160,
to the monks of Retford *, relative to a diſpute on
tithes between them and the monks of Belvoir.
Adrianus* eps, ſervus ſervorum Dei, dilectis filiis mo-
nachis de Retford, ſalutem & apticam benedictionem.
Cauſam que inter vos et dilectos filios nfos monachos
de Belver, ſup decimis de Bradeleia, de Solcefort, de
Melve, & de Seleham decimis agitata eſt, venerabilib?
fribus dris, T. Cantuarien' archiepo, & R. London' 4
epo, comilimus audiendam, &, omi appellatione ceſ-
ſante, fine congruo terminandam. Quocirca per aptica
nobis ſcripta mandamus, quatinus cum ab eis propter
hoc fueritis evocati, eorum preſentiam adeatis, & quod
ipſi exinde inter vos judicaverint ſuſcipiatis firmiter &
ſervetis. Dat' Venecienti, K Maii 5,
2. Carta Willielmi de Ros, domini de Hamelake, do-
nationem Simonis de Sibthorpe, de diverſis terris
& tenementis in Orſton & Staunton, in com? Nott',
in augmentum cantarie ex fundatione D. Thome
de Sibthorpe, in capella B, Marie de Sibthorpe,
confirmans®; 1351. |
Omnibus ad quos preſens ſcriptum indentatum per-
yenerit, Willielmus de Ros, dominus de Hamelak,
falutem in Domino. Sciatis quod, cum Willielmus
de Ros de Hamelake, avus meus, cujus heres ego
ſum, die Martis proximo ante feſtum Annunciationis
B. Marie, anno regni regis Edwardi filii regis Ed-
warei octo 1314 ], per ſcriptum ſuum cirographatum,
conceſſerit Simoni de Sibthorpe, quod ipſe dare poſſet
unum meſſuagium & duas bovatas terre, cum perti-
nentiis, quas ipſe Simon tenuit de ipſo Wilhelmo
in Orſton, que quondam fuerunt Randulphi filii Si-
monis de Orſton, & unum meſſuagium & unam bova-
tam terre que dictus Simon tenuit de feodo dicti Wil-
lielmi in Staunton, ad quandam cantariam, pro ani-
mabus dicti Simonis & anteceſſorum ſuorum perpetuo
faciendam ; & dictus Willielmus remiſiſſet & quietè
clamaſſer, pro ſe & heredibus ſuis, diſto Simoni &
heredibus ſuis, & quibuſcunque aliis extunc dicta
tenementa tenentibus, omnia ſervicia generalia & ſpe-
cialia, conſuetudines, actiones, & demandas, que dicto
Willielmo vel heredibus ſuis de dictis tenementis per-
tinerunt, vel alio modo pertinere potuere imperpe-
tuum; & predictus Simon conceſſit, pro ſe & here-
dibus ſuis, facere & ſolvere annuatim dicto Williel-
mo, & heredibus ſuis, omnia ſervicia generalia & ipe-
cialia, conſuetudines, actiones, & demandas, que dio
Willielmo vel heredibus ſuis de dictis tenementis pet-
tinerunt, vel alio modo pertinere poterunt inperpe-
tuum; & predictus Simon conceſſit, pro ſe & here-
dibus ſuis, facere & ſolvere annuatim, dicto Willielmo
& heredibus ſuis, omnia ſervicia generalia & ſpecialia,
conſuetudines, & demandas, de aliis tenementis ipſius
Simonis in Orſton & Staunton, que idem Simon vel
anteceſſores ſui ante diem confectionis predicti ſeripti
chirographati, de omnibus tenementis ſuis in predictis
villis de Orſton & Staunton extunc onerarentur,
diſtrictioni predicti Willielmi, & heredum ſuorum, pro
omnibus ſerviciis que predictus Simon vel anteceſſo—
res ſui prius facere conſueverunt (prout in predicto
ſcripto indentato plenius continetur): ac predictus
Simon, pro eo quod licentiam domini regis in bac
parte non habuit, predicta tenementa cuidam Johanni
filio ſuo juniori, intentione predictà, dedit & conceſſitꝰ:
& idem Johannes, pro eo quod licentiam de difto D.
rege adtunc optiuere non potuit, eadem tenementa
cum pertinentiis cuidam domino Thome de Sibthorpe,
perſone eccleſie de Bekingham, fundatori capelle B.
Marie de Sibethorp & cantarie in eadem, intentione
ſupradictà, dedit & conceſſit: nos dictus Willielmus,
ob ſpecialem affęctionem quam ad dictam beatam &
lorioſam Virginem Mariam, Dei & Domini noftri
heſu Chriſti genitricem, necnon ad divini cultiis aug-
mentum, gerimus & habemus, volentes conceſſionem
dicti avi noſtri effectu debito mancipari, conceſſimus
& licentiam dedimus, pro nobis & heredibus noſtris,
22 in nobis eſt, prefato D. Thome & heredibus
uis, quod ipſi predicta meſſuagium & unam bovatam
terre, cum pertinentiis, in predictà villa de Staunton
(que ſunt parcella de predictis tenementis in predicto
{cripto predicti avi noſtri contentis), dare poſſit &
aſſignare cuſtodi predicte capelle B. Marie de · Sib-
thorpe, habenda & tenenda ſibi & ſuccefloribus ſuis,
pro divinis in capella predictà inperpetuum cele-
brandis, ſtatuto de terris & tenementis ad manum
mortuam non ponendis edito, aut aliis quibuſcunque
in contrarium editis, non obſtantibus ; ſalvis ſemper
nobis & heredibus noſtris quibuſcunque ſerviciis ge-
neralibus & ſpecialibus debitis de predictis tenementis
in Staunton, & omnibus aliis tenementis in Orſton,
in predicto ſcripto avi noſtri predicti contentis, per
manus heredum predicti Simonis, juxta vim, formam,
& effectum predicti ſcripti indentati, nobis & here
dibus noſtris inperpetuum faciendis, ut eſt dictum;
volentes & concedentes, pro nobis & heredibus noſtris,
quod predictus cuſtos & ſucceſſores ſui imperpetuum
habeant & teneant predicta meſſuagium & bovatam
terre in Staunton, quieta, libera, ſoluta, & exonerata
de qui buſcunque ſerviciis & conſuetudinibus, in puram
& perpetuam eleemoſinam. In cujus rei teſtimonium
uni parti hujus ſeripti indendati penes eundem cuſto-
dem remanenri predictus Willielmus ſigillum ſuum *
appoſuit, & idem cuſtos alteri parti ejuſdem ſeripti
penes predictum Willielmum reponenti ſigillum ſuum
appoſuit. Datum xi die Februarii, anno regni regis
Edwardi III. a Conqueſtu xxv“.
3. Licentia Thome domini de Ros, Johanni Codyng-
ton & Johanni Bauland, ad fundandum cantariam
in egeleſiã parochiali de Botelesford, in com' Leic';
ſtatuto regis de terris ad manum mortuam non po-
nendis edito non obſtante 9; 1359-60.
Omnibus Chriſti fidelibus preſens ſcriptum vi-
ſuris vel audituris, Thomas de Ros, dominus caſtri &
manerii de Beauver, ſalutem in Domino. Sciatis quod,
cum ad pium propoſitum & bene ordinatum divina
obſequia delatandi fit meritorium opem ferre; & nobis
Johannes de Codvngrton, rector eccleſie de Botteles-
ford, & Johannes Bauland capellanus, pià devotione
ducti, proponant unum meſſuagium, duo tofta, qua-
tuor bovatas terre, cum pertinentiis, in Bottlesford
(que de nobis tenentur), cuidam capellano, divina ſin-
gulis diebus in eccleſia ejuſdem ville de Botelestord *'*
(pro ſalubri ſtatu noſtro & Walteri Payn de Boteles-
ford, & parentum & amicorum noſtrorum, dum vix-
erimus, & pro animabus noſtris cum ab hic luce
migiaverimus, & animabus omnium fidclium de-
functorum, juxta ordinationem prefati Walteri inde
faciendum) celebraturo imperpetuum, dare & aſſig-
nare, nobis ſupplicantes ut ad hoc noſtram prebere
velimus licentiam & aſſenſum: Nos, intuitu boni ſer-
vicii ipſius Walteri nobis impenſi, contemplationeque
ſupplicantium, & ut tanti pii operis ſimus participes,
I This religious houſe was ſituated at Radford, near Workſop, in Nottinghamſhire; and is generally called Workſop priory.
Theſe tithes are not noticed ia Dugdale, Mon. Angl. vol, II. p. 50; nor in Tanner's Notitia,
* Pope Adrian IV. enjoyed the ice of Rome from 1159 to 1181.
3 'Theobaid, who had been abbot of Bec, was archbiſhop of Canterbury, 1138—1162,
* Richard B:aumis II, biſhop of London 1152—1 162,
See the ſuperſcription of this deed, plate XXXVI, p. 150.
* Peck, MS. 4938 ; ex ipſa originali carta pergam. penes Job. Staunton Charlton, arm. June 14, 1733.
| This deed will in ſome degree illuſtrate the pedigree of the Sibthorpe family; concerning which Dr, Thoroton expreſſes
| ſome doubts, in his Hiſtory of Nottinghamſhire, p. 170.
9 Peck. MSS. 4938, from the original at Belyoir,
Vol. I. ArreNp. *
The ſeal is loſt.
* See this ſeal under the Hiſtory of Belvoir, plate XII. p. 35.
See under the pariſh of Bottes ford, p. 88.
1 con-
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% APPENDIX To ras HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE.
conceſhonem & licentiam dedimus, pro nobis & here-
dibus noſtris, eiſdem Johanni & Johanni, quod ipſi
tenementa predicta cum pertinentiis dare poſſint &
aſſignare capellano hujuſmodi divina celebraturo, in
forma predictà, in eccleſia memoratà, ju xta ordinati-
onem ptedictam, quieta ab omni ſervicio ſeculari no-
bis vel neredibus noſtris inde preſtandum aut facien-
dum imperpetuum; & eidem capellano, quod ipfe
eadem tenementa a prefatis Johanne & Johanne reci-
pere poſſit & tenere, ſibi & ſuceeſſoribus ſuis, divina
quolibet die in eccleſi predictà, pro ſalubri ſtatu &
animabus predictis, juxta eandem ordinationem cele-
braturis, abſque impedimento ſev impetitione noſtri
vel heredum noſtrorum quorumcunque imperpetuum,
tenore preſencium, ſimiliter hcentiam dedimus ſpecia-
lem, ſtatuto regis de terris & tenementis ad manum
mortuam non ponendis edito, vel aliqua ordinatione in
contrarium factà, non obſtantibus. In cujus rei teſtimo-
nium preſentibus ſigiilum noſtrum appoſuimus . Hiis
teſtibus: Johanne Charnels, Johanne Mounfichet, Wil-
lielwo de Wymbith, Simone de Stoke, Johanne Lu-
cet, Rogero Woode, & aliis. Datum in caſtro noſtro
predicto, duodecimo die Januarii, anno Domini 13 59,
& anno regni domini noſtri Edwardi illuſtris Anglie
32, & Francie 19.
4. Data a Thoma domino de Nos, Johanni Codyngton
& johanni Bauland, licentia ad fundandam canta-
riam in ecclefia parochiali de Borelesford, cum
clauſula illà notabili, ** ſtatuto regis de terris ad
manum mortuam non ponendis edito non obſtante”
(prout ſupra), inter recordos in Turre Londonenſi
ſequentem tamen de ipſiſſimis terris invenimus :
Juratores dicunt quod non eſt ad dampnum domini
regis, nec aliorum, fi dominus rex concedat Johanni
de Colyngton, perſone eccleſie de Borelesford, &
Johannis Bauland, capetlano, quod ipfi unum meſſua-
gium, duo tofra, quatuor bovatas terre, & quatuor-
decim acras prati & dimidiam, cum pertinentiis, in
Botelesford, dare poſſint cuidam capellano in ecclefia
arochiali de Botclesford. Et tenentur de Thoma de
os de Hamlak, ut de mancrio ſuo de Belvero, per
ſervicium militare, & per ſervicium 25, per annum,
& ſectam ad curiam de tribus in tres. Et Thomas
Ros tenet dictum manerium de domino rege in capite.
Et remanebunt diverſa tenementa ad valorem 408. que
tenentur de difto domino Thoma Ros, per ſervicium
25. per annum.
5. Carta Johannis de Codyngton & Johannis de Bau-
land, de fundatione cantarie ad altare B. Petri, pro
eorum & Walteri Payn animabus, necnon de nomi-
nation? cantariſte, de divinis officiis ibidem utendis,
& de vita & juramento prefati incumbentis 3,
Univerfis sce Matris eccleſie filiis infraſeriptam or-
dinationem viſuris vel audituris, Johannes de Codyng-
ton, clericus, & Johannes de Bauland, capellanus,
ſalutem in eo à quo pervenit vera ſalus. Dum curſum
labentis ſeculi quilibet Chriſtianus oculo cordis inte-
riori advertit, & quomodo ſtatus humane fragilitatis
ſub perpetno motu conſiſtit, omniaque mundana cor-
ruptione nature viſibiliter tendunt ad non eſſe; procul-
dubio deberet totis viribus vigilare ut plenius dulce-
dine, ineftabili aſfluens pietate, Chriſtus Dei Altiſſimi
Filius, per oblationem facrificii placabilis in altari &
alia voroinationum devota fuffragia facilius mitigatus
tue piiſhme miſe recorilie recordatur, & peccatori qui
nondum bene meruit gratiam de hiis que in preſenti
ſe culo commiſit veniam & requiem largiatur eternam:
Nos predifti Johannes & Johannes, hoc interioris
indicii ex animo folicite contiderantes, & volentes,
de bonis temporalibus que nobis in hoc mundo con-
ceſſit omnium Largitor, unam cantariam, in ecclefia
parochiali de Botlesford, pro ſalubri ſtatu noſtro, &
Walteri Payn, dum in rebus agentes fuerimus hu-
manis, & pro animabis noſtris cum debitum ſolve-
rimus humane nature, necnon pro animabus patrum,
matrum, fratrum, ſororum, parentum, benefaorum,
| The ſeal is loſt,
& omnium fidelium functorum, fundare ſufficienter
& donare, de licentia excellentiſſimi principis D.
noſtri Edwardi rex Anglie illuſtris, cantariam illam
fundimus, perpetuo duraturam. Et volumus & ordi-
namus, quod fit unus capellanus bone converſationis
& honeſte in eccleſi predictà, qui ad altare B. Petri,
in eccleſid illà, ſingulis diebus celebrabit pro ſtatu &
animabus predictis; ad cujus ſuſtentationem, & onera
dicte cantarie incumbentia, eidem & ejus ſucceflori-
bus, tenementa & redditus infraſcripta damus &
aſſignamus per preſentes, in perpetuum poſſidendum,
que hiis propriis duximus exprimendum vocabulis, viz.
* unum meſſuagium, duo tofta, quatuor bovatas terre,
& quatuordecim acras prati & dimidiam, cum perti-
nentiis, in Botelesford ;” & plura tenementa (ultra jam
data) cum tempus advenerit oportunum, in uberio-
rem ſuſtentationem prefati capellani ſibi dare & con-
cedere, Domino annuante, proponimus. Et volumus
& ordinamus quod Walterus Payn de Botelesford,
quamdiu vitam duxerit in humanis, dictum capella-
num idoneum ad cantariam predictam rectori eccleſie
dicte ville nominet & ordinet, prout ei videbitur me-
lius expedire. Poſt obitum verd ipſius Walteri, vo-
lumus & ordinamus quod heredes ejuſdem Walteri
ad dictam cantariam, quotiens ipſam vacare contige-
rit, de uno capellano idoneo provideant & diſponant :
Er, fi infra menſem a tempore vacationis ejuſdem de
uno capellano pro dia cantaria non ordinaverint, ſed
ipſam negligenter fore vacuam permiſerint, extunc
proviſo & ordinatio, ea vice, ad priorem de Beauver
qui pro tempore fuerit eo ipſo devolvatur. Si vero
dictus prior infra aliam menſem dicte cantarie de uno
capellano ſufficiente non providerit, tune nominatio
& diſpoſitio dicti capellani ad capitulum eccleſie Lin-
colnie pertineat e vice. Item volumus & ordinamus,
quod diftus capellanus ſingulis diebus ſervicium
ſuum divinum dicat ſecundum uſum & conſuetudinem
eccleſie Sarum in boris & miſhs, exceptis diebus
Lune, Mercurii, & Veneris, quibus volumus & ordi-
namus quod ipſe capellanus pro fidelibus defunctis
celebret officium de Requie, nifi his diebus fic exceptis
aliquod feſtum ſolemne advenerit de quo celebrare
voluerit. Sed volumus quod eodem die folemni unam
collectam pro animabus ſibi injunctis habeat ſpecia-
lem. Volumus etiam & ordinamus, quod omni die,
ceſſante legitimo impedimento, dicat Placebo & Dirige,
ſecundum conſuetudinem ecclefie ſupradicte. Item
volumus & ordinamus, quod quilibet capellanus ad
dictam cantariam admittendus adminiſtret ſingulis
diebus dominicis & feſtivis, in choro dicte eccleſie,
dum ibidem divina officia celebrantur, ſuum laborem
& auxilium, cum aliis ejuſdem chori devotius impen-
dendo, niſi per patronum ſeu aliter fuerit legitimè
impeditus. Volumus inſuper & ordinamus quod
dictus capellanus non fit exercitator tabernarum, luc-
tarum, aut aliorum ſpectaculorum, nec incontinens,
ſed bone converſationis & honeſte, prout dictant ca-
nonice ſanctiones. Et quod dictus capellanus, in prima
admiſſione ſua ad cantariam ſuam, de obſervando in
preſenti ordinatione contenta, & quod nulla jura five
poſſeſſiones dictam cantariam concernentia alienave-
rit, ſed ea pro viribus ſuis integraliter ſervabit, coram
rectore eccleſie de Bottesford, ſeu ejus procuratore,
juramentum preſtet corporale. In cujus rei teſtimo-
rium, preſenti ordinationi ſigilla noſtra appoſuimus ..
Dat' quinto die Decembris, anno regni regis Edwardi
tertii poſt Conqueſtum quadrageſimo primo.
6. Licentia regis Edwardi Tertii, Henrici de Codyng-
ton, perſone de Botelesford, ut ipſe unum meſſua-
ium, 2 bovatas terre, & 10 acras prati, in Boteles-
ord, dare poſſit Johannis de Bauland, capellano
cantarie B. Marie & S. Johannis Evangeliſte in
ecclefia parochiali ibidem, & ſucceſſoribus ſuis 5.
Juratores dicunt quod non eſt ad dampnum, fi rex
concedat Henrico de Codyngton, perſone eccleſie de
Botelesford, quod ipſe unum meſſuagium, 2 bovatas
terte, & 10 acras prati, cum pertinentiis, in Boteles-
* Peck, MSS. 4938 ; ex Inq, ad quod dampn. 35 Edw. III. 1361. N* 22. Leic,
3 Peck, ibid.; e codice MS. penes nobilifl, ducem de Rutland, Apr. 19, 1731; ac etiam ex ipſa originali carta pergamenica
penes eundem nobiliſſ' ducem, Jan. 20, 1731 2.
* The ſeals are loſt,
* Inquifitio ad quod dampnum, 26 Junii, 47 Edw. III. 1373. u. 78. The king's licenſe, for which John de Bauland paid
199 (hillings, bears date the ſame day, and may be ſeen in Peck's MSS, 4938.
ford,
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APPENDIX To ru HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE. 75
ford, dare poffit capellano cantarie B. Marie in ec-
cleſia de Bottesford; & quod predicta meſſuagium,
terra, & pratum, tenentur de Willielmo Wymbyſh, per
ſervicium 7d. ob, & unius libre piperis; & quod
idem Willielmus tenet de Thoma de Ros de Ham-
lake, & ipſe Thomas de rege. Et quod remanebunt
predicto Henrico, ultra donationem predictam, unum
meſſuagium, una carucari terre, & 14 acras prati,
cum pertinentiis, in Normanton & Botelesford ; &
tenentur de Thoma de Ros, per ſervic' 1d. per annum.
7. Carta Beatricis (quondam uxoris D. Thome D. de
Ros de Hamlake, militis), Willielmi Gaſcoigne, Ri-
cardi Norton, & Ricardi Gaſcoigne, de uni cantaria
in capella 8. Johannis Baptiſte ad oſtium boreale
eccleſie cathedralis S. Pauli“; 129 Aprilis, 1409.
Univerſis & ſingulis Chriſti fidelibus hanc cartam
tripartitam viſuris vel audituris, Beatrix (quondam
uxor domini Thome domini de Ros de Hamelak mi-
liris), Willielmus Gaſcoigne, Ricardus Norton, &
Ricardus Gaſcoigne, ſalutem in Domino ſempiternam.
Noverit univerſfitas veſtra nos, ad laudem & honorem
Sancte & Individue Trinitatis, glorioſſiſſimeque Vir-
ginis B. Marie matris Domini noſtri Jheſu Chriſti,
ac S. Johannis Baptiſte, omniumque Sanctorum Dei,
in divini cultis augmentum, & remiffionem peccato-
rum noſtrorum, fundafſe & ordiniſfſe ac creafſe, pro
perperuo & imperpetuum, unam cantariam perpe-
tuam unius idonei capellanei & ſucceſſorum ſuorum,
in capelli S. Johannis Baptiſte, prope oſtium boreale
in ecclefia cathedrali S. Pauli Londonenſi conſtitu-
tam, five alibi loco congruo & honeſto infra eccle-
ſiam predictam, & divina officia celebraturi, modo,
forma, & condicione ſubſcriptis, de licencia ſpeciali
excellentiſſimi in Chriſto principis & domini noſtri
domini Henrici regis Anglie & Francie, & domini
Hibernie, quarti poſt Conqueſtum Anglie, anno regni
ſui decimo, pro 1ipſa cantaria optenta, pro animabus
recolende memorie domini Ricardi de Beurly, militis,
(quondam mariti mei Beatricis) ac patris & matris
> peru Ricardi Beurly, Ricardi Penbrigg, & ꝓredicti
omini Thome [D. de Ros], ac pareutum ſuorum,
necnon pro ſalubri ſtatu mei Beatricis prenominate
dum vixero, & pro anima mea cum ab hic luce
migravero, ac pro animabus omnium fidelium de-
functorum, ſecundum formam ordinationis & compo-
ſicionis, ac conditionis, per nos predictos Beatricem,
Willielmum, Ricardum, & Ricardum, pia devocione,
pro ſuſtentatione dicti capellani, & ſucceſſotum ſuo-
rum imperpetuum, ac ſupportacione & invencione
onerum ſubſcriptorum, inferius factarum & ordinata-
rum. Noveritis etiam nos, de licentia prefari domini
noſtri regis, ut prefertur, ac conſenſu, voluntate, &
aſſenſu expreſhs omnium & ſingulorum quorum inter-
erat in hac parte, dediſſe, conceſſiſſe, & hac preſenti
cartà noſtra tripartità confirmaſſe, Omnipotenti Deo,
ac beatiſſime Virgini Marie, ac domino Willielmo
Prentys capellano, futuriſque ſucceſſoribus ſuis capel-
lanis impetpetuum, miſſas & alia divina officia in per-
petuum in capella predictà S. Johannis Baptiſte, ſeu
alibi infra eccleſiam 8. Pauli predictam, celebraturis,
quemdam annuum tedditum duodecim marcarum
ſterlingorum, percipiendarum (de uno meſſuagio vo-
cato le Taliors Hall; de novem meſſuagiis, tenementis,
five ſchopis, in parochia S. Benedicti Fynk, London' ;
de tribus tenementis ſive meſſuagiis, & de viginti &
una ſchopis five tenementis in parochia S. Martini
Ureſwyche in civitate predictà; de uno meſſuagio cum
pertinentiis in parochia S. Petri ſuper Cornhill, Lon-
don'; & de uno meſſuagio cum pertinentiis in Fry-
day-ſtrete, in parochia 5, Mathei, London'; & de
omnibus aliis meſſuagiis, terris, tenementis, five ſcho-
pis, cum pertinentiis, que fuerunt Thome Sutton,
magiſtri Johannis Wenlok, Thome Wilby, Ade
Feriby, & Radulphi Stoklache, cuſtodum fraterni:atis
eiſſorum & liniarium armaturarum armurariorum 8.
Johannis Baptiſte, in civitate London', ac totius fra-
ternitatis S. Johannis predicti, in parochiis predictis)
ad terminos Paſche & S. Michaelis, per equales por-
tiones; quem quidem annuum redditum habuimus ex
* Peck, MSS, 4938 ; ex ipſa originali carta pergamesiea apud Belver, 23 Aug. 1732, See above, under Relvoir, p. 35;
dono & conceſſione predictorum magiſtri ac cuſtodum
fraternitatis predicte, unanimi aſſenſu & conceſſu
eorundem; habendum & percipiendum dictum annum
redditum duodecim marcarum prefato domino Wil-
lielmo Prentys capellano, & ſuis futuris ſucceſſoribus
capellanis quibuſcunque imperpetuum, divina in ca-
pella five in ecclefia predictis, ut premittitur, cele-
braturis, in liberam, puram, & perpetuam eleemoſinam.
Er ſi contingat predictum annuum redditum duo-
decim marcarum, in parte vel in toto, a retro fore
in futurum ad aliquem terminum predictum per viginti
dies quemlibet terminum dictorum terminorum imme-
diate ſequentes, quociens opus fuerir, quod tum benè
liceat prefatis domino Willielmo Prentys capellano, &
ſuis ſucceſſoribus capellanis quibuſcunque, ſuis rem-
poribus ſucceſſivis, ac eorum uſhgnatis imperpetuum,
in predictis meſſuagiis, terris, tenementis, & ſchopis,
cum ſuis pertinentiis, diſtringere, & diſtrictiones obdu-
cere, & penes ſe retincre, quouſque eis plenariè ſatis-
factum fuerit de redditu annuo predicto, fimul cum
arreragiis ejuſdem, licentià dicti domini noſtri regis
inde optenta ut prefertur. Volumus etiam & vrdina-
mus quod predictus dominus Willielmus Prentys ca-
pellanus, ac ſucceflores ſui capeilani omnes & ſinguli,
pro ſalubri ſtatu mei Beatricis ſupradicte dum vixero,
& pro anima mea poſt meum deceſſum, ac animabus
dictorum D. Ricardi de Beurly, ac patris ac matris
ejuſdem, Ricardi Benbrigg, & D. Thome Ros predic-
trum, & ſuorum parentum, ac animabus omnium fi-
delium defundtorum, miſſas ſingulis diebus, ceſſante
impedimento legitima, in capella predictà, five in ec-
clefia predictà Pauli, debita modo, imperpetuum ce-
lebrabit & celebrabunt, prout ipſi capellani omnes &
ſinguli pro ſuis temporibus melius & ſalubrius viderint
expedire; & quod idem dominus Willielmas capel-
lanus, ac ceteri ſucceſſores {ui hujuſmodi cantarie ca-
pellani imperpetuum, quolibet die, in ſuis miſſis, Diebus
Novem Lectionum, & aliis fellis ſolemnibus & duplicibus
de ſanctis celebrandis, prout eis placuerit, orationes
pro defunctis, infra capellam five ecclefiam predic-
tam, dicant & habeant ſpecialiter ordinatas; & ſin-
gulis diebus dicant & dicat quilibet eorundem Placebo
& Dirige, cum commendarione, tractim & devote, pro
ſalubri ſtatu mei Beatricis predicte, & animabus pre-
dictis, niſi fortè aliqua caula legitima, abſque dolo tamen
vel fictione, gravius fuerint impediti, ſeu eorum aliquis
fuerit impeditus; poſtquam, per me Beatricem predic-
tam, ad ipſam cantariam in capella predictà, decano &
capitulo eccleſie cathedralis S. Pauli predicte, ſeu (ipſo
decano abſente) dicto capitulo, prefatus dominus Wil-
lielmus Prentys, ac quiſcunque alius ſuus ſucceſſor
hujuſmodi cantarie capellanus, aut per heredes live
aſſignatos meos, in formã ſubſcriptàã, preſentatus fueri
& admiſſus ac inductus in eadem camaria, ſicut con-
ſuetum eſt, & de jure fiert debeat in hoc caſu. Vo-
lumus etiam & ordinamus, quod prefatus dominus
Willielmus pro tempore ſuo, & ſui omnes & ſinguli
futuri hujuſmodi cantarie capellani ſuis temporibus
ſucceſſivis, ſingulis annis in perpetuum, die. Veneris
proxima poſt Dominicam in Ramis Palmarum, pro
ſtatu mei Beatricis, & anima mei poſt meam mortem, &
animabus omnibus & fingulis ſupradictis, triginta pau-
peribus & miſerabilibus perſonis, triginta denarios ſter-
lingorum equaliter & fideliter diſtribuet & diltribuent
ſuo tempore fine fraude, in did capella five eccleſia;
ipſos pauperes & eorum quemlibet in eiſdem capella
five eccletia rogando, & cum effetu onerando, quod
ipfi & eorum quiliber, dicto die Veneris, Viabus quin-
que abſque intervallo deyote fic dicant ac dicat, in
capella ſive eccle6& predict, Orationem Dominicam
cum Salutatione angelic, pro ſalubri ſtatu meo dum
vixero, ac Pro anima mea cum ab hic luce migra-
vero, & pro animabus antedictis. Et quod ipſe do-
minus Willielmus Prentys, & ſucceſſores ſui omnes
& ſinguli dicte cantarie capellani, ſuis temporibus ſuc-
ceſhvis, fingulis annuis imperpetuum, uno die in ſep-
timanã Pentecoſten, pro animabus ſupradictis, devote
& ſolemniter, cum exequiis defunctorum, Placebo &
Dirige, ac commendatione die precedente, pro obitu
defunctorum, miſſam ſolempnem in capella predict a
Dugdale's Hiſt, of St. Paul's, 2d edit, p. 42; and Baronage, vol. I. p. 550.
*.The old hall of the guild or fraternity of St. Johu the Baptiſt, time out of mind called Taylors and Linen Armourers of
London, was ſituate at the back-ſide of the Red-Lion in Baſing-Lane, Strype's Survey, vol. I. p. 118.
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celebrabunt, & ſic celebrabit quilibet eorundem, &
quolibet anno meam mortem ſequente, illo die quo
contigerit michi prefate Beatrici ab hac luce mi.
grare, idem dominus Willielmus, & ſucceſſores ſui
capellani cantarie predifte imperpetuum pro ſuo
tempore, celebtent miſſam ſpecialiter pro anima mea,
& animabus antedictis, cum Placebo & Dirige, ac
commendatione die precedente, pro obitu meo. Ordi-
namus etiam & volumus, quod ſuper libris, veſtimen-
tis, calice, & aliis ornamentis quibuſcunque dicte can-
tarie aſſignätis & collatis, plenum & fidele fiat inven-
tarium indentatum, cujus una pars penes me Beatricem
redictam, ſeu dictos Willielmum, Ricardum Norton,
N Ricardum Gaſcoigne, dum vixerimus, & poſt deceſ-
ſum noſtrum penes didtos decanum & capitulum ec-
clefie 8. Pauli, & altera pars penes predictum domi-
num Willielmum Prentys capellanum, & ſuos futuros
dicte cantarie capellanos, perpetuò remanebunt. Ac
volumus & ordinamus, quod idem dominus Willielmus
& ſucceſſores ſui imperpetuum omnes & ſinguli, hu-
juſmodi veſtimenta, libros, calicem, & ornamenta
quecunque ſupradicta, ac omnia alia & ſingula ad
uſum dicte cantarie deputata & aſſignata, ac depu-
tanda & aſſignanda, ſuis propriis ſumptibus & expen-
ſis, cum indiguerit, reparabunt, ſupportabunt, & reſti-
tuent, ac integra & ſalva, ſecundum poſſibilitatem
eorundem, perpetuis futuris temporibus fideliter con-
ſervabunt, & de eiſdem reddent rationem capitulo
ſupradicto, quotiens ex parte dicti capituli fuerint
requiſiti. Ad que omnia & ſingula ſupradicta fic ut
premittitur faciendum, & ad hanc noſtram ordinati-
onem firmiter imperpetuum obſervandum; prefatus
dominus Willielmus Prentys, primus capellanus dicte
cantarie, ac futuri ſucceflores ſui, ejuſdem cantarie
capellani omnes & ſinguli ad eandem cantariam ad-
mittendi, incontinenti, poſt ejus ac eorum cujuſlibet
ad miſſionem, coram admittente vel inſtituente, ad
Sancta Dei Evangelia, tactis ſacroſanctis, corporale
preſtabit & preſtabunt juramentum; alioquin ipſius
capellani qui hujuſmodi juramentum non preſtiterit,
admiſſio, inſtitutio & inductio in cantariam predidt am
omni vigore careant & effectu. Volumus inſuper, &
tenore preſencium ordinamus, quod quocieſcunque
& quandocunque contigerit dictam cantariam quovis
modo vacare, quod bene liceat mihi Beatrici ſupra-
dicte, aſſignatis meis durante vita mea, & poſt mortem
meam heredibus meis, in forma ſubſcripta, imperpe-
tuum, ut veri patroni ejuſdem cantarie, ſingulis vaca-
tionum hujuſmodi remporibus, unum capellanum ido-
neum & honeſt um, ad divina celebrandum, ut prefer-
tur, in capelli five ecclefia predictis, ad dictam canta-
riam eligere, nominare, ac decano & capitulo dicte
eccleſie 8. Pauli, & (dicto decano abſente) eidem ca-
pitulo per ipſum decanum & capitulum ſeu preſentare
(abſente decano) per dictum capitulum admittendum
fore ad eandem cantariam, & in eadem canonice inſti-
tuendum, ſicut conſuetum & de jure fieri debet in aliis
beneficiis eceleſiaſticis, vi & vigore preſentationis ante-
dicte. Et fi poſt mortem mei Beatricis predicte con-
tingat heredes mei Beatricis predicte infra etatem fore,
ſeu in cuſtodia domini regis, vel cujuſcunque alterius
-tutela ſecundum conſuetudinem regui Anglie exiſtere,
vel negligeuter fore in preſentatione capellani idonei
ad cantariam predictam per ſex ſeptimanas vacatio-
nem dicte cantarie proxime ſequentes, aliquo tempore
vacationis cujuſcunque dicte cantarie; extunc volu-
mus & ordinamus, quod illis vicibus, & illis vacatio-
nibus, durante minore etate cujuſlibet heredum meo-
rum imperpetuum, & eorum cuſtodia five negligenter
predictà, liceat magiſtro & cuſtodibus dicte fraternitatis
ciſſorum & liniarum armaturarum armurariorum S. Jo-
hannis Baptiſte, & corum ſucceſſoribus qui pro tem-
- Pore fuerint, in civitate predi&a, capellanum idoneum
& honeſtum ad diftam cantariam prefatis decano &
- capitulo, modo predicto, preſentare infra ſex alias
ſeptimanas dictas ſex ſeptimanas a tempore notitie
vacationis cantarie antedicte, ac tutele, cuſtodie, five
minoris etatis vel negligentie dictorum heredum ut
prefertur ſequentes; ſalvo ſemper dictis heredibus dum
vixerint, cum ad plenam etatem pervenerint & dicta
cantaria vacaverit, forma juris, aliis vacationum tem-
* See the ſeals of the lady Beatrice, and of the ſeveral witneſſes, in plate XII. P+ 33; marked t, 2, 3, 4, 6.
It has no date, but is about the year 1340.
Cart. Aut. Harl. 55 E. 18,
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APPENDIX To rnz HISTORY 63
ceſſorum meorum, confirmavi ecclefie Ste Marie de
LEICESTERSHIRE:
poribus, ſuo jure preſentandi alium capellanum ad
cantariam ſupradictam. Et fi dictos magiſtrum &
cuſtodeꝭ dicte fraternitatis ciſſorum & niarum arma-
turarum armurariorum S. Johannis Baptiſte, & ſucceſ-
ſores ſui qui pro tempore fuerint, in non preſentando
capellani hujus ad ditam cantariam ſuis vacationibus,
modo predicto, illis ad hoc reſervatis, negligenter per
dictas ſeptimanas a tempore ſciencie 2. fore
contingat (quod abſit) tune volumus & ordinamus quod
refatus decanus (ipſo preſente) & capitulum eccleſie
Pauli, ac (ipſo decano abſente) idem capitulum, ad
dictam cantariam unum capellanum Wasen & ido-
neum ad divina celebrandum, ut prefertur, illa vice
ordinent & 'diſponent, ordinet & diſponet, ipſamque
cantariam eidem capellano ſuo jure illa vice conferant
& conferat, ex cauſis predictis, ac ipſum capellanum in
dictam cantariam inducant & inducat, ac induci faciant
& faciat; & ulterius fieri circa eundem capellanum
quod eſt juſtum in hoc caſu. Salvo ſemper heredibus
quibuſcunque mei Beatricis predicte poſt mortem meam,
cum ad plenam etatem pervenerint, ut premittitur, alia
1 vacatione dicte cantarie futurà, ſuo jure
noſtro, capellanum idoneum & honeſtum, ad dictam
cantariam cum vacaverit, dicto herede meo ad plenam
etatem exiſtente, prefatis decano & capitulo, modo &
forma ſupradictis, alias preſentandi. In quorum omni-
um teſtimonium atque fidem, uni parti hujus indenture
ſupraſcripte tripartite, penes diftum dominum Willi-
elmum Prentys capellanum, & ſuos ſucceſſores futuros
capellanos remanenti, ſigilla noſtra * ſunt appenſa;
alteri vero parti, penes nos & heredes mei Beatricis pre-
dicte remanſure, ſigillum dicti domini Willielmi Prentys,
capellani, pro ſe & ſucceſſoribus ſuis dicte cantarie
futuris capellanis, eſt appenſum. Et tertie parti, penes
dictos magiſtrum & cuſtodes fraternitatis ciflorum &
liniarum armaturarum armut ariorum S. Jobannis Bap-
tiſte predicte remanenti, ſigilla noſtra, pro nobis &
heredibus mei Beatricis predicte, necnon ſigillum dicti
domini Willielmi Prentys, capellani, pro ſe & ſucceſ-
ſoribus ſuis antedictis, ſunt appenſa. Hiis teſtibus; do-
mino Radulpho comite Weſtmorlandie; domino Petro
de Malo lacu; domino Radulpho de Graſtock;
domino Gerardo Salvayn; & domino Henrico Vava-
ſour, domino de Heſilwocd, militibus; & aliis.
Data apud Helmeſlay, duodecimo die menſis Aprilis,
anno Domino mccccix, & regni regis Henrici poſt
Conqueſtum Anglie decimo.
8. Grant, by William lord Ros, to the church of St.
Mary Overy, Southwark, of Plumſtede hermitage *.
Univerſis ſancte matris eccleſie filiis ad quos preſens
ſcriptum pervenerit, Willielmus de Ros, filius Wil-
lielmi de Ros, falutem in Domino. Ad omnium noti-
tiam volo pervenire, quod ego Willielmus, pro amore
Dei, & pro ſalute anime mee & uxoris Sibelle, & ante-
Suwerc, & canonicis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, hermi-
tor ĩium quod eſt in parochi de Plumſtede, cum tribus
acris terre in mariſco, & cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis,
quod habuerunt ex donatione anteceſſorum meorum.
Preterea, in aug mentum illius beneficii, dedi & conceſſi,
& preſenti carta confirmavi, predictis canonicis, in li-
beram & perpetuam eleemoſinam, totam terram quam
pater meus dedit & conceſſit Rogero . . . . . pro ſalute
anime ſue, cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis, Et preterea
conceſſi eis totam terram, cum boſco, que a preſcripto
hermitorio uſque terram Rogeri predicti, a rivulo que
eſt verſus orientem uſque Strode verſus occidentem.
Et ipſi canonici, gratia Dei & predicti beneficii, con-
ceſſerunt mihi quod invenient in predifto hermitorio
aut canonicum aut capellanum ibidem, pro anima mea
& uxoris mee Sibille, & patris mei & matris mee, &
anteceſſorum & ſucceſſorum meorum, cotidie divina
celebrantem, ſalvo ubique jure matricis eccleſie de
Plumſtede, Hiis teſtibus; Johanne capellano de
Plumſtede, Johanne capellano de Wlewick, Roberto
de Campaine, Roberto de Malevile, Stephano de Ros,
Raclulpho Scot, Henrico fil' Remer, Petro fil' Henrici
fil' Ailwini, Juliano fratre Roberti de Malevile, Lau-
rentio fil“ Willielmi de Camera Adinundo, Godefrido
Portario, & multis aliis *.
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1. De fundatione & dotatione cœnobii de Croxton *,
Habemus M Croxton, de dono Willielmi Parcarii ?,
filii Ingerami Parcarii de Linus, duas partes de parco
de Croxton, &c. &c. N
$2 De fundatione & precipuis benefactoribus eidem
2 | ecclefie de Croxton 4.
Mem', quoc Willielmus Portarius de Linus, filius
\ Tagerami Portarii de Linus, frater Hugonis Portarij,
dedit nobis, & carta ſua confir aſſenſu Hugonis
fratris ſui, pro We ſui, & e matris ſue, &
Hugonis fratris fui, & pro animabus Ingerami patris
ſui, & Hugonis de Pereris avunculi ſui, & omnium
anteceſſorum ſuorum, duas partes de parco de Croxton,
& quicquid in eodem fui juris fuit & libertatis, in boſco
& in plano, in prato & in paſtura, & omnibus ceteris
ay ſiamentis, infra ambitum muri. Item dedit nobis, &
carta ſua confirmavit, duas partes carucate terre Ro-
geri Portarii, cum g@mnibus pertinentiis ſuis, infra
villam de-Croxton & extra. Item dedit nobis, per
cartam ſuam, totum redditum ſuum de ſale in Hoiland,
ſcilicet in Dunington; habenda & tenenda hec omnia
in puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam, cum omnibus
libertatibus & aiſiamentis & pertinentus ſuis; & hec
omnia ſupradicta conceſſit nobis, & cartà ſua confirma-
vit, Hugo Portarius, frater ejuſdem, poſt deceſſum
Willielmi Portarii. Quas donationes ſupradictas do-
minus rex Ricardus, & rex Henricus qui nunc eſt, &
Johannes tunc comes Moretonie, qui poſtea fuit rex
Anglie, nobis confirmaverunt.
Item domina Margeria de Sancto Albino, ſponſa
Rogeri de Sancto Albino, & Wimerus filius ejus, de-
derunt nobis, & carta ſua confirmaverunt, tertiam par-
tem de parco de Croxton, & quicquid juris & liber-
Atis in eodem habuerunt, in boſco & in plano, ut ſu-
pra, infra ambitum muri; tertiam partem carucate
terre Rogeri Parcarii, & totum redditum ſuum de ſale
in Hoilandii, in Dunington, in puram & perpetuam
eleemoſinam; quam donationem ſupradicti reges, &
Johannes comes Moretonie poſtmodum rex Anglie,
confirmaverunt.
Item memorandum, quod Willielmus comes Bolonie
& Moretonie & Warennie dedit, conceſſit, & carta ſua
nobis confirmavit, totam vaſtam terram poſt parcum,
& circa fontem qui vocatur Haliwelle, ex parte utra-
que vallis, cum ayſiamentis, introitus & exitus aqua-
rum, & molendinorum, paſture, atque fualie, &
omnimodarum libertatum, ad conſtruendam ibidem
abbathiam noſtram; & xL acras terre verſus Salteby ;
& totam vaſtam terram ad tres foſſas, quas homines
ſui de Croxton nobis conceſſerunt.
Item idem comes dedit nobis & confirmavit ecele-
ſiam de Croxton, cum pertinentiis ſuis & meſſuagiis, &
cum viridario, cum toftis & croftis, cum terris cults
& incultis, cum pratis & paſturis pertinentibus; &
unam carucatam terre de demenio, de terris adjacen-
tibus ville de Croxton; cum pertinentiis ut ſupra; &
communem paſturam, cum hominibus ejuſdem ville;
habenda & tenenda nobis & ſucceſſoribus noſtris omnia
ſupradicta, cum omnibus libertatibus & aiſiamentis &
hominibus noſtris, peceninis & aliis animalibus, ac
bobus carucarum noſtrarum, ubique infra Hayam &
extra, cum bobus de demenio, cum omni quietudine,
abſque vexatione, in puram & perpetuam eleemoſi-
nam. Et hanc donationem & confirmationem confir-
mavit nobis rex Henricus ſenior, & Johannes comes
Moretonie, ut ſupra. |
Item confirmavit nobis, per aliam cartam, donationes
Ne XI. CROXTON ABBEY.
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& eleemoſinam, quas homines ſui fgcerunt nobis
quando fundata fuit eceleſia noſtra; ſcilicet, unam ca-
rucatam terre in Brocton, ex dono Ricardi Buſſell,
cum tofto; & medietatem lande verſus Dalby ; ec-
cleſiam de Hokenhale, cum pertinentiis ; eccleſiam ds
Lunde, cum pertinentiis ; & duas bovatas terre, apud
Hertiſtoft; & quandam culturam de demenio ad man-
ſionem noſtram faciendam, & fabricam ſuam; que fuit
tempore Henrici regis, in puram eleemoſinam.
Item, memorandum quod Hugo Portarius, frater
Willielmi Portarii, & filius Ingerami Portarii, con-
ceſſit nobis & demiſit, ac cattà ſua confirmavit, totum
demenium ſuum de Croxton ad feodam firmam, cum
libertatibus & ay ſiamentis & pertinentiis omnibus cidem
demenio pertinentibus, cum pratis & paſturis, cum
ſtagnis & molendinis, exceptà capitali manſione ſua,
et exceptis hominibus ſuis, cum ſuis tenementis, tam
libere, integre, & honorifice imperpetuum poſſidendum,
ſicut Ingeramus Portarius pater ejus, five Willielmus
frater ejus, illud unquam liberiùs & plenariùs poſſi-
derunt; reddendo ſibi & heredibus ſuis annuatim
quatuor marcas argenti, pro omnibus ſervitiis ſibi &
heredibus ſuis, ad quatuor terminos; unam marcam
ad feſtum Sancti Michaelis, unam ad Natale, unam
ad Paſcham, & unam ad feſtum Sancti Johannis Bap-
tiſte. Et hoc demenium warantizabunt predictus Hugo
& heredes ſui contra omnes homines imperpetuum.
Preterea idem Hugo dedit nobis & conceſſit unam
manſionem in villà de Croxton, cum tofto & crofto, in
puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam, ad inveniendam unam
lampadem coram majori altari in ecclefia noſtrà, illam
ſcilicet quam Godewinus de Poceyn quondam tenuit;
nec aliquid de predicto demenio, vel de manſione pre-
dictà, predictus Hugo vel heredes ſui, preter memoratas
4 marcas ad 4 terminos ſupradictas, in poſterum pote-
runt exigere. Que eleemoſina eſt pura & perpetua.
Item, memorandum quod idem Hugo Portarius de
Linus dedit, & carta ſua nobis confirmavit, ſane cari-
tatis intuitu, quicquid juris habuit & libertatis in parco
de Croxton, in puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam. Et
remiſit nobis totam calangiam quam habuir in vaſta
terra poſt parcum, & in totà vaſtà terra circa fontem
qui dicitur Haliwelle; & in toti brueria a magua
videlicet ſtratà tendente a Croxton verſus Wautham,
uſque ad diviſas de Braunſton verſus Occidentem, & de
Beſcaudeby apud Auſtrum; & fi quid juris unquam
habuit in tota yaſta terre five brueria, de fe & hercdi-
bus ſuis, nobis & ſucceſſoribus noitris, libere, &c. ha-
benda & tenenda in proprios uſus imperpetuum.
Item Hugo Portarius dedit nobis & confirmavit tres
bovatas terre, cum pertinentiis; icilicer, quas Herveus
Clericus tenuit, cum tofto & croſto; & totam terram
ſuam ab Occidentali parte; & capite de Kilmundiſ-
crofis, uſque ad diviſam de Hungereton, inter diviſam
Habrahe apud Auſtrum & aliam diviſam apud Aquilo-
nem; exceptis lex acris teire juxta le Saltegate apud
Aquilonem juxta Croſled; & totum pratum ſuum de
Crawelle, a ſemita que tendit verſus Hareſtan uſque
ad Redeng, cum libero tranſitu ſuper Stot & Redeng,
quando campus Occidentalis ſeminatur; habendum &
tenendum in puram eleemoſinam. R
Dedit nobis idem Hugo Portarius & confirmevir,
videlicet, fabrice ecclefie noſtre, in puram & perpe-
tuam eleemoſinam, duas bovatas terre, cum tofto &
crofto, & omnibus pertinentiis, quas Reginaldus filius
Eſtmundi tenuit, & eundem Eſtmundum & uxorem
ejus, & omnes filios & filias ipſius de ipſis exituros,
quietos & ſolutos, de ſe & heredibus ſuis, nobis &
ſucceſſoribus noſtris imperpetuum.
1 Peck, MSS. 49343 e codice quodem MS. pergameno in 4to, cui titulus ** Domeſday,” penes nobilifimum ducem de
Rutland, 17321, fol, 33. b. & Mon. Angl. vol, II. p. 603, a. quo omiſſa dimidia & cætera falio & inaccurate deſcripta.
2 On the variation of this name, ſee what has been ſaid, under the Hiſtory of Croxton, p. 145. oY
3 The reader, who may be deſirous of comparing this record with Dugdale's extracts will find the whole of it in Peck's MSS,
4934. We omit the remainder, as it is nearly a repetition of what is contained in the ſucceeding article, De tuudatione,” &.
marked 2, |
+ Peck, MSS. 4934 ; from an original Regiſter of Croxton abbey, a very ſmall volume in 12*, preſerved at Belvoir caſtle,
fol. 39. a. I have had alſo the opportunity of comparing Mr, Peck's extracts from this regiſter, with another tranſcript,
made by Dr. Vernon in 1755, and now in the collection of Thomas Aſtle, eſq.
5 Sic, pro“ pecuniis,” F. PECK,
Vol. I. APPEND»
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Dedit nobis idem Hugo & confirmavit duas partes
de Richewong, a capite Occidentali ſelionis Sewini
ſuper Thegare ex tranſverſo verſus diviſam Abrahe,
& ex longo uſque ad magnam ſtratam verſus Hun-
greton, in puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam, & ſolutas
| ab omni ſervigio, cum libero introitu & exitu boum
oviam noſtrorum. :
Item dedit nobis idem Hugo & confirmavit totum
pratum ſuum, cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis, de
Clakiſholm, in territorio de Segbroc, in puram &
pexpetuam eleemoſinam.
anc autem donationem & confirmationem predicti
© Hugonis, de tribus bovatis ſupradictis, cum pertinen-
tiis; & tofto quod fuit Godewini Poetin, & culturi
de Kilmecroftduch & Britonwong, & de prato de
. Crawelle, & Redeng, & Stor, & Clakiſholm apud Seg-
broc; & de jure ſuo quod habuit in brueria, & in
vaſtà terri; & de jure quod habuit in parco, & de
dominico ipſius, excepti capitali manſione, & de jure
dominici, & de Parcartis—confrmavit nobis Johannes
rex Anglie. :
Item, memorandum quod Matildis de Pereris, ma-
ter Hugonis Porrtarii de Linus, dedit nobis & confir-
mavit quicquid juris & libertatis habuit in parco de
Croxton, in puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam ; & re-
miſit nobis totam calangiam quam habuit in tot vaſta
terra & bruerid, ut ſupra.
3. De fundatore & proſapia ejus *.
INGERAM le Porter venit ad Conqueſtum, &
habuit duas partes de Corſham & de Culington; &
habuit duos filios, Willielmum & Hugonem. Et do-
minus Henricus rex, pater regum Ricardi & Johannis,
fecit eſcambium cum Ingeram le Porter, ( tum] de
Corſham & de Culington, pro duabus partibus de
Croxton & de Segbrok.
Et Maſilia de Apegard habuit tertiam partem de
Corſham & de Culington; & fecit ſimiliter eſcambium
cum predicto regis 3 pro tertia parte de Crox-
ton & de Segbrok.
4. De eiſdem *,
Ingeram Portarius habuit duas partes de Croxton
& de Segbroc ; & Rogerus de Santo Albino, cogna-
tus dicti Ingerami, habuit tertiam partem de Croxton
& de Segbroc. Ingeramus habuit duos filios, Wil-
lielmum & Hugonem. Rogerus de Sancto Albino ha-
buit unum filium nomine Wimerum; & duas filias,
quarum una vocabatur Pagana, & altera Saracena.
lite Rogerus genuit predictum Wimerum & dictas
filias de Maſilia ſponſa ſua; ad quam tertia pars de
Corſham & de Culmington, jure hereditario, pertine-
bar. Et ſciendum quod, difto Wimero mortuo,
ſucceſſerunt ei difte ſorores; quarum primam, ſcilicet
Paganam, dominus Hugo Wiſchart duxerit in uxorem;
que fine liberis deſuncta eſt. Saracenam vero duxit
Robertus le Breton, dominus de Staffeld.
5. Status villarum de Croxton & de Segbrok, que eſt
de honore de Eya *.
Cum iſte ville eſſent in manu regis Henrici, patris
regum Johannis & Ricardi, placuit domino Henrico
regi excambium facere cum Willielmo Portario de
ra Tui de Corſham; dans eidem Willielmo predictas
llas de Croxton & Segbrok pro villa de Corſham ;
& fic predictus Willielmus predictas villas tot& vits
ſui tenuit. Mortuo autem predicto Willielmo, ſuc-
ceſſit ei Hugo Portarius, frater ejus, & ſeiſiuam de
villa de Croxton ſuſcepit, & etiam de Segbrok. Sed
dux Lovennie, qui tunc habuit honorem de Eya4, im-
pedivit ſeiſinam ejus de Segbrok. Poſtmodum, capto
rege Ricardo in Almania, & Johanne tunc comite
fratre ſuo movente guerram in Anglia, & maximè
apud Nottingham, dedit dictam villam de Croxton
Huberto de Burgo, camerario ſuo; predicto Hugone
exiſtente in Normannia, Sed infra dimidium annum,
rege Ricardo redeunte in Angliam, & predicto Hu-
.
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one Portario cum ipſo, diſperſis omnibus qui cum
Jobanne comite fuerant, prefatus Hugo Portarius,
ngo tempore predicte ville de Croxton dominium
optinuit in pace. Normannis vero de Anglia rece-
dentibus, remanſit predicta villa in manu regis de
eſcaeta, Et dedit eam dominus rex tunc Galfrido
Lutrel, qui longo tempore eam tenuizz & poſt eum
Andreas filius ejus, ſub-vicecomes de Nottingham
Philippo Marco cujus filiam duxit in uxorem. Tan-
dem Huberto facto juſticiario in Anglia,” per precep-
tum domini regis, ipſe talem ſeiſinam predicte ville op-
tinuit qualem ante habuit, ut predictum eſt; & inſu-
per ſeiſinam de villa de Segbrok, expulſo inde Regi-
naldo de Vallibus, firmario domini dub de Glovernia,
Poſtmodum ipſe Hubertus de Burgo dedit villam de
Croxton, per d regem, Magote filie ſue, Poſt
intervallum 18e digi comitis Huberti
fad in Anglia, data eſt villa de Croxton per dominum
4 Wlranno le Tybeis; quo amoto, tenuit iterum
dicta Magota dictam villam; qua mortuũ, cepit dictus
Hubertus comes dominium dicte ville, & dedit eam
Philippo Baſſet, qui eam per modicum tempus tenuit,
eo quod prefatus Hubertus de Burgo eam warrantizare
non potuit, quoniam in manu regis, judicio mediante,
rediit, Et poſtmodum abbas de Croxton eam tenuit ad
firmam de domino rege Henrico. Idem autem dominus
rex dedit eam in feodo domino Bertramo de Cryoll.
Dictus vero Bertramus dedit dictam villam Nicholao
filio ſuo pro homagio ſua,
Hugo Portarius & 45 ſui tenuerunt duas
partes de dominico de Croxton, cum omnibus terris
tam ultra mare quam citra mare. Domina Maſilia
tenuit tertiam partem; que habuit fliam nomine
Sarezinam, que tertiam partem dicte terre tenuit in
feodo. Sed ſciendum eſt, quod anno quo dominus
Henricus, rex Anglie, pater regis Ricardi & Johannis,
fecit eſcambium de villa de Coriſham & dg Culington
& de Croxton, dicta Maſilia tenuit tertiam partem de
Corſham, &, poſt excambium factum, eadem tenuit
tertiam partem de Croxton in feodo, ſicut predictum
eſt; & fimiliter Sarezina poſt eam. Sed dicunt, quod
dicta Maſilia proſequebatur vexillum Portariorum,
nomine ſervitii, quocunque pergebant in ſervitio
domini regis.
6. De terris quas habuit eccleſia de Croxton de liberis
hominibus ejuſdem ville “.
Habemus de dono Willielmi Clerici, filii Rogeri
Portarii, unam bovatam terre in territorio de Croxton,
cum una acra prati ſuper Hiderneumur, quietam ab
omni ſervitio ; & unum toftum in predict villa, quod
jacet ad Aquilonem partem domũs ſue, in puram elee-
moſinam. |
Item habemus, de eodem, unum meſſuagium in
eadem villa, ſcilicet, quod Edricus tenuit; & jacet
juxta meſſuagium ſuum in Auſtrali parte, cum duabus
acris terre que jacent in territorio ejuſdem ville;
& unam ſelionem que jacet de Salteby, uſque ad
magnam ſtratam verſus Wivelle; & dimidiam acram
terre in Rattebi-dale. ;
Item habemus, de eodem, totam culturam ſuam ultra
torrentem in Occidentali parte ville de Croxton, cum
toto prato adjacente ibidem, in puram eleemofinam.
Item, de eodem, unam acram prati ſuper Hay ad
Auſtralem partem demenii, inter ipſum demenium &
pratum Haſty, in puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam.
Item habemus, de dono Nicholai filii ejus & heredis
totam terram quam idem habuit in territorio de Crox-
ton; ſcilicet, dimidiam carucatam terre quam pater
ejuſdem tenuir, in quo fuit vivus & mortuus; cum tofto,
& prato, & paſtura, ſine aliquo retenemento.
tem habemus, de dono Hugonis Clerici, unam
bovatam terre in eodem territorio, cum uno ſuo tofto,
cum tanto prato quantum ad unam bovatam perti-
nent” cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis ſuis,
Er idem confirmavit nobis unam bovatam terre in
eodem territorio, cum uno tofto quam habemus de
dono Ricardi filii Helye de Salteby,
' Peck, MSS. 4934 3 ex eodem codice, fol. 36; and from Dugd. Mon. Angl. vol. II. p. 604. b.
Peck, ibid. ex codem codice, fol. 45. omiſſa in Mon. Angl.
3 Peck, ibid. ex eodem codice, fol. 363 & Dugd. ibid, quò omiſſa & falſa deſcripta plurima.
Peck, ibid. ex codem codice, fol, 42. 3.
5
Faaurklfs Hbnphüb! & R UN 1 UN A 5 B E V.
Item habemus, de edflem, 4 acras terre & dimidiam
in Suddeiles, que jacent in campo, in puram & per-
petuum eleemoſinam. | |
Item, de eodem, habemus quandam partem tofti ſui
ex tranſverſo, in Occidentali parte domus ſue, ſicut fe
habet in longitudine & in latitudine.
Item habemus quandam aliam partem de tofto ſuo,
ab illa parte quam prius nobis dedit in longitudine
verſus Orientem 18 pedum, & in latitudine verſus
Auſtrum 27.
Habemus, de eodem, tres particulas terre, ficut
jacent in pratis de Wang in Redheng, & 3 ſeliones
terre arabilis, ſicut jacent deſuper Andelongdale juxta
Salteford, & totum pratum quod ad ipſum pertinuit
ſuper le Hay, ſcilicet, tres andenas & le Foredale.
Item idem remifit nobis & quietum clamavit reddi-
tum 18d. quem ei ſolebamus reddere pro und bovati
terre de feodo ſuo, quam heredes Ricardi filii Helie de
Salteby tenent; & quicquid juris habuit vel habere
potuit in eadem bovata terre.
Habemus, de dono Matilde l' Enfant, undecim acras
terre arabilis in territorio de Croxton, & unam acram
prati atte Swenlne, que jacent pro uni bovatà terre.
tem habemus, de dono ejuſdem, aliam bovatam terre
quam habuit in villa de Croxton, cum tofto & crofto;
quas duas bovatas habuit de dono Gilberti patris ſui.
Item habemus, de dono Willielmi Coci, viri ſui,
unum acram terre, & tres rodas terre, in Orientali
campo ville de Croxton, quantum accidit ad tres ho-
vatas que fuerant Hugonis l' Enfant; & unam acram
in campo Occidentali, quantum accidit ad tres bovatas;
& unam ſelionem quam emit a predicto Hugone
Enfant; & totam terram ſuper Schimedun, que ac-
cidit ad dimidiam carucatam terre, que fuit Thome
Sewiniz & unam acram terre ſuper Andelongdale,
quantum ad dimidiam carucatam terre pertinet; & 4
andenas prati in Haldemor, que fuerunt de prato
Thome filii Sewini, quas emit.
Item habemus, de dono Hugonis PEnfant, unam
ſelionem terre arabilis ex Occidentali parte de Crox-
ton, & extenditur uſque ad brueriam z & unam acram
& dimidiam prati ad Auſtrum de Fuelbuth ; & unam
rodam prati ſuper le Hay extra parcum ; & totam
terram ſuam in Suddeiles, ficut jacent; & unam dimi-
diam acram terre in campo Occidentali ex utrã parte
in Saltefordil ; & 2 ſeliones ſuper Thorp a via uſque
ad rivuluw, & unam ſelionem juxta molendinum de
Sauteford ; & confirmavit nobis donationem quam
Matilda I'Enfant fecit nobis.
Habemus, de dono Willielmi VEufant, filii ejus
& heredis, unam acram terre ſuper Elmighes in campo
Occidentali de Croxton; & confirmavit nobis terras
quas habemus de anteceſſoribus ſuis, & prata omnia.
Item habemus de dono Roberti de Iufirmitorio, & de
Matilda uxore ſua, totam terram ſuam fine retenemento
quam habuerunt in Lungdale, inter campum de Crox-
ton & campum de Wivell; & ſuam medietatem mo-
lendini, cum tota ſea, & omnibus rebus ad eandem
medietatem pertinentibus, ſalvi eis & heredibus ſuis
multuri braſei & avene domũùs ſue ; & dimidiam rodam
prati ſuper Hayam ſub pareo; & totam terram inter
Saltegate & Abbathiam.
Item habemus, de dono Rogeri filii ejus & heredis,
unam felionem ſuper Thorp in territorio de Croxton,
& caput ſelionis ſue ſuper Schythap, ad exſecandum
ſtagaum molendini noſtri, & ad faciendam reſtallam
aque ex tranſverſo prediQe ſelionis.
Item habemus, de dono Emme Kneye, medietatem
quam habuit de predicto molendino, cum tota ſectà
ejus, & ſede, & aqua, & ſtagno, & aliis pertinentiis
ſuis, ut ſupra, ſine ullo retenemento, ſalvà ſibi, ut
ſupra; & totum pratum ſuum, ſcilicet, unam rodam,
& quicquid plus habuerunt ſuper Hayam extra parcum.
Item dedit nobis predicta Emma tres rodas prati in
mori prope le Suelvith, & unam ſelionem terre arabilis,
cum corpore ſuo, que jacent in 1
Item habemus, de dono Roberti de Parys, quandam
particulam prati in Redheng, & quandum particulam
terre in Prudwong, & unam ſelionem ad Wileſtedes.
Item, de dono Walteri de Graham, totum pratum
quod habuit in Redheng, quantum pertinuit ad duas
bovatas terre, ſine ullo retenemento.
1 reck, Mss. 4934 ; ex eodem codice, fol. 44. b.
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Item habemus, 9 dono Willielmi Ale xandri, unati
ſelionem ſuper le Suthdeil, & pratum ſuum in nova
mora, ſcilicet, unam andenam latitudinis 8 pedum; &
partem ſuam in Redheng. *
Item habemus, de dono Rogeri Nigri, totam par-
tem ſuam in Prudwang, & totam partem ſuam in
Redheng, & unam ſelionem ſuper Analandhil, &
unam ſelionem in Wildeſtedes, & aliam in Quene-
pittes.
Item habemus, de dono Thome filii Sewini, totam
terram quam habuit in Redheng, & totam terram
quam habuit in Prudeng, & unam ſelionem quantam
pertinet ad tres bovaras terre in Haideſcroft; & unam
acram terre ſuper Analangdale, que eſt medietas ca-
rucarie ſue in codem loco; & totam terram ſuam quam
habuit in Southdeiles.
7. De molendino de Croxton t.
Memorandum, quod habemus, ex conceſſione Emme
vidue (filie Sewali), & Matilde ſororis ſue, molendinum
aquaticum de Croxton, in liberam & perpetuam elee-
moſinam, cum tota ſefta ejus, & ſede, & aqua, &
ſtagno, & piſcatione, & aliis pertinentiis, reddendo
annuatim domino ville unam marcam argenti, & he-
redibus Rogeri de Infirmitorio quinque ſolidos pro
predicto molendino & ſecta.
8. Nomina liberorum hominum ville de Croxton, qui
ccenobio de Croxton remiſerunt & quietum clama-
verunt omnimodam calangiam, & jus & clamium,
quod habuerunt, vel habere potuerunt, in toti vaſt
terra; & in tor brueriã ex utraque parte ville ubi
ſita eſt abbathia .
Willielmus Clericus, filius Rogeri Parcariiz
Hugo Clericus,
Hugo Infans,
Willielmus Infans, filius ejus,
Rogerus de Infirmitorio,
Rogerus filius ejus,
Willielmus Kney, & Emma uxor ejus,
Thomas filius Sewini,
Thomas Cocus, filius Walteri de Graham,
Reginaldus Niger,
Stephanus &
Alianora,
Nicholaus de Gnipton.
9. Finalis concordia inter Adam abbatem & Robertum
de Enfermeria, & Mildredam uxorem ejus, de me-
dietate unius molendini, & de tribus acris terre &
dimidia, cum pertinentiis, in Croxton ; 1204.
Hee eſt finalis concordia, facta in curia domini regis
apud Leyceſtriam in Octavis Nativitatis beate Marie,
anno regni regis Henrici fili regis Johannis 35, coram
Simone abbate de Radegundia, Ranulpho abbate de
Eweſam, Johanne de Munenine, Martino de Patſhil,
Radulpho Harang, Roberto de Lexington, & aliis
domini regis fidelibus tunc ibi preſentibus, inter Adam
abbatem de Croxton querentem, per Ricardum cele-
rarium poſitum loco ſuo ad lucrandum vel perdendum,
& Robertum de VEnfermerie & Mildredam uxorem
ejus impedientes ; de medietate unius molendini, & de
tribus acris terre & dim?, cum pertinentiis, in Croxton
unde placitum warentie carte ſummonitum fuit inter eos
in prefatà curia, ſcilicet, quod predicti Robertus & Mil-
dreda recognoverunt totam medietatem predicti molen-
dini & predictas tres acras terre, cum pertinentiis, eſſe
jus ipſius abbatis & eccleſie Sancti Johannis de Crox-
ton, ut illa tenementa que idem abbas habet ex dono
eorundem Roberti & Mildrede z habenda & tenenda
eidem abbati & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, & eecleſie predicte,
in perpetuam eleemoſinam; reddendo inde annuatim
quinque ſolidos ad quatuor terminos anni, ſcilicet, ad
feſtum Sancti Michaelis 15 denarios, ad Natale 15 de-
narios, ad Paſcha 15 denarios, & ad Natale Sancti
Johannis Baptiſte 15 denarios, pro omni ſervitio ; &
predicti Robertus & Mildrede, & heres ipſius Mildred,
warentizabunt ĩpſi abbati & ſucceſſoribus, & predict
eccleſie, tenementa, cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis,
contra omnes homines. |
Peck, ibid. ex = fol. 47. a.
| | 10.
= ”
10. Admenſuratio paſture manerii de Croxton, facta
per Rogerum de Sauteby, Johannem de.
Simonem Ruſſel, Willielmum de Seuſterne, Gilber-
tum de Harſtan, Robertum de Kirkeby, Williel-
mum de Saxelby, Simonem Hauberk, Robertum
Harlewin, Robertum de Langton, Robertum Fre-
man, Walterum de Melton *.
Qui dicunt ſuper ſacramentum ſuum, quod quelibet
virgata terre in eadem villa poteſt ſuſtinere 40 oves,
cum ſequela ſua, uſque ad feſtum Sancti Martini;
unum equum, duos boves, unam vaccam, cum ſequela
ſua; unam ſuem, & unum porcum Album, cum
ſequela ſua; uſque ad feſtum Sancti Michaelis; &
tunc removere ſequelam. Salva ſeverali paſtura dicti
abbatis de manerio. Adum die Sancti Hugonis Lin-
colnie epiſcopi, anno regni Henrici filii regis Johannis
29% tempore Philippi de Aſſeles, tune vicecomite
Leyceſtrie. |
11. Finalis concordia inter Galfridum abbatem & Ni-
cholaum de Cryoll ; de conſuetudinibus & ſerviciis
quos idem Nicholaus exigebat de predicto abbate
de libero tenemento ſuo, quod de predicto Nicho-
lao tenet in Croxton; 1246 *.
Hee eſt finalis concordia, facta in curia domini regis
apud Weſtm', in Octavis Sancti Michaelis, anno regni
regis Henrici filii regis Johannis 30ù, coram ipſo do-
mino rege, Willielmo Eboracenſi prepoſito Beverlie,
Willielmo de Cantilupo, Johanne de Lexinton, Pau-
lino Peynere ſeneſcallo domini regis, & aliis domini
regis fidelibus tunc ibi preſentibus, inter Nicholaum
de Crioll querentem, & Galfridum abbatem de Crox-
ton deforcientem, de conſuetudinibus & ſervitiis que
idem Nicholaus exigebat de predicto abbate, de libero
tenemento ſuo, quod de predicto Nicholao tenet in
Croxton; & unde idem Nicholaus exigebat de pre-
dicto abbate, quod redderet ei per annum quatuor mar-
cas argenti pro predicto tenemento, & quod faceret
ſectam ad curiam ipſius Nicholai de Croxton de
tribus ſeptimanis in tres ſeptimanas, & quod permit-
teret ipſum habere bis in anno viſum franciplegii de
omnibus tenentibus ipſius abbatis in Croxton; & fi
homines ipſius abbatis de Croxton panem vel cervi-
ſiam feciſſent vel vendidiflent contra aſſiſam, quod
idem Nicholaus inde faceret juſticiam in predict
curia; & ſi aliquis de hominibus ipſius abbatis tranſ-
greſſionem feciſſet verſus aliquem de hominibus ipfius
Nicholai, quod idem Nicholaus caperet inde emen-
das. Quas conſuetudines & que ſervitia idem abbas
ei non cognovit. Et inter eundem Nicholaum que-
rentem & predictum abbatem deforcientem, de com-
muna paſturà in Croxton. Unde predictus abbas
ſummonitus fuit ad oſtendendum quare impedivit ip -
ſum Nicholaum quo minus uti poſſit communa pre-
dicte paſture in manerio ſuo de Croxton; & unde
placitum fuit inter eos in eadem curia ; ſcilicet, quod
predictus Nicholaus conceſſit, pro fe & heredibus ſuis,
quod tota vaſta terra retro parcum, & tota vaſta terra
circa fontem qui vocatur Haliwelle, & tota brueria a
magna {ſtrata tendente a Croxton verſus Wautham,
uſque ad diviſas de Braunſton verſus Occidentem, &
de Beſcaldeby verſus Auſtrum, remaneat ſeparabiliter
predicto abbati & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, & ecclefie ſue
predicte; ita quod bene licebit eidem abbati & ſuc-
ceſſoribus ſuis, & ecclefie ſue predicte, ineludere pre-
dictam terram & brueriam foſſato & haya, & pro
voluntate ſuz profectum ſuum inde facere. Et pre-
terea idem Nicholaus remiſit & quietum clamavit, de
ſe & heredibus ſuis, predicto abbati & ſucceſſori-
bus ſuis, & eccleſie ſue predicte, totum jus & clameum
quod habuit in viginti bovatis terre & quadraginta
acris boſci, cum pertinentiis, in eadem villa, quas do-
minus rex ab eodem abbate exigebat tanquam eſcae-
tam ſuam de terris Normannorum ; ita ſcilicet quod
dictus Nicholaus nec heredes ſui de cetero poterunt
aliquid juris clamare vel exigere in predictis viginti
bovatis terre, nec in predictis xl acris boſci, cum
pertigentiis, ſicut predictum eſt, nec in aliis terris &
tenementis, cum pertinentiis, quas idem abbas &
* Peck, MSS. 4934 ; ex codem codice, fol. 47. a.
-3 Peck, ibid, ex eodem ; b fol. 37. b.
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eceleſia ſua predicta tenuerum in eadem villa de Crox-
ton die quo hec concordia facta fuir, neque in domi-
nico nec in ſervitio, imperpetuum, ter debita & con-
ſueta ſervitia. Et pro hic conceſſione, remiſſione, & qui-
eta clamatione, fine, & concordia, idem abbas recog-
novit & conceſſit, pro ſe & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, & ec-
clefia ſua de Croxton, quod ipſi de cetero reddent ſin-
gulis annis predicto Nicholao & heredibus ſuis qua-
tuor marcas argenti, ad quatuq; terminos, pro predicto
tenemento, ſcilicet, ad feſtum Michaelis unam mar-
cam, ad Paſcha unam marcam, ad Nativitatem S.
Johannis Baptiſte unam marcam, ad Natale unam
marcam; & quod idem abbas & ſucceſſores ſui
facient ſeam ad curiam ipſius Nicholai de Croxton,
per ſe vel per certum attornatum ſuum, pro omni-
bus tenementis que habuerunt in dominico die quo
hec concordia factà fuit, ad rationabilem ſummoni-
tionem ipſius Nicholai vel ejus ballivi, quater in anno;
{cilicet, unam ad proximam curiam poſt feſtum Sano
Michaelis, aliam ad Natalem Domini, tertiam ad proxi-
mam curiam poſt Paſcha, quartam ad proximam curiam
poſt Natalem Sancti Johannis Baptiſte, ſine occaſione
aliqua, Et quod idem Nicholaus vel heredes ſui de
cetero habeant viſum franciplegii bis in anno de om-
nibus tenentibus ipſius abbatis in Croxton, ſcilicet unum
ad Paſcha, & alium poſt feſtum Sandi Michaelis,
Et fi homines ipſius abbatis in Croxton panem vel
cerviſiam fecerint vel vendiderint contra aſſiſam, de-
bent attachiari per ballivum ipſius Nicholai vel here-
dum ſuorum; & hujus placita debent placitari in curia
ipſius Nicholai vel heredum ſuorum apud Croxton.
t ſi jnciderint injurie, debent rationabiliter amer-
ciari, & ſecundum quantitatem delicti; vel fi aliquis
hominum ipfius abbatis vel ſucceſſorum ſuorum in
Croxton tranſgrediatur verſus aliquem de hominibus
ipſius Nicholai in eadem villa, loquela ejuſdem tranſ-
greſſionis deduci debet in curia ipſius Nicholai vel he-
redum ſuorum, & reus debet rationabiliter amerciari, &
ſecundum quantitatem delicti, & predictus Nicholaus
& heredes ſui de illà tranſgreſſione rationabiliter acci-
pient amendas; vel fi aliquis homo ipfius Nicholai
vel heredum ſuorum in Croxton tranſgrediatur verſus
aliquem de hominibus ipſius abbatis in eadem villa,
loquela ejuſdem tranſgreſſionis deduci debet in eadem
curia, & reus debet rationabiliter amerciari, ſicut
predictum eſt. Conceſſit & idem abbas, pro ſe &
ſucceſſoribus ſuis, & ecclefia ſua predictà, quod tota
aqua, cum piſce, piſcaria, & piſcatione ſtagni molen-
dini de Croxton, quod vocatur Croxton Milne, rema-
neat eidem Nicholao & heredibus ſeparabiliter, ſalvo
eidem abbati & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, & ecclefie ſue pre-
dicte, dicto molendino & curſu predicte aque, ad minus
nocumentum ipſius Nicholai & heredum ſuorum, &
predicti abbatis & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, & ecclefie ſue
predicte; ita quod nec predictus abbas nec ſucceſſores
ſui, nec eccleſia ſua predicta, nec eorum homines, de
cetero potuerunt in eodem ſtagno piſcari, ſed quod
poſſint predictum ſtagnum exaltare cum neceſſe fuit
abſque nocumento ipfius Nicholai & heredum ſuorum,
& predicti abbatis & ſucceſſorum ſuorum, & eceleſie ſue
predicte. Et ſciendum quod predictus Nicholaus &
heredes ſui de omnibus tranſgreſſionibus ſupradictis
capient amendas, ita quod dictus abbas & ſucceſſores
ſui & ecclefia ſua predicta nichil inde percipient.
12. Status ville de Croxton Criol
& I. de libere tenentibus, tempore domini Nicholai
de Criol; 1258 *,
Villa de Croxton ay Yer pro 24 carucatis terre,
& non facit forinſecum ſervitium, neque auxilium vice-
comiti, nec murdro,
Dominus Nicholaus de Criol tenet in dominico 10
bovatas terre in eadem villa,
Domina Sara de Gnipton tenuit de domino in
eadem villa unam carucatam terre, cum tenentibus
ſuis, pro 85.
Rogerus Parys, unam virgatam terre, pro 25,
Thomas de Graham, unam virgatam, pro 28.
Hugo Chevercourt, dimid' carucatam terre, pro 68.
peck, ibid.; ex eodem codice, fol, 84.
De
FR Ant Ab Hindatd] C O K T ON A fl BB . 91
De quibus abbas de Croxton tenet unam virgatam
de co in feodo imperpetuum.
Willielmus l' Enfant tenet 5 bovatas terre, pro 68;
de quibus abbas tenet unam virgatam de eo in feodo
imperpetuum.
Henricus filius Roberti tres bovatas; cum pertinen-
tis, pro 53. 0
Simon filius Thome, 4 bovatas, pro 65.
Willielmus Aucuparius, unam bovatam, pro 33. 6d.
' Rogerus Niger, 3 bovaras, pro 45.
Walterus Faber, 3 bovatas, pro 38.
Ricardus le Moy ne, 2 bovatas, pro 28. 8d.
Helias Kneye, 2 bovatas, & dimidium molendini,
pro 108.
Rogerus de Infirmitorio, 2 bovatas, & dimidium mo-
lendini, pro 10s.
Willielmus Pelliparius, dimidiam bovatam terre,
pro 28.
II. De ruſticis. |
Sciendum eſt quod ruſtici in dominico de Croxton
tenent 10 carucatas terre; & ſolvebant pro qualibet
virgata terre, domino Hugoni de Burgo & anteceffori-
bus ſuis, 55. tantum. Sed poltmodum dominus Phi-
lippus Baſſet augmentavit quamlibet virgatam terre 38.;
unde quelibet virgata terre ſolvit modo 88.
III. De liberis cotiariis.
Hugo Payn tentt duas acras terre & unum meſſua-
gium liberè pro 12d.
Ricardus filius Willielmi Ailword tenet unum meſ- -
ſuagium, pro 184, per annum.
IV. De cotiariis qui tenent ad voluntatem domini.
Uxor Ricardi Hiring tenet unam acram & unum
toftum, pro 12d.
Matilda, filia Grumuld', unam acram & unum tof-
tum, pro 124. |
Ailmerus, unam acram cum tofto, pro 12d.
W ilterus Parys, unam acram cum tofto, pro 12d.
Giliana vidua, unam actam cum tofto, pro 12d.
Ricardus Stoile, ſimiliter, 12d.
Botulphus Payn, unam acram cum tofto, 124.
Sciendum quod Philippus Baſſet acerevit firmam
cotiariorum 6d. unde quilibet ſolvit modo 18d.
V. De omnibus prefatis.
Notandum, quod omnes tenentes in villa de Croxton
ſolvunt ſervitia ſua ad 4 terminos anni; ſcilicet, ad
Natale Domini, & ad Paſcha, ad Nativitatem Sancti
Johannis Baptiſte, & ad feſtum Sancti Michaelis.
Summa ſervitiorum liberè tenentium, cum duobus
cotiariis liberè tenentibus, per annum, 4 li. 6d.
Summa ruſticorum, cum 8 acris quas cotiarii tene-
bant tempore Huberti de Burgo, 10 li. 85.
Summa ſervitii quod modo ſolvunt 17 li. 125.
Summa ſervitii totius omnium tenentium domini in
villa 2oti. 125. 6d. & de domino abbate 4 marcas.
Summa terrarum in dominico domini 10 bovate
terre. Et libere tenentes tenent 5 carucatas terre, &
unam bovatam & dimid', & 2 acras. Et ruſtici, &
cotiarii, & tenentes ad voluntatem domini, tenent 10
carucatas terre & 8 acras.
Summa totius terre 16 carucate, 3 bovate & dimid',
& decem acre.
Sciendum etiam quod dominus abbas habet in do-
minico 6 carucatas terre & dimid', Et preterea te-
nentes abbatis in eadem villa tenent quinque bovatas
terre. Summa, 7 carucate terre & una bovata.
In villa de Croxton non ſolvimus ſcutagium, quia
non facit forinſecum ſervitium, neque auxilium vice-
comiti, neque murdro, ut dicitur ſupra.
Memorandum quod villa de Croxton eſt eſchaeta
domini regis, & reſpondet de 24 Carucatis terre, ut
dictum eſt. Unde dominus Nicholaus de Criol tenet 5
virgatas terre in dominico, & homines ſui tenent in
villenagio 10 carucatas terre, & libere tenentes 5 bo-
vatas. Abbas de Croxton tenet inde 7 carucatas terre,
& unam bovatam, & advocationem eccleſie de eadem.
Et totum manerium extenditur ad 241i. per annum.
Summa totius terre libere tenemium 21 virgate
terre, & abbathie 10 virgate terre; & villanorum 40
virgate.
Extenſio totius ville, ita quod una virgata terre de
' Peck, MSS. 4934; ex eodem codice, fol. 45. b.
Vol. I. ArpEND,
dominico equè extenditur cum villenagio, 261. 25. ot:
Item alia extenſio de Croxton 28 t; & dimid', & 2%
3d. ad inſtantiam domini Nicholai de Criol, tempore
Anketini de Vaſto Martini [Martivaus] tune viees
comitis Leyceſtrie. 1
*
13. De quibuſdani terris cœnobii de Croxton, iii
rerritorio ejuſdem ville *,
Memorandum, quod habemns ſex culturas magis
quam pertinent ad duas partes de dominico, in campo
Occidentali; videlicet, unam ad Biſcope-welle-dale, que
habet in ſe 8 acras ; & unam culturam que vocatur
Bititwong, que habet in ſe6 acras; & unam culturam
deſuper Mikkelberne, que habet in ſe 12 acrasz &
unam culturam ad Weſtumbe-overende, que habet in
ſe 3 acras; & unam culturam ad Lodenorthe, que
habet in ſe 11 acras; & unam culturam ſuper Sune
dun, que habet in ſe 16 acras.
Memorandum inſuper quod dominus abbas habet
in feodo ſuo, in villa de Croxton, 7 carucatas terre, &
unam bovaram, preter culturas, & alias particulas, que
non ſunt computate infra numerum.
Summa predictarum ſex culturarum 56 acre.
Item, in campo Occidentali, ad unam virgatam non
poſſunt ſeminari in 13 acras cujuſlibet bladi, Paſ-
tura iſta culturarum equiyalet ad paitutam unius caru-
Cate terre & 4 acrarum.
Item, in predicto campo, habet dominus de Croxton,
& dominus abbas, paſturam per ſe, pertinentem ad
dominicum; videlicet, in Weſtretrowelle & Eſtre-
trowelle, & le Redheng ; & Stock, & Greyndale. Iſta
paſtura pertinet domino de villa, & domino abbati,
a die qua poſita eſt defenſio, uſque ad feſtum Sancti
Petri ad vincula. |
Preterea homines de Croxton, videlicet, liberi &
ruſtici, habent paſturam per ſe, ubi dominus non com-
municat. Et dominus abbas ibi habet communam,
videlicet, de terra eccleſie 12 bovatarum, de terra Wil-
liclmi Clerici 6 bovatarum; de dono Hugonis Portarii,
3 bovatarum quas Herveyus Clericus aliquando tenuit;
de terra Herveyi Clerici, 3 bovatarum; de Hugonis
Clerici, 2 bovatarum; de Willielmi Coci, unius bovate.
Summa hujus eſt 3 carucate, ſcilicet 24 bovate terre.
Et dominus de dominico habet 10 bovatas, & domi-
nus abbas habet 20 bovatas. Omnes iſte bovate jacent
in campo Occidentali, ſcilicet in Weſt: feld.
In campo Orientali habet dominus de Croxton, &
dominus abbas, paſturam per ſe a die qui poſita eſt
defenſio, uſque ad feſtum Sancti Petri ad vincula, vi-
delicet, Brakendale.
Et homines de villa, liberi & ruſtici, & dominus
abbas, habent communam in Dale, ubi dominus de
Croxton] cum eis non communicat ; videlicet, abbas de
terra eccleſie 12 bovatarum, de terra Willielmi Clerici
6 bovatarum, de terra Herveyi Clerici 3 bovatarum,
de Hugonis Clerici 2 bovatarum, de Willielmi Coci
unius bovate.
Item cultura de Scarphon * continet in ſe ſexies
viginti & 5 acras.
Item cultura de Renhow continet 6o acras.
Item cultura que vocatur Coſtebakebir jacet pro
una carucata terre.
In iſtis culturis duabus, videlicet, Scharphon &
Renhow, habentur tres carucate & 5 acre; ita quod
non poſſunt ſeminari in predicto campo, ad virgatam
terre, niſi 15 acre terre, de omnibus bladis. Et ſci-
endum quod bovate integre ſunt ſine culturis.
In Stannewong ſunt 5 acre & una cultura ad le
Swebi prati, que habet in ſe 8 acras. De terra Thome
filii Siwini 6 acre in duobus ſelionibus, & protendunt
ſe de Schireſtrete verſus Riſtit. De terra Hugqnis 3
acre de alia virgata, De terra Hugonis PEnfant 4
acre & dimid', videlicet, ficut jacentes de Gilbert
Mere uſque Wodegate. Tres acre etiam ad Radiebi-
dale. Una acra & dimidia ad Netheriſtit. De terra
Roberti Aſti 3 acre de Gilbert Mere uſque Wodegate.
De terra filii diwini una acra ſuper le Hay. De Hu-
gono clerico una acra ſuper Neu Mor. De Emma
Kneye 3 acre (cum corpore ſuo) de le Wodegate
uſque Schireſtrete. |
Summa iſtaram 42 acre & dimidia; videlicet, 5 bo-
vate & 5 acre. |
In recentiori manu, © nunc vocatur Southmerwong ” -
I 4, De
14. De ecclefiis noſtris, quas in proprios uſus per ſe-
dem apoſtolicam & alios patronos in proprios uſus
habemus conceſlas *. |
:. De ecclefia de Croxton-Criol,
Memorandum, quod rex Stephanus contulit ec-
cleſiam de Croxton I home clerico de Croxton, cum
decem bovatis terre, & toftum Edrici, cum bordario,
omnia pertinentia ecclelie, in decimis, & aliis rec-
titudinibus, ut carta ſua teſtatur. Willielmus comes
Bolonie dedit nobis dictam ecclefiam de Croxton, cum
omnibus pertinentiis ſuis, & meſſuagium, & toftum,
& croftum, cum viridariis, & unam carucatam terre
de dominico, & vaſtam terram poſt parcum de Crox-
ton, & circa fontem que vocatur Haliwell ex utra
parte vallis, & xi acras apud Sauteby, & totam vaſtam
terram ad tres foſſatas, ad ſitum & conſtructionem ab-
bathie noſtre. Hanc etiam conceſſit & confirmavit
nobis dis Robertus Lincolnie epus cari ſud, & terram
que vocatur Hulueſwong, & alias terras que annotan-
tur in eadem cart. Eandem vero eccleſiam concefle-
runt & confirmaverunt nobis dominus Wilkus de Lex-
ington, decanus Lincoln' ecclefie, & capitulum ejuſdem
eccleſie Lincoln”, in proprios uſus poſſidendum.
2. De ecclefii de Sproxton.
Mem. quod Hugo de Boby * dedit nobis & carta
ſui confirmavit tertiam partem ecclefie de Sproxton,
cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis, in puram & perpetuam
eleemofinam. Idem vero Hugo, conſilio & aſſenſu
Agnetis matris ſue, dedit nobis unum toftum in Sprox-
ton, quod Radulfus Radde tenuit ad meſſuagium pre-
dicte tertic parte eccleſie, in puram & perpetuam elee-
moſinam. C ſbertus de Boby, filius predicti Hugonis,
predictam tertiam partem, cum meſſuagio ptedicto,
nobis conceſſit & carta ſua confirmavit. _ Baldricus ar-
chidiaconus Leiceſtrie, ad preſentationem Hugonis
predicti, nos in dictam tertiam partem eccleſie inſtituit,
& in corporalem poſſeſſionem induxit, ut patet per
ſcriptum ſuum; ſed nullam habemus confirmationem
epiſcopi.
Item, Achardus de Sproxton dedit nobis duas
partes eccleſie de Sproxton, in puram & perpetuam
eleemoſinam, cum corpore ſuo. Preterea Johannes de
Sproxton, filius ejuſdem Achardi, dedit nobis jus pa-
tronatùs duarum partiam eccleſie de Sproxton in pu-
ram & perpetuam eleemoſinam, quod pater ſuus
Achardus nobis cum corpore ſuo contulit; quas qui-
dem duas partes, cum tota eccleſia, nobis & eccleſie
noſtre appropriatas integraliter, per bullam domini
Pape habemus, & per ſpecialem ejus conceſſionem
poſſidemus. |
3. De eccleſia de South-Croxton.
Mem. quod quidam Rogerus ae Hotot dedit, con-
tulit, & carta ſua nobis confirmavit, dimidiam eccle-
ſiam de South Croxton, in puram eleemoſinam, que
eſt de feodo Belverie, cam omnibus pertinenriis ſuis.
Willus filius ejuſdem Rogeri eandem dimidiam eccle-
ſiam nobis cartà ſua conceſſit. Predictus vero Roge-
rus de Hotot jus advocationis ejuſdem ecclefie nobis
contulit in preſentiũ domini Baldrici tune archidiaconi
Leyceſtrie & capituli, cum quatuor bovatis terre, ut
patet per licentiam predicti Baldrici.
Facta fuit & quedam controverſia ſuper dictam
eccleſiam inter nos & R. clericum de Eſſeby; que,
ex mandato Domini Pape, coram S. abbate Rievalle &
A. abbate de Wellebek, per ſententiam diftinitivam
terminata fuit; & {medietatem} dicte ecclefie, cum
omnibus pertinentiis ſuis, plenariè adjudicaverunt ;
&, ex precepto predictorum abbatum & Baldrici,
Petrus tunc decanus de Asfordby, canonicus ordinis
de Sempringham, in unam medietatem eccleſie predicte
inſtituit | predictam R. clerium de Efleby ', & nos in
aliam medietatem. Poſtea verd facta fuit quedam
compoſitio, ſuper predictam ecclefiam, inter nos &
priorem & canonicos de Malton, coram predictis ab-
batibus, judicibus a Domino Papa, gratia eadem, etiam
delegatis; videlicet, quod nos & ſucceſſores noſtri ha-
bebimus per omnia, perpetua poſſeſſione, medietatem
dicte eceleſie, & omnium obventionum ejus, plenè &
iniegrè, & omnium ſumptuum & onerum que extunc
* Peck, MSS. 4934 ; ex eodem codice, fol. 84.
3 Plac, apud Weſim, in banco regis 49 Edw, III. rot, 402.
za APPENDIX To runs HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE.
N memorata eccleſii fient medietatem ſuſtinebimus.
rior quoque & canonici de Malton, fimili modo,
pari conditione, fine ulla exceptione, aliam medietatem
jam dicte ecclefie perpetuis temporibus poſſidebunt.
Hane medietatem eccleſie de Suth Croxton, & ter-
tiam partem ecclefie de Sproxton, nechon & eccleſias
de Croxton, Lund, & Tunſtal, Innocentius Papa ſub
beati Petri & ſua protectione ſuſcepit, & eaſdem auc-
toritate apoſtolicà nobis confirmavit, ut patet per pri-
vilegium ej uſdem Innocenti.
4. De eccleſii de Lund.
Mem. quod Wiltus filius Walkelini dedit nobis ec -
cleſiam de Lund, cum omnibus pertinentiis & liber-
tatibus & aiſiamentis ſuis, in puram & perpetuam elee-
moſinam. Robertus le Sauvage & Hawiſia ſua ſponſa
eandem eccleſiam nobis per cartam ſuam confirma-
verunt in puram eleemoſinam. Galfridus, Dei gratif,
Coventrie ecclefie humilis miniſter, nobis eandem ec-
cleſiam de Lund in proprios uſus convertendam con-
ceſſit; ſalvi tamen vicariã trium marcarum in eadem
eccleſia, ad quam vicarium ydoneum preſentabimus,
qui de ſy nodalibus reſpondebit; nec verò tam epiſ-
copo quam archidiacono de hoſpitiis & auxiliis re-
ſpondebimus; & certum domicilium apud diftam ec-
cleſiam predicto vicario aſſignabimus, ſalvo jure epiſ-
copali & parochiali. Hane verò conceſſionem, quam
predictus Galfridus, Dei gratia, Coventrie eceleſie
miniſter, nobis ſui carta fecit, Galfridus prior Co-
ventrie & ejuſdem loci conventus ratam & gratam ha-
bentes, auctoritate eccleſie ſue cathedralis nobis ſul
cartà confirmaverunt, ſalvia tamen vicaria trium mar-
carum ut ſupra; ſalvo & eiſdem jure epiſcopali &
parochiali. Item archidiaconus Derbye in eiſdem nog
inſtituit.
5. De eccleſia de Tunſtall.
Mem. quod Adam de Yundbegun dedit nobis
eccleſiam de Tunſtall, cum omnibus pertinentiis & aiſi-
amentis ſuis, in puram & perpetuam elecmolinam 3.
Poſtea vero Rogerus de Yundbegun, filius predicti
Ade, eandem eccleſiam nobis dedit, & carti ſua confirma-
vit, in puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam, cum omnibus
pertinentiis & aifiamentis ſuis, ſecundum tenorem
predicti Ade patris ſui, Preterea vero Willus filius
Goſpatricii de Tunſtall remifit nobis totam calang' 4,
& omne jus quod habuit in eadem ecclefii ; & conceſſit
nobis, per cartam ſuam, omnes terras quas habuimus in
eadem villa, cum paſturis eiſdem tetris adjacentibus.
Godefridus de Lucy, tune temporis archidiaconus
Richmundie, eandem eccleſiam auctoritate ſui nobis
confirmavit; & predictam donationem ratam habuit.
Rogerus tunc temporis Ebor' archiepiſcopus, apoſto-
lice ſedis legatus, eandem eceleſiam nobis dedit, &
carta ſua confirmavit in perpetuam eleemoſinam, ſalvo
jure epiſcopali.
Et ſciendum eſt quod Wilts quidam clericus de
Kirkeby movebat controverſiam verſus magiftrum
Thomam de Croxton & canonicos de Croxton de
Valle Sci Johannis ſuper prediftam eccleſiam; &, in
preſentia domini Hugonis Dunelmenfis epiſcopi, litem
penitus renunciavit, & predictam eccleſiam per ſe vel
per interpoſitam perſonam nunquam repetituram fide
firmavit. Idem vero Wiltus, in preſentia abbatis de
Sulbeya, & prioris de Bolton, & magiſtri Laur* de
Torton', litem quam prius movebat verſus predictos
canonicos ſuper predictam ecclefiam penitus renunci-
avit, & eandem predictis canonicis omnino quietum
elamavit, & omnia ſcripta ſua autentica ſuper predictam
eceleſiam in manus noſtras coram eiſdem reſignavit.
Item facta eſt finalis concordia ſuper predictam
eccleſiam inter nos & Johannem filium Wilti de
Tunſtall, de advocatione eccleſie de Tunſtall, unde
aſſiſa ultime preſentationis abranata fuit inter eos;
ſcilicet, quod predictus Johannes recognovit predictam
ad vocationem predicte ecclelie cum pertinentiis eſſe
jus noſtrum, & ipſam renunciavit & quietam clamavir,
de ſe & heredibus ſuis, nobis & ſucceſſoribus noſtris;
& pro hac remiſſione & quiet clamatione, fine, &
concordia, dedimus predicto Johanni x marcas argenti,
The Paynells of Bootbly were ſome time lords of Sproxton.
4 Challenge, or claim,
6. De
FRAMLAN D HUNDRED:)
5. De eccleſii de Mellinge.
Eccleſiam de Mellinge, in archidiaconatu Riche ·
mundie, nobis & eccleſie noſtre de Croxton, in pro-
rios uſus perpetuò ee ans per conceſſionem &
Pärilegiun domini Pape Clementis habemus.
. Has 1111 eccleſias de Croxton, Tunſtal, Lund,
& Sproxton, cum pertinentiis ſuis, Papa Honorius
nobis auctoritate apoſtolici confirmavit, & ſub pro-
tectione beati Petri & ſui ſuſce pit, & quicquid habe-
mus in eccleſia de Suth Croxton; quinque virgatas
& dimidiam terre, XL acras & duas culturas iu Croxton,
& duas partes terre dominicalis in Croxton, cum perti-
nentiis. In tetritorio de Howes, xx virgatas ex feodo
Willi de Aubeni. In villa de Brocton x virgatas terre,
1 bovat' minus. In territorio de Eyton, v1 virgatas
terre & dimidiam, cum quatuor molendinis, & perti-
nentiis ſuis. In territorio de Braunſton, 1 virgatam
terre & manſum unum. In territorio de Berugby, 11
carucatas & xx acras prati, cum pertinentiis. In ter-
ritorio de Segbrok, 1 bovatam terre & v111 acras .
rati, & paſcua pro ccc ovibus. In territorio de
ſcaudeby, 111 virgatas terre, cum pertinentiis. In
Hungreton, unam virg«tam terre, cum pertinentiis.
In Wiſtrethorp, 1 virgatam cum pertineutiis. Item
boſcura apud Wyme. In territorio de W ymundham,
1 bovatam terre & vit acras prati, cum pertinentiis ;
& 11 manſioncs iu Liacolnia, & alia bona noſtra, ſicut
ea omnia juſtè & paciſicè poſſidemus, nobis auctoritate
— 4 confirmav io, ut patet per privilegia ejuſdem
onorii.
15. De privilegiis quibuſdam papalibus eccleſie &
conventui de Croxton conceſhs *.
Imprimis habemus privilegium Honorii Pape ſpe-
ciale, de novalibus, ortis, & incrementis animalium, in
quo ſic continetur : * Perſonas veſtras, & locum in
quo divino eſtis obſequio mancipati, cum omnibus
bonis que inpreſentiarum rationabiliter poſſidetis, aut
in futurum juſtis modis, preſt:nte Domino, poteritis
adipiſci, tub beati Petri & noſtrà protectione ſuſcipi-
mus, & preſentis ſcripti patrocinio communimus,
diſtrictius inhibentes, ne quis a vobis de novalibus
que pre priis manibus aut ſumptubus colitis, five de
ortis & veſtrorum animalium incrementis decimas au-
deat extorquere.“ Hoc quoque privilegium fic incipit,
Cum a nobis petitur,
Item aliud privilegium ejuſdem Honorii de novali-
bus, quod fic incipit, Quia jus eft interpretari cujus
eft condere, in quo continetur ſic: ** Statuiraus ut de
novalibus veſtris excultis a tempore concilii generalis,
aut inpoſterum excolendis, nullus a vobis decimas
exigere vel extorquere preſumat.” Hoc quidem pri-
vilegium generale eſt, & commune toti ordivi.
Item aliud privilegium generale omnibus abbatibus
ordinis, quod lic incipit, Contigit interdum de novalibus,
in quo fic continetur : © Inhibemus, auctoritate pre-
fentium, ut nullus a vobis de novalibus a tempore
concilii excultis, vel inpoſterum propriis manibus aut
ſumpribus excolendis, decimas exigere vel extorquere
preſumat.“
Item privilegium magnum ejuſdem Honorii de uni-
tate ordinis & multis articulis, in quo fic continetur:
* Sane laborum veſtrorum quos propriis manibus aut
ſumptibus colitis, de poſſeſſionibus habitis ante conci-
lium generale, five de ortis, & virgultis, pratis, paſ-
cuis, & piſcationibus yeſtris, vel de incrementis ani-
malium veſtrorum, ſeu etiam de novalibus, nullus a
vobis decimas exigere vel extorquere preſumat.”
Item privilegium ejuſdem Honorii, directum archie-
piſcopis, epiſcopis, & aliis eccleſie prelatis, ut privi-
tegia noſtra obſerventur, in quo quidem fic coatinetur :
% Univerſitatem veſtram monemus & exhortamur at-
tente, ac per apoſtolica ſcripta precipiendo mandamus,
uatenus ſupradictos fratres, ob reverentiam divinam
pa noſtram, habentes in viſceribus caritatis, eis privi-
legia & indulgentias apoſtolice ſedis eiſdem conceſſas
inviolabiliter conſervetis, & faciatis ab aliis conſervari ;
ſalva tamen moderatione concilii generalis, videlicet
ut de terris alienis a tempore predicti concilii adqui-
fitis, & de cetero adquirendis, exſolvant decimas ec-
* Peck, MS. 4934 ; ex codem codice, fol, 87. a.
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clefiis quibus ratione prediorum antea ſulvebintur;
niſi aliter cum eis duxerint componendum.“
Item habemus privilegia quatuor Alexandri Pape,
In uno privilegio fic continetur ; “ In eccleſiis au-
tem veltris licitum fit vobis, quatuor aut tres de cang-
nicis veſtris, fine contradictione qualibet, inſtituere;
quorum unum dioceſano epiſcopo, ut ab eo curam
recipiat animarum, repreſentetis, qui ei de ſpiritualibus,
vobis autem de temporalibus, debeat reſpondere.”
Item iti alio fie continetur : In parochislibus vers
eccleſiis quas tenetis, liceat vobis ſacerdores eligere, &
epiſcopo preſentare ; quibus, ſi ydonei inventi fuerint,
epiſcopus curam animarum committet, ut de plebig
cura epiſcopo, vobis autem de temporalibus debeant
reſpondere. Sane novalium veſtrorum que propriis
manibus aut ſumptibus colitis, five de incrementis ani-
malium veſtrorum, nullus a vobis decimas preſumat
exigere. Cum autem generale interdictum terre fu-
erit, liceat vobis, januis clauſis, excluſis excommuni-
catis & interdiftis; non pulſatis campanis, ſuppreſià
voce, divina officia celebrare. Nullus autem infra
ambitum ipſius eceleſie, vel infra ſepta cicumadjacen-
tiam domorum ſuarum, viol-ntiam, furtum, vel rapi-
nam facere, aut ignem apponere, vel hominem capers
ſeu interficere, audeat. Item cum eccleſie veſtre vaca-
verint, liberum fit vobis quatuor vel tres ad minus de
canonicis veſtris in eis initituere, quorum unus a dia-
ceſano epiſcopo curam ſuſcipiat animarum.“
Item confirmationem ejuidem Alexandri pape ſupet
compoſitionem cum W. clerico de eccl&ſ#m de Tunſtall,
Item habemus 4 privilegia Innocentii pape; primum
generale, archiepiſcopis, epiſcopis, abbatibus, prioribus,
& ceteris ecclefiarum prelatis; quod fic incipit, Non
abſque dolore, in quo fic continetur: “ Univerſitat) veſtre
per apoſtolica ſcripta mandamus atque precipimus,
quatenus illos qui in aliquem de predictis fratribus, in-
ſtigante diabolo, manus violentas injecerunt, ſive poſ-
ſeſſiones, vel res, vel domos eorum, vel hominum ſuo-
rum, irreverenter invaſerint, aut ea que predictis fra-
tribus ex teſtamento decedentium welinquuntur contra
juſtitiam detinuerint, ſeu in ipſos fratres, contra apoſto-
lice ſedis indulta, ſententiam excommunicationis aut
interdicti proferre preſumſerint, vet decimas laborum
ſeu incrementorum ſuorum, ſpretis privilegiis agoſto-
lice ſedis, extorſerint ; fi laici fuerint, publice candelis
accenſis excommunicationis ſententiam procellatis; cle-
ricos autem canonicos, ſive monachos, appellatione
remoti, ab officio & beneficio ſuſpendatis; geutto
relaxaturi ſententiam donec predittis fratribus plenarie
ſatisfaciat,”
Item aliud privilegium de fententia excommunica-
tionis ferè ſimile huic, ſed ſpeciale, ſcilicet, Cantu-
arie archiepiſcopo & ſuffraganeis ejus, & aliis ecele-
ſiarum prelatis in Cantuarie provincia conſtitutis.“
Item tertium privilegium, de confirmatione eceleſi-
arum noſtrarum de Croxton, de Tunſtal, de Lund, &
tertie partis eccleſie de Sproxton, & medietatem de
South Croxton.
Item quartum privilegium ejuſdem Innocentii, vide-
licet, ne archidiaconi nobis graves exiſtantur, vel ca-
pellanis noſtris, vel in talliis & conſuetudinibus exi-
gendis.
Item habemus confirmationem ejuſdem Honorii
ſuper compoſitionem inter nos & abbatem & conven-
tum de Leyc' ſuper decimis de Ey ton.
Item confirmationem ejuſdem ſuper compoſitionem
inter nos & priorem & conventum de Novo Loco de
eccleſia de Hokenale *.”
Item confirmationem ejuſdem ſuper compoſitionem
inter nos & J. rectorem eccleſie de Berugby, ſuper de-
cimis laborum noſtrorum in Berugby, quos propriis
manibus aut ſumptibus colimus.
Item confirmationem & protectionem ejuſdem Ho-
norii ville de Wautham, cum boſco & molendinis &
aliis pertinentiis ſuis, ex dono Philippi de Daubeny.
Item, ex dono Johannis regis Anglie, terram de
Thingdon, manſum unum in Leyceſtre, duas bovatas
terre in Hertiſtoft, & alia bona noſtra, nobis autoritate /
apoſtolica confirmavit & munivit.
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16. De cartis & privilegiis a quibuſdam Anglie
regibus eidem eccleſie conceſſis .
. rationabiliter dabuntur, cum hiis libet-
tatibus, ſcilicet, ſochi & ſachi, & toll, & theam, &
infangenethef, ſolutas & quieras de ſciris, & hundredis,
& placitis, & de omnibus aliis querelis, & de geldis, &
murdro, & de danegeldo, & de ſcottis, auxiliis & donis,
aſſiſis & ſcutagiis, de auxiliis vicecomitum & miniſ-
trorum ſuorum, de operibus caſtellorum, murorum,
pontium, vivariorum, & de omni ſervitio ſeculari &
exactione; & ut habeamus libertatem curie noſtre in
omni tenemento noſtro.
Item cartam ejuſdem Henrici regis, de protectione
& de theloneo, pontagio, paſſagio, pedagio, & de
omni alia conſuetudine; & ut nullas libertates a ſe
vel anteceſſoribus ſuis nobis conceſſas interdicat; & ne
inplacitemur de aliquo tenemento niſi coram ipſo vel
capitali juſticiario, vel per preceptum ſuum, & ideo
non eſt monſtrandum.
Item cartam ejuſdem Henrici, de omnibus terris &
tenementis & poſſeſſionibus nobis datis vel dandis,
cum aliis libertatibus, excepto murdro.
Item cartam Johannis regis, de tribus bovatis terre
que fuerunt Henrici Clerici, & de parco, & de brueria,
& de omnibus parcariis, ex dono Hugonis Parcarii.
Item cartam Henrici regis, filii regis Johannis, &
confirmationem Willi de Waltham.
Item cartam ejuſdem Henrici, de mercato de Wal-
tham, & de feria per duos dies ſingulis annis.
Item firfaligMoncordia de predictis mercato & feria,
inter magiſtram Militie Templi & nos, de theloneo
dando; que talis eſt; ſcilicet, quod idem magiſter
Templi & ſucceffores ſui, & homines ſui, qui fuerint
cubantes & levantes in hoſpitio ſuo, ſint quiett de
theloneo omnium rerum quas vendiderint & emerint
in predicto mercato imperpetuum. Et qui non fuerint
cubantes & levantes cum ipſo, dent theloneum ficut
ceteri homines faciunt imperpetuum. |
Item cartam ejuſdem Henrici, de redditu c ſolido-
rum pro anima patris ſui regis Johannis, ſcilicet,
XLV111 ſolidatas, cum pertinentiis, in Twiford, de
tertà quam Thomas de Twiford & Juliana uxor ejus
tenuerunt. Item x ſolidatas & vii denarios, cum
ertinentiis, in Skeftington, de terri quam Johannes
Simon tenuit. Item xxvi deneratas in Tilton, cum
pertinentiis de terrà quam Johannes Clericus tenuit.
Item xx. cum pertinentiis quos homines de Montſorel
ſibi rgddere conſueverunt de aſſartis factis de campis
de Rodele. Item xx11 ſolidatas redditùs, cum perti-
nentiis, quos homines de Rodele ſibi reddere conſueve-
runt de predictis aſſartis in campis de Rodele, in libe-
ram & perpetuam eleemoſinam, loco centum ſolido-
rum quos percipere ſ debeant] ſingulis annis ad ſcacca-
rium ſuum pro anima dicti regis Johannis debeants.
Habemus duas cartas confirmationis a domino rege
Ed wardo, per quas confirmavit quedam noſtra tene-
menta juxta tenorem cartarum principalium.
In prima carta continetur hec, videlicet,
Due carte regis Ricardi, una de confirmatione
Willielmi Parcarii de Lyuns, de parco & de tenemen-
tis_ in Croxton, de redditu falis in Holand, & de li-
bertatibus, ſub forisfacturà decem librorum.
Alia carta de theloneo, paſſagio, & aliis libertatibus.
Item quatuor carte regis Henrici.
Et una de redditu cs.
Alia de confirmatione terrarum in Waltham.
Alia de mercato & feria de Waltham.
Et alia de confirmatione terre in Bruton.
Item carta domine Iſabelle de Ros.
Carta domini R. Luterell; & |
Carta Johannis filii Hentici le Flemyng in Eaſton,
In ſecundi carta continentur hec, videlicet, |
Carta domini Richardi comitis Cornubie, de terris
an Beruby, |
Carta Roberti David de Skeftington.
Quinque carte Agnetis filie predicti Roberti David.
Carta Johannis de Fryſeby & Amicie ſponſe ſue.
* Peck, MSS. 4934 ; ex eodem codice, fol, 83. a.
3 Peck, ibid.; ex codem codice, fol. 84,
5 Dugd, Mon, Ang. tom. II. p. 605; ex Cart, 9 Edw, I. n. 68. Videſis Cart. 11 Hen. III. I. 1. m. ).
Ks * | |
Carta domini Willielmi de Fortibus, comitis Ab-
bamaris, de tenementis in Eyton; & |
Carta Rogeri Britonis de Colſton de tenementis in
eadem 4, |
17. Carta Regis Edwardi primi donatorum conceſſi-
ones recitans & confirmans 5;
Rex archiepiſcopus, &c. ſalutem. Inſpeximus cars
tam, quam dominus Ricardus, quondam rex Anglie,
conſanguinens noſter, fecit Deo & eccleſie Sancti Jo-
hannis de Valle, & canonicis ibidem Deo ſervientibus,
in hec verba: *©* Ricardus, Dei gratia, rex Anglie,
dux Normannie, Aquitanie, comes Andegavie, archie-
piſcopis, epiſcopis, abbatibus, comitibus, baronibus,
vicecomitibus, juſticiariis, & aliis miniftris & fidelibus
ſvis, ſalutem. Sciatis nos conceſſiſſe, & hac carta noſtra
confirmàſſe, Deo & eccleſie Sancti Johannis de Valle,
& canonicis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, donationem,
quam Willielmus Parcarius de Liuns fecit eiſdem ca-
nonicis; videlicet, duas partes de parco de Croxton,
& quicquid in eodem juris ipſius fuit & libertatis,
in boſco & plano, in prato & paſturi, & omnibus
cereris ayſiamentis infra ambitum muri. Duas etiam
partes carucate terre Rogeri Parcarii; preterea totum
redditum ſuum de ſale in Hojlandia, ſcilicet, in Dun-
ningtone, ex donatione Marzarie & Wimeri de Sancto
Albino, filii ejus; tettiam partem de predicto parco
de Croxton, & quicquid juris & libertatis in eodem
habuerunt, in boſco & plano, & prato & paſſurà, &
omnibus ayſiamentis infra ambitum muri, & tertiam
partem carucate terre, que fuit Rogeri Parcarii, cum
omnibus pertinentiis & ayſiamentis infra villam & ex-
tra; totum etiam redditum ipforum de ſale in Hoi-
landie, ſcilicet in Dunningtone. Quare volumus, &
firmiter precipimus, quod predicti canonici noſtri hec
noſtra predicta, & omnes terras & tenuras, & poſſeſ-
ſiones, que eis date ſunt, & impoſterum rationabiliter
dabuntur, habeant & teneant benè, & in pace, liberè
& quiere, integrè & honorifice, & plenariè, cum om-
nibus libertatibus, quas carte donatorum ſuorum teſ-
tantur; & cum ſochã & ſachi, & toll, & theam, &
infangenethefe, ſolutas & quietas de ſciris, & hun-
dredis, & placitis, & de omnibus aliis querelis; & de
geldis, & murdro, & danegeldo, & ſcottis & auxilliis,
& donis, & aſſiſis, & ſcutagiis, & auxiliis vicecomi-
tum & miniſtrorum ſuorum ; de operibus caſtellorum,
murorum, pontium, vivariorum, & de omni ſervitio
ſeculari & exactione. Volumus etiam ut habeant li-
bertatem curie ſue in omni tenemento ſuo. Prohibe-
mus etiam ut nullus predictos canonicos noſtros, aut
res ipſorum, aut homines ſuos, in aliquo diſturbat, aut
vexet, aut gravare preſumat, neque per aquam, neque
per terram, ſuper decem libras forisfacturà. Hec om-
nia preſcripta concedimus eis & confirmamus imper-
petuum, pro anima Henrici patris noſtri, & pro ani-
mabus anteceſſorum noſtrorum ; & pro ſalute noſtra,
& pro ſalute Alianore regine & matris noſtre. Teſti-
bus, Baldwino archiepiſcopo Cantuarienſi, Hugone
Lincolnienſi, & Hugone Ceſtrenſi epiſcopis, Willielmo
comite de Mandevill, Willielmo Mareſcallo, Baldwino
Wake. Datum per manum Willielmi de Longocampo
cancellarii noſtri, decimo ſeptimo die Septembris, apud
Geitentonam,”
Inſpeximus etiam cartam Roberti filii Galfridi
Luterell, in hec verba: “Omnibus ad quos preſens
ſcriptum pervenerit, Robertus filius Galfridi Luterell
ſalutem in Domino. Noveritis me, pro ſalute anime
mee, & pro animabus omnium anteceſſorum & ſucceſ-
forum meorum, conceſſiſſe, & hac preſenti carta con-
firmaſſe, Deo & eccleſie Sancti Johannis Apoſtoli &
Evangeliſte de Croxtone, & abbati & canonicis ibidem
Deo ſervientibus, & eorum ſucceſſoribus imperpetuum,
in liberam, puram, & perpetuam eleemoſinam, omnes
terras & tenementa, que habent de feodo meo in villa
& territorio de Beſcaudeby, de dono & confirmatione
Philippi de Gaunt militis, & ex dono confirmatione
Roberti de Gaunt fratris ejuſdem; & de dono & con-
® The beginuing is imperfeR,
4 Peck, ibid.; e codice MS- de Domeiday nunc upato, fol. 1. b.
fir mat ione
FRAMLAND HUNDRED.J CRO TON AB B E V.
firmatione Philippi fili ejuſdem Roberti de Gaunt, &
omnium anteceſſorum ſuorum; five de dono aliorum
quorumeunque feoffatorum ſuorum, per cartas eorun-
dem, tam in dominico, quam in ſervitio, &c. Pre-
rerea conceſſi, & preſenti cartà confirmayi, predictis
ecclefie, abbati, & canonicis, & eorum ſucceſſoribus,
in liberam, puram, & perpetuam eleemoſinam, libe-
ram chaciam de baronia de Croxton, in baroniam
meam; & liberum introitum' & exitum omni tempore
infra villam & extra, cum omnibus animalibus & pe-
coribus ſuis quibuſcunque, per vias & ſemitas, & om-
nia alia loca debita & conſueta predictis ville & terri-
torio, &c. Hiis teſtibus; domino Thoma de Berkele,
domino Ricardo Grey, domino Willielmo Hamelyn,
tunc vicecomite Leyc', domino Benedicto de Rolleſton,
militibus, Hugone de Boby, Johanne filio Ricardi de
Vilers, &c.“ |
18, Inquiſitio de terris & paſturk de Beſcaudeby , &
quod poſſint ſuſtentare; 1256 *.,
Inquiſitio facta apud Beſcaudeby, coram Alano de
Swineford, tunc temporis vicecomite Leyceſtrie, die
Martis prox' ante feſtum Sancti Martini, anno regni
regis Henrici 41, per ſacramentum 12 virorum lega-
lium ſubſcriptorum, videlicet, Petri Burdet de Burton,
Willielmi Aumeri de eadem, Willielmi Segghe de
eadem, Willielmi Hamelin de Wimundham, Ricardi
Boye de eadem, Willielmi filii Petri de eadem, Ri-
cardi de Howby de Melton, Gilberti de Harſtan,
Hugonis de Purle, Petri Ambroyſii, Ade Stonneſby,
Johannis de eadem. Qui dicunt quod in virgara terre
poſſunt ſuſtentari duo equi, 4 boves & vacce cum
exitibus per annum, & zo bidentes cum exitibus per
annum, & 4 porci cum exitibus, & 4 auce cum 1
anſere cum exitibus. Dicunt etiam quod Robertus
filius Hugonis ſuperhoneravit paſturam de Beſcaudeby,
antequam breve fuit impetratum de 57 bidentibus.
19. Inquifitio alia de eiſdem; 1258.
Alia inquiſitio facta apud Beſcaudeby, coram domino
Anketino de Martivaus, tunc temporis vicecomite Leyc',
die Veneris prox' ante feſtum Sancte Marie Magdelene,
anno regis Henrici 43*, per ſacramentum 12 virorum
legalium ſubſcriptorum, videlicet, Thome de la Beu-
feuere de Scaudeford, Galfridi filii Thome de eadem,
Willielmi de Charnell de Wimundham, Hugonis de
Purle de eadem, Petri filii Ambroſii de eadem, Ro-
berti de Chevercurt de Wivordeby, Reginaldi Putrel
de eadem, Roberti de Wandeville de Branſton, Wil-
lielmi filii Richondi de eadem, Johannis de Winebis
de Bottesford, Willielmi Hotot de eadem, Willielmi
de Thintingdon de eadem. Qui dicunt ſuper ſacra-
mentum ſuum quod quelibet bovata terre in Beſcau-
deby poteſt ſuſtinere in paſturi tria groſſa animalia,
15 bidentes, duos porcos, tres aucas.
Sciendum eſt quod eodem die & anno, per predictos
- 12 legales homines, facte fuerunt diviſe inter terram
abbatis de Croxton pertinentem ad abbatem, & terram
domini Roberti de Gant tunc dbmini de Beſcaudeby
pertinentem ad Beſcaudeby, & coram predicto vice-
comite & patria. |
20. Memoranda quedam de dominis de Beſcaudeby
& Salteby, ac etiam de donationibus eorundem
canonicis de Croxton 4.
Fet aſaver e a remembrer ke William Paynel vint
ove li Conquerur de Angleterre, E le Conquerur li
dona por ſun ſerviſe, en le cunte d'Ewerwyke, Drax,
e Ledes, e Bingham; e li dona en le cunte de Nichol
Keylſtorpe, et Hornham, et Swidamſted. En le cunte
de Leyceſtre li dona il. Sauteby et Beſcaudeby e Gar-
thorp. William Paynell priſt a femme Alice de
Romely ; e avoit une file, que aveit num Avice. Icele
file dona le roy Henric a Robert de Gant pur ſun
ſervice. Robert eut de cele un file que aveit num
Alice. E icele Alice dona a Gunor de Gant Saateby
z 4 Villa depopulata juxta Waltham, in com? Leic'.“ Peck, MS.
3 Peck, ibid.; ex Inq. 43 Hen, III.
7 j. e. Drax, com' Ebor'.
9 Peck, MSS. 4935 ex MS, in 245, fol. 54. a.
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et Beſcandeby. E icele Alice eſpoſa Robert le Fitz-
Harding de Briſtowe, e engendra Moriz de Gant.
2 zunnor morrut, trahai Sauteby et Beſcaudeby
a Gilbert de Gant, ſun fiz cum deins age. Puis vint
Moriz de Gant $'&npleda Gilbert de Gant de ces deus
villes al Bank qe Lundres ; fi ke wage fu done e deus
champiunz armez en cele curt. Laccord fu tele, qe
Gilbert rendi a Moriz les villes, quit a li a ſes heires.
Par cele concord Moriz dona a Eſtevene de Gant, le
frere celi Gilbert de Gant, la ville de Sautebi ove les
aportenances a li e a ces heires pt cirograf feit a la
curt le roy. Moriz morut ſans heir de ſun cors, e
cheyle heritage a Andreu Lutrel,
21. Genealogia dominorum de Beſcaudeby & Sau-
teby, & Garthorp 5. |
Memorandum, quod fuit quedam mulier, que voca-
batur Avicia de Romely, domina de Beſcaudeby ; &
habuit virum Willielmum Paynel nomine; & quendam
filium, Willielmum de Curci; & filiam, Aliciam
nomine. |
Fuit & alius miles, nomine Jordanus, dominus ejuſ-
dem ville. Poſt quem venit ſecundus Jordanus, qui
in ſigillo ſuo nominabatur comes de Furches; & poſt
illum ſecundum Jordanum venir quidam miles, vel baro,
Robertus de Gant, qui habuit uxorem nomine Ali.
ciam, filiamque nomine Aviciam. Omnes iſti dederunt
nobis de terris ſuis in territorio de Beſcaudeby; ſcilicet,
Avicia de Romely duas bovaras terre et totum deme-
nium ſuum in Wlyveſwong'; Jordanus de Furches
unam bovatam cum toto demenio ſuo in WIveſwone,
et totam culturam de Wliveſwong. Item Robertns de
Ganth, unam bovatam cum toto demenio ſub in Wive-
wong. Item magiſter Achardus unam bovatam cum
pertinentiis.
Predictus Willielmus Paynel erat nobilis miles tem-
pore Henrici regis patris Johannis regis} qui duxit in
wry predictam Aviciam de Romely, ſicut predic-
tum eſt; quibus dedit dominus fructum uteri ſui uni-
cam filiam, Aliciam nomine; quam dedit predictus rex
Henricus Roberto de Ganth, pro homagio et ſervicio
ſuo, cum honore et commodo quod ad eum pertinuit;
ex qua genuit filiam Aviciam nomine, quam ſimiliter
dedit rex Henricus Roberto filio Roberti Ardings de
Briſtowe, et habuit ex e filium nomine Mauric:um ;
et, iſto Mauricio mortuo ſine herede de ſe, cecidit
hereditas Andree Luterel per matrem ſuam, que fuit
de parentela Paynellorum.
Iſti feoffaverunt abbatem et conventum de Croxton
de quadam cultura in territorio de Beſcaudeby, que
dicitur Ulweſwong : Amicia de Romely, Robertus de
Ganth, Moricius de Ganth, jJordanus de Furches,
prior de Draths ?, cum contirmatione epiſcopi.
Quedam pars predicte culture pertinebat item ec -
cleſie de Salteby. :
Sciendum̃ eſt etiam quod dominus Henricus de
Ganth fuit juſtus dominus de Sauteby & de Beſcau-
deby, habens ſecum quendam fervientem, qui voca-
batur Henricus. Unde idem Henricus, ſerviens pre-
dicti domini Henrici de Ganth, poſtea ſeipſum fecit
vocari Henricus de Ganth. Unde ille Henricus fuit
pater domini Philippi de Ganth, & domini Roberti de
Ganth. Unde iſte Henricus primus feoffavit ſecun-
dum Henricum ſervientem ſuum, & heredes ſuos, in
villa de Beſcaudeby, faciendo ſervicium dimidii unius
militis predicto Henrico & heredibus ſuis pro manerio
ſuo de Beſcaudeby, & propter homagium ſuum & he-
redum ſuorum.
22. Annotationes terrarum ® quas abbas de Croxton
habet in Beſcaudeby 9.
Abbas de Croxton habet in Beſcaudeby,
De dono Jordani de Furches, unam bovatam terre,
cum prato & paſtura.
Item, de dono magiſtri Acardi, unam bovatam terre,
cum paſtura.
| ® Peck, MSS. 4935 ; ex Inq. 41 Hen. III.
* Peck, ibid. ex MS. in 24˙, fol. 52. b.; & Dugdale, Mon. Ang. III. p. 73. b.
s Peck, ibid.; ex eodem codice, fol. 52. a, & Dugdale, ut ſupra,
o « Ulneſwong,“ MS, Peck.
* See theſe more particularly deſcribed under the townſhips of Saltby and Feſgaude by.
Y. Item,
Item, de dono Roberti de Gant ſenioris, unam
- boyatam cum paſt ura.
Item, de dono J#hannis filii Benedicti de Stoniſby,
duas bovaras terre cum pertinentiis.
De dono Matildis junioris, 2 bgvatas terre, cum
pratis & paſcuis.
ltem, de dono Thome filii Willidmi Palmerii, 2
bovatas cum pratis & paſcuis.
De dono Roberti de Gant, 2 bovatas & 3 acras.
Item, de dono Philippi de Gant, 3 bovatas, & 3
acras in una CY: :
Smuliter unam placeam prati 30 acrarum.
Preterea, de dono ejuſdem Philippi, 40 acras terre.
cum paſturi ad 80 dves cum ſequelà, & ad ſex boves
& duos equos.
Et eſt ſciendum quod dominus de Beſcaudeby faciet
ſervitium forinſecum de toto dominico ſuo.
Memorandum quod abbas de Croxton habet in
villa de Beſcaudeby quinque tofta; que reddunt ſibi
r annum 103. ad duos anni terminos, ſcilicet, ad
eſtum Martini hiemal' 55. & ad Purificationem beate
Marie 55. Item unam virgatam terre in eadem villa,
reddentem per annum ſibi & ſucceſſoribus ſuis unam
marcam ad duos anni terminos, ad feſtum STi Micha-
elis dimid' marc,” & ad Purif” dimid' marc'. Item
unum 4oftum quod Rogerus Faber quondam tenuit,
pro reddit 45. ad 4 terminos, ad feſtum Martini
12d. Purificationis, Pentecoſtes, & ad feſtum Micha-
elis.
Abbas de Croxton tenet, de Achardo de Beſcaudeby,
duas bovatas terre & dimid' in eadem villa. Item
t le Waltero filio Simonis, 2 bovatas & dimid'.
Et dum quod illa bovata terre quam Rogerus
ber de Wautham tenet de abbate continetur in
predictis 5 bovatis terre. Idem vero abbas tenet
ſexdecim bovatas terre de prefatis Achardo & Wal.
tero in predicta villa in puram eleemoſinam; & pre-
terea tenet duas bovatas terre de terra Matildis, & 2
bovatas de terra Benedicti, & unam bovatam de do-
minico domini de Beſcaudeby. Et omnes prefate
quioque bovate ſunt de feodo domini de Beſcaudeby.
Octo carucate terre in Beſcaudeby faciunt dimidium
feodum militis. Feodum Achardi adquietat dimidium
ſervitium ejuſdem ville, ſcilicet, 12 bovatas ; de qui-
bus nos habemus quinque bovatas & unam in perpe-
tuam eleemoſinam. Quando ſcutagium eſt ad tres
marcas, quelibet bovata de feodo Achardi dat 10 de-
narios. Hugo. Faber reſpondebit nobis de una bovark
10 denarios. Quicquid habemus de feodo domini eſt
in puram eleemoſinam. |
Item ſciendum eſt quod dominus de Beſcaudeby
habuit in dominico 17 bovatas terre, quas pater ejus
ante eum tenuit in dominico; unde habet de augmento
6 bovatas terre, ſcilicet, unam bovatam quam Willi.
elmus Juvenis tenuit, & unam bovatam quam Wal-
terus Prepoſitus tenuit, & aliam bovatara quam Ro-
gerus le Daneys tenuit, & unam virgatam quam Ri-
cardus Palmerius tenuit ; & fic habet in dominico 23
bovatas terre. |
Item Achardus tenet in eadem villa 3 bovatas terre
& dimidiam acram. Item Robertus filius Hugonis 3
bovatas terre & duas acras libere. Item Achardus
filius Walteri unam bovatam; & ad eccleſiam perti-
nent 2 bovate terre. Item abbas de Croxton tenet 13
bovatas & 12 acras extra Ulveſwong.
Summa terrarum domini de Beſcaudeby & ſuorum
liberè tenentium & ruſticorum 46 bovate terre &
dimidia; & 3 acre & dimid' acre terre.
Item, cum eccleſia, & cum terri abbatis de Crox-
ton, fine culturis, 40 bovate & 3 acre.
Summa carucatarum in eadem villa de liberis &
ſervis 7 carucate & dimid' carucate, & una dimidia
bovate, & 2 acre & dimidia acra terre.
Item notandum quod villa de Beſcaudeby reſpon-
debit pro dimidio feodo unius militis ; videlicet, do-
minus & homines ſui pro quarts parte feodi unius
militis, & Acardus pro quarti parte feodi unius
militis. Et feodum Achardi dupplicabit feodum do-
mini, & reſpondebit domino ejuſdem ville.
886 APPENDIX ro thx HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE,
Dominus Robertus de Ganth tenuit in dominico 17
bovatas terre. Item Acardus tres & dimid'. Item
Walterus tres & dimid'. Robertus filius Hugonis
duas bovaras terre cum fabrico. Perſona de Sauteby
duas bovatas. Summa liberorum 41 bovate. Summa
torius 64 bovate. Er eſt ſciendum, quod octo bovate
faciunt unam carucatam. Sed, contra regem, ſumma
totius due carucate.
Salteby reſpondet pro 4 carucatis terre, & Beſ-
caudeby pro 2 carucatis terre, contra dominum regem.
23. De terris abbatis in Broucton, Croxton Criol, &
Scheftington, in com' Leic'; 220g . |
Juratores dicunt, quod non eſt ad dampnum regis.
nec aliorum, licet dominus rex concedat, quod Johan-
nes filius Ade de Beſcaldby unum meſſuagium & di-
midiam bovatam terre, cum pertinentiis, in Broucton;
& Margeria Kyriell unum meſſuagium & 14 acras
terre in Croxton-Kyriel ; & Willielmus de Hugge-
ford octo marcatas redditùs, cum pertinentiis, in Schef-
tington; dare poſſint abbati de Croxton. Johannes
filius Ade tenet predictas terras in Broucton de Ri-
cardo filio Henrici de Broucton, per ſervicium unius
paris cirothecarum ; & Margeria tenet predictam ter-
ram in Croxton-Kyriel, una cum aliis tenementis in
eadem villa, de Bertramo Kyriel, reddendo ei 14d. ob.;
& abbas de Croxton tenet unum meſſuagium & ſex
virgatas terre, cum pertinentiis, in Scheftington, de
Willielmo de Hugford, reddendo cidem Willielmo
octo marcas. |
24. De terris ccenobii apud Humberſton, Scharneford,
Skeffington, Sproxton, Stapleford, Wolſtorp, Howes,
Eaton, Eaſtwell, & Wautham. £
Mem'. quod habemus in Humbrefian* unam dimi-
diam carucatam terre, de dono domini Johannis
Humet ; & pratum quod dicitur Suthmedwe, & con-
firmationem de dono Ricardo le Grey, in puram ele-
emoſinam. Si reddit ſcutagium, [reddit] tantum quan-
tum "—_— dimidiam carucatam terre de eodem
feodo. Quando ſcutagia cedunt in uſum domini regis,
immunes eſſe debemus a talium preſtatione, per cartas
regias de 1114 libertate & aliis nobis conceſſis.
In Scharneford * habemus unam carucatam terre, de
feodo Verdon, in hunc modum.
Achardus de Sproxton deſponſavit Mariam Burdeth,
& genuit ex e duos filios, Johannem & Ogerum.
Mortuo Achardo, Johannes filius ejus accepit here-
ditatem. Acceſſit quidam miles Willielmus nomine de
Magna Eſſeby, & duxit predictam Mariam Burdeth in
uxorem. Dictus vero Willielmus dedit dicte Marie
ad jocalia 4 virgatas terre in Scharneford, cum toftis &
croftis, & cum hominibus eaſdem terras tenentibus, &
eorum ſequela, ſcilicet, cum Yvone, Nicholao filio
Walteri, Henrico filio Chriſtiane, Gervaſio filio Wal-
teri Witing. |
Item dicta Maria, aſſenſu & voluntate domini Wil-
lielmi viri ſui, dedit predictas quatuor virgatas terre
domino Ogero de Sproxton, filio ſuo, per cartam; &
dominus Willielmus eas eidem Ogero confirmavit;
ita quod ſi dominus Willielmus non poterit waranti-
zare dicto Ogero illas 4 virgatas terre in Scharne-
ford, daret dicto Ogero in eſcambium 4 virgatas terre
in Efleby. Poſtmodum dominus Ogerus dedit, cum
corpore ſuo, abbathie de Croxton, duas virgatas terre
in Scharnetord, cum Yvone & Nicholao, & eorum ſe-
quela; & alias duas virgatas terre dedit Johanni
Motun, armigero ſuo & 1 cum Henrico &
Gervaſio, & eorum ſequeli, Dictus autem Johannes
Motun occiſus fuit in guerra fine herede de corpore
ſuo; & poſtea ſucceſhit ei frater ſuus Robertus Motun,
& tenuit dictas duas virgatas terre in pace per decem
annos & amplius; ac deinde vendidit dictas duas vir-
gatas terre abbati & conventui de Croxton pro 19
marcis.
Predictus autem Willielmus de Eſſeby, longo tem-
pore antequam deſponſavit Mariam Burdeth, habuit
Peck, MSS. 4934 ; ex Inq. ad quod dampn, 13 Edw. I. N' 133. Leic.
* Peck, MSS. 4935 z ex codem codice MS. in 24%, fol. 67. b. See more under the pariſh of Humberſtone.
7 Peck, ibid.; ex eodem codice, fol, 67. b. See more under Sharoford.
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aliam uxorem, filiam Oſberti de Clinton domini de
Colleſhil, qui dedit cum filià ſui predicto Willielmo de
Eſſeby duodecim virgatas terre in Scharneford in libe-
rum maritagium; & dictus Willielmus genuit ex ea
quandam nomine ſulianam. Dicta vero Juliana habuit
quendam virum Ricardum de Clopton, qui venit poſt
mortem Willielmi de Eſſeby cum magna fortitudine,
per conſilium Oſberti de Clinton, in guerra, & deſaiſi-
vit abbatem & conventum de Croxton, & Robertum
Motun, & omnes alios predictam terram habentes in
Scharneford ; & tenuit eandem terram per tres annos.
Sed predictus abbas & alii placitaverunt dictum Ricar-
dum coram juſticiariis banci, & recuperaverunt per
ms aſſiſam, & ita remanſit uſque in hodiernum
jem.
Quando autem ſcutagium currit ad tres marcas, vel
majus vel minus, quelibet virgata in Scharneford de
feodo domini de Verdun ſolvit unum denarium tantum.
Abbas de Croxton tenet in Skeftyngton®, de dono
Roberti filii David, pratum in Wariniſholm, cum duo-
bus ſelionibus, que faciunt unam acram ; & in Crot-
lindeſwong, cum holmis adjacentibus, tres acras terre,
& unum pratum ſub Randulfwode, quod continet di-
midiam acram ; & dimidiam culturam de Tippeſcheld
& de Heydlund, que continet unam acram & dimi-
diam; & duas ſeliones ſuper Brentingiſwolde, que
continent unam acram & unam bovatam, quam Gerva-
ſius de Weteberne tenuit de dono Roberti filii David;
& idem Robertus filius David dedit & confirmavit eas
abbati in puram eleemoſinam.
Item abbas tenet Andreſlund de dono Johannis filii
Roberti filii David, quem dedit cum corpore ſuo, qui
continet 3 acras terre & dimidiam. Et idem Robertus
filius David confirmavit illas abbati in puram eleemo-
ſinam.
Item abbas tenet, de dono Roberti filii David, medi-
etatem prati quod vocatur Northmedue, ſcilicet, terras
in parte Orientali, in puram eleemoſinam; & heredes
dicti Roberti illas confirmaverunt.
Robertus de Mardefeld dedit abbati in puram elee-
moſinam 6 acras terre, que ſunt de feodo Roberti filii
David.
Item Willielmus de Wytheland dedit abbati unam
bovatam terre, que fuit de feodo Milonis de Marde-
feld, quam idem Milo conſirmavit abbati pro 12.
per annum, & forinſecum ſervitium. Quem redditum
12d. abbas poſtmodum emit de magiſtro Henrico,
filio & herede dicti Milonis.
Item abbas habet, de dono Johannis filii Simonis,
unum toftum in puram eleemoſinam, & eſt de feodo
Roberti filii David.
Item Robertus filius David dedit nobis cum corpore
ſuo ſex ſeliones in puram eleemoſinam, que jacent in
campo de Skeftington.
Summa, 2 bovate terre & 22 acre, cum 1 tofto.
Quando ſcutagium currit ad tres marcas, vel majus
vel minus, quelibet virgata terre de toto feodo domini
de Verdun ſolvit 1 d. |
Nos autem habemus tres virgatas terre de demenio
Walteri de Hungerford. Nullum ſcutagium pro eiſdem
ſolvimus, quia omni tempore quieti erant. Sed pro
una virgata terre quam ha- bemus de Thoma de Key-
thorp ſolvimus 1d.; & pro una virgata Elye de Hal-
{tede 1 d.; & pro una virgata terre quam habemus de
Willielmo de Garthorp, cum terra que eſt infra, 14,
uadrantem. Item pro dimidiſ virgata terre Alani ad
ontem ob.
Omnes ſupradictas virgatas habemus in demenio.
Hec eſt menſuratio de Skeftington. Tempore Alani
de Swineford, tunc vicecomite Leyc' & de Warwik,
fuit paſtura de Skeftington menſurata per 12 legales
homines de Skeftington. Et dicunt per ſacramentum,
uod virgata terre poteſt ſuſtinere 4 boves, & 2 averia,
& duas vaccas cum ſequela, uſque ad feſtum Sancti
Martini, & 30 oves cum ſequela uſque ad feſtum Sancti
Martini, & unam ſuem cum ſequeli uſque ad feſtum
Sancti Martini, & 5 aucas cum 1 anſere cum fuk ſe-
quela uſque ad feſtum Sancti Martini, Et ſciendum
eſt quad hec menſuratio fata fuit anno regni regis
CROKTON ABBEY.
3 Peck, MSS. 4935; ex libro de Domeſday, fol. 1. b.
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Henrici filii Johannis 419, in die Sancte Marie Mags
dalene. Ifti' fuerunt menſurarores 3 Radultus Marti-
vaus, Johannes filius Jotannis Newton, Simon de New-
ton, Thomas de Tokeby manens in Skeftington, Hen-
ricus Lefh, Henricus Lowes de cadem, Willielmus
cle ricus de Newton, Ricardus Pavey de eadem, Wal-
terus Wade de Hungreton, Rogerus Pile de eadem.
Mem', quod dominus de Verdun tenet de rege in
capire, loco feodi unins militis, ſcilicet, Coteſbach,
Newbolt, De 5 Tokeby, Halſtede, Beleton,
Graceclieu, Scarnef6rd, Bocardiſcote, Sutton, Naneby,
Berleſton, Alveton, cum honoribus & membris ſuis.
In villa de Sproxton * ſunt 12 carucate terre; &
reſpondent ille de Watſ'.
Sunt 4 carucate terre domini Hogonis de Boby ;
& ſunt de honore de Huntingdon. © |
Er dominus Johannes de Sproxton tenet 8 carncatas
terre de eodem feodo; & reſpondent domine de Avene
filie comitis D. D. David.
Octo carucate terre faciunt feodum unius militis.
Quando ſcutagium currit ad tres marcas, quelibet
carucata dabit 5 ſolidos, & quelibet virgata 10d. &
quelibet bovata 7d. ob. -
Dominus Willielmus de Ferraris fuit Normannus,
et dominus de Szapilford?, et tenuit de conqyeſtu,
Et feoffavit Rogerum Baſſets de duabus virgatis terre
in Stapilford, cum pertinentiis, reddendo 25. per an-
num, vel unum fperum * for? ; et Rogerus Baſſets
feoffavit Willielmum de Harſtan de prediG terra per
idem ſervitium. Et Willielmus de Harftan feoffavit
Henricum, quondam perſonam de Stapilford, de toti
predictà terra ; reddendo inde annuatim 168. et forin-
ſecum ſervitium. Idem Henricus obiit in ſeifina; et
Rogerus de Eſton* fuit frater dicti Henrici, et poſt
mortem ejus fuit in ſeiſinà de predictà terra; et iſte
Rogerus feoffavit Adam clericum, patrem Matthei.
Predictus Willielmus de Harſtan dedit predictum an-
nuum redditum 165. cum homagiis et ſervitiis, et orhni +
ſervitio predicte terre pertinenti, abbati et conventui
de Croxton in perpetuum.
Habemus in Stapilford *, in puram et perpetuam
eleemoſinam, annuum redditum 168. recipiendum ad 4
terminos (ſcil', ad Mich* 45.3; ad Natale 48.; ad
Paſcha 48. ad Nativ* S. Johanis Baptiſte 4 s.;)
de dono Willielmi de Harſtan; quos ipſe Willielmus
recipere conſuevit de duabus virgatis terre, per ma -
num Ade de Stapilford, clerici, qui feoffatus ſuit de
dia terra per predictum Willielmum; et homagia
et wardas, et relevia, et omnia jura que predicto
Willielmo et heredibus ſuis poſſint pertinere. Item
Robertus Loveia, filius Willielmi Loveia, remilit
et quietum clamavit nobis omnes querelas motas vel
movendas de predictis debitis vel demandandis quali-
tercunque ſe contingentibus, ratione predicti Wil-
lielmi fratris ſuis. Item Willielmus de Ferrariis, filius
Willielmi comitis de Dereby, confirmavit nobis pre-
dictum annuum redditum 165. et homagia, et wardas,
relevia, et ſectas curie, et alia jura que ſibi poſſint per-
tinere (de predictis duabus virgatis terre) vel heredi-
bus ſuis; ſalvis fibi et heredibus ſuis 25. per annum,
quos quidem 25. Robertus de Ferrariis comes Dereby
nobis remiſit in puram et perpetuam eleemoſinam.
HFabemus in Wolſlorp 5, de dono Macrohii de Wol-
ſtorp & Walteri fili ejus, 2 bovatas terte cum tofto,
in puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam. Ipſe verd &
heredes ſui warantizabant nobis dictam terram, &
acquietabant de alia terra ſua totum forinſecum ſer-
vicium quod ad candem terram pertinet. liem Matil-
dis Baſſet dict as duas bovatas, cum rotto, prato, paſ-
tur, & omnibus aliis pertinentiis & liberis conſuetu-
dinibus ſuis, nobis confirmavit, in puram & perpetuam
eleemoſinam. Dominus Robertus Luterel habet pre-
dictas duas bovatas ex dono abbatis & conventùs pro
Beſcaldebi. Item habemus, de dono Michaelis filii
Roberti de Magna Paunton, unam bovatam terre cum
tofto, in liberam & perpetuam eleemoſinam; illam
ſcilicet quam Nicholaus de Lunderthorp fbi dedit
pro ſervicio ſuo; reddendo domino feodi per manum
* Peck, MSS. 4935; ex MS, in 24*, fol. 69. 42. See more under Skeffington.
* Peck, ibid. ex eodem codice, fol. 67. a, See more under Sproxton,
Sparrow, ſore-haw k.
3 Peck, ibid.; ex libro in 24% fol. 55. b.
Peek, ibid z ex codem codice, fol. 3. a.
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88 APPENDIX To THz HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE,
illius qui de nobis dictam tenuerit 12 dl. argent', ad 4
terminos, ſcil', ad Paſch' 3d. ad feſtum Joh Bapt' 3d.
ad Mich' 34. & ad Natale 38. Item ſciendum, quod
Willielmus filius Gocelini de Colſtword & heredes ſui
tenent de nobis dictam bovatam terre cum tofto, liberè,
quietè, integre, & plenariè, reddendo dominis feodi
12d. pro omni ſervitio, conſuetudine, & exactione, ad
redictos 4 terminos. Et reddit nobis & ſucceſſori-
* noſtris ſingulis annis 4 denarios ad Pentecoſten.
Totu villa de Hees * eſt de feodo Belveri, & re-
ſpondet pro 12 carucatis terre.
Debemus ad Howes, pro 7 carucatis & dimid* de
feodo Belveri, 25. * |
Petrus de Lincoln aquietabit nos ibidem de 20 bo-
vatis terre pro eſcambio de South Croxton, ſcilicet, de
od. n
g Howes de Granen (unde quatuor carucate faciunt
dimidium feodum militis). Habemus ibidem 5 bovaras
terre, folvendo ſcutagium Willielmo Clement, ma-
nenti in Stanford ſuper Trentam, ſcilicet, pro qualibet
virgata terre 14Q4. q. Summa pro 5 bovatis 24d.
Duas bovatas habemus ibidem in puram eleemoſy-
nam de Galfrido Putrel, de feodo Granen.
Abbas de Croxton habet in dominico in villa de
Howes, de terra que fuir domini Thome de Lincoln
(unde idem Thomas cepit eſcambium de predicto
abbate in South Croxton) 9g bovatas terre.
rem idem abb#s habet ibidem de eodem Thoma,
de feodo Belveri, 9 alias bovatas terre, quas howines
abbatis tenent ad voluntatem ſuam in eadem villa; &
ſolvunt abbati & conventui per annum, nomine warde
de Belver, pro qualibet bovata 1d.
Nomina tenentium illas 9 bovatas terre.
Petrus Prepoſitus tenet tres bovatas terre.
Robertus, filius Clake, unam bovatam.
Henricus le Pinder unam bovatam.
Radulphus Borard unam bovatam.
Rogerus de Campania unam bovatam.
Robertus de Suethirne unam bovatam.
Adam le Schirreve unam bovatam, que vocatur
| Gadderland.
*
Summa 18 bovate terre, que faciunt duas carncatas
terre & dimĩdiam.
Et ſciendum quod heredes predicti Thome adquie-
tant predictam terram de forinſeco ſervitio, propter
eſcambium de South Croxton. Et abbas adquietar pro
South Croxton dimidium feodum militis, preter unam
virgatam terre ultra rivulum, per eſcambium in Howes,
de domino Petro filio predicti Thome de Lincoln.
Item abbas tenet, in eadem villa, de Galfrido Putrel,
duas bovatas terre fine tofto in perpetuam eleemoſi-
nam; & de terra Willielmi Clement, que vocatur le
Granene, 5 bovatas. Et ſolvit pro qualibet bovata
Willielmo Clement 14. nomine warde Belveri.
Item abbas tenet in eadem villa, in dominico, de
dono Roberti Mainard ſenioris, 4 boyatas terre; & de
dono Roberti le Poer 12 bovatas.
Summa totius tenementi abbatis in Howes, cum 9
bovatis quas homines ſui tenent, 41 borate.
Item ſciendum quod dominus Petrus de Lincoln &
heredes ſui adquietabunt abbatem de 4 carucatis terre
& dimidia in Howes, de omnibus forinſecis ſervitiis,
& ſimiliter de ward Belver ; & adquietabunt ſimiliter
illam carucatam terre quam dominus Simon de Rop-
piſle quondam tenuit, & illam bovatam quam Williel-
mus de Herde by quondam tenuit, de omnibus ſerviciis.
Homines abbatis ſolvunt pro auxilio vicecomiti per
annum unum denarium.
Dominus Thomas de Lincoln' habuit tenentes in
villa de Howes, qui adquietaverunt totam terram ſuam
de Howes de wardà Belveri.
Dominus Radulfus de Cherneles tenet in Howes g
bovatas terre. 6
Dominus Stephanus de Nevil, 6 bovatas.
Hugo filius Henrici, 8 bovatas.
Galfridus de Crophill, 4 bovatas.
Robertus filius Gilberti, 3 bovatas.
Walterus Faber, unam bovatam.
Robertus filius Auguſtini, unam bovatam.
Galfridus le Poer, 2 bovatas & dimidiam in dom
nico, & quartam tenet quidam de eo.
Henricus de Herdeby, 2 bovatas. |
Magiſter Willielmus de Herdeby, unam bovatam.
Heredes domini Simonis de Roppiſle, 8 bovatas.
Summa 53 bovate & dimidia. |
Thomas de Lincoln' tenet de domino Belveri di-
mid' feodum unius militis ; & dat ſcutagium. |
Abbas de Croxton tenet de ipſo Thom, de ipſo
dominico feodo, 27 bovatas terre & dim” in dominico.
Idem abbas habet 9 ſervos, qui tenent ad volunta-
tem ejus 9 bovatas terre; & reddunt per annum
44 155. 5d.
. _ habet tria cotagia, que reddunt per annum
s. 84.
Idem habet unum liberum cotagium, quod reddit 25.
Idem habet unum liberum tenentem, qui tenet
>; * 5 terre & duo tofta, & reddit per annum
45. 84.
Hugo de Charnels tenet de predicto domino feodi
unam carucatam terre in dominico.
Rogerus le Poer tenet de predicto domino feodi 2 bo-
vatas terre in dominico, & reddit abbati Leyceſtrie 5 s.
Prior Belveri tenet de eodem 5 bovatas terre, unde
eccleſia dotata eſt ; & ipſam ecclefiam in perpetuos
uſus tenet, de quibus 5 bovatis habet 2 bovatas &
dimidiam in dominico. |
Idem habet unum ſervum, qui tenet ad voluntatem
unam bovatam terre, & reddit 85.
Habet etiam unum liberum tenentem, qui tenet unam
bovatam terre & dimidiam, & reddit per annum 184,
Idem habet liberum cotagium, quod reddit per an-
num 16.
Ricardus de Trowell tenet, de feodo Tuchets, dim'
feod* unius militis in Howes & in Claxton, unde ia
Howes ſunt 4 caruc' terre & 3 bovate viridi.
Dominus R. de Ros tenet in homagio, per tres libe-
ros tenentes, 12 bovatas terre & ſex tofta; & reddunt
265, 8d.
Johannes de Nevil tenet de predicto Ricardo 2 ca-
rucatas terre, reddendo unum ſperum ſor', vel 12d.;
unde idem Johannes habet g bovatas terre in domi-
nico. Et habet 4 liberos tenentes, qui tenent 5 bo-
vatas terre, & reddunt per annum 195. & unam libram
cumini. Et habet in puram eleemoſinam 2 bovatas
terre, quas abbas de Croxton tenet. Et habet unum
liberum cotagium, quod reddit per annum 55.
Prior Hoſpitalis Jeruſalem habet unum cotagium
ad voluntatem, quod reddit 45. Idem habet 3 cotagia,
que tenentur libere pro 38. 24. Haber etiam duos
liberos tenentes, qui tenent 3 bovatas terre in dominico,
& reddunt 58. & ob.
Abbas de Croxton tenet 4 bovatas terre in domi-
nico de predicto Ricardo de Trowell.
Tres heredes Simonis de Roppiſle tenent in parce-
neria unam carucatam terre per 4 ſervos, qui eam
tenent ad voluntatem, & reddunt per annum 31. 45.
& eſt de feodo Belveri. |
Que terre reddunt forinſeca, & que in puram elee-
moſinam dantur.
Habemus in Howes, de dono Roberti le Poer &
Amabilie ſponſe ſue, unam carucatam terre & unam
acram prati, & facit forinſeca.
Item, de dono Roberti Mainard, 3 bovatas terre &
4 ſeliones, faciendo forinſeca.
Item, ex conceſſione predicti R. Mainerd, dim”
caruc' terre, faciendo forinſeca.
Item, de dono Ingeloft de Charnels, 4 ſeliones, fa-
ciendo forinſeca.
Has predictas terras confirmavit nobis predictus
Robertus le Poer, & inſuper dedit 8 ſeliones pro
forinſeca faciendo.
Item, de dono Thome de Hotot, 3 bovatas terre,
faciendo forinſeca.
Item, de dono Willielmi Clement, 2 bovatas terre,
pro forinſeca,
Item, de dono Roberti fiP Rad' de Herdeby, 2 bo-
vatas terre, faciendo forinſeca.
Item, de dono Thome de Lincoln', unam bovatam
terre, faciendo forinſeca.
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forinſeca. |
Habemus duas carucatas que ſolvunt forinſeca, ſei-
licet unam carucatam de Roberto la Poer, & de Ro-
berto Mainard 7 bovatas, & de 'Tho' de Lincoln' unam
bovatam, ad boyar' 1c.
De reſiduo reſpond? Tho? de Lincoln? de feodo ſuo
per eſcambium de South Croxton. |
Item habemus, de dono Willielmi Clement, unam
' acram terre in puram eleemoſinam.
Item, de dono Hervey, unam bovatam terre in puram
eleemoſinam. |
Item, de dono Roberti Mainard, totam terram illam
que eſt de carucata ſua in Alfnadgrave in puram elee-
moſinam. .
Item, de dono Willielmi le Poer, 2 ſeliones inter
viam & lemitam verſus Herdeby in puram eleemo-
finam.
Item, de dono Gilberti Clerici, unam ſelionem per
unam cartam, & 12 ſeliones per aliam, in puram elce-
moſinam.
Item, de dono Hervey filii Roberti, 3 ſeliones in
puram eleemoſinam.
Item, de dono Gilberti filii Hervey, 2 ſeliones in
puram eleemoſinam. |
Item, de dono ejuſdem, 5 ſeliones in eſcambium, &
5 ſeliones ex dono, in puram eleemoſinam.
Item, de dono Radulphi filii Hugonis, 10 ſeliones
in puram eleemoſinam.
Item, de dono Roberti filii Radulphi, 12 ſeliones
in puram eleemoſinam.
Item, de dono Roberti filii Gilberti, unam portio-
nem terre ad Milnholm, & unam placeam prati ad
Hutſhotes, in puram eleemoſinam.
Item, de dono Henrici Putrel, 2 acras terre, & 6
ſeliones terre. Item, 3 rode terre in puram eleemo-
finam, & 4 ſelionibus in eſcambium.
Item, de dono Galfridi filii Henrici Putrel, 2 boy?
uram eleemoſinam. |
tem, de dono Stephani de Nevill, 3 ſeliones in
puram eleemoſinam, in eſcambium ad Sandepittes, pro
aliis 3 ſelionibus ad Milnholm.
Memorandum, quod in villa de Howes, quieti ſumus
de ſcutagio, per finalem concordiam factam inter nos
& dictum Thomam de Lincoln, ut ſequitur [1285 *.
Hee eſt finalis concordia facta in curia domini regis
apud War', in craſtino Purificationis Beate Marie,
anno regni Edwardi filii regis Henrici 13, coram Jo-
hanne de Wallibus, Willielmo de Saham, Johanne
de Metingham, & magiſtro Thoma- de Mudington,
Juſticiariis itinerantibus, & aliis domini regis fidelibus
tunc ibi preſentibus, inter fratrem Willielmum Hunt-
ingdon, abbatem de Croxton, querentem, & Thomam
filium Petri de Lincoln, de hoc, quod idem Thomas
adquietabit ipſum abbatem de ſervitio, quod Robertus
de Ros & Iſabella uxor ejus ab eo exigunt de libero
renemento ſuo, quod de predicto Thoma tenent in
Howes. Et unde idem abbas queſtus fuit, quod cum
teneat de predicto Thoma manerium de Howes, cum
pertinentibus, in liberam, puram, & perpetuam elee-
moſinam, predicti Robertus & Iſabella ipſum diſtrin-
gunt ad reddendum eis 48. per annum, & ad facien-
dum eis ſcutagium quantum pertinet ad dimidium
feodi unius militis, & etiam ad faciendam ſectam ad
curiam ipſorum Roberti & Iſabelle de Beauwyer de
tribus ſeptimanis in tres ſeptimanas; & unde idem
Thomas, qui medius eſt inter eos, ipſum adquietare
debet; & unde placitum fuit inter eos in eadem curia,
ſcilicet quod predictus Thomas recognovit predictum
manerium, cum pertinentibus, eſſe jus ipſius abbatis
& eccleſie ſue Sancti Johannis Apoſtoli & Evangeliſte
de Croxton, ut illud quod idem abbas & eccleſia ſua
predicta habent ex conceſſione Thome de Lincoln,
avi predicti Thome, cujus beres ipſe eſt, habendum &
tenendum eidem abbari & ſuccefloribus ſuis, & eccleſie
ſue predicte, de predicto Thoma, & heredibus ſuis, in
*
in
1 Peck, MSS. 4935; ex MS. in 24, fol. 14. b.
® Tbid. ; ex libro de Domeſday. *
CROXTON ABBEY.
Item, de dono Roberti fil Hugonis, 2 ſeliones pro
* Ibid, fol. 18. b.
5 « De eſcambio*”” MS. in 24 fol. 23. a.
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Hberam, puram, & perpetuam eleemoſinam, in perpes
tuum. Et prediftus Thomas & heredes ſui waranti-
Zabunt eidem abbati, ſucceſſoribus ſuis, & eccleſie
ſue predicte, totum predictum manerium, cum perti-
nentibus, in liberam, puram, & perpetuam eleemoſi-
nam ſuam, & ipſum abbatem & ſucceſſores ſuos, &
eccleſiam ſuam predictam, verſus predictos Robertum
& Iſabellam, & heredes ipſius Iſabelle, & etiam verſus
omnes altos homines, de predictis 48. ſcutagio, & ſea,
& omnibus aliis ſecularibus ſervitiis, adquietabunt &
defendent in perpetuum. Et idem abbas remiſit &
quietum clamavit de ſe, predicto Thome & heredibus,
pro omnibus dampnis que dicebat ſe habuiſſe occaſione
quod idem Thomas prius ipſum non adquietaverat de
predictts ſervitiis uſque ad diem quo hec concordia
facta fuit *,
Memorandum, quod anno Domini 1284, regis Ed+
wardi 125, in octavis Omnium Sanctorum, Thomas
filius Petri de Lincoln recognovit coram juſticiariis
domini regis, ſcilicet, T. de Wallibus & W. de Saham,
& ſociis ſuis itinerantibus apud Leyceſtr', ſe, heredes
& aſſignatos ſuos, teneri ad adquietandum abbatem &
conventum de Croxton, de omnibus ſervitiis verſus
dominos de Bever ipſos tangentibus, pro tenemento
quod habent in Howes ; coram quibus juſticiariis do-
minus Robertus de Ros venit, & attornavit ballivum
ſuum Rogerum Wade, ad recipiendum predictum ſer-
vitium pro tenemento de Howes ; qui ſtatim recepit
de predicto Thoma de Lincoln 205. pro ſcuragio
ultimo preterito, & inſuper 28. de termino Sancti Mi-
chaelis preterito.
Summa totius tenementorum abbatis de Croxton in
villa de Howes, cum bovatis terre quas homines ſui
tenent de eo ad voluntatem, 41 bovate, que faciunt
5 carucate terre, & 3 bovate.
Hec eſt menſuratio paſture & terre de Howes.
Tempore domini Ade abbatis, & domini Willielmi
de Cantalupo, tunc vicecomitis de Warewik & Ley-
ceſtr*, fuir paſtura de Howes menſurata per 12 legales
homines de viſneto de Howes; qui dixerunt ſuper ſa-
cramentum ſuum, quod virgata terre potuit ſuſtinere
4 boves, 2 equos, & 3o oves, & unum porcum maſcu-
lum & 2 ſues, cum ſequelà ſua uſque ad feſtum Sancti
Martini 8 aucas, 2 anſeres *,
Habemus in Eyten*, de dono* Henrici de Segrave,
5 virgatas terre, de feodo Willielmi de Evermo. Et
tres bovatas & 2 acras, de feodo Roberti Araby ; &
quicquid habuit in dominicis & villanis, in eleemofinis
& ſervitiis liberorum hominum, cum medietate de
Segdam ; & toftis & croftis, & aliis pertinentiis, infra
villam & extra 5, ſine aliquo retenemento; reddendo
ſibi & heredibus ſuis. annuatim 78. ad tres terminos pro
omni ſervicio, ſalvo forinſeco. Preterea remiſit nobis
annuum redditum 105. quem percipere ſolebat de mo-
lendino de Eyton; & redditum 6d. de terra que
quondam fuit Roberti * Hec omnia dedit
nobis in eſcambium pro 6 virgatis terre cum perti-
nentiis in Ilviſton; cum * ad ventu, & ſer-
vitiis liberorum hominum, cum manſionibus, toftis &
croftis, & aliis pertinentiis, infra villam & extra, ad-
quietando nos de omnibus ſervitiis & compoſitionibus
que debentur pro dictà terra verſus omnes gentes im-
perpetuum, warantizans nobis, &c.
Item, Galfridus filius ejus dictam donationem nobis
confirmavit, warantizans, &c.
Dedit & nobis predictas tres bovatas terre, & du
acras quas habuit de dono Roberti filii Willielmi, in
eſcambrum & incrementum predictarum 5 virgatarum
terre, warantizans, &c. |
Item, idem Galfridus remiſit nobis predictum an-
nuum redditum 78. cum corpore ſuo, in puram &
perpetuam eleemoſinam. Dedit etiam nobis unam
virgatam terre in Lunſthorp, quam non habemus.
tem, Chriſtiana Mallore, ſoror ejus, in libera pie-
tate & viduitate, remiſit nobis predictum annuum
3 Thid. fol, 20. a,
s « Et quicquid dictum Henricum vel heredes ſuos de Yſouda uxore ſua, filia Willielmi de Evermo, poſſet contingere de illa
hereditate in eadem villa, fine ullo retenemento z pro 6 virgatas, terre, cum pertinentiis, quos habuimus in Ilveſton ; cum mo-
lendino, adventu & ſervitiis liberorum hominum; cum manſionibus, toftis & 1 & omnibus aliis pertineatiis ſuis, infra
MS. in a4), fol. 23. b.
redditum,
villam & extra; & cum omnibus que accidere poſſent ad predictam terram fine al
Vol. I. APPEND.
quo retenemento.“
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redditum; per cartam & finalem concordiam, in puram
eleemoſinam.
Item habemus, de dono Willielmi de Sixteneby,
annuum redditum 28. (ad pitanciam in die Palmarum),
quem ei reddere ſolebamur pro 1 buvata terre.
Item habemus, de dono Thome de Aleby, unam
bovatam terre de feodo Alardi de Seintcler, cum tofto
& crofto, reddendo fſibi & heredibus ſuis 38. faciendo
forinſeca.
Item Bartholomeus de S. Hylario confirmavit nobis
diftam bovatam quam babemus de dono dicti Thome,
& duas bovatas quas habemus de dono Roberti filii
Maynard, in perpetuam eleemoſinam; reddendo pro
2 bovatis terre 45. faciendo forinſeca.
Item, Petrus de Horpol, filius dicti Bartholomei,
confirmavit nobis totum tenementum quod habemus
de dono anteceſſorum ſuorum de feodo ſuo.
Et dedit & remiſit nobis predictum annuum redditum
65. in puram eleemoſinam. ä
Item habemus, de dono Alardi de S. Hilario, 5
bovatas terre, cum 3 toftis, quas tenuit de Radulpho
le Botiler, in perpetuam eleemoſinam, reddendo ſibi &
heredibus ſuis as. faciendo forinſeca.
Et confirmavit nobis 2 acras terre de feodo Belvar,
quas Radulphus de Botiler dedit nobis.
Item, idem Alardus dedit nobis unum toftum, quod
eſt inter domum quod fuit Edrici, & Lidiate, & 2
acras terre, in puram eleemoſinam.
Item, Willielmus de Evermo confirmavit nobis pre-
dictas 5 bovatas terre, quas Alardus dedit, & bovatam
quam 'Thomas de Aleby dedit nobis, in puram elee-
moſinam. Et etiam dedit nobis 4 ſeliones in puram
eleemoſinam.
Item, Willielmus de Evermo dedit nobis molendina
ſua in Eyton, in perpetuam eleemoſinamz reddendo ſibi
& heredibus ſuis 205. ſalvo ſibi herbagio in Segdam, &
multura brafii ſui, & avene domus fue, & piſcatione
vivarum. Dedit etiam 1 ſelionem, in puram eleemo-
ſinam, ad incrementum manſionis noſtre ; & unam ſe-
mitam ad molendinum noſtrum per terram ſuam, ad
liberum tranſitum euntium & revyertencium. Dedit &
nobis duas ſeliones tofto noſtro proximas; una ſelio
que fuit Bundell, & alia que fuit Warini. Et quietum
clamavit calumniam quam habuit in tofto noſtro, & de
ponte, & de ſemitis & ayſiamentis molendini.
Item, idem Willielmus dedit & quietum clamavit
nobis, in puram eleemoſinam, piſcationem quam facere
ſolebat in ſtagno noſtro in Eyton, & totam calump-
niam quam in illo habuit.
Item habemus, de dono Turſt ani de Belver, aſſenſu
Matilde uxoris ſue, 2 bovatas terre in eadem villa,
cum tofto & crofto (quod quidem croftum dicitur
Caſil- crofte; & quod toftum Hugo de Biham tenet)
reddendo ſibi & heredibus ſuis 6d. ad Natale, & domino
Willielmo de Evermo & heredibus ſuis 35. faciendo
for inſeca.
Item, D. Willielmus de Evermo dictam donationem
nobis confirmavit, ſalvis ſibi 38. predictis & forinſecis.
Item Matilda Teſtard, in plena poteſtate & viduitate
ſua, confirma vit nobis predictas duas bovatas, reddendo
Gbi & heredibus ſuis 6d. ad Natale, faciendo forinſeca
ſervicia. Dedit etiam nobis totum jus & clameum
quod habuit in eiſdem, warantizans, &c.
Item, predictus Willielmus de Evermo excambiavit
nobiſcum 2 bovatas terre pro aliis 2 bovatis.
Item, Alanus Clericus, filius predicte Matilde
Teſtard de Belvero, remiſit nobis, & dedit in puram
eleemoſinam, predictum annuum redditum 6d. quem
anteceſſoribus ſuis reddere ſolebamur pro predictis 2
bovatis terre, & totum jus & clameum quod habuit
in giſdem, warantizans, &c.
Item, prediftus Willielmus de Evermo remiſit nobis
& dedit in puram eleemoſinam annuum redditum 1 05.
quos eidem reddere ſolebamur pro 2 bovatis terre
quas Turſtanus dedit nobis. Preterea dedit nobis
paſturam ad 100 oves in paſturi ſua de Eyton, & piſ-
cationem in ſtagnis omnino remiſit. Confirmavit etiam
nobis ownia que tenemus de feodo ſuo, five de quo-
libet alio; warantizans omnia predicta, &c.
Item habemus, de dono Roberti filii Ricardi de Eſt-
welle, molendinum ſuum in Eyton, & multuram ho-
minum ſuorum, cum holmo & ſtagno, vici & ſemitis,
& aliis pertinentiis, in puram eleemoſinam.
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APPENDIX Yo rat HISTORY os LEICESTERSHIRE: |
Item habemus, de dono Roberti Arraby, ia puram
& perpetuam eleemoſinam, ſectam & multuram totius
feodi ſui, & omnium tenentium ſuorum in Eyton ; &
ſectam totius multure ſue ad molendina noſtra, licet
molendinum Arraby dirutum fit ; warantizans, &c.
Item habemus, de dono Willielmi de Wandevill, 4
bovatas terre, cum tofto & molendino ejuſdem feodi,
cum holmo in Eyton, in perpetuam eleemoſinam; &
multuram dominici ſui, & totius terre de Branſton de
feodo ſuo, extra multuram braſii ſui proprii, reddendo
annuatim 6d. ad Mich', faciendo forinſeca.
Item habemus, de dono ejuſdem, unam manſionem
in Branſton, cum crofto & 2 bovatis & 2 acris terre,
ad eandem pertinentem, in perpetuam eleemoſmam,
faciendo forinſeca.
Irem, Rogerus de Hotot de Botlesford quietum cla-
mavit nobis 2 virgatas terre, cum molendino, que ſunt
de feodo Wandevill, quas clamaverat verſus nos per
breve D. regis. |
Item, Robertus de Botiler confirmavit nobis unam
carucatam terre, de qua moverat placitum contra nos
in curia D. regis, ſcil. 5 bovatas, quas habuimus de
Alardo de S. Hilario z & 2 bovatas, quas habuimus
de Roberto Maynard; & 1 bovatam, quam habuimus
de Thoma de Sixteneby, cum toftis; bene & in pace;
ſalvo forinſeco quod ad nos pertinet facere. Remiſit
etiam nobis totum jus quod habuit in eadem terrũ
cum toftis.
Item habemus, de dono Roberti Buſci, filii Willi-
elmi, 5 bovatas terre, cum capitali manſione, faciendo
domino feodi forinſeca ſervicia quantum pertinet ad
tantam terram. Dedit & nobis totum ſerviũum Gal-
fridi filii Henrici de Segrave, de 3 bovatis & 2 acris
terre ; ſcilicet, 1 parem cirotecarum annuatim ad Paſ-
cha, & homagia, warda, & relevia, & quicquid juris
. in eiſdem. Iſta carta cirographicata in curi
. regis.
Item, Robertus Arraby de Eſtwelle dictam donati-
onem nobis confirmavit; & etiam dedit nobis unam
virgatam terre cum toſto, cum corpore ſuo, in perpe-
tuam eleemoſinam, faciendo forinſeca.
Item, Willielmus le Breton & Amabilia uxor ſua
dederunt nobis 4 virgatas cum 5 toftis, in puram elee-
moſinam, quietas de ſcutagiis, auxiliis, ſectis curie, &
demandis. Et hec carta cirographicata in curia D.
regis.
Item, Galfridus de Greſeley eandem donationem
nobis confirmavit, in puram eleemoſmam.
Item habemus, de dono Ogeri filii Ricardi, totam
terram ſuam que pertinebat ad carucatam ſuam in
Alfnadgrave, in puram eleemoſinam, ®
Et idem Ogerus dedit nobis unam acram terre, in
puram eleemoſinam. D
Item habemus, de dono Willielmi filii ejuſdem
Ogeri, unum toftum, quod Walterus de Hotot tenuit;
& dimidiam acram terre in cultura molendini, in pu-
ram eleemoſinam.
Item, Robertus Arraby dedit nobis & conſimavit
donationes, quas Ricardus avus ſuus & Robertus pater
ſuus fecerunt nobis de feodo ſuo, ſcil. toſtum quod
Sillegrey tenuit, & 4 ſeliones extra curiam noſtram.
Confirmavit & nobis omnia alia tenementa noſtra de
feodo ſuo, ſicut carte donatorum teſtantur; & om-
nes donationes, quas predicti Ogerus & Willielmus
filius ſuus fecerunt nobis. Ipſe vero & heredes ſui
warantizabunt diftam confirmationem.
Item habemus, de dono Roberti filii Maynard, 1
bovatam terre quam habuit de dono Willielmi de
Evermo, cum tofto quod Willielmus filius Matilde
tenuit; reddendo 12d. faciendo forinſeca.
Item, Robertus filius ejus remiſit nobis predictos 124,
Item, magiſter Robertus, filius Reginaldi de Knip-
ton, dedit & remiſit nobis totum jus & clameum, quod
habuit in predictà bovata terre, quam pater ſuus tenuit.
Item habemus, de dono Roberti Dive, dimidiam
bovatam terre, & tres ſeliones, in ,puram eleemoſinam.
Item, Alanus de Dive, filius ejus, dictam donatio-
nem nobis confirmavit, in puram eleemofinam, & tres
ſeliones quas incluſiavimus in curis noſtrg.
Item, idem Alanus dedit nobis unum toftum, quod
Hugo Pepet tenuit; & paſturam ad 20 oves, cu
agnis ſuis; & ad duo averia, cum ſectà ſua, de duo-
bus annis, in puram eleemoſinam.
Item
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Item habemus, de dono Willielmi Malerbe, unam
virgatam terre, cum tofto & crofto, in perpetuam
eleemoſinam,
Item, Robertus filius Roberti Maynard dictam do-
nationem nobis confirmavit, pro annuo ſervicio 6d.
ſalvo forinſeca; reddendo heredibus Willielmo de
Evermo pro 1 bovati terre, quam idem Willielmus
dedit predicto Roberto patri ſuo, in eadem villa; iſta
N tenetur cirographo facto in curi regis.
tem habemus, de dono Roberti filii predicti Ro-
berti Maynard, unam catucatam terre, de qui tres
virgate terre ſunt de feodo Roberti Arraby, & 1 vir-
gata tenetur de feodo Bartholomei de S. Hilario, cum
capitali manſione juxta cemiterium, cum 2 toftis ;
reddendo, pro ill& virgatà de feodo Bartholomei, pre-
dicto Bartholomeo, 45. faciendo forinſeca, in eſcam-
bium unius carncate terre in Stakethirne, quam ha-
buimus de dono Johannis de Chaveney, cum capitali
manſione, & cum 3 toftis, & annuo ſervicio 8d. de
tofto Miriel, & cum paſturi, Predictus vero Rober-
tus warantizabit nobis dictam carucatam terre in
Eyton, cum manſione & toftis, ficut predictum eſt, &
de fendet contra omnes gentes imperpetuum : guod /
non poterit, recipiemus tantam terram in Stakethirne,
guantam warantizare nobis non poterit.
. Eſt obligatio inter nos & Johannem Maynard, de
ſervicio forinſeca predicte carucate de Stakethirne no-
bis ſolvendo ; & nos de eodem forinſeco verſus omnia
gentes adquietabimus,
Item habemus, de dono Gilberti de Plungar &
Alicie uxoris ſue, 4 ſeliones & quendam partem prati
ſai, & duas partes tofti ſui, & totum toftum ſuum
quod abuttat ſuper gardinum Roberti de Dive, in pu-
ram eleemoſinam.
Item Miriel, ſoror predicti Alicie uxoris ſue, dedit,
remiſit, & quietum clamavit nobis, totum jus & clamium
quod habuit in predicto crofto, & predictis partibus
tofti. Ye
Item habemus, de dono Radulfi Porel, unam ſelio-
nem, in puram eleemoſinam,
Compoſitio inter nos & abbatem & conventum de
Leiceſter, ſuper decimis 13 bovatarum terre & dimi-
die, reddendo eiſdem 225. ad 3 terminos.
Item, alia compoſitio inter nos & predictos abbatem
& conventum, ſuper uni cultura 6 ſelionum de dono
Roberti Buſi, reddendo cuſtodibus catallorum eccleſie
de Eyton 15d. ad lucernam inveniendam in eadem
eccleſia, ad 2 terminos, ad Pent' d. ob. ad Mich*
7d. ob.
Item, cirographa facta curia regis, inter nos &
Willielmum le Botiler, ſuper ſerviciis & conſuetudini-
bus nobis faciendis.
Item, Rogerus comes de Warw' confirmavit nobis
donationem quam Willielmus de Wandeville fecit
nobis; ſcil. 4 bovatas terre & 1 molendinum apud
Eyton; unam paſturam & 1 manſionem in Braunſton,
cum crofto & 2 bovatis terre ad eandem pertinentibus,
& 2 acris; ſalvo ſervicio ſuo.
Item, Willielmus de Fors,. comes de Albamare,
confirmavit nobis omnia tenementa que tenemus de
feodo ſuo in Braunſton & in Eyton; ſcil', de feodo
Willielmi de Wandeville 6 bovatas; & ex dono Wil-
lielmi de Evermo, Alardi de S. Hylario, Roberti
Maynard, Turſtani de Belvero, Thome de Aleby,
Reginaldo Dunche 11 bovatas, cum pratis, paſturis,
& molendinis, & aliis pertinentiis, liberè, quiets, ſicut
carte donatorum teſtantur; ſalvo ſervicio ſuo.
Item, Willielmus de Fors, comes de Albamare,
conceſſit & confirmavit nobis quinque virgatas terre
de feodo ſuo in Eyton, cum medictate de Segdam, &
remiſſione 108. de molendino, & 6 de quodam crofto ;
quas habuimus de Henrico de Segrave, ſicut carta
illius teſtatur, faciendo forinſeca ad tantam terram per-
tinentia. Unde 10 carucate faciunt feodum 1 militis.
Item, Willielmus de Fors, comes de Albemare ter-
tius, confirmavit nobis predictas 5 virgatas terre, cum
rofris & aliis pertinentiis, de feodo ſuo in Eyton, cum
medietate de Segdam, remiſſione 103. de molendinis,
& 6 de quodam tofto, quas habuimus de Henrico de
Segrave, & quicquid juris dictum Henricum vel he-
redes ſuos de Yſouda uxore ſui, filia Willielmi de
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Evermu, procreatos, hereditarie poſſet contingere in
eadem villa, fine aliquo retenemento.
Preterea conceſſit nobis omnia tenementa que tene-
mus de feodo ſuo in Eyton & in Braunſton; ſcił
de feodo Willielmi de Wandeville 6 bovatas terre,
cum pertinentiis ; & ex dono Willielmi de Evermo,
Alardi de 8. Hylario, Roberti Maynard, Turſtani de
Belvero, Thome de Aleby, 11 bovatas, cum pertinen-
tiis, Remiſit etiam & quietum clamayit homagia
& relevia, wardas, ſeas curie, eſcaetas, & omnes
ſervicia, conſuetudines, accidentia, & demandas, ad
predicta tenementa ſpectantia, in liberam, puram, &
perpetuam eleemoſinam; ita quod nec ipſe, nec he-
redes ſui, in omnibus ſupradictis, aliquid juris vel cla-
mei de cetero vendicare poterunt, preter orationes in
Domino ſalutares.
Habemus, de dono Willielmi de Botiler, unam bo-
vatam terre in Eyton, quam Willielmus Cocus de ipſo
aliquando tenuit, in liberam, puram, & perpetuam
eleemoſinam. Preterea conceſſit & confirmavit nobis
omnes terras & tenementa, que habemus de dono &
conceſſione anteceſſorum ſuorum in eadem villa.
Item habemus, de eodem Willielmo, unam ſelionem
terre prope murum 8 noſtris, in perpetuum eſ-
cambium pro alia ſelione.
Conceſſit etiam nobis idem Willielmus liberam cha-
clam, ſeu liberum introitum & exitum, ad quareraram *
noſtram apud W yndhill, cum bigis noſtris ſive carectis,
ſuper 2 ſeliones ſuas apud Wyndehill dum vixerit,
ſive dum eedem ſeliones inculte jacuerint,
Conceſſit etiam, per aliud ſeriptum, liberam viam
& chaciam ultra terram ſive paſturam ſuam ad molen-
dinum noſtrum ventriticum, quod ſitum eſt juxta mo-
lendinum fullonum in Eyton ; ita quod nos, & omnes
alii qui ad predictum molendinum blada ſua molendi-
naria per homines, equos, aut carectas deportare ſive
cariare fecerint, eundo & redeundo, predictam viam
& chaciam, ſine omni impedimento ipſius vel heredum
ſuorum, omni tempore habeant & exerceant imper-
petuum.
Habemus, de Johanne de Botiler, 3 ſeliones terre
in campo de Eyton, in perpetuum eſcambium, pro
aliis tribus ſelionibus in eodem campo ſibi conceſſis.
Idem Johannes dedit, conceſſit, & quietum clamavit
nobis Robertum Barn, nativum ſuum, & Marjoriam
uxorem ſuam, cum tota ſequela ſua, & omnibus ca-
tallis ſuis.
Habemus de Rogero de Plungar unam ſelionem
terre, in perpetuum eſcambium pro alia.
Habemus, de Rogero filio Roberti Dive, unam vir-
gatam terre in territorio de Eyton, in liberam, puram,
& perpetuam eleemoſinam.
|. habemus quietam clamantiam Petronille,
quondam ſponſe Roberti Dyve, ſuper predictà virgata
terre.
Item, de dono predicti Rogeri Dyve, ſex ſeliones;
prout teſtatur carta.
Item, ex aſſignatione ejuſdem 38. annui reũditus,
recipiendos per manum Roberti le Forman de Eyton,
vel heredum ſuorum, de dimidia bovatd terre, & 2
ſelionibus in territorio de Eyton. Quam terram Ra-
dulphus Moukel quondam tenuit ; & dictus Rogerus
illam dedit predicto Roberto & heredibus ſuis vel
aſſignatis.
abemus, de dono Galfridi, filii Willielmi filii Ri-
chardi de Braunſton, in liberam, puram, & perpetuam
eleemoſinam, totam terram ſuam quam habuit de dono
Beatricis matris ſue in territorio de Kyron ; cum uva
ſelione jacente ſuper Horon ad Marleram, cum dicta
marlera, & cum paſtura & communia unius virgate
terre in campis de Eyton.
danti, cirograffum de eodem tenemento ad terminum
60 annorum.
Decem carucate terre faciunt feodum unius militis
de feodo comitis de Albamari.
Quum ſcutagium eſt ad tres marcas, quelibet vir -
gata terre ſolvit comiti 12d, & quelibet bovata 6d,
carucate de warda in eadem forma, ſcil. 43.
Eyton reſpondet pro 12 carucatis terre *.
Abbas de Croxton tenet in eadem villa, de feodi
Peck, MSS, 4935 ; ex cod. MS, in 24* fol, 21. a,
domini
Et habemus, ex habun- .
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4
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o2 APPENDIX To TZ HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE,
mini comitis de Albamari, de dono Gilberti de
Wandeville, 4 bovatas terre; & de Radulpho, duas
bovatas, cum pertinentiis ; & de Warino, 2. bovatas,
cum pertinentiis ; & de Dunethann, unam bovatam.
Item, unam virgatam, cum tofto, quam Gilbertus
Tenedale quondam tenuit.
Item, duas bovatas quas Kent tenuit ; & ſciendum,
quod abbas tenuit iſtas 13 bovatas terre ante guerram
motam inter regem Johannes & barones.
Item abbas habuit, de feodo dicti comitis in eadem
villa, poſt guerram, in eſcambium de domino Henrico
de Segrave, 10 bovatas terre; & de Roberto Mainard
2 bovatas. Summa, 13 bovate ante guerram; & 12
poſt guerram. 3
Item dictus abbas habet, de warda Willielmi filii
'Willietmi Pincerne, 8 bovatas de feodo dicti comitis
in eadem villa.
Item, Gilbertus de Plungar tenet unam bovatam
terre de abbate in eadem villa. |
Et ſciendum, quod tota terra predicta eſt de feodo
predicti comitis de Albamari.
Summa totius tenementi abbatis in eadem villa de
feodo 34 bovate terre cum pertinentiis.
Item, de Roberto de Dive, due boyate & dimidia.
Memorandum, quod de feodo de Griſeleye comes
de Ferraris eſt capitalis dominus; & quod abbas ha-
bet de eodem feodo 8 bovatas, que vocantur terre
Roberti Buſci ; & de dono Willielmi Malerbe, duas
bovatas; & de Roberto Maynard, quinque bovatas;
& de dono Roberti Araby, cum corpore ſuo, 2 bo-
vatas, cum pertiuentiis. Summa de feodo de Griſeleye,
19 bovate terre; ſumma de feodo Albamaris & Griſe-
leye, 35 bovate terre & dimidiam; & ſciendum, quod
quando ſcutagium currit ad tres marcas, quelibet vir-
gata terre de feodo Griſeleye ſolvit 10d ; & totum
feodum ſuum reſpondet Willielmo Bretun & Amabilie
uxori ſue de forinſeco ſervicio pertinente carucate
terre Roberti Buſci, que reſpondet pro dimidia caru-
cata terre tantum.
Item, Willielmus Bretun & Amabilia uxor ejus
dederunt abbati in eadem villa, de feodo Griſeleye,
unam carucatam terre, cum pertinentiis.
Dominus Robertus de Notingham habet dimidiam
carucatam terre, & dimidiam bovatam, nomine warde,
de feodo Belveri, cum Willielmo filio Willielmi Pin-
cerne. | :
Abbas de Leiceſter habet quatuor bovatas in puram
& perpetuam eleemoſinam.
obertus Pincerna habet 10 bovatas in dominico,
de feodo comitis de Albamari; & aliter unam caru-
catam terre, nomine warde, de Willielmo filio Willi-
elmi predicti.
Eyton reſpondet pro 12 carucatis terre.
Eſtwelle eſt de feodo Arraby.
In Eſtwelle, & in Swanington, & in Eyton, ſunt 6
carucate terre, que reſpondent de dimidio feodi militis.
Quando ſcutagium eſt ad tres marcas, predicte 6
carucate terre debent 205. quelibet carucata 38. 4d.
quelibet virgata 10d. excepta carucatà Roberti Buſci,
que eſt ad dimidium ſervicium, ſcil' quelibet virgata
illius sd.
Et nos habemus de eodem feodo in Eyton tres ca-
rucatas terre, & unam virgatam, ſcil' de Roberto
Maynard, 6 bovatas; de Willielmo Malerbe, duas bo-
vatas; de Roberti Buſci, unam carucatam quam Su-
rion Newcomen, Henricus filius Radulfi, Gilbertus ad
Portam, Johannes filius Radulphi, tenuerunt.
Summa totalis 26 bovate; adquietabimus de ſcutagio.
Summa totalis terre in Eyton (excepta terri abbatis
de Croxton, & dimidia carucata terre, quam tenet
abbas de Leyceſtre) 5 carucate terre.
Item, Eſtwelle eſt de feodo de Ferrariis, viz. 2 ca-
rucate; Rogeri de Moubray, 6 carucate; Roberti de
Inſula, 4 carucatc.
Memorandum, quod abbas de Croxton tenet in
dominico de D. rege, per eſcaetam de Albamari, dimi-
dium feodum unius militis; unde habet in dominico
tres carucatas terre *.
Item, idem abbas habet in ſeryis 7 bovatas terre &
1 Peck, MSS, 4935; ex MS, in 24, fol, 26. a,
4
dimidiam; qui tenent ad voluntatem ejus, & reddunt
ei 3t. 58.
Trem habet 16 cotagia, que reddunt ei per annum
265. 6d. | |
Item habet duos liberè tenentes, qui tenent unam
carucatam terre & unam bovatam, pro homagio &
ſervicio, & reddunt 64. Quorum unus habet 9 co-
tagia ad voluntatem, & reddunt 275. Et habet unum
liberum cotagium, quod reddit 48. & unum liberum
tenentem, qui tenet unam virgatam terre, & reddit 16d.
Johannes de Boteler tenet de D. rege 5 virgatas terre,
& dimidiam bovatam terre, Unde abet in dominico
tres bovatas terre, & dimidiam bovatam. Idem habet
in ſervis qui tenent ad voluntatem 2 virgatas terre; &
reddunt 325. Item habet liberum tenentem, qui
tenet unam carucatam, & unam bovatam terre, pro
homagio & ſervicio; & reddunt ei 105.
Abbas Leyceſtrie habet eccleſiam de anteceſſore
predicti Johannis, & quinque bovatas terre; unde
eccleſia dotata eſt. Matilda Stirt tenet unum liberum
cotagium, & reddit priori de Haverholm 18d. ; abbati
de Croxton, 14. ; & Johanni de Boteler, ad.
Abbas de Croxton tenet in ſervis ad voluntatem
5 virgatas terre, de Willielmo de Boteler ; & ipſe de
Galfrido de Griſeley; & ipſe de comite de Ferrariis ;
& reddunt per annum 4d.
Item tenet duo cotagia, ut ſervos; & reddunt per
annum 68. 10d.
Rogerus de Dive tenet in dominico de comite
Mareſcallo 3 virgatas terre & dimidiam bovatam.
Idem habet duo cotagia ad voluntatem, & valent
per annum 65, |
Abbas de Croxton tenet de eodem in ſervis duas
bovaras terre, que reddunt per annum 138.
Willielmus de Boteler tenet de dominico de Beuver
in dominico 4 bovatas terre & dimidiam, pro 8 q. &
forinſeco. Idem habet tres cotagia ad voluntatem, &
reddunt per annum 108.
Memorandum, quod ſunt in Eyton, de feodo Ro-
berti de Fereris, 3 carucate & 3 bovate. Item de
feodo de Beuver dimidiam carucatam. Item de feodo
Roberti de Inſula 8 carucate, & tres bovate & dimidia.
Memorandum etiam, quod in villa de Eyton quieti
ſumus de ſcutagio, per confirmationem Willielmi co»
mitis de Albamare; & due bovate terre in Braunſton,
de feodo Willielmi de Wandeville; & due borate
remanent geldabiles, de feodo epiſcopi Lincolnie *,
Conventio inter abbatem & conventum de Leyceſtre,
& abbatem & conventum de Croxton, de decimis
13 bovatarum terre & dimidie, in campo de Eyton,
in com. Leic' | 1220} 3,
Noverint univerſi, tam preſentes quam fututi, quod
ita convenit inter W. abbatem & conventum de Ley-
ceſtre, ex parte una ; & A. abbatem & con ventum de
Croxton, ex alterà; ſuper decimis 13 bovatarum terre
& dimidie in campo de Eyton; quarum 5 bovate ſunt
de feodo Alardi S. Hilarii; 4 de dono W. de Wan-
deville; 2 que fuerint Matildis Teſtard; de feodo W.
de Evermo; 1 que fuit Thome de Aleby; 1 que fuir
Reginaldi Smith; & dimidia que fuit Roberti de Diva.
Nominati vero abbas & conyentus de Croxton decimas
bladi predictarum bovatarum perpetuò poſſidebunt,
ſolvendo memoratis abbati & conventui de Leyceſtre
annuatim 205, ad tres terminos imperpetuum ; ad
Purificationem B. Marie dimidiam marcam, ad Pen-
tecoſtes dimidiam marcam, & ad feſtum S, Michaelis
dimidiam marcam. Si vero prenominati abbas & con-
ventus de Croxton aliquas alias terras in predia
parochia de Eyton, vel in aliis parochiis predictorum
| abbatis & conventus de Leyceſtre, modo habent vel
in futurum habere potuerunt, decimas manipulorum,
non obſtante aliquo privilegio impetrato, vel in poſte-
rum impetrando, ipſis plenarie perſolvent; & hoc,
per fidei vel juramenti cautionem, a procuratore ip-
ſorum, in principio autumpni, pe! aber reſtandam.
De toftis vero que in predictà villa modo habent, vel
de cetero habere poterunt, quicunque ea excoluerint,
plenas decimas eccleſie parochiali de Eyton, de fruc-
9 Ibid. fol. 34. b. 3 Ibid, fol. 29. b.
tibus
FraMLand HunDRatD.)
tibus inde provenientibus, perſolvent. Ut autem hee
amicabilis compoſitio futuris temporibus inviolabiliter
perſeveret, utriuſque partis ſigillorum appoſitione eſt
roborata. Facta autem fueriut hee anno gratie 1220,
in craſtino Nativitatis B. Marie.
Conventio inter abbatem & conventum de Leyeeſtre,
& abbatem & conyentum de Croxton, de decimis
13 bovatarum & dimidie, necnon de eſcambio di-
verſarum decimarum & terrarum aliarum, in terri-
torio de Eyton [ Dec. 20, 1228 J
Noverint univerſi, tam preſentes quam futuri, quod
ita convenit, inter um abbatem & conventum
Leyceſtrie, ex uni parte; & Elyam abbatem & con-
ventum de Croxton, ex altera; anno gratie 1228, in
vigiliis B. Thome apoſtoli; viz. Quod dicti abbas &
con ventus Leyceſtrie conceſſerunt, & preſenti ſcripto
confirmaverunt, ptedictis abbati & conventui de Crox-
ton, decimas 13 bovatarum terre & dimidie in campo
Eyton, perpetuo poſſidendas; quarum,
4 bovate ſunt de feodo Willielmi de Wandeville;
3 de feodo Alardi de S. Hilario
2 (que fuerint Matildis Teſtard) de feodo Willielmi
de Evermue;
2 que fuerint Warini de Bundelli;
1 que fuit Thome de Sexteneby;
1 que fuit 4 Dunch; &
Dimidia que fuit Roberti de Diva,
Conceſſerunt etiam predicti abbas & convetitus
Leyceſtrie predictis abbati & conventui de Croxton
4 ſeliones de terra ecclefie, qui ſunt infra curiam pre-
dictorum abbatis & conventus de Croxton ; pro qui-
bus abbas & conventus Leyceſtrie receperunt in eſ-
cambium alios quatuor ſeliones; duos ſcilicet, qui
ſunt ſabtus curiam Grangie predictorum abbatis &
conventus de Croxton, tendentes verſus aquilonem ; &
duos qui ſunt inter viam de Eſtwelle & Luſterngate.
Item conceſſerunt predicti abbas & conventus Ley-
ceſtrie abbati & conventui de Croxton unum ſelio-
nem in Fuleſdale ſupra ſtratam (quem dimidiare ſole-
bant) pro alio ſelione juxta Fordegate (quem ſimiliter
dimidiare ſolebant). Illum autem ſelionem, qui eſt in
Smalewelle, perpetuo inter ſe dimidiabunt. Conceſſe-
runt etiam predicti abbas & conventus Leyceſtrie
eiſdem abbati & conventui de Croxton immunitatem
decimarum curtilagiorum, que habuerunt tempore
hujus compoſitionis, remiſſo eiſdem abbati & con-
ventui de Croxton buſſello ordei, quod aliquando
ſolvere ſolebant. Et predicti abbas & conventus Ley-
ceſtrie percipient decimas trium ſelionum qui ſunt de
13 bovatis & dimidia, quos homines Roberti de Ar-
rabi aliquando tenuerunt, pro decimis trium ſelionum
incluſorum in augmento curie predictorum abbatis &
conventus de Croxton, qui ſunt de feodo Roberti Ar-
raby. Remiſerunt etiam predicti abbas & conventus
Leyceſtrie abbati & conventui de Croxton decimas
omnium molendinorum ſuorum in territorio de Eytona;
& decimas feni de dominico ſuo, quod habuerunt tem-
re hujus compoſitionis. Si vero prenominati abbas
11 de Croxton aliquas alias terras, extra pre-
dictas 13 bovatas terre & dimidiam, in prediQta paro-
chia de Eyton, vel in aliis parochiis predictorum ab-
batis & conventus Leyceſtrie, tempore hujus compo-
ſitionis habuerunt, vel in futuro habere poterunt;
decimas garbarum, non obſtante aliquo privilegio im-
petrato vel impoſterum impetrando, predictis abbati
& conventui Leyceſtrie plenariè perſolvent, & deci-
mas feni de terris de novo adquirendis; & hoc, per
fidei vel juramenti cautionem, a procuratore ipforum
vel grangiario, in principio aurumpni, corporaliter
preſtandam abbati vel celerario Leyceſtrie, ve! alicui
canonico loco eorum miſſo. De toftis vero, que in
predictà villa tempore hujus compoſitionis habuerunt
redicti abbas & conventus de Croxton, vel in futuro
| poterunt, quicunque eas excoluerit, plenas
decimas eccleſie parochiali de Eytona, de fructibus
inde provenientibus, perſolvent, exceptis curtilagiis
eorum propriis ſupradictis. Preterea ipſi abbas &
conventus ce Croxton non dimittent aliquam terram
CROXTON ABBEY,
93
| Incultatn, in dampnum eccleſie parbchialis de Eyton 4
& ſi fecerint, ſatisfacient in decimis plenariè, ad valorem
decimarum que provyenirent ex ipſls terris ſi eſſent eulte.
Item, non includent aliquas terras, abſque afſenſu &
voluntate predictorum abbatis & conventus Leyceftrie 1
&, ſi incluſerint, dabunt decimas de 13 bovatis terre
c dimidia, ad valenciam decimarum que inde poſſent
provenire ſi terre ille culte eſſent. Nominati vero
abbas & conventus de Croxton, hic conventione, pre-
dictà conceſſione & remiſhone imperpetuum gaude-
bunt; ſolventes memoratis abbati & conventui Ley-
ceſtrie annuatim 225. ſterlingorum, ad tres anni ter-
minos imperpetuum ; ſcilicet, 205. contentos in com-
poſitione prius fa&ti inter bone memorie Willielmum
abbatem & conventum Leyceſtrie & Adam abbatem
& conventum de Croxton, & 25. in iſtA conventione
adj ectos, viz. ad Purificationem B. Marie, 75. 4d. ad
Pentecoſten, 75. 4d. & ad feſtum S. Michaelis, 75. 4d.
Ut autem hec amicabilis compoſitio futuris temporibus
inviolabiliter perpetuo perſeveret, diverſe partes di-
verſis cirografh partibus, una cum ſigillo magiſtri Wil-
lielmi Glamdi, archidiaconi Leyceſtrie tunc temporis,
ſigilla ſua appoſuerunt. Hiis teſtibus ; Galfrido, de-
cano Leycelirienfi ; Willielmo, decano de Brantingſ-
thorp ; Philippo, decano de Torp ; Gilberto, decano
de Hacle; Waltero, decano de Saxelby ; Petro de
Saxo; Rogero Blundo ; Jordano, perſonk de Karle-
ton ; Petro, perſona de Gratton ; Johanne, clerico de
Sauteby ; Johanne de Gniptona*,
Ex Regiſtro abbatie Sancte Marie de Pratis apud
Leyceſtriam “.
& Habemus ecclefiam ibidem, ex dono Willielmi de
Euermo, & ex confirmatione regis Henrici II, &c.
in propriis uſibus, ut patet in Marriculo, in hiis
verbis: * Ecclefie de Eyton patronus abbas Ley-
ceſtrie, habens eam in proprios uſus ab antiquo.
Vicarius R. inſtitutus per H. nunc Linc' epiſcopum.”
Ordinatio vicarie conſiſtit in toto altaragio ejuſdem
eccleſie. Et ſolvent abbas & conventus Leyc' ipſi
vicario 135. 4d. Solvet autem vicarius ſynodalia 1.
Item habemus ibidem, ex dono predi&i Willielmi
Euermi, manſum rectorie, toftum & croftum, cum
fonte & omnibus pertinentiis ſuis, juxta toftum ecclthie
uſque Aquilonarem partem, in liberam & perpetuam
eleemoſinam, ut in carta ſecunda. ;
Item habemus ibidem, ex dono ejuſdem Willielmi,
quatuor bovatas terre & 43 ſeliones, quas ipſe W. dedit
nobis cum corpore ſuo, quarum 10 ſunt ad Alnotheſ-
grave in campo de Eyton; & 4 ſeliones in Rieclif,
ſcilicet, cum capitali ſelione adjacente, & cum prato
ſubjacente uſque aquam; & 4 in Watrifurwes.
tem habemus confirmationem difti Willielmi ſaper
donationem ſuam quam antea dedit nobis pro anima
Joſceleni filii ſui, videlicet, tres ſeliones ad Dotthedam,
& duas ad Peſolandes, &c. ut in carta rertia.
Willielmus Reyde de Eyton tenet ibi manſum redctorie,
cum tofto & crofto, cum tribus virgatis terre & dimid',
continent* 48 acras, cum decimis garbarum, Et pro
decima feni require in decima feni.
Habemus ibidem 205. per annum ab abbate de
Croxton, pro decimis treſdecim bovatarum terre &
dimid' in campis de Eyton, ut patet per compoſitio-
nem inter nos & eos factum anno Domini 1228, in
vigilia Sancti Thome Apoſtoli *. |
Habemus, per iſtam compoſitionem, decimas trium
ſelionum que ſunt de treſdecim boyatis & dimid', quos
homines Roberti de Arraby aliquando tenuerunt, pro
decimis trium ſelionum incluſorum in augmento curie
predictorum abbatis & conventus de Croxton, &c. De-
cima ſolebat reddere 2011. vel 12 Hi.; modo 511. 65. 8 d.
Item fi predicti abbas & con ventus de Croxton ali-
quas alias terras extra predictas treſdecim bovatas &
dimid', in prediQta parochia de Eyton, vel in aliis pa-
rochiis predictorum abbatis & conventus Leyc' habu-
erunt, vel in futuro habere poterint, decimas plenars
ſolvent, &c. ut in dictà compoſitione.
Item de toftis que in prediQa villa tempore hujus
compoſitionis habuerint predicti abbas & conventus
1 Peck, MSS. 4935; ex cod. MS. in 24), fol. 30. b.; & ex ipſd originali carta cyrographick apud Belver, 14 Aug. 1732.
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94 APPENDIX To Tux HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE,
de Croxton, & in futuro habere poterint, decimas de
fructibus inde provenientibus perſolvent, exceptis
curtilagiis corum propriis ſupradictis, ut in dictà com-
poſitione. |
Terre eorum ſolebant reddere 715.; modo 405.
Item abbas & conventus de Croxton non dimittent
aliquam terram incultam in dampnum eccleſie de
Eyton, nec includere aliquas terras abſque aſſenſu &
voluntate abbatis Leyc' & conventùs; quod fi aliter
fecerint, ſatisfacient & recompenſabunt ſecundum
compoſitionem inter nos & eos, ut per compolitionem
predictam.
Item abbas de Croxton ſolvet ad lumen eceleſie, pro
quadam culturi quam tenet, & que jacet juxta Rydyz-
gate, 1 5 d. ut in finali concordia, &c.
Inde recepimus 205. predictas ab abbate predicto
95. a libero tenente ſuo pro una virgatà in Hungreton,
cum aliis 12d. ab codem tenente pro ſitu orrei dicti
abbatis & grangie ſue in: Howes. Modo illa virgata
terre eſt in tenurã Johannis Halyday de Hungreton,
Summa G17. 8 8. 8d.
Reſolut' S. archidiacono Leyc' pro procuratione 77,
6d. ob. qa.
Mem. quod abbas Leyc' recuperavit patronatum de
Eyton de Johanne Botiller de Eyton, in curi domini
regis, per placitum 127 die Novembris, anno 11* Ed-
wardi illuſtriſſimi regis Anglie, ſicut patet in placitis.
Mem. quod habemus quatuor acras redd' in quo-
dam prato ibidem quod vocatur le Mer, ficut patet in
libro de terris dominicalibus.
Require terrarium de terris noſtris in Eyton in libro
fratris W. Charyte de terrariis, quem ipſe compilavit.“
Finalis concordia inter Helyam abbatem & conventum
de Croxton, & Robertum filium Willielmi de Ey-
ton, de 5 bovatis terre in campo de Eyton ; necnon
inter dictum abbatem & Henricum filium Hugonis
& Feliciam uxorem ejus, de dote dicte Felicie in
predictis 5 bovatis terre [Feb. 3, 1228-9 ]
Hec eſt finalis concordia, facta in curia D. Regis
apud Weſtmonaſterium, in craſtino Purificationis B.
Marie, anno regni regis Henrici filii regis Johannis 1 3*,
coram Martino de Pateſhill, decano S. Pauli London',
Thomi de Meleton, Sſire ] Thoma de Segrave, Ro-
berto de Lexinton, Thoma de Canville, juſticiariis,
& aliis D. regis fidelibus tune ibidem preſentibus
inter Helyam abbatem de Croxton, querentem, per
Bartholomeum de Croxton, canonicum ſuum, poſitum
loco ipſius abbatis, ad luctandum vel prodendum ;
& Robertum filium Willielmi de Eyton, inpedien-
tem; de 5 bovatis terre, cum pertinentiis, in Eyton;
unde placitum warantie carte ſummonitum fuit inter
eos in eadem curia ; ſcilicet, quod predictus Robertus
recognovit totam predictam terram cum pertinentiis
eſſe jus abbatis & eccleſie ſue de Croxton, [tenendam ]
de capitalibus dominis ejuſdem feodi imperpetuum ;
faciendo inde ſervicium quantum ad pred.ctam terram
pertinet, & pro omni ſervicio & exactione. Et pro
hac recognitione & concordia idem abbas conceſſit
predicto Roberto 2085. argenti annuatim percipiendos
ad 2 terminos anni, per manum ipſius abbatis & ſuc-
ceſſorum ſuorum, tota vita ipſius Roberti, apud Crox-
ton, ſcil' ad feſtum 8. Mich' 105. & ad feltum S. Joh?
Bapt' 105. Et, poſt mortem ipſius Roberti, predietus
abbas & ſucceſſores ſui erunt quieti de ſolutione pre-
dictorum 205. imperpetuum. Et, fi forte predictus
abbas vel ſucceffores ſui predictos 205. ad predictos
terminos predicto Roberto non reddiderint, bene lice-
bit predicke Roberto diſtringuere predictum abbatem
& ſucceſſores ſuos, per catalla ſua inventa in predida
terra, uſque ad plenam ſolutionem predictorum 205,
ſicut predictum eſt. Et ſciendum, quod Henricus
filius Hugonis, & Felicia uxor cjus, qui duas bovatas
terre & dimidiam bovatam & tertiam partem dimidie
bovate de predictà terra tenuerunt in dote, preſentes
fuerint, & hanc concordiam conceſſerunt & remiſe-
runt, & quietum clamaverunt de ſe, dicto abbati &
ſucceſſoribus ſuis, & eceleſie ſue de Croxton, totum jus
& clamium quod habuerint in predictà terra cum per-
tinentiis, nomine dotis, imperpetuum. Et, pro hic
l peck, MSS. 4935: ex codice MS, in 2, fol. 33. b.
3 Peck, ibid, ; ex eodem codice, fol. 34. b. |
concefſione & remiſſione & quietà clamatione, idem
abbas conceſſit predicto Henrico & Felicie 108. ar-
genti annuatim percipiendos apud Croxton, per ma-
num ipſius abbatis & ſucceſſorum ſuorum, tori vita
ipſius Felicie; ſcilicet, 58. ad feſtum S. Michaelis, &
55. ad feſtum S. Johannis Baptiſte. Et, poſt deceſſum
ipſius Felicie, predictus abbas & ſucceſſores ſui quieti
erunt de ſolutione predictorum 108. imperpetuum.
Finalis concordia inter abbatem Heliam & Henricum
de Segrave, & Yſoldam uxorem, & Galfridum eo-
rum filium, de 13 bovatis terre & 105. redditus;
cum pertinentiis, in Eyton | Jun. 21, 1230-31 *.]
Hec eſt finalis concordia, facta in curià D. regis
apud Weſtm', in octabis S. Hilarii, anno regni regis
Henrici fili regis Johannis 155, coram Thoma de Multon,
Willielmo de Fal, Roberto de Lexinton, Willielmo
de Inſula, Willielmo de London, Radulpho de Nor-
wich, juſticiariis, & aliis D. regis fidelibus tune jbi-
dem preſentibus; inter Heliam abbatem de Croxton,
querentem, per fratrem Hamonem, canonicum ſuum,
poſitum loco ſuo, ad luctandum vel prodendum ; &
Henricum de Segrave inpcdientem, per Galfridum de
Swineford, poſitum loco ſuo, ad luctandum vel pro-
dendum; de 13 bovatis terre & 108. redditus, cum
pertinentiis, in Eyton ; unde placitum warentie carte
ſummonitum fuit inter eos in prefati curià; ſcilicet,
quod predictus Henricus recognovit totam predictam
terram & redditus, cum pertinentiis, eſſe jus abbatis
ipſius & ecclefie ſue de Croxton, ut illa que idem
abbas & eccleſia ſua de Croxton habent ex dono ip-
ſius Henrici; habendum & tenendum eidem abbati &
ſucceſſoribus ſuis, & eceleſie ſue de Croxton, de pre-
dicto Henrico, & heredibus ſuis de corpore Ylolde
quondam uxoris ſue procreatis imperpetuum; reddendo
inde annuatim 75. ad tres terminos anni, ſcilicet, infra
octo dies ante Nativitatem S. Joh' Bapt' 25. 4d. &
infra ccto dies ante feſtum S. Mich” 25. & 4d. & in-
fra octo dies ante Nativitatem Domini 28. 4d. pro
omni ſervicio, falvo forinſeco ſervicio quantum ad
prediftam terram pertinet. Et pro hac recognitione,
fine, & concordia, idem abbas dedit & conceſſit predicto
Henrico 12 bovatas terre & unum molendinum ad
ventum cum pertinentiis in Ilviſton; habendum &
tenendum eidem Henrico & heredibus fuis de predidta
Ylolda procreatis, de predicto abbate & ſucceſſoribus
ſuis & ecclefia ſua de Croxton imperpetuum; faciendo
inde capitalibus dominis feodi illius, pro prediQo ab-
bate & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, & eccleſhii ſuà de Croxton,
ſervicium quod ad predictas 12 bovatas terre & mo-
lendinum pertinet. Et predictus Henricus, & heredes
ſui de predi Y folda procreati, warantizabunt pre-
dicto abbati & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, & eccleſie de Crox-
ton, predictas 13 bovatas terre & 105. redditus cum
pertinentiis, per predictum ſervicium 75. contra omnes
gentes imperpetuum. Et predictus abbas & ſucceſ-
ſores ſui warantizabunt predicto Henrico, & heredibus
ſuis de predictà Yſolda procreatis, predictas 12 bovatas
terre & molendinum cum pertinentiis contra omnes
gentes * oy Arya” Er ſciendum eſt, quod hec con-
cordia facta fuit preſente Galfrido, filio & herede pre-
dictorum Henrici & Ylvulde, & illa concedente.
Finalis concordia inter Matildam filiam Willielmi
Malherbe, & abbatem Radulphum, de una virgata
terre cum pertinentiis in Eyton ¶ Jan. 21, 1239-40.
Hec eſt finalis concordia, facta in curii D. regis
apud Leyceſtriam, in odtabis S. Hilarii, anno regni
regis Henrici filii regis Johannis 235 coram Robero
de Lexinton, Radulpho de Fullegeres, Willielmo de
Colleworth, Andrei Luterel, Roberto de Baya, juſti-
ciariis itinerantibus, & aliis D. rex fidelibus runc 1bi-
dem preſentibus; inter Matildam filiam Willielmi
Maleherbe, petentem, & Radulphum abbatem de
Croxton, tenentem, per fratrem Rogerum de Sixtenby,
canonicum ſuum, poſitum loco ſuo, ad luctandum vel
83 de uni virgaid terre cum pertinentiis in
Zyton; unde placitum fuit inter eos in eadem curil :
ſcil' quod predicta Matilda remiſit & quietum clamavit
® Peck, ibid.; ex eodem codice, fol, 26. b.
de
Framiand Honpard.)
de ſe & heredibus ſuis, predicto abbati & ſucceſſoribus
ſuis, & eceleſie ſue de Croxton, totum jus & clamium
quod habuit in rota predict terra, cum pertinentiis,
imperpetuum. Et pro hac remiſhone, quieti clama-
tione, fine, & concordid, idem abbas dedit predicte Ma-
tilde unam marcam argenti,
Finalis concordia inter Chriſtinam Mallore & abba-
tem Galfridum, de 7 ſolidatis redditus cum perti-
nentiis in Eyton [Jan. 14, 1246-7 .]
Hee eſt finalis concordia, facta in curia D. regis
apud Leyceſtriam, in craſtino S. Hilarii, anno regni
regis Henrici filii regis Johannis 319, coram Rogero
de Turleby, Gilberto de Preſton, magiſtro Simone de
Wanton, & Johanne de Cobham, juſticiariis itineran—
tibus, & aliis D. regis fidelibus tune ibidem preſenti-
bus, inter Chriſtinam Mallore, petentem, & Gal-
fridum, abbatem de Croxton, tenentem, de 7 ſolidatis
redditus cum pertinentiis in Eyton; unde aſſiſa mortis
anteceſſoris ſui monita fuit inter eos in eadem curia
ſci quod predifta Chriſtina recognovit predictum
redditum, cum pertinentiis, eſſe jus ipfius abbatis &
eccleſie ſue de Croxton; & illum remiſit & quierum
clamavit, de fe & heredibus ſuis, predictis abbati &
ſucceſſoribus ſuis, & eecleſie ſue predicte, imperpetuum.
Et idem abbas recepit predictam Chriſtinam & heredes
ſuos in ſingulis beneſiciis & orationibus que de cetero
fient in eccleſia ſua predictà imperpetuum.
Finalis concordia inter abbatem & conventum de Ley-
ceſtre, & abbatem & conventum de Croxton, de
una cultura ſex ſelionum in territorio de Eyton
[Nov.. „ 1248*.]
Hee eſt finalis concordia, facta anno gratie 1248,
Poſt feſtum apoſtolorum Simonis & Jude, inter abba-
tem & con ventum de Leyceſtre, petentes, & abbatem
& conventum de Croxton, tenentes, de und cultura
ſex ſelionum in territorio de Eyton, que jacet ſubtus
toftum quod Johannes filius Radulphi aliquando
tenuit; ſci!” quod predicti abbas & conventus Ley-
ceſtrie recognoverunt predictam culturam cum petrti-
nentiis eſſe jus dictorum abbatis & conventus de
Croxton, ut lam quam idem abbas & conventus de
Croxton habent ex dono Roberti Buſle, in liberam,
puram, & perpetuam eleemoſinam. Et pro hic re-
cognitione, fine, & concordia, idem abbas & conventus
de Croxton conceſſerunt, & preſenti ſeripto ſe obliga-
verunt, ad annuum redditum 15d. ſolvendum eccleſie
dictorum abbatis & conventus Leyceſtrie in Eyton, ad
lucernam inveuiendam in eadem ecclefia, & recipien-
dum per manus parochianorum illorum qui deputati
fuerint pro tempore cuſtodes catallorum fabrice ejuſ-
nem eccleſie, ad duos terminos anni, ſcil' ad Pente-
coſten 7d. 6b. & ad ſeſtum S. Michaelis 7 d. ob. In
cujus rei teſtimonium diverſe partes diverſis cirograth
partibus figilla ſua appoſuerunt.
De lite & controverſia inter Galfridum abbatem &
Willielmum filium Willielmi le Boteler, de conſue-
tudinibus & ſerviciis quas idem abbas exigebat de
ptedicto Wiilielmo de libero tenemento ſuo quod
de dicto abbate tener in Eytona [ 1258 *.]
Memorandum, quod anno gratie 1258, infra octabas
Pentecoſtes, frater Rogerus de Sixteneby, per precep-
tum abbatis, reddidit ſaiſinam Willielmo filio Willi-
elmi le Boteler, de uni carucata terre cum pertinentiis
in Eyton de Waretto, & 4 prati que ad Warettum per-
tinent, unde folvit 48. ad feſtum Omnium SS. & ad
feſtum S. Johannes Bapt' ſolvit firmam, ſcil' 178. 68.
ob. & ad feſtum S. Mich. prox' ſequentis 178. 6d. ob.
Er ad hoc fideliter obſervandum alhdavit, & tales in—
venit plegios; ſcilicet, Simonem Newtoniem de Ey—
tona, Alam le Marun, Galtridum filium Willielmi le
Cu *, & Thomam de la Beuſever, principalem plegium.
Et ſciendum, quod unuſquiſque plegius reſpondebit
pro toto. Et foviendum, quod frater R. de Hunting-
ton, cclerarius de Croxton, recipit per manum pre—
dicti Thome de la Beuſeuer, terminis predictis, pre-
dictam pecuniam, poſt ſaiſinam quam frater Regerus
» Peck, MSS. 4035 ex eodem codice, fol. 27. b.
3 Peck, ibid.; ex codem codice, fol. 23. b.
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CROXTON ABBEY. -
95
de Sixteneby fecit predifto Willielmo le Boteler de
exitibus.
De Stitpe & Familia antedidi Wilhelmi le Boteler,
Memorandum etiam, quod dominus Robertus le
Boteler duas habuit uxores; quarum prima vocabatur
Cecilia, que erat ſoror Roberti Arraby. De qua
Cecilia predictus Robertus le Boteler genuit filium,
qui vocabatur Willielmus Boteler, qui habuit heredi-
tatem predicti Roberti. Ille vero Willielmus genuit
alterum Willielmum le Boteler, qui modo eſt, & qui
tenet hereditarem prediftorum Roberti & Willielmi
le Boteler. Mortui vero Cecilia, deſponſavit pre-
dictus Robertus Amabiliam, filiam domini Willielmi
de Evermue; de qui genuit Robertum le Boteler,
qui Robertus tenet decem bovatas terre in villa de
Eyton in dominico.
Et Gilbertus de Plungar, homo predicti Roberti;
ratione Alicie uxoris ſue, tenet unam bovatam terre
de ditto Roberto; reddendo eidem Roberto annuati
6d. ad Paſcha, & forinſecum ſervicium,
Et Willielmus filius Radulphi, homo predicti Ro-
berti, tenet unam bovatam terre in villa de Eyton,
ratione Matildis uxoris ſue; reddendo predicto Ro-
berto annuatim 64. ad Paſcha, & forinſecum ſervicium.
Abbas de Croxton tener de eodem feodo 10 bovatas
terre, ratione Henrici de Segrave & M ſoude uxoris
ſue, ſororis predicte Amabilie.
Willielmus le Boteler, filius Willielmi le Boteler,
tener duas catucatas terre in predictà villa de Eyton,
ſcilicet, unam carucatam de Roberto le Boteler, &
aliam carucatam de abbate de Croxton, de predicto
feodo, unde predictus abbas habuit wardam predicte
carucate terre per 17 annos & amplius. In quam ca-
rucatam terre predidus Willielmus habuit ſeiſinam per
fratrem Rogerum de Sixtenby, per preceptum D.
abbatis. Et ſciendum, quod predictus Willielmus ſe-
cit fidelitatem D. abbati de predict terra ; & fideliter
promiſit, quod nunquam faceret homagium predicto
Roberto le Boteler fine aſſenſu D. abbatis, niſi fit per
judicium curie D. regis. Et ad hanc conventionem
fideliter tenendam iſlos invenit plegios; ſcilicet, Si-
monem le Neutonien de Eyton, Adam le Mazun,
Galkridum filium Willielmi, Willielmum Cocum,
Thomam de la Beuſevere, principalem plegium. Et
ſciendum, quod unuſquiſque plegiorum reſpondebit
pro toto. Sciendum ctiam, quod predicta Amabilia
& predicta X ſouda crant filie & heredes predicti Wil-
lielmi de Evermue. Predictus vero Robertus le
Boteler deſponſavit Amabiliam, filiam ſeniorem, de
qua exit Robertus le Boteler. Predictus vero Hen-
ricus de Segrave deſponſavit Yſoudam, ſecundam
fliam, de qua exit Galfridus de Segrave, & Criſ-
tina ſoror ſua. Et ſciendum, quod abbas de Croxton
& Henricus de Segrave fecerunt efcambium de toia
parte terre ſue, quam habebat in villa de Eyton, ra-
tione Yſoude uxoris ſue | pro alia terra] in villa de
Vlveſton, unde abbas habet cartam predicti Henrici,
& Galfridi filii Henrici; & cartam predicte Criſtine,
filie predicti Henrici; & inſuper finalem concordiam
factam in curia D. regis.
Breve regis, quod diſtringuat Willielmum filium Wil-
lielmi le Boteler [Nov. 8, 1260. ]
Rex vicecomiti Leyceſtrie. Precipimus tibi. quod
diſtringuas Willielmum filium Willielmi le Boteler,
per omnes terras & catalla ſua in balliva rua, ita quod
nec ipſe, nec aliquis per ipſum, ad ea manum impo-
nat, donec aliud a nobis habueris preceptum. Et
quod habeas corpus ejus coram juſticiariis voſtris
apud Weſtm', a die S. Hilarii inter tres ſeptimanas,
ad reſpondendum abbati de Croxton de placito, quod
faciat ei conſueta & recta {ervicia que ei facere debet,
de libero tenemento ſuo quod de co tenet in Eyton,
Viz. in homagiis, releviis, redditibus, & alits, ut dicit.
Et ad audiendum judicium ſuum de pluribus defaltis.
t habeas ibi hoc breve. Peſte G. de Preſton, apud
Weſtm', 8 dic Novembris, anno regni noſtri 45.
* Peck, ibid.; ex eodem codice, fol, 30. a,
* William the Cook, Sce the next column.
Tinalis
o6 APPENDIX To The HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE,
Finalis concordia inter abbatem Galfridum & Willi-
elmum filium Willielmi le Boteler, de conſuetudini-
bus & ſerviciis quas idem abbas exigebat de pre-
dicto Willielmo de libero tenemento ſuo quod de
predicto abbate tenet in Eytona ¶ Feb. 3, 1260-1 *,}
Hec eſt finalis concordia, fafta in curia D. regis
apud Weſtm', in craſtino Purificationis B. Marie, anno
regni regis Henrici filii regis Johannis 457, coram Jo-
hanne de Wivill & Johanne de Kana, juſticiariis, &
aliis D. regis fidelibus tunc ibidem preſentibus; inter
Galfridum abbatem de Croxton, querentem, per fra-
trem Rogerum de Sixtenby, canonicum ſuum, pofitum
loco ſuo ad luctandum vel prodendum, & Willielmum
filiom Willielmi le Boteler, deforcientem, de conſue-
tudinibus & ſerviciis quas idem abbas exigebat de pre-
dicto Willielmo de libero tenemento ſuo quod de pre-
dicto abbate tenet in Eytonà; ſcilicet, de uno meſſua-
gio & ung carucata terre, cum pertinentiis; & unde
idem abbas exigebat de predicto Willielmo quod fa-
ceret ei forinſecum ſervicium, quantum pertinet ad
tantum tenementum de eodem feodo in eadem villa ;
& quod faceret ei homagium de predicto tenemento.
Que ſervicia idem Willielmus prius ei non cognovit.
Et unde placitum fuir inter eos in eadem curia, ſci-
licet, quod predictus Willielmus recognovit & con-
ceſſit, pro ſe & heredibus ſuis, quod ipfi de cetero fa-
cient predicto abbati & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, & eceleſie
ſue de Croxton, forinſecum ſervicium, quantum per-
tinet ad tantum tenementum de eodem feodo in ea-
dem villa; & quod facient ei homagia & relevia,
cum contigerint, pro predicto tenemento, pro omni
ſervicio, ſectà curie, conſuetudine, & exaccione. Et
pro hãc recognitione & conceſſione, fine, & concordiz,
idem abbas conceſſit, pro ſe & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, &
eccleſià ſuã predictà, quod ipfi de cetero warantiza-
bunt, adquietabunt, & defendent, eidem Willielmo &
heredibus ſuis, predictum tenementum cum pertinen-
tiis, per predicta ſervicia, contra omnes homines im-
perpetuum. Et preterea idem abbas remiſit & quietum
clamavit, de ſe & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, & eccleſiã ſua
ꝓredictà, predicto Willielmo & heredibus ſuis, omnia
arreragia predicti ſervicii, & omnia dampna, que di-
cebat ſe habuiſſe, occaſione detencionis predicti ſer-
vicii, uſque ad diem quo hec concordia facta fuit.
De excambio diverſarum terrarum apud Eyton, in
com' Leic', inter abbatem de Croxton, & Willi-
elmum le Botiller [1329 5.
Juratores dicunt, quod non eſt ad dampnum, &c. fi
rex concedat Willietmo le Botiller de Eyton, quod
ipſe unum meſſuagium & duas virgatas terre, & unam
bovatam terre, cum pertinentiis, in Eyton, dare poſſit
abbati de Croxton, in eſcambium pro uno meſſuagio
& duabus virgatis terre, & una bovata terre, cum per-
tinentiis, in eadem villa; & quod tenetur de domino
rege in capite, ut de honore de Albemarle, viz. de
manerio de Holewell, per ſervicium militare, & red-
dendo 25d. ad ſcutagium.
De contentione inter regem Henricum II. & Robertum
Fitz Parnell comitem Leiceſtrie. Exulatur comes.
Rediit. Manerium de Waltham dat Philippo de
Albiniaco, qui dat idem canonicis de Croxton 3,
Dominus Robertus comes Wintonie fuit primus do-
minus de Waltham; qui habebat ſub ſe liberos tales,
ſcilicet, |
Henricum le Knit, tenentem tres carucatas terre in
eadem villa ;
Et alium, Guidonem nomine;
Et tertium, Bernardum, qui habebat duas carucatas
terre in eadem villa, & unum molendinum ad ſtagnum.
Onmnes iſti pares erant in libertate.
Habuit etiam idem comes novem carucatas terre in
dominico. ;
De quibus dedit duas carucatas terre abbathie de
Guerondun, jacentes juxta Ringethorp-mere ex parte
occidentali, cum 30 acris prati in mori, pro quibus
rector eceleſie de Wautham recipit 4 ſolidos annuales
nomine declines
T Peck, MSS. 4935; ex MS. in 24), fol. 25. b.
3 Peck, M88. 4935 5 EX MS, in 245 fol. $7» A.
1
Dedit etiam monialibus de Eton unam carucatam
terre de dominico illo.
Relique autem quinque carucate remanebant in
manu propria,
Poſt hec omnia fuit contentio magna, inter dominum
Henricum regem ſeniorem & ipſum comitem ; ita ut
comiti jubebatur evacuare terram, & ire in exilium;
qui & fic fecit, & morabatur in terris alienis circiter
18 annos, antequam ſedata fuit illa contentio, & pax
inter predictos per intervenientes perſonas reformata.
Repatriavit, & adduxit quendam nobilem militem
ſecum, Philippum de Albiniaco nomine, illis diebus
armis decoratum & expertum.
Qui, cum veniſſet ad manerium predictum de Wan-
tham, non invenit illud fic integrum prout dimiſerat,
quia homines de ſocagio domini regis de Caldewelle
maxime & de Wicham ingreffi fuerunt Auſtrale cam-
pum de Caldewelle, & fic illud appropriaverant uſ-
que ad adyentum predicti comitis.
Comes, ſentiens fic ſe exheredatum, adivit dominum
regem Johannem, ipſumque deprecabatur, ut, ablato
a ſe omni jure hereditario, ſibi pertinentia integrè re-
ſtituerentur.
Dominus verò rex benigne ſibi omnia conceſſit; &
ballivis ſuis tune temporis exiſtentibus ſibi in integrum
juſſit de villis predictis reſtitui.
Ipſe comes, non immemor temporis & periculi fu-
turi, voluntati domini regis & ballivorum adquieſcere
clam nolens, fed ut illa omnia, fi placeret domino regi,
ſivi conferre per magnam aſſiſam & per patriam petit
fibi deliberari ; quod fic factum eſt, prout placuit ante -
dicto comiti.
Volens autem comes predictus ſuo fideli belligero
militi aliquod conferre ſubſidium, dedit fibi duas caru-
catas terre in villa de Wautham, cum meſſuagio ad
fontem ante portas rectoris eccleſie, quas Guido &
Bernardus quondam tenuerunt.
Et poſt pauca, ad exhortationem domini regis Jo-
hannis, placuit antedicto comiti collata augmentare z
dominum Philippum predictum de toto manerio capi-
tali ſuo cum pertinentiis, in villa de Wautham & extra,
libere feoffavit.
Et dominus Philippus de Albiniaco feoffavit abba-
tem & conventum de Ctoxton ; de manerio de Wau-
tham, faciendo ſervitium unius militis.
Et domina Margareta comitiſſa Wintonie confirma-
vit donum domini Philippi de Albiniaco, & donavit
ſeryitium unius dimidii militis abbati & conventui, in
puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam.
Et dominus Rogerus comes Wintonie, filius & heres
predicte Margarete, confirmavit donum domini Phi-
lippi de Albiniaco, & donum Margarete matris ſue, &
donavit ſervitium alterum dimidii militis abbati & con-
ventui, in puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam. |
Et ipſi & heredes ſui debent warantizare donum
domini Philippi, & predicte Margarete matris ſue, &
donum ſuiipſius, ſicut per cartam ipſam eiſdem con-
firmatur.
Earundem rerum narratio altera +.
Memorandum, quod Robertus comes Leyceſtrie,
filius Petronille comitiſſe, dedit Philippo de Aubeny,
pro homagio & ſervicio ſuo, totam terram ſuam de
Wautham, cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis, infra vil-
lam & extra, in viis & ſemitis, pratis & paſturis, in
aquis & molendinis, tenendam de ſe & heredibus ſuis,
predicto Philippo & heredibus ſuis, jure hereditario,
er ſervicium unius militis pro omni ſervicio ſibi &
eredibus ſuis. |
Johannes rex Anglie confirmavit predicto Philippo
donationem predicti Roberti comitis ; ſcilicet, pre-
dictam terram de Wautham, cum pertinentiis, tenere
bene & in pace, libere, quietè, & integrè, in boſco &
in plano, in viis & ſemitis, pratis, paſturis, in aquis,
molendinis, ſtagnis, vivariis, & piſcariis, & in omnibus
libertatibus & liberis conſuetudinibus ad terram illam
pertinentem.
Item predictus Philippus de Aubeny dedit nobis
totam predictam terram ſuam quam habuit in Wau-
tham, in perpetuam eleemoſinam; tam in dominicis
* Ad quod dampn. 13 Edw. II. Ne 9. Leic.
Peck, ibid.; ex MS, in 4, fol. 19. a,
quam
FnAMLANMD Hundred. ]
quam in libertatibus & villanis, cum ſpineto & pratis,
paſcuis, ſtagnis, molendinis, & aliis pertinentiis &
libertatibus; faciendo ſervicium unius militis dominis
feodi. Warentizans, &c.
Item dominus Henricus rex, filius regis Johannis,
confirmavit nobis donationem predicti Philippi, ſicut
carta ejus teſtatur.
Item predictus Philippus dedit nobis, in puram
eleemoſinam, pro decima dominici prati ſui, t5 acras
prati & dimidiam ; ſcilicet, 6 acras & dimidiam in
Oſbornewong, & in mora apud Caldewelle deſuper
-Holebech 9 acras juxta pratum ſanctimonialium de
Ey ton.
Item Margareta comitiſſa Wyntonie, quondam ſponſa
Sayr de Quincy, & ſoror Raberti comitis, confirmavit
nobis donationem predicti Philippi, habendam quietè
& ſolute ab omni ſervicio & ſeculari exaccione, ſalvo
forinſeco ſervicio quantum pertinet ad feodum dimidii
unius militis tantum. |
Item Rogerus de Quincy, filius predicte Margarete,
confirmavit nobis donationem predicti Philippi; &
donationem & confirmationem predicte Margarete
matris ſue de ſervicio dimidii militis. Et inſuper de-
dit nobis, in puram eleemoſinam, totum ſervicium di-
midii militis, quam predicta Margareta mater ſua ſibi
retinuit ; habendam & tenendam predictam terram de
Wautham in puram eleemoſinam, ficut aliqua elce-
moſina liherids & quietids poterit teneri. Ipſe verò
& heredes ſui warantizabunt, adquietabunt, & defen-
dent predictam terram & relaxationem feodi dimidii
militis ex dono predicte Margarete matris ſue, & ſer-
vicium dimidii militis ex dono ſuo, contra omnes gen-
tes, imperpetuum.
Item predictus Rogerus remiſit nobis omnimoda
ſervicia forinſeca & viſus franciplegii, reddendo 28.
per annum, ſicut in carta ejus continetur.
Et ſciendum eſt quod abbas de Croxton tenet quin-
que carucatas terre in eadem villa in dominico .
Sanctimoniales de Eyton habent unam carucham
terre in eadem villa in dominico.
Tenentes earundem unam carucatam que fuit in
villenagio.
Item predicte ſanctimoniales habent advocationem
eccleſie de eadem villa, ad quam eccleſiam tres virgate
terre pertinent.
Robertus Herlewin tenet in feodo, de priore de
Belver, duas virgatas terre cum pertinentiis.
Summa terrarum que non pertinent ad abbatem
[de Croxton] tres carucate & una virgata.
Item ſciendum quod Johannes le Margſcall, filius
Roberti, tenet liberè de abbate de Croxton novem
bovatas terre, de quibus dictus Johannes habet ſep-
tem in dominico.
Item Henricus Mareſcall tenet de predicto Johanne
duas bovatas. | .
Unde dictus Johaunes debet ſolvere domino abbati
pro totà terra ſua per annum 125.; ad feſtum Sancti
Michaelis, 48.; ad Pentecoiten, 48. ad Purificatio-
nem, 48. Et faciet nihilominus torinſecum ſervitium.
Ricardus filius Hugonis Fabri tenet unam bovatam
terre liberè in villa de Wautham, que fuit quondam
in villenagio ; tenendam fibi & heredibus ſuis pro una
bovata fibi mutati in villa de Beſcaudeby, per licen-
tiam & voluntatem abbatis; reddendo annuatim ad
feſtum Sancti Michaelis, 9d. ob.; ad Purificationem,
d.; ad Pentecoſten, gd. ob. Et nihilominus faciet
forinſecum ſervitium.
Alanus de Nevile tenet 4 boratas terre in eadem
villa, reddendo aunuatim libram piperis ad feſtum
Sancti Michaelis; & faciet forinſecum ſersitium.
Summa terrarum liberè tenentium in villa de Wau-
tham, de domino abbate de Croxton, una carucata &
5 bovate terre.
Item ſumma de omnibus liberè tenentibus, cum
furno, per totum annum 283. 2d. ob. una libra piperis.
Item inde, in quolibet termino, 128. 8d. Ob. ſuper-
habundant.
liem ſciendum eſt quod ſunt in villa de Wautham
t Peck, MSS. 4938 ex MS. in 24“, fol. 58. a.
3 % Hie comes Leyceſtrie, Robertus Fitz-Parnel, locutus eſt; carta ſua puta.” F. PECK,
B b
$ Peck. MSS. 4935; ex MS. in 24), fol. bg. a,
Vor. I. AryzNnD.
d ROX TON ABBEY.
97
36 virgate terre, unde quelibet virgata ſolvit per
annum 125. ; ad feſtum Sancti Michaelis, 45.; ad Pu-
rificationem, 48.; & ad Pentecoſten, 45.
Summa, in quolibet termino, 7 t. 45.
Summa, in univerſo, 211. 125.
Summa, per totum annum, de liberis, de ruſticis, &
de furno, 231. 103. 2d. ob.
Item ſunt in villa de Wautham cotiarii tenentes ad
voluntatem abbatis, reddentes per annum in quoliber
termino ſecundum majus & minus 298. olim, hodie
plus. |
Summa, in univerſo, 4t, 78. |
Summa totius ville de Wautham ad dominium ab-
batis pertinentis, de firmis tam liberorum quam ruſtico-
rum & cotiariorum, & de furno, per annum 271. 175,
2 d. ob. olim, plus modo.
Unde, in quolibet termino, gt. 38. ob. qᷓ. fine nun-
dinis, & foro, & exitibus curiarum, miſericordia, &
gratis.
Et ſciendum eſt quod omnes mulieres in villenagio
Merchet & Litherwith * ſolvent domino abbati.
Preterea dominus abbas recipiet totum forinſecum
ſer vitium de omnibus tenentibus ſuis in eadem villa,
ad voluntatem ſuam; & nemini inde reſpondebit.
Item dominus abbas pro franciplegio, & toto difto
dominio five tenemento in villa de Wautham, ſolvit
duos ſolidos per annum; poſt primam magnam curiam
de. Wautham poſt Paſcham, 19@.; poſt curiam feſti
Sancti Michaelis, 12 d.; per aliquem habitum portan-
tem, per canonicum five converſum, in villa Leyceſtrie,
& non alibi.
Et ſciendum eſt, quod ille nuncius pro aliquo de-
licto in illà non debet occaſionari, ſed ſine occaſione
aliqua alicujus delicti valeat ibi legitimè comparere :
ita quod nec nos nec heredes noſt ri, ratione homagii,
fidelitatis faciende, ſcutagii, relevii, warde, eſcahete,
alicujus ſecte, viſus franciplegii, vel alterius conſue-
tudinis ſeu demande, vel alicujus forinſeci ſervitii, in
dicto canonicorum feodo a predictis aliquando unquam
exigere poterimus de cetero.
Et notandum, quod fi aliquis latro capiatur in pre-
dicto feodo canonicorum, & judicium ſuum metuerit,
dicti abbas & canonici habebunt omnia catalla dicti
latronis, que ad nos & ad heredes noſtros poterunt
pertinere; & predictus latro in curia noſtrà vel he-
redum noſtrorum judicabirur ; ita quod ballivus noſ-
ter, vel heredum noſtrorum de Groby, infra oRo dies
polt captionem diCti latronis, ipſum recipient per ho-
mines noltros ad cuſtodiendum, & in curia noſtra vel
heredum noſtrorum adjudicandum, ſicut dictum eſt.
Summa terre que pertinet ad abbatem in manerio
de Wautham 3 carucate & virgate terre.
Item abbas habet in dominico in eadem villa 5 ca-
rucatas terre.
Summa terre liberorum tenentium de abbate 6 vir-
gate terre & dimidia. :
Summa terre que tenetur in villenagio de abbate
36 virgate terre & dimidia. 8
Summa totius ville 19 carucate terre & dimidia.
Sed villa de Wautham non ſolebat reſpondere niſi pro
16 carucatis terre tantomodo 4,
Memorandum 5, quod tenentes abbatis de Crox-
ton in villenagio, in villa de Wautham, tenentur ad-
quietare terram quam abbas tenet in dominico in
Wautham de ſcutagio domini regis quando currit, nit
eiſdem ex gratia fuit relaxatum.
Et dicunt idem tenentes quod quando aliqua ex-
actio pecunie imponitur ville de Wautham ex precepto
domini regis (excepto ſcutagio) tam liberi tenentes
quam alii, ſecundum bovatas terrarum ſuarum, equa»
liter taxabuntur. Et contra iſtam formam Johannes
Mareſcall & Alanus de Nevil retinent de qualibet bo-
vata, terrarum ſuarum unum quadrantem quem tenen-
ne Bins |
Item cotiarii abbatis ſolvunt taxationem eiſdem im-
poſitam. Cotiarii Johannis Mareſcall non ſolvunt;
nec audent, propter ipſum Johannem, ;
Dicunt etiam quod Slethengs pouitur in defenſione
2 « [otherwithy” Howel,
+. Sie,
Aubeny & aliorum dominorum ;
*
ad Purificationem Marie uſque ad Vincula Sancti
Petri; & fic ſolebat poni tempore domini Philippi de
ſed cuſtos terre
ſanctimonialium de Eton petit communem paſture in
Slethengs uſque ad Annunciationem B. Marie.
Dicunt etiam quod omnes holmi predicte ville ſo-
lebant poni in defenſione ad Purificationem B. Marie;
ſed modo differtur defenſio uſque ad Annunciationem,
propter oves abbatis, que depaſcuntur hol mos una eum
ovibus ſanctimonialum & perſone, a Purificatione uſque
ad Annunciationem B. Marie.
Item habemus, de dono Radulfi Grays , de Majori
Paunton, 2 acras prati, quod vocatur Calvacre, in
Wautam-rede, in liberam, puram, & perpetuam elee-
moſinam. :
Item, de dono Johannis le Mareſcall, 48. annui red-
ditus, percipiendos de una virgata terre cum *
quam Henricus le Mareſcall quondam tenuit, in libe-
ram, puram, & perpetuam eleemoſinam.
Item habemus unum ſcriptum de illo redditu ad
terminum 40 annorum.
Conventio inter Radulfum abbatem de Croxton &
Idam prioriſſam de Eton, de quodam ſpineto in
territorio de Wautham [Junii 25, 1236.
Hee eſt conventio facta, inter Radulfum abbatem &
conventum de Croxton ex parte una, & Idam prio-
riſſam & conventum de Eton ex altera parte, apud
Leyc', in craſtino Nativitatis Sancti Johannis Baptiſte,
anno regni regis Henrici filii regis Johannis 207%,
coram dominis R. de Lexinton, Olivero de Vallibus,
Johanne de Hullecote, Willielmo de Sancto Edmundo,
Juſticiariis domini regis tunc ibidem itinerantibus, &
aliis fidelibus domini regis tunc ibidem exiſtentibus ;
videlicet, quod cum placitum moveretur inter eos, in
.curia domini regis, per breve de nova diffeifina, de
quodam ſpineto in territorio de Wautham ; unde pre-
dice prioriſſa & conventus de Eton conqueſterunt
quod prediQi abbas & conventus de Croxton eos in-
juſtè difleifiverunt ; & unde jurata arannata fuit inter
eos; predicti abbas & conventus de Croxton, poſt
viſum ejuſdem jurate, dederunt predictis prioriſſe &
conventui de Eton, & earum ſucceſſoribus, in eſcambium
predicti ſpineti quod per eos prius vaſtatum fuit, ſex-
decim rodas ſpineti fideliter menſuratas, cum toto men-
ſurà veſturà, de dominico ſuo proprio in eodem terri-
torio; jacentes, in latitudine, inter dominicum abbatis
de Croxton verſus aquilonem, et inter portionem illam
ſpineti illius que prius fuit predicte prioriſſe, & que
de cetero remanebit abbati & conventui de Croxton,
& eorum ſucceſſoribus; & in longitudine ſe exten-
dentes a diviſa campi de Stonneſby uſque ad diviſam
campi de Fretheby ; habendos & tenendos predictis
prioriſſe & conventui de Eton, & earum ſucceſſoribus
imperpetuum, adeo liberè, quietè, & ſolute, ſicut aliud
totum dominicum ſuum tenetur in eadem villa, ita
ſcilicet quod licebit eis ſcindere ſpinas ad commodum
& placitum ſuum, & facere inde tanquam de libero
dominico ſuo; falva tam predictis abbati & conven-
tui de Croxton & eorum ſucceſſoribus, necnon pri-
orifſe & conventui de Eton & earum ſucceſſoribus,
communa paſture ſue utribique per totum ſpinetum.
Predicte verd prioriſſa & conventus de Eton, pro
predicto eſcambio, dederunt & relaxerunt predicto
abbati & conventui de Croxton & eorum ſucceſſori-
bus totam partem ſpineti illius que prius pertinebat
ad illas & homines ſuos in eadem villa, unde placitum
fuit inter illos; habendam & tenendam imperpetuum,
adeo libere, quiete, & ſolute, ſicut aliud dominicum
ſuum tenentes in eadem villa; ita ſcilicet quod lice-
bit eis ſeindere ſpinas ad commodum & placitum ſuum,
& facere inde tanquam de libero dominico ſuo, ſalvaâ
communã paſture per totum ſpinetum, & ubique, ſicut
predictum eſt; & preterea ſalvà predictis prioriſſe
& conventui de Eton & earum ſucceſſoribus com-
munã paſture ſue per totum reſiduum totius ſpineti de
Wautham, & per totum campum & pratum de Wau—
tham; ita ſcilicet quod averia predictarum prioriſſe &
conventus de Eton & ſucceſſorum ſuorum licitè poſ-
* Peck; MSS. 4935; ex MS. in 4to, ſol. 19. b.
3 Peck, ibid.; ex cod. MS. in 24*, fol. 60. a.
* Peck, MSS. 4935; ex MS, in 24), fol. 61, a,
98. * APPENDIX To THE-HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE.
ſint intrare in predictis paſturis & campis predictorum
abbatis & conventus de Croxton imperpetuum, &
paſcere, quam cito averia ipſius abbatis & conventus
de Croxton intrent & paſcant, poſt fena levata &
blada aſſartata. Et averia ipſius abbatis & conventus
omnia eodem modo in campis & pratis predictorum
prioriſſe & conventus de Eton intrant & paſcent, ſicut
predictum eſt, imperpetuum.
Et, ad majorem hujus rei ſecuritatem, predicti
abbas & conventus de Croxton & predicta prioriſſa
& conventus de Eton huic ſcripto, in modo cirographi
confecto, ſigilla ſua alternatim appoſuerunt.
Menſuratio paſture de Wautham 3.
Memorandum, quod paſtura de Wautham fuir men-
ſurata anno regni regis Henrici filii regis Johannis,
* + « + + tempore Philippi de Aſcele, tunc temporis
vicecomitis Leyceſtrie, per Robertum dominum de
Brentingby, Rogerum Beler de Kirkeby, Galfridum
Beler, Rogerum filium Helie de Sauteby, Adam de
Stonneſby, Willielmum clericum de Saxeby, Ricar-
dum filium Willielmum de Thorphernald, Williel-
mum Bukerel de eadem, Robertum Freman de
Gouteby, Acardum de Beſcaudeby, Ricardum Boye
de Wimundham, Hugonem Bernard de Coſtun ; qui
dicunt ſuper ſacramentum ſuum, quod quelibet vir-
gata terre poteſt ſuſtinere quatuor capita vel averia,
& 45 oves, & unam ſuem cum ſequela, per annum, &
unum porcum de uno anno, & 4 aucas cum uno
anſere. Et deleantur quolibet anno, circa feſtum
Sancti Martini yemali, omnia intervenientia & ſuper-
flua, ſecundum ordinationem & compoſitionem iſtius
menſure prenominate.
De eccleſia parochiali Sancte Marie de Waltham, nec-
non de reQtoribus ejuſdem, & eorum controverfiis
cum abbatibus de Croxton ; ac etiam de benefacto-
ribus quibuſdam eidem eccleſie de Waltham *.
Memorandum, quod homines communitatis totius
ville de Wautham conjunctim congregati ſuper ſacra-
mentum ſuum dicunt, qucd eccleſia de Wautham veſtita
& ſeiſita eſt de quinque bovatis terre. Et dicunt,
quod Johannes Gines, quondam rector ejuſdem eccle-
ſe, toto tempore ſuo, tenuit predictas quinque bovatas
terre, per quinque tenentes, pro certo ſervicio eccleſie
ſue faciendo; & ipſe nichil in dominico habuit.
Dicunt etiam quod predicti quinque tenentes com-
munam paſture ſue pertinentem ad predictas quinque
bovatas habuerunt ſimul cum communitate ville; &
quod non communicaverunt in tribus placeis; vide-
licet, Brinothyrne, & Sleytheng, & Weſtfeld; ſed
ſeparabiles fuerunt due placee predicte abbati de
Croxton ad bovas quinque carucarum, & prioriſſe de
Eton ad bovas unius caruce; & tertia placea erat ſe-
parabilis abbati.
Poſt deceſſum Ginis, fuit Clemens perſona inſtitutus
in ecclefſia predict; & abſtulit totam predictam ter-
ram quinque bovatarum a quinque tenentibus ſuis, &
propria caruci arravit, & in dominico ecclefie ſue
reduxit. Et cito poſtea impoſuit averia ſua in predictis
duabus placeis cum averiis abbatis Galfridi; & pre-
dictus Galfridus abbas fecit ea imparcari ſemel, ſe-
cundo, & tertio, & pluries, & ſemper deliberavit ea
per vadimonia & plegios.
Poſtea ita concordati fuerunt abbas & Clemens per-
ſona, quod averia dicti Clementis extunc communicarent
cum averiis abbatis per redemptionem, & ex gratia
& voluntate abbatis & conventus, & non ex jure pre-
dicte eceleſie de Wautham pertinente, in predictis dua-
bus placeis, uſque ad obitum Clementis. Ita quod per
triginta annos & amplius, ad voluntatem abbatis, in
pace communicavit ſine impedimento, uſque ad mor-
tem abbatis Galfridi; & poſtea in tempore abbatis
Willielmi per tres annos.
Poſtea obiit Clemens perſona, non uno menſe elapſo
poſt obitum Willielmi.
Et poſtea inſtitutus fuit in perſonatum Willielmus
perſona nunc.
* Peck, ibid.; ex MS. in 24% fol. 65. b.
+ 23” vel 295 Hen. III. F. PzCK,
FRAMLAND HuNnpRED:]
Primo anno inſtitutionis ſue nullam beſtiam in pla-
deĩs predictis habuit,
Secundo & tertio anno habuit averia ſua & beſtias
ſuas, a feſto Inventionis ſancte crucis, euntes cum
beſtiis abbatis, fine impedimento & imparcacione.
Et poſtea, per ſeptennium, non paſcebat in predictà
paſtur\ in pace; ſcilicet inparcabatur quando & quo-
tieſcumque intravit per ballivos abbatis, uſque in pre-
ſentem diem Sancti Johannis Baptiſte, anno Domini 1287.
Et ſciendum eſt, quod de predictis quinque bovatis
terre, una bovata (quam Hubertus Mareſcall tenuit
de domino) data fuit per predictum Hugonem eccleſie
de Wautham ad ſuſtentationem unius lampadis ar-
dentis cotidiè miſſis, & tria luminaria cere tribus al-
taribus in predictà eceleſii ſuſtendandum ; que bovata
terre jacet per particulas cum terrã villanorum abbatis
in campis de Wautham.
Item una virgata terre tenebatur in villa de Wau-
tham de quodam Henrico Knit, qui debuit, pro omni
ſervitio, ſuſtentare unum creſſeth, ardentem in predictà
ecclefia de Wautham, ſingulis diebus dominicis & feſ-
tivis. |
Poſt cujus obitum, Gunfridus rector predicte eccleſie
ſeifivit in dominico eceleſie predicte predictam terram,
r licentiam & voluntatem prioriſſe de Eton; & fic
in uſus ecclefie eam reduxit, ſubtracto predicto ſervitio.
Predictus vero Gunfridus, poſt lapſum temporis,
dimifit predictam terram cuidam Arnaldo, reddendo
ſibi annuatim 124,
Poſt cujus obitum, Willielmus, filius predicti Ar-
naldi, eandem tenuit pro predicto ſervitio, uſque ad
ad ventum rectoris Clementis; qui Clemens predictam
terram de predicto Willielmo abſtulit, & eam coluit
propria caruca ; & fic eam poſſedit.
Preterea ſciendum eſt, quod tempore regis Ricardi
quidam Radulfus le Clerc de Wautham, in comitatu
Leyc', emit unum toftum & unam virgatam terre
cum pertinentibus in eadem villa de quodam domino
Henrico le Knith de Neuport Painel, tunc domino de
quart parte villate de Wautham, habendum et tenen-
dum predicto Radulfo & heredibus ſuis predictum
toftum & virgatam terre cum pertinentiis, libere, qui-
ete, & imperpetuum, de eccleſia Beate Marie de Wau-
tham, ſuſtinendo unum creſſet per annum, ſingulis
diebus & noctibus feſtivis, continuò ardentem in ea-
dem eccleſia. |
Et poſt mortem ipfius Radulfi, qui longo tempore
fuit in ſeiũna pacific, & fecit toto tempore ſuo idem
ſervitium prefate eccleſie, ſueceſſit ei quidam Robertus,
filius & heres ejuſdem Radulfi, qui, tempore cujuſdam
Toraldi, perſone eccleſie de Wautham, predictum
toftum & predictam virgatam terre tenuit longo tem-
pore de predid eccleſia, faciendo inde predicta ſer-
vitia prefate eccleſie. Et obiit ſine herede legitimo;
& propter quod prediftum toftum & predicta virgata
terre remanſerunt predicte ecclefie de Wautham, tan-
quam eſcaeta, tempore cujuſdam Gunfridi perſone de
Waltham, qui predicta tenementa ſeiſivit, & habuit
tanquam eſcaetam.
Predicta tenementa dedit cuidam Arnaldo, habenda
& tenenda, & c. reddendo prefate eccleſie 12 d. per
annum, & unam libram cumini. Qui-quidem Arnal-
dus perquiſivit ſibi poſtea confirmacionem de quadam
Iſabellà prioriſſa de Eton, ecclefie predicte patrona,
habendam, &c. imperpetuum; & hoc fine licenua
epiſcopi & ecclefie Lincoln', cujus dioceſis, &c.
Predio Arnaldo ſucceſſit quidam Willielmus, filius
& heres ipſius Arnaldi, qui nunc eſt, & nunc tenet
duas partes predicti tofti; & tenuit eo die quo hoc
breve de Utrum perquiſitum fuit verſus eum, & verſus
Willielmum Gocelin de Stonneſby, & Matildam uxo-
rem ejus, qui conjunctim feoffati fuerunt per pre-
dictum Willielmum filium Arnaldi de tertia parte pre-
dicti tofti, in liberum maritagium, & nunc tenent.
Et ſciendum, quod quidem Clemens perſona ec-
cleſie de Wautham, ſtatim poſt inſtitutionem ſuam,
abſtulit de predicto Willielmo filio Arnaldi, ad volun-
tatem ſuam, predictam virgatam terre; & promiſit eidem
Willielmo filio Arnaldi totum predictum tenementum
de ſe tenendum, & de eccleſia ſua predict de Wau-
» . £2 »#-
: in 24 . 2 Dr. Vernon reads © contenk ;** Mr, Peck's tranſcript is ** conterits,
7 Peck, MSS. 4935; ex MS. in 24", fol, 63. 4. 4 « remembrer,” MS. Peck. | | |
* Peck, MSS. 4934; ex Ms. in 4'*, fol. 45. b.
$ Mr, Peck reads ** Se neverent.”
$ « (en? aute,” MS, Peck.
CROXTON ABBEY. | 99
tham, uſque ad totam vitam ipſius Clementis perſone,
qui ultimus predeceſſor Willielmi preſbyteri (qui nunc
petitor eſt) extiterat inde poſſeſſor. |
et a remembrer ke en le tens Johan Gyinis,
parſone de Wautham, tindrent ſes tenans tote la terre
qe la parſone de Wautham ore tient, e aveyent lur
commune de paſtur apendante a les terres kil ten-
drent ove les franks e les tenans Pabbe de Croxton
e la priorefle de Eton.
Iſh ke en teles places ou le conteſt * ore eſt entre
l'abbe e la parſone William de Wautham ne commu-
nerunt, por ceo ke les ſeygneurs ke la ville tindrent
devant ceo ke Pabbe de Croxton rien aveit en cele
vile feyererent* fi la commune de paſtur ke eus
retindrunt certeines places a lour ſeveralle commune,
e autre commune a tote la vile.
If ke pus tel hure nul de eus ove autre commune,
ſi nun en tens overt, apres feyns e bles leves.
Puis apres ke les avantdites terres de Wautham
vindrent en la mayn Pabbe de Croxton, fu play men
entre Pabbe e la prioreſſe de Eton de la commune de
paſtur de les avantdites places, ſi ke fin leva entre eus.
Iſh ke la prioreſſe communereit en les avantdit
places ove ſes beofs de une carve, e Vabbe ove les
beofs de cink carues.
Iſhnt ke la parſone ke dunkes fu, devant la fin ne
apres la fin, rien ne communa en les places avant
nome, ne rien clama, por ceo kil vit bien ke la terre
kil rint fut donne a ſa egliſe par parceles puis ke la
paſtur de la vile fu ſeveral par les ſeygnorages ke tot-
tindrent.
Car les anceſtres Johan de Wautham donerunt une
verge a ſuſtenir une lampe ardante en le egliſe; e un
Raf le clerk dona une verge a trouver une creſſet
tutdis ardant; dunt ceſte treis demorerint en les meins
la paroche a ſuſtenir le avantdiſt ſervice, ſi la ke une
parſone, par le counſeil une prioriſſe, le coli a les pa-
rochiens, e la montance de un altre verge de terre tent
la parſone, que tu done de pluſurs de gens a l'egliſe
par ſelions, par quey nule commune ne i apent.
Puis vint une parſone Clement, e fuſt neveu a 'abbe
Geoffrey e lour frere jure; e pria Pabbe ke fi ſuffibt
ke ſes averes puſſent aler ove les ſuns; e Vabbe li
ſuffri per redemption a la fieth, ea la fieth nient.
Puis apres vint la parſone que ore eſt, e voleit la
ſuffrance ke Pabbe fit a ſon predeceſſur remenir* en le
de ſa egliſe; e Pabbe ne voleit ceo ſuffrir, por ceo
ke la paſture ne mie apendant a ſun frank tenement,
ke poira bien eſtre entendu par le proceſſe avant dite
e conte; primerement, por ceo kil ad ſa commune
ove la commune de la vile; l'autre, ke il ne put plus
aver ke les autres aveient ke la egliſe fefferunt e ke
lour heyres uncore unt; la terte, ke lur tenans ke
les terres tindrint deyant kil furunt mis en demeins ne
communerunt fors ove la communate de la vile; la
quatre, ke ceſti tuzjours ad eſte enparke en celes
places quant il entra in conteſt e eltrif entre li e
Pabbe puis ſun tens.
E la ſoffrance de la grace Pabbe Geffrey ne donne
nul droyt a ceſti William parſone a deſheriter Pabbe,
ne fer a ly parſone apendante de commune de paſtur
a ſun frank tenement en Wautham, ſanz ceo kil n'eit
autre title per fet de Vabbe e de covent, ou de
ſeignorages devant lur tens. D'autre part, la commune
de paſtur de Wautham eſt ameſure, e fuſt 50 an'
paſſe; e la terre la parſone meſur ove les gens de la
vile; e il, enſemblement ove eus, eu la commune de
paſtur aſſigne per les 12 jurez touzjours adcom-
mune eue mie en la ſeverance * Fabbe ne la privreſſe,
kar lur ſeverancez ne fu point gette en la meſurement.
Petitio ad Henricum comitem Lincolnie, facta pro te-
nementis noſtris in Segbroke, in com' Liuc', (circa
1260.
Abbas & conventus de Croxton fupplicando rogant
dominum Henricum comitem Lincoluie, quod reddat
eis unam bovatam terre in campo de Segbroke, cum
pertinentiis & ayſiamentis ſuis; illam ſeilicet, quam
quidem dictus Dru aliquando tenuit; & quandam pare
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tem de le Nether · weſt· mere, verſus orientem ; & aliam
partem ejuſdem mariſci, verſus occidentem ; & quan-
dam terram arabilem inter viam de Graham & eun-
dem mariſcum ; quas, cum mariſco, tribus acris pro-
ficui, & quatuor acris & dimidi& prati in Crakebolme,
& paſturk ad trecentas oves in predicto campo de Seg-
broke ; petunt, ſecundum formam carte Reginald: le
Vow, feoffatoris ſui, quam inde habent. Petunt & in
eodem campo totum pratum, cum pertinentiis omni-
bus de Clakeſholme; quod fuit quondam Hugonis
Portatoris [de Lyons], ſicut carta ejuſdem Hugonis,
quam inde habent, teſtatur. Petunt & quendam red-
ditum ſalis in Dunington in Hoyland, quem habuerunt
de dono Margerie de S. Albino & Wymeri filii ejuſ-
dem. Petunt & quendam redditum falis in predict
villa de Donington, quem habuerunt de dono Willi-
elmi Portatoris de Lyons; ſicut carte ipſorum Mar-
gerie, Wymeri, & Willielmi, & confirmatio D. Ri-
cardi illuſtris regis Anglie, quas inde habent, teſtantur.
In hec tenementa intravit domino Johannes de Laſcy *,
comes Lincolnie, avus D. comitis qui nunc eſt, ex
donatione D. Ricardi comitis Cornubie, qui eoſdem
religioſos de eiſdem tenementis injuſte ſpoliavit.
25. Taxatio quorundam Spiritualium *.
Eccleſia de Melling taxatur de novo ad 20t.
Domus de Horneby, [cella ejuſdem in com' Lanc'}],
OS. |
Eccleſia de Tunſtal, ad 6t. 135. 4d.
Vicaria ejuſdem, ad 4 marcas.
Penſio abbatis in eadem 405.
26. Abbatis de Dalai Johanni Grantham abbati de
Croxton ; qui tam de controverſia inter candidatos
Croxtonenſes, quam de lite inter de Welbek & de
Newhous abbates agit, epiſtola ; fine datis 3.
Reverende pater & domine, non vos lateat, quod,
paulo ante confectionem preſentium, locuti ſumus cum
quodam fratre de ordine Predicatorum, a quo dedi-
eimus, quod abbas de Welbek proponit iter accipere
verſus London”, & ibi eſſe in Purificatione vel ejus
craſtino, ad communicandum & tractandum cum ma-
giſtro Johanne Overingham, ac aliis legis- peritis, ſu-
per certis & ardvis negotiis in curia Romana per dic-
tum fratrem expediri; qui etiam frater ſe ordinat
verſus dictam curiam, omni tardatione poſtpoſità ulte-
riori. Quapropter ad voſmet retrorſum redituros in-
time conſiderantes defectum, & in expeditionem nove
bulle in vos meritò retorquendos, eo quod tardiori
tempore quam debuit venit ad partes Anglicanas;
ac etiam intimare velitis magiſtro Radulpho de Selby
de adventu dicti abbatis, obnixius ei ſupplicando, qua-
tenus cum eo traftitare dignetur, ſuper unitate & con-
ordia noſtri ordinis (fi quo modo illum a ſuo propo-
ſito, ſi inutile fuerit, poterit revocare) ut, excluſis
cuſtubus & expenſis plurimorum, potuerit noſtra reli-
gio in tranquillitate & quiete, Deo dante, perteQte
confoveri. Et hoc nos valde putamus neceſſarium;
ſalva ſuper omnia precellenti diſcretione dicti magillri
Radulphi & veſtrà, in quibus me confidere conſtanter
dubitare non debetis. .
Valeatis, ut valere deſideramus. Et quid in pre-
miſſis ac aliis actum fuerit, nobis reſcribere velitis.
Scriptum in Aurora diei Veneris, cum grandi feſtina-
tione, per veſtrum qualemcunque, Abbatem de Dale.
Tradatur domino Johanni - Grantham, abbati de
Croxton, commoranti apud Welt monaſterium, &
(eo abſente) magiſtro Radulfo de Selby.
27. Thome abbatis de Croxton ad obedientiarios ſuos
de Hornby, ut cuſtodi ſint obedientiores, oblervantias
obſervantes, nullibi divertentes, nuntium, literas,
vel quodlibet aliud munus nemini mittentes, nec ab
1% APPENDIX To rA HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE.
aliquo fine licentis recipientes, ſub penk gravis &
regularis ſupplicii [anno incerto *.]
Frater Thomas, permiſſione divina, abbas monaſ-
terii de Croxton, dilectis filiis omnibus & ſingulis
tam preſentibus quam futuris, obedientiariis noſtris in
cella noſtra de Horneby commorantibus, ſeu in poſte-
rum moraturis, ſalutem, & vere obediencie meritum
conſequi poſt laborem.
++ + + + + + + + Cum tercia ſubſtantialis columpna
cujuſlibet religionis fit obedientia . . « . . quod
ipſa ceſſante, religio penitus naufragetur: juxta ca-
nonicas ſancciones (a qua etiam non excuſat indignitas
Pr 2 apoſtolo 5, non tantum bonis
modeſtis, ſet etiam diſcolis obedire prepoſitis). Et
nobis fidedignorum relatu innotuerit, quoſdam ſub-
ditos noſtros, in dictà cellà noſtrà attentius commo-
rantes, de cuſtodis dicte celle, quem ibidem pro nobis
oportet conſtanter curam gerere commorancium, modick
vel quaſi nihil curàſſe obedientia; quod non ſolum in
ipſorum, verum etiam & in noſtri culpam redundat, &
periculum non mediocriter formidandum . . . . al ©
non punire propria, qui alien pudiendi ſumus culpa
quam niſi ſolerter precavimus, vel regulariter contexi-
mus; nos igitur circa premiſſa, prout multipliciter
aſtringimur, de remedio volentes providere oportuno,
vobis omnibus & ſingulis, tenore preſentium, innore(-
cimus, quod volumus & ordinamus, quatenus fratri
Roberto de Gaddeſby, concanonico noſtro, quem, pre-
excepta monaſterii noſtri utilitate ſuadente, cuſtodem
prefate celle noſtre deputamus, ac etiam cuicumque
poſt ipſum ibidem cuſtodi futuro, ſitis in omnibus &
per omnia verè obedientes, ficut priori veſtro clauſ-
trali (fi in conventu eſſetis) juxta regulam noſtram
privilegia apoſtolica, & ordinis noſtri inſtituta eſſe
tenemini; ſub pena in eiſdem contenta contrarium
attemptantibus infligenda; omnes & ſingulas obſer-
vantias regulares, quas, pro loci opportunitate & per-
ſonarum paucitate, commodè obſervare poteritis, dili-
genter obſervantes ; nullicubi extra loca per ipſum
cultodem rationabiliter limitanda vos divertentes ;
nuncium, literas, vel quodlibot aliud munus, nulli
dantes five mittentes ; ſeu a quoquam, fine ejuſdem
cultodis debita licentia ſuper hiis petita & obtentà
recipiatis. Quod ſi quis contrarium attemptare pre-
ſumpſerit, tertioque commonitus ſe non emendaverit
damus dicto cuſtodi per preſentes poteſtatem ſpecia-
lem, talem ad nos remittendi, pro ſuis demeritis regu-
lariter puniendum. In quorum omnium teſtimonium
& fidem, de conſilio & conſenſu ſenioris & ſanioris
partis conventũùs noſtri, has literas noſtras fieri fecimus
patentes, ſigillo officii noſtri conſignatas. Dat' in do-
mo noſtrà capitulari, anno Dñi, &c. Lxx1x.
28. Participationis bonorum ſpiritualium domino Jo-
hanni Charnels, militi, anteceſſoribus ejus, Alicie
uxori, liberorumque ſuis, ac etiam ſervicii ejuſdem
in diem obitùs ſui anniverſarium ab abbate & con-
ventu preſtituti conceſſio; [1347 .
Frater Willielmus, Dei patientia, abbas monaſterii
de Croxton, & ejuſdem loci conventus, domino Jo»
hanni Charnels de Muſton militi, ſalutem in Domino.
Ob devotionem quam penes nos & monaſterium noſ-
trum hadtenus habuiſtis, & in preſenti habetis, viciſſi-
tudinem quam poſſimus rependere volentes ; concede-
mus vobis & anteceſſoribus veſtris, Alicie uxori veſtre,
liberiſque veſtris, participationem omnium bonorum
ſpiritualium que in eccleſià noſtri fient imperpetum;
adjicientes, de gratia noſtrà ſpeciali, quod die obi-
tus veſtri plenariè pro anima veltra, & uxoris veſtre,
& anteceſſorum & liberorum veſtrorum animabus, fa-
ciemus in conventu ſervicium ſingulis annis imperpe-
tuum. In cujus rei teſtimonium preſenti ſigillum ?
noſtrum appoſuimus. Dat? in monaſterio noſtro pre-
dicto, in feſto 8. Agathe Virginis, anno Domini 1347.
2 John de Lacy, earl of Lincoln, who married Margaret de Quincey, daughter and heireſs of Robert de Quincey, died in 1251.
2 Peck, MSS. 4934; ad finem ejuſdem cod. MS, in 4to, fol. 40. b.
3 Peck, ibid.; ex Regiſtro Piemonſtratenſi, fol. 67. b. It appears, by an extract taken by Mr. Peck from the Premon-
ſtratenſian Regiſter, that William de Sleford, John de Coverham. and John de Grantham, were at variance at this period,
about the abbacy of Croxton, each contending that he was the duly elected abbot ; and, by another extract, that John de
Grantham. was deprived by a general convention of the order aſſembled at Peterborough ; but that he had demurred to the
ſentence, and proceeded perſonally to the court of the Roman poutiff, where it was ſuppoſed his claim would be ſucceſsful,
See Peck, MSS. 4934; N“ 50, and 51. |
- 4 Peck, MSS. 4935; e codice Ms. in 4'", fol. 39. b.
© Peck, M3S. 4934; ex ipſa originali carta pergamena apud Belvoir, Aug, 26, 173 200
2
5 1 Pet. ii. 18,
7 See plate XXXIV. fig. 4.
29. Reca-
FRAMLAND HUN DRED.]
29. Recapitulatio terrarum cœnobii apud Howes *.
Habemus in Hozwes, ex dono Roberti le Poer &
Amabilie ſponſe ſue, unam carucatam terre, cum toftis
& pratis & paſturis, & unam acram prati, & paſturam
quingentarum ovium, & 60 animalium & equorum, in
perpetuam eleemoſinam, libere, quiete ab omni ſer-
vicio, ſal vis ſerviciis regalibus & miniſtrorum ſuorum.
Item habemus, ex dono Roberti Maynard, tres bo-
vatas terre, cum toftis & croftis, & 4 ſelionibus, in
perpetuam eleemoſinam, falvis forinſecis ſerviciis ha-
rum trium bovatarum terre.
Robertus le Poer nobis confirmavit [eas] in perpe-
tuam eleemolinam, exceptis forinſecis ſerviciis. Et
etiam dedit nobis 8 ſeliones.
Item habemus, de conceſſione predidti Roberti
Maynard, unam dimidiam carucatam terre, cum tofto,
prato, & paſturai, de feodo predicti Roberti le Poer,
reddendo annuatim ſibi & heredibus ſuis 25. quos ſei-
licet Robertus filius ejus nobis remifit & quietos cla-
mavit.
Item habemus, de dono Ingeloſi de Charnels, 4 ſe-
liones, in perpetuam eleemoſinam. |
Item habemus, de dono Thome de Hotot, tres bo-
vatas terre, cum capitali meſſuagio & viridario, prato,
& paſtura, & aliis pertinentiis, reddendo ſibi & here-
dibus ſuis annuatim 108. ad 4 terminos; & adquie-
tando forinſeca ſervicia.
Item habemus, de dono Willielmi Clement, unam
acram terre, in puram eleemotinam.
Has omnes predictas terras, cum pertinentiis, Wil-
lielmus de Aubeny tertius nobis confirmavit in per-
petuam eleemoſinam, ſicut carte donatorum teſtantur.
Confirmavit & nobis 4 ſeliones in Herdeby, quas
habemus de dono Roberti de Vaus, in puram cleemo-
ſinam; et totam terram quam habemus, de dono
Aldulphi de Braſci, in South Croxton; et unam bo-
vatam terre in Claxton (ſalvo forinſeco) cum tofto,
quam habemus de dono David de Roppiſle ; et dimi-
diam carucatam terre in Herdeby, quam habemus ex
dono Radulphi le Bret.
Preterea habemus, de dono Willielmi le Clement,
2 bovatas terre, cum 2 toftis & croftis, in perperuam
eleemoſinam, ſalvo forinſeco.
Item habemus, de donuo Hervey de Howes, unam
bovatam terre, in puram eleemoſinam : Ingelemerus
tenuit.
Item habemus, de dono Roberti filii Maynard, to-
tam illam terram que eſt de carta ſua in Altuadgne,
in puram eleemoſinam.
Item, cirograffum inter nos & W. Poer, de terris
excambiatis.
Item habemus, de dono ejuſdem W. Poer, duas ſe-
liones, in puram elecmoſinam.
Item babemus, de dono Gilberti Clerici, 13 ſeli-
ones, in puram eleemoſinam, per duas cartas.
Item, de dono Hervey fili Roberti, 3 ſeliones in
puram eleemoſinam; &, de dono Gilberti filii ejus, 2
icliones in puram eleemoſinam, & quinque ſeliones
iu perpetuum eſcambium; & alias 5 ſeliones, de
dono ejuidem, in puram eleemſionam.
hem habemus, de dono Radulphi, filii Hugonis, 10
ſeliones terre in puram eleemoſinam.
Item, de dono Roberti filii Gilberti, unam portio—
nem terre ad Milnholm, in puram eleemoſinam.
Item, de dono Roberti filii Radulphi, 12 ſeliones,
in puram eleemoſinam.
Item, de dono Roberti filii Radulphi de Herdeby,
duas bovatas terre, de feodo T rouelle, cum totto &
crofto; reddendo fibi & heredibus ſuis 65. annuatim,
ad quatuor terminos. Remiſit nobis (de hiis 68.) 6d.
ad ſuſtendandum luminare eceleſie noſtre. Et heredes
ſui recipiunt 53. 6 d.; ſcil', ad Natale, 16d. ob.; ad
Paſch', 16 d. ob.; ad Pent', 164. ob.; ad Mich', 16d. ob.
Item Willielmus de Aubeny tertius confirmavit no-
bis dictum eſcambium, ſicut carte inter nos facte teſ-
tantur; in qua confirmatione hic tenetur : - ** Quare
volo & firmiter precipio, quod nullus de ballivis meis
vel heredum meorum aliquam apud Howes ſuper
abbatem & conventum de Croxton diſtriftionem ta»
ciat, pro aliquo ſervicio mihi vel heredibus meis debito
a predictà Thoma vel heredibus ſuis. Quare diltric-
tionem quam apud Howgs facere ſolebam, apud South
Vol. I. APPEND.
CROXTON ABBEY. -
IOT
Croxton, & apud Barkeby, pro ſervicio noſtro faci-
endam, predicto abbati & conventui, intuitu divino,
conceſſi imperpetuum.”
Item habemus, de dono predicti Thome, unam bo-
vatam ter: e in perpetuam eleemoſinam, ſal vo forinſeco.
Item, de dono Roberti fili Gilberti, unam placeam
prati in puram eleemoſinam.
Compoſitio inter nos & priorem & canonicos de
Trentham, ſuper unam bovatam que fuit Nicholai de
Howes, pro qua reddimus annuatim eiſdem priori &
canonicis 12d. ad Mich' pro bono pacis, & ut ex toto
a lite recederent, ſalvi tum libertale & dignitale utri-
uſque ecclefie, ita ut neutra alteri preſeratur vel ſub-
jiciatur pro iſtà compoſitione. |
Item habemus, de dono Henrici Putrel, duas acras
& 3 rodas in puram eleemoſinzm.
Item habemus 5 ſeliones in eſcambium de Henrico
Putrel, pro uno ſelione in crofto Matilde de Walfe.
Item habemus, de dono Galfridi filii Henrici Putrel,
2 bovatas terre in puram eleemoſinam.
Item, quietam clamantiam Stephani de Nevyle de
3 ſelionibus in Howes in puram eleemoſinam, &
totum jus & clameum quod habuit in eiſdem.
Item habemus, de dono Henrici Putrel ſenioris, 6
ſeliones, per 2 cartas, in puram eleemoſinam,
Item habemus, de dono Roberti filii Hugonis, duas
ſeliones.
Item habemus, de dono Willielmi filii Rogeri de
Herdeby, annuum redditum ſex denariorum, quos
Robertus Clac & heredes ſui reddere ſibi ſolebant.
Wardas & relevia, eſchactas, ſectas curie, conſuetu-
dines & denarios, & totum forinſecum ſervicium, que
recipere ſolebat de 5 ſelionibus, quas prediftus Ro-
bertus Clac de ſe tenuit, nobis dedit, in liberam, pu-
ram, & perpetuam eleemoſinam.
Item habemus, de dono Galfridi filii Hugonis Awe
de Grimſton, quietam clamanciam; & remiſit 65. 6d.
annui redditfis in Howes, in puram eleemoſinam, quos
eidem reddere ſolebamur.
Item predictus Hugo, pater ſuus, predictam quietam
clamanciam nobis confirmavit in puram eleemoſinam.
Item habemus terras excambiatas per ſcriptum cum
Henrico Buſco, & cum Henrico Putrel, cum Roberto
Hove, cum domino Radulpho de Charnels, & cum
Roberto, ſubtus eccleſiam.
Item habemus obligationem Roberti filii Gilberti
de lolutione 25. facienda nobis annuatim ad 2 termi-
nos, pro quodam meſſuagio quod tenetur de feodo
noſtro, faciendo homagia & relevia.
Item eſcambium inter nos & Thomam de Lincoln ;
ſci, quod predictus Thomas dedit nobis totam terram
ſuam in Howes, cum pratis & paſturis, & aliis perti-
nentiis & libertatibus ſuis, tam in liberis hominibus
quam villanis ; ſalvo ſibi & heredibus ſuis toto ſervicio
Hugonis de Charnels, & ſervitio Henrici Buſi, ad ha-
bendum in dominico pro terra noſtra in South Crox-
ton; ſalvà nobis medietate eccleſie noſtre ejuſdem
ville, cum una bovatà terre & dimidia, & uno crofto,
& omnibus aliis pertinentiis ejuſdem eccleſie; falva &
nobis paſturà ad 200 oves in eadem terra ; ſalvà in-
ſuper nobis cultura ſub ſpinet que dicitur Legares,
ad conſtruendum ibidem bercarium, cum libero in-
troitu & exitu; & cum 4 ſelionibus que tendunt ſu-
per culturam; & duas ſeliones que tendunt ſuper
ſpinetam, & cum una acra prati. Hanc terram de
South Croxton predictus Thomas & heredes ſui viris
religioſis dare non potetunt nec vendere. Terram vero
de Howes, cum pertinentiis, nobis warantizabunt, &
adquietabunt de omni ſervicio quod ad illam pertinet
contra omnes gentes imperpetuum.
Item Petrus filius ejuſdem Thome dedit & quietum
clamavit nobis totum fauditium viv entium noſtrorum
paſcencium & cubatorum in South Croxton, cum toto
compoſto tam in hyeme quam in eſtate (quod predic-
tus Thome ſolebat habere) in puram eleemoſinam.
Item predictus Thomas dedit nobis homagium &
totum ſervicium Henrici Buſh de Howes, que fibi de-
buit & fecit de uno meſſuagio in Howes, & quicquid
juris habuit in predicto meſluagio, in puram eleemoſinam.
Dominus Willielmus de Aubeni tertus confirmavit
nobis eſcambium inter nos & 1 homam de Lincoln fac-
tum, ſicut ſcripta teſtautur inde facta. Et conceſſit,
quod nullus ballivus luus, vel heredum ſuorum, ali-
1 Peck, MSS. 4935; & libro de Domeſday, apud Belvoir, fol. 10. b.
C Cc quam
10 APPENDIX T6 Tat HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE +
quam diſtrictionem faciat ſuper abbatem & conventum
apud Howes, pro aliquo ſervicio fibi debito a predicto
Thoma & heredibus.
Item, de dono Roberti filii Gilberti, unam placeam
prati in puram eleemoſinam.
Item, Robertus filius Gilberti, Marjoria uxor ſua,
& heredes eorum, tenent de nobis, per homagii ſervi-
ciĩum, unum meſſuagium & unum croftum in Howes,
que habuimus de dono ejuſdem Roberti, reddendo
nobis annuatim 25. ad duos terminos,
Thomas filius & heres domini Petri de Lincoln con-
ceſſit & confirmavit nobis totam terram in Howes,
quam habemus pro terra de South Croxton, in libe-
ram, puram, & perpetuam eleemoſinam; & ipſe &
heredes ſai prediftam terram warantizabant - nobis,
cum quibuſdam aliis conventionibus appoſitis.
Idem Thomas obligavit ſe, & ſuos heredes & aſſig-
natos, ad adquietandum nos contra D. regem, & Judeos,
& omnes alios, de omnibus exactionibus & demandis
Judaiſmi nos contingentibus, ratione 2 culturarum
terre quas habemus de dono Petri, patris ſui, in South
Croxton. |
Item habemus, de Johanne de Nevile, 2 ſeliones
terre, & unam placeam prati, in territorio de Howes,
in perpetuum eſcambium, pro aliis 2 ſelionibus, & una
placea prati in eodem territorio.
Habemus de Johanne filio Henrici de Rous, 2 ſe-
liones terre, in perpetuum eſcambium pro aliis 2 ſel-
lionibus in eodem territorio.
Habemus, de Johanne filio Nicholai de eadem,
unam ſelionem terre in perpetuum eſcambium pro
alia in eodem territorio. Et ſciendum quod bene li-
cebit nobis dictas terras includere, & commodum noſ-
trum inde facere, pro noſtra voluntate.
Domina Iſabella de Ros, filia & heres D. Willielmi
de Aubeny, quondam ſponſa D. Roberti de Ros, con-
ceſſit & confirmavit nobis omnes terras & tenementa
quas habemus & tenemus de feodo ſuo de Belvero,
infra limites comitatùs Leyceſtrie, tam in dominico
quam in ſervicio liberorum hominum & villanorum
noſtrorum, & quicquid juris vel clamei, &c. in liberam,
puram, & perpetuam kc. avg
Conceſſit etiam, pro ſe & heredibus ſuis, vel here-
dibus aſſignatorum ſuorum, quod ad curiam ſuam non
retineamur, nec per aliquam ſummonitionem vel ali-
quod attachiamentum in curiis ſuis teneamur, reſpon-
dere; & ſi tenentes noſtri, ſive liberi ſive ſervi, pro
aliqua tranſgreſſione vel querela aliquo modo ſummo-
niantur, ſive attachientur, vel implacitentur, ad curiam
ſuam de Belvero, nos liberam curiam noſtram de ipfis,
quicunque hora, per quemcunque petierimus, ſine
contradictione iphus, vel heredum ſuorum, vel aſſig-
natorum five ballivorum, quiete habebimus & retine-
bimus imperpetuum.
Memorandum, quod Ricardus Ulneſye de Howes
confirmavit nobis, per unum ſeriptum, cuſtodiam cor-
poris Johannis le Rous, & maritagium [ejus], & om-
nium heredum ſuorum ſucceſſive qui de cetero infra
etatem exiſtant poſt mortem anteceſſorum ſuorum, abſ-
que reclamatione mei | inquit] vel heredum meorum
imperpetuum. Item habemus, de dono dicti Ricardi,
unam foreram, jacentem ſuper Thyraclif, continentem
unam acram terre arabilis, in puram & perpetuam
eleemoſiuam, cum omnibus pertinentiis; & eandem
foreram dedit, per unum ſcriptum, Waltero Orger de
Melton, heredibus & aſſignatis ſuis; quod quidem
ſcriptum habemus in theſaurario.
Item, idem Ricardus dedit eidem Waltero, heredibus
& aſſignatis ſuis, quandam placeam prati jacentem in
Nort-heng, juxta pratum D. Pagani Tiperot ex parte
und, & pratum Johannis le Rous ex altera, faciendo
capitalibus dominis feodi ſerviciis inde debitis; &
idem Ricardus, tam foreram quam pratum predictam
eidem Waltero, heredibus & aſſignatis, per aliud
ſcriptum confirmavit & quietam clamavit, quod qui-
dem ſcriptum habemus in theſaurario.
Item Willielmus Hotot de Botlesford dedit domino
Willielmo de Sloth, nuper rectori ecclefie de Melling,
& Waltero Orger de Melton, quendam redditum 108.
cum pertinentiis, ſimiliter cum toto ſervitio abbatis de
Croxton, & ſucceſſorum ſuorum, de toto tenemento
quod de ipſo dicti abbas & conventus tenuerunt in
redidtd villa de Howes imperpetuum, faciendo capita-
ibus dominis ſervicia inde debita. Quam quidem
cartam habemus. |
30. Recapitulatio terrarum abbatis & conventus Sancte
Marie de Pratis, apud Howes.
HFHabemus in Howes, ex dono Walteri le Pouer de
Barkby, 2 bovatas terre & dimidiam, cum pertinen-
tiis ſuis, de feodo ſuo de Barkby, &c. ut in cartà prima
& ſecunda in Barkby.
Habemus ibidem, ex dono Galfridi Poutrel de
owes, 2 meſſuagia, cum pertinentiis ſuis, que Ala-
redus & Galfridus filius Ranulphi tenuerunt de rpo,
&c. ut in carta prima,
Habemus cartam Roberti filii Thome Bachiler
de Claxton, & Cecilie filie Galfridi le Pour de Howes,
uxoris ejuſdem, per quam tenentur nobis, & ipſi & he-
redes ſui firmiter obligantur ſolvere nobis, annuatim,
pro 2 meſſuagiis, cum pertinentiis, in villa de Howes,
64. liberè, &c. ut in cart ſecunda.
Johes Hickſon tenet 1 cotagium cum crofto, &
domum pro catallis in crofto, 2 bovatas terre & di-
midiamz & reddit 65. 6d. & ſectam. :
Abbas Croxton tenet ibidem Codealelond; &
reddit 6d. & ſectam ad curiam de Thurwaſton.
Et idem abbas tenet ibidem ſitum orrei ſui; &
reddit nobis 12 d. quas recepimus annuatim a libero
tenente dicti abbatis in Hungarton.
Et memorandum quod tenentes noſtri de Howes
debent venire ad viſum franciplegii noſtri de Thur-
maſton; reddere pro cdi fyn & capit' denar' 25. 6d.
Memorandum, quod habemus ibi finem levatam
inter nos & Robertum de Ros, &c. in curia domini
regis, de 2 meſſuagiis, & 2 bovatis terre & dimidia,
cum pertinentiis, que fucrunt de honore de Beuver, &c.
ut in finali concordia in Barkby. Et fic ſolvimus ex
antiquo ad ſcutagium, pro 2 bovatis terre & dimidia,
ſcil', pro qualibert bovaia 4d. ob. ut patet, &c.
31. Terre cœnobii de Croxton apud Kirkeby Beler,
Melton, Stakethirne, Barkeſton, & Plungar ?*.
Habemus in Kirkeby, de dono Thome de Sixte-
neby, Radulfum filium Baſe, cum toti ſequela & om-
nibus catallis ſuis, in puram eleemoſinam; de quibus
recipimus annuatim 6d. argenti, vel unam libram
cere, in die S. Johannis ante Portam Latinam.
Item habemus, de dono ejuſdem Thome, annuum
redditum 105. ad pietanciam couventũs, in die anni-
verſarii ſui; ad faciendum plenum ſervicium pro
anima ſua, & pro anima Amabilie ſponſe, & omnium
parentum ſuorum; recipiendum annuatim ab abbate
& conventu de Parcoſtaula in die S. Martini hyemali.
Memorandum, quod habuimus in Melton, de dono
Rogeri Beler, 108. annuatim recipiendos per manum
Thome de Burg, de uno tofto quod Rogerus molen-
dinarius aliquando tenuit, prout carta ipſius Rogeri
teſtatur ; quod quidem toftum Thomas de Burg amiſit
verſus dictum Rogerum de Moubray, per placitum
inter eos motum; unde abbas de Croxton recuperavit
verſus Willielmum Beler, filium & heredem Rogeri
Beler, per conſiderationem curie D. regis 105. annui
redditiis de uno meſſuagio & una virgata in Kirkeby,
recipiendos per manuin Philippi de Flemyng, qui de
eodem Willielmo libere tenet predictum meſſuagium
& predictam virgatam terre.
Habemus in Staketbirne*, de dono Gilberti filii Ro-
berti, 4 acras terre & 5 ſeliones, cum pratis adjacen-
tibus, in puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam. |
Item habemus, de dono Simonis Borard, 6 ſeliones
terre arabilis, & totum pratum quod habuit in Enge-
hevedis, in puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam.
Item habemus, de dono ejuſdem Simonis, 3 ſeli-
ones terre arabilis, & totam illam partem prati quam
habuit in Caſtelgate & Engehevedes, in puram elee-
moſinam. |
Item habemus, de dono ejuſdem, ſex ſeliones terre
T Peck, MSS. 4935; e ſchedula quidam affixi inter folios 11 & 12 codicis MS, in 4to, de Domeſday, apud Belyoir,
* From the original Regiſter, called Charytee's Rentale, in the Bodleian LiLrary, p. Ixiii.
3 Peck, Ss. 4935 ; ex codice MS, in 24, apud Belvoir, fol. 4. b.
2
* Ibid, fol, 5. as ;
a arabilis,
"4
Frafttand HUNDRED.]
ter Caſtilgate & Engehevedes, in puram eleemdſinam.
Item habemus, de dono Willielmi le Sauvage, 3 bo-
vatas terre, cum 2 toftis in Stakethirne, liberas & qui-
etas ab omni ſervicio; ſalvo forinſeco, cum corpore
ejuſdem Willielmi. 12
Item, Johannes de Chaveny confirmavit nobis dic-
tam donationem predicti Willielmi, in liberam & per-
etuam eleemoſinam; reddendo inde annuatim, ditto
Johann & heredibus ſais, unam libram cumini tan-
tum, ad Nativitatem 8. Johannis Baptiſte ; faciendo
forinſeca ſervicia z warantizans, &c, Has etiam & qua-
tuor bovatas Johannes prius dederat predicto Willi-
elmo le Sauvage. Item habemus, de dono predicti
Johannis, 2 virgatas terre in Stakelthirh, cum tribus
roftis ; ſcilicet, illas quas Cecilia mater ſua tenet cum
capitali tofto; & duo tofta que Hugo cemetarius &
Rogerus filius Willielmi cemetarii tenuerunt. Er
Tervicium de uni virgati terre quam moniales de Ha-
verholm tenent; ſcil', 25. per annum, in die S. Bo-
tulph; & ſervicium Mirielis & heredum ſuorum de
uno tofto; ſcilicet 8 d. per annum; & ſervicium Ra-
dulphi de Croft, de uni bovata terre in Plungard ;
ſcil' 85. per annum; & homagia, relevia, & omnimoda
ſervicia predictorum Mirielis & heredum ſuorum, &
heredum Radulphi de Croft. Preterea dedit nobis
11 ſeliones, cum prato & paſtura ad Thornedeil,
libere, quiete, faciendo forinſecum ſervitium prout
pertinet ad 2 virgatas terre, unde 9 carucata faciunt
feodum unius militis. Sciendum eſt quod hec omnia
dedit nobis predictus Johannes in eſcambium pro 5
virgatis terre cum pertinentiis, quas Willielmus le
Sauvage tenuit in Lalleford de predicto Johanne, &
dedit nobis, cum corpore ſuo.
Item, idem Johannes dedit nobis in puram eleemoſi -
nam annuum redditum 25. cum corpore ſuo, in Barke-
ſton; ad pitanciam in anniverſario ſuo, recipiendum
per manum Willielmi nepotis ſui, pro una virgata in
Barkeſton, ad 4 terminos ; ſcil', ad Paſcha, 6d.; ad
Bapt', od.; ad Mich', 6d. ; ad Natale, 6d.
Item habemus, de dono ejuſdem Johannis, annuum
Tedditum aliorum 25. ad pitanciam in anni verſario ſuo,
recipiendum de monialibus de Haverholme, pro una
virgatà terre in Stakthirn; quem quidem redditum
Theobaldus de Bellehus nobis retinuit, ut patet in
confirmatione ipſius. RY |
Item habemus, de dono ejuſdem Johannis, 3 bovatas
terre in eadem villa, cum 2 toftis, in liberam & perpe-
tuam eleemoſinam, reddendo ſibi & heredibus ſuis an-
nuatim unam libram cumini, ad Natale S. Joh' Bapt',
pro omni ſervicio, ſalvo forinſeco ut ſupra. Has 4
bovatas terre nobis ut ſupra confirmavit. Item Theo-
baldus de Bellehus & Aweyſia ſponſa ſua, filia predicti
Johannis, confirmaverunt nobis, in liberam & perpe-
tuam eleemoſinam, omnes terras & tenementa, redditus,
eſt; ſalva & eiſdem prediQa libra cumini, ut pre-
dictum eſt.
31. Elie Atterelyffe, canonici de Croxton, in ejuſdem
eccleſie abbatiam, per viam inſpirationis, electio;
Sept. 100
Univerſis S. Matris eccleſie filiis preſentes literas
inſpecturis, Johannes Suyfte, Dei patientia, abbas
monaſterii de Newhous, ſalutem & notitiam veritatis.
Nuper vacante eccleſiũ filiali noſtra de Croxton, noſtri
ordinis Premonſtratenſis, Lincolnienſis dioceſis, per
mortem fratris noſtri . . . . . Abbatis ejuſdem; nos
igitur, ne ipſa eccleſia, paſtoris ſolatio deſtituta, in
ſpiritualibus & temporalibus gravia pateretur diſpendia,
1 Peck, MSS. 49343 ex Regiſtro Premonſtr, fol, 125. b.
® Peck, ibid ; ad calcem ejuſdem codicis in 4to, fol, 5g. b.
CROXTON ABBEY. 103
arabilis, & totam illam partem prati quam habuit in-
aſſignayimus dicte eceleſie fratribus fic vacantis diem
electionis novi abbatis fatiendi ; viz. 10 die menſis
Septembris. Quo die adveniente, omnes fratres de
gremio prefate eccleſie unanimiter congregati in domo
capitulari; miſſa de Spiritu Sancto ante omnia, ut
moris eſt, celebrati, lectoque capitulo de novo abbate
faciendo ; invocata prius Spiritus Sancti gratii; tan-
dem, favente Altiſſimo, per viam inſpirationis ejuſdem
Spiritus Sancti, Heliam Atterclyſſe, ejuſdem eccleſie
confratrem, virum utique providum & diſcretum, in
ſpiritualibus & temporalibus laudabiliter circumſpec-
tum, vita & moribus plurimum commendandum, ſci-
entem etiam & volentem jura eccleſie ſue tueri, nomi-
naverunt, &, nullo penitus diſcordante, concorditer
elegerunt. Nos vero, dicti electi conſenſu petito &
primitus optento, dictam electionem & perſonam elec-
tam diligenter examinantes, prout decet, ipſum fra-
trem Heliam Atterelyſſe, in abbatem & paſtorem pre-
dicte eccleſie de Croxton, rite, ut premittitur, electum,
ac electionem ejuſdem canonici factam, in preſentid
reverendi in Chriſto patris & D. D. Ricardi, per-
miſſione divina, A ſavenſis epiſcopi, abbatis de Schappa,
& viſitatoris ordinis Premonſtratenſis totius Anglie,
Wallie, Scotie, & Hybernie; ad vocato inſuper in hoc
negotio confratre noſtro magiſtro Thoma Baleſby, in
decretis bacallaureo, abbate de Barlyngs; ſecundum
formam ſtatutorum noſtri ordinis & privilegiorum,
laudamus, approbamus, & tenore preſentium confir-
mamus, Quibus peractis, omnes und voce Te Deum
laudamus cantaverunt ; & ipſum electum, fic confir-
matum, ut moris eſt, ad eccleſiam adduxerunt ; quo
quidem Pſalmo decantato, inſtallavimus, & in poſ-
ſeſſionem dicte ecclefie induximus corporalem, cam-
panas dicte eccleſie in manibus ſuis tradendo. Et pre-
miſſis omnibus fic rite peractis, & nobis ac omnibus
difte eccleſie fratribus ad capitulum iterato reverſis,
ſurrexerunt omnes & ſinguli dicte eccleſie profeſſi, &
dicto electo, tunc per nos confirmato, obedientiam ma-
nualem fecerunt; tradito prius per nos figillo admi-
niſtrationis ſue, Omnia premiſſa & ſingula omnibus
quorum intereſt vel intereſſe poterit, notificamus per
preſentes.
32. Terre, tenementa, & redditus, quos Helyas Ater-
clyff, abbas de Croxton, eidem eccleſie intra annos
12 Henriei VII. ultimos, & 29 diem Mali, 15
Hen. VIII. recuperavit *.
Imprimis, recuperavit in Sharneforth unam virga-
tam terre, & redditum per annum 98.
1 de Nicholao de Aſhby in Twyford ann' redd'
8.
Item de Thoma Sherard in Stapelford 2 virgatas
& unam clauſuram vocatam Pylhall, 165,
Item de Ricardo Curtis in Hungerton 3 bovatas
terre, & redditus per annum 165.
Item deEdwardo Digby in Tylton annuum redditum,
ex dono regis Johannis, 25. 2d.
Item in Burn-Broughton tres acras terre cum perti-
nentiis.
Item in Stainfforth unum meſſuagium cum pertinen-
tiis.
Item in Stainforth, de magiſtro Yfrano reQore ec-
clefie S. Petri, unum meſſuagium apud Feldlayne.
Item in Wautham de Willielmo Aflyne & Beatrice
uxore ſua unum meſſuagium; & 2 bovatas terre, cum
pertinentiis, in Stoneſby; 168.
Item perquiſivit unum cotagium in Stoneſby, cum
pertinentiis, & reddit per ann” 25. 4d.
Cum multis aliis,
33. Exitus de firmis cœnobii B. Marie & Johannis
Evangeliſte Croxton; | de anno incerto *.]
1. De termino Natalis Domini.
Domino de Croxton, $019; 3
Eidem, pro meſſuagio Willielmi 'En- !.
fant, jo O 11
Heredibus Hugonis Clerci, in augment'
firme ſue, . N
Roberto Pynel, pro Rogero le Gygur, o 1
Domino de Graham, © 2 +
Alicie de Hotot, pro terris in Howes, © 2
9 9
Peck, ibid; ex MS, in 4to, apud Belvoir,
104 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
2. De termino Purificationis. +
Vicario de Eyton, pro abbate de Leic', 5
pro decimis in Eyton,
Hougoni de Charnels, pro terra in South I.
Croxton,
Vicario de Croxton, 0
Comitie Glovernie, pro Tingden, I
3. De termino Paſche.
Priori de War', prodecimis de Wautham, 2
Domino de Croxton,
Eidem, pro meſſuagio Wilti VEnfant,
Heredibus Hugonis Clerici,
Roberto Pinel, pro Rogero le Gygur,
Domino de Verdun, pro Skeftington,
miti Winton, pro Wautham,
Domino de Graham,
Alicie de Hotot,
Priori de Belvero, pro terra in Denton, o
Heredibus Willielmi de Herloſton, * "
terra in Denton,
Domino de Belvero, pro warda de hs
0000000909
Belvero,
Amabilie de Skeftington, pro prebenda\ _
ſua, |
Nicholao de Dive de Eyton, o
Johanni de Friſeby, O
Roberto Little, pro terra in Beſcaudeby, o
Abbati de Neubo, pro terra-in Denton, o
Domino de Graham, pro bothagio, ©
Vicario de Eyton, pro abbate de Leyc', o
Domino de Verdun, pro palefrido, /. o
Parochianis de Eyton, pro una cultura
terre, ad luminare in eccleſia,
Vicario de Croxton, o
4. De termino 8. Johannis Baptiſte.
Domino de Croxton,
Eidem, pro meſſuagio Willi PEnfant,
Alano filio Wilt de Denton, de camera 1
die 8. Botulphi,
Hugoni de Charnels, pro terra in South
O 0
O GA _wWw
O 0 +
o os Gm 020
ws
o Owe Ong
N
O
*
0 O O O
oe
© w 0 0 0 0
—
0 ww
uy
8
—
O
Richardo de Belhus, pro forinſeco, oO ©
Nicholao de Dive, 9 2:
Willielmo de Skeftington, 0 6
6. De termino Omnium S8.
Camerario 8. Andree, Northampt', pro
decimis de Sproxton, 5
Eccleſie S. Leonardi de n 0
pro Ulniſwong, Ev
| 7. De termino S, Martini.
Roberto Luterel, proterriin Beſcaudeby, © 2 O
Vicario de Croxton, o 6 8
Abbati de Croyland, pro decimis de
Croxton, oO.
Stephano Coco, ultra unam robam, 8
34. Collectanea quedam minutiora.
Memorandum, ad hunc conventum petinebant red-
ditus, qui aſſignabantur infirmatorio ſeculari, ad inve-
niendum luminare in infirmatorio, & coram altari B.
Guthlaci *,
Pitanciam recipiebant abbas & cononici in Claxton,
{cil' 65. pro anima Hugonis de Roppiſle, die S. Ja-
cobi apoſtoli annuatim *,
Veſtiarius recipiebat in Beruby annuatim in die
cene ad mandatum pauperum 5. ?
Sex ſolidos recipiebat pitanciarius in Stapilford
juxta Brent Brocton, ad pitanciam conventui, in anni-
verſario D. Oliveri de Aubeny 4. |
Duos ſolidos recipiebat idem pitanciarius in Barkeſ-
ton, ad pitanciam conventui 5, g
Quinque ſolidos recipiebat idem pitanciarius in
Sauteby ad pitanciam conyentui, de dono magiſtri
Rad” de Sauteby ©.
105, recipiebat idem pitanciarius ad Kirkeby, ad
pitanciam conventui, pro anima Rogeri Beler ?.
Reddiderunt Willielmus Knot, rector ecclefie de
Saxilby, pro una virgata terre ibidem, 203. ; & Jo-
hannes de Berdefeld, rector ecclefie de Knoflington,
pro 5 acris in eadem villa de Saxilby, 6d. ad Paſcha®.
Cannon . : De priore de __ Loco in Sherewode, pro eccleſia
, - _ y 5. » »
Alicie de Hotot, pro terra in Howes, o 2 6 ag <3 kenhale, 3 .; ſcil', ad Paſcha, 305. ; & ad Mart',
Domino de Graham, | o 2 6 De abbate de Parco 105. ad Mart' pitanciario,
Come! Gloverne, 5 1 0 © pro anima Thome de Sixteneby **,
Heredibus Hugonis Clerici de ——_— 209 De uno meſſuagio in Croxton, pro animk Willielmi
in augment”, firme ſue, le Segge, 43. 8d.
Roberto Pinel, — te Giger, © 1 3 a
Pro warda de Brocton, 6 z RT |
Perſone de Denton, pro decimis, 380 an —_— 3 : per Inquiſitionem
Ade de Beſcaudeby, pro terra Achardi} ; 2
2 libras cumini, Abbas et] Spiritualibus, 86 13 ©
Johanni de Friſeby, ad feſtum S. Petri conventus þ Temporalibus, 201 7 2
7 Jo $ o SW
ad Vincula, habent in Dominicalibus, 1
5. De termino S. Michaelis. a 2 : r
Domino de Croxton, ; o 5 Et 2 10 * 1 3
Eidem, pro meſſuagio Willi l'Enfant, o Ap Ep! . - 69 n, $0 ©
Heredibus Hugonis Clerict, O 9 _— 4 8 fs a 10 0
Roberto Pinel, pro Rogero le Giger, o 3 2 — RT ” 2 o 6 8
D., mino de Graham, Wo = 6 2 ” * 2 , — 4 :
Helie de Odiſton, pro ediũciis noſtris) _ 5 n » 0 3 ;
in Leyc', r! »
—— de la More, pro terra in Broc- | 4 _— ” _ 1-6 08
ton, 4 marce apud Lavendon, rai 32 9
Laur' le Sperun, pro eccleſia de Lund, 1 0 o TREES ee 6 7 Ss
ee, Hager, pro Selig}, e AS Te Fenn, 2s
ton 8 marc, be '
Perſone de Denton, pro decimis, . Dno —— redditus, 0 18 4
Comiti de Winton, „ _ m— : O 18 4
Domino de Thorp-Ernaud, pro viſul „ „ 1 uct Lancaltr, 6.23
franciplegii, a | 1 inton', 0 0
Johanni de Verdun, pro Skeftington, o 3 0 no Ros, 1 0 115
Eidem, pro paleftido, o o 34 1 T * ton, 1
Abbati de Neubo, pro terra in Beruby, o © 1 Joi Thimolby, 1
Domini Belveri, pro ward, 1 Duo de * 8
Hugoni de Charnels, pro terra in South J. 4 20 8 2 $ 4
Croxton ren, |
Alicie de Hotot, pro terra in Howes, © 6 In feodo Digby, LW
Abbati de Leyceſt', pro terra in Howes, © 2 M? Villiers, © 15 4
Vicariode Eyton, proabbatede Ley ceſtrià, o 4 M* Mountague, 1
Paxochianis de Eyton, pro una cultura, b1 - Witlo Wiglton, 1
ad luminare in eccleſia, M-** Cromwell, a
» Domino dePaunton, pro terra in Denton, o Summa | 18 12 91
| Peck, MSS. 4934; © rentale quodam ad finem ejuſdem codicis MS, in 4to, fol. 46. * 1d, fol, 43. 2.
3 Id. fol. 59. b. * Id. fol. 52. a. Id. ibid. b. Id. fol, 53. a, 7 Id. ibid. b.
* 1d. fol. 54. b. 9 1d, fol. 56. b. % 1d, fol. 58. b.
APPENDIX,
APP E N DI X, Ne XII.
Additional Charters of the Families of ALEIxI and Ros.
1. Sciant preſentes & ' futuri, quod ego Iſabella de
Albiniaco dedi, conceſſi, & hac preſenti carta mel con-
firmavi, magiſtro Henrico de Ceſtreſhaw, pro ho-
magio & ſervitio ſuo, totam terram meam & tenemen-
tum meum de Cotes, cum omnibus periinentiis ſuis,
ſine ullo retenemento; tenend' & habend', dicto
Henrico & hcredibus ſuis five aſſignatis, libere, quiete,
hereditariè, benè & in pace, de me & beredibus me-
is, in viis, pratis, paſturis, boſcis, planis, wardis,
releviis, eſcaetis, & omnibus commodis & aiſiamentis,
reddendo annuatim michi & heredibus meis, ille &
heredes ſui vel aſſignati, unam libram piperis, a
Pefchi, pro omni ſervitio ſeculari, &c. Pro hfc
autem conceſſione, donatione, & carte preſentis
confirmatione, dictus magiſter Henricus acquietavit
me de ſexaginta marcis ſterlingorum in Judaiſmo, er-
ga Aaron de Eboraco Judeum. Et ut hec mea do-
patio, conceſſio, & carte preſentis confirmatio rata
& ſtabilis imperpetuum permanear, preſentem cartam
figilli mei appoſitione roboravi. Hiis teſtibus; do-
minis Nicholao Peyure, Ricardo filio Radulphi, Ni-
cholao de Tinge, Roberto de Northwood, Bartho-
lomeo de Bray, Johanne Harane, Nicholao le
Dir
2. Sciant, &c. quod ego Robertus de Albaneio con-
ceſſi Galfrido Durehoſe illam terram quam inter
terram monachorum de Belloloco juxta placeam de
Cotes, tenend', de me & heredibus meis, in feodo &
hereditate, liberè, &c. pro 2 libris piperis per annum,
ad Natale Domini. Et dedit michi 2 marcas argenti, &
Alicie uxori mee unam unciam de ſerico, & Henrico
filio meo & heredi calcaria de Bedford. Teſtibus ;
Roberto Malherbe, Hugone filio Michaelis, Jorda-
no de Falle, Waltero de Stanfford, Hugone de Bray,
Pilet Berninu, Johanne Pirott, Rogero Berninu,
Willielmo Weheſcard, Willielmo genere Garini,
Rogero Junemue, B. & Tho. Berninũ 3.
3. Noverint univerfi, quod commoda eſt contentio
inter Margaretam de Ros, unam heredum Petri de
Bruis, ex parte una, & Willielmum de Wyndeſham
ex alteri, de quodam molendino levato in Grang
per eundem Willielmum, &c.“
4. Omnibus Chriſti fidelibus hoc ſcriptum viſuris
vel audituris, dominus Robertus de Ros ſalutem in
Domino ſempiternam. Noveritis me conceſſiſſe, & hac
E cartà med confirmiaſſe, pro ſalute anime mee,
pro animabus omnium anteceſſorum & ſucceſſorum
meorum, Deo & beate Marie, priori & conyentui de
Bolyngton “, in puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam,
quindecim acras prati in tertitorio de Hellethorp,
in loco qui yocatur Preſpol, quam habent ex dono &
collatione Willielmi Burdeth de Hellethorp, ſicut in
carta predicti Willielmi quam inde habent continetur;
tenend” & habend' liberè, quiete, & pacifice, ſicut
aliqua eleemoſina liberius & quietius poteſt poſſideri;
ita tamen quod nec ego nee aliquis heredum meorum
aliquid jus vel clameum de cetero in predictis quin-
decim acris prati exigere poterimus. In cujus rei
teſtimonium, huic ſeripto ſigillum meum appoſui.
Hiis teſtibus; dñis Alexandro de Kyrketon, 'Thoml
de Bekering, Thoma Muſtel de Tyrington, militi-
bus; Stephano Burdeth de Hellethorp, magiſiro
— de Fulnethby, Willielmo Dolotun de eodem,
allis “.
5. Omnibus Chriſti fidelibus preſentem cartam viſu-
ris vel audituris, Willielmus de Ros & Euſtachia vu x-
or ſua ſalutem in Domino-ſempiternam. Noveritis nos
conceſliſſe, & preſenti carta confirmafſle, Deo & eccle-
ſie beate Marie de Bolington, & canonicis ibidem
Deo ſervientibus, in liberam, puram, & perpetuam
eleemoſinam, omnes terras, tenementa, & feoda, que
habent de feodo quondam noſtro, ex quorumcunque
dono, in campo & villa Burtone Flandrenſis, cum
omnibus pertinentiis ſuis, homagiis, wardis, releviis,
eſcactis, redditibus, & omnimodis aliis liberfatibus &
ſervitiis, abſque ullo retenemento; habend' & tenend'
predictis ecclefie & canonicis, & eorum ſucceſſori-
bus, tam libere, integrè, quiete, & ſoluiè, quod nec
nos Willielmus & Euſtachia, nec heredes noſtri, nec
aliquis per nos, homagium neque ſeam curie, nec
aliquid aliud ſeculare ſervicium, quod unquam fuit
vel eſſe poterit, a predictis eccleſia & canonicis aut
| ſais ſucceſſoribus, nec a ſuis tenentibus aut eorum
heredibus, pro predictis terris & tenementis, & feodis,
cum ſuis perrinentiis, exigere neque vendicare poterimus
imperpetuum. In cujus rei teſtimonium, preſenti ſcrip-
ro ſigilla noſtra ſunt appenſa. Hiis teſtibus; dais
Roberto de Ros, Alexandro de Kirketona, Thoma
de Ellertona, Willielmo de Sto Quintino, militi-
bus; Hugone de Collom, Nicholao de Meltond, Gal-
frido de Buketona, Ricardo de Berneyilla, Ricardo
de Laſcy, & aliis 7.
* Of Aaron the Jew of Lincoln, another wealthy money- lender, ſee the Hiſtory of Leiceſter, pp. 7. 97; and the Appendix, p. 37+
Cotton MS. Julius, C. VII. f. 15. See the ſeal, Plate V. fig. 25.
3 Ibid. f. 16. See the ſeal, Plate V. fig. 26.
pid. fol. 136; whence the ſeal, Plate XXXVI. fig. 6. is taken,
$ Bullington, or Bolyngton, was a Gilbertine priory in Leiceſterſhire, founded by William de Kyne in the reign of king
Stephen. This benefaction of the lord Robert de Ros, made probably about 1 280, is not noticed either in Dugdale or Tanner.
* Cart. Ant. Harl. 55. E. 26. ſans date. See the ſeal, Plate XXXVI. fig. g.
7 Ibid. E. 55. 25. This deed is not dated; but, from Sir Robert de Ros being a witneſs, who was brother to
William, and knighted in 1306, it probably was ſoon after that period. The Lord William de Ros, whoſe deed it is, has
been already mentioned, under the Hiſtory of Belvoir, p. 31, as a competitor for the crown of Scotland; in which capacity his
ſeal is engraved in Plate V. fig. 19. To the preſent deed is aſfixed the ſeal in Plate XXXVI. fig 12.
In the ſame Plate, fig. 8. is a copy of the initial letter of a deed, in which the different competitors for the crown ſubmit their
pretenſions to the award of Edward the Firſt, king of England, It is intituled, ** Lettre de Florens cunte de Hoyllaunde,
Robert de Brus ſeignior de Val Vanannt, Johan de Railliol ſignor de Gaweye, Johan de Haſtings ſeignior de Bergeveney,
Johan Cumin ſeignior de Badenough, Patrick de Dunbar cunte de la Marche, Johan de Vecy por ſoon pere Nichol de
Sonles, & Willame de Ros; and begins thus: Nous eyons donne & graunte, de noſtre bon volunte & commun aſſent, ſaunz
nule deſtreſce, a Noble Prince Edward Roy d' Angleterre, que il, com Soverein Seigneur de la terre de Eſcvſe, pueſſe oyr, trier,
& terminer nos chalenges e nos demandes, qe nous entendons muſtrer e averer pour noſtre dreit en Reaulme de Eſcoſe, e dreit
reteynre devaunt fi com Soverein Seignor de la terre, promettauns jalemeyns qe ſoen fet averons ferm e eſtable, e qe il emportera
le Reaulm a qe dreit le durra devaunt li, &c.” Cart. Ant, Harl. XVIII, 40. The original deed is ſo much ſhrivelled up by
fire as in ſome parts not to be legible, and the ſeals are nearly all melted away; but the arms of the different competitors
are neatly emblazoned on the upper part,
In the ſame repoſitory are alſo the following inſtruments relative to this curious tranſaction, which has lately been ably inveſ-
tigated by Mr. Aſtle in the“ Vetuſia Monumenta“ of the Society of Antiquaries.
IV. 5 „ Scriptum de Succefloribus Ranulfi Comitis Ceſtrie ad Coronam Scotie;“ ſans date.
VII. 18. A writing reſpecting the Claimants to the Crown of Scotland. This is much damaged by fire, torn in ſe-
veral parts, and imperfect. Mr. Ayſcough, in a MS Catalogue of Charters preſerved in the Britiſh Muſeum, has given a very
full abſtract of what remains of it, Eight ſeals had been appendant, moſt of which are melted over the deed ; tive of the
arms are neatly drawn and blazoned. | |
XII. 59. Fetitio Roberti de Brus, 19. E I. is in French, and ſo much damaged by fire as to be rendered illegible in many
parts, It illuſtrates the right of Robert de Brus, and is otnamented with che arms of the claimants in a genealogical line.
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166 APPENDIX ro Tit HISTORY'or LEICESTERSHIRE.
6. In nomine Dei, Amen. Super poſitione proviſo- |
rum, & ſuper compoto reddendo per eundem, in do-
mo ſororum We Ireford, inter nobiliſſimum virum
dominum Willielmum de Ros de Hamelak, ex parte
uni, & abbatem & conventum de Neuhous, ordi-
nis Premonſtratenſis, ex alters, Ortà queſtionis ma-
teria, ex parte dicti domini, amicis communibus
mediantibus, conceſſum eſt, quod circa premifla fiat
ut ſequitur in futurum; videlicet, quod dictus abbas
roviſorem in diag domo de Ireford , quem ad hoc
doneum viderit, de ſuis concanonicis ſacerdotem, pro
ſug proficiat voluntate; ita tamen quod idem fic
prefectus per predictum abbatem predictum domi-
num, vel heredes ſuos, ſumptibus dicte domiis
de Ireford, quam citius commode poterit, adire tene -
atur apud Melton in Lyndefia, fe prefectum domino
preſentando; & quod idem dominus, fi preſens fuc-
rit, vel ſuum locum tenens ibidem, nomine ejuſdem
domini ſui, abſque contradictione ſeu difficultate quali-
bet, dictum prefectum idoneum, ſicut predictum eſt,
acceptabitz & quod idem prefectus eum ulterius nul-
latenus querere teneatur. Et quod idem proviſor ſin-
gulis annis bis, ſcilicet inter octavos dies Paſchalis &
' ofto dies poſt feſtum Sancti Michaelis Archangeli, com-
potum de omnibus bonis temporabilibus dicte domiis
coram predicto abbate, fi commode poterit intereſſe,
fin autem coram alio ad hoc loco ſuo aſſignato, in pre-
ſenria ſeniorum, & ſeniarum ſororum predicte domiis,
qui voluerint intereſſe, ſimiliter & in prefentia ali-
cujus viri eccleſiaſtici, beneficiati, vel religioſi 1do-
nei, quem ad hoc dominus & heredes {ui ad hoc dux-
erint deputandi, apud Ireford reddere teneatur. Et fi
idem proviſor ſuper compoto ſuo repertus fuerit ad
dictum officium evidenter inabilis, ad denunciationem
dicti domini, ſeu ejus quem dictus dominus loco ſuo
deputaverit ad audiendum compotum ſuum, predic-
tus abbas eum amovebit, proficiendo alium idoneum
modo & forma ſupravocatis. Proviſo ſemper quod
idem abbas de debito dicti proviſoris in aliquo, aut
de ſui mala adminiſtratione, five de compoti ſui arre-
riis, nemini unquam teneatur; & ſalvis ſemper pre-
icto abbari & ſacceſſoribus ſuis pleno jure & libera
facultate ordinandi, ſtatuendi, & faciendi, in predictaà
domo de Ireford, in omnibus & ſingulis aliis articulis,
ſicut hactenus fieri conſuevit. In quorum teſtimoni-
um fit hoc ſcriptum indentatum, cujus partibus tam
figillum predictorum abbatis & conventus mutuo ſunt
appenſa. Dat' apud Neuhous, primo die Auguſti, anno
Domini wccc ſexto decimo *.
7, Omnibus ad quos preſens ſcriptum pervenerit,
Willielmus de Ros de Hamel, filius & heres domini
Willielmi de Ros, ſalutem. Noveritis nos, pro ſalute
anime mee, & animarum anteceſſorum & heredum
noſtrorum, conceſſiſſe, confirmiſlce, relaxafſe, & omni-
no de nobis & heredibus noſtris imperpetuum quie-
tum clamaſſe, Deo & beate Marie, priori & conven-
tui de Watton , & eorum ſucceſſoribus, in liberam,
puram, & perpetuam eleemoſinam, omnes tertas, te-
nementa, ſervitia, & redditus, que & quas habent
& tenent de feodo noſtro die confeCtionis preſen-
tium, in villis de Sunderlandwick, Brackyn, Midel-
ton, North Dalton, Garton, & Brideal; tenend' &
habend' omnia predicta terras, tenementa, ſervicia,
& redditus, cum omnibus ſuis pertinentiis, dictis pri-
ori & conventui, & eorum ſucceſſoribus, in liberam,
puram, & perpetuam eleemoſinam, ſicut aliqua elee-
liberius conceditur aut poſſidetur; & nec nos
nec heredes noſtri, nec aliquis nomine noſtro, in predic-
tis terris, tenementis, ſervicus, & redditibus, aliquid
juris vel clamei de cetero exigere vel vendicare poteri-
mus. la cujus tei teſtimonium, huic ſcripto ſigillum
noſtrum appoſuimus. Datum apud Garton, die Lu-
ne proximè ante feſtum Annunciationis Beate Ma-
rie, anno Domini milleſimo tricenteſimo viceſimo ſe-
cundo !.
—
8. Omnibus hoe ſeriptum viſuris vel audituris, fo-
hannes de Ros“ miles, filius domini Willielmi de Ros
militis de Hamelak, ſalutem. Sciatis me conceſſiſſe
dominis Willielmo de Brocloſby, nuper rectori ec-
clefie de Filingham, & Ricardo de Brinckelhou, por-
tionarios ecclefie de Brocloſby, omnes terras & tene-
menta, redditus, ſervicia terrarum & tenementorum,
reverſiones, jura, & poſſeſſiones omnimodas, cum ſuis
pertinentiis; que & quas Willielmus filius domini Ead-
mundi de Waſteney, militis; michi & predictis dominis
Willielmo de Brocloſby & Ricardo de Brinckelhou,
& heredibus noſtris, dedir; conceſſit, & earth ſui con-
firmavit, in Killingholm & Holton, in com* Linc”,
fine ullo retenemento; habend' & teriend” omnia pre-
dicta terras & tenementa, jura, reverſiones terrarum
& tenementorum, & omnia & ſingula ſupradicta, eum
omnibus ſuis pertinentiis, fine ullo retenemento, ut ſu-
pradictum eſt, predictis #nis Willielmo de Brocloſby
& Ricardo de Brinckelhou, & eorum heredibus & at-
fignatis, de capitalibus dominis feodorum, per ſervi-
cia que ad predicta tenementa pertinent, imperpetuum.
Prererea remiſi, & omnino de me & heredibus meis
imperpetuum quietum clamavi, predictis dominis Wil-
lielmo de Broeloſby & Ricardo de Brinckelhou, &
eorum heredibus, totum jus & clameum, & omnimo-
das actiones, que & quas habeo ſen habni, quocunque
titulo juris, in omnibus predictis terris & tenementis,
redditibus, ſerviciis terrarum & tenementorum, re-
verſionibus, juribus, & poſſeſſionibus omnimodis, na-
tivis, villanis, & eorum ſequelis & catallis, cum ſuis
pertinentiis, in predictis villis Killingholm & Halten,
fine ullo retenemento, ut ſupradictum eſt; ita quod
nec ego nec heredes mei, nec aliquis nomine noſtro,
in predictis terris & tenementis, redditibus, ſerviciis
terrarum & tenementorum, reverſionibus, juribus, &
poſſeſſionibus omnimodis, cum ſuis pertinentiis, fine
ullo retenemento, ut ſupradictum eſt, aliquod jus vel
clameum, actiones, demandam qualemcunque, de cetero
habere, — — vel vendicare potero, poterimus, ſeu
poterit qualitercunque imperpetuum. In cujus rei
teſtimonium, preſenti ſeripto ſigillum meum appoſui.
Hiis teſtibus; dno Petro de Rithir', Johanne de Mer-
lay, Willielmo le Moyn de Stalinburg, Ricardo de
. Farford de Haburg, Simone de Killingholm, clerico,
& aliis. Datum apud Neuhus, duodecimo die Apri-
lis, anno Domini milleſimo tricenteſimo ſecundo .
9. Omnibus hoc ſcriptum viſuris vel audituris, Jo-
hannes de Ros miles, filius dii Willielmi de Ros,
militis de Hamelak, ſalutem. Sciatis me conceffifle,
remiſiſſe, & totaliter de me & heredibus meis quietum
clamaſſe, viris religioſis abbati & conventui de Neu-
hous, omnimodas actiones, totum jus, & omnimodum
clameum, que & quas babui vel habere potui, quo-
cumque juris titulo, in omnibus terris & tenementis,
redditibus, ſerviciis terrarum & tene mentorum, re-
verfionibus quibuſcunque, rebus & poſſeſſionibus om-
nimodis, nativis, & eorum ſequelis & catallis, cum ſuis
pertinentiis, fine ullo retenemento, que, quos, & quas,
Willielmus filius dai Eadmundi de Waſteney, militis,
michi & dhis Willielmo de Brocloſby, rectori eccle-
fie de Baynton, in cam* Ebor', & Ricardo de Brinkel-
hous, rectori eccleſie de Brocloſby, & heredibus
noſtris, conceſſit, dedit, & carta ſui confirmavit, in
Kelingham & Halton juxta Imyngham, in com. Linc';
habendꝰ & tenend* omuia & ſinguſa predicta, cum om-
nibus ſuis pertinentiis, fine ullo retenemento, ut ſu-
pradictum eſt, predictis abbati & conventui, & eorum
{uccefſoribus, integre, liberè, & pacifice, de capita-
libus dominis feodi, per ſervicia que ad illa tenemen-
ta pertinent, imperpetuum; ita quod nec ego predic-
tus Johannes de Ros, nec heredes mei, nec aliquis no-
mine noſtro, in predictis terris & tenementis, redditi-
bus, ferviciis terrarum & tenementorum, reverſioni-
bus quibuſcunque, rebus & poſſeſſionibus omnimodis,
nativis, & eorum fſcquelis & catallis, cum ſuis per-
* Irford, or Urford, in Lincolnſhire, a ſmall priory for Premonſtratenſian nuns, founded by William de Albini II.
Cart. Ant. Harl. 55. E. 23. See the ſeal, Plate V. fig. 27
3 A Gilbertine priory in Yorkſhire, founded by Euſtace Fitz John, in the reign of Henry the Second.
* Ibid. 55. E. 23. The ſeal is the ſame as to the preceding deed,
The Bon Comracnon, of whom honourable mention has been made under the hiſtory o
Cart. Ant, Harl. 55. E. 21. See the ſeal, Plate XXXVI. fig. 10.
5
f Belvoir, p. 33. He died in 1338.
tinentiis⸗
FrRaMLand HunDAt.]
tinentiis, ſine ullo retenemento, ut ſupradictum eſt,
aliquod jus vel clameum, ſeu actionem aliqualem de
cetero habere, exigere, vel vendicare potero, poteri-
mus, ſeu poterit qualitercumque imperpetuum. In
cujus rei teſtimonium preſenti ſcripto ſigillum meum
ppoſui. Hiis teſtibus; Willielmo Moygne, Ricar-
90 de Farford, Roberto de Maundeville, Galfrido de
Neubald de Parva Limbergia, Nicholao Longſpey
de Brocloſby, & aliis. Datum apud Neuhous, in
com” Linc”, die Dominica proxima poſt feſtum S. Lu-
ce Evang', anno Domini milleſimo tretenteſimo rrice-
ſimo quinto, anno autem dhii Edwardi regis tertii
poſt conqueſtum Anglie noho?: *
10. Sciant preſentes. & futuri, quod ego Williel-
mus de Ros dedi, conceſh, & hac preſent: carta- mea
confirmavi, Johanni Bolle gravam meam in Craie, que
appellatur Norhale, pro homagio & ſervicio ſuo, te-
nendam de me & de heredibus meis, illi & heredi-
bus ſuis; liberè, & quiete, & honorifice, per ſervicium
unins libre piperis reddendo annuatim infra octavas
Sancti Michaelis, pro omni ſervicio & conſuetudini-
bus. Hiis teſtibus; Willielmo de Heure, Willielmo
de Cuſinton; Stephano de Ros, Willielmo de Camera,
Willielmo de Culing, Roberto perſona de Craie, Pe-
tro de Hoo Anſelmo, Jacobo de Ros, Willielmo
de Cobham, Ricardo Martin, Normanno Coco, Gil-
berto Coco, Roberto perſona de Horton, qui cartam
fecit *. ö
11. Pateat univerſis per preſentes, me Johannem
de Ros? militem recipiſſe & habuiſſe de Johanne de la
Rokell quinquaginta duos ſolidos argenti, & octo de-
narios argenti, 90 firma terr* & ten' de Wodehall, de
termino Paſchalis ultimo preteritoz de quibus vero
quinquaginta duo ſolidis & octo denariis fateor me
lenariè me eſſe pacatum; & predictum Johannem
e la Rokell, heredes & executores, de predictis
quinquaginta duo ſolidis & oo denariis, de predictu
termino, quietum clamo & abſolvo per preſentes, ſi-
illo meo conſignatos. Dat' apud Radwinter, die
Dominica in octavis Paſch', anno regni regis Edwardi
Tertii a conqueſtu ſexto decimo !.
12. Omnibus Chriſti fidelibns hoc preſens ſcriptum
viſuris vel audituris, Johannes de Ros miles ſalutem
in Domino. Noveritis me conceſſiſſe, remiſiſſe, &
relaxaſſe, & omnino, de me, heredibus & aſſignatis
meis, imperpetuum quietum clamaſſe, Johanni de Ro-
kele & Matilde uxori ſue, omnimodas actiones, quere-
las, & demandas, tam reales quam perſonales, que
vel quas verſus eos habui, vel aliquo modo habere po-
ſui, a principio mundi uſque diem confectionis pre-
tentium ; ita videlicet, quod ab omni actione ſeu
demanda verſus predictos Johannem & Matildam, &
verſus heredes & executores ſuos, ſimus excluſi im-
rpetuum. In cujus rei teſtimonium, huic ſcripto
ballum meum appoſui. Datum apud Colceſtre, die
Mercurii proxime poſt feſtum Sancte Marie Magdale-
ne, anno regui regis Edwardi Tertii a conqueſta vi-
. celimo tertio®,
13. Sciant preſentes & futuri, quod ego Margeria
de Ros dedi, conceſſi, & hàc preſenti carta mea con-
CROXNTON ABBEY, 44»:
firmavi, religioſis viris abbati & convehtui de Neu-
hous, & corum ſucceſſoribus, omnia terras & tene-
menta mea, redditus, & ſervicia, cum vmnibus ſuis
pertinentiis, Jacentes in villis & campis de Croxton
Ulceby, juxta Thornton & Kyrnyngton, in com” Lin-
cola”, que quidem terras, tenementa, redditus, & ſer-
vicia, cum ſuis pertinentiis, ego prefata Margeria nu-
per habui, ſimul cum Rogeto Wentworth, nuper ma-
rito meo, Hentico abbate de Neuhous, Ricardo
Wentworth, Johanne Taylbos, armigeris, Willielmo
Lorynur, & Johanne filio Roberti de Kyrnyngton, jam
defunctis, ex dono & feoffamento Johannis Leas de
EKuyrnyngton predict; habendum & tenendum bm-
nia predicta terras & tenementa, redditus, & ſervicia,
cum omnibus ſuis pertinentiis, predictis abbati & con-
ventui, & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, de capitalibus dominis
feodi illius, per ſervicia inde debita, & de jure imper-
petuum. Et ego prefata Margeria & heredes mei
omnia predicta terras & renementa, redditus, & ſervi-
cia, cum ſuis pertinentiis, prefatis religioſis viris ab-
bati & conventui, & eorum ſucceſſoribus, contra om-
nes homines warantizabimus, & imperpetuum defen-
demus. Et io ſuper noveritis me prefatam Margeriam
feciſſe, ordinaſſe, & in loco meo poſuiſſe, dilectos mihi
in Chriſto Walterum Juſtyce & Willielmum Coward
meos veros & legitimos attornatos, conjunctim & divi-
iim, ad deliberandum, vice & nomine meo, prefatis
viris religioſis abbati & conventui de Newhous, & eo-
rum ſucceſſoribus, plenam & pacificam ſeiſinam de &
in omnibus predictis terris & tenementis, redditibus, &
ſerviciis, cum ſuis pertinentiis, ſecundum vim, for-
mam, & effectum hujus preſentis carte mee; ratum
habitura & gratum quicquid predicti attornati mei
fecerint, ſeu alter eorum fecerit, nomine meo, in pre-
miſſis per preſentes. In cujus rei teſtimonium, pre-
ſenti carte mee ſigillum meum appoſui. Hiis teſtibus;
Willielmo modo abbate de Thornton, Roberto Con-
ſtable milite, Thom Wentworth clerico, Johanne
Alfray, Nicholao Elys, & aliis. Data apud Cowbitt,
viceſimo die Mali, anno regni regis Henriei Sexti tri-
ceſimo tertio *. |
This deed confirms what has been advanced under
the hiſtory of Belvoir, p. 37, that Roger Wentworth
married the lady Margaret, widow of John lord Ros.
On account of this marriage the king's pardon was ob-
tained at the expence 85 L. (at that period of
time a very conſiderable ſum) as is evident from the
{ubjoined copy:
Henricus, Dei gratia, rex Anglie & Francie, &
dominus Hibernie, omnibus ad quos preſentes litere
pervenerint, ſalutem. Sciatis quod, de gratii noftra
peculiari, et pro mille libris ad receptum ſcaccarii noſ-
tri ſolvendis, pardonavimus Margerie, que fuit uxor
Johannis de Ros, chevalier, que de domino Henrico
rege Anglie, patre noſtro, tenuit in capite, tranſgreſ-
ſionem quam fecit de maritando Rogero Wentworth
armigero, & eidem Rogero trangreſſionem quam fe-
cit ducendo in uxorem . prefatain- Margeriam, licentia
noſtra ſuper hoc non obrenti, In cujus rei teſtimo-
nium, has literas noſtras fieri fecimus patentes. Teſ-
te meipſo, apud Weſtm', 255 die Januarii, anno regni
noſtri primo. Per breve de privato ſigillo.“
1 Cart. Ant. Harl. 56. E. 23. The ſeal is the ſame as that of the preceding deed.
® Thid. 112. c. 41. See the ſeal, Plate XXXVI. fig. 7
3 This is another John de Ros, probably the third ſon of William the ſecoud lord Ros of Hamlake.
/
Cart. Ant. Harl. 53. E. 29. See the ſeal, Plate XXXVI, fig. 12,
$ 1bid, 35. E. 30, The ſeal is the ſame as the preceding.
- Ibid, 55. E. 32. See the ſeal, Plate XXXVI. fig. 6,
APPENDIX,
L 108 J .
APPENDIX, N. XIII.
x Extracts, from the CHARTULART of the HonouR of .SEGRAVE, of the Titles of
Deeds relative to their Poſſeſſions in the County of LricesrER,
(From the Harleian MSS. 4748.)
*
9 0 Ferafnothe as the evidences copied in the book cleped The Red Book of the Lordſhip of Segrave, which
ben the moſt authentique evidences of that Lordſhip, ſtonden fo ferre apart, and out of gode order, that
without laborious ſtudye and grete travaile no man mow know thereby in what caas the livelode and poſſeſſi-
ons whereof inthe ſaid evidences is made menfion ; therefore I have firſt numbered the faid evidences lincallyas
thei ſtonden in the ſaid book; and afterwards I have drawen forthe the Calender enſuing of all the faid evidences,
ſerring for the more part every place named in the faid evidences by himſelf, and drawing thereto all the evi-
dences thereto longing, with the number that every of the faid evidences ſtondeth at. By the which drawing,
every reaſonable underſtanding man ſhall mowe the more lightly perceive, and know how, and in what caas,
the ſeid livelode and poſſeſſions ſtonden, and owen to ſtonde, by force and reaſon of the faid evidences. -
LEVYVCES TRR.
a Drrusswon rn.
196. Carta quiete clamationis Hugonis de Dytheſ-
worth, facta Stephauo de Segrave & heredibus ſuis,
de toto prato jacente in Dytheſworth, inter pratum
voc“ Eſtmedwe & foſſatum Galfridi Molendinarii, &
aburtat ſuper ſtagnum Sanctimonialium de la Grace
Dieu, tenend' liberè.
137. Carta Hugonis de Dytheſworth, fag Gil-
berto Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de tribus virgatis
terre in Dytheſworth, cum Reginaldo de Dauby,
Waltero Grye, & Waltero filio Agnetis, cum omnibus
eorum catallis & ſequelis *, & de un cultura terre ſu-
per Litilhulbreche, & de uno holmo prati juxta pon-
tem de Watton, tenend' de eodem Hugone & heredi-
bus ſuis, per homagium & ſervitium 1 libre cumini
annuatim, ad Natale Domini, pro omni ſervitio, ſalvo
forinſeco ſervitio. | | |
141. Carta dict Hugonis, facta dicto Gilberto &
heredibus ſais, de un virgatà terre in Ditbeſworth,
& de ſitu vivarii ſui, pro tofto & crofto, cum duabus
ſelionibus terre proxime ex parte auſtrali vivarii, &
de homagio Roberti le Grauger, & ſervitio* ejuſdem
de uni virgari terre in Dytheſworth, unde 58. per
annum fibi reddere ſolebat; 35. ad Aſſumptionem
Beate Marie, & 25. ad feſtum Beate Marie in Mar-
tio, & de omnibus que ei de predicto tenemento ali-
qui occafione incidere poffint; tenend* per homagium
& ſervicium; reddend' annuatim, pro dia virgata
terre, dicto Hugoni & heredibus ſuis, unum par
albarum cirotecarum, vel unum obolum, ad Paſcha,
pro omni ſervitio, ſalvo forinſeco ſervitio.
175. Carta Hugonis, filii Benedicti de Dytheſ-
worth, facta predicto Gilberto & heredibus ſuis, de
und virgati terre in Dytheſworth, quam Walterus
filius Agnetis tenuit, & de 5 ſelionibus terre jacent'
in Hamberlandes, tenend* de eodem Hugone & he-
redibus ſuis per homagium & ſervitium unius paris
albarum cirotecarum annuatim, ad Paſcha, pro omni
ſervitio, ſalvo forinſeco ſervitio domini regis, quantum
pertinet tante terre.
177. Carta quiete clamationis dicti Hugonis, facta
Nicholao de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de capitali
meſſuagio ſuo, & omni dominico & tenen* ſuo, cum
ardino, columbari, & edificiis, & de omni eo quod
Fabuic in Dytheſworth, inter alia, tenend' libere,
192. Carta Roberti de Curſon, facta Stephano de
Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de tota terra ſua de Dy-
theſworth, cum pertin', tenend* de Stephano de Cur-
ſon, fratre ipſius Roberti, & heredibus ſuis, fimul
cum terrà ſua de Segrave, pro ſervitio 65. per annum,
ad Natale Domini, pro omni ſervitio, ſalvo forinſeco
ſervitio.
73. Confirmatio predicti Stephani de Curſon, fac-
ta dicto Stephano de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de
totà terra predictà, tenend? de eodem Stephano & he-
Nota Villen agium.
2
Nota Homagi —
redibus ſuis, pro homagio & ſervitio 25. annuatim;
184. ad feſta Sancti Michaelis, & 6d. ad Natale Do-
mini, pro omni ſervitio, falvo forinſeco.
190. Carta quiete clamationis Hugonis filii Bene-
dicti de Dytheſworth, facta dicto Stephano & here-
dibus ſuis, de unf virgata terre, de feodo dicti Ste-
phani de Curſon, quam Joannes filius Roberti de
eodem Hugone tenuit, & quam idem Hugo de prefa-
to Stephano de Segrave tenuit, cum dicto Johanne &
rota ſequeli * ſua; tenend' libere.
123. Quieta clamatio Iſoude Verdun, facta dicto
Stephano de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de jure ſuo
io un virgatã terre cum pertinꝰ in Dytheſworth, uam
nuper tenuit de predicto Roberto de Curſon, Ratte
ſao, tenend' liberè. wn
117. Carta Thome fil Thome de Aula, facta
Gilberto de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de 4 ſelioni-
bus terre ſuper le Haſelys in Dytheſworth, quos de
mm Gilberto tenuit de feodo de Curſon, tenend'
iberè. |
118. Carta dicti Thome, facta dicto Gilberto &
heredibus ſuis, de 4 ſelionibus terre jac' in Depedale,
juxta terram dicti Gilberti apud Radeball, in Ditheſ-
worth, cum herbagio & paſtura eidem pertin', te-
nend' liberè, de cujus feodo eſt ignoratur.
209. Carta facts dicto Gilberto & heredibus fas
de dimid* acri prati jac* in Southmedwe de Dytheſ-
worth, juxta pratum dicti Gilberti, tenend' liberè; de
eujus feodo eſt ignoratur. |
116. Carta Thome de Overton, facta Stephano de
Segrave & heredibus ſais, de duabus carucatis terre
in Dytheſworth, quas Radulphus Gryon tenuit, te-
nend” de eodem Thomà & heredibus fais per homa-
gium & fervitium 25. annuatim, ad feſta Paſche &
Sci Michaelis, pro omni ſervitio, ſalvo forinſeco.
528. Finis inter dictum Stephanum querentem, &
prefatum Thomam & Iſabellam uxorem ſuam, de
dictis 2 carucatis terre, conceſſ' eidem Stephano & he-
redibus ſuis, tenend' de ipſis Thoma & Iſabellä, &
heredibus ipſius Iſabelle, per ſervitium 25. ut pre-
fertur. |
. 114. Confirmatio Reg” de Carvil, facta dicto Ste-
phano & heredibus ſuis, de terra predictà, per, no-
men 8 virgat' terre, cum pertin', in Dytheſworth, te-
nend' ut ſupra.
151. Carta Willielmi, fil' Bertram de Dytheſworth,
facta Helye de Belecton & heredibus ſuis, de unf
virgatà terre in Dytheſworth, cum toftà & crofta, te-
nend' per homagium & ſervitium 12d. annuatim, de
odem Willielmo & heredibus ſuis, pro omni ſervitio
ſibi ſpectante.
233. Carta dicti Helye, facta Roberto Baſſet &
heredibus ſuis, de dictä virgata terre, cum pertin',
tenend' de predidto Willielmo per ſervitium 12d. an-
nuatim, ad Paſcha, pro omni ſervitio, ſalvo forinſeco.
3 Nota Villenagium
218, Carta
5 S SEGRAVE CHAARTULA Rte
218, Carta Reginaldi Baſſet de Wolveyl, fadda
dicto Roberto nepoti ſuo & heredibus ſuis, de und
virgata terre, cum pertin', in Dytheſworth, nuper
proce Willielmi, tenend* de eodem Reginaldo &
heredibus ſuis per homagium & ſervicium 1 libre cu-
mini annuatim, ad feſtum Omnium Sanctorum, pro
omni ſervitio, ſalvo ſeryitio domini regis.
145. Carta dicti Reginaldi, facta Petro de Dene
nepoti ſuo & heredibus ſuis, de 1 virgati terre, quam
Robertus Baſſet de Dene de eo tenuit in Dytheſworth,
tenend” de eodem Reginald, ſicut carta dicti Rober-
ti teſtatur.
207. Carta predicti Willielmi, fiP Bertrami, facta
ditto Roberto Baſſet, filio Simonis de Deni, & here-
dibus ſuis, de 2 acris terre in Eyeneweyſlonds in Dy.
theſworth, tenend* de eodem Willielmo & heredibus
ſuis liberè, ſalvo ſervitio domini regis.
132. Carta Reginaldi Baſſet, filii Roberti Baſſet,
facta Roberto Baſſet, filio Simonis de Dene, & here-
dibus ſuis, de una virgatà terre in Dytheſworth, quam
Thomas de Perſon de eodem Reginaldo nuper tenuit
pro 35. per annum, & ei quiete clamavit, tenend' de
eodem Reginaldo & heredibus ſuis per homagium &
ſervicium 1 libre cumini annuatim, in die Nativitatis
Domini, pro omni ſervitio, ſalvo forinſeco ſervirio.
252. Carta quiere clamationis Y vonis, filii Simonis
de Dene, facta Petro fratri ſuo, & heredibus ſuis, de
totà terrà quam Robertns Baſſet tenuit in Dyſe-
worth.
115. Carta Petri de Dene, filii Simonis de Dene,
facta Stephano de Segrave & heredibns ſuis, de 3
virgatis terre, cum aliis tenementis ſuis, que Robertus
Baſſet, frater ſuus, tenuit in Dytheſworth, tenend' de
codem Petro & heredibus ſuis per homagium & ſervi-
tium 1 libre piperis & 12d. au ad feſtum
nium Sanctorum, pro omni ſervitio.
IE n de Dene, facta dicto Ste-
hano & heredibus ſuis, de diCtis 3 virgatis terre, &
e 2 acris terre quas Robertus frater ſuus tenuir
in Dytheſworth, tenend' ſicut carta predicti Petri
teſtatur. . * . 2 * .
143. Quieta clamatio Ricardi filii Ricardi Baſſet,
facta ditto Reginaldo & heredibus ſuis, de 2 virgatis
terre, cum pertinentiis, in Dytheſworth, & conceſſio
dicti Ricardi facta de eadem terri, quod diftus Ste-
phanus de Segrave & heredes ſui illam habeant & te-
neant de dono predicti Reginaldi. Et mem' quod iſte
due virgate ſunt de feodo comitis Ceſtrie.
245. Carta Reginaldi Baſſet, facta Stephano de
Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de 2 virgatis terre, cum
toftis & croftis, in Dytheſworth, tenend' de eodem
Reginaldo & heredibus ſuis per homagium & ſerviti-
um 1 libre piperis, vel 6d. — ad feſtum Om-
ium Sanctorum, pro omni ſervitio.
ner Carta Reginaldi Baſſet, facta dicto Stephano
& heredibus ſuis; de 4 virgatis terre, cum pertin', in
Dytheſworth, unde difte due virgate de feodo Ceſ-
trie ſunt parcelle, tenendꝰ de eodem Reginaldo & he-
redibus ſuis per homagium & ſervicium 1 libre piperis,
vel 6d. annuatim, ad feſtum Omnium Sanctorum, pro
omni ſervitio. .
Er 67. Carta predicti Reginaldi, facta dicto Stepha-
no & heredibus ſuis, de 4 carucatis terre in Dytheſ-
worth, de feodo comitis Winton', & de dimidia caru-
— terre ibidem, de feodo comitis Ceſtrie, quam Ri-
cardus Baſſet nuper tenuit, & de omni eo quod idem
Reginaldus habuit in eadem villa, tenend' de eodem
Reginaldo & heredibus ſuis per homagium, & vide-
licet predictas quatuor carucatas terre per forinſe-
cum ſervitium tante terre pertinens, unde 7 carrucate
faciunt feodum militis pro omni ſervitio, & predictam
dimidiam carucatam terre per ſervitium 1 libre piperis,
vel 64. annuatim, ad feſtum Omnium Sanctorum.
33. Finis inter dictum Stephanum petentem, &
preqictum Reginaldum tenentem, de 3 carucatis terre,
cum pertinentiis, in Dytheſworth, concefl * dicto Ste-
hano & heredibus ſuis; tenend' de difto Reginaldo
heredibus ſuis, ſimul cum una carucata terre, cum
pertinentiis, quam de codem Reginaldo prius tenuit
de feodo Margerie comitifſe Winton', per forinſecuin
ſervitium, ut predicitur,
176. Confirmatio Roberti de Leyceſter, fatta dic-
to Stephano & heredibus ſuis, de tot terri de Dy-
theſworth, nuper dicti Reginaldi Baſſer, avunculi ſui,
tenend” prout dicta carta teſtatur. ;
161. Confirmatio Yyonis de Detie, facta dicto Ste-
phano & heredibus, de cord predictà teri, tehend®
prout predicta carta teſtatur.
97. Quieta clamatio Ranulfi comitis Ceſtrie, facta
dicto Ste phano & heredibus ſuis, & hominibus ſuis
manentibus ſuper duas carucatas terre de feodo diai
comitis, in Dytheſworth, de clauſuri* parci ſui de
Querndon.
239. Confirmatio abbatis & conventtis de Combe,
facta Gilberto de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de tori
terra de Dytheſworth, quam habuit ex dono predicti
Reginaldi Baſſet, & ex dono Yvonis de Dene, tenend'
prout carte eorum teſtantur, inter alia.
72. Confirmatio dictorum abbatis & conventds,
facta Nicholao de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de 14
virgatis terre cum pertin' in Dytheſworth, quas ha-
bet ex dono prediftorum Reginaldi & Vvonis, tenend-
de eiſdem abbate & conventu & eorum ſucceſſoribus,
per homagium, wardam, & relevium, & ſcutagium
quantum pertinet ad dictam terram.
144. Carta quiete clamationis prioris & conventũùs
de Norton, facta Stephano de Segrave & heredibus
ſuis, de totà terra ſul, ſcilicer, 4 virgatis terre, cum
duobus toftis, & ſuis pertinentiis, in Dytheſworth, te-
nend” per ſervitium duarum marcarum & dim' eis an-
nuatim ſolvend' apud manerium de Wavertoft, ad fe-
ſta Paſche & Sand; Michaelis, quouſque idem Stepha-
nus vel heredes ſui eis providerint in tuto & compe-
tenti loco de receptu 285, in liberam, puram, & per-
petuam eleemoſinam. |
46. Carta regis Edwardi, facta Nicholao de Se-
grave & heredibus ſuis, de liber warennf habend' in
_— dominicis terris ſuis in Dytheſworth, inter
ia. |
202, Carta Radulfi de Bredonk, facta Waltero filio
Galfridi de Herteſhorne, de tofto & crofto que habuit
in Dytheſworth, de liberk eleemoſinã eceleſie de Bre-
dona, ſalvo eocleſie quodam ſpatio ad grangiam
edificandam; tenend' de eodem Radulfo & heredibus
ſuis | oy homagium & ſervitium 35. annuatim, ad feſta
Sancti Michaelis, Purificationem beate Marie, & Pen-
tecoſtes, pro omni ſervitio, ſalvo forinſeco ſervitio.
HavuTAYRNE; membrum de Dyſeworth, ut in inqui-
ſitione anno 19 regni regis Fdwardi filii regis
Edwardi.
146. Carta Roberti de la Haye, facta Edwardo fi-
lio Anketell de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de 2 vir-
tis terre, & uno crofto de 17 ſelionibus terte, in
—— tenend' de eodem Roberto & heredibus
ſuis per homagium & ſervitium 1 libre cumini, vel
24. annuatim, ad Pentecoſten, pro omni ſervitio, ſal-
vo foriaſeco ſervitio. |
63. Carta Roberti de Stanton, facta Stephano de
Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de eiſdem terri & crot-
to, tenend' de eodem Roberto de Stanton & heredibus
ſais per homagium & ſervitium 1 libre cumini, vel
2 d. annuatim, ad Pentecoſten, pro omni ſervitio, ſal-
vo forinſeco.
259. Carta Roberti de Hay, filii Alani de Hum-
berſtan, facta difto Stephano & heredibus ſuis, de
uni virgata terre in Hauthyrne quam Galfridus filius
Ede de eodem Roberto tenuit, cum ipſo Galfrido &
catallis ſuis, & tota ſequel ſus, tenend' de codem
Roberto & heredibus ſuis per unum par albarum
cirotecarum, ad Paſcha, pro omni ſervitio, ſalvo fo-
rinſeco.
64. Carta confirmationis Roberti de Haya, filii Ro-
berti de Haya de Humbirſtan, facta Nicholao de Se-
grave & heredibus ſuis, de jure ſuo in dictis 3 virga-
tis terre & crofto, tenendꝰ ut ſupra.
214. Carta Henrici de Nafford, fadta Stephano de
Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de 10 virgatis terre & di-
mid' in Hauthyrne, tenend' de eodem Henrico & Ma-
tilda uxore ſua, & heredibus ſuis, per homagium, &
unum ſpernarium ſorum, vel 23. ad feſtum Aſſumpti-
Nota, exoneratur clauſura. :
Ee Duis
Vor. I. Arr.
110
onis beate Marie, pro omni ſetvitio, ſalvo forinſeco
ſervitio, ſcil', tertia parte feodi militis. |
215. Carta Matildis de Mentemer, uxoris dict
Henrici, facta dicto Stephano & heredibus ſuis, de
dictis 10 virgatis terre & dimid' ut ſupra.
216. Carta Roberti filii Rogeri, facta dicto * 5
au-
no & heredibus ſuis, de uni virgatà terre in -
thyrne, quam Willielmus filius Turkill tenuit de eo,
cum predicto Willielmo, & toti ſequelà ſod, renend”
de eodem Roberto & heredibus ſuis per unam cirote-
cam albam, ad Pentecoſten, pro omni ſervitio.
Krewokrn; membrum de Dyſeworth, per inquiſitio-
nem anno 19 regis Edwardi filii regis Edwardi.
59. Carta Ranulfi comitis Ceſtrie, facta Stephano
de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de tota terra ſui in
Kegworth, in feodo Roberti filii Nigelli; ſcilicet, ſer-
vitium 8 virgatarum terre in eadem villa, cum pertin',
inter alia, excepra advocatione ecclefie, tenend' de eo-
dem comite & heredibus ſuis per forinſecum ſervitium
eidem terre pertinent”; ſcilicet, quando feodum militis
reddit 205. de ſcutagio, tunc reddet ipſe de predicta
rerra 38. |
60. Quieta clamatio Willielmi de Hauſtede, facta
dio Stephano & © heredibus ſuis, de jure ſuo in ei-
dem terri, per nomen duarum carucatarum terre in
Kegworth, inter alia. f
52. Carta Ranulfi comitis Ceſtrie, facta Radulpho
de Vernon, clerico ſuo, de tota eccleſia de Kegworth,
cum pertinentiis, tenend' in puram & perpetuam elee-
moſinam.
53. Carta dicti comitis, fata Ricardo de Kegworth,
elerico ſuo, de medietate dicte ecclefie quam predic-
tus Radulphus eidem Ricardo conceſſit, tenend” prout
carta dicti Radulphi teſtatur. :
50. Carta difti comitis, facta Stephano de Segrave,
de advocatione dicte ecclefie, pertinente ad terram que
fuit Roberti filii Nigelli in eadem villa; tenend' ſibi &
heredibus ſuis dictam terram, cum advocatione pre-
dictà, de difto comite & heredibus ſuis, in augmen-
tum tenementi ſui in Segrave, per ſervitium quarte
partis feodi militis pro eiſdem terris, pro omnibus ſer-
vitiis. | |
8. Confirmatio regis Henrici, predicto Stephano &
heredibus ſuis, de advocatione predictà, inter alia,
tenend” ut ſupra.
56. Carta dicti comitis, facta Ricardo de Kegworth,
clerico, ad habendum Stephanum de Segrave in pa-
tronum ſuum.
54. Carta Willielmi Patryk, facta Stephanode Se-
grave & heredibus ſuis, de homagio & ſervitio Petri
Hoſtriciarii & heredum ſuorum, de nn& virgata terre
in Kegworth, unde 64. per annum eidem Willielmo
reddere & ſervitium forinſecum facere ſolebat, una
cum advocatione medietatis prediſte eccleſie de Keg-
worth, tenend' de codem Willielmo & heredibus ſuis
per unum par albarum cirotecarum, ad Paſcha, pro
omni ſervitio. Des 4 |
555. Carta didi Willielmi, facta Radulpho de Ver-
dun, rectori eccleſie, de eſſendo intendens eidem
Stephano. s
58. Carta dicti 2 perſone dicte eccleſie,
quod recepit dictum Stephanum in patronum.
61. Carta Roberti Patric, facta predicto Stephano
& heredibus ſuis, de uni bovata terre in Kegworth,
cum medietate tofti & crofti eidem terre adjacent',
tenendꝰ per homagium & forinſecum ſervitium quan-
tum pertinet ad unam bovatam terre. |
97. Carta quiete clamarionis Ranulfi comitis Cef-
trie & Lincoln”, facta predifto Stephano & heredibus
ſuis, & hominibus ſuis manentibus ſuper duas carn-
catas & unam bovatam terre de feodo ſuo in Keg-
worth; inter alia, de clauſuri parci ſui de Querndon.
102. Carta Simonis de Monteforte, domini Leyceſ-
trie, facta Gilberto de Segrave, filio Stephani de Se-
grave & heredibus ſuis, de totà villa de Kegworth,
cum pertinentiis, excepto Thoma de Cimiterio, &
terra ful, ſcilicet, dimidia virgatà terre & ſervitio ſuo,
tenendꝰ de eodem Simone & heredibus ſuis per ſervi-
tium unius oftor* ſor', vel unius marce, ad feſtum
Sancti Michaelis, pro omni ſervitio. ed..
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APPENDIX;To Tyr HISTORY,or LEICESTERSHIRE,
23. Confirmatio regis Henrici, filii regis Johannis,
facta dicto Gilberto & beredibus ſuis, 4e l e
[hs cum pertinentiis, exceptis Pre-exceptis, tenend” ut
upra. n 1
51. 540. Finis duplicata, inter Willielmum de
Hauſtede petentem, & Gilbertum de Segrave tenen-
tem, de medietate advocationis ecclefie de Kegworth;
conceſſ predicto Gilberto & heredibas ſuis, tenen
de eodem Willielmo & heredibus ſuis, per ſervitium
unius paris albarum cirotecarum aunuatim, ad Paſcha,
pro omni ſervitio.
44. Quieta clamatio Petri le Oſtrier, facta dicto
Gilberto & heredibus ſuis, de uni bovark terre in
| Kegworth quam tenuit de Willielmo Patric, & de
jure ſuo in paſturi dicti Gilberti ad 4 animalia.
a9 Carta quiete clamationis Roberti de Keneſton,
facta Nicholao de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de red-
ditu unius oboli de Petro en le Voro, & redditu unius
oboli de Waltero de Lacy, & redditu unins oboli de
Ricardo Game], & redditu unius quadrantis de Willi-
elmo filio Ricardi Game], & redditu -univs quadrantis
de Thoma Gamel, & redditu unius oboli de Ricardo
Roiſte, & redditu unius denarii de Mabilia vidui, &
redditu unius denarii de Roberto de Athelardeſtre, &
redditu unius oboli de Rogero filio Fabri, & redditu
unius quadrantis de Willielmo Nemoy, & redditu uni-
us oboli de Ricardo le Wys, & redditu unius oboli
de Johanne filio Cicilie, cum homagiis, ſervitiis, &
eſcaetis eorundem, de terrã quam tenent de dicto
Roberto de feodo dicti Nicholai, tenend' libere.
80. Quieta clamatio Matildis quondam uxoris Petri
le Hauker, de jure ſuo, nomine dotis ſue, in uni
virgata terre in Kegworth, facta ditto Nicholao de
Segrave & heredibus ſuis.
87. Carta Rogeri filii Petri le Hauker, facta dio
Nicholao & heredibus ſuis, de eadem virgati' terre,
cum pertinentiis, & de paſturi trium animalium in li-
bera paſtura dni Willielmi Patric.
217. Carta prioriſſe & conventis de Langlee, facta
Nicholao de Segrave & heredibus ſais, de 2558. red-
ditiis eidem Nicholao & heredibus ſuis annuatim ſol-
vend”, ad feſta Paſche & Sci Michaelis, pro 32 acris
.
terre in aſſartu de Kegworth wode.
LANGLEY..
59. Carta Ranulphi com' Ceſtrie, fada Stephano
de Segrave & heredibus, de omni eo quod habuit in
campo de Langleii, cum pertinentiis, tenend', inter
alia, per ſervitium ſpecificatum in carta 59, inter evi-
dentias de Kegworth. |
62. Carta Ricardi Kegworth clerici, filii Thome,
facta Stephano de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de red-
ditu 105. fibi annuatim ſolvend', ad feſta Paſche, Nati-
vitatis Sancti Joh* Bapt', Sci Michaelis, & Nativitatis
Domini, pro 16 acris terre in Short Langley, eidem
Ricardo & heredibus ſuis per dictum Stephanum do-
natis. 7g: f
76. Carta quiete-clamationis Willielmi de Haſtede,
facta dicto Stephano & heredibus ſuis, de jure ſuo in
'rerra voc' Short Langley, inter terram canonicorum
de Waniſtoft, & ſemitam voc' Nunneſti, tam in terri
quam in communi paſtura, tenend' de eodem Williel-
mo & heredibus ſuis per homagium, & per unam li-
bram piperis annuatim, ad mediam Quadrageſimam,
pro omni ſervitio. N |
127. Quieta clamatio prioris & fratrum Hoſpitalis
Ieroſ' in Anglia, aſſenſu hominum ſuorum de Walton,
facta dio Stephano & heredibus ſuis, de jure ſuo in
communi paſturi, in campo de Short Langley, tam in
terra quam in communi paſtura, a territorio de Wa-
nirtoft uſque ad illam diviſam que tendit a capite fof-
fate jacent” juxta Nunneſey, quod exit à campo de
Walton uſque ad nemus ſanctimonialium de Langle,
pro quiet clamatione ipſius Stephani, faQta dictis pri-
ori, fratribus, & hominibus, & eorum ſuccefforibus,
de tota terra jacente infra predictam diviſam & cam-
pum de Tunge. |
150. Carta quiete clamationis Roberti Patricii, fac-
ta dicto Stephano & heredibus ſuis, de jure ſuo in
campo de Short Langle, a territorio de Wanirtoft, ul-
que ad extremam ſemitam verſus Occidentem, voc
. Nonneſci,
Nonneſei, excepti- una cultur quam pater dicti Ro-
verti dedit ſanftimonialibus de Langleia, tenend' de
eodem Roberto & heredibus ſuis per ſervitium unius
libre piperis annuatim, ad Natale Domiui, pro omni
ſervitio. RC
431. Carta priorifſe & converiths de Langleifiy fata
dicto Stephano & heredibus ſuis, de redditu 155.9 f.
di anuvatim ſolvend'; ad feſta Paſche, 43.; Nati“ .
K 48.; Sancti Michaelis, 48.; & Nati“ Do-
mini, 38. 9 d.; pro 27 acris terre in Short Lapgle,
eis per dictum Stephanum donatis
136. Carta Willielmi Cogeyn, facta dicto Stephano
& heredibus ſuis, de redditu 25. fibi annuatim fol-
vend', pro 4 acris terre in Short Langle, in 4 terminos.
247. Carta Petri de Ciſy, facta predicto Stephan
& heredibus ſuis, de redditu 35. ſibi annuatim ſolvend',
pro 6 acris terre in Short Langle, per dictum Stepha-
num dicto Petro & heredibus ſuis conceſſ'ꝰ & donat',
ad 4 terminos. r Inf
158. Carta quiete clamationis Johannis Punchardon,
facta Nicholao de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de toto
tenemento in Short Langle, quod de eodem Nicholao
prius tenuit. | Mims
LouTTEBURGH, ©
126. Carta Hugonis Diſpencer, facta Hugoni de
-Dytheſworth & heredibus ſuis, de 1 libra cumini, vel
2 d, ſibi annuatim ſolvend' ad feſtum Sancti Michaelis,
pro omni ſervitio, ſalvo forinſeco, pro una carucata
terre in villa de Lutteborce, unde ſolebat reddere ei
annuatim 58. wy
177. Carta Hugonis de Dytheſworth, filii Bene-
dicti de Dytheſworth, facta Nicholao de Segrave &
heredibus ſuis, de omni eo quod habuit in Lutteburgh,
inter alia, tenend' libere.
SEGRAVE.
105. Carta quiete clamationis Herbert filii Rogeri
de Segrave, facta Gilberto de Segrave & heredibus
ſuis, de una virgati terre in Segrave, voc' Virgata
Tirga, cum pertin', & de 6 butts ſub fonte Pudewell,
tenend' libere. N
196. Carta predicti Herberti, facta dicto Gilberto
filio Herewardi de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de
una virgatä terre in Segrave, cum terra trans rivulum,
quam virgatam Thurſtanus & Swanus filii Aylmeri
tenuerunt, cum ipſis Thurſtano & Swano *,- & eotrum
ſequel, tenend' libere; & de confirmatione omnium
donationum & venditionum quas Rogerus pater dicti
Herberti fecit Here wardo patri dicti Gilberti, & ipſe
Gilberto. | . TOES: TEN, IDE IN
107. Carta Gilberti filii predicti Herberti filii
Rogeri de Segrave, facta predicto Gilberto filio Here-
wardi de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de tota cultura
ſua voc* Muchelcroft, cum pertin”, in Segrave, te-
124. Carta predicti Gilberti filii Herberti, facta
Stephano de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de uno tofto
& crofto in Segrave, pertinente ad illam virgatan
terre quam de eodem Stephano tenuit de feodo abbatis
Leyceſtrie; de quo tofto & crofto Willielmus de
Monte tenuit medietatem per ſervitium 12d. & 1
. galline per annum; tenend', cum fſervitio did, Willi-
elmi & heredum ſuorum, libere, Et mem' quod dia
tenend', fine tofto & crofto, de predicto Stephano &
beredibus ſuis, per ſervitium 38. per annum pro omni
ſervitio, ſicut prius tenuit.
2246. Carta dicti Gilbert filii Herberti, facta dicto
Stephano & heredibus ſuis, de dict virgata, cum per-
tincotiis, in Segrave, quam Her varus Bercarius tenuit
de 6 bovatis terre de feodo comitis Ceſtriæ, tenend'
bers. | |
=> 13. Carta Gilberu filii Rogeri de Segrave, facta
ditto Stephano & heredibus ſuis, de 2 virgatis terre,
& 4 toftis, cum pertin', in Segrave, quas Rogerus
pater ſuus tenuit de 6 oxeganges, tenend liberè.
225. Carta Ricardi filii Rogeri, facta dicto Stephano
Nota, villenagia.
Nota, advocatio.
—
SE GRAVE CHART USzAR VI Aa fret
& heredibus ſuis de 2 Mrgatis terre, & 4 toftis, cum
pertin', in Segtave, quas Rogerus pater ſubs tenuit
de Goxeganges, tenend“ Nberfe.
254. Carta predicti Gilberti filii Herberti, facta
dicto Stephane & heredibüs ſuis, de bnd bovatf terre,
cum peftifientis,* in Segrave, quam de eodem Ste-
Phano. tenuit, & de om e quod de dicto Stephano
tenere debuit in Segtaveg 'exeepris' tofto & crofto
inter eutiam Diaconi & ductum, & 5 ſelionibus joxta
Haliwell, & und acrä ex und parte campi, & alid acra
ex altera parte, quas de eodem Stephano & heredibus
ſuis tenere debet per ſervitium ſolvendi eidem Ste-
phano & heredibus ſuis annuatim 14d. pro omi ſer-
vitio ſeculari. re 88
134. Confirmatio predicti Gilberti filii Herberti de
Segrave, facta predicto Stephano & heredibus ſuis, de
prediaa virgati terre, quam predicti Thurſtanus &
Swanus tenuerunt, cum terra trans rivulum, & de
cultura voc* Mucheltroft, & 6 butts ſub fonte Pude-
well, & terra vos“ Virgata Thurger, & crofto cum
tofto, & gardino, inter vias tendentes ad Haliwell, &
de tofto nuper in tenurs Willielmi Friday, & de terra
voc* Twelford, & de tofto inter domum Ricardi filii
Ed wardi, & domum Yvonis'de Role, cum pertinentiis,
& de 2 virgatis terre in Segrave quas Rogerus Wa-
therin nuper tenuit, tenend' liberè. |
148. Quieta clamatio Alicie nuper uxoris Benedicti
filii Rogeri de Segrave, de jure ſuo, nomine dotis, in
tofto & crofto nuper dicti Benedicti in Segrave, facta
dicto Stephano & heredibus ſuis. A
197. Carta Willielmi Pycot, filii Gilberti Pycot,
facta Gilberto filio Herewardi de Segrave & heredibus
ſuis, de 2 virgaris terre, cum pertin”, in Segrave, quas
tennit de Johanne de Solum, de honore comitis Ceſtrie,
de ſoc de Barwe, tenend* de eodem Willielmo &
heredibus ſuis per homagium & ſervitium dim* marce
argenti annuatim, ad feſta Paſche & Sancti Michaelis,
pro omni ſervitio. |
149. Carta quiete clamationis Gilberti Pycot, facta
Ste phano de Segrave & | heredibus ſuis, de dimid'
marca annuã quam eidem Gilberto reddere conſvevit
de 2 virgatis terre, quas de eodem Gilberto Pycot
renuit in Segrave, cum coneeſſione tenend* eandem
terram cum pertinentiis de cetero de eodem Gilberio
& heredibus ſuis per ſetvitium unius denarii annu-
atim, ad Paſcha, pro omni ſervitio.
164. Litera filii Baldr', qualiter, auctoritate Lin-
colnꝰ eocleſie fibi conceſſa, ſuſcepit magiſtrum Dewl-
thia in parſonatum's eccleſie de Segrave, ad preſenta
tionem Gilberti de Segrave. S e
17. Carta Rogeri Byge comitis Norf', filii &
heredis Hugonis Byge quondam comitis Norf', facta
Ste phano de Segrave'& heredibus ſuis, de 10 libratis
terre in manerio de Segrave, cum pertinentiis, tenend”
per ſervitium quarte partis unius militis.
77. Carta Ricardi de Harecourt, facta dicto Ste-
phano & heredibus ſuis, de 32 ſelionibus & und par-
ticula terre voc? Barlicreſt, & de illa parte prati &
paſture de Little: Berwefide que ad Sileby pertinet, &
de communa-paſturi' ad 'dominica averia ſua de Se-
graves in -holma' inter Segrave & Sileby uſque ad
- Lochavedlands; falvi hommibus ſuis terri eorum ara ·
bili ſuper Lirteberwe ; - tenend* de eodem Ricardo &
heredibus ſuis per homagium & ſervitinm duarum
| aa citotecarum albarum annuatim, pro omni ſervitio.
virgata terre remanet dicto Gilberto & heredibus ſuis,
6. Confirmatio regis Henrici, facta dicto Stephano
& heredibus ſuis, de terrâ, prato, & paſturi predictis,
tenend' prout eadem carta teſtatur.
299. Carta Tonis fili Walklini de Rock, ſacta
predicto Stephauo & heredibus ſuis, de rota terra
quam de codem Stephano tenuit in Segrave, inter
alia, tenend' liberè. |
65. Carta Margerie de Quency, comitiſſe Wynton”,
facta Stephano de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de 140
carectatis boſciꝰ annuatim, in foreſtà de Charne wood,
capiend* & ducond' ad manerium de Segrave, & de
100 porcis annuatim habend' ad peſſim' in eadem fo-
reſtà quiete ab omni pannagio & demands, cum
libero introitu & exitu, & adgiſtand' in loco eis magis
Nota, boſc un & pannagium.
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fompetenter z tenend' de eadem comitifſk & heredi bus
uis per homagium & ſer vitium unius paris calcariorum
deaurat', vel 4d. per annum ad Natale Domini, pro
omni ſervitio. |
153. Carta relaxationis Thome de Curſon, fada
Gilberto de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, anno 30 regis
Henrici Secundi, filti Imperatricis, de 65. 2d. de illa
dim? marc annuã quam antecetlores ſui & ipſe ditto
Thome & anteceſſoribus ac feodo de Dytheſworth
reddiderunt de 5 bovatis terre in Segrave, cum con-
oeſſione tenend' eaſdem 5 bovatas, cum pertinentiis,
de cetero, de dicto Thoma & heredibus ſuis, per ſer-
vitium 6d. per annum, infra Octavas Nativitatis Do-
mini, pro omni ſervitio. | ;
46. Carta regis Edwardi, facta Nicholao de Segrave
& heredibus ſuis, de libers * warenna habend' in omni-
bus dominicis terris ſuis in Segrave, inter alia.
108. Carta Ranulphi comitis Ceſtrie, facta Ste-
'Pbano de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de duabus caru-
catis terre & dimidia, cum pertinentiis, in Segrave,
2 idem Stephanus & anteceſſores ſui tenuerunt de
ito comite per ſervitium 148. pro omnibus ſervitiis
per annum; tenend* de cetero de eodem comme &
e
redibus ſuis per ſervitium quarte partis unius mi-
litis apud Ceſtriam. |
97. Quieta clamatio dicti comitis, facta dicto Ste-
phano & heredibus ſuis, & hominibus ſuis manen-
tibus ſuper tres carucatas terre in Segrave, de feodo
ſuo, de clauſura parci ſui de Querndon.
109. Carta abbatis & conventiis 8. Marie de Pratis
Leiceſtrie, facta predicto Stephano & heredibus ſuis,
de totà terra quam Gilbertus pater ſuus & ipſfe tenu-
erunt de dictis abbate & conventu, & quam idem Ste-
hanus poſtea tenuit de domino Lincoln' epiſcopo, in
grave, cum toftis, croſtis, culturi, bovatis terre, &
aliis pertinentiis ſuis, tenend' de dictis abbate & con-
ventu & ſucceſſoribus ſuis per homagium & ſervitium
45. 8d. annuatim ad feſta Sancti Michaelis & Paſche.
74. Carta abbatis & conventùs Leyceſtrie, dicto
Stephano & heredibus ſuis, de toi terrũ ſui de Se-
grave, cum pertin', tenend' ad feodi firmam per ho-
magium & ſervitium 205. annuatim, ad feſta Purif',
B. Marie, Pentecoſtes, & Sancti Michaelis.
226. Carta Hugonis filii Thome de Segrave, facta
dicto Stephano & heredibus ſuis, de rota terra quam
de eodem Stephano tenuit in Segrare, tenend” in ca-
pite de abbate Leyceſtr' & ſucceſſoribus ſuis.
147. Carta Willielmi de Houby, filii Henrici de
Houby, facta Stephano de Segrave & heredibus ſuis,
de jure ſuo in una virgata terre & dimidia in Segrave,
ſcil', in illa virgata voc' Thomelyn, & in illa dicta vir-
ata que eſt propinquior inter dictam virgatam & 5
vatas terre quas Waleranus avus dicti Willielmi
tenuit, tenend' libere; & quod diftus Willielmus &
heredes ſui dictas 5 bovatas terre tenebunt de dicto
Stephano & heredibus ſuis per for inſecum ſervitium
eidem terre pertinens, unde 11 carucate faciunt feo-
dum mihtis. |
133. Carta quiete clamationis dicti Willielmi, facta
dicto Stephano & heredibus ſuis, de 2 virgatis terre
quas de predicto Stephano tenuit in Segrave.
236. Carta didi Willielmi, facta dio Stephano &
heredibus ſuis, de una bovati terre, cum pertinentiis,
in Segrave, que eſt propinquior culturarum que ſunt
de feodo Ricardi Baſſet; ita quod de ills carucaii
terre que fuit Walerani avi dicti Willielmi tenebit
dictus Stephanus 2 virgatas cum pertinentiis, & dictus
Willielmus tenebit alias duas virgatas de prefato
W. & heredibus ſuis, per ſervitium 24 partis feodi
militis. |
Bux rox S. Lazari fremanet ut dicitur).
204. Carta Mauricii le Butiler, facta Stephano de
Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de feodo unius militis in
Burton & alibi, unde Radulſus de Wyleby tenet di-
midiam, & Johannes de Aencourt tenet aliam medie-
tatem, cum homagio & ſervitio eorundem Radulfi &
Johannis & heredum ſuorum, & cum eſcaetis & aliis
pertinentiis ſuis, tenend' de eodem Mauritio & here-
Nota, libera warenna.
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dibus ſuis per ſervitium unius militis, pro omm!
ras)”, gif 2b NES 45594
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254. Carta Willielmi le Colville, facta dicto Ste-
phano & heredibus ſuis, de redditu duarum marcar
annuatim percipiend” de tenemento quod abbas de
Gerndon de eodem Willielmo tenuit in Burton, ad
feſta Paſche & Sandi Michaelis, tenend' de codem
*Willielmo & heredibus ſuis per unum par alba-
rum cirotecarum vel 14. ad Paſcha, pro omni ſervitio.
{ Alienatur abbati de Gerendon per eſcambium.) 7
235. Carta Thome Diſpenſatoris, facta dicto Ste-
phano cum Roeſia filia ſul, & heredibus ex illis exeun-
tibus, in liberum maritagium, de redditu 25. in Burton,
quem idem abbas eidem Thome dare ſolebat annuatim
ad Inventionem Sancte Crucis.
152. Carta Ricardi Curzon, facta dicto Stephano
& heredibus ſuis, de 25. redditũs quem abbas & mo-
nachi de Gerndon eidem Ricardo reddere ſolebant
pro tenemento quod tenent de feodo ſuo in Burton,
tenend® de eodem Ricardo & heredibus ſuis per
flores roſarum infra Octavas Apoſtolorum Petri 4
Pauli, pro omni ſervitio.
wk STANTON, alias TuursYNGTON; membrum de
grave, ut in inquiſitione anno regni regis Edwardi
filii Edwardi 29“. -
165. Carta Ricardi filii Thome de Wapynbury,
facta Gilberto de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de una
virgata terre in Thurſtanton quam Aliz de Nubton
renuit, cum tofto & crofto, prato & paſcuis, & cum
duabus culturis, unde una abuttat ad Threhowes, &
alia vocatur Lambertonhow, cum tofto & crofto nuper
Germundi, ad caput pontis, cum illo gare juxta dictum
toftum quod Nicholaus filii Godewini tenuit, tenend'
de eodem Ricardo & heredibus ſuis per homagium,
& per 1 libram cumini annuatum ad Paſcha, pro omni
ſervitio. |
524. Carta Walkelini de Aclee, facta Henrico de
Notyngham & heredibus ſuis, de rots terra de Thur-
ſtanton, quam Thomas filius Petri de Reriſby tenuit
de Gilberto de Segrave, & de meſſuagio nuper Willi-
elmi Molendinarii ibidem, & de uno crofto, cum 2
acris terre & dimid' in Thurſtanton, nuper in tenurà
Thome filii Geremandi, & de omni eo quod habuit in
Thurſtanton, tenend' per ſervitium reddendi inde
eidem Walkelino & heredibus ſuis 1d. annuatim ad
Paſcha, & heredibus Gilberti de Segrave 5d. annuatim,
ad 4 terminos, & heredibus Henrici de Segrave 128.
& unum par albarum cirotecarum, pro omni ſervitio.
Hovzy; membrum de Segrave, ut in inquiſitione anno
19 regis Edwardi filii Edwardi.
95. Carta Willielmi de Ros, facta Stephano de
Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de advocatione ecclefie de
Houby & jure patronatiis ejuſdem, in eadem villa,
tenend* de eodem Willielmo & heredibus ſuis per
' homagium & fidelitatem.
How rs. |
189. Carta Nicholai de Trovale, fata Henrico
fratri ſuo, filio Ricardi Putrell, & heredibus ſuis, de
duabus quadragis terre in Howys, tenend' de eodem
Nicholao & heredibus ſuis per ſervitium ſexte partis
feodi militis, & per ſervitium unius niſi foragii, vel
124. annuatim ad feſtum S. Jacobi.
219. Acquietantia Nicholai de Trowella, facta
ditto Henrico, de 20d. annuis, de cuſtodia de ws,
toni, quam ei debuit, pro duabus carucatis terre in
Howes, ſalvo alio forinſeco ſervitio.
201. Dimiſſio Henrici Putrel, facta abbati & cano-
nicis de Croxton, de tota paſturi bidentium pertinent”
ad totam terram ſuam in manu ſua in Howes, ad
terminum 10 annorum. |
59. Carta abbatis & conyentiis de Valle, fact
ditto Henrico & heredibus ſuis, de una ſelione terre
>
Nota, ſery' milit'; inquir,
FRAMLAND HunDaED.) S8 E GRAVE CHARTULARY. 113
in crofto Matildis le Walſe, vicina crofto ipfius Hen-
rici, tenend' in eſcambium 5 ſelionum, unde 4 jacent
poſt horreum dictorum abbatis & conventis in Howes,
& quinta jacet contra toftos inter terram eorundem
abbatis & conventùs.
360. Carta eſcambii inter abbatem & eanonicos de
Croxton, vel Croxton del Valle, & dictum Henticum
Putrel, de 92 ſelionibus de terris dicti Henrici, dat”
dictis abbati & canonicis, pro 77 ſelionibus de terris
dictorum abbatis & conventũs, in diverſis locis, dat?
eidem Henrico & heredibus ſuis. 1
43. Carta Galfridi Putrel, facta Stephano de Se-
grave & heredibus ſuis, de omni eo quod habuit in
villa de Howes, tenend' de eodem Galfrido & here-
dibus ſuis per homagium & ſervitium 12d. annuatim
ad feſtum Sancti Michaelis pro omni ſervitio, ſalvo
forinſeco ſervicio domini regis quantum pertinet ad
tantam terram in eadem villa.
BaRwR; membrum de Segrave, ut in Inquiſitione
anno 19 regis Edwardi filii regis Edwardi.
67. Carta confirmationis Hugonis Diſpenſatoris,
facta Stephano de Segrave, cum Roeſia ſorore dicti
Hugonis, & heredibus ſuis de dictà Rocfia proveni-
ente, de una virgata terre in Barwe, inter alia, tenend”
de eodem Hugone liberè ab omni ſervicio, in libero
maritagio. |
70. Carta Gilberti Cat, facta eidem Stephano &
heredibus ſuis, de redditu 25. ſibi annuatim folvend”
ad feſta Paſche & S. Michaelis, pro 2 virgatis terre in
Barwe quas idem Gilbertus tenuit de Rogero de Me-
milwarin & de anteceſſoribus ſuis.
GryYMMESTON ; ( Altenatur pro 65. per ann. qui re-
manet cum ſed curie, ut docet extenta).
100. Carta quiete clamationis prioris & conventũùs
de Landa, facta Stephano de Segrave & heredibus
ſuis, de duobus ſolidis per annum de illis 3 8. quos eis
reddidit annuatim pro illa bovatà terre & dimidia,
cum tenente & famiha ſai, in Grymmeſton, nuper
Alani de Siwaldeby, & conceſſio facta de eiſdem terra,
tenente, & familia, dicto Stephano & heredibus ſuis,
tenendꝰ de cetero ad perpetuam firmam per fervitium
12d. annuatim, ad feſta Michaelis & Paſche, pro omni
ſervitio, ſalvo forinſeco.
210. Carta dicti Stephani, facta Roberto de Grym-
meſton, de terra predictâ, & de una acrà prati, tenend'
fibi & heredibus ſuis, de dicto Stephano & heredibus
ſuis, per homagium & ſervitium 45. annuatim ad 4
terminos, pro omni fervitio, ſalvo forinſeco ſervitio.
Rxx1$ey (Nichil remanet quo inguir ).
Carta Radulphi Camerarii, facta Stephano de Se-
grave, de homagio ſuo recepto de tota terra quam
Gilbertus pater dicti Stephani tenuit de eodem Ra-
dulpho in Reriſby ; ſcil', de una virgata terre quam
Willielmus Butiler de eodem Gilberto tenuit, cum
quodam tofto de incremento quod idem Willielmus
{imiliter tenuit, tenend' de eodem Radulpho & here-
dibus ſuis per fervitium 254. per annum; ad feſta
Michaelis, 12d.; & Purif' B. Marie, 12d.; ad obla-
tionem in die Pentecoſtes, 1 d.; pro omni ſervitio,
ſalvo forinſeco ſer vitio.
169. Carta dicti Radulfi, ſacta dicto Stephano, de
homagio ſuo recepto de toto tenemento quod did us
Gilbertus pater dicti Stephani de eodem Radulpho te-
nuit in Reriſby; ſcilicet, de una virgatà terte quam
Fegge tenuit, unde idem Gilbertus 28. annuatim ditto
Radulpho reddere conſue vit, & de uno tofto quem
Seled tenuit eidem Gilberto dat' in augmentum, unde
1d. annuatim eidem Radulpho reddere ſolebat pro
omni ſervitio; & de relaxatione faQti eidem *
& heredibus ſuis de 134. annuis, de firmà predicta, &
de conceſſione tenendꝰ totam dictam terram deinceps
de eodem Radulpho & heredibus ſuis per ſervitium
12d. annuatim ad feſta Sancti Michaelis & Paſche, pro
omni ſervicio, ſalvo forinſeco.
162, Carta Rogeri de Reriſby, facta dicto Stephan
& heredibus ſuis, pro homagio & ſervitio libre cumini
annuatim ad Natale Domini pro omni ſervitio, ſalvo
forinſeco ſervitio tante terre in eadem villa pertinente.
Vol. I. APPEND.
Warrox; membrum de Dyſeworth, per inquiſitionem
anno 19 regis Edwardi filii regis Ed wardi.
( Alienatur pro redditu qui remanet, ut docet extenta).
104. 157. Carta Roberti comitis Leiceſtrie dupli-
cata, facta Willielmo de Belegrave & heredibus fuis,
de quaruor libratis terre in Watton, cum molendino
& ſectà ejuſdem molendini, tenend” de eodem comite
& heredibus ſais, per homagium & ſervitium quinte-
partis feodi militis, & de 25 porcis annuatim habend”
quiete de pannagio & herbagio per totam foreſtam
dicti comitis. |
248. Carta dicti Willielmi, facta Petro de Bele-
grave & heredibus ſuis, de 6 virgatis terre in Warton,
cum dominico meſſuagio ſuo, cum toftis & croftis, &
aliis pertinentiis, tenend' de eodem Willielmo &
heredibus ſuis per homagium & ſervitium 1 libre
cumini ad Natale Domini, & faciendum forinſecum
ſervitium tante terre pertinens, ubi 8 virgate terre
faciunt quintam partem feodi militis, pro omni. ſer-
vitio, & de 25 porcis in foreſt dicti comitis. annuatim
habend” quiet” de pannagio, ut ſupradicitur.
188. Carta Simonis de Belegrave, filii-Y vonis, facta
dicto Petro, de confirmatione dicti doni fibi per pre-
dictum Willielmum facti.
92. Carta predicti Petri de Belegrave, facta Ra-
nulpho Janitori & heredibus ſuis, de dictis 6 virgatis
terre, meſſuagiis, toftis & croftis, cum pertinentiis,
tenend* de eoclem Petro & heredibus ſuis per homa-
gium & ſervitium 1 libre cumini annuatim ad Natale
omini, & faciendum forinſecum ſervitium tante terre
pertinens ubi 8 virgate terre faciunt ut ſupra, & de
25 porcis habend” quiere annuatim ut ſupra.
244. Carta predicti Ranulphi Janitoris, facta Ste-
phano de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de 6 virgatis
terre, meſſuagiis, toftis, & croftis predictis, tenend de
predicto Petro de Belegrave per ſervitium predictum,
& de dictis 25 porcis habend” quietè annuatim ut
ſupra. |
168, Carta Amicie nuper uxoris predidti Willi-
elmi de Belgrave, facta predicto Stephano de Segrave,
de 2 virgatis terre in Watton, quas tenuit nomine
dotis, tenend' libere,
318. Carta Nicholai de Burgſton, facta Hugoni de
Chaucomb & heredibus ſuis, de tots terri lud de
Mzlklee, in parochia de Watton, cum pertinentiis,
tenend* de eodem Nicholao & heredibus ſuis per
fervitium 55. ad feſtum S. Marie in Martio annuatim
pro omni ſervitio.
Cosi Nrox.
( Alienatur pro redditu qui remanet, ut docet extenta).
139. Carta Hereberti filii Rogeri de Segrave, fac-
ta Gilberto de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de uni vir-
gata terre cum pertinentiis in Cuſington, quam Ro-
bertus Dunnught tenuit, cum tofto & crofto, & aliis
pertinentiis, & cum ipſo Roberto & uxore ſui, &
pueris eorum, & omni exitu eorum, tenend' de Willi-
elmo filio Radulphi de Meyſham & heredibus ſuis.
150. Carta Radulphi fihi Ricardi de Meſſam, facta
dicto Gilberto, de homagio ſuo rec' de & pro eãdem
virgata terre, & de confirmatione ejuſdem terre dicto
Gilberto & heredibus ſuis, tenend' de eodem Ra-
dulpho & heredibus ſuis per ſervitium 12. annuatim,
ad feſtum Sci Martini, pro omni ſervitio, ſalvo fo-
rinſeco ſervitio.
138. Carta Willielmi filii Radulphi de Meyſham,
facta dicto Gilberto, de homagio ſuo recepto de & pro
eadem terra, & de confirmatione ejuſdem terre dicto
Gilberto & heredibus ſuis, tenend' de eodem Willi-
elmo & heredibus ſuis per ſervitium 64. aunuatim,
ad feſtum Sei Martini, pro omni ſervitio, ſalvo forin-
ſeco ſervitio.
357. Carta Nicholai de Segrave, facta Thome filio
Ricardi de Cofinton, de predict virgatà terre, cum
pertinentiis, inter alia, tenend' ad terminum vite fue
de predicto Willielmo de Meyſham & heredibus ſuis
per dictum ſervitium 6d. anuuatim, ad feſtum Sancti
Martini.
F f 25
114 APPENDIX ro Thx HISTORY of LEICESTERSHIRE,
251. Carta Hugonis filii Thome de Segrave, facta
Stephano de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de homagio
& ſervitio Rogeri filii Petri de duabus virgaris terte
quas de codem Hugone tenuit in Coſinton, & de ho-
magio & ſervitio Willielmi Pinkeney de duabus vir-
gatis terre quas de eodem Hugone tenuit ibidem, de
quibus ipſi Rogerus & Petrus dicto Hugoni ſolebant
facere ſervitium forinſecum quantum eidem terre per-
tinet, tenend' de capitalibus dominis terrarum Boty ler
& heredibus ſuis, per ſervitium forinſecum.
320. Carta prioris & conventùs de Coventre, facta
Hugoni de Chaucombe & heredibus ſuis, de toto te-
nemento quod Maria tenuit de eis in Cuſington, te-
nend' de eis imperpetuum, falvo ſervitio'illius terre ec-
cleſie ſue.
GostcoTE (remanet.)
126. Carta regis Henrici triplicata, facta Stephano
de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de wapentaco five hun-
dredo de Goſecote, cum pertinentiis, tenend' de rege
& heredibus ſuis ad feodi firmam per homagium & ſer-
vitium 1005. per annum, ſolvend' ad feſta Sci Micha-
elis & Paſche equaliter, ad reſpondend* vicecomiti
Leyceſtrie de auxilio vicecomitatùs, & de finibus vi-
ſus franciplegii, que debentur ſingulis annis de eodem
wapentaco, pro omni ſervitio. .
MEeRrKINGFELD ; membrum de Segrave, ut in inqui-
fitione 19 regni regis Edwardi fihi regis Edwardi.
66. Carta Margerie comitiſſe Winton”, facta Ste-
phano de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de 3 acris terre in
foreſta ſui juxta Merkyngfield, in Litleheth, cum
terra jacente inter dictas acras & haiam campil' * vil-
le de Merkingfeld, in quantum predicte acre ſe exten-
dunt in longum ad caput tofti fratrum de Ulviſcroft,
ad edificia faciendum ad receptand' 20 vaccas & unum
taurum, & exitum illarum infra 3 annos completos,
cum communi paſturi per totam diftam foreſtam pro
eiſdem, ubi homines ſui manentes in foreſtà habent
communiam, cum omnibus aifiamentis qui dicti homi-
nes habent, exceptis defenſis & pratis tempore quo
defenſa & prata ſolent eſſe in defenſo, & exceptis aſ-
ſartis ſi que fecerit eadem comitiſſe in foreſtà ſui; una
cum libertate capiendi in foreſtà predictà boſcum * ſic-
cum ad focum ſuum, & cum libertate habendi por-
chariam ſuam ibidem ad receptandum porcos 'ſuos?,
& paſcendum in eũdem foreſtà per totum annum, infra
numerum centeſimum, quiete de pannagio; tenend'
de eadem comitiſsà & heredibus ſuis per homagium
& ſervicium 1 libre cumini annuatim, ad Paſcha, pro
omni ſervitio.
Cortes SUPER Sort, cum PRESTwolIlD & HowrTon ;
membra de Segrave, ut in inquiſitione anno 19
regis Edwardi filii regis Edwardi. |
( Remanet, ut docet extenta.)
125. Carta Elie filii Anketilli de Preſtwold, facta
Ste phano de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de duobus tof-
tis & croftis in Cotes, & 2 acris terre voc* Gares, in
Preſtwoud, teuend' ſibi & heredibus ſuis, de dicto Elia
& heredibus ſuis, per fidelitatem, & per ſervitium tri-
um obolorum ad Paſcha, pro omni ſervitio, ſalvo fo-
rinſeco.
237. Carta dicti Elie, facta dicto Stephano, de uno
tofto & crofto in Cotes predict', tenend' ſibi & here-
dibus ſuis per fidelitatem, & per ſervitium forinſecum
quantum eidem terre pertinet.
198. Carta Willielmi de Wiechoun, facta Stepha-
no de Segrave, de toti terra ſua de Cotes, teuend'
ſibi & heredibus ſuis per homagium, & per ſervicium
2 marcarum, ad feſta Paſche & STi Michaelis ſolvend',
pro omni ſervitio, ſalvo forinſeco ſervitio.
135. Carta Willielmi de Wichetoni, facta dicto
Stephano, de 10 virgatis terre in Cotes, cum toftis &
cro is, tenend' fibi & heredibus ſuis, de eodem Wil-
Nota, paſtura tauri & 20 vaccarum cum eorum exitu infra etatem 3 annorum.
' Note, paunag' 100 porcar?, * Nota, advocatio,
lielmo & heredibus fuis, per ſervitium 28. per annum
ad Paſcha, & ſextam partem feodi militis, pro omni
ſervitio, | |
97. Quieta clamatio Ranulphi-comitis Ceſtrie, fac-
ta Stephano Ue Segrave, heredibus & hominibus ſuis,
manentibus ſuper 2 carucatas terre & dimid' in Cotes,
de feodo ſuo, de clauſurũ parci ſui de Querndon.
172. Carta Willielmi de Torp, facta Gilberto de
Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de una virgatâ terre in
Cores, & alia virgati terre in Houton, cum tofto &
crofto, & cam Simone filio Ulf ketes & uxore ſua, &
pueris eorum, & omni exitu eorum, & cum Elia filio
Willielmi, & uxore ſui, & pueris eorum, & omni exi-
tu eorum, & de uno tofto & crofto, & ſelione una, in
Houton, tenend” per ſervitium unius paris calcariorum,
vel 4d. ad feſtum S. Martini, pro omni ſervitio.
SEWESBY.
Carta Saheri de Quency, fata Hugoni de Chau-
combe & heredibus ſuis, de duabus carucatis terre in
Seweſby, tenend' de eodem Saheri & heredibus ſuis
per annum redditum 1 libre cumini ad Paſcha, vel
4. pro eidem libra cumini, pro omni ſervitio, ſalvo
forinſeco ſervitio.
RADCTIEVE wPER WREC. _ C Alienatur pro reddiiu
& ſervitio que remanent, ut docet extenta.)
90. Carta Willielmi Burdet, facta Stephano de Se-
rave & heredibus ſuis, de 4 bovatis terre in Radcleve
— Wrek, quas Gervaſius filius Arnaldi, Williel-
mus Bonde, Robertus filius Utthrhed, & Hugo filius
Martini, tenuerunt, cum eiſdem Gervaſio, Willielmo,
Roberto, & Hugone, & eorum catallis & ſequelis,
tenend' de eodem Willielmo & heredibus ſuis per
ſervitium unius libre cumin annuatim, ad Paſcha, pro
omni ſervitio.
*
Drsrond. { Alienatur pro redditu, qui non ſolvitur.)
193. Carta Petri de Sco Edwardo,. facta Stepha-
no de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de 6 virgatis terre
& dim' in Desford, tenend' de dominis feodi per
ſervitium quarte partis feodi militis, quando ſcutagi-
um fuerit communiter aſſiſum per regnum, pro omni
ſervitio. | |
91. Carta confirmationis Margarete comitiſſe Win-
ton”, tata eidem Stephano & heredibus ſuis, de totà
terra predifta quam idem Petrus de dita comitiſsa
tenuit, tenend' de eadem comitiſsà & heredibus
ſuis per idem ſervitium quod idem Petrus inde ei-
dem comitiſſe facere conſuevit, pro omni ſervitio.
557. Carta dicti Stephani, facta Roberto de She-
pey, de tota terra predifta, cum villanis & eorum ſe-
quelis, tenend' de eodem Stephano & heredibus ſuis,
per unam libram cumini annuatim, ad Paſcha, pro om-
ni ſervitio, falvo forinſeco ſer vitio pertinente tante
terre in eadem villa.
W1ILLEBY.
336, Carta Yvonis filii Willielmi filii Wygeyn,
facta Stephano de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de uno
meſſuagio, cum crofto, & omnibus pertinentiis ſuis,
quod Radulphus Dybrich tenuit in Willeby, & de 2
acris terre quas Willielmus le BeP tenuit in campis
de Willeby, cum advocatione * eccleſie de Willeby,
tenend' de eodem Y vone & heredibus ſuis per homa-
gium & ſervitium 1 d. ad Paſcha, pro omni ſervitio.
322. Carta cuſtodis hoſpitalis Sei Johannis extra
portam orientalem Oxonie, facta Gilberto de Segrave,
de perpetua ſuſtentatione 5 unius capellani in ecclefia
de Willeby, & de perpetua exhibitione 5 pauperum
qualibet die in mensa in domo ſui de Willeby, ul-
tra capellanum qui debet miniſtrare in eadem eccleſia,
pro animabus Stephani de Segrave & anteceſſorum
ſuorum, & di&i Gilberti & heredum ſuorum. |
Nota, boſcum ficcum pro foco.
Nota, ſuſtentatio & exitus unius capellani & 5 pauperum.
2 OuT-
| Ovrnzsy,
136. Carta Willielmi Baſſet; facta Stephano de Se-
ave & heredibus ſuis, de und virgati terre in Ou-
N Ricardus filius Willielmi tenuit, cum ipſo
Ricardo & prole ſua; tenend' de eodem Willielmo &
heredibus ſuis per homagium & ſervicium unius paris
cirothecarum, vel 1d. ad Paſcha, pro omni ſervitio.
QutanvDon. { Remanet cum Montſorrel, ut docet extenta.)
Carta quiete clamationis Yyonis Roel, facta Stepha-
no de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de homagio & ſervi-
tio Ricardi Martel de uni bovard terre in Querndon,
ſcil', 25. 6d. per annum.
W yMONDESWOLD.
88. Carta Rogeri de Sidenhale, facta Amicie ſorori
ſue & heredibus ſuis, de 4 boyatis terre in Wymon-
deſwold, quas Galfridus Norman & Hugo filius Thed-
ric de ea tenuerunt ; tenend' de eodem Rogero & he-
redibus ſuis per ſervitium 2d. annuatim, ad feſtum S.
artini, pro omni ſervitio, ſalvo forinſeco ſervitio.
69. Carta dicte Amicie, facta difto Stephano &
heredibus ſuis, de dictà terrà, per nomen 4 bovatarum
terre in Wimondeſwold ; unde Hugo Thedric &
Galfridus filius ejus tenuerunt duas bovatas, & Hugo
filius Galfridi Cruſe tenuit unam bovatam, & Adam
Broun tenuit unam bovatam, fine tofto; & de tofto &
crofto quod Petrus Dod tenuit, cum ſervitiis eorun-
dem; tenend* de ecadem Amicia & heredibus ſuis per
ſervitium 2@. annuatim, ad Pentecoſten, pro omni
ſervitio, ſalvo forinſeco.
130. Carta dicte Amicie, facta Stephano de Se-
grave & heredibus luis, de dictis 4 bovatis terre; te-
nend* de predicto Rogero & heredibus ſuis per ſervi-
tium 24. per annum, prout eadem Amicia eas tenuit.
204. Carta Mauricii le Botyler, facta predicto Ste-
phano & heredibus ſuis, de feodo unius militis in Wy-
mondeſwold & alibi; unde habuit ex dono Radulphi
Wyleby ſervitium dim” militis, & de dono Johannis
de Aencourt ſervitium dim* militis, cum homagio &
ſervitio eorundem Radulphi & Johannis & hecedibus
ſuorum, tenend' per homagium & ſervitium unius mi-
Iitis, pro omni ſervitio.
NovsELY {Alienatur per eſcambium. )
74. Carta abbatis & conventùs Leyceſtrie, in qua
eontinetur quod idem Stephanus dedit dictis abbati &
conventui unam virgatam terre in Nouſely, inter alia,
in partem eſcambii pro terra ipſorum abbatis & con-
ventũs in Segrave.
LEYCESTRIA.
60. Carta quiete clamationis, facta Stephano de
Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de redditu 4 burgag* in
Leyceſtria, inter alia, que Robertus le Neville & Ma-
tilda uxor ejus tenuerunt, & que idem Stephanus ha-
buit ex dono Ranulfi comitis Ceſtrie. |
79. Carta abbatis & conventùs Leyceſtrie, facta
Stephano de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de uno canone
habend' per ipſos abbatem & conventum ſpecialiter
deputand' ad divina imperpetuum celebrand', pro
animabus dicti Stephani & omnium predeceſſorum
& ſucceſſorum ſuorum, & omninm fidellium defunc-
torum, ad altare STi Auguſtini & omnium Confeſſo-
rum in eceleſià ſui conventuali apud Leyceſtr'.
83. Carta abbatis & conventũs Leycellr', facta Ste-
phano de Segrave, de obſervando poſt obitum ſuum
die obitũs ſui, & tali die annuatim anniverſarium ſuum
ſolempniter, ſicut pro aliquo advocato ſuo, cum cele-
bratione ſolemni miſſarum eadem die; & quod eadem
die habebit corrodium ſuum plenarie ad erogandum
pro auima ſul, & quod annuatim de cclario provi-
debitur una marca ad erogandum conventui ipsa die
ad pitantiam.
HUMBERSTON.
101. Carta Johannis de Humet, facta Stephano de
Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de uni bovata & dimidia
in Humberſtone, quam Heuricus filius Roberti tenuit,
SEGRAVE CHARTULARY:
115
cum eodem Henrico. & toto exitu ſto, & ſequelà ſua,
& de una acrà ſub Litlemede, & de 2 ſelionibus juxta
le Portwey, & de uni ſelione per Wofrichwell, & de
uno tofto ſuper villam quod Juliana tenuit, & de uno
crofto continente 4 ſeliones quod Willielmue fil} Wal-
teri tenuit, tenend' de eodem Johanne & beredibus
ſuis per homagium, & per 1 libram cumini, vel 2d.
annuatim ad feſta STi Michaelis, pro omni ſetvitio,
ſal vo forinſeco ſervitio.
74+ Carta abbatis & conventũs Leyceſtrie, in qua
continetur quod didtus Stephanus dedit eidem abbati
& conventui unam virgatam terre in Humberſton, in-
ter alia, in eſcambium pro terra ipſorum abbatis &
conveutùs in Segrave.
LEYRE.
84. Carta Thome de Leiria, facta Gilberto de Se-
grave & heredibus ſuis, de quodam tofto cum crofto
in Leyre, quod Turkill filius Homer tenuit pro 28.
vel 2 calcaria de 2d. & de qimidiſ acrà terre de qua-
tuor ſelionibus juxta Wakelowe, & de dimidii acta
in eadem furlongia de 4 ſelionibus, & de und acride
ſex ſelionibus ſuper Sealthiwele, & de unk acri juxta
diviſam Freleſworth de 4 ſelionibue, & de und acra
deſcendente ſuper Redmore de 4 ſelionibus, & de
duabus acris apud Brodeweldmore de 4 ſelionibus, &
de una acri in Aſedalebotine de 4 ſelionibus, & de
una acra juxta Wodeweye de 6 ſelionibus, & de 2 ro-
dis de Aſedalebotine, & de 3 ſelionibus deſcendenti-
bus apud Stamfordſiche, & de 4 felionibus in Litle-
dale, & de dimidià acra prati ſuper Redole, & de di-
mid” acra ſuper Scamtele, & de omni eo quod perti-
net ad dominicum ſuum in Parva Madirdale, Oſwache-
dole, & Oſwaches, apud Tranemere, & de dimidia acrà
prati ſuper Blacholm, tenend' per ſervitium 2 calca-
riorum, vel 2d. ad Paſcha, pro omni ſervitio, ſalvo
forinſeco.
74+ Carta abbatis & conventus Leyc', in qua conti-
netur quod Stephanus de Segrave dedit eiſdem abbati
& conventui, inter alia, homagium & ſervitium Wil-
lielmi de Leire & heredum ſuorum, de tenemento
quod de ipſo Stephano tenuit in Leyre, unde eidem
Stephano 25. annuatim reddere ſolebat in eſcambium,
pro terra ipſorum abbatis & conventũs in Segrave.
HuxcarToN C Alienatur per eſcambium. )
74. 103. Carta predictorum abbatis & conventùs,
in qua continetur quod dictus Stephanus perquiſivit
eiſdem abbati & conventui 6 virgatas terte in Hunger-
ton, cum pertinentiis, inter alia, in eſcambium pro
terra ĩpſorum abbatis & conventũs in Segrave.
Tuoxurod & BAGwoRTRH.
Alienatur comiti Leyceſtrie, in eſcambium pra terris in
Syleby & in Thurneby, ut in ſcripts inde patet.)
178. Carta Henrici Pypard, facta Stephano de Se-
grave & heredibus ſuis, de tora terra ſuà & boſco in
Thornton, cum pertinentiis, tenend' de codem Henri-
co & heredibus ſuis per homagium, & per ſervitium
duaram marcarum annuatim, ad feſta Pentecoſtes &
Sci Michaelis, pro omni ſervitio, ſalvo forinſeco.
536. Finis inter dictum Stephanum querentem, &
predictum Henricum & Nicolaam uxorem ejus impe-
dientes, de manerio de Thorneton, aliter dito Torin-
ton, concefl* dicto Stephano & heredibus ſuis, te-
nend* de eiſdem Henrico & Nicholao, & heredibus
ipſius Nicholae, per ſervitium duarum marcarum per
annum, ad feſta predicta, pro omni ſervitio, ſalvo fo-
rinſeco. s
8. Carta regis Henrici, facta dicto Stephano, de
terra & boſco predictis, inter alia, tenend' ut ſupra.
140. Carta inter Simonem comitem Leyceſttie &
Stephanum de Segrave, de quiet' clam' dicti Stephani,
facta eidem comiti & heredibus ſuis, de omni eo quod
idem Stephanus habuit in villis de Thornton & Bag-
worth; ita quod prefatus comes & heredes ſui ſatista-
cient Henricum Pipard de ſervitio tertie partis feodi
militis, quod dictus Stephanus ei facere tenebatur, pro
dida villa de Thornton; ſed preſatus Stephanus & he-
redes ſui ſingulis annis reddent eidem Henrico & here-
dibus ſuis 20 8. eis debitie in eadem villa,
28. Con
£
:
28, Confirmatio regis Henrici, facta ſuper caria
predielk in villis predictis, inter alia, tenend in forma
predictà.
Tuinxksy; membrum de SYLyBY, ut in inquiſitione
anno 19 regis Edw' 61' Edw*, ( Remanet.)
186. Carta Henrici filii Radutphi,. facta Stephano
filio Gilberti de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de un#
virgatk terre in Thirneby, cum tofto & crofto que Wil-
lielmus Sareys nuper tenuit, tenend* de eodem Hen-
rico & heredibus ſois per ſervitium 1 libre cumini
annuatim ad feſtum S. Martini, & faciend' inde forin-
ſecum ſervitium. |
120. Carta dicti Stephani, facta Galfrido Putrell,
de omni eo quod habuit in villa de Thirneby, tenend'
ad totam vitam ejuſdem Galfridi, per forinſecum ſer-
vitium tante terre pertinens. |
140. Carta inter Simonem de Monteforto comitem
Leyceſtrie & Stephanum de Segrave, in qui conti-
netur quod dictus comes dedit difto Stephano & here-
dibus ſuis quicquid habuit in villa de Thirneby, inter
alia, tenend' per ſervitium inde debitum, in eſcambi-
um pro omni eo quod idem Stephanus habuit in
Thornton & Bagworth.
28. Confirmatio regis Henrici, facta dicto Stephano
& heredibus ſuis, de dono Simonis de Monteforti pre-
dicti ſupradicto, tenend' ut ſupra,
Car EY (Alienatur pro redditu & ſervitio que rema-
nent, ut docet extenta.)
5. 228, Carta Ricardi de Harecourt duplicata,
facta Stephano de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de 10
virgatis terre in Cateby, tenend* de eodem Ricardo &
heredibus ſuis per homagium, & per unum par cal-
cariorum annuatim, ad Paſcha, pro omni fervitio,
ſalvo forinſeco ſervitio.
6. Confirmatio regis Henrici, facta difto Stephano
& heredibus ſuis, de dictis 10 virgatis terre, cum per-
tinentiis, inter alia, tenend” prout carta dicta teſta-
tur.
226. Carta Hugonis filii Thome de Segrave, in qua
continetur quod Stephanus de Segrave dedit eidem
Hugoni & heredibus ſuis totam terram ipfius Stephani
in Cateby, tenend' prout carta dicti Stephani teſta-
tur.
SYLEBY ( Remanet.)
158, Carta Simonis filii Umfridi de Sigelbia, fac-
ta Willielmo de Mardefeldia & heredibus ſuis, de 1
acta, 1 roda & dim' terre in Sileby, tenend* de codem
Simone & heredibus ſuis per ſervitium unius oboli
annuatim, ad Paicoa, pro omni ſervitio.
121. Carta quiete clamationis Simonis filii Ricard,
filii Durant de Sileby, facta Ricardo de Harecourt &
heredibus ſais, de tribus dimidiis acris terre in Sileby,
& dimidia roda prati ſuper. Whinidoles, & de 1 roda
prati juxta Ricardum de Ray, & de una dolà prat in
Holmo molendini, juxta eundem Ricardum.
234. Carta Ricardi de Harecourt, facta Stephano
de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de 32 ſelionibus terre,
& de quadam particulà terre voc' Barlycroft, & de to-
ta parte prati & paſture de Litelberneſike, pertinente
ad Sileby; ſalva hominibus ſuis terra eorum arabili ſu-
per Litelberne, tenend' de eodem Ricardo & heredi-
bus ſuis, inter alia, per homagium & ſervitium unius
paris cirotecarum albarum annuatim, ad Paſcha, pro
omni ſervitio.
6. Confirmatio regis Henrici, facta dicto Stepha-
no & heredibus ſuis, de ſelionibus, particula, pra-
to, & paſturà predictis, tenend* prout carta proxime
precedens teſtatur.
140. Carta inter Simonem de Monteforti & Stepha-
Free
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116 APPENDIX To ruf HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE,
per Simonem de. Monteforti comitem Leyceſtrie, de
villa de Sileby, cum advocatione ecclefie ejuſdem, inter
alia, tenend* in eſcambium pro omi e quod dictus
Stephanus habuit in Thornton & Buagworth, prout in
dia confirmatione plenivs continetur.
257. Carta Yvonis Teyng & Milecente uxoris ejus,
filie Roberti de Northeng, fafta Nicholao de Segrave
& heredibus ſuis; de tots parte ſud capitalis meſfuuagli
nuper Willielmi de Northeng, fratris ipſius Milecente
in Sileby, & de tots quaria parte ſud unius virgate
terre, cum pertinentiis, in Sileby, tenend' liberè.
45. Finis inter dictum Nicholaum querentem, &
dictum Yvonem & Milecentam impedientes; de did &
quarta parte dicte virgate terre, cum pertinentiis,
conceſſ' eidem Nicholao & heredibus ſuis, tenend' de
eiſdem Yvone & Milecente, & heredibus ipſius Mili-
centis, per ſervitium unius clavi gariofili annuatim,
ad Nativitatem Domini, pro omni Free. "IC"
166. Carta Radulphi de Rays & Felicie uxoris ejus,
filie predicti Roberti de Northyng, faca dicto Nicho.
lao & heredibus ſuis, de roi parte ſui predicti meſſu-
agii, nuper dicti Willielmi de Northyng, fratris ipfius
kelicie, in Sileby, tenend' liberè.
200. Carta Gregorii de Walton & Matildis uxoris
ejus filie predicti Roberti, facta predicto Nicholao' &
heredibus ſuis, de tot parte ſuũ dicti mefluagii, cum
pertinentiis, tenend' liberè. |
2 56. Carta Emme filie Roberti de Northeng ante-
dicti, facta predicto Nicholao & heredibus ſuis, de to-
OG ſoa dicti meſſuagii, cum pertinentiis, tenend*”
546. Finis inter dictum Nicholaum de Segrave
querentem, & predictos Radulphum de Rays & Feki-
ciam, Gregorium de Waleton & Matildam, Yvonem
de Teyng & Milicenram, ac Emmam de Racleve, im-
pedienres, de tribus partibus unius tofti, cum perti-
nentiis, in Sileby, conceff” eidem Nicholao & heredi-
bus ſuis, tenend' de eiſdem Radulpho, Felicia, Gre-
gorio, Matilda, V vone, Milecente, & Emma, & he-
red' ipſarum, Felicie, Matilde, Milicentis, & Emme.
per ſetvitium uniĩus ela vi gariofili annuatim, ad Natale
Domini, pro omni ſervitio.
548. Finis inter dictum Nicholaum querentem, &
Edmundum fratrem regis Edwardi, filii regis Henrici,
impedientem, de advocatione ecelefie de Sileby, con-
ceſsa & quiet* clam” eidem Nicholao & heredibus ſuis.
46. Carta regis Edwardi, facta Nicholao de Se-
grave & beredibus ſuis, de liberà waren& habend' in
omnibus dominicis terris ſuis in Sileby, inter alia.
357. Carta Nicholai de Segrave, facta Thome filio
Ricardi de Coſinton, de medietate molendinorum de
Sileby, cum curſu aque, & aliis pertinentiis ſais, fub
certis conditionibus, tenend' ad terminum vite dicti
Thome per ſervitium 365. annuatim, ad feſta Nativi-
tatis S. Joh' Bapt', Sci Michaelis, & per 2 appencias
visũs franciplegii ad euriam de Segrave.
37. Carta regis Henrici, fili regis Johannis, facta
Nicholao de Segrave, 19 die Junii, anno regni ſui gi,
de pardonatione & de conſirmatione redditionis & qui-
ete clamationis fibt fata de terris & tenementis ſuis,
per Edmundum filium dicti regis, qui ea habuit ex do-
no ejuſdem regis,
MouxsokRET SUPERIOR. { Remdnet. )
91. Carta Margerie comitifſe Winton, fada Stepha-
no de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de tota terra ſui voc
Hunchant, in Montſorrell, & de tata ali terra fuk in
cadem villa, tenend' de eadem comitiſsa & heredibus
luis per homagium & ſervitium unius paris albarum
cirotecarum annuatim, ad Paſcha, pro omni ſervitio.
96. Carta confirmationis & quiete clamationis Ro-
ger de Quency, comitis Winton', facta Gilberto filio
heredi dicti Stephani, & heredibus ſuis, de terra
num de Segrave, in qua continetur quod diftus comes predi&Aa, & de viſu franciplegii, & ſedtâ curie, & de
dedit dicto Stephano & heredibus ſuis villam de Sile- omni re ad viſum franciplegi pertinente, de omnibus
by, cum advocatione * ecclefie ejuſdem ville, inter alia, hominibus ſuis manentibus ſuper feodum dicti comitis
tenend' in eſcambium pro omni eo quod idem Ste- in Montſorell, inter alia, pro ſervitio 12 d. per annum
phanus habuit in Thornton & Bag worth. eidem comiti & heredibus luis, ſol vend' pro omni ſer-
28. Confirmatio regis Henrici, facta Stephano de vitio. 5 |
Segrave & heredibus fuis, de dono eidem Stephanofadto
Nota, advecatio.
6
$ 9. Movun ®
* *SEGRAVE EHARTUEARY. 117
MomnrsonaEL INTERIOR. (Remanet.)
89. Carta Ranulphi comitis Ceſtrie & Lincoln”,
facta predicto Stephano & heredibus ſuis, de tork ter-
r4 ſul in Montſorrel, extra baliam caſtri, cum homa-
gio & ſervitio, & ſequelis hominum ibidem manenti-
bus, & cum furno ejuſdem ville, & de communi paſ-
ture habenda in boſcis de Querndon, & in omnibus
aliis locis, pro averiis & porcis hominum predictorum,
quietis de omni pannagio & demand, ſicut habere ſo-
lebant quum fuerunt in manu dicti comitis, cum li-
bero introitu & exitu, tenend' in augmentum feodi
quod de ipſo comite tenet in Segrave, faciend' pro die-
tis duabus terris de Segrave & Montſorrel ſervitium
quarte partis feodi militis, pro omni ſervitio. |
8. Confirmatio regis Henrici, facta ditto comiti &
heredibus ſuis, de toto hoc dono dicti ni comitis, te-
nend' prout eadem carta teſtatur.
199. Carta Hugonis filii Walkelini de Roth”, facta
dicto Stephano & heredibus ſuis, de ſervitio 28. per
annum de tenemento nuper Juliane uxoris Radulphi
Cot' in Montſorrel, cum pettinentiis, inter alia, te-
nend' liberè. |
67. Carta confirmationis Hugonis Diſpentatoris,
facta predicto Stephano & Roeſie uxori ſue, & here-
dibus ſuis de dictà Roeſia provenientibus, de redditu 1
marce annue percipiend* de molendino de Montſorell,
ad feſta S. Michaelis & Paſche, tenend' liberè.
163. Carta Rogeri Martell, facta Stephano de Se-
grave & heredibus ſui-, de toto ſervitio Ricardi Mar-
te! fratris ſui, & heredum ſuorum, de uno tofto in
Montſorel, quod dictus Ricardus de codem Rogero
tenuit, & quod idem Rogerus de eodem Stephano te-
nuit; ita quod de cetero idem Ricardus teneat de pre-
dicto Stephano & heredibus ſuis per eadem ſervitia
que eidem Roberto facere ſolebat. |
81. Carta Hugonis de Albiniaco, comitis Arun-
dell, facta Stephano de Segrave & heredibus, de 9
acris prati & und rod inter pontem de Mounſorell &
le Dernford, & de 16 acris terre in campo de Moun-
ſorell, & de uno tofto in Mounforell; quod Petrus
Carpentarius tenuit, inter alia, tenend' in eſcambium
tenementi quod idem comes eodem Stephano prius de-
dit in Mounſorell, Barwe, & Querndon, per ſervitium
quarte partis feodi militis, pro omni lervitio. TH
46. Carta regis Edwardi, facta Nicholao de Se-
grave & heredibus ſuis, de mercato habendo ad ma-
nerium ſuum de Mounſorell quolibet die Lune, & de
unaferia habenda ibidem'annuatim, in vigilia, die, &
craſtino Nativitatis S. Johannis Baptiſte, & per 5 dies
ſequentes.
ALDREMANNESHAGH.
93- Carta Ranulphi comitis Ceſtrie & Linc', facta
Stephano de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de quadam
placei unius acre in boſco ſuo de Aldermanneſhagh,
ad edificia ibidem faciend', cum paſturà ad 20 vaccas
- & unum taurum, & carum exitum, quamdiu idem exi-
tus fucrit infra etatem trium annorum, per boſcum ſu-
um, ubi-homines ſui de Querndon habent communem
ſturam ad averia ſua, tenend' de eodem comite &
— ſuis in augmentum tenementi quod de eo-
dem comite tenet in Monteſorrell.
Wursrox. (Remanet.)
98. Carta Margarete de Quency, comitiſſe Winton',
facta Stephano de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de 6 vir-
atis terre in Wheſton quas Henricus Biſet nuper de
ipsa tenuit, tenend' de ecadem comitiſsà & heredibus
ſais per homagium & ſervitium 1d. annuatim, ad
ſcha, pro omni ſervitio.
W Henrici de Braybroke, facta dicto Ste-
phano & heredibus ſuis, de 10 tia terre in Wheſ-
ton, cum tenentibus earundem, & Corum catallis &
ſequelis, quam terram idem Henricus tenuit de pre-
dia comitiſsa, tenend' de eodem Henrico per homa-
ium & ſervitium quarte partis feodi militis, pro omni
IN : 58
96. Carta confirmationis & quiete clamationis Ro-
geri de Quincy comitis Winton, facta Gilberto de
Vol. I. APPEND.
Segrave, filio & heredi dicti Stephani, & heredibus
ſus, de viſu franciplegii & ſectà curie, & de omni eo
quod ad viſum franciplegii pertinet, de omnibus ho-
minibns ipfins Gilberti manentibus ſupra feodum dicti
comitis in villa de Wheſton, quod predicta comitiſſa
mater ipſius comitis dedit dicto Stephano patri
dicti Gilderti, tenend' per ſervitium 124. annuatim, ad
feſtum Sancti Michaelis, pro omni ſervitio, & de con-
fir matione donationis dicte, comitiſſe, factà dicto Ste-
phano & heredibus ſuis, de terra prediQa, ut ſupra,
Mer rox. (Remanet, ut docet extenta.)
86. Carta Roberti de Moubray, ſacta Gilberto de
Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de und virgata terre in
Melton, quam Galfridus filius Rogeri tenuit, cum ip-
ſo Galfrido, & totà ſequelà ſua & catallis ſuis, tenend'
de eodem Roberto & heredibus ſuis per homagium, &
per quedam calcaria, vel 4d. ad feſtum STi Botulphi,
pro omnibus ſerviriis.
129. Carta Roberti Moubray, facta Stephano de
Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de uni virgar4 terre quam
Willielmus Faber tenuit, & de illo tofto quem Wari-
nus & Emma tenuerunt, tenend' de eodem Roberto &
heredibus ſuis per homagium & ſervitium duorum
calcariorum, vel 4d. ad Paſcha, pro omnibus ſervi-
iis. (Alienatur pro redditu qui remanet.)
133. Quieta clamatio Willielmi filii Henrici de
Houby, facta difto Stephano & heredibus ſuis, in qua
continetur quod dictus Stephanus dedit eidem Williel-
mo & 'heredibus ſuis dictas duas virgatas terre, cum
pertinentiis, tenend* de eodem Stephano & heredibus
ſuis per ſervitium reddendi eis annuatim, ad Paſcha,
unum par calcarlorum, vel 4d. pro uni virgari terre,
& 1 libram cumini pro alia virgata, pro omni ſervitio,
ſalvo forinſeco ſervitio. | |
49 Carta Roberti de Aynill, facta dicto Stephano
& heredibus ſuis, de 6 meſſuagiis & 1 ſcopi in Mel-
ton, cum croftis adjacentibus, inter alia, tenend' de
eodem Roberto & heredibus ſuis per homagium, &
per unum par calcariorum deaurat', vel 6d. ad Paſ-
cha, pro omni ſervitio, ſalvo forinſeco. |
78. Carta Rogeri de Moubray, facta difto Stepha-
no & heredibus ſuis, de 2 meſſuagiis in Melton, que
Alicia Barat & Rogerus filius ejus tenuerunt, tehend?
in augmentum alie terre quam de eodem Rogero te-
nuit in eadem villa per homagium, & per ſervitium
reddendi ei & heredibus ſais annuatim pro toto tene-
mento duo calcaria deaurata, vel 4d. ad, feſtum Sci
Botulphi, pro omni ſervitio. |
184. Carta Roberti clerici de Scrutardiſtön, facta
difto Stephano & heredibus ſuis, de una virgatà terre
voc' Brinklowland, tenend' de eodem Roberto & he-
redibus ſuis per homagium, & per ſervitium 14d. an-
nuatim, ad feſta Sci Michaelis & Paſche, pro omui
ſervitio, ſalvo forinſeco.
85. Carta Roberti de Brinklowe, facta dicto Ste-
phano & heredibus ſuis, de homagio ipſius Stephani
recepto pro did virgatà terre, & de confirmatione
ejuſdem virgate terre, tenend' de eodem Roderto
Brinklowe per fervitium in cart dicti Roberti clerici
ſpecificatum. |
I 54. Confirmatio Roberti de Brinkelowe, facta ei-
dem Stephano, de eadem - virgata terre, tenend' de
eodem Roberto de Brinkelowe & heredibus ſuis
per homagium, & per ſervitium ad. annuatim, ad feſ.
Fo S. Laurentii, pro omnibus ſervitiis, falvo forin-
eco.
208. Carta Gilberti Paumer, facta Stephano de Se-
grave & heredibus, de redditu 165. annuatim fbi ſol-
vend', pro 2 meſſuagiis qui de eo tener in Melton,
ad feſta Paſche, S. Petri ad vincula, & S. Martini.
74. Carta abbatis & conventùs Leyceſtr', in qua
continetur quod dictus Stephanus dedit eidem abbati
& conventui 75. redditus in Melton, inter alia, in
eſcambium pro terra iplorum abbatis & conventùs in
Segrave. | cs
| 103, Quieta clamatio abbatis & conventüs Ley-
ceſtr', facta predicto Stephano & heredibus ſuis, de
terris & redditibus quos de eodem Ste phano tenue-
runt in Melton, inter alia.
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24 5. Carta Willielmi de Aleby; fafta eldem Ste-
hano & heredibus ſuis, de dimidia marc annui red-
itüs ſibi ſolvend', de uno mefluagio quod de eo-
dem Stephano tenuit in Melton, ad feſta predicta.
| $94. Quieta clamatio Hugonis de Herdebe-
4.
28 & Iſabelle uxoris ejus duplicata, facta Nicholao
de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de toto tenemento in
; "0 inter alia, quod idem Nicholaus eis prius
Jedi
170. Quieta clamatio Johannis de Saxilby, filii Jo-
hannis Buzard, facta Nicholao de Segrave & hetedi-
bus ſuis, de jure ſuo in uno meſſuagio & una ſcopi in
Melton, & in omnibus edificiis & tenementis in Mel-
ton, que dictus Johannes pater ſuus tenuit de Stepha-
no de Segrave, avo diQi Nicholai.
Or RAT. {Remanet, tut ducet extents)
224. Carta Willielmi filii Nigelli de Oleby, facta
Galfrido le Futur & heredibus ſuis, de uno tofto voc
Longcroft in Oleby, tenend* de eodem Willielmo &
heredibus ſuis per homagium & ſervitium 55. annua-
tim, ad tres terminos, pro omni ſervitio.
230. Carta prioris & conventus de Lenton, facta
Katerine nuper uxori Arnaldi Twyford, & beredi-
bus ſuis, de unũ carucati terre in Oleby, quam idem
Arnaldus tenuit, tenend” de eodem priore per ſerviti-
um 105. annuatim, ad feſta Sancti Thome Apoſtoli &
Sancti Johannis Baptiſte, pro omni ſervitio.
119. Carta Edonis filii Arnaldi de Twyford, facta
Stephano filio Gilberti de Segrave & heredibus ſuis,
de eadem carucatã terre, tenend* de dictis priore &
conventu per ſervitium prediftum, pro omni ſervitio.
184. Carta Petri 7 & conventùs de Lenton,
facta Stephano filio Gilberti de Segrave, de predicta
carucati terre in Oleby, tenend* de diftis priore &
conventu h ium & ſervitium 105. annuatim,
ad feſta S. Thome Apoſtoli & Nativitatis S. Johannis
Baptiſte, pro omnibus ſervitiis.
238. Carta abbatis & conventùs de Gerndon, fadta
Stephano de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de molendino
ſao de Oleby, quod fuit Nigelli de Oleby, tenend”
ad perpetuam firmam per homagium & ſervitium 45.
annuatim, ad feſta Decollationis S. Johannis Baptiſte
& Nativitatis Domini, pro omni ſervitio eis pertinente,
ſalvà multurà bladi domiis Willielmi filii Nigelli, &
heredum ſuorum. a
71. Relaxatio abbatis & conventùs Gerndon, facta
dicto Ste phano & Hetedibus ſuis, de 45. redditũs de
mis 65. redditas quos eis reddere conſue vit de mo-
lendino predito; ita quod teneat idem molendinum
de cetero per fervitium 25. annuatim, ad Nativita-
tem Di, pro omni ſervitio.
74. Carta, in qua continetur quod dictus Stepha-
nus dedit abbati & conventui Leyceſtr' dictam caruca-
tam terre & molendinum predictum in partem eſcam-
bii, pro terra ipſorum abbatis & conventùs in Segrave.
103. Quieta clamatio abbatis & conventùs Leyceſtr',
facta dicto Stephano & heredibus ſuis, de terris &
redditibus quos de eodem Stephano tenuerunt in Ole-
by, inter alia. |
205. Quieta clamatio prioris & conventtis de Len-
ton, facta Gilberto de Segrave, de placito inter. eos
habiti auctoritate apoſtolicà ſuper 108. reddittis de
terrk quam de eis tenet in Oleby, & 105. de relevio
cjuſdem terre.
240. Carta Roberti de Ainill, fafta dicto Stepha-
no & heredibus ſuis, de totà terra ſoa de Oleby, cum
pertinentiis, & de omni co quod habuit ibidem, ex-
cepto ſervitio Willielmi filii Nigelli, tenend' de eodem
Roberto & heredibus ſuis per homagium & ſervitium
forinſecum tanto tenemento pertinens, unde 10 caru-
cate terre faciunt unum feodum militis, pro omni ſer-
vitio. |
122. Quieta clamatio Agnetis de Oleby, nuper
nxoris Hon de Saxilby, facta duo Gilberto de
Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de jure ſuo in tertia parte
unius virgate terre & unius tofti in Oleby, quam vir-
gatam dictus Hugo nuper vir ſuus quondam tenuit.
94. 504. Quieta clamatio Hugonis de Herdeberwe
& HTfabelle uxoris ejus duplicata, facta Nicholao
de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de toto tenemento in
Oleby, inter alia, quod idem Nicholaus eis prius dedit.
| K1RKEBY. 8
49. Carta Roberti de Aynill, facta Stephano de Se-
grave & heredibus ſuis, de homagio & ſervitio Willi-
elmi de Waſteneis, de toto renemento quod de eodem
Roberto tenuit in Kyrkeby, cum ad vocatione ccclefic
2 ville de Kirkeby, tenend', inter alia, de eo-
em Roberto & heredibus ſuis per ſervitium conten-
tum & N in cart de munere hujus carte
inter evidentias de Melton.
82. Carta Bernardi filii Nigelli de Bottesford, facta
dicto Stephano & heredibus ſuis, de uni bovatà terre
in Kirkeby, cum crofto, juxta viam quod Rogerus de
Foſſato tenuit, tenend” ge eodem Bernardo & heredi-
bus ſuis per unam libram piperis annuatim, ad feſtum
Sancti Michaelis, pro omni ſervitio.
174. Carta Radulphi Beler, facta dicto Stephano &
heredibus ſuis, de dictà bovai terre quam Rogerus de
Foſs tenuit, & de tofto juxta viam Leyceſtre, tenend”
de codem Radulpho & heredibus ſuis per homagium
& 1 libram cumini, vel 2 d. annuatim, ad feſtum S.
Botulphi, pro omni ſervitio, ſalvo forinſeco ſervitio.
128, Carta Hugonis Rampaines, facta dicto Ste-
phano & heredibus ſuis, de toto ſervitio quod Nor-
man Puplin eidem Hugoni debuit pro uni virgata
terre, cum pertinentiis, in Kirkeby, ſcil, 45. per an-
num, tenend per forinſecum ſervitium eidem terre
pertinens.
74. Carta abbatis & conventùs Leyc', in qui con-
tinetur, quod dictus Stephanus dedit eiſdem abbati &
conyentui, & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, inter alia, 73. reddi-
ths in Kirkeby, in partem efcambii, pro terra ipſorum
abbatis & conventùs in Segrave.
103. Quieta clamatio abbatis & conventis Leyc',
facta dicto Stephano & heredibus ſuis, de terris &
redditibus quos de eodem Stephano tenuerunt in Kir-
keby, inter alia.
Corp Ovxxrox. (Remanet, ut docet extenta.)
68. Carta Galfridi de Bakepuz, fafta Stephano de
Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de 4 virgatis terre in Cold
Overton quas tenuit de Stephano de Meſnill ; & de
ſervitio Joſcelini de Hanmerare, de 4 virgatis terre
quas tenuit de eodem Galfrido, tenend” de dicto Ste-
phano de Meſnill & heredibus ſuis, per ſervitium uni-
us paris calcariorum deauratorum, vel 6d. ad Pente-
coſten, pro omni ſervitio, prout idem Galfridus illos
tenuit de eodem Stephano de Meſail}, ſalvo forinſeco
{ervitio tante terre pertinente.
538. Finis inter Stephanum de Segrave querentem,
& Joſcelinum de Hanmerare & Iſabellam uxorem ejus
impedientem, de 4 virgatis terre in Cold Overton,
conceſſ? eidem Stephano de Segrave & beredibus ſuis,
tenend” de Stephano de Meſnill per ſervitium forinſe-
cum tante terre pertinens, omni ſervitio.
111. Confirmatio dicti Stephani de Meſnill, ſacta
dicto Stephano de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de pre-
dictis 8 virgatis terre, ex dono predictorum Galfridi
Bakepuz, Joſcelini, & Iſabelle, tenend' de eodem Ste-
phano de Meſnill & heredibus ſuis per ſervitium tante
terre pertinens; unde tota villa ſibi reſpondet de
— feodi militis pro omni ſervitio, ſalvo fo-
cc.
106, Carta Johannis de Gray, facta dicto Stepha-
no de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de 31 virgatis terre,
& 135, redditùs in Cold Overton, zenend* de eodem Jo-
hanne & beredibus ſuis per homagium, & per unum
par calcariorum deauratorum, vel 6d. ad Paſcha, pro
omni ſervitio.
243. Carta dicti Johannis, facta difto Stephano, pre
termino vite ĩpſius Johannis, de capitali meſſuagio in
Cold Overton, cum gardino, 2 5 virgatis terre,
& toto prato, herbagio, & paſturk, que idem Johannes
habuit ibidem de predicto Stephano de Meſnill ad
terminum vite ipſius Johannis, tenend? de eodem Ste-
me de Meſnill per ſervitium 6 marcarum, ad feſta
entecoſtes & STi Martini, pro omni ſervitio.
110. Carta predicti Stephani de Meſnill, facta pre-
dicto Stephano de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de 5.
virgatis terre, & de dictis capitali meſſuagio, gardino,
parco, & pratis, cum pertinentiis, & de omni eo quod
retinuit in manu ſuf, quum reſiduum ejuſdem ville
dedit prenominatis - Galfrido & Johanal de Gray,
5 . tenend
SEGRAVE CHARTULARY.
tenend” de eodem Stephano de Meſnill per homapi-
um, & per unum ſpernarium vivarium annuatim, ad
feſtum Sc Michaelis, & per forinſecum ſetvitium
tanto tenemento pertinens; unde tota villa de Cold
Overton reſponder ut ſupra, pro omni ſervitio.
112. Quieta clamatio dicti Stephani de Meſnill,
t acta predicto Stephano de Segrave & heredibus ſais,
de jure ſuo in advocatione ecclefie de Cold Overton,
cum pertinentiis, & cum terri ei per dictum Stephanum
prius data, tenend? per ſervitium proxime pre-recita-
rum. |
8. Confirmatio regis Henriei, facta dicto Stephano
de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de omnibus terris & te-
nementis predictis, excepta advocatione predictà,
tenendꝰ ficut carte & confirmationes predicte teſtanrur.
46. Carta regis Edwardi Primi, facta Nicholao de
Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de libera warenni habend'”
in omnibus dominicis terris ſuis in Overton, inter alia.
PrxEwWELL X LEvesTHORP.
(Pars inde alienatur pro redditu, ut docet extenta.)
145. Carta Thome de Berkin, filii Johannis de
Berkyn, facta Stephano de Segrave & heredibus ſuis,
de terti parte ſua 13 bovatarum terre, & octavã par-
te unius borate terre, in Pykwell & Leveſthorp, cum
homagio, villenagio, villanis, & eorum ſequelis, te-
nend” de dominis feodi per forinſecum ſervitium quan-
tum eidem terre pertinet.
182. Carta Willielmi de Flemeſburgh, de alia ter-
tik parte 13 dictarum bovatarum terre, & alia octavf
parte dicte bovate terre, cum homagio, &c. ut ſupra,
facta dicto Stephano & heredibus fujs, tenend in
formà tenure prioris partis ejuſdem terre.
191. Carta Nicholai de Aneſti, facta predicto Ste ·
phano, de alia rertia parte totius terre predicte, te-
nend* in forma prediQa.
*
LxvisTHORP,
142. Carta quiete clamationis Euſtachij de Cante-
lupo, facta Gilberto de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de
jos ſuo in Rogerode la Lane, & in ſequela ſua, quem
ogerum idem Euſtachius petebat in ſervitutem in com? -
Leyceſtr'.
LABECOTEHILL.
187, Carta Galfridi de Inſula, facta Stephano de
Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de 4 acris terre & dimidia
ſuper Labecotehill, cum pertinentiis, tenend' de eo-
dem Galfrido & heredibus ſais per homagium, & per
unam fleftam annuatim, ad Paſcha, pro omni ſervitio,
ſalvo forinſeco ſervitio.
SOMERDEBY; membrum de Coro Ovxgro, ut ia
inquiſitione anno 19 regis Edwardi filii regis Ed-
wardi. ¶ Remanet, ut doret extenta.)
211. Carta Willielmi de Quadrimars, facta Galfri-
do Putrell & heredibus fuis, de uni carucara terre in
Somerdeby, cum toftis, croftis, & aliis pertinentiis,
unde Walterus de Noule unam virgatam, Robertus
Faber unam virgatam, Beatrix nuper uxor Simonis
de Novle unam bovatam, Willielmus de Picwell unam
bovatam, Henricus filius Rogeri unam bovatam, &
Henricus filius Ailwini unam bovatam, tenuerunt; te-
nend de eodem Willielmo & beredibus ſuis per homa-
gium & ſervitium duorum ferrorum fagorum, ad Paſ-
cha, pro omni ſervitio, ſalvo forinſeco.
41. Carta dicti Galfridi, facta Stephano de Segrave
& heredibus ſuis, de omni eo quod habuit in villa de
Somerdeby, tenend' de eodem Galfrido & heredibus
ſais per homagium & ſervitium duarum fagittarum
barbatarum de terro, ad Paſcha, pro omni ſervitio.
241. Quieta clawatio Elene nuper uxoris digi Gal-
fridi, facta Gilberto de Segrave & heredibus ſuis; de
jure ſuo, nomine dotis, in omnibus tenementis, red-
ditibus, & ſervitiis, que fuerunt prediQi Galfridi, in
villa de Somerdeby.
WrYTHERDELEY. { Remanet.)
260. Carta Nicholai de Segrave, facta Johanni de
Somery fratri ſuo, de tota terra ſu de Wytherdeley,
119
cum homagſis, wardis, releviis, & aliis pertinentiis;
tenend* ſibi & heredibus ſuis de corpore ſuo exeunti-
bus, de eodem Nicholao & heredibus fuis, per ſer vi-
tium unjus paris calcarioram deauratorum, vel 6d.
annuatim, ad Natalem Sancti Johannis Baptiſte, pro
omni ſervitioy &, pro defectu exitùs de ſe, remanere
inde prefato Nicholao & heredibus ſuis. |
Dal bv. {Remanet.)
261. Carta Hugonis de Auvers, facta Hugoni de
Chaucomb & heredibus ſuis, de 5 virgatis terte in
Magna Dalby, de feodo Ricardi Baſſet, tenend' de
capitali domino per forinſecum ſervitium quantum
tante terre pertinet; unde 48 virgate terre faciunt fe-
odum unius militis, pro omni ſervitio. |
42. Carta Roberti de Chaucomb, facta priori &
canonicis de Chaucombe, de uno meſſuagio, cum tof-
to & erofto, nuper Letitie mulieris, juxta curiam pre-
dictorum canonicorum in Dalby, pro uno meſſuagio,
cum tofto & crofto, juxta gardinum dicti Roberti,
quod aliquando Turkill tenuit, & pro redditu annuo
25. quos idem Robertus eiſdem canonicis reddere ſoles
bat pro Michaele de Rethereſb', & de Swinesfeir ei-
dem Roberto & heredibus ſuis per dictos canonicos res
laxat'. , |
554. Finis inter Thomam priorem de Chancombe
petentem, & diftum Robertum de Chaucombe deforc',
de ꝙ bovatis terre, cum pertinentiis, in Dauby, con-
cefl* dicto priori & ſuccefloribus ſuis, in eſcambium
pro uni virgati terre in Morton, verſus ipſum prio-
rem & diftum Robertum recuperat* per Matildam de
Brochampton, Willielmum de Kinton, & alios, te-
nend” in liberam & perpetuam eleemofinatn, de eodem
Roberto & heredibus ſuis, per forinſecum ſervitium,
pro omni ſervitio, excepto eidem Roberto & heredi-
bus ſuis tofto pertinente ad illam bovatam quam Wil-
lielmus filius Emme tenuit de 9 bovatis predictis.
552. Finis inter Gilbertum de Segrave & Amabili-
am uxorem ejus querentes, & dictum Robertum impe-
dientem, de manerio de Dalby, cum pertinentiis, con-
ceſſ* eiſdem Gilberto & Amabilic, & heredibus ipfius
Amabilie, tenend' de wddem Roberto & heredibus ſu-
is in liberum maritagium ipfius Amabilie, ſi idem Ro-
bertus aliam heredem habuerint quam predictam Ama-
biliam & Milecentem uxorem Radulphi Baſſet ; ſin
autem, tenend' dictum manerium de eodem Roberto to-
ta vita ipſius Robert; remanere inde poſt deceſſum
dicti — Baſſet & Milicentie uxori ejus,
& heredibus ipſi ilieentie imperpetuum, inter alia.
206. Quieta clamario Juliane nuper uxoris Rober-
ti de Chaucomb, in viduitate ſua, facta dictis Radul-
pho Baſſet & Milicentie, de jure ſao, nomine dotis,
in villa de Magna Dalby.
231. Carta quicte clamationis Hugonis de Dytheſ-
worth, facta Gilberto de Segrave & heredibus ſuis,
de homagio Rogeri Beler, & ſervitio ejuſdem, ſci},
205, redditùs annuatim percipiend* de tenemento
quod de eodem Hugone tenuir in villa de Dalby, ad
feſta STi Jacobi & Sci Martini, cum releviis, eſcaeris,
gardinis, & aliis pertinentiis, inde ſibi pertinent'.
177. Carta quiete elamationis Hugonis filii Bene -
digi de Dytheſworth, facta Nicholao de Segrave &
heredibus fuis, de omni eo quod habuir, vel habere
potuit, in Dalby Chancomb, inter alia, tenend' liberè.
Corrs. {Remanet.)}
388. Carta Stephani de Bello Campo, facta Wil-
lielmo Sellar, de uni boyari terre in Cotes, cum com-
muni paſcui, tenend* ſibi & heredibus ſuis, de Jo-
hanne & heredibus ſuis, per ſervitium 188,
per annum, pro omni ſervitio.
378.) Carta Ydonee de Bello Campo; carta Matildis
249+ | de Bello Campo; carta 1 1 Arderng car»
190.| ta Alianis de Bello Campo, & carta Iſolde de
221. ; Bello Campo, & carta Ermelini de Bello Cam-
380. po, & carta regis Henrici duplicata, facte Ste-
7. \phano de Segrave, de tota rerra & tenementis
25. Jin Cotes, nuper Stephani de Bello Campo, te-
nend ſibi & heredibus ſuis, de rege & heredibus ſuis,
per homagium & ſervitium unius bache!i per annum,
ad Paſcha, pro omni ſervitio.
13. Carta 5
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A X
13. Carta regis Henrici, facta Hugoni de Burg?
comiti Linc', & Margerie uxori ejus, de homagio &
ſervitio Stephani de Segrave & heredum ſuorum, de
terra pred, ſcil', de dicto brachelo per annum.
382. Carta Willielmi filii Warini de Upton, facta
I de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de jure ſuo in
terra & villa de Cotes predict“ tenend? de rege per
ſervitium eidem terre pertinens.
385, Carta Bourge de Lemeſy, facta dicto Stepha-
no de Segrave, de tots terra ſua in Cotes predict',
tenendꝰ fibi & heredibus ſuis libere imperpetuum,
303. Carta Stephani filii dicte Burge, facta Gil-
berto de Segrave, de uni bovati terre, & uno tofto
cum crofto, in Cotes predict', tenend' ſibi & heredi-
bus ſuis de capitalibus dominis, per forinſecum fervi-
tium cum evenerit.
x2b APPENDIX To Taz HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE.
387. Carta Stephani filii Burge de Lemeſy, facta
Stephano de Segrave, de uni virgatà terre in Cotes
predict', tenend* fibi & heredibus-ſuis liberè.
369: Carta Ranulphi comitis Ceſtrie & Linc', fac-
ta Stephano de Segrave & heredibus ſuis, de relaxati-
one ſectarum quas ipſe & homines ſui de Cotes, inter
alia, facere debuerunt & ſolebant, ad wapentaca
dicti comitis de Rapendon & de Greſele, & quod pro
ſectis illis in nullo occaſionentur. .
392. Quieta clamatio Roberti de Shepeya, facta
Gilberto de Segrave, de jure ſuo in duabus bovatis
terre, & uno tofto, in Cotes predict', de feodo predic-
te Burge de Lymeſy.
46. Carta regis Edwardi, facta Nicholao de Segrave
& heredibus ſuis, de iber warenna babendi in omni-
bus dominicis terris ſuis in Cotes, inter alia.
—— a 4 * - -
KIRKBY
1. De prima fundatione & dotatione priorards Sancti
Petri de Kirkeby ſuper Wretheck . |
- Rogerus Beler de Kirkeby fundabat quandam do-
mum de uno cuſtode & duodecim capellanis, in capel-
14 S. Petri de Kirkby ſupra Wretheck; et dedit eis
quaſdam parcellas terre in Kirkeby predictà per divi-
ſas ibidem expreſſas, per unam cartam, in qui inſti-
tuit nifi unum capellanum & alium miniſtrum ; et per
ſecundam cartam addidit in incrementum advocatio-
nem ecclefie ejuſdem ville de Kirkby, & manerium
de Buckminſter, ad inveniendum enum cuſtodem &
duodecim capellanos in capella predictà, ur ſupra
mericionatur, divina imperpetuum celebraturos, pro
animai ſua, & animabus Alicie uxoris fue & Williemi
Beler patris ſui; et Amicie Beler matris ſue, & Ro-
eri Beler avi ſui, & Amicie uxoris ſue; Roberti de
Dalbi & Amicie uxoris ejus, Radulfi Beler de Ketel-
by, Thome Wake, Matildis de Houby, Johannis de
Houby, &c. Dat' apud Kirkeby ſuper Wretheck,
die Dominick proximi poſt feſtum S. Bartholomei
Apoſtoli anno regis Edwardi fili regis Edwardi de-
cimo tertio. Hiis teſtibus; fratre Wilhelma de
Brakeley, abbate de Croxton; dominis Johanne Ha-
milen, Symone de Bereford, Willielmo Brabazoun,
militibus; Radulfo Beler, Roberto Turney, Roberto
Paynel, Roberto Orge de Melton, Symone Hauberk,
Thoma de Arreby, Willielmo le Buttiler, Willielmo
de Sniterby, &c.
2. De fundatione & dotatione eceleſie collegiate,
five cantarie, de Kirkeby ſuper Wretheck ““.
Edwardus, Dei gratii, rex Anglie & Francie, &
dominus Hibernie, archiepiſcopis, &c. ſalutem. Sci-
atis quod cum Rogerus Beler defunctus, de licentia
domini Edwardi nuper regis Anglie, patris noſtri,
quandam cantariam de uno cuſtode perpetuo & duo-
decim capellanis, in capella Beati Petri juxta tune ma-
nerium ipſius Rogeri de Kirkeby ſuper Wrethck, ad
divini cultùs augmentum, & ad divina tam pro ipſo
patre noſtro & heredibus ſuis, quam pro predicto &
aliis, juxta ordinationem ipſius Rogeri inde factam ce-
lebrandis, de novo fundiflet; et tam idem Rogerus
quam alii cantariam illam tam in ſpiritualibus quam in
temporalibus dotari feciſſent, dictuſque pater noſter
ordinationem cantarie antedicte per loci dioceſanum
& alios quorum interfuit approbatam; necnon donati-
ones poſleſſionum & reddituum dictis cuſtodi & capel-
lanis faftas, per literas ſuas patentes confirmaverit; &
diverſas libertates & quietancias per diverfas cartas
ſuas eiſdem cuſtodi & capellanis conceſlerit imperpetu-
=D 10 APP END IX N- XIV.
B EL ERS.
um habendas, prout per literas & cartas illas, tenores
qui ſequuntur continentes, videlicet,
„% Edwardus, Dei gratia, rex Anglie, dominus Hi-
bernie, & dux Aquitanie, omnibus ad quos preſentes
litere pervenerint, ſalutem. Iuſpeximus literas paten-
tes dilecti nobis Rogeri Beler, de quibuſdam terris,
tenementis, & redditibus, cum pertinentiis, in Kirke-
by, & de manerio de Bokemynſtre, & advocatione ec-
clelie ejuſdem ville de Kirkeby, dilectis nobis in Chri-
ſto cuſtodi & capellanis capelle Sancti Petri de Kirke-
by ſuper Wrethck, divina in edem capella & in ec-
eleſià parochiali ejuſdem ville de Kirkeby, ſingulis di-
ebus, juxta ordinationem ipſius Rogeri inde factam
imperpetuum celebraturis, per ipſum Rogerum & car-
tas ſuas datis & conceſſis, necnon de ordinatione pre-
dictà, in hec verba:
** Sciant preſentes & futuri, quod cum ego Rogerus
Beler de Kirkeby dederim, conceſſerim, & ſcripto meo
confirmaverim Willielmo Spigurnell capellano, cuſ-
todi capelle Sancti Petri de Kirkeby ſuper Wretheck,
in comitatu Leiceſtrie, & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, quatuor
meſluagia, quatuor virgatas terre, quadraginta ſoli-
datas annui redditùs, & redditum octo quarteriorum
& dimid' mixtilionis, cum pertinentiis, in Kirke
annuatim percipiendum; habendum & tenendum dicto
cuſtodi & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, divina ſingulis diebus
pro anima mea, & animabus omnium aliorum in pre-
dicto ſcripto contentorum, imperpetuum celebraturis
in dictà capella Sancti Petri de Kirkeby ; ac etiam in-
veniendi unum alium capellanum, ſumptibus ſuis, in
eccleſia parochiali ejuſdem ville, eodem modo im-
erpetuum celebraturum, prout in dicto ſcripto pleni-
us continetur; videlicet, illud meſſuagium quod fuit
capitale gen Willielmi Touke, ſitum contra
dictam capellam beati Petri de Kirkeby ex parte oc-
cidentali; et illam virgatam terre quam dictus Willi-
elmus unà cum dito meſſuagio quondam tenuit de
magiſtro Hoſpitalis de Burton S. Lazariz et unum
meſſuagium quod pg N le Spicer de Grymmeſton
quondam tenuit in le Weſthorp, &c.; & unum meſſu-
agium quod Willielmus le Clerk de me tenuit ad ter-
minum vite ſue; et unam virgatam terre quam Roſerus
Above the Towne, nativus meus, quondam tenuit;
et duas virgatas terre quas tenui in dominico de ma-
giſtro Hoſpitalis de Burton S, Lazari, uva cum illa
virgata terre quam dictus nativus meus tenuit; et un-
decim ſolidatas annui redditùs, quem Walterus Fle-
me teneut in eadem villa, un cum fidelitate & ſervitio
dictorum Rogeri & Lecie & heredum ſuorum; et ſex
ſolidatas annui reddiùs, quem Robertus Houlet michi
debet annuatim pro uno meſſuagio, & uni virgatũ ter-
: Dugd Mon. Angl. vol. II. p. 334; ex regiſtro Johannis Dalderby epiſcopl Lincolnienſis, fol. 346,
* Dugd. ibid. vol. III. p. 49 ; ex Pat. 3 R. II. part. 2. m. 11, per inipex.
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virgat terre, que de me tener in villa de Kirkeby, und
cum ſervicio & fidelitate dicti Walteri & heredum
ſuorum; et ſex ſolidatas annui redditiis, quem Roge-
rus. de Calfton & Lecia uxor ejus michi debent annu-
atim pro uno meſſuagio, & und 'vireata terre, que de
me tenent in cà em villa, uua cum fidelitate & ſervitio
dictorum Rogeri & Leci- & heredum ſuorum; et ſex
ſolidatas annui redditùs, quem Robertus Houlet michi
re, que de me tenet in eadem villa; una cum fidelitate
& ſervicio dicti Robetti & heredum ſuorum; et ofto
ſolidatas annui redditùs, que Ricardus Harmer &
Emma uxor ejus, & Alicia ſorot dicte Enime, mihi
debent annuatim pro uno meſſuagio, & und virgata
terre, que de me tenent in eadem villa, uva cum
fidelitate & ſervicio dictorum Ricardi, Emme, & Ali-
cie, & heredum ſuorum; er quatuor ſolidatas annui
redditùs, quem Johannes Moryng mihi debet annua-
tim pro uno meſſuagio, & ſex acris terte, que de me
tenet in eadem villa, una cum fidelitate & ſervicio
dicti Johannis & heredum ſuorum; et duodecim dena-
rios annui redditùs, quem Kicarcus filius Willielmi
Cok mihi debet annuatim pro uno meſſuagio, & una
bovatũ terre, que de me tenet in eadem villa, unà cum
fidelitate & ſervitio dicti Ricardi & heredum ſuorum;
et quatuor ſolidatas annui redditùs, quem Rogerus
Coſyn mihi debet annuatim pro uno meſſuagio, &
una virgata terre, que de me renet in eadem villa, una
cum fidelitate & ſervicio dicti Rogeri & heredum ſuo-
rum; ſalvo michi & heredibus meis reſiduo reddituum
dictorum tenentium, fidelitatibus & ſectis curie eorun-
dem tantum; et redditum octo quarteriorum & dimid'
mixtihonis excuntem de omnibus molendinis meis
aquaticis & ventriticis, que habui, vel aliquo modo ha-
bere potui, in eadem villa; & de und carucata terre,
quam tenui in dominico de teodo magiſtri Hoſpitalis
de Burton S. Lazari, que in manu mea remanſit poſt
donationem iſtam factam, capiendo dictum bladum ad
dicta molendina, videlicet, ſingulis annis à feſto Sci
Michaelis Archangeli uſque ad Paſcha, qualiber ſep-
timana unum buſſellum mixtilionis, & reſiduum inter
feſtum Paſche & $5. Michaelis per equales portiones.
Et ſi predicta molendina ad dictam ſolutionem non
ſufficiant, conceſſi, pro me & heredibus meis, quod
dictum bladum capiatur de dictà carucata terre; et
quod dictus cuſtos & ſucceſſores ſui diſtringere poſſent
dicta molendina & carucatam terre, ad quorumcunque
manus de venerint, quouſque de predicto redditu plena-
ris fuerit eis ſatisfaftum. Et preterea conceſh, pro
me & heredibus meis, quod dictus cuſtos & ſueceſſo-
res ſui omnia blada ſua que pro ſua & libere familie
ſue ſuſtentatione fuerint molenda, ad dicta molendi-
na quietè de multura molent imperpetuum, in quo-
rumcunque manus difta molendina devenerint; quas
quidem donationes & conce ſſiones omnium terrarum,
tenemeutor um, bladi, & quiete multure predictorum ra-
rifico-per hreſentes, & pro me & heredibus meis im-
perpetuum confirmo.—Noverint omnes me dictum Ro-
gerum Beier, ad laudem Dei Omnipotentis, in augmen-
tum cults divini & fundationis memorate, & in hono-
rem beate Marie Virginis, & beati Petri A poſtolarum
principis, pro ſalute anime mee & Alicie uxoris mee,
necnon pro animabus Willielmi Beler patris mei, &
Avicie matris mee, & animabus heredum meorum, &
omnium aliorum in dia fundatigne contentorum, &
animabus omnium fidelium defunctorum, dedifle, con-
ceſſiſſe, & hãc preſenti carta mea confirmalie, Deo & be-
ate Marie Virgini, & beato Petro Apoſtolo, & capelle
beati betri predicte, & cultodi ejuſdem capelie, & capel-
lanis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, & imperpetuum ſervituris,
& eorum ſucceſſoribus, quinque meſſuagia, cum crof-
tis adjacentibus, in villa de Kirkeby ſuper Wretheck,
cum advecatione eccleſie parochialis beate Marie ejuſ-
dem ville, cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis; de quibus
quidem meſſuagiis unum mefſuagium, cum croſto ad-
jacente, quod vocatur Bromhull, jacet ex parte bore-
ali ejuſdem eccleſie & cimiterii eceleſie predifte,
& fuit aliquando capitale meſſuagium Johannis de
Houby in eidem vil; & aliud meſſuagium jacet ex
parte auſtrali dicte eccleſie & cimiterii predicti, &
extendit fe in longitudine a meſſuagio Roberti Beler
Vol. I. Arr END. AE |
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*
debet annuatim pro uno mefſuagio, & uni virgata ter-
KIR EBT BELE u. tt
myng michi debet anbualim pro und meſſuagio, & und
vſque ad dictum cimiterĩiùm, & in latitudine ab alto
vico uſque ad aquam que dicitur Wretheck, & vocatur
le Waſtnereſcrotr; que quidem meſſuagia, cum-c:oftis,
& advocatione eccleſie predicte; habui ex dono & fe-
offainento Rogeri Kemerheved; & unum meſſuagium
cum croſto jacet juxta meſſuagium ejuſdem cuſtodis,
quod aijquando fuit Willielmi Edelyn; & unum męſ-
ſuagium, cum crotto & duobus ſelionibus, qui fuere
Willielmi F oucher, jacent juxta tenementum Willi
elmi filii Ede ex parte auſtrali. Et preterea dedi,
conceſſi, & hac preſenti carta mea confirmayi, Deo &
beate Marie, beato Petro Apoſtolo, & capelle predic-
te, & cuſtodi ejuſdem capelle, & capellanis predictis,
& eorum ſucceſſotribus, manerinm de Bukemynſtre,
in comitatu Leyc', cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis;
babendum & tenendum dicta quinque mefluagia, cum
crotto adjacente, cum advocatione eecleſie de Kirke-
by predicte, cum omnibus ſuis pertinentiis; dictis
meſſuagio & advocationĩ qualitercunque pertinentibus;
ac manerium de Bukemynſtre predictum, cum om-
nibus dominiis & pertinentiis ſuis, ut in terris,
tenementis, molendinis, &c. tam in villa de Seu
ſterne quam Bukemynſtre, in hberam & perpetuam
eleemoſinam, ſub forma que ſequitur, imperpetuum.
Et ego dictus Rogetus & heredes mei omnia predicta
meſſuagia, &c. cum advocatione eccleſie predicte, ac
predictum manerium de Bukemynſtre, cum omnibus
juribus & pertinentiis ſuis, dicto cuſtodi & capellanis,
& corum ſucceſſoribus, ut predictum eſt, contra om-
nes gentes warantizabimus, & in omnibus defende-
mus imperpetuum. Et, ne ſuper forma & conditio-
nibus ipſam primam fundationem, ſeu etiam iſtam me-
am preſentem donationem contingentibus, aliqua ori-
atur dubitatio iu futurum, tam pro terris & tenementis
ejuidem capelle & cuſtodi in prima fundatione datis,
quam pro terris & tenementis dictis capelle & cuitodi
ac capellanis predictis per preſentes collatis; volo &
ordiao, quod forma, ordinationes, & conditiones, intra
ſcripte, perpetuis & futuris temporibus in hàc parte
in violabiſiter obſerventur; videlicet, quod cum in ipsa
prima fundatione, ut premittitur, contentum exiſtit,
quod cuſtos duntaxat &. unus capellanus ſtipendarius
in dictà capella Deo deſerviant, volo & ordino, quod,
in augmentum cultùs divini & fundationis memorate,
eidem cuſtos & duodecim alii capelani perpetui tint in
capelia memorata, & eidem laudabiliter, ut ſequitur,
deſervient in divinis; iidemque cuſtos & capeilani in
manſo juxta capellam predictam pro ipſo cuſtode &
aliis capellanis in did capellia perpetuo, ut premitti-
tur, celebraturis, per me ibidem conftruto & aſſig-
nato, moram faciant, & vitam communem ſimul ducent,
juxta ordinationem inferius annotatam. Verum, qura
dictus cuſtos & ſucceſſores ſui, qui etiamꝰ in ipsà pri-
wa fundatione, tam in ipſorum preſentatione, inſticutione,
& inductione, nomen Cuſtodis capelle beati Petri de Kir-
keby optinere dinoſcuntur, inter ceteros principaliores
perſone merito nominantur, hujuſmodi nomen imperpe-
tuum optineant. Et ubi in prima fundatione continetur,
quod dictus cuſtos & ſueceſſores ſui domino Lincolnienfi
epiſcopo per me & heredes meos inltituendi preſenten-
tur; volo & ordino quod de cetero decanus & capitulum
eccleſie cathedralis Lincolnie idoneam perſonam in ſa-
cerdotio conſtitutam, de capellanis in dictà capelia com-
mor antibus, fi habilis in e& inveniatur, ad hujuſmodi
cuſtodiam, quotie ſcunque & quandocunque ipſam cuſ-
todiam vacare contigerit, loci dioceſano preſenteut, pet
eundem dioceſanum fine diſſicultate qualibet admitten-
dam; et per eundem, niſi evidenter oſtendatur inha-
bilis vel indignus, ob Dei reverentiam & divini cults
augmentum, ſub nomine predicto, & in forma pre-
dictà, inſtituendam. Si vero ſimul & ſemel cuſtodem
& ſub- cuſtodem ejuſdem loci mori, vel aliàs eorum
officium vacare contingat, locum tenens ſub- cuſtodis
cuſtodiam ſpiritualium & temporalium habeat, &
compotum coram ceteris capellanis reddet in forms ſu-
perius annotata. Et nolo quod ego ſeu heredes mei,
aut-quivis alius, ſeĩſinam terrarum aur tenementorum,
reddituum, vel profectuum quorumcunque ad ſuſten-
tationem cuſtodie & caitariarum predictarum per me
collatarum, ſeu impoſterum conterendarum tempore
alicujus vacationis ipſius cuſtodie, qualitercunque ip-
ſam vacare contigerit, aliqualiter occupem vel occu-
pent,
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122. APPENDIX To rar HISTORY: or /LEICESTERSHIRB, 1» 8
pent, per ſe vel alios, nee de terris, tenementis,
ad vocationibus, redditibus, proficuis, ſeu rebus aut
bonis quibuſcunque, ad dictam capellam ſpectantibus,
aliqualiter fe intromittant, nec manus apponant quo-
vis queſito colore, nec etiam quicquid aliud exigant
heredes mei in capella & bonis ejuſdem, ſeu perſonis
miniſtrantibus in e, nifi orationes tantummodo ſpeci-
ales, & ea que per preſentem ordinationem meam eiſ-
dem ſpecialiter ſint aſſignata. Item cuſtos & ceteri
capellani bona immobilia dicte capelle, liberationes,
ſeu cortodia, obligationes, ſeu aliqua alia onera im-
perpetuum, vel ad non modicum tempus poſt mortem
meam, naWatenus vendant, ad firmam dent, vel aliter
alienent, niſi ex cauſis aliquibus arduis & neceſſariis,
epiſcops Lincoln qui pro tempore fuerit, ac ipſius ca-
pitulo Lincolu', primitds'exprimendis, & per eoſdem
approbandis ; ex quorum conſenſu expreſſo, & etiam
heredum meorum, premiſſa fiant, ſi immineant, facien-
da. Et pro premiſſis & confimilibus nomine dicte ca-
pelle faciendis, & aliis factis per petuis ejuſdem, volo
& ordino, quod dicti cuſtos & capellani unum habe -
aut commune ſigillum, cujus formam & impreſſionem
fieri feci, penes dictos cuſtodem & capellanos perpetuo
remanſutum. Et quia propter malam cuſtodiam ſi-
gillorum fraudes & malicie indies contingere dinoſ-
cuntur, volo et ordino, quod cuſtos hujuſmodi & ſin-
guli capellani memorati fingulas claves, decanus &
capitulum predicta unam clavem habeant, ita quod
ſub omnium cuſtodia remaneat ſigillum memoratum,
ſine quorum omnium & ſingulorum conſenſu nichil
omnino figillo predicto conſignetur: et fi aliqua obli-
gatio terrarum aut tenementorum, oneratio jurium,
reddituum, poſſeſſionum alienatio, imperpetuum, ad
terminum, vel ad vitam, per dictum cuſtodem, capella-
nos, vel eorum aliquem, ſub igillo alio, vel etiam ſub
eodem niſi de conſenſu per ſonarum predictarum &
cum ſolemnitate predidà, poſt mortem meam facte fue-
rint, ipſo jure ſunt nulle, nec aliqualem habeant effec-
tum. lu cujus rei reſtimonium huic preſenti ſcripto
conceſſionis & ordinationis mee ſigillum meum appo-
ſai, Dat' apud Kirkeby ſuper Wretheck, &c. [ut
ſupra; p. 129+]
3. Adhuc de fundatione ejuſdem *,
Anno mcccxxvi, quarto kal' Februari, occifus eſt
dominus Rozerus Beler in comitatu Leiceſtrie. Iſte
Rogerus fundavit cantariam ſecularium ſacerdotum?
apud Kyrkeby Beler, in comitatu Leyceſtrie; quam poſt
mulios annos uxor ejuſdem Rogeri, cum conceſſu Ro-
geri fili eorum, tranſtulit in uſus canonicorum regu-
ſarium, inſtituens ibidem primum priorem loci de ab-
bathia de Olveſtone.
Hic Rogerus occiſus eſt a quodam Euſtachio de
Folevile, ac fratribus ſuis, quibus prius minas ingeſ-
ſerat & injurias; interfectus erat a tribus fratribus
in quadam valle juxta Rereſby. 7
Hic oppreſſor tuir eccleſiarum & aliorum vicinorum
religioſorum, pro cupiditate poſſeſſionum, quas cupi-
erit ad donationem cantarie ſue ?.
Anno 1347 obiit Euſtachius de Folevile, qui Ro-
gerum Beler interfecit*,
4. Rex archiepiſcopis, &c. falutem. Sciatis, quod
per figem, quem dilectus nobis in Chriſto prior de Kir-
keby Monachorum fecit nobiſcum, coram concilio
noftro, conceſſimus eidem priori & conventui ejuſdem
loci, quòd ip6 & ſueceſſores ſui imperperuum habeant
viſum tranciplegii de hominibus & tenentibus ſuis de
Kirkeby ſuper Wreyk, in com' Leic', ac omnibus
que ad viſum illum pertinent; & quod habcant infan-
genthef, & animalia que dicuntur wayef, in omni-
bus terris & teaementis ſuis loci predicti; reddendo in-
de nobis & heredibus noſttis, ſingulis annis, ad ſcac-
carium noſtrum, Paſche, quinque marcas per manus
prefati prioris & ſucceſſorum ſuorum imperpetuum.
Quare volumus, &c. + Teſtibus; vencrabilibus fratri-
bus, R. Cantuar” archiepiſcopo, totius Anglie prima-
te; W. Coventr', W. Wigorn', & J. Karliol', epi-
ſcopis Henrico de Lacy. comte Lineoln'z Rogero
le Bigod, comite Norff & Mareſcallo Angli = |
frido de Bohun, comite Hetef & Eſſex g — le
ww ; 3 la Warde, ſeneſcallo boſpiti
noſtri, aliis. at manum noſtram
Weſtm', 209 die Octobrix z. | wards.
5. Jutatores dicunt, quod non eſt ad dampnum regis;
nec aliorum, fi tex conoedat Rogero Beler de Kulaby. |
quod ipſe quatuor mefſuagia; quatuor virgatas terre,
& 40 ſolidatas redditũs, cum pertinentiis, in Kirkrby,
in com” Leic', dare poſſet cuidam capellano, pro rhe 4
ria in Kirkeby; & qudd diftus Rogerus tenuit unum
meſſuagium, & 3 virgatas & 3 acras terre, de magiſtro
boſpitalis S. Lazari de Burton, per ſeifinam- 55. per
annum; & quod tenuit duo meſſuagia & 405. redditùs
de Johanne de Houby quietos, fine aliquo onere; &
quòd magiſter S. Lazari de Burton tener dictum meſ-
ſuagium & tres virgatas & 12 acras terte de Roberto
de Rampayne, de Kirkeby, in puram eleemoſinam“.
6. Omnibus Chriſti fidelibus hoe ſeriptum viſuris
vel audituris, Johannes de Moubray, miles, dominus
de intulà de Axholme, ſalutem in Domino. Noveri-
tis nos conceſſiſſe, & preſenti ſoripto noſtro coofirmat<
ſe, Rogero Beler, de Kirkeby ſuper Wretheck, quod
ipſe advocationem eccleſie ejuſdem ville dare poſſit &
concedere cuſtodi capelle Sancti Petri de Kirkebi, &
capellanis dicte capelle; habendum & ienendum dictam
advocationem, cum pertinentiis, dicto cultodi, & ca-
pellanis capelle predicte, & eorum ſucceſſoribus,
in liberam, puram, & perpetuam eleemoſinam im-
perpetuùum. Et preterea conceſlimus dicto cuſtodi &
capellanis, quod ipſi dictam advocationem, cum per-
tinentiis, recipere poſſint; habendum & tenendum fil
& ſucceſſoribus, ſecundum tormam & donationem cis
per diftum Rogerum inde factas, non obſtante ſtatuto
edito quod terre & tenementa ad manum mortuam non
deveniunt. In cujus rei teſtimonium, &c. Hiis teſti-
bus; domino Roberto de Holand, domino Radulpho
Baſſet de Drayton, domino Stephano de Segrave, do-
mino Johanne Hamelyn, domino Simone de Bereford
Radulpho Beler, & aliis. Datum apud villam noſtram
de Thrylk, in comitatu Eſſexie, die Dominica proxi-
ma poſt feſtum Sancti Jacobi Apoſtoli, anno regni re-
gis Edwardi filii regis Edwardi 1 3.7
7. Juratores dicunt, quod non eſt ad dampnum
rex concedat Rogero Beler, quod ipſe 30 — .
& quatuar acras prati, cum pertinentiis, in Kirkeby
luper Wrethek, dare poſſit cuidam capellano capelle
S. Petri de Kirkeby ſuper Wrethek, in eſcambium
pro duobus meſſuagiis, 30 acris terre, & quatuor
acris prati, in eadem villa; et quod tenentur de Jo-
hanne Deyvill per ſervicium unius flor” roſe pro
omni ſervitio*.
8. Juratores dicunt, quod non eſt ad dam
rex concedat Rogero Beler, quod ipſe —
gia, quinque virgatas terre, & ſex acras prati, cum
perunentiis, in Belgrave & T hurmaſton, dare poſſit
cuſtodi capellanorum capelle S. Petri de Wrethek
pro certis cantariis ibidem faciendum imperpetuum ;
et quod tenentur de Willielmo le Zouche per ſerviti-
um 6d. per annum, & de Willielmo de Ferrariis per
ſervicium militare. Et 40 libras terre & redditũs
cum pertinentiis, in Kirkeby; et quod tenentur- de
magiſtro hoſpitalis S. Lazari de Burton per ſerviti-
um 68. 8d. per annum. Et decem libras terre &
redditũs, cum pertinentiis, in Borough & Thorp juxta
Twy ford; et quod tenentur de Johanne de drones por
ſervicium unĩus paris calcariorum deauratorum. Et
decem libras terre, cum pertinentiis, in Eſtwell &
Geimeſton; et quòd tenentur de priore hoſpitalis Sci
Johannis Jeruſalem in Anglia per ſervitium 239.
9. In Dei nomine, amen. Cum inter dominum
Ivonem, rectorem ecclefie de Picwell, Lincolnie dio-
Dugd- Mon. Angl. vol. II. p. 346 ; ex H. Anglic. Script. antiq. edit. Lond. 1653. col. 2544. I. 54, _ |
% Rogerus Beler primus fundator. Nunc, quia nullus eſt ejus ſycceſfionis, epiſcopum Lincolnie accipiunt pro fundatore.“
Lel. Coll. yol. 8 P-. 68,
.} Dedfworth's MSS. in the Bodleian Lib
5 Cart. 33 Ed. I. p. 15; & Inq. ad quod dampn. de eodem anno.
„ vol, LXXXVIII, p. 19. a. * Ibid, p. 51.
Ad quod dampn. 9 Edw, II. N. 298, 18 mY
7 Madox, Formulare Anglicanum, Form. 558; from the Augmentation Office.
Ad quod dampn. 13 Edw, II. N* 168, Leic, * Ad quod dampn. 18 Edw. II. Ne 140. Leic,
ceſis,
FAN LANA HUD KIRK BN RRL ENR 13
ceſis, e pürte un, & dominum Johannemy cuſtodet
capelle Sancti Petri de Kyrkeby ſuper Wretheck, &
ejuſdem luci cape llanos, eccleſfiam de Stapel ford in
proprios uius optincutes, ex altera parte, ſuper deei-
mas novem ac tarum terre arabilis;- & g acrarum prati
futcabilis, in campo de Leuiſthorp, de quodam loco
qui vocatur Eriiſdole provenientibus, orta fuiſſet mas
teria contentionis: hujuſmodi contentio, communibus
amicis inter venientibus, de voluntate & conſenſu dic-
torum lvonis rectoris de Picwell & cuſtodis expreſſis,
conquievit in hunc modum, viz. quod dictus dominus
Ivo, rettor ecclene de Fiewell, toto tempore quo ec-
eleſiam predictam tetinete contigerit, hujuſmodi deci-
mas de predictis .9 acris terre & 9 acris prati plenè
percipiet & pacifice, Idemque dictus Jominus Ivo,
rector ecciche de Picwell (quamdiu vixerit, eccleſiam
predictam retinuerit, & dictas decimas perceperit)
predicto cuſtodi capelle predicte de Kyrkeby, cui ec-
cleſia de Stapelford, ut predictum eſt, appropriatur,
fol vet ſingulis annis, pro ipſis decimis, & nomine eo-
rundem, ad teftum Sancti Laurentii proximè futurùm
compoſitionem hujuſmodi factam, tres ſolidos & ſex
deuatios apud Stapelford, fine aliqui contradictione
ſeu ulteriori dilatione. Ad hee volunt & concedant
dicti rector & cuſtos, quod per iſtam compoſitionem,
ipſis cedentibus, vel altero eorum cedente vel deceden-
to, dictis ecclefiis vel ſuis ſueceſſoribus nullum omni-
no fuit prejudicium circa jus & poſſeſſionem earundem
decimarum. Et ad iſtam conventionem temporibus
ſuis hdelitatem obſervandam, impletam, firmam, per-
notatam, utraque pars corporale perſtitit juramentum.
In cujus rei teitimonium, huic ſeripto indentato pre-
dieti rector eccleſie de Picwell & cuſtos ſigilla ſua ap-
poiuerunt. Datum apud Kyrkeby ſuper Wretheck,
die Dominica in feſto Bartholomei Apoſtoli, 1337
10. Juratores dicunt, quod non eſt ad dampnum
dowini regis, nec aliorum, licèt dominus rex concedat
Radulpho de Crumwell & aliis, quod ipſi advocatio-
nem eccleſie de Garthorp, in com' Leic', dare poſſint
priori de Kirkeby ſuper Wtetheck. Et dicunt, quod
advocatio predicta tenerur de Andrei Lutrell chevalier
per fidelitatem, ſine aliquo alio ſervicio faciendo. Et
remanebit, ultra donationem predictam, &c. maneri-
um de Erdeburgh cum pertinentiis; ſed de quo vel
de quibus tenetur ignoratur “.
11. Juratores dicunt, quod non eſt ad dampnum, fi
rex concedat R:dulpho de Crumbwell & aliis, quod
ip 15 meſſuagia, 10 tofta, 12 virgatas, 24 acras
terre, 30 prati, & 12 ſolidos redditts, cum pertinen-
tis, in Kirkeby ſuper Wretheck, Leiceſter, Stapul-
ford, Wymondham, Leveſthorp, Bukminſter, Seweſ⸗
rern, Erdeburgh, & Abketilby, dare poſſint priori de
Kirkeby ſuper Wretheck. Et duo meſſuagia, & una
virgata terre, cum pertinentiis, in predicta villa Kir-
keby tenentur immediatè de magiſtro de Burton 8.
Lazari per ſervicium 38. 443.
12. Rex omnibus ad quos, &c. Conceſſimus &
licentiam dedimus, pro nobis & heredibus noſtris,
quantum in nobis eſt, Radulpho de Crumbwell, mili-
ti, & Ricardo de Quthorpe, capellano, quod ipfi ad-
vocationem eccleſie de Garthorpe, cum pertinentiis,
in comitatu Leiceſtrie, dare poſſint & aſſignare priori
& conventui de Kirkeby ſuper Wrethek; habend' eiſ-
dem priori & ccaventui & ſucceſſoribus, in auxilium
ſuſtentationis ſue predicte imperpetuum. Teſte rege,
apud Nottingham, 14 die Septembris “.
13. Penſiones & portiones, cum vedd', in com Leyc',
pertin' priori de Kyrkeby Monachorum“.
Duodecim jur' dicunt ſuper facramentum ſuum, quod
ior de Kirkeby Monachorum habet apud Sharne-
lord. de penſione eccleſie ibidem, per annum 4 marc,
& de jr? tedd' unius cotagii ibidem. per annum 28. 3d.
& de ceteto quad porcionem 10 acr” in Ulithorp 44.
t de porcione de terris dominicis dominĩ de Mowbray
in Melton, fimul cum decimis moleadini, & omnium
aliarum degimarumyibidem, per annum in groſſo 44h».
ut patet per quandam compolitionem inter ipſum &
priorem de Lewes inde factam, & de redd* ibidem
13. 4d. Et de redd' in Kyrkeby/Beler, ſolot“ per
Rogerum Beler: miticem;: 8 marc* & dim*. Summa
171. 48. 345”,
14. Juratoresdicuntzquodnon eſt «)dampnumregis;
nee alterius cujuſvis, fi dominus rex concedat Thome
Aſheby de Quenby, Fulconi B. onage, & johanni Friſ-
be de Kirkby ſuper Wretheck: juniori, quòd ipſi tria
tofta, eentum & ſexdecim acra terre, & decem acras:
prati, cum pertinentiis, in Aſhfordby, in com' Leic';'
et Thome Derby & Ricardo Fleming, quòd ipſi ad vo-
cationem eccleſie de Twitord, in con” predicto, dare
poſſint priori de Kirkeby ſuper Wretheck. Et quöd
predicta meſſuagia, tofta, terre, & prata, tenentur de
Philippo epiſcopo Lincolnie; per fidelitatem, & ſervi-
cium 208. per annum“.
15. Ex regiſtro abbatie Sancte Marie de Pratis.
Feclefie de Kyrkby patroni P. de Waſteney &
Johes de Day vill per matriculum epiſcopi. Perſona
Willielmus de Pratis, inſtitutus per H. nunc epiſcopum,
ad preſentationem Johannis. Et modo debet Petrus
preſentare.
Parcelle terrarum ibidem, per certos donatores,
ſicut patet per cartas ſcquentes.
Habemus ibi, ex dono Warneri de Thorp, unam
carucatam terre, reddend' ſibi & heredibus ſais 135.
4d. per ann', ut in prima carta; & confirmationem
Warneri filii Warneri de eadem carucat terre; & qui-
etam clamationem ejuſdem Warneri de predictis 138.
4d. ut in ſecunda carta. 5
Habemus ibi, ex dono Hugonis de Rampanit,
unam caracatam terre, & unum toftum, &c. ut in
carta quinta.
Habemus ibi, ex dono Alicie filie Johannis Coc de
Kyrkby, unam virgatam terre, 7 acras terre, 3 furlon-
gas & dimid' prati, & 2 rod', eum 2 toftis, uno tofto,
& uno gardino, &c. ut in carta ſexta.
Habemus ibidem, ex dono Barnardi filii Nigelli,
2 acras & quartam partem 1 rode, &c. ut in carta 8.
. Habemus ibidem, ex dono Roberti de Thurmaſton,
3 acras, ut in cartâ nona.
Habemus ibi, ex dono Turb' de Roteby, unum tof-
tum, 2 acras terre, ut in cartà decima. 50
Habemus ibi, ex dono Roberti de Thurmaſton, 2
acrus terre; rod” & dĩmid', ut in cartã undecimi.
Mem', quod abbas & conventus Leyc' conceſſerint
& confirmaverint Rogero Beler de Kyrkby, quod bene
liceat ei dare, vendere, & aſſignare cuidam capellano-
& duobus capellanis unum toftum, 7 acras, & 3 fur-
longas terre, & dim' acram & dim' rodam prati,
reddend” annuatim 35. & pro alio tofto 6d. ut in carta
quarta-decima. |
Mem”, quod abbas & conventus Leyc* conceſſerint
& confirmayerint Radulpho filio Rogeri mercatoris, &c.
2 virgatas terre in Kyrkby, cum medietare tofti & crof-
ti, &c. reddend” annuatim eis 205. ut in prima carts.
& ſecundã inter feoffamenta,
Mem”, quod abbas & conventus Leyc' conceſſerint
& confirmayerint Henrico filio Wilberti Wyſeman,
pro homagio & ſervicio ſuo, 2 acras terre, cum perti-
nentiis ſuis, &c. ut in tertia cart4 inter feoffamenta,
Mem” quod abbas & conventus Leyc' concefferint &
per cartam ſuam confirmaverint Alexandro filio Willi-
elmi capellani de Kyrkby unum toftum cum 3 acris
terre, reddend' eis annuatim 25. &c. ut in quarta carta.
| _ Tenemes Liberi.
Dominus ville tenet ibi ficut hic poſtea patet, &
reddit 75. 2 d. ob.
Prior de Kyrkby tenet unum cotagium ex o to
mefluagii Radulphi Leyk, nuper Rogeri e, &
redd' 108. |
Wulielmus Bernard tenet 1 cotagium juxta predic-
tum cotagium predicti prioris, & redd* od.
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Ad quod'dampn. 49 Edw. III. pars 2. N 38, Leic. * Eiſch, 16 Ric. II. pars 2. N* 119. Leic.
+ Pat. 16 Ric, II. pars 1.m.8, 5 20 R. II. ex Harl. MSS. 6466, p. 44 * Inq, ad quod dampn, 13 Hen, IV. p. 15,
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Retitale de Kyrkby Beler, renovatuin, Ne. anno.
05 regni regis Hentici Sext 66.
De Radulpho Leyk, pro 1 we ſſuagio & 1 rirgati
terre, quondam Radulphi de Friſby,poltea Rogeri Stot-
ton, 105. e
De eodem Radulpho, pro 1 mefſuagio quondam W.
Wyſeman, poſtea 1 Stotton, 28. |
e eodem Radulpho, pro 1 virgai terre quondam
Johannis Stotron, .i2d. | |
De eodem, pro dim” acra ad Pykeſhers, juxta terram
quondam Walteri Coſyn in Weſtfeld, & pro 2 rod” &
dim' Attemhyll juxta terram Radulphi de Borugh in
M dulfeld; & pro 1 rod' & quartà parte 1 rod' over
T borp-gate, juxta terram domini Beler in Eſtteld; &
iſta terra quondam fuit Radulphi de Stotton, &
. redd* 2d.
De eodem Radulpho, pro 2 rodis & quarta parte 1
rode, quondam Elias Schakelok ; ſcil', pro 3 partibus 1
rode ſuper Cnedwelle juxta terram Walteri Coſyn in
Weſtfeld; & dim' rod' ſuper Stonyhyllz & 1 rode At-
tehulles in y* gate juxta terram Radulphi de Borugh in
Mydvilfelde, redd' 1d. |
De domina Beler, pro quarri parte unius tofri quon-
dam Radutphi de Friſby, poſtea W. de Kyrkby, 3d.
De cadem, pro 3 partibus ejuſdem tofti, quas cuſ-
tos capelle tener prout cuſtos, gd. |
De eadem, pro 20 acris predicte terre de 1 virgata
quondam dicti Radulphi, 25 64. ob. q-.
De eadem, pro 3 rodis & dim' prati de prediQa vir-
gata, bd.
De eadem, pro 1 acra & 1 roda terre de 1 virgata
quam W. Wiſeman tenvit, 1d. ob. q*.
De cadem, pro 7 acris terre quas Henricus W'iſe-
man tenuit, 38. Summa, 75. 2d. ob.
De eũdem, pro dim* acra quondam Johannis Kee-
gur; inde 1 rod” ſuper Sonlondys juxta terram Ro-
geri de Stotton, & 1 rodam ſuper Harewyk juxta ter-
ram ejuſdem Rogeri, ob. q*.,
De calem, pro 6 rodis & 2 partibus 1 rode; inde
1 rod” & dim” jacent ſuper Anchetirode juxta terram
Radulphi de Borugh in campo occidentali, & 7 partes
1 rod* ito Monwele juxta terram Walteri Coſyn; &
1 rod” ad moledinum ventriticum juxta terrain Roger
de Stotton, & 1 rod' & dim' in Eſtfeld ſuper Rache-
pold juxta terram domine le Belere, & dim* acram
ſuper Harebergh- juxta terram Rogeri de Stot-
ton, 4d.
De cadem, pro 1 rod' quondam Ricardi Pyne; &
jacet ſuper Holbeklond juxta terram Waltcri Coſyn in
Weſtteld, ob. |
De eidem, pro 3 rodis quondam Jobannis Baſle ;
inde 1 rod* & dim” jacent fuper Berneſwong, juxta
terram Rogeri de Stotton in Arpenfeld; & 1 rod' &
dim* ſuper Arpenfeldlong, juxta terram ejuſdem Ro-
geri. 14. ob. 1 | |
De edlem, pro 1 rod” & 3 partibus 1 rod' quondam
Nicholai Ratenold; inde 3 partes 1 rod” jacent ſuper
Aldechfeld juxta Robertum de Melton in Arpenfeld;
& dim” rod? ſuper toftos ejuſdem Rogeri; & dim” rod”
ſuper Fatbernland; ob. q“.
De eidem, pro 1 acra & dim* & quarti parte 1
rod quondam Hugonis Rauenold; inde 1 rod” jacet
ſuper Herdwyk juxta Radulphum de Borugh in
Mydulfeld; & 1 rod' ſuper Sandelondys juxta eun-
dem Radulphum; & dim” acram ſuper Thymdele jux-
ta eundem Radulphum; & 1 rodam & dim' acram
into Ryggeſyke juxta dominam Beler in Welt-
feld; & 3 partes 1 rod' ſuper Ryggelyk juxta
Radulphum Stotton; 24. q'. |
De eadem, pro 3 rod' & 3 partibus x rod” quon-
dam W. Wyſemanz inde1 ferera continet dim” acram, &
jacet ſuper Godeleyhes juxta Rogerum Stotton in Mi-
dulfelde; & +4 partes 1 rod” jacent in ferera ſuper
Bangoſtdyke juxta Radulphum de Borugh in Eſtfeld,
& 1 rod' Attehorſhow juxta Rogerum Stotton; 16.
5. q*. |
| De cuſtode capelle, pro 3 rodis prati de terris Ro-
geri Friſby, 6d. i ;
De eodem, pro 1 acra & 3 rodis & 3 partibus 1
rod' terre, 3d: ob. |
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De eodem. pro 1 rod* prati quondam Willicimd +
\Fowcher, 1 d. Gb. q-. 13 nd
* De W. Barnard, pro acris 1 rod' quondam Phi-
i
ppi Baſe; iude i rod? jacet tuper-ad; Dopedale-juxta
W. Coſyn in Weſtfeld ; & dim*-rod'-tuper Stokkyine-
wong juxta Radulphum de Boruph in Mydultcld; &
1 rod' & quinta pars 1 rod* extra Pypeſdal juxta Ro-
gerum de Storrony & 1 rod & quarta pars 1 rod' ex-
tra Monholm juxta Rogerum Stetton; & 4. rod? at
Schortbreychen juxta eundem Rogerum; & 1 rod” &
dim” ſuper Hyndeſdale juxta eundem Rogerum; & x
rodꝰ ſuper Batepol juxta eundem Rogerum; & 1 rod*
3 ſuper Smalthornes juxta Walterum Colyn;
34. “. 2 | |
De eodem W. pro 2 rod':& dim' quondam Walteri
Bernard; inde 1 rod“ & dim” jacent ſuper Newe-
doles juxta Walterum Coiyn in Weſtfeld; & dim' rod'
extra Mannehol:m-juxta Rogerum Stotton in My dul-
feld; & dim rod” ſuper Sy mythytacre juxta Rogerum
de Stotton in Eſtteld; 1d.
Ve eodem, pro 3 rodis quondam Agnetis Keng; in-
de 1 rod' & 3 partes 1 rod? jacent ſub Hatongate
joxra Walrerum Coſyn in Mydulfeld; & 1 rod &&
quarta pars 1 rod” extra H'itline juxta Rogerum Stot-
ton in Eftfeld, 1d.
De eodem, pro 2 acris quondam Walteri Barnard;
inde 1 rodꝰ & dimꝰ jacet ſuper Newdoles juxta Rogerum
Stotton in Eſtteld; & 1 rod' & dim” ſuper Berneſwong
juxta eundem Rogerum in Mydetfeldz & f rod* & dint”
ſuper Longchyndeſdale juxta dominam Belerz &
dim” acram ſuper Flyntedene; & 1 rod” & dim' Brey-
chow juxta eundem Rogerum, 24 ob,
De Rogero Colſton, pro 1 acra & dim' & quarti
parte 1 rod* quondam Alicie Colyn ; inde 1 rod* &
dim” jacent ſuper Toukwong juxta Rogerum Stotton,
& 1 rod” juxta Fryſobymer extra Toikwongz & 3
partes 1 rod' ad Queneby mylnes; & 1 rod' at Aſh-
bygate in Mydulfeld; & dim” acra fuper Ihymdole
juxia Hugonem Raueuole; 24. ob.
De eodem Rogero, pro 3 rodis quondam Ricardi
Colyn; inde 1 rod* & dim' jacent in Mydelfurlong
juxta Rogerum Stottonz & f rod* & dim' in T heto-
nage juxta eundem Rogerum; 1d.
De codem, pro 1 rod' & dim' p rati, quondam Ri-
cardi Coſyn, in Weſtmedowe, juxta pratum Radulphi
de Borugh, 2d. ob. q*. .
De Ada Houby, pro 2 rod' & dim' terre quondam
Alicie Colyn, uxoris Ricardi Coſyn; inde una roda
Jacet ſuper Medowyate juxta dominam Beler in
Weſtſeld; & 3 partes 1 rod” ad Qu-nebearylnes; &
3 partes 1 rod' ad Ketilſtipene juxia unam meram in
Mydelfeld, 1d.
De codem, pro 3 partibus 1 rod' prati quondam
Rogeri Coſyn in Weſtmedwe juxta pratum Radulphi
Borugh, 14. ob. |
De eodem, pro 2 rodis & dim' quondam Alicie ux-
oris Rogeri Coſyn inde jacent' ur ſupra, 1d
De eodem, pro 1 rod' & quaria parte 1 rod' quon-
dam Matilde de Houby, que __ ſuper Tatteſhou
juxta Willielmum Coiyn in Eſtfeld, ob.
De codem, pro 2 rodis & dim' quondam Johannis
Coſyn, 24. |
De Johanne Borugh, pro t acra, 2 rodis & dim',
quondam W. Borugh; inde 1 rod” jacent' ſuper Schort-
landes juxta Rog* Stotton in Weſtſeld; & 1 rod' ſu-
per Ruiſschbuſhes juxta eundem Rogerum; & 1 rod”
& dim' Atte Hulles in /1 othegate juxta Walt' Coſyn
in Mydulfeld; & 1 rod' ſuper le Ihyme jaxta Roge-
rum Stotton; & 2 acras ſuper Flyntdene juxta Walt?
Coſyn, 2d ob.
De Johanne Borugh capellano, pro 3 partibus 1
rod* quondam Mariotis de Borugh, & jacent' ſu-
per Howethull, juxta dominam Beler, ob.
De W. Benet, pro dim' rod” atte Wade juxta Rad”
de Borugh in Mydulteld, q*,
De W. Palmer, pro 2 acris & 1 rod' quondam Ro-
ger Rempthed; inde 1 rod' & dim' jacent” ſuper
wland juxta Rog' Stotton in Weſtfeld; & 1 rod' in
Lytelcroft juxta Rad' de Borugh; & dim' rod? ſuper
Asfordwong juxta Walt' Coſyn; & dim' rod” ſuper
Ruyſshebuihes juxta Rog' Stotton; & 1 acram ſuper
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le Wald, jurta Nad' de Borugh; & r tod & db ſuper!
Bellebow junta dominam Beler, ea.
De Margareid Flemyng; pro 2 rodis quondam R.
gs inde 1 rod & din*-jacent” ſuper Saridlondes
juxra B. Stotton: & dim? rod“ at Brancrofidyke'
juxta eundem R. ob. q*. 1 a | : 1 ,
De * Barnard, w_ tribus partibus 1 rod“
quondam Hugonis Aungebyr, & jacent' at Aſsh
— juxta dominam Beler in Ardelfeld, 20. *
De Johanne Vale, pro 2 rodis & quartũ parte 1 rod”
am Johannis de Oleby, & jacent', ſoil', dim' rod
per Walt“ Coſyn juxta B. Stotton in Weſtfeld, & x
- rod” & 3 partes 1 rod ſuper Haylyſhou juxta eundem
W. in EAfeld, 1d. ob. q*. ein n
De Rogero Boſſe, pro 5 rod” quondam Johannis
Boſſe; inde dim act jacet ſuper Long Weris acr
juxta R. Stotton in Weſtfeld ; & 1 rod” & dim' ſuper
Reyduelle juxta eundem Rogerum in Mydelfeld; & 1
yo & 24 ſuper Stokfyrlong juxta eundem R. in Eſt-
. De Radulpho Mariot, pro 1 rod“ & dim'; & jacent
ſuꝑ Houmanholm juxta Rad' Borugh in Mydulfeld, ob:
De Hugone Jobnſon, pro 3 rod', 18. ob.
De Rogero de Bradmere, pro 1 fereri ſuper End-
e, ob. | |
T9 inquiratur de 1 Tod” prati.in Weſtmedwe in
Redyng, quondam Radulphi de Borugh, & jacent' in-
ter pratum ſuum ex utraque parte, 2 d. op.
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quondam predicti Radulphi, & jacentꝰ juxta pratum
ejuſdem Noberti.
/ Trent, de rrod' prati quondam W. Foucher, 14. ob. .
Omnes tenentes noſtri ibidem debent venire ad
viſum noſtrum de Thurmaſton. an eee AR
16. Roberto, Dei gratil, Lincoln“ epiſcops, &
omnibus ſane eccleſie filiis preſentibus & futuris,
Hamo Beler ſalutem. Notum fit vobis omnibus, me
dediſſe & conceffifſe, Deo & Sancte Marie & abbatie
de Welleford, libetè & quiets, pro mei & meorum
ſalute, unam bovatam terre in irkeby, juxta mal-
tum, ſeil de terra quam teneo de Hugone de Rampa-
nd. Hane predictam terram preſenti carta confirmo,
ut eam teneant imperpetuum abſolutam ab omni ſer-
vicio feculari, tam ad me quam ad heredes meos
tinenti. Teſtibus; Roberto B'ny, N. de Crevequer,
Rob' Beler, Angoth' clerico?, I
17. Univerſis S. matris eecleſie filiis ad quos pre-
ſens ſcriptum pervenerit, Turbertus de Rerhorby falu-
tem. Noverit, (&c.) me, affenſu-& boni voluntate
Alicie uxoris mee, & heredum meorum, dediſſe fra-
ribus leproſis de Jeruſalem, & eorum fratribus ſanis in
Anglia commorantibus, unum croftum in villa de Kir-
keby, quod buttat ſuper virgultum meum (&c.)
Hiis teſtibus; Radulfo Beler, Willielmo de Perer,
Hugone filio ejus, &c .
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APP EN DLX, N- XV. ME LT O N O WBR AY. ;
1. Gratias agimus Omnipotenti Deo, qui nobis de
rranſitoriis eterna, de temporalibus perpetua mercari
conceffit, quod ego perpendens, Gosfredus de Wirchia
nomine, ex his que ſervitio ab optimo rege Anglorum
Willielmo emerui, pro ipſius domini mei regis pace ac
ſalute, atque anime ipſius remedio, necnon & pro
i, & anteceſſorum meorum, uxoriſque mee Alueve
orumve ptedeceſſorum ſalute, concedo Deo Sanc-
toque Nicholao iu Endecavenſi ccnobio hec; ſeilicet,
villam que dicitur Copſtona, eum omnibus ad ipſam
pertinentibus; eccleſiam quoque quam diruptam re-
edificavi, & iu honorem beate Marie ſanctique Dyoni-
fii dedicari feci, eum ornamento ipſius eccleſie, &
preſbitero, nomine Frano, & omnibus ſuis; res quo-
que omnes alterius preſbiteri, nomine Oſgot, quas de
me tenet, & quas habebit ad obitum ilſius ſive deceſ-
ſam, eidem eccleſie Sancti Nicholai & monachis ejus
concedo. Dono etiam eis de quinque villis meis, id
eſt, Wapenberid, Neobaldo, Lellevort, Crec, &
Melton, duas partes decimarum annone & beſtia-
rum, decitmam lane & caſeorum: et in villà que dici-
tur Hantona tertiam partem decime de annona ; lane &
caſeorum decimam totam; decimam: paſnagii totam;
quinque molendinorum in his ſupradictis villis deci-
mam totam; in Meltona- mercati & thelonei decimam
totam; in inſuli que dicitur Axholme tertiam partem
decime de annonũ; lane & caſeorum decimam totam;
decimam paſnagii totam: decimam piſcium totam;
paſtionem ad porcos eorum do eis fine paſnagio quie-
te in omnibus filvis meis. Dodo etiam, ad cuſtodiendas
decimas ſupradictas in iſtis quinque villis, ſcilicet,
Neobaldo; Crec, Antona, Meltona, Axholme, unum
minem Sancto Nicholao in unaquãque iſtarum vil-
rum, cum omnibus coſdumis corundem hominum,
ſicut habeo — teneo a rege — — — —
34 tetram frumento ferendo aptam, fc: viginti
— Hee omnia dono & concedo Deo & Sancto
Nicholao, & monachis. ejus, ita quieta & ſoluta de
mei parte ab omni coſdumà & querelà, in eleemoſini.
Eleemoſinas quas mei homines facient de ſuis decimis,
atque leſſas de ſuis ſubſtantiis, Deo & Sando Nicho-
lao coneedo. Data ſunt iſta in kalend' Juli, ipſo
die dedicationis predicte eccleſie, preſente epiſcopo
Petro, Iſti ſunt teſtes: Ivo filius Hugonis de Gren-
tiſmaĩiſnilo, Ivo miles ejus, Hugo de Goidvills; Re-
bertus Burdet. De hominibus ipſius Gosfredi, Alſre-
dus, Ranulphus, Albericus, Walterius, Buteriut,
Robertus, Reginaldus de Campanid, Walterius de
Pallentyna, Rogerins, - Hermenſredus de Warwic,
Hamo'abbas Sancti Nicholaiz et de monachis ejus,
Gosfredus, Radulphus, Stephanus, Mauricius; Ro-
rius, Hermanus. De Sancto Ebrulfo, Hugo clericus
e Sapꝰ; & alii plurimi. Acta ſunt heo in villa que
dieitur Kirkebiria, anno Dominice lucarnationis
MLXXVII, regni autem W.ilſielmi nobilifimiregis x15,
SIS ins Ja AA 910 3 2 : \
2. Univerſis ſancte matris eccleſie filiis, tam preſen ·
tibus quam. futuris, W. dictus abbas de Stanleid, &
W. & J. de Kenillewrth & de Coventriũ priores, ſa-
lutem in vero ſalutari. Noverit uniserſitas veſtra
quòd cauſa que vertebatur inter priorem & monachos
de Kirkeby ex una parte, & fratres Sancti Lazari de
Burton ex ali parte, ſuper decimas duorum molen-
dinorum. de Melronf, nobis a ſummo pontifice de-
legata, amicabili compoſitione hunc finem ſortita eſt;
viz. quod dicti fratres Sancti Lazari, ad feſtum Sancti
Laurentii, dimidiam marcam argenti predictis priori &
monachis de Kirkebia imperpetuum abſque contradic-
tione perſolvent. Hane autem compolitionem firmi-
ter imperpetuum tenendam pars ytraque in preſentia
noſtra, inſpectis ſacroſanctis, juravit; et ne ea que
auctoritate Apoſtolic," ratione previs, ſtatuuntur, in
recidive contentionis ſerupulum relabuntur, auttorita-
te domini pape qua .fungimur,' hane compoſitionem
ſigillorum ngſtrorum appoſitione dignum -confirmare
duximus, cum ſigillis utriuſque partis: - Hiis teſtibusz
Alardo decano de Wichebroc, magiſtro Rober-
to de Kintona, magiſtto Ricardo de Limeſi, ma“
giſtro Johanne de Winewich, Radulfo Beler, Ste-
e ee Guidone perſonà de Melton, &
akero filio/cjus; cum quinque alis.
7
; ; ritto.
. indentura tripartita, facta inter fratrem Jo-
hannem priorem de Lewes & ejuſdem loci conventum,
eccleſiau qe Melton Mowbray in proprios uſus poſſi-
dentes, & ftatrem Gulllelmum priorem de Kyrkeby
Monachotum &. ezuſdem loci conventum, quaudam
portionem decimarum infra eandem parochiam nuper
aun! in "ov4 ea F Nan e nt een
1600
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Robert de Cheſney, biſhop of Leiceſter, 1147-—1160,
o ſeals, appendant to chit deed, are engraved under Melton Mowbrav, plate XLV. fig. Ty 1.
+ Ex regiſtro de Burton Lazars, in Bibl. Cotton. fol, 113,
* Ibid.
* Stephanus de no reddit vompotum de ex xu marcis ad auziljim werre regis Ricardi; Mag- Rot, Hen, III. As Ste-
phanus de Segrave re
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obticentes, & magiſtrum & fratres hoſpitalis de Bur-
ton Sci Lazari quedam molendina in villa. de Melton
untedictà habentes, teſtatur; Ut cùm contemio quon-
dam mota fuiſſet, inter predeceſſores dictorum prioris
F- | de Kyrkeby, & magiltrum, ſuper, decimis .molendino-
= | rum iplius magiſtn in Melton. Mowbray antedi&a,
_ 2 e fuerunt parcella portionis ſupradicte ; & poſtmo-
: —— eſt, ita quo dictus tune magiſter &
ſacceſſores ſul magiſtri hofpitalis predicti folverent di-
ro derimis molendino—
8 midiam maream fngulis annis, 0
+ rum illorum, pfefatb tunc priofi de'Kyrkeby & ſuccef-
1 | - foribus ſus imperpetuum ſubſequentibus : pro eo quod
1 N frater Mautieius nuper prior de Kyrkeby & ejuſdem
* | loci conventiis totam portionem prediftam, tam molen -
= dinorum ptedictorum quim aliarum decimarum qua-
| 1 | rumcumque, dicto priori & conventui de Lewes, pro
fex' mateis annuis eidem priori de Kyrkeby & fucceſ-
ſoribus ſuis per prefatum priorem de Lewes & ſucceſ-
ſores ſuos ſolvendas imperpetuum conceſſerant finali-
ter: Jam concordatum eſt, intet omnes partes ſupra-
dictas, quod dictus magiſter & fratres & ſueceſſores
a ſui ſolvant ipſam dimidiam marcam annuatim, pro
VA decimis molendinorum predictorum, prefato priori de
Lewes & ſucceſſor ibus ſuis, ad feſtum Sci Laurentii
imperpetuum, & quod exonerentur de dictà dimidia
mare annual, pro predictis deeimis 'ſupragdictorum
molendinorum, erga dictum pticrem' de Kyrkeby &
ſucceſſores ſuos imperpetuum. Et ſi contingat pre-
dictam dimidiam marcam ultra aliquem terminum quo
ſol vi debeat à retro exiſtere non ſolutam, tune volunt
& concedunt dicti magiſter & fratres hoſpitalis de
Burton Sci Lazari predidti, quod bene Jiceat dictis
= riori & conventui de Lewes & ſucceſſoribus ſuis, vel
fais aſſignatis, in dictis molendinis diſtringere, diftric-
tioneſque captas retinere quouſque de dict dimidia
marca cum arregariis eis plenariè fuerit ſatisfactum.
—— ——̃— on er——_ __ —_—— -
—
FI
2D
conventus de Kyrkeby ſigillum ſuum commune, &
magiſter & frattes ſigillum ſuum commune; & parti
vero penes dictum priorem de Kyrkeby remanenti dicti
prior de Lewes & ejus con ventus ſigillum ſuum com-
mune, & magiſter & fratres ſigillum ſuum commune;
& parti penes dictum magiſtrum remanenti dicti
prior de Lewes & ejus conventus ſigillum ſuum
commune, & prior de Kyrkeby & ejus conbentus
ſig illum ſuum commune, alternatim appoſucrunt *;
4. Rex omnibus ad „Kc. ſalutem. Con-
ceſſimus donationem & Emiffionem, quas Rogerus
de "Mowbray defunctus fecit in vita ſui Johanui. de
Creppings, per quoddam ſcriptum cirographatum in-
ter ipfos Wee & Johannem cagfetum, de omnibus
terris & tenementis ipſius Rogeri it villa de Crek, in
comitatu Northamptonie, & decem marcatas redditũs
in villa de Melton Mowbray, cum pertinentiis; ha-
bend” & tenend' eidem Johanni & heredibus & affig-
- natis ſuis, uſque ad termiuum ſeptem annorum“.
5. Inquiſitio. capta apud Melton Mowbray, die
Meccurii, in ſeſto Apoſtolorum Petri & Pauli, anno
regni regis Edwardi filii regis Edwardi ſexto decimo,
5 coram Mattheo Broun & Radulfo Beler, aſſiguatis ad
inquirend” que & quot hameletta, membra, hundreds,
chacee, libe re piſcarie, pertinent ad manerium de Mel-
ton Mowbray ; & etiam que & quot mercatas ferias,
warennas, libertates, & liberas conſuetudines, Johannes
de Mowbray, dum vixit, habun in eodam manevio ;
& qualiter & quomodo : pet ſacramentum Simonis
Haubetk, Roberti Fucneye, Williclmi le Bateler,
Roberti Orger, Thome de Aeby, Willielmi de
Loudham, Hugonis filii Henrici Laur' de Gouteby,
Wilſielwi de gixtenby, Hugonis de Hollewelle, . Jo-
hannis de Wynebis, & Philippi fili Willielmi; qui
dicunt per ſacramentum ſuum, quod! dictus Johannes
5 de Mowbray habuit in dico maberio viſum-franciple-
gii, & emendas aſſiſſe, panis, & cet viſie fracte ; infan ·
enthef & ohtfangenthef; blod wite & ——
vatum ab hors veſperarum diei Lune uſque poſi
occaſum ſolis diet Martis ſequentis; & ynum merca-
Z Madox, Formylare Anglicanum, Form. 54; from he A
Ex Baudell, Taquif. de anno 16 Edy, II. 8. 2
4 1 a
+ ®
” © * - 4 1
0 4 4 1 " .
*
in cujus rel teſtimonium, parti iſtius indenture penes
dominum priorem de Lewes remanenti dicti prior &
tum ſingulis ſeptimanis, per diem Martis; & duas
Augmentation Office, . .. | ;
#7? Cut. 16 Edu. II. N. FLY a9d.ſee Rymer, tom, III. N. 964. g
#
{STORY oh BIQESTERSHIRE,
ferias: ibiderti fingulis anois} btam videlitet in die
Martis, in ſeptimans Pentecoſtesy'& per duos des
ſequentes: & unam feriam inrvighiyY, die, & eraſtino
Sandi! Laurenci, be per ofto dies ſequetitesy & =
quod habuit, dic predicto, Iibevram'warentrartt in omiibus
dominicis terris ſuis ejuſdem . mater & quand
cuſtumam que dicitur Tharghrwot: iti omnibus mer-
candifis. per totam villam de Meltem Mowbray &
Kirkbey tranſeuntibbs, & totam cuſt umu & proffeu-
um paſſagii de Kynardfery, quot quondam fuit Ro-
herti Beler, ex feoffamehto anteteſſorum ditt Joh
nis de Mowbray domiotrumque dicti inanctrii de
Melton Mowbray; pro! certo anno reddito ejuſdem »
manerii, qui pro tempore futrit reddendo Item df
eunt, quod: hamelettum de 12 an com Leſc
quod fut Templeriorum, & Sideſtok! in dem' War”,
& Cree in com' Northamptonie, que Wilſielmus
Atheby' renvit' de Rogero de "Mowbray anteceſſote
dicti Johannis, qui quidem Wilſiemus per feloniam
quam fecit utlagatus fuit, quo pretextu eadem hame-
letia ad manus dict: Rogeri tanquatmm eſeaeta ſus de-
venerint, & fic ſemper ranquam parcella dicti manetii
extiterunt, ſicut antequam avteceffores dicti Wilſſelmi
inde feoffati fuerunt per anteceſſores predicti Rogeri;
& quod manerium de Balfale in com' Warr', quod
Templatii quondam tenuerunt de prefato Johanne de
Mowbray per fervirium feodi unius militis, de pertin”
dicti manerii de Melton Mowbray, eo quod fuit in
ſervitio in manibus eorundem Templariorum ex dono
de conceffione anteceſſorum ejuſdem Johannis, & per
adnullationem ordinis Templariorum devenit ad manus
dicti Johannis, & fie in dominico ſus futt uſque tem-
pus quo forisfecit versds dominum regem. In cujus
rei teſtimonium, predicti juratores figilta ſua huic in-
quiſitioni appoſueruntꝰ. 0 | |
6. Pro Alianonk uxore Gilberti fili Hugonis te Diſ-
penſer junioris, de quibuſdam libertatibus in ma-
nerio de Melton Mowbray conceſſis. oe
Rex. archiepiſcopis, c. falutem. Sciatis nos,
ob affectionem quam ad promotionem dilec ' nepotis
noſtrĩi Gilberti, filiv MHugonis le Difpenſer junioris,
gerimus & habemus, deiliſſe & coneeſſiſſe, & hac car-
tz noſtr confirmaſfe; dilecte nepoti noftre Alianore,
u xori ejuſdem Hagunis, manerium de Mefton Mou-
btay, eum pertinentiis, in com* Leic', quod fuit Jo-
hannis de Moubray, nuper inimici & redbellis noſtri;
et per forisfacturam ejuſdem Johannis ad manus
noſtras tanquam eſcaeta noſtra devenerit; habendum
& tenendum eidem Alianore, ad totum vitam fuam;'
una, cum feodis mil itum, advocationibus'ecclefiaram,
capcHarum, domorum .religiofarumy' ac bofpitaliuny
& cum bundredis, vifibus franciphegii; | mercatis, fe-
ris, chaceis, warennis, liberis desde Berti bus,
& libetis; conſuetudinibus, & omnibus aliis ad predic-
tum manerium qualitercunque & ubicunque ſpectanti-
bus, de nobis & heredibus noſtris, ac aliis capitalibug
dominis feodorum illorum, per ſerviela que de eodem
manerio debebamur amequam ad manus- noſtras fic
deuenerit; ita qudd, poſt mortem Al 5
manerium: prediftum, cum pertünentiis, un cum f
dis militum, &c- ut ſupra, o Gilberto & heredi.
bus ſuis remaneat, tenendum de nobit & heredibus
noſt ria, ac aliis capitalibus:dominie-ſeugorum Hlorum,
per ſervicia ſupraditta. Hiis reftibus; J Norwic
epiſcopn,. cancellario noſtro; et N Exon” e '
thelauracio naſtro; Johanne de Brivannid, com' Rich-
mond; Adomaro de Valenrit, com Pembe?; Ed
mande com! Arundel z Juh' de Segrave ſeniore; Rad?
Baſfer de Dray ton; Simone de Driby, ſenefoallo hoſ-
pitiĩ noſtri; Dae per manum noſtram, apud Ebor”;
nono die Julii. Per ipſum regem. ...
x
— + £1? 1
Ned 98
*
N Rex omnibus adi quos, Sc. ſalutem. Sciatis, qudd
cùm nos nuper, ob affe cinem, &c. ut (ſupra) dederi-
mus & conceſſtrimus, per carram noſtram, dilecte
nepoti noſtre Alianore, u xori eju{lem/Hugonis, mane +
rium de Melton Maybray, &c, (ut ſupra); habend* &
tenend* eidem Allagore, &c. praut in cart noſtra
ptedicti plenids contigetyr. Ac etjam, Elm per inqui-
e Bd. l %
m,
9
firionem, per dilectos & fideles ſuos Matheum Broun
& Radulphum Beler, de mandato noſtro, indefactam, in
" Fratiany Howpred) MEL I ON W 0 W RAY.
147
deſby, Wilts Aſhby de Oldeby, Joke Nicks, Robto
Newion de Sutton, Johe Hardby de Sixtenby, Joke
cancellaria noſtri retornatam, compertum fit qudd pre- Sergant de Barleſton, &_aljis. | Dax Howhy,
citusJobatine#habvit Fab tos Grit“ adho regnl Tat niet kerle poſt Wee N
fecerit, in eodem manerio, libertates infraſcriptas ;
videlicet, viſum franciplegii, &c. (ut ſupra), Nos,
ritati eorundem Alianore & Gilberti, & heredum
ipſius Gilberti, ne, tatione premiſſorum que eis
mus temporibus futuris occaſionentut volentes provi-
dere, & ea eis, ex uberiori gratia noſtra, per inquiſi-
tionem predictam, deelarare; conceſſimus, pro nobis &
heredibus noſtris, eidem Alianore, quod ipſa habeat &
U e liber as conſuerudines, & cuſtumas
predicta, eum omnibus ad eas qualitercunque & ubi ·
cunque ſpectantibus ſeu pertinentibus, ad totam vitam
ſuam, de nobis & heredibus noſtris, & aliis capitali-
bus dominis feodi illius, per ſervicia predida; &
quod, poſt mortem ejuſdem Alianore, prefatus Gil-
bertus habeat & percipjat,. ſibi & heredibus ſuis, &c.
(ut ſupra) adeo plane & integre ſicut predictus
Johannes libertates, liberas conſuetudines, & cuſtu-
mas predictas, cum omnibus ad ea qualitercun-
que & ubicunque ſpectantibus ſeu pertinentibus, quo-
vis modo, habuit & percepit, in manet io predicto, die
ſupradicto, fine occafione vel impedimento noſtri, vel
heredum noſtrotum, ſeu ininiſtrorum noſtrorum quo-
runcunque. In cujus, &c. Teſte rege, apud Bruſt-
wick, 20 die Julii. Per breve de privato ſigillo“.
8. Hec indentura, ad modum cyrographi confecta,
inter dominum Johannem de Mowbray, dominum duſule
Axolme, & honoris de Brewbre & de Gower, ex
una parte, & Robertum filium Ricardi-de Waltham de
Melton Mowbray ex parte altera,. teſtatur, quod
idem dominus Johannes dedit, conceſſit, & confirma-
vit predicto Roberto tres rodas paſture ſimul ja-
centes juxta Brentebigate inter paſt ejuſdem Rodri, &
quamdam placeam paſture que vocatur Brentibigate,
que ſe extendit a ponte que vocatur Foleville brigge,
. uſque ad le Cauſehyſhend versùs Brenteby, eum om-
nibus ſuis ꝑtinentiis, in Melton Mowbray, &. Hiis
teſtibus; dno Rico de Paicall & joke de Foleville,
militibus, Rado Beler, Galfrido de Vileres, Joke de.
Wodeſord, Robio Palmer, Johe de Hol de Melton
Mowbray, & aliis. Dat' apud Melton Mowbray, die
Veneris proxim4 poſt feſtum Sancti Andtee Apo-
ſtoii, anno regni regis Ed wardi Tertii poſt Conqueſ-
tum 4. | |
9. Robertns de Oxenforde, perſona eccleſie de
Gnypton, remiſit Roberto Coll de Melton totum jus
in Brentingbye, Erleſthorpe, Melton Mowbray, Bur-
ton Sancti Lazati, Stapleford, & Gnypton, cum ad-
vocatione eceleſie de Gnypton3, |
10, Johannes Burgeis, de Melton Mowbray, relax-
avit Bartholomeo Brokeſby & Jacobo Beler, & here-
dibus ſuis, totum jus in terris & tenementis in Melton
& Ecleſthorpe, in comitaru Leiceſtrie“. '
1 1. Willie lmus Truſſel miles, Nicholaus:Wimbiſh
cletieas;: Radultus Beler armiger, Everardus Digby: ar-
miger, Thomas Palmer gentylman, & Johannes Burgh;
entleman, ſalutem. Nos prefatos Wiltum, Nichum,
o. tradidifle, temiſiſſe, & bac preſenti cartà nofira
confirmũſſe Johanni Beleg armigero omnia illa maneria
de, Sutton, Howby, Holte, Barleſton, Eketylby, &
Sytenhy, ac, omnes alias texras & tenementa, reddi-
tus, reverſiones, & ſexvicia, in Melton, Oleby, Bur-
ton Sei L azari, Dalby. Magna, Dalby Parv, Somer-
by, Sivoldby, Drayton, & Btinghurſt, Aſton, Flam-
ville, & Barton, cum ſuis pertinentiss, in cam: Leyc,
e nupet babuimus ex dono & feollamento predicti
. habead' & tenend, &c. His teſtihus;
Wilo Villers de Brokeſpy, Thom' Darby de Gad-
* Pat. 179 Edw, II. pars 1, m. 20.
4 Clanſ, 8 Hen. V. in dorio.
7- Clauf, 24 Hen. VI. n. 41.
virtute carte noſtre predicte ſub generalitate conceſſi-
* Ex Recordis 14 Edw; III. Harl. Ms. 5778.
5 Clauſ. 13 Hen. VI. Harl. MSS. 71
* Clauf, 28 Hen. VI. m. 9.
Nek, Ms. 4035 e codice AS. apud Belvoir, fol. 6, b.
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12. Johannes diger, filius & heres Roberti Orger
de Melton Moubray, conceſſit Thome de Bellomonte
militi, Laurencio Brokeſby militi, Laurencio Sherard
armigero, & aſiis, omnia terras & tenementa ſua in
Melton predict, Oleby, & Scaldeford*.. _
13. Wilnelmus Burgeis, alis dictus Melton, te-
laxavit Bartholomeo Brokeſby atmigero, Ricardo
Bynghain, & Johanni Danſey, totum Jus in 6 meſſua-
giis, 5 ſhopis, uni grangia, quatuof croftis, 3 virs
gatis, 6 bovarls terte, quidam culturf terre vocate -
Aungelwonge, jacentis verſus le Speneybrocke, alia
parcella terre jacentis apud Saltgate, quadam yacul
place terre jacentis inter teuementa dominica, quon-
dam Rogeri Hibbert, quidam pecia prati jacentis in
le N bore, quadim parcela prati vocati Almes-
crofte, & 528. 24. redditùs, & de redditibus unius
eſpernarii in Melton Mowbray & Thorp Arnold, alias
vocat* Thorpe juxta Melton Moubray, que nuper fu-
erunt Johannis Burgeis, alias Melton, patris ſui”,
14. Thomas Affeley, armiger, relax Ricardo
Byngham & Johanni Brokeſpy totum jus in ſex meſ-
ſuagiis, quinque ſhopis, uni grangia, uno gardino,
quatuor croftis, tribns virgatis, n terre, cul-
tura terte vocat' Aungelwonge, jacent' verſus le
Speney, parcel} terre jacent* ultra le Spene) broke,
parcella terre jacent' apud le Saltgate alias vocat
Saltergate, parcella prati ere in le Speney broke,
parcell4 prati vocat” Almeſcrofte, & de 525. 2d. red-
tis, & redditts unis efpernarii in Melton Mowbray
& Thorpe Arnald, que nuper fuerunt Johannis Bur-
geis, alias dict Melton“. K 7 |
15. Terre ceenobii de Croxton apud Melton.
Habemus in Melton, de dono Rogeri Beler,
annuum redditum 108. ad pitancian conventùs, in
anni verſario ſao imperpetuum ; quem ſcilicet redditum
Thomas de Burgo eidem Rogero reddere conſue vit pro
toſio quem Rogerus Molendinarius aliquando tenuit;
ſeil', ad Paſcha, 40 d. ad vincula' Sancti Petri, 40d.
& ad feſtum Sancti Martini, 40d. | |
Item Rogerus, filius ejus & heres, prediftam dona-
tionem nobis cara ſui confirmavit & quietum clamavit,
in puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam.
Item habemus, de dono Walteri filii Gilberti, an-
nuum redditum 45. in eadem villa, recipiendorum ad
tres terminos, per mauus Johannis filii ſui, & heredum
-
ſuorum, vel e ſuorum, de una ſchoppäà,
quam Johannes filius Willielmi de Saxilby aliguando
renuit ad firmam; ſcil', ad Paſcha, 165d. ad Vincula
Sancti Petri, 168. ad pitanciam conventils, in die au-
niverſarii ſui. Item Willielmus, filius ſuus, dictkam
donationem nobis cartã ſui conſirma vit. N
| | em habewus obligationem prediett Johannis, li
Walteri, ſuper r pits redditu. nobis, ut pte-
dictum eſt, ſolxendo 7g. F:
16. Terre abbatie Sancte Marie de Pratiz' apud
| | | 1 | Melton... = A N 5
Habemus, ex dono Johannis Talys, annuum
redditum 35. 4d. exeuntem de & in tribus nis
cum columbario, cum pertinentiisfuisgan Melton, fituar:
in venella vocat' BelmyInelane; inter eroftum prioris
hoſpitalis Sei ſohannis: Jeruſalem in Anglia ex parte
orientali, & eroftum Johannis Belers en parte occi«
deutali, & venellam predictam ex parte auſtrali, &
croſtum predicti Johanuis Belers ex parte boreali.
Et, pro defectu folurionis, poſſumus diſtringere in
prediftas arpennas & columbarium toties quoties, & c.
* Clauſ. 20 Hen. VI. m.
Charyte's Rentale, fol. ex.
era
5 .
APPENDISE:
. Carta Rogeri de Mowbray, de tertis in Burton“
In nomine Putris & Filii & Spicitts Sancti, Amen.
Rogerus de Mowbray omnibus hominibus ſais & ami-
cis, Francis & Anglis, tam futuris quam preſentibus,
falutem. Seiatis me dediſſe, & hic preſenti cart4 mea
_ confirmiſſe, Deo & Sancte Marie, & leproſis Sancti
Lazari Jeruſalem, duas carucatas terre in Burton, et
ſaper aquam <juſdem ville meſſuagium unum, & ſe-
dem cuſuſdam molendini, pro ſalute anime mee, &
— anima patris mei & matris mee, & pro anima-
us anteceſſorum meorum. Tenendum de me & de
heredibus meis, in perpetuam eleemoſinam, liberè &
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4. Comes Simon omnibus homintbus ſuis Francis
& Ang licis, tam —— quam futuris, ſalutem.
Sciatis me dediſſe & econceſſiſſe, & carti mel prelenti
confirmafſe, Deo & Sto Lazaro, & frattibus domus
Sci Lazari de Jervfalem; molendinum de Wiſſenden,
cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis, liberum & quietum, &
Willielmum Molendinarium, eum boyat4 terre quam
tenet, cum omnibus catallis ſuis; & Herbertum filium
Jocelini Fabri, cum omnibus catallis ſuis, & cum und
virgar terre quam predictus Jocelinus Faber tenuit in
cidem villa; & tenementum Willielmi capellani,
quod tenuit de me in villa de Hatingeward, ſcilicet,
decem acras terre & unam acram prati, quas Alicia
uietè ab omni ſeculati actione. Preterea ſciatis, me 2 1 g
coriceffifle, & hac cart med, bono animo & bond mater prefatf Willie tendit in Haring ward, cum
189 voluntate, confirmiſe Deo & Sancte Marie, & lepro- tofto & crofto qui eidem terre pertinent. Et in Avin-
a fs Sancti Lazari de Jeruſalem, quicquid homines mei, ton dedi eis quiuque acras terre & unam acram prati;
bi eis dederunt vel daturi ſunt, in tefrls, in aquis, in quarum due acre jacent in Aldefeld, tcilicer, illas
14 pratis, in paſcois, in nemoribus, in planis, in pecu- quas Darrel tenuit, & tres acre Jacent inter duos rivi-
15 niis, tenendum de eis in perpetuam eleemoſinam, li- los duarum fontium ſupra croftum Gilleberti Wadard,
i} bers & quiete ab omni ſeculari ſervicio. Teſlibus; & acra prati eit le Wendacre, qui eſt juxta acram
Wt Nigella filio meo, Roberto filio mec, Roberto de Au- quam mater ejus tenuit. Elec omaia predifta dedi eis
10 vill, Hugone Malbiſss, Radulpho de Belverico, ſola, & quieta, & libera, in perpetuam eleemoſinam,
1 Thom de Colevill, Olivero de Buſcis, Roberto fra- ab omni ſeculari ſervitio, in boſco & plano, in viis
8 tre ſuo, Roberto capellano mo. & ſemitis, in ſtaguis & aquis, & molendinis, in prato
1 & RR x & paſcuo, & in omnibus aliis locis tam nominatis
WW 2. Carta Nigelli de Mowbray, de decimi potũs & quam non nominatis, pro ſalute Henrici regis Anglie,
* * 4 &bi Gocho foe. x * pro ſalute _ was & 2 meorum, /
4 Omnibus viſuris & audituris has literas, Nigellus aas donstionis ſunt teltes z Simon frater comitis,
| 4 de Mowbray, Dei gratia, falutem, Sciatis ay, iv Rogerus filius Hogonis, Erualdus de Neull, Julianus'
wy ſe, & hic mea carta confirmiafle, domui ſancte infir- 5 rann . Hugo
i morum de Santo Lazaro de Jerufalem, rotam deci- Areas) * n — |
" | mam potũs & cibi domũùs mee, quocunque loco affue- Walterus eons, un pus * * 5
16 f ro, pro animai patris mei & matris mee, & pro anima .
ll met & meorum heredum, in per 2 5- Comes —— On Scotie omnibus hane
x nam. Et volo & precipio, quòd heredes mei dil Cam Vifuris'& audituris, preſemibus & futurit, ſa-"
genter pro me teneant. His teſtibus: Willielmo ca-
anteceſſorum fuorum conhirmans.
a nomine Parris & Filii & Spirits Sancti, Amen.”
Rogerus de Mowbray filius domini Rogeri de Mow-
bray, omnibus hominibus ſuis Francis & Anglicis, &
amicis.tam futuris quam preſentibus, ſalutem. Scia-
ris me conceſſiſſe, & hac preſenti cartã met confirmiſſe,
Deo & beate Marie & fratribus leprofis Sancti Lazari,
Jeroſolomitanj, & cotrum frattibus ſanis in Avglia
apad Burton commorantibus, omnes donationes &
_ coneefiones, quas habent ex donatione & conceſſione
antceefforum meorum, & ſuorum tenentium & meo-
rum; videlicet, in terris, pratis, paſcuis, paſturis,
molendinis, ſectis, viis, ſemitis, nemoribus, aquis, &
om bus aliis locis, tam nominatis quam non nomina-
tis, cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis. Tenendum & ha-
bendum de me & hetedibus meis dictis fratribus &
corum ſucceſloribus, :libere, quietè, bene, & in pace,
indaberam, param, & perpetuam eleemoſiuam, ſicut
carte donatorum teſtantur & proportants ſalvo mihi &
heredibus meis forinſecum ſervicium de terris & tene
mentis, quas Willielmus Burdet eiſdem fratribus dedet
in Newton juxta Louſeby. Ut hec mea canceſio x
preſentis carte mee confirmatio iuviolata permanent,
ligilli mei impreſſione cam roboravi. Hiis teſtibus;
Johanne de Creppings, Thoma de Colevile, Rogero
de Belt, militibus ; Thoma de Brunbam, Johanne de
x Blaby, Alexandro de Inſula, Willielmo de Kirk, &
multis alis. I-12 rl
lutem. Noveritis me dediſſe & conceſſiſſe, & preſenti'
cartà mea - confirmaſſe, infiratis de Sco Lazaro de
: pellano meo de Neubad, Radulfo'clerico, Roberto Stn ; —_
» de Otreby, Galfrido de Welle, Willielmo Aſtmel, Iherolimis, pro ſalute anima mee & anteceſſorum me.
1:4 Ricardo Lenglais, Ricardo de Richemund, Radulfo rum, Mgt folidaras prati, in Pato men. de Wil
1 Chimin, Willielmo Waser, Johanne de Hal, Johan- fenden, annuanm percipiendas, in tempore falcationis,
Va „ 5 1 liberam & puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam, &
. e W 9 81 quiet” ab omni exactione ſeculari. Hiis teſtibus;
3. Carta Rogeri filii Rogeri de Mowbray, donationes Ricardo de Lindes, Henrico & Henrico filiis meis,
Hugone de Lizures,' Willielmo Burdet, Roberto Baſ-
ſer, Ricardo capellano meo, Ricardo filio Willielmi,
Hentico de Sivers, Roberto filio Martini, Roberto de
Oleſſen, Davide de Andrea, Petro de Herd wie, &
pluribus aliis. eee eee 5 eee
6. Carts Willielmi Burdet militis, donatibnes- adle-
»». forum ſuorum recitans et confirmans,”
Omnibus ad quos preſentes litere pervenerint domi -
nus Willielmus Burdet miles, ſalutem. Noveritis me
inſpexiſſe cartas anteceſſorum meorum, factas magiſtro
hoſpitalis de Burton Sancti Lazari, & frattibus le-
profis de Jeruſalem, & eorum fratribus amis ih Anglia
cummoramibus, in hec verbas a
* Wükelmes Burdet univerſis ſancte mattis eceleſie
filiis, tam preſetitibus quam fururis, ſalutem. Notum-
fir vobis me dediſſe, & hac me cart contirmiſſe; hoſ--
pirale de Tiltond fratribus infirmis Sancti Lazari ue
Jerufalem, eam und *carucak terte in territorid de
Newton, in purain & petpetuam eleemoſmam, pro
animã patris mei, & pro animabus anteceſſorum meo-
rum, ſiberam & quietam ab omni ſeculari ſerv icio; et
eccleſiam de Louſeby, & cecleſiam de * com
omnibus earum pertinentiis; et, poſt obitum Roberti
Burdet filii mei, eceleſiam de Haſelbeche, cum omni-
bus eccleſie pertjnentiis. , FI N
4 „ t; n, ag „ S684 *
p \
4 } - $0371 : 1 1 4 / te | K »
*
: | la Dei nomine, amen. Anno ab Incarnatione Domini milleſimo quadringenteſimo quatto, & anno regni regis Henrici
ney quarti ſexto, 12* die Decembris, frater Walterus de Lynton, magiſter hoſpitalis de Burton Sancti Lazar Jeruſalem in Anglia,
Wt | * fecit & ordinavit iſtum librum fieri, pro majore firmitate omnium cartarum, evidentiarum bull domini pape, hoſpit* predictꝰ con-
= cefſ” ; ac nomina donatorum & benefactorum dicti hoſpitalis,” Ex Cartulario Xenodochii de Burton Lazars, in Bibl. Cotton,
| Nerd e, NI. * Earl of Huntingdon, 1075—1108 3 Earl of Huntingdon, 1108—1134. *
— 12 - = F | | C
*
cartis ſuis confirmaverunt.
Fan- Huxb AT. B UR TON L A2 K fl, KM.
L eg 1 . Lo "on
As etiam donationem cujuſdam Willielmi Burdet,
ilitis, in hec yerba; |
Omnibus Chriſti fidelibus preſens {criptim viſh
vel audituris, dominus Willielmus Burdet, miles, filfus
a e Burdet, ſalutem in Domino. Noverit uni-
verſitas veſtra me dediſſe, conceſſiſſe, & hic pteſenti
carta mea confirmäſſe, pro ſalute anime mee, & Ali-
cie uxoris mee, anteceſſorum & ſucceſſorum ineor um,
Deo & cecleſie beate Marie, & fratribus ſeprolis
ſancte civitatis Jeruſalem, & eorum fratribus this in
Anglia apud Burton commorantibus, totam terram
quam habui, vel habere potui, vel que ad me, vel ad
heredes meos, de jure poſht de cetero deſcendere, ih
villa & in territorio de Newton juxta Louſeby, cum
omnibus pertinentiis ſuis; ſcilicet, capitale manſum
meum in cadem villa, cum quatuor virgatis terre de
dominico meo, cum pertinentiis ſuis; et totum boſcum
meum quod vocatur Swinelond, & Robertum prepoſi-
tum, Ricardum de la Lane, Willielmum de Barkeby,
& Agnetem relictam Galfridi Hert, cuſtumarios meds,
cum totis eorum ſequelis, & omnibus catallis corum,
cum quatuor virgatis terre, quas dicti cuſtumarii, cum
roftis ſuis, de me tenuerunt in villenagio; cum
omnibus redditibus, homagiis, ſerviciis, & ſectis curie
ber tenentium meorum in didtä villa de Newton,
wardis, releviis, maritagiis, eſcaetis, pratis, paſcuis,
aſturis, viis, ſemitis, aquis, ripis, & omnibus aliis
Tpbectarbus & aiſiamentis, infra dictam villam & extra,
cum omnibus aliis pertinentiis mihi & heredibus meis
pertinentibus, vel aſicui vel aliquo modo de cetero
pertinere poterunt.” 52 $5, |
Ac etiam ſciatis me inſpexiſſe Willielmi Burdet
aliam cartam conficmationis ejuſdem in hec verba:
Sclant preſerites & futuri, qudd'ego Willielmus
Burdet, 6lus Hugonts Burdet, pro ſalute anime mee
'& anteceflorum meorum, conceſſi, & hic preſenti
cart wel confirmavi, fratribvs hoſpitaſis S. Lazari de
Burton, omnes donationes quas Willielmus Burdet
avus meus eis caritative contulit; falvo mihi & here-
dibus meis jure patronatũs in eccleſiä de Haſelbeche,
ſancti hoſpitalis de Tiltona; et unam carucatam tetre in
territorio de Newton, cum omnibus pertinentiis; et ec-
cleſiam de Louſeby, & eecleſiam de Galby, cum omni-
bus earum pertinentiis.“ |
Noveritis me cartas predictas rarificaſſe (&c.) Dat*
apud Louſeby, die Lune proxim ante feſtum Sancte
Margarete virginis, anno regni regis Edwardi'xxv1.
7. Carta regis Henrici Secundi, di verſas donationes
© fratribus de Burton - Lazars recitans et confirmans.
Henricus, Dei gratis, rex Anglie, dux Norman-
nie & Aquitanie, & comes Andegavie archiepiſcopis
(c.) ſalutem. Scjatis me conceſſiſſe, & preſenti
Carta noſtrà confirmaſſe, Deo & Sancte Marie, & ecele-
fie Sancti Lazari extra muros Jeruſalem, & fratribus
leproſis ejuſdem loci, ecclefiam de Hal, & ecclefiam
de Hekintond, & ecclefiam de Thrikingham, cum om-
nibus pertinentiis ſuis, quas comes Simon & Adelizia
de Gaunt comitiſſa eis in preſentia mea dederunt, &
Concedo eis & confirmo
eccleſiam de Haſelbeche, & eccleſiam de Loſebeid, &
eccleſiam de Gaubia, cam omnibus pertinentiis ſuis,
quas Willielmus Burdet in preſentia noſtra cis dedit,
& carta ſui confirmavit, Et preterca concedo eis &
confirmo omnes rationabiles donationes & conceſſiones
ecclefiarum, que eis fate ſunt; ſcilicet, ex dono co-
mitis Willielmi de Ferrariis, ecclefiam de Spondona,
cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis ; &, ex dono Henrici de
Lacy, eceleſiam de Caſtelford, cum omnibus pertinen-
tiis ſuis. Quare volo, (&c.)
8. Henricus, Dei gratia, rex Anglie, dux Nor-
mannie & Aquitanie, & comes Andegavie, archiepiſ-
copis, epiſcopis, abbatibus, comitibus, baronibus,
juſtitiarüös, vicecomitibus, miniſtris, & omnibus fide-
bus ſuis, Francis & Anglis, totius Anglie, ſalutew.
Scigtis me dediſſe, & preſenti cartk mea copfirmatle,
pro ſalute mel, & anteceſſorum & ſucceſſorum meo-
rum, leproſis Sancti Lazari de Jeruſalem, 40 marcas
in perpetuam cleemoſinam anouatim babendas. Et
ide precipio baronibus meis de ſcaccario, ut ſingulis
annis cas ipſis habere faciant ad feſtum Sei Michaelis,
1 FHHarl. MSS. 84. f. 29. b. c. 53.
Vo. be APPEND. Fes
„ 1bid, f. 30, c. 6.
K k
= * K
*
ita quöd ipff non vekentur nec Aiſtürbettüt Uilatiobe,
vel aliqu alia occafione. Et ita eis Abi habent nl?
tim, donec à tne vel ab heredibus mis, ques volo ut
hanc eleemoſinam ratath habeant & impef petuum Kr
miter teneant, cis aſſignentur in certis tedditibus ters
rarum vel ecclefiarum. Teſtibus; Galfrido filis mes;
Willjelmo comite de Albermarl, Waltero filio Rober-
ti, Hugone de Creiffy, Wilnelmo de Latinal, Thom
Baſfet, Rogero de Stut', Willielmo de Stut', Ge⸗
rardo de Canvill; apud Norhaur: . a
9. Catta Ricardi I. in Tiſdeth verbg 4389. Teftibus;
H. Dunolm', R. London“, 6. Winton", electis 3
Willielmo de Sto 8 Willielmo Mareſcal-
lo. Dar apud Weſtm*, primo ani tegni noſtri,
10 die Octöbris, pet manum Winlieltm de Longe
Campo, Elienſis electi, tancellarii noſtfiꝶß
10. Carta regis Johannis, diverſorum donhtiones retitans
| | et confirmans. et 2
Jobatihes, Dei gratia, rex Anglie, dotninus ber-
nie, dux Aquitanie, & comes Andegavie, archiepiſ-
copis, (&c.) ſalutem. Sciatis nos cdnceſſiſſe, & pre-
ſenti carra noſtrà conffrmäffe, Deo & Sancte Marie, 6
ecclefie Sancti Lazari extra muros Jerufalem, & fra
tribus leproſis ejuſdem loci, eccleſiam de Hal, & e-
cleſiam de Hekinton, 8 eceleſium de Trikingham, cum
omnibus pertinentlis fuis, quas comes Simon & Ade-
licia de Gaant comitiſſa eis in preſentià regis Henrici
pattis noſtri dederunt, & eartis ſuis confrmaverunt.
Concedimus etiam eis & confirmamus eccleſſam de Ha-
ſelbeche, & eccleſiam de Louſeby, et ecclefiam de
Gavubia, cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis, quas Williel-
mus Burdet, in preſentjs patris noſtri, eis dedit &
cartà ſua conrmavit. Et pretereà concediĩmus eis &
confirmamus omnes rationabiles donationes & coneeſ-
ſiones eceleſiarum, que eis facte ſunt; feilicer, ex dono
Willietmi comitis de Fetrariis, eccleſtam' de Spondepe,
cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis; ex dono Henrici de
Laſci, eceleſiam de Caſtel ford, cum omtibus pertinen-
tiis ſuis. Quare volumus (&c.) Dat' per manum H.
Cantuarienſis archiepiſcopi, 'cancellarii noſtri, apud
Weſtmonaſterium, 18 die Aptilis, regni noſtri anno 15.
11. Johannes, Dei gratià, rex Anglie, Fe. juſtitia-
riis, baronibus, vicecomitibus, miniſtris, & omnibus
fidelibus ſuis totius Anglie, falutem. Sciatis nos con-
ceſſiſſe leproſis Sei Lazari de Jeruſalem, quod om»
nes terre & homines eorum totius Angie ſint liberi &
quieri de teloneo & paſſagio, & omni conſuetudine, de
{cir' & hundr', & wapentac', & placitis, & omnibus
querelis, & geld, & ſeott, & ſcutag', & danegeld, &
omnibus alils gravaminibus, except ſola juſtiti de
murdro & lattocinio. Et ſi contigerit, quòd de
murdro vel latrocinio denar* dare debuiſſet, ſint inde
omnino quieti; & ſola juſtitia nobis inde remaneat.
Et prohibemus ne quis eos ſuper hoc diſturbet, ſicut
carta Henrici tegis patris noſtri rationabiliter teſtatur.
Teſtibus; E. Hlyen“ & A. Sariſburienſis epiſcopis,
Roberto comite Leiceſtr?, G. filio Petri com' Eſſexie.
Dat' per manum H. Cantuar' archiepiſcopi, cancella-
rii noſtri, apud Weſtm', 18 die Aprilis, regni noſtri
anno Primo . |
12. 'Robertus comes Leiceſtrie omnibus hominibus
ſuis & amicis, Francis & Anglicis, tam preſentibus
quam fucuris, ſalutem. Sciatis me dediſſe, pro ſalute
anime mee · & uxoris mee, & patris & matris mee, &
antecefforum & ſueceſſorum meorum, & hc preſenti
carta mea confirmaſſe, Deo & Beate Marie, & ecele-
fie B. Lazari de Jeruſalem, & leproſis ibidem manen-
tibus, in liberam & perpetuam eleemoſinam, 108. de
eſterling, annuatim reeipiend' ad feſtum Sci Mi-
chatlis, in prefecturũ me Leiceſtrie. Quare volo &
firmiter percipio, quòd predicti leproſi de Jeruſalem,
quicunque tenuerit prefecturam meam de Leiceſtriag
vel fi ipſa fuerit in manu mea, habeant prefatam
eleemoſinam meam ad ſerĩptum termiaum. Teſtibus;
Petronillà comitiſsà uxore mea, Guillielmo & Roberto
.filiis meis, Fulcone de Amion, Ricardo de Rumilli,
Rogero de Campan, Roberto eapellano+ de Birtoll,
Simone clerico, Hugone de Dunvam®*. |
3 Ibid. 85. | 319, 0, Burton Regiſter.
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13. Noyerint univerſi preſentes literas viſuri, quod
o Simon de Mountford, Jous Leiceſtrie, dedi & con-
firmavi Deo & B. Marie, & eccleſie Sancti Lazari de
Jeruſalem, & leprolis ibidem manentibus, in liberam &
puram elcemofinam, 103. 44x hag recipiend' an-
nuatim in prefeQturi mea Leiceſtrie; quos denarios
Robertus quondam comes Leiceſtrie, pro remedio
anjme ſue, anteceſſorum & ſuorum, ibidem dona vit. Ut
autem hec mea confirmatio robur obtineat, literas me-
as patentes eiſdem leproſis commiſi. Data anno Domini
1233. Teſtibus; Thoma de Menil, Willielmo de
Vignol, militibus ; Thomas Mallore, Roberto Mou-
ton, Thomi Maife, & muhis aliis*, |
14. Univerſis ſancte matris eccleſie fiſiis ad quos
reſens ſcriptum pervenerit, Willielmus de Ferraris,
jus Williglmi de Ferrariis, ſalutem. Sciatis me,
bono animo & caritatis intuitn, dediſſe & conceſſiſſe,
& hc preſenti carti confirmaſſe, Deo & STe Marie,
& fratribus leproſis Sci Lazari de Jeruſalem, & eorum
fratribus in Anglia commorantibus, Willielmum filium
Yvonis, in puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam, liberum
& quietum ab omni reclamatione de me & heredibus
meis in poſterum faciendd; & ſciendum eft, quod
predicti fratres dederunt mihi, pro hac donatione, &
confirmatione & quiet clamatione, _ marcas
argenti de catallo domũs fue. Hiis teſtibus; Symo-
ne decano, . Yvone capellano, Acardo de Sprokeſton,
Henrico de Purnelei, Reginaldo Pepin, Nicholao de
Cruce, Petro de Kirkeby, Willielmo Burdett, Willi-
elmo de Aucynvile, Ricardo de Luſci, & multis aliis *.
15. Univerſis sce matris eccleſie filiis ad quos
-preſens ſcriptum pervenerit, Willielmus Gurram,
filius Hogger, ſalutem. Noverit univerſitas veſtra
me, bono animo & caritatis intuitu, dediſſe & conceſ-
ſiſſe, & hac preſenti carta mea confirmafſe, Deo &
Beate Marie, & fratribus leprofis Sci Lazari de Jeru-
ſalem, & eorum fratri bus ſanis in Anglia commoranti-
bus, Reginaldum filium Hugonis le Noble, in puram
& pefpetuam eleemoſinam, liberum & quietum ab om-
ni reclamatione de me & heredibus meis in poſterum
facienda, cum omnibus catallis ſuis; &, ut hec mea
donatio rata & ſtabilis permaneat, hoc ſcriprum ſigilli
. appofitione corroboravi. Hiis- teſtibus; Willielmo
Pantof, Henrico de Purnele, Roberto de Tebelcot,
Reginaldo de Torp, Reginaldo Pepin, Willielmo
- Boze, Radulfo de Colevile, Willielwo de Ferrer,
- .'Galfrido Rangelun, Willielmo Burdet de Burton,
Ricardo prepolito ?. g
16. Carta regis Edwardi tertii, de exemptione decima-
rum, tallagiorum, aliarumque contributionum fra-
tribus ordinis Sancti Lazari, facta.
E dwardus, Dei gratia, rex Anglie & Francie, do-
miaus Hibernie, omnibus ad quos preſentes litere
pervenerint, ſalutem. Sciatis, quod cum celebris
memorie domiaus Edwardus nuper rex Anglic pater
noſter, de gratiâ ſui ſpeciali, & eo quod ordo
Sancti Lazari de Jeruſalem in Anglia fundatus extitit
ſuper leproſis & militia ad propugnandum hoſtes
crucis, per breve ſuum ſub. magno ſigillo ſuo man-
daſſet tune theſaurario & baronibus ſuis de ſcaccario,
quòd magiſtrum & fratres ordinis | germ & ſucceſſo-
res ſuos, de decimis & tallagiis, & aliis contributioni-
bus quibuſcunque, tam pro tempore tunc preterito
quam futuro, erga dictum patrem noſtrum exonerari
& quietos eſſe facerent; noſque dictam gratiam eiſdem
magiſtro & fratribus, per dictum patrem noſtrum ſic
conceſſam, volentes continuare; per diverſa brevia
noſtra, ſub magno 4 © noſtro, mand3flemus theſaura-
rio & baronibus noſtris de ſcaccario ſupradicto, quod
jpſos magiſtcum 8; fratues de hajuſmodi decimis, tallagi-
zs, & contributianibus, W is, & extunc con-
cedendis, exonerari & qui e ſſe facerent, juxta te-
norem dicti brevis ipſius pairis noſtri, ut per inſpexi-
onem rotulorum cancel larie noſtre nobis conſtat; qui
quidem magiſter & fratres, virtute mandatorum predic-
+ torum,deomnimodis huj uſmodi decimis, quintiſdecimis,
* Thid,
Burton Regiſter. .
1 " 0% * 1d.
5 Burton Regiſter,
I bid.
.
tallagiis, .& aliis contributionibus quibuſcunque, tam
tempore diai-patris noſtri, quim noſtro, ad ſcaccarium
redictum fuerint quieti & exonerati, ſicut per certi-
earionem theſaurarii & baronum noſtrorum de ſcac-
cario noſtro ſupradicto in cancellariam noſtram de
mandato noſtro eſt compertum; nihilominus theſaura-
rius ac barones predicti, ipſos magiſtrum & fratres pro
non, lanis, decimis, & quiatiſdecimis, nobis per com-
munitatem & clerum regni noſtri, anno dicti reg-
ni noſtri duodecimo & poſtmodum conceſſis, de
quibus pretextu gratie & mandatorum predictorum
quieti eſſe deberenr, ad opus noſtrum ſolvendum, gra-
viter diſtringi faciunt, contra formam eorundem man-
datorum ; ſuper quo nobis ſupplicirunr, ut eis ſubve-
nire curemus de remedio opportuno: Nos, premiffis
debite conlideratis, volentes eorum ſecuritati proſpi-
cere, gratiosè conceſſimus, pro nobis & heredibus noſ-
tris, quantum in nobis eſt, prefatis magiſtro & fratri-
bus, quòd ipſi & eorum ſucceſſores de omnimodis de-
cimis, quintiſdecimis, tallagiis, & aliis auxiliis &
contributionibus quibuſcunque, nobis & heredibus
noſtris per communitatem & clerum dicti regni noſtri
conceſſis five concedendis, imperpetuùm quieri ſint &
exonerati, juxta vim & effectum mandatorum & gratie
prediftorum, & prout idem magiſter & fratres & pre-
deceſſores ſui de hujuſmodi decimis, tallagiis, & auxi-
lits, ante dictum annum duodecimum quieri effe con +
ſueverunt, In cujus rei teſtimonium, has literas no-
tras heri fecimus patentes. Teſte meipſo, apud Weſt.
mapaſterium, decimo die Martii, anno regni noſtri
Anglie decimo-octavo, regni vero noſtri Francie quinto .
17. Hec eſt conventio facta inter priorem & con ven-
tum de Chaucombã ex uni parte, & magiſtrum &
fratres domùs S. Lazari de Burtona ex aſterd; viz.
quod dicti magiſter & fratres de Burtona de carucata
terre quam habent in villa de Dalby decimas garba-
rum perſolvent, ficut ſolvere conſueverunt; ſcilicet,
de terra quam habent ex dono Ricardi Burdert; cete-
ras vero decimas ad predictam terram pertinentes non
rſolvent. De terris vero adquirendis, decimas gar-
rum & feni, & ceteras decimas de jure debitas &
conſuetas, ſalvis eorundem patrum privilegiis, ecclefic
de Dalby perſolvent. Hanc autem compoſitionem
fideliter & firmiter obſervandam utraque pars, inſpec-
tis ſacroſanclis evangeliis, juravit. Facta eſt autem
hec 7 ers die 8. Hugonis Lincoln” epiſcopi, in
capella fratris de Burtona, anno Gratie 1229. In
hujus autem rei teſtimonium, huic preſenti ſcripto, in
modum cyrographi inter nos & illos confecto, figil-
lum capituli noſtri, una cum ſigillis judicum, ſcilicer,
magiſtri Walteri de Taney archidiaconi Eſtridinge,
& magiſtri Godardi pcenitentiarii Eborac', appoſuimue.
Hiis teſtibus; domino Waltero decano de Saxelby,
magiſtro ſohanne de Ayleſbury, domino Willielmo de
Chaucombe, & aliis 5. | |
18. Omnibus literas preſentes viſuris vel audituris,
Matheus prior de Kirkby, ceterique ejuſdem domũs
monachi, ſalutem. Noveritis nos conceſſiſſe, & in
verbo Domini & per ſtipulationem fideliter promiſiſ-
ſe, magiſtro & frattibus &i Lazari de Burton, quod
eiſdem habere faciemus confirmationem abbatis & con-
ventùs de Aungers, ſuper decimis eiſdem fratribus à
nobis conceſſis, quas percipere cooſucvimus in eorum
parochia de Louſeby, in territorio de Neutone, infra
annum, anno incipiente ad Paſcha ciclo lunari cur-
rente per tres. In cujus rei teſtimonium preſentibus
ſiteris ſigillum noſtrum appoſuimus. Valete in Do-
mino ©, |
19. Sciant (&c.) quòd ego Johannes de Diggeby,
miles, dedi (&c.) fratri Roberto de Dauby, wage de
Burton Sancti Lazari, & fratribus ibidem Deo &
Sancto Lazaro ſervientibus, unam dimidiam acram
terre arabilis in territorlo de Billeſdon, in puram &
perpetuam eleemoſinam, pro ſalute anime mee, & an-
teceſſorum meorum (&c.) Hiis teſtibus; Henrico
filio Henrici Eneker de Bille ſdon, (c.)?
4 Cart. 18 Edw, III.
20. Omnibus
FRAMLAND HuwDae.] BURTON LAZ AR s, &.
20. Omnibus ſancte marris eccleſie filiis, tam pre-
ſentibus quam futuris, Wimielmus de Vilers ſalutem.
Noſcat univerſitas veſtra me dediſſe & conceſſiſſe, &
hic carti met confirmifſe, Deo & Sande Marie, &
fratribus Templi Salomonis, terram meam, quam
Henricus de Lacy dominus meus mihi dedit pro ſervitio
meo (ſcilicet, Nichum, & Scheltunam, & Choletuna,
& Wittegrike) cum omnibus ꝑtinentiis ſuis, in boſco,
in plano, in pratis, in paſcuis, in aquis, in molendi-
nis, in piſcaturis, in ſemitis, in viam & extra viam.
Hanc autem terram dedi prefatis fratribus, in perpe-
tuam eleemoſinam, Jiberam, & ſolutam & quietam ab
omni ſeculari exactione & ſervitio, ſicut ego unquam
melids & liberids eam tenui, & ſicut unquam melids
fuit in tempore Henrici regis, pro ſalute anime mee,
& pro animabus patris & matris mee, & omnium
amicorum meorum tam vivora quam mortuori, ut
perennis vita nobis omnibus donetur.
Willielmo de Veſcy, Lodovico Foliot, Robto Pictavenſi,
Rado de Tilley, Wilto de Reinuill, Otto de Tilley,
Henrico Foliot, Richardo Bacod, Henrico Walenſi,
Robto Barbo, Henrico de Day, Wilfo de Rye, Willo
de Budley, Thoma filio Petri *,
21. Notum fir omnibus preſentibus & fururis, qudd
ego Wills de Vilers conceſſi, dedi, & hic mel carta
confirmavi, Alexandro de Vilers, cognato meo, pro
homagio ſuo & ſervitio, quatuor bovatas terre in ter-
ritorio de Newbald; duas ſcilicet quas Rogerus de
Vilers quondam tenuit, & duas bovatas quas Wiltmus
filius Widonis quondam tenuit, cum pertinentiis,
infra villam & extra; & quatuordecim ſeliones in en-
dem villa que vocatur Goodwickleys; & in villa de
Calverton unam bovatam terre, que fuit Willi de
Bretun, cum omnibus pertinentiis, infra villam & ex-
tra; & quicquid juris ſervicii habui in duabus bo-
vatis quas pater meus dedit Everard Dubident in villa
de Calverton, ei & heredibus ſuis, vel cuicunque &
quandocunque predictas terras dedit vel aſſignavit;
habendas & tenendas de me & heredibus meis in feodo
& bereditate, bene & in pace, liberè & quiete, cum
omnibus pertinentiis, & libertatibus & aifiamentis ad
eaſdem terras pertinentibus, infra villas & extra, in
pratis, in paſcuis, in viis, in ſemitis, in boſco, in pla-
no, & in omnibus communiis, reddendo inde annuarim '
mihi & heredibus meis unam libram piperis ad Pente-
coſten, pro omni ſervitio. Et ego Willielmus & he-
redes mei warantizabimus predictas terras, cum perti-
nentiis, prefato Alexandro & heredibus ſuis, vel cui-
cunque eas dederit vel aſſignaverit, ubique & contra
omnes imperpetuum. Hiis teſtibus ; Willo de Au-
benti, Nicholao filio ejus, Johe de Chavena, Wilto
de Veteri-ponte, Hugone de Charneles, Rogero Bu-
lon, Robto de Coleſtun, Waltero de Monterio, Willo
de Barkeſtun, Radulfo & Adi, filiis Robti de Cole-
ſtun *. |
22, Henricus, Dei gratia, rex Anglie, dominus
Hibernie, dux Normannie & Aquitanie, & comes An-
degavie, archiepiſcopis, &c. ſalutem. Sciatis nos
conceſſiſſe, & hic carri noſtri confirmaſſe, dilecto &
fideli noſtro Ricardo de Vilers, quod iſte & heredes
ſui imperpetuum habeant liberam warennam in omni-
bus dominicis terris ſuis de Ryogeby in comitatu Lin-
coln', & de Brokeſby in com* Leic', dumtamen terre
ille non fint infra metas foreſte noſtre; ita quod nul-
lus intret terras illas ad fugandum in eis, aut ad aliquid
capiendum quod ad warennam pertineat, fine licentia
& voluntate ipſius Ricardi, vel heredum ſuorum, fo-
risfatturam noſtrarum decem librarum. Quare volu-
mus, &c. Hiis teſtibus; venerabili patre Petro Here-.
ford epo, Guidone de Leyzignan, & Wilſo de Val-
lenc', & Galfrido de Lazygnan, fratribus noſtris, Pe-
tro de Sabaud', Johe de Grey, Gilberto de Segrave,
Wilto de Cantelupo, Robto de Sco Johanne, Rogero
de Monte-alto, Robto de Walerand, Wilto de Grey,
+ Harl, MSS. 5178; ex Orig. apud Ebor. Sec the ſeal, Plate XI. V. fig. 3.
ibid. See the ſeal, fig. 4+
3 Ibid. ex Rotul. Vaſcon. 38 Hen, III pars 2. m. 10. Ne 69. Line.
bid. ex Originali in euſtodia Hen. Lily, Rouge Roſe, de officio Armorum,
7 Ibid. See the ſeal, fig. 8.
© Jbid.
2
See the ſeal, fig, 7+
Hits teſtibus;
ego Edmundus de Bereford conſtitai, & loco meo po-
nativis meis & eorum ſequelis, quos habui, &c. in
123
N
Nicko de Sto Mauro, Rado de Bakepuz, Wilto Ger-
nun, & aliis. Data per manum noſtram in Caſtris
coram Brigerae, quartodecimo die Julii, anno regui
noſtri 38. fr 258], |
23. Sciant preſentes & futuri, qudd ego Paganus
de Vilers dedi, conceſſi, & hac preſenti carta mea
confirmavi, Willo filio Alani de Smetherton, & here-
dibus ſuis, ut aſſignent totum meſſuagium meum; cum
pertinentiis, & etiam omnes terras & prata, cum perti-
nentiis, in villa de Miffen, juxta Bautre, que habui die
confectionis hujus carte, integre, ſine ullo retenemento;
tenend' & habend'ꝰ, &c. imperpetuum. In cujus rei teſ-
timonium huic carte ſigillum meum appoſui. Hiis
reſtibus ; Jordano de Mylyn, Rado de Brunhm, Joke
de Smetherton, Waltode Brunkm, Wilto de Sca Ele-
na, Wilto de Abliſthorpe, Thoma Tabernerio de
Bautre, Henrico de Kilhotm, joe Schephen de Mi-
ſen, Wilto Spornhalt de eadem, Petro clerico, - &
multis aliis. Dat' apud Bautre, in ſeptimana Pente-
coſtes, anno Domini milleſimo tricenteſimo viceſimo
primo *,
24. Nos Ricus Aſhby & Jokes Purley conceſſimus,
&c. Elizabethe, que fuit uxor Richardi Villers, ma-
nerium noſtrum de Brokeſby, cum ad vocatione eccleſie
ejuſdem, & molendino aquatico, & reverſionibus om-
nium tenentium ad terminum vite, &c. Dat' apud
Brokeſby, die Lune in quinta ſ&ptimana-Quadragefi-
me, anno regni regis Edwatdi ſecundi ſextodecimos.
25. Johannes, filius Johannis, filii Iſabelle de Si-
woldeby, &c. ſalutem. Noverit untverſitas veſtra, me
conceſſiſſe, relaxaſſe, & quietum clamifle, dno Walte-
ro de Houby, militi, & Alicie uxori ſue, & Anketino
filio ejuſdem, & heredibus dicti Anketini, unam bo-
vatam terre, cum chevettis & aliis pertinentiis, dictis
Waltero, Anketino, & heredibus & aſſignatis ſuis, &c.
in Siwaldeby, &c. His teſtibus; Henrico de Not-
tingham de Thurleſton, &c. Dat' in vigilia Sci
Bartholomei, 11 Aprilis, anno regni regis Edwardi
tertii, poſt Conqueſtum 105. | 1%
26. Fayt à remember, que Payng de Vilers de
Kinalton fyt une recoinſaunce en la court le roy, a
payer a monsr Rauf Baſſet de Drayton, a ſon manor
de Drayton, le jour de Nativite de nfe Dame pchein
enſuants apres la feſaunce de ceſtes, quaraunt livres
de ſterlings, ſauntz null manere delay: E aſſentu eſt,
que ſi le diſt Payng paye au diſt mont Rauf, au jour &
lieu avauntedites, vint livres, que le diſt Payng ſoyt
tenu pur nulle. En temoignance des queux choſes à
cetes endentures les parties entirchaungeblement aunt
mes leur ſeales. Efcrit à Evirwyk, le Vendirdy
ꝓchin après le feſte de Seint Mark es, Van du reign
de roy Edward, fiz au roy Edward, quinziſme 7.
27. Noverit univerſitas per preſentes literas, quod
ſui, dilectos michi in Chriſto Johannem de Wode-
ford de Brentbre & Hugonem de Derbeys, capellanos
communes, & dimiſi attornatos meos, de deliband'; no-
mine meo, Rico de. Smethron de Haverbergh, & Iſa-
belle uxori ejus, ſeiſinam de omnibus terris & tenementis
meis, redditibus, conſuetudinibus, & ſervitiis omnium
tenentium meorum, tam liberorum quam nativorum, de
Stapleford, in com' Leic', &c. Hiis teſtibus; Uno
Warino Latimer, Johe de Boy vill, militibus; magiſ-
tro Simone Iſlep, dno Baldewino de Moun, Thoma
Wakelyn de Cyddon, Rado Beler de Kettleby, Wal-
tero filio Walteri Preſt de Melton, Roberto de Wal-
tham de eadem, Robto Chevercourt de Wymondelie,
& aliis. Dat' apud Stene, die Veneris proximo-ante
feſtum Pentecoſtes, ango 1% Edw, ILL. 5
See the ſeal, fig. 5. | ps
1636, See the ſeal, fig. G. bid.
© Ibid, See the ſeal, fig, .
28. Noverint
*
? #
1
132
-a8. Noterint omnes ad quos preſens ſcriprum
ervenerit | & audjerinr, quod eonventio eſſet inter
ominum Gilbertum, filium Anketilli de Houby,. &
Jobannem de Vilers de Brokeſby, ſuper ſtatum mo-
lendini & attachiamenti ſtagni predicti Johis Brokeſ-
by, &c- His teſtibus; duo Roberto Lutterel, dno
Galfrido de Skefington, milite, Radulfo Chamber -
„Godfrido de Nevill de eadem, Johe .
de Ayeſty, Willo Kaſteleyn de Humbreſton, Robto
leyn de Rereſby
de la Hay de 'eadem,
leßve, & multis aliis *.
29. Eao Galfridus de Viters de Brokefby attornavi
dim Wiltm de Slotheby, rectorem eccleſie de Wy-
Rogero filio Laurencii de We-
loughby, ad liberandam ſeiſinam d no Johanni de Wy-
loughby, Uno de Ereſby, in omnibus terris in Stike-
ford &c. Dat apud Ereſby, anno 20 Edwardi tertiiꝰ.
300. Galfridus de Vilers & Alicia uror ejus feoffa-
verunt Ricm Daveys, Thom de Vilers, Riem de Ra-
dyſby, de omnibus terris & tenementis ſuis in Bròkeſ-
dy & Reyiſby, ad terminum vite predictorum Galfri-
di & Aleſie, &c. Datum apud Brokeſby, die Dominica
proxim4 poſt feſtum Seb Edmundi regis & marty ris,
anno 23 Edwardi tertiiꝰ. n :
31. Ego Johannes de Vilers dedi, conceſſi, de hc
preſenti» carta mea comfirmavi, Thome de Preſton,
militi, Simoni Pakeman, Thome Abel, Willo de
Caledon, & Thome de Flete, manerium de Brokeſby,
cum omnibus ejuſdem manerii pertinentiis, & cum
advocatione eccleſie ejuidem, & molendino aquatico,
& omnes terras & renementa mea in Retherby, &c.
His teſtibus; Rado Haſtings, milite, Rogero Beler,
milite, Ada de Derby de Gadeſby, Joke de Gaddeſby,
Rato Bret, & aliis. Dat' apud Brokeſby, die Domi-
nic -proxima ante feſtum STi Thome Apoſtoli, anno
regni regis Edwardi tertii poſt Conqueſtum 310.“
32. Hee Bend teſtatur, quod Thomas de Preſton,
miles, - Simon Pakeman, Thomas Ebell, Wiltus de
Caledon, Thomas de Flete, tradiderunt, conceſſerunt,
& dimiſerunt, Johanni de Vilers, manerium de Brokeſ-
by, cum omnibus ejuſdem manerii pertinentiis, &
cum adrocatione eccleſie, & molendino aquatico; &
omnes tetras & tenementa ſua in Retherby, cum eorum
pertinentiis; habend' & tenend' predictum maneri-
um, cum omnibus ejuſdem manerii pertinentiis, & cum
advocatione-ecclefie ejuſdem, & molendino aquatico,
&-omnes terras & tenementa ſua in Retherby, cum
eorum pertinentiis, predicto Jobanni, heredibus vel
aſſignatis ſuis, Jibere, bene, & in pace, A die confec-
tionis preſentis uſque ad ſinem viginti annorum proxi-
m ſequentium plen* completorum, reddens inde
annuatim prefatis Thome, Simoni, Thome, Wilto, &
heredibus vel aſſignatis eorum, decem libras argenti
per equales partiones, ad duos anni terminos, ſcilicet,
ad feſtum Sci Michaelis, & Purificationem beate Ma-
rie. Et ſi contingat quòd predictus Johes, vel here-
| des ſui, predictum terminum viginti annorum teuere
voluerunt, extunc reddent prefatis Thome, Simoni,
Thome, Willo, & Thome, heredibus & executoribus
eorum, viginti libras argenti, annuatim ſolvend' ad
terminos predictos. Et ſi predicti Thomas, Si-
mon, Thomas, Wiltus, Thomas, vel heredes eorum,
predictum manerium, cum omnibus ejuſdem manerii
pertinentiis, & cum advocatione eccleſie ejuſdem, &
molendino aquatico, & eorum terras, & tenementa
ſua in Retherby, cum eorum pertinentiis, vendere vel
alienare voluerunt, quod predictus Johannes vel heredes
ſui propinqui pre omnibus aliis erunt. Et predicti
Thomas, Simon, Thomas, Wittmus, & heredes eorum,
predictum manerium, cum omnibus ejuſdem manerii |
pertinentiis, & cum adyocatione eccleſie ejuſdem, &
molendino aquatico, & omnes terras & tenementa ſua
in Retherby, cum eorum pertinentiis, dicto Johi, he-
redibus vel aſſignatis
_ predictum viginti annorum plenor' completorum,
* Harl. MSS. 5178. see the ſeal, fig, 10.
big. See the ſeal, fig. 13.
wid. See the ſeal, fig. 14.
3
3 Ibid,
7 Ibid.
vis, uſque ad terminum
* Thid,
%
ee To uk H 18 Tory of LEICESTERSHTA 2
contra. omnes gentes wWarantizabunt & deſendent.“
In cujus rei teſtimonium, ſigilla ſua appoſugrunt.
Hijs teſtibus 4 Rado Haſtyng, milite, .Rogo Beler,
milite, Ada de Derby de Gaddeſby, Johe de Gaddeſ-
by, Rado Brete, & multis aliis. Dat' apud Brokeſby,
die Dominica ptoxim ante feſtum, Conceptionis beate
Marie, anno regni regis Edwardi tertii poſt Con-
queſtum quadrageſimo-ſecundo 3.
33s, Sciant-preſentes % futuri, quod nos Bartholo-
meus Brokeſby, armiger, Ibhomas Aſbeby junior, A-
lexander Villers, & Joties Smyth, clericus, tradidimus,
&c. Wilto de Brokeſby unum meſſuagium & unam
virgatam terre, &c. in villa de Brokeſby, in .com”
Leic'. Tradidimns etiam & confirmavimus eidem
Willo quendam annuum ,redditum ſex ſolidorum &
ſex denariorum, excuntem de omnibus terrjs, &c. que
nuper fgerunt Willi Swayne, kec. Tradidimus etiam
& confirmavimus eidem Wilo Villers quendam annu-
um redditum duorum ſolidorum, exeuntem de omaibus
illi terris, &c. quas quidem terras,. &c. nuper habui-
mus ex dono & feoffamento Radi Humberſton de
Leic'. Habend' & tenend', &c. prefato Willo Vil-
lers & heredibus & aſſignatoribus imperpetuum, &c.
In cujus rei teſtimonium, huic prefenti carte noſtte
ſigilla noſtra appoſuimus. Huis teſtibus; Jobe Beler.
Thoma Palmer, Gerardo, Digby, armigeris, Thoma
Derby, . Anton” Beler, Johe . de Ritherby, &
_ aliis., Dar' apud Brokeſky, die Junii proximo ante
. Sce rgarete Virginis, anno regni regis
enrici ſexti poſt Conqueſtum Anglie duodecimo *
| 2 Free + 1 22
34. Ego Willielmus de Brokeſby dedi, congeſſi, &
hac preſenti carta mea, confirmavi Willo , Merin
militi, Bartholomeo Brokeſby, Johi Bellers, J
Markbam, Everardo Digby, Thome Palmer, Ilen-
41 8
nnn
35. Notum fit, &c. quod ego Hugo de Wygginton
de Mountſorrell remifi, relaxavi, & quietum clamavi,
Willielmo Vylers de Brokeſby, armigero, heredibus
& aſſignatis ſuis, totum jus meum & clameum que ha-
.bui ex dono Alexandri de Vilers, nuper de Brokeſby.
Hiis teſtibus; Johe Bellers, Everardo Digby de Til-
ton, Johe Danet de Gaddeſby, armigeris. Dat' apud
Brokeſby, 12* die menſis Julii, anno regni ' regis
Henrici ſexti poſt Conqueſtum decimo ſexto“.
36. Ego Chriſtopherus Villers, ad rogatum & in-
ſtanciam Johannis Villers de Brokeſby armigeri, dimiſi
& confirmayi l home Entwyſell, Jobanni Brokeſby,
Thome Kebyll, Johanni Kebyll, Bartholomeo Brokeſ-
by, filio dicti Johannis Brokeſby, Roberto Borugh,
Thome Borugh, Alexandro Villers, Chriſtophero Vil-
lers, filio ipſius Alexandri, Galfrido Villers, filio
ejuſdem Alexandri, & Roberto Seton, gentleman,
manerium meum de Howby, & c.; que quidem ma-
nerium, &. conjunctum cum Georgio Villers, Tho-
mä Villers, Walto Villers, Edwardo Villers, Leonar-
do Villers, Blaſeo Villers, gentleman, Johanne Swep-
ſton clerico, & Thoma Byngham clerico, qui michi
2 Chriſtophero totum jus & titulum tuum per
criptum ſuum relaxaverupt, ac cum Jacobo Villers,
Bartholomeo Villers, gentleman, & Johanne Alayn
clerico, jam defunctis, ex dono & conceilione pretati
Johannis Villers de Brokesby, &c. Habend' & te-
nend, &c. Dat' 129 die Mai, anno regni regis
Henrici octavi duodecimo 9.
dee the ſeal, fg 1. wid. See the fal, fg 12.
The ſeal is the ſame as fig. 13. .
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has EXTRACTS from the Chartulary of GEREN DON ABBEY',
I. Gopzsy. and Earryntt. 4
In Gonteby, habemus tinam carucatam terre de Wil-
lietmo de Quatermares in puram eleemofinam; ſalvo
forinſeco quantum pertinet ad unam carucatam, unde
ſex carucate faciunt ſervitium dimidii militis. Item,
XV acras in puram eleemoſinam, Inde habemus car-
tam de fine facto in curi regis.
Item, ſuper his habemus cartas Luce le Quater-
mar & Willielmi de la Landa. |
In Eſtwell, habemus 1111 carucatas terre, in puram
eleemoſinam, de feodo comitis de Aubemarla, & inde
cartam Radulfi Pincerne de Eyton de donatione, &
Roberti filii ſui de confirmatione, & cartam Willi de
Evermu de conceſſione, & cartam Wilti comitis de
Aubemarla de confirmatione; & quictam clamanciam
tocins ſervitii quod ad illos & ad omnes pertinet.
tem, cartam Hawiſe filie ſue & heredis; & cartas
comitis Hug' de Norfolc, Willi de Mandevill, Bau-
devini de Betun', de adquietanciũ erga omnes.
Item, ibidem, cirographum Roberti Arrabi de quo-
dam eſcambio. | 22
Apud Goutebi x1t carucate faciunt unum militem ;
unde monachi tenent v111 carucatas de feodo Mu-
brai 5 |
1. Univerſis, &c. Will“ de Quatnormaris ſalutem.
Sciatis quòd ego Wilts, per concordiam finem faciens
in curia domini regis, de un carucart terre cum per-
tinentiis, & xv acris cum pertinentiis, in Gouteby,
conceſſi, & hc cartũ me confirmavi, Deo & ecclefic
Sancte Marie de Geroldon, & monachis ibidem Deo
ſervientibus, predictam carucatam terre, quietam ab
omnibus ſerviciis ad me & heredes meos pertinentibus,
cum grangia fit in ips& carucara, & cum omnibus
pertinentiis, tenendam in perpetuum de me & heredi-
bus meis in eleemoſinam, faciendo inde forenſe ſer-
vitium mihi & heredibus meis, quantum pertinet ad
unam carucatam, unde ſex carucate faciunt ſervicium
dimidii militis. Item predictas xv acras, cum perti-
nentiis, conceſſi eis, tenendas in perpetuum de me &
heredibus, in putam eleemoſinam, quietam ab omni-
bus ſerviciis. Preterea ecnceſſi eis ut habeant averiis
ſuis liberum ingreſſum in grangiam ſuam & ipſam ca-
rucatam terre, & egreſſum per terras meas, ſine
dampna quod faciant in pratis meis, aut in bladis
meis aut hominum meorum; ita tamen quod in paſtura
ipſius grangie & ville non habebunt plura averia quam
paſturà que pertinet ad ipſam carucatam terre & ad
predictas xv acras ſuſtinere poteſt & debet. Et ego &
— mei warrantiza bimus hee omnia prediftis mona
chis in perpetuum. Et ego hec omnia fideliter tenenda
affidavi in nomine Thome de Eftleia, ſeneſcalli comitis
eceſtrie. Hiis teſtibus ; Simone de Pateſhull,
athio de Fauconbergà, Ricardo Malebiſſe s.
2. Unjverſis ſancte matris ecclefie filiis Lucas de
| Quatermares ſalutem. Sciatis me conceſſiſſe, & hac carta
relative to GoDEBY, RINGELTHORPE, and WELBY GrRANGES, | 4
7 Re
med confirmaffe, conceſſu & bonk voluntate Ade filil
mei & heredis, Deo & eccleſie ſancte Marie de Gerol -
donia, & monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, pro ſa-
late anime mee, & Matildis uxoris mee, & omnium ante-
ceſſorum & heredum meorum, 1 carucatam in Gou-
tebi, quam Ricardus filius Turſtin prefate eccleſie.
in obitu ſuo conceſſit, in perpetuam eleemoſinam;
hancque carucatam terre tenebunt in perpetuum
prefati monachi, liberam & quietam ab omni ſervitio &
exactione ad nos & heredes noſtros pertinente, cum
omnibus eidem terre pertinentibus. Conceſſi & eis in
perpetuam eleemoſinam paſturam quingintis ovibus in
eadem villa, & bobus & ceteris animalibus ad eandem
terram excolendam ſufficientibus. Dedi & eis, con-
ceſſu & bona voluntate uxoris mee Matildis & Ade
heredis mei, xv acras terre in campo de Goutebi, in
perpetuam eleemoſinam, ſicut carta mea teſtatur.
Pretereà conceſſi & quietum clamavi predicte eccleſie
quicquid juris vel calumnie unquam hahebam in 1
carucatis de Eſtwelle, pro ſalute anime mee; &, fi
ego ab hic luce infra Angliam migravero, corpus
meum ad ſepulturam recipient predicti monvachi: Hec
omnia Adam filius meus & heres conceſſit, & ſicut
perpetuam eleemoſinam manutenebit. His teſtibus;
Rogero abbate de Burtunk ; & monachis ſuis, Ricardo
capellano, & Roberto filio Ailwini; Ricarde de Qua-
termares, Roberto-de Stapennil, Willielmo, & Ar-
Une 4, ' |' . p
3. VUniverſis ſancte matris eccleſie filiis Willielmus de
la Landa ſalutem. Sciatis me conceſſiſſe, & hic carti
mea confirmafſe, Deo & eccleſie ſancte Marie de Gerol-
donia, & monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, pro ſa-
lute anime mee & omnium anteceſſorum & heredum
meorum, illam carucatam terre quam Ricardus avun-
culus meus dedit eis cum corpore ſuo in campo de
Goutebi, & pater meus conceſſit; & totum managium
ſuum, ubi grangiam ſuam & ceteras domos ſuas con-
ſtruxerunt, cum pratis & paſcuis, & omnibus perti-
nentibus & aiſiamentibus, in puram & perpetuam
eleemoſinam; hecque omnia tenebunt prefati mo-
nachi in perpetuum libera & quieta & ſoluta ab omni
terreno ſervitio & conſuetudine mihi & heredibus meis
pertinente, ſalvo forinſeco ſervitio. Et eſcambium,
quod fecerunt cum patre meo & hominibus ſuis, fimi-
liter conceſſi & confirmavi jam dictis monachis.
Preterea conceſſi eis ut habeant liberum egreſſum &
regreſſum animalibus. ſuis per tertam meam ad cultu-
ras & paſturas ſuas quas habuerunt juxta terram
meam de Goutebi. Et ego & heredes mei hec omnia
prefatis monachis warantizabimus, & ſicut perpetuam
eleemoſinam manutenebimus, ſalvo forenſi ſervitio.
Teſtes; Robertus filius Reinfredi, Ricardus de Pecco 5.
4. Compoſitiq de eſcambio unius acre terre de Goutebi.
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Univetſis ſancte matris eccleſie filiis Baldricus* archi-
diaconus Legreceſtrie ſalutem. Seciatis me confirmaſſe
2 1 have been favoured with two different original Chartularics of Gerendon. The firſt, and moſt conſiderable, containing
©
38 leaves of vellum, belonged in 1680 to George duke of Buckingham, who at that time was owner of the ſite of the abbey ;
and afterwards came, with the title-deeds, to the family of Philips; by one of whom it was prefented to the late James Weſt,
eſq. F. A. S. and preſident of the Royal Society; and after his death, in 177, was purchaſed, with many other valuable MSS.'
by William earl of Shelburne, now (1794) marquis of Lanſdown. It is written at different periods, in ſeveral different
ſorts of hands, principally ſmall, but all antient and tolerably fair. The ſecond Chartulary, containing 25 leaves on vellum,
ſomewhat larger and much broader than the other, and all ia one uniformly large hand-writing, is the property of Craven
Ord, eig. F. R. and A. SS. They both contain in common the foundation-charters, with ſeveral papal and royal indulgences :
but each has ſome which are not in the other; and the private grants are almoſt wholly different. The extracts here ſelected
for Framland are wholly from the former, which on the whole is by much the moſt complete; but the latter ſopplies many
articles unnoticed in the other, particularly in the diſtri which is fituate in the hundred of Sparkenhoe- When either is
quoted, I ſhall diſtinguiſh them by Reg. L. or Reg. O.; and under the Hiſtory of Gerendon Abbey ſome ſpecimens of the
hand writing of both ſhall be given, and their particular contents more fully ſpecified, |
Reg. L. fol, 29. b. Ib. 30. a.
© He occurs archdeacon in 1158, and 1189.
Vol. I, Arran,
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excambium quod factum fuit inter ecclefiam de Gerol-
donig & eccleſiam de Goutebi per Walterum facer-
dotem, & Nicholaum clericum, perſonas ejuſdem
eccleſie; videlicet, de una acra que adjacer ante
bio illius acre quam predicta ecclefia de Goutebi ob-
tinet in Lopgfurianges & in_Saltechou donatjone &
confirmatione Luce de Quatermaris. Hancque com-
mutationem inter prediftas ecc leſias, in capitulo ſacer-
dotum in eccleſi de Meultonia, ratam & inconcuſſam
in perpetuum permanere, communi aſſenſu ſacerdotum
& clericorum, conceffimus & confirmavimus. Hii
font telle; 'magiſter Bernardus, magifler Duraudus,
Achardus, Robertus ſacerdos de Chalewel *,
5. Univerſis fande matris eccleſie filſis Radulphus
Pincerna, filius Willielmi de Ettunk, ſalutem. Sci-
atis quòd ego Robertus, 'poſtquam Televavi 'terram
mean, aſſenſu mattis mee & Hugonis fratris mei, dedi
& conceſh, & hac med carr confirmäſſe, Deo & ec-
clefie ſantte Marie Geroldonie, & monachis ibidem Deo
ſervientibus, pro ſalute anime mee, & pro animi'patris
mei & matris mee, & amicorum meorum, & omnium
antecefſorom & heredum meorum, in puram & per-
— eleemoſinam, rv carucatas terre in Eſtwell, ex
ereditate mei, que reddidit mihi dominus per breve
domini regis ex judicio totius comitatits, Predictas
verd iv carncatas terre prefdiai monachi tenebunt de
me & de heredibus, cum toftis & croftis, & pratis &
paſcuis, & aquis, & ſemitis & viis, & cum ownibus
pertinentiis ſuis & libertatibus, integrè, intra villam
& extra villam, in puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam,
liberas & quietas ab omnibus ſerviciis & conſuetudi-
nibus ſecularibus, & omnibus rebus ad eandem terram
pertinentibus, & commun paſturã de Ettuna, Hanc
autem donacionem fideliter & fifmiter tenendam ego
Radulphus affidavi pro me & pro heredibus meis; &
- monachi me adjuverunt ad relevandam terram meam.
Hec omniaque ego & heredes mei eis warantizabimus
& manutenebimus ſicut perpetuam eleemoſinam noſ-
tram, & contra omnes homines defenſores aſtabimus.
Teſtes; Radulphus ſacerdos de Eſtwell, Willielmus
ſacerdos de Ettuna *, TIO. EM |
6. Univerfis ſanfte matris eccleſie filiis Roberrus, filius
Radulphi Pincerne de Ectuni, falurem. Selatis me
dediſſe, & bac carta mea confirmafſe, Deo & eccleſie
£
fan&e Marie de Gerotdonia, & monachis ibidem Deo
ſervientibus, videlicet, poſtquam terram meam relevavi
& uxorem duxi, conſenſu & bon voluntate Cecilie
uxoris mee, in pufam & perpetuam eleemoſinam, pro
ſalute anime mee, & uxoris mee, & patris mei & matris
mee, & omnium anteceſſorum heredum meo-
rum, donationem patris mei; videlicet, iv carucatas
terre in Eſtwell, tenendas de me & heredibus meis in
perpetuam eleemoſinam. Haſque predictas carucatas
terre, cum toftis & croftis, & aquis, & pratis &
aſcuis, & ſemitis & viis, & omnibus pertinentiis
ais & libertatibus, tenebunt monachi liberas & qui-
etas ub omnibus ſervitiis & omnibus rebus ad eandem &
terram pertinentibus, in puram & perpetuam eleemo-
ſinam. Et ego & heredes mei hec omnia eis waranti-
zabimus ſideliter & manutenebimus. Teſtes; Rob
de Arabi, Rob" de Wime s.
7. Univerſis ſancte matris eccleſie fillis Willielmus de
Evermu ſalutem. Sciatis me dedifſe, & hc carrt
mel confirmüſſe, Deo & ecclefic ſancte Marie de Ge-
roldonia, & monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, xv ca-
rucatas terre in Eſtwell, cum omnibus pertinentiis, in
rpetuam eleemoſinam, liberas & quietas ab omni
terreno- ſervitio, & conſuetudine & exaQione ad me &
heredes meos pertinentibus, excepto forenſi ſer vitio.
Duas verò carucatas in Eſtwell, quas Leoninus de Ar-
ö b. 6. .
4 The ſee of Lincoln was then vacant.
deles in vadimonium tenuerat ad opus ipſorum mona-
chorum pro xv marcis, omninò adquietavi. Ad hanc
verd adquietationem faciendam monachi predicti de-
ante nt mihi xn marca argenti ; &, quum prius con-
portam grangie monachorum, quam habent in excam- key 5
eis ipſas 1 carucatas, dederunt mihi xiti marcas
argentiz unde Rebertus comes Legeceſtrie & homines
ſui, & abbas Legeceſtije & cagonici ſul; ſont! teſtes.
napropter ego & heredes mei terram prenominatam
monachis Geroldonie warantizabimus & adquietabi-
mus, & contra omnes homines defenſores aſtabimus.
Teſtes; Will' Baſſet vicecomes, Ric' Baſſet.
8. . Lincolnieafi4 epiſcsps, & omnibus filiis ec-
clefie, Willielmus de Albemaràs ſalutem, Sciatis qudd
concedo donationem que facta eſt monachis eecleſie de
Geroldon, quam W. de Evermu conceſſit, 111m ſei-
licet carucatas terre in Eſtwell, cum omnibus perti-
nentiis, in pratis & paſcuis, & in territoriis, ſalvo ſer ·
vitio meo quantum ad illam terram pertinet, quamdiu
uxerou. Eriam po obitum meum, pro anima mea
& animabus anteceſſorum meorum, ille qui poſſidebit
Ettun liberus ſit & quietus ab illo ſervicio quantum
ertinet ad terram quam poſſidet eceleſia de Geroldon.
t heredibus meis, per fidem illam quam Deo & mihi
debent, precipio & conteſtor, ne unquam ptedictum
ſer vicium quantum attinet ad terram monachorum ex-
igere preſumant ab illo 8 poſſidebit in futuro
Ettun, ut etiam a monachis. Sciatis etiam ſi quis à
monachis ipls in calumpniam mittatur, contra omnes
homines defenſor aſtabo, & pro poſſe meo waranti-
za bo, ficut meam eleemoſinam. Ut verò ratum fit
nod ecclefie de Geroldon concedo, preſens ſcriptum
Roll mei auctoritate confirmo. Teſtibus; R*tldo *
epiſcopo Eborac', Fulcone abbate de Alban' ?.
9. Wilts de Mandevill, comes Efſex', ommibus
hominibus & amicis ſuis, Francis & Anglis, clericis &
laicis, preſentibus & futuris, — * Sciatis me
conceſſiſſe, & hac carta me confirmiſle, in puram &
perpetuam eleemoſinam, Deo & eccleſie Sancte Marie
Gerold', & monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, pro
ſalure anime mee, & uxoris mee, & heredum & ante-
ceſſorum meorum, 111 catucatas terre in Eſtwell,
cum omnibus pertinentiis, liberas & quietas ab omni
ſervicio quod ad comitem Albemarl' pertinuit, & quod
ad me & heredes meos pertinet, & ab omni ſervicio;
videlicet, illas 1111 carucatas quas monachi habuerunt
ex donatione Radulfi Pincerne, poſtquam idem Ra-
dulfus diſrationayerat terram jllam in curi domini
regis; & ex confirmatigqhe Willi de Exrermu, & con-
firmatione Willi Albe mac, de cujus feodo terra illa
eſt. Hanc autem compoſitionem feci predictis mona -
chis liberà voluntate & petitione Hawiſe filie & he-
redis comitis Albemarl', poſtquam eam accepi in
uxorem. Et prohibeo ne aliquis eis gravet neque
apctet, neque moleſtiam faciat, quia omnibus here-
terre que de feodo. meo eſt in Ectunk & Eſtwell,
| as. qui terram illam tenuerunt vel tenebunt, qui-
etum clamayi a me & heredibus meis forenſe ſervitium,
x omne ſervicium quod ad comitem Albemarl' perti-
nuit, & quod ad me & beredes meos pertinet de terra
monachorum. Et ego & heredes met adquietabimus
terram illam in perpetuum de omni ſeculari ſervicio.
Hang conßrmationem feci prediftis monachis, anno
regni Henrici Secundi xxv1n*, ad | Scace” Paſche,
_ Weſtm', coram Gaufrido Eboracenſi & Johanne
orwic* epiſcopis; & Ranulfo de Glanvill, & Rico
theſaurario diacono regis, & Rogero filio Reinftꝰ & aliis
juſtitiariis & hominibus qui tunc ibi aderaut. Teſti-
s hiis; Simone de Eello- campo, Hugone Talebot,
Ardene de Rokeford, Wilto ſilio Rogeri, & Roberto
fratre ejus, Rado de Mandevill, Willo de Ocking»
ham, Johanne de Rokell . Carta comitiſſe adjicitur,
quod ipſa & heredes ejus warantizabunt 10.
® Ib. 6. b. and repeated 29 b.
William le Gros, fon of Stephen the firſt earl of Albemarle, and grandſon of Odo eur of Blois by Matilda daughter of
the Conqueror.
This deed was about the year 1164. 17
7 Reg. L. 6. a,
Daughter of William le Gros, by Cecily daughter of William fon of Duncan, ſon of Malcolm king of Scots and brother
of king David. She was thrice married; firſt to William de Mandevill, earl of Efſex, 1180; ſecondly, to William de Fortibus,
1489; thirdly, to Baldwin de Betune, 1190 each of whom aſſumed ſuccefively, in her right, the title of earl of Albemarle,
See Dygdale's Baronage, 1. 62.
9 Reg: L. fol. 30 b 5
he deed here alluded 20 occurs in the Gerendon Chartulary, p. 6. a in nearly the ſame words as her ſecond grant, here
priated in p. 135; and is witneſſed by Simon abbot of Tiltey, and William de Mandeyith - © ©
20, Hawiſa
"GODESY, RINGLETHORPE, WELBY GRANGES. 135
I. ee Aver; Metros Mowbs av,
t +. Hawifa comitiffa de Albemard? omnibos hes
minibus & amicis ſuis,” Fraticis & Anglis, clericis &
laicis, preſentibus & futuris, ſalutem. Seistig me
jo legitimà poteſtate mea, conſtitutam poſt mortem
domimi met Baldewini de Beruni,” & poſtquam finem'
feci de jute & hereditate mea cum domino rege, coh-
ceſfiſſe, & hac cartà mea confirmaſe, in puram & pers
petuam eleemoſinam, Deo & excleſie Sancte Marie de
Geroldon, & monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, pro
ſalure anime mee, & domini mei Willielmi de Mande=
vill comitis Effex, & heredum & anteceſſorum me-
orum, quatuor carucatas terre in Eſtwell, cum om-
nibus pertinentiis, liberas & quietas ab omni ſervicio
quod ad comitem de Albemari patrem meum perti-
nuit, & quod ad me & heredes meos pertinet, & ab
omni terreno ſervicio; videlicet, illas quatuor caru-
catas quas monachi habuerunt ex donatione Radulphi
Pincerne poſtquam idem Radulphus diſrationaverat
rerram Nam in curia domini regis; & ex confirmatione
Wilhelmi de Evermu, & confirmatione Willielmi co-
mitis de Albemart patris mei, de cujus feodo terra illa
eſt. Et prohibeo ne aliquis eos jade gravet nec inquieter;,
neque moleſtiam faciat; quia omnibus heredibus terre
que de feodo patris mei eſt in Eytone & Eſtwell, &
omnibus qui terram ilſlam tenuerunt vel tenebunt, qui -
etum clamavi a me & heredibus meis forenſe ſervicium,
& omne ſervicium quod ad comitem de Albemari pa-
trem meum pertinuit, & quod ad me & heredes meos
pertiner de tert monachorum. Et ego & heredes
mei adquierabimus terram illam in perpetuum de omni'
ſeculari ſervitio. or hec.omnia prediftis monachis war-
rantizabimus. Hlis teſtibus; Hugone abbate de
Melsà, Jordano abbate de Thorneton, ' Adz capel-
lano, Ranulpho vicecomite, Henrico de .,
Engeramo de Albemarle, Johanne Mauveiſin, Aliz#
de Fontibus ; Richeudi, Clementia, puellis meis *.
11. Willielmus* comes de Albemarä, filius Hawiſe
comĩtiſſe de Albamari, omnibus hommibus & amicis
ſuis, Francis & Anglis, clericis & laicis, prefentibus
& füturis, ſalutem. Sciatis me conceſſiſſe; & hic
carta confirmaſſe, in liberam & puram & perpetuam
eleemoſinam, Deo & eccleſie beate Marie de Gerol-
don, & monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, pro ſalute
anime mee & uxoris mee, & omnium anteceſſorum &
heredum meorum, Tt carucaras terre de feodo meo
in Eſtwelle, cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis, liberas &
quietas ab omni ſeculari ſervicio quod ad comitem de
Albamare avum meum, & ad Hawiſam matrem meam
comitiſſam de Albamare, pertinuit, & quod ad me &
heredes meos pertinet, & ab omni terteno ſervicio;
videlicet, illas quatuor carucatas' terre quas predicti
monachi habuerunt ex donatione Radulphi Pincerne
de Eytoni, poſtquam idem Radulfus diſrationaverat
terram illam in curia domini regis, & ex confirmatione
Willielmi comitis de Albamare avi mei, & ex confir-
matione predifte Hawiſe matris mee comitiſſe de Als?
bamare, de cujus feodo terra illa eſt. Et prohibeo
ne aliquis — monachos inde gravet neque in-
quĩetet, neque moleſtiam faciat in perpetuum, quia
omnibus heredibus terre que de feodo matris mee eſt
in Eytond & Eſtwelle, & omnibus qui terram illam
tenuerunt vel tenebunt, quietum clamavi a me & here-
dibus meis in perpetuum forenſe fervicium, & omne
ſervicium quod ad comitem de Albamare avum meum,
& ad Hawiſam matrem meam comitiffam de Albamare,
pertinuit, & quod ad me & ad heredes meos pertinet
de terra monachorum. Et ego & heredes adquieta-
bimus in petpetuum terram illam de omni ſeculari
ſervicio. Ke ec omnia predictis monachis waranti-
zabimas. Teſtibus hlis; domino. Henrico de Alde-
theleighe, Waltero de Deyvill, 2 de Segrave,
Fulcone de Oyri, Gaufrido Diſpenſario, Hugone de
Foreſti, Roberto de Burton, Johanne de Folvill,
Roberto de Withine, Hugone de Streteghe, & multis
aliis “. Pre” 5 | |
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* William de Fortibus, ſon of the lady
3 Pugdale, ubi ſuprà. | hed
d Trtoxys ERNAT PD.
In Ringoltorp, habemus dus carueatas tetre de
feudo & dono cothitis Legr* in puram eleemofinam;
& de Roberto Akrabi unam virgatam & x11 ſeliones
in puram eleemoſinam, & cartam Roberti fili ſui de
confirmatione. . 8
Item, de Ernaldo de Boſco xxxit acras de quodam
eſtambio, & x1 acras de dono, & cartas in ts.
In campo de Scaudeford, habemus de Hereberto
perſona nam acram, & de Ranulfo fratte ſuo itt
marcas & dim”, & pratum, in puram eleemoſinam.
In campo de Melton !, habemus xxxtt acras in pu-
ram eleemoſinam, de quibus factum eſt efcambiym
cum Ernaldo. De hic rerri habemus eartas Gun-
drede de Mubrai, Rogeri de Mubrai, Roberti de Mubrai.
Item, ibidem, de Henrico de Caldewell 1 ſelionem,
& cartam Roberti Arrabi de quodam efcambio. _
Hoc tetum habemus in puram eleemoſinams.
1. Robertus comes Legeceſtrie epiſcopo Lincolnie
& omnibus, &c. Noſcant omnes, &c. quod dedi &
conceſſi Deo & Sancte Marie de Geroldonii, &c.
(inter alia) 11 carncatas terre in Ringeltorp, cum
omnibus pertinentiis 5, * e
2. Gundredis mater Rogeri de Mubrai omnibus fi-
delibus ſancte eceleſie ſalutem. Sciatis me dedifſe &
conceſſiſſe Deo & monachis ſancte Marie de Gerol-
donia, pro anima Nigelli domiai mei, & pro (ature
Rogeri filii mei, & filiorum ſuorum, & mea, xkxft
acras terre, & pratum quod eidem terre adjacet, in
perpetuam eleemoſinam, conſenſu Rogeri filii mei.
Teſtibus; Roberto abbate de Beillando, Landrico de
Abe, Richardo capellano, Gilberto de Rampainne 7.
3+ G. abbari de Geroldonii, venerabili patri & do-
mino, Rogerus de Mubrai humilitatis & obedientie
obſequium. Exaudivi preces Gandredis matris mee
de negotio & commodo abbatie veſtre ; & finaliter
concedo veſtre eccleſie quantumcumque Gundredis
mater mea dedir veſtre eccleſie de terris ſuis; atque
hamiliter, po Dei amore & meo ſervitio, vos ut pa-
trem ſpiritualem & conventum veſtrum requiro, qua-
tenùs veſtris orationibus & precibus dum in bac pere-
grinatione fuero intereſſe poſſim; &, cum. redièro,
quicquid a me reſonabilitèr protulabitis libentiſſimè
concedam. Et ego abbas de Beiland his votis & pe-
titionibus inrerfui, & hujus conceſfionis teſtis ſum &
ero . ' nd Of Ree.
4. Univerfis ſancte matris ecclefic filiis Rope s de
Mulbrai ſalutem. Sciaris me conceſſiſſe, & bac carta
ru
mei confirmiſſe, in liberam & puram & perpetuam
eleemolidam, Deo & eccleſie ſancte Marie Geroldon',
& monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, pro ſalute ani-
me mee, & omnium anteceſſorum & heredum meorum,
quandam calturam terre apud Torp, quam Gundre-
dis mater mea, conceſſione patris mei, monachis dedit
in eleemoſinam, pro xxx11 acris, cum cheveſciis &
prato ad eas pertinentibus, liberam & quietam ab omni
ſeculari ſervicio, ſicut jam ſalſiti fuerant per aviam me-
am, antequam R. de Mulbrai pater meus primò arriperet
iter eundi Jeroſolymam cum rege Francorum Lodovico; .
videlicet, totam illam culturam que eſt de feodo Mel -
tone, inter viam que ducit à ſpineto uſque Melto-
nam, & diviſam ĩpſius culture, & feodo de Torp, cum
cheveſciis, & quodam prato eidem culture adjacenti,
quod dicitur Rubrum Pratum, & quicquid amplius
eſt in predict cultur quam xxx11 acre totum inte»
grum predictis monachis confirmavi. Conceſſi etiam
ut eſcambium quod jam factum eſt inter monachos &
'Ernaldum de Boſco & heredes ejus firmiter teveatur
& ſtabilis fit quamdiu monachi voluerinr, niſi mona-
chi in futurum alibi eſcsmbium accepetrint. Hanc
conſirmationem feci monachis, poſtquam pater meus
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136 APPENDIX To ruf HISTORY or LEICESTERSHIRE.
confirmaverat eis eandem terram, & poſtquam terra
de Meltona donata fuit mihi in feodum & hereditatem
pro homagio & ſervicio meo. Et ego & heredes mei
anc eleemoſinam eis warantizabimus. Teſtibus; Ra-
dulpho de Rinburc, Gilberto de Segrave “.
6. Sciant tam preſentes quam futuri hujuſmodi eſ-
cambium factum eſſe inter monachos de Geroudonia
& Ernaldum de Boſco & heredes, quod monachi di-
miſerint Ernaldo & heredibus ejus quandam culturam
de feodo Meltone, cum quodam prato ad eam perti-
nenti, quod dicitur Rubrum Pratum; & Ernaldus tan-
tum terre culte quantum habebat in predi&a cultura
& prato dedit monachis in eſcambium juxta Medel-
holm, quam habent de feodo ejus in eleemoſina, ita
quod menſura eſcambii non erat diminuta occaſione
vie unde contentio erat inter monachos & homines
Ernaldi, quia Ernaldus jam fecit monachis pacem &
quietanciam adversds homines ſuos. Hoc autem eſ-
cambium donabit quamdiu utrinque warrantizare po-
terint. Et monachi terram quam receperunt in eſ-
cambium inde liberam renebunt ut tenuerunt, cul-
turam de feodo Meltone; & hanc libertatem cum eſ-
ambio warrantizabunt eis Ernaldus & heredes ejus.
. monachi warrantizabunt Ernaldo & heredibus ejus
ut teneant culturam de feodo Meltone adeò liberè ut
Ernaldus tenuit terram quam dedit in eſcambium.
Teſtibus; Roberto comite, Petronilla comitiſsa *,
6. Univerſis filiis ſancte matris eceleſie tam preſenti-
bus quam futuris Ernaldus de Boſco ſalutem. Sciatis me,
pro amore Dei, & pro animabus patris & matris mee,
& pro ſalute anime mee, & Emme uxoris mee, & li-
berorum meorum & anteceſſorum meorum & ſucceſ-
ſorum, conceſſiſſe, & hac preſenti carta mea confir-
maſſe, donationem quam pater meus dedit Deo &
beate Marie de Geroldonia, & monachis ibidem Deo
& ſancte Marie ſer vientibus; ſcilicet, x11 acras terre
quas pater meus dedit eis in campo de Torp, que ſunt
juxta grangiam ſuam de Ringelthorp, & pratum ad
diviſam jam dicte terre, tenend' in liberam & puram
& perpetuam eleemoſinam. Teſtibus; Willielmo de
Wibetot, Nicholao de Houbi, Radulpho Fridai, Ro-
berto de Granford foreſtario 3,
7. Ernaldus de Boſco omnibus hominibus & amicis
ſuis ſalutem. Sciatis quod pater meus dedit mona-
chis de Geroudonia x11 acras terre in Bernewang & in
Nord Medelholm, que eft prope Ringletorp, cum
prato ad eas pertinenti, in puram & perpetuam elee-
moſinam; & ego eandem eleemoſinam eis confirmavi;
& preterea, quicquid ego amplius babui in Bernewang,
& quicquid ego & heredes mei amplius habemus in
prefaia Medelholm totum eis dedi, & hac carta
mea confirmavi, in puram & perpetuam eleemoſinam,
cum prato ad illud pertinenti, & preterea quendam par-
vum pratum juxta prefatam Medelholm, quod non
excedit dimidiam acram. Et ego feci hominibus meis
guarantum ſuum pro parte ſua quam habebant in
Medelholm. Et ego & heredes mei hec omnia A
prediftis monachis warantizabimus, ſicut propriam elee-
moſinam noſtram. Teſtibus; Roberto comite, & W. &
R. filiis ejus “.
8. Robertus comes Legeceſtrie 5 omnibus homini-
bus & hdelibus ſuis Francie & Anglie ſalutem. Sci-
atis me conceſſiſſe, & hac cartà mea cunfirmaſſe, mo-
nachis de Geroldonià, eleemoſinas Ernaldi de Boſco &
patris ſui de feodo meo in Torp, ſicut carta Ernaldi
teſtatur; videlicet, quicquid Ernaldus & pater ſuus &
homines eorum habuerunt in Bernewang & in Medel-
holm, cum prato pertinenti ad Medelholm, & pretereà
quoddam pratum juxta Medelholm, ſalvo ſervicio meo.
Teſtibus; Petronilla comitiſſa, Willo de Brettul *,
9. Univerſis ſancte matris eccleſie filiis Robertus
Arabi ſalutem. Sciatis me conceſſiſſe, & hic mea
cartã confirmaſſe, Deo & eccleſie ſancte Marie de Ge-
roldonia, & monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, pro
'anim4 patris mei, & pro ſalute anime mee & uxoris
4 Reg - L. fol. 7 a, 5 Ibid.
mee Agnetis & R. heredis mei, in puram & perpe-
tuam eleemoſinam, terram quam pater meus dedit eis
pro ſalute anime ſue, & cum R. Pais cognato ſuo
quando ſe reddidit religioni in eadem domo; & terram
quam frater meus W. gedit eis pro ſalute anime ſue in
campo de Ringoldethorpe, liberam & quietam ab
omni ſervicio. Hanc verò terram tenebunt monachi
liberam & quieram ab omni ſervicio; & ego & here-
des mei eandem terram eis warantizabimus & manu=-
tenebimus ſicut propriam eleemoſinam noſtram. Teſ-
tibus; Waltero de Gnipton, Johanne de Aubeni '.
II. Wer and StisoxzY GRA NG E.
In Alebi habemus, imprimis, 1111 carucatas terre, de
donatione Gaufridi Hagith, de feudo Moubrai, in pu-
ram eleemoſinam, & cartam illius; & cartam aliam de
quieta clamatione dimid* marc', quam ſolebamus red-
dere pro eadem terra; & cartam Gundrede, ſororis
ſue, de cadem terra z & cartas Rogeri de Moubrai &
Nigelli de Moubrai, & Jordani de Sana Maria, &
Bartholomei de Turech, de confirmatione. Item,
ibidem, de dono Willielmi de Perer, dimid' caruca-
tam per dimid' marcam annuatim, & tertiam virgatam
per 111 ſolidos; & de hoc cartas duas. Item, de Ni-
gello de Alebi dimid' carucatam in proprio, &c. ſalvo
forinſeco; & cartam Gilleberti patris ſui, & ſuam.
Item, Gilleberti cartam de vit acris in puram eleemo—
ſinam. Item, cartam Nigelttde xv acris in puram
eleemoſinam. Item, aliam de 11 acris prati. Item, de
Ricardo de Dang dimid' acram ad feudo-firmam per
v11t ſolidos annuatim. Ibidem, de Rogero de Her-
nutt, 1 bovatam in puram eleemoſinam, de feudo de
Darvill, ſalvo forinſeco. liem, cartam Roberti de
Hernutt de v acris terre in puram eleemoſinam.
Item, de Thoma de Sextenebi dimid' carucatam per
dimid' marc” annuatim, & x ſeliones in puram elec-
moſinam. Item, cartam Thome filii ſui de confir-
matione & dono x11 ſelionum in puram eleemoſinam.
Item, cartam Roberti de Bovill de 1v acris in puram
eleemotinam. Item, de Helena filia Gilberti xv acras
per unum caſeum in Natali, & cartam de confirmati-
one Roberti filii ſui. Item, cartam ejuſdem Roberti
de xi acris & dimid” per x114, Item, cartam Willi-
elmi de Flamevill de x111 ſelionibus per vid. annu-
atim. Item carte due Willielmi de Daubi, & Rogeri
de Grimeſton, & Ricardi de Daubi, de v1 acris prati
in Seggeſwold in puram eleemoſinam. Item, Ricar-
dus filius Amiſi de x ſelionibus in puram cleemoſi-
nam. Item, cartam Stephani Scribe de 11 acris ibi,
& unius tofti in Munſorel, in puram eleemoſinam.
Item, cartam Nigelli de Alebi, & Thome Sixtenebi,
& Roberti Helene, de una acra & dimid', & ſex ſeli-
onibus. Una verò carucata terre, illa que eſt de Ni-
gello & Ric' de Dang, & illa dimid' carucate terre
de Thoma de Sixteneby, ſunt de feodo comitis Da-
vid; unde vi carucate & dimid' faciunt unum militem.
Quatuor carucate terre de Hagith, & tres virgate
de WilP de Perers, & illa bovata de Henault, ſunt
de feodo de Moubrai, de quo feodo vi carucate faci-
unt firmam unius militis. Item, Flamevill & Ro-
bertus Bovill de feodo Moubrai (de hoc feodo mo-
nachi tenent 1 carucatam ad reſpondendum fat* pro
ſex bovatis de W. Perers), & 1 bovat' de Rogero de
Bovill, & 1 bovar' de Will de Flamvill ®,
1. Univerſis ſancte matris eccleſie filiis Gaufridus
Haget ſalutem. Sciatis me dediſſe, & hic carti mea
confirmaſſe, Deo & eccleſie ſancte Marie de Geroldonia,
& monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, pro ſalute ani-
me mee, & patris mei & matris mee, fratrum meorum
& ſororum mearum, & omnium anteceſſorum meorum,
IV carucatas terre in Alebi, de dominio meo, quas
ſcilicet ego teneo de Rogero de Mulbrai, cum omni-
bus pertinentiis ſuis, in puram & perpetuam eleemoſi-
nam, reddendo mihi annuatim & heredibus meis dim'
marcam argenti ad Pentecoſten apud Helagle. Et
ego Gaufridus & heredes mei prefatam eleemoſinam
adquietabimus ab omnibus ſcutagiis & ſervitiis milita-
Ib. 19. b. * Ib. 9. 8.
Robert Boſſu, His father, Robert the elder, 8 given two carucates at Ringlethorpe. See p. 135.
Reg. L. fol. 5. a.
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yibus erga Rogerum de Mubrai & heredes ſuos, &
erg regem pominatim de ſcutagiis & ſervitiis mis
taribus. Monachi. verd demandis & conſuetudini-
bus que pertinent ad ew; & ad miniſtros ejus ipſius
comitatùs, aduietabunt. Hancque donationem ego
Gaufridus & heredes mei ſicut meam eleemoſinam wa-
rantizabimus. Teſtes; Bertram de Veredun, Radul-
phus Haget . bo W
2. niverſis, Nc. Gaufridus Haget ſalutem in Dot
mino. Noverit umverſitas veſtra me reddidiſſe, &
quiere elamäſſe, & hae preſenti cartà mea confir-
maſſe, Deo & Sanfte Marie de Gerold', & monachis
ibidem Deo ſeryientibus, in puram & perpetuam elee-
molinam, pro ſalute anime mee & anteceſſorum meo-
rum, iltam dimidiam marcam redditüs, quam predicti
monahi ſolebam redgere mihi annuatim pro terra de
Alebi. quietar de mee heredibus meis in perpetuum.
Hiis teſubus; Fan de Sancta Maria, Rogero filio
-Perri'Lifiard % _ |
'Mulbrai ſalutem. SG: me conceſſiſſe, & hic carti
me contirmaſſe, Deo & (ccleſie ſancte Marie de Ge-
roklon & mongchis — Deo ſervientibus, pro fas
lute anime mee & patfis mei, & omnium anteceſſorum
meorum, donationem Gaufridi de H ſcilicet, 19
carucatas terre in Alebi, cum omnitbus pertinentiis
ſais, quas idem Gaufridus tenet de feudo meg in eã-
_ dem via. Concedoque quatenus prefati monachi do-
nationem illam in perpetuam eleemoſinam teneant li-
beram & quietam ab omni terreno ſervicio; ita tamen
ut predictus Gaufridus regi & mihi & heredibus meis
ſervitium faciat quantum pertinet ad feudum illud,
ſicut carga illius teſtatur. Hiis teſtibus; Nigello fil io
meo, Roperto de Buci, Rogero de Canvill, Williel-
mo filio Roberti de Notingham .adulp
cardi,. o de Cotes.
2
-4--Utfiverſiz ſanfte matris eccleſie filiis Nigellus
ſancte Marie de Geroldonia, & monachis ibidem Deo
ſer vientibus, pro ſalute anime mee & omnium ante-
ceſſorum meorum, donationem Galſridi Haget; ſcili-
cet, xv carucatas terre in Alebi, cum omnibus perti-
'\ nentiis ſuis, quas idem Galfridus tener de feudo meo
in eadem villa. Concedoque quatenus prefati mona-
chi donationem illam in perpetuam eleemoſinam tene-
ant, liberam & quietam ab omni terreno ſervitio; ita
tamen ut predictus Galfridus regi & mihi & heredi-
bus meis ſervicium faciat quantum pertinet ad feu-
dum illud, ſicut carta illius teſtatur. Hiis teſtibus;
Rogero de Mubrai patre meo, Roberto de Buci, Gil-
leberto de Fukearmunt, Rogero de Canvill, Williel-
mo filio Roberti de Notingham.
5. Univerſis ſanfte matris eccleſie filiis Willielmus
de Perires ſalutem. Sciatis me conceſſiſſe, & haic
carta med confirmaſſe, Deo & eccleſie ſancte Marie
de Geroldonia,” & monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus,
pro ſalute avime mee & uxoris mee; & omnium ante-
ceſſorum & heredum meorum, in perpetuam eleemo-
ſinam, x ſeliones, quas Henricus frater meus dedit eis
in puram eleemoſinum in campo de Sextenebia; vide-
licet, illos x qui ſunt intra clauſuram grangu moua-
chorum. Et ego ipſe-preierei, ex dong meo, addidi
eis 11 acras terre prope grangiam versds-occidentem z
& 11 ſeliones in culturi propinquiori grangie versòs
meridionem; & alios x, videlicet, illos quos prefati
monachi habuerunt de Henrico de Mundford avunculo
meo. Conceſh & eis, & confirma vi, quicquid habent
de feodo meo infra clauſuram grangie & bercharie; &
quicquid extra jacet ad egreſſum & regreſſum anima-
linm ſuorum; & omnes terras quas habent in eleemo-
ſinam de feodo meo & communi paſtura de Sextenebi,
ad totam receptionem animalium de predictà grangia ;
& liberum egreſſum & regreſſum per terram meam
omnibus animalibus ſuis, cujuſcunque ſint generis,
Preterea dedi eis in perpetuam elcemoſinam 111 virga-
\
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, Reg, L. fol, 7. b. and repeated 29, a,
3 Ib. . b. and in part repeated 17. a, which begins nn i 1
Vor. L Arrzn p. ih
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3. Voiverſis 4 tris eccleſie ſilils Rogerus 0
ö
eri de Mubrai ſalutem. Sciatis me conceſ-
ſiſſe, & hac cartà mea fconfirmaſſe,, Deo & eccleſie
de dote uxoris mee.
tas terre in campo de Sextggebl; videlicet, Iam di-
midiam carucate quam 7s tenuerunt de me, ſicut
eam tenuerunt; ſcilicet, acras in uno campo, &
in altero totidem, cum v aeris Pra; & n virgatam
quam tenuerunt de Henrico ad uncuſo meo, heur eam
tenuerunt; ſcilicet, x acras & dimidiam in uno cam
o, & in altero totidem, cum 11/acris prati & dimid'.
as 111 vitgatas, cum cheveſciis, & predictis paſturis
& pratis, renebunt monachi de me & heredibus meis
pro ix ſolĩdos & vii denarios-annuatim reddendo mihi
& heredibus meis duobus terminis; videlicet, '1v ſoli-
dos & x denarios ad feſtum Crucis poſt Paſcham, & iv
ſolidos & x denarios ad feſtum Sancti Michaelis, pro
omnibus ſerviciis ad me & heredes meos pertimentibus,
falvo forinſeco ſervicio. Et ego & heredes mei pre-
difis monachis hec omnia manutenebimus & warranti-
zabimus. Et ſciendum, quod predicte terre non ſunt
7
6. Univerſis ſane matris eccleſie filiis Gillebertus
filius Thete de Alebi ſalutem. Sciatis quod ego con-
ceſũ, & bona voluntate heredum meorum Nigelli &
Radulfi dedi, Deo & ecclefie ſancte Marie Gerold', &
monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, pro ſalute anime
mee, & pro anima uxoris mee, & animabus anteceſſo-
rum & heredum meorum, ſeptem acras terre & unam
acram prati in campo de Aleby, in puram & perpe-
tuam eleemoſinam, liberas & quietas ab omni ſeeulari
ſervicio, ubi magis ſint ad aifiamentum & commodum
grangie de Alebi. Et ut hec mea donatio perpetuam
ſtabilitatem obtineat, carte hujus munimine & ſigilli
mei appoſitione eam confirmavi; & ego & heredes
ei warrantizabimus in perpetuum. Teſtibus hiis;
homa de Sextenebi, Ricardo de Kyrkebi, Willielmo
{i de Perer, Henrico de Houby, Roberto de Brevill, & -
filio Ri - Hugone'tfrarreezus, Samſone de Alebi, & pluribus aliis. » -
1 GT *
7. Univerſis ſane matris eecleſie filiis Nigellus de 1
Sciatis me conceſſiſſe, & hac noſtra '
Aleby ſalutem.
cartà confirmaſſe, Deo & eccleſie ſancte Marie de Ge-
roldon, & monachis ibidem Deo ſervientibus, in ꝓu-
ram & perpetuam eleemoſinam, pro ſalute anime mee,
& omnium anteceſſorum & heredum meorum, aſſenſu
& bona voluntate H. uxoris mee, vin buttas in Grene-
dale, cum prato ad cheveſcias, & le Sidholm; & 1
acras terre & dim' in campo de Alebi, que ſunt in ed
cultura ubi habent x1 ſeliones ex dono patris mei ad
WiIſivell. Pretereà conceſſi & confirmavy predictis
monachis omnes donationes patris mei; viſelicer, x
ſeliones in una cultura, & 1x in altera, que attingunt
ad viam que eſt diviſa inter Alebi & Sextenebi; & 11t
acras terre que attinguut in Oſebec juxta viam; ſci-
licet, illas acras quarum unam & dimid' dedi eis pro
anima patris mei, & dimidiam acram pro ſalute anime
mee & heredum meorum; 1 acram & dim” in eſcam-
bium terre quam W. de Perer recuperavit in curia re-
gis de feodo Folevile; 1 acram prati ſuper Dimirugge
dale. Preterea conceſſi & cotfirmavi eiſdem mona
chis carucatam terre, ex dono patris mei, cum v acris
prati ; ſcilicet, cum 11 acris que ſunt in Wernel versòs
aquilonem, & 11 ad Aſpedie yersds aquilonem, & 1
ſuper Dimirugge dale juxta predictam acram quam
pater meus dedit illis in eleemeſinam; & cum cheveſ-
ciis & Sidholmes, communi paſturà, & omnibus perti-
nentiis, in perpetuum; pro dimidia matcã argenti red-
dend' mihi annuatim, pro omnibus ſerviciis ad me & ad
heredes meos pertinentibus, duobus terminis; ſcilicet,
x1 denarios ad Inventionem Sancte Crucis, & xL. de-
narios ad feſtum Sancti Michaelis, ſalvo forenſi ſer-
vitio. Conceſſi preterea & confirmavi prediftis mona
chis che veſcias alterius dimidie carucate quam habe -
bunt ad terminum quas pater meus donavit illis in per-
petuam elcemolinam, & quas pater meus. in manu ful
retinebat. Si autem ego vel heredes mei predictas
cheveſcias non poterimus eis warrantizare, dabimus eis
eſcambium ad volentiam. Hee omnia ego & heredes
mei monachis manutenebimus & Wartantizabimus
ſicut propriam eleemoſinam noſtram. Hanc guaran-
tenam firmiter tenendam affidavi in manu W. de Perer
. 55 |
Ib. fol. 29 as yp»
Ib. 7. b. repeated 29. .
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Teſtes ; Radulphus Beler, Nico-
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8. Univerſis fande matris ecclefie filiis Thomas
Filius H. de Sextenby ſalutem. -- Sciatis me conceſſiſſe,
X hac cartà mei confirmiſſe, Deo & eccleſie Sancte
Marie Geroldon', & monachis ibidem Deo ſervienti-
bus, pro ſalute anime mee, & oninium antecefforum
x heredum meorum, eleemoſinam patris mei; ſcilicet,
x ſeliones, quorum v ſunt ante portam grangie de
Alebi, & alli v propipquiores ſunt inter nemus &
grangiam; & tres ſeliones, unam, videlicet, juxta
culturam in qua ſedes domorum eorum, & duos juxta
illos quos Amiſius dedit illis. Pretereà conceſſi eis &
confirmavi in perpetuum duas carucatas terre in Sex-
tenebi, ſcilicet, L acras terre; xx in uno campo, &
xx in alio, & x acras ubt ſitus loci domorum ſuarum,
cum v1 acris, & paſtura ad cg oves, & ad boves qui
ſufficiant ad eandem terram excolendam ; reddendo
annuatim mihi & heredibus meis dimidiam marcam
argenti; ſcilicet, xl d. ad feſtum Sancte Crucis poſt
Paſcham, & xl d. ad feſtum Sancti Michaelis, ſalvo
forinſeco ſervitio. Et ſciendum, quòd dimidia pars
dominii mei quod habeo inter Brocheles eſt inter ma)
ſuram prenominate terre. Ego autem percipiam
— meam versòùs ſolem illuc & jo aliis locis.
reterea dedi eiſdem monachis in puram & perpetuam
eleemoſinam, & ex dono meo confirmayi, x11 ſeliones
in campo de Sextenby, quorum quatuor extenduntur
ſuper diviſam de Alebi inter 'grangiam & Ketlebi;
duo verò ſunt inter grangiam & predictos vii
ſeliones, & duo juxta ſemitam de Holewell. Hec
omnia tenebunt monachi in perpetuam elecmoſinam;
& ego & heredes mei hec omnia warrantizabimus.
Teſtes; Thomas Diſpenſator, Gaufridus de Jort.
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Ar PEN DIX UN XVII. RED MIL E
In 1792, a bill —— for inclofing and divi-
ding the open and mon fields of Redmile; in
which the moſt noble John Henry duke of Rutland
is deſcribed as lord of the manor, and patron of the
ad vowſon; Henry Hough, rector, entitled to certain
glebe lands, and to all the tithes both great and ſmall;
and the duke of Rutland, the rev. Jobn Arden, Anne
Trubſhawe, William Smart, Margaret Frecth, Robert
Drake, and others, as proprietots of land in the com-
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filius Helene ſalutem. Sciatis me conceſſiſſeg & 752
mea carta confirmaſſe. Deo & eccleſie ſancte Marie de
Geroldonid, & monachis ibidem Deo ſetventibus,
pro ſalute anime mee, & omnium anteceſſorum he-
redum meorum, & Elene matris mee, videlicet, xt
acras terre in campo de Sextenebi, & dimidiam acram
prati, ad majus commodum & aifiamentum grangjesſue,
in perpetuam eleemoſinam, liberas & quietas ab omni
terreno ſervitio; excepto quod, - fingulis annjs. poſt
mortem matris mee, dabunt mihi & heredibus meigunum
caſeum in Natali Domini; & ego & heredes mel pre
dictam terram eis war rantizabimug, Teſtes; Thomas
de Sextenebi, Robertus de SanEo Lazaro.
10. Unirxerſis ſancte matris eceleſie filiis Robertus..
de Hareuuell ſalutem. Sciatis quòd ego, concefſu
bona voluntate M. nxoris mee, dedi, & hac med carta
conſirmaſſe, Deo & eccleſie ſuncte Maxie de Gerol-
donia, & monachis ibidem Deb ſervientidus, pro fa-
lute anime mee, & omnium anteceſſorum & h “,m
meorum, unam bovatam terre! in campo de Alebi,
cum omnibus pertinentibus; vilelicet, illam bovatam
de feodo Roberti de Darvill, que jacet proxima feodo
Gaufridi Hager, in ꝓerpetuam eleemoſigam, liberam
& quieranf ab omnibus ſervieiis ad me & heredes meos
pertinentibus, ſalvo forenſi ſervitio; preter dimidiam
vero acre, que de predieta ta data fuit in eleemaſi-
nam cecleſie de Melton; & pro tofto Monis, dedi eis
in eſcambium dimidiam acram terre in Bradeflandes, &
alium dimidiam acram terre in Brocholes. Et ego &
heredes mei warrantizebinus-eis predictam terram fi-
cut perpetuam eſcemoſinam nofiram. Teſtibus; Ro-
berto de Chevercourt, Bernardo de Alebi. 0 =
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mon field. After an allotment of three acres for the
repair of roads, a fourteenth of the common was allotted
to the duke of Rytland as lord of the ſoit ; an equi
valent to the rector for his glebe, with a ſeventh ©
the remainder in lieu of all tithes both of old in-
cloſures and of the common field, and. a ſaving of
mortuaries, Eaſter-offerings, and. furplice fees; and
with a ſaving alſo to the duke of Rutland of all ma-
nerial rights, and of his ſeignory in Belvoir Chaſe.
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APPENDIX, N XX. SALTBY, SAX Bx, &c.
1. Carta de fundatione prioratùs de Drax
Omnibus ſanctę matris eccleſie filiis, tam preſenti-
bus quam futuris, Willielmus Paganellus, ſalutem.
Noverit uni verſitas veſtra me dediſſe, conceſſiſſe, c
hac preſenti cartà mea confirmaſſe, Deo & S. Ni-
cholao, & canonicis Deo & S. Nicholao ſervientibus
in territorio de Drax, inſulam que dicitur Halington,
& Middleholm, ubi fundata eſt ecclefia S. Nicholai
prioratfis de Drax ; & rerram Horm, & terram Hadde,
cum ipſis hominibus ; & à terra jam dicti Horm, to-
tam terram, cum nemore, & mariſco & prato, uſque
ad ulteriorem. partem nove truncate, ſimul cum tractu
ſagenatum, in uſu; et eccleſiam parochialem de Drax;
& ecclefiam de A 3 & ecclefiam de Roxeby, &
eceleſiam de Media Rafa ; & eccleſiam de Hyrnham
eccleſiam de Swinehamſteade; & eccleſiam de Salte-
cum omnibus earum pertinentiis & libertatibus,
duas carucatas terre in Suytertona, & triginta
eſceptas vive aunone ſue de molendino de Hunsflet; &
dimidiam Carucatam terre in Weſtonà; & unam bo-
vatam terre in Faghadre; & unam bovatam terre
Berlay, & Aldethcroft, cum prato ſimul, & aqui de
Ayre ; & unam marcam argenti de Ayrmint; & mo-
lendinum de Drax, cum ſequelà rota ſuà; & decimam
omnium molendinorum de Ledes, & duodecim bovatas
terre in territorio de Rox by, partim de meo dominio,
partim de terris ruſticorum, cum feptem toftis in eãdem
villa, & communiam in mariſco; & molendinum de
Roxby, cum totà ſequelà ejuſdem ville; & omnes ſe-
des molendinorum ejuſdem ville & territorii,; & duas
carucatas terre in territorid de Salteby, cum quinque
toftis; & omnem decimam menſe mee de frumento,
& braſio & occiſione oviam & porcorui meorum
ubicunque fuerint, facta; & de omnibus que ad
coquinam pertinent, in puram & perpetuam eleemo-
finam, ſolutam & quietam prorſus ab omni ſeculari
ſetvitio, & exactione & conſuetudine. Hec omnia
dedi Deo & ecclefie Sancti Nicolai, & canonicis ibi-
dem Deo ſervientibus, monitu & conſilio domini Tur-
ftini Eborum archiepiſcopi, cum ſoc & ſaca, & tol
& them, & infangthefe, cum omnibus libertatibus, &
commoditatibus, & communiis, in viis, in ſemitis, in
pratis, in paſcuis, in boſco, in plano, in mariſcis, cum
omnibus liberis exitibus & int#oitibus, in omuibus
* Dugdale, Mon. vol. II. p. 96; ex cartulario prioratus de Drax, pents Marmaducum Conſtable de Everiagham, arm. fol. r. a,
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ubique locis, pro ſalute med, & pro animabus patris Achardo pet ſona ejuſdem eccleſie; &, poſt ejus de-
d matris, & pro animabus anteceſſorum & ſueceſſorum ceſſum, in liberam & perpetuam eleemoſinam eis
meorum, ſicut puram eleemoſinam, quam ego & he: concedo |
IT f ume eg eceleſiam, cum omnibus ſuis perti-
tedes mei warantizabimus & defendemus contra om- nentiis, & totam decimam domi)s mee, in omni blado;
nes homines, de murdro, de dauegeldo, de theman- & in omni braſio, & in porcorum occifione, ubicunqut
tale, de ſervitio 1.1 de auxilio vicecomitum & fuerit facta; ficut Willielmus Paganellus teſtatur eis
clientum eorum. Hiis teſtibus: Radulfo Na dediſſe per cartam ſuam, ip perpetuam eleemoſinam.
Petro filio Effolf, Adam & Thoma filiis ejus, Warino Preterea ſciatis me adjeciſſe prefatis canonicis, in per-
de Sancto Patricio, Willielmo de Stanegref, Willielmo petuam eleemoſinam, pro ſalute mee, & uxoris mee,
de Altaripa, Simone de Stanégref, Willielmo de Ba- & predeceſſorum meorum, omnem decimam domũs
, Holl, Hugone de Bois, Roberto de Roxby, Roberto mee, in emptione ſegetis, & brafii, & panis, & cer viſie,
& caſei, & butiti; & in omnibus que ad coquinam
filio Silveſtri, & Achardo Mareſchallo.
* oy pertinent. Hujus donationis teſtes ſunt, Jordanus ca
2. Confirmatio Avicie de Romeilli *. pellanus de Drax, Willielmus de Baliol, Willielmus
Roberto, Dei gratià, Lincolnienſi epiſcopo, & Hu- de Ploiz, Achardus Mareſcallus, Thomas filius Petri,
goni Legreceſtrenſi archidiacono, omnibu que ſane Willielmus Clericus, Rogerus Prepoſitus, HugoCame-
eccleſie filiis, tam preſentibus quam futuris, Avicia de Tarius, Richardus de Fulgeres, Alanus Foreſtarius,
Romeilli, ſalutem. Sciatis me conceſſiſſe & dediſſe Aluredus Venator, Godardus Henricus de Hic *,
Deo & eccleſit Sancti Nicholai de Drax, & cancnicis
ejuſdem loci, & eorum ſucceſſoribus Deo ibidem fa-
mulantibus, plenariam ad vocationem eccleſie de Salte-
bi *, vivente perſona Achardo ejuſdem eccleſie; &,
poſt ejus deceſſum, in liberam & perpetuam eleemoſi-
nam eis concedo prefatam ecclefiam cum omnibus ad
eam pertinentibus poſſidendam. Hanc conceſſionem
feci pro anima Willielmi Paganelli wariti mei, & pro
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4. Ego Johannes de Folevile miles dedi, conceſſi,
& hac preſenti cartià mea confirmavi, domino Radul-
pho Sechevyl perſone eccleſie de Twyford, Thome
de Gaddeſby perſone ecclefic de Aihby Folevyle,
Laurentio Hauberk, Johanni Friſeby, & Johanni
Veiſe, manerium meum de Ty, cum advocatione eccle-
anima mea, & pro animabus omnium predeceſſorum fe ejuſdem, in com' Rotelandie; & manerium meum
meor um, aſſenſu domini Roberti de Gaunt & Adelicie qe Thirleby, in com' Lincolnie; ac etiam reverſionem
filie mee uxoris ejuſdem Roberti. b. apropter veſtre medietatis manerii de Saxby, in com' Lcic'; & omnes
ſupplico dominationi, quatenus pro Dei amore hanc terras & tenementa in Afsheby Folevile, &c. His
donationem ratam habeatis, & veſtrâ auctotitate cor- teſtibus; Rogero Beler, milite; Mattheo de Foles
roberetis. Hujus dcnarionis & eonceſſionis teſtis eſt vile, milite; Galfrido Vilers, Johanne Folevile de
ipſe Robertus de Gavat, & Adelicia Paganella uxor |
P.
Mowbray, Fritheby, © Guypton,
ejus, & Adelicia ſoror Roberti de Gaunt, & Radul-
$22 de Chaam. Jordanus capellanus, Willielmus
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ericus, Wilkchnus de ondinnancy Wilielmuscapel-
Janus, Willielmus de Laceio, Adam filius Petri Adam
de Munbugun; Thomas filius Petri, Ricardus Pin-
cerna, Willielmus Danenſis. Robertus Aurifaber, Ste-
phanus Cithariſta, Walcerus filius Jordani, Achardus
Marachallus, Stephanus Clericus, Maurictus Clericus,
Robertus de Juvenhi, Herbertus de Perci.
3. Confirmatio Roberti de Gaunt,
Robertus de Gaunt, omnibus ſancte eccleſie fi-
lis, tam preſentibus quam futuris, ſalutem. - Sciatis
me conceſſiſſe & dediſſe Deo & eccleſie S. Nicholai
de Drax, & canonicis ibidem Deo imperpetuum fa-
Rereſby, & Radulpho de Friſby. Dat' apud Aſhby
Folevill, anno 35 Edwardi III.“
Ego Robertus comes junior de Ferrariis concedo
eccleſie mee de Futteſburià quicquid avus meus
Henricus, five Egenulfus patriins mens, five Kobertus
pater meus, & c. donaverunt prefate eccleſie; ſeilicet,
(inter alia) decimas dominii mei de Stapleford, cum
ſuis villanis, cujus una» eſt apud Saxeby, excepta
tertia parte decimarum que adjacent eccleliis. De
Coſton quoque quinque partes decimarum dominii,
cum uno villano; & de Wimundeham & de Torpy
.cum omnibus pertinentiis, & cum uno villano, &c.
Concedo quoque danationes quas homines ſui, mei, &
atris mei, & mei, dederunt, &c.; ſecilicet, inter alia,
ogerus de Livet dedit duas partes dominii ſui de Su-
mulantibus, advocationem eccleſie de Saltebi, vivente merſdeby & de Daleby 5.
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APPENDIX, N XX. BRENTIN GBV, WYMONDHAM, &e.
1, H-c eſt finalis concordia, facta in curia domini
regis apud Weſt monaſt', in Octab' S'ti Martini, anno
regu Henrici regis Anglie & Francie Sexti poſt Con-
queſtum 25 coram Rado Newton, Tho? Fulthorp, &c.
zuſticiariis, & poſt Octab' S'ti Michaelis, anno ejuſdem
regis 269, ibidem conceſſa et recordata, coram eiſdem
juſticiar', inter Johannem Daniel querentem, & Rober-
tum Woodford, milit', deforcientem, de maneriis de
Brantingby, Wiverby, Garthorp, Sproxton, & Newbold
Folvile, cum pertinent, 62 meſſuagiis, cum pertinent”,
in Brantingby, Wiverby, Garthorp, Sproxton, New-
bold Folvile, Thor; ” 281d, ng Melton
de advocar” ęc-
cleſie de Wivordby, in com Leic', & de 3 meſſ', 4
toftis, 2 bovat' terre, 6 acr* gᷣrati, & ſex ſolid' redd',
cum pertinent”, in Eſton & Soùth-Stoke, in com' Linc',
& de 46 acr' terre, cum pertnent', in Wigenhale &
Tylney, com' Norf'; unde plac convent ſummon
fuit inter eos in eadem curia, fcilicet, quod predictus
Robertus recognovit predictum manerium, &c. eſſe jus
ipſius Johannis, &c. in perpetuum. Et preterea
idem Robertus conceſſit, pro ſe & hered', &c. quod
ipſi warrantizabunt predicto Johanni & hered' ſuis
predictum manerium, &c. in perpetuum. Et pro hic
conceſhone & remiſſione idem Johannes conceſfit pre-
dicto Roberto predicta maneria, &c. & illa ei reddidit
in eadem cur”, habend' & tenendꝰ eidem Roberto, abſque
impetitione vãſti, &c. tot vita ipſius Roberti. Et poſt
deceſſum ipſius Roberti predict maneria de Sproxtong
12 meſſ', 20 toft', &c. in Sproxton, in co. Leic';
Wignall & Tylney, in co. Nerf "3 Efton & South-
Stoke, in co. Linc'; integre remanebunt Johanni
Woodford, & hered* maſc* de corpore ſuo procreat,
tener), &c. in perpetuum. Et fi contingerit quod idem
Jokes Woodford ſenior obierit fine hered“ maſc', &c.
runc, poſt deceſſum ipſius Johannis, eadem maner' &
tenementa, cum pertinent*, integie remanebunt Wal-
tero fratri ejuſdem Johannis, & hered* maſc', &c. te-
nend', &c. in perpetuum. Et fi contingerit quod idem
- Walterus obierit fine hered* maſc', &c. tunc, &c.
Humfredo fratri ejuſdem Gualteri, & hered' maſc',
&c. Et ſi contingerit quod idem H. obierit Lac hered
maſc', &c. tunc, &c. Radulpho fratri ej uſdem Fu
fredi, & hered' maſc', &c.; tunc, &c. Johanni WocH.
ford juniori, fratri ejuſdem Radulphi & hered' ma.
&c, Et ſi contingerit quod idem Johannes Woodford
* Dugdale, Mon. vol. II. p. 96 ex autographo in Officio Armorum. i
* See, under Garthorpe, p. 186, che grant of that church, by Kulk Paynell, to the priory of Drax.
3 Dugdale, ubi ſupra, ex autographo in turri beate Marie Ebor. + Villiers Pedigree, Harl. MSS. 15%, ©
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pe: -xorpore ipſtus Johannis,' &. tune heredibus predict
_ WMalteri; & ſimiliter bered“ Humfredi, Radulphi, & Jo-
1 hannis junſoris. Et fi nullus, &c. de corpore ipſius
8 e Johannis junioris, &c. tunc eadem maner', &c. cum
—_—_ r pertinent', integrè remanebunt Mabille uxori Simoni
r Hareby, Elizabethe uxori Roberti Hill, & Marga-
rete, & heredibis.de corporibus ipſarum exeunt, te-
nend', c. in perpetuum. Et fi contingerit quod ea-
dem Mabilla, Elizabetha, Beatrix, & Margareta, obi-
+ erint ſine hered' de cor potihũs exeunt', quod tunc, poſt
+-- - © decefſam eatum Mabille, &c. maneria, &c. predicta,
-&c. remanebunt Jobanne uxori Lavrentii Berkeley,
; jlitis ; Agvete uxori Thome Chetwood, milit'; &
Fabelie uxori nuper Laurentii Scherard, & heredibus
de corporibus ipſorum & ipſarum Johanne, &c. exeunt,
tenend?, &c. Et fi contingeric quod eadem Johanna,
0 &c. obietint ſine hered* de corpore ſuo extunt', tunc
& c. rectis hered* Roberti, milit”; & poſt deceſſum ip-
fivs Roberti, predict maner* de Newbold Foltile, 2
meſſ', &c. cum pertinent', in Newbold Folvile, in-
tegrè remanebunt predicto Waltero Woodford, filio
ejuſdem Roberti, & hered' maſculis de corpore ſuo
procreat' tenend', &c. in perpetuum. Et ſi contingerit
quod idem Walterus obierit five, hered? maſe? de cor-
pore ſud procreat', tune, &c. Johanni Woodford. ſe-
nioti, &c. (ut ſupra). Et poſt deceſſum ipſius Roberti
Woodford, predicta maneria de Brantingby & We-
verdeby, 28 meſf', cum pertinent', in Brantingby,
Thorp-Ernald, Stapleford, Fritheby, & Melton Mow-
ray, & advocat* predict', integrs temane bunt predicto
© Humfredo, & hered* maſc' de corpore ſuo procreat”,
tenend', &c. in perpetuum. Et ſi contingerit que
idem H. obierit ſine hered', & Fotianni Wood-
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8 5 & hered' maſculis, & c. Et, ſi contingerit quod idem
1 - | *Sſohannes Woodford jubior obierit fine hered' maſc',
Kc. tunc, &c. Radulpho predid o & hered' maſc', &c.
Et fi Radulphus obierit line hered* maſc', &c. tunc
Hümftedo, Waltero, Jobanni ſeniori, &c. ut prius .
# 2. A touz iceanx que ceſt eſcrit verront ou auront,
' _,movunſ(* Johan de Ferrers ſaluz ep Dieux. Sachez moy
*zver relefſe & de mes heirs a touz jours quiteclame a
monſ' Pacgn Iibetot & a ſes heirs tut le dreyt &. le
cleym que jeo ayoy- ou en aſcon manere aver poy
o aſcone manete des bieſtes de mon manere de
Stapleford, en le conte de Leyceſtir, en les prees le
dit ſir Paegu en Weſt-mor, .q'eſt en les champs de
Thorp-Edmer & de Wymondham, de la Paſche
Florie tantque a la Trinite prochein enſuant. Sachez
moy enſement aver releſſe & a touz jors de moy & de
mes heirs quiteclame a monſ' Johan Hamelyn & a
* ſes heirs tur le dreit & le cleym que jeo avoy ou en
© avantdir,
ford feniori, & here eſuſdem Humfredi, &c. ut
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a ſon covent, tut le dreyt & le cleym que jeo ayoy b
aver poy a comuner dy aſcone magere des bieſtes
mon maner avantdig
Weſt· wor, de tut la ſeſonne avant dit. Enſement ay
relefle & quiteclame 4 Henri le Bret & a ſes beirg
tut le dreyt & le clayme que jeo avoy ou aſcone ma-
nere aver poy a comunet o aſcone manere - de
'bieſtes- de mon mauer Avantdit en les prees le dit
Henty en Weſt-mor, de tut la ſeſonne avant dit. Ef-
ſemeũt ay releſſe et quiſeclame a Wylham de Purle &
le cleym que jeo avoy ou aver
a ſes heirs tut le dreyt
poy a comuner ov aſcoge manere des bieſtes de mon
maner àvantdit en les Prees de dit William en Weſt⸗
mor, de tut la ſeſonne avant dit. Sachez moy enſe-
ment àver releſſe a Wylham de Chapiel & a ſes beirs
tut le dreit & le cleym que jeofavoy ou aver poy a
comuner ov aſcogse tanere des bieſtes en les preez
le dit Willam en Weſt-mor, de tut ſa ſeſonne avantdit.
Sachez moy enſement ayer releffe & a touzjours de
moy & de mes heirs quiteclame tut le dreyt & le cleim
2 avoy ou aſcane manere aver poy en les prets.
e
eſtes de nn maner avantdit en la ſeſonne deſus nome
a touz iceaux que preenount en meſm le leu, auxi bien
a ceux que ne ſount nent nomez, com a ceux que ſount
nomez. Iſſi que jeo ne mes Heirs en les prees les
avantditz monſ* Paegn, monſ' Johan, Ricard, Tho-
mas, Hugwe, Henry, Wylham, & Wylbam, & la prio-
reſſe avantdite, en Weſt-mor, de tut la ſefonne avant
dit, aſcone dreit ou cleym de comutier proviſſoms de-
mander ou deformes chalenger; ſauve a moy & a mes
heirs ma comune en Je Jeu avant dit en totes autres
ſeſons del an forpuis la ſeſonne avantdite ſoloun ces
que nous & nous anceſtres avons en & uſe.
Tele dy mis mon ſeal *,
3. Johannes Hamelyn implacitat Rogerum de Derle
de Stapleford & al', pro proſternatione cujuſdam muri
fui apud Wymondham. W Roperus diĩeit quod ipſc
eſt ballivus Thome comitis Lancaftr?, gui eſt capitalis
--dominus de, Wimondham, &, ratione dominii ſui, to-
tum vaſtum ville predicte ad eum pertinet; Et quia
a u owns lex at quendam murùm in vaſto
dicti comitis, idem Rogerus, tanquam ballivus dicti
comitis, recentèr in levando didtum murum fregit, &.
Johannes dicit quod lovavit dictum murum in ſitu ſuo
proprio, & non in vaſto comitis. Ideò ven' jurat' f
inden Hill.. e ee
4. Habemus, de dono Willielmi Hamelyn, unum
meſſuagium in Wymundhbam, in puram eleemoſinam;
q ſolebat reddere annuatim-x1id,
Item babgmus,-de-dogeRadu}phi Hamelyo, unum
croftum trium ſelionum, in-puram cleemoſnam j quod
jacet juxta craffum noſtrum. KO
Item 'cirographum inter nos & Willielmum de
Achuneville & heredes Juog, ſuper annuum redditum
nds
xvd. nobis ſolvendum in Pemecoſtes, pro quodam
meſſuagio ſibi ad perpetyam firmam- dimiſſo; fub
pena xiuid. | F334 IS
Item habemus, de dono Henrici de Parneley, unam
bovatam terre, cum tofto & crofto, & octo acras prati,
in territorio de Thorpe & Wymundham, in puram
elcemoſinam. HOP 13S 177 1 17 0 ORR tf
Item Hugo, filius pregjRi Henrici, dedit, conceſſit,
alcone manere aver poy a comoner oy aſcone manere & confirmayit, & quietum clamavit nobis totum jus &
des bieſtes de mon maner a vantdit en les prees le dit clameum quad |
' fir Joban Hamelyn en Weſt-mor, en tote la ſeſonne bere potuerunt, in qugdam holmo in territorio de
Enfement ſachez moy aver relefle & Wymundham quod vo
ipſe vel heredes ſui habuerunt, vel ha-
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HIS Hundred is regularly noticed in Domeſday
by the ſeveral names of Gertrev and Geretrev*®.
Nearly in the centre of it is a place dignified with
the name of Gartre Buſh, where, till the beginning of
this. Century, were held the county courts, now kept at
Tur Langton. The ſituation of this buſh is in Shank-
ton lordſhip, on the Eaſt fide of the Gartre-road from
Medburn to Leiceſter, nearly where it is interſected by
the road from Melton to Harborough.
© The old road from Leiceſter to London ran by
the fide of Norton Hedges ; thence to Shankton-
holt and Medbourn; and thence to Rockingham in
Northamptonſhire; and it is ſaid to have been turned
the other way, from Leiceſter to Harborough, by
John of Gaunt, for his convenience in viſiting fome of
his caſtles and poſſeſſions, which lay more contignous
to this new track. Mr. Eayres of Kettering obſerves, in
teſtimony of this fact, that the old path is ſtill diſ-
cernible in many places, through fields which now are,
and long have been, in tillage; as the corn, produced
on the lands where this road once paſſed, is of a different
colour (the breadch' that ways are generally made)
from the corn on each fide of it, the ſoil being not
ſo fertile or deep here, by reaſon of the ſtones and
rubbiſh that have been laid here to form the high-
way ; and therefore the antient line of the way is
itill very evident and conſpicuous *.”
By an inquiſition taken in 1205, it appeared that the
hundred of Gartre uſed to pay of aſſize rent (out of the
yearly aid granted to the ſheriff for the time being) to
the king's uſe, £6. 13s. 44. ; and out of the view of
frank pledge, 32s. 2d.z allo that ir uſed to be let out to
farm, with a moiety of the ſheriff's aid, for 24 marcs a
year; out of which were ſubtracted, through divers
liberties, 18x, 2d. It appeared alſo, that the aforeſaid
hundred might be lett to farm (ſaving a reaſonable al-
lowance for the wardſhip of the ſame hundred, and
ſaving the whole ſheriff's aid and view of frankpledge,
to the king); and that it was not worth above 100s,
becauſe there was nothing certain belonging to it *.
„King Edward I, in the 13th and 14th years of his
reign, ſent a writ to the barons of the Exchequer on
behalf of queen Alianor his conſort, importing, that
the king had granted to her all the iſſues of fines,
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amerciaments, chattels of ſugitives, condemned perſofisz
and others, within the hundred of Gartte, ariſing in
the laſt Iter of the juſtices for the county of Leiceſter ;
the ſaid hundred being then in her poſſeſſion by the
grant of king Henry III: and by that. writ, the king
commands the barons to cauſe the ſaid iſſues to be ſe-
vied by the eſtreats of the Exchequer, and to be de-
livered to Jobn de Berewick; keeper of the queen's
aurum, to her uſe, In the ſame year the king calls
the debts due to the queen his own debts; and in the
14th year of that king, ſeveral beneficial charters and
writs were made out for queen Alianor. They are
entered with both the Remembrancers*.” _
Two writs concerning this hundred, in 1318, are
preſerved among the records calle; the Originalia
and Memoranda in the Lord Treaſurer's Remem-
brancer's fide of the Exchequer. ,
In 1346, the hundred of Gartre (on the aid then
_ for knighting Edward of Wocdſtock, the
ing's eldeſt ſon) was aſſeſſed ( 32. 25. ; and was then
ſaid to contain ſixteen knight's fees and an half, and
a twentieth part of one knight's fee 5.
In 1370, it appeared that John de A/tewike, de-
ceaſed, held the bailiwick and profits of the hundred
of Gartre of the king in capite; and that Agnes,
daughter of John, ſon and heir of the ſaid John de
Aſtwike, was his next heir “. |
In 1411, a writ occurs in the office of the Lord
Treaſurer's Remembrancer, De Wills Warner,
occaſionaro ad reddend* compotum de exitibus hun-
dredi de Gertre* ;” and another, in 1421, De Wills
Hoghwick, occaſionato ad oſtendendum quare hundre-
dum de Gertre comitatui Leiceſtrie rejungi non de-
beat, & ipſe de exitibus inde reſpondete 9.” .
Mr. Carte, in his MS notes, refers to a cauſe in the
Excheq. 2 Jac. I, Ireland verſus Hartopp vicecomitem.
In Hobart's Reports **, is an account of a writ
brought in 1617, Norris againſt the Hundred” of
Gartre,” on the Statute of Hue and Cry; on which,
proceedings were directed to be ſtayed, the action not
having been brought within a year after the robbery.
A laudable inſtitution has lately been ſet on foot,
and ſucceſsfully patronized, for the relief of poor cler-
gymen, their widows, and children, in this deaury.
In a Book of Fifteenths and Tenths granted by the Laity, 3 Henry V, 1416, communicated by Mr. Ord from
the original in the Exchequer, the townſhips in FR AMLAND and GARTRE are thus
ated.
Fa AuMRLANo. fo * d. ; . . 4 ; 7 L. 5 d.
Melton Mowbray, 14 © © Saxeby, 2 9 © Gouteby, ©. 2 16 6
Houſes 2 4 0 Colde Overton, 1 11 10 Gardethorpy I 12 0
. Bokemiſterre & > ; Wittecock, o 17 © Ketilby, 153
Sewſterne, 3 14 © Kirkeby Belers, 5 11 4 Eyton, 2 14 4
Normanton, 1 14 © Inde xv* de Kyrkeby. Plumgarth, 1 0
Muſton, 2 13 4 Bonorum prioris & can- Abbeketelby, I ; O
Rode milde, 2 14 ventus ſuper Wrethyk, 1ů 16 o Holewell, 1 14 ©
Statherne, 118 0 Wymondbam& Thorp, 9 6 Stonerſby, 110 0
Herdeby, 2 0 6 Thorp-Ernald, 3 4 © Sakeby,. 1 9” ai
Colſton, 3 6 6 Stapultford, 3 16 o Claxton in Valle, 4 6 ©
Croxſton Keryell, 3 12 0 Eſtwell, 2 8 © Braunſton juxta Croxton, 1 10 ©
Barkeſton, 116 o Wyrordeby, 1 3 © Waltham, | g 8:0
Botelford, 8 5 Brentyngby, 112 © Beſcoldeby, 10 ©
Hareſton, 110 6 Skaldeford, 415 © Sproxton, 2 06
Gnypton, | 1 6 o Syxtenby, 2 12 © Burton Graunges 48 1 4
Burton Sci Lazari, 2 I 0 O9leby, 1 6 8 — —
Dalby Parva, 119 6 Pretteby, | 2 11 0 Summa hundt', C131 10 4
Somordeby, 2 9 o Broughton in Valle 114 6 inde x* . ð 0178
I Sir Thomas Cave was of opinion, that ** this hundred might poſſibly have taken its name from having in it the place r
ſtation where criminals take leave of this world, being executed on a gallows ſtanding within the limits of this hundred, not far
from the borough of Leiceſter ; whence the hundred, once called Ga/low-Tree Hundred, might, by corrupted and vicious pronun-
ciation, have acquired the name of Goltre or Gartre ; an accident which attends many words in the Engliſh tongue of old. ſtand- *
ing; end which tranſmuta: ion is ſometimes ſo different from the word originally made uſe of in antient time, that it is very often
extreme]y difficult, and ſometimes impoſſible, to attain the primitive ſenſe and derivation of ſuch words as are conſtantly and
famiſiarhy uſed by us. Though this idea may perhaps be deemed fanciful ; it receives ſome countenance from the outlet to this
Hundred from the town of Leiceſier's being called Gollre- gate in Stukeley's plan.“
3 Efch, go Hen. III. No 21.
* Sir T. Cave, MS.
* Madox, Excheq. 247, from Trin. Communia 13 & 14, Edw, I. Rot, 13. ex
parte Rememb, Thef.; ac in Memorand. 14 Edw, I. ad finem bund. ex parte Rememb. Reginæ.
5 Joncs's Index ; Hilarii Brevia 12 Edw, II. Rot. 77.
* Paſch, Rec. 1 Hen. V. Rot. 3.
Von, II. Par II.
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Mich. Rec. 1a Hen. IV. Rot. 20.
Eſch. 44 Edw, III. Ne x. Leic.
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432 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTEBSHRE.
Hund' de GERTAER.
Kibeworth Beauchamp, 2
Inde xxl,
Newbold Sauce,
Oſelveſton,
Mouſely, |
Kibbeworth Harecourt,
Gloreſton,
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Foxton,
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Welleham,
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Blaſton,
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Nouſeley, 83 W.-
Gomondeley, a2 5 ©
Stratton Magna, 1
Keythorp, I 10 ©
Lobenham, . + 4 14 ©
Peccewell & Loueſ- |
thorp, 2 2 ©
Weſt Langton, I 19 ©
Ingewardeby, 0 9 ©
Bobbegrave, 1312 ©
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Mardefeld South and |
Mardefeld North, 2 14 ©
Inde xm, 9
Bouden, 1
Inde xu, FS ®
Haverbergh, x., 6 8 0
Scraptofte,: 2 12 ©
Stokefaſton, i 4 D'
Thirlyngton, 3 19 6
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Summa hundr, 160 9 10
Inde xu, 22 19 3
The Townſhips in GARTRE HUNDRED, in alphabetical arrangement, are,
Bagrave, a chapelry belonging ori-
ginally to Keame, and afterwards
to Hungarton *.
Billeſdon, a vicarage ; including
Goadby and Rolle/ton, in each of
which there is a chapel.
Biſhop's Fee (Suburbs of Leiceſter. )
Blaſton; a ſmall townſhip, with
two chapels; the one, a royal
donative, within the pariſh of
Medburn ; the other, a chapelry
to Hallaton.
Boſworth, Huſbands, a reQory.
Bowden, Great, a perpetual curacy ;
including the vicarage of St.
Mary in Arden, and the chapelry
of Market Harborough.
Bradley, the ſite of an old priory.
Bringhurſt, a vicarage; including
the chapelries of Drayton and
Great Eaſton ; with Preſigrave.
Burrow, a rectory.
Burton Overy, a rectory.
Carlton Curlew, a rectory ; inclu-
ding the chapelry of 7//ton.
Cranhoe, a rectory. |
- Evington, a Vicarage.
Foxton, a vicarage. RS
Gally, a rectory; including the
chapelry of Friſby.
* Deſcribed under Eaſt Goſcote Hundred.
Glen Magna, a vicarage ; including
the chapelry of Great Stretton.
Glewſton, a rectory.
Gumley, a rectory.
Hallaten, a double rectory, in two
medieties; including the chapel
of St. Nicholas at Bla ſton.
Holyoak, a hamlet of Dry Stoke in
the county of Rutland.
Horninghold, a vicarage.
Houghton on the Hill, a rectory.
Ingarſby, a chapelry belonging to
Hungarton *, | |
Reythorpe ; a chapelry belonging
to Tugby 3, | |
Kibworth Harcourt, a rectory; in-
cluding the hamlets of Kibworth
Beauchamp, Smeton, and Weſterby.
Finoffington, a rectory. |
Church Langton, a rectory; inclu-
ding the chapelries of- Thorpe
Langton and Tur Langton ; and
the hamlets of Eaſt and Weſt
Langton.
Laughton, a rectory.
Lubbenham, a perpetual curacy.
Medburn, a rectory; including the
chapelry of Holt; and the free
chapel of St. Giles in Blaſton.
© Ibid, 8 Ibid,
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Mouſeley, a chapelry belonging to
Fnaptoft +. .
Norton, a vicarage ; including the
chapelry of Little Stretton.
Nouſeley, originally a reftory ; and
afterwards a collegiate church.
Oufton, a perpetual curacy ; inclu-
ding the hamlet of Newbold.
Pickwell, a reQory ; including the
hamlet of Lee ſiborpe.
Preſigrave, a depopulated village
(ſee Bringbur/t.)
Sadington, a rectory.
Scraptoft, a vicarage. |
Shankton, a rectory; including the
hamlet of Hardwick.
Slauſton, a vicarage ; including the
hamler of Outhorpe. |
Staunton Wyvile, a rectory.
Stokerfton, a rectory. |
Thedingworth, a vicarage; inclu-
ding the hamlet of Hothorp, '
Thurnby, a vicarage ; including the
chapelries of Buſbly and Stough-
tan.
Welham, a vicarage.
Wiſtow, a vicarage; including the
chapelries of Fleckney, Kilby, and
Newton Harcourt. ö
1 See under Guthlaxton Hundred.
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in antient writings called Billeſdone, Billeſden, Byleſdon,
aud Bilflon ſupra montem (the appearance of the coun-
try in ſome parts of this pariſh being very mountainous),
is about two miles in length, and a mile and a half broad.
It is ſituated in the South-eaſtern angle of the county;
and bounded by Skeffington on the Eaſt; by Houghton
on the Weſt ; by Cold Newton, Tilton, and Quenby,
on the North; by Rolleſton and Friſby on the South;
nine miles diſtant from Leiceſter, to the South-eaſt, on
the turnpike-road to Stamford; and, in the eccleſiaſtical
diviſion of the county, is within the deanry of Gartre.
In the reign of Edward the Confeſſor, this lordſhip,
containing twelve ploughlands, and held by Tochi
with ſoc and fac, was of the annual value of fifty-five
ſhillings ; which, at the Norman ſurvey, was increaſed
to ſixty ſhillings. No part of the demeſne land at
either of theſe periods was employed in tillage.
The lordſhip was granted by king William to Gors-
- frid Aljelm © ; under whom it was held by a Norman,
who held alio the. lordſhips of Goadby, Rolleſton,
Alctone, and Keythorpe; but his name does not ap-
prar in the record. Four ſocmen, with three villans
and four bordars, had two ploughs. Three knights,
who held ſeven ploughlaads and a halt, uſed three
ploug hs in their demeſne; and had under them eleven
villaus and two bordars, etaploying ten ploughs and a
half. There were ten acresoſf meadows in the lordſhip.
By a legal proceſs during the reign of king John,
it appears that Robert Crevequer was then lord of the
fee; and that the prior of the hoſpital of St. Jobn of
Jeruſalem had inſtituted a ſuit, by Robert de Nair his
attorney, againſt William Child, to ſhew cauſe why he
had wrongfully delivered ſeiſin of a virgate of land
at Billeſden to the ſaid Robert Crevequer ?.
Ins 1234, William Franceis ſeiſed of certain lands at
Billeſdon, conveyed them by deed to Robert de Dig-
geby +, whoſe heir then held them; and Geoffrey de
Sheffington was poſſeſſed of lands here held of the
honour of Peverel 5. n
On the aid granted to king Henry III, in 1235,
towards the marrying of his fiſter with the emperor of
the Romans, Hamon. de Crevequer paid three marks,
84. and 8d. for two fees at Billeſdon, held under the
fee of Peverel. | k
The abbot and. convent of St. Mary de Pratis at
Leiceſter had conſiderable property in Billeſdon, the
gift of various benetaftors; amongſt whom the chief
were, William de Sifrewaſt and Alan his ſon, who gave
them the church of Billeſdon, with the chapels of
Gomeby and Rolveſton ; Henry of Billeſdon, ſon of
. foo ; ſir Eudo de Landa, and Agnes his wife, Hugo de
Burton, Ernald Etelbard, John de Seles, Simon ſon of
Richard of Billeſdon, Hawifia of Friſby, William
Matekyn, William Franceys, Maud dapgbter of Roger
Helewys, Too Elys, Robert ſon of Robert of Norton,
| Geoffrey ſon of Jobn of Skelyngton, who gave them
the ground on which the vicarage houſe was built, fir
Robert de Gaunt, John Chiid, and Robert his ſon,
Henry ſon of. Ivo Child, the maſter of Burton Lazars,
* Baron of Shelford, co. Nottingham,
BILLESDON, or BILLSDON,
and others; all which were confirmed by a charter of
king Henry II“. - |
In 1252, the abbot and convent recovered by a
ſuit at law a meſſuage and twelve ſelions of land,
with the appurtenances, in Billeſdon :
« Mem', quod recuperavimus per placitum contra
Endonem de Landa & Agnetem uxorem ejus unum
meſſuagium & x11 ſeliones, cum pertinentns ſuis, in
Billeſdon, ut patet in fnali concordia in curia domini
regis apud Leyc' fafta anno regni regis Henrici filii
regis Johannis triceſimo-ſexto, &c." ?
In 1260, they in like manner obtained a verdi&
againſt Robert, the ſon of Robert Norton, concerning
ſeveral of their cuſtomary ſervices : i
e Mem”, quòd die Martis ante Purificationem beate
Marie, anno regni regis Henrici filii Johannis regis
viceſimo- ſexto, venit Robertus filius Roberti Norton
in plena curia Peverelli apud Wartiſwile, qui ibi
placitatus fuit in cadem curia per breve medii, ut ipſe
adquietaret abbatem Leyc' de conſuetudinibus & ſer ·
viciis que a dicto abbate exiguntur pro quidam terri
in Bilſdon, unde idem abbas habet cartam dicti Ro-
berti, quòd ipſe adquietare debet eum; & ipſe Ro-
bertus confeſſus eſt in eadem carta ſe de jure debere
dictum abbatem adquietare, ſicut carta ejuſdem Ro-
berti proteſtat, &.. Hec confeſſio facta [uit coram
Colino Hatton, tunc ſeneſcallo domini Roberti de
Gaund militis, &c. ut in rotulo quem habemus; cujus
dat' anno M*cc*Lx*,"” *
The preceptory of Dalby on the-Woulds had ſome
ſmall annual rents from Billeſdon, Blaſton, Foxton,
Haloughton, T hedingworth, &c: * |
The nunnery of Pole ſworth had alſo ſome land here w.
In 1275, William Bardolf died ſeiſed of two knights
fees in Billeſdon, Rolleſton, Gouteby, and Haloughton,
all in the county of Leiceſter, belonging to the barony
of Schelford, co. Nottingham; and William Bardolf,
his fon and next heir, was aged 30“. :
In 1277, Robert de Billeſdon, deceaſed, held a cer-
tain capital meſſuage at Billeſdon, worth 755. a year;
and three virgates of land, with the' meadow adjacent,
worth one mark from the rent of free tenants, who
paid 18 ſhillings “. | |
At an inquiſition taken in 1278, it appeared that
there were in Billeſdon ſix ploughlands; four of
which, in the fee of Peverel, were held by Jobn de
Kirkby of William Fitz Beauchamp ; who held them
of Robert Crevequer, and he of the king. Scutage
for one fee was paid to Millium Bardolf and Adam de
Everingham by equal portions. Robert de Tolebo held
at the ſame time two ploughlands in villanage under
Theobald de Nevile, who held under Roger Marcell,
and he under the heirs of the earl of Winton, who held
in capite under the king ; to this portion was annexed
the royalty of the manor, and it paid the ſcutage of
an eighth part of a knight's fee.
- In the Itinerary of 1280, Billeſdon, Rolleſton,
Gouteby, Houghton, Little Stretton, and Freſeby, :
anſwered collectively as one vill.
dem Normannus tenet de Goisfrido 12 carucatas terræ in Billeſdone. Tempore regis Edwardi erant ibi 18 caruee. In
dominico nil fuit, nec eſt. Ibi 4 ſochmanni, cum 3 villani, & 2 bordariis, habent 2 carucas. Ibi 10 acrz prati, De hic terik
tenent 3 milites 7 carucatas & dimidiam; & in dominico habent 4 carucas, & 11 villanvs, cum 2 bordariis, habentes 2 carucas
& dimidiam. Totum valuit 55 folidos, mods 6 ſolidos. Hanc texram totam { Alctone, Goutebi, Cheitorp, Billeſdon, Rove-
ſtone} tenuit Tochi cum fock & ſaci.” Domeſday, p. 235. b. 1. |
Fita de Banco termino Mich? incerti temporis regis Johannis (Rot? ſiguat' f.) in Recept' Scaccarii.
Burton, p. 4 5 Rot. 20 Ren, III. o See hereafter, p. 444. 7? Charyte's Rentale, fol. xxi. a, * hide;
\ See the particulars under the hittory of Old Dalby. Heri MS. 607. p 124. Elch. 4 Edw. I. Ne At. Leic:
Ech. 6 Edi, I. Ne 6a, Leic. *3 See in the Introductory Volume, p. xx. ; |
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In 1295, it appeared that the town of Billeſdon
Was held in fee of the honour of Ferrars; that John
Grime held the ſame of Geoffrey de Grey/ley ; Geoffrey
de Grey/ley, of the earl; and the earl of the king;
by the ſervice of a quarter of one knight's fee“.
In 1304, it appeared that Geoffrey de Skeffington
7 held one meſſuage, 8 virgates of land, and C20. a
+ year rent of the freeholders in Billeſdon, of William
de Kirkeby, deceaſed, by the ſervice of one quarter of
a knight's fee; that ohn Child held one meſſuage,
10 virgates of land, aud 5os. rent of the freeholders
in the ſame town, of William de Kirkeby aforeſaid,
by the ſervice of one quarter of a knight's fee; and
that Jola de Diggeby held one meſſuage, 8 virgates
aud an half of land, and 13s. 6d. rent of the free-
holders in the ſame town, of William de Kirkeby
- aforeſaid; by the ſervice of one knight's fee.
Sir Stephen 8:;r2ve, knight, in 1329, confirmed to
John de Bradeley, perpetual vicar of Billeſdon, certain
lands, at Norton, Stretton, and Galby. Witneſſes,
the lord Thomas de Ferrariis, fir Ralf de ., fir
Robert de Sadyngton, and fir Roger de Aungervill;
dated at Norton, 3 Edward III.“
In 1329, it appeared that Thomas Bardolf, deceaſed,
held one knight's fee and a half in Rolleſton and Bil-
leſdon; which Ralph de Wedon, Thomas de Skeffington,
and the heir of Richard de Colleſoull, held; and that
John, ſon and heir of the aforeſaid Thomas Bardolf,
was then aged 19 *. |
In 1346, the heirs of John Digbie, Geoffrey de
Steffingion, the heir of John Child, and John Sherford,
(on the aid then granted for knighting Edward of
Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt fon) were aſſeſſed 205.
for half a knight's fee in Billeſdon, parcel of the ho-
nour of Peverel On the fame occaſion, John Grime
was aſſeſſed 6s, 8d. for a ſixth part of a knight's fee
in Billeſdon, parcel of the fee of Verdon“.
In 1389, William Bardolf, of Wirmgey, knight,
died ſeiſcd of one knight's fee and a half in Billeſ-
don, Rolleſton, and Skeffingron, which Simon.....,
' Fobn Noveray, and William Dalby, held ©.
406, it appeared that Thomas ſon of John
Burdet (who was outlawed for felony) was ſeiſed, in
right of Avice his wife, of fix acres and an half of
land, with the appurtenances, in Billeſdon, held of the
king by two ſuits at his court of Halovghton, as of
the honour of Peverel; and that John Ball was the
couſin and next heir of the ſaid Avice !.
In a- bock of fifteenths and tenths granted by the
lairy in 1416, Billeſdon was rated at Z2. 175.; out of
which the ſum of 57. was levied on the property of
the maſter of Burton Lazars Hoſpital.
In the ſubſidy of 1445, the ſame ſum was aſſeſſed;
and an abatement made of 4s.
In 146, it appeared that Everard Digby, attainted
of high treaſon, was ſeiſed of three meſſuages, eight
tofts, 10 virgates of land, 10 acres of meadow, and
105. rent, in Billeſdon *.
On the 3d of March, 1465-6, king Edward IV.
granted three meſſuages, eight tofts, 10 virgates of
land, 10 acres of meadow, and 20s. of yearly rent,
at Billeſdon (late parcel of the forfeited poſſeſſions of
Everard Digby, efq) to ſir Walter Devereux, knight? ;
and in an act of reſumption, 1468, proviſion is made,
that it ſhall not be prejudicial to Walter Devereux,
knight, lord Ferrers, as to the manor of Tilton, with
the appurtenances, viz. 14 meſſuages, 4 tofts, 24 yards
of land, 80 acres of meadow, two acres of paſture, 30
acres of wood, and 10s. of rent, with the appprte-
nances, in Tilton aforeſaid ; and alſo as to three meſ-
ſuages, 8 tofts, 10 yards of land, 10 acres of meadow,
and 245. rent, with the appurtenances, in Billeſdon,
and a toſt, with two yard-lands, &c. in Halſtede.
7 Inq. 24 Edw. I. in Scaccario.
Rot. Aux, 20 Edw. III.
© Eſch. 1 Edw, IV. N' 7. Leic.
Eſch. 30 Edw. I. Ne 31. Leic,
p. Le Neve, MS; ex autographo inter cartas in Collegio Armorum, 1714.
* Eſch. 13 Ric. II. N' 6. Leic,
9 Pat, 5 Edw. IV. pars 2 m. 3.
10 Eſch. 14 Hen. VIII; Cole's Eſcheats, vol. I. (Harl. MSS. 756.) p. 138.
* Inq. 25 Jan. 3 Jac, Cole's Eſcheats, vol. IV. (Harl. MSS. 759.) p. 197.
"$34 HISTORY axd ANTIQUITIES/or LEICESTERSHIRE,
Malter Keble, of Humberſton, who died in 1522,
8 the manors of Billeſdon, Great and Little
tretton, Scraptoft, Evington, Norton, and ſeveral
others in this county ?. |
John Turvile, eiq, a land-owner here in 1339, de-
curs as a benefactor to the church“. |
William Skefjington, eſq. of Skeſſington and Bille(-
don, was knighted at Theobalds April 23, 1603. He
died 19 Dec. 1605; ſeiſed of eight W three
cottages, one toft, 205 acres of arable, 143 of mea-
dow, 205 of paſture, 40 of furze and heath, in Bil-
leſdon, held of the heir of Richard Turrile by fealty;
and alſo of the rectoty and the advowlan of the vica-
rage of Billeſdon; three meſſuages, 120 acres of ara-
ble, 120 acres of meadow, 5 of furze and heath, in Rol-
leſton, held by fealty under the honour of Wincheſter.
He poſſeſſed alſo the manor of Skeffington, held of
the heirs of the lord Ferrers of Greby by fealty and a
rent of £4. ; with divers lands, tenements, &c. in Skef-
fington, parcel of the lately diflolved monaſteries of
Croxton, Laund, and St. Mary de Pratis u.
Dying without ifſue, his property devolved to his
only brother John Skeſſington, eſq. who, at the time of
ſir William's death, was aged 15 years, 2 months, and
10 days: and was afterwards murdered, Nov. 4, 1613,
by Michael Bray; who had married his brother's :3
widow. The circumſt ances of this unfortunate event
are thus related. After the deceaſe of fir William
Skeffington, his widow took ſuch a liking to Bray, at
that time a groom in the ſervice of the family, that ſhe
made him her huſband; upon which there aroſe diſ-
ures, and at laſt a chancery ſuit, between him and
Mr. John Skeffington; and being met at Weſtminſter
in order to trial, ſome friends prevailed with both
parties for an accommodation; to which purpoſe they
met at the Hoop tavern in Gray's Inn, without any
ſeeming diſcontent between them, when, within a little
while, the groom, going down airs, ſtopped ſhort at
the bottom of them, with his ſword ready drawn, and
as Mr. John Skeffington came after, gave him a
mortal wound in his bowels ; who, falling down with
his ſword but juſt drawn, mortally wounded Bray too;
and ſo both died upon the ſpot *. -
This unfortunate event produced the following lines
from Mr. Anthony Cade; vicar of Billeſdon :
In mortem praematuram illuſtriſſimi adoleſcentis M.
JonAxxis SKEFFINGTON, armigeri, quocum occi-
dit nominis Skeffingtoniani de Skeffington ſpes
unica et ultima, Brutiſſimã crudelitate et immanitate
occifi, anno Domini 1613, Novemb. 4. ;
Carmina, et progreſſu ad dextram et decurſu ad
terram, ſemper eadem: *_
SKEFFINGTON terris defecit nobile nomen
Terris præclarum quondam ſolamen honoris,
Defecit quondam, patriæ dulciſſima gemma.
Nobile ſolamen, dulciſſima gemma Britannis,
Nomen honoris, gemma Britannis irreparanda.
Scripft Antonius Cadus, lachrymis immerſus.”
Theſe epigrammatic hexameters have thus been
imitated 5; |
No longer Skeffington, illuſtrious name,
Lives, to ſtand — in the liſts of fame !
That name of ſolace, to its country dear,
Returns no more to charm each Britiſh ear !
That gem reſplendent, which on Britons ſhone,
Now ſhines no more, irreparably gone !”
Mr. Skeffington being taken off without iſſue ; the
manor of Billeſdon, with his other property, devolved
to his four ſiſters and coheirs, Mary, Elizabeth, Katha-
rine, and Urſula®*, | WE |
William Bendiſbe , clerk, died May 13, 1626, pol-
ſeſſed of the rectory of Billeſdon, held of the king
4 Eſch, 3 Edw. III. Ne 66. Leie.
7 Eſch. 8 Hen, IV. N 4 Leic,
I See p. 436.
Sce farther paiticulays under Skeffington,
Not his father widow, as by miſtake in Dr. Thomas's continuation of Dugdale, Nor was Mr. John Skeffington a nigh,
as ſlated in Archdall's Iriſh Peerage, vol. I. p. 372 ; where ſeveral particulars relative to fir William, who died in 3605, are
ſtrangely confuſed.
% Dugdale's Warwickſhire, ed. Thomas, vol. I. p. 104.
1 Throfby's Leiceſterſhire Views, p. 220.
% MS. Chetwynd. A full account of theſe ladies, and of the Skeffington family, will be found under the pagiſh of Skefington.. -
1 Thomas Bendiſhe, of Barriogton, married Joyce Skeflingron, one of the daughters of Thomas and Margaret.
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in ſocage as of rhe manor of Doddington *, By Eli.
Zabeib his wife he had two ſons, 1, William, born in
1611; 2. Skeffington. | |
Near the church ſtands a ſchool, built in 1640* in
the ſtead of an older one, which boaſted among its
ſcholars the name of George Villiers, ſecond ſon of ſir
George Villiers, of Brokeſby, by his ſecond wife, Mary
daughter of Anthony Beaumont, eſq. of Cole-orton.
Wilſon ſays *, ** He was ſecond ſon to ſir George Vil-
lers, a knight of Leiceſterſhire, by a ſecond venter:
for the old man coming to Colehorton in that county,
to viſit his kinſwoman the lady Beaumont, found a
young gentlewoman of that name, allied, and yet a
ſervant to the lady, who, 1 a handſome preſence
and countenance, took his affections, and he married
her. This was the ſoil where the glorious cedar
grew ; who, having only the breeding and portion of
a younger brother, with the mother's held and travel,
got the addition of a French garb, which brought
bim to the court in no greater a condition than fitty
a year is able to maintain.” This extraordinary per-
ſonage continued at Billeſdon till 1606, when, on his
father's death, his mother removed him to her houſe
at Godeby-Mavreward. His rapid riſe to honour, and
his untimely end, will be duly noticed under Brokeſby;
bur this is rhe place to mention, that, in 1618, when
he was marquis of Buckingham, and high in favour
with king James, his eldeſt brother fir John Villiers
obtained the privilege + of a weekly market at Billeſ-
don every Friday, and two fairs yearly, one on the
feaſt of St. James, the other on St. George's days.
In the ſame year Mary Villiers, their morher, was
in her own right, counteſs of Buckingham ; and in
1619 fir John Villiers was created viſcount Purbeck.
At this ſchool was alſo educated George For, after-
wards the famous founder of the ſect called Quakers*®.
He was born. at Fenny Drayton in this county 1624 ;
and died at London 1690 “.
In 1655, there was collected, in Billeſdon, Rolleſton,
and Goadby, for the relief of the poor Proteſtants in
Piedmonr, the ſum of Ct. 145. 8d. |
A halfpenny of Henry Saunderſon, of Billeſdon,
1669, is engraved, in plate LXX VI. fig. 3; and there
remains in the town ftreet a croſs with a narrow ſhaft,
of which a ſketch is given in the ſame plate, fig. 4.
In an act paſſed in 1764, for dividing and incloſing
the ſeveral open fields in the pariſh of Billeſdon,
diſtinguiſhed by the general name of Bille/don Fields,
and containing about 2500 acres, the Rev. Joſepb
Mhittinę bam, clerk, is deſcribed as patron and iIncum-
bent of the vicarage and church of Billeſdon, and, in
right of the vicarage, entitled to the tithe wool and
lamb, and all other the vicarial tithes and payments
ariſing within the ſaid fields, and alſo to about half a
rood of land in the ſaid fields, and to right of com-
mon for four cows, one horſe, and 20 ſheep; and
William Weſtbrooke Richardſon and Piggott Ince, eſquires,
as ſeiſed of the impropriate rectory of Billeſdon, to
the tithes of all the corn, grain, and hay, ariſing
within ſuch parts of the ſaid fields and commonable
places as were ſubje to ſuch kind of tithes ; and alſo
entitled, in right of their impropriation, to two yard-
lands in the faid fields called glebe-land, and to right
of common proportionable thereto with the other yard
lands in the ſame fields; and alſo entitled to ſeven other
yard-lands and a quarter in the faid fields, with pro-
portionable right of common; and the Rev. Nicholas
Simons, clerk, Caleb Robinſon, clerk, Ann Heard, wi-
dow, and others, were the proprietors of the reſidue
of the ſaid fields and commonable places, and of the
right of common in, upon, and over the ſame, To the
vicar was, in the firſt place, allotted a parcel, contain-
ing 12 acres at the leaſt, to be bounded by the an-
tient vicsrial homeſtead ; and from the remainder of
the field, after pr roads were laid out (in which
the-turnpike-road from Leiceſter ro Uppingham was
* Tnq, 7 O&. 6 Car, Cole's Eſcheats, vol. III. (Harl. Mes. x58.) p. 83.
'_ —» » Hiſtory of Great Britain in the Reign of James the Firſt, p. 29-
5B 1 L 1 Es Do L.
| 55 43
not to be diverted or altered), the vicar to have ſuck
a portion as in a 21 years leaſe ſhould be fairly worth
. 55 pounds at the leaſt, clear of all levies and aſſeſſ-
ments except the land-tax z which allotments to be
in full compenſation for tithe wool or lamb, and for
all other payments ariſing from the common field; or
from the cattle there denaftured. And to the impro-
priators a full equivalent was to be allotted for their
two yard lands of glebe; and a full eleventh part be-
ſides, in lien of their right to tithe corn, grain, hay,
and other tithes ariſing from the lands to be incloſed.
lu conſequence of this incloſure, Piggott Ince, of
Hadley, Middleſex, eſq. and William Weftbrooke Ri-
chardſon, of Eaſt Bourne, Herts, eſq. entered into
covenant, Jan. 4, 1765, to ſell to James Bellaers,
of Stamford, coal-merchant, and James Davie, of
Lincoln, draper, all the property. which they poſ-
ſeſſed as tenants in common in Billefdon ; conſiſting,
among other articles, of the reQory or parſonage
impropriate, with all its rights and appurtenances,
with the tiches of corn, grain, and hay; two yard-
lands which had been the glebe ; ſixteen other yard-
lands and a quarter, a cloſe of ſeven acres; three-meſ-
ſuages, with a Cottage, &c. &c, The purchaſe-money
agreed on was £7430; but Mr. Ince dying Nov. 5,
1765, before the agreements were carried into execu-
tion, an act was obtained, in 1766, to enable truſtees
to give it full effect *, | "IN
By the late vicar, the Rev. Joſeph Whittingham,
I was favoured, March 4, 1791, with the following
miſcellaneous information, 6
The lordſhip of Billeſdon contains in the whole
about 1975 acres; 115 houſesz and 1489 perſons.
In the oldeſt regiſter | have, beginning 1 599,
for the firſt 20 years, chriſtened 310; married 66;
buried 201. For the, 20 years ending in 1790,
chriſtened 180; married 92 buried 26.
* Billeſdon is conſidered as one manor, having four
owners; Peers Anthony James Keck, eſq. of Stoughton
Grange; lady Anne Fowke, of Loſeby; Edmund Cradock-
Hartopp, eſquire; and Jobn Palmer, of Billeſdon, gent.
« The family of the Coles, ſome of whom lived
here about 1640, ſucceeded the Skeffingtons as pa-
trons of the vicarage ; afterwards his grace the duke
of Chandos; then my father, John Whittingham z
and then myſelf, the preſent incumbent. ry
„The great tithes are the property of James Bel-
laers, of Uffington, co. Lincoln, eſq. and the three
daughters, coheireſſes, of James Davie, late of Stam
ford, eſq, Their value is about £137. 155.
There is no Diſſenting or other meeting-houſe, or
Popiſh-chapel, in the pariſh ; and only one labouring .
man who follows the Methodiſts.
* A paltry fair is kept on the 4th of May; the
wake on the Sunday after St. John the Baptiſt; and a
ſtature ſeſſions for hiring ſervants about Michaelmas.
Our tuel is coal; the beſt ſort 15. 3d. a hundred.”
In 1564, there were 38 families in Billeſdon.
The freeholders here in 1630 were, William Bent,
gentleman, coroner for the county; William Saunder-
ſon, gentleman ; Thomas Prinke, Chriſtopher Ogden, and
Robert Tomkin,
At the general election in 1722, 40 freeholders
polled from this pariſh ; and inthe liſt of 1775 are
the — names: Thomas Arnold, Valentine Baines,
Robert Barford, Thomas Bates, James Bellars, William
Billing, William Biſhop, Henry Bradley, Jobn Bradley,
Joon Brown, William Clifford, Richard Curtis, James
avie, Thomas Day, George Dixon, William Foreman,
Robert Horſepool, Thomas Johnſon, George Mann, Ro-
bert Manton, John Neal, William Neal, Jobm Noble,
Valentine Ogden, William Ogden, Tomas Partridpe,
Thomas Pridmore, Gideon Robinſon, William Ward, George
Webſter, the Rev. Joſeph Whutingham, Henry Sykes
Wildboar, John Wildboar, Jobn Wildboar, jun. Simon
Wilſon, and William Wright. 1
see a view of it in plate LXXVI. fig. 2.
The traditionary account is, that the marquis conferred this favour at the defire of his old ſchool-maſter, who hoped by that |
means to have more alehouſes and better beer. G. A.
$ — Index to Records, 2 Pars Original, 16 Jac, I. Rot. 2014 & 201.
Picart's Religious Ceremonies, vol, VI. p. 110.
Some memoirs'of him will be found in vol. IV. under the pariſh of Fe N
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436 HISTORY any ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Money raiſed for the poor, within C. 5. d.
the \ear ending at Eaſter 1776, 249 17 1
Expended in county rates, &c. "Þ ; 8
— on the poor, — 245 3 9
Rent cf workhouſe and habitations, 3 8 ;
Expended in litigations, — 38 12
Money taiſed for 1783, — 175 10 1
— —— 1784. — 222 11 ©
— 1785, — 253 18 1
Medium of theſe three years, 217 6 4
of county expences, 13 17 2
- of repairs of churches,
roads, ſalaries to miniſters, &c. — oO © ©
| - of nett annual expences, 203 9 2
- of expences of overſeers
attending on magiſtrates, — 4 © 4
- of entertainments at meetings, 1 3 6
of Jaw expences, — 4 12 ©
———- of ſetting the poor to work, 16 17 1
« Mr. Palmer, who relides on part of his eſtate,
ſummer.
which he purchaſed of the Simonds's of Leiceſter,
has lately built a houſe on the fide of an eminence
called Billeſdon Coploe, a white ſpeck, ſeen in almoſt
every direction in the county, The other principal
reſidents are Mr. 7oyce, a gentleman of good fortune;
and Miſs Heard, a plain and ſingle lady, ſuppoſed to
be worth C100,000, Bred up with induſtrious pa-
rents, ſhe continues to add ſomething to her immenſe
fortune yearly, by farming ſome part of the land *,”
« Petrifactions are found in a ſmall brook which
ſerpentines through the lordſhip, whence the adage,
© In and out like Billſdon brook.” Near the head of
a ſpring which empties itſelf into this brook they are
found in great plenty in the month of Auguſt. The
inhabirants ſay that the water makes them only in
It is moſt likely that the winter rains and
floods carry them away from the place they are formed
in, and that they are gathered when the brooks are
low, during the ſummer months. No mould could
make them more alike, except for ſize *.”
dedicated to St. Jobn the Baptiſt, conſiſts of a nave,
chancel, and two narrow ailes ſeparated by four
arches. It has a ſtone tower, in which are four bells;
and a neat ſpire; but the inſide is very far inferior to
its external appearance . See plate LX XVI.
The North aile is appropriated to Rolleſton.
In the South aile are two ſmall galleries,
A croſs over the porch, and another on the top of
the body of the church, are engraved in fig. 7, 8.
The font is repreſented in fig. 9.
In the church, in 1591, were no arms, except in a
ſingle window ſaid to have been brought from Laund
abbey; in which were theſe three +:
1. On three piles Gules, a canton Ermine. Baſſet.
2. Vairy.
3+ Barry of fix, Argent and Gules, a bend Argent.
At the Eaſt end of the church if 4 * $1776.
In 1220, the church of Billeſdon was under the
patronage of the-abbot and convent of St. Mary de
Pratis at Leicefier, who held it to their own uſe of
old time. It had been given to them by Villiam de
VICARS.
Robert de Bringhoe, 1244.
Gregory de Linemum, 1285.
John de Bradeley, perpetual vicar, 1329.
William Clarke *, B. A. 1 534—1562.
Anthony Cade *, M. A. occurs in 1613; and died in 1641.
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William Saunderſon, Feb. 24, 1661.
Thomas Wright, June 4, 1668.
William Coles, M. A. Feb. 25, 1668-9.
Chriſtopher Coles, M. A. Oct. 20, 1676.
Edward Abbot, B. A. July 19, 1689.
Thomas Smith, April 13, 1692.
Thomas Watts, July 15, 1730.
John Whittingham, Feb. 26, 1738.
Sifrewaſt ; and had then two chapels belonging to it;
one at Godeby, which was a free chapel, having a
reſident chaplain and all parochial privileges, but
aid no ſynodals; the other at Rolleſton, which was
ferved three times in a week from the mother church.
The vicar received inſtitution from the biſhop 5.
The vicarage was firſt endowed whilſt Hugo de
Welles was biſhop of Lincoln; and again under
biſhop Groſſeteſte. See the endowment, p. 437.
In 1344, it was held by the abbey in proprios uſus ;
the procurations were 73. 63d. ; the vicarage was taxed
at 22 marks, and paid 45. for Peter-pence.
In 1534-5, the procurations and ſynodals were
75. 6d.; and the value of the vicarage £12. 145. 8d.
John Turryll, of Billeſdon, bought, at the ſale of
the effects of Ouſton abbey, in 1339, the cope, with
veſtments for the dean and ſub-· dean, for (5.
In 1650, the vicarage was returned worth £40. and
the incumbent as ſufficient.”
The preſent value in the king's books is £14. 10s.
The epiſcopal procurations are, for the rectory
35. 4d. ; the vicarage 1s. 8d.; the ſynodals, 35. 6d.
PATRONS.
Prior and convent of Leiceſter.
John Skeffington, eſq. _
Mr. William Bendiſne.
John Elms, gent, pleno jure. „
William Skeffington, eſq.
Chriſtopher Coles, gent. 1
John Smith, eſq. pro bac vice.
James, duke of Chandos.
Anne Thorowgood, pro bac vice.
Joſeph Whittingham, M. A. May 17,1758; died Feb. 12, 1793. John Chamberlain, gent.
Edward Thomas, M. A. March 1793.
Throſby's Excurſions, p. 134.
Rev. Henry Greene, M. A. |
MON U-
* Thid. p. 236; and ſee in plate LX XVI. fig. 5, 6,
* Mr. Throſby, with an honeſt indignation, ſays, ** The church has a tolerable appearance as you approach it; but within,
it is, of all others that I have ſeen, the greateſt deception, The ailes are narrow and low; the principal one is appended with
two ſhabby galleries, not unlike large pigeon-holes ſtuck againſt a wall. The floor is intolerable,” I am ſorry to ſay, this repre-
ſentation is too juſt. - Mr. Throſby adds, that the late Mr, Fortrey, of Norton, had an intention of rebuilding this church, but
was diverted from it by an inſu.t he received. On farther enquiry, I underſtand, the intention of Mr. Fortrey was only to have
augmented the number of the bells, as he had done in many other places. * Wyrley, MS. See the plate, fig. 10, 11, 12.
5 See the Matficulus hereafter, p. 442. * See the Introductory Volume, p. cxxxvii, bo
7 From ** Certificatorium Archidisconatus Leic',” of the incumbents names, qualities, &c. in Ben'et college library (annis
1560—1562) ; where Mr. Clarke is thus deſcribed: ** Preſbyter, non conjugatus, competenter doctus; reſidet; hoſpitalis ;
deget ibidem ; non licentiatus, nec predicat ; nullum aliud habet.“
He was originally of Cambridge; but incorporated at Oxford July 14, 1608; and afterward took the degree of B. D.
He publiſhed in 1618 a Sermon, on Rom. vii. 24; in 1621 another on Matth. xxvii. 3— 5; and, in 1630, A Juſtification of the
Church of England againſt Papiſts, wherein the Marrow of the principal Books on both ſides is briefly ſhewed.” Another Ser-
mon of his, from Rom. ii. 15. on Conſcience, its Nature and Corruption, with its Repairs, and the Means to inform it aright ;
in a Vindication of the Public Prayers and Ceremonies of the Church of England, made known by the famouſeſt Foreign Di-
vines, and by them approved,” was printed in 1660, gto. See Wood, Faſti Oxon. vol. I. p. 177; and Kennet's Regiſter, p.
18. Some of Mr. Cade's writings are ſaid to have been much admired by king James the Firſt; to whom the author was in-
troduced by his pupil the marquis of Buckingham, Mr. Cade, who occurs among the benefactors to this pariſh, p. 437, was
buried at Southwick in Northamptonſhire ; where, on two ſmall ſquare braſſes within the altar, are the following epitaphs : .
I, ** Here lieth the body of that reverend,
learned, and pious Mr, Anthony Cade
buried July the 6th, 1641.“
2+ ** Here lyeth the body of Mrs. Grace Lynn, wife of
John Lynn, eſq. and onely daughter of Mr. Anthony Cade
buried the 3d of June, 1681.”
The family of Lynn were poſſeſſed of the manor of Southwick, co. Northampton, from the time of Henry VIII. to 1724, or
*
©
latef, Sce the | edigree, Bridges, vol. II. p. 472; where are epitaphs alſo for John Lynn, eſq. who died Jan. 11, 1693-4, aged 79 ;
George
GARTRE HuUNDRAED.]
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MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
On a wooden tablet over the chancel-door :
« In xg *
Henry Bradley, ary, late wife of
ſon of Antho- Henry Bradley, and
ny Bradley (and daughter of Thomas
Sarah his wife), Neale (and Ma
late of Butherly his wife), late of this
Park, in the town. She died the
pariſh of Pen- zoth of July, 1785,
tridge, in the
county of Der-
9 ©
in the 78th year of
ker age, and is in-
terred near this chan-
cel-door, where a
ſtone is erected to
her memory, Her
father and mother
were buried in this
churchyard.
A ſtone is erected at the chancel-door, and a table
placed in the chancel, to their memory.”
On flat ſtones in the North aile, which is appropriated
to Rolleſton :
I. Here lieth the body of Elizabeth,
the wife of Henry Greene, of Rolleſton, gent.
and daughter of Henry Greene, of Wicken, eſq.
who departed this life May the 22d,
anno Domini 1907,”
% * H..
Elizabetha, uxor R*i
Gould, re&. de Shankton,
Fil. nat. max. Hen. Greene,
ſen. de Rolleſton, gen.
Pietate Deum,
Benevolentia pergaq Proximos,
Charitate Egenos, paucis 24d.
| Variolum tabe
foedata, ob. 17 Jun. 1716, æt. 66,
Lectiſſimæ fœminæ et
dilectiſſimæ conjugi
poſuit mceſtiſſimus maritus.”
3. Here lieth the body of Elizabeth,
the daughter of Henry Greene, late of Rolleſton, gent.
by Elizabeth his wife.
She was born July the 5th, 1706;
and died Auguſt the 17th, 1733,”
4. © Here lieth the body of Mary,
the reli of John Goodman, late of Blaſton, gent.
and daughter of Henry Greene, late of Rolleſton, gent.
| by Mary his wife.
She was born Nov. 1, 1660
and died Augult the 28th, 1733.”
In the churchyard, on upright ſtones :
1. Beneath this ſtone lie the earthy remains
of Mr. Caleb Robinſon, late rector of Byſbrook,
in the county of Rutland,
and vicar of Great Glen in this county,
and one of his majeſty's juſtices of the peace.
He was an affeQionate huſband,
a firm friend to his diſconſolate relations,
pious in his life,
and bore his afflictions with patient reſignation.
He died Nov. 3, 1770,
in the 65th year of his age.“
2, Here reſts her head, upon the lap of earth,
Anne, relict of the Rev. Caleb Robinſon,
who died Nov. 4, 1791,
in the 75th year of her age.
She was the youngeſt daughter of William Franke, eſq.
tormerly of the Newark, near Leiceſter, |
by Anne his wife, |
who was the daughter of fir Richard Levett, knight.
She was a friend to the fatherleſs ;
and the truly neceſſitous frequently partook
of her beneficence.“
His father and mo-
ther are interred in
Pentridge church-
yard.
3. * Thomas March, died Jan. 13, 1784, aged 72
Elizabeth March, his wife, died Nov. 9, 1785,
aged 69: | |
Near to this place a faithful pair are laid,
Who haye the common debt of Nature paid :
When living, honeſt, generous, and kind,
A loſs to all their ſriends they've left behind;
Bur from this world their ſouls have taken flight,
To dwell in endleſs joys and ſweet repoſe.” |
John Dencher, ſen. died Aug. 16, 1724, aged 74.
William Loſeby died OR, 1, 1727, aged 68.
Mabel Loſeby died Feb. 13, 1747, aged 77.
Nicholas Bellamy died Feb. 3, 1774, aged $0.
Mary Bellamy died May 18, 1767, aged 76.
John Neale died June 19, 1785, aged 76.
Richard Gregory died Sept. 21, 1779, aged 76.
John Gregory died June 24, 1774, aged 73.
Anne Gregory died Sept. 1, 1780, aged 80.
Thomas Billings died July 8, 1762, aged 73.
Anne Billings died Feb. 7, 1768, aged 78.
Thomas Arnold died Feb. 9, 1791, aged 71.
Catherine Arnold died Nov. 23, 1761, aged 61.
Mary Bradley, widow of Henry Bradley, died July
20, 1785, aged 78.
2
CHARITABLE BENEFACTIONS,
1638. Anthony Cade, vicar of this pariſh, gave
£13. 6s. 8d.; which ſum, with ſeveral other dona-
tions, purchaſed the Poor's Cloſe, the rent of which
is to be diſtributed to the poor of this pariſh annually
at the feaſt of St. Thomas. |
Richard Woollaſton, of Wormley, in the county
of Hertford, eſq. gave, by his executor Joſiah Wool-
laſton, annually, to the poor people of the pariſh of
Billeſdon, that ſhall be neceſſitated, and are adjudged
to fear God, of any perſuaſion, by will and by co-
dicil, dated Feb. 27, 1689, and eſtabliſhed by a de-
cree of the High Court of Chancery, £10.
1740. Mr. Robert Arnold, of this pariſh, by will,
55. to be given away annually iu bread on St. Tho-
mas's-day. - |
1773. Mr. William Ward, of this pariſh, by will
£400. the intereſt to be paid quarterly to four widows,
tor whom the pariſh, or any other perſon, ſhall pro-
vide houſes; and it the houſes are not provided, or
the intereſt unapplied for any fix months, then the
executor, or his heirs, to have the ſaid C400. again.
1788. John Pippen, of London, eſq. by will £40.
the intereſt to be given to the poor annually.
DoxArioxs TO THE SCHOOL,
1650. William Sharpe, of Rolleſton, eſq. built the
preſent ſchool at his own expence, and gave it for
the uſe of the pariſh. See plate LX XVI. hg. 2.
1732. Mr. John Pippen, of London, by will, (20.
1747. Mrs. Catharine Parker, of Eaſt Norton, by
will, £10.
James Wilſon, of Keythorpe, eſq. gave {30.z be-
ing money left to his diſpoſal by his brother Robert
Wilſon, of Keythorpe, elq.
1769. Thomas Wilſon, of Keythorpe, eſq. gave 5.
Which ſeveral ſums are now accumulated to £100.
1773. Mr. William Ward, of this pariſh, by will,
£50. |
1781. Shuckbrugh Aſhby, of Quenby, gave C25.
1787. John Pippen, of London, eſq. gave (10.
Fr 1789. Nicholas Joyce, of Billeſdon, ſurgeon, gave
2.5» |
The return made to the houſe of commons, in 1786,
in anſwer to the enquiry reſpecting the charitable
donations in this pariſh, may be ſeen in p. 16.
George Lynn, eſq. his eldeſt ſon, Feb. 13, 1681-2; and John Lynn, eſqʒ Sept. 15, 1704, aged 30. George Lynn, fellow - com-
moner of St. John's college, and of the Inner Temple, member of the Spalding Society 1723, married a daughter of fir Edward
Bellamy, lord-mayor of London 1735; by whom hg had the manor of Hinton, Eſſex. Morant, vol. I. p. 480.
A couſin of his,
nephew and chaplain to fir Edward Bellamy, John Lynn, was of the ſame college, A. B. 1530, A. M. 1734, vicar of Southwick,
and rector of Mounſlow, Shropſhire, 1727 ; died 1949, Walter Lynn, of Peter-houſe ;
Lynn, librarian and prefident of the Spalding Society, and rector of Spalding.
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in antient writings called Goudeby, Gouteby, and Gol-
teby, is, as has been already mentioned, one of the
hamlets of the pariſh of Billeſdon; and is bounded
by Rolleſton; Noſeley, Glooſton, Haloughton, Key-
thorpe, and Tugby. | NP
In the time of king Edward the Confeſſor, this
Jord{hip was held by Nan, employed two ploughs,
and was of the annual value of twenty ſhillings. It
continued of the like value at the Norman ſurvey,
and was then in the tenure of the ſame Norman
who held Billeſdon. The lordſhip contained three
ploughlands. In the demeſne was half a plough with
one bondman; and four villans, with two bordars,
had one plough. The wood was four furlongs long
and two broad *. |
Henry de Preſton held one yard land here in de-
meſne, and two in villanage, which were forfeited in
1265 for his rebellion, in ſiding with Simon Montfort
earl of Leiceſter, at the battle of Eveſham.
In 1274, William Bardoif died ſeiſed of two knights
fees in Billeſdon, Rolleſton, Gouteby, and Haloughton,
all belonging to the barony of Schelford in Notting-
hamſhire ; and W#1ium Bardoff, his ſon and next heir,
was then aged 3o*. X
In the reign of Edward I. Laurentius de Preſione
dedit Petro de Welles pro homagio & ſervicio ſuo ma-
nerium de Gouteby, ad terminum vitz, reddendo unam
libram cariofili, &c. Poſt deceſſum Petri, hæredes ip-
fius (Petri) ſolvent annuatim heredibus prædicti Lau-
rentii viginti marcas ſterlingorum, ad duos anni ter-
minos, &c, Teſt'; domino Luca de. . , domino
Galfrido de Skefhngrone, domino Roberto Wallenſi,
Domino Roberto de Wivile, militibus 3 magiſtro Ro-
gero de Martivallis, Henrico de Billeſdone, &c. *
In 1277, this village was the inheritance of fir Ni-
ebolas de Martival, knight.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Godeby was returned
as a member of Billeſdon.
In 1302, it appeared that William de Saufton held
one meſſuage and 12 virgates of land in Gouteby of
William de Kirkeby, deceaſed, by the ſervice of one
quarter of a knight's fee +. |
The lordſhip came not long after to the family of
Vaux ; for, Sept. 26, 1309, king Edward II. granted
to John de Veaux and his heirs a weekly market on
the Mondays; and a fair on the eve, day, and morrow
of the Aſſumption of the Blefted Virgin Mary, at
their manor. of Gouteby. Hiis teſtibus ; J. Elien'
epiſcopo, cancellario noſtro; Thoma, com' Nort* &
mareſcallo Anglie, fratre noſtro chariſſimo; Adomaro
de Valentia, com' Pemb'; Humf' de Bohun, com'
Heret' & Eſſex; Hug' le Diſpenſer, juniore ; - Joh”
de Somery ; Barr de Badleſmere, ſeneſcallo hoſpitii
noſtri; & aliis.— Dat' per manum noſtram apud No-
vum caſtrum ſuper 'Tynam, 26 die Septembris 5.”
In the time of Edward III. William Marmion held
ſeveral lands here, for which the king granted him
liberty of free warren “.
In 1337, it appeared that Alice David, deceaſed,
held 134. rent, with the appurtenances, in Gouteby,
of Roger, ſon and heir of Roger Beler ; which Roger
held of John Bardolf 7. |
In 1346, John de Seyton and William de Sauſion (on
the aid then granted for knighting Edward of Wood-
ſtock, the King's eldeſt ſon) were aſſeſſed 25. 6d. for
a ſixteenth part of one kvight's fee in Gouteby, par-
6 0.D
E a FX.
cel of the honour of Peverel*,
In 1389, it appeared that William Bardolf, of
Wirmgay, knight, died ſeiſed of the moiety of one
knight's fee in Haloughton and Gouteby, which John
de Es, knight, held 9.
In the ſubſidy of 1416, Godeby was rated at C1.
17s, 6d.; and in 1445 at the ſame ſum, when an
abatement was made of 74. 7d.
May 1, 1448, king Heory VI. granted to Thomas
Palmer, eſq. and his heirs liberty of free-warren in
all their demeſne lands in Gouteby .
From John de Seyton this lordſhip deſcended, by an
heir general, to Edward Cateſby ; who, in 1534, died
ſeiſed of the manor of Godeby, held of the king, as
of the honour of Peverel, by Knight's ſervice “.
Michael Cateſby, his ſon and heir, was then 13
years old; who afterwards ſold the lordſhip to Anthony
Colley ; who, in 1593, paſſed it to fir Edward Heron.
In 1567, the manor of Godeby, which had been
ſeized into the queen's hands, was reſtored to Michael
Cateſby, eſq. . 5
By an inquiſition taken at Leiceſter, July 30, 1606,
it appeared that Everard Carter died ſeiſed of one
meſſuage, one croft, two virgates and a quarter of
land, in Godeby; that they were held of the king in
capite by the ſervice of a fortieth part of one knight's
fee; that he died the 2d of February, 3 James I;
and that Edward Carter, his ſon and heir, was then
aged 23 years and upwards *.
In 1642, this lordſhip, which contains about 400
acres, was the inheritance of Thomas Brudenell, eſq.
The principal proprietors are, Joſeph Sibley, eſq. of
Market-ſtreet, co. Bedford; and William Hilſon, eſq.
of Keythorpe.
The freeholders here in 1630 were, William Weod-
cock and Kenelm Reynhald.
At the general election in 1722, three freeholders
polled from this hamlet, In the liſt of 1775, are the
names of Kobert Boone, William Bromley, Richard Her-
bert, Reginald Walters, and Fohn Weſton, eſq.
The regiſter of Godeby begins in 1537.
The five firſt years, baptized 14.
buried 11.
| a baptized 14.
The five years ending 1790, 3 7
Money raiſed for the poor, within . 7. d.
the year ending at Eaſter 1776, 39 1111
Expended in county rates, &c. $. 8 $
on the poor, &. — 34 5 5
Rent of workhoufe and habitations, 1 13 6
Expended in litigations, _ © ©
Money raiſed for 1783, — 87 6
1784, — 29 4 1
— — 1785, — r
Medium of theſe three years, 30 13 1
— of county expences, © &
| of expences not relating to
the poor; repairs of churches, roads,
ſalaries to miniſters, &c. _ © © ©
- of nett, annual expences, 24 12 9g
—— of expences of overſeers |
attending upon magiſtrates, — © Oo o
- of entertainments at meetings, © 4 5
—- of law expences, — 3
— — of expences in ſettiog the
| poor to work, — — — 0
% Idem Normannus tenet de G. in Goutebi 3 carucatas terre. Tempore regis Edwardi erant ibi 2 caruce. In dominico
eſt dimidia caruc cum 1 ſervo; & 4 villani cum 2 ſervis habent 1 carucam. Sylva 4 quarentenarum leugz, & 2 quarentenarum
latitudinis. Valuit, & valet, 20 ſolidos.“ Domeſday, p. 235. b. 1. |
2 Eſch. 4 Edw, I. N“ 47. Leic.
Eſch. 30 Edw. I. Ne 31. Leic,
7 Efch. 11 Edw. III. Ne 4 Leic.
2 Cart. 26 Hen. VI. n. 4.
3 Gaſcoigne, MS. ex evideatiis Henrici Neville de Holt.
Cart. 13 Edw. II. n. 26.
Rot. Aux, 20 Edw. III.
*: Eſch. 26 Hen, VIII.
* Cart. 18 Edw. III. n. 20.
9 Eſch, 13 Ric. II. N' G. Leic.
* De manibus reginz amovendis de manerio de Godeby, in comitatu Leiceſſriæ, & Michaeh Cateſbi, arm, liberando,”
Michaelis Recorda, 9 Eliz. Rot. 70.
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Eſch. 4 Jac. I. And ſce the Introductory Volume, p. XXII.
The
GARTRE HUN DRED. ]
conſiſts of a very ſmall plain tower, in which is a ſingle
bell; a chancel, and nave, to which a ſmall South
aile was added about 100 years ago by Mr. Bryan Sat-
terthwaite, and a South porch. See plate LX XVI.
| The whole chapel, when I firſt viſite& it in 1793,
was in a ſtate which ſeemed to require a ſpeedy repair;
which has fince taken place, and the tower repre-
ſented in the plate been entirely modernized.
On the South door is the inſcription in plate
LXXVI. fig. 13 ; and a piſcina on the South fide of
the chancel is engraved in fig. 14.
On the North fide is a ſmall locker.
Here is an old plain ſquare font.
On the pulpit, * Axno 1643.”
The regular endowment of the chapel in the time
of biſhop Groſſeteſte will appear by the follow ing
authentic documents from Charyte's Rentale :
t Habemus in Godeby capellam ex dono Willi Sifre-
waſt, que, ſecundùm matriculum epiſcopi, libera eſt,
habens capellanum refidentem, & omnia jura paro-
chialia, ſed non ſolvit ſy nodalia; & ea capella pertinet
ad matricem ecclefiam de Bilſdon. Habemus ibidem
totam decimarum garbarum & feni, & unam virgatam
terre & toftum ſpectantes ad diftam capellam. Sed, ſe-
cundam ordinationem R., epiſcopi Linc', vicarius de
Billeſdon habebit partem de predictis, & iſto modo ordi-
natum ef in iſtis verbis:
{© R. miſeratione divina Linc* epiſcopus, dilecto in
Chriſto filio S. archidiacono Leyc', ſalutem noſtram,
&c. Quia, de aſſenſu & yoluntate abbatis & con-
ventùs Leyc', rectorum ecclefie de Bylleſdon, ordina-
80 DE B.
The CHAPEL .
439
mus, ut capella de Gouteby ipfi eccleſie de Bylleſdom,
prout antiquitùs fuerat, perpetuis temporibus fit an-
nexa; & vicarii in dictà ecclefii inſtituti & —
perpetui habeant in dictà capella de Gouteby medfe-
tatem feni, x li. & unam virgatam terre que ſpectat
ad ipſam capellam, una cum medietate toft ejuſdem, -
& altaragium ejuſdem capelle. Et percipient ſingulis
annis, per manus dictorum abbatis & conventũs, qua-
tuor marcas ſterlingorum; &c. ; detentis duntaxat dictis
abbati & conventui decimis garbarum dicte capelle,
& medietatibus feni & tofti prediftorum. Et quod
dicti vicarii inveniant in ſupradictà capelli capellanum
ydoneum, qui miniſtret ibi omnia ſacramenta eccleſi-
aſtica, & die & nocte commoret ibidem. Et percipiat
per manum vicaru pro ſtipendiis ſuis v marcas & dim”
annuatim; ſalvis in omnibus jure & omnibus ad eandem
capellam ſpectantibus & incumbentibus, &c.”
Sed modo vicarius habet totam decimarum garba-
rum & feni de Godeby, altaragium, & unam virgatam
terre pertinentem ad dictam capellam, &c. Sed preſ-
byter ibidem reſidens habet x manſum & 1 croftum
ex aſſignatione vicarii. Et mem' quod decima gar-
barum ibi valet per annum LIIIS. 11114, & fic dimit-
titur ad firmam. Item xLS. vicarius habet de firma de
Rolſton ; & ſic contentus eſt *,
In 1591, Mr. Wyrley found one coat of arms
here: Azure, two chevronels Or, Breton.
The officiating miniſter at Godeby is now regularly
appointed by the vicar of Billeſdon; the preſent cu-
rate being the Rev. John Davenport, vicar of Radcliff
upon Trent, co. Nottingham.
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
On a white tablet againſt the North wall :
c Sacred to the memory of Margaret,
wife of Thomas Davenport, clerk,
vicar of Wyſall and Radcliff upon Trent,
in the county of Nottingham,
is this humble monument erected.
Mature for a better,
ſhe finiſhed this life October 21, 1778,
in the 53d year of her age;
leaving behind, ro mourn their own loſs,
or rather to rejoice in her happy tranſlation to glory,
five ſons and fix daughters.
Friendly Reader! let thy manners be as mild,
thy life as innocent, and thy ſoul like hers :
Then die, and be as happy.
Invidious grave, how haſt thou rent. in ſunder
Whom Love has knit, and Sympathy made one;
A tie more ſtubborn far than Nature's band!“
On a flat ſtone in the nave:
cc In memory of Thomas Fowler, ſen.
who departed this life Oct. 6, 1717,
in the 7oth year of his age.
Prudence Fowler, the wife of Richard Fowler,
who departed this life May 28, 1722,
* Charyte's Rentale, fol. Ix.
in the 37th year of her age.
Richard Fowler, the ſon of Richard Fowler
and Prudence his wife,
who departed this life Jan. 1, 1719,
| aged 3 months.”
In the South aile : |
Mr. Bryan Satterthwaite, the builder of this aile,
was buried in it; but has no epitaph.
Within a pew in this aile :
In memory of Elizabeth,
the wife of William Bromley, gent.
who died April 4, 1778,
in the 72d year of her age.”
A large blue monumental ſlab remains in the chan-
cel, with ſeveral other flat ſtones; bur the inſcriptions
are entirely obliterated.
In the chapel-yard:
Judith Marſton died June 2, 1763, aged 41.
Edward Marſton died March 4, 1765, aged 72.
Thomas Marſton died Nov. 13, 1783, aged 22.
John Marſton died May 24, 1784, aged 19.
Bryan Satterthwaite died Jan. 7, 1768 3,
William Woodcock died Oct. 31, 1771, aged 89.
? Plate LXXIX. fig. 15.
3 He died at St. Alban's, and was buried there; but was afterwards removed to Goadby. From oral information, July 13,
1793, by William Smith, who was then more than 87, and had been clerk above 60 years; and whoſe father, clerk before him,
died at the age of 84.
Poſſeſſions of the Abbey of St. Mary de Pratis, in Billeſdon, Godeby, and Rolleſton *:
« Habemus eccleſiam de Bylleſdon, et capellas de
Rolſtone & de Godby, cum decimis garbarum, feni,
lini, & canobi, ex dono Willi Syfrewaſt, in proprios
uſus, ficut teſtatur matriculus epiſcopi:
Eccleſie de Billeſdon patronus abbas Leyc', habens
eam in proprios uſus ab antiquo; & habet capellam
Gouteby, que libera eſt, habens capellanum reſiden-
tem, & omnia jura parochialia, ſed non ſolvit ſyno-
dalia. Item Rolleſton, que conſuevit 111 diebus in
ebdomata deſerviri, ſcilicet per matricem eccleſiam.
Vicarius inſtitutus per epiſcopum. |
Et mem” quod habemus totam decimam feni in cam-
pis de Billeſdon, de le hadys & leys, & 111 placeas
* Charyte's Rentale, fol. xix—xxi,
Vol. II. Pak r II.
prati aſſignatas nobis pro decima feni, quarum una vo-
catur Suthſyke, ſc. tota per ſe; alia vocatur Tythe-
ſykys, & jacet in fine del Maneſyke ſubtùs Townlorth,
& habemus pro decima feni v111s. per annum; &
alia vocatur Threſtong, que continet xx1111 rodas.
Sequitur ordinatio vicarie per Hugonem ſecundum
epiſcopum Lincoln” facta:
© Vicarius in eccleſia de Bylleſdon habebit, nomine
vicarie ſue in cadem, totum altaragium; & reſponde-
bit de ſynodalibus tantùm.“
Scequitur alia ordinatio* per R. epiſcopum Lincoln.
Dona diverſorum, & parcelle terrarum per diverſos
donatores, ſicut hie patet per cartas eorum.
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440 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
Habemus, ex dono Wilti de Sifrewaſt, ecclefiam de
Billeſdon, cum capellis de Rolveſton & de Gouteby,
cum omnibus pertinentibus & libertatibus, in terris &
deeimis, &c. ut in prima carta.
Habemus, ex dono & confirmatione Halani filii
Wilti de Sifrewaſt, eccleſiam, cum capellis, & omni-
bus pertinentiis ſuis in tetris & decimis, &c.
Habemus ibi, ex dono Henrici de Billeſdon filii
Ivonis, totum illud toftum in Billiſdon quod vocatur
Seleſyard, quod jacet extra curiam noſtram ex parte
occidentali ejuſdem curie, &c,
Habemus ibi, ex feolffamento dicti Henrici, 1 tof-
tum in Bilſdon. :
Habemus ibi, ex dono & quieta clamatione Agnetis
quondam uxoris dicti Eudouis de Landa, totum jus &
clameum quod babuit, &c. in una placea terre in
Billiſdon, que vocatur Seleſgarth, jacente intet manſum
abbatis Leyc' ex parte und, & toſtum Roberti de
Norton ex altera, &.
Habemus ibidem, ex dono Hugonis de Burton,
unam culturam juxta villam da Billeſdon uſque ori-
entem, que vocatur Biſſopeſcroft, cum uno tofto quod
eſt juxta illam culturam ad caput ipſius propiùs vil-
lam; & redditum 118. per manus Roberti filii Ray-
mondi hominis ſui, & anteceſſotum ſuorum, recipiend*
ab eis, &c. in eſcambium pro una virgati terre in
Norton, &c. Sciendum eſt, quod, fi prefarus Ro-
bertus & heredes ſui a ſolutione predicti redditùs 118.
ceſſaverint, licebit nobis diſtringere eos per averia ſua
& catalla, &c. |
Habemus, ex dono Henrici de Billiſdon, filii Ivo-
nis, medietatem illius rofti, cum pertinentiis, quod vo-
catur Seleſyerd, & jacet ex parte occidentali extra
curiam- noſtram. Et continet illa medietas in longi-
tudine decies-viginti & quatuor pedes; in latitudine,
ex parte auſtrali, ſexaginta pedes; & ex parte bo-
reali quater-viginti & ſeptem pedes, &c.
- Habemus ibi, ex dono Henrici filii Ivonis de Bil-
liſdon, unam partem tofti ſui propinquids jacentem
curie & manſioni noſtre uſque partem orientalem; que
quidem pars continet in ſe ſpatium x111t. pedum in la-
titudine, & extendit ſe in longitudine à regia via ex
parte auſtrali versùs aquilonem, uſque ad terram Eu-
donis de Landa, habend', &c.; ita ut faciamus murum
inter curiam noſtram & ſuam. Item, &c. fi faciamus
domos ſuper predictum murum, relinquamus ſpatium
unius pedis vacui extra murum parietis ſui longitu-
dinem domus. Et licebit nobis intrare terram ſuam,
cum ſtatum habemus, ad reparand' dictos muros & do-
mos, &c. cùm neceſſarium fuerit, &c.
Habemus ibi, ex dono Henrici de Billeſdon, unam
placeam terre de curia ſui ad augmentum curie noſtre,
que jacet inter curiam ſuam, & incipit a via magna
uſque eccleſiam, & extendit ſe in longitudine uſque
ad croftum quod ipſe aliquando tenuit ad firmam de
domino Ivone de Landa, & continet in latitudine «x1
pedes, &c. - |
Habemus ibi, ex dono Henrici filii Ivonis de Bilſ-
don, paſturam ad v1 boves, & alia vi averia prout vo-
luerimus, cum dominicalibus averiis ſuis, per totum
annum, in omnibus locis, paſturis, haiis ſuis, ubi do-
minicalia averia ſua paſcere poſſunt, extra illo prato
quod vocatur le Hallemedowe.
Habemus ibi, ex dono Ernaldi Etelhard, 1 meſſua-
gium juxta cimiterium, & xii ſeliones, cum omnibus
pertinentiis ſuis, juxta moram preſbyteri uſque orien-
talem partem.
Habemus ibi, ex dono Johannis de Seles, unum
toftum juxta eceleſiam, & x111 ſeliones juxta preſ-
byteri moram.
Habemus ibi, ex dono Simonis filii Ricardi de Bil-
leſdon, unam rodam terre in territorio de Bilſden, cum
capucio eidem adjacente, videlicet, illam rodam que
jacet extra Burdettiſland, & extendit ſe uſque ad
Weltbrok. |
Habemus ibi, ex dono Hawiſie de Friſby de Bil-
Jeſdor, illam rodam terre que jacet ſuper Hunerewl-
nedale juxta terram Willi Matekyn, &c.
Habemus ibi unam ſelionem que jacet pro uni roda
ſuper Hernotehull, & unum caput pertin' ad ſelionem
in Bernotehulſyke, cum omnibus pertinentiis ſuis, &c.
Habemus ibi, ex dono Willi Matekyn de Bilſedon,
unam rodam terre, cum duobus holmis prati adja-
centibus, illam ſcilicet rodam que jacet ſuper Hune-
rewlnedale, &c.
Habemus ibi, ex dono Willi Franceys de Bilſdon,
unam rodam terre, illam ſcilicet que jacet ſuper le
Breche, & extendit ſe in Baltreſike, &c.
Habemus ibi, ex dono Matilde filie Rogeri Hele-
wys de Billeſdon, unam rodam terre que jacet ultra
Yogwarbyſty, cuique unum caput abuttat ſuper
Wronglondys.
Habemus ibi, ex dono Ivonis Elys de Bylleſdon,
unam placeam terre, cum pertinentiis, que continet in
ſe latitudinem xi pedum & longitudinem Lxx11 pe-
dum, & jacet juxta toftum noſtrum prope manſum
vicarii ex parte meridionali, &c. ö
Habemus ibi, ex dono Roberti filii Roberti de
Norton, unam culturam terre uſque orientem que vo-
catur Biffopeſcroft, cum uno tokto quod eſt juxta il-
lam culturam ad caput illius culture. |
Habemus ibi conceſſionem Galfridi filii Johannis de
Skefyngton, quod poffimus claudere culturam nof-
tram juxta villam de Billeſdon, pro voluntate noſtra,
que vocatur Biſſopeſeroft, & murum per circuitum ibi-
dem levare, &c.
Item habemus, ex remiſſione & conceſſione ejuſdem,
totum jus & clameum quod habuit in quiadam place
terre, in qui vicarivs quondam domum levavit, &c.
Item habemus, ex remiſſione ejus, omnem calum-
niam quam habuir adversds dictum vicarium de do-
mibus ſuis & foſſatis, &c. |
Item habemus confirmationem hujus carte, ex con-
ceſſione Eudonis de Landa, Roberti de Gaunt, militum,
magiſſri Burton de Sco Lazaro, Johannis Chyld de
Billeſdon, & multorum alicrum de Billeſdon.
Habemus, ex quieta clamatione dicti Johannis de
Landa militis, totum jus & clameum quod habuit in
ad vocatione ecclefie de Billiſdon, cum capellis de Rol-
ſton & Godeby, &c. cum uni culturi que vocatur Biſ-
ſopeſcroft, cum uno tofto juxta eandem culturam, &
in uno meſſuagio juxta cimitcrium eccleſie, & x11 ſeli-
onibus juxta moram; & in una acri que vocatur Se-
liigerth, & in x acris terre quas habuimus ex dcna
Henrici filii Ivonis, &c.
Habemus ibi, ex dono Henrici filii Ivonis le Child
de Billeſdon, unam placeam terre infra curiam ſuam,
que jacet juxta terram noſtram ex parte una, & terram
Roberti de Ker ings ex altera, & extendit ſe à colum-
bario ſuo uſque ad crof tum noſt rum, & habet in longi-
tudine xxv11 pedes, & in latitudine LXXVIII pedes.
Item habemus, ex dono ejuſdem, x acras terre in
campo ibi, quarum due rode jacent in campo occi-
dentali ſuper Orbokiſſeik, ut in carta xxx..
Habemus ibi, ex dono Roberti filii Johannis Child
de Billeſdon, unam virgatam terre de dominico ſuo, que
vocatur Sowyneyerdeland, reddendo ſibi & heredibus
ſuis xxvis. vilid.
Habemus confirmationem regis Henrici II, de ec-
cleſia de Bylleſdon, cum pertinentiis ſuis.
Decime reddiderunt xx li. moo vill.
Terre dominicales reddid' Lxv15. vii id. modò xl.
Tenentes & firmarii noſtri.
Johannes Weyl tenet ibidem manſum reQorie noſtre;
11 virgatas terre continentes LIII acras, 11 croftos, &
tres placeas prati aſſignatas pro decima teni; & redd' xl.
Johannes Banaſtere tenet ibidem orreum decimale ac
ſtabulum, cum totã decimi gaibarum & feni de ſe-
lionibus; & redd' vill. x1115. 11114, Solebat reddere
xi. quondam xx Ii. 2
Johannes Burdet tenet 1 meſf', 1 virgat' terre,
quondam Thome de Nortonà; & redd' 118. liberè,
Kequire terrarium de terris dominicalibus in libro ter-
rariorum fratris W. Charyte. Summa, v111 H. xvs. 1111.
Mem', quod ſolebamus habere ibidem unum gre-
ovium. ©
Reſolutiones ſunt: Archidiacono Leye', pro pro-
curatione, VHS. viz.ob.q%. Et vicario ibidem L1113.
11114, de decima capelle de Goddeby. Et xl. eidem
per firmarium de Rolſton ad yoluntatem noſtram.
Summa, es. xd. 0b. q*.
* ROLLESTON,
; **
1
5
R 0 1 L E S T ON.
in antient writings called Roveſtone and Roluefton, is
another hamlet of Billeſdon; by which it is bounded
on one fide, and on the other by Friſby, IlIſton,
Noſeley, Godeby, Tugby, and Skeffington. :
In the time of king Edward the Confeſſor, this
lordſhip, held alſo by Tochi, employed fix ploughs,
and was of the annual value of twenty ſhillings
which, at the Norman ſurvey, being increaſed to -
twenty-five ſhillings, was in the tenure of the before-
mentioned Norman, One plough was then employed
in the demeſne; and one knight, with ſeven villans
and one bordar, had three ploughs. There were
eight acres of meadow *,
In 1270, it appeared that Roger de Quinci, earl of
N'inton, deceaſed, was ſeiſed of four knights fees in
Eſſeby, Blackfordby, Culverdby, Overton, Glenn,
Carlton, and Rolleſton (value C20. each); which
Alan la Zouch held; that Eleanor de Laux, relict of
the ſaid Roger earl of Winton, held the ſaid four
knights fees in dower; and that Roger la Zouch held
the ſame under her and the heirs of the faid carl *,
In 1274, William Bargolf died ſeiſed of two
knight's fees in Billeſdon, Rolleſton, Gouteby, and
Haloughton, all in this county, belonging to the
barony of Schelford, in Northamptonſhire ; and Wil-
tiam Bardolf, his ſon and heir, was then aged 30.
In 1279, John de Digby and Geoffrey de Skeffington
were found to be ſeiſed of this lordſhip “.
In the ltinerary of 1280, Rolleſton was returned
with Billeſdon; and in 1296, it appeared that the
lordſhip was held in fee of the honour of Leiceſter ;
and that Roger la Zouch held lands there,
In 1302, it appeared that William de Beauchamp
held 24 virgates of land and a windmill in Rolleſton
of William de Kirkeby, deceaſed, by the ſervice of one
quarter of a knight's fee“.
In 1313, it appeared that John Fitz Reginald and
Peter Fitz Reginald held certain lands in Glen Magna,
Carlton Curley, Rolleſton, and Schanqueſton, of Alan
Ia Acucb, deceaſed “.
In 1328, it appeared that Robert Holland, deceaſed,
ſſeſled, as the inheritance of Maud his wife, one
koight's fee, with the appurtenances, in Glen Magna,
Carlton Curley, Rolleſton, and Shankeſton, value
io; which Reginald Fitz Reginald and Peter Fitz
Reginald held *.
In 1329, it appeared that Thomas Bardolf died ſeiſed
of one knight's fee and an half in Rolleſton and
Billeſdon, which Ralph de Wedon, Thomas de Skeffing-
ton, and the heir of Richard de Colleſbull held 9.
In 1346, Ralph de Wedon (on the aid then granted
for knighting Edward of Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt
ſon) was aſſeſſed 10s. for a quarter of a knight's fee;
and Henry de la Lie, 5s. for another quarter of a
Knight's fee, both in Rolleſton, and parcel of the ho-
nour of Peverel'*,
1 a4t 1
In 1346, ſir John de Cohbam, making proof of his
age, and doing fealty, had livery of his lands, amongſt
which was the manor of Rolleſton; all which, as we
ſhall ſee hereafter, were aſſigned in reverfion to kiog
Edward the Third, previous to his laſt military expe-
dition into France, on which occaſion fir Joha Cobham
was one of his companions. |
In 1362, we find the following aſſurance of lands, in
Bedfordſhire, Leiceſterſhire, and Herts, to his mother
the counteſs of Nerfolt and counteſs Mar/balof England“:
*« Noverint univerſi per preſentes me Johannem de
Cobham, filium domine Marie de Breuſe, comitiſſe
Norf' et Mareſcall' Anglie, conceſſiſſe, &c. dicte Marie
matri mee, ad totam vitam ſuam, totum jus et cla-
meum quod habui in omnibus maneriis, terris, & tene-
mentis, que nuper habui ex conceſſione & feoffamento
Raaulfi de Nedon, militis, in com' Bedford', Bok”,
Leiceſtr', & Hereford'. Datum apud Framlingham
Caſtell, die Veneris prox' poſt feſtum tranſlationis Sancti
Edwardi Confeſioris, anno regni regis Edwardi Tertii
poſt Conqueſt um triceſimo quinto **,” Seal, à lion
rampant checky; as in plate LXXVI. fig. 16.
All theſe poſſeſſious reverted the next year to ſir
John de Cobham, upon the death of his mother.
In 1375, Thomas Hinton (couſin and heir of fir
Ralph de Wedon, kat.) releaſcd all his right in the
manor of Rolleſton to Hugh de Cheyne .
In 1377 we find fir John de Cobham repreſenting to
the king and parliament, by petition "4, that he Had
made king Edward III. heir to all his lands after his
own deceaſe, viz. to the manor of Wedonhull, &c.
and divers other manors in Bucks, Norfolk; and Bed-
fordſhire, and to Rolleſton, co. Leiceſter, for the great
affection that he bore to prince Edward, eldeft ſon to
the ſaid king, and for the bettering of his own con-
dition, by the royal patronage, during his own life *5 ;
upon which he defired that the parliament would or-
dain that his mind might be fulfilled, in compaſſion
to the ſoul of king Edward,
Several witneſſes were examined in parliament on
this occaſion z amongſt whom were, Johu de Bucking-
ham biſhop of Lincoln, Guy de Bryan, Richard de
Ravenſcroft archdeacon of Lincoln, and William de
Montacute earl of Saliſbury. From the reſult of the
evidence, it appeared that fir John Cobham had, by
the delivery of a ring of gold, afligned the reverſion
of the ſeveral manors to the king, to be held for ever
as an appendage to the crown, reſerving to himſelf
no more than a lite-eſtate in them; that this was done
at Thorn, near Sandwich, on the king's laſt departure
for France 1359; and that the king re-granted rhe
whole to fir John Cobham, for the term of his life,
who attorned to the king for the ſame, and paid as
an acknowledgement a florin of gold of twwenty-pence;
but it appeared alſo, that, after the reverſion had been
for ſix years ſecured to the king by the atoreſaid legal
- 2 « Jdem Normannus tenet de Goisfrido 10 carucatas terre in Roveſtone. Tempore regis Edwardi erant ibi 6 caruce, In
dominico eſt 1 caruca; & unus miles, cum 7 villis & 1 bordario, habent 3 carucas,
25 ſolidos.” Domeſday, p. 235. b. 1.
* Eſch, 55 Hen. III. N 36. Leic,
® Eſch 30 Edw. I. Ne 31. Leic,
9 Eſch, 3 Edw. III. N“ 66. Leio.
3 Eſch. 4 Edw. I. N' qi. Leic. -
7 Eſch. 7 Edw. II. Ne 36, Leic.
Rot. Aux. 20 Edw. III.
Idi 8 acræ prati. Valuit 20 ſolidos ; modò
* Eſch. 7 Fdw. I. 5 Inq. 24 Edw. I. in Scacc,
* Eſch, 2 Edw. III. Ne 54. Leic.
1 4%. For the better underſtanding who this counteſs Marſhal was, it will be proper to inſert the following particulars : Tho«
mas de Bretherton carl of Norfolk, earl Marſhal of England, and ſon of king Edward the Firſt by Margaret his ſecond wife,
married to his firſt wife Alice, daughter of fir Roger Hales, by whom he had iſſue Margaret, created dutcheſs of Norfolk by
king Richard II, firſt married to John Segrave, afterwards to fir Walter Manny, one of the founders of the Garter ; and Alice
marii.d to Edward de Montacute, ſon of William de Montacute, earl of Saliſbury,
The ſecond wife of Thomas de Brotherton,
was Mary, daughter of William lord Roſs, widow of William lord Bruce ; who, after the death of her huſband, was married to
ſir Ralph de Cobham, knight, brother to Henry firſt lord Cobham, by whom ſhe had iſſue this fir John de Cobham, knight, lord
of this manor of Rolleſton.” Bux ron; and ſee Dugdale, Bar. vol, II. p. 64. 69.
7: Bibl. Cotton. Julius C. VII. p. 97.
14 Rot, Parl. 1 Ric. II; vol. III. pp. 8, g.
1 Clauſ. 49 Edw. III. m. 19,
5 « pur cauſe de grant amour & bone affection qu'il portoit & avoit devers monse'r le prince, qi Dienx affoill?, lors filz
eiſnez du dit roiz qar le dit mons'r Johan amoit le dit prince, ſouvrainement & fur toute rienz, a ce q'il diſt; & pur ceo
qe le dit roi & fon dit filz luy aideroient d'autre part, & maintendroient le mijeltz pur le temps lors a venir, ſanz ceo q'il fiſt
unges bargaigne ou autre covenant avec le dit roi, ou nul des ſoens, par voie d'achat ou auttement, forſq? ſoulemeut d'enereſle
par fon dit doun pur les cauſes deſſus dites la coroune d' Engl, dont le dit prince lors eſtoit heir apparent.” Rot. Parl. P 9.
l form,
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442 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
form, fir John Cobham had been conſtrained to exe-
cute a regular feoffment to the king and his heirs in
fee ſimple *. © nM
The whole matter, after being ſolemnly argued in
parliament, and a declaration from the judges and”
ſerjeants that the ſurrender by the ring was as valid
as a regular conveyance, was referred to the deciſion
of the court of chancery : but, in the mean time, as
appears by an inquiſition taken that ſame year, fir |
John C:bham, ſon of the counteſs Mar/hal, died ſeiſed,
inter alia, of the manor of Rolleſton, which was held
by fir Edward Rowleſham of the county of Bucks“.
Sir William Dugdale has not noticed the time of his
death, nor the deſcent of his property; which ſeems
to have gone to ſome collateral branch, as we find
Rolleſton ſoon after that event in the poſſeſſion of
another fir John de Cobham; the ſame perſon who,
after diſtinguiſhing himſelf in ſeveral French wars and
treaties in the reigns of king Edward III. and Richard
II, rebuilt Cowling caſtle; joined with fir Robert
Knollys, knt. in that great public benefit the building
of Rocheſter-bridge with ſtone; in 1362 began the
foundation of Cobham college, or chantry of five
prieſts, which he afterwards increaſed to ſeven, and
repaired the church in the handſome manner in which
it now appears; and of whom Mr. Thorpe“ has pre-
ſerved the following concife memorial, from a pedigree
of the family, compiled in 1616 by John Philiport,
Somerſet herald :
e Johannes dñs de Cobham, ex hac ſtirpe ultimus,
fundavit collegium de Cobham a? 37 regis Edward III.
a Dhi 1362, et conſtruxit caſtrum de Coulinge a“
4** regis Ric. II. annoq Dni 1380, ſimul ac cum Ro-
berto Knolles milite egregio, ex eorum elimoſina ad
grandes expenſas, quendam novum pontem petreum
ultra aquam de Med2way juxta civitatem Roffenſem
conſtruxerunt. . Legationem regiam ad curiam Ro-
manam honorifice functus eſt a“ 41 Edw. III. 1366;
tandem autem parliamenti decreto Salopiz facto a?
21 Ric, II. annoque Dñi 1398, in exilium miſſus ad
Inſulam de Gerneſey: erat enim Johannes unus illo-
rum magnatu qui regis Rici {cdi tutelam ex opti-
matum ceteror' decreto ſuſcepit. Denique plenus di-
erum ad Henrici 1V*® regis gratiam receptus; et obiir
decimo die Januarii anno 9“ ejuſdem regis Henrici,
anno Dni 1407 ; et ſepultus eſt cum Margareti uxore
ſua apud Cobham.
Of whom writeth that worthy poet fir John Gower
knight (who then lived and was a ſpeQator of the
actions of thoſe times) as followeth : -
nus erat dignus, patiens, pius, atque benignus,
Providens, et juſtus, morum virtute robuſtus.
Non erat obliquus, regni ſed verus amicus.
Hunc rex odivit, in quo bona talia ſcivit.
Ut dicunt mille, dominus Cobham fuit ille.“
In 1389, it appeared that William Bardolf, of
Wirmgey, knight, died ſeiſed of one Knight's fee and
a half in Billeſdon, Rolleſton, &c. which Simon. .,
John Noveray, and William Dalby, held“.
In 1390, it appeared that Hugh Cheyne, knight,
deceaſed, together with his wife who was then living,
held the manor of Rolleſton, with the appurtenances,
under John lord Cobham, by the ſervice of one knight's
fee; and that Roger, ſon of William Cheyne, brother of
the aforeſaid Hugh, was aged 24 years. :
In the parliament held at Shrewſbury, 1399, John
lord Cobham was impeached of high treaſon, and con-
"demned"t forfeit his life and eſtates ; but the king
ve him his life ; and on the acceſſion of king Henry
V, he recovered his eſtates, had ſummons to parlia-
ment, and died in 1407. He was buried in the chan-
cel at Cobham; where there till remains a braſs fi-
ure of a knight in complete armour, holding a church
in both hands (ſee plate LXX VII.) and this imperfect
inſcription on the ledge; the words in hooks ſupplied
by Mr. Gough from Weever and Mr. Thorpe, and
a MS hiſtory of this family in the hands of Mr. Ord :
De terre fuſt fait] et fourme, |
Et en terre et a terre [ſuis retourne,
Johan de Cobham, founder de ceſte place qui fuit nomme]
Mercy de malme et la ſeinte Trinite.”
As we are not able to trace the Cobhams any farther
at Rolleſton, it ſeems likely that this lordſhip was ali-
enated by the crown during the attainder, and be- .
ſtowed on the family of Love/, who certainly were ſoon
afterwards the owners.
In the ſubſidy of 1416, Rolleſton was rated at Ca.
185.; and at the ſame ſum in 1445, when an abate-
ment was made of 75.
In 1442, it appeared that Maud Lovel, wife of
Jobn Lovel, knight, died ſeiſed of one knight's fee in
Glen Magna, Carlton Curley, and Rolleſton, which
Robert Stukeley held “.
This manor became afterwards the property of fir
John Popham ', a gallant warrior; who, having built,
for his own ſepulture*, a chapel in the convent of
Carthuſians, near Weſt Smithfield, in the ſuburbs of
London, and dedicated it to St. Michael, by a grant
dated in 1458, and witneſſed by Thomas Skeffington
and Thomas Haſelrigg, endowed it with his manor of
Rolleſton e, which was held by the prior and convent
till the diſſolution. In return, by deed, dated July 2,
1460, fir John was admitted to a fraternity and parti-
Cipation of ſpiritual good ; and the prior and convent
engaged to find a chaplain to celebrate maſs for his
ſoul daily in his chapel; to keep the anniverſary of
his obit; with notes in their church, — two
torches that day at his tomb burning, one at His head,
the other at his feet; and to give a dole to the poor
of 65s. 8d. and a pittance to the convent that day .
It appears, by Stow's “ Hiſtory of London *,“ that
fir John Popham was buried in the cloiſters of the
Charter-houſe, and that there was a monument for
him; of which the very traces are now periſhed. I
am at leaſt unable to recover the inſcription, or any.
particulars of his hiſtory. 7
On the ſurrender of the Charter-houſe, June 10
1535, the lordſhip of Rolleſton became the property of
the Crown ; and was granted, July 23, 1545, by king
Henry VIII. to Richard Dixon and Foice his wife, and
their heirs, together with an annual fee-farm rent, or
tenth, of 275. 44. iſſuing out of the manor of Billeſdon**,
William Dixon, eſq. who held the manor of Rol-
leſton in capite about 1606 **, appears to have ſold ir
to William Sharpe, eſq. who is mentioned in the Chet -
wynd MS. as owner of it in 1642, and who in 1650
very generally defrayed the expence of re-building
the free-ſchool at Billeſdon.
= *
II eſtoit conſtreint par aucunes lors privez entour le dit roi de ent faire ſa chartre de feoffement au dit roi, a aver luy &
a ces heirs en fee fimple ; diſantz a luy, qe ce fuſt la volente du dit roi, & ſur ceo meſme la chartre conoiſtre en place de re-
cord: toutes voies, il ent fiſt ſa proteſtation, q'en veritee ſes purpos & voluntee eſtoient toutdys un, c'eſt aſſavoir, qe celles
manoirs demurroient a la coroune d'Engl' perpetuelment, come ſa dite petition pleinement purporte.” Rot, Parl. ubi ſupra.
2 Eſch. 1 Ric. II. Nꝰ 146. Leic.
S Eſch. 14 Ric. II. Nꝰ 14. Leic.
3 Cuſtumale Roffenſe, p. 88.
Eſch. 1 Hen. VI. N? gr. Leic.
„Eſch. 13 Ric. II. Ne 6. Leic.
7 In 1424, the earl of Saliſbury made a campaign againſt the French ; and, having taken St. Suſanne, conſtituted fir John
Popham governor. Rapin's Hiſtory, by Tindal, vol. IV. p. 330; from Hall, fol. gt.
In the ſame volume, p. 409, we are
told that fir ſohn Popham was one of the commitſioners for conducting a treaty betwixt England and Franze in 1439; and was
alſo one of the ambaſſadors who met between Calais and Graveling iu the month of January that year.
3 Sepulchral Monuments of Great Britain, vol. II. p. 22,
e, Tohannes Popham, miles, conceflit Johanni Seman, priori domus Salutacionis Beate Marie ordinis Carthuſie, manerium
Tuum de Rolleſton, in com. Leic ** Bibl. Cotton. Julius C. VII.
p. 38. |
32 Ex autographo, tranſcribed into Madox's MS Collections, vol. II. See alſo Gough's Camden, vol. II. p. 212.
it See the edition of 1598, p. 359; or Strype's edition of 1720, Book IV. p. 62; and Stow's original Collections in Harl.
MSS. 544. p. 77.— la p. 78 of the ſame MS. we are told that “ fir Stephen Popham, knut.“ and ““ Elizabeth Blombe, alias
* Foſter, one of the heirs of fir Stephen Popham,” were buried in the walk between the choir and the church of the White Friers.
In Noble's Memoirs of the Cromwell Family,“ 1787, vol. I. p. 408, may be found ſome account of the Popham family,
* Records in the Lord Treaſurer's Remembrancer's Office in the Exchequer, 7 Pars Original. 37 Hen. VIII. Rot, zo.
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Hugh Sharpe, of Benden 7.
William Sharpe; of Wing, co. Rutland.== . daughtet to . . Burton, of Bramſton,
ot Euſtane Sharpe, of Wing, &c.—=Margery, daughter of Richard Dixon, of Rolleſton, co. Leiceſter.
William Sharpe, eſq. of RAllefton, aged 31 in 1619, and unmarried,
The following law queſtion, with the opinion of fir
Orlando Bridgeman, dated July 9, 1658, points out
the then owners of this lordſhip. p |
«© Ralleſton is a town lyiag open and commonable ;
and: there are in it divers yardlands, and divers antient
cottages; each yardland having common for four
cows and 22 ſheep ; and each antient cottage common
for two cows and 10 ſheep. Richard Greene, eſq. is
ſeiſed in fee of 23 yardlands, to which he had com-
mon according to the ſaid ſtint.— William Dixon, ſeiſed
in fee of the manor of Rolleſton and 16 yardlands
and an half there, ſells the ſame to William Sbarpe,
eſq. who takes the conveyance thereof from Dixon, in
the name of Richard Greene, in truſt for the ſaid
William Sharpe and his heirs.— Mr. Greene being
now in law ſeiſed both of his own and Mr. Sharpe's
lands, and by the unity of poſſeſſion the common be-
ing extinguiſhed, and the preſcription deſtroyed ; for
the aſſuring to each party that which egg 1 to
him, by indenture, dated 18 June, 1641, Greene
and his wife and Sharpe coverant to levy a fine of
the manor of Rolleſton, and of the whale lands in
Rolleſton, as well Greene's as Sharpe's, to Warner
and Gilbert; which fine was levied accordingly, and
the uſes by the deed declared to be—as to the lands
which were Greene's (naming them in particular), 2nd
commons according to the antient ſtint, to the uſe of
* Greene and his heirs; and as to all the reſt, to Sharpe
and his heirs, —Note, that the manor of Rolleſton is
Mr. Sharpe's, and to him limited by the deed z and to
this manor there is waſte belonging; and upon that
waſte there is wood, thorns, willows, &c. growipg.
« Q. Whether, by the words of the deed, Greene
can have any of the waſte or wood, or any thing more
than what is expreſſed and particularly limited to him
by the deed? The wood grows not upon any of the
land limited to Greene, |
A. I conceive, upon view of the deed; that Mr.
Greene can have no more in the waſte than right of
common as he had formerly, which was common of
paſture; and a commoner hath not the ſoit of the
waſte, nor power to cut any of the woods growing
upon the walte ; and the words of the deed limit him
to what he had formerly, belonging or any way uſed
or occupied with the lands particularly to him limited
which he had before; and having no more than com-
mon of paſture before, neither the letter nor the
meaning of the indenture can extend any further, as
1 conceive.
By a commiſſion, dated 13 June, 22 Charles II,
the right honourable Francis lord Hawley, fir Charles
Harbord, ſurveyor general, fir Milliam Howard, fir
John Talbot, fir Robert Stewart, and William Harbord,
eſq. were appointed truſtees for the ſale of divers
fee-farm and other annual payments belonging to
the crown; and on the 29th of March, 1672, fir
Joſeph Sheldon purchaſed from the faid truſtees the
annual rent of 275. 4d. at Rolleſton, mentioned. above
to have been demiſed in 1545 to Richard Dixon; and
it appears from original documents, that the ſum
paid by fir Joſeph Sheldon into the Exchequer on
this occaſion was £2768. 8s. 7d.; and that, beſides
the above rent at Rolleſton, his purchaſe included a
yearly penſion of £3. 37. 4d. iſſuing out of the vi-
carage of Huſbands Boſworth, then lately paid b
Simon Peck, clerk ; a fee-farm rent of (80. 6s. 101d.
iſſuing out of the manor of Whitwick, in the ſaid
county, then lately paid by ſeveral tenants; a fee-
farm rent of £10. 18s. 8d. iſſuing out of a paſture
called Laund Park and Weſtwoods, then lately pay-
able by Edward viſcount Campden and fir William
OrLanDo BrlDGEMAN.” '
Farmer; a fee-farm rent of {35. iſſuing out of the
ſite of the ' priory of Laund, then lately payable by
ſir Clement Glerke ; a tee-farm of £34. iſſuing out of
paſture, called Whadburough, Lodington, and Tilton,
then lately payable by John Farrington and others ;
with all the eſtate, right, ticle, royalties, privileges,
immunities, and advantages of the truſtees in and to
the premiſes, by virtue of the ſaid letters patent and
of an act of parliament for advancing the ſale of fee-
farm and other rents, or the king's royal prerogative,
or otherwiſe, to hold to the ſaid fir Joſeph Sheldon,
his heirs or aſſigns; with covenants, that the truſtees
had done no act to incumber, and for farther aſſurance:
By a ſubſequent agreement, Nov. 12, 1672, fir
Joſeph purchaſed of the ſame truſtees, for £639. 1 54. 8d.
an annual fee-farm rent of £5. 10s. by letters pa-
tent, dated 29 Auguſt, 7 James, granted. to Robert
Angell and John Walker, and their heirs, iſſuing out of
a capital meſſuage or farm in Markfield, or Marde-
field, and other hereditaments ; an annual or fee-farm
rent of {8. by letters patent, dated May 18, 7 James,
granted to Francis Phellips and Richard Moore, and
their heirs, iſſuing out of the tenths of Quorndon,
and other hereditaments; an annual or fee-tarm rent
of {13+ by letters patent, dated May 18, 7 James,
granted to Francis Phellips and Richard Moore, iſſuing
out of tithes in Barrow, and other lands; a fee-farm
rent of (8. iſſuing out of the tenths of the Grange in
Weſtcote, then lately payable by Elizabeth Bale,
widow; a fee - farm rent of {6. 6s. 89. iſſuing out of the
tithes of Tongue and Diſeworth, then lately payable
by William Muggleſton ; with all rights, royalties, &c.
On the 21ſt of September, 1696, Downhall Dove,
eſq. of Rolleſton, and the lady Judith Halford, relict
of fir William Halford, were married at Kiiby !.
From Richard Greene, eſq. high ſheriff of the county
in 1731, this lordſhip deſcended to his ſon the Rev.
Henry Greene, who is now (1795) lord of the manor
and principal proprietor ; to hom I am indehted for
many kind attentions in the courie of my inveſtiga-
tion of the Hiſtory of the County; and at whoſe ex-
pence a neat view of the comfortable manſion, which
his good taſte has conſiderably embelliſhed, is here
annexed, plate LXX VIII. — A ſmaller view of it is
alſo given, with the chapel, in plate LXXVI.
in 1564, there were 24 families ia Rolleſton and
Godeby. | 2
No freeholder is noticed here in the liſt of 1630.
At the general election in 1722, George Brown,
clerk, was the only freeholder who polled from this
hamlet ; and Richard Greene, eſq. the only one in 177 5+
Money raiſed for the poor, within C. . d.
the year ending at Eaſter 1776, 9 15 6
Expended in county rates, &c. 2 19 4
on the poor, — 1
Rent of workhouſe and habitations, x O 6
Expended in litigations, — 0 © ©
Money raiſed for 1783, — 49 9 9
— ee 1 8 35:03
— 1785, — 39 1
Medium of theſe 3 8 . 6
of county expences, ”: 2:6
- of expences not relating to
the poor; repairs of churches, roads,
ſalaries to miniſters, &c. — 14 15 ©
of nett expences, 2: 4
expences of overſeers NE
attending on magiſtrates, — 0 0 ©
of entertainments at meetings, o © o
of law expences, — 0 © ©
of ſetting the poor to work, © o o
1 Yee plate LXXVI. fig. 15, Theſe arms and creſt were confirmed to William Sharpe, of Rolleſton, deſcended from a
younger brother of the Sharpes of Bayden, eo. Cumberland, by Richard 8c. George, Nonoy king of Arins. x
. oa 4”
* Henry Grecne, eſq. of Rolleſton, married My, one of the third daughters of Mr. Abel Barker, of Hambleton, co. Rut and.
Of Richard Greene, of Wykin, his elder brother, fee p. 34.
Vol. II. Part II.
5 X |
444 HISTORY AD ANTIQUITIES'or LEICESTERSH IRE.
1 555 The C H A P E I. |
was moſt completely repaired about 1740, and the mus ibi duas placeas prati nobis affignatis ; videlicet,
infide entirely new fitted up, by the late Richard
Greene, eſq. It conſiſts of a tower, in which is a ſin-
gle bell, a nave and chancel all of one pace, the
whole bring neatly paved with free ſtone,
Round the altar, which is raiſed by one ſtep, is a
circular rail of fine Engliſh oak. $
The pulpit and deſk; which face each other in the
North-eaſt and North-weſt corners of the. chancel,
are alſo of oak, as are the pews on each fide the nave.
The font is plain and octangular.
The manner in which the ſervice of the chapel
was originally ſupplied will appear by the followiag
extract from the regiſter of Leiceſter abbey :
«© Habemus capellam de Re}fon ex dono Willi Syfre-
waſt, cum decimis garbarum & feai, &c. pertinent
ad matricem ecclefiam de Bylleſdon, que quidem ca-
pella conſuevit deſerviti tribus diebus in ebdomada per
eandem matricem eccleſiam, ficut patet in matriculo
epi. Et vicarius ibi habet totum altaragium & x ſo-
lidos de decimis garbarum. Et pro decimis feni habe -
7
unum ſycketum in Northefeld, aliud ſycketum in
Sowethefeld. Et fenum inde proveniens eſtimatur ad
« + ++» + Care”. . . . . . que valent communibus annis
+++ +++ ++ [The Original is here defedtive.]
„ Edmundus Eſulryk* tenet de nobis ad firmam to-
tam decimam garbarum; & redd' 1111 Ji.
« Reſolutiones, ſcil' vicario de Bilſdon x3. ad volun-
tatem noſtram .“
Mr. Wyrley, who viſited this place in 1591, ſays,
„Capella de Rolleſton hoc unum ſcutum habet:
« Quarterly : 1, and 4. Argent, a chief Gules,
nebule Or; 2. and 3. Gules, a chevron Argent be-
tween ten bezants, fix in chief and four in baſe 4.”
In the chancel of this chapel, before the laſt re-
pair, was a fingle monumental flab to one of the fa-
mily of Sharpe ; but there are at preſent no inſcrip-
tions, as the inhabitants bury at Billeſdon, where the
regiſter is alſo kept. :
In the chapel-yard are the remains of a neat croſs,
as ſhewn in plate LXXVI. fig. 18. a
A furrow, or flip of land, in a common field, Spelman, in voc. Du Cange.
* An anceſior of the Haſelriggs, a family long famous in this neighbourhood. See p. 440.
3 Charyte's Rentale, fol. cxxim.
* Sce plate LXXVI. fig. 17.
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Jakayit Marie comitiſſe de Norfolc', & Jo. de Cobhath
filio ſuo, totum jus in omnibus maneriis, terris, tene-
mentis, &c. que quondam fuere Radi de Wedon, mi-
litis, & que ſibi jure hereditario debuere atcidere poſt
deceſſum dicti Radi in com' Bedford', Buck', Hertf',
Nortkiton', & Leyceſtr' .
curs in Stow's 7 edit. 1754, vol. I. p. 71, art.
St. Sepulchre's Church : *© One of the Rophams was a
eat builder there; namely, of one fair chapel on
dhe South fide of the choir, as appeareth by his
arms, and other. monuments, in the glaſs windows
thereof; and alſo the fair porch of the {aid church to-
wards the South. His image, fairly graven in ftoneg
was fixed over the ſaid porch, but defaced and beaten
down. His titles by offices were theſe : chancellor
of Normandy, captain of Vernoyle, Pearch, Suſan,
and Bayon, and treaturer of the king's houfehoid, He
died rich, leaving great treaſure of ſtrange coins; and
was buried in the Charter-houſe church by Weſt
Smithfield.” |
Sir John Popham was created knight of the Gar-
ter at Windſor 23 Hen. Vi. being nominated by the
duke of Buckingham and the | rd Sudley. He was
alſo chancellor of Nurmandy, captain of Vernoier, and
Heaſurer of rhe houſehold, 1444, 23 Hen. VI.
In Stow's Collections for London (Harl. MSS. 544+),
p- 77. are found the names of © Bartholomew Read,
maior of London, buried there (in the cloyſter ot the
Charter-houfe) in 1505; and * fir Jonn Popham.”
Alſo, p. 78, of “ fir Stephen Popham, knight,“ and
Elizabeth Blombe, alias Foſter, one of the heires
of fir Stephen Popham,” buried in the walk between
the quire and the church of tte White Fri rs.
The following article relates to a deſcendant of the
owner of Rolleſton.
Wellington is a market town, whoſe chief diftinc-
tion is the honourable fir John Popham, a perſon of an-
tient nobility, ſtrict juſtice, and unwearied application;
for it is not proper that men of diſtinguiſhed virtue;
and who have deſerved well of their country, ſhould
be forgotten. While chief juſtice of the king's bench
*
and ſecuri
Ibid. The following account of fir John Popbum oc-
1 43
be adminiſtered juftise with ſo much impartiality and
wholeſome Teverity, that 5 has bern long ins
debted to him, principally for its domeſtic cranquillity
Ihe laft-tfientibned fir John Popham'was ſecond fon
of Edward Popham, eig. of Huntworthy, He was
made folicitor-general in 1579 ; attorney geberal in
1581 ; and chief juſtice 1392. He died June 10,
1607, at Wellington; where, in rhe chapel on the
South fide of the church, is a mdgificenk tomb, ſur-
rounded with à pallifado of wood and irn, on the ta-
ble of which lie the effigies of fir John Popham, and
that of his lady. He is dreſſed in his judge's robes;
chain, and ſmall ſquare black cap ; and plated with
his head toward the Eaſt. On the lower baſement,
at the head and feet, are four other ſmaller figures of
two men and two women, kneeling face to face. Ori
the North ſide of the ſame baſement are five boys and
eight girls, dreffed in black, kneeling in a row; and
on the South fide are nine women kneeling in the
ſame manner. Over fir John and his lady is a ſoperb
arched canopy, ornamented with the family arms,
rofes, paintings, and obelifks; the whole ſupported
by eight round columns of black; five feet high, with
Corinthian capitals green and gilt. On the Welt
fide of the canopy is this inſcription :
« Sir John . knighre, lord chief juſtice
of England; and of the honourable privie counſel to
queen El Zabeth, and after to king james; died the
toth of June 1607, aged 76; and is here interred.”
Againſt the Eaſt wall of the ſame chapel wherein
the lord chief juſtice lies interred, is a braſs plate,
with an inſcription to the memory of another of the
ſame family :—* Maria Alexandri Popham, de Hunt-
worthy comitatu Somerſet, generoſi, uxor tertia Tho.
Gatchell, de Clawſey, armigeri, filia natu maxima;
caſta, pudica, pia; ſuis blanda, omnibus benigna:
beatz reſurrectionis ſpe, hac [haud] #terna domo
(reſictis Thoma & Alexaudro filiis) adquieſcit. Obi 18
die Octobris, A. D. 1717, ætat. 49.“
Arms, Argent, on a chief Gules, two bucks' heads
caboſſed Or, Popham: impaling Ermine, a garb Aznres
on a canton of the ſecond an annulet Or, Gatchell *.”
K *
Pedigree of POP HAM, of Rotlx xs rom.
(From Harleian MSS. in the Britiſh Muſeum, Ne 1196. 77. 139. and Ne 1623.)
Walter Kentiſbere.— Juliana, daughter and one of the heirs of Jordyn Rufus.
Sir Walter de Kentiſbere.==Sibile.
oy ED
Stephen Kentiſbere. * * + + *
Sir Hugh Popham, 8 Edw. [.=Joan, daughter and heir.
John de Popham.==Alexandria, daughter of William de Horſey:
Hugh Popham.—= » + + + « daughter of Robert Brent. *
John * de Popham [owner of Rolleſton] Denys, daughter of F.
Thomas Popham. = Siſley, daughter of John Hugon.
William Popham, died 1478, 18 Edw. IV Agnes, daughter and heir of William Edmonde.
John Torham--Fklabel, daughter and heir to Thomas Knowell.
—
Alexander Popham.==Joan, daughter to fir Edward Stradlinge.
Williſm Sir Ichn-
Popham, Pop- | and heir of ham, of ich. Norton,
ſon and ham. Hugh Huntworthy, | of Briſtowe.
Games.
heir. co. Somerſet.
—
Anne, dau. Edward Pop- Joan, dau. of Robert, Katharine; Elizabeth; mare Dorothy: |
d. ſ. p. married to ried to Richard
Will. Bole, Michell, of Ca-
of Devon. milton.
8
EIA Kirk — . ' :
1. Alexander. 2« George. 3. Ferdinando. 4 Thomas. 1. Sarah. 2 Elizabeth.
Sir Francis Popham, knt. Alice, dau. and heir of John Pens 0 married Eleanor, married ant
and deputy licutenant of Dudley and of Elizabeth his to Thomas to Roger Warr. lizabeth,
Somerſetſhire aud Wells. wite dau. of . , . . Gardiner. Haram. Katharine.
* Clauf. 23 Edw. III. E m. 7.
3 See Plate LX XVI. fig. 2
| * Gough's Camden, vol. I. p. 57. ac of ad Edit. vol. I, p. 79.
o and Collinſon's Somerſetſhire, vol. II. p. 483.
In a pedigree of Popham, in another Harl. MS, 1174. 86. b. oppoſite to this John P. is; «Sir lohn k
buryed in the Charter-houſe in London,” MAY dl ) . is, John Popham, kaight,
Vos, II. Part 1
©
Being a ſerjeant at law, he gave over that cbat, and was made attorney-general to queen Elizabeth, and afterwards lord
chief juſtice of the ow be beach 3 living 158g, Harl. MSS. 1174. p. $6. b. | * | 3
5 X a 5 | .
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n
446 HISTORY Ap ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
Pedigree of GREENE, of RolLERSTox. Enlarged from the Viſitation of 1682.
Arms: Quarterly, x. and 4. Vert, three bucks trippant Or, within a bordure Or, Greene ; 2. Argent, three whales“
heads Sable; Whalley ; 3. Argent, three boars' heads Sable, langued Gules, Forrrey. Creſt, Out of park-pales, in a circular
form, a ſtag's head proper, attired Or.
Richard Greene, of Wykin, in the county of the city of Coventry. 5
Richard Greene, Joan dau. of Edward Pell, of Rolleſton, = Nicholas Fortrey i, eſq. 8 4 N
of Wykin. ent. and ſiſter and coheit of Edward Richmond, Surrey.
bi | ell, of the Middle Temple. |
4
— — = o
Samuel Fortrey,==M. Joceline“, bait , =fir
8 .
1. Ri- Elizabeth, 2. Edward. 6. Henry =Mary, dau. eſq,ofRichmond | born Oct. W. Scott.
chard | day. of 3. William, unmarried Greene“, | of Abel in Surrey, and | 22, 1612. 2+ + + « mar-
Greene, | Henry in 1682, #t. about 69. _ of Barker, of Byall Fen in the ried, firſt, b
of Wy- | Smith, 4. Thomas. Rolleſton, | Hamilton, Ile of Ely“, born , fir Thomas
kin. eſq. of 5. Francis, æt. 64, un- t. 60, co. Rutl. June 11, 1622; Trevor, after-
I Withcote. married in 1682. 1682. fiſter to fir married Feb. 23, | | wards to fir W.
£5 | Abel Barker. 1646-7. Compton.
—— — * — — 1 —
Elizabeth, 2. Henry 1. Richard Greene, ſon 1. Samuel, bo. 2. William Fortrey, Anne, dau. I. Mary“. ;
one of Greene, and heir apparent, February 24, eſq. b. July 22, | of William 2. Trevor“.
the three | eſq. born born about 1653. 1651-2. 1653; died 1722 | Whalley, 3. Elizabeth“.
daughters | about 2. Thomaſin, married to 3. James ?, b. — was buried at | eſq. of N. or- 4. Catharine“.
and co- | 1663. her couſin, Tho. Burgh, May 30, 1656; Norton *, ton, born
heirs 5, M. D. ſettled at Royal 1665; died
3- Elizabeth, died unmarr. Fen. 1733.
1 * 7 . e |
Richard Greene, A. Catha- 1. Will. Fortrey, 2. James, b 1699-1700; a 6. Mary, b. Feb. Rev. MaydwellMaſon '*,
eſq. of Rolleſton, | rine, born eſq. of Norton, commiſſioner of the Vic- 3, 1706-5. 2 vicar of Horninghold.
b. July 5. 1704; | July 2, born Feb. 24, tualling-office 1765; died, —
08 0
marriedatBlaſton } 1902 ; 1697-8; died unmarried, in June * 1. Maydwell, - Martha Mount, oP i ,
; | e.
Nov. 20, 1726; | died May unmarr. Dec. 3. Elizabeth, b. April 16, captain in the of . . . near Fa- tine.
high ſheriff of | 1778. 11,1783; and 1701; died 1715. army, died. .. | verſham, Kent. 3. Macy.” 0
Leiceſterſhire was buried at 5. Anne, b. Aug. 13,1703; — "of y
1731; died in Norton *3. died young. Martha- Maria, = Mr. John Bennet, ſhip-
January 1781. living 1798. builder, of Feverſham.
Rev. Henry Greene“, Mary, only dau. of William 2. Anna-Maria, 3· Catharine, - Chriſtopher Hat-
M. A. rector of Little Stainforth, of Stillington, b. Sept. 22, b. Sept. 27, ton Walker, M. A.
Burſtead and Laingdon | near York, by Judith, one 1728; married 17293; li- rector of Harring-
in Eſſex, and — of the coheireſſes of fir Edward Hick- ving 1798. | ton, Northampt.
dary of Oxted in St. | Walter Hawkſworth, of man, of Old and of Kibworth
Paul's cathedral; born | Hawkſworth in that coun- Sw inford, co. in this county;
Sept. 9, 1727; died ty; firſt wife; b. 1737 Worc. November b. June 4, 1732;
Sept. 13, 1797 ; buried died June 14, 1795; aged 1759; d. 1779, died Sept. 28,
_ at Norton on the 18th. (nearly) 58; buried at leaving four ſons 1779
Little Burſtead. and four daughters.
—— r
Henry Greene, eſq. =Elizabeth, - Catharine, born=Rev. Edward Richard Walker, Catharine, Rev. Geo. Boulton,
born Dec: 1761; dau. of John April 28, 1765; |} Thomas, rector of Galby, b. April18, | reor of Oxen-
married in Aug. and Alice married June M. A. vicar born March 26, 1764; mar- don, and vicar of
1794 ; .the pre- Glover, of 14, 1791; of Billeſdon; 1763; living ried Dec. | Weſton, both co.
ſent owner of Barton near living 1798. | living 1798. 1798. 1791; li- | Northampton ; li-
Rollefton Hall, Cambridge, a ving 1798. | ving 1798.
and of Norton, living 1798. Catharine, b. April 25, 1992, pop ———— *
1798. Henry, b. April 4, 1794. 1. Catharine, b. Dec. 1792. 3. Georgiana, b. Oct. 1795.
Edward, b. Sept. 20, 1795, 2. Henry-Towers, b. Feb. 1794. 4. Anna, b. Dec, 1796.
| © Theſe arms were confirmed, and the creſt granted, to Richard Greene, of Wykin, co. Warwick, ſon of Richard Greene,
of the ſame place, &c. 21 June, 1628, by William Segar, Garter,—See Plate LXXVII; fig. 21.
* Helen, the other fiſter and coheir, was married to Edward Broughton, eſq. of Longdon, co. Stafford, Shaw's Staffordſhire,
vol. I. p. 206; where ſee an account of their deſcendants. |
3 This pedigree was entered, Sept. 6, 1682, by Henry Greene, eſq. ; who gave, towards augmenting the curacy of Wykin, a
* tenement and ten acres of land, to the full value of L200; to which (200. more was added by the Governors of Queen Anne's
Bounty, Dec. 29, 1718. Dugdale's Warwickſhire, vol. I. p. 218. ;
his gentleman was born on ſhip-board in the paſſage from Dieppe to England; and either he or his father built the houſe
oppoſite to Kew palace, which has fince been inhabited by ſeveral branches of the Royal Family. (See Lyſons, vol. I. p. 208.)
— Fine half legpb portraits of him and his lady, and of their three children, are ſtill preſerved at Rolleſton,
4 Daughter of Elizabeth Jocelige, who wrote The Mother's Legacy to her unborn Child.“
5 Maria-Rebecca, another coheir, was married to John Craven, eſq. ſecond ſon of William the ſecond lord Craven, by whom
ſhe had William the fifth lord Craven, and five other ſons and two daughters. The third coheir was married to Counſellor
Burgh, the father of Thomas Burgh, M. D. late of Coveutry,—-Dr. Burgh died Jan. 26, 1771.
* Peter Le Neve, MS. from fir Henry St. George's Viſitation of Cambridgeſhire, p. 80.
7 By this gentleman, who was page of the back-ſtairs honour to king James II. many of the family pictures now at Rolleſton
Hall were painted; and ſeveral curioſities, ſtill in the family, collected; particularly a curious cabinet, entirely filled with valu-
able articles of finery in the dreſſes of the laſt century, many well-preſeryed old coins, &c, &c, He married the celebrated lady
Bellaſyſe, widow of the ſon of John lord Bellaſyſe, who was remarkable for a vivacity which ſeems to have ſupplied the place,
and anſwered all the purpoſes, of beauty. Though ſhe was one of the leaſt handſome women that appeared at court, ſhe gained
ſo far upon the affections of the duke of York, that he gave her a promiſe under his hand to marry her, He did his utmoſt
to convert. her to his own religion ; but nothing could jaduce her to change-that in which ſhe had been educated. The lord
Bellaſyſe, her father-in-law, who was a zealous Papiſt, dreading the influence that ſuch a woman might have upon the duke
in religious affairs, diſcloſed the ſecret of the contract to the king. Charles ſent for his brother, and told him, it was too
much to have played the fool ouce: that was not to be done a ſecond time, and at ſuch an age.” The lady was ſo intimidated
by threats, that ſhe gave up the original contract, but took care to preſerve an atteſted copy. It appears from a letter of Dr.
Swift to Mrs, Dingley, March 14, 1712-13, that „ old lady Bellaſyſe” was juſt then dead; and that lord Berkeley of Stratton,
who was one of her executors, got about { 10,000. by her death. The portrait at Windſor, which is commonly called lady
Byron's, is ſuppoſed to be that of lady Bellaſyſe; and the almoſt total abſence of beauty in it ſeems to confirm that conjecture.
See Granger, vol. IV. p. 175; and Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting, vol. III. p. 39. * See his epitaph, p. 735+
9 Born Oct. 1, 1648; married about 1670 to fir Philip Parker, bart. of Arwerton, Suffolk; by whom (befides two ſons and
three daughters who died young) ſhe bad fir Philip Parker Long, the laſt baronet of the family (whoſe daughter Martha was
married to the ſecond lord Chedworth) ; Catharine, married to John the firſt lord Egmont ; and Mary, married to Daniel De-
ring, eſq. auditor of the Dutchy of Cornwall. Born Dec. 17, 1650; married to William Bromley, eſq.
. 17 Born June 1, 1659 ; married to Caleb, eldeſt ſori of fir John Banks (who died before his father). |
71% Born OR, 16, 1663; married to fir Allen Apſley, and whoſe only child was the firſt lady Bathurſt. 11 See p. 732.
14 Mr, Maſon died in 1746, zt. 45; and his widow in 1988, æt. 83. See p. 610. i
To this gentleman I have already made my acknowledgements for a view of his manſion at Rolleſton (Plate LXXVIII.];
and now. with great fincerity add, that I am proud of having been honoured with his {fendfhip, and ſincerely lament his loſs.
- 36 Theſe dates are the ſubſtance of Mrs. Greene's epitaph at Little Burſtead. ; = |
He was buried in, the cemetery of St, Mary in Arden; where ſee his epitaph, p. 484.
g
4s
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| ford oy T 0.3;
in antient writings called Blaſtone, Bladeſtone, and
Blatheſtone, a ſmall village in the hundred of Gartre,
is bounded on the Eaſt by the lordſhip of Stokerſton,
on the South by Holt and Medbourn, on the Weſt
by Haloughton, and on the North by Horninghold,
Earl Ranulph, a kinſman of Edward the Confeſſor,
gave Blathe/ton, with Bringhurſt, Eaſton, Drayton,
Preſtgrave, and Langton, all 'in this county, to the
abbey of Peterborough. | |
In 1086, Blaſton was deſcribed as conſiſting of two
diſtinct lordſhips, held by Rebert de Todeni under
three different tenures. f
Two ploughlands, the ſoc of which, amounting to
eleven ſhillings and an halfpenny, king William re-
tained in his own hands with that of the adjoining
townſhip of Abegrave (or Preſigrave), were conſidered
as ſubordinate to the lordſhip of Great Bowden *. This
land belonged to Robert de Todeni; who had the ſoc
of another ploughland, the property of the Counteſs
Judith; under whom it was held by Rebert de Buci;
and on this portion, which under the Confeſſor was
worth ten pence a year, and at the time of the ſurvey
was raiſed to two ſhillings, there was one villan 3.
Robert de Todeni had a ſecond lordſhip in Blaſton,
conſiſting of two ploughlands dependent on his manor
of Medbourn; and in which fifteen ſocmen employed
three ploughs. The whole lordſhip of Medbourn at
that time contained twenty acres of meadow, and a
wood three furlongs long and two broad *,
By king Richard I, the lordſhip of Blaſton was
given to Hugo de Nevill, a valiant knight, who being
a ſervant in court to king Richard the Firſt, was in
1193 With that king in the Holy Land, where he
performed the part of a ſtout ſoldier; and likewiſe
flew a lion by a ſhot with an arrow into rhe breaſt,
then piercing his body with a ſword : whereupon was
this ſaid, * Viribus Hugonis vires periere Leonis 5.”?
The following depoſition corroborates the grant,
and adds to the credibility of the other fact:
* Rogerus de Holt, eratis 5o annorum, dicit, quod
dictum manerium de Blaſton fuit manerium Uni Rici
regis Anglie, in quo idem rex dictam capellam, de
qua articulatur ſibi, liberam in manerio ſuo predicto
conſtrui fecit, & ut in eãdem eſſet cantaria perpetua,
decimis de terris dnicis manerii predicti provenientibus,
ficut tune temporis ſibi licuit, dotata. Et idem rex
dictum manerium cum libera capella, cuidam militi
Hugoni de Nevill, tune temporis fibi deſervienti,
contulit, pro eo qudd fuit ſecum in Terra Sancta
quando occidit leonem; & ab illo Hugone deſcenſione
ad heredes de herede ad heredem trauſivit, & de-
ſcendebat manerium predictum uſque ad Radulfum de
Nevyle, quondam dni ville de Blaſton juxta Stoker-
ſton, de quo articulatur, cum libera capella antediQa;
& ea ſe dicit ſcire, pro eo quod a majoribus & ſenio-
ribus ſuis predicta ſepiſſimè didicit & audivit, &c.
Bunde & mete predicti manerii de Blaſton hoc loco
exprimuntur in Regiſtro.] Et dicit, quod in dictà
villà de Blaſton predict ſunt due capelle; quarum una
eſt Sci Michis in feodo abbatis de Burgo, que eſt de-
* See the authority of Leland under Bringhurſt.
pendens ab eccleſia parochiali de Halugton; & altera
eſt capella Sci Egidii de fecdo Radi de Nevyle, &c. .“
In 1204, the grant to Hugo de Nevill was confirmed
by king John 7. |
In fir Kenelm Digby's Evidenees is this entry:
6 Hugo de Nevill anus de Atheſton | BlatheFon],
Wilts Murdak dnus ejuſdem &. . . vx. ejus. lelt”;
Hugone decano de Gartre, Jo. de Burneba dno de
Holt, Galfrido duo de lHatiok, Roberto Nevill */
Will's de Blaſton de xx marc' & habendum recogn”
de feod* mil“ in Blaſton versds ... . . . de Nevill“.
In the Teſta de Nevill, Ralph de Nevill is deſeri-
bed, about the year 1249, 9s holdivg lands to the an-
nual amount of 1105s. under Huge de Nevill.
William de Burgele held half a hide of land in Bla-
fton, with the appurtenances, on the ſervice of full
ſerjeancy; and Robert de Blaſton held the fourth part
of a knight's fee there **. He had three hides alſo and
a virgate and a half of land at Burgele and Anneſtone
in Northamptonſhire.
In 1259, a cauſe was tried in the Exchequer, to
ſhew whether Ralph de Nevill and Hugo de Newill had
equitably deprived Richard and Thomas, the fons of
Robert of Blaſton, of the common of paſture which
they claimed in right of two acres of laud in Blaſton z
when it appeared that the places which ſurrounded
Blaſton had all been converted into a foreſt ; but that
afterwards, by an agreement with the king (per finem
quem fecit patria domino regi) the country had been
diſafforeſted; ſo that, by genera] conſent, every man
was at liberty to make the beſt profit he could upon
the waſte per communem aſſenſum totius patriz, quad
quilibet de vaſto ſuo proficuum poſſet **).
In the Itinerary of 1280, Blaſton, Medburn, Stoc-
faſton, and Holt, anſwered collectively as one vill.
In 1302, it appeared that Milliam de Rirteby, de-
ceaſed, held 88 acres of arable land in Blatheſton of
Ralph de Nevill, of Holt, paying nothing; alſo that
Ralph de Nevill held one meſſuage, 16 virgates of
land, one mark a year rent of the freeholders, and
one windmill, in Blaſton, in capite, of William de
Kirkeby atoreſaid, by the ſervice of half a knight's fee.
The following writ, relative to the diſpoſition of his
property in this neighbourhood, was tranferibed by
fir 1 homas Cave from the MSS. of Mr. Bridges:
«Rex Waltero de Glouceſter, eſcaetori {uo citra
Trentam, ſalutem. Sciatis, quod, ſecundbm par-
titionem in cancellaria noſtra_ factam, de aſſenſu he-
redum & participum bereditatis que fuit Willi de
Kirkeby defuncti, qui de nobis tenuit in capite, & que
occaſione mortis ejuſdem capra eſt in manum noſtram,
Waltero Dorevill & Margarette uxori ejus, uni ſororum
& heredum predicti Willi, terras & tenementa infra
ſcripta;z viz. 205. annui redditùs, cum pertinentiis,
percipiend' per mauus duorum libere: tenentium in
Medburn in com? Leycelt'; quartam partem proficui
placitorum & perguiſitionum curie ejuſdem ville, que
quidem quarta pars qd 205. '3 & . » « 3 quartam
partem capitalis meſſuagii & gardini in Holt in com”
Leyceſt', que ad 6d. + una cum aula, camerũ de ſtagio,
Rex habet ſocam 2 carucatarum in Blauzſtone, & pertinent ad Bugedone. Robertus de Todeni tenet hane terram. Soca
iſta valet 11 ſolidos & 1 obolum, Humfridus Camerarius tenet ad firmam de ſock regis 2 carucatas terræ in Abegraue.”
Domeſday, p. 230. b. 1
3 6 Idem Robertus tenet de Comitiſa 1 carucatam terre in Bladeſtone. I bi eſt unus villanus. Valuit 10 denar'os; modò 2
ſolidos.
idem Robertus tenet Metorne.
Socam hujus terre habet Robertus de Todeni,” Ibid. p. 236. b. 1.
Huic manerio pertinent 2 ca ucatæ teri in Blaſtone. Ibi 15 ſochmanni habent 3 ca-
rucas. In manerio ſunt 20 acre prati. Silva 3 Guarentenarum longicudinis, & 2 quarentenarum latitudinis.“ Ib.d. p. 243. b. 2.
5 Dugdale, Bar. vol, I. 288, from Matthew Paris and other early hiſtorians,
* Carte Antique, BB. N' 1g.
Charta 5 Johannis regis, concedentis Hugoni de Neyill manerium de Blaſton & Enderby, habendum fibi & heredibus ſuis.
d. MS, Chetwynd,
9 MS. Dodfworth, 1016;
„„ Willielmus de Buurgele 3 hidas & unam virgatam & dimidiam in Hamptonaſciri, & in Leiceſtraſcick dimidiam hidam a
ſervicium de Burgo; & clamat prepcſituram de Stamford, &c,” Exempt' ex Inquiſ. de feodis militum de honore de Burg.
Bibl. Cotton Cleopatra, C. and II. fol. 99. b. ex Libro Scaccarii.
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446 HISTORY A ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
coquina, piſtrini, & cameri ultra magnam, portam,
ibidem ; falvis alteris co-heredibus & participibus
ejuſdem hereditatis libero ingreſſu & egreſſu per ean-
dem portam; 124 acras & 4 rodam terre arabilis in
eadem villa, quarum quelibet acra ad 6d.; 3 rodas
prati ibidem, que ad 18d.; quartam partem boſci ibi-
dem, que ad unum ob.; quartam partem placitorum
& perquiſitionum visũs franciplegii ibidem, = ad
rod; quartam partem capitalis mefſuagii de Bring-
hurlt in eodem comitatu, que ad gd.; quartam par-
tem unius columbarii ibidem, que ad 6d.; 11 acras
terre arabilis in cadem villa, quarum quelibet ad d.;
duas acras prati in eadem villa, quarum queliber ad
33.; unam acram & unam rodam boſci in eadem '
villa, que ad 24.9.; tres acras terre in Preſtgrave in
eodem comitatu; 22 acras terre in Blaſeron in eodem
comitatu; 84 acras terre in Drayton in eodem comi-
tatu; 1 acram & 1 rodam prati, & 65. 8d. annui red-
ditüs per manum Walteri le Mun' libere tenentis in
eadem villa, &c. Teſt', &c. 28 Oftobris '.”
In 1325, Theobald de Nevill, knt. foreſter in fee of
the foreſt of Lyfield*, co. Rutland, was lord of a ma-
nor here, which he held of the abbey of Peterborough 7.
In 1343, it appeared that William de Ros of Ham-
lak died ſeiſed of a quarter of one knight's fee in
Blaſton, which Hugh de Nottingham held “.
In 1345, William lord Scrope of Bolton died ſeiſed
of the advowſons of the church of Medbourn and the
priory of Bradley 5.
In 1346, it appeared that Robert de Blaſton, on the
aid then granted for knighting Edward of Woodſtoc
the king's eldeſt fon, was aſſeſſed 5s, for half a quarter
of one knight's fee; and Juliana de Nottingham 10s.
for a quarter of one knight's fee, both in Blaſton,
and parcel of the fee of Peterborough s.
In 1356, Ralph Nevyll held in capite under William
1 on the day the ſaid William died, in the town-
ſhip of Blaſton, one meſſuage of the annual value of
45. ; ſixteen virgates of land, worth 10. 135, 4d.; a
market, with the rent of the four tenants; and a wind-
mill with 10s. a year, by the ſervice of half a knight's
fee. Summa, 121. os. 8d.
In 138 5, Richard lord Scrope of Bolton, with Thomas
Sbe peſbeved formerly rector of Allexton, gave the ma-
nor of Blaſton, with its appurtenances, and alſo two
acres of land, and 2s. of annual rent in Haloughton
and Halioc, to the priory of Bradley; to be held by
knight's ſervice under the lord of Burley juxta Oke-
ham, who held it in capite under the abbot of Peter-
borough; by whom it was held of the king by knight's
ſervice, The then annual value of the manor was
425.*; and the prior of Bradley, who held half a
knight's fee in Blaſton, paid 2d. to the ward of Rock-
ingham caſtle, as appears by the bond of William the
prior of that houſe among the homages in the regiſter
of John abbot of Peterborough.
In 1392, fir Richard le Scrope had liberty to grant
to the priory of Bradley two meſſuages, 60 acres of
arable land, an acre: and half of meadow, and 124.
rent in Halioc, Slauſton, Holt, Preſtgrave, and Blaſton?.
Sir Roger le Scrope of Bolton, his ſon, died in 1402,
and Stephen le Scrope, brother of fir Roger, in 1405.
Richard lord Scrope of Bolton died June 24, 1421,
poſſeſſed of the advowſon of the priory of Bradley, in
right of which be bad the paramouncy of Blaſton.
Mr. Burton ſays, that he held this manor for the prior
of Bradley ; and the record expreſsly ſtates that the
manor of Blaſton was held under the lord of Bradley;
two circumſtances that will account for the ſubſequent
claims of the family of Harrington.
In the taxations of 1416 and 1445, Blaſton is not
ſeparately noticed, being included with Preſtgrave in
the ſoke of Peterborough at Eaſton. .
The following inſtance of an emancipation of a
Bridges, MSS. Vol, H. f. 564, 5
neif ( natiuus) occurs at Blaſton, June 24, 1419:
* Omnibus Chriſti fidelibus ad quos preſens ſcrip-
tum pervenerit, Johannes prior de Belvero & ejuſdem
laci conventus ſalutem in Domino ſempiternam. Sci-
atis nos, de licentia venerabilis patris D. Willielmi,
Dei gratia, abbatis de Sco Albano, manumiliſſe, &
ab omni jugo ſervitutis, nativitatis, ſeu villenagii, Im-
perpetuum, pro nobis & ſucceſſoribus noſtris, liberum
feciſſe, dilectum nobis in Chriſto Ricardum Bate, de
Blaeſton, in com' Leyc', nativum noſtrum, cum tori
ſequela ſua, procreata & procreanda ; ita quod nec
nos ſeu ſucceſſores noſtri aliquod jus vel clameum,
ratione nativitatis ſeu villenagii, in predicto Ricardo,
ſeu ſequeli ſui procreati, de cetero cxigere vel ven-
dicare poterimus in futurum; ſet liber & libere con-
ditionis, pro nobis & ſucceſſoribus noſtris, cum tota
ſequelà ſui fit imperpetuum. In cujus rei teſtimo-
nium, ſigillum noſtrum commune, una cum figillo ve-
nerabilis patris noſtri abbatis de Sto Albano, alter-
natim ſunt appenſa. Dat' apud Belverum, in domo
noſtrà capitulari, 24 die menſis Junii, anno regni
regis Henrici V. poſt Conqueſtum Anglie ſeptimo .“
In 1445, Thomas Watſon of Medbourn and Elen his
wife granted to Reginald Scott, who had married Elen
their daughter, all their tenements, &c. in the fields
of Medbourne and Blafton (except one meſſuage,
called Caſey's Place); with fix acres of arable land,
and all their meadows, paſtures, &c. ** -
From Henry lord. Scrope of Bolton, who died in
1458, the manor of Blaſton deſcended to his ſon Jobs
lord Scrope; who dying in 1494, this manor paſſed
to his brother Richard; whoſe daughter and heir El:-
zabeth brought it in marriage to William lord viſcount
Beaumont ; who held it at his death, Dec. 20, 1507,
being then of the annual value of £10. He had alſo
the barony ot Beaumont, worth £29. 25.3; the manor
of Haloughton, worth £37. 16s. 64d. ; that of Lough-
borough, with the advowſon, { 135. 3. 5d. ; Shepe-
ſhed, ( 14. 25. 6d.; part of Bardon, £9.; with Arnſby,
Whitwick, Swannington, Worthington, Huggleſcote,
Dunnington on the Heath, and Newton Unthank,
which were worth (98. os. 8d.; the advowſon of
Coſſington; the fee of the honour of Winton ; and
a great number of lordſhips in ſeveral other counties.
He was buried at Wivenhoe in Eſſex; where, in the
chancel of the church, is a monument erected to his
memory, ſnhewing his effigies, in armour, lying ot
length, his head reſting on a lion, and at his feet an
elephant, with this inſcription :
here in the earth, under this marbell, reſt the bonyg
of the noble lord William Beaumont, knight, vn⸗
count Beaumont, and lorde Bardolphe ; which Wil⸗
liam, after the natural courſe of all earthly crea-
tors, deceſſed the 2oth dan of Decemb. in the nere of
Chriſt's Jncarnation MCCCCCu JA, whote ſoule,
F'hu, of his infinite mercy, receive into jon.
By an inquiſition taken at Hilton *, Sept. 7, 1 509,
it appears that the lady was then become the wife of
John de Vere, earl of Oxford; who leaving her again
a widow in 1512, ſhe held. Blaſton as part of her
dower*? ; and died in.1537. Her epitaph at Wiven-
hoe is thus expreſſed:
Of your charitie prap for the ſoule of the high and
noble lady, Elizabeth Dcroope, firſt married to the
noble lord William, late vpcount Beaumond, lord
Comyn, Bardolphe, Philip, and Erpingham; and
after, wife unto the High and noble lord Joho,
ſumtyme eacl of Oxford, High-chamberlin of Eng⸗
land, and admiral of the ſame, vncount Bulbeck,
lord Scales, councellor to our ſoveraine lord the
king, and knight of the moſt noble order of the
Garter. The which lady Elizabeth departed to God,
the 26th day of June, 1537 ; on whole (oye and
Chriſten ſouls, J'hu Have mercy. |
2 Of this foreſt, ſo immediately connected with the neighbourhood we are now deſcribing, ſee more under Bringhurſt.
3 MS. Chetwynd.
Rot Aux. 20 E. III. 7 Eſch. 30 Edw. III.
9 Inq. ad quod dampnum, 16 Ric. II. pars 2. n. 146,
10 Peck, MS, ex Regiſt, Belvoir, penès el. R. Gale, arm. fol, 18.
1 Inq. 1 Hen, VIII; Cole's Eſcheats, vol. I. (Harl. MSS, 756.) p. 20, b.
6
4 Eſch. 17 E. III. N? 60. Leic.
5 Eſch, 19 Edw. III. n. 61.
* Inq. ad quod damnum, 9 Ric. II. No 9. Leic.
it Clauſ. 24 Hen. VI. m. 15.
23S MS, Chetwynd.
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Pedigree
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/ 1. Henry lord==Mabel, dau. 2. John Ser
mondſhire, the antient ſeat of the barony. By his will, dated at Pyſho, 2 Aug. 1401, he bequeathed his body to be buried iu |
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| Pedigree of che Lord 8 CRO PE of Bor ron, Lords of the Manor of BL as168 '. / |
Arms: Quarterly : I. Azure, a bend Or; Scope. 2. Azure, a feſs between three leopards' faces Or ; D-lapole.
«4+ + + chief Gules, over all a lion rampan
the firſt; Wingfield, $. Argent, a ſaltire engrailed Gules; Tft. 6. Argent, a feſs double cotized Gules ; BA.
- Azure, on a bend Or a creſcent, over all a label of three points Argent; Srope of Up/all, 8. Argent, a chev ron Sa-
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le, a creſcent on the dexter canton of the laſt; Fanton. Supporters, two ravens ;; on a ſcroll this. motto, Yivaut F jr .
puis, Creſt; out of a ducal coronet Or, ſeven feathers Azure. Motto, Non bac, ſed me. Plate EXXIX, fg. 1.
eq Henry lord Scrope of Bolton, chief Juſtice of the king's bench, 1 330. P · ee
1. William lord Scrope Cecilia. 2. Stephen, „„ th. of= Richard lord Scrope of Bolton „ lanch, 1
of Bolton, died in died ſ. p. Spencer, born 1337; heir to his brother | William De la
1345, f. p- | rſt wife. William; lord chancellor 1377. | Pole, ad wife.
* , > — ©.
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. Roger lord Scrope Jer ret, dau. and heir 2. Sir Stephen le 3. Richard le Scrope, abp. of York Milicent.
Bolton, died in 1402 *. | of fir Robert Tiptofſt. Scrope, d. 140g*. 1397 ; beheaded 1407.
Richard lord Scrope of Bolton, died 1421 $.—Margaret, daughter of Ralph Nevill earl of Weſtmorlaud.
h Henry lord Scrope of Bolton, died 1458.—Elizaberh, daughter of John lord Scrope of Maſham and Upſall: |
Joan, dav. of William lord==John lord Scrope of Bolton , = Anne, dau. of fir John 2. Ralph. 3. Robert;
Fitz Hugb/ firſt wife. | K. G. died 1494. 8 Zouch, 2d wife.
Elizabeth Percy, dau. to Henry earl of =1, Henry lord Scro lice, ſole daughter and heir of 2. Sir Richard
Northumberland, 1ſt wife. 1 of Bolton. Thomas lord Scrope of Ma- Scrope, knt.
— ſham and Upſal ?, ad wife. J
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op, of Jane Rat- 1 Eliabeth, dau, and heir;
Scrope of of Thomas amildon, Bucks. | cliffe, of Elizabeth, married to married, firft, to William
Bolton, li- | lord Dacres. — — Rookeſby. ſir Gilbert Talbot, viſcount Beaumont, who
ving 1531. Margaret = Chriſtopher W yvill l. knt. -- died 1507; tuen to John
— 1 — — ä _ de Vere carl of Oxford;
John lord Scrope=Catharine;, eldeſt 1. Anne, married to John 3. Elizabeth, marr. to who died 1512. She died
of Bolton ?, li- dau. of Henry Vavaſour. fir Bryan Stapleton. 1537. [See her epitaph,
ving 1537» earl of Cum- 2. Joan, married to John 4. Anne, marrried to p. 440; and ſee alſo un-
berland. lord Lumley. Thomas Rither. der Stoughtons]
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Margaret, Sir John Margaret, dau. =I. Henry lord Eleanor, dau. to Edward 2. (zeorge. Elizabeth, William
firſt Conſta- to Henry earl Scrope of | lord Weſt, ad wife. 3. Edward. 2d daugh- | Pudſey,
daughter. ble. of Surrey, iſt] Bolton, K. G.—— 4. Thomas. ter. eſq.
: wife. died 1592 Mary, married to Wil- 3. Alianor.
Sir Henry. !5%5 — OO ; liam Bowes, of Stret- 4. Catha- Thomas Pudſey, . «
Conſtable. Thomas lord Philadelphia, lam, co. Durham. rine. ſon and heir. N
— Scrope of dau. of Henry -
Anthony Conſtable, Bolton; died | lord Hunſdon.
| Ambroſe Pudſey, fon and heir,
created viſcount Dun= 1 |
one of the two conjanguine; and
bar ; one of the two 1 . Ti: heirs of Emanuel carl of Sun-
conſanguinei and heirs of Martha Jones, Emanuel lord Scrope of Bolton, =Elizabeth, derland ; aged 5 months and
Emanuel earl of Sunder: alias Sandford, ) created earl of Sunderland, dau. of 24 days; May 30, 16 30.
land; aged 41 in 1630, concubine”?. ( 1627; died May 30, 1630, John carl
3 ) without lawtul iſſue; of Rutland,
1. Mary Scrope , alias 2. John Scrope, alias 3 Elizabeth Scrope, alias 4. Anabella Scrope, alias
an alias Sang- Jones, alias Sand- Jones, alias Sandford, Jones, alias Sandford,
ord, Alia naturalis, ford, bastardus. 2 filia battarda, 3 filia bastarda, |
* Dugdale, Bar. vol. I. p. 686; Harl. MSS. 1529. p. 70; and Le Neve's MS Baronetage in my poſſeſſion,
* He was lord chancellor of England 2 Richard II; and built, with exceeding great coſt, a ſtately caſtle at Bolton in Rich-
the abbey of St. Agatha juxta Richmond; giving to every pariſh-prieſt, anniverſary or chantry-prieſt, in any of the pariſh-
churches of Richmondſhire, coming to, and celebrating. at his obit, 2s. ; to Roger, his ſon and heir, a pair of Patet - hoſters of
coral; to Stephen, his other ſon, his ſecond ſword ; to Milicent, his daughter, a cup, with cover, gilt; to Margaret, the wife
of his ſon Roger, a gilt cup, with cover; to fir Stephen le Scrope, his kinſman, a gilt cup, with cover; to Richard, his other
ſon, archbiſhop of York, his beſt cup; and to Henry lord Fitz Hugh, his kinſman, his beſt ſpice-plate of filver ; and after-
wards, 30 May, 4 Henry IV. departed this life, leaving Roger his ſon and heir thirty years of age. | i
By his will, dated at Bolton, 23 Sept. 1403, he bequeathed his body to be buried in the abbey of St. Agatha; and gave to
Richard, his ſon and heir, his pair of Pater-noſters $f coral, with a jewel of gold, which had been his father's, as alſo a — ot.
gold, which he uſually carried with him; befides theſe, he likewiſe gave him a portfore and a miſſal according to the uſe of
York, which alſo were his father's, upon condition that they ſhould ever remain to the heirs-male of his family.
* By his will, dated 6 Jan. 1405, he bequeathed his body to be buried in the abbey of St. Agatha, by the tomb of his father;
and gave to Milicent his wife, daughter and heir to Robert Tibetoft, two baſons and ewers of ſilver, likewile a long ſword,
which was king Edward's, and given him by his father; and to Elizabeth his daughter, for her marriage, 300 marks.
$ By his will, dated at Roan, 24 January, 7 Henry V. he bequeathed his body to be buried in the abbey of St. Agatha, and
gave to that houſe ten pounds in * appointing, that there ſhould be provided five prieſts, five clerks, and three poor men;
each prieſt to have 12 marks, each clerk 6 marks, and each poor man two marks, until ſuch time as his executors ſhould ob-
tain licence from the king and from the pope to found a college for the prieſts and clerks, and for the poor men above-men-
tioned, in ſuch place as his executors ſhould think beſt ; and after ſuch licence had, that his executors ſhould endow. the ſame,
ſo as every prieſt might have perpetually ten pounds, and every clerk three pounds, and three ſervants each of them forty
ſhillings ; alſo, that his executors ſhould at their coſt build and furniſh the ſame college: moreover, that the church in that
college be dedicated to the honour of the Annunciation of our Lady; alſo that his executors ſhould diſtribute £100. in money
to poor people, where they ſhould think moſt needfu], for the health of his ſoul ; befides all this, he thereby bequeathed to the
fabrick of York-minſter ten pounds; and to the four orders of friers in York and Richmond, to pray for his ſoul, fo much as his
executors ſhould think fit, Farthermore he willed, that if the king ſhould be good to his executors in favour of this his will,
that he ſhould be forgiven half the gold which he owed him for his wages upon pawns. To his kinſman Mr, Marmaduke
Lumley, he gave a cup of filver, called the Conſtable Bowl, on condition that, when the college ſhould be finiſhed, it might
make a chalice for the houſe; and to the duke of Clarence he bequeathed forty pounds, whom he conſtituted one of his execu-
tors, together with the ſaid Marmaduke Lumley, clerk, 8 15 n
* By his will, dated at Eſt Hardyng, 3 July, 1494, he bequeathed his body to be buried in the abbey of St. Agatha; in cafe
he ſhould depart this life in Yorkſhire; but if in Norfolk, then in the Black Frjers at Thetford; to Anne his wife he gave all
his goods South'of Trent ; to Henry, his ſon and heir, all his furniture at Bolton-caſtle; to Ralph, his brother, his little Bible
at Bolton; and to Robert, his other brother, his chamlet-gown. _ 7 See the pedigree of Scrope of Matham; p. 477.
Son of fir Marmaduke Wyvill, knt. (of whom ſee p. 491), and father of fir Marmaduke the firſt baronet of the family ; a3
appears by his epitaph at Maſſam, which may be feen in Wotton's Baronetage, 1741, vol. I. p. 235.
» He had livery of his lands 25 Hen, VIII; but in three years after joined ich Robert Aſke, and thoſe of Yorkſhire, in the
inſurrection called The Pilgrimage of Grace, occaſioned by the diſſolution of religious houſes, - Dugdale; Bar. vol. I. p. 657. _
% Inq. 3 Car. I; Cole's Eſcheats, vol. III. (Harl. MSS. 758.) p. 59. N 8 |
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On the zd of July, 1539, Thomas lord Cromwell of
Oaktbam, lord privy feal, and vicar general in ſpiritu-
alities under king Henry VIII. obtained from the king,
in part of the recompence for his ſervices in the diſſo-
lution of the religious houſes, a grant of the manor
of Blaſton, with all irs members and appurtenances,
rogether with the caſtle and fite of Okeham, the lord-
\ ſhip of Langham, and the park of Flitteris, in the
county of Rutland; and the manors of Claxton, Har-
dingſton, and Pocklingron, co. Northampton ' ; with
the advowſons of all the abovementioned places .
The downfall of this extraordinary perſonage, it is
well known, was as rapid as his adyancement had
been. He was beheaded on Tower-hill, July 24,
1540; but fir William Dugdale obſerves, that © it
was faid by ſome, that, diſcerning his fall two years
before, be had provided for his family 3.” Certain it
is, that Gregory Cronewell, his ſon and heir, who was
created a baron about five months after his father's
death, being then a ſervant to the king, was, at his
death in 1551, ſeiſed of the manor of Blaſton in capite;
and that he left three ſons, Henry, Edward, and Tho-
mast; and two daughters, Frances and Catharine *,
The manor which belonged to the Cromwells was
clearly what they had obtained from king Henry VIII,
with the grant of Bradley; and extended over ſuch
part of Blaſton as was within the pariſh of Halough-
ton, and into a part of Medbourn. |
Yet we find, in 1565, the following record in the.
office of the Lord Treaſurer's Remembrancer, by
which it is evident that the family of Nevil/ continued
in poſſeſſion of their original property in Blaſton, with
its manerial rights ; and that the part which they pot-
ſeſſed was fituated within the precincts of Medbourn,
and contained within its limits the chapel of St. Giles.
„De manibus reginz amovendis de maneriis de.
Blaſton & Medbourn, in com” Leiceſt'; & Tomæ
Nevyll, militi, liberando s.“
Henry lord Cromevell, by indenture, 10 Sept. 1580,
demiſed to his youngeſt brother Thomas Cromwell, eſq.
the manor of Blaſton, with all its appurtenances *;
— 4s. which, the Harrington, ſeem to have
retained that ſort of paramount claim to the manor
which had belonged to the Scropes; for, by an inqui-
firion taken 31 Aug. 1592, it was ſhewn that fir James
Harrington, of Burley, knt. died in 1591, at the age
of 80, ſeifed of the manor of Blaſton, held of the
queen in capite by the ſervice of one knight's fee ?.
By another inquiſition, taken at Oakham, April 10,
1593, it appeared that Henry lord Cromwell died
November 20, 1 592, ſeiſed of the manor of Blaſton,
held of the queen in capite, by the ſervice of one
knight's fee; and that Edward lord Cromwell, his ſon
and heir, was aged 25 years*; and, by a recovery
which occurs in Michaelmas term 1594, it appears
that Everard Goodman had then -puxchaſed the lord-
ſhip of Blaſton, with the appurtenances, in Blaſton,
Medbourn, Bradley, and Haloughton. By an inden-
ture alſo, dated Oct. 18, 1594, between Thomas Crom-
well and Katberyne his wife, of Weſt Rudham, co.
Norfolk, and Everard Goodman, of Blaſton, otherwiſe
called Blaſſon, or Blayſton, co. Leiceſter, gent. it ap-
pears that the lordſhip of Blaſton, with the liberty,
power, and authority, of donation or free diſpoſition
of the church or chapel of Blaſton, and the placing
and appointing a miniſter or curate there, and all the
ſite of the manor of Blayſton, had been ſome time in
the poſſeſſion of fir Thomas Cromwell, knight, lord
Cromwell, deceaſed?; and on the goth of January,
1594+5, Mr. Goodman obtained, under the great ſeal,
an exemplification of the original grant to lord Crom-
well, whoſe whole and full rights were then his own o.
3. Rot, 30 Hen. VIII. p. 2. /
448 HISTORY awd A NTIQUITIE'S ee LE1CES TERSHUR E: +
We find, however, that, in 139 f, fir Joby'Horring-
ton of Burley (afterwards created bacon Harrington of
Exton) exchanged the manor: of Blaſton (whatever
might be his title to it) and that of Baflet Houſes
with John Grey, eſq. for the-manor of Barwell in this
county *';; but, from this time, we trace no more here
either of the Harringtons or the Greys. |
In 1613, on the contrary; we find another record,
by which the manor appears to have been then fully
veſted in the Goodmans : 3
Ve Everardo' Goodman, gen. occaſionato ad of-
rendendum quare manerium de Blaſton, alias Blaſon,
in com! Leiceſtrizz iu mauibus regis ſeiſiti non debet .
This Everard died about the year 16403; and a
general livery under value was granted to his ſon,
Everard Goodman, Feb. 6, 164t, of lands in Blaſton,
Eaſt Langton, Weſt Langton, Church Langton,
Thorpe Langton, and Bowden Magna '4.
On the 11th of April, 1645, an indenzure tripartite '
occurs between Jobn Champante, of Okehim, co. Rut-
land, fir Thomas Burton, knt, of Stockerſton, co. Lei-
ceſter, and Everard Goodman, of Blaſton, co. Leiceſter,
for ſettlement of the manor of Blaſton, and a meſſuage
and lands called the Redbouſe, or Redhouſe Farm 5.
The Redhouſe Farm was afterwards fold by Mr,
Everard Goodman; and is now the property of fic
John Palmer, bart. It is within Mr. Owſley's manor,
and pays tithes to St. Giles's chapel. Ep
In 1655, there was collected in Blaſton, for the re-
lief of the poor Proteſtants in Piedmont, 2/. 3s. 7d.
William Jobnſon, ſeiſed of one acre of land, ten of
meadow, and three of paſture, in Blaſton, leaſed them
for 21 years to Thomas Pilkington, of Belton, co. Rut-
land, gent, who was ſued in 1670 by Mount joy Cradock,
clerk, ſequeſtrator of the fruits of the chapel of Bla-
ſton, for tithe in kind of wool, lamb, aud herbage, in
the eccleſiaſtical court of Peterborough; but, ſuggeſt-
ing that he and all whoſe eſtate he hath, &c. uſed time
out of mind to pay 5d. per annum for ſuch land in
lieu of all tithes, he obtained a prohibition, 23 Jan.
22 Car. II; but afterwards a writ of conſultation was
granted on it for the inſufficiency of the ſuggeſtion *5.'
The family of Goodman continued owners of the
manors of Blaſton and Bradley till nearly the end of
the laſt century. Milliam Goodman poſſeſſed them in
1675; but, ſome time before 1690, they were pur-
chaſed by Edward Conyers, eſq.; whoſe only daughter
Sarah was married in 1696 to Baldwin Conyers, eſq.
ſon. and heir of fir Jobn Conyers, bart. of Horden, eo.
Durham, and,of Great Stoughton, co. Huntingdon.
On the death of Mr. Edward Conyers in 1701, the
manerial property at Bradley appears to have been
ſeparated from the lands there; the lands becoming
then the property of his ſon-in-law Baldwin Conyers'?;
and the manor, with that of Blaſton, continuing with
his brother and ſucceſſor J7obn Conyers, eſq. who en-
joyed them till 1735; when they paſſed to Edward
Conyers, eſq. of Walthamſtow; who, in 14 George Il,
was ſeiſed in fee of the manors of Blaſton and Brad-
ley, with all the rights and appurtenances thereto be-
longing, and of the adyowſon, donation, right of pa-
tronage, and of divers meſſuages and lands there, as
appears by a recovery, ſuffered 15 George II, and of
a deed declaring the uſes of that recovery, which
were to inure to the uſe of the ſaid Edward Conyers
and his heirs in fee. Mr. Conyers died April 23,
1742, leaving John Conyers, elq. his ſon and heir;
from whom, in 1750, the magor of Bradley, with the
manor of Blaſton, commonly called Cromwels Manor,
with the rights, members, and appurtenances, there-
unto belonging, together with all and every the mei-
ſuages, tenements, farms, lands, tithes, wood-grounds,
This appears from the original grant, obligingly communicated, with ſeveral others ſubſequently enumerated, by the pre-
ſeat owner, John Owſley, eſq. of Haloughton. It may be proper alſo here to obſerve, that, amongſt the numerous deeds and
memorandums made on various occaſions relative to Blaſton lordſhip, ia Mr. Owſley's poſſeſſion, there is no account of a
- ſecond manor. _
Dugdale, Bar. vol. II. p. 372-
'5 Memoranda, Paſch. Recorda, 7 Eliz. Rot. 83.
9 From the original. Ibid.
From the original deed,
4 Eſch. 5 Edw. VI; and fee farther particulars of the family under Laund Abbey.
From the original.
Burton, p. 46; and MS, Chetwynd. 3 Hilarii Recorda, 10 Jac, I. Rot. 191.
_ #4 From the original deed. | 72
1 From the original deed.
1% William Bourne's Entering Clerk's © Vade Mecum,” Mich. 22 Caroli Secundi regis,. Rot. 315, p. $17,
7 Wotton's Baronetage, 1741, vol. II. p. 30
4 - 1
GARTRER HUND RED]. B L A 8
and hereditaments, and alſo the donetive of the ſaid
John Conyers, ſituate, lying, and being in the pariſh
of Blaiton, were purchaſed by Zohn Owfley, eſq. of
Halovghtsn, the preſent owner. This appears from
the joint agreement for the purchaſe hetween John
Conyers and John Owlſley, made and concluded Auguſt
25, 1750. In the recovery, enrolled in Chancery in
Trinity Term 14 and 15 George II. Roll 3 50, it is thus
expreſſed : “ Joſeph Eyre, gent. in his proper perſon,
demandeth againſt Oliver Martin, efq. the manor of
laſton, other Blaſon, otherwiſe Blaiſton, with the
appurtenances, and eight meſſuages, 15 acres of land,
o acres of meadow, 180 acres of paſture, 50 acres
of furze and heath or common of paſture, with the
appurtenances, in Blaſon, Medbourne, Haloughton,
Bradley, and Great Eaſton, and alſo the advowſon of
the church or free chapel of Blaſton ; and moreover
all manner of tithes whatſoever yearly coming, ggow-
ing, or renewing, in Blaſton, Medbourne, Hal h-
ton, Bradley, and Great Eaſton; as his right and in-
heritance.“
Conſiderable fragments of the old hall-houſe at Blaſ-
ton are ſtill remaining; and more were ſtanding till
within theſe two or three years : but they have lately
been conſiderably reduced, and part of the materials
applied by the Rev. John Owſley, the prelent free
chaplain of St. Giles, in building his neat houſe on
a pleaſing eminence a little above the ſite of the old
parſonage.
The lordſhip contains in the whole about 1226
acres of rich paſture, and was incloſed at two ſeparate
periods; the firſt in the year 1630, and the other in
Oliver Cromwell's time.
The freeholders here in 1630 were Everard Good-
man, William Goodman, and John Goodman, gentlemen.
At the general election in 1722, five freeholders
polled from this rownſhip, John Conyers, eſq. John
Dent, John Mitchell, Samuel Porter, and William Por-
ter; and at the election in 1775 the following names
occur; John Broughton, Robert Cole, Foſeph Cooke, Fre-
derick Kington, Rev. Jobn Otaſley, William Porter, and
William Walker.
John Ow/ley, eſq. is now lord of the manor, and patron
of the donative or free chapel of St. Giles.
The other proprietors are the ear} of Harborough,
fir Jobn Palmer, baronet ; Coſmas Nevill, eſq. (who poſ-
ſefles ſome manerial rights); Mr. Dance, Mr. Lockzood,
Mr. Dent, Mr. Walker, Mrs. Taylor, Mr. Hudſon, &c.
This little rownfſhip, containing about twelve houſes,
is divided into two parts, one in the chapelry of St.
Michael, the other in the chapelry of St, Giles; St.
Michael's being appendant to the rectory of Halough-
ton, where the dead of that chapelry are buried; and
St. Giles's a perfectly diſtinct and independent chapel.
In 1504, there were ſeven families in that part of
Blaſton which was within the chapelry of St. Michael,
Of thoſe in Blaſton St. Giles, no return was made.
In the regifter, which begins in April 1676, are ſe-
veral entries relative ro both the chapelries, and alſo
to the pariſhes of Medbourn and Haloughton.
From April 1676, the beginning of the regiſter, to
March 25, 1685, are four mariages, 42 births, and
29 burials.
From Dec. 10, 1785, to Dec. 10, 1795, two mar-
riages, 18 births, and 14 burials.
Flumfrey Mitchell figns as rector from the begin-
ning of the regiſter, which contains many whimhcal
proofs of his violent anathemarizing thoſe who differed
with him in opinion, or who withheld their tithes.
1 O N. 449 ö
A ſpecimen of his manner will be ſeen in one or two
of the following extracts:
% Thomas, ſon of Mr, Humfrey Michel and Frances
his wife, was baptized Nov. 22, 1676.
Frances, daughter of ditto, born 1678,
Mary, daughter of ditto, born 1679.
Anne, daughter of ditto, born 1681,
Edward, fon of ditto, born 1684 ; buried at Med-
bourn 1684.
Jane, daughter of ditto, was baptized March 25,
1685.
M. George Vincent and Mrs. Hayley were mar-
ried, by Mr. Meers, at Harborough-fair, 1685.
Everard Goodman buried Jan. 9, 1687.
Baldwin Conyers, of Great Stoughton, eſq. and
Mrs. Sarah Conyers, of Blaſton, were married, by *
Mr. Trott, Aug. 5, 1697.
Mrs. Sarah Conyers, of Blaſton, wife of Baldwin
Conyers, eſq. was buried at Medburn, April 16, 1695.
Frances, daughter of Mr. Humfrey Michel and
Frances his wife, was buricd at Medbourn April 25,
1700.
Fu Sept. 1, 1701. It is hereby certified, that Edward
Conyers, of Blaſton, in the county of Leiceſter, eſq.
and Madam Mary Norwich, ſiſter of fir Eraſmus
Norwich, of Brampton, co. Northampton, bart. were
married by licence on Synday, Aug. 31, 1701, ac-
cording to the form preſcribed in the Liturgy of the
Church of England, between the hours of eight and
twelve in the forenoon, in the pariſh church of Bramp-
ton aforeſaid, by me, S. BIAckwERLI, rector there.
Atteſted by E. Noxwicn, » -
ARABELLA Norwicn,
Mary BLACKWELL,
ThaSthis is a true copy is witneſſed by me,
HumFaey Mich, rector of Blaſton.“
Mr. Everard Goodman, bachelor, died about 1702.
„William Wells, ſhepherd, was buried at Hal ugh-
ton, though he was cf St. Giles's parith in Blaſton,
Feb. 28, 17505, He mar:1ed one Frances Goward,
whoſe anceſtors, being of St. Michael's pariſh in
Blaiton, were wont to be buried ar Hallaton; for
which fooliſh reaſon this William Wells was there
buried; whereas his right of burial was at Medbourn;
to the parion whereof the patron of St. Giles's church
in Blaſton pays five ſhillings yearly for his burying of
her pariſhioners. Wuneſs HuurRET MicizL,
rector of St. Giles de Blaſton.”
Mr. John Conyers and Mrs. Frances Atkins, of
Horninghold, were married at Stockerſton, by Mr.
Theophilus Burdett, Aug. 13, 1706. |
Elizabeth, daughter of Mr. John Conyers and
Frances his wite, was privately baptized May 29, 1707.
„% Mrs. Frances Michel, the dear wife of Mr. Hum-
frey Michel, rector of Blaſton, the dear dend he
Mr. Everard Goodman, eſq. and the dear grafd-
daughter of fir Thomas Burton, of Stockerſton, ha-
ronet and banneret, departed out of the miſeri f
this naughty world, Thuriday, Nov. 13, about 11
o'clock, which was the uſual time of her going to
pubiick prayer, of a 15 days ſickneſs, and was buried
in Medbourn chance}, by her daughter Frances and
other deceaſed children, according to her deſire, Nov.
16, 1707. Hers I 8 6 PG 105 @7g00WnW T8 Ocg,
When ſhall I appear before the preſence of God ?
Pal. xlii. 2.“
That part of Mr. Valentine Goodman's will, where -
by his charity to the poor is demiſed and bequeathed :
* Anno Domini 1684. I Valentine Goodman, of
2 ,
* He publiſhed, ** Duplex in Carolocidas Querela; or, the innocent Blood of King Charles the Martyr, till crying out againſt
his petrified_Murderers, for either beiter Humiliation from them, or elſe for worte—Indignation from God. Freely fer forth
in Two Sermons, and humbly again offered to the ferious Peruſal of all the mercileſs guilty Subjects of Great Britain, Jan. zo,
1702-3, By Humfrey Michel, rector of St. Giles's church at Blaſton in Leiceſterſhire;” and, in a Dedication, ** To the Epiſ-
copal Nobility, Gentry, and Commonalty of Englangþ and Ireland,” inveighs horridly againit the diſciples of To and, who
too preſumpruouſly intrigued and attempted to ſeduce (if it were poſſible) even our ſagacious and religious Senate into an
irreligious and infamous Repeal of that Anniverſary Faſting.”
To the ſecond of theſe flaming Sermons this title is prefixed,
* Secunda, & ſeverior in Carolocidas Querela : or, a ſecond Sermon, earneſtly endeavouring to exeite and exalt the peniten-
tial Humiliation of Great Britain, for their barbarous, ſavage, and ſacrilegious Murder, commuted upon the ſacred and innocent
Body of their rightful and Proteſtant Monarch, King Charles I. Jan. 3o, 1702-3.”
lo theſe Diſeourtes, Pontius Bredfbaw, the
(iverian Atheiſt and Drydenian Rakehell, are unmercifully belaboured.— Mr. Michel publiſhed two other Sermons, under the
title of 81. Paul's triumphant Confutation of all the late Jacobinical Schiſm and dedition, 1702 ;“
Coronation of Queen Anne, 1702-3." |
3
and another, on the
Great
4
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450 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
Great Eaſton, gentleman, being of perfect mind and
ſound Memory, sive and bequeath eight hundred
pounds, of good and lawtn! money of England, for
and rde relief and ſupport of antient, lame,
7
of all the money, tems, and profits ariſing from the
money, for and during his life ; as alſo truſtee for the
diſpoſal and diſtribution of it, &. And for nomi-
nation and election of fir and proper objects of cha-
rity, I beg the directions (conſtituting them truſtees
with the former) of the preſent rector of Haloughton,
the preſent rector of Medbourn, and the preſent vicar
of Bringhurſt, and their ſucceſſors, together with the
ſucceſlors of the preſent incumbent miniſter of Blaſ-
ton, for ever.
may, as ſoon us can, be well laid out in land of a good
tiFe, as counſel learned in the law ſhall adviſe : and
my will is, that the profits thereof ſhall be given to
ſix out of Eaſton pariſh, four of Medbourn, and two
of Blaſton, all in Leiceſterſhire, of the moſt indigent,
pooreſt, aged, decrepit, miſcrableſt paupers, to be
elected only for pure poverty : and if any part of this
money be employed for eaſing town levies, or not ac-
cording to the intent of — * I declare the gift
ſhall ceaſe, and the money Hall be employed for the
redemption of Turkiſh captives. VAL. GooDMAN.
Witneſſes, Jonn Goopman, Epw. MEERS, and others.
* Be would have given this ſum of money to his
elder brother Mr. Everard Goodman ; but Mr. Eve-
rard Goodman ſaid, Brother, you have more need
of it for your own ſoul's good than I; the money
being gotten by gaming and other ſhufflifff tricks!“
which made him diſpoſe of it thus in his will. Where-
in one thing 1s notable, malice againſt me; his ap-
pointing all other miniſters but me truſtees, nomi-
nators, and electors for the poor; becauſe, by God's
grace, I had preached his brother Everard many years
before into right Chriſtian charity, and a right pay-
ment of his tithes to me ; which he, his mother, bro-
thers, and other relations, were utterly againſt. In
witneſs whereof I ſet my hand, Feb. 6, 1707-8.
HumereY MiICHELL.”
« Mr. Valentine Goodman's aforeſaid legacy of
£800. pounds to the poor was preſently laid out in
land of a good title in Drayton-field, now tenanted
by Abel Meadowes of Drayton; the rents whereof
have been conſtantly paid to the faid Mr. Everard
Goodman, and of late paid to Mr. John Goodman ;
and, abating the taxes (which Mr. Conyers, a late
juſtice and commiſſioner, cauſed to be levied upon
the poors charity), the reſt of the rent is every year
at the feſtival of St. Thomas; and they ſay that
the ſaid Mr. Everard Goodman did, by the advice of
thagate counſellor Hewitt of Stretton-hall, record the
ſa good legacy in ſome court of record at London.
All which is tor the better ſecurity of the poor's right
to the ſaid notable charity, witneſſed by me, Hum-
FREY M1CHEL, rector of St. Giles's donative church
in Blaſton, Feb. 6, 1707.”
Dorothy, daughter of Mr. John Conyers and Fran-
ces his wife, was privately baprized Feb. 28, 1707.
Dorothy, daughter of Mr. John Conyers and Fran-
ces his wife, was buried in Horninghold chancel,
March 14, 1707+
Mr. John Goodman was buried July 22, 1708, in
Medbourn chancel. |
Mrs. Elizabeth Conyers, daughter of Mr. John
Conyers and Mrs. Frances his wife, was buried in
Horninghold church Oct. 26, 1710.
Mr. Humfrey Michell, re&or of St. Giles's church,
Blaſton, and Mrs. Elizabeth Stretton, were married
What the warmth of Mr. Michels imagination induced him to take for ſo early a date, turns out, on inſpection, to
only ““ 1, P. 1630,”
* See the return, p. 27.
deerepit poor ard indigent perſons for ever, to be
Nen and diſpoſed of as is afterward in this will
expreſſed : Firit, I conſlitute and appoint my beloved
brother, Mr. Everard Goodman of Blaſton, treaſurer
My requelt and deſire is, this money
in the ſame church, by Mr, Humphrey Clayton, curate
of Medbourn, Nov. 27, Monday, 1710. |
„Charles Michel, ſon of Mr. Humfrey Michel and
of Elizabeth his wife, was born Jan. 30, 4511 (the
direful day whereon the Preſbyterians and lndepen-
dents murdered king Charles, the beſt of all kings
but one, King Jeſus), and was privately baptized Feb.
6, 1711, in the tenth year of the proſperous reign of
our moſt pious queen Anne; who, by act of parlia-
ment, reſtored her tenths and firſt fruirs ro the poorer
Church of England clergymen, for their better main-
tenance; and whoſe molt royal and religious reſtitu-
tion, all impropriators, though parliament-men, are
infinitely concerned to follow: Quad faxit Deus Tri-
unus. Amen.”
Humfrey, fon of Mr. Humfrey Michel and of Eli-
Zabeth, was baptized June 15, 1718.
+ The frame of the bell belonging to St. Giles's
royWMonative at Blaſton had an old date upon it of
1116"; fo that it was aged 604 years in this preſent
year of Salvation by Jeſus 1720.“
Mr. Richard Ryves occurs as rector of the North
mediety of Haloughton in 1720.
Humphrey Michell, clerk, was buried, in 1722,
under the altar in the chapel of St. Giles.
Lewis Goodman and Mrs. Ann Shield were married
April 24, 1722.
Mrs. Mary Goodman was buried Aug. 30, 1723.
Frances, daughter of Lewis Goodman and Ann his
wife, was baptized Jan. 1, 1723.
Ann, the wife of Lewis Goodman, was buried June
I, 1725,
Richard Greene, of Rolleſton, eſq. and Mrs. Ka-
tharine Fortrey, of Blaſton, were married by licence
Nov. 20, 1726.
William Goodman, of the pariſh of St. Giles, and
Ann Curtis, of the pariſh of St. Michael, were married
Oct. 9, 1729.”
Thus far from the Pariſh Regiſter,
By the return made to the houſe of commons, in
1736, in anſwer to the enquiry reſpecting charitable
donations, it appears that one undivided eighth part
of the eſtate purchaſed with Mr. Goodman's legacy
is appropriated to the poor of Blaſton *.
A rent-charge of £5. a year for ever, iſſuing out of
a cloſe in Blaſton, called Harecroft, was purchaſed
by the truſtee under the will of William Roberts, eſq.
of Glaiſton in Rutland; to be applied to teach ten
Poor children of Glaiſton to read Engliſh, and ſay the
Church Catechiſm. Harecroft is now the property
of the earl of Harborough, who obtained it by mar-
riage with Miſs Roberts, his third lady.
Money raiſed for the poor, within C. s. d.
the year ending at Eaſter 1776, $9 7 ©
Expended in county rates, &c. o © ©
on the poor, &c. ——
Rent of workhouſe and habitations, 9 3 2
Expended in litigations, — 2.23
Money raiſed for 1783, — 31 12 10
— s i -- : 47 $ 8
1785, — 31 12 10
Medium of theſe three years, 36 18 3
- of county expences, 3
-- of expences not relating to
the poor; repairs of churches, roads,
ſalaries to miniſters, &c. — 9 0.0
of nett annual expences, 29 5 2
of expences of overſeers
attending on magiſtrates, —— 4 © ©
of entertainments at meetings, © 7 4
——— of law expences, _ 1
ol ſetting the poor to work, 1 16 5
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The Fats CnarelL of St. Girzs in BrAsrox, or the NETRER CHAPEL (ſee plite LXXIX.)
GARATRE HunDRED.) .
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is with great propriety called a royal donative, as it
was founded by Richard the Firſt within that part of
his manor which till poſſeſſes the privilege ot being
confidered as of royal demeſne *, By that monarch
the chapel was endowed with all the tithes of the ſaid
manor, paying to the tector of Medbourn 5s. a year
for a burying-place for the dead of the ſaid chapelry;
which payment ſtill continues to be paid for that pur-
poſe by the preſent patron. It was originally looked
upon to be a private domeſtic chapel ; and, fince the
Reformation, has always been eſteemed a donative,
exempt from epiſcopal juriſdiction, and, except the
above- mentioned annual payment, totally unconnected
with any church. |
In 1204, we find the chapel thus deſcribed:
« Capella Sci Egidii de Blaſton in manerio quondam
Radi de Nevill, dui ville de Blaſton, infra fines pa-
rochie de Medburn fituata, a tempore quo memoria
hominum non extendit; & exiſtit capella libera, nullam
parochiam habens, excepta penſione quinque 1olidorum
dicte cccleſie de Medburn, &c,
The Matriculus of bp. Welles ſays,
„Capella de Blatheſton ſpectat ad eccleſiam de
Medburna. . Patronus E. de Nevallis. Perſona W.
omnes proventus illius capelle tam in garbis quam aliis
pereipieus. Solvit matrici ecclefie 38. annuos 3,”
In 1367, a difference” relative to the preſentation
of a chaplain was thus amicably adjuſted: |
Hugo de Notingham per Johann:m de Nevile ex
una parte, ac Willus de Stocton clericus per Johem
Holt majorem ex alterà, ad capellam de Blaſton, oc-
caſione uxorum ſuarum, que fuerunt ſorores ; quarum
ſeniorem dictus Jokes de Holte & juniorem prefatus
Hugo duxerunt in uxores; contentio diutina fuiſſet.
Prefatus Hugo conceſſit prefato Joki pro ſua hac vice,
ratione uxoris ſue ſenioris ſororis, iij non. Mail, 1307.”
This ſeems to be the ſame with the © Proceſſus ha-
bitus ſuper liberiatem capelle libere de Blaſton;“
which remains among the records ef the church of
Lincoln 4. | |
The right of tithes appears from the antient Roll of
Inquiſition of the Value of Benefices, temp. Hen. VIII;
and from the Eccleſiaſtical Survey, 26 Hen. VIII.
In the Liber Regis,” Blaſtou is enumerated among
the Livings not in Charge ;” is called © a rectory or
free chapel ;” and the king is mentioned as Patron.
la 1604, a cauſe was tried in the Exchequer by
Mr. Dobbins, the then free curate, againſt Mr. Everard
Goodman, the patron of the reQory 5.
In 1550, the chapelry of St. Giles was returned to
be worth £-20; and the chaplain as“ negligent ©.”
The following proceedings in 1701 are copied from
the original in the records of the court of Exchequer :
« Trinity Term, 13 Gulielmi Tertii.
« Whereas Humpbry Michell, clerk, did in Trinity
Term in the gth year of king William III. exhibit his
Engliſh bill in this Court againſt Thomas Burton, gent.
Richard Hicks, Frances Cockaine widow, and Andrew
Swan, defendants; thereby (among other things)
ſetting forth, that the ſaid plaintiff was, and about
17 years had been, parſon and incumbent of the free
chapel donative of Blaſlon, in the county of Lei-
ceſter, called Saint Giles's chapel; and by means
thereof was entitled unto all manner of offerings and
tithes, both great and ſmall, yearly arifing and hap-
pening within the ſaid chapelry and tithable places
therebf; that the defendant Burton, for two years
ending at Lady day before the exhibiting the ſaid bill,
and at the time of the bill, held and enjoyed a cloſe
called Golthorpe Cloſe, with a meadow thereto adjoin-
ing, called Gel/borpe Meadow, in Blaſton aforeſaid,
containing in the whole by eſtimation about 80 acres,
within the precincts of the ſaid chapel z. that the de-
fendant Hicks, for the time aforclaid, held and en»
joyed a cloſe called The, Mill Cloſe, with a meadow
. thereto belonging, containing 20 acres or there-
abouts, in Elaſton aforeſaid; that the defendant
Frances Ceekaine,' for all the time afpreſaid, held and
Of the value of this privilege, ſee under Great Bowden,
3 3e the Introductory Volume, p. Ix. * Ibid, p. xcix.
Vol. II. Parr II.
enjoyed a cloſe, called The North Cloſe, containing
about 10 acres, adjoining to the Co Paſture, and
another cloſe called The Horne Cloſe, containing apur o
2 acres, in Blaſton aforeſaid; that the defendants ,
drew Swann, during the year 1693, held and enjoyed
a cloſe called The Upper Ground, with two meadows
thereto adjoining, containing in all about 100 geres,
in Blaſton aforeſaid; all which ſaid cloſes and premiſes
are lying within the precincts of the ſaid chapel and
tithabſe places thereof: That the ſaid ſeytral defend- ®
ants, for all the aforeſaid reſpective times, they and
each of them, yearly had and cut thereon great
quantities of graſs, and made the ſame into hay, and
kept and depaſtured thereon- great numbers of cows,
ſheep, mares, and other profitable cattle, had great
numbers of barren cattle, and from the ſaid profit-
able cattle had great numbers of calves, lambs, &fts,
and fleeces of wool, and great quantities of milk, and
made and received great advantage and profit by
feeding, keeping, agiſting, and depaſturing of the
ſaid barren and unprofitable cattle; and ſeverally had
and kept divers other tithable matters and things upon
the ſaid cloſes, and premiſes, for which, together
with the tithable matters and things before ſer forth,
they ought to have paid tithes in kind to the plaintiff,
but refuſed fo to do; and therefore, to compel the
defendants to account for their ſeveral and rechter
tithable matters was the ſcope of the plaintiff 's faid
bill; unto which bill the ſaid defendants, being
ſerved with proceſs, appeared and anſwered, All the
defendants admitted by their anſwer the plaintiff to
have been incumbent of the ſaid chapel during the
year in the bill; and all the ſaid defendants by their
anfwers ſaid they ſeverally were tenants to fir Lewis
Palmer, bart. for the gear in the bill ſet forth; and
that they held certain clI6ſes and lands in Blaſton afore-
ſaid, and particularly ſpecified in their anſwers, on
which they had ſeverally divers tithable matters and
things, in theiranſwers particularly fer forth; but in-
ſiſted, the plaintiff ought ggt to have tithes in kind of
the lands, for that a year ſum of 5. 10s. had been
paid by the ſaid fir Lewis Palmer, and thoſe under
whom he claimed, time out of mind, unto the plaintiff
and his predeceſſors, in full ſatisfaction of all tithes
yearly renewing upon the faid cloſes and lands, amongſt
other lands of the ſaid fir Lewis Palmer; which ſaid
ſum the ſaid ſir Lewis, ever fince the ſaid defen@ants
had ſeverally held the faid Lands, paid or tendered to
the plaintiff, as they had been informed; and the ſaid
defendant Burton alfo ſaid, he held of one Mr. Lenard
Vow a certain cloſe in Blaſton, called Holt. Meadoto,
containing 19 acres, and another cloſe in Blaſton, ad-
joining upon Holt Meadow, containing aàboùt
acres, on which he had ſeveral tithable matters and
things, as in his anſwer is particularly ſet forth; but
infiſts that, time out of mind, his landlord Mr. Vow,
and thoſe under whom he had claimed, had paid mo-
ney yearly in full of all tithes hr the ſaid cloſe held
of him; and believed tha the faid Mr. M, ever
ſince the defendant Burtoſ held thoſe land of him,
paid or tendered to the plaintiff ſuch money yearly as
ought to be paid ; but what money onght to be paid
for the ſame he knew not; and doubted not but fir
Lewis Palmer and Mr. Vow were ready to pay ſuch
to the plaintiff as ought to be paid for the ſaid ground;
and ſaid, that he the ſaid defendant Burton Wee
by fir Lewis Palmer's order with 5. 10s. to pWMthe
plaintiff, and hoped the Court would compel the
plaintiff to accept the ſame; and to which'anſwer the
plaintiff replied, and the defendant rejofned; And,
the cauſe being at iſſue, witneſſes were examined
therein, as well,on the part of the plaintiff, as f the
defendant, and their depoſſiions duly publithed?” And
-whereas fic Lewis Palmer, and the ſald defendants in
the original cauſe, did in term exhibit their crofs-bill
in this coprt againſt the defendant Humphrey Michel,
— 807 (amongſt other things) ſetting forth, that the
id fir Lewis Palmer or his renants Had ever inte qui-
* In the grant before referred to, p. 445.
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482 HISTORY any ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
® ®etlyenjoyed the lands in queſtion without any demand
in kind made of tithes in kind until within a few years
then paſt j and ſetting forth that there were two public
chapels in Blaſton, one belonging to Haloughton,
and the other to Medbourne pariſh; and that the ſe-
veral cloſes in Andrew Swann's, Richard Hicks's,
Thomas Burton's, and Frances Cockaine's ſeveral oc-
cupations had paid 5810. 1os. yearly in lieu of all manner
of tithes until five years ago, at which time the de-
fendant Michel! demanded tithes in kind for the ſaid
eſtate; and, that, upon the incloſure at Blaſton, the
tithes of ſome cloſes were ſer out to the Upper chapel,
and of others to the Nether chapel; and tha: there
was hong, ue piece of ground, bord £ 5 D. per au-
nam, alſo ſer out to the parſon of the Nether chapel,
as a farther recompence for tithes which the defend-
ant Michell enjoyed; and that the defendant for 30
yearg received 5. 108. in full of tithes for the ſaid
eſtate of fir Lewis Palmer; and alſo ſuggeſted, that
the defendant had endeavoured, by confederacy with
others, to deſtroy the ſaid modus, and get tithes in
kind of all fir Lewis Paimer's eſtate; which ſaid
$E tos. was alleged to have been paid, time out of
ind, yearly in licu theceof; it was prayed, that the
ſaid defendane might be decreed to accept it for rhe
future, was the icope of the plaintiff's croſs-bill. To
which croſs-bill the defendant Michell, being duly
ed with proceſs, appeared, and anſwered; and
boy, anſwer admitted fir Lewis Palmer's father pur-
chaſer of the eſtate in the bill; and confeſſed he never
received tithes in kind for the ſame, but thought him-
ſelf very wronged thereby; and alſo by his ſaid anſwer
allowed the chape's to be as in the biil; but that the
Nether chapel was a free church of itſelf, and no cha-
pel of caſe; and believed, before Blaſton was in-
cloſed, the tithes of fome yard-lands belonged to the
Upper, and of others to the Wether chapel; and far-
ther ſaid, that the ſeveral cloſes in the plaintiffs Thomas
' Burton's, Richard Hicks's, Frances Cockaine's, and
Andrew Swant's ſeveral occupations, had been in-
cloſed many years, and knew not whether they ever
id tithes in kind or n@ ſince the incloſure, but
bted not but to prove they did before the incloſure ;
and that, about the incloſure, he believed, ſometimes
64. 108. and ſometimes 5/. 10s. was paid for the ſaid
premiſes, which might then be about the value of the
tithes; and confeſſed his holding a ground, which at
_ the iaclolure was ſet out for glebe, and not for tithes;
that he had ſeveral times objected againſt the receiving
the 5. 104. and had heard fir Lewis ſay, he had a
collateral ſecurity to indemnify him againſt tithes in
kind; and alſo that one Mr. Everard Goodman, bei
ſatisfied that tithes in kind were due, agreed wich
tha, defendant Mr. Dent to pay 24. per annum; and
ſaid, he ſued one Mr. Dent for tithes in kind, who
agreed to pay the ſame and coſts of ſuit; and ſaid, he
did accept of ſeveral perſons ſome particular ſums of
money for tithes of their lands, and of ſeveral others
received tithes in k; and hoped the court would
decree tithes in kind to him for fir Lewis Palmer's
eſtate a on; and cofffluded his anſwer with the
eral traverſe: Which ſaid cauſes were, by an order
made the 1oth of July, ordered to be heard together:
the next ſetting down of cauſes being this preſent day,
and coming now to be heard accordingly at Serjeants-
Inn hall, Fleer ſtreet, London, before the right ho-
nourable the Lord Chief, and the reſt of the Barons of
his rt, in the preſence of counſel on either fide,
upon opening of the matter of the plaintiff Michell's
ſaid original bill, and of the defendants' anſwers
thereto, and of the ſaid croſs-bill, and of the ſaid
Mitchell's anſwer thereto, by counſel on either fide, and
upog,reading the depoſitions of witneſſes taken on ei-
ther fide in the original cauſe, which by order of this
Court were to be made uſe of and read in both of the
ſaid cauſes, after long debate of the maiter and hearing,
it was alleged by counſel on either fide, the Court was
of opinion, that there was not a ſufficient proof of the
modus iuſiſted on by the defendants in the original
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cauſe, and the plaintiffs in the croſs-cauſe : It is
thereupon this day ordered, adjudged, and decreed, by
this Court, that the ſaid Thomas Burton gent. Richard
Hicks, Frances Cockaine widow, and Andrew Swann,
defendants to the bill of the faid plaintiff Michell,
ſhall ſeverally account with the ſaid Humphrey Mi-
chell for the value of the tithes and other dues of all
ſuch tithable matters and things as have ariſen, en-
creaſed, or happened, vpaw the ſeveral lands, tene-
ments, meadows, paſtures, or hereditaments, be-
longing to the ſaid eſtate of fir Lewis Palmer, which
were reſpectively held, uſed, occupied, or enjoyed, by
the faid defendants, within the ſaid chapelty of St.
Giles ia Elaſton, or tithable places thereot, as te-
nants to the ſaid Lewis Palmer, during the time in the
bill charged; and that they ſh I ſeverally fatisfy and
pay unto the taid plaintiff Michell what ſhall appear
to be due to him trom them reſpeRively upon the ſaid
account; bur the defendant Burton is not to account
for the tithes of any ot the lands which he held as te-
nant to the faid Mr. Leonard Vow in his anſwer
mentioned. the court being of opinion that the ſame
are not comprized in the plaintiff Michell's bill; and
it is hereby referred to the deputy of his majeſty's
remembrancer to take the ſaid account, who is to be
armed with a commiſſion to examine witneſſes touch-
ing quantities and values of the faid tithes due; and a
commiſſion like wiſe to be awarded, directed to the
commiſſioners, to examine witneſſes in the coumry
touching the quantities and values of the ſaid tithes
&c. if need require; and the ſaid deputy is to make
his report to the Court with all ſpeed he can ; and the
cauſe wherein the ſaid Michell is plaintiff is to be
continued in the paper of cauſes, to be farther heard
on the coming in of the ſaid report. And it is this
day farther ordered, that che ſaid croſs-bill of the
ſaid fir Lewis Palmer and others againſt the (aid Mi-
chel be, and is hereby, abſolutely diſmiſſed.”
Mr. Wyrley, who viſited this place in 1591, ſays,
« Blaſton in duabus parochiis dividitur; Haloughton
ſcilicer & Medburne. Capellam habet, in qua nihil
memoriz diguum cernitur,”
The following particulars relative to the chapel of
St. Giles were communicated by the Rev. Mr. Owſley :
« Fverard Gocaman, of Blaſton, was lord of the
manor, and patron of St. Giles's free chapel donative,
in the year 1 594, as appears from a deed of conveyance
and purchaſe from Thomas and Katharine Cromwell
to Everard Goodman; whoſe immediate deſcendant
William Goodman was lord of the manor and patron in
1675; when Humfrey Michell was legally inducted
into the free chapel donative, called St. Giles's chapel ;
and continued incumbent during his life.
Edward Conyers, of Blaſton, was lord of the manor
and patron in 1690. He died OR. 18, 1701.
John Conyers, who ſucceeded to his brother Ed-
ward's property at Blaſton, was lord of the manor, and
patron of the free chapel, in 1701. He died May
17, 1735; and was ſucceeded by Edward Conyers,
eſq. of Walthamſtow, in the county of Eſſex, who was
lord of the manor, and patron of the aforeſaid free
chapel donative; and Maydwell Maſon, clerk, held
the ſaid donative for Mr. Bracebridge, in the year
1729, under bonds of reſignation. |
Mr. Bracebridge was incumbent in September 1738
and died at Fenny Drayton, in this county, April 5,
1762,
"Mr. John Owſley, of Haloughton, was lord of the
manor of Blaſion, and pation ot the aforeſaid free-cha-
pel donative, in the year 1750 and, on his donation,
John Owſley, his ſon, was legally inducted therein,
June 3, 1768, being held for him to that time.
Hence it is very clear, that neither king Charles II,
king James II, nor queen Anne, had the leaſt right or
title to the diſpoſal of the donative and irce chapel,”
The nett value of the donative, as ſworn by the
inhabitants before certain commiſhoners at the Cranes
at Leiceſter, Sept, 24, 1719, Was 74/. 13% |
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GA TRE HuxDRE)D.] Ls ro | 453 _ v
The preſent chapel of St. Giles, which was rebuilt In Geddington church, co. Northampton: Ef k
about the year 1710, is 5o feet 6 inches long, the Here lieth the body of John Goodman *, eſq. ,
breadth 19 feet. 1t conſiſts of a nave and ſmall chan- who died June 21, 1668, aged. .
cel; and contains no monumental inſcription; Mr.
Michell being the only perſon buried in it“.
The ſingle bell, new caſt in 1720 by Mr. Eayre,
On a braſs plate, againſt a pillar at the North- eaſt
end of the nave of Kettering church:
> Arms : Gules, a chevron between three mallets Or ;
was thus inſcribed : 8 51 4 tel O z
« Gloria Patri, & Filio, & Spiritui Sancto. T. E.“ 5 pen, n ue
This bell has been lately again re-caſt. FF
The font is modern; ſee plate LX XIX. fig. 2. Radulphi Soame & Jane ejus uxoris,
St. Michael's chapel, not mentioned in the“ Liber qui ſepulti jacent in media nave hujus eccleſiæ.
Regis,” is thus noticed in the Matriculus of biſhop Radulphus filius fuit Davidis Soame,
Welles : | olim rectoris de Draughton in hoc comitatu,
6 Ecclefia de Haleton habet capellam in Blaſton in ex Eliza conjuge, fili Radulphi Withers,
feodo Roberti filii Walteri ibidem, que conſuevit rectoris de Grliabury in comitatu eodem. .
tribus diebus deſerviri in ebdomadã per matricem ec- Jana vero filia Ricardi Bent, armigeri,
clefiam.” Coſbeienſis, in agro Leiceſtrenſi, è Maria conjuge,
In 1389, William Bardelf poſſeſſed the advowſon fila Joannis Goodman, armigeri, Blaſtonienſis,
of this chapel *. | in dicto comitatu.
It is a plain aan, as repreſented in plate Radulphus obiit quaſi idibus Junii, 1715,
LXXIX, not very old. It is 33 feet 6 inches long ; anno #tatis ſuæ ſexageſimo-octavo.
and 17 feet 6 inches broad. Jana obiir pridie calendas Junias, 1733,
The font is engraved, fig. 3. anno ætatis ſeptuageſimo- octavo.
The duty of each chapel is now performed, by its Ernle, filius Davidis & Heſteræ Soame,
reſpective rector, every Sunday in the morning and obiit ſeptem idus Junii, 1737,
afternoon alternately. natus tres menſes & quatriduum.
As the inhabitants of both chapelries are in general Gulielmus, filius Davidis & Heſterz Soame,
buried reſpectively either at Medbourn or Halough- obiit pridie calendas Novembris, 1738;
ton, we refer to thoſe pariſhes for their monumental Trimeſtris dempto biduo, qui ambo ſepulti ſunt
inſcriptions. Some few, however, collected from in media nave hujus eccleſiæ. n ,
Places not in the county, ſhall here be given. David Soame obiit xxv1 die Novembris,
p In 2 — mw of the chancel at Kettering, are anno Salutis MPcCcL11, =tatis ſuæ Lx11.
mall braſs figures of a man and woman kneeling : * 8
Arms: Lozengy, Or and Azure, in a pale Gules, * n 1 2 1
three eſcallop ſhells of the firſt ; Sawyer ; im- " „„
paling Parted Per pale, Sable and Ermine; an In Pancras church-yard, Middleſex :
eagle diſplayed with two heads Or; Goodman. On an altar-tomb near the Eaſt end of the church:
Edmund Sawyer, eſq. late of this pariſh. « Mr. John Elmer, of Blaſton in Leiceſterſhire,
He married Anne the daughter of Laurance departed this life the 4th of — 1713, aged 63.
Goodman, of Blaſton, in the county of Leiceſter, Here lieth Frances Elmer, wife of John Elmer,
gent. and had iſſue by her 15 children. and eldeſt daughter of Henry Dutton, eſq.
He lived to the age of 69 yeares, of Dutton in Cheſhire;
and died the 19th of September, who departed this life the goth of Oftober, 1727,
Ano Domini 1639; and lies interred in this chancel.” in the 71ſt year of her age.”
Fatt CHAPLAINS« PATRONS.
William de Shilton, 1223, | Ralph de Nevill.
William de Stocton, 1 307, 3 John de Holt ſenior.
ohn de Lincoln é, exchanged in 1 0 a
Michel de Ravenſdale 7, — mY } de Newell
Dobbins, 1624, 0 Everard Goodman, gent.
John Cull, May 4, 1667, King Charles II. j
Mountjoy Cradock * occurs as ſequeſtrator in 1670, |
+ + + . « Barwell, | | William Goodman, gent.
Humphrey Michell, 1675, |
Henry Smith, May 21, 1686, | King James II.
Anthony Mainwaring ** is called rector in 1726, 7
John Brailsford was Mr. Mainwaring's curate, John Conyers, eſq.
Maydwell Maſon, 1729; reſigned 1738; died 1746,
Robert Bracebridge*?, D. D. Sept. 24,1738; died April 3, 1762, Edward Conyers, eſq.
—— Morgan , 1762; held the curacy for Mr. Owlley,
John Bettenſon, occaſionally curate for Mr. Morgan, John Owſley, eſq.
John Owſley, June 3, 1768, the preſent incumbent,
' Whilſ this page was printing, Mrs. Anne Owſley, mother of the preſent incumbent, died at Haloughton, Sept. 11, 1796.
in her 98th year, and has alſo been buried in the chapel. See Gent. Mag, vol. LXV. p. 796.
Eſch. 13 Ric. II. 3 Plate LXXIX. fig. 4.
His daughter was mother to Mrs. Maydwell of Geddington ; which accounts for his being buried there, and alſo for the
Chriſtian name of a ſubſequent incumbent, 8
5 Plate LXXIX. fig. 5. * From the records in the Firſt Fruits Office.
7 Who gave up in exchange the prebend of Gyvedale, in the cathedral church of York. Willis, Cathedrale, vol. I. p. 135.
He was rector of Allexton 1641—1654; and afterwards rector of the South mediety of Haloughton z where be ſuffered
much in other kinds beſides that of ſequeſtration ; his reli, after the Reſtoration, not having wherewithal to pay his debts,
much leſs to ſuſtain herſelf, was relieved by the Charity of the Corporatioti fot Miniſters Widows.” Walker, p. 221.
9 He was vicar alſo of Horuinghold from 1676 till his death. See ſome account of him, p. 449.
Though this preſentation appears in the records of the Firſt Fruits Office; there does not ſeem to have been any regular
vacancy, Mr. Michell, who had been preſented in 1695, was then I'ving ; and continued incumbent till his death in 1722.
„ Vicar of Horninghold 1726—1729. 1* Vicar alſo of Hotningbold ; where ſee his epitaph.
„ Mr. Bracebridge was licenſed to Blaſton St. Giles as a curacy, Bacon, Liber Regis, p. 546.
+ See hercafter, under Medbourn. |
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454 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
The town of Blaſton gave birth to Mr. Richanp
Vinss, a celebrated Divine, who received his educa-
„tion in Magdalen College, Cambridge, where he was
remarkable for his ſober and grave behaviour; it being
ſaid that he was not chargeable even with the venial
levities of youth. From the Univerſity, where he
took the degree of M. A. he was elected (molt pro-
bably on the recommendation of his contemporary
Thomas Cleiveland) ſchool - maſter of Hinckley; where
he entered into boly orders, and (as appears by an
extract from the regiſter of that pariſh) married, and
had at leaſt one child. After remaining ſome time
ia the faithful diſcharge of his office at Hinckley-
ichoo;, he obtained rhe rectory of Weddington in
Warwickſhire, March 11, 1529; to which that of
Caldecote in the ſame county was added June 20, 1630.
At the beginning of the civil war, being driven from
both pariſhes, he took ſhelter in Coventry, and be-
came chaplain to Colonel Purefoy. When the Aſ—
ſembly of Divines which eſtabliſhed the Preſbyterian
government in 1644 was called, Mr. Vines, who was
a good ſpeaker, was unammoully choſen of their
number; and, as Fuller ſays, was the champion of the
party. During his reſidence in London, he became
lecturer of St. Clement Danes, and vicar of St. Law-
rence Jewry ; and was folemnly invited to accept the
vicarage of St. Michael's at Coventry *, bur declined
it. He was appointed by an ordinance. of parlia-
ment, in 1644, to the maſterſhip cf tbe Temple, in
the room of John Littleton *; and maſter of Pem-
broke-Hall, in Cambridge, in 1644, by the earl of
Manckeſter, on the ejection of Dr. Benjamin Lavey.
He joined in a letter from the principal Miniſters of the
city of London (preſented Jan. 1, 1645, to the Aſ-
ſembly of Drvines fitting at Weſtminſter by authority
of parliament), complaining againſt the Independents;
and afterwards removed to Watton in Hertfordſhire.
"The Parliament employed him in all their treaties with
the King; and his Majeſty, though of a different
judgement, valued him for his ingenuity, ſeldom ſpeak-
ing to him without touching his hat, which Mr. Vines
returned with moſt reſpectful language and geſtures.
This particular was the more remarkable, as no other
of the parliamentary Commiſſioners ever met with the
ſame token of attention. He came alſo with the other
London Miniſters to offer their ſervices to pray with
the King the morning before his execution. Refuſin
to take the Engagement, he was ejected from the
Aſſembly of Divines, and reſigned his preferments in
October 1650 3; but in 1654 was joined in a com-
miſſion to eject ſcandalous and ignorant miniſters and
ſchool-maſters in London. He was a ſon of thunder,
and therefore compared to Luther; yet moderate and
charitable to them that differcd from him; a painful
and laborious miniſter, and ſpent his time principally
amoneſt his pariſhioners in piouſly endeavouring “ to
make them all of one, piece, though they were of dif-
ferent colours, and unite them in affection who diſſented
in judgement ;” an admirable ſcholar; holy and pious
in his converſation, and indefatigable in his labours,
which waſted his ſtrength, and brought him into a
conſumption; when he had lived but about 56 years 4,
He died Feb. 4, 1655, having the day before
preached and given the ſacrament ; and was buried in
the pariſh of St. Lawrence Jewry; which having been
conſumed in the general conflagration of 1666, no
memorial of him is there to be traced. His funeral
ſermon was preached, Feb. 7, by Dr. Jacomb, who
gave him bis juſt commendation. He was a perfect
maſter of the Greek tongue, a good philologiſt, and
admirable diſputant; a thorough Calviniſt, and a bold,
honeſt man, without pride or flattery. Newcome calls
him“ Diſputator acutiſſimus, Concionator feliciſſimus,
Theologus eximius.“
Mr. Vines was frequently called forth to preach on
public ſolemnities: particularly, 1. © Caleb's Inte
grity in following the Lord fully,” in a ſermon before
the Houſe of Commons, at a public faſt, Nov. zo,
1642; 2. before the lord mayor, Eaſter Tueſday,
April 23, 1644; 3. at St. Margaret's, July 16, 1644,
on the day of public thanſgiving for the great
victory obtained in Yorkſhire againſt prince Rupert
and the earl of Newcaſtle ; 4. before the Houſe of
Commons, on our extraordinary Faſt, Oct. 23,
1644; 5. at Chriſt Church, March 12, 1644-5, a
Thankſgiving for the re-gaining of Weymouth, the
gaining of Shrewſbury and Scarborough, the late de-
liverance of Plymouth, and the great vifory over the
forces under fir John Wyntour; 6. at Chriſt Church,
June 19, Thankſgiving for a great victory over the
horſe-forces at Knaſby; 7. He was appointed to preach
at St. Margaret's, Nov. 5, 1643, but was excuſed in
te regard of his occaſions to be out of town;” 8. before
the Houſe of Peers, Oct. 22, 1646, publiſhed under
the title of The Hearſe of the renowned, the Right
Honourable Robert Devorex, Earl of Effex and Ewe,
Viſcount Hereford, Lord Ferrers of -Chartley, Bour-
chier, and Lovaine, ſometime Captaine Lord Generall
of the Armies raiſed for the Defence of king and
Parliament ; as it was repreſented in a Sermon,
preached in the Abbey Church at Weſtminſter, ar
the Magnificent Solemnity of his Funerall ;”” (adorned
with a fine head of the Earl of Effex); 9. The
Authors, Nature, and Danger of Hæreſie; laid
open in a Sermon preached before the Hcnorable
Houſe of Commons at Margaret's Weſtminſter, upon
Wedneſday the Tenth of March, 1646-97, being tet
apart as a ſolemne day of Publike Humiliation, to
ſeeke God's Aſſiſtance for the ſuppreſſing and pre-
venting of the Growth and Spreading of Errours,
Hereſies, and Blaſphemies.“ |
In 1657, appeared“ A Treatiſe of the Inſtitution,
Right Adminiſtration, and Receiving of the Sacra-
ment of the Lord's Supper. Delivered in XX Sermons,
at St. Lawrence Jewry, London. By the late reve-
rend and learned Miniſter of the Goſpel Mr. Richard
Vines, ſometime Maſter of Pembroke-hall in Cam-
bridge ;” introduced with encomiaſtic Verſes by
Richard Baxter. Thirty-Two” of his“ Sermons”
were publiſhed in 1662. Two fingle Sermons alſo
appeared in that year, and another in 1667.
The following may ſerve for a flight ipecimen of
his manner of writing: “The firſt ſummer of our
war God writ himſelf our great God in great letters
at Edge-hill, the ſecond in greater at Newbury. He
hath writ himſelf Immanuel in a text-letter even in
that place, where that which hath ſince proclaimed
itſelf a civil war did then in infancy diſguiſe itſelf
under the name of a guard, A good omen. Han-
nibal is routed near the walls of his own Carthage.
As for the Crown, let Mercy and Truth be its ſup-
porters. But for Mitres (if Hiſtory lie not) We may
ſay of them, that the Crown has never flouriſhed that
has grown near the Mitre“. This ſermon was
preached upon one of the days of our ſolemn ap-
proach, It was no ſeaſon to preſent you with curious
dreſſed-up, &c.”? In 1646-7, ſpeaking of the
Voritians and Arminians, he ſays, © Our ſympathizing
brethren abroad wonder that we ſhould be made the
common ſewer to receive the garbage of other“
churches, and that their ſtinking ſnuffs ſhould be al-
lowed candleſticks here in England s.“ Again, O
1 % The humble petition of the mayor of the City of Coventry, and other citizens and inhabitants of St. Michael's pariſh in
that city, defiring Mr. Vines to be their vicar, was this day read; and nothing done upon it, till the conſent of Mr, Vines is
known.”
* Ibid. p. 597.
Journals of the Houſe of Commons, June 13, 1644, vol. III. p. 527.
Baker, in Harl. MSS. 7033, p. 296,
* Smith's Obituary, in Peck, vol, II. p. 536.
5 On the zoth of January, 1645, Mr. Marſhall and Me. Vines attended the commiſſioners to treat of peace with the king at
Uxbridge, after having paſſed the 29th in a ſolemn faſt; and on the 19th of June following the ſame divines preached before
the Lords and Commons on a day of thankſgiving, and were afterwards royally entertained by the city at Grocers hall.
© Sermon, July 18, 1644,
6
7 Dedication to Sermon, Jan. 28, 1645.
Sermon, March 10, 1647.
Lord,
GanTr® HunDRED.)]
Lord, thou haſt not given us a victory this while, for
all our frequent faſting, What doſt thou mean, O
Lord? to fling us into the ditch, and there leave us'?”
After ſumming up the character of the Earl of Eſſex,
he thus addreſſed his noble audience: “I muſt con-
clude with you, the moſt Honourable Senate of Eng-
land. It would be too much preſumption in me to
thank you for this honour of your preſence and ſor-
rows: it is a great thing to be made immortal by an
immortal Parliament; all the honour which belongs
to your ſervants and inſtruments redounds to you;
what they get or receive is but handed by them to
you the owners: ſhould we write down but fifty to
them, when there is a hundred due, rhe loſs would
be yours. It was a flately deportment to entertain
the news of this great champion and ſenator his death,
as the old Romans uſed to entertain fad tidings, Au-
tatis vVeſiibus, and to honour your ſorrow with an d-
Journment: this is the way to breed wore Effex's. It
is honour that breeds a ſoldier; take honour out of
his eye, and you cut off the {purs from his heels.
My withes are, firft, that you muy never have oc-
caſion to create any more than you have done by the
name of Excellency; ſeconcly, that if you muſt, there
may be ſuch men with whom in tafety you may lay up
your lives; and, thirdiy, that you may have the hap-
pinels. to pitch upon them. Amen.”
Many tunera! poems and elegies were made © upon
the much- to- be-iamented death of the Rev. Mr, Vines,”
B LAS T ON.
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153
Dr. Wild, in particular, the author of ce iter Ba.
reale,“ has the following verſes :
ART thou gone too, thou great and gallant mind?
And muſt ſuch ſneaks as I be left behind?
If thus our horſemen and commanders die,
What can the infantry do then but fly?
Oh divine Vines! tell us, why would'ſt thou go,
Unleſs thou could'ſt have left thy parts below?
If there 's a metergptvchoſis indeed,
Tell us where we may find thee at our need?
Who hath thy memory, thy brain, thy heart? :
Whom didft thou leave thy tongue? (for, every part
Of thee can make a man.) What if we find
(As I'll not {wear this age won't change her mind)
Prelacy (though her lands are fold) revive ?
Or Independency (who hopes to thrive,
No where 'nits trump) thould dare diſpute at length?
Where naſt thou left thy Preſbyterian ſtrength,
With which thou gat'ſt the game 1n th* Iſle of Wight,
Where the King cry'd that“ Vines was in the right?”
When Eitex dy'd (the honour of our nation)
1 hou gav'it him a new life in thy oration.
But when great Fairfax to his fate ſhall yield,
Whom haſt thou left to fetch from Naſeby- field
1TH immortal turf, and dreſs it with a ſtory,
1 hat thall perpetuate his name and glory?
Where 's thy rich fancy, man? to whom (beneath)
Did | thou thy lofty and high ſtrain bequeath ?
Tell us tor thy own fake; for, none but he
That hath thy wit can write thy elegy.
Till he be found, let this ſuffice, which I
Leave on the ſtone :—Here hes the Miniſtry:
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Pedivree of GOOD MAN, of Brastox and EasrtoN.
(From the Viſitation of 1619, and continued by Pariſh Regiſters and Epitaphs.) |
Arms: Parted per pale, Sable and Ermine ; an eagle diſplaved with two heads, Or. (Plate LXXIX. fig. 6).
William Goodman, of Eafton near Welham, deſcended from the Good mans of Cheſhire. . .
1. William Goodman, of Hanon. .
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2. Laurence Goodman, of Blaſton. = 3. tichard. 4. John. 5. Thomas;
= 3
2 0 : $
William Anne, dam. und heir, Elizabeth, dau. of gt Evcrarl==Elizabeth, dau. of Margaret, = Anne; to
Goodman, mart. to 1 Octavian Fiſher, | Goodman, | falph Whalley of to Ambroſe Edmund
ſ. p. Hartopp, of Burton of Frickingham, | puwrctaled | Norton near Gal- Bent, of Sawyer, of
Lazars. co. Lincoln, 2d | Blaſton in | by, iſt wite. Colby. Kettering,
＋ wife. 1594. who died
William Hartopp, knight. | 1639,
PETS 1 1 g2eÞ
3. John Good-—Jane, dau. of 4. George, of 5. Valentine.
N e I .
1. William Margaret, dau. 2. Laurence Elizabeth,
man, eſq of | Hales, of Magdalen Frances, a Goodman, | of John Ryatt, Goodman, | daugh. of
Blaſton, died | New Houſe, Coll. Cam- daughter. fon. and of Keythorpe, of Med- William
1668. near Coven- bridge. heir, 1619; | co. Leiceſter. bourn, Whalley,
try, died 1667. d. about 1640. of Norton.
| FT * — —
Elizabeth 1. Elizabeth. 1. Everard Goodman, of Bla- Frances, 3d dau. of 2. John, tat. 5. Laurence, . «
Goodman. 2. Mary. ſton, born 1612: married | tir 1 ho. Burton, of 3. Wilham, æt. 2, b 16:7;
1645; died 1687. dtokerſton, bart. died about 1675. d. 1667.
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Everard Goodman, Valentine Goodman*, born
died unmarr. 1702. 1644; died Feb. 6, 1684-5.
Frances, died--Humfiey Nichell,z=Elizabeth Stretton, ſecond
I 707, Iſt wife. | Al. A. died 2722.
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wife, married 1711. |}
Fry ;
2. Frances, born 1678; died 1700.
3. Mary, born 1679.
4. Anne, born 1681.
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5. Edward, born 1683;
6. Jane, born 1685
1
Charles Michell,
died 1684 born 1711,
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John Goodman, gent. died 1729, ætat G4. = Mary Leſter, of Bray brock, co. Northampton.
* *
3
1. Mary, died 2. F rances, 4 Prudence, = William 5. Elizabeth,
„„
Thomas 6. John Good- 7. Anne, — Mar-
1721-22, married died 1753, Dexter, died 1739, | Cham- man, gent. born ton, firſt
Xt. 24. John Hall; ætat. 47, d. 1702, ztat. 32. | berlain, died 1768, 1709. huſband.
3. Jane, died died 1744, tat. 54. Jof Arnſby, ætat. 55, ==. > Red.
1767, æt. #tat. 42. | houſe, 2d
63. huſband.
Elizabeth, died 1754, ztat. 25, = Wilham Brown, of Skeffington. Elizabeth,
* The following entries of the family of Goodman, of Blaſton, are extracted from the regiſter of Medbourn.
Jane, dau. of [ohn Goodman, eſq. buried May 22, 1649.
Richard, ſon of William Goodman, bapt. Sept. 12, 1667.
Jane Goodman, wife of Joha Goodman, buried Augult
17, 1067.
3 Tana Goodman, buried March 2, 1667-8.
Lawrence Goodman, gent. buried Oct. 16, 1669.
Job Goodman, gent. buried March 9, 1669-70.
verard Goodman, gent. buried Jan. 10, 1674-5.
Mrs. Elizabeth Goodman, widow, buried Oct. 23, 1680.
Everard Goodman, gent. buried Jan. 9, 1685-8,
Everard Goodman, gent. buried Sept. 11, 1704.
Mr. Jobn Goodman, gent. buried July 22, 1708.
wife, baptized janua
Goodman of Holt, from the ſame regiſter.
Anne, daughter of Mr. Goodman, bapt. May 11, 1667.
daughter of Mr. Goodman, Feb. 14, 1667-8.
G-odman of Eaſton, from the ſame regifter. '
Valentine Goodman, of Eaſon, buried Feb. 8, 1684-5.
Goodman (ſuppoſed of Blaſton) from Hallaton regiſter. 0
Frances, daughter of Mr. John Goodman, bapt. March
12, 1029-30
Everard, ſon of Valentine Goodman and his
23, 1642-3.
Valentine, ſon of Valentine Goodman and his
Anne, wife of Lewis Goodman, gent. buried Jan. 9, 1725. wife, baptized May 25, 1044.
Prayer of St. Clement Danes, from Dugdale's Short View, p. 550.
* He had fifteen children. See his epitaph, p. 453.
* He married Elizabeth, one of the daughters of Abel Barker, of Hambleton, co, Rutland,
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456 HISTORY and ANTYQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE:
Pedigree of CONYERS, of Waxzkrtty and BLasToON.
(From papers which ſeem to have been written by Edward Conyers, eſq. of Blaſton; and marked on the back,
« Sir Thomas St. George, at the Heralds' Office.)
Reginald Conyers, of Wakerley, co. Northampton, died 1 51442 o + dau. of Simon Norwich, eſq. of Brampton.
Francis Conyers, eſq. Anne, ſiſter to fir Richard 2. John. of 3. A nun. 4. Richard „ 5:4. 5. Dorothy "2
will proved 1560, Blount, ſurvived her Conyers. firſt married to
huſband. Roger Flower;
— 5 TITAN after to Andrew
1. Reginald Elizabeth lady Stoner, 2. Jane. l Noel; died
Conyers, daughter of Jeffrey 3. Edward, married to Mary, ſiſter of 1548,
died 1559. Chambers, of Stan- Edward Griffin “, of Dingley.
more, Middleſex, 4. John.
j . 1 — 5. Juliana, married to Durant.
Francis, born Lucy, married to Four other 6. Mary, married to Tho. Waytes.
1567. Edw. Griffin“. children.
1
Chriſtopher Conyers, baptized at Mary Halford, 1. Jane, born 1555. 2. E lizabeth, bapt. =—— Scott, joiner
Wakerley March 27, 1552; — of Wiſtow. OQt. 21, 1557. to king James.
ried Nov. 28, 1589. |
12 TY 1 TS» S 1 |
1. Mary, born 1590; 4. Moſes, born 1594; 2. Edward==Jane, dau. of 6. Joſhua, born. . . dau. of 7. Samuel, b.
married Robert died ſ. p. Conyers, Will. Clarke “, 1596. „ 1597.
Stiles, of Helpeſ- 5. Lucy, born 1395; born of Thecken- chards. 8. Noah, born
ton, co. North= married Nicholas Jan. 30, | ham, co. ; 1500; d. ſ. p.
ampton, 1611. Bent, rector of 1590. Worceſter. - , _ ,
3- John, born 1593, Braybroke, co. 1. William. 2. John. 3. Samuel. 4. Chriſto-
died ſ. p. Northampton. pher.
1
Sarah, dau. of Mat = Edward Conyers, of Mary, ſiſter of fir Mary, ſiſter I. John Conyers, A rances Atkins,
thew Bateman, of | Blaſton, efq. 2d fon, Eraſmus Norwich, to Dr. Glif- | efq. of Blaſton, | of Horninghold,
W hitechapel,eſq. | keep. of his majeſty's bart. married Aug. fon, firſt died May 17, | 2d wite, married
died ſ. p. 1700; | ſtores in the Tower 31, 1701; ſecond wife. 1735, #t. 55. | Aug. 13, 1706.
tirſt wife. of London 16823 wife. |
died OR. 15, 1701. —— — f
- WO 1. Elizabeth. 2. Mary. 3
Sarah Conyers, = Baldwin Conyers, Margaret, eldeſt TT —
only dau. and efq. afterwards fir | daug. of Henry Elizabeth, born 170); died 1710. Anne.
heireſs; marr. Baldwin Conyers, | Nevile, of Holt, Dorothy, born 1107-8. Shone,
Aug. 5, 1697; bart, died April | elq. died Jan. 10, Margaret, all died
died April13, 17, 1731, aged 51. | 1758. young.
1698; firſt
wate. | : L 1 T T N
— — — Conyers=. . . Fleming. Sarah, died Anne.
1. Chriſtopher, died an infant. Shone. _ unmarried. Creſwel. }
2. John Conyers, eſq. died Sept. 4, — 1 |
1729, ætat. 29. 1. Conyers. 2. George.
1. Hannah, married to William Woolaſcot *, of Wol- , 7 7
hampton, co. Berks; who died Jan. 9, 1757: 3. Emanuel, Elizabeth 4. Jane, . Lilly, 5. Elizabeth,
2. Elizabeth, married in 1750 to major M'Kenzie. b. 1682. | Burrage. died of Lon- d. unmarr.
3. Charlotte, married to John Baptiſt Guaſtaldi, re- 1—ů— 1761, don. 1764, t.
ſident from Genoa at the Britiſh Court, Martha. #t. 79. 72.
4. Tereſa, married to Charles fifth earl of Traquair
* in Scotland ; died in 1778.
5. Died unmarried.
: } In a nunnery.
He was uncle to William the firſt lord Conyers. The arms on his tomb at Wakerley are, Azure, a maunch Or; creſt,
on a wreath a trefoil erect, flipped proper. See his epitaph, and that of his daughter-in-law and grandſon, p. 457.
* The pedigree in the Heralds Office begins with this Richard, without arms; and does not connect with the lord Conyers.
3 She was, firſt, the wife of Roger, ſon of ſir Richard Flower, of Whitwell, co. Rutland, who died Sept. 16, 1523, aged 30;
and afterwards the firſt wife (not the ſecond, as ſtated in the Peerages) of Andrew Noel, eſq. of Brook, in that county, and of
Old Dalby, co. Leiceſter, where ſec more of him and of his two wives,
Edward Griffin, ſolicitor general in 1546, had three wives; of whom the third was Elizabeth, daughter of Jeffrey Cham-
bers, and widow of Reginald Conyers; whoſe daughter married another Edward Griffin.
5 High ſheriff of Northamptonſhire 1582, He was living in 1597.
* Daughter of Halford, of Wiſtow, co, Leiceſter ; relict of Blaſon, of Braybroke, co. Northampton. This lady's
mother married four huſbands : Polhey of Deſbrow; Templer of Aſhley ; Halford of Wiſtow; and Kinſman of Broughton.
7 The wife of William Clarke was a Widopp of Tooting, in Surrey; her grandfather one of the clerks of the Greencloth in
the reign of queen Elizabeth. His arms, a label of five points on a canton Or, .
His only daughter and heireſs was married, in 1755, to Arthur-James earl of Fingal and baron of Killeen in Ireland.
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Pedigree of CON Y ERS, of WaLTnamsrow and BLAstoxs
Arms: Azure, a maunch Or. (Plate LXXIX, fig. 7.)
— Conyers, of Boltby and Bagdaile-hall, near Scarborough, Yorkſhire.—= a
* .
. + # .
1. Triſtram Conyers, eſq. of Waltham- 2. William, died 3. Robert Conyers, of==Blanch, ſiſter and heir of Dun-
ſtow, died Nov. 19, 1619, f. p. ſ. p. 1619, aged 76. London, merchant. | ſtan Ducke, eſq. of Putney.
Mary, daughter of fir Thomas Harvey, of William Conyers *, of Walthamſtow, eſq. ſer-=Dorothy, daughter of fit
Northamptonſhire, one of the juſtices jeant-at-law, heir to his father and two uncles ; Wilham Beecher, of
of the king's bench; firſt wife. died in 1659, aged 73. | Bedfordſhire, 2d wife.
ee ene N 4 1 EY |
Triſtram Conyers, eſq.Winifred, dau. of fir Gilbert Elizabeth. Several other Oliver. Three other ſons
ſerjeant-at-law, _ Gerrard, of Flamberts, of Mary. children who Dorothy. and two davgh-
Aug. 6, 1684, #tat. | Harrow-on-the-Hill, bart. William. died before - Judith. ters died betore
64. | died April 5, 1694, ztat. 6g. their father. Margaret. their father.
1
1. John Con- Mary, dau. and 2. Sir Gerrard Conyers, = Anne, dau- Mary, marr. 3+ William. 1. Anne.
yers *, eſq. | heireſs of Geo. lord- mayor of Lon- of fir fir Strange 4. Triſtram. 2. Mary.
t. 14, 1664; | Lee, eſq. of don 1723; died July Chriſtopher Jocelyn, 5. Francis:
died March | Stoke Milbo- 20, 1737, æt 88; left Lethieullier; of Hyde-
10, 1722. rough, co. Salop; his fortune to his ne- died 1728. hall, bart.
died March 7, phew Edward.
1701, ætat. 38. |
F Wrath. 8 1 | |
Twelve chil- Hannah, dau. of Edward Conyers 5, Matilda, youngeſt Cecilia, married to Henry Brabant, eſq.
dren died be- Richard Warner, eſq of Walthamſtow | dau. of William
Elizabeth, maried to Herbert Perrot, eſq.
fore their fa- of Norfolk, eſq. and Blaſton; died | lord Lempfter, fon of ſir John Pakington, of Wor-
ther. firſt wife, ob. ſ. p. April 23, 1742. died Jan. 1, 1741; ceſterſhire, bart.
daunt, of Little Nlaſſingham, bart.
Hannah, dau. of Richard Warner, = John Conyers, eſq. of Walthamſtow==Lady Henrietta-Frances, dau. to Thomas
of Norfolk, eſq. firſt wife. and Blaſton ; died Sept. 8, 1775, | earl of Pomſret, 2d wife; marr. Jan. 13,
aged 57. 1746-7; died Nov. 26, 1793, aged 67.
a , B | SEAT
Martha. -E John Convers, Edward, A. M. = Frances. . . „William Baker, The eldeſt and Nine other chil-
of Copped Hall, vicar of Epping Turven, born | efq. ot Baytord, third daughters dren, of whom
Eſſex, eſq. born and Waltham- 1758. | co, Herts. died ſingle. only one more
1755. ſtow, 1779. ſurvived their
ibs
father.
Aion, A daughter.
Ten children, living 1794.
EPITAPHS illuſtrative of the CONYERS Pedigree.
At Wakerley, in Northamptonſhire :
1. Vic jacet Ueginaldus Conners, armiger, ſuos etiam conquieſcere voluit
et Anna uxor ejus; qui obiecunt mlxw.“ Johannes Conyers *, baronettus,
3 3 . * ex antiqua illius nominis proſapia
2. Hic jacet Anna quondam uxor F:anciſca Coniers . . . . 3s Hoxdo bn. ame Hd
3. © Here lyeth Hegnould Conyers, eſquier,
juxta chariſſimæ ſuæ conjugis cineres;
oriundus.
By ladi Elizabeth Stoner his wy, Vir tando worum candore, & ingenii ſuavitate,
Six children God gave him to his deſire. ut non facile inve ies patem.
In France he ſerved, who hath ended his life, 1559.“ Qui, cum opti i part! is-familias
4. In che old church of St. Giles in the Fields, co. Mid- = WP penn ar e 5
dleſex, before the rebuilding of the preſent church: nnn IO OTE gen
; « M. F. viridi tandem ſenectà expiravit
Hic ſita eſt mulierum caſtiſſima Elizabetha e Conyers, + er = D. 1719,
Gulielmi Langhorne, armigeri, filia, natu maxima, Juxi BOIL = 4,2 .
Uxorque chariſſima Chriſt. Conyers, armigeri, &c. 7 Mar: ron bas ec e
Proh dolor ! puerpera ob. 1644.” Maria, uxor eus dilectiſſima,
; , mulier, tanto quidem viro non indigna ;
At Great Stoughton, co. Huntingdon :
five conjugem, five matrem ſpectes,
Arms: Azure, a maunch Or. Creſt, on a wreath, a pari pietatis affectu
trefoil erect, ſlipped, proper. honoranda.
5. Ab hoc Obiit 24 Oct. A. D. 1714,
haud procul marmore, tatis ſuæ 67.
1 No arms in the Heralds Office.
* He built a houſe in Hoo- ſtreet, Walthamſtow, in the year 1607; which date, with his name in capitals, and h's arms,
Azure, a maunch Or, charged with a baton Ermine, and creſt, a bull's head pierced by a ſpear, is over the hall-ch\mn:y
in wood, between four figures of Juſtice, Piety, Fortitude, and Temperance; and the arms and creſt are in an upper room,
This houſe was purchated by Stephen. Skinner, eſq. and, on the marriage of his third daughter with Thomas Groſvenor, eſq; came
into that family, Mr. Groſvenor reſided in it till his death 179g ; after which it was purchaſed by William Selwin, elq; who
has taken away the old ſtone front, porch, aud bow-windows, and ſubſtituted a plain one of brick.
Hie ſettled in 1673 a rent charge of £.7 10s, on his lands, to be diſtributed in bread to twelve poor perſons of Walthamſtow
every Sunday, Morant, vol. I. p 36. |
* He was of Queen's college, Oxford, and of the Middle Temple : king's counſel, and M. P. for Eaſt Grinſtead 1695, 16g8,
1700, 1702, 1705, &c, |
* He was of Corpus Chriſti college, Oxford, and of the Middle Temple; M. P. for Eaft Grinſtead 1722, 1734.
e This was the.firſt lady of fir Chriſtopher Conyers, the ſecond baronet of the family, and died before the title came to her
huſband, His ſecond lady was Julia, daughter of Richard lord viſcount Lumley, and relift of —— Germaine, eſq.
7 Stow's Survey of London, vol. II. B. IV. p. 81. |
* Only ſon of fir Chriſtopher Conyers by his firſt wife, and heir to fir William Langhorne, bart. of Charlton, co. Kent, his
mother's brother, By marriage with Mrs, Mary Newman he acquired the eftates of the Baldwins at Great Stought
cn,
6. This
2d wife. Dorothy, married to fir Charles Mor-
Ex altera Dorothea, filia Gulielmi
Beecher, militis, Bedfordienſis,
e quinque ſiliis et totidem filiabus,
Oliverus, Dorothea, Juditha, et Margareta,
patrem ſupervixerunt.
Fatis ceſſit anno 1659, ætatis ſuæ 73;
et hic juxta
cum uxore Dorothea
reconditur.“
Inter venerandes ſuorum cineres,
GERN ARHUS Cox ERS, miles,
Qui, juventute ad Smyrnam feliciter acta, fame et
fortune tum tundamenta poſuit.—Londini, reverſus, e
integritate ei fide inclaruit, adeo prudens et indefeſſus
audivir, et ſummo civium conſenſu ad prætoris uſque
magiſtratum evectus; in omni munere, et ſuam et
urbis dignitatem optimè ſuſtinuit. In mediis hiſce
honoribus, et bonorum omnium amore, feliciſſimè
9. On the other fide of the window of the ſame wall, conſenuit. Tandem dierum plenus vitæ ſatur, obiit die
a very graceful monument of white marble, with 20 Julii, anno Dom. 1737, ætat. 88.
an urn of alabaſter at the top, and the arms of Uxorem duxit ANNAM, filiam Chriſtopheri Lethi-
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488 HISTORY and ANTYQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
| 8 6. * This monument is erected in memory | filius Triſtrami Conyers, ſervientis ad legem,
of St Bald wyn Conyers, bart. and his ſon, who ex Winefrida filia Gilberti Gerrard,
{i} both lye interr'd in this chancel. - de Harrow: ſuper-Montem, baronetti;
1 Sr Baldwin dyed the 17th of April, 1731, Oxonu in Collegio Reginenſi, educatus,
f I in the 51ſt year of his age.” Medii Templi Londini ſocius regius in legibus
SS * : conſultus, et felicitate quadam hereditaria
| 7- On the baſe of the ſame monument: inter primos juriſprudentia fama
John Conyers, his only ſon, died the eolotirante:
4th of Sept” 1729, in the 19th year of his age 7 Vir, fi quis alius, virtutis verze cuſtos et
a young gentleman of fine parts, and whole 3 humanitatis; in conſulendo ſapiens, in
' was lamented by all that knew him. agendo conſtans, reipublice utilis, eecleſiæ
At Walthamſtow, in Eſſex : devotus, et per annos pluſquam triginta
8. On a fair monument againſt the Eaſt wall of the ſenator diligens, fidelis, indefeſſus.
4 1 South aile were the arms of Conyers, and this in- | Duxit feliciier Mariam,
1 ſcription: optimam lectiſſiimamque feminam,
it „% GuLIELMus CoxnYERs, ſerviens ad legem, Georgii Lee, Salopienſis, hoſpitii Lincoln. ſocil ;
ſtirpe clara et perantiqua ex agro filiam et heredem unicam,
Eboracenſi oriundus. ex Cecilia, Roberti Goodwin, Suſſexienſis, armigeti;
In hereditate ſucceſſit avunculo ſuo hlia et herede itidem unica;
Triſtramo Conyers, armigero, olim hanc quamdiu vixit ardentiſſimè amavit;
5 hujus parochiæ incolæ. et deſunctæ memoriam perenni pietate coluit.
14 Triſtramus ſine prole deceſſit, Deceſſit enim uxor deſideratiſſima
4 anno Chat 1620; v11 die Marti, A. D. mpccr, annos tune nata xxxviII.
4 et juxta ſepultus jacet. Secutus ipſe eſt x die Marti, A. D. moccxxiv.
1 Gulielmus e duplici conjugio | annum tunc agens LXXvI.
= | numeroſam ſuſcepit prolem. fama, valetudine, fortuna, integra ;
5 E priore conjuge, Maria, filia et ex ſexdecim liberis
1 Franciſci Harvey, militis, Northamptonienſis, Edwardum, Ceci'iam,
1 unius juſtitiariorum de Banco, Elizabetham, Dorotheam,
hh Elizabetham, Triſtramum, Mariam, & Gulielmum, poſt ſe, ſuperſtites reliquii.“
. i inter vivos reliquit. i. „ H. 5
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Conyers: eullier, militis quæ obiit die 16 Decembris, 1728, cu-
« Hic & propinquo depoſitum jacet jus reliquiæ hic juxta depoſitæ requieſcunt, Ex illa
quicquid fuit mortale nullam ſuſcepit prolem; et Edvardum Conyers, armig.
TaisrRAu Conyers, ſervientis ad legem, nepotem optime merentem heredem ex aſſe reliquit,”
| filii & hæredis Gul. Conyers, ſervientis ad legem, 12. Under the chancel at Epping is the- vault of the
e Maria filia Franciſci Hervey, militis, Conyers family, who came thicher by purchaſe of
juſticiaru de Banco. i 2 Edward Conyers. Ihe entrance is covered with a
Una cum lectiſſimà conjuge Winefrida, fila handſome black flab in a frame of coloured marble,
Gilbert Gerrard, de Harrow-luper-Moniem and thus inſcribed :
in agro Middleſexiæ, baronetti.
Triſtramus inter primos ſœculi ſui
juriſconſultos claruit;
Winefrida, natur dotibus, pietate,
munificentia erga pauperes, nulli ceſſit.
Numeroſam habuere prolem;
filios quinque, filiaſque ſex.
Ex his vero ties ſolum tuperſtites,
Here lie the remains of
EDrwarD CoNYERS,
who removed the family feat
from Walhamſtow to Copped-hall in this pariſh.
Lady MaT1LDA FARMER, daughter of lord Lempſter,
and all their children, who died ,,.....
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BOSWORTH, or HUSBANDS BOSWORTH,
In antient writings called Borefworth, Baſurde, Bare/-
werde, bounded on the North by Mouſeley and
Knaptoft ; on the Weſt by North Kilworth and Wal-
ton ; on the Eaſt by Thedingworth, Hothorpe, Sib-
bertoft, and Sulby ; and on the South by Welford.
From the four laſt-mentioned places, which are all in
the county of Northampton, it is ſeparated by the ri-
vers Avon and Welland, It is ſtyled by Wyrley
« Boſworth in the Felden, in Leiceſtrenſi margine ad
Auſtralem.“ The lordſhip is about four miles long,
and two broad; and the town is fix miles from Market
Harborough, nearly fourteen from Leiceſter. In the
eccleſiaſtical diviſion of the county, it is within the
deanry of Gartre.
„When we conſider that there are not leſs than 13
towns in this county which terminate in the word or
ſyllable worth, it muſt certainly be allowed that
Worch is an appellance, which, in conjunction with
ſome other epithet or addition, characterizes or diſtin-
guiſhes ſome one place from any others ending with
the ſame termination; and even when we find this
ſyllable ſtand firſt in the compoſition of the name of any
town, it may be conſidered as derived from the ſame
root or primitive word, which probably is the caſe of
Worthington in the hundred of Welt Goſcote, &c.
This obſervation ſuggeſts an enquiry into the meaning
of the word itſelf, That learned linguiſt Du Freſne
affirms the word to be of Saxon original *, and denotes
what he calls curtis or prædium rujticus*. He obſerves
alſo from Camden, that it ſometimes means inſula am-
nita. Tais word alſo ſignified a habitation or dwelling ;
and in antient times the owner's name was generally
added to it; and probably the firſt ſyllable in this
town's name denotes its original poſſeſſor 3.”
In the reign of king Edward the Confeſſor, this town-
ſhip conſiſted of at leaſt three diſtinct manors.
The firit of theſe in point of rank and conſequence,
the ſame which is {till diſtinguiſhed by the appellation
of The Hall Fee, employed in the time of the Con-
feſſor three ploughs, and had then been worth four
ſhillings a year ; but was increaſed to thirty ſhillings
at the time of the Norman ſurvey; when it was held
immediately under king William by Robert de Veci,
and by him demiſed ro Lawrence. Three ploughs
were employed in the demeſne, and three bundinen
and four villans, with one bordar, had one plough.
There was a mill of three ſhillings value; and ſixteen
acres of meadow. |
A ſub-divifion of this manor, occupied by twenty ſoc-
men, with five bordars and ſix ploughs, contained twenty
acres of meadow ; and was valued at twenty ſhillings
a year * This ſeems to have been Pynſelade Grange.
Leuric, a Saxon nobleman, who had large poſſeſ-
fions in this neighdourhood, held eleven ploughlands
and a half in Bareſworde, and two ploughlands and a
half in Cleveliorde, all which were parcel of the
ſoke (or hundred 5 as it was then called) of Stan-
ford upon Avon, in Northamptouſhire; the whole
of which was given by the Conqueror to Guy de Ren-
bedcurt, one of his followers ; by whom a part of this
extenſive demeſne was ſold, and the reſt given, to Be-
* Gloſſ. vol. III. col. 1gos.
2 Weorth, in Saxon, is a country farm. Matth. Paris, 850.
edit abbot of Selby in Yorkſhire, who was the owner
at the time of the ſurvey ; and under whom a tenant
named Rzbert held the lands in Cleveliorde and Bareſ-
worde. The land in Bareſworde was then equal to
twelve ploughs. Twenty ſocmen, with five bordars,
had fix ploughs. There were twenty acres of mea-
dow; and this portion, of the lordſhip, the ſame that
is now known by the name of Selby Fee, which in the
time of the Confeſſor was worth thirty ſhillings a
year, had been reduced in value to twenty ſhillings 5,
Another manor, given by the Conqueror to Gilbert
de Gand, under whom it was held by William de
Peverel, was worth but fix pence a year when the owner
firſt received it ; but, when the ſurvey was made, was
improved to twenty ſhillings. There were three
ploughs; of which one was in the demeſne; and one
villan, with two bordars. The meadow was 1xtcenacres?,
This is now probably the part called Truſſel Fee.
Under Robert de Buci, two ploughlands and two
oxgangs were held at Bareſworde by Suavis ; who had
there one villan, with two bordars, and one plough.
The land, which was capable of employing ten
ploughs, had been valued under the Confeſſor at two
ſhillings a year; and at the time of the Norman ſur-
vey was worth four ſhillings *.
Among the records in the reign of king John, we
find theſe proceedings :
Magna aſſiſſa inter Ricardum de Boreſworth, petent',
& Alexandrum de Borefworth ten” de 12 virgaiis terre
in Boreſworth, ponirur in reſpectum pro defectu re-
cognitorum, &c.; quia tantum apparebant Thomas de
Efle, Radus de Martinvaſt, Willielmus filius Robert
de Eſſebi, Willielmus de Kilbie, Ricardus Gobiun,
Galfridus Camvile, Ricardus Gobium, Willielmus de
Pirano. Idem vicecomes habeat ad predi& term* Wil-
lielßmum de Quatremares, Willielmum de Charneles,
| Rubertum Putrelt, Jacobum de Mara, Benedictum
de Dickeſworth, Petrum de Waſteney, Robertum de
Vallibus, W. Curli, & Hen' Putrell 9,”
The abbot and convent of St. Mary de Pratit at
Leicefter had conſiderable property here, particularly
the manor of Pynſlade (now called The Grange Fee),
the gift of their founder Robert earl of Leiceſter.
Their poſſeſſions will be enumerated hereafter '*, |
On the aid granted to king Henry III, in 1235,
towards the marrying of his ſiſter with the emperor of
the Romans, William de Medburn paid two marks for
one fee at Boreſworth, part of the fee of Peverel.
In the Teſta de Nevill, Bareſworth is deſcribed,
about the year 1240, as conſiſting of ten ploughlands.
Among the Placita de Banco apud Weſtm.“ in
1242, are ſame proceedings relative to the accuſ-
tomed ſervice of Boreſworth.
In 1257, it appeared that Richard de Harecourt,
deceaſed, held lands in Boriſworth of the annual va-
lue of C10. under the earl of Hinton, by the ſervice
of one knight's fee; and that Milliam de Harecourt
was heir of the ſaid Richard “.
In the Itinerary of 1280, Boſworth, Theding-
worth, Mouſeley, and Laughton, anſwered colleQixely
as one vill.
3 Sir T. Cave, MS.
* «4 Rotbertus de Veci tenet de rege 4 carucatas terræ, & Laurentius de eo, in Baſurde. Tempore regis Edwardi erant ibi
3 caruce. In dominico ſunt 3 carucz & 3 ſervi; & 4 villani, cum 1 bordario, habent 1 carucam.
16 acre prati.
prati. Valet 20 ſolidos.“ Domeſday, p. 234. a. 1.
in Bareſworde. Terra eſt 12 carucarum.
caruce,
perunt ; modo 20 folidos,” Ibid. p. 236. a. 1.
«« Suavis tenet de Roberto 2 carucatas terra & 2 bovatas in Bareſwerde. Terra eſt 2 carucarum.
Valuit 2 ſolidos ; valet 5 ſolidos.“
& 2 bordarios, cum 1 caruca,
Ibi 20 ſochmangi, cum 8 bordariis, habent 6 carucas. Ibi 20 acræ prati.
30 ſolidos ; modò 20 ſolidos. He dus terre pertinent ad Stanford in Nordhantoneſcire. Leuricus tenuit.“ Domeiday,
7 « Giflebertus de Gand tenet de rege 5 carucatas terra in Bereſwerde ; & Willielmus de Peverel de eo.
In dominico eſt una caruca; & unus villanus, cum 2 bordariis. Ibi 16 acre prati.
Ibi molinum de 3 ſolidis, &
Valuit 4 ſolidos; mods zo ſolidos. In ipſa villa 20 fochmanni, cum 5 bordariis, habent 6 carucas & 20 acras
5 See Dugdale, Mon Angl. vol. I. p. 375; and Bridges, vol. I. p. 578.
„ Robertus tenet de Widone 2 carucatas & dimidiam in Clevliorde.
Idem R. tenet de W. 11 carucatas terre & dimidiam
Valuit
235˙8. 1.
Idi fuerunt 3
Valuit 6 denarios quando rece-
Ibi habet 1 villanum
Ibid. p. 234.
9 MS, Roper; ex Piacitis 7 Ric, I. & 9 Johannis, in Rerept. Scaccarii, Terminis Mich', Hill', Paſch'. |
1 See Appendix, p. 143.
Vol, II. Part II.
Rot. 5, & 16, * De ſervitiis in Boreſworth, Leic'.”
* Eſch. 42 Hen, III. N' 17, Leic.
6B In
460 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE
In 1293, it appeared that Robert de Stoke held the
townſhip of Boreſworth of Richard de Harecourt,
deceaſed, by the ſervice of half a knight's fee; that
it was worth C20. ; and that John de Harecourt was
the eldeſt ſon of Richard de Harecourt aforeſaid.
At the ſame time it appeared that the manor of Boreſ-
worth was the property of Joln Comin earl of Boughan
and lord of Whitwick, one of the heirs of Roger de
9umcy, formerly earl of Minton; and that he held the
ſame by homage and the ſervice of 64. a year; and by
aying ſcutage, when demanded, for one knight's fee.
o the manor of Boreſworth then belonged the per-
quifites of courts at Shilron, Kilworth, and Gilmorton”.
Robert de Borefworth granted the advowſon of the
church here and one carucate of land to the abbey
of Leiceſter, who, in 1301, obtained a charter of free-
warren from king Edward I. in Boreſworth and
Pinſelade *.
I be abbot and convent of Sulby 3, a ſmall religious
houſe in the adjacent rownſhip of Welford in North-
thamptonſhire, poſſe ſſed conſiderable property at Huſ-
bands Boſworth and other places in this county ; and
obtained, in 1320, from king Edward II, a confirma-
tion of the grants of their ſeveral benefactors; which
included the following gifts in Bareſworth. |
William de Lodebroke, ſon of John, gave five virgates
and a half of arable land, with 55 acres and a half of
meadow.
Sara, daughter of Richard: Sanſon, gave four vir»
gates of her demeſne, with a meſſuage, toft, croft,
and virgulta, with the appurtenances, except ſeven
acres, which the convent already poſſeſſed, of the gift
of the ſaid Sarah and her brother Robert,
Reginald, ſon of William Ferthyng, gave 3os. rent
in Boreſworth.
Roger de Killingworth and Batilda his wife quitted
claim to all their land in Boreſworth- of the fee of
Ralph Baſſet. |
* Ralph Baſſet, ſon of Richard, gave ſix ſhillings
rent, with the appurtenances.
Arnulph de Nortoft gave ten virgates of land.
William Truſſell, ſon of Ofbert, gave one virgate,
with a toft and croft, held by Geoffrey ſuper Montem,
and one cultura of land,
Amicia Truſſell, widow of Robert de Colingham, gave
half a virgate, with a toft, &c.
Robert de Clopton gave two virgates, with tofts,
crofts, &c. |
Philip le Breton, of Boreſworth, ſon of William,
renounced all claim to lands, &c. held by the abbot,
which had belonged to his father or to any of his
anceſtors.
Roger, ſon of Elias the Noble, of Boreſworth, re-
nounced all claim to a meſſuage, &c.
William Tilly, fon of Roger Cordewaner, gave two
virgates, with tofts, crofts, &c. |
Sir William de Harecourt confirmed all the gifts of
his anceſtors, and of all the free tenants of his fee.
Robert earl of Leiceſter gave them as much of the
dead wood and loppings ot the branches in his wood
of Igheia as would daily load a waggon from Eaſter
to Michaelmasz and an exemption from toll for
whatſoever they ſhould buy or ſell on their own ac-
count at Leiceſter !.
The abbot and convent of Pipewell, Northampton-
ſhire, had alſo ſome property in Boreſworth and its
neighbourhood. At Boreſworth their annual rent
amounted to £14. 35. 114d. ; at South Kilworth, 20s. ;
and in Leiceſter, 3s. and a moiety of 21d.
In 1346, the capellan (of the chantry) of Merſton
Truſſel (on the aid then grauted for knighting Ed-
ward of Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt ſon) was aſſeſſed
57. for half a quarter of one Knight's fee in Boreſ-
worth, parcel of the honour of Winton ; and Jobn
de Stoke 5s. for another quarter of a knight's fee on
the ſame occaſion *. | |
At an inquiſition taken in 1378, it was ſtated that
Boreſworth contained twenty-four ploughlands. Wil-
1 Eſch. 2r Edw. I. N' 46 Leic.
5 From the Taxatio Fccl. denar. S. Petri about 1220.
* Eſch, 11 Ric II. N' 26 Leic.
1 Eich. 8 Hen. V. N' 64. Leic,
9 Eſch. 19 Ric. II. N* 52. Leic,
Eſch. 23 Hen. VI.
liam Lodebroke held two ploughlands in demeſne, and
one virgate of the abbot of Syleby ; the abbot of Lei-
cefler, and under him the rector of Boreſworth, ſix
9 Roger, the {gn of Roger, three virgates;
Johanna, daughter of William de Lodebroke one
virgate; and the ſaid William under the lord Richard
Harcourt ; and the ſaid lord Richard under the earl
of Minton; and the earl under the king, in capite, for
the third part of a knight's fee.
The ſaid William de Lodebroke held alſo a carucate
and half at Boreſworth, of which two virgates and a
half were in demeſne ; Philip Erereton nine virgates;
the abbot of Sully five virgates and a half; Roger,
the ſon of Roger, a virgate and a half; Thomas Capel-
lanus, halt a virgate; Thomas Carites, one virgate;
Robert. , one virgate; William, ſon of the
Smith, one virgate; Adam at the Fountain, one vir-
gate; Thomas Coles, one virgate; Milliam Serjeant,
one virgate; Henry Reginald, one virgate; Henry
Franceis and Simon the Cook, one virgate ; Alan Bou-
dane, one virgate; William de Walton, one virgate;
Waller de Wit . . . ., one virgate ; Rebert Wind, one
virgate; Robert Ruffus, one virgate; Roper Kobert,
one virgate; chu Lovet, one virgate; John Dukeman,
Robert Hatonn, one virgate ; the rector of Boreſworth,
one virgate ; the abbot of Leiceſter, one carucate ;
Henry, the ſon of Hilliam, halt a virgate.
There were two ploughlands and a virgate of the
fee of Baſſet ; of which the abbot of Suleby held fix
virgates; Robert Wind, Geoffrey de Smelton, Martha
Alweton, two virgates; and the abbot of Leiceſter,
one virgate, Theſe lands were held under Wi!l:am
and his wife Alice; who held them under Robert
Baſſet ; and anſwered for half a knight's fee to the
ward of Rockingham-caſtle,
There were alſo five ploughlands which Beatrix de
Lokington held of William Trufſill; who held one
moiety of the ſame under Peter de Goldington, the
other moiety of the king. |
Alſo, of the fee of PFoliot, nine virgates; of which
Elias Noldell held one virgate; Thomas P.. ., one
virgate; Thomas Caſitas, Philip Breton, one virgate ;
Alexander Francis, Henry Francis, Henry Ellis, three
virgates ; Alan Paris, half a virgate ; Henry, the ſon
of William, one virgate. Theſe held under the abbot
of Suleby by knight's ſervice 7. |
In 1387, it appeared that Henry de Ferrars of
Groby, knight, died ſeiſed of one knight's fee in
Boreſworth and Kenilworth ; which the heirs of Ro-
bert de Stoke and Stephen Rabas held“.
In 1395, it appeared that William de la Zouche, of
Haringworth, knight, died ſeiſed of one meſſuage
and one carucate of land, with the appurtenances, in
Boreſworth, which he held of Thomas de Stoke *.
la a Book of Fifteenths and Tenths granted by the
laity in 1416, Boreſworth was rated at /3. 18s,
In 1417, it appeared that Thomas Hareconrt, knt.
died ſeiſed of a ſixteenth part of one knight's fee,
with its appurtenances, in Boreſworth; that it was held
of Milliam de Ferrars of Groby; and that Thomas
Harecourt, junior, knight, was his ſon and heir '*,
This fir Thomas de Harecourt died in 1420, ſeiſed of
the court and ſer vice of Boreſworth, held of the lord of
Beaumont ; alſo of a fificenth part of one knight's fee
in Boreſworth, held under H7!liam de Ferrers of Groby **.
In 1444, it appeared that Willtam de Ferrers, of
Groby, knight, died ſeiſed of one knight's fee in
Boriſworth and North Kc nilworth, which the heirs. of
Robert de Stoke aud Stephen Rabas held of the fame
William; and that Robert de Harccourt lord of Hare-
court owed homage, relief, and foreign ſervice, for. the
ſame, to the ſame William de Ferris v.
In a ſubſidy granted in 1455, Boreſworth was
rated at (3. 18s. and an abatement was made of 125.
In 1457, Edward de Grey, knight, lord Ferrers of
Groby, died ſeiſed of one knight's fee in Boreſworth
and North Kenilworth, which the heirs of Robert de
Stoke and Stephen Rabas held; and that Robert lord
Cart. 29 Edw. I. n. 27.
© gee p. 460; and a farther enumeration of their poſſeſſions in the Appendix, p. 142.
Appendix. p. 142.
Rot. Aux, 20 Edw. III. 7 Inq. 7 Edw. 1.
% Eſch, 5 Hen. V. Ne 28. Leic,
of
GARTRE HuxpRAEb. ]
of Harecourt owed homage, relief, and foreign ſervice,
for the ſame to the ſaid Edward. He poſſeſſed alſo
the advowſon of the church of Boreſworth *.
In the reign of Henry VII. fir David Owen, knight,
held a meſſuage, four tofts, and the lands and tene-
ments called Chamber's Lands, with lands at Dunton,
called Reynel's Tenement ; all held of the king in ca-
pite, as of his manor of Welton, co. Northampton *.
Sept. 14, 1519, it appeared that Jobn Coly [ Colley,
alio exemplo] died ſeiſed of two meſſuages and eight
acres of land in Boreſwortb, held of Robert Stokes ;
alſo of one other meſſuage and one virgate of land in
HUSBANDS BOSWORTH.
46r
Boreſworth, held of the abbot of Sulby ;. |
In an act of reſumption paſſed in 1523 proviſion is
made that it ſhall not be detrimental to fir David
Owen, knight, or his heirs, in reſpect to his lands, tene-
ments, &c. in Boreſworth and Dounton, co. Leic; *.
Robert Stoke died in 1531; ſeiſed of the manor of
Boreſworth, with five meſſuages, two cottages, 300
acres of arable, 50 acres of meadow, and one water-
mill, all which he held under Henry marquis of Dor-
ſet by knight's ſervice ; and William Stoke, his fon and
heir, who afterwards fold this lordſhip and that of
Wiley in Derbyſhire, was then aged 23 5; |
Pedigree of STOKE, of Boxzswortu. (From the Chetwynd MS.)
Hugo de Harpur, of Stoke, co. Warwick, in the time of king John:
Saer de Stoke.
Robert de Stoke, lord of Huſbands Boreſworth 21 Edward I;
Robert de Stoke. r
John de Stoke, 20 Edward 1II.%%„„
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Robert de Stoke, 5 Richard 11.—=
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Thomas de Stoke, 19 Kichard II. Alice, dau. and heir of William Lee; of Stotford, Richard Archer, of Tamwortli,
20 Henry V. firſt hufband.
Thomas de Stoke.
co. Stafford.
co. Warwick, ſecond huſband:
* daughter and coheir of William Ingwarſby, of Willey, co. Derby, 3 Henry V.
Philip Stoke, of Huſbands Boreſworth and Willey, 5 Henry VIII. -AIfabel, daughter of Robett Stanton.
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ke.
Thomas Stoke LY
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Robert Stoke, died 1531, 23 Henry VIII.
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William Stoke, fold both Boreſworth and Willey, Elizabeth
In 1554, James Greenbam and Dunſtan Clarke ob-
tained a grant of lands at Boſworth ?, co. Leic.
In 1586, Edward Twif:n poſſeſſed a meſſuage in
Huſbands Boſworth, called Bofeworth Grange, and all
the demeſne land called Beſworth Cotes, with nine
virgates and a half of land; and under him it was
held in capite by John Twicten ©; who continued to
hold the ſame in 16119; ſoon after which it was ſold
to the Forteſcues.
The royalty or ſeigniory of Huſbands Boreſworth
came afterwards, with that of Market Boſworth, by
purchaſe from the Szokes, to fir Wolftan Dixie, knight;
from whom that of Huſbands Boſworth was- again
conveyed to Eraſmus Smith, eſq. of Somerby, third ſon
of Jobn Smith, eſq. of Withcote “. wy
To Eraſmus ** Smith, eſq. who married Margaret,
ſiſter to lord Burleigh, and widow of Roger Cave, eſq.
and who died in 1616 at the advanced age of 82,
ſucceeded his ſon Roger; who, on coming into poſ-
ſeſſion of the paternal eſtate, fortified his title by the
following grant from the crown ** :
James, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland,
France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, and
ſo forth: To all to whom theſe preſent letters ſhall
come, greeting : Know ye that we, as well for and in
conſideration of the ſum of twenty ſhillings of lawful
money of England, well and truly paid at the receipt
of our exchequer at Weſtminſter, to our uſe, by our
beloved ſubjet Roger Smith, of Boreſworth, other-
wiſe Huſband Boſeworth, in the county of Leiceſter,
eſquire, whereof we acknowledge ourſelves to be
fully ſatisfied and paid, and by theſe preſents do for
ever acquit and diſcharge the ſaid Roger Smith, his
heirs, executors, and adminiſtrators, therefrom ; as
for divers other good cauſes and confiderations us at
preſent eſpecially moving; of our eſpecial grace and
certain knowledge and mere motive, have given and
gn and by theſe preſents, for us, our heirs and
ucceſſors, do give and grant, to the ſaid Roger Smith,
his heirs and aſſigns, from henceforth for ever may
have, hold, and enjoy, and may be able to have, hold,
and enjoy, within the manor or lordſhip, village and
fields, of Boreſworth, otherwiſe Huſband Boſeworth,
* Eſch. 36 Hen. VI. * Fines . . . . Hen, VII.
* Journais of che Houſe of Lords, vol. I. p. cxxvi.
* See Dugdale, Warwickſhire, 1730, p. 203. b.
7 Jones's Index, 1 Pars Original. 7 Edw. VI. Rot. 26.—Th
" Fines 28 Elie.
. . died 1568.
in the ſaid county of Leiceſter, and within the pre-
ciucts of the ſame manor or lo dſhip, village and fields,
and every of them, in our ſaid county of Leicciter,
a court leet and view of frankpledge of all tenants
rchants and inhabitants, and others refiding and co-
ming within the manor or lordſhip, village and fields,
and every or any of them; the ſaid court leet and
view of frankpledge to be held twice a year, from
time to time, within the manor or lordſhip, village
and fields aforeſaid, or ſome of them, or in or within
the precincts of the ſame manor or lordſhip, village
and fields, or ſome of them, in the ſame places, days,
and times, on which the ſaid Roger Smith, his heirs
or aſſigns, ſhall think fir, convenient, and neceflary,
according to the law and cuſtom of our kingdom of
England, before the ſteward of the ſaid Roger Smith,
his heirs and aſſigns, for the time being, or before
the deputy of ſuch ſteward for the time being, and
all and every tying which to the ſaid court leet or
view of frankpledge belongeth, or in any manner
whatſoever doth or ought to appertain ; and alſo all
and ſingular amerciaments, fines, forfeitures, pains,
penalties, perquiſttes, profits, liberties, pre-eminences,
privileges, rights, and juriſdictions whatſoever, to the
ſaid court leet or view of frankpledge appertaining,
belonging, incident, arifing, or which on account of
ſuch court leet or view ot frankpledge ſhall or ought
in any manner to appertain to us or our ſucceſlors ;
and further, of our more abundant eſpecial grace and
certain knowledge, and mere motive, for the confi-
deration aforeſaid, have given, granted, and confirmed,
and by theſe preſents, for us, our heirs and ſucceſ-
ſors, do give, grant, and confirm, to the ſaid Roger
Smith, his heirs and aſſigus, that the ſaid Roger
Smith, his heirs and aſſigns, may have, hold, and en-
joy, and may be able to have, hold, and enjoy,
within the limits and precinQs of the leet and view of
ſrankpledge aforeſaid, and within the manner or lord-
(hip, village and fields aforeſaid, and every of them,
not being demeſne land, or waſte of any manor or
manors, of us, our heirs or ſucceſſors, all and ſingulat
goods and chattels, waifs and eſttays, falling, hap-
pening, or ariſing, within the limits and precincts of
3 Eſch. 11 Hen. VIII.
5 Chantry Roll, 23 Heu. VIII.
is may poſſibly, however, be Market Boſworth.
9 See the Introductory Vol ume, p. cxxxxiii,
10 See before, p. 183.
„Not Ambroſe; as in the epitaph in the church of Stamford Baron. Bridges, vol. II. p. 581.
1 Conceſſio tenendi curiam letz in com, Leiceſtr, 2 Pars Original. 13 Jac, I. Rot, 237.
4
the
—
462 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
the leet or view- of frankpledge aforeſaid, with all
their rights and appurtenances, whether within the
lordſhip, village, and fields aforeſaid, or any of them,
to have, hold, and enjoy the ſaid court leet and view
of frankpledge aforeſaid, and all and every, thing
which appertaineth, or ought to appertain, to the
court leet and view of frankpledge, and all and ſin-
gular the ſaid amerciaments, fines, forfeitures, pains,
penalties, perquilites, profits, liberties, pre-eminences,
privileges, rights, juriſdictions, goods and chattels,
waifs and eſtrays, and all other and fingular the pre-
miſſes by theſe preſents before granted, with all
their rights, members, and appurtenances, to the ſaid
Roger Smith, his heirs and affigns, to the ſole and
proper uſe and behoof of the ſaid Roger Smith, his
heirs and affigns for ever, and alſo we will, and by
theſe preſents, for us, our heirs and ſucceſſors, do
grant to the ſaid Roger Smith, his heirs and affigns,
that he the ſaid Roger Smith, his heirs and aſſigus,
from time to time, ſhall and may be able to collect,
- levy, recover, and have, all and ſingular the amercia-
ments, fines, forfeitures, pains, penalties, perquiſites,
and profits aforeſaid, to the ſole uſe, behoof, and ad-
vantage of him the ſaid Roger Smith, his heirs and
aſſigns, without any accompt to be rendered or made
therefore to us, our heirs or ſucceſſors. Know ye
moreover, that we, of our further eſpecial grace and
certain knowledge, and mere motive, for the conſi-
deration aforeſaid, have granted, and by theſe pre-
ſents, for us, our heirs and ſucceſſors, do grant, to the
ſaid Roger Smith, his heirs and aſſigns, that he the
ſaid Roger Smith, his heirs and aſſigns, and alſo all
the tenants of him the ſaid Roger Smith, his heirs
and affigns, and alſo all the inhabitants and reſiants,
and all perſons who hereafter ſhall inhabit or reſide
in or within the ſaid manor or lordſhip, village, fields,
and places aforeſaid, or in or within any of them,
from henceforth for ever ſhall be acquitted and diſ-
charged, and every one of them ſhall be acquitted
and diſcharged, of and from all appearances, ſuits,
ſervices, fines, amerciaments, forfeitures, and other
penalties whatſoever, at any time hereafter to become
due, or to be ſet or impoſed, on or upon any hundred,
view cf frankpledge, and of our leet, or any of them,
our heirs or ſucc , whereſoever in the ſaid county
of Leiceſter or elſewhere to be held, or at the tour
for our ſaid county to be held, by reaſon of any thing
or matter, hundred, view of frankpledge, leet, or
rour, or any of them, or touching or concerning any
of them, in any manner. Provided always, that this
preſent grant, nor any thing therein contained, ſhall
not extend to any perſon or perſons which holdeth or
hold of us mediately, as of ſome manor of ours, in
which we, our heirs or ſucceſſors, have or ſhould have
a court leet and view of frankpledge, to which the
ſaid tenants, by reaſon of their ſaid lands, commonly
uſed to do ſuit and ſervice, nor to any cuſtomary te-
nant or terants of ours, nor to any farmer or farmers
of ſuch our manor, our heirs or ſucceſſors. Provided
alſo, that theſe our letters patent ſhall not extend to
any court leet or view of frankpledge, or to acquit
or diſcharge any perſon or perſons from appearances,
ſuits, or ſervices, at any time hereafter due, or to be
done, at any hundred, or any view of frankpledge, or
leet of ours, nor from any profits or perquiſites of the
court leet, or view of frankpledge, nor from any
or chattels, waifs or eſtrays, which before the
date of theſe our letters patent were granted or let
to any ſubje& by us, or any of our anceſtors, for any
term yet to come during ſuch leaſe or grant, nor to
compell them, or any of them, to appear or do ſuit at
any leet, by theſe preſents before granted, during the
leaſe or grant aforeſaid ; and nevertheleſs, after ſuch
term — 5 we will that theſe our letters patent, as
to the premiſſes before granted whatſoever, ſhall be
good, valid, and effectual in the law, againſt us, our
heirs and ſucceſſors. Provided moreover, that if the
ſaid manor or lordſhip, village and fields before - men-
tioned, may be or are within the precinct of the leet
of any ſubject or ſubjects of ours, lately uſed or en-
joyed of any hereditary eſtate, by virtue of any of
our letters patent, or of any of our progenitors or
predeceſſors, by lawful preſcription, that then theſe
| I
our letters patent, or the inrolment thereof, as to ſuck
and ſo much of the ſaid manor or lordſhip, village.
and fields of land, and the places which ſo lie within
the precinct of ſuch. leet, of any ſubject or ſubjects of
ours, at the time of making theſe preſents, uſed or
enjoyed as aforeſaid, be void, and of no force or effect
in the law: and nevertheleſs, as to the reſidue of
ſuch ſaid manor or lordſhip, village, fields of land
holden, and places excepted, ſhall ſtand and be in full
force, virtue, and effect, according to the tenor of
theſe our letters patent, any thing in theſe preſents
contained to the contrary notwithſtanding. And more-
over we give and grant, for us, our heirs and ſucceſ-
ſors, to the ſaid er Smith, his heirs and aſſigns,
that theſe our letters patent, or the enrolment thereof,
ſhall be to the ſaid Roger Smith, his heirs and afligns,
in and by all things, good, valid, firm, ſufficient, and
effectual in the law, towards and againſt us, our heirs
and ſucceſſors, as well in all our courts, our heirs and
ſneceſſors, as before whatſoever judges, juſtices, ſhe-
riffs, mayors, bailiffs, eſcheators, and all other our
officers and miniſters whatſoever, and of our heirs or
ſucceſſors, according the the tenor and effect of theſe
our letters patent, without any confirmation, licence,
or toleration, from us, our heirs or ſucceſſors, in that
caſe to be procured or obtained, and without any
writ of Ad Quod Dampnum, or any other writs or
warrants in that caſe to be proſecuted; and notwith-
ſtanding there may be no inquiſition or certificate
thereof firſt had, made, or returned; and notwithſtand-
ing the ſaid Roger Smith ſhall not have firſt proſe-
cuted any writ of Ad Nuod Dampnum, to enquire or
certify to us of or concerning the premiſſes, or of any
premiſſes, before the making of theſe our letters pa-
tent, or by any ſtatute, act, ordinance, reſtriction,
proviſion, proclamation, or any other thing, cauſe, or
niatter whatſoever to the contrary thereof in any wiſe
notwithſtanding. We alſo will, and by theſe preſents
grant, to the ſaid Roger Smith, that he may and ſhall
have theſe our letters patent, made and ſealed in due
form under our great ſeal of England, without fine or
fee great or ſmall, in our Hanaper-office, or elſe-
where to our uſe, in any ſort, to be rendered, paid,
or done for the fame; ſo that exprefs mention of the
true yearly value, or of the certainty of the premifles,
or of any of them, or of any other gifts or grants,
by us, or any of our — — or predeceſſors,
heretofore made to the ſaid Roger Smith, is by no
means made in theſe preſents, or any ſtatute, act,
ordinance, proviſion, proclamation, or reſtriction, to
the contrary thereof, heretofore had, made, publiſhed,
ordained, or provided, or any other thing, cauſe, or
matter whatſoever, to the contrary notwithſtanding.
In witneſs whereof we have cauſed theſe our letters
to be made patent. Witneſs ourſelf at Weſtminſter
the 12th day of May, ia the 13th year of our reign
over England, France, and Ireland, and of Scotland
the forty-eighth.
By warrant of the commiſſioners. CarTtwarrcur.”
By indenture, September 14, 1631, John Allen, of
Boſworth, conveyed to Roger Smith, of Edmondthorpe,
in fee, the nether part weſtward of a cloſe called
Collin's Holme, formerly purchaſed of one George Bu/-
well by Robert Allen; and again by him bargained
and fold to the ſaid John.
By indenture of Nov. 20, 1632, Grace lady Furie ſcue
was lady of the manor of TheGrange, when Roger Smith,
eſq. demiſed to Jabn Twickten, of Corby, co. North-
ampton, D. D. Rice Jem, of Borefworth, clerk, and
others, the nether part Weſtward of Collin's Holme,
adjoining to the parſonage-yard Southward, and Eaſt-
ward to the Church-ſtreet, and Northward to a cer-
tain lane, and one other cloſe called Well Cloſe ad-
joining, to have and to hold to them, their admi-
niſtrators and aſſigns, for 3000 years, upon ſpecial
truſt and confidence, that they, their adminiſtrators
and aſſigns, ſhall ſuffer the ſaid Rice Jem, and his
ſuccefiors, being parſons of the church and rectory
of Boſworth, during the ſaid term to enjoy, peaceably
the ſaid Cloſe called Wel! Cloſe ; and alſo on farther
truſt, the cloſe called Collin's Holme; with the rents,
&c, thereof, ſhall, during the ſaid term of 3oco
years, be beſtowed and employed in buying coals for
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the poor of Boreſworth, to be divided by the parſon
and churchwardens. of Boreſworth at diſcretion ; and
farther direfs, that, when the leſſees ſhall be reduced
by death to two, then they ſhall enfeoff four new
ones, the parſon of Boreſworth being always one.
In 1635, Roger Smith, eſq. of Boreſworth was
knighted at Whitehall. |
An indenture, June 28, 1650, fir Roger Smith, of
Edmondthorpe, knight, and Elias Buſwell, of Boſ-
worth, of the one part; Simon Peck, rector of Boſ-
worth, and others, of the other part; recites an antient
conveyance of lands in feoffeesz and that as the ſaid
fir Roger Smith, knight, &c. are the ſurviving feof-
fees, therefore, to ſupport the ſaid truſt, they convey
to new feoffees; of which lands are, + -
Half a yard land in Boſworth, late Thomas Slater;
Ten roods, late Thomas Steele;
Io acres, late Milliam Wallis; 8
Ten roods lying on a furlong called Tπ]ο nie Mill
Hill, ſome time the land of John Wighthartle ;
Three roods, ſome time the land of John Chapman,
whereot one half lycth in Prmſlade, and one rood
lyeth upon Ruſb Bujlow ;
Certain land called The Town Land, or Church Land.
The ten roods late the land of Wightkurtle, and
the three roods late Chapman's, to repair a certain
ſtone pavement in a certain ſtreet in Boſworth, butting
Eaſt and Welt.
The half yard land, and the other ten roods of land,
and the two acres, and the Town or Church Land,
to repair the pariſh church of All Saints in Boſworth,
aud to amend the highways and ditches there; and to
ay the fifteenths for the ſaid town as often as granted;
"and to find a ſufficient armed man for the kingdom
when need requires; and to do all other charitable
works as the feoffees in their diſcretion ſhall think fir.
In 1655, there was collected in Huſbands Boſworth,
for the relief of the poor Proteſtanrs in Piedmont,
the ſum of £4. 8s. 5d.z and in that year fir Roger
Smith died at the age of 84. h
Edward Smith, the only ſon of fir Roger, died in
his father's life time, 1632; leaving two ſons, Roger,
who died in 1646, aged 19; and Edward, who, ſettling
at Edmondthorpe, was created a baronet in 1660-1;
and was ſucceeded by his ſon fir Edward; who dying
in 1720, aged 66, without ſurviving iſſue, left his
property to his couſin Edward Smith, n who was
for 30 years ſucceſſively one of the repreſentatives in
parliament for this county, and died Feb. 15, 1762,
at the age of 57
In 1762, Elizabeth Forteſcue * was poſſeſſed of the
lordſhip and principal manor of Huſbands Boſworth,
which before had been poſſeſſed by her grandiather,
father, and brother. This lady, who died in 1763,
deviſed her eſtates in the counties of Leiceſter, Ox-
ford, Northampton, and Bucks, to Francis Forteſcue
Turvile, eſq. the preſent owner, 1799z who poſlefles
the court-rolls of Huſbands Boſworth as far back as
the reiga of Edward the Firſt, and thence in a regular
ſeries to the preſent time, and by whom court leets are
regularly held.
Mr. Turvile, whoſe grandfather was a brother of
the laſt Francis Turvile, eſq. of Aſton Flamvile, is
the immediate repreſentative of the antient familics
of the Tarviles of Thurleſton, Newhall, Normanton
Turvile, and Aiton Flamvile, all in this county. He
married, April 9, 1780, Barbara, daughter of the ho-
nourable Charles Talbot, of Store Croſs, co. Stafford;
niece to the late and ſiſter to the preſent carl of
See his epitaph, and a fuller account of him, p. 182.
HUSBANDS BOSWORTH:
463
Shrewſbury *, 1
Two lineal deſcendants of the Aſton branch of the
family of Turvile or Tourville, as they called them-
ſelves in compliance with the orthography of the
Continent) are buried in the old church of the Eug-
liſh runs at Bruſſels, of the order of St. Dominic *;
where the Rev. John Norton of Hinck'ey ſome years'
ſince tranſcribed for me the following epitaphs (at the
top of each of which are engraved the family arms:)
* Quod mortale fuit
| ſub hoc marmore depoſuit
nobilis adoleſcens GzorG1us ToukviLlLE;
filius unicus uniceque dilectus
Fraxcisct Tovrvilits, de Aſton,
| agro Leiceſtrenſi, armigeri, et
prænobilis dominæ ELIZABETH Douchr x, conjugis;
obiit die quinta Octobris, tat an. 11, 1733.
Requieſcat in pace .“
D. O. M.
Ob memoriam dilecti ſui mariti
prænobilis domini D. Fx Axcisct TouRVvI LIE,
armigeri, de Aſton, in comitatu Leiceſtrenſi,
qui vitam cum morte commutavit 29 Ottobris, 1749.
Hoc poſuit prænobilis domina
FLIsABETHA ToURVILLES, alias DovcnurtyY.
Pie lector, ora pro eo ut æterna R. I. P. +”
The old Hall-houſe of Huſbands Boſworth (of
which a view eis given in plate LXXX.) is ſituated on
the declivity of a ſmall eminence, It is beautifully
embowered ; and the trees and pleaſure grounds add
greatly to the beauty of the diſtaut view ot this village.
An elegant modern manfion has lately been added,
without dilturbing the antient ſtructure,
The following arms on painted glaſs (fee plate
LXXXI. fig. 1—8.) are till preſerved in the windows.
1. Quarterly; 1. and 4. quarterly, France and Eng-
land; 2. Or a lion rampant within a double treſſure
Gules, Scotland; 3. Azure, an harp Or, Ireland.
2. Prince of Maiess feathers.
3. Quarterly, France and Fngland.
4. Argent, a lion rampant Sable, and a chief
Gules, charged with a mullet. Smith ©.
5. Gules, on a chevron Or, between three bezants,
three croſſes torme fitchẽ Sable. Smith.
6. Azure, fretty, Argent, Cave. |
7. Gyrony of eight, Ermine and Sable, an eagle diſ-
played with two heads, wings downwards, Or. Creſt,
a demi-woman, habited Azure, crined Or, holding in
her ſiniſter hand a roſe Or, leaves Vert. Goodman.
8. Per pale, Ermine and Sable, an eagle diiplayed,
with two heads Or. Goodman.
The following coat, belonging to the earl of Sali/-
bury, is alſo in one of the windows.
Quarterly of fix, within the Garter of the order
of the Garter; 1. Barry of ten, Gules and Azure;
over all ſix eſcutcheons, 3. 2. 1. Sable, each charged
with a lion rampant Argent; Cecil. 2. Per pale, Ar-
gent and Gules, a lion rampant Argent, ſupporting a
tree eradicated Or; Minſlan. 3. Sable, three caſtles
Argent; 4. Argent, on a bend Azure, cottized Gules,
three cinquetoils Or; Ekinton. 5. Argent, a chevron
between three cheſs-rooks Ermine ; Walcot. o. As
the firſt; Cecil.
Creſt, on a wreath, ſeven arrows Or, heads and fea»
thers Argent, girted with a bandage and belt Gules.
Supporters, two lions Ermine. Motto, Sero, ſed ſerio.
Sce plate LXXX. ſig. 1.
* Sce an epitaph on a Forteſcue under the pariſh of Aſton Flamvile.
3 John the tenth earl of Shrewſbury married Mary daughter of fir Francis Forteſcue, of Salden Hall, Bucks, K. B.
+ This houſe is diſtinguiſhed from another Engliſh monaſtery of Benediftine nuns, by the name of Spelekens. About twelve
years ago theſe nuns built a new church and convent on a more advantageous ſpot of their garden, at ſome diſtance from the
old houſe and church; which were then relinquiſhed, and perhaps demoliſhed, ſo that it may he difficult now to obtain a fight
of theſe monuments, Cardinal Philip Howard was a great benefactor to this houſe, who alſo founded the Engliſh college at
Louvain,
* Alſo buried there near her huſband ſome years afterwards,
Several ladies of the Howard family took the veil in this houſe, and died aud were buried there.
D. WELLs, 1 799-
* ** In the manſion-houſe are the arms of a fir John Smith, of Rotherhithe, in Kent, and of London, knight and alderman,
as appears by Blome's Britannia, edit. 1673 ; which are, Argent, a chief Gules charged wich a mullet, a lion rampant Sable.
In the maufion-houſe are likewiſe the Smiths“ arms, with a different creſt, on a wreath an oſtrich's head, which, I find, by
Kimber's Baronetage, to be the creſt of Smith of Upton Hall, in Eſſex, and alſo of Smith of Isficld.” MS Letter from the
Rev. John Maſlin to the late lord Dacre, 1
Vol. II. PART II.
784, communicated: by his lordſhip to the late Mr. Longmate.
«© In
464 HISTORY Au ANTIQUITIES of LEICESTERSHIRE.
In the library of Mr. Torvile,” I uſe the words of
my late friend David Wells, eſq.) “ is an antient Pſal-
tery, Written in Latina, with Roman-Saxon characters.
It is interlined, and ſo much crowded with Gothic
annotations, that the text, though very large, is
ſcarcely legible. Where no annotations are made,
the Saxon is placed over the Latin, word for word,
by way of interpretation. The hymns and canticles
for the different feſtivals are at the end; alſo the
Canon Miſe, wherein the names of certain ſaints oc-
cur, that are not to be ſeen in the preſent ordinary,
In the calendar appear moſt of the Saxon ſaints; but
many are wanting of a later date: for inſtance, St.
Edward, St. Anſelm, St. Thomas, &c. There are
other ſingularities. One day in March is filled up
with Diabolus à No receſlit ;* another, in De-
tember, is called, Exitus Noe de Arca.“ From
the above temarks, I infer it muſt be of great anti-
quity. It is a large folio, on vellum, or rather ſtout
parchment, bound in very thick boards. On the firſt
page are certain ſignatures, whereof I here ſend you
the fac ſimilia . No illuminations adorn this book;
only here and there ſome very large groteſque capi-
rals, reaching from the top to the bottom of the leaf,
Theſe large letters appear at the beginning of each
pſalm, of various moderate colours, but not gilded,
either plain or burniſhed. In the ſame library is a
neat MS prayer-book (a Diurnal) on vellum, for-
merly belonging to fir Adrian Forteſcue, knight of St,
John of Jeruſalem, attainted in parliament for denying
the king's ſupremacy, April 28, 1539, and beheaded
July 10, together with fir Thomas Dingley, a knight
of the ſame order. Sir Adrian has written his name
on the firſt leaf; of which I alſo ſend you a fac ſimiles.
« Mr. Turvile has in his poſſeſhon an original
painting, on board, of Judge Forteſcue, chancellor of
England in the reign of Heary VI; which is deemed
to be a moſt valuable curioſity.
In the gallery there is allo an old picture of a man
in a ruff, with the collar of the order of St. George
the arms in one corner, Viz. quarterly, 1ſt and 4th,
Or, a lion rampant Azure; ad and 3d, Gules, three
lucies hauriant Argent, ſurrounded by the Garter and
motto, Honi ſoit qui mal y penſe . Oer the top
of the figure of the man, theſe words, © ESPERANCE
EN D1EVv ME COMFORTE. EEtatis ſuæ 38, An' Dxi
1566, ET DIE DEC? JUN.” This is clearly Henry
Percy, earl of Northumberland.”
I 0o this information of Mr. Wells, Mr. Potts,
ſeveral years chaplain to Mr. Turvile, adds, that
there is alſo in the library, brought thither from Sal-
den, Bucks, the antient ſeat of one branch of the
Forteſcues, © Declaratio facta ad prænob. virum Jo-
hannem Forteſcue, militem, Cancellarium & Subthe—
ſaurarium Scaccarii, per Chidiotum Wardoure, Cle-
ricum Pellium, de omnibus & omnimodis denariorum
Summis, tam Receptis quam Expenſis, per manus 4
Numeratorum * Perceptz Scaccarii Dominz Reginæ,
cum reman. eorundem, necnon in Aſſignat. per Tall.
inde levat. a feſto Sancti Matthei Ap't, de anno 43?
Reginz Elizabethæ, uſque ad Feſtum Paſchæ extunc
ſequent. per ſpatium unius medietatis anni, prout in
- Rotulis Pellium ibidem manifeſtè & plenius liquet.”
There is another valuable MS. in this library,
intituled, © Notz Ciceronianæ,“ written ſo early as
1120, and ſtill in good preſervation ; which Mr. Aſtle,
an excellent judge of theſe matters, thus deſcribes :
« This MS. contains the Note Tironiane, ſo called
from Tiro, the freed-man of Cicero, who improved
the art of Short-hand writing very confiderably.
Theſe Notæ continued in ule till the middle of the
eleventh century. In the year 1747, the learned and
ingenious Monſ. Carpentier publiſhed at Paris this
Alphabetum Tironianum, with a great number of notes
or marks for different parts of ſpeech, and rules for
acquiring the art of writing in theſe kind of Notes.
There is a Dictionary of them by Janus Gruterus.
See many particulars concerning theſe Note in my
" See theſe engraved in plate LXXXI,
3 See this alſo in plate LXXXI.
© Origin and Progreſs of Writing,” p. 173—176.”
Mr. Turvile poſſeſſes a finely illuminated peaigree
of his anceſtors; of whom a more particular account
will be found under Normanton Turvile “. Of the
branch which ſettled at Aſton Flamvile, the genea-
logy will be found on the oppoſite page. . On this
pedigree are the following arms:
Quarterly; 1. Turvile. 2. Argent, a maunch Azure,
Flamvile. 3. Or, on a feſs Sable, three water-bougets
Argent; Boug. 4. Argent, on a bend Gules, three
chaplets Or; Foucher. 5. Or, fretty Sable, on every
joint a croſs croſſlet Argent; Champaine. 6. Vaire,
Argent and Sable, a canton Gules ; Staunton. 7. Or,
a chevron engraled Gules, between three cinquefoils
Azure, and on a chief Gules a lion paſſant Or; Cooke.
8. Argent, two bars Gules; Martin. g. Or, three
bars Gules ; Perrie. - (Plate LXXMX. fig. 3.)
The arms now uſed. by Mr. Turvile are, Gules,
three chevrons Vaire, Turvile; impaling, Gules, a
"va rampant within a border engrailed Or; Talbot;
g· 4.
In t 564, there were 72 families in Boreſworth.
The freeholders here in 1630 were, David Papil-
lon, gent. Joſeph Cradocke, gent. William Weod, jun.
Jobn Allin, Henry Palmer, Laurence Sturges, William
Freeman, and Thomas Burdet.
At the general election in 1722, 47 freeholders
polled from this pariſh; and the following 44 occur
in 1775 : Thomas Adams, Thomas Andrews, William
Andrews, John Bale, William Boſworth, Henry Cham-
berlain, Robert Deacon, Jobn Deacon, Jobn Eyles,
Foſeph Eyles, Thomas Freeman, Cater Green, John Har-
ris, John Harris, Samuel Harris, David Hatfield, Jo-
ſeph Heaford, Samuel Heaford, Robert Henſon, William
Hextall, Thomas Heygate, William Hill, William Jliſße,
Andrew Jenkins, Edward Jeyes, Timuthy Langley, Rev.
Peter Lefergue, Thomas Loomes, John Moore, Richard
Moore, John Payne, eſq. Hugh Poole, Jobn Smart, Job
Smith, Jobn Smith, ſen. William Smith, Meſes Smith,
Robert Snelſon, Robert Tear, Jobn Tompſon, Thomas
Waple, John Ward, Francis Wheler, eſq. and Jobn Wright.
In 1764, an act was paſſed for incloſing the open
and common fields, &c. in the pariſh of Huſbands
Boſworth, otherwiſe Boreſworth, computed to conſiſt
of about 96 yard lands, and to contain 4oco acres ;
and, though lying open and undivided, comprizing
four different diſtricts, called by the feveral names of
Selby Fee, Hall Fee, Grange Fee, and Truſſel Fee. In
this act Thomas Holled, gentleman, is deſcribed as pa-
tron of the rectory of Huſbands Boſworth, and the
Rev. Edzoard Colquilt, clerk, as rector, entitled to one
yard land of glebe, part of the ſaid open and common
fields, and to all the great and ſmall tithes yearly ari-
ſing within the ſaid fields; and John Maire and
Chriflopher Doyley, eſquires, and George Knight, gen-
tleman (truſtees for Francis Forteſcue Turvile, an
infant), Francis Wheeler, William Ward, John Weſton,
Thomas Grace, Benjamin Snelſon, and William Andrews,
gentlemen, and divers other perſons, were ſeiſed of
the reſidue of the ſaid lands and grounds. [The com-
miſfioners were directed to allot to fir Thomas Cave,
baronet, his heirs and aſſigns, one or more plot or
plots of ground, parcel of the open and common
fields, &c. in compenſation for his right and intereft
as lord of the manor of Stanford upon Avon, in the
counties of Leiceſter and Northampton, which manor
extends into and over that part of the open and com-
mon fields and waſte grounds in Huſbands Boſworth,
by the name of Selby Fee; ſo as the ſaid plot or plots
ſhould be, when incloſed, of the full yearly value of
40s. ; and the faid plot or plots of ground to be in-
cloſed with ditches and quick- ſet edges, and for ever
then-after be maintained and kept in repair by and at
the expence of ſuch proprietor or proprietors of the
lands and grounds hereby intended to be incloſed, as
the commiſſioners ſhould direct, except the ſaid fir
Thomas Cave. The rector of Huſbands Boſworth to
bave an allotment in compenſation for his glebe ;
* See Stow's Chronicle, p. 275.
Plate LX XX. fig. 2. | |
5 The four numecratores, or tellers, who are mentioned more than once, are, fir Lomax Killiygrew, knt, Robert Tailbi, eſq.
fir Edward Carye, knt. and ſir Thomas Tafburghe, knt, | | |
o Mrs. Elizabeth Turvile, the laſt lincal deſcendant of this branch of the f. mily, died at Ravenſton; and was buricd at
Thu:leſton, Sept. Wo 1770, |
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and a farther portion of one eighth of the common open field; and the rector's allotment to be in full of
field in lieu of all tithes, whether impropriate or vi- all tithes and payments, except mortuaries, Eaſter-
carial, ariſing from the ſaid common field. The pro- offerings, and ſurplice- fees, and the tithes of ſuch
prietors of old incloſures were allowed to purchaſe homeſteads and incloſures for which no ſpecial agree-
an exemption from tithe by exchange of lands in the ment ſhall have been made:
Pedigree of TURVILE,
of Normanton TuRvILE, Asrox FLAMVILE *, and HusBaſDs BosworTa:;
Richard Turvile, of Normanton Turvile, eſq. (where ſee an account Margaret, daughter to Baldwin Bouge, and heir
of his anceſtors) died 1415. 5 to her brother, and reli& of Reginald Moton.
William Turvile, of Normanton Turvile, eſq. died 1455-—Elizabeth, \Giſter to fir Robert Fowleſhurſt.
J ohn Turvile, of 8 daughter and heir of ſir Thomas Staunton, of Sutton Bonnington,
eſq. ſon and heir,
Ellen, dau. of fir John Ferrers,
of Tamworth, iſt wife. |
co. Nottinghams
.— 8 | |
Sir William Turvile, of Normanton Turvile, knt.==Joan, dau. of fir John Warbur-
died 1549. | ton, of Arley, 2d wife.
I. John Turvile. of Thur- 2. Mary, =to Margaret, ſiſter z. George=Anne, dau. 2, William, =Flizaheth, dau. of
leſton, eſq. (where ſee _... Waldron, to fir J. Hinde, | Turvile, of John d. without fir Humph Brad-
his deſcendants). of Oadby. of Madingley, | efq. of Sheldon, iſſue 1551: borne, co. Derby.
2. Michael, married Eliza- 6, Anne, to co. Cambridge, | Aſton, of knt.
beth, dau. fir Humphry : . . . Swilling- died 1669, 2d | died Sheldon, 5. Eliza-=Sir Humphry Brad-
Bradborne, knt ob. i. p. ton. wife. 1552. 1ſt wife. beth. borne.
1. Henry 1 urvile, eſq. = Anne, dau. of Will. 3. John, 4. Elizabeth, wife of 5. Anne, married George
of Aſton, buried Cooke, citizen of died William Liſter; Savage, of Walton on
Feb. 16, 1615-16. London. 1606. of Somerby. the Woulds.
1. William, born 1577, 2. George Turvile, of Aſton, Anne, dau. and coheir of John Martin, of Poole» 3. Frances,
dicd an intant. born 1579-80 ; died 1649. | houſe, marr. Feb. 23, 1598 ; buried 1658. died 1658.
Margaret, dau, of Chriſ-==1; Henry Turvile, Grace, dau. and | 1. Dorothy, Richard 2. Katharine, John Rooe,
topher Anderton, of eſq. of Aſton, | coheir of Hum born Berrie, born 1600; | of Norman-
Loſtock, co. Lanc. eſq. ſon and heir, | frey Berrie, of 1599. brother mar. 1622; | ton Turvile,
firſt wife; died 1609. born 1602 ; Berrie Nerbert, toHum- died 1660. | eſquire of the
Elizabeth, dau. of Tho. died 1671. co. Devon, 3d frey. body to king
Ravenſcroft, of Lon - Awife; living 5 James; died
don eſq. ſecond wite;
died 1629.
16563.
1685. | John, born 1630,
. | [ See their as under
Wo 1 -
3 William Turvile, of r dau. of Jokn 2. Pole. Mary, dau. of John
loughby, gent. died 1669.4
er Turvile.] |
reſtgrave. Alleyn, of Greſley.
2
Thomas Turvile, ſecond ſon, buried at Aſton FPlamvile Elizabeth , daughter of William Wright, of Nuneaton,
July 2, 1611. co. Warwick,
3- Ruth, bapt. at 1, George, eldeſt 4. Eraſmus Tarvile, 5. Anne, wife 2. Hezekiah Turvile, Elizabeth, dau. of
Aſton Flamvile ſon, bapt. at Aſton a maid. buried at of
2d ſon, bapt. at Afton | Lawr. Rudiard, of
May 5, 1601; Flamvile May 1, Aſton Flamvile Wyatt. Flamvile Jan. 26, W inckfield, co.
died unmarried, 1599; died un- Jan. 20, 1639. 1598. | Southampton, eſq.
and buried there married 1652. f —
Nov. 5, 1632. Elizabeth. George Turvile.
SELBY FEE:
\
This portion of Huſbands Boſworth, which comes In 1316, the abbot of Selby was certified to be lord
under the denomination of Selby Fee from having been of Stanford and its members; and, in 1330, he
a „ hw the poſſeſſions of that famous abbey, is ſo claimed, and obtained, an exemption from geld, dane-
conitderable as to deſerve diſtinct notice. geld, ſuit, and ſervice to the hundred and county
-
Before the time. of the Norman ſurvey we find courts, and all other ſecular exactions, with ſoc and
that the whole ſoke of Stanford, of which the land
fac, theol, them, wrek, weyf, and other immunities, .
we are now noticing forms a part, was given to that with view of frankpledge in his manor of Stanford“.
abbey by Guy de Renbedcurt*, as has been already * Abbas de Selby habet in Stanford & Stormeſ-
Rated in p. 459.
It was afterwards ſolemaly
worth 35hi. 198. 24; Inde x* 355. 6d.“
confirmed by a charter In 1320, on collecting the aid for making the king's
of king William the Firſt, and by another of Waleran eldeſt ſon a knight, the abbot of Selby covenamed
earl of Mellent *.
for two knights tees in Stanford and Downe, which
In the Teſta de Nevill, 1240, notice is taken of were held in free alms of the honour of Warden .
three parts of a knight's fee
in Stanford, which the John Cave, fourth ſon of fir John Cave, of Cave in
. abbot of Selby held under the king“. Yorkſhire, abbot of Selby 14301436, was buried in
In 1293, the abbot of Selby claimed, and obtained, the abbey church there, with this epitaph :
an exemption for all his property at Stormesforth and Hic jacet Johannes Cave, quondam abbas iſtius monal⸗
other parts of the ſoke of Stanford, from a tax then tetii, qui cbiit nono die menſis Junii, an. Dom, mitteſima
levied for making the king's
eldeſt ſon a knight. rccc* xxxviꝰ; cujus anime? propitietur Deus. Amen,”
*. See farther particulars of this family under Aſton Flamvile and Normanton Turvile.
* Mrs. Elizabeth Tu vile, widow, buried at Aſton Flamvile March 13, 1637.
3 A particular account of this abbey, with the original foundation deed, may be ſeen in our Appendix, p. 14t. *
* See theſs alſo in the Appendix. Introductory Volume, p. lui.
o See Appendix, p. 141, 142.
7 Rot. de Quo Warranto, 3 Edw. IIiI. Cotton MSS, Nero, D. X. 9 Computus Walteri Pailes in Scaccario.
After
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466 HISTORY any ANTIQUITIES of LEICESTERSHIRE;
After the diſſolution of the monaſteries, the pro-
of the abbey of Selby within the lordſhip of
Stanford, including all their meſſuages, lands, &c. at
Downe, Stormeſworth, and Boreſworth, were pur-
chaſed from the Crown, in 1539, by Thomas Cave, eſq.
whole family before poſſeſſed ſome property here; as
we find, by an inquiſition taken in 1514, that Anne
Cave, widow, died ſeiſed of the manors'of Swinford,
Boſworth-Stokes, and Foxton, held under Everard
Digby; Anne, wife of Millim Lovet, and daughter
of Edward Cope, being her couſin and next heir :.
In 1559, it appeared that fir Thomas Cave, knight,
died ſeiſed of a certain paſture and a water-mill, with
their appurtenances, in Stormeſworth and Boreſworth,
held of the queen in capite by the ſervice of a tenth
rt of one knight's fee“. "Ig
In 1585, tir Thomas Cave, knight, recovered ſome
SULBY
The property of Sulby abbey was thus ſtated in a
record in the Office of Firſt Fruits.
« Monaſterium de Sulbye valet, in redditibus & fir-
mis, in Boreſworth, gf. 85. 2d. ; Belgrave, 2 55. ; North-
Kilworth, 465. ; South-Kilworth, 41. 78. 4&. ; Lei-
ceſtre, 125.z minutis firmis, viz. in Thedingworth,
455. 104. ; Mowſeley, 35.; Walton, 155. ; Crafte,
238. 4d.; & Wigeſton, 65. 3d.
In toto, ut per declarat' predict', 22t. 118. 11d.
In proficuis provenientibus de perquiſitis curiæ &
Miis amerciamentis, infra villas & hamletta predicta,
viz. in Boreſworth, 14d.; North-Kilworth, 12d. ;
South-Kilworth, 16d.
In toto, ut per declarat* antedict', 35. 6d.
In proficuis provenientibus de reforia de Luben-
ham, & Wiſtowe cum membris, 171. 135. 4d.
In toto, 37t. 138. 44.” 5 |
Their property at Hothorpe and Huſbands Borel:
worth was purchaſed in 1557 by William Cradocke, as
appears by the following ſtatement: =
4 Parcel} poſſeſſionum nuper monaſterii de Sulby.
16 Othorpe valet, in redd' unius parvi elauſ' ibidem,
cont” dim' acr* infra communem campam de Othorpe,
ſolvend* ad feſt* Sei Michis tantum, per annum, 65.
In libero redd' diverſorum tenentium in Othorpe
pred”, per ann', ſolvend' ad feſt predict', 75. 1d.
ce Borefworth, in com' Leiceſtr*, parcell' poſſeſſionum
dicti nuper monaſterii de Sulby, valet,
In redd” aſſiſ diverſorum liberorum tenentium ibi-
dem per annum, ſolvend' ad feſtum Sancti Michaelis
archi tantum, 65s. 6d.
In ͤ8redd' unius tenementi, cum uno pomario, uno
ortu, una clauſuri adjacente, ac quatuor virgatis terre
& prati, cum pertin' ibidem, nuper in tenura Agnetis
Cartor vidue, fic dimiff* Willielmo Brampton, per in-
denturam ſub ſigillo curiæ augmentationis, dat* primo
die Aprilis, anno regni nuper Edwardi VI® quarto, pro
rermino 21 annorum; reddend' inde per annum ad
feſtos Annunc? Beate Marie Virginis & Sancti Micha»
Pedigree of C RADO CR E, of HuszanDs Boswok rz “.
lande in Boreſworth by a ſuit againſt Anthony Cause;
and in the ſame year James Howe purchaſed lands in
this lordſhip .? | ® |
By an inquiſition taken upon the death of Roger
Cave, eſq, 1586, he was found to die ſeiſed of poſ-
ſeſſions in Swinford, Walcot, South-Kilworth, Stormeſ-
worth, and Boreſworth +. | |
From this gentleman, who married Margaret Cave,
ſiſter to lord Burleigh (afterwards the wife of Roger
Smith, eſq.), the whole of Selby fee deſcended to his
ſon fir Thomas Cave, knt, who died in 1613; leaving it
to his ſon fir Thomas, who died in 1666; whoſe ſon
ſir Thomas had been created a baronet in his father's
life-rime 1641, and died poſſeſſed of it in 1670; ſince
when it has regularly deſcended to the baronets ot
that family; and is now enjoyed by my truly reſpect-
able friend the Rev. fir Charles Cave, bart.
ABBEY.
_ Archi equaliter, prout in eadem indenturk patet,
21. 158. | |
In redd' five decimis domino regi reſervatis de &
pro le Graung de Boreſworthe predict', conceſſ' inter
al' Edwardo domino Clynton, & heredibus ſuis imper-
petuum, per annum, ſolvend' ad feſtum Sancti Micha-
elis Archi tantum, 88. |
There are no more lands in Boreſworthe parcel of
the poſſeſſions aforeſaid.
Summa totalis hujus valoris per annum, gt. 88. 7d.
.
The premiſſes do not lye near to any honours,
manors, caſtles, foreſts, or chaſes, reſerved for the uſe
of the king and queen's highneſs ; nor be parcel of
the antient demeſnes of the crown, nor of the duchies
of Lancaſter or Cornwall, nor of St. John's Jerufalem
in England. What woods or underwoods be upon
the:premiſſes, the auditor knoweth not ; neither what
"-mipegs of lead or coals be upon the ſame.
he eſtate and intereſt of the tenants is above de-
clared. Ex. per Jobannem Swyfte, Auditorem.
11* die Martii, 1557, fold to William Cradock for
27 years purchaſe; the — be paid within 21 days.
11* die Martii, rated for William Cradock.
The clear yearly value of the premiſſes £3. 85. d.;
which, rated at 27 years purchaſe, amounteth to
£106. 15. gd.
The king and queen's majeſties to diſcharge the
purchaſer of all things and incumbrances made or
done by their majeſties, except leaſes.
The purchaſer to diſcharge the king and queen's
I of all fees and repriſes going out of the
mes. |
The tenure in ſocage x i
The purchaſer to have the iſſues from the feaſt of
the Purification of our Lady laſt paſt. N
The purchaſer to be bound for the woods.
The lead, bells, and advow ſon, to be excepted.
+» Epward WALDEGRAVE,
Francis ENGLEFLELD,
Jonx — 28 %
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Elizabeth, dau. of John Longe, Edward Cradocke, of Northampton, high ſheriff and Maurice. Robert.
mayor of Northampton. 1 coroner of the county. *
1. Ichn Cradock, 2. Joſeph Cradocke, of Boreſworth,-=Hannab, dau. of Will. 3. Edward. Sarah.
of Northampton, co. Leiceſter, gent. 2d ſon Cotton, of Laughton, 4- Thomas. Elizabeth.
died young. heir; living 1619. co. Leiceſter. 5+ Benjamin.
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Eſch. 5 Hen. VIII. * Eſch, 1. Eliz. 7 Fines 28 Eliz. Ing. 28 Eliz.
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LIVED PIOVSLY TOWARDS GOD PEACE
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At the time of the earthquake in 17 50, 4 child in
this pariſh was ſhaken out of a chair into the fire,
and ſomewhat burnt. 2 N
For an account of a violent thunder- ſtorm in 17335,
ſee below; under the deſcription of the churen.
For the following miſcellaneous information, I am
indebted ro Mr, Potts. 9
» There are no manufactures carried on in the pa-
riſh of Huſbands Boſworth.
The village contains'1 go- dwellings, which, in ge-
neral, are good.
The lands are chiefly paſture, and, in general,
fertile, the air very wholeſome; and the ſoil, for the
moſt part, is deep, inclining to clay.
A day's wages for labourers in huſbandry and other
work is 15, ; for carpenters, bricklayers, maſons, and
other mechanicks, 25.
There is no common or waſte land in the pariſh.
The uſual fuel is coal from 15. 14. to 15. 4d. or 5d.
pet hundred weight.
The road from r and Coventry to Cam-
bridge croſſes in this village the road from North-
ampton, through Welford, to Leiceſter, Derby, and
Nottingham. |
The appearance of the country to the Eaſt and
North Eaſt, alſo to the North, exhibits at a moderate
diſtance ſeveral hills, partly in Leiceſterſhire, partly
in Northamptonſhire ; but they are not very lofty.
- Aſh and elm are the trees which thrive beſt, and
are moſt common. |
be nature of the air is dty and wholeſome.
In the Avon is found trout, befides other river fiſh.
Here are two Difſenting meeting houſes, which
ſerve. for ſeveral denominations ; aud a ſchool for. ten
poor children, of which the preſent revenue is £6. a
year; ariſing from 7 actes, 3 rod, 26 perches of land.”
Money ralſed for the poor, within C. s. d.
the year ending at Eaſter 1776, é Ʒ 25119
Expended in county rates, &c. 6 © 4
on the poor, &c., | - 245 18 11
Rent of workhouſe and habitations, 13 5 8
Ex pended in litigations, — 2 10 0
Money raiſed for 1783, — 4263 2 7
— — 1784. — 278 3 5
— 17833. — 280 4
Medium of thefe three years, 273 18
of county expences, = 7H" -@-:
——- of expences not relating to
the poor ; repairs of churches, roads,
ſalaries ro miniſters, &c. — o 8 3
———- of nett annual expences, 264 9 10
— of expences of overſcers
attending on magiſtrates, — 9 6 5
of entertainments at meetings, © 14 2
of law expences, — 1 ©
of ſetting the poor to work, 3 2 6
The CHURCH,
dedicated to All Saints, confiſts of a nave and Sonth
aile, both leaded; a ſubſtantial tower (containing five
bells) and a good ſpire, See a view of it, as ſtruck
by lightning, in plate LXXXI.
Without, over the ſpouts of the South aile:
I. B. T. W.
| 1673.”
Orer the door of the South chancel, which is con-
verted into a ſchool :
«SB,
E. T.
1683.“
Over the South porch:
% Wu. SMITH,
* WARD,
H. WARDENS,
1746,”
Within the church, over the South door :
This church, f
| A. D. 1778,
was beautified by order of the
under- mentioned truſtees of the
Town-land belonging to this pariſh ;
VIZ.
Rector of Spelhurſt in Kent,
Rev. Richard on. and curate of this pariſh
many years.
Thomas Loomes, ſen. a 1
John Smith, jun. 0 this pariſh. | 1
In the church, Mr. Burton deſcribes theſe arms
(ſee plate LXXXT.) |
9. Azure, frenty, Or, on a canton of the firſt, a
bear's head eraſed of the ſecond. Sroke.
10. Azure, fretty, and a chief Argent. Holteſby.
11. Argent, a croſs Gules. Burton Hoſpital.
12. Gules, three lions paſſant guardant in pale
Or. England. 8
13. Argent, a maunch Sable, Haſtings; impaling,
Argent, a croſier-ſtaff Gules. | |
14. Smith; impaling, Azure, an Eagle diſplayed
with two heads Argent. Rigware. |
There is a hand canopy. aver a niche at the
North eaſt corner of the nave; and the entrance to
the rood-loft ſtill remains. | 2
ln the South aile is a double piſcina.
This church is deſcribed in 1220 as an appropri-
n ges the Introductory Volume, p ixi.
gee the particu.ars of this exchange under Great Bowden, p. 456.
_ 5 Jone 's Index, from Michaelis Recorda, 9 Eliz, Rot. 7:
Vor, II. Paar II. |
| 65,; and the value of the r
hy Ibid. p. exlv. 8
ation to the abbey of Leiceſter. The then parſon was
William, inſtituted by Hugh biſhop of Lincoln; and
the abbey of Lenton had two parts of the tithes from
the demeſne lands of R. de Halegat ſrom old time *.
In 1344, the procurations were 75. 64d.; the rec-
tory was taxed at 33 marks, and paid 37. 4d. for
Peter- pence. The abbot of Leiceſter had alſo a
penſion from it of £2. 108,
In 1534-5, the procurations and ſynodals were
112d. ; the abbot of Leiceſter had a penſion of C;.
ectory was (26.
In 1549, the advowſon of Boreſworth (ſubject to a
fee · farm rent of £3. 35. 4d. ), became the property of
Robert Strelley, eſq. by an exchange which he made
with king Edward VI. . |
* John Savyle, of Kibworth Harcourt, gent. granted
the advowſon of Boſworth to Eraſmus, Smith, of So-
merby, July 23, 8 Elizabeth; and, by a ſubſequent
indenture, March 20, 1566-7, in conſideration of
£ 200. conveyed to him the fee ſimple of the advow-
on, patronage, preſentation, nomination, and free
diſpolition, of the pariſh church here; with warranty
againſt the ſaid John Savyle, or any others claiming
under him, or Robert Strelley, eſq. at any time ſince
Auguſt 6, 2 Edw. VI. + |
In 1567, a record occurs among the Memoranda of
the Exchequer, © De manibus reginæ amovendis de
advocatione rectoriæ & eccleſ de Boreſworth, in
— Leiceſttiæ, & Eraſmo Smythe, gen. libe-
rando 5.” |
In 1650, the. rectory was returned worth £140.;
and the incumbent as © ſufficient, pluritan, and non-
reſident ; and the curate inſufficient,”
In 1755, the church of Huſbands Boſworth was
damaged by a ſtorm, attended with ſuch terrible
thunder and lightning as had not irs equal in the
memory of man. On Sunday, July 6, between ſeven
and eight in the evening, feveral ſtones were ſtruck
out of the walls within fide, the pavement in ſome
places raiſed an inch above their former level, their
bells diſplaced, their frames and wheels much ſplin-
tered, the ſpire in particular was very much ſhattered,
a large chaſm opened in it, about twelve yards in
length, and one in breadthg,whence many heavy ſtones
were forced to a great diffance;; globes of fire were
ſeen in the air, flaſhes of lightning in a terrible man-
ner ran along the ſtreets, and à great ſmoke and ſul-
pbureous ſmell iſſued from the aperture of the ſpire;
* Ex charth originali penes E. Smith,
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468 HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
and what was remarkably providential, ſeveral hun- Weſtminſter, a coufin of the late biſhop of Rocheſter.
dred weight of ſtones fell about, and upon, the grave The reQory pays 10s. annually to the heirs of
where the miniſter (and a large congregation attend- Arthur Barnardiſton, eſq.
ing) bad juſt buried a corpſe; which funeral rites, The epiſcopal procurations are, 4. 2d. ; the ſy-
had they been performing at that alarming juncture, nodals, 1 15s. 044.; and a penſion to the repreſentative
muſt inevitably have occaſioned the mournful ſolemnity of the abbey of Leiceſter, now a fee-farm rent pay-
of many *. | able to fir William Dolben, C3. 35. 4d. |
_ - Thomas Smith, eſq. was patron of the rectory in The value in the king's books, {24. 15s. 71d.;
1771. The preſent patron is Richard Pearce, eſq. of tenths, C2. gs. 64d.
RECTORS. PATRONS.
William, 1220, ;
Richard de Dingel *, ſubdeacon, 1238, died 1262.
William de Northbury, 1262.
William de Naveſby ?*, exchanged with
Richard de Boule, 11 kal. Julii, 1364.
Henry le Spenſer *, advanced to the biſhoprick of Norwich in 1370.
William de Sleford *, July 2, 1370.
Thomas Stanley, 1397.
Richard Hayes, 1534.
Miles Johnlſcn 7, 1 562. J
Henry Smith *, died 1591. Eraſmus Smith, eſq.
. Abbot and convent of Leiceſter.
ohn Duport, 1594 ; D. D. died 1617 9, ;
Rice Jem died reQor in 1648. 4 | | Roger Smith, el.
Simon Peck occurs in 1650; and again in 1662. Sir Roger Smith, knt.
William — % D. D. July 8, 1672 ; died 1693-4. Sir Edward Smith, bart,
Thomas Smith **, July 4, 1694.
Roger Smith“, M. A. July 10, 1700, }Sir Edward Smith, bart.
Thomas Alcock, M. A. July 28, 1737.
Edward Colquilt, March 12, 1754, Edward Smith, eſq.
Knightley Holled *, D. D. April 1776. Thomas Holled, gent.
Samuel Rogers **, M. A. May 2, 1777 ; died in July 1790. Thomas Smith, eſq.
Richard Pearce, LL. B. 1790. Richard Pearce, eſq.
* Theſe particulars were ſubjoined to a view of the church, as engraved ſoon after the accident, by T. Jefferies, from a
drawing by Samuel Turner.
* Collated by the biſhop - auctoritate concilii.” Reg. Groſſeteſte, ann. 5.
3 © Prebendarius prebende de Pixide Sancte Crucis, in ecclefia collegiata Sancti Johannis Ceſtr',” He was inſtalled pre-
bendary of Buckdon, 11 kal. Julii, 1364 and again exchanged that preferment with Thomas Hervey in 1370.
* He had been inſtalled prebendary of Buckdon, by exchange with Edward Boteler, in 1363.
5 Henry le Spenſer, deſcended from the noble family of the Diſpenſers *, barons of the realm, had been in his youth a
ſoldier, and ſo greatly eſteemed for his valour, that he was a chief commander in the wars of Pope Hadrian V. 1 Having
turned his thoughts to the church, he obtained a canonry of Saliſbury and the rectory of Huſbands Boſworth ; whence, by his
brother's intereſt at the Court of Rome, he was advanced to the biſhoprick of Norwich; where we find him again aſſuming the
military capacity on various important occaſions, which are copiouſly detailed by Mr. Blome field, vol. II. p. 367—372. He was
a ſtrenuous oppoſer of Lollardiſm, a great enemy to all diſturbers of the public peace, and wielded the ſpiritual ſword with as
great energy as he had done the temporal; being exemplary for pious and charitable acts to the day of his death, which
happened Auguſt 22, 1406. He was buried in the cathedral, before the high altar, on the South fide of the founder's tomb;
with the ſollowing inſcription, now loſt :
« Venricus natus le Spenſer, miles amatus, Jnſurretores perimens, necat et proditores,
Preſul ſacratus hjc Norwicenſis humatus, Spirat ad aſtra boni paſtoris mens, matutinis
Florens progenie regali virgo putatur, Dicendo, * Domini eſt terra 7 ;* fecit ſibi finig,
Et pugil eccleſie, perenni qui ſcilma fugatur, M quadringeno vigili ſer Bartholomci.
Loltardi mores damnavit deteriores, Chriſto ſereno tcgi peragrat requiei.“
He was the firſt biſhop that put the arms of the ſee and his own on his ſeal. He bore a penon, when he warred againſt the
Anti-pope, his paternal arms on a bordure Gules, as the difference of the younger family of the Spen/ers ; Quarterly, Argent
and Azure; on each of the Azure quarters a fret Or, over the Argent a bend Gules. Sometimes the bordure is charged with
bezants, and ſometimes with mitres Argent. See plate LXXX. fig. 5. |
% Eccleſia de Boreſworth vacata per conſecrationem magiſtri Henrici le Spenſer in epiſcopatum Norwic', rex preſentavit
magiſtrum Willielmum de Sleford ad eam, ratione terrarum & tenementorum Bartholomei de Burgherſch, defuncti, qui de eo
tenuit in capite, nuper in manu ſua exiſtentium; admiſſ' 2 Julii, regni Edwardi Tertii 44.“ Reg. Buckingham.
In the Certificate referred to unde Billeſdon, p. 436, Mr. Johnſon is thus deſcribed : ** Preſbyter, non conjugatus z medi-
ocriter doctus; non relidet ; non hoſpitalis ; deget apud Peterburg ; non liceutiatus, nec prædicat; nullum aliud Habet.“ He
occurs as a prechendary of Peterborough in 1559 and 1569. Willis, vol. II. p. 521.
s Ir is got quite certain that Mr, Smith had the rectory of Huſbands Boſworth ; though, as his father was patron, it is
highly probable, It is evident, from p. 380, that he officiated in that church: and that he d.ed there appears by the following
entry in the pariſh regiſter : ** Anno 1591, Henricus Smyth, theologus, filius Eraſmi Smyth, armigeri, ſepult. fuit 4to die Juli.”
9 See ſome account of this learned Divine in p. 470.
Dr. William Levett, originally of Magdalen Hall, Oxford; afterwards of Corpus Chriſti College, and at length ſtudent of
Chriſt Church, took the degree of D. D. as a compounder June 25, 1680; was admitted principal of Magdalen Hall June 1,
1681 ; inſtalled dean of Briſtol Jan. 10, 1685. He died Feb. 11, 1693-4; and was buried near the grave of Dr. William Creed,
on the North a le next adjoining to the choir of Chriſt Church: and the following inſcription to his memory is placed againſt
the South eaſt pillar of the ſteeple: Arms: Argent, ſemés of croſs croſlets fitchce, a lion rampant Sable. C:eft, a demi
lion rampant Argent, holding a croſs croſlet fitchce ; plate LXXXI1. fig. 15.
4% M. 8. Moriens infolita munificentia ditavit,
GuLitimvs Levertrt, S. T. P. Præſertim vero reliquiis ſuis hie ex teſtamento depoſitis,
Aulz B. Mariæ Magdal. P. æſes, Quas recondi voiuit,
Eccleſiz Briſtolienſis Decanus, DoRoris CREED Paironi ſui cineribus
Hance AXdem, . Contiguas,
Quam Alumnuggel.m ornaverat, Obiit 10“ Feb. An. Dem. 1693-4,
Singulari ſtudio v vens fovit, An, ætat. 50.“
1! He occurs as maſter of the free-ſchool in 1707. |
3: He publiſhed a ſingle Sermon, 1719, On the Teſtimony of a good Conſcience,”
„* Dr. Holled was preſented, but was never inſtituted, He had a diſpenſation. in April 1576, to hold this reddory with that
of Barby. co Northampton. :
Rector a ſo of Brampton in Northamptonſhire, and chaplain to earl Spencer, '5 Of Queen's college, Cambridge.
* « Filius Edwardi dom. le Diſpenſator, al. Spencer, & "canonicus $a: iſburienſs,” Ita Ms. Wood. Sed in MS. Auſtis, „Filius Edt. & Anne Ferrers ux-
© is ejue, qui qudem Edrus fut filius ſecundus Henrici Spencer comitis Glocelt i Godwin, de Prafulibus, 194%, p 435.
+ * Huic Pontifici, qui eenere paterro A glus erat, Angli quamplurimi wilit ant, interque eos Spencero um gents du quorum ater, apud cum proper
Nenuitatem gratioſus, fratri cui nomen Heurici cp:{copatura Norwicenſun impe ravit.”” Gudwin, vbi ſupra.
* Fialm xxiii. 1
+ *
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GAR TRT HUN DRED.] HUS BANDS BOSWORTH 469
MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS.
In the chancel :
On the South wall is a monument, with the effigies
of a gentleman kneeling; behind him five male
children in the. ſame poſture; and oppoſite ro him
thole of two women and five female children, all
Ukewiſe kneeling.
Arms, Gules, on a chevron Or, between three bezants,
three croſlets firchy Sable. Creſt, out of a ducal
coronet, a goat's head ; fig. 16.
& QU1JACET HICGRAND AVVS ERAT PIETATIS AMATOR,
* DIVITIS EXEMPLY, PAVPERIS AUXILIY.”
1. On a label from Mr. Smith's mouth is written,
Peccavi ;; pænitet; miſerere.
2. Death ſays, Veni, vidi, vici.
3. The firſt lady ſays, Pi?, juſt, ſobris, vixi.
© IN OBITUM ERASMI SMITH, ARMIGERI, QUI
MORTEM OBIIT ANNO DOMINI 1616,
ET ATATIS SYA. 32,
THYS DEATH TRIVMPHS, AND TELLS VS ALL MVST DIE !
Tuvs WEE TRIVMPH, TO LEATH BY CHRIST TO FLik |
TO LIVE TO DIE, IS NOT TO DIE. BVI LIVE ;
TO DIE TO BL1SS, Is BLESSED LIFE TO GER.
OH, BLESS ME THEN j OH, STRIKE ME AT THE HARTE ;
BREATHE OVT MY LIFE, AND LET MY SOVLE DEPARTE,
ASKE HOW HE LIV'D, AND THOV SHALT KNOW HIS END;
HE DIED A SAINT TO GOD, TO POOKE A FRIEND.
NASCIMYR HEV FLENTES, ET PCENIS VIVIMVS OMNES;
Anu MORIMVR LACHRYMIS, Ai V METVISSE MORI!
TOLLE CAPYT, CONFIDE DEO, CEELOQUE srupEro:
EST MIHI VITA MORI, SLIT TiBI VITA Mot! B. 8.“
Againſt the North wall:
Arms, Quarterly, 1. and 4. a fcls between three
balls; Smith; 2. and 4 Azure, a ſpread eagle
Argent on a lozenge, Cotton ; fig. 17.
Underneath lieth the body of Anna Smith,
eldeſt daughter of Thom+s Cotton, of Laughton
in this county, eſq.
and widow and reli& of Roger Smith, eſq. of
Froleſworth in this county, efq. who was a younger
ſon of fir Roger Smith, of Edmondthorp,
in this county, knight, and
grandſon of Eraſmus Smith, eſq. who lies near
interred.
She had iſſue by her ſaid huſband fix ſons, viz.
two called Eraſmus, who died before her;
and four who are ſtill living, viz.
Roger, Edward, John, ard Thomas.
She was a pious Chriſtian,
a loving and prudent wife,
and a kind and render mother.
She lived a widow 39 years, and during that time did
all the good ſhe could to her children and others.
She departed this life upon the zoth day of December,
| in the year of our Lord 1706,
and in the 85th year of her age.
To preſerve the memory of ſo good a woman, this
monument is erected by the ſaid John her ſon, one
of the barons of her Majeſty's Court of Exchequer
at Weſtminſter,”
On flat ſtones :
1. A ſmall figure in braſs (fee fig. 18.)
„ERBE LYETH THE BODY OF MR, KICE JEM,
LATE RECTOR OF BORSWORTH, WHO
LIVED PIOUSLY TOWARDS GOD, PEACE-=
ABLY TOWARDS HIS NEIGHBOURS, AND
' CHARITABLY TOWARDS THE POORE, AND
$OE DIED JUNE Y* 9, 1648, aGev 68.“
2. Sacred to the memory of
Thomas Alcock, M. A. rector of Huſbands Boſworth,
who died the 24th of October, 1753, aged 67.“
3. Arms, Quarterly, 1. and 4. Smith; 2. and 3.
Cotton. Creſt, an eagle diſplayed.
„Here lieth interred the body of
William Cotton, eſq. late of Nottingham.
He departed this lite
the 28th of October, 1758, aged 56.“
4+ © Here lieth interred the body of Samuel Cotton,
who died the 27th of April, 1767,
aged 68 years.”
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Within the rails of the altar:
f . * Under this ſtone
lieth interred the body of Mrs. Judith Smith,
great grand-daughter of George Bathurſt, of Hothorpez
eſq. and wife of Roger Smith, M. A.
rector of this pariſh, +
great grandſoh of fir Roger Smith, knight, by whom
ſhe had iſſue ſeven children; viz.
Judith and John, who died before her;
Edward, Olivia, Anne, Elizabeth, and Conſtance,
who ſurvived her. |
She was born Auguſt 15, 1682 ;
married Feb. 3, 1701; |
and departed this life March 10, 1714.
She being made perfect in a ſhort time,
Fulfilled a long time.
For her hope was full of immortality,
and her ſoul pleaſed the Lord; |
thereſore haſted he to take her way.
Multis illa bonis flebilis occidit;
Nulli flebilior quam mibi.“
8.“ Sacred to the memory
of Roger Smith, M. A.
| rector of Huſbands Boſworth,
who died the jth of Feb'?, 1736, aged 63.“
On a flat ſtone at the Weſt end of the nave :
I. © In expedation of a glorious reſurrection
to eternal life,
here lies interred the body of Thomas Heygate,
who departed this life 29 Sept. 1781, aged 42.
He married Mary, daughter of Benjamin and
Alice Snelſon, by whom he had iffue
{ix ſons and one daughter;
Thomas, Robert-Benjamin, John-Nicholas, James,
Charles, Mary, and William-Ralph.
Nec preſunt Domino qua proſunt omnibus artes.
On a flat ſtone under the gallery:
6 Here lies interred the body of Alice, the wife
of Benjamin Snelſon, who departed this life the 1oth
day of October, 1776, aged 57.
Here hes interred the body of Benjamin Snelſon,
who departed this life the 17th day of October, 1767,
aged 55 years.” |
In the church - yard :
On an altar tomb : S
c Hic jacet quod mortale fuit Johannis Bryan,
qui mortem obiit Mali die 11,
An. Dom. 1724, ætatis ſuæ 52.“
On upright ſtones:
Hic cineres Ricatdi Bryan depoſitæ ſunt.
Qui mortem obiit Marti die 12, 1690,
anno wtatis ſuæ 57.”
« Hic jacet Maria Ricardi Bryan uxor dileCta.
Quz e vita deceſſit Septembris die 30, 1720,
ætatis ſuæ 68.“ .
ç In memory of James Dilly, who departed this
Sept. 1, 1780, in the 54th year of his age.
His civil carriage to all men may claim
A perfect right to a beloved name.
His actions were ſo juſt, that we may tell,
He liv'd upright ; we hope he dy'd as well.”
“ Thon Carter died July 17, 1782, aged 30.
Pai, Seigneur, poufle ma voix vers vous,
Payant tire du fond de mon cœur, Seigneur,
ecoutez favorablement ma priere.
Robert Heygate died Jan. 11, 1736, aged 74.
Mary Hey gate died Sept. 22, 1743, aged 73.
Wm. Andrews, gent. died March 5, 1722, aged 72,
William Andrews, gent. died Dec. 6, 1752, aged 70.
Mary Andrews died Feb. 9, 1775, aged 86.
Elizabeth Andrews died April 6, 1727, aged 77,
Jonathan Ward died June 27, 1767, aged 87.
Mary Ward died June 24, 1761, aged 69.
John Ward died March 30, 1723, aged 66.
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470 HISTORY and ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
CHARITABLE BENEFACTIONS *,
Tar I.
t. Eraſmus Smith, eſq. by his will or deed [dated
about 1615] did convey by truſt a half yard-land, and
ſeveral odd lands in Boſworth, the rents and profits
for the uſe of the church and cauſeways*, and other
Charitable uſes, at the diſcretion of the truſtees .
2. Roger Smith, eſq. ſome time lord of the manor,
= to Boſworth £20. the product to be yearly paid
ay 13, or ten days after, to the poor of Boſworth.
+ The ſaid Roger Smith, eſq. [in 1632] conveyed
to Boſworth a cloſe called Collin's Home, the rents
to be yearly laid out in coals to the poor. |
4+ Sir Roger Smith, by will, gave to the poor of
Boſworth a rent-charge of 8. per annum, iſſuing out
of a houſe in Clerkenwell, London, adjoining to the
church-yard, for the uſe of the poor ot Boſworth, to
be yearly diſtributed, as the parſon there and one of
the churchwardens ſhall think fit at Chriſtmas.
5. Dr. Duport*, ſome time rector of Boſworth, gave
to the town five pounds; the produce thereof to be
yearly diſtributed to the poor on Midſummer-day.
6. Mr. Garratt Ward, of London, gave five pounds;
the yearly intereſt thereof to be diſtributed to the
poor of Boſworth every Chriſtmas for ever,
7. Mr. Chriſtopher Foreman, formerly of this town,
gave to the fame five pounds, the yearly intereſt
thereof to be diſtributed to the poor of Boſworth on
Whitſunday for ever.
8. Mr. Gell, of London, conveyed to the
town of Boſworth a houſe and ſome odd lands lying
in Boſworth ; the yearly rent to be diſtributed to the
poor of the ſaid town 5. The ſaid houſe and land is
now lying in the Cottage Paſture, in exchange for
land with William Turvile, eſq. agreed for with the
truſtees at the time the field was incloſed.
9. Mrs. Amey Palmer, widow, gave to the town of
Boſworth five pounds, the yearly intereſt to be diſtri-
buted to the poor every St. Thomas's-day in bread.
10. Mr. Thomas Blakefley, of Stoney Staunton,
co. Leiceſter, did bequeath, out of four yard-lands of
Thomas Jenkins“, of Huſbands Boſworth, one ſhilling
a week, to be given away, every Sunday in the year,
to twelve poor people that frequent the church con-
ſtantly, a penny-loaf each, at the diſcretion of the
churchwardens only. |
11. Mr. John Bryan, of this pariſh, by his will,
gave three acres of land for ever?, called by the name -
of Groome's Acres, lying in the Cottage Paſture of
this pariſh aforeſaid ; the yearly rent thereof paying
for fix children's ſchooling, according to the ſaid will.
12. Mr. Thomas Alcock, ſometime rector of this
pariſh, by his will, gave the intereſt of eight pounds,
to be yearly diſtributed to the poor of Boſworth.
13. Mr. John Horton, of the city of Dublin, by
his will, bearing date the 15th day of May, 1751,
gave to the Governors of the Britiſh Herring Fiſhery
the ſum of three hundred pounds ſterling *; and his
will was that they ſhould apply the intereſt to the
miniſter and churchwardens of Huſbands Boſworth in
Leiceſter, in Great Britain, where he was born, to be
laid out in bread for the poor of the ſaid pariſh, and to
be diſtributed weekly on Sunday after divine ſervice.
TABLE II. DoxaTions s.
Sir Roger Smith, (10.
Mrs. Ifabell Bancroft, of London, C10.
Mr. Henry Ward, of London, £6.
Mr. George Abbott, of Lutterworth, mercer, (8.
Dr. Levett, rector, (10. to apprentice a poor boy.
Francis Forteſcue, eſq. (10.
Mr. Vincent Everard, £10.
Mr. Samuel Cotton, of Wiſtow in this county,
gave to the pariſh church a large ſilver tankard for
the uſe of the communion, which is ſtill in uſe.
The return made to the houſe of commons, in 1786,
in anſwer to the enquiry reſpecting the charitable
donations in this pariſh, may be ſeen in p. 17.
The benefaRtions, Ne 2. f. 6. 7. 9. 12. have been conſolidated and made up {co ; and were In 1794 veſted in the Three
ger Cent. Reduced Annuities, in the names of the Rev. Richard Pearce, rector, John Ward, and William Knight.
* By the act of incloſure, 26 acres and 6 perches of land were appropriated to the repairs and of beautifying the church ;
and 2 acres and 15 perches to the uſe of cauſeways.
3 The preſent truſtees (1796) are the Rev. Richard Pearce, rector; the Rev. John Maſtin, vicar of Naſeby ; John Ward,
Thomas Morton, Robert Snelſon, and Randall Loomes.
* John Duport, deſcended from an antient family at Caen in Normandy, which came into Leiceſterſhire in the reign of Henry
IV, was the eldeſt ſon of Thomas Duport, eſq. of Shepeſhed. Being admitted of Jeſus college, Cambridge, he became a fellow
there; proctor in 1580; and obtained the degree of D. D. He was for ſome time rector of Huſbands Boſworth and of Med-
boui in 1583 (being then M. A.) was preſented (by Dr. Aylmer biſhop of London) to the ſinecure rectory of Fulham; and in
1585 (by Henry Duport, eſq.) to the præcentorſhip of St. Paul's. In 1598 be became maſter of Jeſus College; vice- chancellor
1593, 1594, 1601; and in 1609 was collated to a prebend of Ely. He married Rachel, daughter of Richard Cox biſhop of
Ely, by whom he had four children; 1. Richard; 2. Eudocia; 3. James; 4. Lucia, Of Richard and Eudocia we know no-
thing. Lucia died unmarried, in 1665, at the age of 62; and James became the celebrated dean of Ey, maſter of Magdalen
college, Cambridge, and rector of Aſton Flamvile in this county, where a full account of him will be given. Dr. John Duport,
who died in 1617, was one of the tranſlators of the Bible; and is recorded among the benef«Qtors to his college, as havirg be-
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5 Twelve acres, two roods, and nine poles, are appropriated to the cottagers for keeping cows, paying an annual rent of
three pounds or thereabouts, for the uſe of the poor.
6 Now-Packwood and Lewis. :
7 Preſent rent fix pounds; and number of children ten.
The ſum of (319. $5. 94. was veſted in 1771 in the Three per Cent. Conſolidated Annuities, in the names of John Ward,
Thomas Morton, and Thomas Andrews.
9 Theſe donations have been ſeverally given according to the will of the donors,
BOWDEN”
|
GAaRrTRE HUNDRED.]
THE following letter from alderman Robert Hey-
rick, of Leiceſter, to his brother Sir William, in the
year 1616, relates to an extraordinary tranſaction which
took place at Huſbands Boſworth :; ” |
„Although we have bene greatly buſyed this 4
or 5 days paſt, being ſyſe tyme, and a buſy ſyſe ſpeacy-
ally about the araynment of a ſort of woomen, Wytches,
w* 9 of them ſhal be executed at the gallows this for-
none, for bewitching of a younge gentellman of the
adge of 12 or 13 years old, beinge the ſoon of one
Mr. Smythe, of Huſbands Boſworth, brother to Mr.
Henry Smythe, that made the booke which we call
Mr. Smythe's Sarmons. Your man Sampſon ſtays,
and yt is to tedyous to write anny one thing unto you
of the matter ; and the examynacyons and finding out
of the matter came to my hand in wryting uſt as I
began your lettar. Only 1 will ſignifye unto you of
the chyld's ſtraundg fits, who was brought hythar
of Sayturday laſt to be ſhewed to the Judges ; and
fince his coming hither he hath had dyvars wonderfull
ſtraundg fyts in the ſyght of all rhe greateſt parſons
here, as dyvers knyghts and ladies, and manny othars
of the bettar ſort, moſt tereble-ro be tolld. Sir Henry
Haſtings hath doon what he colld to holld him in his
fit; but he and another as firong as he. could not
hold him; yf he might have his arm at liberty, he
woolld ſtryke himſellfe ſuche bloes on his breſt, being
in his ſhirt, that you myght here the ſound of yt the
length of a long chamber, ſoumtyms 50 bloes, ſoum-
tyms 100, yea ſoumtyms 2 or 300 bloes, that the leaſt
of them was able to ſtryke doune a ſtrong man; and
yet all he did to himſelf did him no hurt. 6 of the
witches had 6 ſeverall ſperits, one in the lyknes of a
hors, another like a dog, another a cat, another a
pullemar, another a fiſhe, another a code, with whom
evary one of them tormented him : he woolld make
ſoom ſyne according to the ſperit ; as, when the hors
tormented him, he woold whinny ; when 'the cat tor-
mented him, he would cry like a cat, &c. When he
was in his fyt, they were ſoomtymes brought to him,
and then they were chardged to ſpeake ſarten woords,
and to name theare ſperits, and one of them to ſpeake
yt afrar another; as thus: I ſuch a one chardge
the hors, yf I be a wiche, that thou com forthe of
the chilld.” And then another by her ſperit to doe
the like; and fo till all had doone. Yf anny of them
woolld ſpeake a woord contrary to that charm, he
ſhold be myghtyly tormented ; but, if he would ſpeake
as he had firſt directed them, at the end of the laſt he
woolld fall out of bis fit as quyetly as if one did la
him doune to ſlepe. For the reſt, I leave till it pleaſe
| God we meete. Leiceſter, the 18th of July, 1616.
Your loving brother, RoparT HEYRICKE EB.“
The execution of nine witches in one morning is a
circumſtance ſcarcely credible in theſe enlightened
times The ſame year, however, exhibits a fimilar
proſecution againſt ſix other unhappy women.
„ I received your letter yeſterday, dated the 1oth
of October, 1616 ; for which I thank you hartely,
for I thought y* long fince I hard any thinge from
ou; for anny news I heare but from you I account
it but uncertayne. I am defyrous to fignefye unto
you of the Witches, but it muſt be in my next; for
they be but this day, as I am informed, examyned
b Mr. Mair and the Juſtiſis, and Docktor Lambe,
in our Towu-hall; and to-morrow I ſhall know the
ſubſtaunce of the matter; and then you ſhall here
how the matter goes w* them. So, with my love and
hartyeſt ſalutaryons to yourſelf and my Lady doone, I
leave you to the Moſt Higheſt. Leiceſter, the 15th of
October. Your loving brother, RonART HEvRICKE.
„ Since the wryting of the above, the under ſhe-
rive, by a warrant directed to the highe-ſherive, hathe
ſet the 5 Witches at liberty; the ſixt is ded in the gayle.”
P. 464. Thomas Smith, eſq. one of the verdurers of
the foreſt of Bere, co. Hants, died in November 1797,
HUS BAN DSG BOSWORTH.
27 71 $4?
in the Borough of Southwark at the age of 744 This
gentleman was the only ſon of colonel Thomas Smith,
* the Coldſtream regiment of foot · guards; at whoſe
eath, in 1742, he inherited the paternal eſtate. at
Perbeck-heath, co. Hants, worth (1400. a year; which
he ſold to Peter Taylor, eſq. for (22, 300. In 1762,
on the death of Edward Smith, eſq: of Edmondthorpe;
he became poſſeſſed of all the large and valuable
eſtates of that family. The panſion at Edmondthorpe”
he ſold to the preſent polfe for, William Pochin, eſq.
for Lag, ooo. Other eltates, at Melton Mowbray and
Eye Kettleby, now worth £800. a year, he ſold for
(2500. His fine eſtate at Great Carlton *, co. Lincoln
(the annual rent of which is more than C ioo, with
the patronage of the rectory of Little and - Caſtle
Carlton, he mortgaged to the late Fobn Manners, elq. z
and, by neglect in paying either principal or intereſt,
ſuffered a fore-cloſer to take place by decree of the
court of Chancery, and was deprived of it for little
more than half its value. He was poſſeſſed of other
eſtates, in the counties of Middleſex and Rutland, which
were diſpoſed of in a manner ſimilar to the above. He
married Jane, eldeſt daughter of John Bridger, eſq. of
Rutbourn, co. Suſſex, by whom he has left three ſons
and three daughters,—The following tranſactions of
Mr. Smith, relative to the advowlon of Boſworth,
are here detailed from Caſes laid before the Houſe
of Peers, in April 1776, by * The Rev. Samuel Ro-
gers, clerk, Appellant;” and“ Thema, Holled, the Rev.
Knightley Holled, D. D. Thomas Smith, and the Right
Rev. John Lord Biſhop of Lincoln, Reſpondents.”
The Appellant ſtates, that“ the Reſpondent Smith,
being in 1763 entitled in fee tio the advowlon of the
rectory of Huſbands Boſworth, whereof Edward Col-
uit, clerk, was incumbent, employed the Reſpondent
homas Holled, an attorney at law, to ſell the ſame to
the beſt advantage; which he undertook to do; but,
inſtead thereof, tormed a defign of purchaſing it for
himſelf at an under-value; and, by letter, July 25
1763, acquainted Mr. Smith that he had but one friend
who bid for it, and that he offered £500. and no more;
and that in all probability he (Smith could not get a
better price for it, although the ſaid rectory was at
that time worth, to be ſold, ſubject to the life of the
then incumbent, 2000. or more, in the unincloſed
ſtate of the lordſhip; and would be worth double that
ſum in caſe an incloſure ſhould take place, which was
then intended by the proprietors of lands there; and
an attorney at law was actually employed by them to
ſolicit an act of parliament fur that purpoſe, and to
apply to the ſaid Smith for his conſent; yet the ſaid
Thomas Holled prevailed on ſuch attorney to poſtgone
that application for a fortnight or three weeks; and
the ſaid Thomas Smith living at a great diſtance from
the ſaid rectory, and being unacquainted with the va-
lue thereof, as well as with the intended incloſure,
and in very diſtrefled circumſtances, and out upon
bail on an arreſt for a juſt debt of £300, the ſaid
Thomas Halled took advantage thereot, and renewed
his aſſurances that the ſaid advowſon was worth no
more than £500, or 500 guineas; and, prevailed on
him to execute conveyances by leaſe and releaſe, bear-
ing dates reſpectively Feb. 7 and 8, 1764, of the ſaid
advow ſon, to the ſaid Thomas Holled and his heirs, for
the conſideration of £525. notwithſtanding the ſaid
Thomas Holled could not but have been informed be-
fore that time that the-advowſon, though the lordſhip
had continued unincloſed, was of the value of {2000.
or more; and, belides, muſt, before the ſaid convey-
ances were executed, or the ſaid advowſan contracted
for by him, have known that an incloſure of the ſaid
lordſhip was then agreed upon, and the terms thereof
abſolutely ſettl:d between the proprietors and the in-
cumbent ; and that a. petition was, on the 24th of
January preceding the execution of the ſaid con-
veyances, preſented to the houſe of commons, and a
bill then ordered to be brought into that houſe pur-
This is a ſtriking addition to the many inſtances which might be produced of the credulity of the laſt age. One has been
already given under Belvoir (Appendix, p. 69) ; and others may be ſeen in Britiſh Topography,” vol. I, pp. 311. 371“; 429;
* 467; vol. II. pp. 26; 46; 52; 254; 672; 744 The earlieſt of theſe was in 1566; the lateſt in 1116. The greateſt number
that appear to have been executed at any one time was in 1645, when Mr. Lawes, an innocent aged clergyman
a cooper and his wife, and 15 other women, were all condemned and executed at Bury.
This eſtate had been purchaſed by Edward Sith, eſq. in 1735. |
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#452 HISTORY any ANTIQUITIES/or LEICESTERSHIRE.» -
ſuant to ſuch petition ; which received the royal aſ-
ſent on the 19th of April following; and thereby the
aq vo on, ſubject to the incumbent's life in the reQory,
became of the value of (4000. The Reſpondent
Smith, having diſcovered that he had been greatly de-
ceived, did, in Hilary Term 1765, exhibit a Bill in
Chancery againſt Ho/led, praying that the conveyances
might be ſet aſide for fraud, and that the rectory
might be re-conveyed to him: To which Bill the
- Reſpondent Thomas Holled put in his anſwer. In
October 1765, the incumbent died; and thereupon
the Reſpondent Smith, did, by writing figned by him,
duly preſent the Appellant to the faid church, who
attended the Reſpondent, the Lord Biſhop of Lincoln
(the Dioceſan), with the ſaid preſentation, and prayed
admiſſion, inftiturion, and induQion thereon : but the
faid Thonias Holled ſoon afterwards preſenting his bro-
ther, Knightley Holled, to the ſaid rectory, and ſeveral
writs of Quare impedit” and“ Ne admittas” being
ſerved on his Lordſhip by the ſeveral claimants, he re-
fuſed to admit either of the preſentees, and the rectory
hath ever fince been, and till is, vacant.”
On the contrary part, it was ſtated, © That the Re-
ſpondent Smith was, in the life · time of Thomas Smith,
eſq. his father, ſeiſed of the reverſion in fee of ſeveral
real eſtates in the counties of Middleſex, Northampton,
Lincoln, Rutland, and Leiceſter, of a conſiderable
yearly value; and particularly of the perpetual ad-
vowſon of the rectory of Boſworth, otherwiſe Huſ-
bands Boſworth, in the ſaid county of Leiceſter : bur,
being a man of an extravagant way of living, he be-
came conſequently very neceſſitous; and, for the ſup-
ply of his neceſſities, had, long before his father's
death, ſold or mortgaged his reverſionary intereſt in
all or moſt of theſe eſtates to different perſons; and
particularly to Meſſts. Belchier, Ironfade, and Co. Bank-
ers in London ; in fach manner, and by the moſt com-
prehenſive deſcriptions, which the reſpective pur-
chaſers or mortgagees thereof thought proper to re-
quire, The advowſon, however, not having been ex-
preſsly or ſpecifically compriſed in any of theſe con-
veyances ; the Reſpondent Smith, upon the death of
his father“, which happened ſome time in 1762, be-
came entitled thereto in fee, ſubject to the life-cſtate
of Edward Colquit, clerk, the then incumbent of the
rectory; and he immediately reſolved to ſell this part
of 'his property for what it would fetch. In conſe-
quence of this reſolution, the Reſpondent Smith, with
Mr. Brown, his then attorney, went down into the
country in the ſummer of 1762; and, being at Lei-
ceſter during the time of the aſſizes, they accidentally,
at Wpublic dinner, fell into company with the Re-
ſpondent Thomas Holled, whoſe bufineſs as an attorney
Bad alſo brought him thither. Till this meeting the
Reſpondent Smith was a total ſtranger to the Reſpon-
dent Thomas Holled; but he ſoon made himſelf known
both to him and the reſt of the company, and took
that opportunity of mentioning his being entitled to
the living of Boſworth, and his reſolution of ſelling
the ſame; and then actually offered it to fale for £700.
In the courſe of this converſation, ſome perſon ſeems
to have recommended the Reſpondent Thomas Holled
as a man who, from his buſineſs and connexions in
that part of the country, and from the circumſtance
of his living at Lutterworth, which is not above eight
miles diſtant from Boſworth, was very likely to atliſt
the Reſpondent Smith in the ſale of this living; and
accordingly both he and his attorney Mr. Breton ap-
plied particularly to the Reſpondent Thomas Holled for
that purpoſe ; who very readily promiſed to make the
Proper enquiries into the ſtare and condition of the-
iving, and to uſe his endeavours to procure a pur-
chaſer for the ſame, without ever conſidering himſelf
as profeſſionally employed by the Reſpondent Smith
to do ſo. The Reſpondent Thomas Holled accordingly
made ſuch enquiries; and mentioned the living, as an
eſtate upon fale, to ſeveral-of his clients, whom he
thought moſt likely to become purchaſers. The re-
ſult was (and of which he informed the Reſpondent
Smith, or his ſaid attorney), that the annual income of
the living was about £160, the incumbent about 47
years of age, and (as far as could be known from the
diſtance of his reſidence, which was at Liverpool) of
a good conſtitution; and that none of thoſe to whom
he had recommended the purchaſe would give more
than 500. for it; and, in truth, ſeemed very indif-
ferent about buying it at all; becauſe ſome doubts
were entertained as to the clearneſs of the Reſpondent
Smith's title, from the notoriety of his having ſold, or
incumbered, all, or the greateſt part of, his reverſi-
onary eſtates in his father's life- time. In conſequence
of this information, the Reſpondent Smith, or his at-
torney, in the courſe of 1763, offered the living to
ſeveral perſons, but without ſucceſs; and therefore,
in a letter written by the Reſpondent Smith to the
Reſpondent Thomas Holled, acquainting him that he
(Smith) had tried every body that he thought likely
to buy. the advowſon, but had not got a purchaſer,
he exprefſed his wiſh, that the Reſpondent Thomas
Holled would purchaſe it for himſelf, or any client of
his, at Z600. Soon after the receipt of this letter,
the Reſpondent Thomas Holled*s buſineſs neceſſarily
called him to London, where he arrived ſome time in
November 1763; and in the courſe of that month
the Reſpondent Smith, together with Mr. Durden, an
intimate friend of his, called upon the Reſpondent
Thomas Holled, at bis lodgings in Piccadilly, and, with.
much earneſtneſs, defired him to become the purchaſer
of the living at C60; but, finding him rather averſe
to the bargain, the Reſpondent Smzth aſſured him, that
he would fell the living fo very cheap, as to make it
worth the Reſpondent Thomas Holled's while to buy it
to ſell again, and deſired a meeting with him the next
morning, at a certain coffee-houſe, to treat farther
about this purchaſe. The parties accordingly met, to-
gether with Mr. Brown the attorney; when the Reſpon-
dent Thomas Holled, being again preſſed to purchaſe
the living, offered to give 500 guineas for it; which
was more than had been offered by any other perſon,
and full as much as, under all its then circumſtances,
it was fairly worth. The Reſpondent Smith, however,
and his friends, being willing to make ſome farther rri-
als, deſired time to conſider of ſuch offer; and promiſed
to give the Reſpondent Thomas Holled an anſwer ſoon,
whether it would be accepted or not. But he being
ſuddenly called home by a melancholy event in his
family; the Reſpondent Smith's ſaid attorney, in aboux
a week- afterwards, wrote a letter to the Reſpondent
Thomas Holled, informing him, that he Smith would
accept the offer of 500 guineas for the living; which
ſum the Reſpondent Thomas Holled thereupon agreed
to give for it. And the ſame was afterwards, in con-
ſideration of that ſum, duly conveyed to the Reſpon-
dent Thomas Holled in fee, by certain indentures of
leaſe and releaſe, dated Feb. 7 and 8, 1764. At the
time of concluding this agreement, no fact or circum-
ſtance of any kind had come to the knowledge of the
Reſpondent Thomas Helled, which could make any al-
teration in the nature, condition, or value, of the li-
ving; but, previous to the actual execution of the
conveyance, it was known that an intention to incloſe
had taken place among the proprietors of land in the
open and common fields of Boſworth, and that ſame
preparatory ſteps had been taken for that purpoſe.
It could not but occur, and in fact did occur, to both
the contracting parties, that, if this intended incloſure
ſhould be properly effectuated, it muſt neceſſarily aug-
ment the annual value of the rectoty; and, though it
was a ſubject of converſation between them and the
reſt of the company preſent, when the, conveyance
was executed, yet the Reſpondent Smith was ſo far
from objecting to the ſale which he had made of the
living, on that or any other account, that he very cor-
dially wiſhed the Reſpondent Thomas Helled ſucceſs
with his purchaſe; and, in a few. days afterwards,
went with his wife to Weſtminſter Hall, and acknow-
ledged a fine, in order to ſtrengthen and corroborate
the title. Under a purchaſe ſo made, the Reſpon-
dent Thomas Holled had reaſon enough to expect a
quiet and uninterrupted enjoyment, ' ſave only as
againſt the prior vendees or incumbrancers of the
Reſpondent Smith's eſtates, whoſe claims upon this
i It was on the death of Edward Smith, eſq. of Edmondthorpe, that Mr. Thomas Smith came into the poſſeflion of the family
eſtates (ſee pp. 185. 882.) We do not exactly find his line of conſanguinity ; but Charles Smith and Thomas Smith were parties
in the marriage ſettlement of Eaward Smith, eſq. in which fir Thomas Cave and James Wighy, eſq. were truſtees,
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living,
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living, under. the comprehenſibility of their convey-
2 was the only riſque which he could poſſibly
entertain any apprehenſion of; for, with reſpect to
the Reſpondent Smith himſelf, it could ſcarcely be
imagined, that, after continuing in a courſe of enquiry
into the value and other circumſtances of the living
for the ſpace of near a year and a half previous to
the contract, and after having executed that contract
in the manner above ſtated, any objection or diſturb-
ance could ariſe from that quarter. But herein it
ſeems the Reſpondent Thomas Holled relied rather
too much upon the integrity of his own conduct;
and was not ſufficiently aware of the poſſibility of his
being diſturbed through the influence of a contrary
principle: for the Reſpondent Smith, either of his
own accord, or by the perſuaſion of ſome on whom,
from the neceſſity of his circumſtances, he was depen-
dent, thought proper, in Eaſter Term 1765, to file a
Bill in the High Court of Chancery againſtthe Re-
ſpondent Thomas Holled alone, in order to ſet aſide
the conveyance of the living, on the ground of fraud
and impoſition z and for that purpoſe invention itſelf
was tortured, to aſſociate every idea of circumvention
and unfait advantage which the nature of the tranf-
action could poſſibly admit of. The Defendant was
charged with being ſpecially employed by Mr. Smith
to ſell the advowlon ; with having miſrepreſented to
him every circumſtance concerning it; with having
either taken no pains to ſell ir, or ar leaſt, under a
variety of pretences, difſuaded every perſon from pur-
chaſing it; with having been thoroughly informed of
the intended incloſure previous to his contract; and
with having unfairly availed himſelf of Smith's neceſ-
fities in the terms of that contract. Againſt fo for-
midable a charge as this, if confeſſed by the parry de-
linquent, or properly ſupported by evidence, it was
impoſſible that the conveyance could have ſtood a mo-
ment; and therefore it was natural ro expect, that
the Reſpondent Smith would uſe the utmoſ expedition
in eſkng for an anſwer, and bringing his cauſe to
iſſues bur, inſtead of that, almoſt twelve months
elapſed before the anſwer was put in; nor would it
even then (as it is reaſonably imagined) have been
ſeriouſly infiſted on, had not an accident interyened,
which was quite unforeſern, and which gave new lite
to a ſuit, almoſt on the point of being totally aban-
doned : for, in the month of October 1765, Mr.
Colquit, the incumbent, died; .on which occahon the
Reſpondent Smith, though he had neither a legal nor
an equitable right to the living, thought proper to
preſent the Appellant Mr. Rogers; and the Reſpon-
dent Thomas Holled, as having the complete right
thereto, under the conveyance of February 1764,
thought himſelf well warranted in the exercile of that
right, by preſenting his brother, the Reſpondent, Dr.
Holled; and thereupon Quare Impedits were brought
by both parties in other Reſpondent the
Biſhop of Lincoln, as Muinary, and writs of Ne Ad-
mitias were teſpectively ſerved upon his Lordſhip, to
prevent the inſtirurion and induction of either of the
clerks ſo preſented : And, in conſequence of this, the
living has been ever ſince under ſequeſtration. A Sup-
' plemental Bill was ſoon after filed againſt the Re-
ſpondent Thomas Holled, and alſo againſt the Biſhop,
6 other Reſpondent Dr. Holled, and the Appellant.
To this and to the original Bill the Reſpondents Tho-
mas Holled and Dr. Holled put in an anſwer; whereby
the Reſpondent Thomas: Holled ſtated the ſeveral cir-
cumitances attending his purchaſe, herein-before ſet
forth ; denied, in the moſt expreſs and poſitive terms,
every charge and iuſinuation of fraud, impoſition, or
unfair dealing; and particularly any miſrepreſentation
of the value or condition of the living, and the feaſt
knowledge or information of the intended incloſure,
previous to the concluſion of his contract; and inſiſted
upon the fairneſs of the whole tranſaction on his
part; and, of conſequence;' upon the validity of his
conveyance. The 'Refpondent Dr. Holled, being a
ſtranger to the ſeveral matters which had happened
antecedent to the death of the late incumbent, re-
ferred to his brother's anſwer as to thoſe particulars ;
and inſiſted only upon his beingiduly preſented to the
living in queſtion by the lawful patron thereof. It
was, however, thought adviſcable for both the Re-
ſpondents to exhibit a Croſs Bill, in order to hate
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ſeveral parties defendants put in their anſwers tfereto.
Theſe cauſes being at iſſue, ſeveral witneſſes were ex=
amined, both in town and country, on behalf of the
Reſpondents Smith and Thomas Holle; but what was +
the purport, or might hate been the probable effect
of their evidence, cannot now be Known, or even con-
jectured, as publication only paſſed of the depoſitions
taken in town, which did not telate to all the mate-
rial facts in queſtion : for, in order to prevent the
conſequences of a judicial determination, which ſeems
to have been much mote apprehended on the part of
the Reſpondent Smith than by the Reſpondent Themas
Holled, ſome friends of the former, particularly Mr.
Durden, and Mr. Reuben Parke, who was the Re-
ſpondent Smith's ſteward” or agent in the country,
ſome time in November or December 1769, inter-
poſed their good offices with the Reſpondent Thomas
Holked"s agent in London, to bring about an amicable
accommodation of all matters in diſpute. Many pro-
poſals were made for this purpoſe, and ſeveral meet-
ings had to inveſtigare and digeſt them; but it is ap-
prehended that none of them would have been made
_the baſis of any compromiſe on the part of the Re-
ſpondent Thomas Holled, had it not been for the ex-
preſs and poſitive aſſurances of Mr. Parke, who, from
his own knowledge, afferted that the doubts which
had originally been entertained, touching the Reſpon-
dent Smith's title to the advowſon, were then effectu-
ally removed; that all diſputes between him and
Meſſrs. Belchier and Co. had been amicably adjuſted;
and that they had either re-conveved, or were under
covenant to re-convey, to him all the eſtates which he
had at any rime mortgaged to them. Hence the Re-
ſpondent Thomas Holled was induced to liſten with'
more attention to the propofals which had been made
to bim or his agent; becauſe the clearneſs of the title,
added to the conſequences of the incloſure, which be-
fore this time had actually taken place, contributed
greatly to augment the real value of the advowſon.
The queſtion therefore was, what would have been
the fair value of this rectory at the time of the Re-
ſpondent Thomas Holled's original purchaſe, if theſe
additional circumſtances had then exiſted? And ſuch
value being eſtimated, by the friends of both parties,
at the ſum of £1575; it was at length finally agreed,
that the Reſpondent Smith ſhould foodie his action
of Quare Inpedit brought againſt the Biſhop ; diſmiſs
his Original and Supplemental Bill; and do all ſuch
other acts as ſhould be judged _ e
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for the confirming” and eſtabliſhing the Rndenr
Thomas Holled's title to the ad vowſon unde con-
veyance of February 1764; and that, in confidera-
tion thereof, the Reſpondent Thomas Holled ſhould
diſmiſs his Croſs Bill, and pay the Reſpondent Smith
£1050, and alſo his coſts both in law and equity;
together with the coſts of the preſent Appellant (who
was a party to ſuch Croſs Bill, and detended by the
ſaid Smith's ſolicitor in that ſuit), at ſuch ſum as the
reſpective ſolicitors and clerks in court ſor the parties
ſhould agree upon; and, in caſe of their diſagree-
ment, at ſuch tum as thole coſts ſhould be taxed at,
as berween attorney and client, To carry this agree-
ment into execation, a meeting was held, in the be-
ginning of January 1770, between Meſſrs. Darden
and Parte, and the Reſpondent Smith, and the Agent
of the Reſpondent Thomas Holled, at Market Harbo-
rough in Leiceſterſhice ; and at this meeting the Re-
ſpondent Smith executed an indenture of bargain and
ſale and confirmation, which had been previouſly pre-
pared, and bore date Dec. 12, 1769, whereby, after
reciting the above-mentioned agreement, and that the
Reſpondent Smith, in purſuance and part performance
thereof, had, on the day of the date of the ſaid in-
denture, ſigned a proper authority in writing, empow-
ering Mr. Joſeph Littlebales, his attorney and ſolicitor.
to diſcontinue the ſaid action of Quere Impedit, and
alſo to move for leave to diſmiſs his ſaid Original Bill
out of the ſaid Court of Chancery, it was witneffed'
that, in further puriuance and full performances the
faid recired agreemenr on the part and behalf of the
ſaid Reſpondent Smith, and in order the more eff. Au-
ally to eſtabliſh and confirm the right and title of the
Reſpondent Thomas Holled and his heirs to the ſaid
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adrowſorfand-reftory, and in confideration of { 1050.
by him paid to the ſaid Reſpondent Smith, he, the
ſaid Reſpondent Smith, did grant, bargain, ſell, and
confirm, unto the Reſpondent Thomas Holled, his heirs
and aſſigns, all that the ſaid advowſon, right of pa-
tronage, preſentation, and free diſpofition of, in, and
to, the aforeſaid rectory and church of Huſbands
Boſworth, in the county of Leiceſter ; together with
the glebe-lands, tenements, tithes, tenths, oblations,
obventions, hereditaments, and appurtenances what ſo-
ever, thereunto belonging, or in any wiſe appertain-
ing; and the reverſion and reverſions, remainder and
remainders, rents, iſſues, and profits thereof, and of
every part thereof; and alſo all the eſtate, right, title,
intereſt, inheritance, uſe, truſt, poſſeſſion, property,
claim and demand whatſoever, both at law and in
equitgot him the ſaid Reſpondent Smith, of, in, and
to the faid premiſes, and every and any part thereof;
to hold the ſame unto, and to the uſe of, the Reſpon-
dent Thomas Holled, his heirs and affigns, for ever.
Beſides the above deed of confirmation, the Reſpon-
dent Smith alſo ſigned an inſtrument. addreſſed to the
Biſhop, revoking his preſentation of the Appellant
Mr. Ropers, and requiring his Lordſhip to inſtitute rhe
Reſpondent Dr. Holled, in the words following:
My Lord; whereas all ſuits at law and in equity are
now ended between me and Thomas Holled, touching
the advowſon of the church and-reQory of Boſworth,
otherwiſe Huſbands Boſworth, in the county of Lei-
ceſter; and as I have, by a certain indenture of bar-
ain and ſale and confirmation, bearing even date
erewith, duly executed and acknowledged by me, in
order to be enrolled in the high court of Chancery,
confirmed the title of the ſaid Thomas Holled and his
heirs, of, in, and to, the ſaid advowſon and reQory ;
now I do hereby, as far as in me lies, recall and make
void my preſentation of the Reverend Samuel Rogers,
clerk, to the ſame: And I do farther, therefore,
hereby humbly requeſt your Lordſhip, to deliver up
the ſaid preſentation, by me given to the ſaid Samuel
Rogers, to the ſaid Thomas Holled, his ſolicitor or
agent, to the intent that the ſame may be deſtroyed ;
and to accept, inſtead of the ſaid Samuel Rogers, the
Reverend Knightley Holled, now Doctor of Divinity;
and to inſtitute, or cauſe him to be inſtituted and
inducted, to the church and rectory in queſtion forth-
with: All proceedings in the Quare Impedit by me
brought againſt your Lordſhip being, by my conſent
and approbation, diſcontinued. Witneſs my hand,
this 12th day of December, 1769. TrHomaAs SMITH.”
185 Reſpondent Thomas Holled was no leſs punc-
tual i performance of this agreement on his part;
for, ingMEdiately upon the execution of the above
deed and inſtrument, the C1050. was paid; which,
together with the (525. paid upon the original pur-
chaſe, made up the £1575. the eſtimated value of the
living ; and both the ſuits in the court of Chancery
were diſmiſſed Jan. 25, 1770, by mutual conſent. The
Appellant himſelf was privy to this agreement ; for
the Reſpondent Smith, in his journey from Louth: in
Lincolnſhire, where he lives, to the place of meeting
at Market Harborough, called upon the Appellant,
and not only acquainted him with the occaſion of his
journey, but actually brought him along with him to
the meeting: and though, from an anxious defire to
avoid the leaſt imputation of fimony, it was not thought
adviſeable that the Appellant ſhould be perſonally
preſent at the execution of the deed and inſtrument
of revocation, yet that ceremony was no ſooner over,
than he was ſent for into the room, and informed of
all that had paſſed; and he was ſo far from being, or
appearing to be, in the leaſt chagrined, that he heart-
ily congratulated the Reſpondent Thomas Holled upon
the occaſion, and declared that he never expected any
advantage from the preſentation which Smith bad
given him. There now, therefore, remained nothing
to be done but to put Dr. Helled into the full poſſeſ-
ſion of this long- expected living; and for this purpoſe
the; inſtrument of revocation was ſoon afterwards deli -
vered. to the Biſhop; and he was informed that all the
law proceedings between the parties bad been effectu-
ally diſmiſſed and diſcontinued. - But, while his Lord-
ſhip was deliberating on ſome ſcruples which the com-
plicated nature of this buſineſs had ſuggeſted, and
within the ſpace of about ſix weeks after the conclu-
ſive meeting at Market Harborough, the Appellant,
ſingly, and in his owo perſon, revived the diſpute,
Feb. 10, 1770, by filing a Bill in Chancery againſt
all the preſent Reſpondents ; praying, that the ori-
ginal and ſubſequent agreement between the Reſpon-
dents Smith and Thomas Holled, for the purchaſe of the
advowſon, might be ſet aſide, for fraud and impoſition;
that the Appellant might have the full benefit of his
preſentation to the rectory; and that the Reſpondent
Thomas Holled might pay into court the rents and pro-
fits of the rectory which he had received. To this
Bill, which was afterwards: twice amended, the Re-'
ſpondents Thomas Holled and Dr. Holled put in An-
ſwers ; ſtating the whole hiſtory of the tranſaction de
novo ; and inſiſting, that if the Reſpondent Smith had,
at the time of the incumbent's death, the moſt clear
and indiſputable right to preſent ; yet, that, even in
that caſe, he would have an undoubted right to revoke
and recall ſuch preſentation, without the Appellant's
conſent, at any time before inſtitution and induction;
that his having actually revoked and recalled ſuch
preſentation, in the manner before ſtated, wagno fraud
upon the Appellant, but was a full and effectual bar
to his claim of inſtitution; and that the Appellant
having, therefore, no right, title, or intereſt what-
ſoever, in or to the rectory, he was in no manner com-
petent to ſuſtain any ſuit concerning it. This cauſe.
being at ifſue, ſeveral witneſſes were examined on both
ſides. The Appellant proved, by one witneſs, that
the annual value of the rectory at the time of the inclo-
ſure was £180. ; which by the incloſure was improved
to £330.; and, by another witneſs, that the former
value was only {175, and the improved value { 320,
He alſo attempted to prove the Reſpondent Thomas
Holled's knowledge of the intention to incloſe prior to
his original purchaſe ; but none of the witneſſes exa-
mined to this fact aſcertained the preciſe time of ſuch
knowledge, and therefore their evidence fell ſhort of
eſtabliſhing the fact. By the evidence of Mr. Durden it
appeared that the Appellant had given it as his opinion,
that the Reſpondent Smith would do wrong in accept-
ing any ſuch terms; for that he the Appellant would
procure a purchaſer who would give between 3 and
4000 pounds for the advowſon, ſubje& to the Appel-
lant's life.” After a hearing before the Lord Chan-
cellor, March 6, 1775, it was referred to the Judges
of the Court of Common Pleas, to determine on the
validity of the inſtrument of revocation ; which be-
ing argued in Michaelmas Term, the Judges unani-
mouſly pronounced the revocation to be good. The
cauſe being again brought before the Lord Chancellor,
Feb. 3, 1776, the Appellant's Bill was diſmiſſed; and
againſt that Decree the preſent Appeal was brought.
On the ad of May, the queſtion being put to the
Judges, © Syppoſing the 17 1764 to have been
fraudulently obtained, whethi che deed and letter of
Dec. 12, 1769, for the additional conſideration of
£1050. and colts in law: and equity, in the; cauſes
then depending between the ſaid Thomas, Smith and
Thomas Holled, paid to the Reſpondent Smith, after
the church became vacant, is in law a good Reyoca-
tion of the preſentation. of the Appellant by the Re-
\ RE Smith the Lord Chief Baron delivered
e unanimous opinion of the Judges preſent, That it
was not in law a good Revocation.“ Whereupon it
was declared, ** That, ſuppoſing the deed of 1764 to
bave been fraudently obtained, the deed and letter of
Dec. 12, 1769, is not in law a good revocation; of
the preſentation of the Appellant by the Reſpondent
Smith: And it is therefore ordered and adjudged,
that the ſaid order, diſmiſſing the Appellami's Bill,
complained of, be reverſed ; and that the cauſe be
remitted back to the Court of Chancery, to-do herein
as ſhall be agreeable to law and juſtice.” +)
We know not exactly what farther legal proceſs was
had in the courſe of this diſpute; but, on the gd of
May, 1777, the name of Samuel Rogers, M. A. occurs
in the office of Firſt Fruits, on being regularly pte ·
ſented to the rectory of Huſbands Boſworth! hy Tamas
Smith, eſq. ; who afterwards fold the advowſon, to the
lady of fir Richard Hughes, for C3, 200. 0 61 |
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BOW D EN MAGN A,
in antient writings called Bugedone, Buggedon, Bog he-
den, Baggaden, Buddon, and Great Bagedon, is bounded
oh the North by the Langtons; on the Welt by the
lordſhips of Lubenham and Foxton; on the South
by the river Welland; and on the Eaſt as well as
South is ſeparated by the ſame river from Northamp-
tonſhire. It is one mile from Harborough ; fourteen
from Leiceſter; and, in the eccleſiaſtical diviſion of
the county, is within the deanry of Gartre.
BuctDONE, the head of a royal manor under Ed-
ward the Confeflor, was retained by king William the
Firſt in his own poſſeſſion; and is conſequently ſtill
entitled to the privileges of lands of antient demeſne.
At the general ſurvey it contained nine ploughlands
and a half. Two ploughs were then employed 1n the
demeſne ; and thirteen ſocmen, with eight villans and
eight bordars, having thirteen ploughs and a half,
paid thirteen ſhillings a year. The number of acres
of meadow is left blank in the original record. The
annual value of the demeſne was forty ſhillings.
Subordinate to the capital manor were theſe ap-
pendant members; wherein ſixty focmen, with two
villans and fixteen bordars, employed thirteen ploughs,
and paid a rent of £7. 11s. 6d.
In Medburne, two ploughlands, and fix acres and a
half of meadow.
In Graueho (Cranow?) one carucata probably; but
the word is left blank in the original record.
In Santone { Shankton) two ploughlands.
In Carleton, tive oxgangs of land.
In Nelveſtone ¶ Ifion two oxgangs.
In Galbi, one ploughland and a half, and fix acres
of meadow.
In Stratone {Fretton) nine ploughlands, and ten
acres of meadow. |
In . Smitone (Smeeton) one ploughland and two
OXgangs. b
> In Foxeſtone, two ploughlands and five acres of
meadow.
The king held alſo the ſoc of two ploughlands at
Blaſton, belonging to his manor of Bowden; and of
two other ploughlands in Abegrave * ; as has been al-
ready noticed in p. 445»
There was another manor at Bowden, diſtinct from
that held by the king, which was then held under the
counteſs Judith by Robert de Buct*, and probably that
which was afterwards called Harborough ; where, as the
two manors have been generally in the hands of the
ſame lords, we ſhall inſert the hiſtory of both.
In 1204-5, king John commanded the ſheriff of
Leiceſter to cauſe Thomas Fitz Ivo forthwith to reſtore
to Oſbert Fitz Maud half a bovate of land in Great
Buggeden, of which he had unjuſtly diſſeiſed him.
* Rex vicecomiti Warw' & Leic. ſalutem. Precipe
Thome filio lvonis, quod juſtè & fine dilatione reddat
Oſberto filio Matilde dimiciam bovatam terre, cum per-
tinentiis, in Magna Buggeden, in com” Leic', quam ipſe
clamat eſſe jus & liberum tenementum ſuum; & in qua
idem Thomas non habet ingreſſum niſi per predictum
Ivonem patrem ſuum, qui eum injuſtè & ſine judieſo
inde diſſeiſivit, poſt primam coronationem noſtram
apud Cant', & unde idem Oſbertus arranaverat aſſiſam
ratione diſſeiſine verſus eundem Ivonem, coram juſtj-
tiariis noſtris itinerantibus, que remanſit occaſione mortis
predicti lvonis, ut dicitur.“ Et niſi fecerit, &c.“ -
In the Itinerary of 1280, Bowden and Harbergh
anſwered conjunctly as one vill.
In 1346, ſir Milliam de Burton, knight, one of the
Juſtices of the King's bench, John de Midleton, and
Adam de Manners (on the aid then granted for knight-
ing Edward of Woodſtock, the king's eldeſt ſon),
were aſſeſſed 55. for half a quarter of one knight's fee
in Bowden Magna, which they beld of the counteſs
of Pembroke, as of the honour of Huntingdon +,
In 1362, fir William de Burton knight (lord of Tol-
thor pe, co. Rutland) granted to Richard Baſoris and
Robert his ſon, knights, 235. 4d. which Thomas Rag
paid him yearly, for certain lands and tenements in
Bowden Magna (ſome time parcel of the poſſeſſions of
Jobn de Middleton), which lands the ſaid Thomas held
for term of life by grant of the ſaid William.
Ir 1375, William de Burton, knt. died ſeiſed of one
meſſuage and one virgate of. land in Bowden Magna,
held of the counteſs of Pembroke, as of the honour of
Huntingdon, by knight's ſervice *.
In 1382, Thomas de Burton, knt. deceaſed, held
divers lands, tenements, and reverſions, in Bowden ?.
In 1384, Thomas de Burton, nt. died ſeiſed of one
meſſuage, 15 acres of land, and 3 acres of meadow,
in Bowden Magna, which he had held for the rerm of
his life by the leaſe of Thomas de Burton his father,
whoſe heir he was; which premiſſes were held of the
earl of Pembroke; and Thomas de Burton was his ſon
and heir.
In 1384, Ralph Baſſet of Weldon, knight, held di-
vers lands and tenements, with their appurtenances,
at Bowden, of Richard de Langeton, as of the honour
of Peverell; and Richard Baſſet, his ſon and heir,
was aged eight years 9. of
In the fame year, John de Ayleſbury and Jobn 1 |
(heirs of Raiph Baſſet of Weldon) made partition of
his lands at Bowden v. |
In 1429, John Hall, citizen and goldſmith of Lon-
don, and Agnes his wife (daughter of Sir J7obn Lang-
ton) demiſed to Richard Bernyngton and William
Burton a meſſuage, with 100 acres of arable land,
formerly ſir John Langton's, ſituated in Eaſt Langton,
Bowden, Tur Langton, Thorpe, and Welham .
In a book of fifreenths and tenths granted by the
laity in 1416, Bowden. was rated at £7. 125. 6d, to
the fifteenth ; and at C7. 5s. to the tenth,
In the ſubſidy of 1445, Bowden was rated at £7.
135. 4d, ; and an abatement was made of 6s. 8d.
Theſe lordſhips came afterwards to Chriſtopher Vil-
lers, who died in 1537; John Villers, his couſin, be-
ing then certified to be his next heir.
The Digbys of Tilton poſſeſſed alſo ſome property
in Bowden, Harborough, and Foxton.
Rex tenet Pugedone. Rex Edwardus tenuit. Ibi ſunt g carucatæ terra & dimidia. In dominico ſunt 2 caruce ; &
13 ſochmanni, cum 8 villanis & 16 bordariis, habent 13 carucas & dimidiam ; & reddunt 3o ſolidos per annum. Ibi prati acre
oo CFC 6 «8 Dominicum valet 40 ſolidos per annum, In Medburne ſunt 2 carucate terre, & 6 acre prati & dimidia, In
Graucho . terre, In Santone 2 carucatz tertæ. In Carletone g.. , ate terre, In Nelueſtone 2 bovatæ terræ.
In Galbi una carucata terræ & dimidia, & 4 acre prati. In Nortone 3 carucatæ terre, & 5 acre prati. In Smitone 1 caru-
cata, In Foxeſtone 2 carucatæ terræ, & 5 ace prati, In hiis ſunt 60 ſochmanni, cum 2 villanis & 16 bordariis, habentes 123
carucas ; & reddunt 159 ſolidos & 18 denarios. Rex habet ſocam 2 carucatarum in Blaueſtone, & pertinent ad Bugedone.
Robertus de Todeni tenet hanc tetram. Humfridus Camerarius tenet ad firmam de ſoca regis 2 carucatas terrz in Abegrave.“
Domeſday, p. 230. b. 1.
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Robertus de Buci tenet de Comitiſſà 3 carucatas terre in Bugedone, Tbi 4 caruce fuerunt. Nunc in dominico 2 caruca ;
& 4 villani, cum 8 bordariis, habent 2 carucas. Ibi 15 acre prati. Valnit 10 ſolidos; modd 20 ſolidos.“ Ibid. p. 236. a, 2.
3 Clauf, 6 John, in dorſo.
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Eſch. 16 Ric, II, Pats 2, Ne 153.
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* Rot, Aux. 20 Edw. III.
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472 HISTORY any ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE.
In the King's Remembrancer's Office in the Ex-
chequer the following records are preſerved :
I. ** De Marmaduco Wyvell & aliis, occaſionatis
ad oſtendendum quo titulo tenent maneria de Bowden
c Harburrowe, in com” Leiceſtriz *.”
2. De Nicolao Strelley, milite, & uxore, occaſio-
natis ad oſtendendum quo titulo tenent quartam par-
tem mauer ĩorum de Bowden, Harborough, & Fiſhyde*,
in com” Leiceſtr & Eſſexiæ .
3. De advocatione eccleſiarum de Bowden &
© Harborough, in com' Leiceſtriæ, in manibus regine
capienda, ratione alienationis per finem inter domi-
num Datre & Jacobum Strangeways .
4. De Willielmo Saville, arm. occaſionato ad of-
tendendum quare duz partes manetiorum de Harbo-
rough & Magna Bowden, in com' Leiceſtriæ, in manibus
reginæ ſeiſiri non debeat 5,
5. De Edwardo Griffin *, arm. occaſionato ad
oftendendum quare maneria de Bowden Magna & Ha-
verborough (five Harborough) in com? Leiceſtr', in ma-
nibus reginæ ſeifire non debent ratione alienationis ?.”
Divers lands in this lordſhip and in Harborough
belonged, before the diſſolution of the monaſteries, to
a chantry in Great Bowden ; but, being then ſeized
into the king's hands, with other lands in the ſaid
lordſhips belonging to à chantry at Boughton near
Pedigree of W E LLS,
Northampton, were exchanged by Edward VI. with fir
Robert Strelley and Frideſwide his wife for other lands.
„ Rex, in conſideratione medietatis manerii de Ba-
ſonhall, ac medietatis advocationis eccleſie de Over-
teynton et Netherteynton, quarte partis manerii de
Weſt Allington, in com' Lincoln, ac medietatis adyo-
cationis eccleſie de Adbolton, in com' Nott', dedit
et conceſſit Roberto Strelley, & heredibus ſuis in
perpetuum, omnia meſſuagia & terras in Harborough
et Bowden, in com' Leic' & Nortfiton, nuper can-
tarie de Buk'ton, alias Boulton, in com* Northargp-
ton' pertinentia, &c. ac ſitum monaſterii de Egleſton,
et terras in Egleſton & Stratford, archidiaconatu Rich-
mond?, eidem monaſterio dudum ſpectant'; ac duas par-
tes manerii de Carleton Scrope, ac duas partes advo-
cationis eccleſie ibidem, in com” Linc”, nuper parcell*
poſſeſſ' Wilti domini St. John, ac terras in Oxendon,
in com* Northton, nuper priorat' Sancti Johis Jerhu-
ſalem ſpeQant'; ac advocationem ecclefie de Roreſ-
worth, in com' Leic', ac advocationem eccleſie de
Hynby, in com' Nott'; habend' ſibi & heredibus ſuis
imperpetuum tenend' de manerio de Eaſt Greenwich
per fidelitatem. Per indenturam, datam 24 Maii, 2
Edwardi VI.” *
In 1552, Henry Wells obtained lands at Great Bow-
den by purchaſe from Edward Griffin 9.
of Grrtar BowpEN .,
Arms: Quarterly, 1. and 4. Sable, a ſtag's head caboſhed Or, Nells; 2. and 3. Sable, a chevron Or, between three ereſ-
cents Argent, Palmer of Eaſt Carlton, in Northamptonſhire '*.
Thomas Wells, of Parva Haywood, co. Stafford. —=Cicely, daughter of John Acton, of Langdon.
Joſeph Wells, of Parva Haywood.==Alice, daughter and heir of Richard Aſton, of Horecroſſe, co. Stafford.
Thomas Wells, of Parva Haywood.==Joane, daughter of William Barrington.
John Wells, of Parva Haywood.==Anne, daughter and one of the heirs of John Fitzherbert.
3 Richard, married . 38
. . Cokles,
of Saliſbury.
os. *
5 Henry Wells, of Bowden Magna, Ellen, daugh. of
urchaſed lands therein of Grif- | .
n in 1552.
1. Humff
. Marſton, of died ſ. "a
Bowden Magna.
—
Anne Wells. Robert Wells, eldeſt Thomas Wells, _— dau, of John Fiſh, F ridefwith Wells, youngeſt
ſon, died ſ. p. Bowden Magna. of Bowden Magna. daughter.
Henry Wells, Elizabeth, dau. of ane. Anne. ; 2. Thomas Wells, Grace, dau. of . Fiſh.
of Bowden | Francis Dormer. lizabeth. Katharine. of Bowden Rich. Smith, 4+ Edward.
Magnä. ö Magna. of Bowden.
Thomaſin, ad John Kent, Eliza - 5. John Wells, of- Elizabeth, dau. and heir Anne, n Miles, died ſ. p.
daug. married of London, beth. wden Magna, | of Ralph Palmer, of Bur- Sarah. 2. Thomas, heir.
ohn Moſe, of vintner. born 1630, æt. | ton on the Woulds, co. Barbara. 3. Nathanael.
ndon, vint- 22. Leiceſter, clerk. Conſtance. 4. Joſeph.
ner. | |
In 1564, there were 81 families in Great Bowden.
In 1599, Mary, daughter of William Skeffington, of
Bowden, was the wife of William Cumberford, of
Shenſton, co. Stafford. .
In 1605, the inhabitants of Great Bowden obtained
the following exemplification of their privilege of
exemption from toll, and from the charge of paying
the knights of the ſhire in parliament :
Jacobus, Dei gratil, Anglie, Scotie, Francie, &
Hibernie rex, fidei defenſor, &c. univerſis & ſingulis
vicecomitibus, majoribus, ballivis, conſtabulariis, mi-
-niſtris, & omnibus aliis fidelibus ſuis tam infra liber-
tates quam extra, ad quos preſentes litere perveneriat,
ſalutem, Chm, ſecunddm conſuetudinem in regno
noſtro Anglie haftends obtentam & approbatam, ho-
mines & tenentes de antiquo dominico Corone Anglie
ab omnimodo theolonio per totum regnum noſtrum
quieti fint & eſſe debeant; ac, ſecundum conſuetudinem
predictam, homines & tenentes de antiquo dominico
Corone predicte, a contributione expenſarum militum
ad parliamentum noſtrum vel progenitorum noſtrorum,
1 Hilarii Recorda, 30 Hen. VIII. Rot. 22.
Smith Wells, ſon and heir, born April 14, 16
N 1
52. Grace Wells, born April 11, 1654.
quondam regum Anglie, pro comitat* comꝰ emſoem
regni veniet ſemper haftenus, a tempore quo non ex-
tat memoria, quieti eſſe conſueverunt; necnon, ſe-
cunddm eandem conſuetudinem, homines & tenentes
de maneriis que ſunt de antiquo dominico Corone pre-
dicte pro terris & tenementis ſuis que tenent de eodem
dominico in aſſiſis, jurat', ſeu recognitionibus aliquibus
poni non debeant, nifi tantùm in hiis que in curiã hu-
mõi debent fieri ; ac pro eo qudd manerium de Buge-
den, cum pertin', in com' Leyc', de antiquo dominico
Corone noſtre Angle exiſtat, ſicut in filariis cancellarie
noſtre plenè liquet de recordo: Vobis igitur & cui-
libet veſtrorum injungimus & mandamus, quòd omnes &
ſingulos homines & tenentes de manerio de Bugedon
predifta de humõi theolon' de bonis ſeu rebus ſuis pre-
ſtand” per totum regnum noſtrum predictum, ac dictis
expenſis militum predidt', quietos efle permitati;
necnon eoſdem homines & tenentes ejuſdem manerii
in aſſiſis, juratis, ſeu recognitionibus aliquibus, extra cu-
riam manerii predicti teuend', non ponatis, niſi tantùm
in hiis que cur' humõi maner' debent fieri contra con-
* This manor was held, with thoſe of Bowden and Harborough, by Stephen le Scrope in 1392. See Madox, Bar. Angl. p. 46.
3 Michaelis Recorda, 2; Hen, VIII, Ray 10.
Trin. Recorda, 33 Hen. VIII. Rot. 50.
5 Trin. Recorda, 12 Eliz. Rot. 50,
He had before been called on, to ſhew his title to the neighbouring reQory of Great Oxendon. Mich. Rec. 3 Eliz. Rot. 139.
7 Hilarii Recorda, 16 Eliz, Rot. 56.
Harl. M$S. 1064. p · 54. b. e "© Tbid.
4
5 Bridges, MSS. vol. V.
© Plate LXXXII fig. 6.
ſuetudinem *
GarTRE HUNDRED.]
ſuetudinem ſupradictam, niſi terr' & tenꝰ de ali te-
nuri teneant, per que ſecunddm formam ſtatuti de
communi conſilio regni noſtri Anglie inde prius in aſ-
ſiſis, jurat', ſeu recognitionibus, poni debeant: Et diſ-
trictionem fi quam prefatis hominibus tenentibus ma-
nerii de Bugedon predicti hiis occaſionibus ſeu carum
aliqua feceris ſine dilatione amoveatis eiſdem. In cujus
rei teſtimonium, bas literas noſtras fieri fecimus pa-
tentes. Teſte meipſo, apud Weſtm', viceſimo-tertio
die Novembris, anno regni Francie & Hibernle tertio,
& Scot ie triceſimo-nono *.” |
The frecholders in Bowden and Harborough in
BOWDEN MAGNA. 473
1630 were; Auguſtine Fiſh, gent. Richard Keftian,
and William Johnſon, gent. | |
Thomas Reſtian died Oct. 18, 1639, ſeiſed of a par-
cel of land in Great Bowden, containing one virgate
and a quarter, held under the manor of Great Bowden
by fealty and rod. rent; the tenure of this land being
of the nature of gavelkind. He held alſo 13 acres
of arable land, three acres of meadow, three acres ot
paſture, of the king in capite by knight's ſervice *, .
In 1655, there was collected in Great Bowden, for
the relief of the poor Proteſtants in Piedmont, the
ſum of (3. 75. 9d.
In the Heraldic Viſitation of 168 3, the following pedigree was entered; Aug. 3, by Thomas Andrews :
Arms: Azure, a croſs Argent between four fleur de lis,
Or. Creſt, on a wreath a demi-lion rampant couped Or,
crowned Argent, holding between his paws a human heart Gules, Andrews *,
Fabian Andrews, of Stretton Magna, co Leiceſter, deſcended from the family of Andrews in Rutland . 1
1. Edward Andrews, of Stretton- Elizabeth, dau. of.
Par va, co. Leic. attorney-at- law. | Higginſon, of Cleybroke.
Anne, wiſe of Bartholomew Perkins,
of Little Wigſton.
— *
2. anthony Andrews, of- = Anne, dau. of
Stretton Parva, de- John Fletcher,
ſcended from Piſbroke | of Little Stret-
in Rutland, died about | ton; and ſole
1658, aged about 76. | heir.
3: Fabian;
died un-
married.
"Thomas Andrews, of Great Bowden,
aged about 55 years in 1682,
youngeſt ſon, hath as yet no iſſue.
Several other ſons,
who died with-
out iſſue,
= Elizabeth, dau. of
Anne, wife of 2 wife of
Richard Keſtian, of
Will. Muſton, tephen Bent,
5. Bartholomew.
At the general election in 1722, 55 freeholders polled
from Great Bowden ; and in 1775 we find 65 names.
The Regiſter begins in 1559.
Burials and Baptiſms for five years.
Bapt. Bur. apt. Bur.
1564 28 10 1785 10 43
1565 15 7 1178 17 23
1566 15 2 1787 20 21
1 7 | 1788 17 16
1508 14 3 | 1789 22 I
| 7 7
In 1776, an act was paſſed for dividing and incloſing,
within the pariſh and liberties of Great Bowden, cer-
tain open and common fields, common paſtures, com-
mon meadows, and other commonable lands, com-
puted to be about 88 yard-land and ſome odd lands,
and to contain about 2600 acres. In this act the
lords and lady of the manor of Great Bowden are
deſcribed as lords and lady alfo of the manor of Har-
borough ; the Rev. Philip Bliſs, clerk, as ſeiſed of a
moiety of the manor or manors of Great Bowden and
Harborough ; Febn Sunderland, eſq. as ſeiſed of two
parts in three of the other moiety thereof; and Eli-
zabeth Cogan, widow, as ſeiſed of the other third part
of ſuch moiety; the dean and chapter of Chriſt
Church, Oxford, as owners of two yard-land glebe,
part of the ſaid open and common fields, and of all
the great and ſmall tithes whatſoever arifing within
the | thy and in the pariſh or liberties of Great Bow-
den aforeſaid ; and Henry Sbuttletworth, eſq. as leſſee
thereof; and the ſaid Henry Shuttleworth in his
own right, John Farrer and Francis Rainsford, clerks,
Henry Knapp, clerk, as rector or curate of Rockingham,
Maunſell Hill, Henry Bagsbazy Harriſon, Fohn Perkins,
and William Wartnaby, gentlemen, and divers others,
were owners and proprictors of the reſt of the lands
and grounds, and right of common, in the ſaid open
and common fields, common paſtures, common mea-
dows, and other commonable lands, After ſetting
out proper roads, the commiſſioners are directed to
allot to Philip Bliſs, John Sunderland, and Elizabeth
Cogan, as lords and lady of the manor or manors of
Great Bowden, a plot of ground of the full yearly
value of forty ſhillings, as a compenſation for their
manerial right in the lands to be incloſed; and to the
dean and \ whack of Chriſt Church, a full compen-
fation for their glebe; with a farther allotment to
the ſaid chapter, Fo lieu of all tithes, of a full ſeventh
* Carte's MSS, in the Bodleian Library, F. F. F. Ne 20,
Great Bowden. of Little Wiz- of Narbo-
ſton. rough.
2. William. 3. Samuel. William Bent;
only child.
part of the reſidue of the land to be incloſed (ſuck
— of graſs ground, in the open fields of Bowden;
nown by the name of Tozwcreft, as pay tithes to the
rector of Church Langton, alone excepted) ; the ſaid
allotment to be laid out in three parcels, at the diſ-
cretion of Mr. Shuttleworth, leſſee of the dean and
chapter ; and one of them to be of the yearly value
of £36. and no more; the fences to be made at the
joint expence of all the proprietors (the dean and
chapter and their leſſee excepted), unleſs the ſaid
allotment ſhould happen to abut on any turnpike ot
other public road where no ſufficient fence was already
made ; in which caſe the fences to be made and ſup-
ported by the leſſee, who was to be allowed for the
ſame 3os. an acre, reckoning 24 yards to the acre;
It is alſo ſtipulated that the allotments to the dean and
chapter or their leſſee (except that already menrioned
of £36. a year) ſhall not, without the conſent of Mr.
Shuttleworth, be laid ſo near the town of Harborough
as where the land ſhall be qualitied at a higher value
on account of ſuch vicinity. Satisfaction is alſo
allowed to be made out of the fenced allotments for
tithe of old incloſures; and the allotments to be taken
in full compenſation for all tithes and payments to the
dean and chapter, or their leſſee, within the pariſh
and liberties of Great Bowden, and its boundaries,
limits, and precincts; except ſurplice-fees, Eaſter-
offerings, and mortuaries, and the tithes of ſuch
houſes, gardens, &c. as belong to thoſe who have no
land in the common field; and nothing in this act to
vary the right which the dean and chapter, or their
leſſee, poſſeſs to tithes in Harborough, or its limits,
which are to remain payable as heretofore. A full
compenſation is alſo ordered for the owners of cottage
commons or common right ; and the remainder to be
proportionably divided. And whereas the lord or
lords of the manor or manors of Great Bowden and
Harborough have, for time immemorial, held a fair,
called Harborough Fair, upon the 8th of October
and the nine ſacceeding days in every year, till the
alteration of the ſtyle, and ſince that period upon the
19th of October and the nine ſucceeding days yearly,
for the ſale of goods, wares, and merchandiſes; and
whereas, for time immemorial, the ſaid fair for the
ſale of horſes, beaſts, and all other kinds of cattle
(ſheep excepted), hath been held yearly in the fields
of Great Bowden, on a certain piece of ground there,
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474 HISTORY axv ANTIQUITIES or LEICESTERSHIRE,
called The Horſe Fair Leys, otherwiſe The George Cloſe,
near the town of Harborough, and on other lands
near and adjoining to ſuch piece of ground ; and the
ſaid fair for ſheep, goods, wares, and merchandiſes,
has been for time immemorial held within the town
of Harborough ; it is therefore enacted, that the com-
miſſioners ſhall appoint and ſpecify in their award the
ſaid piece of ground, called The Horſe Fair Leys, or
The George Cloſe, and ſuch other parcel of ground ad-
Joining, as ſhall, together with ſuch cloſe, contain at
leaſt fourteen acres, to be laid out in three parts or
cloſes, for the purpoſe of holding the ſaid fair, for
buying, ſelling, and exchanging, of horſes, beaſts,
and all other kinds of 'cattle (ſheep excepted), on
the 19th day of October yearly for ever; and that it
ſhall be lawful for the lord or lords of the manor or
manors of Great Bowden and Harborongh for the
time being, their bailiffs, tenants, or agents, on the
19th day of October yearly, from and after the exe-
cution of the award, to occupy the ſaid fourteen
acres of ground, for the purpoſe of holding the ſaid
fair, for the buying, ſelling, and exchanging of
horſes, beaſts, and all other cattle (ſheep excepted) ;
and ſuch” ground on that day to be appropriated to
no other P . or purpole whatſoever than holding the
ſaid fair. Proviſion is alſo made, that no fences, in-
cloſures, or ditches, ſhall be ſuffered to remain on the
fourteen acres at fair: time; though at other times
the owners may ſet up poſts, rails, or fences, on any
part of the ſaid lands; and that nothing in the act
ſhall be conſtrued to extend to prejudice or reſtrain
the lords of the manors for the time being of Great .
Bowden and Harborough from holding the fair in
Harborough on the 19th* of October for ever
hereafter, for ſheep, goods, wares, and merchandiſe,
as has been time immemorially; nor to leſſen or
reſtrain their rights of manerial tolls. All right
or claim to hold the horſe-fair on any part of
the lands to be incloſed (the fourteen acres only
excepted) is totally extinguiſhed; and the owner of
the fourteen acres may depaſture cattle thereon at all
times except the 19th of October, when the fair is
The
dedicated to St. Peter, conſiſts of a nave, chancel, and
two ailes, and is in very good condition, having been
thoroughly repaired in 1791, when the floor was
paved with fine wrought ſtone, the whole church
fitted up with handſome pews, and the monuments
neatly replaced.
ln the tower, which is terminated by a very ſhort
ſpire (ſee a view of the church, taken by Mr. Pridden
in 1791, plate LXXXII.), are five bells thus inſcribed:
1. T. EAYRE. GLORIA DEO soLI, OMNIA FIANT
AD GLORIAM DEI, 1737-
2. T. EaxktE. OMNIA FIANT AD GLORIAM DEI,
1739, GLORIA DO $OLI.
3. J. H. S. Nazarenus, Ker Judeorum, fili Dei, milerere
mei, 1624.
4. 1621. J. H. S. Nazarenus, Ker Judeorum, fili Dei,
miſerere mi.
5+ Fili Dei, miſerere mei, anno Domini 1599.
On a tablet in the belfry:
Whoe'er deſigns harmonious bells to ſound,
In tuneful changes, or the merry round,
Theſe orders muſt obſerve.
It you get drunk and hither reel,
Or with your brawls diſturb the peal,
Or with mundungous horrid ſmoak
You cloud the room, and ringers choak ; .
Or if you dare profane this place
By oath or curſe, or language baſe ;
Or if you ſhall preſume in peal
With hat, or coat, or armed heel ;
Or turn your bell in careleſs play;
For each offence ſhall rwo-pence pay.
To break theſe laws, if any hope,
May leave the bell, and take the rope.
to be held; and no other perſon to have ſuch privi-
lege of depaſturing but on the fair-day only, which
is to be accounted one complete day, from twelve
' o'clock at night of October 18, to twelve o'clock on
the following night. And whereas, in the common
fields of Great Rowden, there are certain pieces of
graſs- land called Torwcroft, that paid tithes to the
rector of Chureh Langton ; thoſe pieces (after proper
deductions made to the dean and chapter of Chriſt
Church in lieu of their tithes) in like manner to be
- proportioned among the proprietors of land and com-
mons in Eaſt Langton, Welt Langton, and Thorpe
Langton, diſcharged of all tithes except thoſe be-
longing to the rector of Church Langton, and free
from all claim of common right from the inhabitants
of Great Bowden. And the rector or curate of Rock-
ingham, as far as his intereſt extends, is allowed to
grant leaſes for-21 years. 6 |
The village contains more than 1 50 dwellings, ſome
of which are good-built houſes, particularly that of
Henry Shuttleworth, eſq. leſſee of the tithes under the
dean and canon of Chriſt Church, and in his own right
a conſiderable landholder in- the pariſh. This houſe
is engraved, with the church, in plate LXXXII.
Money raiſed for the poor, within FL. . d.
the year ending at Eaſter 1776, 206. © 10
Expended in county rates, &c. A 10 0
on the poor, — 207 7 ©
Rent of workhouſe and habitations, 3 0 o
Expended in litigations, — We.
Money raiſed for 1783, — 303 6 2
1784, — 412 15 7
perm e i WR
Medium of theſe three years, 339 15 5
of county expences, is 1 8
of expences not relating to |
the poor ; repairs of churches, &c. Ws
—- of neit annual expences, 326 1 4
of attending on magiſtrates, 2 5 3
———- of entertainments at meetivgs, I O 4
of law expences, — 8 4
of ſetting the poor to work, 5 12 8
CHURCH,
The font is ſeptagon, lined with lead.
The arms deſcribed by Burton at Bowden are thus“:
. Gules, three lions paſſant guardant in pale Or;
England. | |
Quarterly, 1. and 4. Azure, ſemé de fleur de lis
Or, France, antient ; 2. and 3. England. |
Gules, three lions paſſant guardant in pale Or; a
label of France; earl of Lancaſter.
Gules, a feſs between ſix croſs croſlets Or; Beau-
champ. |
Azure, a bend Or; a label of three points Argent ;
Scrope of Upſall and Maſham. | Wyrley gives the fol-
lowing as the arms of William Pays, un falcon volant
portant ſon baner;“ charged with Azure, a bend, Or.]
Gules, a cinquefoil Ermine, a border Sable, be-
Zanty ; Angervile.
Vert, ten eſcallop ſhells, Argent; 4. 3. 2. 1; Thorley.
Or, on a croſs Vert, five eſcallop ſnells Arg. Villiers.
In the Matriculus of Hugh Wells biſhop of Lin-
coln, 1220, it is thus ſtated: © Eceleſiæ de Budon
patronus dominus rex, ut dicitur; ſed contulit illud
manerium domino W. de Cantilupo, neſcitur tamen
an cum advocatione. Perſona Daniel, inſtitutus, &c.
Item eſt ibi quædam capella, five ecclelia, in eodem
feodo, quæ eſt ejuſdem Danielis, & habet capellanum
ſuum reſidentem per matricem eccleſiam “.“ |
In a taxation of 1292, the rectory of Bowden was ra 
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